Three years ago I made a quilt almost identical to this one for my son. At the time I cut out this quilt with the high hope of completing it right after I finished Rhys’ quilt. Three long years later it has hit the light of day and is finished!
I ran out this morning during one of the dry periods this morning to take a few photos. I am still working a lot of little “side projects” and just started a major quilt project for Sloan’s bed. Thinks lots of pink and dolls.
This pattern is called “Lucky Lindy” and I got it from the Big Book Of Best Loved Quilt Patterns by Leisure Arts. It was a very easy quilt to make and perfect for a boy. I would like to think my nephew will treasure this quilt at many ages in his life. Well maybe not when he is a teenager. : ) Men’s fascination with aviation never ends, so hopefully it will be a presence in his life.
I am home today with a sick baby girl and hoping to sneak in some sewing time while she hangs out on the sofa. School holidays commence tomorrow so maybe some sneaky sewing between the myriad of activities Rhys has planned for me. Sigh.
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June 30, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
My brother’s 40th birthday quilt is finished. Label is sewn on the back, it is washed and ready to send over with my husband who is heading to the USA in two weeks. Did I mention his trip is during the two weeks of school holidays? How did he swing that one?
I have two quilts with binding sewn on and my goal is to finish those over the holidays. One quilt was cut out three years ago, so well overdue to finish it.
My last Material Obsession class for the term is tomorrow and I will be plotting my next big project. There are just so many gorgeous quilts in the first and now second Material Obsession books it is going to be hard to choose.
Feeling a major sense of accomplishment on this quilt. Would be walking on air if it wasn’t for head cold bringing me down to earth.
More photos of the quilt are on flickr.
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June 22, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney
As I type the last star was just quilted and the binding is going to get cut as soon as I post this entry.
We borrowed a cute kids embroidery book from the library that was too advanced for my kids. One of the projects in the book was this very cute felt dog. It was a very easy project and the kids had a fun time picking out the colors and embroidery floss colors for the eyes.
It kind of reminds me of Clifford the Big Red Dog. Now the challenge is who gets to claim ownership of the dog. Two kids, one dog……will have to see who has the stronger will.
Life just continues to fly by. I can’t believe we are almost to the end of June. I feel like I haven’t accomplished a lot on the crafting front this year, but then I look at the quilt I am finishing and the balance of life with two kids and building a house and think I have to be a bit more realistic with what I can accomplish right now.
Enough procrastination with the post, off to cut the binding!
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June 14, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
I have been obsessively hand quilting night after night and finally am down to the last eight stars. It roughly takes me one a night, so hopefully in a week I will be up to the binding. It looks really good, but the time commitment of the hand sewing was definitely more than I anticipated. I am glad I am coming to the end because I am itching to finish, start and sew other things!!!
- Bean Bag Chair
My husband took the kids to Nanna’s house for the three day weekend and left me to my own devices. I broke out the sewing machine and whipped up a bean bag chair for Rhys. I used this pattern found at this link. It was so nice to sew lots of straight seams and have a break from the hoop and quilt wrestling I have been doing most nights while hand quilting.
I wasn’t sure how big this bag would sew up because there was no reference to scale. Rhys is five and a half and it is a perfect size for him. The instructions were fantastic and easy to follow. My only issue that came up was I didn’t have enough fabric. Initially I was going to use just the green fabric, but then found out I didn’t have enough. It was a good excuse to use up some of the novelty prints I had lurking. I am enclosing a photo with Rhys to give you an idea of just how big it is. I will be sewing up a pink one as soon as the quilt is done! I also overstuffed mine insert and had to take some out to make the bag a bit more squishy.
Wish me luck on the quilting and I have a few little projects I hope to post with later. I succumbed to much purchasing at the quilt craft fair and have much sewing ahead.
Hugging the Bean Bag
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Every night I am working away on hand quilting the eight point star quilt. The first week was really difficult because I had to unlearn some bad habits and implement a new quilting technique. Two weeks later it seems natural and the stitches aren’t as wonky as they were in the start. Practice and patience seem to be the drill.
Meanwhile my head is jumping around with all the projects I want to start. Logically I don’t seem to have a lot of time and I think focus grasshopper. One project is quite enough quilt to bite off. If I want to actually finish this quilt I am going to have to devote all my attention to this project. Have a great weekend.
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Sloan has fallen in love with the character Tinkerbell and the latest Disney movie. She only gets to watch it on special occasions, but loves everything to do with that movie.
I found this Tinkerbell fabric at Joann’s in the USA. It had Tinkerbell and some of the other fairies from the movie. I cut out the Tinkerbells and heat fbonded them onto this shirt and sewed around the fairies to secure them. It is a hit and Sloan gets to take her fairy friends with her everywhere.
Anyone else with fairy craft tips, please send them our way!
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April 30, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
Last night I made the kids rice bags laced with dried lavendar and essential oils. They are both made out of flannel fabrics which make them even more comforting.
Perfect timing with winter’s arrival in full force today both in temperature and wetness.
Tonight I have a date with some fairy fabric.
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April 29, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
Yesterday I posted about Rhys’ monster truck pillowcases. Here is a photo of Sloan’s Carebear version. The fabric is flannel and so perfect for us heading straight for winter. She also loves them and I find it such a rewarding sewing project. They are quick, simple and a crowd pleaser.
I always dread this change of season. Winter seems to plague us with sickness most the season which is always a challenge at the best of times. We are in our pioneer style rental house where the wind whistles through and freezes us in winter. We have light at the end of the tunnel with our house framing up and the roof going on this week. Hopefully the progress on our building will start flying by. Unfortunately, we will be here in the freezing house for the duration of the season.
I packed up the summer wardrobe this week. I am going to change my handbag to my winter black one next and tonight’s project is some flannel rice bags for the kids to try and keep them warm and toasty this winter. This is my way of trying to stay positive about the change of season. Embracing with my small hugs.
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April 28, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
We are back from our holiday and slowly getting the house, routine, and kids back on track. We had a lovely trip and the kids were outstanding considering we dragged them halfway around the world.
I bought a lot of fabric on our travels. My son has fallen in love with anything to do with monster trucks. Why on earth he found this topic to grasp onto? Who knows!
I found this very loud and proud monster truck fabric at JoAnns and it had to come home with us. Rhys is over the moon and I can’t help but try and remember Randy Pauch and his last lecture which I was lucky enough to watch one day on Oprah. He said his parents let him paint his room’s walls and express himself. I hope this lets my little guy embrace his passion and I am just going to let go what the esthetics look like.
My quilt class starts back next Wednesday so I am trying to sneak in these fun little projects that have been bubbling away in my head.
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March 29, 2009 by rosalindsewsydney
Here is the quilt lay out on a design wall. Looking good! I have been sewing the rows together and so happy about the result. It is for my brother’s 40th in October and it reminds me of him.
I am heading out on holidays for three weeks as of Friday. I think it is going to be a bit crazy getting all four of us packed and ready for a lot of sewing and posting.
Will be back at the end of April. Happy sewing!
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