I haven’t been a diligent blogger lately.  My excuses are good though… Of course, the number one is that I have a 2 month old and a 3 & 4 year old that I have to keep happy, busy, and having fun during these beautiful summer days.  My second one is that I’ve been taking every free moment I have to make new things from quilts to jewelry in order to be prepared for my upcoming show – The Seventh Annual Summer Craftacular on Sunday, July 24th. 

Here’s a mosaic of fun strip quilts I found while searching through flickr. 

Today I’m going to show of the six new baby quilts I have for sale.  I embraced the modern look of a strip quilt and further emphasized it with straight line quilting.  I am very happy with the end result. 

Dill Blossom Strips Quilt Dill Blossom Strips Quilt – 2.0 Galaxy Strip Quilt Eclectic Mix Quilt

Black and White and Red All Over - Olivia the Pig

Black and White and Red All Over - Olivia the Pig - 2.0

Do you have a favorite?

I have been terrible at keeping up with my blog lately – I hope to change this soon…but in the meantime I’d like to share with you the treasury I recently created…

'Jewels of Beauty' by KimsCraftyApple

Amethsyt Vintage Handcrafted... YetiShack $20.00	Red Chevrolet Bel Air Tail L... RetroRoadsideP... $45.00
Blue Sway Block Print Card L... cursiveart $3.50	Original One Seam Top (long,... tasifashion $59.00
Shades of Green Petals Victo... TeroldegoAndTo... $20.00	Rhinestone Earrings Vintage ... ZaftigDelights $25.00
Necklace Red Swarovski Cryst... lindesigns $24.00	Cobalt Blue Stained Glass Bi... Glasserie $14.00
Sapphire Blue Hand Tied Cott... sandeeknits $22.00	Green Pebbletone Colony Squa... bythewayside $10.00
Lavender Honey Sugar Scrub C... TuckerHillTx $7.95	Red Ceramic Heart for Your H... lofficina $10.00
Glass Acorns Red Faceted Gla... WhysperFairy $6.95	No. 69- affordable home dec... TCaponePhoto $30.00
Small Green Elephant Bank Littlepigpotte... $72.00	Sterling Silver Ring Ruby Sa... arosha $370.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

I am sure you’ve noticed by now that I have a slight obsession for putting my girls into handmade clothing.  I was talking with my friend the other day and she asked me why I didn’t make the girls any clothing.  The only reason I could think of is that I hadn’t really tried.  I decided to look around for some patterns to work from and I happily came across patterns from ZoZoBugBaby.  ZoZoBugBaby also makes ready made clothing that is beyond adorable!  The owner of ZoZoBugBaby also happens to be a friend that I met through and etsy team so I emailed her to see which pattern I should start with.  Right away she responded to try the Little Bow Chic Dress.  And she wasn’t kidding!  Right away I made the dress you can see Cedi modeling in the pictures.  I used a sort of cheesy pink paper doll fabric as the main fabric.  It’s typically not a fabric I would use but if you could have seen her face when she first saw the dress you would understand why I chose it!  One of the great things with ZoZo patterns is that a lot of them have two dress variations to pretty much the same dress. 

Anyone that knows me knows I have a hard time following patterns – not because I don’t understand them but because I always have this urge to make something my own.  Once I made the pattern per instructions I decided to make the girls both a slightly modified version combining both of the dresses from the pattern.  Here’s Cedi in the second dress I made her. 

I did a modified front panel that is actually strip pieced, added the ruffle on the bottom and used the same strap system as I did in the first dress.  I also had learned a few things from the first time around and the second one went much quicker!

I didn’t want Capri to feel left out so I made her a dress as well.  I used the same fabrics in the stripped front panel in both dresses so they slightly match but are still different.  I like when my girls are matchy-matchy but they are starting to not want to be.  I figured this was a good way coordinate the two!

My confidence in dress making is definitely at a high so I went ahead and added the Posey and Lola Dress Pattern and The Candy Shoppe Twirl Skirt and Tuxedo Tee Pattern’s to my collection.  I have really been trying hard to focus on stocking up shops I consign at and getting ready for the Summer Craftacular but I do hope to make one of each for Cedi before she starts 4K in the fall. 

Thanks again ZoZoBugBaby for making such great patterns!  What FUN!

I was pleasantly surprised to hop on my computer yesterday to see the above FRONT PAGE of Etsy!

My Refreshing Kaffe Fasset Tumberl Lap Quilt was featured and got lots of hits and hearts!  Always makes for a good hour. 

Thank you to RockySprings1984 for featuring me in your gorgeous treasury – Picnic by the Barn!  I LOVED it when I first saw it and I’m so happy to see that many others were able to see it too!

I have the top of my quilt all pieced together!  I LOVE it!  I truly think I have found a new love in solids.  Now I have to decide – save for my own long arm or start my Kona Solids collection…hmmm…perhaps – both!?

Now, I just have to get the back ready and send it off to Barb to quilt – I can’t wait to see what she comes up with!

A look back:

• Block 1: My Choice - Constellation
• Block 2: Center Aisle
• Block 3: Biggest Fan
• Block 4: Diamond Mine
• Block 5: Fourth Inning
• Block 6: Tail Spin
• Block 7: Stacked
• Block 8: 4 Wheeler
• Block 9: Pyramids
• Block 10: Tonganoxie 9 patch
• Block 11: Ryan’s Middle Block
• Block 12:  SQUARED

To see what the other's have come up with be sure to check out the FLICKR Group!