P I G

Piiiiiiig. The Bubb likes his pigs. While at Target, I was headed down the toilet paper aisle and stopped to compare prices of the different sized packages, cause one the medium sizes was on sale so I was trying to quickly figure out which was the better deal. During this time Emmett starts to chant, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig. And I am thinking, okay my kiddo has lost it. Well better this than screaming, etc. So I turn to look at him and he points to the shelves behind me and says PIG. And you know what he was right. There were 50 pigs looking right at us.

Apparently Target tissue brand decided it would be fun to put animals on tissue boxes, so there were cows, sheep and most importantly pigs. So I hand him a box and he hugs it and starts stroking the face saying pig, pig, pig. So I add another to the cart, grab the toilet paper, and head towards the check out. He did not let go of his pig box until he got into the carseat. Silly boy.

He doesn't find it as fascinating as he first did but he still likes it. And weirdly he isn't overly obsessed with pulling out all the tissues, so lucky me on that one :)

But it is pretty cute and now I like to randomly call out "pig" to Evan while watching TV if the box is the family room and it happens to catch my eye.

Distraction

Aside from shop orders, not a lot of sewing going on in these parts. Mostly cause I keep finding other things to do, for instance... Evan and I recently 'discovered' Downton Abbey and have been watching multiple episodes every evening. It is fantastic!

We are half way done with Season 2 and last night around 6:30 we just looked at each other and said why can't he go to bed now? we need to watch!

We've also been to the aquarium and The Bubb seemed much more interested than usual, which was good.

And we had our random celebrity sighting, Alton Brown

I took The Bubb to the zoo yesterday with a friend and although he was his typical Bubb self, not so interested in the animals and more interested in running around, he was super intrigued when the hippo came up for air in his pool, so that was fun. I wish I had taken some pictures! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Bella Quilt

Using the charm pack of the Bella collection by Lotta Jansdotter that I received the other week I made this baby quilt. I wanted to just feature the fabrics from the collection. I tried different grays and a few blues but nothing worked that still made the prints pop out as much as white. So I went with KONA white. I decided to have a solid bottom base of squares and then let the rest of them cascade down to them (or at least that is what I was trying to do!).

It is backed with organic cotton sherpa by Michael Miller. I prefer this material over all others for baby blanket backing and I've been hoarding the last couple of yards for Emmett since it went out of print last summer. But I was talking with my MMF rep and she told me that they are bringing back their organic line, so very excited!! and of course I ordered some so I didn't feel the need to continue to hoard the little bit I had left. Aside from the fact that I think that this material has a perfect weight to it, I love how it looks with Lotta's designs, it compliments the modern crisp feel the designs have over say a minky.

I did think about putting a pattern fabric on the back but nothing I had on hand really went with it the way that I wanted it to. I quilted it minimally. Just around the falling squares but I like the interesting pattern that it makes on the sherpa back.

So for better or worse here it is :)

Now I just need a baby girl! Ha! Hope that everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Red White and Black Blanket

Over the weekend I finally finished the Red, White and Black blanket I've been working on. The finish size is approximately 28x36 inches (baby blanket size) and I opted to back it with gray cuddle minky. I thought about white, black or red minky but the gray just felt the best and wasn't so matchy and could show off the front a bit more.

So you've seen pictures of the front before, but I thought I would take some more anyway with it finished.

I didn't really have a plan with the patchwork organization, it just sorta came together this way. Anyway excited that it is done at last! Now off to work on the Bella quilt. And I have a plan so that is good! Always helps things speed along :) Hope everyone is having a good week!

Bella by Lotta Jansdotter

Oh my goodness! I always love days when I get fabric in the mail, but getting unexpected fabric is EVEN better. The lovely people at Windham Fabrics sent me a charm pack of all the new prints from Lotta Jansodotter's newest collection, called Bella, which is coming out this August. So. Excited.

My favorites of course are the little tulip looking ones and I love the little round circles all in a row. Reminds me of the stones that people stack randomly all over or those chunky necklaces.

I am having lots of thoughts as to what I want to make but if I do some sort of tiny block I am thinking I might finally have an excuse to try this out. But it wouldn't really feature the prints. I could always do some sort of larger quilt that features these prints but we'll see. Anyway The Bubb is almost up from his nap so time to go :)