Commitment Phobic

My quilt productivity has completely stopped because for some reason I can not commit to what fabrics I want to use for the borders and back sides.

I originally wanted to make a quilt because I had this fabric that was very special to me.

Two years ago for my birthday Zachary insisted on buying me fabric for my gift. He knew that I loved to sew and he thought that would be the best gift ever. He was right. So Frank took him to the fabric store and let him pick out 2 pieces of fabric for me. He was so proud of himself and I was so proud of have amazingly thoughtful he was.

For months I thought and thought about how to use these fabrics. I knew I wanted to keep them but I knew that Zachary would want them to be used. I finally decided to make a quilt, a very special Zachary quilt. 
Now I am almost done sewing the blocks together I think I have like three left to do and now I  am left trying to figure out what to do with the boarder and the back side. I am going use what I have left of these two fabrics I just want to find  something that will tie them together better.

This is what I have in my shopping cart at http://www.fabric.com/

I am leaning towards the first one but I think I may just have to get them both and see which one looks better

in real life.

But there is still more trouble! As I mentioned in this post one quilt has turned into two.

And this one is giving me trouble. I think I want to make the main boarder and background colors yellow and brown but I can only find fabrics I like in yellow. Here is what I have picked out

I am thinking I can just fill it in with brown scraps that I have already but like I said I am unable to make a commitment.

Monterey

This weekend we took a trip to Monterey. I made a post about it on my other blog and because I am a lazy blogger I amd just going to post a link to it here http://watchingmilesgrow.blogspot.com/2010/03/little-trip-to-monterey.html

And this piture!

Some Productivity

I finally finished this little stack of wallets this weekend. They should be making their way into my esty shop over the next couple of days.

Vintage Expo 2010

Yesterday I tricked Frank and Miles into going out with me and our friend Caitlin to the vintage expo in San Francisco. Frank quickly retreated to a quite table and did some reading while Miles and I did some shopping with Caitlin. I mainly like to go to admire all the pretty things but this year even with a baby tied to my back I managed to find a few goodies.
I picked up some fabric

Isn't it cute?

and some buttons

Some pretty necklaces

And this tank top!

Is is even possible to no to a tank top with little pink bears on it? No, I don't think so.

I also picked up a pair of vintage glasses which are off getting some lenses put in them. I didn't think to take pictures of them but I will try to remember to share some when I get them in a couple weeks.

New wallets on their way to the shop

This weekend I finished up a few things for my etsy shop and yesterday I started listing it. Here are the wallets that are on their way.

So check out the shop for new goodies.

More Hair Clips

Well I mustered up the energy to finish the hair clips I had started and I love them. I just want to keep them all for myself and wear them all the time But I know that would be silly.
It was cloudy and gray all day today so there wasn't any good sun the take pictures so I just have this sad little poorly lit picture to share with you

hopefully I can get some good pictures tomorrow and get whet I am willing to part with into the shop. I sort of have a soft spot for hair clips.

Since this is a short post I think there is some room here for Eleanor

Oh the baby kitty!

Felt Fun!

This week I started a new schedule at work and these hours  have me all out of whack. I went from working three eight hour shifts a week to working 6 AM to 12 Monday through Friday. This means I now have to wake up at 4:30 in the morning. Goodness this is screwing with how I live my life. I know once I get used to it and get used to going to bed and getting up so gosh darn early it won't be so bad. But for today I am not liking it.

I decided this weekend it was finally time to sit down and play with the felt I bought a few weeks back from giantdwarf and now I just can't get enough of it. I started out cutting out some bits to use for applique on some wallets I had been working on and the I decided I needed to make myself a new hair clip.

I ended up making a couple so I could keep one for myself and put one in the shop. This one I decided to list in the shop.

This felt is so fun to work with and the colors are so amazing. I love color! I cut out and sewed a few more pieces to make into hair clips tonight. Hopefully the baby will nap tomorrow and I will have the energy to get them finished. Then we will just have to see if I am willing to part with them and list them on etsy. 

For now I am off to bed so I can wake up bright (although it is very, very dark) and early tomorrow morning. Goodnight and sweet dreams. 

Oh, one more thing. I marked down a bunch of items in my shop today so head over and check out my sale section.