OMG Its CoLd!

Its cold. Not like cold that my mom is experiencing in Northern California (ohhh...46 degrees, not that!). When I told my mom how cold it was here yesterday (12 below) her response was "Farenheit????" No, mom, KELVIN! Of course farenheit! Its unbearable...Its stay-in-the-house, hide-under-a-pile-of-blankets, cold. Its dry, bite-you-in-the-face cold. This morning, I looked at the thermometer on our porch and it looked like this:

I am from New England. I am used to cold. But not this cold. Its ridiculous. I've lived in Wisconsin for about 15 years and it DOESN'T GET EASIER! I am done with Wisconsin. I am done with this kind of cold. Done. It seems that every year, I get bummed out by the cold earlier and earlier.

And it keeps snowing! Damn weather pattern, mother nature, whatever. We have snow coming out of our ears...


Its only December. Yesterday was the first day of Winter. What is going on here?

Stay warm and go on out to enjoy the day!

I got an award..whoohoo!

That means that someone, at least one someone, has actually read my blog. That's encouraging in and of itself. The lovely and hysterically funny Megan from the Bitchy Stitcher (such a great blog name!) has tagged me as a kreativ blogger and now I am to tag 5 folks. Thanks for the encouragement Megan! I am trying to stay in the blogging game (and the sewing one, for that matter).

So, who to tag? I follow A LOT of blogs. I love to read about other folks' projects and struggles and joys and...okay, basically I am a virtual voyeur. Sick but true.

The first person I choose is Ms. Melissa over at YummyGoods. She is such an inspiration to me and I covet her fabric designs and her store. So, here's to you Melissa!

Secondly, but hardly second, is AmandaJean over at Crazy Mom Quilts. Her blog is funny and colorful and I am amazed at her prolific sewing skills. So, Yay! AmandaJean.

Then there's Dorothy the Vermont Quilter. I stumbled across the blog looking for stuff about quilting but stayed because of her outspoken and excellently thought out entry about Christmas. Now I check it daily for some kindred spirit.

Two more, huh? Its hard to choose...

Oh, oh, oh! There's John over at Quilt Dad. Another prolific sewer. Where do these folks find the time? And his stuff is great! I am jealous of his ability to line up his squares and to sew a straight line ( I really struggle with the damn straight lines...) Cheers John!

And finally, there is Rachel over at Diary of a Mad, Mad Housewife. She is crazy. Good crazy. Great crazy. Laugh-out-loud-at-my-desk-when-I-should-be-working-crazy. And can that girl KNIT! I have tried to knit many, many times and am so profoundly bad at it. But I love knitted things, and my best-best-best friend owns a yarn shop... Its heart breaking. So here's to you, Rachel.

So there are my picks for the kreativ bloggers...Now go out into the world and tag 5 others. That reminds me of the commercial for some shampoo that was on when I was a kid..."and she'll tell 2 friends, and they'll tell 2 friends, and so on, and so on, and so on..."

Go out there and have a day!

Wordless Wednesday...

**Homemade Holiday**

I am a novice sewer/quilter. I love to create quilts but haven't yet achieved the level of sewing excellence that I would like to have...My nine patches are still a little wonky and my triangle squares are just a little off. But I still decided to make some gifts this year. First up, a small quilt that is about 16" x 16" to use as a table topper. I used a Mary Engelbright charm pack to create the squares and I bound it like a regular quilt. I really like the results...I think it turned out okay:

This is the front.


This is the back.
So, I don't think its too bad. And my co-worker seemed to really like it.

The other thing I tried was to just trim out some flour sack towels. I used a Moda Merry & Bright charm pack to do this. Then I made a couple of little trivets to match. I love the Moda Merry & Bright fabric...its just so cheerful. I am pretty proud of these items. And my other co-worker seemed to like them, too!





So, slowly but surely, I am moving toward my goal of becoming a more-than-competent seamstress.

Frustrated...But there's a link somewhere in here!

I have been trying to post a link to a sweet giveaway over at Sheri Howard Designs and i can't get the link right...AAAAARRRRGGGHHH! Anyway, I will figure it out. But until then- check it out by copying and pasting:
http://sherimhoward.blogspot.com/. Sorry about the old school (non-tech) info...but check out her blog, its a decent read.
Okay, let's try again- Sheri Howard Design

OMG!!! I think it worked...check it out. The giveaway ends Decemeber 20th.

Well, Hello!

This is my second attempt (third attempt) at a blog.  I am just not reliable enough to blog, but Ima gonna try it again!  I love the idea of a blog but I just start to feel like I don't have anything relevant to say so I don't say anything at all.  Well, not this time.  This time I'm just going to say it all- whatever comes to mind.

A little about what I hope this blog to be- A journal, a compilation of random thoughts, a diary of my sewing exploration and whatever else I see fit.  So I guess I'll start and see where we go...