Curously Crafty....aka "I can't decide on a good title"....

New Photos!!

2010-07-20T11:59:00.000-07:00

Okay...so here are some pics of the quilt I'm working on. It's a bit...what's the word....beginner-ish...but hey, I'm a beginner...so I guess that's okay! :)

2010-07-20T10:28:00.001-07:00

It's been a couple of days. The weekends are always pretty busy. And I've been working diligently on my quilt. I'm about 2/3 of the way into sewing my strips. Yay! And then I'll get to sew them all together and figure out how to do the batting/backing and quilting....that should be the interesting part. ;)

Tomorrow is Lilly's ballet class and I'd really like to make her a new tutu...my first attempt last week was pretty shabby looking. But I'd really like to buy the tulle that comes on a spool first, that would make cutting it SO much easier. Then again there's a laundry list of things I want to buy that would make life easier....and if I waited until I can afford all of those things...I'd never accomplish anything!! Guess I'll be making the tutu out of my yardage. Oh well, I love a challenge.

Babies crying...better go. :)

2010-07-16T15:44:00.000-07:00

Just added an id photo. My daughter is SO much cuter than I am, so I chose a close-up she took of herself. She LOVES using the camera....she takes a million random pictures of everything she sees, and the pictures are actually pretty good.

~Adorable!!~ :)

On my way!

2010-07-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

So I did it. I started cutting out squares to start my very first quilt!!! HURRAY!

It's going to be far from perfect...{I've already cut some of the squares the wrong size and decided to use them anyways}....but it's going to get done. :)

I've decided it will be for my daughter for her new twin bed. It's a mix of all of the different girlie fabrics I have lying around. And the backing is going to be a piece I got in a box of randoms from my mother. {That's whats defining the size of the quilt}.

Today I will look at batting, and I'm hoping it's not going to be too expensive. If I could make an entire quilt with stuff I already have and only spend a few dollars on the batting, that would be amazing!

Can't wait to finish cutting out pieces and get started sewing!!!!

YAY YAY YAY!!! :)

I've GOT to start quilting!!

2010-07-15T16:43:00.000-07:00

So the whole point of getting on here is that I am EXTREMELY anxious to try my hand at quilting. I only found this whole "blog" stuff a few days ago, and since then I've been OBSESSED with reading and looking at other people's great ideas and quilting!

Jealous much? ABSOLUTELY!!!

One of the blogs was a woman with kids making various projects...speaking the lingo...she was totally "in" the know about everything quilting. So I looked at her profile info.......27 years old!!! That's me! I'm SO behind the times!

Besides being a completely off-limits pastry I didn't even know what a 'jelly roll' was until starting to read all of these blogs!!

I've got some major catching up to do!~ My biggest dream is start my very own business, most likely doing crafts...sewing, crochet...etc. Now seeing how talented all of these other women are, I feel completely out of my league...embarrassed that I've even called myself "crafty". I mean really...I don't even know what a jelly roll is!!?!?

HELP!

2010-07-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

Breakfast over...and another post? Couldn't have been anything THAT exciting happened during breakfast to necessitate another post!?!!? Ahh...but yes...nothing is ever boring with these little ones. I was going to attempt to do some dishes, but of course the kids are all finished eating and needed help getting down, so I let Matthew (the 18mo old) down, and take Lillian (my 3 1/2 yo) to the potty. Everything is going fine, until Matthew runs in to show me the knife he's found in the dishwasher...excitedly shouting HIYA-HIYA (too much Kung Fu Panda). And of course when I go to take it from him, he turns to run. Thankfully I got it from him, and no one got hurt...except maybe my nerves...they've been on the fritz lately anyways.

My first Post!

2010-07-14T08:42:00.000-07:00

So...This is my first post. I've got three kids to care for and everyone is sick, great day to start blogging. Kids just all woke up so there's breakfast to be made. Guess this will have to do for now....More exciting blogs to come. :)