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Crafting progress

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It’s April 29. I don’t think I’m going to make the April 30 deadline for the projects I wrote about here, but I’m happy to say I’ve finished “prep stage 1” for the T-shirt quilt. I had way more than 9 shirts left to interface, and it definitely takes time.

T-shirt quilt squares

I brought my ironing board upstairs so I could watch old Schoolhouse Rock videos on You Tube with Ollie while I busted my tail trying to iron as fast as I could. Now I have the Adjective Song in my head. “He was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear, we made a hasty retreat from his lair… and described him with adjectives.” I love that song. Apparently, Ollie does too, he watched it about 10 times in a row.

Relive your childhood here: Classic Schoolhouse Rock – Adjective Song

The wine cork board is in disarray. I didn’t set baselines, and my rows started tilting towards the left. Voices in my head kept saying, “What would Martha (Stewart) do?” Of course, she’d start over, and so did I. I’m insane. As for the baby burp cloths, the fabric and ribbons are all cut. While Ollie took apart the couch after lunch, I ironed and pinned. I still might be able to finish sewing the burp cloths by the weekend.

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The crafting to-do list

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The little one is chowing down on Easter jelly beans, and he’s very content right now, so I’m taking this opportunity to empty my head of some projects that I want to finish.  Maybe I’ll even finish them before April 30?  I stumbled onto this website, http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/, and I liked her Spring to Finish idea!

So, what do I want to finish?  Maybe the better question is, what can I realistically finish by April 30.  Can I include the Easter napkins?  I made 18 cute, Easter-Spring themed napkins for the tablesetting.  Will have to update with pictures.

1. Wine cork bulletin board – in progress

2. Baby burp cloths – 1-boy, 2-girls

3. Finish 1st stage prep for the big T-shirt quilt (I think I have 9 t’s left to interface)

I think this is do-able.  We’ll see.

Returning to Paper

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I really wanted to make some cards for Valentine’s Day. I had been focusing on sewing through the holidays that I thought I’d take a break from fabric and get back to my crafting roots, so to speak!

img_1385Made a bunch of gift tags to get started. I might just make these my first offering on etsy.com. I just haven’t pulled the trigger on my online store.

Then I reached for a book I bought a year ago that Abby and I like. Lots of fun things if you’re patient enough to do it. It comes with templates, paper, little wire hangers… not sure what possessed me to start my little project of paper cuttings. Maybe it’s just me trying to fulfill my childhood fantasy of becoming a fashion designer! Ha! I couldn’t draw a person to save my life! This is also where the toy “Fashion Plates” comes in. Girls, you know… the plastic plates you match up with a head, blouse and bottom, then you rub with a pencil to create your fashion model. We digress. That’ll be another blog.

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So here, I’ll stop talking a little bit and show you my paper accessory factory. This…

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…became this.

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Here’s a close up of one of the cards. They’re all slightly different.

They are also being sent out to some lovely friends, but I’ll try to upload something so you can print some at home for some last minute Valentine’s cards!

Not sure if it’s going to work out, but we’ll try!

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Hopefully you can open on your home computer, crop as needed and print on some glossy photo paper and stick on some cardstock. Or maybe you can print right onto the cardstock! Enjoy!

(ps: haven’t figured out what happened with my picture justifications? centered, left, etc…)

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