Crafty Busy Momma

"There is always, always, always,

something to be thankful for..."

~Unknown~

 

As we are getting closer to Thanksgiving, I've been thinking on things

we take for granted in our every day life, and mine that came to mind

was being able to "sew". To me it's like cooking supper for the family

it is easy and just comes natural...but for others it is not so for them,

I've met so many people that would LOVE to learn my "gift".

 

For the past few weeks I've been whipping up gifts for my nieces

and nephews to give as early Christmas gifts next week when I see

them, I don't get to see them often being we are over 600 miles

apart from each other, so I miss birthdays and Christmases.

So this year I wanted to use my "gift" God gave me and make each of

them something special from me. <3

 

If you find me on Pinterest and look through my board "Crafty Busy

Momma" you will find all the tutorials to do the things I made here. :-)

Lion tag toy

Reversible bag

Baby doll bassinet

Tag quilt

Box car carrying case

 

 

I finished my crafts this weekend.

 

 

Even had time to make lil' girl

a peasant dress for her

and her baby doll.

 

And after all that sewing I worked on, I still found time to homeschool,

that in its self is a "gift".....I craft mostly on the weekends as to not

interfere with the kiddos schooling, ;-) We learned about King Tut and

Pyramids, so the boys had fun building Pyramids with their Lego's, even

put treasure inside each Pyramid, such FUN! :-)

 

Lego Pyramids

 

 

 



Some "Me" Time

I love to sew, quilt, crafts and scrap booking very much, it's always been a
calming time for me, BUT, once I became a mother a lot of that I've had to
put aside to be a mother. SO, I don't get much "me" time, with four kiddos
and homeschooling three of them, these days.
Back in July I got to visit a new store, well new to me, "JO~ANN" it was
their grand opening in Stillwater, OK., and I fell in love once I walked through
the door...fabric colors and designs you could imagine, a crafter's dream!!!
The kids helped me pick out some fabric, I wanted to make a lap quilt to
put on the edge of my bed that I could curl up with whenever I liked.
My favorite color is purple (then it's orange, that's why I love Fall so much)
so we found 4 different colors of purple and an off white to make my quilt.
Now that was the easy part, on with the HARD part...finding the time and
space in the camper to work on it! ;-)

 

#1, cutting out the fabric took some time and was done on my bed with a

"Friskars" rotary cutter and big mat.

 

#2, I'm still sewing standing up in my room, never did get a stool to sit on.

 

#3 & #4, once the piecing together was finished I had to iron it on my bed

with a towel down...waited for my husband to be home for this ;-)

 

 

#5, I had to tack my backing to my quilt top, so for this I had to use the

living room floor...and it took up the whole floor!

 

#6, I love to hand quilt my quilts BUT, this time I wanted the kiddos to

help me so I got some purple yarn and we sewed it with that.

 

#7, see we used the table for this job...they didn't help for long!!! ;-)

 

#8, then I did a quick machine stitch to hem the sides, it's measuring

56in x 43in.

 

Lil' girl was the FIRST to try out my new quilt <3