Oh the Cuteness!

So lately I have been playing a lot of ukulele. It seems like if I ever have a good chunk of time off I drive my butt to the lake and sit out at the Pavilion and just play until the sun goes down... There is more cuteness on my flickr, here . On Monday I had the day off and it was mad hot here, so I decided that the shade of the trees by the lake would be much better than my sweltering apartment. I had to do laundry anyhow, so I walked halfway around the lake to a different place than usual, and sat there in the shade on a bench by the water for at least 2 or 3 hours and played through every song I knew by heart. Then I stopped for lunch and went over to my usual spot just to sit, but a man came up to me and said he saw me playing earlier and was wondering if I had a tuner. Turns out his friends were just across the park playing guitar. So I wandered over and they invited me to sit and jam with them. I felt really awkward because they were in a band, and they played beautif...

Alrighty, I have another item to cross off the list of unfinished projects, granted it is not a very exciting one. I have had a few pairs of jeans that have needed holes patched up for a while now. Funny thing is, I have already repaired two of these pairs multiple times: The holes keep happening in the same place on these jeans, which I bought at target about a year or two ago only a couple months apart. The butts of these pairs seem to be disintegrating slowly, causing little and big rips all over. I blame it on something in the manufacturing of this brand at the time, and hopefully not on my righteous booty. I really don't know why I keep patching them, since I have been losing weight they are waaaay too big on me now and I probably look like a hobo with a big cluster of patches on my butt, but the thrifty hippy in me still sees them as useful. I suppose I will just use them for around the house/ gardening. Anywho, here they are with the new round of patches installed: Now this ...

Hello everyone, miss me? I missed you too! I actually finished something, want to see? Here she is: I must say this is my favorite project yet, and it took me forever to finish it! The quilt top came pieced as you see it, making this another cheater's quilt. I bought a yard of the top fabric at Britex , and it is shirting weight so I must assume it was meant for apparel. I had the backing and binding fabrics in my stash already and it was an easy match. I did "shadow quilting" for this one, where I quilted inside of every square 1/4 inch from the edges. I absolutely love the way it looks on the back side. I am definitely going to do the same quilting method for my next quilt, one that is super-girlie and actually pieced together by me! The binding took a long time too, just because it is hand-sewing and I am not very quick at it still, but I'll get there some day! It feels so good to be able to cross this bigger project off of the list , let's hope I can keep cros...