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Happy Craft Month!

March 2, 2010 by Amy 9 Comments

March is a great month! I get to have my birthday (gotta love birthday freebies haha), Spring starts and I just found out it’s National Craft month! Holler! So, I’m going to write a post about crafty stuff. 🙂

Crafting It Forward

As much as I hate to do this, I promised to craft it forward to 5 readers, and two people never got back to me after I emailed them. 🙁 So, I’m choosing two people again!

Random.org chose Teale and craftysmurfette!! Congrats ladies! I’ll be emailing you two shortly to get your addresses and some basic information from you two!

Sewing

So, uhm, sewing is pretty fun but HARD. I tried to make a tote bag that was 12×14 and well, ended up with something way smaller because I thought I could cut straight lines with scissors. I realized a little too late that the rotary cutter would be my BFF. Erg..

Check this out. It’s terrible…I’m pretty sure I’m starting over on a new project because I’m impatient. LOL! It was cheap fabric anyway…

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Look at how much I stink..I messed up sewing the bias tape flush to the fabric. Boo…I pinned it too. The light pink stuff is supposed to cover the zigzags on the blue fabric, in case you were like me two months ago and are thinking bias tape what?

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So, I’m moving onto another project. I don’t need another tote bag anyway…psh. Maybe I’ll put yarn in it for knitting projects.

Not craft related, but I think my dog is seriously a ham. She poses like a model for the camera….how can you resist those eyes??

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  1. Geek in Heels says

    March 2, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    How DO you get your dog to pose like that? I love taking pictures of my dog but it’s so hard to get good shots of him because he thinks the camera is taking the attention away from him so he starts doing silly things to get between me and the camera. Sigh.

    Reply
    • Amy says

      March 3, 2010 at 7:55 am

      She kind of randomly does it. She gets easily distracted and will stare at things for a long time. There was a live crawfish in front of her in this shot..she was a little mesmerized by the weirdness, and when she saw the camera, POOF!, puppy eyes!

      Reply
  2. Teale says

    March 2, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    Oh, I’m so excited that I get to participate in the craft it forward! I’ll be awaiting your email! How fun!

    Reply
    • Amy says

      March 3, 2010 at 7:55 am

      Writing that email now!

      Reply
  3. Angi says

    March 3, 2010 at 6:59 am

    I love your puppy! How adorable!

    I have no idea what bias tape is. 🙂

    Reply
    • Amy says

      March 3, 2010 at 7:55 am

      Aw thanks!

      I didn’t know what bias tape was either until I read a book. It’s a thin piece of fabric folded over to cover rough edges of fabric, I think. 🙂

      Reply
  4. craftysmurfette says

    March 3, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    So excited to “Craft It Forward”! Yay!!

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Making Progress « The Nifty Newlywed says:
    March 9, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    […] Since it’s craft month, I’m determined to make my sewing skills much better! After my giant fail with the tote bag, I decided to move on to do another project. I decided to make the box bag. I was completely […]

    Reply
  2. The Nifty Foodie's Life » Blog Archive » Something Wonderful.. says:
    June 21, 2010 at 9:33 am

    […] I can’t tell you how much more relaxing sewing is now that I’m starting to get the hang of it. Even though this quilt is just a lot of straight lines, I’m very proud to say I’ve improved since sewing project #1. […]

    Reply

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