Series Title: Babies on Quilts

Here's Linda B.'s newest grandbaby - alas, I don't have a name. Linda?

From Quilt to Pottery

It seems that Kathleen L. is still making patches - here is a wonderful example of her pottery that closely echoes her quilt from last year.

And, a special welcome to Lucy whose blog has joined us in the links sidebar!

Fall happenings

I really wanted to get into the 9 patch with everyone, but alas, the baby took over my world and I haven't made much time for projects since she came along. The haze is lifting though, and I'm now feeling ready to tackle something again.

I've done a few small things for her bedroom recently including a lamp cozy (more info here),

and I put her name up on the wall (blogged here)...

I knew I wanted to make a new quilt for Kaylee in her bedroom colors since I made the first one before she existed and it's pretty gender neutral. It's also super heavy with the warm and natural batting so I'd like something a bit thinner. I was going to do the 9 patch but found a really cool pattern recently and I am in the process of getting all the materials. It's a quilt-a-long called color brick from the Stitched in Color blog.

It's a beginner's quilt and the "bricks" are large enough to show off the details of the left over Amy Butler fabric I have. I just need to add a few more complementary prints to the collection before I start. It uses linen as the grout and backing too - which I'm excited about. More info is available here. It might make a nice quilt for the group to do - plus the website does a great job of breaking down all the steps into a doable timeline. I'm hoping to have it ready by Christmas.

I'm also working on Wee Wonderful's Olive & Archie Make-A-Long Story. I'm hoping to have the full set done for Kaylee by Christmas, and if I have time, a second set for her cousin Emily. I'm going shopping this weekend to pick up some neutral color fabric for the dolls' skin. If anyone is interested in looking at the paterns, I have them as PDFs.

More Kaylee pictures and some other adventures are posted up at my blog at http://thentherewasyou.wordpress.com/. I'm looking forward to our fall update meeting. Hopefully I'll have my quilt started by then :)

Something you might like...

I just came across the artwork of Andrea Everman. Her cutouts remind me of Robert Sabuda's pop-up books for some reason. I love the Halloween bats and cat.

Whimsical Wee Wonderfuls

Here in office L206, we are enraptured with the wee whimsical creations of Hillary Lang. For much more in eye candy delight, visit her website. If you click on the image above, you will be directed to an instructional video by Hillary. I love the gnomes on her website.

Barn Quilt

My mom goes to quite a few craft shows - near and far. A few years back, I think she was somewhere in Wisconsin, she met a woman who was making barn quilts and selling them. What is a barn quilt you might ask? Well, they come in all sizes and colors and are made from plywood - decorative art for barns.

My mom wanted one bad. But, they were a bit dear to the pocketbook and weren't in the right color combinations. So, Mom, like all DIYs, made one for herself and here it is. Quilts you know, come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. It really doesn't matter that its not on a barn, does it?

Lucy and her quilt!