I have found a new hobby. My friend Jamie makes the cutest quilts. She graciously taught me how to make them. And I'm hooked! I started a seriously cute one for Tyson that ended up almost going in the trash. I don't have much confidence when it comes to sewing (those machines can be so intimidating!!) so when things started to go south one night, I almost hung up the towel. I had purchased the fabric for Brennon's, so I set it up and started his thinking that if I did a good job with his, I'd feel better and more secure going back to Tyson's. But, if I did an awful job again, I'd just be done with this project. How happy I am that Brennon's turned out perfect!!!
You find a cotton fabric that you like and match it to 3 panels of flannel. You lay them out, mark at a diagonal, and start sewing lines. 100's of lines!! Once you've sewn every last line, you square it up, slash between the lines with the coolest tool ever, and then bind the rough edges, wash and then dry. I need some serious practice on the binding, but for now, I'm just excited to have a project complete and better than I dreamed I could do.
I have gone back to Tyson's, but the outcome for that one is leaning more and more to the garbage. We'll see after the finished project. Who knows, maybe someone will appreciate my first failed attempt after finding it at Salvation Army. I'll just go back and buy the CUTE cotton fabric and begin again. As of now, I have fabric for McKaylee's, Daphnee's, Austen's, Payton's, and Kenyan's. Shelby and Keilie are begging me to go find their fabric. Looks like I've got some projects again!! Good thing my house is cleaned and organized to perfection:) Otherwise it would be put on the back burner for a while. It's enough just getting the kids fed and bathed each day:) Just kidding, it's not that bad.
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