Swenson Quilt

Started sewing the squares together for the last quilt of the summer. School will start on August 26th, which means that my time for quilting projects will be replaced with time for homework. This quilt is for my paternal grandparents who celebrated 60 years of marriage this past June. My pattern is located in an earlier post and can be found at New Quilting Project. It is going to be a surprise.. so if your name is on this quilt or you know my grandparents.. your lips are sealed! Thanks!

Letters (purple with a light purple floral design.)

Rows 1 - 6

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Rows 7 - 12

 Rows 1 - 6 sewed together

 

Getting fit to Graduate!

Last week Monday I started using Myfitnesspal.com (a free website) to record and track everything I eat throughout the day. It helps me to set goals for eating and maintaining a healthy diet, and it allows me to track how much exercise I do each day.


My current goals are 1) to get my weight down to 135 by the time I graduate in December, 2) to make healthier food choices when the options present themselves, and 3) to continue to exercise on a regular basis when school starts at the end of August.

Last week I swam laps on Monday and Friday and ran 1.5 miles on Tuesday and Thursday. I know this coming semester is going to be very busy.. I will just need to get my butt out of bed in the mornings to continue exercising.. which is probably going to be my greatest obstacle. Wish me luck!

Baby Keeney Quilt

I finished this baby quilt a couple weeks ago, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise for my friend by posting pictures early. She got it yesterday in the mail. Surprise! 

My first draft of this quilt (when the idea was still just in my head and my computer) can be found in a June blog post (Baby Quilt) and the flower quilt squares in a July blog post (Quilt Squares). 

Front

Left Side

Right Side

Back

This little girl's dad is a big Superman fan!

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!