Friday Finish

Here's a cutie of a Friday Finish to share, Birds and Bees Baby is quilted, bound, and on it's way to the baby shower! Drum roll please... the sex of the baby is now known, and pink will be quite appropriate.

I had to measure it several times, just to make sure, because even though it looks longer than tall, it's square! It finished up at 34"x34", which was unintentional, but a pleasant surprise. I made a valiant halfhearted attempt at calculating the number of tumblers I could cut, gave up, cut as many tumblers as possible, and arranged the layout to maximize the cutting. I think there were 2 tumblers left over!

I thought this would be a nice size for outings in the car seat or stroller, without being too large. Babies seem to require packing approximately 75 pounds of stuff into a diaper bag and that's just to get out of the driveway. Hopefully this won't take up a ton of room and will be easy to carry around.

I wish I could tell you what batting I used, because it was awesome. I found a perfectly sized remnant out of my batting scraps tote.  I didn't get a picture of the quilt post wash/dry, but it scarcely shrunk, and while it crinkled some, it fluffed up even more. The result was wonderfully soft and puffy. It's quilted by SITD and a squiggly line stitch in the boarder.

The backing, fluttering in the wind

The backing is Robert Kaufman's "All My Heart, and it really matches up well with the colors from the top. Whichever side baby sees, there are lots of pretty colors and shapes to see. 

I hope you're as ready for the weekend as I am! Happy Friday!

Best,
Heather

If you'd like to read more about this, please visit this post on my blog. 

Berrylicious Bundle! Sunday Stash!

Being that I was on the other side of town Friday, I decided to pop in to one of our LQS'. So happy I did - I found the perfect backing fabric for birds and bees baby. Mom's favorite color is purple, dad is a chef, they bake together in their spare time... voila! Cupcake fabric! It's from Robert Kaufman's "All My Heart" line. It's got a touch of purple, once I saw it, I knew it was perfect.

As I walked around the shop, I kept being drawn back to a solid coral color. My stash is sorely lacking in solids, and I decided it must come home with me. These 6 berry beauties are from Northcott. Northcott solids are new to me, but I have only heard positive reviews. They feel lovely and the LQS had dozens of beautiful colors to choose from. I thought that they looked like yummy berry sorbets. This is my berrylicious bundle!

Linking up to the newly engaged Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash!

Best,
Heather

Sunday Stash, A Flimsy, A Rant

Birds and Bees Baby

The Birds and Bees Baby flimsy is all done! To say I'm pleased with how it turned out would be an understatement. It's so charming in it's pretty pink sugar-y sweetness, and the green helps it from reaching sugar coma stage. :) Pink and green are one of my all.time.favorite. color combos.
In case you're wondering if I jumped the gun, choosing pink, yep, I sure did. But, mom thinks it's a girl, and I just have a vibe that it is, too. I've set it aside for quilting for when I get my Bernina back from service.
Meanwhile, I've had this jelly roll and yardage kicking around in the stash. I decided to just make something already. The collection is called Palazzo by Greta Lynn for Benartex. The fabric has a great feel to it.

Earmarked for the hubs

I had envisioned a quilt from Jelly Roll Quilts, but when I showed the pattern to Mr. Fussy Pants (aka the hubs) he said it's too busy. Fine. Be that way. Now I'm leaning towards a rail fence on point or some kind of linear stripe-y design. Something easy to piece 'cause that's all I'm in the mood for on the back up machine.
And, off topic, but I'm going to rant a bit here. Last night while coming home from graveyard shift, our son was rear-ended by a drunk driver. He's OK, and his car is damaged but drivable.  He was stopped at a red, and she hit the truck behind him doing 45mph, and the truck then hit him. And, if you're like me, and already livid at this imbecile's complete and utter stupidity, she'd called her mother who in turn shows up at the accident scene, also inebriated, and gets hauled off to jail with the daughter. We're counting our blessings that everyone was unhurt. But... seriously?!?!

Best,
Heather

Linking up to Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash!

WIP Wednesday - Birds and Bees Baby

You know what happens with the birds and the bees, right? You get a baby! And my cousin is having one, their first, this winter.
My sewing machine was due in for it's first year service, and while I was there at the LQS, I did some wandering around. I have been looking at the cute birdie fabric for a while now, but it's directional and I kind of steered clear of it.

Finally, I decided I would have a use for it, if I did a tumbler quilt. I auditioned a few fabrics, and stuck with a pink and green palette. One fabric has the most adorable little bees on it, hence the name. Funny thing is, I didn't set out to create a birds and bees quilt. It wasn't until I had all my bolts laid out on a table in the shop that I realized I had. How cute is this!?
This isn't my first tumbler, so after a few initial misalignments and seam rips, I got my mojo back and all has been well since.

Here's the progress so far! And, here's a secret - I don't even know if they are having a girl! (They'll be learning the sex soon.) I just thought this was so cute I was determined to make it anyway. These pics are washing out the pinks and making the green more pea soup than it is, trust me, it's adorable!

Linking up to WIP Wednesday hosted by Lee!