main pagemain pagehttp://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2012-02-02T04:22:32ZSquarespacelast night...http://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2012/2/1/last-night.htmleleven quilts2012-02-02T04:13:24Z2012-02-02T04:13:24Zanna maria horner come and visit!
she is so cute and fun! what i really love about her is that she's an all-around crafty lady, not just a quilter. she's releasing an embroidery book this year, has worked in fashion design and is a trained fine artist. she's taken the skills she's learned since she was very young and made a nice little niche in the world for herself, which is all any of us hope we can do.
i'm still really overwhelmed by the night and it's given me a lot to think about. so i'll let the pictures do the speaking for me from here on! enjoy!
i feel like we're on the same page and it's so fun to work with someone who's so excited about the process!
i have also been working on my farmer's wife quilts with fervor! my friends and i had decided to shoot for 4 blocks a month, but i'm already done with six! who knew i would love making 1-inch half square triangles so much?
if this week is any indication of how the rest of the year will pan out, i can't wait to see what's in store!]]>hello, 2012!http://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2012/1/4/hello-2012-1.htmleleven quilts2012-01-05T02:47:52Z2012-01-05T02:47:52Z
i have been trying to get caught up on all my outstanding bee blocks. these are for the 4x5 modern quilt bee on flickr. these have been lots of fun to make!
and this is a farmer's wife block, my first! it's from the fantastic book, the farmer's wife sampler quilt. the patterns seemed so over the top and out of my comfort zone, but this one actually came together quite easily! granted, it's one of the most simple. but i'm glad i didn't get too intimidated for too long. only bought the book about six months ago... heh. it took a little while to get up the courage to get started.
well, here's to 2012 being a great year! i have lots of fun stuff in the works to share with you guys. i can't wait!]]>pink!http://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2011/8/29/pink-1.htmleleven quilts2011-08-29T19:54:28Z2011-08-29T19:54:28Z
it's SO PINK. she loves the color, so of course that's what i had to use. i actually had a bit of it in my stash, but it took me a while to build up enough scraps and colors to make it the pinkest quilt, possible. i hope i accomplished that!]]>togetherhttp://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2011/8/19/together.htmleleven quilts2011-08-19T22:13:53Z2011-08-19T22:13:53Z
here is one of the first of many collaborative projects that i have been working on as of late. this one is for my friend lindsey's birthday. she had mentioned to me in passing that she would really like throw pillows for her new couch. i agonized and quizzed everyone i knew about whether to surprise her with pillows that i made, or to let her know on her birthday that i would be making her pillows. i opted for the later, and i'm so glad i did.
i really wanted to make sure that she ended up with something she would really love, and use! she came over after work one day and we went through all my fabric. i think my stash was pretty overwhelming to her. sometimes too many choices are not very helpful! we narrowed it down to the fabrics and colors that she liked and she left the rest pretty much up to me.
i had her look through some books to get an idea for what sort of pattern she'd like. she really liked the planetarium quilt in elizabeth hartman's a practical guide to patchwork, so i went with that one for the first pillow. then i tried to make another one that was less busy, but still complimentary.
when i first made the hourglass blocks (a day after she picked the fabirc!) i was not too happy with how they turned out. then this week the guilt of not getting it to her set in and i pushed ahead with the rest of the project. i think in the end it really came together nicely and i hope she likes them!]]>m.i.a.http://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2011/8/15/mia.htmleleven quilts2011-08-15T20:40:53Z2011-08-15T20:40:53Z
also, we unfortunately had a pretty sad event in our family. my sweet grandmother passed away a few weeks ago. a lot of time was spent going back and forth between san diego and los angeles before her passing. i wanted to see her as much as possible. she was such a big influence on who i am as a person and a crafter. she was really into needlepoint and counted cross-stitch and made stuff for our entire family. she was really a special lady and i miss her so much. if your grandma's still around, give her a kiss for me the next time you see her.
i really want to get back into blogging and i have a ton of projects laying around that are finished or close to being done! i promise to have more posts soon about the quilts i have been working on and will be making soon! until then, here's a stack of tops waiting to be quilted. some of these may look familiar. one is for me and the other two are gifts! more about them soon!
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he is so good. i found it on etsy ages ago and fell in love with it. i even looked it up again a few weeks ago and was heartbroken that it had been sold! it's gigantic (86x100) and mostly hand-sewn. i plan on bringing it to the next meeting because it's 100000x prettier in person.
then later on in the day, i went and checked my mail and found even more goodies! my pretty {little} pouch swap was waiting for me, and i was totally blown away by how amazing it was!!! the super-sweet jen made me this great little wristlet that i used right away! it was filled with totally practical items that i would have ended up putting in there anyway. it was so thoughtful of her! i really love how she went out of her way to make something that was so *me*!
i mean, look how well she pegged me! an order i had just made from superbuzzy also came in the mail that day, with the same fabric she used in it! she really got my taste.
]]>lucky duck!http://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2011/5/3/lucky-duck.htmleleven quilts2011-05-03T21:42:23Z2011-05-03T21:42:23Zlamqg meeting. we gave our home goods swap items to our secret partners, and i think i lucked out on both ends! i got to make something for someone i hadn't met, so i was a little nervous. but luckily the super-sweet hollie seemed to really like the sewing machine cover i made her. and i liked it so much that i think i might have to make a similar one for myself!
and i really hit the swap partner jackpot on the gift i received. liz is one of my favorite quilters in our guild. she always has great, bold colors and really graphic patterns. she made me this amazing pillow, and i can't wait to put it to good use!
she really pulled together all of my likes into one BIG pillow! and bucky was a big fan, too. he couldn't stop sniffing it!]]>the state that i am inhttp://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2011/4/26/the-state-that-i-am-in.htmleleven quilts2011-04-26T17:41:13Z2011-04-26T17:41:13Z
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swaps and more swapshttp://elevenquilts.squarespace.com/main-page/2011/4/19/swaps-and-more-swaps.htmleleven quilts2011-04-19T17:47:37Z2011-04-19T17:47:37Z
i keep on saying "no more swaps!" because they can be a bit overwhelming sometimes, but i can't stop myself. too many great swaps keep on popping up and i love an excuse to sew something for someone else.
the lamqg decided to have a home goods swap, and i got a really cute partner that i wanted to make something useful for. i hope they enjoy the sewing machine cover i made! i also threw in some other goodies, because that's often the best part about swapping!
and i also joined the goodie bag swap on flickr, and i knew i really wanted to try making a jane market bag because i love the one i received in a previous swap. i decided to give it a try in colors that were more me than my partner so that i could use it if i messed it up too badly on the first try. but the pattern is so easy and went together so great that i'm going to give the bag to my mom for mother's day! i know she'll love it as a beach bag, and i plan on filling it with a towel, sandals, sunscreen and probably a good margarita mix!
