Sewing...

so i got sewing lessons for my birthday and haven't been able to take the lessons yet because of my treatments and school and life and kids and well ya know. so i was on the same street as the shop where i am supposed to take my sewing lessons and figure i would stop in and see what day and time would work best for teacher. as i am walking in the door i see a sign that says CLOSING just like that in all capitol letters and my heart drops into my stomach as i try and imagine taking lessons from a women who's shop is closing. i go inside and the lady that is in there is busy so i just started looking around and notice there are signs all over that say everything in the store is 50% off so i start grabbing fabrics, notions, trims, zippers, interfacing basically anything i could get my hands on. i got in line and when it was my turn i asked the lady about the sewing lessons that are paid and if i could still get them. she tells me that she probably won't be doing anything of the sort until the end of February or beginning of march. i am a little sad to hear this as i am ready to get busy. yet i understand that she can't keep a store open just because i have sewing lessons. so i gathered a few yards of fabric-nothing special all of the good stuff was picked over but i figure i am a beginner and don't want to ruin the 'good' fabric on a  messed up project!

i was surfing the net and found an amazing giveaway at lila tueller that i just have to enter because i have been teaching myself to sew via the internet and youtube videos and need some of the fabulous fabric for a project that i am going to be doing really soon.....a baby quilt for a special baby!!!
if you want to enter to win just head on over here.

My new obsession...

My new obsession is quilts! Never made one, never owned one! I have wanted one, wanted to make one, or two or three. In my family when anyone of us gets pregnant we all get together and make blankets- well I wanted to be different than the others and make quilts for Chucky and bigger blankets for when he got older, well everyone got mad because they didn't get quilts. Well they DID NOT ask, because I am sure if they did they would have gotten them. Anyway I had to settle for "look-alikes" they don't really look like quilts but they are still cute and Chucky loves them. So I am trying to win this beautiful quilt a lila tueller's blog it is absolutely beautiful!