Modern Designer Fabrics for the Hopelessly Addicted
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| Art Dolls by Lotus Asylum You can visit Lotus Aslyum to see all of the creepy but gorgeous dolls she creates. I have a lotus asylum doll that I absolutely adore. Working with Lotus is such a pleasure. She recently opened a new button shop and it is growing daily. The photos of the dolls just don't do them justice (although she does take beautiful photographs). I have my Lotus doll on a shelf, and I always get comments and compliments on her.  The Little Knit Lovey creates some really cute knit baby items. I wish I had found this store when my little girl was a newborn. I love everything in this shop, and I can't wait for next winter so I can order some of these cuties for my babies.  I love these, and they come in a huge range of colors. I have my eye on the turquoise! Legacy Studio creates some gorgeous home accents, and the shipping is very reasonable for large items. Honestly, you couldn't buy all of the items needed to re-create this yourself for the price (and think of all that labor). Really a great item that is not only functional, but beautiful!  Scottish Sea Glass Jewellery creates some gorgeous pieces. I love everything in this shop!!! There are some really special personalized pieces as well.  If you love Vintage items...which I have a new fascination with white one's in particular, you will love this shop! Owls everywhere, and tons of cute upcycled vintage finds. A Second Life has great prices and very reasonable shipping as well.
There are tons more shops on Etsy that I adore, and I will try to post a few every week! Please leave comments with items or shops you've found while hunting for goodies on Etsy!
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This is a Jelly Roll baby quilt that I'm currently working on. I'm making a tutorial for it as well. I haven't decided how to bind it, or if I'm going to add a solid border or not. Any suggestions?
It will only require 20 Jelly Roll strips and about 1 yard of backing and binding fabric. I love easy afternoon quilts, especially for baby shower gifts. This one shouldn't require more than a few hours to compete.
I love the ”It's a hoot” fabric by MoMo for Moda. It was so hard for me to break into my stash of this! Does anyone else have a hard time using fabric you adore?
One of the custom orders I made for Etsy. I love these prints from the Lark collection by Amy Butler. These are the prints in the glamour colorway. Rag quilts are so easy to make, but the time spent cutting, laying out the pattern, sewing, and snipping really adds up for one this size. I hate snipping, but it has gotten easier since I invested in some rag quilt snips.
I made this quilt for one of the girls that works at my Starbucks. She's having a baby boy in a couple of months. This was such an easy little quilt. I used 3” x 22” strips (from a fat quarter). Then put sashing around the edges in Kona Charcoal. The backing is also solid Kona Charcoal. For the binding I used one of the prints cut in 2” strips and made double fold binding (I don't cut on the bias). I machine quilted in a meandering pattern and attached the binding by machine. So easy, it took me about 2 hours. It finished at around 26” x 28” which works perfectly for a car seat. I liked this size because it didn't add extra bulk around my baby when he was little. It also works well if they get attached, because it won't drag the ground when they start running around.
