Burlesque!
01 year ago
by Erin
Today I’m going to see Burlesque with my mom and sister. I’m actually excited, haha. I don’t typically go to the movies much, but I couldn’t pass this one up. It looks like it’s going to be a little Striptease, a little Crossroads and a lot of AWESOME. Here is the trailer:
Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars!!), Cam Gigandet (James from Twilight), I could go on and on about the cast. It’s going to be awesome!
Abigail’s Quilt
11 year ago
by Erin
Mike’s cousin had another baby this year, so I wanted to make a quilt for her second baby (here is the quilt I made for her first child). One of the things I didn’t like about the first quilt was how muted and subdued the colors were. I like quilts with bright colors better, so this time I tried to be more adventurous with my fabric selections.
Closeup of some of the fabric.
One cool thing is that I’ve been collecting fabrics over the past year since I started quilting, so I was able to use them for this project. The pink striped fabric I got at a garage sale (!), the yellow fabric I stole from my mom’s collection, and the purple fabric was left over from Scarlett’s quilt.
I used the Rail Fence pattern from Quilts for Baby: Easy As ABC by Ursula Reikes. Here is what the squares looked like once they were all put together:
Quilt using the Rail Fence pattern.
I love how bright it is!! Next, I added the inner and outer borders. The inner border was made using fabric left over from Mikey 3′s quilt.
Closeup of the quilt after adding the borders and making the quilt sandwich.
This time I planned on machine quilting more intricate pattern than I’m used to, so I decided to baste the quilt with thread rather than safety pins like I usually do. Basting keeps the layers straight while you quilt it. Basting with thread is better when you plan on machine quilting, that way there are no safety pins to avoid that can break the machine’s needle. I used a dark thread that would be easy to see so I could pick them out later. Then, I quilted along the purple lines:
Closeup of the quilting and basting.
In the past I have quilted in a grid, but with Mikey 3′s quilt I started quilting along the pattern, since I felt a grid would take away from the overall design. I felt the same about this quilt, so I chose to quilt in a zig-zag pattern that followed the design. I think it turned out well.
Here I am working on the last step, binding.
The binding is the same fabric I used for the inner border. The backing was pink striped fabric I’ve had FOREVER, and a pink flowered pattern I picked up in the scraps bin at Joann’s (I LOVE the scraps bin!!)
Final product
Hope baby and mama like it!
No surprises here
11 year ago
by Erin
Well I think it’s official, I completely failed NaBloPoMo. I’ve forgotten to post so many times, I might as well throw in the towel! But I’ve had fun participating and I’d like to keep up blogging regularly on here. Maybe one day I’ll even get more than 5 readers! XD
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, which means an excuse to stuff ourselves silly, although according to the rest of the world we’re all obese white people that don’t need an excuse to do that anyway, haha. Tonight I’m going to a Thanksgiving party with friends, where there will be a ton of food and then of course there’s tomorrow. I’m kind of nervous because I have a wedding next week and I’m already barely fitting into the dress for that one! I definitely can’t afford to gain any weight. Maybe I should try to work out more…
I’m also nervous because my in-laws invited my family over to their house for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, my sister T has to spend this year with her husband’s family and my other sister lives in Colorado now, so it will be just my parents and my brother coming. My families usually get along, but it’s still nerve-wracking!
I need to start Christmas shopping, too. With a big family like mine, starting early is the only way to avoid breaking the bank!
Anyway, I better get back to work. To my US readers, Happy Thanksgiving! To my international readers, Happy almost-weekend!
