Sew Very Cheeky

Back in April, I was at Stitch Sew Shop in Alexandria and found a bolt of Nani Iro's Lei Nani Double Gauze in Navy, and fell desperately in love with the fabric. My friend was with me, ostensibly to control my mad fabric buying habits, and instead encouraged me to buy it. It didn't help that I already had a pattern in mind - the Magnolia, view A, by Deer and Doe. I'd been meaning to make it for a while, and this gave me the impetus. The lady at the cutting counter at Stitch was very helpful - the Nani Iro gauze is 43" wide, and doesn't have full even bleed bleed across the bolt, as you can see below. The shop had already cut the pattern out and had it on file, so we took the bolt, and laid out the pattern pieces  to estimate how much additional yardage I might need to fit the pattern on a smaller width fabric. I still somehow wound up with an extra couple of yards. I remember buying an extra yard for prudence, but at least my friend who was with me can now use the

 A retrospective of quilts made by yours truly.   The first quilt I ever made was for a baby who was born very, very, early. He would up in the NICU for several months, and I was able to finish it before he went home with his very relieved parents. I also like to go big or go home so I both pieced the quilt and sewed it myself on my little singer. The second quilt I finished I designed the pattern myself, and was for my cousin's first baby.   I quilted this one by stitching in the ditch. I also made him a little dog out of the scraps, and finished him on the train to the baby shower! Another baby quilt made for the first daughter for a friend. This one sewed up very easily. It's the Cozy Throw Quilt from craftsy.  I made a graduation from highschool quilt for a teen I was very close with using Lee Heinrich's Greek Key Quilt     I made it queen sized, and quilted it all myself. Apologies for the photos - I didn't get very good ones before gifting it. I found the absolute