You can fly if you try!

About Five years ago my In laws, (Scott and Cheryl) gave me a shiny new sewing machine for Christmas! I was so excited to sew something, anything really I didn't care what!!  I headed down to the Walmart and bought some of their cheap dollar a yard fabric to test out my sewing skills. (I was like a kid in a candy store!) