I have been sooooo busy since November, I can't even begin to write about all that I have been up to, simply suffice it to say that I am glad to be back in blog land. I have simplified my online presence and eliminated my website - it just wasn't paying for itself and I am not a web designer, so for me it was cripplingly difficult to keep up with. Now all Quilty Indulgence traffic forwards to this blog, and that is very manageable for me. So, here I am. Slowly I will migrate the free patterns, etc., that used to live on the website onto this blog,.. but that's another day....
The first thing I want to post are photos from my latest, most wonderful project: Adrian's, "Welcome to our World" gift. My sister-in-law is expecting her first child and we are extremely excited about this new addition to our family. Right after she and her husband announced the addition to their family, I discovered Malka Dubrawsky. I think it was fate. When I saw her book, Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration, my knees buckled. I immediately bought the book. Then the entire line of her fabric, A Stitch In Color by Malka Dubrawsky for Moda. It was so inspiring. I knew as I held the fabric in my hands that this was the seed for Adrian's gift.... First came the quilt above - it is made entirely of charms from the line. I made the charms into half square triangles, and created the quilt. I played around with the layout and decided I liked what you see above. I quilted it myself. That really made me happy. Here is the back of the quilt....
Then I made a bag for the quilt to go into....
Then I made an elastic band to keep the quilt tidy in the bag when they travel....
Then I made bibs from the left over charms....
Then I made burp cloths out of yummy quilter's flannel.... (and I can't understand why they are posting sideways and I refuse to spend one more second trying to straighten this rebel photo out...)
Then I made a tag to hang from the bag...
And here's the back of the tag.... then I bought some toys to go in the bag... OK, so you get the drift here. I hope it gives you ideas regarding baby gifts to make for your wee ones. As you can see, this was very simple. I literally designed it as I went along, tote bag included, and look how marvelous it turned out. Sometimes it really is the simple things....
