My Cabin Sewing Retreat

Welcome to my first blog post! One of the things I love to do is read about the creative projects, especially sewing projects, that people are working on. I get so many ideas and so much inspiration from all of those lovely bloggers out there, so I thought I would share a few of my projects here!

For those who don't know me ~~ I've been married for almost 20 years now to my first love, childhood sweetheart, and best man I could ever hope for, Bruce. We have 5 very busy and energetic kids. 4 boys, PK is 17, Benjamin 15, Owen 11, Oliver 9, and the miraculous surprise of our lives little girl, Piper, who is 4. She added a lot of pink and dollies and fluff to our house full of boys and she is the inspiration and the drive behind most of my sewing. I've been learning how to quilt ever since my oldest was a baby, but having a girl made me want to learn how to sew , well, everything else! After working for the past 7 1/2 years, I just recently became a stay-home mom again and I couldn't be happier. I'll admit, it's taken some getting used to, being home for all of the after school craziness. I really have to brace myself for 3:30. BUT, it's also nice to be able to cook dinner, help with homework, have some family time every single night, and work on all the things that have been started and then cast aside! So there's a little about me!

This weekend I got to go on a little sewing vacation! Heehee! That's what I'll call it anyway. We took a trip up to my in-laws' cabin in Wyoming for Easter and the first few days of our Spring Break. The kids and my hubby got to run around and build forts in the forest, make weapons with my FIL's wood working tools, build fires, and drive up to the frozen lake and try to break through the ice by throwing big rocks at it. (You know, the usual boy stuff.)

I, however, am awaiting an MRI and possible surgery because I've had a lot of pain in my knee that's just getting worse. So, knowing I would be doing no such running around, I took a pile of hand sewing with me to the cabin to keep myself busy.

This quilt, with VW Buses and Bugs all over it, I got all quilted, and got the binding sewn on. I just needed to hand sew the back side of the binding, so I took that with me to finish for my youngest boy, Oliver. Depending on the size of the quilt, it usually takes me between 4 and 6 hours to hand sew the binding, so I knew I would need to take other things. ;)

I also took this quilt, which is 12 or 13 years in the making! This one I've been hand quilting here and there for the past couple of months while I'm watching movies in bed. I can get one block quilted during the length of a movie! I got 2 blocks done this weekend so now I have 6 blocks all quilted and still have 6 more plus the sashing and borders. After everything this quilt and I have been through, I'm really happy with how it's turning out.

And last but not least, I took what is turning out to be my eternal project, my box of hexies. I started doing hexies in July of 2013 and this is what I have so far.

In an attempt to keep this first post less than 3 miles long, I will be going into more detail about these 3 projects in separate posts, soon to come! All in all it was quite a relaxing weekend. I got to sew. The kids got to play. The perfect vacation if you ask me. Thanks for visiting me here at my blog! I hope to make lots of creative friends here!

XOXO
~ Elizabeth