12 months -> 12 projects

I said in January that I'd be making coasters for my friend and my cousin, but February has been a very short month, it went by very fast! So I decided to postpone that project.

Instead, this is the project I accomplished:

It will be hanging in Allison's bedroom when we move to Houston about three months from now.

*The white frame is from Ikea*

// smile //

I haven't blogged for the past months and I apologize. I've been very busy with school and getting everything ready for our baby.

This doesn't mean that I haven't had time to SMILE. Here you have the most important moments:

snow | sunset | st. valentine's | coffee with 

friends and happy news (Maria is pregnant 

again) | Allison's teeny tiny clothes

Apart from those moments, there is a very special one: we get to see Allison in 4D. That was pretty exciting!

12 months -> 12 projects

JANUARY: a quilt for Allison

It was kind of a challenge for me because that was my first quilt ever! I think it has turned out pretty nice. Although it's not perfect, it's made with love and that's the most important :)

The documentation phase involved reading some blogs of really good quilters! They make such amazing things... The two of them that I liked the most are: Quilting in the rain and Crazy mom quilts.

This are the steps I've followed: 

   1. Cutting the fabric

   2. Assembling the pieces

   3. Putting together the three layers

   4. Machine basting

   5. Sewing the binding (machine and hand stitch). For this step, I followed this tutorial.

Really happy with the result, I can't deny it. Challenge overcome!

Next month: I'm planning to make some coasters for one of my cousins and for a friend. They have recently moved to a new place and I noticed they didn't have them. Hehe! Documentation phase starts NOW!

Sew Yellow

Another softie added to the shop. There's only one available for now. If you are interested in buying it, contact me. 

SFT11-014

// Smile //

Last week I couldn't post my reason to SMILE for the previous week but I did have one. It was my father's birthday and we went to a restaurant to have lunch. He was really happy that day and his happiness rubbed off on us that much that on our way to the car we took some silly pictures...

This weeks SMILE was caused by the fact that our baby girl's nose is going to look just like her father's. The doctor did another ultrasound and we could clearly see it. It was sooo cool! I can't wait to see her again. Sorry, but I'm not posting any picture of our baby until she's born, that's how we decided it to be, I hope you understand. 

Excited to see what makes me SMILE this week!

Some kind of change

A change in my body (growing belly)

A change in my style (new glasses)

// Smile //

[Picture in process… Georgina took it, just waiting for her to send it to me]

Those girls in the picture above are the ones that made me SMILE last week. The picture was taken almost 10 years ago in one of our trips around Europe.

We met at the Fashion School, we had just finished “bachillerato” (high school) and were anxious, happy, shy, excited, nervous to start something new, something that we had chosen.

We were the youngest students in the class, and we became pretty close friends until now. Although each one of us has her own life -some of us are married, some others live with their “chicos”, some of us work, some other not-, we always find time to meet for a coffee or dinner or any other plan.

The reason to meet this time was that one of us, Georgina, was leaving to Brisbane, Australia, in a couple of days and she doesn’t have plans to come back to crazy Spain. She has been planning it for a year and she is ready to go!

Spending time with them means chatting, laughing, remembering, helping each other, thinking about trips… and always SMILE.