midwest modern

I really only needed one fat quarter in something brown for my four season quilt swap design. But when I got to the fabric store, I found everything was priced 50% off. And they had a bunch of bolts from Amy Butler's new collection, Midwest Modern Why even bother trying to resist?!

Seven wonderful yards now rest on top of my sewing station. Just begging me to rethink my quilt idea. At the very least, you can expect to see something from the Ohio Sky palette worked in there.

Tennessaw Tennessee

We're back from Chattanooga, Tennessee! It was our first time there and we had a great time. The weather was great, and there was so much to do. We could have easily stayed another three or four days. But, alas, it's back to work. And, I've come down with another bug (bronchitis?) and don't know when I'll have time to make it to the doctor this week. I'm going to take a week off from any after-work crafting and try to get to bed early. But I'll be back next week with more of the projects I'm working on, including a tiny preview of the quilt I'm working on for the Four Seasons Quilt Swap.

In the meantime, here's a few snaps of our vacation.

:: Sunglass holders and pencil bags for Xander and Quinn ::

:: Quinn and Kevin on a carousel ride ::

:: Xander plays on a sculpture outside the aquarium ::

:: Munc shadows (Quinn is behind Kevin's legs) ::

:: A sign at Rock City ::

:: A waterfall at Rock City ::

what happened?

Was I really gone for over a month? I know I slipped into digital world for a bit, reading things like this, and this, and this.
But I didn't think it had been a month!

Still, I did find time to do some non-pixel related work:

I finished up this scarf. Just in time to put it away for next winter, now that Spring is here.


I'm working on this sweater for Lynne's class. I'm predicting I'll finish up in the fall, just in time to put it on. (Just kidding, Lynne!)


I took a trip to NYC with a girlfriend to visit another girlfriend. While there I picked up these fat quarters from Purl Patchwork.


And this book from Purl Soho I can't wait to have a reason to knit those angora booties! (I'm talking to YOU, Erica!)


Jason turned me on to these stickers from Sticker Robot.


And we were in the local newspaper last Saturday for a story I submitted about meeting Barack back in March. The title of the story in the paper was "Flirting with Fame". Yep, Kevin teased me about that.

Now, I'm relaxing for a few minutes before going to bed after getting everything ready for the Munc family's trip to Chattanooga tomorrow. We were supposed to fly Skybus, and this is the second time I was burned by them in the past 10 days. *sigh*

Anyhow, I was able to put together these cute messenger bags for the kids. They outgrew the ones that I made for them when we went to Boston (on Skybus. *sigh*) last September.

Yes, that is paint on Xander's sleeve. Yes, that is chocolate ice cream on Quinn's shirt. That's how we roll.

I also made them cute little sunglasses holders and a small pencil/pen/stickers holder bag, but I forgot to photograph them before the sun when down. I also made these cute little travel pillows for them for the car ride down (yep, I'm pretty bummed about not getting on Skybus tomorrow). I'll snap all of them when we get back into town.

I promise not to wait another month.