After one day of being alone after Fernando went to Camaroon, and since I’m still pretty much unemployed, I decided that I couldn’t handle two more weeks of lonliness. I called up my padres and they told me to come party hardy in Chelan with them. My only reservation about going…tickets cost over $800! Luckily, I have a very nice daddy with alot of frequent flyer miles who hooked me up with first class tickets! (my very first time ever flying first class. Did you know they get hot nuts as a snack?)

So the next day…after a slight mishap–sleeping in and missing my 7 am direct flight to Seattle (I accidentally set the weekend alarm…stupid iHome), I was able to leave Houston at noon and make it to Seattle by nightfall by way of a 5 hour layover in Minneapolis (which by the way, is where I regrettably splurged and bought a book in a store other than Amazon or Half Price…The Host by Stephenie Meyer…a most unfortunate waste of time and money.)

I then continued my 3 hour journey to Lake Chelan by car (the bum was definitely tired of being sat on).

We went golfing up at Bear Mountain and for only golfing once a year, I wasn’t half bad if I might say so myself.

I moved the sewing machine outside and sewed in my swimsuit and got tan at the same time. The best of both worlds. Here is the completed charm quilt. Momo’s Freebird.

My mom requested some pot holders for her kitchen, so I made some hexagons with the quilt scraps. I don’t know how many of these I’ll make. They are extremely time consuming, and I’m not a huge fan of hand stitching.

Well, I’m off to the fabric store for some cute prints that I can’t go back to Houston without.

The first fabric sale I’ve ever seen at Houston’s one and only designer fabric store, It’s a Stitch. I went with my good friend Erin and her little one.  We were by far the youngest by twenty years or so, but it was great fun, that is until we waited in line for over 40 min to check out…

Of course the fabric I wanted was only 15% off. Mere dimes lower than the online stores (since it’s overpriced to begin with), but I didn’t have to pay for shipping!

The steal of the day. Only $3.36/yd

The Rosemarie Lavin Spa collection

Momo’s Freebird

A new patchwork quilt in the making

It took me the longest time to figure out what quilt to make with my Arcadia fabric, but in the end I decided to keep it simple and do my favorite, a simple patchwork quilt. The size is 37″ by 44″, perfect size for a crib.

Remember those hexagons I made while Fernando was gone?

I bedazzled the back by appliqueing some hexagons to add a splash of color. The idea came from Ashley from Film in the Fridge and her gorgeous hexagon pillows.

The Buttercup Bag

I ran into my friend Crystal who made me jealous by sporting a Buttercup Bag, so I decided to make one for myself.  Although I will admit that I was VERY nervous about this since it was my first bag attempt EVER! (or maybe I should say my first completed bag.  Several attempts have already been started and pushed into the corner of projects to be completed.) I stumbled upon this tutorial several weeks ago and added it to my To Do list. The Tutorial is free, thanks to the fantastic Rae by Made by Rae. The best part is that this bag can be made from a mere fat quarter (plus liner).

My main hobby is collecting fabric, but occasionally I will whip something up.

It’s been WAY too long since I posted about the last sewing experiment. But I have been sewing A LOT lately since work has been non existent. Everything I do is for baby. And I have decided to keep it that way after attempting to sew a full/queen sized quilt for the R.S. humanitarian aid service project a few months ago. I am now an expert at picking out stitches.

Baby is just better, and cuter in my opinion. Plus just about every body I know is pregnant right now and these make great gifts.

Nursing covers and matching burp cloths.

I buy the white baby diapers in the automotive section at Target, great advice from a good friend. They are softer and more absorbent than a regular baby diaper.

Moda Rouenneries charm pack

I finished this one back in November I think.

Pinwheels and Prairie Points in Hunky Dory by Jodi from Moda Bakeshop

I got a serger for Christmas. I’m still not sure how to use it, but these blankets are the quickest things to do.

Baby Life Quilt in Make Life from the lovely Vanessa at V and Co.

It should say “poop” huh? Vanessa thinks so too.  Maybe the next one will.

Etsy is a serious lifesaver for finding fabric. There just aren’t good stores here in Houston. Most of the fabric I order from Etsy comes straight from Provo. Provo must have some great stores I just don’t know about.

The R.S. humanitarian aid quilt

All the fabric was donated by members of my ward and all I had to do was cut and sew. What a beast to sew 80″ x 80″. Glad that one is over. Definitely not my proudest or cutest project. I took these pictures with  my phone, definitely not the best lighting.

Today’s eye candy. I don’t know if I can get myself to cut it.

So I decided to take up quilting again since I’ve had so much time off work lately. I decided that I would attempt my first baby girl quilt (I got carried away with boy ones previously–which I might add were much cuter). So here it is. I nearly forgot how to sew since it has been at least 3 years. It’s just a simple patchwork.

For some reason it shows up red, but it is really dark pink. Ugly yes, but once I started I had to finish.