King Quilt

I have been working, off and on, on a quilt for Emma made up of bits and pieces of clothes she has worn and loved, as well as other bits of fabric and what not that she finds interesting. I recently added a bunch of pieces to her quilt which I blogged about here.

I have had quilts on the brain a lot lately. We are in the process of getting out house ready to sell, which means finally, finally, my hubby is ready to purge his wardrobe. Many of the t-shirts that he has were bought for a specific reason, but he is a creature of habit and typically wears the same thing every day- a white t-shirt (with some sort of logo) and blue jeans. All those colored shirts in his closet are just taking up space.

So, I convinced him to hand them over, and I did what I could to preserve the memories. 

Of course the bobby would need filling as soon as the hubby gets up to take pictures

See that pinkish lump over my left shoulder? That would be Emma sleeping in the bed that we have relocated to the family room while fixing up the bedroom. Hence the crappy lighting. 

This was my progress as of last night. This and a bunch of smaller squares and rectangles. 

Hand stitched pieces

"It has sentimental value." 

Most of the shirts from the hubby are either paintball related or Air Force related.

Here is where I am after spending a bit of time on it today.

I am currently at 56" x 43" and I need to be at about 96" x 96" for it to fit our bed with plenty of over hang. Still trying to figure out what I will use as the middle layer and how I will do the actual quilting part. Might end up knotting it.

Feature Friday - VA Beach Quilter

I would like to introduce you to a great shop VA Beach Quilter, run by the truly awesome, Kim.

Kim has been a machine quilter for about 10 years. She does do some work by hand, but sticks mostly with machine piecing.

Her items speak for themselves. Here are a few of my favorites.

First up is a wallet that I really want. Might have to actually buy this one:)


Next I have a cute little Vee Bee Creature for your enjoyment (or for the enjoyment of any child in your life)


And what post about a quilt shop would be complete without a few awesome and fun quilts to show you?
I love the bright and crazy colors of this quilt.



And this quilt has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen! I wish I had one of these when Emma was little. Heck, I bet she would still get a kick out of it!


Ok, before I get completely lost in Kim's studio, I will end this post (I just bought a bunch of books at a yard sale today and I am excited to make them into purses!!!).

Before I go, I just want to mention that aside from all the quilted items Kim makes, she somehow finds the time to do all the hard work involved in running the ArtFire guild and blog, "Shops with Less Than 10 Sales." The purpose of this guild is for artisans on ArtFire to help promote each other. Kim does a lot of work, and I really appreciate it all.