Update: I'm still here!

If you are a teacher, you know that some things just don't happen during the school year. I didn't stop sewing or crafting, but I did stop blogging about it.  Since I use this blog to remember what I've done, I really do need to update!

 So here are a few projects I've completed since I last posted:

A few teachers and I decided to have a booth at our school's December Craft Fair.  It was hard pricing things and I would much rather gift my creations, but it was good experience!

I also mass produced a ton of gift card holders for the season. 

I shopped Amazon for most of Christmas, and I was feeling guilty on Christmas Eve waiting on a package from UPS.  So when he delivered the package about 6pm, I left a card, a liter of soda, and some holiday popcorn.  :)






All of my friends are having babies and grand babies so I used this handy dandy You Tube video to master making self binding receiving blankets.

Here are a few that I whipped up...

             

 I even made a coordinating layette bag 

to go with the one for Shelby at Dazzle! 

One of my best friends was having her second baby and really fell in love with this guitar print.  We searched and found it at the cutest little fabric shop called The Stitch Lab in Austin.

Remember, I just started sewing, and I am self taught, 

so she must be a REALLY good friend...

We quilted together a bunch of coordinating fabrics as starting point. I also backed it with minky (again, she is a REALLY good friend).

I also patched together a summer receiving blanket!

Then we decided I could figure out curtains and tada!

Last but not least I conquered the bumper pad and bed skirt.

Brooks Roland Bonn was worth it!

I also was able to conquer my fear of zippers by making a bunch of these cute key chains for my library volunteers:

I owe my victory to Erin Erikson over at Dog Under My Desk.  Her tutorial made it a cinch!

My volunteers loved them!

Sew much Fun!

My sewing machine is my new BFF! Check out all these things I've created with some very helpful tutorials!

First, I used several crayon roll tutorials like the one over at The Pleated Poppy to create a makeup brush roll.  I actually use this everyday!

After several of my friends and I received Kindle Fires for Christmas, I decided to use what I learned from several tutorials to create puffy pouches.






Here are some of the tutorials I pieced together to create these:

Six Crafty Cats   and this House on Hill Road pattern
Here is my attempt to place a "tag" on my creations...    

Then I put my big girl panties on and attempted a skirt.

The tutorial over at Made really "made" this happen!  I am so glad I have this cutie to wear my creations ;)

And yes, you can feel sorry for my lack of grass in my backyard.  It was a VERY DRY and HOT summer here in the Austin Area!

These two skirts were also possible because of the Made tutorial, but I morphed another tutorial from The Mother Huddle  and used the bottom of an old tank top for the waistband on the Love the Earth skirt.












The Paris Skirt is different because I used ribbon as bias tape.

So there you have it!  I have been too busy sewing to blog!  If I can do this, anyone can!

Thirty One Purse Skirt!

 I love my Thirty one purse, but now I am madly in love.  Check out what I can do with my sewing machine now....

Thanks to the 365 Days to Simplicity Tutorial I found on Pinterest!
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Whooo can sew? ME!

I have never been able to successfully sew anything, but somehow I managed to make this super cute owl!

Thanks to the tutorial at Toad's Treasures I am an owl gifting machine!