Making It!: Week 3

Week #3

Finding New Inspiration
Maybe it makes sense that you first have a couple of blah and boring days before you are hit with new inspiration. I feel i have lost a lot of time on nothing most part of this week. Not a good thing. I'm relieved that i am currently hit with new creative ideas and some fun projects to work on. Guess this was just one of those weeks that i wasn't really satisfied with myself. If i would have had a boss, he or she would definitely raised an eyebrow this week. Like, Issey, what's up? Lost your groove?... more


Binding Tricks and Tips
I've made 4 quilts so far, only started not too long ago (may) and still very much a beginner. I've picked up a few tips since then, been adding my little edits along the way too. At the beginning, I found the binding part, the most trying. Trying because you are so close to being finished! And yet still quite a bit of ways away too. Making those perfect mitered corners and keeping everything even and tidy can be challenging sometimes... more


I almost kind of broke my internet addiction. Kind of.
So I have not had the internet at my disposal this past week, thus the infrequent posting. It has been a both a blessing, and a curse; I was able to complete many new items over the past week without the computer luring me to waste time window shopping (ha! that actually works) or checking and re-checking Etsy, but, unfortunately, it prohibited me from telling all of you the good news that I WAS ACCEPTED INTO MY FIRST CRAFT SHOW! YIPPEE!! more


Work in progress, 'WIP'
I have been doing some (like a friend calls it) WIP (work in progress) in the past few days. It has been a bit difficult to sit down behind my sewing machine and really do it... more


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