Hunky Dory

One of our newest quilts made with Moda's Hunky Dory line and a smattering of Amy Butler, Sandi Henderson, Jennifer Paganelli and Disco Dots of course!

The quilt is backed with Michael Miller's Kid Cut-Ups in Turquoise. I am still obsessed with aqua/red combos.

The binding is made with Jennifer Paganelli's Red Claire Blocks. I've found that lately there is nothing more relaxing then hand-finishing a quilt binding on the couch at night. My equivilant to a glass of wine to wind down? I don't remember what wine tastes like. You could tell me that my water was wine and I'd get tipsy. ;)

I free-motion quilted in one-way diagonal, wavy rows.

the crayon bandit...

strikes again!


On the bright side, at least it's not sharpie!


The crayon bandit's little sidekick would still rather eat crayons than deface with them, so I know she didn't do it.


She left her signature blue crayon in the knee lever hole. Getting brave too - I was a mere three feet away sorting fabric on the sewing table.

Saturday quilt

Saturday seemed like a quilty kind-of-a day so I handed the girls a stack of Amy Butler Midwest Modern 2 squares that I'd been holding onto for awhile. They love laying squares out to design quilts, and it always makes for a fun afternoon project. I love how random they are - the only self-appointed "rule" they use is that two squares of the same print can't be next to one another. Other than that - free game! They are two little free spirits working together (with a wee bit of fighting over their favorite squares usually) and are always so proud to show me their finished results.


(yes, they are in princess dresses more often than not) :)






on the ironing board


free-motion quilting action shot




fresh out of the dryer (my absolute most favoritist part)

all softened up and shrinkylicious

We used Jennifer Paganelli's Jade Amy Dot for the backing, and Michael Miller's Kid Cut Ups in Turquoise for the binding.


little bit's tootsies


did I mention little bit is fast?


see ya!

eBay listing for Emily

For Emily's Launch we currently have a set of 4 blue floral bibs up for auction on eBay. Each bib is also individually listed in our Etsy shop, with 100% of all proceeds from sales donated to the Emily Schmidt Memorial Fund.

crafted for a cause treasury

SeaLoreDesigns added our Tulip Charm Blue Stripe bib to her Crafted for a Cause treasury. Her Etsy shop offers beautiful sea-inspired jewelry. I love this Goddess bracelet:

Emily's Launch

Emily's Launch begins today! 100% of the proceeds from the sales of items listed for the launch will be donated to Emily Schmidt Memorial Fund to help her family with medical bills. To find all of the beautiful blue flower and rainbow items that have been listed please visit Etsy and eBay using the search term "Emily HGC."

If you would like to read more about sweet Emily and her family, please visit the Polka Dot Mom blog here. If you are a seller on Etsy or eBay and would like to participate in the launch, please visit the Hope for God's Children blog here.

So St. Croix

Jennifer Paganelli's newest line, So St. Croix, is shipping! I cannot wait to get my hands on some to sew up some Cathy Dresses for the girls and Carly Bubbles for little bit!