Out of the Loop

Hello all! It's been a while since I've posted, so I apologize for anyone who has been waiting for the sock doll tutorial.  I hope to have that posted soon.  So many things have kept me from my blog, but I feel that I can return and stick with it now.  I am determined to keep this more of a crafty blog than a soap opera of my life, so we will get right into it. 
I am currently working on a small table topper for Valentine's Day, about the size of a placemat.  I've always had an issue when cutting my fabric, I don't know how it happens but I always cut my strips crooked, or they're wavy, I know how the wavy happens, but not the crooked.  And I somehow manage to always have the wrong size, such as, my table topper has two blocks both are hearts and they are supposed to be 9.5" square, mine turne out at 8" square.  I drive myself crazy sometimes.  I am also working on my Daisy Chain quilt, my strips were cut decently straight but when I stitched them together they curved on the seam!  I thought it might have to do with my ironing skills which are poor because I was never taught how to use an iron (that's so much more embarassing to say it out loud-what's worse is that my husband had to show me how to use it!) I'm still not sure I'm pressing my seams the correct way.  I could really use some advice about that.  As for my sister's quilt, I'm sorry to say I haven't been working on it, when I got the top finished I folded it up and put it away....I want to finish it in time for her birthday this year, which is in October so that gives me plenty of time, unfortunately it may give me too much time and I'll end up putting if off, again, and not getting it finished, again.
It's a cold, grey morning here in southern Indiana and I have to deal with recorded messages and a lot of hassle trying to get my TV repaired.  Let me just say, if you have a Wii, those controllers have wrist straps for a very good reason.
Happy Monday!

Future Plans

Hello again!  Well, there will be a Collector's Carnival this August in Evansville.  There will be close to 200 vendors selling there wares, and I am hoping to be able to join them.  I have a bad habit of giving away the things I make to friends and family, and I thought I would try to start making some quilts and things to sell at this rendevous.  Unfortunately I don't think I will be ready in time, I may have to continue quilting and wait until next year.  School will be out in 15 days, May 25th is the last day.  I am scheduled to have my tonsils removed on the 18th this month and i can't do anything for two weeks while i heal, don't think it'll take that long though, so, on june 1st I am taking the kids to WV for a week to visit family, and to leave them there for the rest of the month.  The hubby and i will be able to have some well deserved time together!  The kids are so excited!  It's an eight hour trip, but it'll so be worth it.  In future posts I will have more pics, in fact if i can find my camera i'll show you some of the things I'm working on.  And i will be posting a list of quilts and other items i plan on making, so stay tuned! more to come!

The quilting journey begins

Now that you've survived the crash course of my life I thought we'd get to the good stuff.  QUILTS!  Oh, I love quilts!  I love the fabric and the stitched designs!  the fact that they've been around for thousands of years!  My grandmother taught me the joy of sewing when i was 8 years old.  It wasn't until i was 18 that i made my first quilt, and it was made only with the knowledge i had from my grandmother, it wasn't much to look at and when i look at it now it looks horrible!  The first pieced quilt i made was almost as bad, then i found a book that was VERY basic and i learned how to make a crib size patchwork quilt consisting of 5" squares.  After that I gained more experience and the few quilts i have made are looking so much better than the first ones!  My best work had to be the quilt I made for my mother.

It's definately the biggest quilt I have ever made!  So far anyway.  I have several quilts lining up to be made.  I'm not very "blog friendly" so once i figure out how to work this thing my blog will be better organized! 

Until next time!