My Sewing, As Promised

Christy Needlecrafts, Sewing 11 Comments

I have pictures! Both camera batteries are now charged and ready to go, and I’ve vowed (again) to never let them both die (again). Remember the Stash n Dash bags that I was prepping for my class right before I went on vacation? I managed to finish one of the three in class, and I finished the second yesterday. Now …

Sewing Notions Case

Christy Needlecrafts, Sewing 9 Comments

So close, you guys. So. Close. With 30 minutes left in my sewing class last night, all I had left to do was top stitch all around my case, and add a button/button hole. Easy, right? It would have been, if Allie hadn’t decided that right then was the perfect time for the meltdown to end all meltdowns. We had …

Cutting and Pressing

Christy Needlecrafts, Sewing 9 Comments

Tonight is sewing class, also known as my favorite night of the month. And! In an unprecedented display of preparedness and organization* I got all of my fabric cut and pressed ahead of time. In fact, not only did I cut and press everything, I also basted all of the fabric pieces to their corresponding interfacing pieces, and then pressed …

Circle Quilt Part 2

Christy Needlecrafts, Sewing 69 Comments

Two miracles happened today. First, a certain baby I know napped from 8 am to noon! I know, I still can’t quite believe it. But second, and even more exciting, I finished my quilt! It’s a small quilt; only about 17×30 inches. But that doesn’t matter because I started it and then I finished it and now I don’t have …

Circle Quilt

Christy Needlecrafts, Reviews, Sewing 9 Comments

I got a chance to work on some of that to-do list today. Still haven’t knocked anything off completely, but I’ll get there. Eventually. This morning I dragged all my sewing gear out into the dining room, figuring the baby has more toys out there and would sit still longer while I worked. Maybe that was true. She still didn’t …