baby plans

Here is a sneak-peak at some baby room decor. I'm working with a lot of grays, yellows and turquoise. Thinking of adding a bit of pop somewhere (red?, more yellow?).

zigzag

Another pillow. This one is for the rocker in the nursery. As soon as I saw the new Full Moon zigzags from Moda, I snapped up three colors to use for baby. The room decor is starting to take shape and we finally have a crib. Now if we could just get some of the extra furniture out of there...

hello again

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

View from the bus. Time: 5:00 pm. Swiftly flow the days indeed - it's February and the sun has decided to make an appearance (or rather a disappearance) on my way home again.

pillow parade

Well whataya know - I spent the whole day making stuff and it felt so good. It all started with this little guy.



I need a pillow at work for my aching pregnant back, and I thought a little color wouldn't hurt things. Then I was going to move onto nursery projects, but decided that pillows were going to be the thing to make today. I have been itching to change out the ones on our couch for awhile. they were made hastily and without design - just used a single fabric and free-motioned around (and just might have been the worse free-motion ever).

A while ago I made this quilt top - just needing to make something and using up stash. And it turned into a little bit that I really loved, with a whole lot that was just eh. So today, I started ripping it apart. I decided that the nine patch postage stamps needed to be displayed and would make a great pillow. So I pulled out a 7x7 section and instant pillow top!



Then I had to update the other pillow - this one took a bit of time, but I'm so glad I did it. Inspired by the many plus-sign quilts out there, (specifically this one), I decided to take the same fabrics, add a punch of red, and rearrange them to make plus-signs.



On both pillows I reused a lot of things - used the old pillow top as a backing (added more batting to bulk it up), and the old pillow back and more of the quilt top to make an envelope back. I'm not going to show you the back, because today was also about too small. My backs didn't close all the way (probably because I was reusing), so there is a bit of velcro holding things together.

I love the results.
And love that I made some things.
And that I was able to take pictures. (For such a warm winter, it's still been pretty gray around here).

I still need to make some baby stuff, but think the rest of the house projects should get done too. Baby won't care if it's not ready right away...right?

I've got a few more things to show you this week. Maybe this is the beginning of nesting?

color and light

It's been a weird winter. My banner isn't lying - there still isn't snow on the ground here in most parts of Minnesota. Everything is brown. Except the sky. My favorite part of the day is commuting to the east in the morning and witnessing skies like this.

bikes and bikes

 

My first baby related project is almost complete. Baby quilt is definitely blue flavored...I don't think I've shared - we're having a boy!

santa's secrets

2 weeks until xmas and I've got my stockings hung, my tree trimmed and my daily cookie for breakfast. I've also got a bunch of projects that I can't share, because they are gifts! I didn't think that would happen this year, but I've found enough time to make secret santa gifts and holiday quilt-y swaps and a few little surprises for my friends and family.

This is all I can show you.