Ribbon Tag Baby Quilt

Several months ago a good friend of mine sent me a facebook message asking if I could make a ribbon tag quilt for her newest daughter. I immediately said yes, and began searching through my fabric stash for coordinating fabrics. This quilt would quite literately be a sister quilt to the Self-Sashing Quilt I made …

Fairy-Tale Mini Quilt

I'm finally making some headway on all the mini-quilt swaps I signed up for back in the Spring - and have seriously limited myself on any new swaps I sign up for (too many swaps means too little time to finish a well-crafted quilt). Anyway, today I'm sharing a look at a quilt I made …

Helen Angela’s Duffel Bag

Just like I did for my Ecuadorian kids, I made Helen Angela a duffel bag that matches her quilt. I started by using this pattern and leftover fabric from her quilt. Since it had been a couple of years since I'd made Helen's quilt, and I didn't do so great of a job keeping the scraps, I …

Spring Fling Mini Quilt

Just before I left for Ecuador, I finished up this pretty little quilt for another one of the mini-quilt swaps I signed up for through instagram. This time, the theme was Spring, and my partner had requested bright, non-pink colors. It took me a while to decide on a pattern, but once I did, it …

Rainbow Mini Quilt

Several months ago, after, I had finished my first Schnitzel and Boo mini quilt, and had tons of rainbow half-square triangles leftover, I came across a rainbow themed mini quilt swap on instagram. I knew it would be the perfect project to use up all those stray HSTs, and immediately signed up to participate. Before …

52 Quilters

Back in January I came across a call-out on instagram (where you can always find me - I swear I'm addicted to it!) for bloggers who quilt and jumped at the chance to participate. It's been on my "big goal" list for several years now to guest-post at least 6 times on various blogs in …

Josue’s Red, Beige, & Blue Quilt

Today I'm sharing the final quilt I made to take to my sponsored child Josuè in Ecuador week after next. (To see the other quilts I made for this trip click here or here.) First off, I love this quilt. It is busy and happy and so Josuè. I cannot wait to give it to him …

A Look at All 3 Duffel Bags

As part of the many gifts I'm taking to each of the three awesome kids I'm visiting in Ecuador, I sewed each child a Duffel Bag. When I visited in 2013, I took Emily and Josué a backpack filled with goodies - and that was the plan this year - but it didn't quite work …

Emily’s Anchored Star Quilt

Frequent readers will know I'm working on several sewing projects for my upcoming trip to Ecuador in April and Peru in June. These quilts will be gifts for the children my mother and I sponsor through Compassion International. It took me so much longer this time around to decide on a pattern for each of …

Valeria’s Swoon Quilt

I am so happy to be able to share the first completed sewing project for my upcoming trip to Ecuador. I made this quilt for Valeria, my mother's sponsored child who I first met in 2013. For the pattern, I altered the swoon quilt pattern by Thimble Blossoms (which I have been swooning over for years). …