Blog Hop

I am getting ready to be in my very first Blog Hop.  It is a English Paper Piecing Blog Hop, and so I must get started.  This means that my project will be hand stitched. See the details of the whole Hop here.  Sage and I went out to take some pictures today to see what we could come up with.

I would really like to get a new camera that took better pictures... but not in the budget.  I might also just need a better eye.

Sewing Summit here I come!

I am so excited.  In just three weeks I am headed to the Sewing Summit.  Although I was at first disappointed when I did not get my first choices of classes, I am feeling better now.  I still do not have what I want but it seems like I will be able to learn a ton at the after hour sessions.  I am bringing fabric for every class I wanted to take just in case I have the opportunity to get my hands on some of the teachers.  The only fabric I did not buy and prep is the fabric for te Maxi skirt.  I think that I could probably learn from someone and then come home and make one if I really want one.  

I am currently trying to get everything prepared and make a few more things before I leave.

I did get most of the fabric cut this week for the classes, a badge made, and a pouch started.  I am still working on quilting a Christmas present for my step mother.

Here is my badge.  I wanted to do it in vintage since I have fallen in love with vintage sheets.

I also wanted to show you the great mug rug and sweet little pouches I received this week in Flickr swaps.

JennygoLightly from Flickr made me the two little pouches to go with my purse I made this summer in the handstitched class. 

Natalie made me this awesome mug rug to match my house!

We also spent the morning making apricot jam.  One of the ladies at the Spiritual Center I work at keeps bringing apricots from her tree.  I have bought some for the last 3 weeks and Ben keeps making pie.  Since he is out of town I decided this is the week Sage and I would make Jam.  Yummy it is all canned up!

Here is the pouch I will be bringing to swap.  I drafted my own pattern using this tutorial.  I am still getting the hang of the zipper tabs... I love this fabric and thought it would be fun to enter into the swap, since everyone is so into text fabric these days.  

Happy Birthday Flora Mae

Our beautiful Niece and Sage's Cousin Flora will be turning 1 on June 10th.

In celebration of Flora I made her this beautiful quilt.  It was part of the Stitched in Color Curves class I took this winter for my birthday.  The pattern actually had one more curve to it; however during quilting I had a major accident and fold in the backing and could not bear to pull out all of the quilting for a third time so.... I chopped it and the result was a square quilt.

Sage is a great model.

These are the awesome sandals that my husband made for Sage.  

Add a Border Button

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Tova Top

My sewist friend Cat and I,  decided to make the so hip Tova tops.  Thanks Cat for the inspiration it turned out so fun!  I highly recommend the pattern to anyone.  I added some extra darts in the back to give it a little extra body.

Modern She Made

I have been addicted to online swapping on Flickr. It is so much fun because it can push you out of your comfort zone. You receive a mystery partner and their likes and dislikes and then you come up with a plan. Here is my swap that will head off to my partner soon.

Blogger's Quilt Festival 2012

Hi there, I've decided to enter a quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival.

I made this quilt for my friends Sarah and Nate and their newborn baby Frieda.

La Inspiración:

Nate and I went to college at Chico State together and later I dated one of his close friends.  Back in 2002 he suggested that we come to Sun Valley Idaho for vacation.  He gave us a list of the top 10 things we should do in Ketchum.  One morning while we were in Ketchum sipping coffee at one of the local coffee shops, I met a retired teacher whom told us about the school district here.  He told me his wife also a teacher just started working for the Dual Immersion Program the school district just started.  Immediately I was intrigued because I went to school to be a Dual Immersion teacher.  After doing a little research I learned the program was in the second year and the district was hiring teachers for the Spanish side.  At the time since it was June I already had signed a contract in California to teach fifth grade.  However, the hiring team let me know they would hire each year for the next 11 years, so to please keep them in mind.  The following year in March when my contract would not be renewed in California because of budget cuts, I decided to call Blaine County School District to see about a job.  I am just now finishing up my 9th year of working here in Idaho.  I have since then met my husband and we have a beautiful 3 year old.  We have bought a home and  I call Idaho home.  This Spring when Nate and Sarah brought Frieda into their family I decided to repay them with a baby quilt as a token to my gratitude for suggesting to visit Sun Valley.  

The Process:

The blocks in the quilt come from the Flickr group Scrapbuster Swap.  The 7th round of the swap was making Bento boxes.  I actually had a different quilt in mind I was thinking I was going to make for Frieda until the blocks arrived in the mail.  They were perfect for a baby quilt and especially for Frieda.  She was born in Shanghai where her mom teaches dance.  Bento boxes have an Asian flair and so I just had to put it together for her.  I Free Motion Quilted the quilt using King Tut variegated thread and a pebble pattern as well as a meandering stitch.  I love how the thread built up and it looks just perfect.   I now feel confident with my pebbling and so enjoyed making this quilt for my friends. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you come again and don't forget to visit the other talented people in the Blogger's Quilt Festival.