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simply mindy simply mindy sunday october 30 happy halloween cindy lou who wishes you a happy halloween at 11 12 pm 5 comments wednesday march 2 more first birthday photos elephant talk birthday make it a happy birthday with personalized birthday cards view the entire collection of cards at 9 39 pm 1 comment 1st birthday at 12 29 pm 3 comments tuesday january 4 first christmas photo only post at 10 38 am 3 comments tuesday november 9 first halloween i did make a portion of her halloween costume her hat and leg warmers however the dress still hasn t happened at 12 40 pm 2 comments thursday september 16 further quilting and a few lessons learned i m taking further baby steps on my quest to become a quilter i made this quilt for my new little niece she lives far away so i had to find another baby to stand in as a model wink i learned many things while making this quilt but mostly i learned what not to do when quilting here is my short list 1 don t sew together the pieces if you plan to add a binding with the patchwork quilts i previously made there was no quilting involved the fronts were squares sewn together then i sewed together the front back and batting flipped it right side out and voila with this quilt and all of my future quilts i expect i will actually quilt the pieces together and then add a binding 2 when the pattern for the binding says baste together pay attention to the word baste this ties to number 1 because i sewed the quilt together and then took it all out but then i did it again when the seaming instructions only told me to baste the pieces together this time i couldn t take out the work or i would have risked putting a hole in the quilt and that would have led to patching and so on 3 use a medium loft batting or at least not the lowest loft this isn t just because it s softer and becomes more yummy and plushy when washed also the higher the loft the more hidden the quilting will be if you need to hide your quilting as you re learning what the heck you re doing like me i used brown thread to quilt and i really regret it it s just tacky and when i realized this i thought that it would disappear into the batting better once it was washed 4 don t rush i actually learned this lesson on the previous patchwork quilts i made instead of quickly trying to finish the work i was doing i left the quilt on the machine with the needle down to hold my spot then i went to bed while i made countless mistakes on this quilt i would have made far more had i not stopped when i was exhausted each time i stepped away i realized things as i was dozing off that i would have otherwise missed 5 use a pattern i learned the colors of my niece s nursery pink and brown then shopped for fabric shocking as it was i wasn t able to find many fabrics at the store that were exclusively pink and brown so i purchased what i could find and liked and decided to work from there it is common for me unfortunately to try to design something and then i work out the math incorrectly remember the ridiculous camo blanket i found a square that i liked and it involved the number of fabrics that i had purchased i decided to replicate the square as the quilt itself and then computed cuts of course my math was wrong very fortunately a little sashing with the backside fabric and i m actually happy with the correction 6 be good to your machine and it will be good to you i did a side project that i think bent the arm on my machine now i can t use my 1 4 inch presser foot or the needle hits the foot and breaks shooting broken needles across the room and directly at my eyes is scary i m now having to make shift 1 4 inch seams because even the markers on my machine are off due to the bent arm that s my short list so far but i have more projects coming i m truly enjoying sewing but i miss knitting as the weather is turning cooler i had to visit one of the over priced baby clothing boutiques in hoboken i spent 32 on a small knit sweater for my little girl and that was after a 20 off coupon when i stopped for a brief visit at my former job today i was asked by my friend and former co worker stephen who also happens to be the greatest quilter hand and machine sewer and all around creator of all things fabric fleece and fur who ever lived whether i made it i told him how guilty i felt buying it my husband little girl and i are hoping to take a trip soon and if we do perhaps i ll finally make the baby surprise jacket i ve always wanted to make at 9 21 pm 4 comments monday august 9 more photos i ve been working through some photos today for some thank you cards and i just can t help but post these last few i shot these within seconds of each other but her most common expressions are all here at 9 08 pm 2 comments let s do it again at 2 48 pm 1 comment ready set at 1 59 pm no comments saturday july 24 sewing new hobby new projects i learned quickly that trying to complete knitting projects was futile now that i have a baby to tend to it took me several weeks to complete this knit hat which she wasn t terribly excited about it as you can see this picture is from when she was 8 weeks old she is almost 5 months old now sewing has proven to be a much better option which i realized after making my first baby quilt a few months before her birth last week i completed my second patchwork quilt which i made the same way but with a border this time it is for my unborn niece who is due in october my brother s baby incidentally my husband s sister just had a baby girl yesterday stay tuned for her gifts she ll be the little sister to the cutie pie i knit several blankets for a couple of years ago his primary blanket was a blue basket weave but there were many camouflage blankets as well here he is with his sister s blanket he s 2 years old time just flies with the scraps from these first two quilts i made a little cloth burp rag the pattern to which i found on sew mama sew it s scrap buster contest i ve been wanting a burp rag for when we are out in public or at church the cloth diapers we ve been using are quite worn and tattered which is fine for home but slightly embarrassing when we re out and about i ve been tempted to buy the ever popular aden and anais burpy bibs but hope that my handmade one will now satisfy my needs here it is with the original quilt i made i found several patterns that i will make in the coming weeks so stay tuned at 2 16 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me mindy my blog is a journal about my life my hobbies my kitties and my brand new baby girl who arrived in march view my complete profile my blog list cute overload halo dunia 5 weeks ago fabricworm check out what s coming soon 3 months ago buns and baskets a mom payoff moment 6 months ago hawthorne threads blog thank you for reading our newsletter see what s new from windham moda robert kaufman and hawthorne 2 years ago lella boutique projects in bloom 6 years ago feeling stitchy christmas countdown 12 lord a 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