Life in Color — a scrappy Log Cabin quilt block pieced in pink and green prints.

Category: Sewing

One of Many

May 16, 2012

Oh how I am addicted to this simple fun pattern (free pattern found here). This is the second one I pieced, the first top was pretty much the same as the example. Making up different color combinations is so much fun! I chose to do the back simple, in a Kona solid. I love how it shows off the quilting. Even though I practiced (and ripped it out once one the actual quilt) the swirl was really hard for me to get right. I had to free motion for the first bit before the circle was wide enough for me…

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Swimsuit, in which I got off the knits deep end

April 30, 2012

I’m not sure exactly what made me do it. I think Bj and I were looking at a swimsuit and he asked me if I could make one for Tuesday. Hmm. I had pinned a tutorial a while ago, maybe I could! Never mind that I’d never used a double needle and had no clue about specialty elastic and knits. We went to Mill End during our anniversary weekend and I picked up a lot of swimsuit material. First up was some really cheap practice stuff, then some more fun patterns and textures. For the tutorial I used you draft…

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Ribbon Blanket

April 23, 2012

It was time for another crew girl shower. We love to celebrate! And that doesn’t just mean first babies 🙂 So to welcome Karen’s baby boy (she had twin girls three years ago) I whipped up this fast and easy ribbon blanket. Even though I made a tutorial on this for Ribbon Jar a while ago, I figured it could use an updating so here it is. First step: gather the supplies. I usually use a minky type material for one side (a polyester fleece that is super soft and has an embossed design) and flannel on the other. Minky…

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One of Many

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