Mosaic tiles quilt along project

Mosaic tiles quilt along project, a photo by mickiefarris on Flickr.

Mosaic tiles quilt along project

Mosaic tiles quilt along project, a photo by mickiefarris on Flickr.

I joined the CraftBuds quilt along challenge for the Mosaic Tiles (found in the Modern Bee book by Lindsay Conner) and made a nifty quilted cover for my sewing machine (named Jessie). I also made the (ill fitting, but soon to be fixed) cover for my serger.

I love my little green sewing closet! It sits in the back of my home office, and tempts me away from remunerative work on a daily basis. I also love the "tattoo" I gave my machine. Today IS the day for being awesome!

Palette for my Rapid City quilt!

Palette for my "Rapid City" quilt. Cutting tonight!'n, a photo by mickiefarris on Flickr.

I started sewing about 10 years ago, after taking a class at In the Beginning (anyone else remember this awesome quilt shop that used to be on Lake City??). My taste tends to the "modern" style of quilting, and earthy colors. In the last decade, I've made quilts for just about every member of my family and many of my friends, but have never made one for ME! 

I have been collecting fabric for this project for 2 years (thank you, Pink Door Fabrics, for being my "dealer"), and finally settled on the Rapid City pattern from Elizabeth Hartman's Modern Patchwork book. My first step was to do a color board (I've never done one before, but this is the biggest quilt I've made. Plus, it was fun!)  

The Rapid City quilt is a modern spin on log house blocks and branches. Which is perfect, because I love me some trees and cabins :)

I'll post updates at each stage of this project!!

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to my blog! My goal with this site is to document some of my projects (cooking, quilting, kid stuff) and to connect with other parents and crafty folks. I am an avid quilter (and fabric...collector...), reader, cook and mom to two small boys.

We live in Seattle, and have a great hill of trees in our backyard. As such, there are always many chickadees and other birds in our yard. My kids love emulating the song of the chickadee (chick.a.dee.dee.dee), and I've taken to calling my youngest little chickadee. He calls me big chickadee. It's almost too cute to tolerate. And the muddy knees comes from, well, living in rainy Seattle and herding small boys through the wet outdoors!