the quilts.

Did you know that I had a huge surge of energy and motivation last year?  I had this idea in mind for about a year and a half.  Knowing that I would be getting pregnant for the whole year, I wanted to get this goal done and out of the way.  So a year ago, I collected my fabric and got to work.  The cutting part wasn't difficult because I kept the design simple.  I then went to a quilt shop over in Ephrata, WA that allows you to rent out a free-arm quilting machine.  I spent the majority of my Saturday quilting these together.

Then they sat....for about 4 months.

I was SO CLOSE to being done.  And of course the binding is always the hardest part.  Plus, with morning sickness setting in and exhaustion, it went on the back burner.

I got a boost of energy back 2nd trimester with heading to UT and all.  I wanted to show my mom the finished product so I finally got them done.  In my dream home, the girl's room is pink, blue and red.  I can't do a thing, I feel, in this rental and brown walls.  But I've started a collection of decor for their room.  But even the matching beds is perfect right now.  I am in love with how they turned out.  I have to say I am proud of myself for making 2 twin-sized quilts!!

eCraft Sewing Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the SEWING BLOG HOP!

All of the fabulous designers on this hop are showing you a Sewing project in celebration to National Sewing Month using the Fabulous and versatile eCraft.

If you just arrived here from Erika's Blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog please start at the beginning over at Raven’s Blog. That way you will be able to see all of the amazing projects and you will have more ways to win.  After me, you will go to Faith's Blog :)

I'm "sew" excited to show you my sewing project!  Ta Daaa!!!

Don't you love those colors?!  And I want this shirt in my size stat!
Alright, let's get down to it and show you how to make this bad boy ;)

Grab your supplies:
shirt
starch
fabrics of choice
heat n' bond
eCraft :)

So I picked out my fabrics from this Charm Pack.  What a lovely group of prints!  It was so hard to decide what 4 to use but I finally narrowed it down.

 Start with spraying your fabric with starch to stiffen it up.

 Once it's been absorbed in the fabrics, iron them dry.

Next cut out heat n' bond to cover the wrong sides of the fabric.  Make sure the bumpy glue side is touching the wrong side of the fabric.

Iron those on and let cool.

Once the fabric is ready to go, prepare the eCraft :)  Load up the fabric, putting on 0 tab settings and choose your design.  Here's a video to show you how it went :)

Once I cut out all my letters, I arranged them on my shirt.  I took off the paper backing as well. Take your iron and iron those letters on!  Press firmly and hold, covering the whole shape to make sure it bonds on! 

Here are the "negatives" from cutting.  Look how great the eCraft did!

Next I secured the letters by sewing them on the shirt.

All sewed up!

And here's the happy model, excited to wear this to school next week!!

Seriously can't wait to make more creations with this machine!!!

Ok so back to business...

Here is a list of all the designers on the hop in case you get lost along the way: **(there are 2 bloggers who are sick and have been deleted from the list.  When they are better and post up their creations, I will add them back to the list!)**

Raven Baca http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Debi Tullier http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/
Denise O'Connor http://purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/
Erika Valdez http://www.craftysprouts.com/
Lyssa Zimmerman http://bornagaincrafter.blogspot.com/
Faith Freeman http://faithfulecreations.com/
KimberlyRae Forde http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/
Rosa Ahrens http://www.for-micaela.blogspot.com/
Zeni Pradel http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Craftwell USA http://ecraftbycraftwell.blogspot.com/

Okay so you probably want to know what you can win, right? As some of you may have heard from this hop, the amazing eCraft machine that we are all using is created by CraftwellUSA.com. This company is really amazing, their customer service is fabulous and the products are top notch.

Well when they heard about our hop they decided to giveaway (1) One eCraft to (1) One lucky winner!!

So what do you need to do right?!

1.)     Head on over to eCraft's NEW BLOG and follow it :)  Come back here and leave a comment telling me you did so (Only one comment will be
qualify per person additional comments will not count.)
2.)     Like eCraft’s facebook page  so you can see more awesome projects and tutorials.  And you will know who wins the machine!
3.)     Follow my little ol' blog ;).  You can also follow me via twitter, Facebook & pinterest...but not required ;)

***PLEASE READ***

Due to blogger difficulties going on, the Giveaway will end Sept 10th 9AM EST .  Each blog on the Blog Hop will pick a winner.  Since there are 10 of us participating in the Blog Hop, there will be 10 winners that will go into the pool to win the eCraft machine.  The first bunch of winners from the "Back to School" Blog Hop will add another 10 winners.   So at the end, there will be 20 chosen winners that have a chance to win an eCraft!!  Which means you better hit every blog on this Blog Hop and enter for more chances!!

(1) One lucky winner will win an eCraft Machine & be announced on the eCraft's blog on the evening of September 10th. The winner will also be listed on the eCraft Facebook page 

All are welcome to hop, however the eCraft giveaway is only open to U.S. entries. Thank you so much for your understanding.

Shower Curtain Redo.

We finally had visitors in town this summer!! 

which means I needed to get the second shower curtain up...

yes, we only had one up...my kids don't shower! :)

So I moved the one we had in my bathroom into the guest bathroom and spruced up an old curtain for my bathroom.

So here's what I started with.  An old curtain with a shrunk, faded sage green-lined curtain.  So I grabbed my choice of fabric and measured and width of the curtain.

I had to cut my fabric in two pieces for it to cover the whole thing once it was sewn together.

So that's what I did.  I sewed the two pieces together.

Then I hemmed one of the ends.

Then I lined that up to one side of hte curtain, right sides together.  I sewed it right above the green sage liner then folded it over it so it would hang down at the bottom of the curtain :)

Once I got to the other side, I cut the excess fabric, with enough to hem it.

Then I hemmed the bottom of the curtain.

Then I ironed it smooth and made the fold more crisp.  I hung it up and walla!  I LOVE how it turned out and I love that it was free.  Shower curtains are expensive!  I like the fabric I used since there are so many color options to go off of :)

Linking up to THESE parties :)

Quilting Goodies

I'm showing off some goodies I snagged at the Utah Shop Hop.  I wish I could have grabbed every kit & sale I saw but funds were very limited so I had to choose things I really loved!
First off was what I got for free for going to every shop and getting my card stamped:
The Cherry Fizz charm square pack by Henry Glass Fabrics

This next picture, I got these yummy fabrics from Village Dry Goods in Brigham City.  These square packs will be used for my girls room.  I'm going to make them each their own quilt for their beds.  They share a room so I wanted them to have matching blankets.  How cute will that be?!  That large fabric will be the backing of the quilts.  I can't wait to have that done but I know that will be quite a feat!!

These were a gift from my mom!  She's awesome.  I even told her no, don't worry about it, but she still got it.  They are quilt sets for the quilts pictured in the pattern.  I can't wait to try these out for each of my girls!

THese are mainly freebies I got from some of the shops, like the card kit & toadstool pin cushion.  The square pack & fat quarter I did buy because I just couldn't help myself.  They will be perfect for earrings for my shop :)

This next box was actually FREE from winning a giveaway from SNAP a month ago.  They were from a quilt show or something so I was SO EXCITED to find out I won some quilting goodies!

There are ribbons, a fat quarter, square charm pack, button embellishments, magazine, craft ideas DVD & heat transfer that I can use with my die cuting maching :)  I was so excited when I opened this package!

So many new things to create with!  I don't know where to start!