Unfortunately weekends must come to an end.

I had a 50/50 weekend. Saturday was fun. I spent the day with my boyfriends family and watched him partake in a Fire Explorers Muster. He even made it into the online photo album of the local news paper.

See! Thats him lifting tons of hose!

Unfortunately we missed out on seeing that event ourselves, but it involves hauling all that hose up a few flights of stairs. The down side is that that for the 3 hours we were there to watch, we only saw them do 2 of their 6 events. The company he was in charge of (B Company) placed 5th overall! (A Company got 3rd overall) His company also won 1st for the spirit award. They also got awards as a team for individual events(Mass Causality Incident), and also as individuals for fastest times. Andrew had 4th in Hydrants, and a few other awards for time. The only down side is that they were disqualified from one of the 6 events (and still placed 5th overall!). During the search and rescue event he forgot to go on air. If they hadn't been disqualified they would have placed second in the event, and it probably would have moved them up overall. But regardless they did great and I am uber proud of him for doing so well and leading his team to 5th place!

(Edit 4/26: Just changed a few minor details)

Fabric Store Trip!

So I'm not allowed to buy anymore fabric for like the next 6 months! I went on a major splurge at the store! (Warning its a little picture heavy)

Here is all that I bought:

I'm not exactly sure what the total came too. This was from two different stores. I know that most of the fabric (The bottom 6 peices not including the white interfacing at the bottom) came to $35 for 6 yards.

The above fabrics are for a quilt for my bed.

I still need to find one more piece. I'm not sure if I am going to go with a pinwheel or striped blocks. Suggestions?

I bought these to make another wallet for my boyfriend's sisters birthday.

I showed my first wallet to a fellow co-worker/quilter and she said "I want one!" so I believe a second one is in order as well.

These are potentially for another quilt.

I already had the 3 right most pieces. I picked up the one on the left with these in mind. You can't quite see in this picture but the blues and browns are about the same, but it also has green. Keep an eye out to see what happens!

The red one is the first one I made. The pink is a gift.

I let my mom stitch up the second one, and it got a little off but it turned out cool. The brown fabric got pulled a little bit creating almost the effect of pink pipping around the top of the pocket. I think the red one turned out better, but with more practice they will all turn out excellent!

Sorry about the picture quality! I still haven't found my camera so I tried using my phone. Hopefully better pictures are in the near future!

Oh where oh where has my camera gone?!

Oh where oh where can it be?

I went in search of my camera today so I could take a photo of the cute little wallet I made to show everyone... but alias I can't seem to find it. Heres crossing my fingers and hoping it randomly makes itself known in the next few days!

It turned out just like the samples at the store. I used some red fabric I had picked out with the intention of making a binder cover (hopefully I still have enough). I found the pattern card at Ben Franklin. You can get a copy of it for yourself at Stitchin' Post. I used it this weekend so I wouldn't have to leave my purse in the car at a shooting match. Next time I plan on stitching the pockets so you can see the top of the cards.

These would make great gift card holders and make the gift more personalized!

On a random side note. One of my various skills/hobbies is target shooting .22. Our league ended a few weeks ago and we had a banquet last week. I got a cool plaque, to match my one from the year previous, for having the high score in my classification one week. We also shot at a prone match this weekend (prone position is when you are lying on the ground) I shot 773/800! Probably the best I have ever shot and much better than last year (Lets just say last year had much frustration and almost tears). I came in 3rd for the "geezers" team. Because I'm now 21 I no longer can be considered a Junior in shooting, now I'm just old. I ended up placing 6th or 7th over all out of about 15-17 people.

YAY!

My sewing machines back! My sewing machines back! But it was a nice day, so I spent it out and about instead of hobbled up inside sewing away. Hopefully tomorrow I might get a little bit of time to make this pin cushion...

I found the simple tutorial here...

I also found a cool card wallet pattern and a local crafting store, and want to try that out. It would be great for all those "rewards" card you get that seem to crowd your wallet.

I've been reading though Works in Progress... a lot recently and Deb has this really great quilt she made out of vintage sheets that I want to try my hand at. (I don't have a link to her post :( ) I have been looking at all our Thrift Stores and haven't found anything yet! Eventually though..... I should probably finish the stack of ideas/projects I have before I start adding more! Hopefully I can get some sewing done this weekending and shorten the stack!

Sewing Machine!

I'm so excited! I finally bought a sewing machine! I had been considering it for awhile, but they seemed so expensive! With the help of my mom I was able to find an old Husqvarna Viking 150 for $50 on Craigslist. (Oh how I love Craigslist! I got a really good deal on my first car at the beginning of the year) After a good deal of much needed tlc, the machine is up and running smoothly. My Mom says I still need to take it to the shop to get it tuned up. *sad face* That means money....
I just used it to complete the top of quilt/blanket for my boyfriend that is long over due (Cough... Christmas... Cough).


I waited to post this with the intention of putting some pictures in, but the quilt is put away for the time being and my sewing machine is in the shop. :(

Change isn't always a bad thing!

My blog is changing! I'm turning it into a crafting blog, BUT DON'T FEAR!, I'll still be keeping my old blog under a new name. Its life as we know it now! For those of you who are not familiar with my old blog; it is about the trivialities of life growing up as a 20-something (i.e. a blog about life).