This blogging stuff is hard...

I find myself taking lots of pictures of projects - both in the works and done :-) - and reading everyone else's blogs and discovering more awesome crafters out there and I just don't get around to updating this one. Quite a few bloggers have also given great pointers for new bloggers like myself ( Plum and June and Stitched in Color) - and they are right: it takes time and effort to keep up!
So an update: 
1. All quilts for kids got finished!!! And shipped!!! So hopefully soon some little kid will have a cool blanket to snuggle down under. Pictures eventually up on flickr.
2. I finished my disappearing nine patch quilt (the blues and greens and browns) and I really like it. A bit smaller than I really wanted it but it will do. Here's a picture of the pieced top. Currently waiting to wash it for the final look... I am trying to run to the store to grab some of these color catcher doohickeys. *UPDATE* photos on Flickr ----> see sidebar :-)

3. Pulled out my first sewing machine - my Gramma's old Viking. This was inspired after a day of sewing machine shopping with my crafty friend M- M and I checked out Pfaff, Bernina, and Viking machines in and around town on Saturday. I had retired the Viking because I was having problems and for the $100 it would cost to fix it I figured I would just buy a little ghetto Singer from Joann. Anyway - the day of shopping inspired me to haul out Mr Viking and see if now, with more sewing knowledge, I could fix him. Lo and behold I could not. It appears to definitely be a tension issue (picture of stitches below). I think I am going to bite the bullet and see if I can get it repaired.

4. Finished a clutch for a friend using this great tutorial at Elm Street Life. Pictures to come. I wish I would have shortened the wrist strap a little, and it was my first zipper endeavor - so other than those two things - I love the way it came out. I used a teal linen for the exterior and just a fun white and gray patterned fat quarter for the interior. *UPDATE* photos on Flickr ----> see sidebar :-)

5. About to baste the beloved Sudoku quilt - hopefully I will have that quilted very soon!

6. And lastly received my wonderful fat quarter bundle of Across the Pond by Cloud9 from Honey Be Good! 

Sorry for the long post!!! I will try to post more often and have more pictures of what is happening. Lastly I leave you with a song I have been loving:

Happy Tuesday!

-k