Running Around Like a Mad Woman

This last week has been insanely busy...family in town... birthday... wedding...Easter, not to mention my sewing room (which just so happens to be my bedroom and office as well) is being shared with my ten month old while my sister and her daughter are in town. I'm hoping this next week I can relax while tackling a few projects that have been on the sidelines for a while. But for now, I'm going to enjoy family and just dream of the projects in store... see you next week!

Mmm... I just love fabric

Some yummy projects in the nears future...

Hand Stitching

 

There is something about a hand stitched quilt that makes it irresistible. Tied don't seem as "finished" to me, so I spend hours and hours hand quilting and get so excited with the little puffed squares, only to watch them disappear with time... oh well... I still think it's worth it. :o) First row down!!

 

Art Display

I asked my husband to make me something to better display the kids art. I had an idea of what I wanted and he took that and ran with it. I love this thing!! Not only does it hold lots(!) but it is also magnetic and so everything goes up and down without a fuss. We have the neodymium magnets which are amazingly strong!! There is usually tons of art on each of these, but I was in a tidying mode earlier this day and took (almost) everything down for the new month :o)

Beanbags

This tutorial was very easy and quick, I made all my seams french seams for extra durability, after all it is a bunch of kids climbing and jumping all over these. Unfortunately our computers crashed and this was the only photo of the beanbags that was recovered.  But you get the idea... they were awesome.

Crayon Roll Ups

I had made pencil roll ups last year that turned out worse than okay, they served their purpose, but not well.  So I decided to remake them following this tutorial from the Pleated Poppy.  Love it!!  Super fast, super easy, and the kids love them!

 I could only find two when I searched the house for them (not really surprised), and one was completely void of any and all crayons (again, not surprised).  Wondering when my three year old will catch on and keep her crayons in the roll up so they are there when she uses it at church. 

Transformations

This was last Halloween's exciting transformation... trying to turn this little cutie

into this commonly known wizard... you may have heard of Harry Potter before??

 It was a lot of fun and we scored on free black fabric (my husband found) and a free pattern (that my sister in law had) for an adult sized robe, glasses from good will (took out the lenses), a new sweater to keep him warm (this was our biggest purchase, $10 at K-mart) and the tie was sewn from fabric I had on hand (time consuming because of the stripes) with a free pattern from The Pearl Bee. I was super excited about the finished product. The kids want to all be Harry Potter Characters next Halloween... my oldest keeps telling me it's time so start working on the robes... I hate that she is probably right....

Homemade Dolls

It's an odd thing, trying to run around and find things that you've worked on over the last year... not only are they hard to find but when you do find them, they aren't as crisp and neat looking as when you first made them... not exciting to take pictures of! Oh well...

Here are the girls dolls that I made, one this past Christmas and two the Christmas before.  One is definitely more "loved" than they others, as I have had to make a more permanent nose and replace the hair several times.  But all the limbs have stayed attached.  The girls love these dolls and I love seeing them play with them!