my tuesday

sun.
chalk.

enjoying it all.

a few more weeks!

happy MOTHER'S DAY to me!

i found this cabinet for a steal!

i am in LOVE...

it's my solution to my fabric dilemma.

NOW to fill it up!

p.s. thanks delivery guys ; )

xo sandra

left overs...

no... not the kind you eat. i'm talking about the kind that you sew.

** FABRIC **

when your buying fabric and making quilts do you find that you ALWAYS have fabric left over. i'm not talking scrap pieces, i'm talking pieces that are large enough to make another project or 2 out of.

i thinks it's inevitable.

i've only had one exception to this rule, and that was with my Deer Valley Quilt i'm currently working on. i ran out of fabric and i only needed a couple more 2 1/2" strips to complete it. (thank goodness my sister is a fabric hoarder and i was able to get some scrap pieces from her! thanks Jill)

WHAT do you do with your left overs??? do you make another quilt? a pillow? do you add them to your scraps???

here's what i made with some of my left overs.

i am in LOVE with these fabrics! they are so cute together.

and check out how the quilting turned out!

it's in the shop!

PROJECT laundry room **PART 2**

the wood wall is up!

this was our FIRST wood project so i thought we should make it an easy one.

AND it was. we LOVE it!

we used pine tung and groove wood for this project.

it was the least expensive with the look that we wanted. the total cost was $70.00.

NOW we just have to put a finish on it... you'll have to wait for those pic's ; )

hope everyone had a good weekend!

xo sandra

Scottie Dog

SNOW DAY PROJECT... COMPLETE

my oldest was really interested in doing a sewing

project, so i thought the SCOTTIE DOG pattern by

Denyse Schmidt would be a perfect

pattern to start out with.

he sewed all the squares together a few weeks ago and

today, thanks to the snow, we were able to finish the rest.

i quilted the top and bottom with a thin batting because

it is made out of his dad's old shirts and i wanted it to last.

i really like the way the quilting turned out. the minky

is soft and pretty but i think if i were to do it again i would try to

use a different fabric for the strip. i used fusible interfacing

to take some of the stretch out of the fabric, but i

still found it difficult to match up the front and back.

but he turned out SO cute!

it was a FUN way to spend the day!

i already have takers for a robot from my younger son.

one at a time... that way it doesn't feel to overwhelming

to teach them how and your able to spend

quality time with just them!

p.s. the snow is starting to melt!! yahoo!

PROJECT LAUNDRY ROOM **part 1**

i'm going to be adding consecutive shots of our laundry room

project over the next little while. so i thought it would be good

to see

the

BEFORE

there was a blizzard here last night...

yep! they were on their way to school but

are now stuck in the driveway...

SNOW DAY!

or should i say SEW DAY ; )

xo sandra

internal struggle

in every home there is always dishes to be done.

wether you are a person who doe's them after every meal,

or one that lets them accumulate until the point

that they have to be done.

guess which one i am ; )

DISHES : P ...

WELL, it was that time again... (they were coming dangerously close

to touching my fabric. lol)

SO to get motivated i cranked the music, got myself a large glass of root beer and got to it.

now that they are done, time to reward myself...

i think i'll finish cutting out my deer valley quilt!

that sounds like a good way to justify it, right???

HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE YOURSELF???

xo sandra