my weekend in pictures

2 quilt tops for my boys and 1 little dress for my girl in 2 solid days of sewing with no interruptions! I thought I was dreaming!

here's to the weekend

This weekend I will be heading out of town for my favorite event of the year. A good friend and I pack the minivan with all our sewing gear and head to the middle of nowhere and hole up in a really old farmhouse to sew our hearts out! Sound fun to you? Then you are my type of person, because it is Heaven for me! All that time to sew, talk, drink wine, eat and relax! I am starting on my next quilt project. This one will be for my 9 year old son. I have cut all the fabric this week so as to not waste time doing the thing I like the least in sewing: cutting!

I will hopefully have lots of pictures to share next week of a finished top at the least!

Hope your weekend is full of fun and creativity as well!

3 dresses

I made these sweet dresses for a good friend to give as gifts. I had so much fun putting the fabrics together and making them all. My little girl of course thought they would all be for her, not this time! Again I used my new made up pattern from this post a bit earlier in the summer. And the Heather Ross Russian dolls fabric is even cuter in person, such a pretty shade of lavender. The second dress features Paula Prass fabric Flights of Fancy with Farmer's Market for the sleeves and the last dress is the vibrant, fun and funky Pop Garden from Heather Bailey.

week 7: quilt along progress

Well folks week 7 is here and I have reached my finish line. My first quilt is done. I got to the binding this past weekend and surprisingly it was one of my favorite parts. Sitting on the porch, relaxing and hand sewing was so enjoyable. I will surely try another quilt in the near future. It was a learning process and I got to try some new things on my machine that I had never used, the Bernina rocks! As well as learning how to do a blind stitch, the right way and how to do corners, the right way! My quilt now lies happily at the end of our bed!Thanks for checking out my progress over these past weeks. Did you do an old red barn co. quilt too? I would love to see it. Send your link!

quilting..done!

My quilting is done, hurray! Mistakes are there for sure but I am really happy that I did it. All trimmed and ready for binding.

Hope you have a fun weekend!

quilt along progress:: weeks 5 & 6

Well, I have started the free motion quilting on my old red barn co. quilt along and have made it to week 6. She has combined these 2 weeks to give us all time to get the quilting done, and I am going to need it (and then some!)
When I first started to quilt I panicked a bit and thought "oh no! stop now and send it off to a long arm quilter!" But I am carrying on and it is going better than I thought. My biggest issue is dealing with all that bulk in my machine and on my lap and falling over my sewing table! I am surprised how strenuous quilting is, I feel like my biceps are getting a workout as I hold it all together. I keep reminding myself to breathe and continually talk to myself as I go. Do I sound crazy yet? Probably.. but I am really loving this quilting thing and I am so glad I decided to give it a try. I know when it is all done I will be thrilled! If you are thinking about trying it yourself I totally recommend this quilt along. Dana has it all spelled out so nice and the flickr group is really great for support.
Soon I will have more to share as I finish the quilting and start the binding. Woo Hoo!

a day in a garden on the farm

For Father's Day we headed down the road a bit to one of our favorite places to run and play. The colors in the gardens were amazing, so alive and vibrant! Enjoy and Happy Monday to you!