Order Completed

Today I completed one of my many bag orders. The lady who ordered this bag already has one of the same bags in a different color. She wanted another one to use at the beach, but she also wanted it to be slightly smaller and with a cosmetic bag to match.

My next order is another beach bag, but in the larger size (and I mean it is gigantic). Here are the fabrics for the upcoming bag (darker teal for the main color, tan for the accent, and the teal polka dots for the lining).

I'm finding that as I make the same type of bag over and over again, I am getting faster at it. Maybe I will start cutting the fabric for this next bag tomorrow.

Updating

My last blog post left you at the begining of a new school year which now has come to completion. It is hard to believe that another year of school has come and gone. Unfortunately, I was so busy that I did not have much free time to keep my blog up to date on all that was going on in my life.
Over the past few months, I have started up my own little cottage industry (with the help of my awsome grandma ☺) selling bags, and on occasion quilts using the name The Frog Quilter (acronym for FROG is Fully Relying On God). It has been very successful, so much so that I still have ten bags and a baby quilt on a waiting list. I really enjoy making them and it is also a good money maker on the side. Here are a few that I have made so far.









If you have looked at my grandma's blog, she has been posting about the current baby quilt I have been working on. It is almost finished! Hopefully this summer will allow me more time to keep my blog updated!

Getting Ready

It is almost time to go back to school! I can't believe how fast this summer went! On Tuesday, I will head to school and start a new year. I have already gotten my binders for each class that will hold my notes and handouts.

I have labled them on the side according to which class it is. I have set myself up with some pretty tough classes, so hopefully I didn't over do it! Also, I like to do something fun for the front of each binder. Last year I had put drawings that I made in the fronts. This year I did some collages of sorts.

For my Advanced Math binder, I saved candy wrappers and taped them onto a piece of computer paper.

For my Chemistry binder, I took blue and red thread and taped it down to the paper in a swirly pattern.

For my AP European History binder, I dug through my button jar to find a lot of white and cream ones to make this design.

For my AP Language and Compostion binder, I took scraps of fabric and taped them down to a paper in a striped design.

And, for my Economics binder I used pictures that I have taken and made a collage on my computer.

I still have some summer work that needs to be finished. Because I chose to take AP (Advanced Placement) classes, I had to complete some things over the summer for those classes. Well, I procrastinated until the month of August to work on them. Not a very smart idea. Now I am cramming to get it all done in time.

I am excited about going back to school and seein all of my friends, but I am sad that the summer is over already.

Completion

I have finished the pointsettia wall hanging!!!

I decided to bind it in the same orange as the background so it would not distract from the flowers. I really like the way that it turned out.

A couple of months ago, I had posted about a bag that I had made just for fun. I have now made two more for my friends' birthdays.

I really enjoy making them and they are very easy to do. I was thinking about making my own website where I could start to sell some of the things I have been making, such as these bags. I am also in the process of making some cute little wallets. Do you think they would sell? If you would give me your honest opinion, I would greatly appreciate it ☺.

In Progress

This project has been five years in the making. Five years ago, I had taken a fabric painting class at Quilt Odyssey in Hershey. Then with the fabric we had painted we either could make pointsettias or sunflowers. I did these pointsettias and I had them all layed out and had it all ready to be quilted by the end of the class. Well, it was not until last week that I quilted it. Last year I had taken a free motion quilting class so, I decided to try the skills I had learned out on this project that needed so desperately to be finished.

All I need to do is put the binding on and the wallhanging will be finished!

I quilted the petals to make it look like they had veins. I used a pink thread on all of them.

Then, every where else I just did random loops (picture of the back).

I have found that I really enjoy free motion quilting. Now I am working on quilting another wall hanging. I hope to be able to finish it soon! ☺

Gold in Boston

Last weekend I traveled to Boston to compete in a Nazarene Youth convention called Festival of Life. A couple of months ago, I had gone to the district level of competition in Philadelphia and

took my Strips n' Curves quilt along to enter in the competition. It got first place there, so I was sent on to the regional level to compete in Boston. I had an absolutely wonderful experience there being at the Eastern Nazarene College and getting to hang out with other christian teens! And to top the great weekend off, I won two golds. One was for my quilt (God's Promise) and the other one for singing. I am so thankful for the gifts and talents that God has given to me! I am hoping that I will get the chance to do this next year!

Snow Days

The past couple of weeks my area has gotten some snow, causing school to close for a couple of days. During these little breaks, I have enjoyed getting time to sew again.

The first snow day that we had I wasn't able to get to my grandma's house because the roads were pretty bad. So, I just stayed at home and looked around in my own sewing area. I found a simple pattern for a really cute bag. I got some fabric from my stash and sat down for a good part of the day and finished this bag.


I am really happy with the way it turned out!

The second snow day the roads were not too bad, so I traveled to my grandma's house to sew with her ☺. One of my friend's birthday is coming up, so I decieded to get ahead and make her a set of pillow cases.

It felt really great to finally be able to sew again. Hopefully I won't have to wait too long until I can do it again!