Zippy Bags and Sexy Hexy Quilt

I bought some fabric as a Christmas gift for myself about 2 years ago now. I was too afraid to use it because it was more expensive and therefore special. I saw a quilt idea in one of the many quilting books I have checked out from the library and decided that is what I wanted to use the fabric for, a queen-sized quilt for our bed. I also decided I wanted a fluffier quilt to be used in the colder parts of the year (ie, SF Bay Area  52 degrees instead of 62 degrees). So here she is:

I had a fun time making these blocks because they are almost all different. The only duplicates are ones that I liked enough to duplicate. There are probably about 30 different fabrics in this, some are from Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably. I also want to note here for my future reference that I used Hobbs Cloud Loft. I liked the loft and it was fine to work with. Though, obviously it is a little harder to run a thicker quilt sandwich through your machine.

Backing fabric by Brandon Mably. I kind of liked my shadow in this picture for some reason.

Bottom corner right block is my favorite for some reason

The next thing is some zipper pouches I made for gifts recently:

I made my dad a little zipper pouch as part of his birthday gift. He really likes Futurama, so....more fun embroidery! I really enjoy embroidering cartoon characters while sitting in church or on a plane.

Why not Zoidberg?

 Other awesome things about this pouch:
1. they sell packs of zippers at the Japanese dollar store at the mall
2. The fun rainbow thread I used for quilting was on clearance for 99 cents at Joanns!

If you don't like it, you can kiss my shiny, metal....

Inside the pouch...

The other pouch I made was for a girl in the Sunday School class we teach at church. She was aging out of our class, so I decided to make her something. Also, because I like her.

I also filled it with random things I found around our house that I maybe a 12-year-old would like:

1. Some nerds I took from our candy bowl at work

2. Some Japanese cutesy tissues

3. Some fruit snacks from our pantry

4. A Hello Kitty eye mask that I somehow had

Strangely (or not strangely?) enough, she seemed to like the eye mask the best.

Her name is Kai, those aren't just random letters...

Babies on Quilts

I made quilts for friends who were having babies and requested some pictures of the babies with the quilts. I figured what new mother wouldn't want another chance to take a picture of their baby? (The correct answer is "none").

Stan the Man and his Robot Quilt

I like this one because it looks like he is mesmerized by that robot. Don't worry Stan, robots only steal old people's medicine...

Cool nail polish, Emily!

 High as the Skyler and her Not-Your-Average-Baby-Quilt (Note: Infant was not using drugs during photo session)

Look at her smiling with her eyes. However, I think Tyra would like it better if that dress was made of raw meat and climbing up the rigging of a pirate ship.

Yay! It goes with the color palette of the room!

A special thanks to this blog entry's contributing photographers and teeny tiny models!