Sunday, January 29, 2012

hind sight?

So yesterday I was trying to find a suitable backing for a recent quilt.
I picked this 1974 Urban Chicks fabric from my stash.
I needed 4 yards or 70"x70".
Surely I bought a 4 yard piece of this fabric...
Nope.
it's 3 1/4 yards.
I tried to figure out mathematically how I could get the piece I needed
BUT it just wasn't enough....
I whined and groaned and searched my fabric stash....
I gave up on that and found another stash piece of 1974 Urban Chicks in Red
sure enough I did have 4 yards.

In hind sight...
I wish I had bought 4 yards of the light fabric or any fabric for that matter.
I found that every piece I had that 'might' be enough...wasn't enough.
I have a lot of stash but not a lot of backing sized stash.
I thought about piecing the backing but my machine quilter isn't fond of that
(yeah it's sometimes frustrating but he's a convenient so I take that inconvenience)
I think the next time I find a 'deal' or sale yardage I am buying 4-6 yard pieces for backings.
Ever been in this situation?

Saturday, January 28, 2012

1651

inches of binding made yesterday....
and that's just the beginning....

Friday, January 20, 2012

Fave Pin Friday #9

Funky Valentines are my fave pin this week.
I want to sew some right now...
Click on the patternspot link to this free pattern.










By the way, I missed the Thursday Three yesterday.
I was so wrapped up in my week that I forgot about it.
I know how on earth could I do that?
Well, my hubby was gone for 5 days, while he was gone my sister was here with her 9 month old baby.
 Add work and kids and generally crazy life and you have a recipe for failure.
I just did what I could and the blog got neglected.
I haven't been able to show much of the sewing I have been doing but there's quite a bit going on.
On a super happy note, I got an iphone today!
I was a diehard blackberry user....so this is a BIG deal for me.
So far it's been easy to use.
Any quilt/sewing Apps I must have?

Friday, January 13, 2012

Fave Pin Friday #8

Brown Sugar Blondies

 

I am pretty sure this sums up what I want to make today...
just need the pretty M&M's.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Thursday Three:


First blog on the radar today is
Anyone Can Quilt
This blogger has several neat projects to look at.

I'm crushing on "Cotton Flowers" fabric choices for her bag.
I must check this blog often, for inspiration, of course.

And
a more modern-ish style blogger designer....
I think I may have seen her blog before but for some reason it didn't end up in my google reader.
It's there now!

I hope you find an enjoyable new blog today.
Have a great day :)

Saturday, January 07, 2012

♥ 12 done ♥

12 days/12 blocks!
I am so happy that I squeezed in some time yesterday afternoon to finish sewing these.
I hope to set them this weekend.
I doubt it will get quilted in the near future....but the top will be done atleast....
{p.s. Block can be found at Temecula Quilts}

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Thursday Three

First:


This blog features a Blythe clothier, crafter, stitcher kind of gal.
I am smitten with her pink dresses for Blythe's...
Pink, red, white, Valentine-y fever....

Second:

typepad
so much inspiration on this blog for the stitcher in all of us.
and lastly...


A plethora of sewing ideas...
check em out.

p.s. just an fyi...this is NOT sponsored in any way. I just stumble on new blogs I'd like to share :)

Monday, January 02, 2012

Getting the Valentine crafting itch...

yep the Valentine crafting has begun with Bareroots stitchery.
I used some scraps of Ruby for the border of the pillow.

add some crayons
a little varigated DMC threads...
{sigh}
I'm on my way to 'finishing' something...