A new project . . .

I want to make this quilt.
It (and this photo) are from Anna Marie Horner, a fabric designer. I haven't picked the fabric yet. I'm looking at fabric.com, but I just can't decide. I could use her collections, but that seems like the easy way out. I'll keep you updated.

I'm sure this will take me FOREVER to finish, what with a small infant and going back to work in 3 weeks. Perhaps it will be done by next summer, along with that Winnataska t-shirt quilt I keep threatening to start.

So many projects, so little time. I guess I should go get the craft loft set up.

Another quilt...

A friend called me yesterday and commissioned a quilt for her cousin's yet to be born baby boy. It is SO much easier to find girl fabrics, but I love a challenge so I looked through what I had in the stash and found...
these two fabrics from the Ginger Blossom line by Sandi Henderson for Michael Miller.

I took them to Hancock today to find something to go with them but struck out on finding stuff to match. Which was GREAT because I found these wonderful selections...
which I like even better. (Click for a larger view.) I have used the navy paisley on simple quilts before and I love it. I'm so pleased that I found three coordinating fabrics to work with it. I have realized that finding things to coordinate with designer fabric lines can be difficult, but that may be a mental thing, since they are introduced as a set. But it could be the matching of multiple colors across different fabrics.

Any way... I sketched three options for the top design...

Tried and True

Squared Away

Round Peg

I totally just make up those design names (and the designs) so there's no need to go googling for the patterns. I can't decide which I like the best, so I'll have to think about it. If you, dear blog readers, have any suggestions, just leave them in the comments.

I also bought myself this pattern. It uses 3 yards of knit, and I'm trying to stash-bust, so I might make two versions; one black and one in something else.Vogue 1027

One more picture, and then I'm going to concentrate fully on So You Think You Can Dance, which is my guilty pleasure, since Lost is on break.

Ginny on her perch.

A baby quilt

So my boss commissioned a baby quilt for her niece-to-be. The shower was today, so I think it is safe to post pictures now.


The highlighted fabric is Ginger Blossom by Sandi Henderson. You really should follow that second link and check out her blog where you can see her new line, Farmer's Market.
The light pink background and backing and the green binding are fabrics I picked up at Hancock. The quilt is about 30" x 42" and I used flannel instead of batting in the middle so that it would be nice and portable. The binding is hand sewn to the back, as shown in the picture below.
This was really fun to make and I can't wait to do some more. I think I might make a new quilt for the living room next.

I hope that it was a hit at the shower.