I've Done it Again...

Well, I've done it again... I've overextended myself with craft/sewing/quilting projects!!!

I am trying to finish up this quilt for a baby shower this weekend...

I have to finish the machine quilting on this quilt I am making for my mom (it was for her birthday that was in August) so that I can do the binding and get it to her next week when we meet for lunch (she lives 2 hours away)...

I have to finish this quilt for my hubby. Because of my Peri-menopausal night sweats I keep the house cold, and few blankets on the entire bed. He on the other hand is cold at night and needs an extra blanket/quilt to keep him warm. You may not be able to tell yet, but it is a large tree with a tree house in it, in honor of the tree house he finished this summer at our lake house...

I have the machine quilting to finish on this quilt that will be for sale in my Etsy Store...

I got the fabrics for the Spare a Square Scrap Challenge I signed up for over at JC Handmades blog while I was away this week. These scraps have to be made into "something" within the next 1-2 weeks...

I got my "invitation" from Spoonflower to design my own fabric, which has always been a dream of mine, so I am trying to figure out what I want it to look like and what I'm going to do with it once I get it!

And I signed up for the House, Home and Pantry quilt along over at LazyGalQuilting blog. Hmmm... maybe I can use my scrap challenge fabrics to make a wonky house for this quilt along... nothing like killing 2 birds with one stone...

In addition, I have about 5 other UFOs that are not as pressing that need to be completed, and to get started on some Christmas gifts.

So somewhere I have to fit all of this in with work...

Football games to watch my favorite 8th grade cheerleader...

Both 5th and 8th grade girls volleyball games...

Finish closing up the lake house for the winter

And maintaining all the day to day chaos!

Sleep really is over-rated!!!

VTT - Bread Box

Another one of my finds while junking/anitquing with my cousin Lori...




My vintage bread box.


I love this item, because it is both vintigie cute and functional. I use to to store my bread - as I guess you would imagine since it is a bread box...


but also to store various other small things I like to keep handy in the kitchen. Glue, envelopes, thank you notes, a few sewing supplies for quick fixes, etc...


I also love how it fits in just right on my countertop below my cabinets. The cabinets in my kitchen were all built right into the home and are longer than standard ones so there is not much space between my cabinets and the counter top (the down side of that is that they can't be easily removed - as we thought of doing when we redid the kitchen a few years back - short of gutting the whole space, we just painted them. But I digress...)


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Let Me Start One More Project!

Life is busy. I know that we can all say the same. I was spoiled by not having to work too much this summer, but now things have picked up and I am traveling a lot lately. I am back in Pittsburgh this week, and in Michigan next. I forgot to bring any of my numerous projects with me to do in the evening in the hotel, so I had to go out and get a new one to start!

I’m invited to a baby shower this weekend, and decided to whip up a quick baby quilt. She is obviously having a girl! It is going to be a “whole cloth” quilt, with hand quilting.

We are also invited to a housewarming party this weekend, and should really make up something for that too, but now sure when I will have the time! Any suggestions for a quick housewarming gift?!?

New Quilt Top

Some sewing therapy this week.

A quick throw sized quilt top. I love that it went together so quickly because the pieces were so big.

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Fire King Bowls

I love these polka dot fire king bowls. I actually saw them in a book one time, and decorated my lake house kitchen red around them. Mind you, at the time I did not own one, but loved them so much that I wanted a collection of them at the lake house, and used red as my color in anticipation of aquiring some.

Then, after searching high and low, and finding out that they were hard to come by and quite pricey, I found the red one at a furniture resale shop. It was inside a metal fondue pot holder, and priced at a whopping $10! I don't think the shop knew what they had!

The black and white one I found last year on my annual birthday "junking" trip with my cousin Lori.

I don't remember where I got the striped one, but I just liked it. I now have another small red and white one, but took this picture earlier in the summer before I found that one.

To view more vintage items, check out Confessions of an Apron Queen.