Christmas tree wall hanging

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, it is December and I have not done any posting! All year long I make Christmas quilts, then when December hits, I am MIA. It's been a busy time of year, and I just finished a couple Christmas presents for some good friends. I have SO many Christmas scraps, SO many, and I saw this super cute free tree pattern on pinterest, so I decided to start making trees. One tree turned into four, and I thought they would make adorable presents (instead of hoarding them all for myself because I really love Christmas fabric!). I've made a quick tutorial so you can make your own, or if you're more giving than me, you can make them as gifts.

Summer by the Sea Quilt

This quilt was inspired by my favorite place, the beach! You may be wondering why I would add gray to a beach inspired quilt.. I live in Northern CA where we often have gray overcast beach days, and I still find them lovely! In fact I love gray and blue together.

This is the first quilt that I've made for myself (not including holiday quilts)

It was really hard to make something that was for ME, something that I would want to keep out ALL THE TIME (Holiday quilts get put away eventually!). I really enjoyed creating this block. I basically just made it up as I went along (yes I am one of those quilters!) and it somehow all came together really nicely. Below is my tutorial for my block. Enjoy, and if you make your own quilt with this block I would LOVE to see it! 

Cheers! 

Decorating for Fall

I'm pretty, basically, completely obsessed with Fall. 

The colors.

The clothes.

The warm soups and hot cocoas.

The sound of crunchy leaves.

The fall food! Brussels sprouts, squash, pomegranates, apples, and let's not forget PUMPKIN!

Obviously, I was more than ecstatic to decorate my newly built shelf with all my Fall decor.