Picture Day!

I hope to come back and post a bunch of pictures of things I have made lately! Wish me luck!

TTFN
Carrie

So ummmm......

I am TIRED! The parents association at the girlie's school decided to do a basket auction as a fundraiser for a new playground. It was a wonderful, exciting, unexpected SUCCESS!! WHOOO HOOO. Now I used to have a gift basket business, (don't ask, that is a whole other post in which drinking and lots of cursing are needed) so I know what goes into doing these. But I must be out of practice. I gave "direction" on how the baskets should be put together. Mostly my jobs were to cellophane them and make the bows for them. Bob have mercy! I had to have Sophia bring some ribbon from Hobby Lobby because our Hell-Mart ribbon selection quite frankly sucks! Anywho, who knew it takes so long to make 16 bows? I thought I was never going to get done. And I used to do this? oiy I guess it all goes back to....IT WAS A SUCCESS! YEAY! And the girlie's looked sooooo cute in their dresses. I will get a group picture for proper posting!

In other news, I have purchased a couple of new bag patterns that I am dieing to make! DIEING! They are big. And beautiful. And I cannot wait! But my feet hurt so much from last night, that it maybe tomorrow before I start.

I also need to work on my Retro Flowers Quilt and Cathedral Window -A-Longs!

Hope you have a good day!

TTFN
Carrie

My new love.....

I have found a new love. Cathedral Windows. LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!

Believe it or not, these fabrics do match. They came in the same fat quarter bundle, just wanted to clarify that. I really need to work on my fabric selection and prints. Live and learn I guess.

I need to start working on my retro flowers quilt a long. So much to do and so little time. :)

Sally and Lucy have a concert this week also. The teacher decided to do a Civil War Theme. I guess that means anything blue or grey will work. Guess what two colors they don't wear too much of? And if they have it, is it appropriate for a concert? NOPE! So I found a cute, easy, simple peasant dress that is really good for a beginner like me. I have never sewed clothes yet! Sally's is almost done. I found another tute where she put a ruffle down the front. Right now I can't remember where I found it, but when I post pictures I will dig it up! Lucy's is cut out and one sleeve is attached. I am trying to use my serger on it.....>:~{ We will see how it turns out!

Sorry it has been so long in between posts....Its a work in progress for me!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Sophia and the Princess came to visit so we had lots of fun!

TTFN
Carrie
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-A-Longs

Pretty sure I need my head examined! I am going to try both of these A-Longs. They start on the same day. And I have never done patterns close to either one of these! oiy

I think I need to start cutting some fabric. Or atleast getting it ready to be cut. Are you or aren't you supposed to wash and press your fabric first? Does it matter any more? Or does it matter on the quality of fabric you are using? hmmmmm
I went and had my Serger worked on the other day. I am excited to try and make some things for the girlies. I even purchased some knit fabric. I was soooo excited when I found this at a garage sale last year. I had never used one, but thought "How hard can it be?" I tend to bite off more than I should chew. I have had some learning lessons, with more to come! Mr. Carrie's Things had to look at the diagram to thread it and tell me how to do it! Glad he is handy. Now to just get moved back out to the garage and start sewing!
Hope all is well in your world!

TTFNCarrie

On to.....

Why oh why do I do this to myself. I volunteered to make a "stadium" quilt for a basket to be auctioned for the girlies school. Of course, I hardly ever follow a pattern in its entirety, therefore I make things alot harder than they could really be. oiy I love the concept of a stadium or t-shirt quilt. I just don't think that ALL of that extra t-shirt material needs to be seen. So I cut my down and have been "framing" them with other material. Of course, me being me, and not really having a concrete plan, just started cutting and now I have different size blocks. oiy Now I get to play with sizes and filler blocks to figure out how to put this thing together. Why can't it just go together beautifully like it does in my head?!?! Wish me luck!

TTFN
Carrie

I Did IT!!

I found this tutorial for a Pillow Mattress and thought hmmmmm. Sally likes to sleep on the floor sometimes, even though she has a perfectly nice bed. So I thought I wonder if she would like something like this. SHE DOES! And her Momma is sooo happy. Even though its like making a HUGE pillow case, I think its just wonderful. And it was my first time with french seams, they aren't quite as bad as I thought they would be.

I'm going to see how much this one gets used before I make another one. This one cost about $35 in materials to make. And the tutorial was very nicely written and easy to understand! Again, LOVE THIS!! Hope you're working on something you love!

TTFN
Carrie

Weather

We had some crazy ass weather tonight. oiy I think we are going to have a crazy spring/summer since our winter was so mild. We had 3 tornadoes going on right around us! For the first time ever, I was really really really nervous! Better get the flash lights ready and the closet cleaned out!