Baby Toys

Here are the baby toys I made for a shower gift recently. I used the pattern off of Michael Miller Fabrics Blog, http://makingitfun.blogspot.com/. They have some really great patterns for baby gifts you may want to make and give. I didn't have the fun black, white and red fabric, so I just got out the most colorful fabric I could find. I think they were a hit. I also adapted the pattern to make 3 smaller, two-sided toys...for the diaperbag or what have you. You should check out some of the other patterns they have.

Baby Quilt for Michael

This is the quilt top I made for our driver's new baby girl. I finally completed it a couple months ago and gave it to him as a gift. Since he and his wife plan on having many more children, the red, yellow and blue will be great as a hand-me-down to younger siblings, boy and girl alike.

The Crack Fabric Quilt almost complete

Well a long time ago I showed a sample quilt square using the lovely Nigerian Crack Fabric I found here in Nigeria. Well, here is the completed quilt...almost. I still have to bind it and finish it out. But I thought I would share since it has been FOREVER since I posted something. My inspiration for this quilt came from Kaffe Fasset's book Museum Quilts.

Maybe I should make it a goal to post every two weeks or something...lord knows I need some kind of goal...

One of the Best

I have to say...one of the best classical music songs of all time has to be Canon by Pachelbel. It is beautiful, and emotive. It never fails to create a feeling in me. I love the bittersweet melody and the swells.

New Quilt square

This is the newest project I am working on. It uses local fabric from Nigeria. The fabric is called "crack" or "crackle" fabric. Let's just get it out there. Its fun to say that I'm using my crack fabric. Anyways. I LOVE the way these fabrics work together. These smaller squares will be sewn together then put on point with sashing and cornerstones. I'll keep the finished quilt a surprise for later. But isn't it just yummy so far!

First Completed Quilt

Hello to all.

Here is my first completed quilt titled "Doris' Roman Squares" after my Grandmother. She had these Roman square blocks in her stash when she passed away. So, I took them out and put them together and then added the piano key border from some other scraps she had. I finally finished it in October 2007 and I think it turned our fabulous. More to come.

So, my husband and I were riding in the car the other day (we ride...the driver drives...trust me, we can't drive here in lagos)...anyways...so we're riding along and I tell my husband that I'm having a jewelry show. He asks me how my pricing is...I say I think its reasonable, but still profitable. Next thing I know...he suggests putting together a database in Microsoft Access to track my costs. Now this would be awesome...except I have to build the thing by scratch...

part of the idea scares me...but the other part thinks it would be really really cool...mainly because the slightly anal retentive part of me loves order and organization...I must have split personalities somewhere in here.

So if anyone knows anything about building your own database in Access...drop me a line...I'll be playing with it...probably for the next year before anything ever comes of it :)