20 Projects in 20 Weeks

Yesterday marked the 20 week milestone in my pregnancy with baby number two. I started to realize just how many things I still want to get done before I get close to that 40 week mark… and so, I’ve started the 20 projects in 20 weeks board on Pinterest. Check it out here.

I think this week I’m going to focus on organizing my photos so I can finally put together a family yearbook, starting the year that Emily was born, 2010. Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be able to check something off my list.

The list, in no particular order:

1. Make a family yearbook
2. Make roman shades for Emily’s room
3. Make a kite bow organizer
4. Make a bean bag pouf
5. Make yarn letters
6. Hang artwork in Emily’s new room
7. Deep clean the carpets
8. Make a few baby-to-go bags
9. Paint and glaze old dresser
10. Finish the quilt for Emily’s new room
11. Make a leah tunic for Emily
12. Dye easter eggs with Emily using koolaid
13. Organize recipes/menu planner
14. Make a paper lantern hot air balloon for the nursery
15. Organize Emily’s closet
16. Make laundry soap
17. Make a burlap banner
18. Make homemade sidewalk chalk
19. Make a gallery art wall
20. Make birthday invitations for Emily’s birthday

New Items | Sage Street Market

Just an update, I’ve started to add a few extra-fun items to my etsy shop… one being these adorable little scrap banners. Take a look at Sage Street Market!

Shop Update | Sage Street Market

I’ve been keeping busy these days… sorting and slicing up my sheet stash. I feel pretty good about getting piles and piles of lovely vintage linens off my craft room floor and into new homes. How wonderful is it to think that these long lost bed sheets and pillowcases are now finding new life in quilts, buntings and crafts. It makes me smile. I wonder what people are making with them?

If you haven’t already, check out the new fat quarters in my shop…

 

Sewing | Vintage Sheet Quilt

I was supposed to have this done before Emmy’s brithday, as a little gift from Mommy. But I didn’t. Are you surprised? I had high hopes, but then the 1st birthday party planning took over and time just got away from me. Eh well, you win some…

                      

Anyway, It’s done now, after a much needed cleaning and tune up to my machine. It was my first time using the free motion quilting technique, and I’ll admit It’s not perfect, there are a few puckers here and there, but I love that about it. I think, once its washed a lot of those imperfections will softened up. All in all, it was a lot of fun thinking about the random arrangement, piecing each square together and finally quilting it. Well worth the 3 month delay.

All the sheets were found at the Salvation Army. It’s amazing how many abandoned pillowcases and sheet sets there are back in there. With the scraps I did end up making a string of bunting pennants, in time for the birthday party, which I’m going to try and find a place for in Emmy’s room, soon.

If you’re interested in any leftover sheets, let me know—I’m thinking about putting them up for sale on etsy.

Sewing | Vintage sheet bunting

The vintage sheet trend has taken over etsy, pinterest and the blog world lately… I of course had to try my hand at it as well, and scoured my local thrift stores for some unique vintage sheets. I found more than I needed, but bought them all because they were so inexpensive. With them, I ended up cutting squares for a quilt and bunch of pennant shapes for this vintage sheet bunting.

The cutting took the longest, then pairing them up and sewing up the longest sides (right sides facing out). I didn’t worry about getting a nice seam, I wanted them to be a little rustic and homemade looking. You’ll notice a little fray on some of the pennants, in the photo above… I love every little bit of it. After I sewed all of the pairs together, I sandwiched them in between a long piece of cream double fold bias tape and sewed a straight line down the middle. Simple as that. It probably took me around 2 hours to complete the whole thing, and I ended up with about 6 yards total of bunting.

I used it to decorate the goody table at Em’s first birthday, and now I’m going to hang it up in her bedroom. If you’re interested in any leftover sheets, let me know—I’m thinking about putting them up for sale on etsy.