Tote Bag

Today I sewed together a small tote bag (11.5" X 7.5" with a 4" bottom) out of fabric left over from my recent pillow covers project. The material is heavy and made for outdoor items - which makes this tote bag weather durable and washable.

Black & White

Yesterday I made a bag with the leftover material from the baby blanket I completed this past weekend. The purple material on the inside of the bag is the only fabric not used in the blanket and was left over from a different project. 

One Flower

Two Flowers

Top View

Handles

Wonder Woman Upcycle

Mom found this little table for my sister... we set to brainstorming right away... my sister decided to go with a Wonder Woman theme... with a little paint and some vinyl, here's what we come up with! :) just need some gold rope for her Lasso of Truth!

Before

Super hero tees

Wanted to do some more super hero stuff.... here are some tees I painted and/or ironed vinyl to:

Captian America is painted on blue tees

LOVE the vintage feel :)

Ironman is glow in the dark vinyl on dyed tees

Superman is layered vinyl on a dyed tee

Still have to perfect the layering of the vinyl. If you look closely the red shrank differently than my black did... not bad for my first attempt... we'll just pretend its supposed to be that way!

Baby Quilt

   

Flowers

Just finished a baby quilt for a friend over the weekend. 

Final size was 36" X 40". 

We got this idea from Pinterest at:

http://pinterest.com/pin/176695985353024482/

Front

Back

Hooked on Avengers

So I've been waiting to do this post til I got them all done, but I just can't handle it cause they so adorable...

Loki was for a friends birthday present... and Thor and Captian America will soon be joined by Ironman and hopefully the Hulk...

I'm so excited they are turning out so great!

Swimming

Royer Pool

So.. this morning I swam laps at 6 AM and about 20 minutes later I was done.. real done. I haven't gone swimming for just exercise (apart from swimming lessons as a child) ever. I can already feel a dull pain in one of the muscles in my right arm/shoulder region that I haven't apparently used in a while. Although I must say that swimming is a lot less harsh on my joints compared to running and much more refreshing. 

I am hoping that (like running) I will be able to build up my endurance and swim for longer the more I do it, but we will have to wait and see I guess. 

I am hoping to swim laps from 6 AM to 7:30 AM every M/W/F and to run with Ryan at 7 AM on T & TH.. I will be taking the weekends off to rest and gear myself up for the next week! Wish me luck!

Crown Royal Quilt

Just wanted to share a quilt that Alissa, Jillian, and I made out of Crown Royal bags in 2009. It was one long day and night of quilting! We should do this again!!

Quilt Squares

I have also spent this weekend working on a baby quilt for a friend (she is having a girl). Below is a sneak peak of the squares I have been working on (apologies for the lighting and quality of the photos - they were taken from my phone). I will be posting the final product in a couple weeks after she has seen it. I don't want to ruin the surprise. 

This one is my favorite!

Pillow Covers

I finished two more pillow covers for a friend this weekend. The striped material has a smooth and silky texture whereas the print material is more of an outdoor fabric with more defined threads. I didn't choose the material for this project, but I really like the contrast of the two together.

5K - Indiana

Last Saturday a number of my family members participated in the 5K Patoot Fun Run in Peterson, Iowa as one of our family reunion activities. My time was 40.44.96 not bad for my first 5K ever! And to keep my mother and myself motivated to keep running - we will be participating in another 5K Fun Run at the end of July in Indiana. Details can be found at: http://distinxion.org/programs-camps/5k-event/.