Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Fresh Sewing Day

I can't believe the month of October is already over! I feel like I have done nothing - just four sleepless weeks of being a diaper-changing zombie :) So to make myself feel better, I'm linking up with Lily's Quilts today for Fresh Sewing Day. The idea is to take a look at what you've sewn for the last month.

Fresh Sewing Day

So, let's see, what have I done this past month? Well, like I said, I changed a whole bunch of diapers - I'll spare you the pictures ofthose though. I did manage to get a jump on my Christmas sewing. I made these Christmas stockings using Thimble Blossoms' Merry pattern and Cluck Cluck Sew's tutorial. I'm using the Merry pattern to create the fronts of the stockings (except for the checkerboard one - I just improvised there) and Cluck Cluck Sew'stutorial to line the stockings and add the cuff. It's an awesome tutorial, very easy to follow. I really wanted to have Christmas stockings for the family that match without being too matchy and that we could use every year. I liked these first two so well that I decided to make more to give out as Christmas gifts this year (especially considering all the hospital bills I'm expecting to flood the mailbox any day now from the delivery).So, that's two stockings down (I still need two more for my husband and me) and about a ba-gillion to go.
I also finished a Bottled Rainbows block. I love this quilt, but i
t is taking me forever to get the scraps together in all the right colors. I originally wanted to have it ready to take to the hospital with me last month, but I finally realized the futility of this and chose a different quilt instead.
I started a quilt for new baby S using these fabrics and a tutorial by Oh Fransson! It should have been finished by now except that I pieced the rows together while I was particularly sleep-deprived and put them in the wrong order. I need to go back and rip out, and it just made me so mad that I can't stand to look at it. It was supposed to be such a simple quilt - easily done in an afternoon. Hmmp. On a totally unrelated side note, a dear, dear friend informed me that she read that your brain shrinks by 2% when you have a baby. (She assured me that it goes back to normal eventually.) Go figure.

And just this last week, I started making Swoon blocks. I am absolutely head-over-heels, take it home to meet Mom, in love with the Swoon pattern. I've been seeing the blocks all over blogland and have been dying to try some of my own. I finally decided on the Dreamer colorway from the new Amy Butler Lark collection with some coordinating Kona solids thrown in.

I'm also working on a baby blanket for one of my favorite cousin's new baby boy using a Swoon block in the middle and some Children at Play prints. I'm super excited to see how it all comes together.
And last but never least, I have to include S (even though technically she finished cooking in September rather than October). They're always so sweet when they're asleep, aren't they?

I'm also linking up to the Small Blog Meet, because I definitely qualify :)

Small Blog Meet

Thanks for sticking with me through this rather long-winded post!

TIL that there is a prescription medicine for colic :) Score! Maybe tomorrow I'll learn whether or not it works!

11 comments:

  1. Hi there, I am Sana coming over from the Small Blog Meet. You definitely qualify and I am so gonna follow you cause I think you make great things and I remember how happy I was to have my first followers. Congratulations on that little Cuteness! Hope to hear back from you!

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  2. How awesome! I started my blog in June and It's taken me until Oct. to figure out linking. Welcome from another small blog. Btw, baby S is pretty cute!

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  3. Nice job with the Bottled Rainbows block. That's a tricky colour to work with!

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  4. Lovely baby!!! Love the stockings!

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  5. What beautiful things you have made this month! I can't wait to see more of your Swoon quilt. I'm visiting from the small blog meet and will be your newest follower. :)

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  6. I'm following. :) All your creations are gorgeous, especiallu baby S. Also the Swoon block with Lark + dark solid is to die for! Great colours.

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  7. I love your baby quilt. Some of the fabrics in it, I have been jonesing for. Your baby is just precious, by the way!! I'm excited I found your blog through the small blog meet. I'm following you now- that sounds kinda creepy :) I hope you can stop by my blog as well & have a great day!!
    January T

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  8. Hi honey I Honestly think Miss S is the best thing on the list and I'm sure she'll inspire much more sewing :D

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  9. Am visiting from Lilly's SBM and am intrigued and captivated by your bottled rainbows quilt :) I will be having a closer look at that one and following to see your progress.

    Cheers from Sew-Happy House in Australia

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  10. Visiting from Small Blog Meet! Your baby is too cute! I'm a mama too, so I'll follow you! There's a reason why my blog is called Sleepless Dreamer.. lol I'm sure that you can relate!

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  11. Your too funny! I am your newest follower! You sound just like my daughter! I am now a Grandma to 5! I love the Xmas Stockings, just so cute.

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