So, I guess I'll start...I'm Amy, I'm 30 & I have 2 kids - a boy (Dallan: 2 1/2) & a girl (Julia: 7 mos). I have to sneak my crafts in wherever I can, usually in 10 or 20 minute chunks.
I have a couple of projects going on right now. I recently went to a scrapbooking night & got all of my photos from when my son was born organized so that I can start putting together his baby book. Man! That was a LOT of pictures! I actually discovered that I was missing a couple of sets of photos, that I'll have to go back & print off & integrate in to my sort box.
I also love to quilt. I started shortly after my son was born & my first quilting project was a quilt for his bed. This is what it looks like:
It's definitely not perfect by any stretch, but it's functional & it was a good first effort I think. :) Speaking of stretch - a little advice: only embark on a project involving T-shirt (jersey) cotton if you're prepared for lots of weird stretchiness & a good bit of patience. It was really hard to work with that stretchy stuff.
I'm currently working on my daughter's quilt. For hers I found a pattern for a jigsaw puzzle quilt & am using lots of Pooh prints & pastels for it. It's still a work in progress, but here's what I have so far:
I've actually done a bit more on it since I took that. I have two of the borders sewn on. The other two are pieced together; I just have to attach them & then I'm onto the batting & the back! I'm dreading the stitching in the ditch for this one b/c I have to outline each of the puzzle pieces...Yuck! Considering that, I'll likely be done with her baby quilt by the time she starts High School. :o)
Okay, that's enough about me for starters. As you can see, I am verbose!
3 comments:
which colors did you decide on for the backing again? and what color is the border?
Amy you know I am so proud of you for completing your first quilt and tackling your next on all on your own! It is looking so nice!!! Way to go!
Yay, Scrapzilla!! Thanks! I'm pretty proud of myself to be honest. I never thought I could accomplish as much as I have, but I'm really enjoying it. Thanks so much for showing me the ropes!
Kathy, the backing is blue, purple, yellow, and pink. The half yards that we bought that day didn't quite work out like I'd planned (i.e. to have 4 big squares in 2 rows of 2 for the back) so instead, they are just big panels side-by-side. It's kind of funny b/c once I sewed the pieces for the backing together, it looked a little like a circus tent. Tee hee.
The border is white with the little chunks of color where the respective puzzle pieces "fit" into the border. I'm hoping to finish attaching the last piece of the border tonight & I'll snap a pic of it & the backing for all to see then. :)
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