Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Check it out!
My quilt, Plum Kebab, is featured on the Modern Quilt Guild's 100 Days of Modern Quilting series. Go here to read all about it.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Hello again.
I've been a bit of a busy girl the last few weeks. And here's why...
My sweet baby boy will turn 6 weeks old tomorrow! I can't believe how fast it's gone by. I've learned a lot about him.
My sweet baby boy will turn 6 weeks old tomorrow! I can't believe how fast it's gone by. I've learned a lot about him.
- I've learned that we are a fan of baby wearing. Right now Daniel is snuggled up against my chest wrapped in a Moby. After a long while of fighting with his fussing this morning, I wrapped him up and he fell asleep within a few minutes. Once I'm finished writing this post, I'm going to head down to my studio space and try to cut out the pieces for my quilt while wearing him.
- Remember all those diapers my mom and I made? Well, I've learned that just because they are cute doesn't mean they will work. I think I've given up on using them because every time I have, they have leaked. I think maybe there are too many layers in the pattern I used to get a good gather at the legs and back, thus making the seal not so good.
- I've learned that we're good at breastfeeding. Last Wednesday, the little guy weighed in at 9 pounds, 12 ounces!
- I've learned that we like to snuggle.
- I've learned that Daniel is a bit of a music snob. We listen to a lot of the Rockabye Baby station on Pandora & if he doesn't like a song he will whine until it is changed.
- I've learned that Daniel is a fan of Wassily Kandinsky. In my living room, we have a poster of this Kandinsky painting. Daniel loves to stare at it.
I'll try to pop in a little more often, but right now my days are mostly filled with dirty diapers, naps, and feeding.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Potholder Swap
I participated in the Log Cabin Potholder Swap between the KC Modern Quilt Guild & the Portland Modern Quilt Guild. Each of us was given a name of someone in the opposite guild & we had to research that person as best we could and make them a potholder.
My partner was Nancy Stovall. She didn't give a lot of information, so I was left to my own devices. I gathered from her blog that she's a long arm quilter. She didn't give any specific color preferences or style preferences, so I went with some fabric I had & quilted the potholders for her very heavily and pieced very minimally.
My piecing is based off of a pattern called Northwest Modern Quilt in Susan Beal's Modern Log Cabin Quilting book.
The quilting was all out of Judy Woodworth's Freemotion Quilting Handbook. I've been practicing my freemotion skills on my domestic machine on every project I've done lately. What do you think? Am I improving?
Nancy, I hope you like the potholders I sent for you. I had fun making them; especially the quilting part of it. Hope you enjoy!
My partner was Nancy Stovall. She didn't give a lot of information, so I was left to my own devices. I gathered from her blog that she's a long arm quilter. She didn't give any specific color preferences or style preferences, so I went with some fabric I had & quilted the potholders for her very heavily and pieced very minimally.
My piecing is based off of a pattern called Northwest Modern Quilt in Susan Beal's Modern Log Cabin Quilting book.
The quilting was all out of Judy Woodworth's Freemotion Quilting Handbook. I've been practicing my freemotion skills on my domestic machine on every project I've done lately. What do you think? Am I improving?
Nancy, I hope you like the potholders I sent for you. I had fun making them; especially the quilting part of it. Hope you enjoy!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Robot Baby Shower
A few weeks ago, my mom, sister, & 2 close girlfriends threw a shower for little guy and I in Omaha. The decided upon a robot theme to celebrate & came up with some really great ideas I know you'll want to steal.
This little guy is made from a bunch of random things. His head is one of those sorter toys. His nose is a snot sucker. His chest is a dishwasher box thing for bottle parts and such. His belly is a plastic bin filled with plastic blocks. His arms are bottle scrubbers. He has candy piggy banks for legs & baby shoes on his feet. He was stationed on the table right inside the door to the party.
Amber made a robot centerpiece for each table. Aren't they cute?
Do you see the robot paper cut-outs that were on the table? And nuts & bolts were scattered about, too!
My last name on a bunting. My mom made this with some robot fabric.
The snack table. My sister made little signs with the robotic name for all the snacks and drinks.
Well, all except the robot cake, but that one is kind of a give-away.
Micro Chips = Potato Chips
Nuts and Bolts = yummy popcorn, pretzel mixture with pumpkin spice and caramel I think.
Laser Beams = Veggie Tray
Cogs and Gears = Cucumber Sandwiches
Liquid Hydrogen = Water
Robot Juice = Capri Suns
Battery Acid = Punch
Tammy & I.
I'm ready to tackle the present opening.
There were lots of presents.
Little guy has lots of clothes.
He has lots of toys.
Amber took photos of Jason & I when she came down for the shower in Kansas City. This book has some of them printed out in it.
My mom made the little guy a robot quilt. Fussy cut robots in the centers of wonky log cabin blocks. Super cute!
My gramma & mom. My mom got a gift, too. Emily brought her a brag book to tote around photos of little guy.
We played games. This game was fun! Katie, my sister, came up with it. Everyone got a little jar of playdough and had to make a baby out of it.
Even little Lucy got in on the action.
There were some funny looking babies!
I had to be the judge, but I couldn't pick just one baby as the winner. I picked 2.
Michael's baby was awesome.
Look at the back of it!
