tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26493714068383631662024-03-12T21:17:29.789-04:00Are we there yet?The scenic route, wrong turns, and frequent pit stops along the way.Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-20657284523997672182012-03-10T02:04:00.000-05:002012-03-10T02:04:38.916-05:00Urban Pods giveawayHave you met Jenny at Sew Kind of Wonderful? She recently released some really incredible patterns for her Quick Curve Ruler, and today she is giving away a copy of her new pattern, Urban Pods, and a ruler. You definitely need to check her blog out to keep up on all her great work!
Check out the giveaway here!Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-45885532638444887662012-01-22T00:28:00.000-05:002012-01-22T00:28:17.578-05:00Curv-a-licious!Rachel, over at Stitched in Color, is offering a class with three different participation levels teaching how to sew curves. I can't get over how awesome the patterns are for this class, from those I've seen. So clever, and super cute, and, if you take her class, YOU can do it, too!
And Angela over at Cut to Pieces has a giveaway today for one free Premium class spot in Rachel's class! Head on Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-38340482134216528752012-01-11T09:37:00.000-05:002012-01-11T09:37:51.820-05:00Yikes!It's been a while, eh? I've completed lots and lots of sewing since I last posted, but I guess I forgot to share it here? I'll never be a huge successful blogger/sewing person, I guess. Unless I put some effort into it. Which I might. Really.
Anyways, Kaelin over at The Plaid Scottie is having an incredibly generous giveaway today, so go check it out! She's a much better blogger (and sewer!) Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-89980439338858906242011-11-10T16:17:00.000-05:002011-11-10T16:17:39.145-05:00Giveaway at Green Fairy Quilts!Have you visited Green Fairy Quilts? What a great selection of precuts, and awesome sale prices all the time! Some of my favorites:
Etchings Wovens - YUM!
And also, Little Apples, can't believe I haven't gotten this yet!
And one of the coolest things about this shop? You can pre-order fabric that wont be coming out until April. By then, you'll have forgotten you even spent the money so it'll Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-18509998794401898502011-08-24T14:38:00.000-04:002011-08-24T14:38:56.101-04:00For myselfI wanted to make some sort of cute basket or something to store my pearl cottons in, and I had a bunch of Loulouthi scraps leftover from this, so I sewed them up and made another basket. Unfortunately, it didn't quite turn out how I imagined, and I may not use it for what I originally wanted, but I still think it turned out cute!
See, a little deep for a cute way to store and also display those Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-37235288784914840232011-08-22T17:17:00.000-04:002011-08-22T17:17:37.038-04:00Mail dayIs it wrong that I just wanted to roll around, clothing optional, when I opened my mail and saw THIS(!!)? I've been eagerly awaiting a couple of packages, but none more than that one from Pink Chalk Fabrics with my Kona Color Card. Something about seeing all those colors lined up, neat and orderly, and LABELED for all eternity, now in my possession. Great day, I'm just sayin'.
Also, I finished Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-36732717213261961902011-08-16T17:35:00.000-04:002011-08-16T17:35:35.312-04:00Finally!Well, she did it, she tied the knot! Which means I can finally show what I made for my friend and her husband! So far, it's my favorite quilt I've made (though my brain thinks I've got this great idea, even though I have no idea how to make it come into fruition, so we'll just see), and she claims to like it, so yay! She didn't, however, say how her husband felt about it, and this after I tried Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-75744934933458659402011-08-15T10:47:00.001-04:002011-08-15T10:48:02.684-04:00Repurposing Rocks!Well, after some not-so subtle hinting that I was making things for everyone else but not for him, I finally whipped up SSGT's computer bag. I am pretty sure I put it off because he wanted me to use his old uniforms as the fabric (hello, obsess with ACU much?) and I totally didn't want to deal with taking out seams. But, I figured for this project I'd not worry about saving every scrap of fabric Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-80917326738735919302011-08-15T10:39:00.000-04:002011-08-15T10:39:54.628-04:00Roller coasterWell, our second attempt at taking lilSGT on a kiddie ride at a fest wasn't as successful as we'd hoped. Our logic was that if one of us was on the ride with him, then he'd be more OK with it. Poor guy. And what awesome parents to document his terror, right?!
I'm not seeing EuroDisney in our near future!
P.S. Thanks to Rachel for pointing out the (very) obvious to me, and for not even makingScenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-92031054933237373802011-08-05T13:59:00.000-04:002011-08-05T13:59:09.578-04:00A finished projectI made some cute little storage baskets for lilSGT's toys. The pattern/tutorial is in the sidebar at Making it Fun, one of my favorite new places for amazing tutorials. Seriously, check out the list on that page of tutorials - I couldn't even tell you how many of those I've downloaded already, but it's a LOT.
Fabric is Dan Stiles Marine for Birch.
On a side note, does anybody know why my Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-91328902024049694992011-07-30T07:40:00.000-04:002011-07-30T07:40:23.741-04:00Hooray for quick projects!So, I finally figured out that if I do quicker, more simple projects, I feel much more accomplished. Like I'm making more progress, getting more done. Such a simple trick, and it lets me use way more yummy fabric, in a bigger variety of ways, than just making quilts would! Plus, no aggravation of trying to drag a huge quilt through my weensy little machine to quilt the top (gotta be my least Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-60173531121606952482011-07-28T14:58:00.001-04:002011-07-28T15:30:59.167-04:00ProgressWell, I've gotten a couple of things done over the last few days. I finished the awesome wedding gift (can't wait to share it!), and then I took a long long long break from sewing, and then I made this sewing machine cover for my friend, Susan's, birthday:
Then I made my moms laptop sleeve:
And today I whipped up this apron from a kit I got while in Oregon:
It's reversible!
