March 2009

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Stick a Fork in Her

March 12, 2009 in Baby Jane Quilt by emily | 15 comments

’cause she’s done…

Sunday

March 9, 2009 in Baby Jane Quilt, Kids, Misc by emily | 1 comment

Just have to sew together the border now… (and charge the battery for the other camera because that picture is horrible).

My first handstitched anything (ok, I did some cross stitch eight bazillion years ago when I was a kid). I think I might have a new addiction (like I need one… ha!). I’m still definitely a quilt girl but I love the look of hand stitched somethings in blocks. I wanted to do some for Liam’s quilt so I kinda had to learn how to do it first. I need to google some and figure out what the best thread is, perfect my stitches, and draw up some cuteness for his quilt… yay!

Pattern is from here.

Be Gone Day-Glo Yellow Hallway!

March 7, 2009 in Home by emily | 2 comments

One of the problems with buying a new construction house is that you have to pick out your lighting, flooring and paint colors without ever having step foot in the house. This house was chosen miles and miles away months before the hallway actually existed at a conference table under fluorescent lighting. As a result, our upstairs hallway ended up really, really yellow. And on top of that, Mr. Another-Lightbulb-Burnt-Out-That-I-Now-Have-To-Climb-Up-And-Change puts CF bulbs in the lights and the color of those things is just barf-inducing. Add in builder-quality paint that gets scuffed by just looking at it…. Yeah, time for some change in the hallway (finally… it’s not like we’ve lived here for three years or anything…).

The before (with some tape up… don’t worry I haven’t outlined my house with a royal blue marker):

And the after:

Now the carpet looks *really* yellow. I think I’m going to make poor Sean replace the light fixtures because it’s still way too yellow in there. Hopefully the better quality paint will stand up to the crazy kids.

See the yellow glow from the light? CF + yellowed tinged glass = yuck.

Don’t forget the pattern sale! That’s all for today…

Sew Connected 2 – March

March 7, 2009 in Misc by emily | No comments

I actually finished one early in the month. Shocking.

Audrey requested wacky log cabins so that’s what she got! 4 tiny blocks with many strips that are only 1/4″ wide. I added in the apples in the centers.