HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH

I just wanted to take the time to wish my oldest son a very Happy 20th Birthday! You've been an absolute joy! I don't know where the time has gone. Love you

5 months

19 & 3/4

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It's that time of year again, and my head just gets overwhelmed with ideas for Christmas! I've already started my Christmas cards and right now I'm about 80% done! I've also joined a Christmas Swap over at Little Miss Shabbys place! Our package needs to contain some chocolatey goodness, a hearfelt homemade item, some yummy fabric bits, a Christmas card and something unexpected. I'm very excited to put this all together for my swap partner Heather! I've already started her goodies and might show some little peaks later!

My Christmas card pieces! I'm actually a copy cat this year when it comes to my cards. I saw the design here and just had to tweak it a little so it's not an exact copy :)

Summer in the City Giveaway

I really hate blogging about these giveaways......it ruins my chances of winning :)
But, Little Miss Shabby is giving away this gorgeous stack of Summer in the City fabric. Go enter and take the time to read her blog too!

Denim Quilt

This has to be one of my favorite quilts so far! I started this way back as a graduation gift, but....I loved it so much that I didn't have the heart to give it away! It took me a while to find the right backing for it. I originally wanted to use a flannel sheet. I made a trip to our local thrift shop and found the PERFECT cotton sheet for the back! It has huge hydrangeas on it in the same tones of blue as the jeans! I couldn't have been more lucky! It's my TV watching quilt and is nice and heavy for the winter :) And the best part about this quilt is the cost:

Denim from old jeans-FREE
Cotton Sheet-$1.99
Thread-about $3 worth


Close up of the quilting. Just an easy loopy line.

The Perfect Back

Two Words: 50% Off

I guess you could call this my first pile of actual "stash".
I have no use for it....yet.
But it was 50% off and I couldn't resist :)
6 yards of yummieness!

Happy Fall Y'all

This is a pattern I bought about 3 years ago and never did anything with. As I was decorating for the upcoming holiday, I realized that I didn't have anything fall/halloween'ish for my table and remembered I had the pattern. It called for a black background but instead I re-used and recyled an old coat that I was going to throw out! The brown tweedy fabric worked perfect as a background, and to me, made it look more like fall than Halloween.

Latest Projects

I have a bunch of projects to show but I'm going to space them out and not show them all at once, that way I might actually update this blog a little more often :)
The latest project is Christophers Halloween costume. The Scarecrow from Batman. I have a little more detail work to finish on it but you get the idea. It was pretty simple to do once I figured out that by using some fusible web on the inside, the burlap would actually hold together better. It's woven together so loosely that everytime I put a handstitch in it would just come apart.

And this little baby is finally finished! My Pinwheel Sampler. Well, the top anyway. I LOVE the way it turned out!! I added some extra borders because I'd like to use it on our bed sometime and I needed it a little longer on the sides. I hope to work on it over Christmas break.


Lots more to show later this week :)