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March 22, 2013 · 11:00 am

Finally, Our Own Baby Quilt!

After making three community baby quilts this year, I was so happy to finally be able to make our own baby quilt. I decided on a chevron strippy pattern because of how many adorable vintage and new prints I had leftover from all of the other quilts, and the chevron is simple and modern looking no matter how many different prints you use. I backed the quilt with a navy and red woven ikat dot print and bound it with navy cotton chambray. The backing and the binding are really what help to make it look modern and cool. Here’s how I pieced the strips! Continue reading →

DIY Stuffed Animals: How I Made Two Awesome Dragons

My nephews asked sweetly if I could make them stuffed dragons with their names on them, adding even more sweetly that “they would make REALLY good Christmas presents… if I needed any ideas or anything”. I told them I’d think about it, but what I didn’t tell them was that I had never actually made a stuffed ANYTHING, and that I wasn’t really sure I knew how. This post is less about the specifics of the dragons themselves, and more about how I patterned them and how you could use the same techniques to pattern any animal! Continue reading →