Modern Maple Quilt

One of an autumn quilt theme that I manage to make this year finally is here , it has been in my bucket list for so long .. just realize how fun block I can make everyday, until my head spin again... should I or should I not do hand quilting ? off course the last choice always win !!   Hand Quilting , off course ...  is like relaxing therapy to me .  There is so many empty (negative) space in this quilt which I happy to add 'maple leaf' hand stitches pattern to add durability to this quilt.

The Quilt finish is 57 x 67 inches which is a perfect size for cuddle - for hand quilting I used a pumpkin color Egyptian Cotton Thread 

Have a wonderful Autumn , friends..

Friyaaay..

It's friday ... is time to doing some little working on pictures that I taken almost entire week, doing some little work on editing pictures that I taken almost everyday - updating my blog - adding recipes , Nothing fancy thou ..

The second fancy fox quilt is on the way to the new owner, a little smart girl who has bright talent on music.. I hope she will enjoy the quilt and happy to read her mom message on the back of the quilt that I personally hand-stitches for her.  I admit, it was take a lot of time making this quilt and tears also, I think just because I am so distracted with something else on my head ..  but I am so happy the quilt is come very nice ...

if you thinking about next quilt for yourself, kid or just for gift away , please don't hesitate to contact me , this day it will take 2-3 weeks before you get on your hand.  :)

Month of May mean is ..

Hello May, .. month of May mean is so many school performance, piano recital, gym spring performance, string performance, last semester school test, shorter school day and the other important for my little one . she is getting one more year older than last year, double digit ... :))))  that is such a big deal ..

I know, right !! time is pass so quick, my little one is turning double digit a last week .. we didn't plan throw party or whatsoever since we are so busy at work and she is still in the middle of MAP test - but I managed to make something simple yet will be a nice thing to remember for her, a fancy foxy quit !! yaikss.. what special about that? LOL - I still wonder, if there is a kid will exciting to see quilt as their birthday present .  Any how, I really know my daughter .. she loves animal so much, she want to be veterinarian someday so when the first time I saw Elizabeth Hartman Pattern, I know what I must to make for her ... a fancy foxy quilt !!!!

I add a personal note on the back of quilt, she loves it !!  she loves touching the hand stiches flowers , she loves the glasses I add to one of the foxy .. IT'S ME .. !!! *as she said loudly ...

I know she will remember her present forever ...  , my friend Cheri made a foxy necklace for my daughter as matching pair . That is a beautiful hand embroidery necklace ever ..

oh by the way, I taking order for a fancy foxy quilt in 2 sizes if you interested - baby quilt size (approx.34x46") and you will get 20 fox faces  The second quilt I offer is Lap Quilt (approx.50x62") and you will get 42 fox faces, adding glasses is an optional, I just offer 1 glasses only.

Send me note if you feel like to get one :) and I will tell you how much I charge for this beautiful quilt .

The latest quilt

I'm not really start my sewing activity yet, what I mean is sewing big project like I used to do such a making quilt , I sew some little thing that I'm not considering as a big one but I love to put some of my latest quilt from 2015 just to encourage me to make more and filled up my online store soon .  Oh, well .. where's the time goes ?

 

 

 

the blue quilt above is the latest quilt I made for a lady who loves blue and math.

Blue is not my thing,  it take me too long to decide what pattern I should choose  but I think I did good by choosing Irish chain pattern and using so many different kind of blue fabric to make look like a patchwork :)  

 

the other quilt I proud to show you is my *a very long over due* Swedish bloom quilt - it's really take forever to finish this one (I think 1 year to be exact ) . I don't know what I was thinking to make this so big, queen size ... doh ... anyway, this quilt won't go anywhere . I keep it and will giveaway to my daughter for her memory sake :)))  

 

That's all for now , I promise will show you more ... 

Happy Sewing

Noting Hill Mini Quilt - Pattern Tester

 

 

My secret sewing reviled ... :) about 2 weeks ago, Nadra from Ellis and Higgs sent me e-mail ask if I want to try her new pattern , I love try a new sewing skill - as I told her, that I am just a beginner and occasional quilter , so don't expect me to do the perfect sewing but she still send me her pattern to try. So, what else I can tell ? I do really love the result, cutting a small pieces is not 'really' my favorite thing, but as soon as I sit on my sewing chair, everything just come easily.

 

I made 2 time mini quilt using her pattern, but I wasn't happy with the first one, I choose a very similar color of fabric for the roof, so the result is not really "pop ups .. "  and than in the last minute, I made the second quilt , I really nervous since I didn't have enough time to sew any more, our office is really busy , but since I had an experience with the first mini quilt, I know what should I do ..  voila... I love it !!

 

For you who want to try a new level of sewing , please check Nadra website, HERE .. she will launch her pattern very soon.  The pattern is so clear and easy to follow ... trust me, even you just a beginner, you always can tackle it ... (ps : I had fun add flowers around the window panel)

 

 

Hello ... (new year) ...

Oh .. hello friends , it has been awhile not even try to add story in this blog, my last post is about 6 months ago . Where is the times go ? I hope you are doing fine and new year bring a new hope and positivity into your life.  As I like to updating my blog daily well .. at least once a week, but seem impossible for now , I am juggling between working daily in our workshop , come back home in the afternoon, pick up my daughter from school, take her to several courses , again back home put dinner for everyone , do laundry etc. it's getting too much , at the end of the day I am so exhausted.  I try working on my craft over the weekend sometime , still taking an order from customer .. not much, since I know my capacity .. but overall my life is good..  I feel bless ..

 

Glad to be back, I will try to put more new recipes here ... let see.  And here is some of the quilts project I did last month , they are already on good hands now..  :)   

 

 

 

Hourglass quilt

Hello .. how are you, all ?

As much as I love to updating my blog ; I hardly get enough time for myself to sit - and type what was going on in our life or put new recipes .  Life has been busy around us , with summer time is approaching , and school will end soon .. I know what will happen with my time is , spending time with kiddo and enjoy the summer .  I am not sure yet, but seem we will have a hot summer time this year, but hopefully not reach triple digits like last summer.

 

 

Finally I manage to finish my last quilt before end of May, as I promise and wrote on my note book.  I love the colors I put here.. so many cutting fabrics,  I fallen in love with the pattern as I saw at beloved quilter blog, Rita from Red Pepper Quilt Blog. Since than I told myself to make one :) to me, quilt must to bring happiness to everybody who will receive the quilt .. and I think I nail it ... the quit size is 53 x 68 inches..
 

The quilt will sending out the end of this month , and while still on my hand.. I have  privilege to keep looking and touching the softness of the quilt .
 

 

all right, will be right back for new recipe soon. meanwhile, please take care and stay safe everyone

ps : for some reason, I can't upload another quilt pictures - for you who knows me through IG already see the whole quilt pictures , and if you still wonder about whole picture check on my flickr photostream.

Zakka Project

 

Sometime I feel quilting process can be so painful, right now I am in the middle of working for my new quilt .. a queen size bed cover to be exact .

Fallen in love with the pattern from Ayumi Takashi book , I need 3 more swedish bloom block to go since I need a bigger size , though.. well, let see .. how much hours I need to put for this project.

Last Quilt

 

Phuiiih ... I feel relief , my quilt is done - and already on a lovely lady hand by now. This is my last quilt for 2013 - for now, at least a week my sewing room will be a quiet room . I need to dusting, cleaning, organizing around that room. I might start to sewing again soon.  I love the finish quilt, I can't believe my self , I did hand stich for this quilt.  I must be crazy.  For you who always say that you have no talent or can't sewing, please .. there is so many tutorial that you can follow , there is so many nice people out there will answer your question if you can't do it.  Trust me..
In fact you can find the tutorial for this quilt here: http://blueelephantstitches.blogspot.com/2012/01/granny-square-quilt-block-tutorial.html

I can't believe less than 10days before New Year 2014 !! where the times fly ?

