Cousin Karen's New Baby!

I finally got to show my cousin the baby quilt that I made for her.  So far it's just the quilt top, she's not due until the end of October. But here's a preview:

Her colors are pink and brown, could 'ya guess? I made sure to incorporate the bedding that she registered for from Pottery Barn Kids.  She chose the Penelope collection and I tore up some pillowcases to make the white inner border.

I love the little birdies, and I'm hoping to use them in the quilting design.  The roses are appliqued on, I cut them out, as is, from some yardage and blanket stitched them on.  I plan to do this with her name too, once she's born that is! More pictures will come once the little lady graces us with her presence and I can finish the quilt!

OBX Lighthouse Cross Stitch

One of my big purchases from my vacation last week.  My family and I have been travelling to the Outer Banks since around 1996.  I absolutely love the area and would live there if I could.  I've got a bunch of plans for quilts for when I hopefully get a beach house there.  These jumped out at me when we were at the Wright Brother's Memorial.  I'm thinking of incorporating them into a quilt. 

Here's how the first one came out. It was very easy to do, only took a day and a half, and that was with work in the middle. I think I'm going to have to do a more traditional type quilt if I want to fit these in.  Which is good because all of the other ideas for OBX quilts that I have are very bright and fun.  So maybe this can be a wonderful, traditional, kinda serious quilt. Ideas are still brewing.....

Hi Hello!

Hello out there! Well this is the beginning. I'm hoping that this blog will help me organize my thoughts, and my projects (gulp).  As of right now I've got 4 quilt tops that need to go on the longarm, 4 (I think) quilts that I'm currently pieceing, 2 bags waiting to be done, and 3 or so cross stitches that need to be done (sigh). I have no idea how I'm going to keep my brain straight and get them all finished. This, of course, excludes the dozens of other projects that haven't even been started yet. Well, at least my projects and scraps are all organized! I would say I am fabric obsessed, and have decided that it's best to share my disease (snicker snicker). So, I hope you're all ready for my wacky ways, and I really hope you enjoy!