2013-09-21

And a shot of my green fabric selections for my quilting project. Aren't they pretty?

2013-09-16

More missed picture days. Here is a close up of my red fabric selections for my quilt piecing project. I need to get 2-3 more patterns, but it's harder than you think to find reds that are of the same shade of red and look nice together!

2013-09-07

My previous quilt piecing efforts used fabric sent to me by some wonderful friends. Above is my first personal fabric purchase for a quilt project. I was very forcibly reminded of going fabric shopping with my grandmother while doing this. Miss you, Granny!

2013-09-04

And what I've pieced so far, with a USA quarter for scale (which is about 1 inch/2.5 cm across, roughly the same size as a 1 euro coin, a Canadian loonie, or an Australian one dollar coin.

2013-09-03

See? More quilt pictures. The light stitches show up better on these two dark hexagons. I know they're not very even, but A) I'm still learning, and B) this is the back, so no one will ever see or know.

2013-09-02

The back side of my very first English paper pieced project. I was trying to show the tiny stitches, in scale with my fingers.

Stay tuned for more quilt pictures that look a lot like this one. I did a terrible job of taking pictures during the month of September. I missed at least 10 days, and the days I did take pictures, they were multiple shots/angles of the same thing. So apologies if a lot of these look the same! It should be fairly easy to tell which days I didn't take pictures, since they will look remarkably similar to earlier shots. So sorry.

2013-08-19

Ta-da! Aren't they pretty? It really is going fairly quickly (compared to some of the other crafts I do).

2013-07-31

Ready for battle, Commander.

2013-07-30

Luke's creativity never ceases to amaze me. He has been begging for a Kindle Fire or an iPad (um, no), so he made one at school. The thing of the right is a backpack for it. All made from paper, tape, and colored pencils.

2013-07-27

Hey, another finish! I know, two in a month, the world must be ending. This one is small, but it still counts!

2013-07-26

So I *may* have started a new piece. This is the fabric I bought while I was away with my friends. Not much, but she's started. That looks like a fairy, right?

2013-07-22

I finished a piece while I was gone this weekend, but I didn't get to photograph it until today (too much rain!). I've been working on this piece pretty much since we graduated from college. About time I finished it, don't you think?

2013-07-08

Four of the Five: Monkey, Tigress, Crane, and Mantis (not sure why Viper isn't there), Shifu, and Po. (Kung Fu Panda)

2013-06-05

Happy Birthday, Nana! Luke made these for you all by himself. He then came to me and asked me to take a picture and send it to you for your birthday.

2013-06-04

As I said, he seems to be really enjoying Harry Potter so far. This is the wand he made at after school care today so he and his friends could act it out.

2013-01-16

I've been doing my annual revamp of my Disney tips. I decided to get serious this year and really read everything in there. As you can see, I've made quite a few changes and clarifications. Most of the (14!) pages look more or less like this, and I imagine it will be at least a couple of pages longer by the time I'm finished. And we haven't even been yet this year! LOL

2013-01-15

I'm participating in my friend Heather's Theme-a-licious 2013. This is all I've gotten done for the mid-month check in, and only because I did it the weekend before. I decided to start a new piece (first large new start in years!), so that's why there isn't much there yet. Looking forward to watching her grow.

2013-01-01

Mini repair droids, Luke's own design. "They're small so they can get in and repair damage to the computer." Center brick added for scale. I think they are both adorable and terribly creative!

2012-12-17

It's that time of year... when I get to wear my second most favorite bracelet ever, and it was made by my mom. (My #1 favorite bracelet is the one that's all clear and silver and AB crystals. So pretty, so shiny, so sparkly!!)

2012-12-09

Look at all the sparklies! Fun with sequins (and pins) today.