What a Weekend...

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend jam-packed with projects and inspiration! As for me I continued to work on my Valentine's quilt. It is a pattern by Piece N Quilt, I love her designs and many of them (including this one) at Moda Bake Shop. It is called Hugs & Kisses.

This picture was taken before I got to play this weekend. I have added the white blocks that go in the empty spaces you see and added the words. The tutorial told me to print the words for an outline for the  applique but since our printer has seen better days, I just decided to draw it out in my sketch book. It took quite a long time to do it this way but I am so happy with the product! Now I just have to put the hearts on and piece it together then it will get in line to be quilted!

I took Saturday off to go to Charlotte and take my soon to be sister-in-law wedding dress shopping! We had so much fun, but to no avail. Another trip will commence soon back here in Greenville back where we have some she keeps going back to. In the meantime though we picked out the bridesmaid dresses and I am so excited to wear it! 

It will be so elegant in the church and at The High Museum of Art for the reception! 

Now speaking of wedding...

As you may have seen in the about me area my husband and I were married this past year and were so lucky to have the most amazing photographers! Visio Photography went above and beyond and the pictures were such an amazing way to relive our day! They just redid their website and Adam and I's pictures were featured a few times on there as well as our slideshow! If you get a chance you should head over to their website to check out their work! They really are true artist! This is their flyer for the new site:

That's me in the picture:) Make sure to take some time to admire their work! 

Well, I hope everyone has a Happy Monday!

Busy bee....

What I am working on right now....

My first ever quilt top:

A quilt for my mom who picked out this fabric from a cute quilt shop in Charleston called "People, Places, & Quilts". It was selected by Better Homes and Gardens as one of North America's top ten quilt shops! If you are ever in the area, check them out  or on their website here.

One of my friends is having a little girl in three months! This will be for her:

The plan is for these three to get sandwiched and quilted in the next 2 weeks....fingers crossed!

I'd love to see what ya'll are working on ...leave a comment!

Black Swan

Today is the day that I have been waiting for; the movie Black Swan came out today and I cannot wait to see it. I danced, primarily ballet, for 23 years of my life and miss it everyday. As I sit here and watch The Turning Point, I can't help but come to the seemingly obvious realization that all of my style preferences and inspirations, both in fashion, my own personal style, and design, come from a life full of theatrical ballets, sparkling costumes, beautiful makeup and everything dainty and graceful. I loved every minute of it then and probably will forever. I believe I will always be a ballerina in my heart. In honor of the release and newfound understanding, I plan to design a quilt representing all of these things- the graceful movement of a ballerina, all the glamour of the costumes, and drama of the performance. I promise to post all the way through the process.

Now speaking of projects, as I read the blog posts today from the ones I follow, one caught my attention and helped me set kind of a backwards New Year's Resolution. Instead of setting a goal for what I will be doing after the New Year, I am setting a goal for what I want to do until the New Year. I will be taking the challenge by Lisa from Vintage Modern Quilts. She has come up with a challenge called the Sew it Up (WIP) challenge. This challenge is to try and finish all, or at least as many works in progress as you can by the New Year. Getting some more projects finished, I feel will help my motivation and confidence. You can learn more about this challenge and even join in on the fun by clicking here!

Last but definitely not least,  wanted to mention that Tim Gunn was on Conan tonight promoting his new book Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work. 

The whole interview was great, but one thing stood out to me more than anything. As someone had made fun of an audience member for his poorly picked outfit, Tim Gunn simply asked him if he took responsibility for his outfit. When the audience member responded yes, Tim Gunn replied that that is what truly is important. Now while I also agree with him that some things should not be worn ( like jeggings), overall it doesn't matter what your style is as long as you wear it confidently and take responsibility for it. Hope ya'll have a good night! Until next time!

Wings and Quilts

I'm so excited because this is my first EVER blog post! I have been trying to decide how to approach the beginning, that all-scary first post. A blank page can be quite intimidating! But I cannot think of any better way to start than to talk about quilting and fashion in the same post!

I am inspired by so many things around me, but to be honest I am slightly bias to anything with feathers or that sparkles and there is no lack of glitter and feathers at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The VS Fashion Show aired at 10 o'clock tonight on CBS. As always I was so excited to see what wings the designers came up with this year. But, I was especially excited when in the scene following Katy Perry's performance of her song "Firework", the angels came out in a scene of country themed outfits and wings. One model came out wearing a quilt as the train to her ensemble and wings that appeared to be crocheted. 

Another standout outfit from this scene was an angel with quilted wings! 

As I read through the some of the reviews of the show, I saw a few comments talking about how Victoria's Secret had made quilts "hot". As a beginning quilter with a serious passion and love for fashion, this made my night and gave me the perfect inspiration for my first post. To see more pictures from this year's show and learn more about the show and it's angels click here. If you missed the show and are kicking yourself with some really cute high heels- you can stop now, because the show will have an encore performance on the CW on Wed. Dec. 8 at 8! 

Thanks for tuning in for my first post! Stay tuned for more inspirations and thoughts from yours truly!