Done?

Okay, I wimped out on the snowflakes. I had a few contractions and thought I'd better just get this done. Of course, as soon as I was done quilting, everything settled down and now my houses have no snowflakes. Oh well!
I'm still planning on making some more things to go with this crib quilt...I'm having too much fun to stop now :)
Kim

Houses in the snow

Wow, I am so impressed with everyone's pics! I'm posting my winter houses. I've since sewn them with a dark blue sky and plain white (snow) for the bottom of my little quilt. I was thinking of doing wonky snowflakes in the sky, but I can't get them small enough. Any suggestions? I'm thinking of slicing off the bottom of my quilt and adding some more houses. I'm also thinking of making some more things to go with this quilt, maybe a wall hanging and pillow cover.

My other plans include a tree skirt with words around the outside, but it's still in the planning phase.

Kim/nannergirl

p.s. sorry about the poor photo quality. These houses are nice and bright. My camera just returned from being fixed (thank goodness!)

Bringing home baby

I was inspired by the pic in Jacquie's post and have decided to do bright, wonky houses on snow with a dark blue sky. I was planning on making it into a wall hanging for my nursery (baby number 2 is due at the end of November) but DH suggested a crib quilt when I showed him the houses at 6 this morning. I was going to sew tiny snowflakes into the sky but I can't safely do that on a crib quilt. I was thinking of doing asterisks instead. I'm on my way to check out Tonya's tutorial, plus to try and figure our Christmas trees. Sorry about the lack of pictures...I forgot to upload them before my hubby took the phone to work. My camera is finally fixed, so I'll post pics with this soon.

Hi Everyone!

Hi All. I'm Kim from Down in the sand quilts. I'm a mother of one (soon to be two!), a wife and a teacher, although I'm off on maternity leave right now. I usually do more traditional style quilts, but have admired Tonya's quilts for a long time and can't wait to make my House, Home or Pantry quilt.

I've never tried a wonky anything before but I had some time this afternoon and my first attempt is pictured above. I'd like to get the roof bigger, but otherwise I had a lot of fun playing.

Can't wait to see what everyone will come up with!