Reflections

I started this blog on August 9, 2008. That was 100 years ago, or so it seems. I was newly married, working a crappy job but it paid the bills, and reading blogs because Google sites were not blocked by the firewall at work. I had soooo much time to blog back then. I would make stuff at home and post while I was at work. Pre-Pinterest, I would print out the cool ideas or tutorials I found in blogland.

I learned how to make a messenger bag that first year, and I have yet to complete the deadly denim crazy quilt I began for my king size bed. I knew nothing. I joined Etsy, deleted it by accident, and so have no DeathByDenim shop over on Etsy. I started a shop on ArtFire, which is fun to have, and some months I break even. Mainly I enjoy the process of working with fabrics, and I enjoy the feedback I get here from other bloggers.

Wanna see the first post?

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Adventures in Bias Tape making

One yard of fabric makes a freakishly large amount of bias tape. This is just 5 yards worth, and destined for my shop. I have so much more for me to play with. Have I told all of you how much I love you? Thank you so much for reading and following my blog, it totally makes my day when you leave a comment!
FYI: check out Yard Sale Saturday over at Quiltville

There is new fabric in my house...

Sorry no pictures yet. I can't find the memory card for the camera. But my wonderful husband came to the fabric store with me today. The goal was super hero fabric for a project we both are playing around with. The awesome thing was that he said we should set a budget for this trip, after seeing how much per yard the super heroes were. I do not set budgets well, at least not for myself, and my brain was saying: oh great, 10.98 x3 for super heroes is 33 dollars, I'll probably only be able to spend like 40, so to the back of the store we go for discount. What I said out loud was more like: Yay shopping! lets go to the back so we can find more stuff!

He said spend $100! I haven't been fabric shopping in forever! I looked through the whole store not just all the discounted areas. I bought cute things from the front of the store!

My fabric store total: $99.45
He actually yelled when he saw it on the register, and the girl ringing us up asked if it was too much and were we still going to buy it.

Yay Fabric!

Baby clothes!

Baby Girl is totally crawling and has a tooth! She is five months old now(crazy!) and doing so much fun stuff. The top she has on I made! I love it, how it fits, the color on her, and she can move just fine in it. The pants are too small for her(0-3 months), but brand new and handmade also, they are listed in my studio over on Artfire.

Quilters Yard Sale!

Bonnie at Quiltville is starting up a yard sale, and here are my contributions:

 Roberta Horton's Scrap Quilts: $9

Crochet Me by Kim Werker $12 

 Crazy Quilting by J. Marsha Michler $15

Plaids&Stripes by Roberta Horton $9

First comment has 24 hours from the time I email you to complete paypal transaction or it goes to the next commenter. Prices include priority mail shipping with delivery confirmation. I will combine shipping costs for multiple items. Please include your email and which item(s) you want in your comment.

Who needs some fabric? Or, a de-stash in progress.

I at least 7 gallon size bags full of random fabric in need of a good home. Most pieces are large enough to cut from, and nothing smaller than about a 2 inch square (think fat eighth to fat quarter). There are different prints in each bag, but the sizing is pretty consistent, and all of it is quilters cotton. If you are interested in one or all, email me and I will send it to you for the cost of shipping. These just need a good home.

Color palatte generator

Just found some fun stuff, like this:

Color Palette Generator

#445533 #668844 #aabb66 #bbccaa #778888 dull

#557722 #99dd11 #ccee66 #eeeedd #88aaaa vibrant

URL of image:

Make color schemes. Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This is useful for coming up with a website color scheme that matches a stock photo a client wants to work with. If you like this color palette generator, you might likeColorHunter.com

I'm really liking it. http://www.degraeve.com