Letting loose Miss Crafty

I was introduced to the beloved/addictive Pinterest about 2 months ago and it has let loose a craftiness that I never knew I had in me.  I have always wanted to be that girl who you look to and say "you made that?"  Although I see some fabulous ideas, I never know exactly where to begin.  A wonderfully crafty friend of mine, Dana told me to check out youtube.com to get tutorials on how to make certain crafts.  So I pulled out my sewing machine that I have touched maybe twice since I received it 3 years ago and watched some youtube videos on how to thread a bobbin.  Let me tell you something, I had no idea that it was going to take me 30 minutes to figure out how to thread and load a bobbin.  At least I was off and running.  So I decided to pick up some fabric and just try to sew some strips together.  This is what I came up with.

Now, let me be super honest with you here.  My intention was to make just a cute patchwork quilt.  Unfortunately I am a beginner at this and cut diamonds instead of squares.  It turned out looking pretty cool though.  I have never been much for doing things the correct way just finding a way to make it work and this first piece is just that.  I haven't had the nerve to revisit it yet, but hopefully I will in the next few weeks and I will then post the finished product. 


After the quilt topper, I thought I could do just about anything so I decided to make Baby Girl's halloween costume.  Here is the end result of that effort.

  Abby Cadabby!  Pretty close right?  Seriously, the cutest Abby Cadabby that I have ever seen!


I had been scrolling my way through the DIY section of Pinterest and had fallen in love with the idea of button art.  I decided to make a button Christmas Tree for my husband's grandmother.  She has been battling Cancer and I wanted to give her an easy way to decorate without putting up the Christmas Tree.  Her Christmas decorations are poinsettias and cold.  I thought this turned out really neat. 

I figured that I would brave the sewing machine again and try to make a crayon wallet for my kids.  I made my first crayon wallet and it turned out great.  After completing it, I decided that every child in the family would receive one for Christmas.  So I slaved away and made 12 different crayon wallets, which gave me plenty of practice with the sewing machine.  They all came out so perfect and I wanted to show you the first one.

Remember those buttons that I told you about earlier?  Well, here is my second craft made with buttons.

A button bracelet!!!  I am so in love with these!  I made one for every female in my family for Christmas and cannot wait to finally make one or three for myself. 

I did make a two handed pot holder to pull casseroles and such out of the over and made a iron board caddy for my mother's quilting habit.  I wish I had taken a picture of those because they looked amazing.

I think that it all for now.  I can't wait to post more of my crafting for all to see.