Staci's Notebook

I've entered in a lot of giveaways lately since I haven't been able to do much else. I think the one I am most excited about is this one.

http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/fleamarketfancyfreaks/2009/11/its-time-for-a-flea-market-fancy-giveaway.html#comments

I am trying this microblog thing so hopefully this post turns out okay.

go leave a comment and try to win some fmf! :)

Moving

I wish I had something interesting to share that I have created but sadly this past month has been filled with packing and cleaning and moving boxes into storage. This house thing has turned into a complete nutshell. I hate to say but sometimes I almost wish we didn't do this after all.  I have been without internet for almost a month so I apologize to all the emails I haven't responded to. I promise I will get back to everyone and catch up on your blogs. Trust me. It's all I have to do here since it's pretty much impossible for me to sew or do anything creative at my parents cabin (where we are staying).

I decided to turn this blog into a complete craft related blog. Only sewing and such will be posted here. I am making a new blog to document my moving and decorating progress so things don't get so cluttered. It will probably be  quiet on this one for a few weeks though. Unless I can teach myself to knit or something.

Anyway, here are some photos of November (in a nutshell) :)

Organizing & Packing fabric

Transferring fabric from my house to my parents

Organizing books & magazines

Sending out overdue swaps

Receiving swaps and buying a Moda Honey Bun 

I also wanted to say thank you to the people at We All Sew for featuring my Flickr page on their homepage. :)

Hope everyone has wonderful holidays that are to come in the next few weeks. Maybe just maybe I'll find some way to create a crafty space here and be back before we move.

:)

~Staci

Double Sided Fabric

I've been holding onto this piece of fabric Trish sent me for awhile now. I simply didn't know what to make with it since the back has a pattern too. I couldn't use it in quilt or pillow because then the back would be hidden.
I decided to go ahead and make a little pencil pouch without fabric for the lining and am really pleased with the outcome.

 

It does have raw edges on the inside but honestly you don't even notice them since they are in the ends.

Here are some more photos.
I couldn't choose which ones I wanted to post so you get them all. I have been busy packing up fabric all day and am really too tired to blog. I'll show you what I have been dealing with tomorrow...be afraid...........

 

P.S. I think my comments are fixed now. I had to change from Yahoo mail to Gmail so I will have to change my contact page everywhere which is a pain. I am thinking of making some adjustments here anyway though. I need to add some people to my blog list since something happened to my reader and I can no longer get into it.  I am having serious technical issues lately.

 

Japanese Laptop Sleeve

This has probably been my favorite project as of late.

I used a lot of my Japanese scraps and made a patchwork laptop sleeve that I absolutely love.

Sure not all the corners match but that's inevitable when you are using different sized scrap squares.
I just loved all the little prints featured and am even thinking of making a throw like this.

I think the only part of this project I didn't enjoy was the actual quilting part. I seem to have a problem quilting things. It hurts my back and I just get bored halfway through the process. This is probably why I only have 2 completed quilts and 5 tops laying around right now.

 

So there it is my quilted laptop sleeve in Japanese prints. Too bad this one was commissioned for someone else. I really wanted to keep it for me. I knew I should have bought more Japanese fabrics when I could. Now with this house building going on my fabric sprees are over for awhile.  I feel like I am in fabric rehab.  :(

House Update

The dry wall is going up today. I am ready to move and set up my sewing room again. I am tired of living out of boxes and bins. We started this project in May....MAY... and here it is basically November and we don't even have our front door put on the house

I have decided to join in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) to distract me from the stress.

I am really going to try doing a post every day for the month of November. Even if it is just a photo. I think it will help me learn more about my camera plus motivate me to actually create things to blog about. I've been needing that extra push to actually complete things. Maybe I'll actually finish my Good Folks quilt before Christmas with this.......