In a baby crafting sort of mood...

Nope, I'm not pregnant (yet!), but a few friends are! So, decided I should get to work on a pattern for a tote/diaper bag. Work the kinks out, and get a few made!

I liked the look of some patterns/totes online, but wasn't willing to shell out the money. So, yesterday I sat and drafted my own pattern, quilted some fabric and got to cutting!

So far, I'm loving it! I need to make and sew in a lining still, and do handles (probably before the lining! haha)

Thought I would share!

Productive again... finally!

I sewed today! For most of the day actually, and man- it was great. I still have to finish folding laundry though haha.

This will be a baby quilt- don't know for who (maybe ME if all the trying works and ends up as a girl, sooo I'll just hold on to it for awhile!). Just need to finish that outside border. The inner border is more yellow-ish than the rest of the creams, so when all is said and done, I'll probably tea dye the entire thing to even it out. But I love that the little pink leaves in the inner border fab are just the perfect shade of pink!


This is a gift... which is why I'm only showing one corner. But, as of today, it is a top. I just need to get some batting ready and sew together a backing, ahhh- love it!

Giving up....

Oh, I rarely give up on a quilt, but after several weeks of fighting with that Christmas-ish quilt mentioned a few posts below, I did!

For starters, I didn't receive the whole amount that I'd ordered of the backing fabric, so I used the pieced bit bordered by the wide back. The wide back was surprisingly thin, and stretchier than normal... a disappointment, but it was on sale, so I used it anyway- maybe my first mistake.

Anyway, after quilting 2 rows of feathery pattern, I decided that I didn't like it- so picked it out. Then picked out another half row of unsatisfactory quilting. After that, the backing was pretty stretched out, and I wasn't liking it. I quilted a bit, then cut it up.

It's not a total failure, though. I have big plans to turn it into Christmas stockings for small gifts next year. I guess it isn't really giving up, just 'repurposing'!

Moving on to the next UFO now!

Goals....

Ok, so for the next few weeks or so, I have LOTS of free time!

Goals:

1) Assemble top, and quilt pink double 4 patch!

2) baby mobile

3) gender neutral baby blanket for friends who are expecting their first!

4) 'Spring' clean - even though it's January

5) organize the 'crap closet' where everything lands (holiday decorations, footlockers full of military gear, boxes that haven't been unpacked in 3 moves haha)

6) generally declutter- this probably should include my sewing room...

Wish me luck!

A little birdie...

Yup, so far, just one!

Using this pattern: Spool Sewing

I have big plans - namely, a mobile. Also from a picture on that sight, using sticks and several of the stuffed birds.

Looking again, I see that they didn't stuff the tail of their birds, so next I might test one outthat way- for the first one though, I stuffed that sucker totally full! I don't mind plump little birdies! In any case, I plan on making this little guy some friends. Planning on sticking with a black/white and bright theme... maybe with white sticks? Hmmm

Why a mobile? Well... we're now officially 'trying' for #2! So, in efforts to be somewhat prepared, I'm starting to make stuff NOW- just neutral stuff. I didn't sew 7 years ago with kiddo #1, so I'm all excited about the possibilities now.

It went like this....

Week before Christmas: Lots of cookies! Cub Scout party, school party, and break began!

Christmas: Presents out the wazoo! We took a year off from traveling cross-country, and stayed home. Just the three of us + pet- totally relaxing, and worth the cost of shipping presents to extended family!

Then came the company! Picked up a friend and her son locally on the 29th, then the next day, took off down to the coast to pick up another friend! I love having friends that travel to US!

New Year's Eve: more company! I'll let you guess which pic started the night and which ended it haha!

Post New Years: still have company! A bit of hanging out, took the kiddos to the Army Aviation Museum- Matt always loves it. Oh yeah, and on the 3rd, Matt's 7th birthday party- MORE company!

This week: Basketball season kicked off in full swing Monday with kiddo's first game! They lost, but had a blast! Tuesday and Wednesday were spent making return airport runs and getting the company off on their merry way. Now I'm helping my house recover from a week's worth of twice as many people, and enjoying the quiet!

Obviously, I am in SERIOUS need of some quilty goodness!!!

I'll be back...

to everything soon! Sewing, relaxing... ahhh.

The holidays were good, but we've had company for a week, and they won't be heading out for a few more days, so quilting is on the back burner.

Soon though..... soon!