Begin Again and Again and Again...

New throw pillow covers I made a couple of weeks ago!   Finished and started the same day :)  (Sorry the pics aren't the greatest.)   I love making these.  They are super quick and easy and are an inexpensive way to change your decor.  Yes, I realize that they don't match each other and yes, they are all on the same couch.  We have a sectional and they're spread out. Besides that, I am eclectic and my home reflects that about me!   I'm going to try to take pics of my quilt top tomorrow (read: bribe Mike into doing it for me).   It's been sitting folded up in a drawer since last year. :(  I need to quilt it because: A. It's my first quilt and B. I love it and can't wait to use it!!     I've been throwing a lot of love out there in the quilt world the last couple of days, because I am flat out with an injured back.  So to all of you whom I've visited or will visit, thank you.  You're keeping me ...

Ah. Vacation. It was only one day, but it was wonderful!! Maybe too wonderful, but more on that later... It was lovely to do some shopping, sewing and reading uninterrupted. I made this: A checkbook cover! It's lemony and wonderful! I heart this checkbook cover... almost as much as the below mentioned cobbler :) I also sewed up a couple of clutch wallets/bags, but I have a couple of kinks to work out before I'm satisfied with them. Stay tuned, checkbook covers and clutches will be available in my Etsy shop soon! As for my day being too good... as you may or may not know, I used to work part time. About three months ago, I was promoted and now I work full time. I am really struggling with it. I miss seeing my daughters in the morning before school and I miss picking them up after. Now, I wasn't doing this everyday before, but at least twice a week. I MISS it. I miss making lunches and I miss braiding hair. Mike is able to be with them before and often after or they go to my...

*Edited to add, Comments are now closed. I will post the winner soon and send them an email!! Thanks to everyone who entered and for all of your great comments. In the next week or so, I hope to visit each of your blogs!! I know you've all been waiting with baited breath and trust me, I appreciate it. I'm running a little late with this, due to softball running late, lemon bars that HAD to be made and well, life ;) So, here it is... To celebrate my first ( and only so far ) sale from my new Etsy shop, Sewin , I am having a giveaway!! "What do I win?" you say. Well, in a sense, that is up to you! I have these two lovely fabrics. Tile Mosaic in turqoise, by Laura Gunn, her Lantern Bloom collection for Michael Miller Charima Paisley Tomato, by Chez Moi for Moda You, well, the winner, will get to choose from one of these fabrics and then choose either a skirt for a little girl (up to a size 10/12), a head scarf, or a skirt and a headscarf sized for an 18" doll. Co...

:) Okay, I thought about changing the title of this post. But, come on... I mean I just couldn't! Anyhoo, looky what I made!!!! I used Amy Butler's Gum Drop Pillow pattern and various fat quarters to make the 18 inch pillow. Because my fabric was not long enough, I had to sew the panel halves together, rather than a seamless panel. But, hey, I LOVE it!! Kenzie uses it as a "beanbag" chair. Glad she likes it. I made it, but had no clue what I would do with it ;) By the way, sewer ??? What is the correct terminology?? Trish