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it’s done!

Posted on August 23, 2010

After hours and hours of quilting, and many hours of hand sewing the binding, I’m very happy to say that this quilt is finally finished!

I really love it, and I hope the new recipients will as well!

(full reveal later this week)

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I’ve spent this week doing some organizing and cleaning (and almost no sewing…).We’re finally getting some new carpet in a room that’s needed it for far too long. It happens to be our den, which is also where I do all my sewing. It probably would have made sense to change out the carpet before dragging in a bunch of large, heavy furniture (and pounds and pounds of fabric!), but alas, we weren’t that smart. So in preparation for having to move everything back out of that room, I’ve been sorting and organizing and trying to get it all as neat as possible.

All this organizing has led to a pile of fabrics that I think I’m ready to part with. I’ll be listing it all as time permits throughout the rest of the week. So if you’re looking to add to your stash, take a look at the shop to see if there’s anything you’d like!

Update: Thanks to everyone who has purchased fabric! I’ll be listing a few additional pieces today and then all packages will be mailed out tomorrow morning.

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monaco, baby!

Posted on August 17, 2010

It seems that most of the quilts I make include at least a little pink and almost always some type of floral fabric, and thus tend to be on the girlier side. A lot of that must be due to the fact that I like florals and pinks, but some of it has to do with the fact that I’m not always able to find boyish prints I like.

I was really happy to see that the new organic line, Monaco, by Jennifer Moore of Monaluna has a number of really great boyish prints (ah, those scooters!). I like these prints because they lend themselves well for a baby boy quilt, but would also be perfect for a gender neutral quilt.

I decided to go with my original Spotted Squares design (done previously here and here), because I love how it shows off a good portion of the prints. Since I was using fat quarters of each of the prints, I went with 9″ squares, which results in a pretty perfect baby quilt size (about 43″ x 51″ or so).

And now I just have to pick and purchase a backing… I love the scooters, but I also think the turquoise double dot print would make a nice backing – what do you all think?