I skipped Monday..

Ever feel like you just lost a whole day without the fun of drinking or a head trauma?  It's Tuesday and I barely remember Monday.  I'll blame my allergies. It's Hot and Humid here in Northeast Ohio.  So humid in fact that the mold is off the charts.  It looks beautiful outside but it smells like a old wet sponge.  We need a cool breeze. I have a vacation day on Friday so naturally they are predicting rain starting Thursday through the following Monday.   You might think this is bad news but it isn't. It will give me a change to fold 100 loads of laundry and to make a papier mache boat.  I've been dying to try since Ann Wood posted a tutorial on her website.  She is amazing.  Check her out.   This weekend I went to a art fair and scored some adornments.   The artist didn't give me her card but I love the ring and the earrings. Sunday was filled with a marathon of yard work.  I can barely walk.  I need to get out of this chair and get some exercise.  Right after I make a root beer Float and watch New Moon.  I hope it isn't as bad as I anticipate.  I am predicting a Level Red Cheese Factor! 

Sew What If I Had To Glue The Corner of This Quilt?

My first week blogging and my first Sew and Tell!   I made these two quilts for my cousin who had twins. Ashley and Olivia. They are sweet.  The girls and the quilts. I started these quilts three weeks before their baby shower and could only finish one on time. I'm such a procrastinator. Lets get on to the confession.. I totally glued the corners of the binding down. I thought that I had it right this time but nope. As I folded the binding back over the raw edges after sewing it down- my corners are short. I trim it as close to the stitch line as I can and still it's wonky. BUT, nobody knows that I glued them except you and I. I love these quilts. Wish I would have made myself one. The majority of the fabric is from the April Cornell Poetry collection. The colors make me want lay in a sunny spot and read until i drift off. The patterns are from a book called Sweet and Simple Baby Quilts by Mary Hickey. Check out the difference in the colors. All the fabrics are the same except one was photographed on my porch and the other indoors. Crazy. Talk about a lesson in lighting.

Glued and finished this week for Ashley (she's almost 2 -don't judge me).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

For Olivia and delivered almost two years later..  OK go ahead and judge me
but keep in mind that I bought them great presents to make up for it!

Score!

I stopped in Crate and Barrel and look at what I scored.. FABRIC!!  They must have just had some overstock from custom items and I was there at the right time.  I was with my non-fabric people who did not understand why I danced around the table and had to unfold each stack.  I feel sorry for them.
I know I should have ironed these before the pictures but it is way to hot and humid.  Also,  I was way excited!

The colors aren't quite as vibrant in this evening light. I have 4 yards, 2yards and 6 yards and all for under $4.00 a yard!What a cheap way to back a quilt and not have it look cheap. How can you beat that? Plus, the quality of the fabric is outstanding and they are so wide. Doesn't the last one look like a Kaffe Fassett? I don't love the blue one but I know a couple little boys who could use a quilt or two.

This is a serious Red.  I think that I will make a quilt for myself with this one.  I only have three yards but again - these fabrics are wide.  I know it is hard to see the lighter Poppies but it is a cool design.

Hi

Hi.  I'm Lisa.  Welcome to my blog.  Take your shoes off and have a seat.  Let's pretend that we aren't complete strangers.  Like we might be two people that see each other at the bank every week and chat in line or work in the same building and ride the elevator together.   That way I don't have to write one of those strange getting to know me posts.  I will say that I can't wait to meet some new interesting people.  So I'm going to remain semi  anonymous so that I can embrace my new Internet comrades and not end up blogging for my mom. Plus, I won't feel bad if I talk a little smack about someone who can reach out and grab me.  In honor of my new friends and visitors here are a few pics of some of my summer visitors. 

I recognize that their wings are a beautiful miracle..

their flight is a ballet..

                   but they are still a creepy bug in the middle and they can be pretty big and meaty if you get close. 
Hi, my name is Lisa and I think butterflies are creepy.