I love a finish!

My friend is due to give birth to her first baby girl any day now so I had to take a break from my studies and make her a baby quilt. I have been inspired by all the heart and pixelated quilts I've seen around the blogosphere recently, so decided this was the perfect excuse to finally make one myself...only with my own twist.

We all know how much I love half square triangles and negative space so I decided to go with a pixelated heart using half square triangles in various shades of pinks and purples placed in the bottom right corner of the quilt. 

I think it worked nicely.

I used Kona Berry, Cerise, Bubble Gum and Dusty Peach with some Bella Solid Magenta to make the pixelated heart. The background is Robert Kaufman Natural linen - I love the feel and look of the linen. This was my first time using linen and it was a bit of a pain to cut and such since it stretched a lot, but it was worth it. The backing is some pink I had in my stash (love when that happens!) I quilted it in an all over stippling pattern using lavender thread. My favorite part is where I added some of each of the colors from the heart into the binding.

Pink & Purple.

One day I decided it has certainly been too long since I've spent some quality time with my sewing machine. 

My homework was completed and I had a few hours to spare. What to sew I asked myself? 

While sitting in my studio my eyes fell upon this lovely stack of pinks and purples.

An idea began to form and I decided to cut them into a bunch of squares.

But I couldn't stop there and decided to make them into a bunch of half square triangles instead.

I forgot that half square triangles require a lot of trimming. Especially 127 half square triangles.

But then I began to piece them together.

And that made me happy.

The End.

Love.

Happy Valentine's Day! 

It's the one day of the year where you're supposed to show the people around you how much you love them. AKA buy them lots of quilting supplies, chocolate, and flowers. =)

Nah, I'm not really one to jump all over this holiday but I am one to celebrate love. So, in honor of this amazing day of love, I thought I'd share with ya a few things I'm in love with recently (besides my awesome family and friends)

1. Sharpie Pens. They make the hours I've spent studying instead of quilting much better. And look at all the colors!

2. My Kindle. I am currently reading all sorts of teen fiction like Divergent, The Uglies, and Matched...is it obvious I work with middle school girls?

3. Dark Chocolate M&M's. Easily the best candy on the face of the planet.

4. Sunsets. They make everything better, especially while on a relaxing drive 

5. Frozen Yogurt/Sorbet. Such a yummy treat that is even more delicious when eating it with those you love.

What are you in love with today?

A Year of Lovely Finishes: February!

Wow, it seems like 2013 is flying by -- it's already February! My lovely friends Melissa and Shauna are hosting a year of lovely finishes on their blog this year. Basically they are encouraging us to finish up some projects this year, but focusing on each month at a time. They even have prizes and all sorts of fun things!  Since I have tons of sewing projects for this year to finish I think this it the perfect opportunity to encourage me to finish some of them up. I totally missed out on January, but it's never too late to start.

So for this month my goal is finish the x-marks the spot quilt for do good stitches. That means quilt and bind and everything. Last time you saw it, this was my progress:

Since then I have almost pieced together the entire quilt...and then tore it all out so now it looks like the picture above. The other day I had an apiphany about the design for this and changed things up. As a result I need to make a trip to my favorite local quilt shop and pick up some solids to finish it up. So after I finish up some assignments for school I'll reward myself with some fabric love. I am excited to share the end result with you - hope you guys will like it as much as I think I am going to =)

What projects are you working on this month??