I'm back at it.....

My craft room is finally organized and no longer the unpacking room for everyone in my house. I have bought shelves and baskets and attempted to throw away all the old stuff (dried up paints). I am not sure if I realized how much craft stuff I had - funny thing is, all of it went to Nepal and I probably sewed 3 times the whole 2 years we were there.

Well I'm back! Last weekend I spent about 3 hours wandering around Joann's looking at all the new stuff and trying to re-inspire myself to do something, anything..... I think I did it! I met a wonderful life long friend in Nepal that happens to be pregnant and she chose monkeys as here them - in luck, still have tons of left over yardage from my cousins baby quilt - and of course bought some more stuff last weekend too..... SO today I have cut out the whole top and I am slowly piecing it all together.

New Wine Bags

I created these bags with traditional Nepali fabrics. Love them!! I made both of these in about 10 minutes. Super Easy.

Wine Bag

We are headed to a friends tonight and I remembered we still don't have any wine bags. I made this in about 10 minutes and I love it. Super easy and I didn't measure anything just wrapped it around the bottle, made a few cuts and sewed it all together.

February Block Swap

Another completed block for my block swap group.
This is definitely not a pattern of choice, some swappers have special requests and this was one. Although it wasn't my preference it gives me a chance to use up some of my fabric stash and continue to perfect my skills.

My First Stained Glass Piece

This is my first stained glass piece! It took me all day long but was well worth the time. I forgot to take pictures during the entire process but here is one:

At this stage I had already cut and sanded all of my glass and was beginning to wrap the edges with the copper foil. Once all of the copper is on, you solder and it's pretty much done. The longest part was cutting and sanding the glass. I really enjoyed making this piece and plan to make a larger piece soon.

Sew Simple Blocks

These photos are so bad! I took them with my ipad because the battery on my camera wasn't charged. Ehhh, maybe I will take more later. I really like the orange block.I started this quilt in 2009. My mom asked about it last month and I was inspired to pull it back out. I forgot how much I liked these blocks, maybe I will finish it this year.

January Block of the Month

I have started the Block of the Month club once again. I love the idea of the club but I got to busy for it before so I had to quit. Now I don't have time to quilt much at all so the monthly block forces me into my sewing room. I hope to start incorporating Nepali fabrics into these blocks soon but I haven't found any that I just love yet. This block is going to Terry in San Larenzo, California who requested pinks, blacks and greys. I will share what I receive when it arrives :-).

I'm inspired

Yesterday, the kids and I went to AWON, Kathmandu's big Christmas bazaar. So many crafty things and beautiful scarves. I didn't feel the need to buy much but I did feel inspired to pull my creativity back out. It's amazing how creatively talented some Nepali's are.

So here is what I did buy. The baskets are made from old potato chip bags - how cool is that!
I think I will own 100 scarves by the time we leave. And I bought lots of ornaments for our Nepali Christmas :-).

I plan to buy some Tibetan fabric soon to make some wall hangings. Many more projects to come.....