hello again

I've been absent for a bit but am guessing no one even noticed, right? Not that I need an excuse to take a blogging hiatus, but I met a boy. He's been eating up all my free time. That's all I'm saying so as not to jinx it. 

 

Progress has been made on my EPP megahexie patchwork curtains. I took and basted a bunch in the car on a recent weekend road-trip. I like to sit and stitch them together on my front porch steps while the cat and dog play in the yard. No power cord required. I loved this post by Clare (who is hosting the piece and love hexathon) because it totally explains the awesomness of hand-sewing in a few photos and a couple sentences. Check it out!

I never showed off the lovely fabric I got through the stale stash swap. I traded with Danny, who took some of my Mendocino and sent these guys in return. What fun we had pulling fabrics and comparing stashes. 

My sewing room hasn't been touched since my best pal moved out of it three weeks ago. I think my first step will be to paint it bright white, then move everything in and organize. Soon. Ish.

stale stash swap - mendocino by heather ross

EDIT: All gone!

Apologies for the lateness and whatnot. Life. Gets in the way sometimes. At any rate, I bought a bunch of these two prints (from Heather Ross's Mendocino line) back when I was big into making bags, long before I was a quilter. I'm big on making quilts now, and nothing else in my current stash goes with them, so I'd be willing to swap them out for something bright, bold, geometric... or anything really so long as I like it! Hit me up if you're interested so we can make a deal :D

Stale Stash Swap
The rules:
Offer a FQ to swap. 
Must be willing to swap internationally.
Post the button and link up.
Update your post when your stash has swapped!

 

Mendocino - HR05Natural SWAPPED!

 

Mendocino - HR08Pacific SWAPPED!

If I did it right, clicking on the pics will take you to FreeSpirit for more info on the prints. edit: i didn't do it right, so click the links below each pic instead! This swap is being held over at Lucy's blog, Charmed About You, which you can get to by clicking on the adorable button, below. Make sure to go see what everyone else is swapping!

 

not-so-big news

If you happened to hop over here from Lucy's, I'll be posting my swap items later this afternoon as I haven't had a chance to photograph them yet. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click this button!

Now on to my big news.

Uhhuummm... I say this with trepidation. I made a Krista Stitched facebook page. I know, I know, but just let me explain.

I used to get a lot out of Facebook back in college, when it was nothing like it is today and I had tons of pals to keep up with and whatnot. Anymore, all I do is post pics of quilty things I create or links to quilty posts I write. These kinds of updates are met with crickets. Chirp.

So, I decided maybe my blogland friends might want to geek out about quilty things in between blog posts, or subscribe simply to have reminders whenever I do get around to posting. Plus then I can upload all the quilty stuff I want without fear of judgement by my non-quilty peers.

Sound reasonable? Ok well then go click "like" or whatever it is you do to "follow" me on facebook. But be warned, this Timeline nonsense is completely new to me and I'm really nervous to unveil it when I'm still not sure I know how to use it properly. But I created it days ago and I'm getting lonely on there all by myself, so here goes nothing. See you over there!

Or do you guys despise facebook? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it :D