On the other hand, I suddenly have a lot of time to do whatever I want. I have all this time off of work, so I decided to work on a quilt for myself. I've had the fabric for a little while, and I had already designed the pattern, so all I had to do was cut! The fabric is all from Pop Garden and Bijoux by Heather Bailey. It makes me so happy! It reminds me of springtime.
I made a few miscalculations, but at least they were over estimates, so I was able to just trim things down. Here is the progress on the sewing so far (it will not look like this when put together):
When I'm upset, I usually get this deep urge to clean. So, I suddenly have part of my room back. I had started working on this a little while ago, but now I have on whole corner of my room organized. It helps me feel better about my life, even if it is a corner that I hardly use. (I didn't realize how beat up the floors are - the house is 120 years old) I also get this weird urge to watch movies, especially kids' movies. Which means that in the last 36 hours I have watched Mulan, half of Singing in the Rain, half of Princess Diaries, Honey, Charlie's Angels, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (In case you actually wanted to know) I guess that isn't to many kids' movies, but all the other movies in the stack are, in fact, kids' movies.
I found this cool lamp packed away in a box the other day, and I hadn't ever had the chance to hang it, so I decided to hang it over the stairwell to my room. I rigged up an elaborate electrical contraption which boils down to it being on a timer, so it's only on from 5:30 PM to about midnight or so.
Don't you just love the half of the hex sign you can see on the left? Hex signs always make me so happy and they are a huge inspiration for me. Here is what Zook's Family Crafts says about that particular hex sign:
"This more simple design is quite typical of older geometric designs. A large, six petal rosette forms the design's center. The rosette is one of the basic "good luck" symbols of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Red hearts are prominently placed between the rosette's blue, red and gold petals. The rosette ensures luck and success in love. The hearts, carefully placed in a closed circle, provide endless enchantment and happiness. A decorative, scalloped border completes the design. A life filled with love and romance is offered to all."
I have another one hanging directly across from it at the other end of the room....
So, on to another totally different subject.....
I made quite a few holiday gifts this year, and had every intention of taking pictures of them to show off on my blog. However, that didn't quite happen. I think I'm gonna go back and demand to be allowed to take pictures of all gifted items. Here are some pictures of the gifts I gave Kristal.
The embroidery on this bag was inspired by the fabric that is the main part of the tote bag. She had asked for something with little birds on it....so, TA DA!
Since she is in England right now, I decided that she needed a fun, warm scarf to take with her. More birds of course! With the heart in honor of her recent engagement. The back is a flannel that is actually part of one of the Olivia the Pig collections.
With the leftovers from the project I made this quick and easy card. You just take a piece of card stock and fold it in half to make the card shape. Then you unfold it and sew pieces of fabric on the front. I didn't pin or glue them down, just held them in place while sewing. I went up and down each piece first and then came back across the whole thing with the big zig-zags. It was inspired by some cards that one of our customers had made.
PS - The title to this post is actually a quote from a movie. Can anyone name the movie?
2 comments:
your room looks great. and I am happy you are able to get some sewing time in. :o)
did you really take a picture of the chicken light? i know i should know the movie. bad mommy dunt remember. i hope i get an invite to see the room in person sometime - it's starting to look good! you with your room, me with the back room at the shop - it's a new year! :-)
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