Number 2

I have been busy getting ready for Christmas and sewing all the time.  Here it is....dress number 2, in 2 weeks.  I have to admit, my Mom helped with this one.  But mainly because I had been sewing for six hours and was just to tired to try and fix a mistake...again.  And then there were so many layers of fabric to sew through, that my machine had a fit at me.  So thank goodness for my Mom.  She is the best.

My daughter love wearing it.  And I was proud of myself...two dresses in two weeks.  I can't believe it!

Something a little different

I am so excited to share this that I won't make this long.  I took a break from quilting to try a little something different.  Bought a simple pattern and had a crazy little trip to Joann's with my daughter. 

I started it on Tuesday afternoon and finished it last night.   Ok, to be honest I sewed the bow on the front just now, close enough right?

I finished making my very first dress for my daughter!!! 

She picked the fabric herself.  And can't wait till our friend's Christmas party tomorrow so she can wear it.  I can't wait either.  I even bought myself a new dress and leggings. 

Oh one more thing... We bought another fabric for another dress too. 

She picked the lolli pop dot fabric too.  Wonder if I could get another dress done by Christmas.  Hmm, might need some help from my Mom for this one though. 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

FNSI

Guess what came in the mail yesterday!  This did!  My Happy fabric (polka dot one).

I love it!  It is perfect with both of the fabrics I need it to go with.  And it even goes with my other fabrics really well.   And it also has a little pink dot...hehe...I managed to squeeze some pink in.  My friend is not a big pink fan but the quilt is for a girl.  :)  And oh, I must say this is the first moda fabric I have bought (I know that sounds crazy but I have been sewing less than a yr) and it is the nicest, softest thing I have ever felt.  Amazing!  I think I may have found a new love.  Hope all of Moda feels like this one.  I for sure will be buying more. 



Well my Friday Night Sew-In (FNSI)  became a Saturday Night Sew-In.  But I got sooo much done.  I am excited to see the blocks coming together.  I finished 9 blocks that I showed you in a post previously.  So all 12 are done.  Good thing because I was ready for another color besides blue.  Cut my Happy fabric and even started my pinwheel blocks.  I only finished one completely but I am happy with how it turned out.   

What do you think?

Planning ahead

That's it, I am scheduling quilting time.

I'm In! Going with the kiddos to a reading of The Polar Express first, but once they are in bed I am quilting!

Sneak Peek

Basement is finally clean up and things moved away from heater.  Yay!!  Now I can sew and the kids can play and we can all stay warm. 

I have a few sneak peeks of the Hungry Caterpillar quilt I was able begin.  Got some of the fabric cut and even got a few blocks done. 

I love how they are coming out.  Don't you?

Remember that picture I posted with the cream colored fabric?  Well I decided that I really couldn't use it in this quilt.  So I went looking for new.  It is so had to find fabric with a white background, that will match all these crazy colors in this quilt.  But thanks to a great lady at my local fabric shop, I was able to hunt down this.  It is perfect.  I can't wait till it arrives!!  Oh the things we do for sewing...I never saw myself ordering one yd of fabric from an online shop (and I only need a fat quarter, a little extra can't hurt).  Hehe

Oh and one more picture for you.  We have been busy decorating for Christmas.  I love this time of year.

Our Tree

Do you love the white?  Can you tell that my kids help decorate it?  There are very few glass ornaments.  Maybe someday.

Link up

It has been a little bit since I posted.  We have been sick in this house, and I have not worked on my projects because my things are in the basement and it is freezing down there.  I have to move some things away from the baseboard heating before I can turn it on.  I hate cleaning when I am sick.  Even the kiddos haven't been going down there much. 

We have a snow/ice day today, which ended up being a good because my oldest is sick.  Poor thing.  And of course I have been blog hopping..hehe.  My very first follower told me about a Small Blog Meet over at Lily's Quilts so I decided...what the heck, I will join.  It is always fun reading new blogs. 

And finally.... a few pictures of the fabric I talked about in my last post.

I am so excited about these ones...but not sure I like the fabric all by itself with them.  What I really need is a white fabric with small purple print.  What do you think? 



 These ones are my flannels.  Going to make two pillow cases and a flat sheet with these.

Boy do I need to get downstairs and clean so I can be warm and work on these things.

Another step

Went to Joann's with my Dad this weekend.  Yup, my Dad.  He was more than happy to go and buy fabrics with me.  I bought a bunch of patterns on sale too.  Lots of great sales...I saved $97 dollars...can you believe it?!?  I managed to find some perfect fabric for my Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt, except for one.  It is a cream color with tiny purple flowers but I am not sure I like it with the white that is in the caterpillar fabric.  I will have to take a picture of them and see what you think (if only I could get people to read and comment though).  Got some really cute flannels too.  My daughter is in a toddler bed since there is no room in the kids room for another twin.  She only has one flat sheet to go with it, so some of the flannel with go to making her another along with a cute pillow case.  And the other flannel is for my big boy, a pillow case.  He loves when his sheets are mix and match. 

I better get to cleaning up my sewing space so I can get to working on all these projects I keep talking about.  Need to make sure nothing is against the heater down there too.  It gets awfully cold in the winter down there.  I am so glad I put rug in, instead of tile like the contractor wanted to do. 

Till another day....happy sewing!!