Sailboat Quilt

I so love sailboats and when I started quilting a couple of years ago I knew I wanted to do a sailboat quilt. I decided that I wanted to create my own design and so I created one using AutoCAD.

Well its been 2 or 3 years now and I am finally on my way to being finished! I am finally done sewing all my sailboat blocks (24 of them!) and am now sewing them all together which I started last week. I know my anchor red fabric and my yellow/blue print fabric have been eagerly awaiting this moment to finally connect with the sailboats and be one beautiful piece.

I found this cool blue and white wavy strip fabric that I will use as my boarder.



My daughter seems to really like the colors!



Just 3 more rows to go!

quilt update

I was on a roll and got this much done since I started on Saturday. (This is a record for me!) But now everything is on hold. Why? Well, now I just need to chose my border. Dark blue (stay within the primary colors theme) or a lime green? Red, Orange, Turquoise? I am stuck. But I have a while before we change Juliana's crib into a bigger bed.

So for now I will put it aside and come back to it when I find the right fabric to finish it off.

116 days till christmas....

As of right now there is only 4 months, 116 days, 3 hours and 38 minutes left till Christmas! Which means I need to get on the ball and start on my Christmas presents for this year.

We have a big family so I like starting early because that gives me enough time to make stuff for everyone on my list.

Here is a little peak of what I made over the weekend for someone.



This was actually pretty easy to do. I just ordered the watch face here and than added beads to make the band. My mother in law had an amazing assortment of beads which she kindly let me use. (Thanks Again!!!) This was pretty fun and relaxing to do. Now I just need to sew up a cute little baggy to store the watch in.

I have also started on this quilt that I am making for my DD.



I so love the vintage fabric I found at Nancy's. Can you believe it was in the discount area! They only had 1 1/2 yrad left and I am so glad I found it!

Is it just me or has anyone else started on their Christmas projects?

Sushi

So for the last couple of weeks my husband and I have been craving sushi but not just any sushi, we have been craving our favorite, The Lisa Lisa Roll. We have been searching for places that had the Lisa Lisa Roll here in town and we found two places that we love but this could get pretty expensive after awhile so tonight my husband and I attempted to make the Lisa Lisa Roll for dinner.

So what make the Lisa Lisa Roll so good? Well here is what's in it...



Shrimp tempura, avocado, cream cheese w/ crunch. Served w/ eel sauce.

It didn't really look anything like it. We couldn't make the crunch part exactly right. It was a bit messy and it fell apart as we tried eating it but boy did it taste good!! We'll try again tomorrow.

My first tutu!

I have always wanted to make a tutu for Juliana for so long and was just nervous about it not turning out right. But when I saw that Joann's was having there huge sale on tutu fabric (can't think of the name right now, it is 11pm!) a few months ago I bought a lot of it ( in a lot of different colors). I figured it is only 49 cents a yard (I think?) and if I mess up it is only a couple of dollar mistake. So this past weekend I gave it a go and this is what I came up with.





What do you think?

I found a sash I bought a few years ago that was used to tie curtains together and I hardly ever used it and instead of putting it back into the drawer where it will collect dust or what ever, I thought I would use this as a waist band for Juliana's tutu. I think it came out cute.



Also be sure to visit Hooked on Houses to see what everyone else is hooked on today!

A new shirt for Jules

So a couple of weeks ago Joann's had a sale on McCall patterns for $1.99. I just could not pass this up and so I grabbed a few patterns. This pattern I used to make this shirt was McCall's M5458. This was actually simple to make. I love the style of this pattern.

It was a bit to wide in the middle so I decided I wanted to gather it with an elastic. I sewed a piece of fabric around the inner middle of the shirt and then slide the elastic inside so that way it would be more comfortable to wear for Juliana. And it looks more finished and cute as well.



I think this would look good wearing with tights or a pair of jeans. This fits a size 3 so I am going to have to wait to see Juliana wearing it.

Red Polka Dot peasant shirt

This week I wanted to learn how to sew with elastic thread. After watching this video on Martha Stewart website that featured one of my favorite designer Heather Ross, I saw how easy it was and I decided that I would give it a go. I used this technique on the sleeves of this shirt.



I also made a skirt to go with the top. I used McCall's M5696.

So here is another technique I learned this week! It fits a 3 year old so Juliana is going to have to wait to wear this one.