See-Ya Long Hair!

Well I *FINALLY* decided that it was time to give my hair the old choppy-chop!  I have been letting my hair grow out for about 3 years now and I knew I wanted to cut it again but I kept going back and forth on how I wanted it.  Did I want to go just long enough that I could still pull it into a ponytail or short enough that I wouldn't even have to worry about the ponytail issue??  (By the way, I absolutely HATE the in between hair stage when only *SOME* of your hair goes into the ponytail.  I can't stand it!).


About a week and a half ago I decided it was time and I called and scheduled an appointment.  I have been having what I like to call "hair headaches" and I was getting tired of having to pull my hair up just so I could sleep well.  Also it was so long it was hard for me to do anything style wise with it so I always either had it down, up in a ponytail, or braided for our motorcycle rides.  Also, the whole point of getting my hair cut was so I could donate my hair to Locks of Love.  So I wanted to cut it for me and I wanted to cut it for LOL.


So without further adieu here are my before and after pictures.  Sorry they are kinda crappy...we were using my little Nikon and it didn't agree with the salon lighting.

BEFORE!

My two ponytails to donate!

Me with my new cut and my hair donation :-)

I'm very happy with my decision to finally cut my hair!  And the fact that someone is going to have a killer wig made out of my hair! :-)  I can't wait to do this again someday (although right now it's not in my plans)!

TGIFF

Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday!  Beth over at Plum and June is hosting this weeks TGIFF linky party.  I'm glad I found this party...I think it's a great follow-up to WIP Wednesdays!


This week I finally finished the two Faux Chenille Blankets I have been working on.  I had a *minor* slip up with the brown binding on the Jungle Blanket (that's explained in the WIP Wednesday post) and I had to make my own binding for the Butterfly Blanket.  Despite my slip-up and trial run of homemade binding I finished both Wednesday night.  My favorite part when making these Faux Chenille blankets is taking them out of the dryer to see the back layers :-)

Those are my two finishes for the week!  Hop on over to Plum and June and check out what others have finished this week!

Mail Call!

Woo-hoo!!  I got my KAM snaps and plier set from Simplifi Fabrics today!  Check them out on Facebook HERE.  I just ordered this on Monday!

I only ordered a set of 100 white snaps to get me started and if things go well I'll buy some more colors.  I decided to get one of these so I can make bibs along with my blankets and burp cloths.  
And I MIGHT just get adventurous enough and make cloth diapers as well.  I have a friend sending me some supplies and I'm going to *attempt* to make some cloth diapers for her and she's gonna let me know how things go.


I also got this in the mail today (even though the tracking information said it was delivered two days ago!!! what the heck were they holding my Amazon package hostage at the Post Office?!)

It's a 6 piece sewing foot set that includes a binder foot, an edgestitcher, and 4 different size hemming feet.  I have NO CLUE how to use any of these feet but I can't wait to try them all out!

I also got my "All-In-One Quilter's Reference Tool" Book.  I figured this would be a really good investment as a beginner and will be great to reference quickly instead of scouring the internet (which almost ALWAYS has me sidetracked on Pinterest for WAY too long!).


I just love when I get packages in the mail :-)  Now I'm off to get started on my Quilts for Kids Quilt which is already *past due*, yikes!  I need to get moving!

Work In Progress Wednesday #9

You see that??  Yeah that down there.  That, right there, is what happens when you buy two different colors of binding! Bahhhhh!!

I was so motivated to get this Jungle blanket finished last night...so motivated.  And then while I was sitting on the floor watching the Big Bang Theory reruns and pinning on the binding I discover that the two pieces I connected...DID NOT MATCH!  I couldn't believe I did that so I dug the packaging out of my little sewing trash bin and lo and behold!  I bought one pack in Mocha Brown and one pack in Seal Brown. *facepalm*

Sometimes I wonder about myself....haha!  But it is what it is and I'll be picking up a pack of MOCHA brown binding today, and meanwhile you can enjoy that picture of the *almost* finished Jungle Faux Chenille Blanket.


I also had a chance to work on the homemade binding I need to make for this faux chenille blanket.

I bought a quarter yard of the same pink I used for the top layer of the back of this blanket, so I was hoping that's enough to make it around the whole thing (yes I was too lazy to actually figure out how much I would need...and yes I had more then enough!).  I cut it down into 3.25 inch strips and then pressed them in half.

Then I opened them up and pressed each of the halves in half towards the inside. Then pressed them in half like I did at first.  Here is my finished piece.  I'm thinking not bad for my first time making my own binding and just going by the looks of my pre-made binding I have on hand.

I was able to get all my strips pressed and sewn together and pinned on the blanket.  So all that's left to do there is sew on the binding and give it a whirl in the wash.

And here's the round up!

In Progress:

• Butterfly Faux Chenille Blanket (in the home stretch!)
• Monkey Faux Chenille Blanket (in the home stretch!)
• Another Green Bay  Faux Chenille Blanket
• Cow Fabric Project (half remains!)
• Quilts for Kids Quilt

As always, linking up to Work In Progress Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced with guest host Taryn who blogs at from Pixels to Patchwork!

Oh Saturday!

Dylan and I went to a local Amish School Sale Benefit on Saturday and ended up scoring some good deals.  We have been to one of these before but we NEVER went for the auction items...we were always there just to eat the delicious food!  This auction was BIG!! They had 5 different auction tents going at once and they were selling almost anything you can imagine!  Home decor items, brand new tools, used tools, plants and shrubbery, brand new handmade furniture, all kinds of antiques and of course handmade Amish quilts.  We had a bite to eat when we got there and then I went over to the home decor tent to sit with Dylan's Mawmaw, Aunt Tami (woo here is your shout out!!) and cousin Ashli.  They were there bright and early and already had a pile of things (bird feeders, birdhouses and a Lightning Glider sled).  I started seeing some things that I wanted so I made Aunt Tami bid on them for me (I'll admit it, I was scared to bid! Maybe next auction I'll get my own number to bid on items).  I ended up with two of these adorable Welcome signs and this pair of little crates that I plan on painting.

What I REALLLLLLY wanted was these half barrel shelves that look like the picture below.  They sold four of them and we were bidding on each one but they just went too high for what I was willing to pay.  We ALMOST won that last one but the auctioneer was trying to get a higher bid (I think we were at $35) and someone ended up snagging it from us.  Bummer!

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Meanwhile, Dylan was over at the tool auction checking things out.  He ended up seeing some things he wanted because he went and got himself a bid number.  We were texting back and forth, asking each other if we bought anything and how much we were spending.  I was "winning" with $12 spent and then Dylan text me and told me he spent $40 on some DeWalt drill bits, jigsaw blades and (SOMETHING ELSE??).  Later on he got a nice 24 foot extension ladder for about half of what we would have paid retail for it.

When Dylan was paying for his items I saw the list of the quilts that were being auctioned off.  They had a list of 325 handmade quilts.  They were in the process of auctioning those off when we left and I was tempted to go in that tent and have a look-see at all the quilts, but we were on our way out (which was probably a good thing!).


So after that adventure we decided to just hang out at home for the rest of the night.  We shot some rounds out of Dylan's pistol, made dinner then had a small little campfire and made some s'mores.  All in all it was a good day and we can't wait until we go to another auction!!

See how far the earplugs stick out of my teeny little ears!?!

I had the better grouping the first round :-)

Dylan just had a crazy trigger finger!

In this last picture I'm trying to figure out how to shoot the gun with both eyes open.  I just couldn't figure out how to use the sights with both eyes...haha! Something to practice!