More small stuff...

I haven't been too movitvated to work on large projects lately, but I'm going to HAVE to work myself out of that funk and get started on Christmas!!!!



Last night I did some simple embroidery while watching Transformers (again) with Matt, and dressed up a little canvas tote. I got the totes in the craft section at WalMart for 5$ / 3 and figured they'd be a good little start to using my own grocery sacs! But, plain canvas totes are pretty plain and ugly, so....

And this morning, I was in the mood for another small project, so decided to try out a checkbook cover (pattern from http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/ ). There may be some people out there who are past checks, but I still use them on a fairly regular basis since a good part of my bills go to departments who aren't neccassarly caught up with technology (blame being in Southern Alabama maybe?!?)

It turned out cute enough, but Ithink I'll just use a plain fabric for the lining next time... no point in wasting the pretty stuff when you can barely see it!




Now, I'm going to have to get myself motivated for Christmas projects... so far I have in mind

*wall quilt (top about half done)
*3 lap quilts (going to use swap blocks for these I think, so that should make it a lot easier)
*apron
*maybe a few tote bags? stockings? not sure yet...

Still around

I haven't been up to much sewing the last week or so because I've been feeling a bit blah, but I am still around and kickin'!

Another small project...

I had started quilting this leftover fabric a month or so ago out of boredom, and it ended up being a tote. Nothing fancy, but it gave me something to do!

Baby Quilt... Finished!

So this project started as a UFO... originally intended to be a baby boy quilt for commission, but it was in process when hubby was injured during deployment, and never got finished (customer understood, no biggie!)... now I was in need of a baby girl quilt for a friend who is expecting... what to do? Repurpose!!! A stack of light green bowtie blocks became this...

The only batting I have on hand is poly... which I'm not a huge fan of, but it's here, so I'll use it. I'm not fond of the fluffiness (and this is the lowest loft poly I could find), because, in this case especially, it seems like some of the fabric pattern is lost. Ah well- it's not one I'm keeping anyway!

I do think, though, that it turned out nice and girly enough... sort of cottage garden-y... but definately for a little girl with the pink!

And, in efforts to use stash and keep my (or hubby's, whatever :P ) money, I used the same fabs for a pieced backing... I don't really do pieced backings, but figured that a small baby quilt was the best place to start. Oh, and the binding is pieced... the strips came from the excess backing that I cut off... man, I rock!

Project for the day...

Out of total boredom (it was a dreary, rainy day) and wanting something to do... I came up with a new project for the day... quilted cards! Ahh, finally, something to do with all those blank cards that I bought on a whim... Well, something besides letting kiddo color all over them!

(scraps from a current baby quilt project)

(scraps from recent QOVs)

(scraps of Amy Butler's Lotus fabrics from various projects)

P.S... I also got bored and am currently experimenting with Etsy! In the right hand nav, you can find a link to my Etsy store where all these notecard sets are currently listed.

Quilt of Valor, by Quilter's Anonymous

I completed the quilting on this project late last week, and the binding too. The top was assembled from various members who sent in blocks to one lady, who put them all together and bordered it. My part was the quilting and binding. I chose to repeat the same loopy quilting that I did on the Jacob's Ladder, mostly because it was quick and easy! Same thread as well, the varigated red/white/blue.... that thread was provided to me by another quilter as a contribution to our efforts, so I figure as long as it'll flow with the QOV tops, it'll get used!

How neat when something comes together so well!

Ahhh... the sound of relief!

And... summer vacation is officially over! Kiddo started first grade today, and it was amazingly quiet in my house.. ahhh.... Poor kiddo though, 1st grade and he's already on his third school! He attended preK at a DODDS school in Germany, kindergarten on post at Ft Rucker, and since we no longer live in government housing, a new public school this year.

In preparation, Matt got a haircut yesterday... that's right... a faux-hawk. What a kid!

Thankfully, as seen below, he decided to wear his hair 'flat' today, and save the crazy hairdo for the weekends!