Flickr Favorites: January 14

1. Life In Technicolor, 2. circle of geese wip, 3. Color Wheel Quilt, 4. rainbow WIP, 5. Completed Bliss Quilt, 6. PMC1: Beth Gracie – Quilt, 7. Pillow 1 Pip Detail, 8. cathedral windows, 9. YIP 365.300 :: Annie’s picnic quilt, 10. Close up of It’s a Hoot Charm pack Pillow, 11. Martha, 12. Christmas gift pillow, 13. Boro Blues # 2 – Detail, 14. Noticing Subtlety…, 15. string quilt basted, 16. Values Quilt

Posted in Inspiration, Quilting ♥ 01.14.2011 at 5:36 pm ♥  Leave a comment

Finished Quilt

I recently finished my biggest quilt to date! It was a Christmas present for my younger sister and inspired by the purple color scheme in her room. The design is loosely based on Elizabeth Hartman’s charm squares baby quilt with bigger squares and criss-crossed. I’m still having issues with perfect 1/4 inch seams which resulted in not-totally-lined-up strips and with basting, but overall I’m pleased with the final product!

Posted in Quilting ♥ 01.06.2011 at 6:53 pm ♥  1 Comment

Christmastime is Here: My Top 5 Christmas Songs

I love Christmas and I love Christmas music — I have over 14 hours of it in iTunes! I thought I’d spread some holiday cheer and share my five favorite songs for the season.

1. Last Christmas by Wham!

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2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Barenaked Ladies feat. Sarah McLachlan

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3. Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses

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4. Christmas TV by Slow Club

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5. Father Christmas by the Kinks

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Bonus Guilty Pleasure:
Toy Jackpot by Blackalicious (from the Target commercial — lots more catchy singles from their free Christmas album!)

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Posted in Music ♥ 12.15.2010 at 10:38 am ♥  Leave a comment

fabric stash and quilt project update

My local quilting store, The Fabric Quarter, is closing its brick-and-mortar shop — so sad! The good news for us local quilters is that everything in the store is now 30-40% off, so I took the opportunity to build my stash.

I’m obsessed with grey and yellow at the moment, so I’m collecting fabrics for an eventual quilt.

I couldn’t resist this bundle of Anna Maria Horner Innocent Crush!

Super cute holiday fabric — don’t know if I’ll whip anything up for this season, though.

Plus, some initial progress on a new quilt. Lots of purples and aquas!

Posted in Fabric, Quilting ♥ 12.13.2010 at 6:14 pm ♥  Leave a comment

Flickr Favorites: December 10

1. Values Quilt, 2. tall grass, 3. munki munki baby quilt, 4. pillow for a friend, 5. wip basted and quilted, 6. polka dot string quilt, 7. Patchwork Quilt in Parisville by Tula Pink, 8. quilting detail, 9. Zoomy Dresden Plate

Posted in Inspiration, Quilting ♥ 12.10.2010 at 4:40 pm ♥  Leave a comment

millinery madness

Oh! These hats from Toronto-based Wildhagen are divine. Makes me wish I had been more industrious in my millinery class in college.

Posted in Fashion ♥ 12.04.2010 at 10:33 am ♥  Leave a comment

holiday fête

holiday fete by wsquared

Posted in Fashion ♥ 11.30.2010 at 8:52 pm ♥  Leave a comment

Flickr Favorites: November 21

1. Colorful Life, 2. Modern Meadow Colorbrick Quilt, 3. flower power, 4. Hope Valley top, 5. Penguin Books Quilt finished, 6. finished., 7. Citrus HST Quilt, 8. I dance in circles, 9. YIP 365.290 :: Windows Improv pillow cover, 10. Quilted Shot Cotton Table Runner – Detail, 11. Circle Quilt, 12. Curlicue Crush

Posted in Inspiration, Quilting ♥ 11.21.2010 at 7:11 am ♥  Leave a comment

Santa Barbara Modern Quilt Guild Challenge

This is my block for this month’s Santa Barbara Modern Quilt Guild challenge. I was part of the team to choose the fabric, including some retro-y prints by Michael Miller, and come up with the theme, which was circles. I’m excited to see what everyone else came up with!

Posted in Quilting ♥ 11.19.2010 at 8:17 am ♥  Leave a comment

tea time

tea time by wsquared

Posted in Fashion ♥ 11.18.2010 at 6:17 am ♥  Leave a comment

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