Progress

I only got half way done piecing the top of the quilt together yesterday, but I thought I would show a preview of the cut squares. I've gone with a red, white and black theme for the top. It has been so much fun pulling out these fabrics from my stash and putting them together. Hopefully I'll get it finished this weekend with pictures on Monday, weather permitting :) Have a great weekend!

Recently Featured

Okay so I can't help but share that my baby blankets were just featured on babble.com! I am beyond flattered and had no idea that a mega site like that even would take the time to find little-o-me. Here is the article where I am listed along with 9 other shops :) It isn't that big of a feature, as I am not actually talked about, just a product picture and my shop mentioned, but still it totally made my day!

And on a side note, I have my quilt pieces finally cut. Hooray!! I am going to try and piece it together during The Bubb's nap today and hopefully be able to share some pictures of the top pieced soon. Happy Thursday everyone!

Berry Bright

I try not to share all my custom etsy creations with you but rather things that I make for my family and friends but I just finished this lovely toddler blanket for a customer and I can't help but love it and had to share (or do you guys enjoy seeing the custom items that I make, as that is what I mostly have only had time to sew lately...)

She picked Ta Do in Berry fabric by Michael Miller backed with white minky. It is so bright and cheery. Just lovely.

The finished size measured 40x60 inches and I quilted it every 6 inches to keep the layers from separating it in the wash.

On The Bubb front, he is now 20 months, 20 months!! can you believe it?

He is one very silly boy. He loves to give hugs, hum Wheels on the Bus, spin in circles and play in the water. I think he's weighing about 30 pounds now and is pretty tall compared to other kiddos his age, not sure how tall he is, he won't hold still for me to measure but he is tall enough to reach everything that he isn't supposed to. He loves to pretend that he is on the phone, particularly with our floss dispenser and ipod nano. I don't talk on the phone that much, but he has the conversations down. "Hi!...baby babbling...buh buh...uh huh...buh buh" I have a video on my phone and am (as always) having issues getting it onto blogger. What else. He is very curious as to how everything works and is very orderly and particular. He still loves to read, play with his trucks and do puzzles. Lately he is getting pretty good at building with Duplos which I am excited about.

Unless Evan is around it is pretty impossible to take any photos of him. He loves the camera and seeing his face but won't hold still to actually let me take a picture. And unfortunately he isn't old enough to understanding bribing. But we'll get there. So this is him playing with the tape measure while I wash the dishes. And yes he played there for 25 minutes, pulling it in and out and figuring out what the black button does on it. We love him so much and this age is just the best!

Water Table

We got our water table the other day, let Emmett play in it, then it poured rain later that night. Strange weather we're having. Anyway today is beautiful and sunny so we went out to play again. He loves it!

And it worked out perfectly cause he easily entertains himself splashing about without any notice to me (as I typically try to restrict the splashing and get in his way) and I get to sit in a chair with my feet in the sun reading the second Hunger Games book - I wish I could say that I wasn't completely addicted to them now...

I hope everyone has a good weekend!

This and That

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately, just been busy I guess. We got some new shoes for The Bubb

but they're a little big for him (which is good) but they are a little too big so he keeps falling/tripping so I think we are going to have to get another pair (I know! so awful that I have to go baby boy shoe shopping!) We've been working on building him a cardboard house or maybe a boat. I really want to build a boat but there isn't a ton of space to put something so large. And Emmett has been obsessed with this truck book. It is good, I love that he loves books but we read it a lot.

Its been unbelievably warm and nice here lately so we've been enjoying the outside and splashing in the water

We finally got around to getting him a water table. I wanted to build one, or something similar but alas we don't have the tools/space/time to do it so we just got one on amazon. Once it arrives, hopefully Wednesday/Thursday this week I'll post pictures since some of you have been interested in what it is :)

As for the sewing front...we'll that quilt I've been "working" on has been sitting in the same pile on my table waiting to be cut. Ha! Oh well for productivity! Hope everyone had a good Earth Day and weekend :)