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modernjax skip to main skip to sidebar 3 28 2012 hoop up i can t say no to hoop up i love this swap this cycle i chose as my inspiration piece notebook notes and doodles for jaxon s new bedroom here is what i came up with the quote is here i had trouble deciding but ultimately the disney quote won out the notebook paper lines are machine stitched the jaxon heart mommy mommy heart jaxon was a request from the baby boy so sweet i ve finished my first swap piece of two the inspiration is vintage kitschy hawaiiana right up my alley i went with a shag my favorite artist inspiration to come with this wait is that shot too artsy here is what she looks like i struggled with the purplish skin i was afraid she might look like a hula zombie i went with it though and i think she looks fun and kitschy i have one more to go posted by beth at 8 48 pm 2 comments 3 24 2012 tap tap is this thing on no excuses i ve been absent too long ignoring my little home on the interwebs i have plenty i could have talked about but always composed blog posts in my head rather than actually typing them i ve caught up on all the blogs i try to regularly visit and i organized my google reader so i don t get overwhelmed with unread posts maybe i should blog about that so a quick catch up from november health i had a skin biopsy come back positive with melanoma cells more skin was removed from the area and an additional three biopsies all came back negative i have some pretty heinous scars but not cancer so i ll take them family jaxon has only two months left of kindergarten he has started taekwondo lessons and loves it swim lessons are a distant second in his mind wait until he starts piano lessons jaxon ready to perform at his first school music program since the last time i blogged we lost a member of the family charlie s stepmother cathy died unexpectedly just before thanksgiving charlie s dad chuck and cathy married in 1981 so she had been a part of the family for many many years cathy and i at my mfa conferment 2003 chuck sent me a box of cathy s clothes to make into a quilt and they sat in the laundry room for a couple of months before i could bring myself to cut into them this past weekend i attended a local quilt retreat and cathy s quilt was my number one priority i finished the top and it will go to susan for long arm quilting this spring please disregard the elderly golden retriever and sewing the retreat was great for getting me back into the sewing swing of things work has been so busy spring quarter begins monday and then it will be time to convert to semesters i think the mix of the retreat falling just before my spring break and attending with my bff lisa did wonders for inspiration and sewing excitement besides cathy s quilt i finished quilting another quilt that i will have bound and photographed over the weekend designed a new quilt around some fabric i ve been hoarding and made some progress on another quilt that i ve been pebble quilting for far too long before the retreat i hadn t done much sewing but i did make this quilted duffle bag for a friend s daughter she bought a twin quilt on clearance and i used simplicity 2600 for the pattern it went together really easily and i had enough of the quilt left that i bound the cut edge and included it as a lap quilt and this week i was inspired to make these guys from a mixture of tutorials here here and here can i bring myself to stab them with pins i still need to tell you about the sewing room switch jaxon graduated to the larger sewing room and i got demoted to his smaller bedroom my next tutorial and a couple of wips that are almost done i promise to be back very soon if you promise to stop by again posted by beth at 9 45 pm 8 comments 11 08 2011 my blog brain broke uuuummmmm yeah it has been a crazy quarter and obviously blogging and sewing has taken a back seat what i haven t shared i m the associate director of our school and we are working hard on the transition from quarter to semesters it s madness it s week 10 of the quarter which means next week is finals week ouch i have another tutorial over at havel s i think i ve sewn one thing in 10 weeks i am going through serious withdrawal i am going to a retreat next weekend can t wait i had a skin biopsy that came back positive and had to have a bit of surgery two more to go in november the one thing i ve sewn in the last 10 weeks is a captain jack sparrow costume for jaxon and a bit of my costume too captain jax sparrow my costume the inspiration and one of my students we dressed up for class and a close up of my tardis and sonic screwdriver posted by beth at 10 22 am 7 comments 8 29 2011 swapped 80s style my oh my international post to new zealand takes awhile almost 5 weeks but now that i know the package has arrived i can share the i heart the 80s swap was so much fun i spent way too much time listening to 80s music and watching clips of my favorite 80s movies on youtube i received this fabulous package from