Block Three ~ Block-a-Palooza

Blocks 1,2 and 3 together! Can't wait until Thursday for the next block! (I think I will start working in a little yellow from block 1.)  Boy, I wonder what it's all going to look like at the end of March when we've done the last block. Hope I don't run out of Flower Sugar and Delilah! Would hate to have to buy more... well, not really...

Yummy

my wish list....

I own babyburritoquilts.com !

And I've changed from baby burrito blankets... Though I probably should have dropped the baby burrito part as no search engines can find me! I might have more luck with amandamcdonoughquilts.com, but I've got what I've got for the next year!

So fabric woes... We ordered a brand new couch, chair and ottoman a few weeks ago and were in LOVE with our fabric choices. Then we got the dreaded phone call that our couch fabric (the yellow with the petite blue fleurs) is no more, so we had to pick out a new one today. Not only does that mean we aren't getting our first choice, but we also have to wait an additional 3 weeks or so for the couch to come... grrr. Hoppefully it's going to be gorgeous, but for now, we have to just be happy that it costs less (because the fabric isn't as great a quility... sob sob...) Anyway, pretend the yellow fabric is now a pretty little tiny gingham with white spots. It's called Mama's Apron Strings - cute, right?

Block Two!

Although I love this block, I missed a step of trimming the 9 patches before sewing them all together, so the whole block is an inch too big. Now I shall be ripping the rows apart, trimming, and sewing them all back together. And my fingers will be crossed that it comes out to 12.5 inches!!

Block One ~ Block-a-Palooza

I just joined my first virtual quilting bee. Twice a week, a fabulous quilt blogger will post directions for a block. Here's my first block.  It's measuring small... might have to redo it, but I think it's pretty...
Tomorrow block two will be released. What will it be??

I've been featured again!

My Matryoshka quilt is amongst all those other lovlies!

Doing the happy dance :) Here's a little piece of my latest quilt top - vintagey boy goodness... just waiting for batting and a backing but this quilter is a little burned out at the moment!

Summer Dream zig zag quilt

My new year's resolution was to push myself to learn new blocks and styles and just keep at it. So, here's another new quilt in a zig zag, which I've never done, and it's hand stitched, with I've never done this much of. It's pretty neat. But, now I'm going to take a little break and get back to my early roots of vintage style boy quilts... yea :)

A Matryoshka pillow for a special birthday girl

A pillow for a friend's daughter's 1st birthday...

New Matryoshka pillow on etsy

Learning new blocks - here are a couple...

This wonky star is my new favorite and I see it in baby quilts and perhaps a king for my own bed, that I'll probably never finish!

Zig Zags!!!

This zig zag is actually horizontal, not vertical as seen here... not sure why it loaded here on it's side!?!

A zig zag quilt has been on my to do list forever!! Here's one row, plus the fabric for the soon to be made zig zags. A touch of summer here, where we're stuck on another snow day in January.

April Showers and Mondays quilt

This was my first time attaching ric rac to the front of a quilt - it was easy and looks super cute.

More pillows!!

I made three pillows for Christmas gifts, one for each of my favorite little girls in my life...

Ahhh... we didn't want to have our picture taken, so here's just the pillow :)

Don't my nieca and pillow coordinate well??

And thre Meadow Sweet Quilt, also sold on etsy right before Christmas. :)

I forgot about this one - my LOVE quilt. Sold on etsy. yeah :)

Matroyshka Pillows!! I'm collecting all sorts or pretty Matroyshkas for pillows and quilts, and I'm taking orders!! - $35 per pillow, which includes funky and fun pom pom fringe!

Butterfly quilt for sale on amandamcd.etsy.com

Beautiful Matroyshka quilt - for sale at amandamcd.etsy.com

There will be more of these to come. This one is throw size and I think I'll have to make some crib sized ones, but without the pom poms which I'm afraid could be a choking hazzard for little ones...

I have been so bad....

I can't seem to keep up with this blog, though I tag the url on my email, so maybe I should before people forget about my quilting business. My new year's resolution is to quilt, quilt and quilt some more, and I've got to document that here!! So, my next order of business will be to post pictures of my latest projects.

Oh my, I know I don't have any readers yet (do I???) but you'd think I could update this every once in a while. I haven't done a whole lot of sewing this summer, but here's what I do have... The top one is just that, a top, and will be backed up soon. The other three need to get up on my etsy site!

A memory quilt made from sweet little baby clothes

My first commission job! But why did my picture load upside down?? Oh, how frustrating. Anyway, this is a very fun and challenging project - my first time straying away from safe quilting fabrics and dealing with stretchy clothes. Vellor is a nightmare! But, it's going to be really cute when it's done. At somepoint I have to do this for my own boys!

Happy Happy Joy Joy quilt!

Here's the latest quilt top done - love, love, love it! For the first time I'm using some Japanese fabric and it's so bright and fun. Oh, happiness! Can't wait to start designing the back.

Would you like to be a Happy Camper?

Here's my new Happy Camper quilt (back first, and front second,) which soon will be on my etsy site: amandamcd.etsy.com

But, if it doesn't sell, I kind of hope to keep it as a baby quilt for one of my future (way in the future) grandchildren, as it's made from the same fabrics I made bed quilts for the boys. I Love it.

Thank you Erin!

For buying this quilt! I love to see them go to a new baby!!

A new quilt for Spring!

These are upside down,, and I don't know how to flip them. Hmmmmm.... But, aren't the colors so yummy!?!