Painting with Antonio

My oldest Antonio loves doing things with me. Today we decided to paint together since it is very cold outside. He chose to paint some of his favourite angry birds.

I chose to paint a random pattern.

I love painting when I run out of patchwork ideas. It really helps free up some of my best work!

busy busy busy!

These winter months seem to be flying by! I have been sewing as much as possible in order to be ready. We are also having family come so I likely won't be sewing to the last-minute. 

Here are some photos of my Starbucks gift card collection organizer. I made this for myself and absolutely love it!

Biye' Quilt

This is my newest work Biye' quilt. The Navajo to English translation is "his son." This is a quilt for an old friend who is expecting her first child.

The quilt is backed with a soft and cuddly minky which will keep the baby warm during the winter season.

Marcelle Update

I decided to add borders to the top and bottom of my Marcelle Medallion Quilt. Here is the first row!

Equilateral Triangle Quilt

I finished the Equilateral Triangle Quilt I started at Sewing Summit in September. I think it is so beautiful just like the little one I made it for. She loves it of course!


And here is my little group of monkeys enjoying it with her.

Marcelle Medallion Quilt by Liberty Love

Well I finally finished my Marcelle Medallion Quilt by Liberty Love! Here is a series of photos with my progression....



I'm going to add additional borders to the top and bottom to make it a longer lap quilt.

#tulatroops

I won a swatch pack of tula pink's new Acacia fabric line this week and i used the 2.5" squares to make a pouch and also the beginnings of a pillow!

I might wait for the fabric release to finish this pillow so i can add more Acacia to it.

Modernista Swap

I am part of the modernista swap on flickr and this round was themed for the bedroom. My partner asked for a large bed pillow and a mini quilt suitable for framing. I hope she likes it!

some star quilts

Last year a friend asked me to make four quilts for his special family occasion. Here are the four quilts my mom and I made:

Heritage Park Quilt Show

Today was our first day at the Heritage Park Quilt Show in Calgary. This is our guild's display. Now onto day two!

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A Quilt for Leukemia and Lymphoma

A quilt I made a year ago finally is going to find a new home! My friend Stephanie and her friend Abe are working to raise $100,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Which is truly ambitious and exciting! I thought maybe this quilt could help them raise some funds. It's a bright and happy quilt and I'm excited to see it go! If you would like to find out more about their efforts, please visit this link.

Parisville Quilt

I finally purchased some Parisville fans in pomegranate to back my quilt! I also chose a variegated thread to quilt with. Now just to sandwich and baste!

Here is a photo of the quilt top that was finished a couple years ago! It is a pattern by Quilt Dad for Free Spirit!

FLQS Progress

Here is my FLQS swap progress so far. I added the strip to the bottom and think I will start quilting it now. I hope she likes it!

Painting with Antonio

Yesterday I did a little painting with my son Antonio who is 4. He loves to draw and paint so I thought it might be fun to paint something with him.


He loves drawing shapes and using lots of colours.


I love the modern feel of this painting :)

Pink Penguin Paper Piecing

I decided to do a little Pink Penguin paper piecing for my FLQS partner. These are such fun blocks to make.

I really love this indigo coloured block.

I'm adding some machine embroidered wording to the small quilt as well.

New AddressTag Holder

I machine embroidered an address tag holder from an image of my latest painting below.

I really love how it turned out and am so happy with the result!

Quilt label

I finally put a Tula Pink label on my daughter's Neptune quilt. It is now finished!

Marcelle Medallion Quilt

So this is my progress so far, border number two is on! I love all of the scraps in this quilt! It is soooo much fun to make!

Here is after I put border number one on.

This is where I looked at the book sample and tried to imagine where I needed to go! I think adding the chambray border was a good pick! Follow the fun on instagram!

Pillow Cover finished!

I decided to make a quick gift for my parents in law's 50th wedding anniversary. Just about the only things they decorate with are small pillows in their minimalist style home. So I thought I'd make something they could use. Here is a look at the process:


The cover is fully removable with a zipper and can be washed separately from the pillow. It is also quilted with warm n natural so it stands nicely on its own.