Hi!
I'm Tina! I have a confession to make. I'm addicted to fabric. Yep, i'm a fabricaholic. I love walking through craft aisles just looking at the fabric, running my hands along the tops/sides of the bolts, pulling out a few and just looking at them. I never bought much, just selvedge that was on sale, cheap, and very small pieces - this was before i discovered fat quarter pieces. My life could have still been normal, except that one of the craft stores in my town had a going-out-of-business sale, and i unwittingly went in. Within 2 hours i had spent way too much money and had about 15 yards of material. And without further ado, my fabric addiction took full hold of my life - i now have dozens of yards of material, most of it quilters weight.
From February 2009 to the end of May 2009 i bought fabric, but had nothing to do with it. I finally bought a sewing machine in late May 2009, figuring that i might as well start. In June i found another craft store going out of business (it's apparently a very dangerous epedimic!) and walked out with so much more fabric and suddenly knitting instructions and yarn too - i figured it was on sale i might as well, right?! Yet i had still not done more than play with my sewing machine, just running stiches back and forth to try to figure out how it works! :)
I'm Tina! I have a confession to make. I'm addicted to fabric. Yep, i'm a fabricaholic. I love walking through craft aisles just looking at the fabric, running my hands along the tops/sides of the bolts, pulling out a few and just looking at them. I never bought much, just selvedge that was on sale, cheap, and very small pieces - this was before i discovered fat quarter pieces. My life could have still been normal, except that one of the craft stores in my town had a going-out-of-business sale, and i unwittingly went in. Within 2 hours i had spent way too much money and had about 15 yards of material. And without further ado, my fabric addiction took full hold of my life - i now have dozens of yards of material, most of it quilters weight.
From February 2009 to the end of May 2009 i bought fabric, but had nothing to do with it. I finally bought a sewing machine in late May 2009, figuring that i might as well start. In June i found another craft store going out of business (it's apparently a very dangerous epedimic!) and walked out with so much more fabric and suddenly knitting instructions and yarn too - i figured it was on sale i might as well, right?! Yet i had still not done more than play with my sewing machine, just running stiches back and forth to try to figure out how it works! :)
I'm not completely new to needlecraft - my mom taught me to embroider when i was a little girl, and i've done my fair share of embroidered baby bibs and cutesy decorations, but when i went to college i stopped doing even that much. My mom used to make the occassional outfit for us and is very good at making cute pillowcases, but she didn't do much else, sewing wise, besides mending. My Aunt Cathy, though, is a prolific seamstress and knitter and has made each of her nieces and nephews hand-knitted blankets in our favorite colors. When i moved away from home permanently 3 years ago, my dad gave me a quilt that his grandmother had made for him.
I have been reading all sorts of crafting blogs and have been really impressed and inspired by all of the crafty women online these days! I have to say i'm impressed that almost all of them/you run busy households with (usually multiple) children underfoot and occassionally even farms to run as well! I cannot say that my distractions are as fun, i just have to go to work all day! ;) Still i hope to have those distractions (the kids, not the cows) someday! :)
I should probably admit, i'm much better at sewing stories together than i am at sewing fabric. BUT with all this fabric i have every intention of learning how to sew! :) I mean i can't justify buying more fabric if i don't at least try to use some of it... so in this first blog post i wanted to say thank you to all the women who had inspired me and ask for prayers and wishes to help me continue in this quest.
I have been reading all sorts of crafting blogs and have been really impressed and inspired by all of the crafty women online these days! I have to say i'm impressed that almost all of them/you run busy households with (usually multiple) children underfoot and occassionally even farms to run as well! I cannot say that my distractions are as fun, i just have to go to work all day! ;) Still i hope to have those distractions (the kids, not the cows) someday! :)
I should probably admit, i'm much better at sewing stories together than i am at sewing fabric. BUT with all this fabric i have every intention of learning how to sew! :) I mean i can't justify buying more fabric if i don't at least try to use some of it... so in this first blog post i wanted to say thank you to all the women who had inspired me and ask for prayers and wishes to help me continue in this quest.
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