My First Quilt: Part 1

i had a bit of a difficult time deciding what would grace my blog as the first post (after the initial maiden voyage of course), since it took me 11 months just to get something up here...

i caught the quilting bug about a year ago, and decided that with my country/industrial/antique aesthetic, quilts would fit in perfectly. i also felt like it was a dying art, and needed young super cool Martha-wannabes like me to keep it alive. i also have a chronic need to nest. i also want to stay warm. soooo, i took a beginning quilting class at a fabric shop, and started half-assing my way through a quilt! i have pretty basic sewing skills, so there is going to be a major learning curve here.

since i am an artiste after all, frumpy dumpy grandma quilts just weren't going to cut it for me, so armed with little more than an internet picture, basic sewing skills, and sheer determination, i started my very own blanket. the hubs and i decided the first quilt (of many) i make should match our guest bedroom: blue, grass green, brown, white, and orange.

i trekked to a couple fabric stores to find just the right mix of small and large, dark and light patterns. and here are my chosen fabrics (drumroll).

they're even better when a cute kitty helps out.

i'm creating the quilt topper in an hourglass pattern. google it, yo. or, just imagine an hourglass shape and picture it made out of fabric. BAM.

stay tuned. part deux (that's two for all you non-french speakers) coming soon. as in, in the next 3 months if we're lucky.

Like I always say, better late than never

there! i did it. i started a blog. now what to do, what to do...

okay i never actually say "better late than never," but i do find myself saying "hey i could make that!" a lot. but i rarely ever do. i seek the simple and creative life. i hope to record my crafting, gardening, cooking, house hunting, and decorating project here—I'm your modern day homesteader! sometimes i think blogs are a little bit vain...and maybe my motives for this one are too. but all i know is, there's no easy way to start this. so i made lists to kick-start these posts and get all the hi-i'm-on-a-first-date awkwardness out of the way.

just fyi:
- i have a lot of creative energy, and i need to let it all out somewhere (hence, blog).
- i misuse and/or have never heard of many common colloquialisms.
- there are 948,798,479,138,746 things i want to do in my lifetime. blogging being one of them.
- it took me 2 years to start this because i couldn't decide on a name.
- and then once i decided on a name it took me 11 months to actually write the first post.

i like:
- making things with my hands.
- my husband.
- our cat.
- laughing.
- coffee but i don't drink it.
- decorating and all things design.
- attention.

my hopes for this blog are that:
- it won't suck.
- people will read it.
- someone will learn something (here's to hoping that it's me!).
- i will achieve internet fame.
- i will better my sewing skills and actually start doing the "hey i could make that"s.

i hope you think my life is as perfect as i do. and i hope you think my sarcasm is funny.

the moral of the story is who knows where this will take me. stay tuned and thanks for reading...we're going to be great friends, i just know it!