My friend Julianne is about to pop with her second baby girl. She loves handmade things as much as the rest of us, so I thought I’d make her a gift for her new little one.
What infant doesn’t need need onsies and burb cloths?
These were a great, quick gift to give. She loved them.
I love the way the owl came out.
Nathan loves trains. To celebrate, I made him a train cake.
I used a cake pan that I received from my mother in law that makes a bunch of mini-trains. Because the day before his birthday party was a very busy day, my husband and I stayed up late to decorate the cakes. We covered it with a large piece of cardboard propped up by cereal boxes, so it could be a big reveal for the birthday boy at his party. 
I enjoyed every moment that went into the cake. The most fun of the cake was seeing how much the 2 year old boys (cousins) enjoyed it.
Now, to see the most awesome home made train cake in the world, go see what Katie recently did. I am totally amazed!
My first quilting bee block! Katie wanted a block that was based off of Denise Schmidt’s Project Improv. OK, I took the challenge, did some flickring around for inspiration and I came up with this.
I hope she likes it. I really wanted to try a diamond within a square, and I am happy with the way it turned out...I really like that it's off center. I was a little challenged in doing this because I normally lean towards for a balance with the colors and patterns.
I was surprised at the time it took, so I am really glad that I only had to do one! I also used just about every scrap that Katie gave me, and added 3 other fabrics of my own…I can’t help but wonder if her strategy was for us to really work with the scraps to get more of an improv look??!!!
Katie, I will have it in the mail to you this week. I really hope you like it!
It’s been a while hasn’t it? I’ve been busy with life, work, and that always leaves little time for crafting. I got some time in recently, though, and did some more work on Nathan’s quilt. I am feeling a bit of pressure with timing on finishing this. He’s over 2, still in his crib, and about to go into a big boy bed. I have GOT to get this finished! I am hoping I finish this before the bed is in his room. We still haven’t bought the bed, so I think I still have some time.
This is going to be the front. It’s going to be reversible. Remember this post? I decided to go with adding the extra gingham. I was very happy with it, but something was still missing. I felt I was copping out of doing a real quilt. And, I had made all those squares of strips! Well, after lots of market research (aka viewing all kinds of other’s peoples quilts on flickr and other blogs), I came up with a layout and design idea. I wanted to have some feeling of lots of fabrics, yet, also showcase some of the really cute fabrics that I purchased for this item. I am going to use a white sashing between each square.
I am hoping to make some progress on attaching all the pieces together this week. We’ll see. It’s a very busy week.
