Its late... really late 12:40 to be exact! I just worked out Shhh don't tell anyone :) I did one teensy project this week, other than work on the 2 quilts that have not gotten very far! I bedazzled my pink and grey backpack:) I have been looking on pinterest at all the pretty grey and yellow. pink, teal stuff thinking I LOVE IT then I realized I was ahead of the curb a couple of months ago a bought a pink and grey because I am cool like that!

  

Ohhh already slacking!!!

I am already bad at this Blogging... I have not blogged on a regular basis. Boo on me. I am officially going to blog every Wednesday. That is blog day. I promise, that is until I forget! And then I will do it on the closest following day hehehe. Well I have been cooking up a storm, stitching (not as much as I should), and thrifting (don't tell the hubs).

Ok so I made my 1st piece of clothing it is this skirt! I am very proud of myself! It was not to difficult to figure out all that sewing lingo, and attaching the brown ruffly part well that sure was a task. I am about 99.99% sure i did it 100% percent wrong...EEk! Oh well it still looks pretty when I wear it:)

Sorry my pictures are not better, it is difficult to take pics of yourself when there are no mirrors to use, so I just laid it out the best i could. This is a New Look Easy pattern from Wally World the package looks way cuter, I think I should have used a thinner fabric.

   I have also started a new quilt wait I take that back, I have started 2 new quilts, the one here which I actually have to take partially apart because I attached the bottom left two squares upside down, I got to excited to see it finished. I often make mistakes when I am excited about how GREAT it is looking. Then BOOM backtrack and not quite as excited anymore.

 These are the patterns I have to use for the border. Aren't they so very pretty!? I love these colors together. This here quilt is going to Mr.Bentley my youngest nephew. I had originally intended on a previous quilt to be his but the colors were not right for him because he is such a bright and happy boy!

Also for the record book this is my hubs fav. quilt so far! (Gasp)

EEEeeeek does anyone see this UGLY yellow and green???? Yes it is bad I know but it is for a friend so we must ignore the icky colors. Us Texans have our own arguments about who's the bomb diggity the Aggies, Longhorns, Texas Tech... but we will always pick a Texas team so I feel like I am cheating on my home state. Please forgive me. Well I will have this buddy here finished if the FABRIC EVER GETS HERE. We had to order the fabric from two different places, and GASP the lovely postal service misplaced the first shipment. Hmmmmm

Well I hope you like what I have been up too. Leave me some words of wisdom below:)(:

Taking the good with the bad...

THE GOOD: So today I had the time to finish up the baby quilts, and bibs I have been working on and I am posting them today!

THE BAD: My machine HATES the pattern I am sewing now because of all seams and is refusing to work with me today, so I gave up to try again tomorrow with a fresh outlook. Maybe if I had a Handy Dandy iron here I could fix my problem.... Hmmm might have to borrow one before I go crazy on my sewing machine!

So the bibs and the coordinating quilt I did for Baby Wilson. I kinda winged the pattern with a 4.5" square. I yarn quilted it together and really like the results! The Brown and pink quilt I did is from Simply Strips and Squares by Suzanne McNeill but I altered it quite a bit, and this quilt is for Baby Haley:) This Quilt taught me a lot, like if you are doing straight line quilting do all one direction before starting another... LOL It is definitely not perfect but it looks pretty to me:) And there is lots of love in it <3  Hopefully I can get them in the mail ASAP!

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Quilting like a Mad Woman

So I have finished one quilt and have started binding another today. And one thing I have learned this week is beginners should NOT use Plush Fabric AKA Binky Fabric, especially while learning to free motion quilt. Its just not fun, it bunches and you have to rip rip rip. Ughh Lesson well learned! I will be posting pics as soon as I get the baby girl quilt bound. I am super excited about the way it turned out and can not wait to gift it! I have to say for my first straight line quilt I am proud of it! Although I am not so stoked about having to bind it! Def not my fav part of this process, but I am told that it will not be so bad after practice... We shall see!

How it started...

          As I was growing up i was not the neat and clean little girl my sister was. I did not like white and pink, and dolls and such. My room was not clean, and my clothes never folded. Instead I was always dying flowers, cutting stuff up (which sometimes involved my hair sorry mom), hot glueing, and just generally making a HUGE mess. Now that I am all grown up I can not ever decide on one single crafting hobby, much to the dismay of my husband. I make cakes, scrapbook, create banners, and now I quilt. I like to try and do everything!
        I was doing so well sticking to ONLY doing cakes for a while. That was until we helped my in-laws clean out Grandma Wilsons sewing room! Oh boy my husband probably regrets that, we came home with EVERYTHING I could get my hands on that had to do with Quilting. I am truly disappointed I never got the chance to meet that amazing woman. We also ended up with about 10 quilts she had sewn by hand. And as much as I love the amazing detail in these quilts there is absolutely no way in the world I would have the time or patience to hand quilt. So we sprung for a Singer Simple. Now I know this is not the most amazing sewing machine but my husband has the right to be leery of my newest addiction, so I went for the Simple..... for now!
Sew here is a few pics of my cakes and quilts :)