Project 365 {17:22}

Week 3 of Project 365. Filled with sewing, laughs at work, karate with the nephew, and last but not least, a chewed up flip flop. Let's just say that with a new puppy, I'm definitely learning to keep a much neater home these days.

Postage Stamp Quilt Along: Strip Sets {One Thing, One Week Challenge}

Well I'm running about a week behind on this quilt-along, so I decided to sign it up for Amy's One Thing, One Week Challenge. Success! Accountability to others sure gets me moving, thanks Amy!

I put together 16 5-piece strip sets and I'm really happy with how they turned out. I used a Weekends jelly roll combined with solid white strips cut from a bolt of bamboo cotton I have. The big problem was the zig-zag pinked edges of the jelly roll strips! I wasn't sure how to line them up well with the solid edges of the other strips. After several days of delay, I decided to throw caution (and, let's face it, my typically anal behavior) to the wind and just go ahead. I stitched them all up and ironed this weekend.

How do you usually sew with pinked edges???

Project 365 {1:16}

Inspired by Jeni from In Color Order, I decided to start a Project 365 this year. I did get a new camera for Christmas, after all. It just seemed like such a cool way to document your days. I suspect that with my schedule I'll have much fewer crafty pictures and more "life" pictures, but it's my photo diary so that's what works. I will, however, still have lots of pics of our new furry friend, Seamus.

Urban Home Goods Swap

I am over the moon to be participating in the { Urban } Home Goods Swap #3! When they did one this past Fall, I was so sad to be busy prepping my shop for the holidays. Here is my inspiration mosaic for my secret partner.

I'm really hoping for something fabulous to spruce up my sewing room. Plus, that's really the only space I get to do whatever silliness I want with. I've really been loving all the mini-quilts, pillows, and hoops I've seen from other swaps. My fellow crafters are really quite talented! I'm frequently left in awe as I go through all the latest Flickr uploads.

Our cutie-cute new puppy Seamus seems to like dangling objects, so as much as I'd looooove to brighten up the kitchen, towels, runners, mats, and aprons just won't fit into our new lifestyle around here at Casa del Roscoe.

I really can't wait to get my partner so I can start stalking and scheming colors, prints, and goodies!

Quite the little joiner, aren't we?!

I'm super excited that in this new year I have all sorts of newfound time! I can finally join up in the sew alongs and swaps that are going on. I jumped on board quite a few already am pretty sure all this free time I have is getting filled up pretty fast.

My sudden increase in fat quarter bundles, combined with my seemingly endless list of planned (and unmade) quilts has led me to believe that I'm best suited for a different kind of New Year's diet...a fabric diet. Angela over at Cut to Pieces is hosting a great one, with a weekly check-in to keep you accountable. Best part is that at the end, you have a chance to win some fabric! 2 weeks in and so far, so good! I almost succumbed to a Weekends FQ bundle this week, but resisted, knowing I'd have to fess up about it. Thanks Angela!

I've always wanted to do a postage stamp quilt, and I've been wanting to do a quilt along, so this was perfect! Rachel over at P.S. I Quilt is hosting and I'm super excited. I'll be using my Weekends design roll with some white cotton/bamboo I have a bolt of.

This is a feel-good quilting bee hosted by the sweet girls over at Sew Fresh Fabrics. They have a bunch of extra scraps lying around from trimming and end of bolts, so they're going to send them to participants, we make 12.5" square blocks, send them back, and then they sew them up to benefit Project Linus and Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS.