Blissful in the Clouds in QUILTER’s WORLD Inspiration for Precuts (Spring 2012)

Have you seen Inspiration for Precuts, the Spring 2012 special interest publication presented by Quilter’s World?

I am excited that my “Blissful in the Clouds” quilt was selected to be in the special issue:

Blissful in the Clouds originally appeared in House of White Birches’ “Log Cabins Today” last year, and now it makes a second appearance in Inspiration for Precuts.

If you look closely, you can actually see how the blues in the quilt background turn darker toward the bottom of the quilt center.

My kites are made of a combination of log cabins! Gotta love those log cabin blocks, eh?

I used a multi-colored rick rack for the tails of the kites.  Miss Baby is really fascinated by the “color-changing” rick rack!

Quilting is in line with the theme.  I quilted shapes of clouds in the background.

Inspiration for Precuts has more than 30 featured projects for your quilting pleasure.  You may purchase your copy at newsstands, or online (print or pdf).  Blissful in the Clouds on page 58.

That’s all for now!  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a fantastic weekend!  It might be too cold and wet just yet for us to fly a kite where we live, but I do hope  to take Miss Baby to a kite festival coming up in our area in a few weeks!

Nestlings Sequel: Sneak Peek #2

Oh look, how the nestlings have grown…

…. from the days they were in the nest in the original Nestlings!

I want to thank you for the get-well-soon wishes.  I am still on the mend.  I am feeling a bit tired of this flu/cold bug!  But I suppose I shall get well soon enough….   Blessings to you all!

Nestlings Sequel: Sneak Peek #1

A vicious bug that is.  After Miss Baby is well, it’s now my turn to be sick.  I went down kicking and screaming because getting sick totally messed up my weekend plans and beyond.  URGH!  I did manage to get started with the applique for Nestlings Sequel.  Some of the leaves are already stitched, and I have quite a few that are waiting to be positioned and stitched in place:

Sorry it’s such a quick post, but I am going to lay down for a little before my little one is up.  Hope to catch up with you very soon.  Hugs to you all — love this kind of hugs, at least you won’t catch my bug, eh?

FREE PATTERN: West End

Hi Friends,

Here is another free pattern for you, designed by yours truly for Benartex using their Covent Garden fabric line.

Click here to access the pattern instructions.

Enjoy!   Have a great day!

p.s. Click here for the table runner pattern instructions I designed for the same fabric line.

Miss Baby’s felt strawberry cake

In the age where most gifts are easily and conveniently bought, I love it when someone hand makes something and gives it to Miss Baby as a gift.  It just melts my heart to see someone cares enough to make something to bless Miss Baby in such a special way.  Yesterday, Miss Baby received a package all the way from Asia, and in it among other things, was a felt birthday cake!  The entire cake is handstitched by my sister.  Isn’t it gorgeous?

I love how my sister did the piped icing on the cake!

The cake goes perfectly with my Lady Carlyle dishes.  Would you join us for a piece of cake?  Miss Baby has been asking, “Piece of cake, Mama”?

This has nothing to do with the cake, only the china.   I love my Lady Carlyle pieces.

The porcelain blings proved to be too much for Miss Baby, and she had to have a part in my fake tea party.  Here you can see her handling one of my precious Lady Carlyle for the very first time.  No, I wasn’t too nervous as the Lady Carlyle pieces are still relatively easy to replace.   See the bling she had draped over her neck?  I promise you I thought I had put those bead necklaces up after Christmas…

And here Miss Baby proceeded to cut the cake with her toy knife, with the cutting side up!

Things went a bit chaotic after Miss Baby took an active interest in my staged photography session… you can see her dime-sized cup and saucer she insisted placing by my china pieces, and how she insisted on hovering in the background when I tried to capture a few last shots.  Nap time was imminent, so we packed up our props, and went upstairs shortly after…

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have enjoyed our special cake as much as we have at the Ivory Spring household.  My sister sent more felt food items.  I will show you more as we go along.  Have a great weekend, everyone!  Blessings to you.