I've joined the Madrona Road Challenge!

  
I've joined the Madrona Road Challenge!  Madrona Road is a new fabric line by Violet Craft for Michael Miller Fabrics.  I love the Ocean color palate, but of course the citrus orange color group is great as well (I love orange!)!  The deadline is in March, so I have some time to plan and create...  I hope to make something great with the fabrics I received!  I'll keep you posted....

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Recent Upcycled Quilts

Some recent quilts made with some upcycled fabrics from men's dress shirts rescued from the Salvation Army or from my husband.  I love the idea of rescuing something bound for the garbage and turning it into something fun and crafty.

Blue quilt was made for a coworker's baby boy, Timmy. 

Tan/brown/neutral monkey in the middle fabric was made gender neutral for a coworker's baby.  Turn's out it was a boy afterall!

Catching Up

It's been a busy 2012 so far and we've hardly had time to relax, let alone upload pictures and blog.  So now I'll try to make up for lots and lots of lost time. 

Here was our trip to Fish Creek, WI back in February.  It was cold, we planned on doing some snow shoeing, but there wasn't enough snow.  We had fun nonetheless!

New Year New Beginnings

It's been a while, but it's time for a new beginning. I've done a few things already this year that I hadn't done for a while or had never done and I hope to continue doing.

First, I sewed a few articles of clothing. I had tried this a few times in the past with mixed results. I kept seeing things in stores that I thought (hearing my mom's voice in my head) "I could make that myself!" So I picked out a few easy patterns and got some inexpensive fabric at Joann's to try it out.

I ended up making a blouse and a sundress. The blouse turned out well although next time I would make some slight alterations like using a lighter weight fabric and making the back ties longer. The sundress turned out really well, but looks a bit like a muu muu. I couldn't resist the pattern since it has pockets - I can't resist a dress with pockets! I'll probably wear it lots during the summer - AT HOME!

The second thing I hadn't done in a while was start an exercise regiment! I joined a "biggest loser"-type contest at work and I've had to get down to business in the last week or so. I've been doing alright so far, but boy is it hard to get into a new routine when your routine for a LONG time has been eating whatever you want and doing a lot of sitting around.

The third thing is going snowshoeing! I've never done that before and this weekend dh and I decided to try something new. We had about 6 inches or so of snow this past week and the temperatures were above freezing this weekend, so it was perfect weather for it. We got some snow shoes and took them out for a spin near the Skokie Lagoons. We had fun and got a great workout.

I'm looking forward to a great year full of more new and exciting things!