Almost Time for Trick or Treating

This year for Halloween Simon is going to be a spider. He is going to be a spider because we got the costume through Freecycle last year in a bag of toddler clothes and he loves it. I was a little disappointed that I wouldn't be making his costume since I had some ideas, but I really don't need more stress. So, I decided to fill my need for making him something by making him a bag to carry around for trick-or-treating purposes.


My husband was a little luke warm in his reaction to the bag. After some probing, he tells me that he doesn't like it for Simon because it "looks like a purse". I argue that it is in fact a tote bag and there is nothing girly about it. According to his logic if it is quilted, then it is a purse.

I finished this bag over a week ago and have been meaning to post about it all this time. But, I ended up going to NY to visit family for a short week and after we returned it rained for four days. We definitely needed the rain, but it did not make for good photo taking opportunities. I haven't been working on anything else lately, except for making my list of Christmas gifts I need to make. I told my husband that I wasn't going to make as many gifts this year, but my list is perilously long and I'm afraid I'm going to have to cross some things off. I'll keep you posted.

70 Days until Christmas!!!

Last night I started stressing out when I realized that Christmas was almost two months away and I had many more projects on my list than I previously thought. In order to put things in perspective, I procrastinated from all my Christmas projects and rifled through my stash for Halloween-type fabrics.


I love making things entirely from the stash. I know it's not really free, as I paid for it at one time, but it sure feels like making something for free. And, truth be told, I do have a lot of things that actually were free. So, yay for bargains, yay for Halloween, and yay for procrastination!

The Camera is Back!!

Yay for the return of the camera! Now I can take pictures of all the crafts I am working on. All the many, many crafts....

OK, there aren't that many (although I do have a significant number of UFO's). The problem is that the few projects I'm working on right now are REALLY big ones. The kind that take a very, very long time to complete. This makes for not so interesting blogging. I'll try to be better and post more often about my progress and other little crafty tidbits. And I'll try to take pictures more often since, you know, I have my camera back!


I like to bind my quilts by hand. It looks better, in my opinion, but takes a lot more time. However, I like sitting and sewing by hand every once in a while. It's relaxing and gives you something to do while you watch Ugly Betty. I usually pin the binding down, but have seen people clip it with hair barrettes. I don't have hair barrettes, but had a burst of inspiration when I remembered these itty bitty binder clips. They are just the perfect size and work wonderfully. And now my husband doesn't have to harass me about losing pins in the couch, carpet, etc.

This project, by the way, is a test I did for Pink Chalk Studio's latest pattern - to be released soon! I can't tell you what it is or show you what it looks like, but I can tell you that it's awesome and Kathy writes some very easy-to-follow directions. Stay tuned!!

Thank You Cards

Last weekend was Simon's big two-year-old birthday bash and a good time was had by all. Simon managed to squeeze the fun in between a cold and an ear infection. Good timing, buddy!

I felt rather silly writing all of his thank you notes, as he is the one who is supposed to be expressing thanks. Of course, he can't write yet (or even dictate), but I felt that he needed to somehow be involved in the process. So, I brought out the crayons and had him go to town by making the illustrations on the front of the cards. Unfortunately, he is not as into the crayons as he is chalk, and it took three days to make eight cards. At least it's done.

And a big thanks goes out to my in-laws for the use of their camera, as mine is still in the shop.