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SC2 January

January 12, 2010 in Misc by emily | 2 comments

(and, ahem, October and November) I’m very delinquent in my block making.  I thought I was going to have all this fabulous time November-January to get caught up on so many projects and paint our bedroom and do other random house projects.  None of it has gotten done.  Life has been insane.  But I (really, really, really) had to get these done before jumping into the next batch of work stuff.

October.  Beach themed.  I can hear the waves now.  The size is a little odd but I left it as is since she was ok with random sizes (or am I mixing that up with another month… where did my brain go?)

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November.  Wacky.  I chose to use all pink scraps.

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January.  This is along the lines of one of the images sent.  It’s a lot like a quilt I did eons ago.

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Now to figure out how to get them on flickr. I’m flickr impaired…

First (finished) Quilt of 2010 and Christmas

January 4, 2010 in Misc, Quilts - Completed by emily | 7 comments

I have tons that are partially done but this is the first completely done one.  It’s off to sunny CA now.

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Christmas was a lot of fun.  Liam was in choo-choo land the entire time.  This picture captures what Liam has looked like since about 9am December 25th.  Every day this is what he looks like.

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Maeve was in pink land.  And quite happy about it.

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I was happy that for the first time ever I parallel parked.  Yes, really, I’ve never done it before.  Between the suburban wasteland I learned to drive in and the one I currently live in it has never been a necessary skill.  Sean had the kids clap for me.  Yes, a big day (sigh).

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Off to finish another quilt (still working on the new pattern covers.  They are totally cool… to me at least!)

T-Minus How Many Hours?

December 23, 2009 in Misc by emily | No comments

Picked up the last present this afternoon (a beloved Wingo for Liam).  Not one single present is wrapped.  Not one.

But we do have homemade bagels!  Well, tomorrow we will.  They are currently rising in the fridge.  And I’ve got a potato on the stove cooking so I can make the pizza dough for tomorrow night (wha? potatoes and pizza? yum).

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Tomorrow is full of cookie baking.  Liam is going to freak.  He’s a little cookie monster.

And a note to the network administrator (uh, that would be you Sean): my ‘?’ key is sticking.  Never realized how often I used it…

Let’s All Laugh

December 7, 2009 in Kids, Misc by emily | 2 comments

As we watch me try to sew something other than a quilt.

I used to sew a bunch of other stuff — including clothes.  I never really liked doing it and realized quilts were much more enjoyable so that’s what I do.  They are easy.  They don’t have armholes and for some reason curves in clohes are much harder than curves in quilts. <shrug>

So Maeve had asked for a robe for Christmas.  Anytime she can get her hands on one of mine she’s in little girl heaven.  So I looked around and only found kid robes in nasty polyester.  Ick.  So me and my ingenious self decided to sew one.  I got a pattern that had the word ‘Easy’ on the cover.  They lied.

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Did you know I had a serger?  Yeah, I kinda forgot too.  I had to dig it out.  And then spend 30 minutes removing the inch of dust covering every nook and cranny.

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Still trying to figure out what a carrier is.

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Simple?  Not really.  Heck, I *write* patterns and I couldn’t understand a lot of this.  I apparently only speak quiltese and not garmentese.

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But it’s done and Maeve is going to flip and that was really the only thing that made me want to sew this — just knowing how much she’d love it.  And the amazing part?  The sleeves got attached in the right spot.  Woohoo!  And another plus?  It’s not polyester.  It is the most scrumptious cotton knit.

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It just took me, um… almost 5 hours to make.  Yikes.  But in finished in time to get everything clean up before the bus comes…

And now back to things I know how to sew…. don’t forget the quilt pattern sale!
You will not see garment patterns from me in my lifetime. ;)

iPhone: Subatomic

November 30, 2009 in Misc by emily | No comments

For all my readers who share my addiction to the iPhone, my husband’s small company/free-time project/something-to-do-while-I-make-too-many-quilts, 7b5 Labs, just released their newest game: Subatomic (that link only works if you have iTunes). The first four levels are free, so go play. Really! Now! Go play!

(It’s seriously addicting.  We’ve had plenty MWF Breakfast dates at Panera where I can’t stop playing it.)

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