Jumping in a Little Late

I'm itching to piece and use up some of my fabric stash. I discovered this quilt along and thought about it a few weeks ago then put it out of my mind. Today I've decided I'll go ahead and do it. I've never made a kaleidoscope quilt, but it's simple and should go fast-- unless I decide to really stick with the QAL dates. I'm loving some of the fabrics and designs that some of the other participants are using, in particular this quilt using black as the background.

My Pottery Barn knock-off mirror ran into some last minute painting issues, so it will be another couple of days before it's finished. I'm hoping to have the last coat of paint on today, glue down the mirrors and cross bars tomorrow, then clean up and post a picture Saturday. Fingers crossed that it goes as smoothly as that.

Bun in the Oven

We recently threw a baby shower for my sister-in-law, Jenna. I was in charge of the food and thought I would make her a scrapbook page to put in little baby's scrapbook using some of her pregnancy pictures and tie in the food. I had a few ideas for "themes" for the page, but I decided on Bun in the Oven so that we could make cinnamon rolls. Mainly because they are easy to make in large quantities and there were a lot of invites sent out for this shower. I meant to get a better picture of the page on the food table, but I forgot, so please ignore the ironing board.

The day before I headed up for the shower, there was a post on Bump Smitten for a bun in the oven shower. My first thought was "If only this had been posted a week earlier." Of course, the MIL didn't let that stop me. I showed her the page and she brought me boxes and put me to work making an oven for our buns. I was pleased with the way it turned out. The only thing she didn't have on hand for me to use was the curtain rod that we used for the door handle.My gift to Jenna was some name art to hang in the nursery. My MIL sent me fabric "samples" that Jenna was using while making her crib sheets, curtains, etc. and I used my Silhouette to cut letters out of the fabric to create the name art. I wish I could say this was my original idea, but I copied it from this blog. Instead of using ric-rack for scallops along the edges, I made some triangular picots for a more masculine look.