Whoop! Whoop! 7.10.2015

I finished the last two borders on the second pink strata, size approximately 58 x 80.

I'm linking up with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and

Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts

WIP Wednesday 7.8.2015

I'm working on putting the borders on the second pink strata.

No plan for this flimsy but I can tell you that the floral has been aging since 2005/2006. I remember buying it when I lived in Texas!

Sometimes it feels good to sew just because...

On The Design Wall

It's been awhile since I had anything on the design wall as I have been working on the Little Dresses for the past little bit.  :)

Here's what I did…I *frogged* the stripped pink portion and made two stratas. This is the first one. I needed to be creative with the borders to get it to size. Right now it's approximately 60 x 72 before quilting.  I'm thinking about donating this to my church's woman's retreat in the spring of 2016.  So I'm setting it aside and will wait to quilt/finish this one.


I'm not totally lovin' it…but maybe it will grow on me?!

ALYoF…July 2015 Goal Party

My ALYoF July Goal is to piece this quilt to a flimsy.

It's been hanging around the sewing room for quite awhile and it's time to get this winter flimsy moving along.


Housekeeping: I'm #44 on the July 2015 Goal Setting Party.

Happy Birthday, USA!

The Oconomowoc Quilt Guild is playing strip poker at the July meeting. 

Our theme is Red White and Blue…and I'm ready!

Enjoy your day and BE SAFE!

Whoop! Whoop! 7.3.2015

My Friday finish is more Little Dresses!

Nine more from the pillowcases that I received earlier in the week.











I'll be turning this set in on Sunday July 5, 2015 and that should wrap up my Little Dress making… but never say never so I just might be making more!

Linking up with

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and

Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Onto Something New…Maybe…

I started another quilt…jelly roll race style but it is NOT what I pictured in my mind!

Will need to think this one over for a bit.




We had our last official sew day for the Little Dresses.

Are you ready?

The count is at 421!

Whoop! Whoop!

We are expecting a few more to come in but not exactly sure of the number.

While I was there…I picked up a few pillowcases.

More Little Dresses to be made!

Whoop! Whoop! 6.26.2015

I'm EXPLODING!

Well -- not me, but the number of Little Dress I have made!

My June UFO was to complete 25 dresses and I made 46!

I was #34 on the June Goal Setting Party.

I had quite a few donations of pillowcases that I was able to transform by following Nancy's Notion's pattern. I used elastic in the neckline since Baby DID NOT LIKE sewing over a thick neckline.

My total goal was to make 50 Little Dresses and I made 66!

I needed to take the pictures of the Little Dresses in installments.

I found this half set of Target wire cube shelving while cleaning and thought if I hooked them together flat-- I could use it to hang the Little Dresses and maybe quilts. (I was using the swing set but that is now a memory.)

I am on the lookout for a complete set in the house that is not currently in use to expand to quilt size cube wall…

Today I am linking up with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and

Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts

and

 Fiber of All Sorts June 2015 Finishing Party.

Cleaning and Re-organizing...

…the card/scrapbook room, that is!

Since I finished Squirrel's (aka Viktor Ardvisson) scrapbook in April , I simply closed the door and started sewing. Well -- this week I decided it was time to tackle the makeover project! A friend of DD's gifted me a 12 x 12 paper tower and I brought a few more 12 x 12 smaller plastic bins -- I was ready! I sorted through all the paper scraps and divided them up…multi colored, warms, cools and b/w bins. It reminds me of how I sort through the scraps in the sewing room. lol. I tossed a lot of scraps that I thought were unusable and cut down others to a more usable shape. I also separated out the punches so that they all lay flat in the bins -- I had to add another over size bin!

All in all, it took a better part of three days to restore order.

DD walked in and exclaimed, "THERE IS A FLOOR!"

and

"LOOK! SO MANY DEAD LADYBUGS!"

A vacuuming picked up most of the visible *stuff*.  lol.

Along the way, I made some girl-y birthday cards.

Here is a close-up of some of the cards.

When I went to put them away -- I discovered that I already had girl-y cards made up. Such is life…now I have about 2 year supply. lol

Ta-Da!

The cleaned up and organized card/scrapbook room!








I REALLY REALLY want to sew but my sewing space needs a spruce up, too.

What I'm Working on…6.22.2015

More Little Dresses…

Are YOU surprised?!

We are zero-ing on a finish here! We meet up next week to count, sort and reinforce seams!



Stay tuned for a final count of dresses in the near future!