Scraps of My Life

30 Days of Lists & December Daily

I've been thinking about how I want to document my 30 Days of Lists for December and I decided to use this little kraft grid journal from Stampin' Up.

I went through and glued pages together to make them a little more sturdy. I'm going to decorate my pages using "Blissful Blizzard" paper by Fancy Pants Designs and other Christmas embellishments from my stash. I'll write my lists on more Project Life cards. I don't think I'll ever run out of those little cards!

I'm still undecided on my December Daily. Yes, I know I should get moving on it since December first is fast approaching. I have a book I started putting together a few years ago and then didn't use, so I'm thinking I'll start with that, but I'm still  not sure.

Are you all ready for the next round of 30 Days of Lists and December Daily?

Flashback Friday

In 1996 my sister Paula and I attended our first Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Even though we hadn't quilted very much, we decided to enter the quilt contest. The theme was "sunflowers" and we picked this appliqued and pieced wallhanging. 

The flowers have yoyos and buttons in the center and we quilted in the ditch and used a leaf stencil on the border. It really could have used a lot more quilting in the "sky" but we were pretty happy with it.

Next week I'll be sharing the supplies and ideas for my December 30 Days of Lists book and my December Daily book. Can you believe it's that time already?

Me: The Abridged Version

I just completed Cathy Zielske's Big Picture Class - Me: The Abridged Version where you journal about your life using nouns from A through Z and then add pictures. I found it fun, frustrating, and ultimately rewarding. It was time consuming to come up with the words, journal about them and then take or find pictures to complement the journaling, but I'm really glad I did it. 

Here are a few of my favorite pages:

If you ever have a chance to take Cathy's class, I highly recommend it.

Thanks for stopping by and check back on Friday for another Flashback Friday project.

Flashback Friday

Last month as I was pulling together quilts for my member showcase at the South Sound Modern Quilt Guild meeting, I had the idea to feature some of my older projects on the blog. So, here is my first Flashback Friday project.

This is a quilted wallhanging I made as a Christmas present for my mom in 1991. It has appliqued hearts with the names and birthdates of her grandchildren embroidered underneath. When I made it there were only two grandchildren, so as new one's joined the family, I added their names.

I cross stitched the saying "The best gifts are tied with heartstrings" and hand quilted inside each heart. This one is quilted with a little hand.

This one has a series of quilted hearts.

Across the bottom of the wallhanging are embroidered hearts and appliqued "paper dolls".

At the time, I was pretty proud of this project. Now with what I've learned over the last 23 years, I can see a lot wrong with it, but my mom still likes it, so that's all that matters.

Do you ever look back at old projects and say "what was I thinking?" Join me next Friday for another blast from the past.

WIP Wednesday

Today I'm sharing two new quilts I've been working on for my guest room. I chose "Sphere" by Zen Chic because I really liked the blues and grays with a touch of yellow.

The first quilt is "Tessellating Windmills" by Marti Michell. This is the first time I've used the Multi-Size Tessellating Windmill Tool and it was really fun. I just had to make sure to follow the directions because it was very easy to get the pieces mixed up.

I started out with a layer cake of the Sphere fabrics, a fat quarter pack of Hatch by Timeless Treasures in a variety of blues, and a solid white.

The second quilt is a chevron pattern made from a lot of half square triangles. I was inspired by lots of chevron quilt ideas on Pinterest.

I had some of the layer cake left over and supplemented that with a charm pack of Sphere. This one is still a work in progress.  I've actually removed all these from the design wall so I could mix the squares up with the new ones I made with the charm pack since there were some different fabrics in the pack. 

I haven't decided on the binding for either quilt yet. I have a lot of fabric pieces left over, so maybe I'll do a scrappy binding. Or I might just be ready to be done with both of the quilts and will go for one blue fabric.

I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.  Be sure to check out all the works in progress over there.

September 2014 - 30 Days of Lists Update

Well, where does the time go? I never planned to be away from my blog for two months, but life sometimes has other plans. Part of my absence was due to the fact that I really didn't have much to blog about. I hadn't been spending much time in my studio creating anything, but I did manage to finish my September 2014 30 Days of Lists. In my last post, I shared my supplies and my completed cover. Here are a few of my favorite pages:

I found the paperclip tag embellishment idea on Pinterest. The cute little camera stamp is from Stampin' Up.

What looks like washi tape at the top of the page is actually "Tape It" stamps from Stampin' Up. I stamped them in different colors then cut them out at different lengths. I like how you can personalize them using different colors of ink.

I made the little envelope for this page using the "Envelope Punch Board" by We R Memory Keepers. I love making all different sizes of envelopes with this tool.

What can I say?  I love hexagons and all these were made with the hexagon punch from Stampin' Up.

I hope you enjoyed the little peek at my 30 Days of Lists book. Please come back soon to see some new quilts I'm working on, my completed "Me - The Abridged Version" scrapbook (from Cathy Zielske's class on Big Picture Classes), and Flashback Friday where I'll share some of my "older" quilt and craft projects.