In other news, two Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-62573223262079895362011-07-22T05:36:00.000-04:002011-07-22T05:36:04.586-04:00If you know me at all . . .then you know I'm not a fan of worms. Or slugs. Or, really, anything that wriggles, slithers, creeps, or slimes its way around the world. Ugh, I shudder just thinking about them! Once I worked in a mailroom, sorting and delivering mail and I came across a piece addressed to me. I was so very excited, you know how it is when you find you've got unexpected mail? Yeah. I opened it up and inside was Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-41250817180772022892011-07-19T03:20:00.000-04:002011-07-19T03:20:08.839-04:00Next month, one of my best friends is getting married. I've been invited to be her matron of honor, something she takes very seriously, I believe. Well, I do too, of course, but the bride is probably the most traditional friend I've got, so I know its a very big deal to her to have asked me, so I'm taking it extra super to heart. And I'm very honored. And I'm VERY worried I'm not going to be ableScenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-41724884242570907462011-07-08T12:37:00.000-04:002011-07-08T12:37:53.117-04:00Bweeto!I have to say that this is the funnest age with my guy! In the last month his vocabulary and pronunciation has changed a LOT, and daily there are surprises and exclamations over things he says that we've never heard before. The other day, SSGT was wrapping him up and calling him a burrito, and every time he unrolled him, "Bweeto!" was shouted with urgings to do it again! Very cute.
I've been Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-37169380996720098532011-07-04T08:20:00.000-04:002011-07-04T08:20:23.886-04:004thHappy Fourth of July! Lots of people have asked if there are any festivities here, and yes, of course there are! There are so many American military installations in Europe, and well, we definitely need to be able to have the opportunity to celebrate our country while living abroad, so there are lots of things going on. However, we're not doing anything! With a youngster who wont make it late Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-15345210007325730202011-06-19T07:47:00.000-04:002011-06-19T07:47:53.326-04:00Father's DayScenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-67733561128540840952011-06-15T13:39:00.000-04:002011-06-15T13:39:57.895-04:00Laptop sleeveI made this laptop sleeve for my new laptop yesterday.
I was amazed, first, that my old sewing skillz were still hidden deep inside me somewhere, and second, how quick this came together. If I'd had all the things I needed at once, it easily could be done in a day. Oh, and if there weren't toddlers and husbands to distract me! Not that I'm complaining, once SSG T's leave is over, I'll be Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-50905741521171612142011-06-12T00:28:00.000-04:002011-06-12T00:28:49.891-04:00Whatcha got?A toddler.
Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-88073593289563011792011-06-09T15:59:00.000-04:002011-06-09T15:59:17.326-04:00Long time comin'Finished my niece's quilt at long long long last. I hope she likes it, because there were so many times I nearly ditched this project. I started out with some fat quarters of Tina Givens Fairy Tip-toes, and at the time, loved it. I even loved it when I got each set of blocks pieced together. But then, oh then, I made some terrible choices with border colors and what not, but given that I have to Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-12385874865607807402010-04-09T21:01:00.003-04:002010-04-09T21:17:30.693-04:00Gasp!This, to say that I've been thinking about you a lot lately. The last couple of weeks, especially, have left me longing to find the right mixing of words to adequately convey the last 7 months of my life and each time I see the blogger tab in my bookmarks toolbar I feel a pull to find something, anything!, to write about. Not that I lack actual subjects: the baby!, the army!, my scattered brain!-Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-22555911656397929352009-09-08T00:59:00.003-04:002009-09-08T01:05:27.956-04:00Words failWouldn't you know it, the night before SGT T comes home I get about 3 hours sleep and am therefore an emotional wreck when he arrives? I bet you didn't know I had it in me to shed such emotionally joyful tears, did you?!We also made many bystanders cry. I guess we just have that kind of impact on people. It was pretty great, after the hour delay for his flight to get in, to see SGT T. And by "Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-79762063440357061302009-09-05T23:26:00.002-04:002009-09-05T23:31:07.441-04:00Countdown for realsWhat do you wear to the airport to pick up your husband when you are one month postpartum (ie you can't fit anything but your sweats) and haven't seen him in over 7 months? We'll find out tomorrow!Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-24295962478172944282009-08-20T15:29:00.002-04:002009-08-20T15:34:24.996-04:00The ultimate Christmas Eve feelingTwo-ish weeks until R&R - I might explode from anticipation.Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649371406838363166.post-17419713647323901442009-08-16T00:27:00.002-04:002009-08-16T00:36:03.589-04:00How's this for keeping my blog up to date?The highlights: - Had baby on Friday (8/7/09) - Turned out the ultrasound technician needs to go back to school - Chili turned out to have a penis and NOT a vagina meaning his blog name will be lilSGT instead - Mom and baby are happy and healthy, though still working on some high jaundice numbers - SGT T was able to be on Skype for the entire labor and delivery, causing several nurses and one or Scenic Pit Stopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968507050556926477noreply@blogger.com2