Car seat cover: in progress

(note: posted originally by sarah, not showandtelas)

Part 1 of car seat project: complete. I'm not really sure how many parts there are, but this one is done :)




- Sarah Rae

Location:Mi casa

making a car seat cover: phase 1

(note: posted originally by sarah, not showandtelas)

The beginnings of what is bound to be a huge mess and a fantastic car seat




- Sarah Rae

Location:Mi casa

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. -Gilbert Highet, writer (1906-1978) 

My house is small. We have no room for more bookshelves. I'm editing my collection. I own a kindle. I use my library card.  I'm trying to downsize and simplify. But I still dream of built ins to house the buckets of books growing musty in the garage. I like my books. They keep me warm.

So, I finally finished a bookshelf quilt I had been working on for almost a year now. During my snuggie phase, I longed for the sexy librarian snuggie. A tan snuggie with a black lace overlay. Underneath would be a glorious bookshelf.  I finally got the urge to finish it after a haphazard quilting block here and there. I have more access to scraps these days. I imagine that I would make better color choices the next time around. 

I'm over the whole snuggie thing. A traditional blanket is just fine. But honestly, the lace overlay with the colors of the blocks would look terrible and wouldn't make for a good throw. I opted for the dark brown satin to achieve "Sexy." It reminded me of a chocolate commercial. Kinda lame, but it is finished. I stenciled in some names of titles that live on my Kindle. 

P.S.

I didn't know how to border it, so I defaulted to how the bookshelf in my living room actually looks. A Green blue wall and dark hardwood floor. I persisted with the sexy backing. It's my first batted quilt and I didn't much like it. Too silky and not long enough. I even had to add an enclosed fleece strip pocket on the back to keep my feet toasty. 

I scrapped it for a flannel pattern I found out Joann's. I still haven't added the stencils. But, I like it much more. 

P.P.S.

I'm not against sexy flannel. If anyone finds a nice printed flannel, lace with "flesh" colored background, let me know. It's terrible, but the the desire is true.

New quilt for the baby's arrival

Tried a different approach in two ways. I rotated the squares and used a solid for the backing. Super soft. I'll have to post the pics of the baby using it. It's a perfect size for throwing in the infant car seat.