tea party

Here's one I made last year, but I haven't blogged until now. I knew I wanted to give it as a gift, so I had to wait until after our friends' wedding to show the photos.

Ok, they got married last summer, so I waited an extra long time (read: didn't get around to the blog post) for good measure.

I picked up the Tea Party pattern from Cluck, Cluck, Sew last year, I think when Allison had a little pre-holiday sale. I can't wait to try the others I got at the same time. I love Allison's patterns!

The fabric came from an online sale, but I no longer remember the name of the line or the website where I found it! I was excited to find several fabrics from the same cool modern line at a deep discount (that is, like the flat-fold price at M&L). I mixed in some solids I had from previous projects.

This was my first attempt at free-motion quilting -- I think it turned out pretty good and it wasn't too hard. I tried to stick with a really simple free-form pattern so my imperfections wouldn't show too much. I will definitely be doing more of this in the future!

Nothing too exciting about the back -- just a big piece of polka-dot I had. I don't even think I ended up having to piece it together.

Another of my favorite scrappy bindings. It's either scraps or stripes pretty much around here. 

This pattern was a lot of fun to make and came together quickly. And I was thrilled to be able to give it to two of our most favorite people, Tyler and Mercedes!