Craft-A-Little

Oh my goodness!!  I have been making so many things!  Sadly, I can’t show a few of them yet. (I am making some gifts and I am not sure if the recipients are readers or not!)  I have only a couple of things left to make for these gifts, and then hopefully I will get them in the mail next weekend.  In which case, I will be able to show you all of the goodies soon! 

In the mean time…I have some other things to show you.  And to be honest- they are much less interesting!  But I am thrilled- because I am totally caught up on my Bee blocks!!  I have NONE sitting here and waiting for me to sew them!  Yay!!

Log cabin for Sorrel- In Laker’s colors!

Christmas blocks for Frieda…

These Christmas blocks were a process!  I didn’t start them with the intention of them looking like this.  I started with one block that was supposed to be all 4 of the 9 patch sections.  But it felt too busy.  So I made trees.  I really like how they turned out!

And some ticker tape blocks for a Bee Friend. 

I have really been enjoying these small projects.  They come together quickly and I feel like I accomplished a lot this weekend.  However, I am really missing the larger project satisfaction finish that I get with the making of a quilt. 

So…I am making plans for my next quilt.  Little Helper is soon going to be a big sister.  The new baby will get her crib and she will get a new “Big Girl Bed”.  When she gets a new bed, she will (of course!!) need a new quilt for her bed.  My husband and I have been undecided about hat kind of bed she was going to move into, so I couldn’t make a quilt for her.  Well, we finally decided this weekend!  We bought a new KING sized bed for us parents to sleep on!  That means our old full size bed will be Little Helper’s.  (as a side note- I am SO EXCITED to get our new bed- it will be delivered on Thursday!!)

Ok- so I have these Mendocino fabrics that I purchased a while ago and I was thinking that I would use those for her quilt.  Others that I was considering was Far Far Away by Heather Ross, but I don’t have as many of those.  Plus, Little Helper likes pink.  And I have some pink Mendocino, so that will make her happy.  She likes Mermaids too- all good things!  Anyway- I am deciding on a pattern and I have 2 that I am considering.  Anyone want to weigh in with a vote???

Mixtape Quilt

OR

New Wave Quilt?

I am also knitting a blanket for this next baby.  I am really enjoying that! 

And since I am rambling about all sorts of nonsense today…I came across this blog post today-  http://r0ssie.blogspot.com/2010/05/process-pledge.html and the one that she links to on mutant quilting.  I have some other thoughts on this that I will share in a later post.  It is something that I have been thinking about for a while now. 

Have a great week!