June Bee blocks....

k, I'm in 3 bees right now, and I'm falling behind! I totally need to get cracking on July's blocks! I DID finish my june blocks in time, and got them out the door by the 28th of June.... so the delay is not me slacking in sewing, but in posting... oh well...

a "confetti" block (on kona raisin)

for a siggy block she asked for a smaller block with our personal favorites added... I used scraps from the Bean's reversible dress, my new bag, C's quilt, and C's shirt... I love them all, and they make me happy....

here's an indian hatchet block, and a small, embroidered (by machine) siggy block to go with it...
I still haven't done the blocks for the 3rd bee, because I am a horrible daughter (it was my mom's month, so I know she'll forgive me if I'm late!)

bumbling along...

I'm working my way through a ton of tute/patterns online right now, trying to figure out exactly what I want...

This came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself...

of course, the novelty print (which is OBVI from Momen+), helps a great deal... I LOVE the little mushrooms!

the inside holds lips of paper on the left, and a notepad on the right...

what notepad is so special as to deserve a fancy notepad holder thing-y?

tada! C sat down and made my daily to-do list super pretty! i've been using an icky Word table that I made up a few months ago, so for our anniversary, he took the time to make it all fancy and pretty...

i LOVE it!

baby quilts for a friend's twins...

tada!

here's the finished product...

a friend from when I did Stroller Strides just had twins, and to celebrate their first 100 days (a Korean tradition?), they had a lovely little party... I made these coordinated blankets for the little ones...

blue for Bennet

pink for Brooke....

I had the ruffle fabric and the minkee backing in my stash already, so all I had to do was get coordinating B&W fabric for the top.... C did the lettering design for me, so then it was just a matter of blanket stitching all the letters down, using my ruffle foot to attach them, and sewing it up... two big (45" squares) blankets in about 4 hours of work!

the back is super awesomely soft light blue minkee (the pink trim has flecks of baby blue, so it matches, I swear!), which I also used at xmas time to make scoodies...

here's a close-up of part of Brooke's name

and of Bennets...

Killy's cold shoulder

I won't let him sit on my lap, because I'm knitting, so he's on the coffee table, as far from me as his fluffy orange butt can get, despite the fact that he's crowded by books and trains.

the three little pigs!

Hey Little Bean, who's that on your dress?

Oh my! the three little pigs?

they're PINK! But you'd better watch out, 'cause here comes:

the BIG BAD WOLF!

it even looks good SOAKING WET!

(I'm so proud of this dress! I used the pattern from the Warhol dress on MADE, but I had to draft a size in between the sizes Dana made so it would fit the Bean. then I created the pig and wolf appliqués, which are both fabric and thread painted, and sewed them on. LOVE THEM! and, luckily, so does the Bean!)

Sneak peak!

Gifts for a friends twin babies... Pale blue minkee on the back of both.

Watermelon longies.

I need to stitch in the black seeds, but I'm soooo pleased with how they're comin' out! I think I need another green, lighter, so I can make the legs stripey. More like a watermelon. Or maybe I'll just do green and white. Not sure yet. Must consult with the graphic designer-in-residence (C).

Sneak peek...

I'm waiting for paint to dry....

Another water bottle cozy

Requested by my mom, to match her birthday present bag, after she saw all of ours.

Rubber bands!

They're awesome! They turn DPNs into regular (but shorter) knitting needles. Perfect for the 30 stitches I'm working on right now.