Lexi's quilt

I gave this quilt to my friend a few weeks ago. I enjoyed making this scrap quilt. I have so many scraps that I needed to dig into. 

I used the remnants of some of my favorite fabrics. I'm glad that they were going to a sweet little babe to be snuggled with.

I quilted it using my walking foot and quilted each one individually. I really like the look it gave the quilt.

After it was quilted I flipped it over and saw that it looked like a quilted tetris. Awesome-ness!

I just can't get over the comfy snuggly look of a quilted quilt. It makes me happy to think of lots of sweet little babies snuggled in quilts made by me.:)

sew on a button

Over Spring Break I taught Todd and Kate how to sew a button. It went pretty well, I thought. Kate at least knows the basics but Todd caught on pretty well. I was quite impressed with how well he caught on. 

This is the button I was sewing on for them to see as an example. 

He is such a cutie. And even more so when he is so proud of the button he sewed on.

This beautiful girl tried so hard but it would have been easier for her if I hadn't given her such a thick fabric. It was pretty hard to her to push her needle through the fabric and that frustration made learning how to sew on a button more difficult than it needed to be. Whoops. Poor girl, but now I know for next time. I'm just so proud of her for trying so hard. 

booster seat~ before & after

Todd's seat has been driving me crazy. I know he only has 6 months left in it, but I decided that for those last 6 months it should look alot better than it previously did.

Here is the before:

It's not in too bad shape but is well worn. But I decided that I wanted his cover to look like the cute ones I've seen for sale. 

Here's the after:

I just hand appliqued the fabric right onto the seat cover. I just laid the fabric onto the seat and curled the edges under and invisible stitched the edges. Thats it. 

And I'm loving how it turned out. 

finishing up the tablecloth

remember this beautiful tablecloth for the young women in our church:

I just put my name on it, so that if they ever decide to get rid of it, then I have a chance of getting it back. That makes me happy!

I used the back stitch for this project. I am really happy with how it turned out! Yay!

And these sweet girls were keeping my company while I stitched it up. Alice even worked on her embroidery, too, which is her putting her large needle in and out of her fabric and repeat. I couldn't get any luckier. :)

Spring is here!

Just this past week all of the trees grew their new spring leaves. I'm loving all the color and life after the stark trees of the winter.

With the rising temps outside I just want to garden and work in the yard. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't really know what I'm doing. But I'm still going for it. Pretty much, I'm playing house... in the garden, and loving it.

After the weather warmed up and the last frost passed I couldn't wait to get outside and start gardening. I bought the two herbs that didn't survive our North Carolina winter, basil and cilantro. 

Our chives, two different kinds of thyme, rosemary, parsley, and oregano all did well this winter season. It is so nice to that rosemary bush now, so much bigger than when I bought the tiny rosemary plant from our local nursery.

The blueberries are already blooming and so happy. When I bought them last year, they were already producing, so I'm really hoping for a good blueberry season. 

And, ever present in our yard is the heart with our initials carved in it that Josh did for me this past year. 

Love.

p.s. All of the pics were taken with my new Canon on manual. I'm enjoying playing with my camera on manual and manual focus. 

Tell All Thursday

When I craft, you see cute little photos of whatever random thing I've made. 

Wanna see what everything else looks like while I make that one cute thing? 

Yes? 

You asked for it.

My studio is my living room. Our downstairs is an open living room/eat-in kitchen. My sewing desk and some supplies are in the living room. It works great for me because I can spend time with the kiddos while crafting.

In my crazy life, my crafting is my creative outlet and a need. And so I let things go when I need to so I can make something that won't just be undone by the children. 

I'm also so blessed by the fact that my husband understands and loves that I take the time to do what I love. When he comes home, if the house is ca-razy like this all he does is look around with a grin and ask, "Get some crafting done today?" He's the best!

Announcing...

The Winner!

is...

Erin!

She bid $150 for the quilt. :) 

And, I was contacted by some friends and they told me that they would match the donation bid of the quilt up to $150! So, really, $300 has been raised for the Johnson family. 

Thank you.