I'm sooo domestic

Lately I've been feeling crafty. I've been wanting to learn how to do...everything! I've recently learned how to make some jewelry. I need to buy some more beads and stuff, and in the mean time I've been wanting to learn how to sew. AJ's mom gave me her old sewing machine (THANKS!) and I've just learned how to use it. That's right. Young married female Mormon living in Utah, and I didn't even know how to use a sewing machine. Well my friend Blaire (she works with me too) loves to sew and has been doing it for years. While I've been anticipating my personal sewing lesson from her, I found this quilt pattern on my friend Kirsten's blog. I showed Blaire and she loved it, so we're going to try it out. It's pretty cool, because it's non-traditional and kinda funky. It's perfect because if I mess up a little it may not show as bad.

When I looked at fabrics, I just fell in love with all the baby boy patterns. They are just adorable. I decided that's what I'd want to do, but I need a better reason than "they are cute" because, um, I don't have any babies! It would be weird for me to have all these baby blankets and no babies. Then I had a "duh" moment. My sweet neighbor next door is pregnant with twin boys! Yay :) So I'm intending for the two quilts I make to be gifts for her, but after starting them last night, I wonder if that would be unkind. They're a little messy. Hopefully by the time I'm done the edges will all be even, and they will be pretty cute.



We started on everything last night. I messed up a couple times, but for the most part I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. I'm excited to be actually doing okay so far, and now I can say I know how to sew! It's about time. We've got two short people in one house and lots of pants that are too long.