A Real Quilt

Sharing the quilt at the May LAMQD meeting. Photo by Seventeen & 'Em.

More photos to come, but my first real quilt (as in, not a giant potholder) has been given to Sweet Baby Riley. I'm hooked. More quilts to come too!

To Do: Buy more Fabric!

At our most recent LA Modern Quilt Guild Meeting (which by the way is getting better and better!), we had a mini quilt swap. Can you even believe the adorableness of the quilt I got? This treasure was made by Lori--I LOVE IT! Thanks Alissa for these awesome photos too! So many incredible quilts were created and traded. As always, I'm just amazed and inspired by the creativity of our group. Read more about it at Handmade by Alissa and Seventeen & Em'.

Photos from Handmade by Alissa

In other fabric news, I've become obsessed with fabric swapping on flickr. If you are in-search-of (ISO) fabric, you have to give this a try. Or, if like me, you just like getting new fabric, you have to give this a try! It is simple: Join a swap group (I like the Designer Swappy Poo), Post a picture of the fabric you are willing to part with and comment or message the people you'd like to trade with. Thanks to Nicole and Chris from LAMQD who introduced me to the flickr fabric swap world... Beware, it's addictive!

Happy (late) Mother's Day

For Mother's Day, B and I made these herb plant tags out of vintage silverware for our Mamas... Ever since I first saw this idea way back here, I've been wanting to 1) have some and 2) make my own (being the DIYer that I am). It was a fun little "joint" project for the Moms--mostly by B!

Since we made these, I found a tutorial from Shrimp Salad Circus found via How About Orange and saw them at Anthropologie last weekend... Such trendy Mamas we have!