Like I said, I'm not a quilter.

Omg, I'm totally a quilter wannabe!!  Ha!

First of all, this is ridiculously beautiful and easier than anything I've ever sewn.  What a delight.  I can't wait to work on it more as Spring approaches in my sunny new sewing room!  More on that later.  (!)

And now, I've gotten myself into an i-spy swap!  Whhhaa??  If you've been living under the same rock as me (hi!), you'll be wondering what an i-spy quilt is.  Lemme show ya:



via Obsessively Stitching



It's a quilt with little identifiable things on it!  (I'm a poet, I know.)

So I'm going to make one for Loubs so we can all gather in bed with her quilt and drink hot cocoa and play i-spy!  That is, once she can identify things other than puppies and Ming Ming.  How fun and sweet, yes?!

Here are the fabrics I cut and sent out...

20 squares per print! 

Taters!

 ...and I'll be getting back 200 [all different] squares!  Gah!  I can't wait to see them!

This swap is being held by one of Obsessively Stitching's readers who is sans Blog, so I can't link you to any more specifics.  We are hoping to start a flickr group, so I'll link to that when we do.

So I guess if I have 2 quilts in the works myself, I shant think unfavorably of quilt people henceforward.

(I was just jealous, yall ;)

Looky!

 Seeing as how I have nothing better to do, I decided to start piecing together my value quilt for Loubs today!  It's AMAZING.  Jonas helped me soooo soso much.  It's the perfect job for someone so... mathematically inclined.  No really, he really was awesome and loved putting all the lights and darks together.  Drove him crazy, actually.  In a good way.  :)



I die.



I did this much in about 15 minutes, which was SO motivational.  I got to sew all day long - my Marie Skirt is half way done (more on that tomorrow) and this quilt is started.  

Ahhhhh...  feels good.  My aim for this quilt is for it to be Emms first toddler bed blanket.  So I have like, a year and a half to finish it.  :)  Awesome.

My inspiration for this quilt is here.

My fabric is Martha Negley's 'Mums', purchased here (though I believe she's sold out of this collection).  I have 4 sets of these squares, and what you see up there is like, half of one set.  Awesome x 2.

Emmys toddler bed is going to be a California King, if I hadn't mentioned that.

Love to all!