Oops

I've been making various small things, and giving them away before I remember to take a bad photograph.  In frog news, the tank is sparkling clean.  No photo of that, either.

Thinking of our neighbors

Jane was here.

Oh my

Marjorie is back with Bob, and this morning I accidentally saw them in amplexus in a semi-private corner of the tank.  Marjorie looked unbearably smug, and Bob...well, Bob just looked dazed and a bit winded.  We may have a bunch of little frog princes and princesses in our future.

Valentine's Day project

Once again, I shoved aside my current project list in favor of something new.  Now I need to make the cards to fill these fabric envelopes.  Here's the tutorial by Jennifer Casa on the Sew Mama Sew! blog.  Yep, I had fun, except for the bits of hand sewing I was forced into.  It was a great way to use up some linen-look fabric I had lying around for, oh, 15 years or so.  The envelope lining is from a new Moda line:  "Oz" by Sanae.  I pre-ordered this from Over the Rainbow a while ago.  The layer cake cut (10" x 10") is exactly the right size for this project.

For Susannah

I haven't finished Susannah's quilt, so I made her a pillow case to tide her through these winter days.  I'm sure the quilt will be finished just in time for a summer heat wave.  I love Heather Ross fabrics.  Not just because of her designs (which are super easy to love - you'd have to have a heart of stone to NOT love them), but because of the way the fabric feels.  This is a line from Free Spirit.  It's exactly the kind of material you want to sleep on.  Disclaimer:  In addition to my notoriously amateur photography, the wrinkles are from Susannah's cute little sleeping head.

winter weekend relaxation

Winding up a weekend of sewing and cooking, two of my favorite things.  Simple sewing, simple cooking.  I made a quilt top using the turning twenty pattern and Heather Bailey's Pop Garden fabrics.  This one is for my mom - lots of yellow and green with splashes of bright red and blue.  Pictures to follow when I can get someone to hold it up outside.  I'm planning the back now, and need one more special piece of fabric for this - I'm going to use a strip of the yellow Bird Seed (Alexander Henry fabric).  Falling behind on other projects!  I need another week home alone with the sewing machine.

Thanks to True Up

Wow, one of my favorite fabric/sewing sites, http://www.trueup.net/, gave me a gift certificate to http://www.fabritopia.com/ for blogging about my favorite fabrics of 2009.  Kim at True Up had a bunch of gift certs to give away on this one, and I am utterly charmed at the way she matched gift certs with random winners, taking into account our comments and tastes.  By the way, if you want a chance at some free fabric-y goodness THERE IS STILL TIME TO BLOG OR POST YOUR 'BEST OF 2009' - this giveaway doesn't close until Friday.

Now, should I put my winnings toward a fat quarter stack of this or wait until this hits the market?