What? I never posted these??

Ok - so it turns out that I never posted pictures of my first 2 completed quilts!!!  Can you believe it??


In my defense - they are posted somewhere {facebook & flickr} ... but they never made it into blogland.  The poor quilts - they must be feeling left out w/o their v. own blog post! ;-)  So here they are for you all to see!


Quilt #1: {enter creative name here}

Stats: 
Fabric: Made from 2 jelly rolls plus sashing fabric from Joann's.
Pattern: scrappy "rail fence" pattern w/added borders
Back: simple - 1 fabric pieced to size of quilt
Binding: brown flowered fabric from this fabric collection
Size:  lap size


I made this over about 2 weeks that included a self created sew-a-thon weekend and 3 snow days in a row! 
** have I mentioned I {heart} working in a school! **


Quilt #2: Central Park Quilt 

puppy approved

Stats: 
Fabric: Central Park by Kate Spain (1 jelly roll and 2 charm packs)
Pattern: Paige w/an extra purple border
Back: simple - cut from 1 fabric
Binding: scrappy - all different purples from the fabric line
Size: lap sized


This quilt came together over the month of March.  
March = lots of bitter cold weather + some snow = lots of time for sewing!


That's it for my first 2 completed quilts!  Can't wait to show you some progress w/my newest quilty-WIPs!

Lots of Updates!!

It has been a craft-happy week! And now I have something to show y'all (and blog about!)...

Quilt 1:

Central Park Jelly Roll - by Kate Spain

I already had 2 charm packs of this fabric, but now that I have this this jelly roll I was finally able to dig in and get started on this quilt! (Have I mentioned how much I LOVE! this fabric??) Saturday I spent the day quilting away .... I took up the kitchen and the whole living room floor, ha!

Quilt 2: I've also made progress on the So Charming quilt ... I have about half of the black frames sewn. Once I finish them all I'll be sure to document my progress for y'all to see.

Quilt 3: And the quilt I'm probably most excited about at the moment (but, then again, I love them all!!!) my 3rd quilting WIP -- a precious baby quilt for a little girl due in July ... On top of being a project that should piece together quickly, it's made up of a beautiful soft colored palatte that will be fun to work with.

I bought the fabric from a quilt shop I found on my drive home from NJ this weekend. It was my first quilt shop experience. I was in awe!!! All these fabrics that I usually only see online were right there in front of me to touch and play with!! I ended up choosing some fabrics from the Sunkissed line by sweetwater. I'm so excited to make this. Here are the fabrics I chose.

I also added the green fabric at the top that I'm thinking will be a border fabric and the SO SUPER SOFT pink dot fabric for the backing.

They are calling for snow/sleet in Baltimore ... maybe I'll be lucky enough to not have school - and then I can quilt all day tomorrow! =) I can hope!!!

I LOVE getting mail!!!

So I have the itch to sew again .... right now I have the fabric for the boxes for my family room, but for some reason I'm just not that into the idea of getting all the materials for that project out. I think I want to work on another quilt. The good news is .... between yesterday and today I got a few nice surprises in the mail that will help with this itch ............ (suspenseful pause) ....

3 quilt patterns & 2 yards of fabric!!! =)

Here are the quilt patterns I got:

North Meadow

*When I ordered this I had plans to make a quilt w/it - but then I changed my mind on the pattern ... but it seems like it'll be a fun quilt to make, some day ....

So Charming

*I am really excited for this one. I started planning - I'm going to use this pattern w/my Amy Butler August fields fabric (which is one of my FAVORITE Amy Butler fabrics, it's discontinued of course). I also just bought the polka dot fabric today - so I'll have to wait for that to come in to get started on the sewing part.

Here is what I have planned so far .... These are the squares I plan to use and their layout. (remember you have to imagine the black frames, white sashing, and border) ...

X-rated (I don't like this name any more than you do!)

*No official plans - but I'm thinking it would look good in traditional/small printed fabric like ...

Here's the fabric that I got:

2 yards of Amy Butler's August Field Pattern: Graceful Vine

**I'm thinking I'll use this as fabric for pillow covers for my family room - it should go perfect w/the print on the wall and the fabric boxes in the entertainment center (well, once I finish making them, of course!!)

So all this mail inspired me to get started on some quilts ... but alas, no fabric to sew ... so I remedied that w/ a nice big order from fatquartershop.com

I can't wait for my shipment to come in. Along w/the black polka dot fabric for the "so charming" quilt I also bought the fabric to the left. I have been obsessing over this fabric for the past month! It's called "Central Park" by Kate Spain ... I just kept coming back to it on fatquartershop.com - so I finally decided I HAD to have it! I'll keep you posted once my plans for this fabric as they become more clear. I bought coordinating fabric for the sashing, borders, binding, and backing - now I just need a plan. It's going to be a lot of fun to work with!

Well that's about it for tonight. Of course I still have the sewing bug, but no time left or fabric to sew with... Maybe I'll scrapbook in the meantime. . . . . or read a book......