And what a crazy I am for staying up the first night til 2:30AM, when I've been pretty much going to bed with my kids every night...yes, hard to keep my eyes open past 8pm when I'm busy growing another human! That's right! Baby # 3 is officially on the way, and we couldn't be more thrilled!
Due in October, and I'm thinking WHY IN THE WORLD didn't I take a quick minute to consider the Sewing Summit?? I know, priorities, right? Won't be able to fly, and I'm certainly not driving 8-10 hours in any direction away from home, 2 weeks before the baby's due! Aw, nuts.
Anyway, my weekend involved LOTS of cutting...all the fabric for my punky rad chevron quilt AND my first Swoon.
Cutting, cutting, cutting, meanwhile everyone around me seems to have pieced an entire quilt top.
Chrystal's V&Co houndstooth baby quilt in white & navy....so ridiculously awesome I wanted to just hijack it, and let her finish cutting 924 more squares for my Swoon.
Amanda seemed to piece her last granny square block, and have this entire top sashed before the rest of us had taken the covers off our machine. She went on to finish ANOTHER top after that. Seriously, we have a quilting machine on our hands here.
Chris' lovely French General cross quilt...came together like magic before our eyes.
Beth got her quilt completely quilted, and prepped for binding. I'm totally new to the idea of serging your edge before binding! Would try it, but don't have a serger. Do you guys serge your raw quilt edge?? Is it worth the extra time?
And Angela came up with this wonky cross quilt design, I think inspired by our slashed BOM blocks from January- how cool!!!! She stitched the entire thing up in just an afternoon or so. Didn't it turn out awesome!?!
Kelly, Marta, and I were all SO pumped to finish our first Swoon blocks together!!!!
I got 2 Swoon blocks done actually...and pieces cut for a third. Yay! Can't wait to see this quilt come to life.
Gotta run!...the kiddos are quiet and you know what that means- disaster! :)
XO
35 comments:
SO happy for you and your growing family!!! :)
Congrats! That's very exciting news- and looks like it was a great retreat, too!
Congrats!!
I've used the serger on my last 4 quilts and I love it... Keeps everything together and edges clean (no matter how much I man-handle the quilt while stitching down the binding).
Love your Swoons, and what a fun time it looks like you all had!! I'm in the middle of swooning, too.. up to #7. They are really fun to piece together! Congrats on baby #3!! :o)
xo
A quilt retreat sounds like so much fun! I'm so happy about the baby news. You will be greatly missed at SS.
Oh yay! Congrats on baby number 3. That's so exciting for you and your family :-)
Congratulations!!! How exciting!! And I love your swoon blocks, too!
Yay!! There's nothing better than babies and growing families -the love just keeps growing right along too! Heartfelt congratulations to you. And I'm loving your swoon blocks...can't wait to see how this one comes together! I can't wait to start mine too :).
Congratulations! So happy for you and your lovely family. -)
Congratulations on the baby! So exciting!
Love the swoon blocks! Beautiful!
Congrats on #3!!! Very exciting! The weekend looks like it was awesome! I wish we had something similar in my area! I'll have to live vicariously through all of you :)
Congratulations on #3! what exciting news!
Looks like the quilt retreat was great fun!
Congratulations, how exciting!
Wow, this looks like so much fun! Makes me wish I had a quilt guild of my own. Granny Squares and Swoon are both on my quilting wishlist. I think yours is the first photo I've seen of a Swoon block with an actual person. I knew they were big, but wow! What a statement!
Oh how exciting!! Congrats on the new little one!! All those swoony blocks look like such a satisfying project. Thanks for posting Audrey's I love Sushi quilt top!! Yay!!
Congrats on #3 :o)
Looks like such a fun retreat, and you all got so much done! I love the sushi quilt, too funny :oD
Congratulations!! That is so exciting - and I've enjoyed looking over the back posts on your blog and you have a beautiful family...I'm sure the new addition will fit right in. The retreat looks like so much fun. I've run a scrapbooking getaway but didn't know quilters did this too (I'm new)! I love to see everyone's different machines. The blocks you made are stunning. I'm enjoying the BOM - each one has been a bit challenging for me but I've got them done...not perfect...but done! I have shared them on my blog Over the Kitchen Counter (dot com) where I cook and craft. Amy...I think it will be a miracle if all these blocks I made go into a quilt. They've all 'worked' but some are a shade big (Spider Web - 3/4") and some a shade small (Chunky Chevron) so I hope they won't be for wasted effort and there's a way to make it work at the end! Thanks so much - congrats again - you are a lovely teacher and I'm really enjoying the class and 'meeting' you through your blog! a1angiem at live dot ca
- Angie
Hi Amy-
My mom had a heart attack when she heard that I roomed with "the famous quilter form craftsy" last weekend. Now she has forwarded you blog post to all her friends! i also had a great time last weekend, and of course have not sat at my machine since. Looking forward to the 17th- see you then!
*Amanda
Congratulations on baby #3. I can't wait to see your chunky chevron quilt.
Wow lots of new babies this year, I am very happy for you and your family. Swooning is in and your blocks are beautiful. I quess I didn't realize how big one block is. Is this a pattern somewhere? I love BOM I have really learned alot. So where do I find a pattern to try a swoon? The retreat looked like a wonderful time and such talent. Congratulations on the baby, girl or boy?
Congratulations on the new baby! Those blocks are huge! I didn't realize they were that big. Is that the same pattern that is going around online, or did you modify it to be larger? Either way, beautiful!
Wow lots of stitching fun and creativity. So productive, I think I need a weekend like this one.
Congrats!! I won't be at SS in Oct either... :( But we will return!!! hope you're feeling better!
Haha hope it wasn't too big a disaster!!
Looks like a fun time and lots of great work :)
Huge congratulations to you and your family, exciting news!
very exciting news - congratulations! Love all the pictures - especially the cute little toes next to the swoon blocks!
Yay, congrats! That makes three of us in the guild with babies, it's going to be fun!
Congratulations on #3!
Just wanted to say I'm loving your BOM - I seem to be obsessed with patchwork at the moment. I only wish I didn't have to work or sleep. I'd get so much more done.
I love those Swoon blocks - is there a pattern anywhere?
I knew the taco Doritos would make an impact on you :)
Chrystal
Congratulations!!!!!
Glad you had a great time at the retreat.
Congratulatios!! I cant think of a better reason to miss the sewing summit but we'll miss you!
Amy, Congratulations! I hope that you can get some rest. You are an inspiration to me. Thanks for all of your hard work on the BOM.
Looks like fun, and CONGRATULATIONS!
COngratulations, Amy!! That is so exciting!
Your swoon blocks look wonderful. I'm glad you had such a great time at the retreat!
WOO! What a fun, fun weekend! (except the pink eye.)
AND CONGRATULATIONS on baby #3. So happy for you. Selfishly I'm sad that I won't see you in October, but babies are way more better, as my kids say.
Oh wow, congratulations Amy, that's wonderful news. Make sure you don't over do it young lady.....
I found your blog, having joined your BOM at Craftsy which I am just loving so much (pesky scant 1/4" seams got me on the balkan puzzle), never mind all good practice.
The retreat looks fantastic.... what wonderful work and so inspiring.
I love your blog and your work Amy - I am a new fan.
K x
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