Hi!

Just popping in to say I am still here. I have been dealing with a nasty cold and have not had the motivation to blog. I have a lot to share from over the break up to now, but I am going to try and get them done later this week.


 Something for you to look at, just so the post is not totally lame. I was asked to help the Young Women (girls in our church ages 12-18) sew a little project to hold their Personal Progress and For the Strength of Youth books. The leader sent me a couple of links and I used this one found at Oh Baby Redding. I made up a sample yesterday to see how long it would take, since I was home from church (not sharing my cold germs. Nice of me, yes?)

It was very easy and the girls should all be able to do it. I just need to find a few ladies willing to share their time and sewing machines to help the girls. I am just working with the Beehives (12 and 13 year-olds) so it will be a small group of about 10. The activity is not until February so I have some time to plan.
Today I am cutting fabric for a new gift quilt that I can't share until it is gifted. I am attempting a disappearing 9 patch. I hope it works well. I am a little nervous about it.

The last thing I want to mention is that while I am not joining any online finish-alongs, or UFO type things (at least not right now) I am doing a challenge with my mother in law, mom and 2 sisters to see what we can get done that has been languishing in the UFO pile. I got a fair amount done while at my mom's over the break and I will share that later. This list shows the state things were in yesterday when I looked through my storage.

Here is my list:

We are going to have some incentives for completions and progress and it should be fun.

That is all for now. I hope you all have a great day and I will try to get back here soon!

 

Crayon coloring folio rounds 1-4

So, I told you all that I was working on creating a crayon/notebook holder for a toddler birthday and still had some tweaking to do. Well, I got it done and it works for the most part. Littlest Miss took the round 3 trial one to church and it kept her occupied for quite a while.
She had a little trouble getting crayons back in those snug pockets. And, the crayon side curls up and looks quite unattractive. So, I just have one or two adjustments to make to the pattern.
1 - to get the crayon area to lay flat
2- Make it easier to get crayons in and out.

 I have some ideas, such as make the crayon pockets a little larger (which means the whole thing will have to be larger) and/or insert a piece of cardboard or the like in a pocket behind the crayons. I may also need to use a stiffer interfacing. Anyway, I got one done for the birthday party and gave it to her even though I wasn't entirely happy with the end result. It fit perfectly in the little bag I made though!

See the curling action? :P

Not terribly attractive, but it works.

And of course, today on The Crafting Chicks Blog they posted something similar that would have been great to have a week ago! LOL. I made mine for the larger crayons and smaller notebook, but still... :)