I Loooooove Patchwork...

Well, sorry I haven't posted anything in a long time. I am still getting used to this whole blogging thing and every time I go to post something new, I can't think of anything interesting to write about. Or at least anything interesting to you! I do have some new things to tell you and show you today though.


My aunt asked me several weeks ago to make her a fanny pack with one of my purse designs. Sounds hard, doesn't it? I was very intimidated to say the least. She was kind enough to send me one of her old ones for reference since I couldn't find a single basic fanny pack pattern anywhere. After many sessions of measuring her old fanny pack and trying to decide on a design I finally had my pattern to work from. Whew! That was hard enough, but then I had to actually SEW it together. Yesterday afternoon it came together a lot smoother than I had expected and the finished product was way better than I had expected too! I was soooo happy. I can't believe how good it looks! (Not bragging, of course.) : ) I really can't wait to see what my aunt thinks of it!



My OhSewFresh Baby Etsy shop is going really well! I've sold the one item I put up for sale in there! Yay! I guess you could say that I would be doing better if I had something else for sale in there. I know, I know. It's been empty for a week, but not for long. I am working on several adorable little baby quilts to put in there. They take a lot longer than you'd think.


Here is the one I sold last week. ( The one above.)




And here is the one going up this week! Probably on Wednesday. It is made from a new fabric line called "Swell" by Urban Chicks. It's supposed to look like vintage 1940s and 1950s fabric. I love it! Besides the fact that it is so summery and full of sunshine, I love how well all the prints go together and complement each other. I wish I had a baby again to wrap up in this quilt! (No, I am not pregnant.) I will hate to see this one go. Just in case you were wondering, there are 384 pieces to this quilt! And, yes, it did take a long time to put together. That's my wonderful husband holding up the quilt top for me! I love you hunny!

Anyway, hope you all had a great weekend! Now I am going to go nurse this cold I got yesterday. Back in a few days...

Finally Finished!

It's done! My Heather Bailey quilt is finally finished! I started it back in September and now it is complete. You know, the whole reason why it took me soooo long to finish is the binding. Yup. The binding. Everything else was done except the binding. I am way too perfectionistic about those kinds of things. On Heather Bailey's blog she has a free tutorial on how to perfectly bind a quilt with pretty little mitered corners and everything. Well, she machine sews on the binding on one side of the quilt and then flips it around and hand sews it to the other side of the quilt. It looked so beautiful and perfect, so nothing else would do for my quilt but to hand sew the binding on. Three months later...



Anyway, my sweet hubby took care of our 2 year old all morning so I could do whatever I wanted to do. I took one look at that quilt and I thought better to have a finished MACHINE SEWN quilt than to have an unfinished quilt forever, right?. And that was that. I snatched up that dusty quilt and had the binding sewn on in half and hour. That's all it took! I will never hand sew a binding onto a quilt again! (Well, maybe not never.)

Now I have a wonderful idea! Since I like making quilts so much (provided I machine sew on the binding) I am going to make some beautiful baby quilts to sell in my Etsy shop! They are going to be gorgeous! The first one will be the same as the quilt I just finished only smaller and with a lime green fleece backing so it will be oh sew soft on baby's skin. What do you think? I promise you'll love 'em, just wait until I show you! Maybe I'll add a sweet ruffle around the edge too.



Here's a stowaway I found in my fabric stash this afternoon! I love fabric so much, I wish I could sleep in there too! It looks so cozy in there. Ha, just kidding! I'm not really THAT crazy. Or am I?

Have a great weekend everyone! I love all the comments!