See you again in 2014 - Thank you for all my reader who stop by here and read my stories .. I love you all .. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year..

Modern I Spy Quilt

 

This is a short posting before I become busy tomorrow preparing for Thanksgiving Day. :)

Finally I finished this quilt - it's a very long process and time consuming also too many individual blocks ; all together there is 80 blocks. And a hundreds of nice fabrics, some are rare fabrics, Japanese Fabrics, some even no longer in market. The fabrics are my collection , that I collected for so long, Ebay Auctions even gift from my nice flickr's friends. 

 

The picture below is one of my favorite block, a vintage fabric 'ginger pancake recipe'

I use Aneela Fabric's collection for backing, isn't look adorable ?

Please contact me if you like to order similar quilt like this. So far I work base on order only and not doing mass production .

**Quilt is Reserved**

The new blocks for my new quilt

 

I'm busy and having fun in the same time - sewing new blocks for my new quilt . I didn't know that can be so addictive ; piles after piles of blocks . Time consuming but again I just can't stop doing it. It's fun ..

Still need 20's more blocks to go - can't wait until the final result.

Quilt Love - for the love of blue

 

What made me busy lately ? yes.. right, made baby boy quilt .. !! I don't have many 'boy' color fabrics choice ; every time going to fabric store I always pick a kind of 'girly' fabrics and when I must to make for baby boy - it's not always easy to chose the fabrics. So many choice, too cute to ignore ...

 

Finally I chose 'a sea world' type fabric - ooh, I tell you .. I love it so much ; even the backing fabric choice .. The quilt size is 30x34 inch ; perfect size for baby quilt even for small kid. Since I had an extra left over fabric, I made a fabric basket too .. (thank you for my beloved friend, Chase to provide the tutorial)

 

What do you think ? isn't that cute .. ?

{the quilt is reserved ; ready for delivery}

 

** please contact me for custom order **

For the love of handcraft ..

*Reserved*

I've been making many pillows lately ; is always fun to see the final result. Most the time I never plan on specific design - everything just cross my mind, see the piles of left over fabric from last quilt and voila.. fun pillow.

See this pillow above ? I think that is perfect block design for a bike-lover. What do you think?

And see another pillow bellow , I even add a simple message with hand stich on the bottom of yellow block pillow. This pillow is for a lady who loves yellow bee (the chevron pillow is backing view for yellow block bee pillow)

 

 

See, make something for someone and add their character into it. They will love it.

Contact me or email me if you like me make something for your love one too. Believe me, so much worth it to see 'star' on their eyes when they accept the package of love.

 

*Reserved*



 



 

A beautiful memory

 

Last week, I was contacted by my daughter's teacher ..(Mrs.H) she asked me if I willing to do extra quilting work outside of personal. And without doubt I said 'Yes' - oh No, the story not just that .. Mrs.H sister will having a baby on April and their family will having a baby shower  next week, their late grandma started a cross-stich baby quilt, and so sad, she passed before she finishing the work.

Honest to GOD, I had a goose bump when I saw her work for the first time, the cross stich absolutely beautiful - I can feel her hand 'dancing' on the fabric while she made this beautiful blanket.

So short story, I agree to sew backing and binding , well.. I still feel nervous even I sew several blankets already .. you know, this work has a beautiful memory, I don't want to messing it up.

And in 2 hours I finished the quilt, and still have a left over fabrics and I decided to make a little pillow too.

 

I'm not taking credit for the quilt, I'm just did a little sewing on quilt . But still, this is a nice thing ever happened in my sewing experience.

So, what do you think about the quilt ? I know you will agree with me .. this is a such a beautiful handcraft made by a beautiful lady.. God Bless Her..

Scrappy Trips Attack ...

