Let's peel back these layers!

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juliannlaw Here is a closeup of the endpapers in my debut picture book, THE WORKD’S LONGEST SOCK. I work digitally in Adobe Photoshop but the program doesn’t do it all for me! I knit all the pixels by hand! Haha! I do have things I do to help me work quickly and efficiently, though, like using layers. Here you get to see me take off those layers one by one till we are back at nothing but a background. The World's Longest Sock is now available on  Amazon ,  Barnes and Noble ,  Target , or wherever you  buy books !
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baby, baby. . . quilt, quilt




This little white quilt with pink and orange is for Baby Layla. . . her family just moved back so we're neighbors again. They have two little boys that Lucy adores (and doesn't hit!) so we're glad to have them nearby.



Someone I WISH was nearby but isn't is my sister and her family. This quilt is for my new little nephew Cody. . . he's the fourth little boy in the fam and was almost named "Bear" so I used my little bear design as an applique to represent the little quartet of brothers.
While making this, I kept thinking of the old Hudson Baby wool blanket we had growing up, so beautiful and simple and striking. I think I'll be using this idea more and experimenting with different colors. With a big feild of white or cream, you could really throw any combo of colored stripes in there and it would look good!

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Eileenluke@netzero.com said…
What do you do in your spare time? Is there any?
10:49 PM
katherine said…
l.o.v.e. y.o.u. and t.h.e.s.e
a lot.
12:24 AM
Lindsey Montague said…
We love Layla's blanket, and would use it all the time if she would keep her "food" in her stomach where it belongs! Her blankets are washed way too often these days...

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent and friendship with us.
4:31 PM
Bonni and Pete said…
one day i will have you talent. sigh. i LOVE them! I finally finished my first one, i'll have to write a blog about it. what can i say, you inspire me.
11:52 PM
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