Year of Making Stuff: Week 10

Back in November, I started drafting this quilt and shopped for just the right purple fabrics through December.  Sewing took place through January, and I had it professionally quilted in February.  Today I finished by adding a little more than 400 inches of  binding.

This quilt is a generous queen sized, and made from a heavily adapted Julie Popa pattern in the March/April 2008 Fons and Porter magazine.  The wide borders are a really smooth cotton sateen fabric that is a beautiful rich purple color which was sort of hard to photograph.  I am really happy with how it came out and after a quick wash it will go in our bedroom.  This is the fourth quilt I’ve made for us, and I might just like this one best!

YoMS: Week 9 Update

When the Oscar bet came up, I knew I would make a sock monkey.  I’ve never made one before, and Ashley is a big fan.  She is also fancy.  So it seemed logical to make a fancy sock monkey.  Pretty easy, but the only thing I would do differently is figure out a way to mask the light stuffing inside the dark sock which shows through.  I hope she’s arrived safely.