 

Actually I'm in the middle of working with 'grey' colors fabric until some activity around quilters from around the world attract me. And I'm stop what I'm doing, and just looking to my fabrics stash and doing this..

Scrappy trips really get me .. I can't stop cutting 2,5inches blocks ; combine ; sewing .. no rule just sewing.. before I know my cutting table filled up with stack of blocks.  And for you who like to make for your own, here is a very useful tutorial can be found here:

http://quiltville.com/scrappytrips.shtml

Oh well, I will come back with the final result.. Happy Friday Everyone Thank you to stop by and check what on my blogs, you guys always "cheers" my days

I Spy Christmas ...

 

I'm just as exciting as you are when come to Christmas Decorations.. Christmas Fabrics .. etc. really, I  like a little kid just get a jar of candies when I go to stores during this day. All the Christmas atmosphere always remind me when I came to US for the first time,in the winter time , first day of December many years ago, every thing were so festive.

And here it is .. my new collection of Christmas Quilt , all the fabrics choice are so personal, so festive , so brightly ..

The size of quilt is 45 x 51 inches ..it's gonna be one of kind Christmas present ever, and will stay longer oh, I have a special offers .. free shipping around US area .. so go get soon .. :)

 

 

..back on track..

 

with so much distraction around me lately, from news about my beloved grandma who passed away a week ago , next was a computer crash , wipe out all the data on computer , and last was some family's issue . Oh gosh ..I was so tired, those made me delay some of my homework . But I know everything happen for a reason, there is no problem without solution.  Everything will be all right, with a good family members who always beside me no matter how hard the problem are - GOD gives us strength  , and thank you for my husband, we celebrate another year in a good times and bad times together again yesterday . Love you, Hun..

 

And today, finally I be able to back on track . Finished what had been delay before.. such back to my sewing machine ... Q..U..I..L..T..I..N..G - you know I do love quilting :)

4 sewing project already sent to customer !! She was so happy see a whole finish project, and I more happier too .. everything just perfect, and need to back sewing 'holliday theme project' pretty soon ..

 

 

 

*thank you for you, who loves to come back here to read 'inside my head' .. so much appreciate, even I don't always have an answer ..

A new stash ..

 

Christmas is just around the corner, and I've been busy doing some projects for a lady who came to our dinner party last week. She wants some of my craft works, well.. she said she is not rush - but I'd like to doing on schedule and not postpone the work especially working with a lovely fabrics. Who can resist this pile of fabric from heaven  LOL

I got this a new fabrics last Friday , oh..wow, they are just as beautiful as I can imagine when I saw for the first time from my flickr friends, Tasha.  She has so adorable fabric collections, that I will like do "fasting" - not shopping a new shoes to exchange with hers fabrics *grin*

Now, let me excuse my self back to my sewing machine.. and I will come back bring my food recipe tomorrow to share with you.ok.

xoxo

Sneak Peak Friday

 

pardon me, not much of baking this day .. I'm lack of time - too many things to do, too little time.

As I remember, I update my baking recipe about 3 weeks ago, now it's almost end of September, and Autumn is just 1 day ahead. Where is  the time fly ? don't ask me .  :(

Anyway, this just a little sneak peek from my project that need to be done over the weekend, cross finger. For my customer who is so patiently waiting 2 quilts. I hope *with all my heart* she will like the version of happy quilt.

Have a nice Friday for my beloved follower and friends, I promise will be back soon. Thank you for visiting my blog, I do my best to answer your question and visiting you back.

xoxo..

Me time...

 

quilting time mean me time !, while wife taking over a dinning table mean no dinner tonite. LOL - should I send hubby and kid going to McD for dinner  ? No doubt, my daughter will have 'dora dancing' , *she wish ..  I send her for McD meal .. :O*

Anyway, this is a big quilt blanket I ever make, made me move my sewing machine from basement to dinning table.. jeezz.. and than I did boring job ever, sewing vertical and horizontal line for at least twin bed size blanket. And I can say ... I won't do this no more :p