Catch up from February and March 2015

This year has been a busy one and a rough one. Personal issues, a really bad school year for my kindergartner, family life in general, and lots of extra curricular responsibilities have overwhelmed my ability to write and post anything significant. Perhaps the coming months will be different. I am going to make an effort to make them so.

As I have said in recent posts, Instagram, Facebook and a little bit of Twitter and Flickr have been where my sharing has happened.

So once again the next few posts will be summary posts of the last few months as far as my crafting goes.

Papercrafts:
I have thoroughly enjoyed having access to my rather large rubber stamp collection and have made a handful of cards for various occasions and people. Almost all of them are "cased" cards, meaning I copied a layout or color combo or both to create them.

I also made these for the ladies I visit teach for St. Patrick's Day



Sewing
This first one was a test bag for Schlosser Designs. You can find the pattern for purchase here: Chopsticks Tote (link no longer valid.)

I made this and then filled it with crochet hooks, yarn and instruction books for our Young Women's Camp fundraiser silent auction.

 

 I spent a day playing with my Hex n More ruler from Jaybird Quilts and this beautiful fabric I won a while back. I only got as far as cutting a few blocks worth.

 I also made some more Personal Progress book folders for the incoming 12-year-olds.

I worked on quilting the robot quilt, trying to get it finished up before the baby turned 2.  I quilted the pink and yellow using some of the decorative stitches on my Brother machine.

 

March Along: Week 3 Summary

http://scientificquilter.com/2014/03/23/34-7-march-a-long-2014-week-3-report-in/

 I am reporting in for my 3rd week of the Scientific Quilter's March Along (craft every day for 15 minutes). Not such a great week for crafting. It was just a really busy week and when I was not busy I was exhausted. The 2 things I completed have been on my to-do list for a while.  The first were 8-10 more fabric Personal Progress folders for the incoming Beehives at church (which I forgot to photograph before I delivered them today). I have been working on them since December I think. January at the latest. I had them about halfway done a while ago and kept putting off finishing them. I had to finish the majority of them before April because that was when they are going to be presented.

The towels I had purchased in February to applique as Valentine gifts for the ladies I Visit Teach. Well, that didn't happen, so I found some other fabric in my stash and did a Monogram instead. They turned out cute. I just wish I had thought to get one to make for myself! :)

Week 3 
Day 15 No craft time
Day 16 Read the Sewing with Oilcloth book
Day 17 No craft time
Day 18 No craft time
Day 19 Made appliqué Kitchen Towels

Day 20 Seriously No craft time
Day 21 Finished the PP Fabric folders (tutorial from ohbabyredding.com)

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!