Okay, nothing for weeks, then two posts in a day? I was about to go to bed after writing about the swaps, but I couldn’t let the day end without getting something into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival.
Back in August, I was working really hard on a super secret project I promised to share. It involved these
It’s still not finished, but I thought I’d pull it out, take some poorly lit photos and show you what I gave my husband for his birthday.
I am so behind in posting, I know. There are a lot of projects to catch up on, and I’ve got to start somewhere, right? Besides, if John can post about happenings 15 months after they happen, I can post my Halloween party two weeks late, right? So, this is not Halloween. Just a few great swaps from Flickr (but this one is much easier to do a quick writeup about).
First up is the Pretty Little Pouch Swap. This was my first round, and I said I was only going to do one swap at a time and I was already in one, but I couldn’t help myself in joining up because everything out of this group is so pretty!
I’ve been a little busy. Story of my life, right? I fully intend to do a wrap-up of The Sewing Summit, once I steal some pictures, since I took a total of three. With my phone. Nice, Colleen.
In the meantime, I wanted to give you all a heads up about BelleChic. Have you seen this site yet? It’s an online boutique featuring top handmade designers, with seriously steep discounts. For example, today they have adorable leggings for kids. I mean, seriously cute leggings. Each boutique lasts for two days, or until they sell out.
So, at the beginning of the year I put up one of those Facebook posts saying I would make something for the first five people who responded. No specifics, just something handmade by me sometime during the year.
One of my friends who responded is Lisa, who writes about finding joy in life, even through trials. Right now she’s working on this little project:
Here’s what I came up with to bring a little more joy in her life:
Tags: joy, mini quilt, sewing
Or, the one in which I introduce my sister, and let her take over my blog.
Sister really makes me laugh. A lot. She is (aside from my husband) my very best friend. Just to give you an idea of how awesome she is, I recently asked her for some Mod Podge and the conversation went like this:
It’s been a while… but I’m working away. I’ve got lots of things to show you, but with lots of projects also comes no time to blog!
Here’s a peek at what I’ve been up to:
I’m slowly quilting my Little Apples dresden quilt. Whoever thought it would be fun to do some echo quilting around all those dresden plates was incorrect. But it will look amazing when it’s done in 20 years.
I finished Ellie’s baby quilt – just in time too, as I delivered it on Thursday and she was born on Tuesday.
We took the girls to the hospital to see her. They are smitten. I am smitten too. I have to admit, she almost made me rethink having another one. Almost.
Back to the quilt.
I quilted each strip of colored fabric with flowers, joined by a random squiggly line with swirls for leaves, and did the same on the large white parts on top and bottom. I left the gathered rows alone.
Tags: quilt
Here’s what I should have been doing today:
1. Working on my Kona Solids Challenge project for the SLMQG. We are showing them and having a little contest this Thursday at our meeting, and it’s not done yet.
2. Working on my little secret square project. Because it’s for my husband’s birthday on the 29th and I’m nowhere near close enough. (But it will be awesome, and I promise to share after the big day.)
This weekend the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild had a Sewing Saturday, and I was finally able to attend. Since Brad used to work every Saturday, it was hard to get there since I didn’t have a sitter for the girls. Now that he’s no longer working retail, it’s a lot easier to hang out with my friends! Hooray! And these ladies are amazing friends. You know how sometimes you get a big bunch of ladies together and they’re all back-talkey and gossipy, and they put each other down? These women are not like that at all. Every time we get together, it’s all encouragement and uplifting. Whether you’re a brand new quilter or have lots of experience under your belt, everyone is welcome.
Every neighborhood has one, right? You know, “that house” where the paint is chipping, and the morning glory is overtaking the grass and the tree has been dead for two years and still, it’s just sitting there mocking you every time you walk by?
Well, I am here to admit that in my neighborhood, I own “that house.” So this weekend we decided to do something about it. I walked into my husband’s office at about 11:30 and said, “What would you say if I said I wanted to paint the door blue?” His answer? “Which door, like, the front door?” I’m pretty sure my grin said it all.
