Ribbon Skirt

I saw something like this around Christmas time, and I have been SO excited to have an excuse to try to make one myself. With one little boy and another one on the way, little girl skirts are something we just have no need for in our house :). Lucky for me one of Kyle's best friends is an adorable little girl who just turned 4 and is having a birthday party this Saturday! FINALLY a legitimate reason to try my hand at making a ribbon skirt. (We're coupling it with a cute fru-fru white shirt and white leggings, and some matching hair-bows that I am going to make.) I am super pleased with how it turned out. Not only does it make a plain denim skirt colorful and fun, but it adds a little length to it to make it just that much more modest. - Hopefully we can get Hannah to put on the outfit so that I can take a picture of it in action!

I didn't follow any set of directions to make the skirt, just kind of figured it out on my own. If you'd like to duplicate it and can't figure it out, leave me a comment and I can walk you through it. It'd call it a beginner/innermediate project. Not necessarily hard, just time consuming.

It's here! I can hardly believe it. I can't imagine needing another sewing machine in my life time!

When I came across a deal for this new Bernina 430E it was seriously too good to be true. I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. (Although my husband may disagree!) We've been talking for a while about me getting a new machine with all the 'bells and whistles'...I figured it would be another year or two before it happened though. Anyway, long story short, the UPS man brought it to my door today!

A GINORMOUS thank you is in order to Scott, my sweet hubby, who understands me and what makes me happy. The good news is that you've got birthday's and Christmas' covered for at least the next three years! I Love you...and I Love my new 'toy'.

Sharin' the Love!

I am so thrilled to finish this quilt that I can hardly stand it! Truth be told, this has been over two years in the making. It's been one of those projects that I've started and stopped a million times and always had something else take precedence over it. One of my new years resolutions was to finish THIS quilt... WAHOO! Goal accomplished!

Other than a quick quilt made for my son, this is the first quilt that I have EVER made to keep for myself! I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I LOVE IT!! The greatest thing about this quilt is that it has material on it from all over the world, literally. I know for certain that there is material from Cozumel, Mexico (I bought while on vacation), Egypt (my best buddy's husband brought home from a business trip for his wife and I), Annapolis MD, Laurel MD, and West Jordan UT. Also, the very first "real" quilt that I ever made was for my Best Friend, Jamie, as a wedding gift. There are a handful of scraps from her wedding quilt in here too! It has lots of fun memories, truly a quilt to treasure.

Quilting this specific quilt was a blast! I tried some new things and LOVED the outcome. All the light colored material was stippled. On the hearts I did a fun curly-q stitch (I think you can kind of see it on the last picture). The small plaid border had a loopy stitch, and then on the large red border I quilted the word 'love' over and over. SO MUCH FUN!

For anyone who may be interested the pattern I used is called... Ragged Hearts by Homespun Quilts (Designed by Anna Laura Reidt. Code HQ 105 (I borrowed it from my awesome sister-in-law)

Bows for my adorable nieces!

Even on vacation I can't seem to take a break from craft projects. After all, crafting is something that makes me happy, so to combine it with a vacation is a natural marriage!

Since we live so far away from our nieces here in Utah, I have to do all I can to secure my status as 'Favorite Aunt'! (Not really, but I do love to spoil them when I can.) I decided to make them some fun bows for Valentines. Each of them are getting a korker bow and a flower. I even made a mini korker for my little one year old niece, Sophie.(you can see the mini one in the last photo, it's adorable if I do say so myself!) They are all attached to alligator clips that I covered.

Scrapbooking Weekend Jan 09

You know your a scrapaholic when:

• You spend way more money on scrapbooking papers/stamps/tools/etc. than clothes.
• You are a Close To My Heart consultant just for the discount!
• You take weekend get-aways to feed your habit.
• On your weekend get-away, three women's stuff fills up an entire mini-van to the top!
• You can't wait to scrap some more!

Yep, it's official, I'm addicted! I just got back from a super fun weekend of scrapbooking with 17 other great ladies who have the same addiction. We had a blast! It's the longest I've been away for such a trip, and I missed my boys, but I got so much done and had a great time doing it. I can't wait for the big weekend again next year.

Below is a slide show of what I got done. (I honestly expected to get a little more done, but being pregnant slowed me down a little. I had to take brakes and get up and walk around more than usual, but I'm still definitely proud of what I got done.)

Flirty Skirty Apron

My friend asked me to make her an apron like FOREVER ago. I'm a slacker and have just now gotten to it. I wish that I could claim that I created this pattern, but I didn't. Although, I'll admit that I have made changes to better suit my style of sewing. It's fun and flirty, and looks super cute when being worn. Hopefully Miss Kimber will like it.

Me too!

I have always thought of myself as a leader, but apparently I'm just a follower! A handful of my friends have created a separate blog showcasing the 'non family' part of their life. I'm on board now too!

I am always working on a project of some sort. From sewing to crafting to scrapping, there is always something! I am excited to have a place to save and post my pictures. I think this blog will be more for my benefit than anything else, but maybe it'll give others an idea here and there.

After all, the first step in the process is admitting, right?

My name is Tami, and I am a Craftaholic!!