Thursday Think Tank

You know what I am think tanking?  How utterly RIDICULOUS it is that I pay for the same service, at the same rate, just mere miles away from where I previously lived, for internet that for some reason DOESN'T WORK FOR CRAP! AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH. ***Experiencing Technical Difficulties***   Perhaps this will actually result in my accomplishing more than web surfing?  Eh, unlikely...

WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR THINK TANK THIS WEEK? 

HERE ARE THE RULES! 

1. Link up any post from the past week that features some creative thinking going on in your creative world.   It can be anything, quilting, home improvement, fashion, crafting, DIY gifts, cooking...whatever you have recently thought "hmmm, you know what I should create" is perfectly appropriate for the Think Tank.  TTT is all about whatever you are currently brainstorming and would like feedback or encouragement on!
2. Somewhere in your post, link back here to my blog. (Or grab the T.T.T. button for your sidebar.)
3. Comment on at least a few of the other links—because what fun is a linky party without comments

- rebecca lynne

Finish-A-Long 2013 Q1

Alright.  I'm doing it.  Clearly I need to...I'm joining the FAL being hosted this year by one of my favorite virtual people ever, Leanne from She Can Quilt.
[I must also give kudos to Lucy and Helen whose posts about the FAL furthered my resolve to join...]

When I lamented that taking a pic of my projects to be completed was my first barrier in this process Leanne was kind enough to email me and say just take a picture with your phone!  Damn, that woman knows how to get me going.  So, haha, I did.

Now I usually bite off more than I can chew.  However, I am going to make a goal that I think I can very reasonably reach in the hopes that it will only serve to help me going for Q2!  Good strategy right?

To Be Finished #1: ZigZag Quilt

Yeah yeah, please ignore all the stuff around the zig zag.

In my defense when I unpacked my sewing stuff after the move this was the first UFO I put up after hanging my design wall.  So...clearly my subconscious is screaming "get a move on chica!"  After all, this flannel quilt won't be all that in the summer months...

To Be Finished #2: Rainbow Quilt

I have the backing...I have the binding...I have the batting.

Then we moved.

Miss E's birthday is this month so I'd really like to get this one done first.  I am thinking straight lined quilting within the rainbow square and perhaps diagonal quilting on the white?  As usual I am probably taking on too much...I'll start with the straight lines and go from there!!!

Alright.  Wish me luck.  Send me lots of "atta boys"!!!  I'll get my girls on it too...  Oh and go visit the 2013 FAL Link Up - lots of amazing stuff happening!

- rebecca lynne

She's Alive!

Alive...it's alive, it's alive!!!

Yes, I'm alive and thriving actually.  Here are my fabric pics for a new project I am working on...let's call it part of my Making House obsession.

Hope you are all well and enjoying 2013!

- rebecca lynne