Scrap Attack Progress

So here's my Scrap Attack progress, hopefully I wont procrastinate and get them posted to the flickr group today. I used only scraps from my own stash, and chose red, pink, aqua and royal blue as my color scheme. I seem to gravitate towards rich colors and bold prints so i had no trouble finding fabric to use for this mini project. Its a collage of postage stamps, each square around 2.5inches. Im calling it This time Imperfect, simply because i am really bad at matching seams. some look okay, but some rows are really off. Im okay with that. I dont sew to be perfect, and i normally am at least somewhat off my lines. Im also okay with that.

School and more school, work is getting more stressful and annoying, and i am starting to get that Spring itch.....luckily i have been finding some new music to help me from feeling too depressed. Civil Twilight has a new album coming in March, I downloaded Of Monsters and Men's EP and am loving Gotye's latest. anyway, here's the latest project.

down to the wire...

I managed to finish up my first all flannel quilt today, just in the nick of time. I start school tomorrow, and will have alot less time to sew.

I have, however challenged myself to try to create and finish at least one project a month. I really need to stick to giving myself a creative outlet, i get really cranky and not fun to be around if i dont. Whether it is writing (havent touched it since august) or reading (I'm reading The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern) or sewing, i have to be doing something other than working, school, kids, clean ect ect ect!!

So anyway, here's a pic off the finished quilt, i cant wait to take it out of the dryer and get under it. I also finished a little wall hanging that my husband was requesting i make for him....it's not perfect, and it came together in a span of 2 days, so it obviously could have been better thought out, but he likes it, so I'm happy.

the last month...

heres some pics of what i've been up to the last month or so...

took december off apparently!

so it seems like i took the whole month of december off, but i had good reason. at least i feel like i did. the busy-ness of the holidays coupled with being sick in some form or another for the last 6 weeks totally threw me off course. I wanted to post more, i wanted to show pictures of the stuff i made, but i couldnt find the energy. So for 2012 i hope to get back on track with posting and creating things that i want to show!

My winter break (from school) was awesome, just because there was no studying involved. I didnt have to cram for tests or try to understand stuff i know for a fact i'll never use. I spent the break sleeping in (too latw because the kids were off too)and slowly putting together the flannel quilt I've wanted to get started on for a year. I've got the top nearly finished, yay!

My goal is to get it done before I head back to the books, Jan 20th!

I also spent much time catching up on True Blood Season 4, and some episodes of The New Girl, which is halarious and makes my husband look slantways at me while im laughing hysterically....seriously. Best. New. Show. On. Tv.

Anyhow, look for a post of my flannel quilt sometime soon!

Celebrate Color...November

I made some pillows for our couch....thought I'd enter them into the last round of Celebrate Color photo pools for a chance to win some cool stuff! Go here! stitched in color

They had to be red, and i love medium sized prints and patterns, so these were perfect. Now, if we could just find our perfect couch to match! :)

Dexter says....

Happy Early Thanksgiving!

where i sew...

thought I'd share where I sew....this is a corner of my bedroom, with just enough space for the stash and my machine. i usually do piecing on the floor and cutting on my dining room table. my sewing spot started off  in the basement until we started renovating, and then it was moved to the dining room which was so tiny i'd have to move the machine out from the wall in order to use it. So finally having a place for my stuff is awesome, even though some day I'd love to have an actual room for all of it...since none f my kids are in middle school yet- its a long way off!!

anyway....i finished up the xmas tree pants....and am on to pillows, xmas placemats and mug rugs.

*you can see my right shoe in both pictures. im often one shoe or slipper short since i am only comfortable sewing with my bare foot (or socked foot.)!