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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Quilt Along
I'm doing a quilt along!
Something you should know about me. I become infatuated with things. Not people (although that happens too), but objects. More specifically, things that come in a variety of colors and can be bought and hoarded. Over the years, this has included key chains, men's neck ties, yard, vintage pyrex, vintage drink ware, English bone china, shoes, handbags, etc., etc. You name it, I'll collect it. Around this same time last year, my new "thing" became fabric.
Back when I was in middle school, my parents randomly bought me a sewing machine for Hanukkah. My mom said it was because of the ridiculous dresses I used to draw when I was little. She took that as a sign I should be a fashion designer. I immediately bought a shirt pattern, attempted to make it out of the wrong kind of fabric, and put my sewing machine away for good.
Then, last year, I realized that clothes might not be the best place to start learning how to sew with my machine. I developed a fascination with quilting fabric and all the different patterns you can create on a quilt top. I bought some fabric, dusted off my sewing machine, and set out to make my friend some place mats for her birthday. Problem was, I didn't have a cutting mat, which made cutting the fabric difficult. I couldn't cut straight and I couldn't sew straight. The sewing machine went back up and the place mat tops got tossed on the pile of my unfinished crafts.
But no more! I will finish the place mats. And....AND....I am doing a quilt along on this blog. I WILL MAKE A QUILT! Stay tuned....
*EDIT* 2/27/13 - I will make a quilt. Eventually. Right now, I need to assemble my life.
Something you should know about me. I become infatuated with things. Not people (although that happens too), but objects. More specifically, things that come in a variety of colors and can be bought and hoarded. Over the years, this has included key chains, men's neck ties, yard, vintage pyrex, vintage drink ware, English bone china, shoes, handbags, etc., etc. You name it, I'll collect it. Around this same time last year, my new "thing" became fabric.
Back when I was in middle school, my parents randomly bought me a sewing machine for Hanukkah. My mom said it was because of the ridiculous dresses I used to draw when I was little. She took that as a sign I should be a fashion designer. I immediately bought a shirt pattern, attempted to make it out of the wrong kind of fabric, and put my sewing machine away for good.
Then, last year, I realized that clothes might not be the best place to start learning how to sew with my machine. I developed a fascination with quilting fabric and all the different patterns you can create on a quilt top. I bought some fabric, dusted off my sewing machine, and set out to make my friend some place mats for her birthday. Problem was, I didn't have a cutting mat, which made cutting the fabric difficult. I couldn't cut straight and I couldn't sew straight. The sewing machine went back up and the place mat tops got tossed on the pile of my unfinished crafts.
But no more! I will finish the place mats. And....AND....I am doing a quilt along on this blog. I WILL MAKE A QUILT! Stay tuned....
*EDIT* 2/27/13 - I will make a quilt. Eventually. Right now, I need to assemble my life.
It's a New Year so there must be Resolutions
I don't have a set list of resolutions. Basically, this has been happening to me for the past couple of weeks:
I'll be walking along and think of a resolution. I will proclaim the resolution to whoever I happen to be spending time with at that moment. Then, I will forget the resolution.
I know...I need to start carrying a notebook for moments like that because they happen quite a lot and I can never remember my epiphanies, no matter how important they seem (or are).
I'm going to try and remember them now and record them here. I have been notoriously bad at sticking to my resolutions (although, these days, it seems resolutions are more in place to break than to keep) but hopefully I have told enough people that I will feel sufficiently ashamed if I don't break them. I'm going to do this differently than usual because my posts tend to get a little lengthy. All of my resolutions can be stated in one or two words so this post will be my master list. Then, this week, I will elaborate on the various resolutions in separate posts. This will keep the posts succinct and help me keep one of them (spoiler alert: I want to blog more). Ok. Here goes:
I'll be walking along and think of a resolution. I will proclaim the resolution to whoever I happen to be spending time with at that moment. Then, I will forget the resolution.
I know...I need to start carrying a notebook for moments like that because they happen quite a lot and I can never remember my epiphanies, no matter how important they seem (or are).
I'm going to try and remember them now and record them here. I have been notoriously bad at sticking to my resolutions (although, these days, it seems resolutions are more in place to break than to keep) but hopefully I have told enough people that I will feel sufficiently ashamed if I don't break them. I'm going to do this differently than usual because my posts tend to get a little lengthy. All of my resolutions can be stated in one or two words so this post will be my master list. Then, this week, I will elaborate on the various resolutions in separate posts. This will keep the posts succinct and help me keep one of them (spoiler alert: I want to blog more). Ok. Here goes:
- Exercise.
- Read.
- Write.
- Craft.
- Cook.
- Progress.
- Love.
- Interact.
- Record.
- Organize.
- Purify.
- Sustain.
- Purify.
- Sustain.
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