blogger series: people I know

The first blog I'll be pimping in this new little series is that of my good friend and rockin' artist, Joel Rockey. His blog, A Rockey Home Companion, is always filled with his artful music and musical art flowin' like owen from his studio, The Mustard Room. Joel and I met in college: we jammed on campus ministry worship team, I learned his uncle had been my algebra teacher, and his now-wife of many years Miranda and I were roommates. Now, Rusty and I are so blessed to be living close to them again, and have enjoyed their company many an evening. Oh, and they have a new little bundle of joy, Olivia, who is keeping them up at night.




























































































Stay tuned to Joel's blog for the much-anticipated return of the Aural Supplement (awesome podcasts) to RHC. And if you're headed to the Indieana Handicraft Exchange this Saturday at the Harrison Center for the Arts here in Indy, catch Mr. Rockey playing some tunes at 11:15 a.m. I will be.

getting started again

So probably against my better judgment, I've decided to be in a craft show at the beginning of November, sharing a booth with another Etsy seller. I was hesitant because my inventory is like, nil right now. But, I need the kick in the butt. With all that we've had to do to get our new (to us) house up to par and get settled in (still not finished with that part) and all the bursts of creative energy spent, I've been pretty unmotivated to sew the last couple of months.

But I'm starting to get excited about it again... Sandi Henderson of Portabello Pixie (and a couple of fabulous fabric lines) just put her children's clothing patterns up for sale. I bought the Analise pattern for Claire's 1st birthday party dress. And something about autumn just draws me to the sewing machine to make fun and snuggly things in the evening hours.































p.s.- Is there anything better than a pile of scraps? I am not throwing these away. They will become something. Which reminds me: I am SO excited about jcasa's scrap challenge... I should be receiving some scraps from her in the near future, and I have no idea what I'm going to make.

p.p.s.- I am going to start writing some posts about my favorite blogs that have been inspiring me to create, while I've been in my un-creative trench.

quick quilt = not so quick

So, I wanted to have this quilt done for the guest bed in time for my in-laws to use it when they were here last week, but that didn't happen. Some unexpected problems delayed it... let's just say, don't put "tumble dry low" on a quilt insert if there is ANY chance of it melting into hard pieces and getting all over everything in the dryer (I'm looking at you, IKEA). "Line dry" would have saved me a bunch of time.


Some prints are vintage, and a couple are from IKEA.

stitching + love

A birthday gift for my aunt... a collage of items from her late mother's sewing basket, which I now proudly own.