Saturday, June 13, 2009

Selfless or Selfish?

This morning I designed and pieced a new quilt. I was in love with this fabric and knew exactly what I wanted to do with it when I first laid eyes on it.

It was one of those projects that was exciting and fun from start to finish. When I had the main portion pieced, I laid it out in front of me and smiled from ear to ear. I was in love with my new creation. The rest of my afternoon was spent debating whether I was going to keep it for myself and add borders to make it larger... it could have a fabulous life possibly gracing my bed or as another cuddly quilt for the family room. Oh such tough decisions!

Initially the plan was to create this beauty and sell it on Etsy to a lucky buyer- who would of course fall as madly in love with it as I have and then smile from ear to ear every time they laid it out, cuddled a sweet baby wrapped in it, or simply passed it while it adorned a spot in their home.

When my hubby came home he fell as in love with this new quilt as I had. This decision just got much harder!

In the end I decided I was so in love with this quilt that I couldn't deny another person from it as well, so it will grace the Monkey C Baby Etsy shop as soon as it is bound.

Plus, I suppose I could always make another for myself... I'm not that selfless... hehe

Pictures coming soon!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Done and Dusted!

I am finally at liberty to reveal my fun custom order! I customized three shirts and two hats for Tyson Nash, a professional hockey player (now retired). Tyson played for some great teams, one of which was the Phoenix Coyotes! 

As a retirement gift, his good friends had me add his number to shirts and hats for the teams that he played for. The final product looked awesome and I had a blast creating these one of kind pieces! Check them out and let me know what you think:)