Friday, September 30, 2011

31 Days of Stitching

Day 23: It's All in the Details
Day 22: Bucket Bags
Day 21: Ella and the Art Caddy
Day 20: Quilting With a Friend
Day 19: Trying Something New
Day 18: One Done, One Begun
Day 17: Cross Hatch Quilting
Day 16: 5 Blocks
Day 15: Another Day
Day14: Dresden Plates
Day 13: Cross Stitch Quilt
Day 12: Kickin' Back
Day 11: Stealing Stitching Time
Day 10: Stitching Selvages
Day 9: Going A Little Crazy
Day 8: Not even one little stitch
Day 7: Luggage Tags for Minnesota
Day 6: Handquilting
Day 5: Stuck on Selvages
Day 4: More y-seams
Day 3: Why, oh why - Y Seams
Day 2: All Worn Out
Day 1: Crazy Jane


Here I am jumping in with both feet, and hopeful that I will actually be able to accomplish 31 consecutive days of writing about a topic I truly love - the art of sewing. I thought about just focusing on quilting, but while I do love quilting, I also do a lot of other sewing, which is also fun to talk about! So my goal is to show you every day what kind of stitching I am doing. It might be hand quilting, or sewing a zipper in a dress, or hemming a pair of pants. Should be fun, right? Stick around, you might learn a thing or two, and I may just learn something, too!

I think I'm always learning something new, every new project has it's own challenges, and the process of overcoming those obstacles is one of the things I really enjoy about quilting, and sewing. I am specifically working on completing a couple of quilts for other people, so I will also be updating on my progress on those projects. One is a Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt that I am hand quilting, and the other is a Dresden Plate that I am finishing up the piecing of. So as you see, there is no lack of material to write about, I just have to be consistent and do the work!

Thanks for joining me here, and I hope you enjoy keeping up with me, as I am sure I am going to enjoy following the rest of the bloggers who are doing this. Here's the little rabbit trail of how I ended up challenging myself to this commitment - I am on an Etsy team (Quiltsy) and we decided to advertise on a blog to see if we could increase sales for our team members. We decided to advertise on The Inspired Room, and I started reading her blog and love it! Next thing you know I'm reading about this fun 31 days series, thinking that maybe I should try it. Well, I just about talked myself out of it, but decided tonight that I might just go ahead and give it a try.

Wish me luck!

Pamela

4 comments:

rooee said...

Good luck! You can do it Pamela! Going over there to check it out!

Anonymous said...

HI PAM HOW CAN i FORWARD THIS TO A FRIEND SHE JUST LOVES STICHING

MARIA said...

LOVE YOUR WORK GOOD TO SEE THE VERSE FROM THE BIBLE HEY THAT WOULD BE GOOD GOOD PROJECT FOR YOU TO DO MARIA

MARIAHANNAHCARSON@YAHOO.CO.UK said...

DO I NEED TO GIVE YOU MY E-MAIL