I have been slowly creating more plush items, but a few other projects took priority. Since the wedding has now occured I can finally show off the wedding quilt I made for my husband’s cousin! The pattern is called “Fandango” and in the orange borders and backing are little love birds. It turned out amazing but took way too long!
Next I received the wonderful order from the Florida Museum of Women Artists! I was able to make 10 cats very quickly, but the quilted dolls took a bit more time. Here are the finished 8 in their color varieties!
Since then I have just completed a piece for the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” show at The Bricks in Ybor. The show isn’t until September 24th so I’m not revealing it yet! Since I was doin all of these projects I wanted to get back to sewing something for my upcoming little girl. Here is her Christmas bunting, hat, and matching stocking! Let’s hope she is here before Christmas! 25 weeks down!
Quilts, Dolls, and Baby!
Florida Museum for Women Artists
This past week I received an order for 20 dolls from the Florida Museum for Women Artist’s gift shop. Check them out, it looks like a wonderful museum I wish I lived closer to go take a peek! Here are the first ten cats!
They have also asked for ten quilted dolls, which two are completed so far!
Everything is going great in Babyland! Baby girl is currently 22 weeks 5 days. Energy comes and goes, and have started the wonderful side effects of pregnancy swelling! This picture was taken at 18 weeks. We had out first baby shower last weekend in NY and received tons of goodies! There are just too many cute baby things that come in pink!
Fatty Pennies!
After a few months of hard work, my first pattern booklet has been released! Please check it out!
Fatty Pennies is for sale at QuiltWoman.com.
Nursery Fun!
Ever since I found out I was pregnant at the end of April, my brain has been on everything baby! Well of course, I know. But I will say my plushies took a little back seat for a while but hopefully will start up again this month. I wanted to share some of the items I have made for little Zoe when she makes he appearance this December!
The first is this giant Z! At our wedding we had giant paper-collage letters at the entrances to the church. An ‘E’ on my side, ‘J’ on Jason’s side, and an ‘A’ in the middle. I thought it would be perfect to continue the letters by making one for her nursery.
Next I was on a bib kick. At this point I hadn’t bought anything yet but was itching to make something. I found a real easy bib tutorial online and bought the designs from Urban Threads. I know she won’t need these for a real long time, but couldn’t resist!
Making the bibs from scratch took a bit of time. So next I went out and bought a ten pack of terry cloth bibs to embroider on instead. My husband is in gaming so I decided to make one that spoke to him!
Next I have a few onesies to finish and then I really want to work on her baby quilt. Although, I do have a wedding present I need to finish first. Grr, I want to make more baby stuff!
Big News!
So for the past two months I will admit I have done next to nothing on my blog, for my shop, and even very little sewing. And here is why:
We found out we were pregnant at the end of April and were beyond thrilled and excited! The past 8 weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions, as I’m sure it will be to come! I have had such little energy that I am sad to say I haven’t made a plush since the beginning of April! In April I was tired all the time and had no idea why, until we checked this out!
May led to our first ultra sound where we saw our little blob and found out we were due Dec. 23rd. Because of sweet baby this will be our first Florida Christmas! May was very tiring and exhausting, falling asleep by 9 pm. Hey, I would sleep any chance I got.
June has been great. I am finally getting energy back, and even though I haven’t sewn any plush yet I made four embroidered baby bibs, couldn’t resist! We also had our second ultra sound last week. It was the NT Scan to check for Down’s Syndrome which everything turned out fine. And lucky us had such a clear scan that we found out we are having a Baby Girl! Just what I always wanted, our little dream coming true! She was bopping along in there, waving, and I couldn’t feel a thing. Very bizarre. We also got bumped up two days, to Dec. 21st, my husband’s birthday. He is thrilled.
Today marks Week 13 Day 3. Super-Grandma is coming down tomorrow for a week filled of shopping and sewing, it will be a great start to vacation!
In the news & Atomic Happenings!
Last Friday’s Art After Dark was a great event, and it even got me into the local TBT – Tampa Bay Times! Thanks TBT! I really appreciate you posting my shop link, let’s hope it leads to sales!
More good news, I have been accepted to the Atomic Holiday Bazaar in December! It’s a long way away, but so far my first scheduled show. So excited! I went last year to shop and saw amazing artists and a huge turnout. I will only be doing a table to help keep cost down so I must concoct more vertical displays. I think I will work on more wall art too, they are so cheery! Check out Atomic’s blog for more info!
Embroidery Pin Holder and Art After Dark
Today I decided to make myself a little pin holder. I have started accumulating sewing pins for events and memberships I have joined. Instead of leaving them lying around, I created this quick rainy afternoon project to hold them! The doll is from Urban Threads, 20,000 stitch count! She turned out adorable!
I want to thank everyone who came out Friday night for the Art After Dark event at the Tampa Museum of Art. It went great and we had lots of fun! Here are some pictures from the event.
Wall Art
For the month of April the below two pieces are being shown and are for sale at the Tampa Artist Emporium. I love making plush monsters but had the idea of plush collages of sort. Painting with fabric we could call it. Well, whatever we call it, they turned out fabulous!
Each piece is 16″ x 20″ fabric stretched around canvas. My lollipop one was my first doodle and I still love it!
Big, big show this Friday night at the Tampa Museum of Art! Can’t wait!
Heads and Pictures
Hi there! In a few weeks I will be exhibiting at the Tampa Museum of Art, Art After Dark :Cause an Effect show. This is a pillow I made for the event! I will be donating a portion of my proceeds to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
I have never made such a large pillow before! It’s 26″ x 26″. The back is a white fleece.
After I brought the pillow back inside I thought my rocking chair looked funny in the backyard so I started having fun taking pictures for a bit. It’s spring! the bird are back, the lizards are back, and I even saw the blasted black snake – eek!
This is my favorite corner of the backyard. The fence is falling over, in the summer their are vines all over it, and it has a good view of the neighbor’s tree.
Wiley was helping me take pictures as well. He wanted me to see what was on the other side of the fence. I didn’t see anything, but two houses over someone does own some loud birds!
Schmancy Plush You Olympic Challenge!
I completed my submission for the Plush You Olympic Challenge today! I was assigned the ‘Made Up Sport’ category and at first was a little nervous about it. But after some brainstorming with my husband about winter sports for Floridians, we created the “Snowbirding Biathlon.” Read on for the rules!
Welcome to the Snowbirding Biathlon!
To qualify for the Snowbirding Biathlon the participants must:
1. Reside at least six months of the year in the New England Coastal area.
2. Reside in the winter months in the coastal areas of sunny Florida!
3. Wear a penguin suit.
Snowbirding Biathlon Regulations:
Round 1- Carving on the Water
Participants must complete a round of carving on their surfboards, with at least three turns before hitting the beach. The more turns before reaching the beach will reside in higher points. The participant will be wearing the penguin suit to add difficulty for balance and turns on the board. If the participant falls off their board, they are disqualified for the round!
Round 2 – 50 yd Timed Waddle
Once participants reach the beach, they must sand their boards and race in a 50 yd penguin waddle across the beach. The waddle winner will be competing against the time runs of the other participants. Runners will continue to compete in the penguin suit, adding difficulty to the waddle. Deductions will be made for falling over during the waddle.
The participant with the best score of water carves and run time will be the winner!
Bonus points awarded for the following:
1. Squawking like a penguin during the race.
2. Oldest Snowbirding competitor.
3. Dismounting from the surfboard in a penguin dive.
