Last week I was in a crafty mood and my hands were busy doing something many hours of the day.  I had 2 hand projects on the living room couch and any spare moment I had I picked up a needle of some sort.

I finished the top to “Bloom.” I still have to do all the machine blanket stitching around the appliques.  I’ll need to mentally pump up for that before I tackle it.  Not the greatest picture of it…should have turned the lamp off on the right side…oops.  I think if we have a little girl this would be darling on one wall of her bedroom.  We shall see in a couple weeks…

I also knitted up another “Bunny Tail” hat for a new baby.

Next item in my brain–starting to think about Valentine’s Day.  Let’s just say homemade love notes + sweet cookies + forcing bulbs!

It was a snow day today!  Tony had the day off and we enjoyed the whole day together as a family just hanging out.  We took Elias and Dakota out this morning for a walk around the block in the softly falling snow.  I think Dakota enjoyed it the most, but Elias was a close second.  He loves his new red sled from Santa!

This afternoon, I motivated myself enough to get a good start on mom’s Christmas gift.  Yeah I know…just a little late.  But I blame everything on the pregnancy.

And tonight I enjoyed a little Chocolate Lava Cake, some knitting, and a heating pad.  (Who doesn’t love  a heating pad for no other purpose than a little extra warmth!  It’s a good thing.)

I was inspired by Mary over at Pin. Sew. Press. to make a little mug rug.  A quick and easy project.  I used some of my favorite Joel Dewberry scraps and some rustic muslin.

Here’s my version with some flying geese.  I still need to quilt it and bind it which will add so much.

I do have some Bliss that I would like to use to make one, but I haven’t cut into any of it yet and this is more of a scrap project, so I will just wait.  We’ll see what the main project is for my Bliss fabric first.

Lately I’ve been working on a pattern that I started probably over a year ago.  I love the brown and pink civil war prints and wanted to make up one on my own.  Very scrappy and perfect for a bed or a trip to the park.  Below is the center of it.

This is how every INGRID BARLOW pattern starts.  Nothing high-tech around here, just good ol’ paper and pencil.

Oh, how I love finishing up projects…and of course starting new ones.

My grandpa-in-law recently brought over an old church pew that he no longer wanted and I couldn’t wait to try a new paint color on it.  Here it was in it’s former coat of yellow.

And now, after a couple coats of paint, a vintage inspired bluey/green.

A sweet place down in my sewing area to sit around and dream of new projects, chat with girlfriends, or pick up a pair of knitting needles.