quiltinkimmie i was so excited to get this sixteen candles wallhanging so brilliant and jaxon and i wrestled for the extras the kermit the frog pillowcase is now on his bed but i won the pop rocks thanks kimmie and i was excited to make for a blog friend viv it was time to cut up charlie s childhood yep that was one of his bedsheets he gave it to me when he refused to allow me to cut into the star wars sheets i thought viv would appreciate it along with a friendship bracelet i whipped up a set of pacman crayons from etsy and some pop a point pencils my favorite 80s writing utensil i embroidered around pacman and the ghosts and then quilted the whole thing with x es in the pellets i hope you like it viv i also stocked up on 80s themed crafts just in case we needed a swap angel the rubic s cube tissue box cover is presently on my cutting table and the mr t embroidery hoop is going to be hard to part with although i do need to do a five year blogiversary giveaway soon post from my ipad posted by beth at 9 53 pm 3 comments 8 23 2011 in a blink it s hard to believe i started this blog almost 5 years ago and in the very first post this is the very first photo i posted of jaxon and this was yesterday jaxon s first day a photo by modernjax on flickr kindergarten my blog and my baby are all grown up thanks for sticking around posted by beth at 9 49 pm 7 comments 8 21 2011 come on over i ve been hoping you would visit we can snack on some fresh tomatoes from the garden please and while we are at it you can take home a few pounds of zucchini it s been storming off and on all day so we can sit in the dining room and catch up i just mopped the floors and put down a new rug i don t know how long it will go without having chocolate milk spilled all over it so let s enjoy it while we can oh there s the oven timer the peach cake is done i have an abundance of peaches getting soft and i love a good peach dessert charlie isn t a fan so eat as much as you can michelle isn t one to miss a party and she has traveled a long way so i ll let her rest on my shag wdw pillow and maybe have a drink out of a shag wdw tumbler or you can stare longingly at my shag wdw map print why all the domesticity you might ask anything to keep my mind off jaxon s first day of kindergarten tomorrow he s no longer a baby no resting drinking or staring longingly on from at near my shag merchandise please shag aka josh agle is my favorite artist the day after i returned from disney world i read that shag had produced a line of artwork commemorating wdw s 40th anniversary he would be at the magic kingdom signing autographs later that week exactly 3 days after i got home sigh i couldn t get his autograph but disney mail order helped me out with some merchandise by helped i mean took an exorbitant amount of my money and shipped said merchandise to me i m still pining for the charm bracelet and hawaiian shirt posted by beth at 6 16 pm 7 comments 8 15 2011 did i blog about this do you do that do you take photos of some little thing thinking this will be great for a post and then never get around to blogging about it i do a lot my iphoto is riddled with photos of events and small projects i never got around to posting i have a folder of color corrected photos sitting on my desktop ready for blogger but i am usually on to the next big thing here s a couple of small things i came across recently that i never shared with you a tried my hand at making salsa verde our health center emailed a recipe and because it is my favorite of the salsas at casa i had to try it not as good as casa s but still pretty good i made jaxon s friend evelyn a bandana dress for her cowgirl themed birthday i used this tutorial but modified it to accommodate a lining after washing which i deemed necessary due to the stiffness of the cotton the pink bandana seemed a little thin the other problem with pre washing bandanas shrinkage which isn t that big of a deal there s still plenty of fabric for coverage but is it too much to ask that two matching bandanas shrink uniformly i will try to get a photo of evelyn wearing her dress i hear from her mom she quite likes it i can t type the word shrink without typing shrinky and having to delete the y why is that i don t often type shrinky dinks or ever shrinky now i want to make shrinky dinks edited to add i had a request from a no reply commenter for the salsa verde recipe here it is i hope you come back and find it posted by beth at 9 08 pm 6 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom twitter feed embroidery swap works in progress long term reupholster side chair roman shade and curtains for dining room gumdrop pillows cut country lines quilt cut hip to be square quilt quilting prints charming quilt hand quilting works in progress short term school house tunic hoop up swap blog archive 2012 2 march 2 hoop up tap tap is this thing on 2011 33 november 1 august 6 july 4 june 2 may 2 april 5 march 2 february 6 january 5 2010 76 december 8 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