Oaks Park Quilt.

Thanks for all your sweet messages towards the mini situation i experienced last week!!  hahaha... i wasn't in the car when it was hit, so really... it could have been so much worse, it's hard to complain about the inconvenience. :) 

however, i did get a minute to finish up my Oaks Park baby quilt this weekend, and i will admit... it's a bitter sweet ending for me. i rarely make baby size quilts, cause i have no babies!   but, i'm going to try to brake my rule more often to get a chance to play with my yummy Heather Ross fabrics!

now that this quilt is finished, and i'm loving it, but again... have no baby,  ( bleh )... it really would be silly to keep it. ;(   so, hopefully when i put it on Etsy... someone will buy it and love it as much as i do!?? hehehe...

i can't wait to see what happens this week! LOL

Xo, Heather

it's not my fault!

it's Emily's! that clever minx has me not eating, barely running, and juiced up on caffeine just to keep up with my mind while playing with her fabrics! it doesn't matter though... i can't stop, better just cave. hehehe...

i think my youngest is really going to lOVE his Christmas present!

and since i'm a girl... i had to make a bag out of the laminates!

ps... Emily is checking on the release date on these bad boys! :)

because i was working with laminates... i didn't use a pattern, but here is my inspiration for it!! i'm off kids... way too much fun over here to stay on the computer long! LOL

Xo, Heather

now, this is the life!

the boys are at school, house is quiet & clean, i'm watching the entire series of Charmed on Netflix... all while playing with fabric! i lOVE fall!!!

have a fabulous weekend kids!!!

Xo, Heather

holey bee sting!

now this is was seriously autumn quilt! i knew Melody Miller's new fabric line Ruby Star Rising 2 was going to gorgeous, but i never knew it would hurt so good! (and yes, this is me being cheeky... juiced up on caffeine first thing in the morning! LOL) although, i was given 3 half yards cuts from her new line, due to the additional expense of this lovely fabric and generous size of it... i only used 2 of them for this entire quilt with a little help from fab Kona solids, linen, and quilters linen

(and this little puppy's 60" X 60")!!

Melody also made this fantastic video to share with everyone based on Deborah, from Whipstitch, design for a bee skirt!!! Too friggin cute!

you can also see great examples of RSR2 here and here!!

have a fab Tuesday kids!!

Xo, Heather

you, me and the ocean.

i am so excited about this quilt! it's actually my first "celebration" quilt. it's beyond rare that i have a friend who is having a baby or getting married ( we all decided to do that gig in our early twenties! ) so, when i found out my sister-in-law's was getting married and the wedding is this Saturday... i just knew she needed a quilt!!   :)

she used to take the most wonderful vacation to Cabo San Lucus with her Mom and my Husband's Dad ( her step-father for 25 years ) and since we lost him last winter to cancer, i thought it might be sweet to make her a quilt that embodied the their time together at the sea.  my Husband's Dad and Step-Mom had a wonderful marriage and i hope hers and her soon to be husband share the same great romance.

( ps... i would love to thank my good friend Kristin for always caring the most classy fabrics in her store!  she makes it so easy to envision my designs through her shop's selection, YOU're the bestest!! )

Have a wonderful weekend kids!

Xo, Heather

i can feel it!

can you??? can you feel that summer ( for my children... and your's ) is almost over! YES! very soon... i'll be able to taste it too and that's when it will be time to party! i adore my children, but this is the part of the summer where, " i'm bored " has become as irritating as the "small world " song from Disneyland!!! LOL

and after that last quilt i finished ( i'll picture soon ), i think i found my mojo again!! double YES!! there are definitely two projects i just can't resist anymore, so i've been working ( and by working, of course that means screwing around ) with both of them as much as time will allow!

i have been itching... ITCHING, i tell you to use my Melody Miller Ruby Star Rising 2 fabrics... you can grab some here. I'm only using a half yard of two different prints for this quilt and solids. i really wanted a fall quilt and i just think this may be perfection when completed!

i had thought i'd be going a bit more { green } with it originally, but then the Autumn bug bit me and i went with plums...

i have also been going silently mad over all those ( Swoon Quilt ) blocks showing up around town... dang, they are just GOOD! Here's some of my fav's... you can click on the image to see more quilty goodness from the artists!! ;)

are they great or WHAT!!??... sigh... i'm in lOVE!

( ps... you can get to all these artist blogs by their Flickr profiles! )

okay... so, after much consideration i pulled my fabrics for my quilt! i'm going "a la holiday"! here's to hoping it turns out as beautiful as these ladies!!

xo, Heather