baby quilt

I am 95% done with the baby quilt I made for my friend. I still have to sew up a spot or two and do the quilting, but other than that, Finito!!! My first quilt, and the first thing I've sewn in years. Now that I've brushed up, I can work on the duvet cover for my bedroom.

I used a pattern from "Quick Colorful Quilts for Babies and Toddlers" by Rosemary Wilkinson. It was a very basic book, although I had to do quite a bit of math in order to cut out the rectangles. But I think it turned out well. All of the seams and joints between rectangles lined up and everything.

Late bloomers

I checked my flickr page just to be sure, but I was right! My daffodils are only just now blooming- and only the smaller bulbs, not the larger daffodils. Last year, they peeked out in January, and bloomed by March 24th. Three years ago, they were blooming (granted, at my apartment, not my house) by March 20th. Where's the global warming?

Bristow on the prowl

This is what my house looks like after my dog has been home for eight hours by himself...

zippidee doo dah!

Zippidee zoo! I bought this adorable fabric for an upcoming baby quilt- bright colors, gender neutral, matches the nursery, and cute to boot!



I haven't yet picked a pattern, but it will probably be something very Denyse Schmidt-like, maybe like the one in Last Minute Patchwork Gifts, like this.

come out, come out, wherever you are!

I bought some bulbs for 50% off last fall when I was refinishing my floors. I stashed them in the basement and promptly forgot all about them, until I discovered them a few weeks ago. They daffodils and alliums were sprouting in the bags! I picked up some potting soil, mixed it with some peat moss, and filled these pots to the brim. I probably should have planted the bulbs a bit deeper, but I did what I could. Spring has sprung!



(yes, that's part of a blender in the background. ha!)

baby blankie

I've been working on an idea for my first quilt, a baby blanket. I started looking online this weekend for fabric, and fell in love with this Alexander Henry fabric:




However, it seems to be sold out everywhere and eBay wants $8 for a fat quarter. That is crazy! so instead I've set my sights a bit lower and settled on some different jungle fabric. I hope it comes in the mail soon; I want to get started!

peep!

I need to learn how to crochet. Stat!






Berroco chicks, out of Plush yarn

(via CraftZine)