Yes. I've been a bit absent.

So, you may have noticed that I haven't blogged for approximately ten months. I'll be honest, I haven't had much time to quilt lately. I'm attributing it to these two:

Yup, I went and got pregnant and had twins. Now that I have adjusted a bit, I think I'll have a little bit of time for quilting again, so look for posts in the near future.

Also, you may have noticed that just about all of the pictures on my blog disappeared lately. All my blog pictures have been hosted on my website, and due to a problem with domain registration and hosting, they were deleted. But don't worry, they're all up again. :)

Holiday Candle Mat Swap.

I participated in a Holiday Candle Mat Swap, and I'm finally getting around to posting the pictures I made.

I've never made a candle mat before, but it was actually a great little piece to make, and to have around the house for Christmas.

Here's the whole mat. It's about 15" square.

Here's a close-up of the snowmen in the center:

And here are the corners. I added little snowflake buttons to give it some extra character.

Oregon Trail Quilt - August Block.

And here, my friends, is the final block of the year. Makes sense, as once the pioneers travelled the Oregon Trail, they would need to build a house. So here is the Log Cabin block:

The designed block was a little bit small for my needs, so I switched up some of the strips and made it a bit bigger. This way it would fit perfectly in the finished quilt. Which you'll see next time!

Gracie's Baby Quilt

I promise I haven't been a total quilting slacker. I've been working like a fiend on hand quilting another quilt, but I did find the time to make a quick baby quilt for a co-worker.

It turned out super-cute, but working with minky was a PAIN! It stretched a ton when I was quilting it, and that drove me a little crazy. But fortunately it quilted/washed out for the most part. :)

June & July Oregon Trail Blocks.

Hey Sara, remember that quilt blog you used to update? D'oh!

Okay, I'm a little behind, so here's June:

And here is July:

Isn't this quilt done yet? No? Just one more month.

Latest stop on the Oregon Trail.

I'm a little later posting than planned, but here's my Oregon Trail blocks for May.

The pattern is called Indian Mat. It was a royal pain in the butt. Fortunately I used Thangles for the half-square triangles which helped my accuracy a bit, but I was still loving these suckers into place. :)

I picked up the fabric for starting to put the whole quilt together, so I just might have a little bit more to show off next month! :)

Spring 2010 Blogger's Quilt Festival Entry

Hello there! And if you're coming here from the Blogger's Quilt Festival, welcome!

I had great plans to finish this quilt in time for the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Well, that didn't quite happen. If you look closely you'll notice that I haven't finished the binding. But I still wanted to show it off, so here's my entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival this spring:

I don't know if this one really has a name yet, but in my mind I call it the Earth, Sky, and Water quilt.

I started this quilt back in... 2004/2005, so it's been a while coming. I wanted to try a bargello style quilt, and I started in the beginning by trying to dye some fabric. But I really didn't like the result, so I ended up making the blue section just for some fun.

After I got the blue done I really liked how it turned out, so I decided to do a green section.

And then a purple section. I didn't think about it until the purple section, but at that point I realized that I needed them to be relatively the same size.. fortunately they all turned out to be within about three inches of each other, which was lucky.

At that point, I realized I needed a lot of sashing to make the quilt bed-sized, so I decided a nice marbled black would work well. Used some of the leftover strips for the border bits, and that was that.

The quilting is just squares and rectangles of assorted sizes, but I think it's effective. And I love how the colored quilting sections overlap... hopefully you can see it in this picture with the purple and green.

Anyway, it's turned out quite nicely, and fortunately my husband likes it, so it's going to be staying with him. :) And with me. :)

I hope you enjoy the Festival, and hopefully this will inspire you in some fun way!