Quilt Fabrics

Fabrics, originally uploaded by jenib320.

I am so ready to get started on my quilt. I wish I had the time right now! I'm aiming to start cutting out squares on Wednesday! Here is a photo of the fabrics I've chosen. As I mentioned they are 50% pink and the other 50% is red, yellow, and orange. You can see a bit of my layout in the bottom of this photo.

Favorite Socks, originally uploaded by jenib320.

It really cooled down around here last week. I had to break out my fall coat. My fall coat is actually a winter coat but it ends at the waist. It is not nearly warm enough for me in winter. My real winter coat goes almost to my knees, it's glorious. I felt so silly wearing my fall coat last week, some people aren't even wearing coats yet! It was freezing; about 50 degrees and rainy all week. Anywho, I was very happy to pull out my wool socks. These are my very favorite. I love the colors and they're super soft and warm. I think I need to move to a different climate.. I was not made for Cleveland weather!

Vintage Thread, originally uploaded by jenib320.

Started sifting through some of the vintage thread and sewing notions I picked up at an estate sale two weeks ago. I thought the thread looked nice in these jars. It's organized by color of course!

Lights, originally uploaded by jenib320.

I was having some fun playing with the focus on my camera the other night. It was just starting to get dark and it was raining a little. I love the way lights look unfocused. Not much exciting to see from my apartment but oh well! I had fun!

I think I'm going to be starting a new blog. This is dangerous because I can hardly update this one but I'd really like to. I need a place where I can post my thoughts about the Cavs and share my Cavs photos. I'm afraid if I don't create a separate blog this will just turn into it! We'll see :)

Today I love the..
Smell of: Peach tea
Sound of: Stronger by Mary J. Blige
Taste of: Brezelbrötchen
Sight of: Pumpkins!
Feel of: Slippers

Good Things about Today:
- My 3-D project came together nicely!
- Picked up a cute little pumpkin at the store
- Listed Mike's eBay stuff
- Feeling inspired!

Tutorial Round-up

A few great tutorials I have been itching to try!


(Image from Happy Together)

- Ruffle Necklace
- Scrappy Quilt
- Cheater's Patchwork
- Wallpaper File Cabinet
- Terrariums
- T-Shirt Refashion into Ruffle Madness
- Revoluzzzionary Monster
- Postcard Banner
- Fabric Headband
- Eraser Stamp
- Ruffly Headband

Clearly I am in love with ruffles! :)

Favorites

Patchwork Inspiration, originally uploaded by jenib320.

1. Couch pillows!, 2. wee play quilt, 3. patchwork elephant, 4. citrus pram freeform, 5. Patchwork Star Blocks, 6. Patchwork Tablecloth, 7. me plus you quilt, 8. value stash quilt, 9. patchwork for family room
 
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!

I am currently planning my very first quilt! I am getting extremely excited about it. Unfortunately this semester has been really busy so far and I can only work on it for about an hour a week. Hopefully things will slow down a little and I can get moving on it. I am just doing simple squares in warm colors. Mainly pink but also yellow, orange and red. I have all the fabrics picked out and ready to be cut into squares. I'll take some WIP photos soon! :)

Today I love the..
Smell of: Brownies in the oven
Sound of: Jackson Browne
Taste of: Waffles with strawberry jam
Sight of: George
Feel of: Warm blanket

Good Things about Today:
- Got a 100% on my German test!
- My favorite shelter kitty let me pick her up today!
- Warm brownies.