scarlett olivia

i don't have any words for how precious my new niece is.

david's sister, jackie birthed a perfectly beautiful, sweet, baby girl and we are so excited for her!

here's her quilt in the works:

and here it is finished:

once again, my pictures are way off. i had to take them at night so i could send it off early the next morning. sorry! the colors are so amazing in person. all of the fabrics are from my scrap pile and i love the mix of patterns! jackie isn't too girlie, so i hope she likes a baby girl quilt that's more diverse than purple or pink.

i found the backing fabric at joanns and quilted it myself with simple straight lines.

the binding is a coral color with small white dots.

i know i always say how much i enjoy making each quilt, and this one was no different.

in fact, there's something about going through my scrap fabric that makes me really happy. i can look at each square in this quilt and remember what past quilt i used that fabric for. and each past quilt brings memories of what i was doing in my life at that time and who i was making them for. i love that.

so here's to jackie and sweet baby scarlett.

love, your aunt shay shay

nicole's quilt

a good chunk of my high school friends got married this last year. yay for them! now they all just need to start having babies so i don't feel like such an old lady:) i've known nicole since 7th grade and i have fond memories of staying up late talking about matt trettin. that boy stole her heart freshman year of high school and he's had it ever since. that's right people, they've been together for over 12 years! they both saw me through many boyfriends, stupid mistakes, and lots of fun. i love those two. they had a beautiful wedding in california in september, which i unfortunately couldn't make. need proof? check out this amazing wedding video!

their wedding colors were purple and orange, so i went with those for their wedding quilt.

i decided on some wonky block with white sashing in between:

the pictures aren't amazing, but you get the idea. i didn't know it would be so difficult to find cute orange and purple fabric! apparently they aren't the most popular colors. they should be though, because look how cute they turned out together. for the backing, i asked nicole if she wanted to incorporate the fabric she used on her tables, so she sent me 4 cloth napkins worth and here's how the back turned out:

i love the quilt, but had a very difficult time quilting it myself. i did about a gazillion horizontal straight lines. i just can't seem to figure out centering the back when i quilt myself and basting is a mess for me! the quilt sandwich is never pulled taunt enough!  anyone have any tips for me?! 

besides quite a few mistakes on the quilt, i loved the color combination inspired from nicole and matt's wedding and hope they will enjoy it. so sad i couldn't make their wedding, but i feel so lucky to have known them as a couple from the beginning. congrats you two!!!

circle quilt

i know it's been a real long time, but this quilt top finally got quilted! 

i finally gave it to jennifer because i just wasn't feeling it, but now i'm kind of regretting it. look how adorable it turned out to be. jennifer got it quilted in austin, and it now lays on her white armchair. i love the pattern, and am dying to use it again, just with different fabric. 

*ahem. sorry for the photo quality; carlos took them and emailed them to me. ahem.

halloween quilt

i finally finished my halloween quilt that i started last year!

here are the pictures with my two lovely assistants:

the back is a fleece polka dot.

it was my first time quilting with fleece and it wasn't too bad.

i used the same quilting method as this one.

now if i could just figure out how to quilt something other than straight lines!

i finished it a couple days before halloween, so we only got to cuddle with it for a short time before it went in the deco bin, but the kids sure loved it!

titus

david's sister had her 6th baby last month. 6th!!!! she's pretty amazing when it comes to pushing out those babies. i was privileged to watch her last birth and it was so beautiful. she likes to go au-natural with no epidural and her strength was awe-inspiring.  

so this quilt is for newborn TITUS. it's so similar to this one, but i just couldn't help but replicate it.

it's so precious to me.

quilting with my machine hasn't worked so well in the past, but the 3rd time is a charm, right? i quilted straight lines using this method and pretty much loved it. i still like a more meandering quilted look, but straight lines have their place too. plus, it saved me like 50 bucks. 

some of the fabrics:

green cufflink

dark gray dot

light gray dot

aqua dot

kelly green circles

baby rhye's quilt

how sweet is this baby face?

this is my new niece, rhye.

isn't she such a precious angel of love?

i'm a little late on her quilt, considering she more than 3 months old now, but here it is nevertheless:

the pattern is a disappearing nine patch and can be found here.

it came together pretty easily and i so enjoyed making it.

leftover fabric makes up the backing:

 and i chose a buttery yellow thread for the quilting.

it was bound in a solid soft pink cotton that i had lying around.

i think these colors are perfect for my sister-in-law, molly.

not obnoxiously girly, but still feminine.

i hope baby rhye and molly enjoy snuggling up in it for many years to come!

*side story. i had this quilt wrapped and ready to go before i left for california last month, but didn't have time to mail it out before hopping on the plane. so i gave my husband instructions to mail it at the post office and told him to choose the "cheapest option." bad move.  he literally shipped it to hawaii  the very cheapest and SL o w e st route. it still hasn't arrived and it i mailed it june 9th. i'm a little worried. please tell me it's not lost, but it's just the fact that it's going to hawaii?!

kelly & buddy's quilt

my bestie kelly got married.

she married a boy we played water polo with in high school.

they didn't keep in touch over the years, but reconnected after college.

how adorable is that?

i love buddy. he is a good man and treats kelly so well.

i knew kelly would love the quilt, but i didn't expect buddy to be so appreciative.

because, you know, guys usually don't care about that stuff. he loved it.

i bought this pattern. i knew i wanted to use my orla kiely duvet cover for the backing, so i pulled colors from that and it turned out so similar to the pattern i followed. didn't mean to, but it happened.

this quilt was super fun to make and really special to me because of the people it was for.

congrats to kelly and buddy,

i love you both!

fabric surge

i've got a lot of quilts planned out.

oh man, it gets me all excited.

one of the best parts is ordering the fabric.

look at all this yumminess:

 if only i could just have 2 days to do nothing but quilt.

too bad i don't.