I put together the Carmen quilt top today.
I guess I shouldn't be, but I'm kind of surprised how nicely it came out! This was my first time doing half square triangles and I was a little nervous. The whole 7/8 inch thing was kind of freaking me out while I was cutting the blocks yesterday. (Real talk: cutting the blocks kind of freaks me out in general!) Now I need to decide what color to use for the backing and how I want to quilt the top.
So, I'm feeling really proud of myself right now. I feel like I have a hard time following through on larger projects and just getting started has given me so much motivation! I plan to do a post soon about what these quilts/designs are about. But I think I'm going to hold off for a little while until I have at least one of them completely done. Of course, some of you already know!
The skin tone is actually going to be much, much lighter. I was excited to start sewing but I only have white thread and Adam has the car today. So looks like tomorrow morning there will be a thread buying trip!
I know I keep saying it, but I'm super excited to get this project started. This isn't actually the quilt I was planning to start with, but I still need to work out/order some of the fabrics for the others.
This song randomly popped into my head the other day and I can't get it out! I'm glad though, because I really love it!
Last month back I picked back up on the granny square afghan I started for Adam and I. With the exception of maybe one row I worked on in like..September, it hadn't really been touched in almost a year!
It's much bigger now, but still not big enough. I'm going to have to get more yarn soon and keep going and going... I want it to at least cover the top of our bed, which even though it kind of looks like it below, it doesn't.
It nice to have an ongoing project like this that I can work on when Adam and I do things like watch a million episodes of Doctor Who, or whatever. Also nice: I can keep cozy under it while working!
Last week I asked on the S. Jane Facebook page if anyone would be interested in a tutorial on how to carve stamps. A bunch of people said yes, so today while I was finishing up a custom stamp, and the sun was shining I decided to make a video.
I've never done any kind of tutorial before and certainly not a video one, so any feedback would be great! It's a little long, but I wanted to be thorough...ok, here goes! I hope at least one person learns something, ha!
Whoa, talk about nerve wracking! It took less time than I thought but I'm not really a fan of being on camera so it's a good thing the video is mostly my hands! However, after listening to it, I'm pretty sure I could have also called this video "Lisp party 2k11".
Adam and I are planning on heading back to the east coast later this year and I can't stop thinking about it. I'll be sad to leave what we have here but excited to get back to the familiar places and faces that we love so. It was a grey, dreary day here today, after lots of unexpected sunlight, so my brain was especially focused on all those special places.
