Nora's Sand Castle Cake

Nora turned 5.
She acts like she's 15.
I love her like crazy, and she drives me crazy.  I think she feels the same way about me.
She wanted a sand castle cake for her birthday- So I did my best (I was sick as a dog!)....

Random crafting

So lately I get into crafting frenzies.  I cleaned my fabric stash- refolded, organized, threw away...  I was so excited to find some of the stuff I had to start doing new projects right away!  I made some new dolls for the kids for Valentine's Day, I repainted a painting that I acquired, I sewed new covers for the pillows on my couch, I made Nora a dress, and decorated the house for Valentine's day- all in the last five days or so.  Here are some pictures and before and afters:

Pillows Before

Pillows after

Painting Before (the only pic I could find of it)

Painting after

Ethan and Nora's Valentine Plushies

Decorations

Decorations

Nora's dress made from t-shirts.  The link keeps posting upside down ?!.

Fun!  I only wish I had time to do more.

What I know about parenting

"The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing"
-Socrates

New quilt, brown throw

I took a quilting class with a friend (Brooke) recently.  Actually Brooke and I met on a plane on the way home from New York.  We instantly became friends and exchanged phone numbers.  We both like to quilt, so she called me up and asked if I wanted to take a class with her to learn how to do a technique called one block wonder (a bit cheesy, yes)...  Of course I said yes: I love quilting, learning, and hanging out with friends. 
The one block wonder is basically a technique where you stack the same type of fabric on it's repeat 6 times.  Then you cut through all six layers and make equilateral triangles.  There is a special order that you sew the triangles together and eventually you make hexagons that are tessellations.  It's a very fun and interesting concept, I wasn't really in love with the fabric I picked, but I think it turned out just fine.  It was fun to try a more traditional type of quilting.  I tend to lean toward more modern looking quilting, and this is the first time I've followed a pattern that I didn't make up- also a good learning experience.
I think I learned the most from the experience of the other quilters.  That is truly the best way to learn quilting, shut up and listen to the ladies with experience.  They have made all the mistakes and learned all the tricks- and hopefully by listening I'll avoid a few mistakes and learn some new short cuts.
I'm selling this quilt on my Etsy shop- mostly because I wasn't in love with the fabric.  Now that it's finished, I do like it quite a bit, but still I was already planning on selling it, so why not?

I can't wait to learn some more!


My etsy shop where I'm selling it:
Kendra Made