Swoon

 I bought most of these blue fabrics on vacation last year and I had no idea what I would use them for. When I saw the awesome-ness that is the Swoon quilt I knew exactly what my pretty blue fabrics would become! I funkified the pattern a little more by using a hot pink tye die batik for the background. Love it so far.

This is my first block and I loved putting it together. Can't wait to see how the quilt turns out! Yay for another new project!

Baby Nesting Buckets

 I made some more little fabric buckets from the previous pattern I talked about. These were quick and easy and lots of fun to make.

 I had all of the fabric on hand, and I love how they turned out. I thought they would be cute for Easter with eggs in them. A little late for that now, but I still think they are great!

Momma and baby bucket. How nice.

Nimbus

Nimbus Jersey Bedding from Anthropologie

 I've been a huge fan of Anthropologie's bedding since forever. However, I don't have a money tree so actually owning a set of this bedding is not looking so great for me. Since the concept looked easy enough - rows and rows of ruching - I decided to try it out. I think it is okay. Not great. It cost me only about $15 to make it myself as opposed to buying it from Anthro for $58.

It's cute, just not my fave. At least I had the chance to practice gathering! Ha! Anyway, that's my attempt at an Anthro knockoff. Maybe I will just have to save my money and get the real deal. Until then I have this jolly green giant of a pillow.

Houndstooth Bucket

 I've been having tons of fun lately sewing up little fabric buckets. I made this one for my mom's birthday. She is keeping her crochet yarn and supplies in it, and I think that's just great!

View from the top. This pattern was so easy to follow, and I was able to cut out my pieces and stitch it all together in about 2 hours. Here's the link to the pattern.

Pergola in Progress

 We are currently building a pergola in the backyard. Here is the progress thus far. Super excited to have two posts in the ground!

Here's another view from the very corner of the yard. We have been busy worker bees digging and staining and mixing concrete! Can you spot Kyle in this picture?

Minnesota Star

 I am so excited to be working on Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Paper Pieced Stars! I love love love paper piecing and this star - The Minnesota Star - came together really quickly until...I ran out of this lovely floral print.

 Here are my two lonely pieces waiting to be finished. Lucky for me, I was able to go back to the store and get the rest of that fabric! It will be pieced and ready to go tomorrow.

I am almost done with the feathered star quilt. I decided to do some hand quilting and it has taken some time to come together. I guess I am just in a star mood lately. Anyway, I hope you like my rendition of the Minnesota star because I am just thrilled with how the color scheme came together.

Feathered Star Part II

 I've finished quilting the inner section of my feathered star. It is looking even better than I had hoped! That's always a good thing.

I'm not quite ready to show a full picture of the quilting - I just wanted to give a few hints of what it is going to look like! Hopefully I can finish this project sometime this month.