Tuesday, April 23, 2013

New Camera

Please forgive this post for being a bit heavy on the photos! I finally took the jump into DSLR photography and bought a Nikon D3100. I love it! I have been playing around with the camera set on automatic and I am thrilled with the results thus far.  

I started by taking some photos of some of my works in progress and my cats. LOL Although, photo sessions with cats tend to be a game of sorts.  Harry is more interested in the light that reflects off the camera lens and he won't sit still! Needless, to say he's a fidgety one.

These are some mug rugs in process for my shop.



This is a sweet table topper I stitched up using a charm pack featuring Lori Holt's Polka Dot Stitches line, and some white Moda Bella cotton.


I had pinwheels stuck in my head the instant I laid eyes on Bonnie and Camille's new line Happy Go Lucky. It's a baby sized quilt and I quite like how it turned out!




Tex couldn't resist getting into the picture too ;)



I have a small landing outside my kitchen and the kitties love to go out there when I return home from work in the evenings, to soak up the late day sunshine. Tex tends to be a better subject in that he cooperates for the picture taking. ;)




Here's Harry chasing the light around with his eyes.



I hope you are all having a wonderful week! What have you been working on?

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Charming Lucy

A couple of dear friends of mine are about to welcome their baby boy into the word. I searched online and found a free pattern called Charming Lucy and new that this was the one! They have received the quilt so it's safe for me to post photos of it here.


I used a stack of fabric I had from the line Lucy's Crab Shack by Sweetwater for Moda and accented with white Kona cotton. I love the result! 




I tried my best to get a full shot of the quilt. Please excuse the less than delightful photo but you get the idea!


In other news, dare I say that spring has  FINALLY sprung in central New York and today is full of sunshine. Though we had snow last week, I am crossing my fingers that the snow is behind us until next winter! 

What are you doing on this fine Saturday?