Anyone Can Quilt

A great big mish mash of mish mashiness.

Hi everybody!!  First of all, so sorry I've been gone so long.  Secondly, THANK YOU for being so kind to Lauren!  She had so much fun writing the last blog post.  She gets such a kick out of all of your comments!  Seriously, she smiles from ear to ear, and now she wants to start her own blog.  That's my girl!  

Fall is in full swing.  I love it so much.  It's been stormy here on the Oregon Coast.  So many people complain about the rain.  I love it though.  

I also love Pumpkin Spice Lattes.   I've been trying to not go overboard with them.  Sort of....

Is it disturbing that I have to take a picture of each one?

Ya, I thought so too.

Those weren't both mine!  This day, Lauren and I got yummy drinks (hers decaf), then sat in the car with this view.  I knit while she drew in her sketch book.  A perfect morning.  

Speaking of Lauren, she has grown up so much.  

My beautiful girl.  She turned 14 last month, she's taller than me, she's a beautiful dancer, she's a great artist, her favorite subject in school is math, and she has a boyfriend.  I know what you may be thinking.  Some people hear that she has a boyfriend and get a 'why would you let her have a boyfriend' kind of look.  But he's not just any boy.  He's smart, funny, kind, respectful... basically he's just a wonderful kid.  If Lauren wasn't going out with him, we'd try to adopt him.  We've known him and his wonderful family for years, and even went to visit them this summer.  If the boy doesn't mind his picture being shown on my blog, and the two of them don't mind me telling you a little bit about them, I will next time.   

So, here's what I've been up to lately...

Fabric shopping at Joanne's.  My Joanne's is an hour away, so I have to stock up!  There also may or may not have been massive Etsy fabric shopping.  

Lots of doll quilt making, and doll mattress making.....and doll sheet making.  My little Etsy shop has been keeping me busy.  Which I am so thankful for because then I can buy more fabric!  

I love setting up the Blythe dolls for photo shoots.  I even found a tiny etch a sketch that one of my girls had from years ago!

Little things like this make me so happy.  So do my Vampoodles.... here you go Lisa!

They're totally weird and I love them!  They glare at me while I'm sewing, it's awesome.  

I also customized a Blythe doll to look like Wednesday Addams, naturally. 

Ok, enough weird dolls.  

I'm working on cleaning and reorganizing my sewing room.  I'm working on fabric storage at the moment.   It's enough to drive me to drink I say.

Yikes.

It's starting to shape up.

Time to get back to school.  He is not helping.  

Next time I'll have to tell you all about my mom's visit.  We went to Washington for our annual quilt retreat.  We had such a wonderful time, even though I had a sprained ankle and mom fell off a curb because she's not used to her new bifocals.  Good times all around. 

Happy November everybody! x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surprise!!

What's... this? A guest post?

Hello! I know most of you come to this blog to read about quilting, and stuff like that, but this time you're in store for something a little different.

My name is Lauren, and I'm Sarah's daughter. I'm fourteen years old, and I know next to nothing about quilting. Not nothing.... I mean, I've lived with a quilter my entire life. But certainly not enough to write a blog post on the subject. So instead, I decided to write about my mom! That's the natural thing to do... right?

So here goes nothing....

 14 Relatively Unknown Things About My Mom

1.She's really crazy and funny when she wants you to take cough medicine.

 I've  had a cold for about two weeks now. It's no fun. The medicine I have to take is absolutely revolting. I hate it . It's nasty stuff. It usually takes me a little while to pshych myself up to drink the stuff. One night, Mom and I were standing in the kitchen while I was trying to take my meds. It was late, it was cold, and mom didn't want to be there much longer. So, in an effort to hurry me along in the process of drinking that horrible liquid, she started to motivate me by saying : " Up and..... BACK! Down the....... HATCH!!!"

2. If she hurts herself, she must show you ... repeatedly.

Not just once or twice, oh no.

Every chance she gets.

Because she wants you to feel bad for her. And of course you do, but after being shown her injury twenty times....

3. She sometimes yells at people when she's driving.

Yes, I realize that lots of people do this.

Mom doesn't say anything bad.

She says things like " Get out of the way B-hole!" then she turns to me,

" That b-hole better get outta the way!"

She actually says " B-hole" . Not butt hole, she'd never say that.
Okay, maybe she would.

4. She's the only mom who stays to watch us at dance.

My sister and I dance quite a bit. I have dance five days a week now. Needless to say, we're at the dance studio a good amount of time. Mom's out there everyday, sitting on the bench, cross stitching in hand, watching us dance. None of the other moms are ever there. They don't watch their kids dance. I mean, sure, they're there sometimes. But no one has yet to come close to spending as much time at the dance studio as mom does.

5. Any story from her childhood is set in third grade.

Okay, so not any story.

But a good chunk of them. So much of them... almost all of them. Her stories usually go a little something like this

Mom:" One time when I was a kid...."

Me: " Was this in third grade?"

Mom: " ......Yes."

6. She is obsessed with Thor.

You know ,Thor.

The mythical Norse god of thunder.

She doesn't just like Thor... she has a Thor doll, a Thor pez dispenser, and lots of other assorted Thor goodies.Of course she does.

7. She's always watching old movies.

Always. It bothered me a bit when I was little... but they've started to grow on me....

8.She HATES shopping of any kind.

Actually, she doesn't hate shopping for yarn or fabric so.....

8A. She HATES shopping ....... unless it's for fabric or yarn.

9.She's absolutely horrible at video games.

This is a big one for my little sister. She's really good at video games.

