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Quilty McGee

Holly — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:19:58 +0000

I finally finished the top to Inez’s quilt for her bed. I’m anxious to get it quilted so that I can finish it and she will finally have decent bedding in her room.

It only took me a year and half…

While I wait for that to be quilted, I’m working on a little baby quilt for a friend. I might even be brave enough to quilt this one myself (I just need Melissa’s confidence/encouragement/know how).

Once those two are done, I’m going to make a Halloween throw. I love these.

I think it’s safe to say I’ve been bitten by the quilting bug, although I’d have to blame it on the fabrics.

Why is fabric so addicting?

Around Our House

Holly — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:26:55 +0000

Today:

1. Gwen’s drawing of Dave. I love that the head and body are one and the same, with the arms and legs growing out of it. I love it because I used to draw this exact same way. I’m sure lots of kids draw “people” this way, but I was glad to see Gwen has a bit of my artistic (ahem) talent.

2. We are getting closer to our trip to The Happiest Place on Earth. This time we decided to mix it up a little bit, so each chain link has an attraction written on them. You are probably thinking that we are big Disney nerds. Well, you would probably be right.

NERDS!

3. This is a (wonky) wreath that I made. I tried to make this one from a tutorial of a blog I visit, Under the Sycamore by Ashley Ann. Her blog is so inspiring and pretty, you should check it out. I have a bit of a blog crush on her.

ANYWAY. My wreath looks pretty decent if you don’t look at it too close. Hers is much cuter, but I’m satisfied with how mine has turned out…for now.

4. I am making Inez’s bedding. Finally. She has needed proper bedding since we moved in A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I’m really excited about this quilt. I have a feeling it’s gonna be awesome. Not to mention the added benefit of keeping my child warm at night.

The rest of my house was just messy. Nothing of interest there.

My Name is Holly

Holly — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:42:09 +0000

And I’m a quilter! Okay, maybe that’s a little presumptuous. Let me just say that I have completed my very first quilt. The stitches on the back side of the binding are very large and wonky, but if I tried to make it perfect I never would have finished it. And since it’s taken me six months from start to finish, I just needed to knock it out and get it out of my unfinished projects pile (which already overfloweth).

I have come to realize that I just need to make more so I can practice and get better at hand sewing the binding on because I’m sure that I’m doing a million things wrong.

I guess it’s a good thing that I have two more that need to be finished.

Because I have SO much free time

Holly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:14:23 +0000

Olive’s quilt is STILL not finished. It was quilted right before she was born and she’ll be four months on the 17th. I got a little hung up on the binding since I have no idea how to do it. And after the time and money spent on it, I’m not going to just wing it.

Anyway, I finally got the help I needed to finish it but after I got the binding on the front side, I decided that I didn’t like it. I think it looks fine, but I don’t love it, and I need to love it. I’m changing the green binding to red. Red is the accent color in her room anyway. I also don’t want to look at this quilt and have any regrets.

So, it’s off with the green…

and on with the red.

Verdict?

The Winner, a Video, and a Craft Tutorial

Holly — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:27:21 +0000

Thanks for all your entries. After assigning everyone and their extra entries a number, I used random.org to pick someone. Random picked…

LIZ! – who wrote “Do I even need to say who would be wearing this at our house? Okay, I am going to try to link it to FB as well.”

So email me within 24 hours, Liz, or you lose! hollylesue[at]gmail[dot]com

Sorry to those who didn’t win. I always feel bad when it comes time to pick someone for my giveaways because I want everyone to win. One of these days when I have more time (probably when I am able to clone myself so I can properly take care of my children and always have a clean house and sew/craft/create to my heart’s desire) I’ll have a tutorial on the tutus. They really are quite easy and require minimal sewing. And even then, the sewing is in a straight line. Anyone can make these tutus, trust me.

In the spirit of Valentines Day, I put together this little video of my valentines. Enjoy.

Also, here’s a quick little craft that I got from The Idea Room which has great ideas (duh) and easy crafts. Ours turned out a little different than hers, but I think I like our version better.

Start with some card stock, paint, a paintbrush and a paper plate (or anything else you want that will hold the paint)

Paint your child’s hand with one color. They will love this step, well at least my girls did.

We practiced a little first.

After one hand dries, do the other hand with a different color.

After it dries, write a message around the hand prints, which not only solidifies the heart shape, but will make the grandparents (or parents) happy recipients.

I also cut ours down with some decorative scissors, but forgot to take a picture of them before they got stuck in a package and sent to our missionaries in Hong Kong.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

how ’bout them apples?

Holly — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:50:43 +0000

I love this apple print by Sandi Henderson. I love it even more coupled with the green.

Plus, it’s reversible.

More Sandi Henderson in orange & yellow, which has an orange back.

But this one is my favorite thus far. In fact I made two, but can only bring myself to put one of them in my etsy shop.

And it’s reversible too.

sewing.

Holly — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:27:00 +0000

I don’t know what it is about sewing, but I just love it. It must be therapeutic for me or something. So it was nice to sit down last week and make this baby blanket for my brother and sister-in-law who are expecting a baby boy in a few weeks.

And especially fitting since my brother is a land-locked surfer.

new threads

Holly — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:10:00 +0000

I think this fabric is the some of the most delicious stuff I have ever seen. And there’s more yet to be purchased.

I’m STILL waiting on my mom’s surger to come back from the repair shop so I can get going with the sewing.

Until then, just planning, cutting, pinning…

I hate waiting.

trying to make progress

Holly — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:16:00 +0000

I have a bad, evil cold and all I want to do is work on Gwenie’s quilt. All my body wants to do is sleep. We’ll see who wins this battle.

decisions, decisions.

Holly — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:51:00 +0000

Tonight I am working on Gwen’s quilt.

I know. Absolutely delicious fabric.

But, (you ask) how is fabric delicious, luscious and worthy of my drool? Well I don’t know, it just is.

Anyhoo, I am feeling like this is Stumped II. However, right now the more important decision is, what movie I should put on.

I have it narrowed down to:
1. Persuasion
2. Pride and Prejudice (the new version as I have lent out my A&E version—a sin I will never commit again)
3. Sense and Sensibility
4. Nacho Libre (after all Dave is in the room, reading)
5. Oklahoma/Sound of Music/State Fair/South Pacific
6. Mamma Mia!
7. Bridget Jones’ Diary

What’s a girl to do!