Whole new style

So today I decided to update the background and steal a gadget from Teresa about who reads my blogs :D
enjoy

Summer action

So, its been 2 months since I posted.
I finished that baby quilt for my cousin this week, too bad they already had their baby... I will mail it anyway... oops, I guess that is what I get for procrastinating... Also this if my first quilt without a border.

I have also been asked to join a quilt along... I'm a little concerned that I wont be able to keep up because I'm a procrastinator, but I will try my best.

Also I need to get MOVING on that other quilt I'm making as a wedding present! thats due by August. so I need to mail this quilt and get one it.

found .12 since my last blog update so that brings my total for the year to 2.34

First Quilt top of the year

This is for my Cousin's new baby.
It's a boy, the first for the family. And his room is decorated in camo.
what do you think?

First non-quilt project

So I finished the first non-quilt project um... ever.

;D

(mending doesn't count)

what do you think?

Decorating Help

I got three pictures for my wedding (4.5 years ago) and I am just putting them into black frames.

on this wall.

what I need help with is... 

1. I need something to go with it on the wall, and/or good ways to hang them to look nice...

2. something to go on the opposite wall.

Vintage

sooo... I have been looking for a sewing machine that is similar to my mom's,
you might ask why? When I have a great general sewing machine.
Well...
1. Her's sews so much cleaner than mine (meaning precision of stitches and fine-ness)
2. Has better stitches for the binding of quilts (cause we all know I can not sew straight)
3. It can be fixed because its not all plastic :D


so... I began to search ebay for these over 40 year old Singer sewing machines... and what did I find... the good ones, in good shape with the attachments and etc. were selling for over $200! wow I thought way to hold your value!
however I thought over $200 is over my budget for a sewing machine so I started watching them,
and low and behold I won one!!!

this is what showed up at my door on tuesday

Check out the button-holer that came with it... and all the different options for  types of button holes I can now make... 

and a ridiculous number of feet/attachments I will never use

and in addition to the 20 something built in stitches pop one of these bad boys in and you get a different  stitch.

and I found this sweet vintage sewing book at a library book sale for 10 cents :D... I thought... hm... vintage book for vintage machine

now to make Josh a curtain for his office... using my other vintage  Reader's Digest complete guide to sewing... $1.00 goodwill.

Go Vintage!

72!

too bad its not 72 degrees... instead its 72 squares I finally cut out for the main square of the quilt.
a whopping 4 and 3/4 cut, so it will be 4 and 1/4 finished.

in other news...

the other day in the dollar store parking lot I found .01

and today the guy in front of me left his change in the self check out, I even tried to catch him cause it was $2!

so that brings my total to $2.22

not bad for the second month :D