Exciting Things to Come

Pretty soon I will have a ton of new D.I.Y. projects to show off here! We found out we are expecting our first child and we are thrilled. (The first trimester exhaustion is partially responsible for my crafty slacking lately.) We find out the sex of the baby in about 6 weeks, and then we will be hard at work making an awesome nursery, so stay tuned!

Slacker

I have been so tired this week, I still haven't gotten any crafting finished up. I am only a few steps away from finishing my chalkboard. I also really need to get back on board with my knitting. I think that part of the problem is that since work is so hectic, I am brain dead by the time I get home. I just want to veg and not think at all, unfortunately this is not very conducive to crafting!

Blanket

I am still working on Anastacia's baby blanket. Someday, I will finish it. It looks fantastic so far. I will confess, part of the delay is because I picked up some Madeline Tosh yarn and cast on the Honeycomb Cowl. I couldn't resist. I need to buckle down and focus on finishing up the op art blanket!

Melted Crayon Art

This weekend I decided to go ahead and try the Melted Crayon Art that I keep seeing on www.pinterest.com. The above picture was my inspiration.

I thought the project was relatively simple. I took the crayon wrappers off complete

ly and hot-glued each crayon to the top of the canvas. That was the most tedious part. I started using my crafting heat gun to melt them and it was taking forever for them to melt. Deven let me borrow his garage heat gun and that made things go MUCH quicker. This was definitely an outdoor project, as there was a lot of dripping. Overall, I am very pleased with how it turned out.

Here is the finished product. Deven was nice enough to draw the silhouettes for me. I love how it turned out!

Here it is hanging on the wall. I have to get another canvas and some more blue crayons, and I will be making it a companion.

Crafting Hiatus

I have not done much with crafting lately. Between school and work, I have just been really busy. I was on vacation from work this past week, but we were in Austin for most of it so I didn't get a whole lot done. I am still chugging away on my Op-art blanket though. Anastacia was born last Thursday, so I really need to finish it up!

Sewing Fail

Well I sat down last Saturday to work on my sewing and was met with disappointment. The fabric that I got was not as wide as the bolt claimed it was. After I pre-washed it, it was really really not as wide. Since the apron I made is cut on the bias, there is not possible way to use this fabric so I am back to the drawing board.

I then started working on a purse, but my machine messed up. I am having some kind of trouble with the bobbin and it is not wanting to sew. Boo!

Sewing

I've decided that I need to learn how to sew. I asked my mother for a sewing machine for Christmas so that I can learn. She was kind enough to oblige me and get me one.

I picked out a cute pattern for a three-tiered ruffled apron that ties around the waist. It has a kind of vintage feel, so I went on the search for a vintagey feeling fabric that I thought would be cute with it. I found one that I loved that is turquoise, lime, and red. I bought the fabric I needed and took it home.

Following the advice from the pattern, I prewashed the fabric. This particular pattern calls for 45" wide fabric. The fabric I bought said it was 44-45. After washing it, it was 41 1/2. I went back to the fabric store and measured it on the bolt. The actual fabric was only 43 1/2. Since the apron I want to make is cut on the bias, I will not be able to use this fabric. I am really annoyed about it. If a fabric is supposed to be 45, it should be 45!!!