Crafty bug...

Every once in awhile I get the crafty bug and need to work on a project! I really enjoy working on crafts and I find myself coming up with new ones everyday. One that I have been working for quite some time now is a patchwork baby quilt. I am teaching myself how to do it, so it is coming along very slowly. I posted about it before, but decided I should post pictures now for future reference! Pictures are not the best, because I took them with my phone.


I love the fabric I am using, it is really cute!


Another view of fabric. If you were in person you could see the design it is starting to create. I traced the design from a quilt my Great-Grandma Dodge made for my parent's wedding as inspiration.


Full quilt thus far! I only have a few runs left to do, but again slowly learning. I learn something new the further I go. I also still need to stitch it so it will lay flatter and not look so bunchy.

Another fun crafty thing I have fallen in love with is making cards! I made all of our Christmas cards this past year and here are a few others I have made:


I made this one for my Aunt Mutt! It was a simple card, I just took different papers and layered them and then embelished with stickers. The back was used for a little letter/note.


I made this one for my boss; he is moving to Califonia (thus the scuba guy). The group of people I work with and I wanted to do something nice before he left. A card was something on the list. Again, this was an easy card. I just layered paper and tied a ribbon around it. Then I layered the blue paper on top with the scuba guy I made with my Cricut.

Feeling Crafty....

I often find myself with down time that I don't know what to do with; this weekend was one of those times. I should have been studying for my final...but lets be real who wants to do that when I can be doing crafts? I learned how to tie quilts a few years ago from my Grandma Helm. She taught me for one of my young women's projects. It was probably the funnest three weeks I have ever had with her. I admire my grandma a lot; she is an exceptional woman who has been through a lot in her life. I feel like I have a special bond with her, because she taught me this craft. It is even more special to me since I know she learned from her own mother.

I had bought some fabric on Black Friday and I have been dreaming of what to make with it. It hit me one night as I was laying in bed exactly what I wanted to do with my Black Friday find...I am going to try a patchwork quilt. On my bed is a quilt that my Great Grandma made for my parent's wedding gift, it's a patchwork quilt, and the inspiration for my crafting project.

I have never done a patchwork, but have wanted to for a long time. So, I pulled out my sewing machine and got busy making a baby quilt. I have only done a line and a half, but I think it is turning out pretty well for being my first time!













Oh yeah, I did manage to get some studying for my final in too! I will be taking my test tomorrow; I just hope I can remember all of the stories and poems that we read.

Thanks for reading!