Pretty, practical, handmade
Ob*ses*sion: noun 1. the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself. 3. the state of being obsessed. 4. the act of obsessing.
I started my first quilt over ten years ago on a whim. I can’t remember what made me even want to quilt. I picked out a pattern and fabric and started cutting, only to realize that I had read the pattern wrong. After just a few weeks of working on the quilt, I became discouraged and gave up. Everything went into a box under the guest room bed, where it stayed for a couple of years, untouched. Finally, something made me want to pull out the squares and finish what I had started. It wasn’t long before I was officially obsessed and making more quilts than I knew what to do with.
Then we had two baby boys. I made them quilts, but also toys, blocks, bibs and more. Friends and family started asking me to make things for their babies and after my sister talked me into it, here I am with my own Etsy shop.
I live with my husband Adam and two boys, Liam (6) and Drew (3) north of Seattle. Sewing is what keeps me sane in this crazy life. It is like a little escape, every single day – even if it has become a quilty obsession.