Sneaking a Little Crafting Time

Still real busy with the house remodel. Nothing much to share on that front though, unless you like looking at pics of me filling nail holes or patching dings in drywall.

But I have snuck in some crafting time and I finally have something I can share with you.

First up is my one and only Halloween decoration this year. We don’t decorate for Halloween much anymore since the kids are grown, but it really is one of the funnest in decorating terms, if you ask me. When I saw this on the Michaels website, I just had to make it. Really easy and very cheap since I waited until the Halloween stuff was on clearance!

And since I was in the clearance shopping mode, I nosed around and found these cute birds. An inexpensive nest, some moss, a little bit of this and that from the scrap box, and voila!

I love birds and think maybe I’ll start collecting them for the shelves in my living room… or the mantel…

I also threw together some boxes for under my sewing table. My chair was so high that I couldn’t comfortably touch the floor or my sewing machine pedal.

My honey put an outlet in the floor for me under that box on the right, so no more tripping on cords. (Pretend you can’t see that construction dust! I didn’t notice it until I saw this picture!)

Then I took a break from crafting to visit with the new baby.

So did Grandpa. Why do babies always make grandpas do that?

Today was about a little sewing.

I have a lot of rather plain sweaters and tops for work. I have been noticing a lot of tutorials on the web pertaining to dressing up your wardrobe, so I thought I’d give it a shot.

I know this looks like a picture of my camera, but it isn’t. I like my “new” shirt.

And I had this pair of pants that were too short.

See? Those or my flattest flat shoes and look how short those things are! Now you can see that there is plenty of fabric for lengthening, but that never works out right and you can always see the faded line. So instead I did this.

And then I added a little grosgrain just to dress them up.

Finally, I made a quilt square for the Block Swap Adventure. My partner wanted a wonky house in red, yellow, blue, and green. This took me 2 hours! Wonky is very difficult when you are anal!

OK, that’s it. Hope it won’t be two weeks before I have something to share again!!