Tag Archive for 'Sewing'

My crafts, let me show you them

So, um. Crafty is pretty much my middle name. I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t do math. But if it involves a French seam or a ruffle or some 100% cotton batting, I’m your chick.
My fabric stash is a little famous amongst my friends. See? Here [...]

Crazy. I am crazy.

So, scratch the post from last week in which I said I’d chosen what bedding we’d be getting. I decided on a whim today that I’ll sew everything. I think I have lost my mind. I attempted it with Beckett and only got about halfway finished. But this time, I ordered [...]

And now for something constructive

I finally finished a project today that I’ve been working on for weeks. Well, not literally weeks because I have just worked on it here and there in between other projects. But it definitely took awhile to go from start to finish. I haven’t made a quilt in a long time so [...]

Apple for my teachers

I am continually amazed by the wealth of information, companionship and just plain cool stuff that can be found on the internet. For example, just today I have:

Learned how to sew a french seam from Stardust Shoes
Watched videos on Youtube of free motion machine quilting (soon enough I’ll get the courage, i.e. naive ambition, [...]

Just another day in paradise

I am slowly making my way through my customs list. Today I finished a scrumptious minkee blankie set for a friend’s son. Tonight I think I’m going to cut squares for a custom quilt and finish a diaper wallet, and tomorrow I’ll embroider a big stack of fleece I have waiting [...]