So Far Behind

I am so far behind in my sewing this month it is overwhelming!!

AND I have lost my rechargeable battery for my camera.

So tonight I will be purchase a "regular" one just to post some pics of what I'm up to.

Don't you find blogs without pictures to be kinda boring?? I do!

Lazy lazy blogger!

Here I am again--finally! I have been a very very lazy blogger.

I have many many excuses--but who really needs to hear more excuses! not me!

but putting all that aside--I have awesome sewing news to share!

I am so excited to report and share that a really cool sew-a-long is planned to go on over on so many really cool blogs. I have placed a button on the right side of my blog for you to follow along with me.

The plan is to complete 2 blocks a week created and posted by various bloggers.

The start date is not until Monday Janurary 24th and the first block up is from Quilt dad.

Check out all the fun here and I hope to hear from you and see all of your wonderful blocks in the Flickr group!

Happy sewing!

update...

Well it has been some time since my last blog post...I HAVE been a busy girl getting lots of stuff done, BUT I had a dead battery in my camera and was unable to take and upload pics! So now I have fixed that problem and am now camera ready :o)

So today I did not get any sewing done. However, me and little Miss where able to get some YUMMY rainbow cupcakes made!

I counted this bit of work as credit for her towards school time today. She helped me count out the 3 eggs we needed, fill the measuring cup with 1 cup of water and mix drops of food coloring precisely to get all 6 colors of the rainbow. Then we placed the colors in rainbow order into the cupcake wrappers.

We found this idea in Family Fun Magazine--a really great source for fun stuff to do with the kiddos!

Basically it is a store bought cake mix (anyone know of a good home made white cake mix--please share!) that you separate into 6 bowls. You then dye the batter to match the colors in the rainbow. And with the help of my 4 year old--little Miss-- we spooned a dollop or two per color into the cupcake wrappers then placed them in the oven. Bake at the temp and time that your box mix calls for and walla!

Oh, and that super creamy homemade frosting is a recipe that was passed on to me by a cousin from her MIL--it is super easy and oh so yummy too!

Maybe tomorrow will grant me some sewing time??? one can hope! :o) !!!

Quilting Book Club post--Quilt top #1 all sewn up!

And here it is: Quilt top #1 all sewn up and ready for the sandwich stack and quilting. I went a little off script on this one. The directions given did not show off my selected fabrics well so I opted to go a different direction and am very pleased with the results!

I have been thinking about how to quilt this quilt for a few days now. Not sure how that will go...machine quilt? hand quilt? hand quilt with plain hand quilting thread? go for the show effect and try my hand at hand quilting with pearl cotton? not sure what way I will go but I do know it will be next week when I need to have this decided by...more on this project later :o)
Happy sewing!

Quilting Book Club post #2

I am off to a better start. I got the book, did my shopping, and have cut and sewn the blocks together!

 With my pile of 30 blocks ready to go I am now on track to complete this quilt top with the rest of the group :o)

Next we get to sew up the quilt top --displaying the interesting zig zag-- that with proper block position will show a very interesting design! I am so excited!

Want to join me in making this quilt? go on over and check out the club.

Quilters Book Club post #1: Quilt Basic Ease

Well I just got my shopping done and managed to cut out what I need for this quilt...sort of..I made a real rookie mistake and cut a strip 5 1/2 inches and not the needed 6 1/2..UGH back to the store we will go!

But for now here is my fabric selections for this quilt. I would love to do one of those nifty type on the picture moves but I have not gotten to that part of my dummies book so for now I will have to describe.

so from the top down...#1 pink is for the light,#2 poka dot is for the medium, and #3 the jumble up circle flower one is the dark. 4th in the stack is for the binding and finally the dragon fly blue is for the backing.

I am so excited to see how these crazy colors come together but what ever it is I know I will love it forever!

I have cut the strips and sewn what I can, even made one sneak peak block.

here it is my first block and only 30 more to go! I took the pic this evening indoors and the lighting stinks!

I have my box to make the photo stage thing to get better quality pics--yet another WIP! but in real life the colors are WAY more vibrant!

And the final layout will be a Topsy Turvey array of this same block...hopefully tomorrow I will get to post and share my finished quilt top! cross your fingers! :o)

The times are a changing...so's my blog

It's been quite a while since last  I blogged, summer travels will do that to a gal :o) but here I am!

I am still reading up on the ins and outs of blogging with my library book, blogging for dummies. Still not hip on the name of the book but the information is sound.

But I wanted to share the fact that I am a crazy woman and have added another WIP (work in progress) to my never ending things to create!

I am really excited about this though--kidding aside. I have joined a sew along of sorts over at the Quilting Book Club. Here I will attempt to create a quilt a month!!!! A gal just can't have too many comfy quilts around!

So far I have purchased the required book: Modern Basics by Amy Ellis from Amazon.com .

The first quilt the club is working on is titled Basic Ease and tonight I will be fabric shopping--don't have enough in the stash and what I do have I have used so many times I am kinda sick of it right now :o).
The weather predicted for my area is rain this weekend (for now) so my plan is to get caught up on this one...more to come...happy sewing!