Times flies

We are already in August...time flies so fast that I almost kept my breath for the last five months to enjoy every little bit of joy. Our son is almost 5 months old, on the 13. He is loved and the star that I made for him worked!! I went in labor about 24h after I completed the whole thing! Call that magic or something...

Now that it's freezing cold outside I just pull an old unfinished knitting of mine. I will try to finish it by tomorrow :-)

Baby quilt is done!!!

I just finish the last part (that I hate) : binding the whole thing!!

And I'm super to say that it was a no cost project since I already had everything at home to do it. 

So ready for my son to be there now...

Quilting day!

Today I want to quilt the whole chevron quilt for my baby to come. I'm having so much contractions, I just hope to make straight lines...

How to make a chevron baby quilt in 9 easy steps!!

To continue the preparation before baby boy birth, he need to have a personalize quilt. My girls have theirs and he really need one too! 

I thought that I could share with you how to make a killer chevron baby quilt in 9 easy steps !

Preparation : obviously if you want to make any quilt or sewing project you need to make a few preparation step. Choose your fabrics, wash them, I also put them in the dryer, then I iron everything and I consider that I am ready to begin.

Step 1: cut your squares ! I decide to cut 6" squares with 3 colors. The pattern will be 7 squares by 9 in length. So I need 21 squares of each color, for a total of 63 squares.

Step 2: cut again! We now need to make triangles out of our squares. Since I have a pattern with dinosaurs (Rrrrrrroar!) I suggest you to pay attention that you will need to cut about the half of the squares in one diagonal side and the other half the other side. I also strongly suggest to do the step 3 at the same time to avoid errors. So keep the count, we now have 126 triangles!

Step 3: assemble your layout! I suggest to do this step at the same time that you do step 2 to avoids errors. Place your triangles to make a chevron pattern. We are back to squares shapes!!

Step 4: easy one, pile your "squares" before sewing.

I pile each row then, row on top of each other and I am ready to begin sewing.

Step 5: sew your new squares ! I do a long chain and sew them all in one sitting. So we now have one long chain of squares!!

Step 6: my favorite (no just kidding) iron everything and make the square tower again ! Don't forget to open the seams for a better look. We are now back to 63 squares.

Step 7: sew your rows. Pay attention and check back your layout in step 3 (hope you took a picture). Take your time to place the triangles seams together for a crisp look. You now have 9 rows of 7 squares.

Step 8: press all the seams open.

Step 9: assemble row by row to complete the top of the quilt. Then press the last seams open.

Enjoy you have complete the top of a fantastic chevron baby quilt in 9 easy steps !!! 

Stay tuned for the finishing part very soon.

How you like it? Let me know if you make one !!

The fox

I'm currently  36 weeks pregnant with our third child. Our first boy after two little girls. Each of pregnancy had a totem animal. Don't ask why, maybe just my crazy hormones !

My first daughter pregnancy was all about sheep. She got a bank, stuffed animals, the whole kit! My second daughter, I was head over heel about owls. Once again, I put a lot of it in her decor.

This boy inspired me foxes. I got a new diaper bag from Ketto. Got him a new pyjama from Costco and last week I almost scream at Omer Desserre when I found this :

A tiny cross stitch completed with a tiny weeny frame to expose it! I took me only a few hours to complete and I am super excited that it will be part of the gallery wall in his bedroom.

Nursery soon to be revealed...

Sophie