It's been a long time!

Long time no see! Life this past year has been hectic to say the least. My husband got out of the Marine Corps in April but Robbie and I came back in March. Chris surprised me when he came home before he said he would lol. It was great and such an amazing surprise! Although he showed up at a not so great time; I was at the barn and as such, very very dirty lol.  He didn't care though!  We've moved twice since coming back to Georgia, but it's worked out for the best in the long run. I started school in August after being out since May of '07 and that was quite the adjustment. It was weird going back to school, but it feels good. I still hate tests though!

I haven't had much time to sew lately due to my class schedule and the kidlets (I babysit my cousin's little girl full-time) but when I have, it's been on a quilt I'm obsessed with. It's still in progress but is *very* close to being done. If I had one day to finish adding the borders and back, quilt, and bind it I'd be in hog heaven! It's for a friend's little girl, but she doesn't know I have a blog or that I'm doing this so I feel safe in posting a few in progress pics. EDIT: Those will have to wait for awhile. I just tried to upload from Facebook and can't because I have the album set to only me. I'll find my Photobucket logins later and edit to upload. This means the rest of my post will have to wait. Sorry guys!

Random stuff

It's 1230 here in Jax and once again, I'm awake. I'm tired but not sleepy AND I'm hurting really bad right now. My right hip is my enemy right now! Of course, the hubby is passed out but I'm honestly surprised he stayed awake as long as he did. He's been sick for the past few days and is still fighting the cold. The dogs are curled up asleep in the living room, finally being quiet!

I'm working on cloth diapers (for my stash and for a sewing swap on BabyCenter), bibs, and a crayon roll for the same sewing swap but a different person. Well, her daughter actually!

I'm gonna get off here and attempt to get to sleep. Later y'all!

University Of Georgia Purse

Here is a purse I made for my friend Amanda that has been giving me fits to put together. I cut out the pattern without checking to make sure the fabric pattern was running the right way. So I had to recut the patter, luckily I had enough fabric left over to do that. Off to more knitting to kill time!

AND...

My dog Molly cuz I think she's adorable!

Living Room Curtains

I finally made curtains for the living room, after having the fabric taking up space in my linen closet for three months! They didn't turn out quite the way I wanted. I'm thinking about starting over again with them but don't know. For now they'll work because I have other projects I want to try. I'm going to attempt to make a pair of jeans since they're hard to find that fit the way I like. Here are the pics!

They are burgundy on front, black on the back, with black tabs.

I'm piecing together quilt-top pillows for my couches but they're nowhere near done yet. I'll post more pics when I'm done with the pillows.

Later gator!

Crib Set

This is a crib set that I made for an e-friend's new daughter. It's not super fancy or anything, but it's the way the girl wanted it. Sorry for the pics, I didn't take them!

You can't see much detail here sorry

Here's the main fabric I used. University of Tennessee Volunteers

I used white satin blanket binding for the edges of the blanket and the ties on the bumper pads.

The set included a blanket, bumper pads, and a pillow.

Some stuff I've made...

Here are a few things I've made lately. Please excuse the off stitching, I've just started seriously getting into sewing in the past few months.

My purse: 

inside view: 

I also made a phone case that matches but I don't have a picture of it.

The picture below is of a sewing maching quilt that I made after getting the idea from Get Your Craft On!. This is definitely not my best work! This is only my second time working with a binding strip and I don't think I like them very  much. We'll see, hopefully it's just me being inexperienced that's making it be such a chore to put on.

I love the blues in the fabric with the green ribbon binding!