Last night I was at work until after 11, so ended up not doing anything crafty. Tonight I must be feeling it because I have zero energy. I sat on the couch intending to hand sew, but started falling asleep. I then deduced that it would be better for me to do something active so I gathered the projects as part of Connie's game to group together. In the process of doing this I discovered that I misnumbered the projects and actually started working on number 4 instead of number 5. Instead of starting on the correct 5 I decided to resume them. I am lucky because 4 and 5 are actually both "put binding on and turn" so I thought that was fair.
To round out the 15 minutes, I spent some time decluttering my craft area which is an ABSOLUTE disaster. I gathered a lot of scraps and put them in a fabric bin for sorting later, recycled some paper and threw away some bags.it's to big to go much further than that in the 15 minutes, but Rome wasn't built in a day.
Now I'm going to get ready for bed and I might thread a needle and sew some until I get too sleepy. Nighty night!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Binding is on!
Tonight I sewed the binding onto my spring table runner. I used the leftover binding from a different project and ended up eyeing the length just right. This is what is left:
I had to look up binding inside corners. I went with the clip the corner and straighten the quilt method. I hope it works when I go to start turning.
I'm really pleased with how it looks against the colors. I'll start binding tomorrow, but have to alternate with the hand piecing so that I don't get more behind than I already am.
More Hand Sewing...New Block
Tonight I had planned to set up my machine to put the binding on for my UFO project. However when we finished dinner we started working on our office area which needs some major TLC so I never set up my machine.
We are almost done with the flooring in the top half of our house and will be contemplating how we will be fixing up the basement. Part of the process is just to declutter that area in general. We've started with the office corner, but will continue to my sewing/crafting supplies and then our extra room, which has become the storage area.
Last week I worked over our filing cabinet and got that in good order. Tonight we worked over the desk drawers and our extra filing sorter. Before I knew it, it was 9 pm and I was ready to just sit and be. So instead of sewing my binding on I worked on my hand sewing. I worked on the Starry Path block, which is nice because only the center has the machine point. Although I like the points I get with hand-piecing, it's nice to have something a little more mindless every now and then.
We are almost done with the flooring in the top half of our house and will be contemplating how we will be fixing up the basement. Part of the process is just to declutter that area in general. We've started with the office corner, but will continue to my sewing/crafting supplies and then our extra room, which has become the storage area.
Last week I worked over our filing cabinet and got that in good order. Tonight we worked over the desk drawers and our extra filing sorter. Before I knew it, it was 9 pm and I was ready to just sit and be. So instead of sewing my binding on I worked on my hand sewing. I worked on the Starry Path block, which is nice because only the center has the machine point. Although I like the points I get with hand-piecing, it's nice to have something a little more mindless every now and then.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Semi-crafting
Connie's Game gave us our first number and it was 5. That is my charm square table runner that was a Zakka project from last spring that I quilted at the quilt retreat last fall.
Tonight I spent some time going through my binding leftovers from past projects and found three possible options. I think I'm going with the brown and pink binding. If I did it again, I would envelope this. Not because of the funky binding (I found a Pinterest tutorial) but because there are so many colors and patterns, it's hard for me to determine the best inning options.
Hopefully, tomorrow I can clear off my sewing table enough to sew it on and get ready for hand-turning.
The other thing I did tonight was to work on the quilt for hire I was asked to do. I started scanning fabric into my computer and started getting EQ7 installed back on my laptop. A friend of a friend asked me to create a baby blanket for her daughter. There is no baby yet but she wants to be ready.
Originally I had planned to do a biblical block theme for her, but I don't have quite enough fabric to make them all work. Then today as I was looking at the fabric again I decided that perhaps a scrappy approach would be better. In my first couple of results on a search I found a simple nine block option that I think will work great.
Tonight I spent some time going through my binding leftovers from past projects and found three possible options. I think I'm going with the brown and pink binding. If I did it again, I would envelope this. Not because of the funky binding (I found a Pinterest tutorial) but because there are so many colors and patterns, it's hard for me to determine the best inning options.
The other thing I did tonight was to work on the quilt for hire I was asked to do. I started scanning fabric into my computer and started getting EQ7 installed back on my laptop. A friend of a friend asked me to create a baby blanket for her daughter. There is no baby yet but she wants to be ready.
Originally I had planned to do a biblical block theme for her, but I don't have quite enough fabric to make them all work. Then today as I was looking at the fabric again I decided that perhaps a scrappy approach would be better. In my first couple of results on a search I found a simple nine block option that I think will work great.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Crafty?
Tonight we went to a rehearsal dinner for a good friend couple who are getting married tomorrow, so no traditional sewing for me. I did however, have to "fix" a dress. It had some of it's gems come out and I replaced them with rhinestones using hot glue, I don't love the look. I may try MIchaels tomorrow to see if they have gems that I like better. I'll post a picture tomorrow of me and Kyle all dressed up.
The other thing I did tonight that I consider my 15 minutes is that I pin curled my hair. Tomorrow will bring pictures of that too.
The other thing I did tonight that I consider my 15 minutes is that I pin curled my hair. Tomorrow will bring pictures of that too.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
More Hand Sewing and a New Challenge!
Tonight I finished one of my hand piecing blocks! I have one more to finish that is cut out and then I need to do more cutting.
Don't you just love those points????
The other thing I did tonight was list 12 UFOs on my project page. I decided to participate in Connie's Game after seeing it on another blog. This is what I have wanted to do for awhile but just haven't had the time. Maybe this will help.
Each month they will randomly pick a number between 1 and 12 and that is the project that must be finished,not will be a push to get some of mine done in a month, but my recent resolve to not spend money and not work at home should assist with finishing these projects.
The other thing I did tonight was list 12 UFOs on my project page. I decided to participate in Connie's Game after seeing it on another blog. This is what I have wanted to do for awhile but just haven't had the time. Maybe this will help.
Each month they will randomly pick a number between 1 and 12 and that is the project that must be finished,not will be a push to get some of mine done in a month, but my recent resolve to not spend money and not work at home should assist with finishing these projects.
More Hand Sewing
Let's pretend I wrote this last night.
Wednesday night I worked again on my hand sewing, I put together two squares to make half the block.
I have to say that I do enjoy the hand piecing and quilting. It's slow, but I really like that I can get perfect points.
Wednesday night I worked again on my hand sewing, I put together two squares to make half the block.
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