A busy weekend

Some weekend sewing was done - here are some blocks for the back of this quilt!
I planned to piece the back, so had some leftovers. I really hope to get this finished and mailed off to my parents by the end of March - It was supposed to be their Christmas quilt!

Some more blocks for the Paintbox Quilt a Long -

These might be my favorite so far, I don't plan on using too much purple, but a little is nice.

And here is all of them so far, a little stack of blocks on a little stack of firewood -

I took all of these pictures on the patio, that explains the cement floor and the chair full of firewood....

Happy 21!

A few more for the paintbox quilt. I have more cut out and in the lunch trays ready to go -
these scrappy ones turned out wonky, and not in the good 'embrace the wonky' kind of way either.
I won't use them in the quilt, but maybe a matching doll quilt for Sophie's naked little dolly...

Here is Sophie, with her Mama, my daughter Kathryn, who is now 21!!!!!!!!!!!
How could my baby possibly be 21 years old?!
We're going to a nice restaurant tonight to celebrate -
lets hope Sophie can keep her shirt on this time.

Sophie Backpack and Auction

This little backpack was sewed on Jan 2nd, finally today I took some pictures!

This is a wonderful sewing pattern, with clear directions and everything else that makes a pattern happy. If you have a little person in your life, you really should make one of these!
So fun to make, and really, a wee backpack is cuter than you might imagine...
The pattern can be found here.
Sophie loves it and has been using it every time she goes to her other Nana's house, and pretty much everywhere else she goes.

I did add two side pockets, one for her water bottle and the other for her hankie.

The fabric and webbing are from Supperbuzzy, the fabric is quite thin, so I backed it with canvas.


Everybody is talking about the crisis in Haiti, Alaskans have been reaching out to Haiti, and so has the sewing/crafting blogging world. Here is one more way to help the people there -
Beth at ModernJax is auctioning off the items many of us help put together, so go check it out and please make a bid!
More info about the auction here.
Edit: Forgot to mention that I quilted the tree skirt that is up for auction right now! Go Bid!

Paintbox quilt

Instead of finishing some quilts or bags that I have half done.... or going through the ufo box and picking something out... or doing the dishes, I jumped in on Oh Fransson's Paintbox quilt a long!
So far I've been using the small stash of Kona solids that I already have, but some jelly rolls are on their way. I even found some jelly rolls of the new Hope Valley line!
First I sorted out the strips, and started bags for the pieces to go on the back.
The back of this quilt is going to be great, she is so clever that Oh Fransson.

Some blocks in progress -


Here is what I have so far. The little cuties. I almost want to name them.


Oh, and here are my sewing room helpers - can you tell they are very helpful?

New School Bag

My daughter Kathryn started the Nursing Program on Monday - seems like its been a long wait for it all to come together, and now its happening! For Sophie it means some big changes, which she seems to be dealing with just fine. Mon and Tue she goes to her other Nana and Papa's house, and Wed and Thur to a good friend of Kathryn's, who is a stay at home mom to Sophie's best friend Sierra. Fri there are no classes, at least for the 1st semester.
Not too bad for a 33 month old venturing out into the world for the first time....
Kathryn needed a new bag for school, she picked out some laminated Kokka and linen out of my stash -

Its my basic tote bag pattern, with linen for the lining and the flat piping around the top, and Kona Charcoal for the faux piping on the handles.
And one zip pocket to keep her beloved I Phone safe.

Giveaway Winner

A bit late, but I pulled Amanda's name out of the hat! Amanda, drop me a line and let me know your address so I can mail this fabric off to you - thanks to all that commented!
I'm going to take a bloggy break for a bit, so will see you later,
Sew on... and have a Merry Christmas -

102nd Post Giveaway!

The tree skirt is on its way back to Beth - it was fun to be part of a charity project, it was a great swap, thanks Beth!


She made this cool label, anybody see their name?


Now I need to do something with my six blocks, I'm thinking a tree skirt similar to this, so I'll need to make two more blocks. Not going to happen in time for this year's tree ... I'm so behind in making presents, so my plan now is to focus on sewing for Sophie, Christmas is for kids anyway, right?!
Can't believe this is my 102nd Post!
So here is my giveaway, eight Heather Ross fabrics, cut into 12 1/2 inch squares -
All folded up and ready to go ... just leave a comment and I'll draw a name on December 18th!