it'll be a nice day

I know what I'm watching tonight...

The wreath is done, and I even have a good amount of patchwork left to make a pillow or two to go with it.
Plus, I realized that it's so Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas.





















I flipping love that movie.

fall inspiration

I've gotten done all I wanted to for the craft show this Saturday, so I'm taking a break making things for others and instead making something for myself today: a fabric wreath inspired by jcasa's patchwork wreath tutorial. I don't have much fabric in an autumn colorway, so I picked up some sumptuous scrap wool at a local quilt shop. I used a fishtail stitch from Molly's wool blanket tutorial. I've decided I'm making a fabric wreath for every season.

And now, let me seamlessly segue into entering Jen at jcasa's baby quilt giveaway... she makes the loveliest quilts with such fun fabrics. I always love the Japanese fabrics she throws in. That said, if chosen for the giveaway, I'd love a quilt in greens, blues, and browns, as inspired by her cozy patchwork scarf.

And here's a sweet little babe who would just love it.

mini quilt

Here is my mini quilt for the scrap challenge, yay!! I'm so proud of myself for getting this knocked out in the time limit (1-2 weeks), and I had fun making it of course too. I have a feeling I will be making more mini quilts from my own scraps come this winter, and displaying them in Claire's room for her to use some day for her dolls.















I cut the scraps into 2-inch-wide pieces of varying lengths... then some of the scraps that were cut at an angle had to be used as well, so I sewed them to white muslin to make them 2 inches wide. I think the angles make it so much more interesting than something I would have done if I hadn't had to use all the pieces.














The backing and binding are from the fabric I contributed to the challenge.
















Now, off to work on items for the craft show November 1st!

scrap challenge

I received my scraps for jcasa's scrap challenge the other day! For those of you involved too, I'm in group 7. The challenge is to make something using ALL the pieces... and I think I'm going to do a doll quilt. I'm in the mood to actually quilt something, and I've never done a small doll-sized quilt. I think it would be cute hanging up in Claire's room until she gets old enough to use it. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

berries & birthdays

berries + angel food cake = breakfast.
thanks mary & margaret.



Rusty's birthday is Friday, but we're taking this to house church tonight.
Enjoy your Cubbies cake sweetie... just don't choke.

a benevolent monarchy is best, though

Sigh.
I don't get political here because I can get so riled up.
But, I feel like the only one in the crafting world who thinks Barack Obama is nothing but a vapid fad.

That said, I would love to vote for the only candidate offering real change. And then he could deliver my baby. Were I pregnant.
Dr. Ron Paul, your revolution continues. And may the government fear its people, not vice versa. (Thank you, V.)





















Downtown Evansville, IN.

Incidentally, if you want to know how our economy got in this mess far before any mortgage crises, check out this seriously fabulous video series by Chris Martenson. His bio is most interesting.