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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Double Wedding Ring Pillow

I've always wanted to make a quilt with this pattern... I decided to try it out with the last bit of scraps left from Bellas quilt and this quilt and also this quilt. So when I say scraps I mean SCRAPS -not the best way to try out a new pattern. As in not sure I will ever do this again.

I attached it to gorgeous dark grey linen with a blanket stitch and then I sandwiched it with batting and a piece of cotton on the back and went to town with small kantha-esque stitching. All with yummy varegaited purl cotton thread. Then it was turned into a pillow for my living room. I LOVE this pillow.

Friday, July 25, 2014

Isabella's quilt

So rewind to when Bella was turning one. This was her gift from me. An absolutely delicious star quilt from Denyse Schmidt's Chicopee line. I pinned this one and couldn't get it out of my head ( apparently it isn't her original idea either) But who ever came up with it was genius! I LOVE it.

It is a generous double size quilt

And hand quilted in a purl cotton.

Bella still hasn't used it (or the peacock quilt for that matter) but they are both in her room. I am sure she will use the peacock one when we get her in her own room (right now the kids share a room). The kids literally have loads of handmade blankets so I don't feel too bad saving some of them for when they don't have to be washed at least once a week... They love all of their blankets. Infact they know whose are whose and do not want to share them....

Someday soon this will be gorgeous on her bed.

And a little bit of one year old Bella... in some adorable oliver and s shorts made by mom... which we probably never blogged. I actually spent yesterday going through all of Bellas handmade baby stuff for a cousin that will be arriving in December... and unfortunately I don't think we blogged most any of them.