thank you so much for the comments (keep them coming) and the lovely emails! you sure know how to make a girl feel better about herself. after a little more self-analyzing I realize that my little conundrum isn't just about blogging but maybe life in general. things seem to change either very fast, when it seems you have no control, or very slowly, when your patience is tested and you start questioning letting things be or shaking things up. my mind has been both all over the place and stuck simultaneously. I would say that I'm in a rut, but I'm also excited about new possibilities. It's setting them into place and waiting that's killing me. and worrying that in the end nothing will happen (yikes!). I guess all of this is spilling over onto my crafting/blogging world. all this rambling is really just a warning for you, I may go crazy soon :P

so on to crafting. I finally got the nerve to bind that little doll quilt I started months ago. it basically became a swatch for me as I moved on to a bigger quilt. I practiced quilting on it, which I haven't done on my "real" quilt yet, and the binding. if I got anything from it, it was to learn how to let go of my perfectionist leanings. the quilting is all over the place, the tension is off, I don't even think the border fabric is even, and the binding was cut too short (I followed the wrong instructions for that one) so it doesn't cover all spots like it should (doh!)

BUT I still love it. knowing that I made it with my two little hands and struggled to figure things out on my own makes me happy. the colors aren't too bad either.

ps I'm trying out a new comment plugin that hopefully will make it easier to have conversations within the comment section! if it gets annoying I'll remove it, so please let me know! nevermind, that was a complete fail

Posted by bitter purl at 02:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

it started simple enough. just chatting with a friend about fabrics and sewing.then it turned into a little obsession between us.

I kept dreaming about fabrics and quilts. nevermind that I've never made a quilt and haven't sewn in years. nevermind that I didn't even have a sewing machine in my possesion. I needed to quilt.

constantly being teased on flickr didn't help matters.

of course all I've been doing this week has been looking at fabrics online, ordering fabrics online, buying fabric locally, and asking for a sewing machine as a present. answering emails? yeah umm no.

I found a pattern that I figured would be easy enough to practice and small enough for instant gratification. we'll see about that!

there's still knitting around here though! I started a baktus scarf this week after so many enablers commented about it on a previous post. koigu + garter stitch = heaven.

Posted by bitter purl at 04:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (29)