Riley Blake Design Block of the Month - March

I am really enjoying the RBD block of the month.

This block was so quick to measure, cut and sew ♥

The name of the block is Simplicity.

I am designing all of my blocks in pinks.

I'm going to choose a totally different color for the sashing!

You can see the block on RBD's blog here.

February's block:

January's block:

That's a lot of pink!!!

April's block is simple also.

May's block will be using selvages.  

I can hardly wait, I have a shoe box full of selvages waiting for me.

A Winner!!!

Hi Everyone!

I have had such a great time reading all my emails, and seeing all the likes on my facebook page!!!

I want to thank all of you for following my blog and entering the giveaway.

A very special thank you to Nanette from Freda's Hive also :)

Nanette was so kind to send her readers to me for the giveaway.

I used the random generator, it chose #23.

Drum roll please...........

Anda W. is the winner of the giveaway!

Congratulations Anda!

A Giveaway!!!

March 12 marked my one year anniversary of blogging on 

 Dream Quilt Create.

I now have over a 122 followers, thanks to you!!!

 I am so excited that so many of you are interested in what I am doing.

I have made some wonderful friendships through blogging and hopefully I will have the opportunity to meet them someday :)
I am having a GIVEAWAY!

I am giving away 5 fat quarters.

They are from the line "Simple Abundance" 

by Bonnie of Cotton Way & Camille of Thimble Blossoms, 

by Moda.

I really love these fabrics!!!

I love everything these ladies do :)

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment and do one or more of the following:

1.  become a follower, "join this site" to the right of the blog.

AND/OR

2.  Like my dream quilt create facebook page here.

Your name will be entered once if you do one of these and twice if you do both :)

DON'T FORGET to leave a comment and tell me what you did,
 and /or if you are already a follower!

The deadline to enter this giveaway is on Sunday, April 7 @ midnight, mountain standard time.

The winner will be announced on Monday's blog, best of luck!

Kylie's Blessing Gown, Slip and Bonnet are Finished!

I embroidered Kylie's initials onto the back hem of her dress.

 I used a shadow embroidery technique.  
You embroider in such a way that there are "x's" on the back.
From the front, a shadow is cast through the letter as if you colored it in.  Then I embellished each letter with a vine, leaves and bouillon flowers.
Kylie's initial for her last name is in the middle, and Kylie Violet are her given names.  The idea is that when Kylie passes the gown on to her daughter, that Kylie will embroider her daughter's initials next to her own, and so on.  An heirloom is created :)

The initials are embroidered right above the pin tucks.

I posted photos of the slip on Monday, you can see it here.

This is the smocked bonnet.  I used the same pattern on the dress, and sewed some little seed pearls onto the bonnet.

I embroidered a bullion rose with lazy daisy petals to the silk satin ribbon.

I used a Milliners needle to stitch the roses.

The finished gown and bonnet, the slip is under the dress.

I will show you photos of Kylie on her big day which is April 14 :)

Kylie's Blessing Gown, the slip!

What is a gorgeous gown without a slip?

Here is a closeup of the yoke.

I used insertion lace and added three pin tucks on each side.

I sewed lace edging around the neckline, armholes and hem.

The slip has two button closures in the back.

I am so excited to show you the gown, slip and bonnet together!

Thanks for following along :)

Kylie's Blessing gown, getting close!

I sewed the hem on Kylie's blessing gown, all 90" of it.

I sewed little seed pearls onto the smocked yoke.

Voila, the finished gown!

Notice the pin tucks above the hem.

I designed this dress just for Kylie, I thought of her the whole time I sewed it.

I sewed three little pearl buttons on the back.

Each button has a little flower design.

I just need to finish the slip and the smocked bonnet, and wait for the silk satin ribbon for the bonnet to arrive in the mail!

I received a special treat today, a video of Kylie laughing for the first time :)  I'll share it with you.  Be prepared to smile!!!

I Left My Heart.....

.....in San Francisco ♥

My mother is visiting from Montreal, Canada.

We went to San Francisco for two days, a city she has always wanted to visit.

We took an incredible 3 l/2 hour bus tour around the city, and saw all sorts of fantastic and maybe some not so fantastic sights!

The city's Chinatown is the largest outside of Asia.

I thought it was interesting that in the middle of the city, people hang their laundry out of their windows to dry!

We drove through Haight Asbury and saw these fantastic legs hanging out of the window.  Look at the beautiful ornamentation on the eaves :)

We saw the famous "painted ladies".  The yellow house is shown in the TV show "Full House".

I have been to the city many times but have never driven across the Golden Gate bridge before :)

The view of San Francisco was beautiful from the other side of the bridge.  It was really cold and very windy.

On our way to another spectacular view, we drove past Twin Peaks.  I wonder if that is where the TV show got its name?

Spectacular!

After the bus tour, we went to Fisherman's Wharf and saw the sea lions bathing in the sun.  Luckily, it was too windy to smell them because they stink!

On our way to dinner, my mom and I stopped at a store to look around.

Wild prawns and scallops, yum!

Hope you enjoyed my photos of San Francisco! 

My mom arrived two weeks ago and we have been sightseeing and shopping ever since :)

I try to sew on Kylie's blessing dress whenever I can!  Stay tuned...