3 stash additions for spring.

A few fabrics that were added to the stash recently.  Including a couple prints from Jessica Jones!  The green leaves are my favorite, so springy don't you think?

5 weekend progress.

A little progress was made on the houndstooth quilt this weekend.  There is still a lot more work to do.  I've been falling back on this project lately when I'm feeling uninspired but still want to get some sewing done.  It's sort of repetitive sewing all the blocks together!  

It's nice to have a project to work on when I'm not in much of a creative mood but still want to feel productive, and I've found that it helps me to feel more inspired in the process.

Bonus: I think I've discovered a way to make a cute fabric garland while making these blocks!

6 so i (hope) i'm crafty?

I apologize for neglecting my blog all last week, but I had a big project I was working on with a looming deadline. I can't tell you what the project was yet other than the fact that it was my audition project for So You Think You're Crafty! The audition round starts today and I hope you'll head over there and vote for your favorite project! I really hope I make it through this round, it would be so fun to participate in this crafty competition. The creators of the top 10 projects with the most votes will move on to the actual competition which starts in a few weeks. Please head over to SYTYC and vote now!

5 can pincushions have babies?

Because mine did.

Why is everything so much cuter in miniature?

20 colorful cushion.

Little squares can quite quickly be sewn into a colorful quilted pincushion.

With a simple pattern like this, it's one of those (almost) instant gratification projects that keep me sane while I've got bigger things in the works.  Plus it's a much prettier place for my pins than the cheap plastic boxes they came in.

I see more of these little cushions in my future.

Thank you to Jen for sending me the beautiful fabric scraps!

4 wearing green.

I didn't have a green shirt that I liked enough to wear downtown this weekend for the insanity that is St. Patrick's Day in Chicago, so I made a few flowers and sewed them to a white shirt.  They added just the right amount of green for me.  Festive, but subtle.

I hope you all had a nice St. Patrick's Day!  I didn't even have a green beer today.  What a shame!

3 little squares.

Little squares for a little project.  The colors are so bright!  

Can I tell you how nice it is to be able to have an extra hour of sunlight?  Taking pictures for the blog after work is so much easier than during my lunch hour.  Thank goodness for daylight savings time.