"E" is for Evangeline

Companion to my mini-quilt M, Keely put together this little E for daughter two who is spunky, expressive, and sweeter than sugar.



Evie also adores elephants, hence the embroidery accent.  Keely freehanded him based on an image we found on Pinterest.  Unfortunately, I can no longer find the inspiration image to give credit, but it was darling.

 

The tiny flower buttons came from Columbia, South America.  We have a dear friend from there (what little Spanish I know is thanks to her!) and she brought us a container full of beautiful little buttons after one of her visits home.  We treasure these little buttons and use them judiciously, but they seemed perfect for this little project.

Daydream Love

No matter how busy I am and despite the fact that there's always something else I should be working on, I can't seem to read a Moda blog hop without participating!  The recent Moda Love Blog Tour was no exception.  I guess seeing a pattern made up so many different ways inspires me to try it for myself.  And since I had some Daydream laying on my shelf with no particular project in mind…

I think I love it.

There were so many beautiful versions of the pattern in the blog hop (Here's the link to the free pattern!), but the way April Rosenthal and Pat Sloan distributed the colors in their quilts really influenced my take on the pattern.  It was surprising how such a simple grouping of squares and half-square triangles could look so very different depending on color placement.  I know I'm not a very spacial person, but still...  They were all gorgeous and oh-so different.

When it comes to half-square triangles, there is nothing quite as wonderful as this Fons & Porter/Omnigrid ruler.  I use this little thing all the time and love it!  Every quilter should have one, preferably two.

I may have pieced this darling when I shouldn't have, but I am going to wait to hand quilt it until after my Happily Ever After pineapple.  Speaking of which, I've worked on several more blocks.  I'm think I'm close to half way done!

Wedding Memento

As we helped clean up after the wedding reception of my best friend, I couldn't help but notice that all the cotton fat quarters that had been used to add color to the centerpieces were being tossed in a box.  So I casually asked about it...



It turns out all that lovely quilters cotton was going home to live in someone's garage because they didn't know what to do with it.  Well, I did!  It's now being turned into a first anniversary quilt/wedding memento!

We had watched The Proposal during the bridal party luncheon and had all ooooh'd and aaaah'd over the Baby Maker quilt.   Although the wedding colors are nothing like the quilt in the movie, I still liked the idea of trying a pineapple quilt.  I made a sample block, but I couldn't picture how the design worked together.  Four blocks later, I have a better idea of what the quilt is going to look like.  And I like it!



Please pardon the fact that it needs ironed.  This little guy decided my project box made an excellent napping spot and I thought he was too adorable to move...



I'm guessing I'll need about twenty-five blocks total to make a full sized quilt.  These blocks are really fun to put together, but they are not quick.  Since I plan to have it hand quilted by their February anniversary, it's now priority one for my craft time!