digital scrapbooking, take one

Here is my first page, I used MyMemories version 3.

If you like it use coupon code STMMMS7046 to get $10 dollars off the software.

SO far I like using it, and they have asked me to do a review and host a giveaway, so look for that next week. 

fabric giveaway!

the plaid scottie is hosting a fabric yum giveaway. I entered to win, and ?I suppose you could too. There's more than this to be won!

Click the photo to go there yourself.

Fabric shopping!

I bought something pretty, pics and project to come!

Rough day

Today started out with one hour of sleep, this is the first night my daughter has done that to me. Then we had a garage sale, and did pretty good. Hit my target amount for sure, so I was able to buy the rest pig the cloth diaper covers we need. I love using cloth diapers on my girl, so cute and so much less expense.

I'm also getting set to make a case for my nook simple touch. Just need to pick out some fabrics. This will be a crafty week!

quilting as I go

Here are my current QAYG blocks. I am not trimming them down until I am ready to start joining the blocks together because I don't want to fray the edges or cut through the stitches without being ready to stabilize them. The blocks in these photos are all 15x15 top layer, and I will trim them down to 14.5 or 14 inches. I am really enjoying this quilting and also playing with the white spaces.

I began this project with an idea in my head, and the first block shown (top) is a good representation of what I was going for. For me this project really is about process rather than product; I have already confirmed that my machine will not do free motion quilting. I do like the look of the quilting with the concentric squares, and I'm already thinking about how to shake that up too.

I've been drawing these past few days, trying to come up with a continuous star quilting, with only straight lines. Its been challenging as I piece things together.

My baby girl!

She is one month old today, and so much fun.

Shop updates, life updates, possibly everything updates

So I have a shop over on artfire.com. I originally chose ArtFire over Etsy because I could sell for free or at a low monthly cost, instead of a per item cost, and on ArtFire my listings never expire! I love that feature. I also love that I am starting to consistently get sales. While I am not totally breaking even, it has been paying for itself over the past few months, and this has brought me back here, to the blog where it all began.

I originally began blogging as an escape from a mindless dull job with long hours and limited internet access as I waited for phone calls. I soon realized I could read blogs through Google, and decided to start blogging about my crafty endeavors as well. I blogged a lot back then, I was working a lot and sewing a lot, and sometimes bringing some handwork with me on the job. My first attempt at quilting, and it has yet to be completed, is a denim crazy quilt, which would be foundation pieced onto fat quarters, then hand embroidered, and I had lofty goals of this behemoth covering our king sized bed. Again realization hit me, and I decided this particular quilt just might be the death of me, and the blog name was born. Beautiful quilt, death in the process, it lives in a box now, and sometimes I take it out to look at it again, and remind myself not to be crazy.

Throughout this I discovered I love blogging. I love sharing my work, reading other peoples blogs, seeing the mess, the process, and finally the end result of creativity. Love, love, love all of it. When I quit that job I slowly fell out of the habit of blogging, and I miss it! I still do crafty, sewing wonderful things, but I don't post! And I am super lame at taking pictures lately! I want to blog, and to learn how to promote my business online effectively, so I am here, and I am back for round two, or maybe its round three or four at this point.

So now the life updates........ I'm having a baby! Due this November with baby #1, and I'm so excited about that. I'm working on a baby quilt using Alexander Henry's cute grumpy owl fabric for the feature fabric, and I think I'd be farther along but my Iron is complaining, I think it has hard water deposits inside? I did one round of vinegar and steamed the crap out of it(literally, it was grossness all over the bathroom sink). Yet it still is weird when I try to iron. I think it needs another round of vinegar? Helpful hints are greatly appreciated.

I miss this blog! I shall return!