Red, White, and Blue

Using this pattern, I made a little 4th of July dress for Callie with some fabric I bought on clearnce at Joann's:

I need to adjust the length, but overall I think it's really cute on her.

19 months

Father's Day

Quilting Bee (Sharon)

For our final month of MSQB, Sharon wants to make a quilt for her husband. She shared a mosaic of pictures she put together of grass, sky, beautiful landscapes, wildlife, and such to show us the color scheme she was going for (blues, greens, oranges, browns).

I ended up choosing to do a pinwheel block for her, using this tutorial.

Here's how it turned out (sorry my picture is a little blurry):

27 weeks

This pregnancy is going by super quick...only 13ish weeks to go! :)

Here's my ever-growing baby bump at 27 weeks:(27 weeks with Callie looked like this)

PJ bottoms

Using this tutorial, I made Callie some summer pj bottoms. I purchased 1 yard of a lightweight knit fabric for 50% off at Joann's and was able to cut out two pairs of capris and one pair of shorts. They were very simple since I used a pair of pants that already fit her as my "pattern" and just shortened them. I made this pair in under 30 minutes: Two more pairs to sew up :)

18 months

Today is Braden's day off and we went to our favorite park this morning, Seneca:18 months old now

Oh! I have a picture just like this from last year:

She's such a big girl now :)

Memorial Weekend

Took a trip to St. Louis, MO to visit family for the holiday weekend.

Here's a few pics I took:

Then/Now

Then:So tiny :)

Now:

Note: this happens VERY rarely these days...today we had a case of a shortened nap and a doctor's appointment that included shots :(

Half and Half Skirt

Using this tutorial, I made a new little skirt for Callie:

Super easy and super quick. I'll definitely be making more! :)

Quilting Bee (Sara)

Cathedral Windows were Sara's choice for this month's 2nd MSQB block. She sent white fabric out to those who needed it and we chose blue and green colored fabric from our stashes. Check out her post with the links on how to sew one of these:I was really intimidated with this block at first...and not wanting to wait until the last minute, I started on it the day we got back from vacation. After I got past the "danish" part (this post helped me figure out how to do it), I was on a roll. I'm really proud of myself for finishing this block - especially before the end of the month! Ha! It's not perfect, but I'm pleased with how it came out.Overall, I would not choose to do this block again (despite the fact that there's no quilting to be done afterward), but I am glad I can at least say that I've done one.

Quilting Bee (Johanna)

For this month's MSQB, Johanna chose to do a modern sampler quilt leaving the design of our blocks up to us. The only requirements were that we were to make our blocks 12" X 12" and use pink, yellow, orange, and white colors.

I immediately knew what I wanted to try - flying geese! I ended up using this tutorial for a Dutchman's Puzzle. I loved how precise and crisp looking this block came out:Just as the tutorial says, you end up with a bunch of little triangles...so I also planned on making Johanna a pinwheel block. Here it is:

One block left for this month and then June will be our last month for MSQB. Can't belive how quickly this year is flying by!

Destin!

We're back!

Not that most of you knew we left in the first place! :)

But we took a family vacation down to Destin, FL this past week. It was truly a relaxing time spent laying on the beach, taking naps, watching tv, shopping, and eating. I told Braden that we can't let 3 years go by without going to the ocean ever. again. Last time we went was back in 2008 to Hilton Head, SC to celebrate our 2 year anniversary...that was pre-Callie and pre-baby #2 on the way!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our trip. Just had to share :)

22 weeks along (here's a post from when I was 22 weeks with Callie):

17 Months

Quilting Bee (Hilary)

Just in time for the month to end, I completed Hilary's block for our MSQB. Hilary chose for us to do a flower inspiration quilt block. She sent neutral fabric for the background and let us chose how to interpret the flower in our block. I'm curious to see what everyone comes up with for this one. I chose to do a block using the paper piecing technique.

This one is called a Starry Web block, and here's how mine turned out:

Kinda looks like a sunflower. I found the instructions for this block via In Color Order...one of my newly found favorite quilting blogs.

I also did one more for Hilary inspired by this tutorial:

It is much simpler, but maybe it'll break up busyness between blocks.