Crafts

I apologize. I am sorry to say that I have been neglecting this blog. Everyday I think I am going to get around to posting but something always seems to happen to lead me astray. I am determined to get something posted today. I am going to keep it simple. Just a few pictures of some of the crafts I do. A lot of these pictures are of things I did last year (I can't even get anything new done to photograph....lol).

I love totes. This tote is a summery pastel floral with a large divided pocket on the front side made from a striped fabric and lined with a mint green polka dot. There are a couple pockets on the inside also.


The following picture is the back side of the tote.

This tote is done in a floral with at green divided pocket in front. It is lined with a mottled black fabric and has inside pockets as well.

Follow is the backside of this tote.

This next picture is the inside of the above tote.

This next tote is identical to the floral and green tote except I used the mottled black fabric where I had the green on the other tote and the green fabric is used for the lining.

This is a little family of snowman ornaments I made out of white fleece.

This quilted Christmas ball is made using a strofoam ball for a base and small pieces of Christmas ribbon pinned in layers in such a way as to form a pattern.

Another picture of some of the many Christmas quilt balls I have done.

There you have it. A glimpse into my world of crafting.

Have a nice day and happy crafting!

I am a material girl

For some reason, I cannot get motivated to do anything. I have craft fairs coming up in the fall and I have hardly anything done. I seem to be easily distracted these days. It doesn't take much to pry me away from my craft room.

I am sure a lot has to do with my daughter being on maternity leave right now. I am either at her house or she is at my house. I just cannot get enough of holding that new baby or playing games with my grandson. My daughter had doctor's appointments 2 days last week, so I got to watch the kids. Of course, if I am watching the kids, I can't get any crafting done. But that is ok, because I would much rather babysit.

Olivia is such a good baby. She only cries when she is hungry. Otherwise she spends much of her time sleeping or just looking around. She is pretty mellow, unlike her mother who was so colicky as a baby, I don't think she ever slept.

Josh is easy to take care of also. He is so mature for his 4 years and so smart, I am awestruck. He started talking when he was 10 months old. He knew his alphabet by sight when he was 18 months old.

I used to have these alphabet books I would read to him. There was one little 4 page book for each letter of the alphabet. One day when we were reading them, he handed me the "B" book and said "B". At first I thought it was a fluke that he happened to get it right, but soon after, I discovered it was no fluke, he knew everyone of them.

I will probably get more crafting done when my daughter goes back to work in September, but for now, I will cherish every minute I can spend with the grandchildren.

I have been doing a little in my craft room, although I have not actually made anything. Recently, I decided it was time to sort through my fabric stash. I have boxes of fabric. Lots of boxes of fabric. You would think I have enough fabric to do most any project, and I probably do, but when I get near a craft shop or fabric shop or even Walmart, I have to buy fabric. It is an obsession.

I thought I could reduce my stash somewhat and get rid of some of the older fabrics I hadn't used in a while. I am sure some of my fabric is so old it almost has to be on the verge of being vintage. I thought it would be a great idea to give it away to the church ladies to do their quilts for Lutheran World Relief. However, once I started pulling the fabric out of the boxes, I couldn't decide which ones to give away! I might need them someday! I didn't realize I would have such a bad case of separation anxiety for my fabric. I guess I am just a material girl.

So, I have devised a plan in which I will reduce my stash and still have all my different pieces of fabric. Some of my fabric pieces are very big. If I have a piece that is 3 yards, then I will cut off a one yard piece to keep and give the other 2 yards away. I think that would work. Who needs so many yards of the same fabric anyway.


Here are a couple pictures of some of my fabric. This is 2 boxes of fabric. I still have 3 more boxes in the closet yet.

Well, we will see how that works anyway.

Have a good evening.