Emily's baby was too cute. I love the hair! So, Michael & Emily were the two winners I chose.
Everyone got to take one of these little guys home with them. Aren't they fun?
It was a really fun party. I got to see people I hadn't seen in a long time. I got to play games & celebrate the little guy. I was given lots of good presents to dress & entertain the little guy with. I can't wait for him to get here!
This little guy is made from a bunch of random things. His head is one of those sorter toys. His nose is a snot sucker. His chest is a dishwasher box thing for bottle parts and such. His belly is a plastic bin filled with plastic blocks. His arms are bottle scrubbers. He has candy piggy banks for legs & baby shoes on his feet. He was stationed on the table right inside the door to the party.
Amber made a robot centerpiece for each table. Aren't they cute?
Do you see the robot paper cut-outs that were on the table? And nuts & bolts were scattered about, too!
My last name on a bunting. My mom made this with some robot fabric.
The snack table. My sister made little signs with the robotic name for all the snacks and drinks.
Well, all except the robot cake, but that one is kind of a give-away.
Micro Chips = Potato Chips
Nuts and Bolts = yummy popcorn, pretzel mixture with pumpkin spice and caramel I think.
Laser Beams = Veggie Tray
Cogs and Gears = Cucumber Sandwiches
Liquid Hydrogen = Water
Robot Juice = Capri Suns
Battery Acid = Punch
Tammy & I.
I'm ready to tackle the present opening.
There were lots of presents.
Little guy has lots of clothes.
He has lots of toys.
Amber took photos of Jason & I when she came down for the shower in Kansas City. This book has some of them printed out in it.
My mom made the little guy a robot quilt. Fussy cut robots in the centers of wonky log cabin blocks. Super cute!
My gramma & mom. My mom got a gift, too. Emily brought her a brag book to tote around photos of little guy.
We played games. This game was fun! Katie, my sister, came up with it. Everyone got a little jar of playdough and had to make a baby out of it.
Even little Lucy got in on the action.
There were some funny looking babies!
I had to be the judge, but I couldn't pick just one baby as the winner. I picked 2.
Michael's baby was awesome.
Look at the back of it!
Emily's baby was too cute. I love the hair! So, Michael & Emily were the two winners I chose.
Everyone got to take one of these little guys home with them. Aren't they fun?
It was a really fun party. I got to see people I hadn't seen in a long time. I got to play games & celebrate the little guy. I was given lots of good presents to dress & entertain the little guy with. I can't wait for him to get here!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Pumpkin Baby Shower
Jason's family threw us a shower over a month ago now in Kansas City. We all partied at his mom's house. 
Isn't this little pumpkin cute?
There were lots of yummy snacks.
This cake was delicious! I only had a nibble of it though, since I'm temporarily diabetic and it was pretty rich.
See? Lots of yummy snacks.
Fruit skewers stuck into a pumpkin.
This was a cheese ball! I love cheese balls. :)
And crackers for the cheese.
We were fancy and got to cut the cake like at our wedding.
We played the what kind of poop is in the diaper game.
Elle tasted it.
Jason's face is not reassuring of our upcoming adventures. It's fake poop; what's he so grossed out by?
Tammy & Michael were the best fake poop guessers.
The boys played a game. They were each given a bottle with 4 oz. of beer. The winner was the guy who could chug the beer from the bottle the fastest.
Joe was one of the two last guys remaining.
Michael was the other.
Oops! Joe choked up.
Michael was committed. Check out the beer drips down the front of his shirt. Perhaps that's why he won.
Joe & Kathryn.
My mom in the background; Katie & Amber in the foreground. Isn't my sister cute? I think so.
Michael & Tammy.
Mel & Alex.
Elle.
Jason & I. And Squirmy, too, but you can't see him all that well.
These were the party favors.
We had a lot of fun. We got a lot of really cool presents for the little guy. It was a really nice party. The weather was beautiful that day; great for the people who drove 3 hours to party with us.
Isn't this little pumpkin cute?
There were lots of yummy snacks.
This cake was delicious! I only had a nibble of it though, since I'm temporarily diabetic and it was pretty rich.
See? Lots of yummy snacks.
Fruit skewers stuck into a pumpkin.
This was a cheese ball! I love cheese balls. :)
And crackers for the cheese.
We were fancy and got to cut the cake like at our wedding.
We played the what kind of poop is in the diaper game.
Elle tasted it.
Jason's face is not reassuring of our upcoming adventures. It's fake poop; what's he so grossed out by?
Tammy & Michael were the best fake poop guessers.
The boys played a game. They were each given a bottle with 4 oz. of beer. The winner was the guy who could chug the beer from the bottle the fastest.
Joe was one of the two last guys remaining.
Michael was the other.
Oops! Joe choked up.
Michael was committed. Check out the beer drips down the front of his shirt. Perhaps that's why he won.
Joe & Kathryn.
My mom in the background; Katie & Amber in the foreground. Isn't my sister cute? I think so.
Michael & Tammy.
Mel & Alex.
Elle.
Jason & I. And Squirmy, too, but you can't see him all that well.
These were the party favors.
We had a lot of fun. We got a lot of really cool presents for the little guy. It was a really nice party. The weather was beautiful that day; great for the people who drove 3 hours to party with us.
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