business cards in progress...

Next Friday I am selling some small bags and blankets at our MOPS meeting.  I want to have cards with my contact information, but don't want to commit to printed business cards yet, so I'm planning to make my own.  I had a stamp made with my info and I plan to experiment this weekend.  Here are some of the ideas I pinned:

source: oh so beautiful paper

source: craftaholics anonymous

source: bizuza digital art

source: oh happy day

more bags....

Makeup Bag

This was one of my favorite projects to date. The tutorial I found here: https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfhzndwh_3rszbxhn&pli=1 was really easy to follow, even though it was my first time to sew a zipper. I also looked at another tutorial on zippers here: http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2007/05/installing-a-zipper-tutorial-by-michelle/ just to get a little more info (I had to shorten my zipper). All the fabric pieces that you need are small, so it easy to use scraps and it only took me a few hours to make.

Rating: Easy (beginner). Time: 2-3 hours.

My first quilt

I completed my first quilt this past weekend! I have loved quilts since college, particularly modern quilts like those created by Denyse Schmidt. This quilt is for one of my dear friends Beth, who is having her first baby this December. I selected fabrics from the same line that she is using for her baby bedding, and I used the pattern from here: http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2009/10/elizabeths-fabric-focus-charm-squares-baby-quilt/ to make my quilt. I also used the hand binding tutorial from here: http://splityarn.com/2010/05/12/how-to-easily-hand-sew-a-quilt-binding.html. The binding was definitely the most challenging part of the quilt.