Girls night

| at 10:03 PM

with extreme exhaustion I must tell you I had an incredible evening. My husband was out at a bachelor party and I had an evening with the girls! We ate yummy food, my daughter had a play friend over, we giggled and had fun. Good times - I should try and do it more often.

I feel like I should be sewing right now, but I would only make errors and need my seam ripper.

Now it is time for sleep.. yawn.

T

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Sneak Preview

| at 11:16 AM


New Delhi Casserole Carrier

coming soon to my etsy shop!

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my girly girl

| at 11:05 AM


This is my sweetheart who absolutely loves the colors Pink & Purple. A few weeks ago I purchased the Mendocino FQ bundle from FlairforFabric. Being a total girly girl I knew that they would be hers, somehow.


I've made a few placemats for her (just scroll down), however I had promised to make her a couple of headbands. So here we are.. one Mendocino FQ makes a placemat (backed with another fabric) and 1 pretty headband.

I used a freebie pattern found on Heather Bailey's website (adult, child & baby sizes)
*note: for personal use only :)

Total cutie style & easy to make.

T

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all packed up and ready to go

| at 10:23 AM


Well, its been a slow start on Etsy.. however I opened my email the other day to a suprise order! They are now packaged up, in the envelope and ready to go.


I've been feeling a lot more positive recently towards my store. I've had items featured on IndieNorth, a few spots in treasuries, updated my store's image, as well as purchased an advertising spot.

Lets hope that this sale is a sign that things will start moving in my store!

Thanks again to IndieNorth for all the support!
check her out at :www.indienorth.com

T

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Mendocino Placemats

| at 10:44 AM



These are two little placemats that I whipped up for my daughter using the Mendocino Fat Quarter bundle purchased from www.flairforfabric.com.


My daughter is OBSESSED with the colors pink & purple - and mermaids, so what could be more fitting than this collection?? I still have two more to do, but I wanted to post the results.

Tara

p.s. Sydney quickly reminded me upon seeing them that she wants me to make her a headband using the scraps.

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my mom - my teacher/mentor

| at 5:27 AM




A couple of weeks ago SnugNluv sent me a cute charm quilt - which was really funny because I had recently contemplated trying a quilt. You see my mother, as far back as I can remember has always been a quilter. In fact growing up I swore that I would NEVER, EVER be a sewer/quilter. I guess I can eat crow now.


I'm just showing two examples of some wall hangings my mother has given me- Geisha Girls was given to me for my engagement. It is GORGEOUS, huge and all hand sewn. The detail work is incredible as my mom hand stitched around the outline of every single butterfly. Unfortunately, because of its position in my hallway I can't get a full shot.

Also is my turtle wall hanging.. I love the colors and simplicity of this one. Although I imagine it is WAY beyond my skill level (0). So pretty and calming.

I just wanted to share.

Tara

My mom purchased me a quilting kit for my birthday.. she is going to start coaching me. I'm pretty excited for these lessons to start. She bought a Christmas Tree Skirt kit, we figure this will give me enough time to complete it :)
http://www.connectingthreads.com/Fabric/Twilight+Frost+Tree+Skirt+Kit_KD2194.HTML

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Its been awhile.. I'm back and ready to go!!

| at 12:51 PM


Its been awhile since my last posting.. mommyhood took the front burner for awhile and all my sewing was forgotten.


Now I'm ready to go again. Little guy (now 16 months) is slowly starting to sleep his nights again. The dog is starting to party less in the middle of the night. This leaves me a tad less burnt out after 8pm. This means I can use a few hours in the evening to relax and have some 'me' time.

I've also decided that right now I'm going to focus more on home & houseware projects. This seems to be what I truly enjoy. I love picking fabrics that I want to see around my home.. it seems to be a little bit of an obsession recently.

If you see any item on my etsy page that you would like - just in another fabric - please convo me. We can always find you something personal.

I've been ordering all my fabrics exclusively from www.flairforfabric.com OR www.flairforfabric.etsy.com , so if there is a fabric there which you would prefer please let me know. Of course there will be extra time needed to receive the special fabric for your custom order.


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