Amazing, Creative and Entertaining

I'm always totally blown away by the creativeness of other people especially young people (I'm on the old side). She's making a new dress for one solid year (365 days). She says 365 Days. 365 New Outfits. 365 Dollars.

Can you believe this



came from this

Stop by her blog with your favorite refreshment and be bowled over. How she got started HERE. She's one talented girl.

ENJOY

Stashbusting Photos (HGTV)

This is it for the Year of 2009. I'll miss tracking our progress every month but we all have some new and exciting ideas for 2010.

HGTV Stashbusters whipped out close to 80 items for December. WOW

To view the full shot of a photo ... click on the photo.

Come join us over at HGTV message board... we'd love to have you.



2009HGTVDec

If you'd like to see more of our stashbusting monthly photos click HERE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thread Catcher & Boxy Bag

Did some sewing over the weekend. Made these two (2) cuties.



The Thread Holder is about 3 inches tall. You can get the pattern HERE.



The Boxy Bag is about 7 inches x 1 inch and raw edges are inside. The Boxy Bag is available HERE. I'm going to use the bag to store my SanDisk player at the YMCA.



I'm going to try another Boxy Bag pattern where french seams are done. I don't like all those raw edges showing.

Stay Tuned.

Quilt Studio Cleaned .... SLOB no more

Hi, it's me the Quilt Studio slob .... I wrote about myself seven (7) days ago .... 7 long days ago.






Remember the floor above .... probably not because you couldn't see it as it was full of fabric and etc. that needed to be organized.


After working for 7 days to sort, organize and etc. I had to stop as I was pretty much organized. Every time we went out and returned home I became very depressed seeing the mess day in, day out. So yes I admit I still have some work to do but for now I have to stop and have some fun sewing and quilting. I'll be working on my room as I go along, I promise.

Here are my fabrics all sorted. Bottom 2 shelves hold QS fabrics, top 2 shelves hold other.

All my rulers are organized and easy to reach.

Check out that floor ... CLEAN in my 14 ft long x 8 ft high x 42 inch deep closet. I can now again walk in one side and out the other.

The books/magazines that I decided to keep.

Now I'm not completely done .... these are my scraps sorted into bags of light, dark, children, batik and etc. This is a work in progress. Most are strips for string quilting.

This is just a little of what I actually threw out for the trash guys .... yes my neighbors think I'm nuts. I mean who goes out at 6AM to take a photo in their DH's robe (ME).

These are the books/magazines that I plan to sell, donate, loan, giveaway and etc.

Photo of fabrics and etc. that I plan to donate to local charity sewing/quilting groups.

Here's a short video .......... LET's QUILT

Quilt Closet SLOB, I'm working on it

A couple weeks ago I embarassed myself by writing Quilting Studio SLOB. It took me a whole day to clean up. I promised myself and the world that after Christmas I would clean out/up my fabric/book/magazine/craft closet .... that time has come.

A few photos of the mess, it's a really big mess.

The closet is 14 ft long, 8 ft high and 42 inches deep. Yep it holds a bunch, too much.

Books, magazines and craft side.

AND this video shows my studio (formerly a 2 car garage) with only the closet floor and 1st shelf emptied out ..... where did all this stuff come from ..... how did it get here ... is it going back in the closet .... nope. I'm planning to sort out what I no longer love, donate to various sewing groups and just plain give away to friends or strangers. LOL

OK it's back to work for me ........ Closet Super SLOB.

Quilt Room OPEN, only a Sort-of Slob now

Recently I wrote that I was a Quilt Room SLOB .... well now I'm only a Sort-of-SLOB.

On Saturday while DH wrapped all the Christmas gifts I worked on cleaning up my Quilt Room (the whole day).

My cutting table. Oh boy now I can cut and actually see my cutting mat

Side of cutting table space ... fabric that won't fit in the closet is stacked

Under my sewing table ... now I can use the foot pedal

Side of sewing table cleaned up. More fabric bolts stacked nicely

Christmas fabric in their bags and on their shelf in the closet

No trash by the door

Love seat ... we can actually sit on it now


And toys are cleaned up and put away properly

Portable desk setup ... cleaned off and boxes put away

Prince is all cleaned off and ready to quilt up a storm again

YIPPPPEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I have to admit I did not clean up the closet or all the magazines/books stored under items .... those will have to wait until after the New Year.

Now to keep it this way. I hereby promise to put things away properly and pick things up.

I PROMISE

Quilt Room SLOB, that's me

I'm a SLOB.

What a wreck my quilting room has become .... I don't put things away, I don't throw things out, I have too many projects going and more .... you know what I'm talking about. So ....

Quilting Room is CLOSED until it gets clean up ........ ugh

My cutting table .........
Under my sewing table

Under my cutting table

Under the side of my cutting table ....

My closet which is 14 ft x 8 ft x 42 inches.

Half is fabric ..........

Half is books, magazines and other

Christmas fabric not put away in the closet

Side of sewing table

Fabric that won't fit in the closet. Plus I have fabric in 2 bedroom closets upstairs.

Love seat with finished charity quilts, quilt tops and units to make into top. Oh and Christmas gifts not wrapped yet.

Where GC have toys. The desk where homework is done by GS. AND Christmas gifts hiding in plain site.

My portable like desk and boxes of stuff from the last time I cleaned up the room that needed to be sorted.

And PRINCE .... projects started, projects to do and he's become a hanger of sorts.

I am a SLOB.

GiveAway Blogger Day WINNER

The WINNER is

DH did the drawing AND the winner is ........................


Affectioknit at http://affectioknit.blogspot.com/


I've sent you an email to claim your prize, 8 Christmas Tree napkins. Congratulations.

Thanks everyone for joining in my part of the Giveaway.

I made up a quickie tutorial here.


If I do not hear from Affectionknit then DH will pick another name.

UPDATE: I received an email from Affectionknit so no other name will be selected. Join me for the next giveway in January 1, 2009

Tutorial for Christmas Napkins

Christmas Napkins

I've been making lots of the napkins, they are quick, cute and perfect. Many have asked for the pattern. I started with the free pattern on Craft Sanity's website. I made one and showed it to my DH who ooed-ahhed and said "that's alot of fabric", "why don't you cut it in half". He's always my sounding board and color consultant. Hmmm I said to myself "ok, I'll give it a try". They are now PERFECT.

OK now on with 'my' tutorial based on Craft Sanity.

2 pieces of fabric, right sides together, pin on your pattern. I used a 18 inch circle, cut in half. Cut out. I used a rotary cutter but you can use scissors.





You can barely see my 2nd piece of fabric but it was green (right corner) and a Santa print. You could easily use same fabric on both sides.


Sew using 1/4 inch seam, be sure to leave an openeing a couple inches so you can turn the napkin.

Cut off the corners, clip the curve, then turn right side out. If you have pinking shears then you won't need to clip the curve (I couldn't find mine).




Poke out the corners 'carefully', press nicely.



Top stitch the napkin. I used Coats'n'Clark embroidery thread ... I like the sheen.

Follow the folding instructions on Crafty Sanity's website. She has a video on how to fold but remember she is using a full circle but the folding technique is the same. That's it, my way.

I hope to make more napkins in other fabrics for next year. LOL

Oh Crafty Sanity has an adorable potholder/hotpad tutorial you might like. AND a video too.

Here are some made by Deb here and here. She used a different pattern.

Merry Quilting .........