At the end of day…

As the sun was fading, which is seeming earlier lately, I finished the quilt top!  Now I need to buy some batting and piece the back and then send it out for quilting.  I know myself, my space, and my sewing skills well enough to know long-arm is the way to go here!

Then I made some pickles.  We got a ton of daikon radish from our CSA and had already done a daikon radish cake, who doesn’t love a breaded fried veggie, and thought we’d pickle the rest.  Here’s hoping they are yummy!

hanging out in the fridge getting all pickly

Now off to finish putting together a Halloween get-up…

Longest scarf…ever!

easiset, longest, scarf I have ever made

So I finished this a while back, but have not been around in daylight hours lately.  It’s this pattern and so simple.  I figured I would just use up some brown silk I had forever and well…it’s easily about 120″ long!  Oops, but also now have  a super long scarfy, shawly thing.

I heart this.

It’s this pattern and I really love it.  I know I need another scarf like a I need a hole in my head, but too late!  Ok off to organize my fabric, make daikon radish pickles, and hopefully finish a quilt!

to cook….

The seasons are a changing, which is something I have not seen for about 3 years. I visited up north, but it’s not the same as real Fall. I heart fall! I can knit and not sweat to death. I can turn on my oven. I want to turn on my oven. College football is on. We are a Saturday football household. Our CSA has been filling us up with beets, squash, turnips, and big bunches of leafy greens. Tonight it’s grated beets for a change. We are getting more tomorrow so I’ll save those for the roasting. I am at the end of my knitted shawl and should finish soon…..

No self-control

Zip, zero, ziltch..none……whatsoever…..at all….truly…it’s bit out of control.  However, I do have a new pretty surplus of fabric.

I heart sew mama sew sales!

A secretly hidden stash of organic merino…total sucker for a sidewalk sale.

mmmmerino!!

And the start of what proves to be a lovely-shawl made out of yarn I brought 3 states ago!

on the way to becoming this...

Oh and going to DC this weekend and trying so hard (not really trying) to avoid the Marrimeko $1/lb deal I will no longer have easy access to since folks are leaving lovely DC for snowy Ohio…permanently.

Zip, Zero, Ziltch….

Halfway there and something new

halfway point....

Yesterday I was a sewing a machine!  Ha!  I reached the halfway point on the wedding quilt and hope to bang out the rest this afternoon.  I must be going through some sort of anxiety regarding the end of the summer and my “lack” of crafting productivity cause I began cutting a million squares for a queen size quilt for me.

blue, orange and cream for me!

If I am figuring right I should need about 300?  Not sure though….any tips on how to calculate squares needed for a queen sized quilt?  The fabric is from here…seriously you need to go check it out..is fantastic!!

Quick Quilt

I love these colors....

They are so natural and lovely.  I hope someone else I know will love them too as they will be for her wedding quilt.  (I don’t think she reads this blog and if so…then oh well)

ready or not

They have been sliced and diced into matching rectangles and now will get laid out in a brick path pattern.  Hopefully to sewn lightening fast in the next few days.  I’ll keep you posted…..

Last week!!

Oh no! It’s my last week of summer vacation!! I know it’s been a long one for me and I have loved every last minute. But I feel that I fell a bit short of my crafting goals for summer. Hopefully, I can get myself in gear and spend some time with that lovely stack of fabric that is still staring at me after all these weeks.  In the mean time I am just back from DC where my mom had a 4′ tall basil plant!!

Yummy pesto!!

This smells up the entire house in minutes….it is so so delicious.  I am freezing it in cupcake pan instead of ice cube trays cause I feel ice cube size pesto is never enough.  We’ll see how this works out.  I wish I had a chest freezer, but apartment life is not conducive to one so I am making room in my freezer by thawing out mushy bananas for yummy bread!!

Frozen nanas.....

Word of advice on the whole thawing out frozen banana front.  Put them in a bowl.  Somehow this morning that did not occur to me and I came back a few hours later to see banana water all over the counter, cookbook and so on.  Ooops….live and learn!  Hmm…wonder if I have time for jam this week???

Camped out!

These past few weeks are flying by, which is so so so sad. I am not sure I want my summer to end. I got the purse done..woo hoo! Had a fantastic time in NYC and then came right back to start work at an art camp for last few weeks of summer. I am a bit tired after all those little kiddies and truthfully this is alls I got in me right now….a small tiny start of a silk lace scarf..sigh…..

barely an inch-worth (and the photo is blurry cause I just discovered the flash is busted!)

But I saw this and am totally into it.  I love them!  They are eco-friendly and super cute.  Perhaps I need to go stock up on sugar n’ cream and get a knittin’!  There is much travel coming my way…who knew September was so crazy-busy?!?…so I cannot promise a lot of blogging, but I will do my best!  Until then my new art….

love the colors of fresh ink!!!

So close…but short a snap

no more sad sad dress here

I am so so close to finishing this bag. I’m beginning to think that my idea of making a new weekend bag for my trip to nyc was not as overly ambitious as I thought.  Currently I am at a standstill as I need to go buy a magnetic snap, which is fairly necessary to closing the bag.  This project has been easy to complete, but it has many stop and go steps along the way.  Such as fusible fleece and the like, but I totally have enjoyed working it.  The seam ripper has only come out once.  A fine accomplishment in any sewing project.  Of course I am now jinxed.  (knocking on wood)  The best part about this bag is the lining.  It’s so fun to have fun lining!  Should show you a final image tomorrow…off to get a snap.

really LOVE this fabric

Hooray!

Dots for dinner!

So a few weeks ago I finished the quilted table runner.  This project was from the purl bee and so much fun!  Their projects are so amazing beautiful and the instructions are flawless.  Having never quilted before I wanted to do a trial-run of sorts.  So I appliqued, basted, quilted, and bound it up!  I used organic wool batting so that it would be heat-safe, but still washable!  Now I can’t wait to have a dinner party so I can use it.  All of the fabric was scraps so the whole thing cost me under $5!!!  (not including batting)  Seriously, the main part is ikea king size pillow cases from the baragin bin for $1 each!  I am all about crafting on a budget as much as I can.  Off to sew up a bag that I cut out yesterday that I am trying to make before I scamper off to nyc for the weekend!

I think orange and purple are my favorite combo!