Sweet Little Shoes

Over at Shwin&Shwin they've got a super cute tut/pattern for soft-sole mary janes which can be found here


I mean seriously, how cute are these?

Scrappy Hexigons

So after traveling through blogland yesterday I decided to give paper foundation hexigons a go. I'm going to make a throw pillow using the scraps from my its a hoot charm packs. I am using a template found here. I hope I do become addicted to them like everyone else seems to be because it will give me a fun portable project. Unfortunately I've been sick the last few days so who knows when I'm even going to finish the projects I've got going on now  :)

Scrappy Charity

I do love to sew but I've been missing my first crafting love. Crochet. So rather than planning a project I just dug into my misc yarn balls and started a lap size afghan. Its super simple front post single crochet. I have to admit that I'm itching to get to some hexi's but I have way too many projects half started or the stuff purchased and sitting on my desk in the sewing/family room. I'll show you what it looks like when the afghan is finished.

Valentine's Roar

Dallas digs on pirates, in fact we have pirate day occasionally at our house. After we get them printed out we will of course add some sort of a goody to it. I really love how this came out expecially since it's my very first time ever using picnik. Thanks to Cheri of I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar for her tutorial because thats what got me to give picnik a try.

Progress...

Here they all are laid out, I had to move a few of them around a couple times b/c of color clusters.

And now its time to start sewing. I have all my rows stacked and marked with a flat flower pin (totally not my idea but I don't remember where I saw it) and then I put the pin the pin in the first block so that I can keep all of my rows orgainized.

I've changed my mind

maybe not that big of a surprise but after starting on my fan quilt I decided I love it way too much to have it be just a lap size quilt. That being said, I of course ordered more material from The Fat Quarter Shop and from Stitches n Giggles to make it into the new quilt for my bed. I'm super excited because you can't have a new quilt without having new shams, throw pillows, and maybe even new curtains! I think its always exciting to switch it up and have any room feel fresh. Plus I have a lot of fun deciding what all to use and then seeing how it all goes together in the end.

Car Seat Tent

So how cute is this? Its a car seat tent for my sisters baby shower. She saw it on etsy at avisiontoremember.

I purchased the kit from her and then I quilted it with hearts on the pink squares and big spirals on the black squares. I really like how it turned out, I think it's super cute. You can check her out on her blog.