So Close

I am so close to finishing my first quilt. Up close it is full of imperfections but from a distance it looks awesome! I just have to do the edging and then I am done and it can go in the mail. This quilt has been full of relief and stress at the same time. Stress because it was a hard quilt to do for the first time and relief because it gave me a break from reality and helped me get through a lot.

Finished Book

I finished the book that I previously posted about. It was pretty good and I really like the writing style: letter/diary. There were parts that were a little uncomfortable to read but it was a good book and a nice little lesson to learn. I think I would recommend it.

New Book: Letter to My Daughter

I'm only a few pages into it but it seems like a fun, easy read and I love it that some one is writing a letter to there daughter in diary form, it makes it interesting:)

Check it out:

Starting FRESH

I haven't been so good at eating healthy and staying on track when it comes to Weight Watchers and I have gained over 10 lbs over my goal but I am starting FRESH! Weight Watchers has a new 2010 10 week challenge and I am going to follow it(a little late). My husband is going to do this with me so that will be a great support to me. I am on week one, which is tracking. This week I will just focus on writing down what I eat. You bite it, you write it:) My non-food reward for doing this will be going to a dollar movie of my choice(Yes, New Moon is at the dollar movies now) Wish me luck:)

P.S. This book looks really good. I should see if it is at my local library.

The Super Hero Cape

This is what I have been up to lately. I have been taking a break from the quilt and made two cute little capes for some birthday parties I have coming up. Here is the link to the tutorial I used: Thelongthread They were pretty easy and turned out way cute:) My husband did the letters and I think he did an awesome job!

Sew Much Fun

I have had a lot of fun having my husband home to watch my son so I am able to sew with hardly any interruptions. It has been a blast and I have made great progress with the crib quilt I am doing. It is so not perfect, lot's of puckers, but really not too bad for my first time doing any sort of a quilt. Here are some pictures of what I have been up to lately.

The average day at our house during a snow day.

Finished the squares and then sewed the strips.

Got all the strips sewn and I didn't do too bad matching the corners.

Here I am quilting. Learning to twist the material and stuff it through the arm of my machine.

Here is a sample of my quilting. I know it isn't perfect but hopefully I will have many years to improve. I have done 9 squares now just 21 left.

Book Club Host

I was honored to host book club this month and it was really fun. I know I said I didn't love the ending but after book club I do like the book more because I really enjoyed the read more than the story. It was fun to host and I made my Dad's famous hot cocoa to serve because that(hot cocoa) is what the family in the book like to serve when they had guests over. It turned out great and every one had a lot of fun and the cupcakes a friend brought was the cherry on top!