Mom.... not so much. When she's playing a game, she has a hard time maneuvering both her head and her torso at the same time....

10. She has an irrational disdain for old fashioned police cars.

They make her sick.

11. " Can I get a few of those snacker things.... what are they called?"

"...Snackers."

This was an actual conversation between my mom and the drive through lady at KFC.

12. She loves Honey Boo Boo.

This is actually fairly new.

For those of you who aren't in the know, Honey Boo Boo is a seven year old pageant girl.

She was in the show " Toddlers and Tiaras" . Apparently, people liked her , because now she has her own spin off show.

Personally, I'm not that interested in the show. Sure, she's a cute and funny kid.... mom on the other hand, says she wants to adopt Honey Boo Boo.

13. She has lots of weird dolls.

Lots of them.

Just the other day, she got a package in the mail . The interchange between her and me went a little something like this :

Me: " What's in this?"

Mom : " It's my blue vampoodle. Did you happen to see the envelope that has my tiny elf baby?"

14. An often used phrase of her's : " I cut your grapes in half!!"

She says this whenever she feels the need to remind us of the kindness she did us by cutting our grapes in half when we were babies.

" I kept you alive!"

Well folks, that's my list.

I had fun, and I hope you did as well.This list could have gone on longer, but I think this will suffice.These are some of my favorite wacky things about my mom. I love my wacky mom.

So in the hopes that she doesn't rebuttle by sharing embarrassing stories from my childhood, I shall bid you all adeu.

Until next time,

Lauren ( AKA Big sis)

Instagram is fun.

Do you all have Instagram accounts on your iphones yet?  You probably do, cause I'm generally behind the times.  It's so much fun!  Basically it lets you take pictures with your phone, and you can share them instantly with your friends/followers.  When you follow people you get to see their photos instantly too, and you can leave comments for each other.  Kind of like a real time mini blog!  Oh, and it's a free app.  My username on Instagram is Anyonecanquilt, in case you'd like to find me.  Then you can see what I'm up to on a daily basis, when I'm too lazy to blog!  I tend to take pictures of Rosie in blonde wigs.  And of course you wouldn't want to miss out on pictures like, say...

... my precious nephew with his party cup at a barbeque last weekend.  We all wrote our names on our cups, and naturally, he chose to write this.  Or perhaps....

This lovely, and I'm assuming, one of a kind, latch hook rug of a seafaring captain and his pipe, looking off wistfully into the distance.  This lovely gem was seen just this morning while we were garage saling. 

Here's my garage sale score for the day!  A shoebox full of vintage rickrack for a whopping $5. 

Here are a couple of our friend's lovely garden.  It is so beautiful, I can't stand it.

There may also be occasional photos of Mr. Precious in a box... with a crazy look in his eye.  Don't do it Mr. P.  Whatever you're thinking, just don't. 

Anyhoo, it's really quite fun, and I'd love to see what you're all up to!!  I'll leave you today, with this photo of me.  It's a bit faded, and circa 1977-78. 

Yes, my mom was a fan of little pink sponge rollers.  And I was a fan of my Baby Beans doll.  Can't wait to see you on Instagram!! x

 

$15 for a five pack of 60mm rotary blades!!!

Hey friends!  I just ordered a couple of packs of Olfa rotary cutter blades (60mm) at Fabric Depot... for $15!!  That is so cheap compared to the retail price of $57.  So I suggest you get your sweet little buns over there and snag yourself some.  I'm not sure how long the sale will last, it might be only a weekend thing, so hurry! 

I can't leave you picture-less, so here is a quilt made with my favorite star pattern.  You can find the tutorial for the block here. Let me know if you make a 'my favorite star' quilt, I'd love to see it!

xoxo -Sarah

 

 

Just a little new fabric lovin'.

Could ya just die?  I could.  I love new fabric.  I mean I LOVE new fabric.  It makes me happy; it's what I save my pennies for.  Some women love to shop for clothes and designer handbags.  I love shopping for new fabric.  It's just full of gorgeous quilty possibilities.  Speaking of clothes and handbags, I hate going into malls.  They give me the eebie jeebies, and I can't wait to get out of them!  Barf.  Anyhoo, moving on.  These Denyse Schmidt lovelies deserve closer views don't you think?  Of course you do, if you didn't, I don't think you'd be visiting my humble little blog. 

Oooooooooohhh... (I found all of these at Joanne's)

Aaaaaaaahh.. (These are all from etsy except for the top one, which is from Joanne's.  It sneaked into the wrong stack.  Oh, and apparently 'sneaked' is the correct past tense of sneak.  I feel like 'snuck' sounds better, but that would be wrong.  See, homeschooling can be fun!!

Some precious Pam Kitty Morning.  Love that Pam Kitty!

The ever charming Heather Ross.  I can't wait to jump into these.

Lizzy House!  I love all of her fabrics.  Every single stinkin' one.  These deserve close ups too. 

Oh ya.

You heard me.

A thing of beauty.  If all of this wasn't enough.  My sweet mama sent me a surprise gift.  It just arrived today. 

It's Lizzy House's new Halloween line, called Guising.  I'm in love with the little ghosts!  It seems every ghost emotion is represented faithfully. 

Let's see, what else....

Here are some lovely fabrics that I got while visiting family in Boise last week.  Ok, that's enough.  But would you like to see my new Cath Kidston Diamond Jubilee mug?  You would?!  Cool!

I bought two, one to keep pens and such in, in my sewing room.  And one for tea silly!  I also found this adorable little cottage tin.  It's teeny and cute.

Oh, I hear the kitchen timer going off, time to feed the natives.  Thank you for stopping by.  x