Here are my first hexagons, guess how many there are!
                                           There are 80 right there... I have a LONG way to go!

                                           Here is the pile I made last night, 1-18-12.  Doesn't look
                                           like 51 hexagons does it?  There really are 51 I swear!

Burr!

Holy cold outside!  Gotta love the Mid West.  It was 55 degrees, no snow and the sun was shining last week.  Today it was -30 degrees with the wind chill and we actually have a dust of snow on the ground.  I can still see grass though.  The 80 degree difference hits ya like a brick wall.  I just can't warm up today.  Anywho...

The project I am working on today is my charm quilt.  I found the idea through Pintrest and its going pretty well so far.  to make the 50x60 quilt I need 1,173 1" hexagons.  I have 171 made so far.  I have pics to post... now I just need to figure out how to do that!  Sunday I am going to start a baby quilt, I have no decided which I want to make though.  I just found a cute project that is a football blanket made of that soft minky fabric.  I had planned to make a ribbon blanket but now it is between the football project or a square rag quilt.  Unfortunately I already bought baby blue minky fabric so I think I'm going to make the rag quilt.  I will post my decision when I start cutting :)

Day 1

Wow am I confused!  Never thought I'd be a blogger... not in a Million years!  I decided to try this so I could connect with others that like to do what I do.  I like to sew and garden and pretty much anything crafty.  I consider myself a beginner in all areas still, but I think I'm getting better every day!  

The snow has finally fallen in MN and I am already over it!  Mother Nature has been too kind this year and we have been so spoiled not having any snow til mid January.  Growing up in the Mid West I don't think I could pick just one season to say I "love."  I like the winter because its when I am the most creative.  I do all of my sewing in the winter time.  I dislike shoveling snow, but thankfully I have a friend from ND that loves it (she's crazy!)  I L-O-V-E Spring now that I am a home owner.  I've done so many things to my yard over the past few summers and its so exciting to see how my flower beds have changed from year to year.  My driveway is lined with beautiful yellow and pink tulips in the spring and I'm very proud of the fact I did it all by myself.  I have some plans in the works to build some veggie gardens this spring so I can plant my own veggies.  Summer is great just for the fact that it's summer and the days are so long.  I'm a huge baseball fan so going to Brewer games is one of my favorite parts of summer.  I love the colors of fall and the smells it brings with it.  There is nothing better than walking around in the woods in the fall and seeing all of the beautiful colors.  I enjoy the outdoors in any way that I can.  I love hunting and fishing and sitting around a bonfire with some good friends.  Well, it's time for me to get back to work on my new quilt project.  I'm looking forward to sharing my projects with you!