I know about 8 pregnant people right now and am on mat leave myself with a 5 month old.  Surprisingly, I was able  to complete a quilt.  Its a chunky modern quilt and I love modern but always feel guilty if its not intricate.  its like I'm cheating. 

Anyway, I had this panel of 8 animals and it was too much for one quilt.  I had a hard time coming up with a pattern for a rectangular quilt (my brain always seems to turn out square baby quilts o_O).  Finally, MareMare provided the answer! 

I have the second quilt to finish.  Up to the top and the back being done, they were done in tandem.  But the first shower was coming up so I had to get one done.  Now I need to muster the patience for the second (I'm not one for repeating the same work twice).

The second is the same pattern with different animals. Wish I did more quilting but until plan that better, this is all she gets!

Thoughts?

My son is four months old now and I just finished his quilt. It was started while I was pregnant but I was affected by carpel tunnel pretty bad when the warm weather hit.  I'm still missing feeling in a couple finger tips!

However, I managed to finish his quilt.  Its the Magic Tile (or is it Magic Window?) pattern.  Once I saw the pieces getting really small, I decided not to do 9 cuts per block and stopped at four. The back is a panel and I added the rest around it.  The martians are fussy cut. I paid to get it machine quilted because I wanted it to be better than straight lines

Today I enjoy its completion for tomorrow it will be covered in spit up and drool. 

Hi all,

I have a new home with a large L shaped living/dingin room.  Right now its a nice kinda kacki green neutral and flat.  Problem is, its too dark in the room as it is during the day and I feel like I'm in a cave.  There are three large floor to almost ceiling windows but they're all north facing with a tree out there too. 

Seeing that its such a large room,  wanted to paint it something brighter but also have some personality.  I was going to do two walls (the inner corner of the L) in a dark purple... almost blackish kind of purple.  Something like this...



I was going to do a yellow with it.  But I"m not sure what colour of yellow.  I've waivered between neutral yellow/beige, to bright yellow to a more orangey yellow. 

Anyone have a suggestion of a nice yellow?

I can't find the post that inspired me to make this.  I saw the web quilt and knew instantly that I wanted to make it with my Katmandu fabric. 

I started it right away... it was challenging and sat there for months..  and months...

Then after finally sucking it up and finishing the top, it sat for another couple of years. 

I got it pro quilted and finished the binding tonight!  So happy to have it done. 

I lvoe the fact that the fabric between the webs carry all the colours and a pattern that integrates the with the webs.

(sorry I take back pics :/ )

When I first saw this Y Front Quilt: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=328792.0
I knew that I had to make it for a friend.  But.. I needed an excuse.  The 2011 Craft challenge on Facebook turned out to be that excuse.  I was so happy when he decided to be my 5th craft, I knew exactly what I was going to make him.

This was my first time paper piecing.  I love it.  Its like a puzzle and no need to cut exactly. 

After the first pair took 2 hours, my thoughts were "maybe he'll get a trivet" (IE only 1 lol).  If I do two... maybe placemats.... etc.  I wasn't sure if I had it in me to do the 12 I had in mind.  Took me a long time (lots of procrastination) but I'm happy to say its done!  I did cheat and paid to have it machine quilted.  I think its so epic, its worth it. 

Enjoy!

Finally done!  Made this for a friend as a part of the craft challenge taht went around facebook. 

Can't see the inside but the red is a gradient from light at the top to dark in the bag.

Apparently this yarn is so in demand the manufacturer is having a hard time keeping up.

I recently picked up an old project and made a simple scarf.  Then I was inspired to try something new.

AFter a trip to the knitting store, I had this yarn.  Its a simple 9 stitch but the fabric meshes out on it own to make it look very impressive.

The recipient loved it.  And now I will be hosting a lunch and learn to show others who want them!

I have a new crafting table that is just over 19" wide.  I have a mat that is 23" wide and would like to trim it because it is nice and long.  Its impossible to find another one that is long and skinny. 

Any advice on cutting it?

I made this quilt for a friend at work.  Its retro reproduction fabric with white.  And I took the time to piece the border which wasn't as bad as I thought.  I definitely like the effect of the pieced border on this.

My machine quilting leaves something to be desired and so does the accuracy of the squares.  Who needs pins anyways...  
[edit] - Oh, I wanted to mention that I used a fat jelly roll for this (5 inches high instead of 2.5).  It was perfect and the nice part was that it provided 52 different fabrics for the quilt!

Hope you enjoy.

I've decided to go to England for my 40th year.  I, of course, started looking up quilt shops.  I see a lot of them import from the US so fabric buying might not be in my interest (especially since the canadian dollar is weak compared to the pound). 

Any suggestions for a quilter in England?  Are there lots of English produced fabrics?