Polka Dot Bubbles

This quilt was a labor of love.  I saw it in a past issue of Quilt's N' More.  The fabric however, a Prints Charming print, couldn't be found anywhere.  I looked all over the valley with no luck.  While on vacation in spring of 2008-cause who doesn't shop for fabric while on vacation-we stopped at Rosie's in San Diego.  And there it was, the bubble fabric I had been looking for.  So I bought some, brought it home, and started stitching.  The circles are all hand stitched with DMC pearl cotton.  There are sooo sooo sooo many circles. I tried to stitch them in between other projects, I find I need frequent breaks from hand work.  So, this quilt sat in progress next to my sewing desk for almost two years!  Yikes!  I had periods when I worked on it a lot, and long periods of ignoring it.  Finally, last week, I stitched the last circle and bound the quilt.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.  I don't think pictures really depict it terrible well.  The quilt measures 40" x 48".

Old Red Barn Scrap Quilt

I am finishing things up left and right around here.  I participated in the Old Red Barn Quilt-Along last spring and was left with some scrap blocks after putting together the quilt.  I didn't really want to incorporate them in the quilt back at the time, so I saved them waiting for a project.  Finally last month I put together this little quilt top.  It is baby sized quilted with a small stipple.  I love the way the colors pop on the white.  And feel much relief to have finally used the extra blocks.

Dress for Me

I made this dress about two years ago.  It was all finished except for the zipper, which I put in last week-sad I know.  It is mid-calf with a cross-over top.  I made an attempt to take a picture wearing the dress, attempt being the key word there. 

Pink Lemonade

I started this quilt about four years ago.  I began collecting pink and yellow fat quarters.  I had intentions of giving it to my daughter when she got a big girl bed.  Well, it got pushed aside and the top lay finished while we moved and then for a few years after that.  Finally, I found a back that I liked and quilted it.  It's a bright and cheery quilt. I am sure the girls will use it on their beds.  It is a twin size.  The quilting is loops and flowers.

I used the spare blocks on the back.  I love doing this, it relieves any guilt I have about orphan blocks laying around.

Done!

Sophie's stocking!  Finished!  Complete!  Ready to stuff.  This is her third Christmas though.  Nonetheless, this unfinished project was weighing on me and I really needed to take it off the UFO list.

Also, I have new niece!  She is a darling little thing!  We were so excited to go meet her yesterday.  The kids were very excited to have a new cousin. 

Anyway, I put together this pink and black quilt.  I always refer to this as a wall paper pattern, I don't know if I have seen it called that somewhere or not.  I used Minkee for a few of the stripes and various cottons on the rest.  I love making baby quilts.  It's always quick gratification.  My sister-in-law liked it, which is of course the best part. 

I have no further sewing projects between now and Christmas, which seems kind of weird.  Not to say that all my UFO's are all gone, I just don't need to get anything sewn for Christmas specifically.  I did a lot of knocking things off my unfinished list.  I am hoping for an uneventful January where perhaps I can knock out a few more.  Then I need to start and finish some new things as a stash reducer, more specifically, a scrap reducer. 

Accountability

So, on my to do list for the past few years has been Sophie's Christmas stocking.  I am just slow with the handwork these days, because this will be her third Christmas, and unless I really focus, there is no way this kid is going to have a stocking.

Here is current progress, and what the stocking should look like when complete.  

So, now it is out there, maybe I will be motivated.  We shall see.

In other news, I need to send out a big Thank You to Jessica!  I got this in the mail today from her!

She made them, I said I liked them, then one showed up in the mail!  How awesome is that!

Simple Abundance

I find that every time I am near a fabric store, I buy a half yard of Simple Abundance. I love the reds and blues the best. What about you-what fabric are you in love with right now? At some point, I will have enough to make a quilt. Until then, I will be working on Sophie's Christmas stocking. It is one of those felt applique stockings. I am on piece 37 of 112. Wish me luck.