The Security Blanket

How adorable is this one?  Charles Schulz sure knew what he was doing with his characters in Peanuts.  Is there not a character that we can relate with in some way, shape, or form.   Oh, Linus, such wisdom beyond your years- most of the time until a pumpkin is involved...  

 This one was so much fun to put together!  Someday I'd like to design one with Snoopy, Linus, and Security... and maybe some day that will happen.

Bucky Badger

I have a good friend who is a big Wisconsin Badger's fan.   She's been a great friend and influence in my life and I wanted to show my appreciation of her and thus this quilt was designed.   It was a tricky thing turning Bucky Badger into a pixel and pieced it together... well, I didn't want to make it again!   But I bought enough fabric to make the quilt again for another Bucky Badger fan... so I redesigned the quilt a bit.  The image itself is the same but instead of working in 1.5 strips from left to right I worked in 1.5 strips up and down for the shirt and for the feet.  This was a much, much better and more efficient and much less frustrating way to put this quilt together.    I still haven't finished the quilt as it needs to be sandwiched and quilted, but at least the top is pieced together.
If you ever see a quilt on my blog or have a pixel quilt you'd like made contact me for a custom order!

Joe Doctor

Designing Peanuts quilts is so fun, especially if it's Snoopy.  I'm not sure there's a trade the Joe Snoopy hasn't done at a some point.   Doctor (well, Surgeon in the strips), lawyer, author (he thinks), golfer, tennis player, jogger, elite skater- he's done it all and I still think his dog house is a Tardis.    That pattern might emerge some day.  I digress...
This quilt was on the back burner of my mind for some time.  My second pregnancy was a roller coaster with a very good end result.  I wanted to thank my midwife and also wanted to thank our pediatrician for the great care he's provided for our other child and thus I finally had the reason to sit down and design and make this.  (Trust me, I have more designs than I have time.  I just wish I could legally sell these Peanuts patterns, but I never hear back from the proper authorities...)
I made two of these and purchased enough fabric to make a third for my niece who is in nursing school.   After making two of these I was burned out and set the materials aside for the third... and now a year later I'm finally picking up the material again and it is all cut and waiting to be assembled! 
I also designed the image sans Woodstock, and thought about making this quilt without Woodstock, but decided it's just too cute of an element to the quilt to omit. 
What Peanuts design would you like to see?

Caticorn Glee

With my being a cat lover I couldn't stop with just a unicorn quilt.  The only thing better than a unicorn is a caticorn, right!    And look at her happy, little face! 
Once again, designed as a pixel quilt, this pattern too will come together quickly, even more quickly than the unicorn because the design is so much more simple!   This pattern is also for sale on etsy.   It features both a lap quilt pattern as well as a twin quilt pattern.  The twin quilt is in the same style as the unicorn twin quilt featuring a ribbon border. 
Of course now my creative gears are spinning and I'm wondering what other unicorn animals to design... I'm thinking a llamacorn or a pugacorn sound kind of fun... but if I keep designed then I'll never have a chance to catch up on the quilt list.   Catch up, funny stuff, that.

Unicorn Dreams

As many people around world have, I too have a unicorn lover in the house.  She has been asking and asking for a unicorn quilt and I keep telling her that she already has a quilt, she doesn't need another... and on the sly I began to design a pattern.  Unfortunately, I did not realize that she can see my monitor from the reflection off a cabinet in the room so she as seen the design and is now begging for me to make it.    Unfortunately for her, I have a list of other quilts to make first... so she still has to wait.  That being said, I did finish the pattern.   I designed it as a small lap/crib quilt as well as a twin quilt.    I've always wanted to make a ribbon border and decided it was the perfect edge to turn the quilt into ultra sweet. 
I have this pattern for sale on etsy and if you'd like to make it for your favorite unicorn lover, check it out!
The unicorn is a pixel unicorn (what else would I design) and will come together very quickly!   The ribbon border is also very simple to do (I made one trial square), despite the complex look.