camellie

Target Chair Makeover

BEFORE...

AFTER...

My living room is desperately calling out for some lovins. He's really tired of being boring and brown. Definitely does not fit our personalities. One day... I'll hire a professional decorator to come and read my personality then bring it out into my living space (because obviously, I get overwhelmed or I'm just not good at it).  But, for the little I can do in the meantime, I've decided to get rid of the BBs. (Boring Browns)

BB #1: Old Target chair.  I basically just took the cushion out through the zipper. Used my trusty ol' seam ripper, labeled everything really well, and copied the pattern on to some discount fabric at Hancocks. I kept the back the black it came with, which supplied velcro and a zipper.  Painted the wood white, and voila!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Congratulations to Camelama!!! I will email you with details.

I think this giveaway was too fun! Definitely a must do again.  I'm a giver, not a taker. Anyway... Thank you again for all your nice comments. I hope you comment again sometime! ;)

Crazy 9 Patch Done!

First let me say a heart felt thank you for all your kind words. My heart grew a size bigger! And maybe my head.  hee hee..  But, tutorials are coming!

Well, this crazy quilt is done! I'd definitely do it again. I just didn't buy enough fabric for it. (bought through fabricworm)  So, if you want to do a quilt bigger than this one. I'd get more than a fat quarter.  I think this quilt measures some where around 42"x42". Enough to cover up in the carrier.

And one little mistake... As I taped the back down on the living room floor, I guess I didn't have it tight enough or I didn't pin enough, so I've got some bunching up issues. But, I'm totally not worried about it. I can imagine the little baby tickling that part like my little girl does with her blankets. Now on to my next project. Either this little dress for Ellie, or this bag for my Aunt. Hmmm... I asked Ellie if she wanted me to sew a dress for her like the one on the picture, and she said, "as long as it doesn't have those pants". I agree Ellie!

It's May Giveaway Day

Well hello! Welcome to my blog where I share my craftings experiences and life with my two wonderful kiddos.  I'm new at blogging, so it should be fun(ny).

 

I'm participating in Sew Mama Sew'sMay Giveaway Day! Tomorrow is the day and I'm giving away a wristlet made from selvage.  To have a chance to win this, all you have to do is leave a comment about what what you'd like to see in my blog or try to create... or any sort of suggestion. I will be drawing from your comments using the random generator on May 20, 2010. I am able to ship internationally. Be sure and visit Sew Mama Sew's site for other participating blogs! Good luck and ya come back now, ya hear!

 

By the way Mom...

Don't you just love it when you're told that something is due the day of? Ellie: Oh, by the way Mom, I need to dress up like an Indian so I can get a treat. Me (thinking): Oh, no problem honey, let me go into the costume closet and break it out. Ugh! Are you kidding? The guilt of imaging my little girl's face, all sad in a corner, tears coming down her cheek, watching all the other dressed up kids joyfully singing and laughing over their treats got to me this morning. So... I ran into Cameron's room, found an old brown t-shirt, threw some cording around it. (now this part was the time consuming) I couldn't find any head dress bands, so I cut two ribbons from an old headband, sewed them together to fit around her head, sewed a feather in (broke my needle), and sewed some velcro on. All that was left was some Indian paint stripes on the cheeks. Tada!!! I can't wait to hear what the surprise was. I was 30 minutes late today, so I hope it was good.

Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway is coming up. I will post on the 16th what I'll be giving away. I would love to hear of any suggestions. Wristlet? Beach bag? Purse?  I'd love some comments/suggestions!

Crazy 9 Patch in the Process

And so... I'm making a quilt for my ex husband's new wife. If you're reading this Erin... surprise! She was really sweet to me when I had my Ellie-bell, and gave me some awesome gifts. So, hope you enjoy this.

It isn't the biggest quilt. More like a mini-quilt. If you don't know of Elizabeth from Oh Fransson, you have to check her out. She's coming out with a new quilting book in October, and I absolutely can't wait. If you're an experienced quilter, or just a beginner, she has tons of tutorials. Like this one. It was fairly easy. A lot of ironing. Oh, and one mistake I made... She uses 9 different fabrics. I used 10. So, when you're cutting and taking the top layers back... if you have more than 9, you end up with some of the same in the same block. Not good! But... I think I made it work out. Now for the "quilting" part. I'm NO expert on this! I've gotta push myself to just DO IT!  Anything that is new to me, just freak a leaks me out! Hopefully tonight I can get some of it done.

Ps. A giveaway is coming!

Blogging again

Let's see if I remember how to do this. When I first starting blogging, it was more or less a way for family members to see what we were up to, or what the kids were doing in their lives. But now that we have sites like facebook, and I seem to be overloading my friends with boring pictures of arts and crafts, I figured I'd dedicate the blog to my craftings only.

Sew... here's a pillow I made from Cluck Cluck Sew's tutorial. I've been looking for a way to brighten up my living room, and this has seemed to help considerably! I have one more pillow, and I think I'll try to recreate the zinnia flower pillow. Looks a tad bit harder and I'm not very confident on getting those shapes down pat.... hence I haven't started yet.