Recipe Card Holder

My sister turned 25 yesterday and earlier this month she joined the ranks of wifedom. She was having a party in her new apartment yesterday at 7:00 and at 2:00 I finally decided what I wanted to give to her for her birthday. Just a simple recipe card holder with some tried and trued favorite recipes of mine. I hope she enjoys them.

If you need a super quick gift to make go HERE.

Goals

I had two goals for today. Plan a primary activity- check. And cut my 5 inch squares for a baby quilt - check. Only one problem, when I was cutting my fabric it turned out that I didn't have enough fabric to do all 5 inch squares. So half are 5 inch squares and the other half and 3.5 x 5 inch rectangles. Now to make up a new design. What do you think?

Oh the fun of taking pictures with this little guy around. Good thing he's cute.

Projects

At the beginning of January I was longing for a project to do. Well ask and you shall receive lots and lots to do. If only it was only sewing projects I had to do.

Here's what I'm working on right now:

Cute Happy Campers fabric for my siggy swap:

Some Katie Jump Rope:

And some Cute Pie:

I love those names. Have you ever bought fabric just because it had a cute name? I have.

This lovely collection of pink and green fabrics is for a very special baby girl due in only 5 short weeks. I'd better get working.

I'm loving these birds.

And this soft pink flannel is to go on the back of my daughter's quilt I've been making for her bed. She is getting very impatient to have it done. I'm feeling the pressure. Find tutorial on crazy mom quilts.

So what projects are you working on?

Baby boy ragged quilt

I've got a ton of stuff planned to make but until I get the fabric to make it I'm going to show past projects.

This is a quilt I made for a friend that had a baby boy. I found the tutorial here.

Super simple quilting. I love the design it makes on the back. I'm kinda thinking I want to make another one now. :)

And cute star binding.

Pinwheel tutorial

Do you wanna know how to make a pinwheel? There are lots of great tutorials on the web. I've learned everything I know about how to quilt from a tutorial here and a tutorial there. How did I ever survive without the internet?

Here's my favorite one on pinwheels: http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2008/09/so-its-quilt-month-over-at-mr.html

Lizzy

Don't you all love Crazy Mom Quilts?! When I was pregnant with my little girl I found this tutorial and just had to make one for my new little one. I love it. It's a few months old now and I love that the more I wash it the softer it gets. It was also my first time using my new quilting foot on my machine so don't look too closely at the back.

Some green leafy binding.

A strip of patchwork across the back.

I love the quilt but I still think the baby is cuter!

modern siggy swap

I just joined my first swap! Woohoo! Anyone else in?

Pinwheels

My dear sister is getting married in one short week. This is a quilt I made for her. Don't you love polka dot binding?! I think it's beautiful and I hope she enjoys a lot of cuddling with her new husband under it.

The back is actually a twin size flat sheet that I added some patchwork to.

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog about my adventures in sewing and learning to sew. During the day I'm a full time mom and in the evening when my babies are asleep I get to create (if I'm not drop dead tired). I have a private family blog where I have posted everything from stuff about the kids to food to quilts I've made. I thought it would be fun to publicly dedicate a blog just to my sewing and crafting and hopefully start an exciting new journey.