Feeding the Crafting Need

Love this!  I wish it had come out a little bigger.  But it was done entirely out of fat quarters, so that was nice.  Now I know I like the pattern and can experiment with some larger sizes.  =0)

Quilting it's Not

Here is my first EVER painting.  Loved loved LOVED the class.  Looking forward to being able to take another one.  =0)

Pouches and Lining and Zippers...OH MY!

I tackled a zipper today! The result was the cutest little makeup pouch you can imagine.  I didn't use my seam ripper as much as I feared I might (although I did take it out of the sewing box).  Now that I understand the mechanics of this, I think it would be less than 2 hours to make one of these.  Of course, I don't usually  have zippers on hand...maybe I need to think about investing in a few!  Two fat quarters and a zipper and you will have a great hostess or thank you gift.

Whipping up a Wine Bag

I am going to a wine tasting party tonight.  I thought I should bring a nice bottle of wine as a hostess gift and figured to take it one step further and whip her up a little wine bag.  This took about an hour, including finding a pattern that I could actually understand and follow!  The pictures don't do it justice.  =0)

Photos of a finished quilt

done DONE done!

It's done!

That elephant in the corner that I was afraid to take on...is DONE!  What do I mean?  The quilt I originally started is now complete.  I had started out so well.  Then I started to over think.  I was afraid of continuing.  I finally realized that making mistakes and trial and error are how we learn.  So I forged ahead.  And I made my mistakes.  And I ripped out a few seams.  And I redid a couple of things.  But most importantly, I finished!

Oh..pictures to come...when I find the camera!  =0)

Ooooh I forgot to tell you...

I got my very own, shiny new sewing machine!  It's a Brother 50-stitch with a drop feed for free-motion quilting.  Okay, to be honest, I don't really know what any of that means, but it sounded really good on the box.  And I'm super excited!  It made sewing yesterday and today so much more enjoyable.  Oh, and I also forgot to mention that it's the Project Runway Limited Edition model.  How's that for fancy!?