fabric boxes

Another project completed for a friend + another good-bye.

She loved them, as I thought she would.

edit: tutorial here

my boxes are about 7" wide and 6" tall

slumber party craftiness

Amy and I had a slumber party the other night, which was a blast.

We had one incredible card making marathon.
Above are all the cards we managed to crank out.

Amy's-final total 29


Mine-final total 28

Not too shabby considering we actually did sleep (a few hours).
And we had 5 kids here, too.

sewing for sanity

After drooling countless times over Kirsty's log cabin blocks, I decided to join up with the scrappy log cabin challenge on flickr. Timely, as my scrap buckets are starting to overflow.

a few more numbers for ya'

I don't know if y'all were being nice, or what, but I thought I'd give you the measurements for the future's so bright quilt. This isn't really a tutorial to make the quilt, but you at least will have all the measurements of the pieces if you want to make something similar.

My quilt was 67.5" x 90".
The setting is 6 blocks across and 8 blocks down.

Use a quarter inch seam allowance throughout.

You will need 48 of these blocks. The little squares in the 4 patches are cut 2.5". (Cut 8 for each block.) The larger squares are cut 4.5". (Cut 2 for each block.)

You will need 35 of these blocks. The center square is cut 4.5". Two rectangles are cut 2.5" x 4.5". The other 2 rectangles are cut 2.5" x 8.5".

Cut 2 squares (from white) 6 5/8", then cut those to make half square triangles. (Cut on the diagonal once.) These are for the 4 corners.

Cut 6 squares (from white) 12 5/8", then cut those to make quarter square triangles. (Cut on the diagonal both ways.) You should have 24 of these.

Now, sew it all together. If you make one, I'd love to see it!

Happy sewing.

my life in numbers

13 months 22 days: little A thinks it an appropriate time to start throwing temper tantrums

10 days til I see my husband

5 days til my sister comes to visit

1 day til a slumber party with Amy and her boys

2 hours and 15 minutes until bedtime

1 bump on the forehead today for P, caused by a concrete step

1 sweet letter (for each of us) from my hubby today in the mail

0 crafting in the past 2 days

1 extremely tired mommy

today....

I am...

sewing a purse for a friend that I will miss dearly.

shedding tears because I have to leave my dear friends soon....


sending treats and pictures to dad

missing my husband so much it hurts.

the future's so bright quilt

Made for a friend who just graduated from high school.

Her personality matches the colors in this quilt.

(I finished the quilt about a half hour before the party started.)

Thanks to all of you who cheered me on as I raced to complete this.

quilted

The quilting certainly wouldn't win any awards,

but it's one step closer to being done.

I love summer vacation

I took a much needed break from quilting.
I'm going cross-eyed. Literally.

Spending time with the kiddies-enjoying the beautiful day. It's warm...but oh so lovely.

Reading.

Cloud watching.

Wrestling.

What are you up to today?

fyi...the quilt in the last several photos wasn't made by me....it was the first quilt that my huband and I purchased after we got married. It's one of our favorites. It's aging now, so it's super soft. Love that.

the top is done

ready for assembly

Finally, I've made some progress on my bright quilt.
My math calculations for the triangles seem to be accurate. I'm amazed. (A lot of math goes into figuring out what size to cut them.)
Now, I am holding my breath to see if I can actually finish this entire quilt by Sunday.

big week

My son graduated from Kindergarten on Thursday. (I cried.) He got the positive attitude award for his class. He had a great first year of school. The poor kid was heartbroken that he had to say good bye to his wonderful little school and his friends.

My husband had his last day at work on Thursday. We went out for supper to celebrate the end of school and work and the beginning of a new job.

Our baby kitties are a week old. They have been a delight. There are 6 of them. (One was born about 10 hours after the rest.) The little orange one has his eyes open already. My friend and neighbor Rhonda is taking the whole lot of them. Have I mentioned that she is a great friend?

My son learned to ride his bike without training wheels on Friday.

The boys and I picked wild strawberries. Delicious.

Today was spent preparing for my hubby to leave for Wisconsin. (He leaves bright and early tomorrow morning.) Some of the fun things we got to do: lots of packing, laundry, repairs on the vehicles, oil changes, running errands and making the most of our last day together.

I am making slow progress on the bright quilt that I need to have done in a week. The sewing machine is set up on the dining room table so I can sew and be in the midst of all the action. I have gotten a little bit of grief from my husband for the traveling sewing machine. (Last week it was set up in the garage.)

Tonight it's popcorn and movie night. Tomorrow starts the single parent 3 week adventure. Wish me luck. I am not sure I'm up for this.