She is such a good poser!
Anyways, I made a quilt for the dog. It's relatively small but an exciting project to have. HOWEVER, Last weekend I googled searched quilt blogs and found some amazing blogs to follow for inspiration. P.S. I quilt and Lazy Gal Quilting are a delight to read and I love them for completely different reasons. P.S. I Quilt has wonderful inspiration. She happens to be a big fan of Moda. I am sad that I haven't figured out how to order online, but there are several shops I may have to venture to and buy some (and I hear my husband grumbling). I love Lazy Gal quilting because her quilts are not perfect. Each blanket has it quirks and her personality all over it. As a person who feels that measuring and measuring before cutting is a serious waste of time, its refreshing to find to see her quilts and just do what you want! But in any case, her quilts look awesome and I love the pics of her cats and her reviews of her favorite shows!
So after looking through my new blogs, I was pretty inspired to say the least. So I cut and hand pieced the quilt, partially because my sewing machine is on the fritz and I just don't want to try to mess with it and partially because I just wanted to see if I could hand piece something. Then I hand pieced the whole quilt together. And then I started the hand quilting process. I think I was rather ambitious.
I drew small swirls and then hand quilted with two different color thread. I haven't even finished the first square on the front (Wait for the pic, its coming!) and I am dreading finishing it. But I think that if I get up the courage to do it, it will be a durable quilt to last for Kina. SO here is the photo's I promised!
The Front
The Back.
They are very pink and kind of off but I like it all the same!
So help my brain not become extremely frustrated, I had offered to make an item that I had shown on here before. It was really exciting to make this for her so here is a sneak peak, or the whole thing!
Yea for Headbands! I saw these two colors at Walmart and just had to get both! The colors are a little darker than they show in the pic but I love them!
Speaking of Walmart guess what I found!
A Jellyroll that looks absolutely fabulous. I've been wanting to buy a jellyroll just to see what I could come up with. I think I may make another bible cover for another bible that I read from time to time.
Brainstorming Corner
I love to knit and I am loving working with fabric. I should combine these two crafts right? YES! I should. I have thought about knitting some squares and making a blanket. I have also thought about making two sided placemats. One side is knitted, the other side is fabric. I am excited about the brainstorming that coming out and I am kind of excited to see how it all turns it out. Maybe if I feel like they are awesome I may toy with the idea of an etsy shop. Maybe . . . . . .
So to say the least I have a lot of projects in process or in brainstorming process. Stay tuned to see what turns up here.
Random last statement
I looked up what Kina's name means . . . . . One place says it is Hawaiian for China, while another is hebrew or Hawaiian for Judged. I think I would prefer it to be China, but that seems like a weird name for a dog. But it's better than the one we had settled on before we got her. Zimmer. :) Yep, David was totally in for naming our second animal after the Movie music composer, Hans Zimmer. (cue the laughs from people who know my obsession with Hans.)
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