The Perfect Imperfection.

     Well it's here. The long awaited website launch from West of Perigo.  Patty O of Perigo Patty & West of Perigo has tons of beautiful jewelry to choose from. Head over to WestofPerigo.com.  Check out all of the silver & stones.

  

            Don't miss the necklaces & earrings made from paper beads made by women in Uganda.

A portion of the sales from the jewelry made with these beads will go back to Outreach Uganda.

  

 "Like" West of Perigo @ Facebook if you like what you see, "Metals, fibers, and nature come together for the perfect imperfection."   

       Don't miss the giveaway, go to WestOfPerigo.com  click on blog & look for the giveaway.  June 1st giveaway is an African Sling Bag made on a treadle sewing machine by women in Uganda.

 fill out the contact us form at the website to enter & have a chance to win yourself a beautiful bag. 

1 down & 5 to go

well, it was another glorious day in portland but this portland girl stayed in...

so, that's one quilt down & 5 to go.  keep your fingers crossed!  until next time.

j

sun!

Not much crafting was completed today due to the nature of the weather...

babies, babies everywhere!

including the quilt for daniel jacob, i now  have 6 baby quilts to complete in the next week or so.  .  . i have knocked off 2 items from my list, i finished mending 2 pairs of pants for my dad last night, and i finished the birthday present for irish jack.  i'm making progress.  i found this quilt tutorial @ the Moda Bake Shop by V and Co. i'm going to make 5 of them as there are 5 babies on their way (or already here.)  so the first one will be made out of the following materials...

personally i think it's going to turn out tremendously adorable!  i'll get some photos posted of this quilt completed & in action.  thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day.  i know i will as it's not raining here in portland.  

sew birthday

my nephew, irish jack, turned 3.  i made him a book bag for his trips to the library.  his favorite color...

Orange!

my niece reese london recently turned 4 & i made a library book bag for her too...

and here are both bags in action with their proud new owners...

aren't the 4 of them adorable?? more bags to come as i have another niece mae jewell & another nephew rome alexander that have birthdays still to come....

stay tuned.

creative juices

my crafting in the past two years has come to a screeching halt mainly due to the critter pictured below.  while pregnant i was too tired to do anything other than sleep.   since his birth 1 march 2011 mr. walker james has needed my full undivided attention, and rightly so.  many a morning in the past year i have woken to this face...

i love him with all my heart.  i really do.  but now that his reliance on me is waning i find that i may have time to get those creative juices flowing.  binding the owl quilt is numero uno on my list.  a present for irish jack (turning three), a birthday present for mae jewell (turning seven), a birthday present for rome alexander (turning six), something for Perigo Patty for the handmade challenge, something for KBrew for the handmade challenge, something for JA for the handmade challenge,  a quilt for M  (who has been waiting the longest & with the most patience), 4  3 quilts for 4  3 co-workers, a re-usable garbage bag for my car, a quilt for mr. bean, 2 pairs of pants in need of some fixing for dad, the pile of unfinished projects in my sewing room, need an idea for the recycled wood flooring brian brought home, i could keep listing things but i think i have enough things that i could be completing for now.  right? yeah. now bind that quilt!

Pysanka

today i'll share a craft that has always interested me but i have no room or time to learn.  the quilt i shared with you in an earlier post is still not bound & there is a long list of other projects that need to be completed before i can pick up another one, let alone an entirely new craft. Pysanka are Ukrainian Easter Eggs decorated with beeswax. the examples that i'm sharing with you were made by my mother-in-law in 1980.

 they are incredibly delicate & beautiful.

enjoy.  

double digits

my baby dylan entered the double digits today...

Happy Birthday, love you bubba.

put a bird on it...

yes this portland girl has been known to put a bird on it.

but this project has been 3 years in the making & needs to be completed.  all i need to do is bind it... anyway, it's a quilt for daniel jacob.  hope he's not too old for it by the time i get it to him.