New Flannel Stock!!!

Woo--Hoo! My new stock of cotton flannel is in and new sets of KinderHaus Receiving Blankets will be available soon! Bolts and mounds of flannel are in my sewing studio, patiently awaiting their photo shoot and their time in the listing spotlight of my Etsy store! (and these are just a few pictured!)

 

These are some of the cutest and most gorgeous flannel prints I have seen!

I can't wait to share them with you soon!

Custom Orders -- Lap Quilts

I was recently asked to make several lap quilts and other gifts as a custom order. Here are the first 3! My goal is to be done with everything by Dec. 1st.

Two of these quilts were made using the a Turning Twenty Pattern bt Tricia Cribbs. She has several books and uses Fat Quarters for these quilts. She tells you in the book how many to get for certain sizes and everything...so lovely when someone does the hard work for you! Visit her website www.FriendFolks.com.

For Carolina & Chester & Baby

I couldn't attend a baby shower this weekend for dear friends Carolina and Chester but I was able to send a gift to them via mom. Although I had to over-look to complete lack of consideration on their part for not finding out what they are having (just kidding)....I compensated by being inspired by Crayons and created them some fun things!

First, a Crayon Crazy Quilt. My own design. Backed with the best minkee in the world (available at Strawberry Patches!). Each piece is embroidered with a fun stitch!

Next, some fun, coordinating burp cloths.

Lastly, a fun Take-along stroller blanket. Backed with minkee, topped with black and white polka-dot and trimmed with colorful ribbons!

Quilt for Dad

 My dad is a plant geneticist for cotton...I know...do you get smarter than that??? The science gene wasn't passed to me for sure! But I have been slowly making everyone in my family a quilt and dad got his (sort of ) back in July, for his birthday. I had finished the top but had not quilted and finished the binding. Unfortunately, as many of us know, projects get set aside and picked back up later. I claim that he had no need for it until it got cold!

Well....I finally finished it! The cotton fabric is all "natural" looking with a leaf print, pieced using a pattern form the Turning Twenty collection. Backed with chocolate brown minkee and machine quilted using free-motion technique. Finished up with binding.

Finished just in time for winter!

Yee - Haw Cow Girl! Continued.....

I have to welcome my friend Megan's sweet baby girl to the world! She is so adorable and precious. As mentioned in a previous post, I made Megan (who owns horses) a baby quilt made with soft brown minkee, chenille, bandana print, and a FUN Cowgirl Print (by Robert Kaufman)! 

<- It all started with this quilt!
 Meg fell in love with the cowgirls and decided very shortly after the shower to toss all her baby bedding and start new! She called me up and I was honored to create her one-of-a-kind baby bedding to match the quilt. The bumper is all one piece, trimmed with cream-colored eyelet lace. The inner-side of the bumper is cowgirls and the outer-side is RED corduroy!!!!

The crib skirt was made with flat panels, all four corners opened to allow for crib legs and one simple pleat to make it nice and neat!

This was so, so fun to put together and make. I hope to offering crib bedding by the first of the year in our online store, KinderHaus Blankets.

Fantastic Burp Cloth Tutorial by Suzanne

Suzanne at Strawberry patches makes the best Burpies! They are so fun, colorful, and unique. Here is a tutorial posted in her BLOG -- Notes from the Patch.

http://patches.typepad.com/notes_from_the_patch/2009/11/pour-yourself-a-cup-of-something-hot-this-will-take-awhile-to-celebrate-my-new-tripod-i-thought-id-show-you-step-by-step-ho.html#comment-6a00e5522db2c888330120a6a5b9ba970c

Tee-Shirt Quilt for Christmas...Sssh!

I was commissioned to create a custom Tee-Shirt Quilt for a friend to give to her husband for Christmas. It is made from all his Triathalon Tee-Shirts.

Sashing and border is solid brown Kona Fabric. Machine quilted using free-motion quilting technique. Backed with a fun print in BOY-ish colors! I had one extra 13th tee-shirt an opted to place it on the back, as it was the only "run" to raise money for missions and stood out to me as very special and needed it's on spot!

Upon delivering it to her, she exclaimed (in her sweet, quiet Beth way), "Ha, I won this Christmas...I told him to just get me a sweater!"