This is my inaugural blog. I've never been good at this sort of thing before, in fact, I've failed many journals and diaries. I think the reason for failure there was the lack of audience. Hopefully that won't be the case here. This will be a blog primarily about handcrafting, so hopefully there will be much to post.
By day I am a middle school English teacher, and by night, mother to twins. This doesn't leave tons of time to craft, or blog for that matter, but this is the start of Spring Break! This much needed break started out with a quick trip (or two) to JoAnn's for "notions." I have recently delved into quilting, and there's always something a newbie needs. In fact, my first quilt is for my three-year old daughter. Her only stipulation for her "coat" as she has been calling it was that the primary color of it be purple. It's ready to be quilted. I think I dislike the color of the thread I picked out - it contrasts too much against the lavender of the quilt. So, until I can get to the nearest craft store (tomorrow? - why not, it's Spring Break!!), knitting shall be my craft of choice. There are too many projects on needles lying around.
How hard is quilting? I do know how to sew, and I've always wanted to try but never really committed to it. What's on your knitting needles?
ReplyDeleteI think quilting is pretty easy. If you can sew a straight line, then you can piece together a basic quilt. Plus picking out a bunch of cool fabric is pretty amazing. As for my knitting needles, I have several (or more) sock projects :-), an intarsia baby blanket, a cabled afghan, Lace Cardi from the most recent issue of Vogue, and Blossom from Kim Hargreaves Misty.
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