one down

i have been in such a creative funk. and just a waiting-for-spring funk. and a sick kids funk. and nothing-fits-me-anymore funk. and a blogging funk...

so anyways it felt really good to finally finish a project i've had in the works for ages.

miles has a duvet cover from ikea that i really like, and i found an identical one at a thrift store forever ago- in fact before i had opened the original and before he was in a big bed. i decided to use the thrifted one as is and make the new one into a quilt.

i cut the seams off and got some bamboo batting, laid it all out and got it pinned, and decided to try my hand at machine quilting.

bad idea.

i can't remember being so frustrated while sewing before. i was a grouch!

i couldn't get the fabric to stay put, it just slipped and puckered like crazy. i got ten or so lengths sewn, lengthwise and crosswise, before i gave up. then after ahile, when i had cooled off, i sat and unpicked all the stitches.

i decided that it was worth the money to take it to a quilt shop to have it professionally quilted, and i am so happy with the results. i wanted to bind it and give it to miles for christmas, but transitioning during the move, living with my parents and sharing my mom's sewing room (and machine) sort of threw a wrench in the gears.

fast forward to now. i haven't really done much of anything creative for the longest time and it is getting to me, so i determined to bind the quilt today.

whew. that was a very long winded way to explain that: today i bound a cute quilt for my cute boy, who was very excited to have it and was happy to pretend to sleep under it while i took pictures.