Kaoru Marie

quilting, quilting, quilting......I don't know what to think about it anymore. I really enjoyed quilting when I first started (maybe because of the newness of it all), but now that I'm really into apparel sewing, quilting has kinda lost its luster. That's not to mean that I don't want to do it ever, but man oh man, there is so much repetition in quilting and it really takes A LOT of patience. Anyway, onto the quilt. You may not believe it after what I just said, but I really did want to make this quilt and I am so glad I did. This quilt is for a very good friend of mine from high school. High School! ....that was so long ago! When I found out earlier in the year she was expecting her first child, I immediately knew I wanted to make her a quilt. Then I found out she was having a boy and I was able to start shopping for fabric, probably THE BEST part of quilting! And seriously, there are some ridiculously cute fabrics out there. I subscribe to Sew Modern 's ...

My mom found a fabric store near her that I think is a Japanese fabric store.  The store is called Momen+ and is in Torrance, CA. There's not much info on the store's website, but there are 12 reviews on Yelp and they are all pretty positive.  I have yet to visit the store, but my mom went recently and bought a couple mini quilt block kits and she mailed them to me!!!!!!  Best mom ever! :) I came home on Friday to a package and was so thrilled to find two mini quilt block kits with pre-cut Japanese fabric: Here are some close-ups of the fabric.  I think the owl print is really adorable. Don't these look like origami paper?? So even though I've been quilting for a couple months, I haven't made any blocks consisting of small shapes.  I've been wanting to try making a disappearing nine-patch block quilt  in order to get more practice lining up seams {just perfectly!} but that requires buying more fabric, which I don't want to do until all my ...