Top Completed!

Wow...the top is finished! It feels good to have it done! I've enjoyed making it, and using fabric I already have (along with everyone else's fabric). As I was sewing I was a little nervous about the proportions of the quilt. Since I was doing my own thing and made it smaller than the original directions, I wasn't sure it was going to work right. After I sewed the borders on, I am really happy with it. I'm excited to quilt it, and really bring it to life!
Here is the link for the quilt-a-long if anyone is interested in getting started!
Crazy Mom Quilts.
All the rows sewed and the scrappy border

With the final border...all done!

Rows Completed...

Just because I didn't have a camera all week doesn't mean I didn't sew. I finished sewing the 54 9-patches I needed. I also sewed the 6 1/2 in. by 2 1/2 in. white strips between each square to make the 9 rows. I am in the process of sewing the 51 in. x 2 1/2 in. strips between each row now.

The first 4 rows I finished

All of the rows completed

( I accidentally took the picture the wrong way).

The first row with the white strips

Two rows completed!

Sad to EXTREMELY Happy!

So my camera died after being dropped in mid-transfer. I finished the 54 patches I planned to put into my quilt, but don't have a camera to take pictures of them. The good news is the Cannon XS is on it's way! Thanks to my husband who surprised me, pictures will be coming soon from a very happy crafter!!!

More Scraps....

Here are two more day's worth of sewing (I have another 10, but they aren't ironed). My husband asked, "So is this going to be the never ending project???" Technically, that could be true, but I'm trying not to let it be. I decided to only do 54 9-patches to make it a lap blanket instead of the 70 the original quilt calls for. So far I have a total of 31 (including the 10 not pictured). I have already been through my stash, Lyric's and my Mom's. I hope I can make it to 54! I usually cut my fabric one day and sew a whole bunch the next day. It makes it go faster and get's cutting out of the way. I am still saving for the digital SLR camera. Any advice on cameras, or good deals that anyone knows of????

These 4 I made one afternoon.

These were made a couple days later during Day's nap.

More Flowers...

A friend came over the other night, and we made felt flowers. Here are a couple more that I made. Now, if only my daughter would keep them in her hair!My friend Ani sells hair clips like the one below. Her's are super cute and I attempted to copy her. Mine doesn't do her's justice. Go check her's out and buy buy buy!!!

Scrap Quilt...

Here is the first project I am tackling without spending money. It shouldn't be too hard, considering it is a scrap quilt. Lyric sent me the link to Crazy Mom Quilts blog and what she is doing. The object is create one 9 patch square a day without using any of the same fabric twice (except in the one 9 patch). In the end you will have 70 different squares. I have sewn 7 squares together so far. I'm finding it difficult to only sew one square a day. So I am just sewing as many as I can while Day naps, because I'm sure there will be several days that I won't be able to sew at all.

Challenge...

So I'm broke! I've spent too much on projects, and already have way too much stuff lying around my house. So I'm challenging myself to one month of projects using only the things I have. My husband did say that I could have $5-$10 for the little things like a button or thread, but I'm going to try to not even use that. Join me if you want, and I'll keep you posted on how I do!