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New Baby!

15 Dec

Yup, that's right!  I have a baby girl due in May! I've seriously been missing in action lately, and I have barely even been keeping up with my quilting bees, much less the blog.  On top of that, it's the holidays and Liam is also transitioning to one nap, so I feel like I barely have time to ... View Post

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Baby
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baby quilt, Far Far Away fabric, Heather Ross

Liam’s 1st Birthday

7 Sep

Remember that shirt I made for Liam? Well here is the aftermath: I am still cleaning cake out of his ears and the shirt is now soaking under a layer of oxyclean. ... View Post

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August Bee Blocks

6 Sep

I got to work with lots of fun fabrics for my August quilting bee's! Jolene asked for scrappy, happy blocks for her baby quilt in Fresh Modern Bee: I love that orange solid. ••• Melissa asked for one block with circles and one block with whatever we wanted for her baby quilt, for Bee Happy: I ... View Post

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Sewing
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quilting bee blocks, reverse applique circle, Spiderweb

Doll Quilt Swap

31 Aug

I've been MIA a lot lately and it's mostly due to having a small human by my side all the time and also because of the Doll Quilt Swap over on Flickr.  I read about the swap on the Fat Quarterly blog and I couldn't resist joining.  Little did I know that it was an entire community of amazingly ... View Post

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Finished Quilts, Sewing
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Doll quilt, handquilting, Meadow Sweet, swap

1st Birthday Shirt

25 Aug

I've been working on Liam's upcoming birthday party and wanted him to have a special shirt to wear on his big day. The party is Circus themed (minus the clowns), so I was thinking of doing something along those lines, but then this idea popped into my head.  For some reason I liked the idea of a ... View Post

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Baby, Crafting, Sewing
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1st birthday, comic book shirt, shirt

Book of Liam

23 Aug

I had an image of a fabric tag book for Liam swimming around in my head, so I had to make it so (or is that "sew"?). I was able to utilize some of the stitches on my brand spankin' new sewing machine. I have always thought all I needed was a straight stitch and a zig-zag, but I am loving all the ... View Post

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Baby
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baby gift, Baby tag blankie, fabric book, name book, tag book

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