Summer Crafting

I have spent the better part of the summer crafting. Some of it nerdy. I occasionally have crafting shame thinking that other people will think I am a crazy old nerd. It started out with a Halloween quilt for my mother. We were at the McKinney square and stopped into the quilt shop. It has awesome fabric and projects. They had all of their Halloween fabric out so we bought 24 fat quarters and I went to town. It is being quilted by G's grandmother right now so I don't have a finished picture. This is one up close after I put the border fabric on. I LOVE the skull fabric!


This is the work in progress before I put the borders on. It is quite large and colorful. My iPhone pictures don't do it justice. The purples look way better in person.


After the Halloween quilt, I moved on to candle mats. And I know how weird that sounds. They are wool felt and sit under a candle or whatever you would like. I started with a Turkey Day design.

When my mom saw that I completed it in less than a week she gave me the Halloween one she bought. (She actually bought the Turkey one too.)


Then when I went to the square again to get backing for the Halloween quilt, I bought a fat quarter pack of A&M fabric. My intention was a baby gift... It has not been quilted yet. I just got the backing for it last week. I am hoping they will like it.


When I went to the square AGAIN, this time with my mother-in-law, I got a candle wrap Halloween kit. They sort of match with the candle mat my mom got. It made two wraps and two mats. I took a goofy photo of them on my big candle things.



I also bought the Happy Birthday candle mat while I was there. In the picture you can use it to put a cupcake on as well. I just thought it was super pretty but all of the back stitch made me crazy.


I got a phone call last Saturday that G's Grandmommy wanted the border fabric of my Halloween quilt so back I went to the quilt store. (Twist my arm.) It was actually an ordeal that I don't want to talk of BUT I got some super super super cute fat quarters. This is my next project. They are pinks, greens, teals and browns. All I have done is iron them tonight. Herman and I will start on the next project tomorrow while watching Season 4 of 90210. We watch TV on DVD and craft. G and I were watching the Captain Phil tribute on our DVR last night and I really identify with him. While he was alive he made bird houses and if you know anything about him you would be surprised. He made awesome bird houses with his dog on his down time. He would wake up and "craft" with his dog. This is what I do. He was also slightly embarrassed of his projects, kind of like I am.

I haven't done much crafting this week because I have been in Austin and then when I got back we started some home improvement projects. Last weekend we had G's old painters at Centex paint the kitchen/family room/breakfast nook. Here's a before from Christmas. Notice how dark the mantle was painted and the walls were fairly dark as well.


The after...



We also painted Herman's room this weekend. The walls are ceilings are the same color as the family room. When then hung all of the newly framed Benjamin Knox prints. My goodness, those were expensive to frame! And we painted the guest bathroom. It is what refer to as "highlighter green." The picture was misleading but I am hoping it will be toned down when everything is put back in there. I am now waiting for the patio to be poured. Cross your fingers it happens this week!