Free Fabric!

So it's fabric scraps. Who cares, it's FREE! I love being the newest (and youngest) person in my quilt guild. They take good care of me by giving me guidance when needed and giving me their unwanted fabric. 

I have never been one to sew a lot. I dabble in lots of crafts, but have never mastered one. I absolutely LOVE quilting! I love going to the fabric store and seeing all the different fabrics and imagining all the possibilities. I'm slowly working on building my fabric stash. So I welcome any and all donations. 

Our quilt guild makes baby/toddler quilts and gives them to a local organization in town. I think I will take these scraps and use them for a couple of blankets to be donated. It won't be right away because I have 2 projects to finish by May. But when they are done I will be digging into these scraps and creating something wonderful!

Fabric Eye Candy & New Quilt

I fell in love with this fabric as soon as I saw it! It's totally random and has all the colors of the rainbow in it! Now what am I going to use it for? Well that's part of my secret project. So stay tuned and all will be revealed before summer.

I bought these fabrics for a patriotic wall hanging awhile back. I finally took some time this past weekend to figure out what I wanted to do. I didn't just want to border the picture in strips, I wanted something different for myself. I'm a new quilter and am ready to expand my skills.

I found the star pattern in a quilt magazine and altered it to fit my block size. I have NEVER read a quilt pattern before, much less altered one! This came out perfect the first time around! I was so pleased! I can't wait to finish my other project so I can work on this one full time!

Sneak Peek of Current Project

Here is a peek at my current project. This is a gift for somebody special in my life. For fear of them actually reading my blog I will say no more. I will post a final picture after it is given to that special person.

Great Embroidery Video

I did a little embroidery as a kid, but fell in love with cross stitch. Before Christmas I embroidered some quilt blocks and loved having the portability of taking my hand sewn items with me to work on at lunch, doctors appointments, long trips, or just watching tv. I stumbled on this embroidery video and decided to post it here for myself and anybody else out there interested in learning.

Embroidery Basics

If anybody knows how to make the above link a little thumbnail image of the video please let me know.

Heart of the Matter

 The day Jen announce this special day on her blog I had already put my cake in the oven. I knew exactly what I was going to do, I was going to cut it in the shape of a heart. So as soon as I had it baked and decorated I quickly took a picture. Then of course I procrastinated on getting it put online. Then last Thursday a huge ice storm hit SW Oklahoma and I found myself without power from Thurs - Tues!

 

So today I quickly ran to Jen's blog to see if this event was still happening. So here I am quickly posting about my heart cake. This cake was made for my daughter's homecoming game. The cheerleaders raffle off cakes at all our home basketball games and this is the cake I made.

Our New Wreath

Ever since I saw this wreath at Just A Girl I knew I had to make one for myself. I found some shatterproof ornaments at Walmart on sale yesterday! Today my 3 yr old helped me string them on a hanger. She had a blast helping Mommy. Here is a picture of our new wreath!

5 Rectangle Sweater

I started loom knitting this sweater October 2008 and have finally finished it! It really didn't take that long, I just procrastinated in working on it. It was really easy to make. You just loom knit 5 rectangles in different sizes and whipstitch them together.

Emma loves her sweater and it's very warm, but I still need to add ribbon to tie it shut because it keeps falling off her shoulders. It is a bit big, but she will grow into it.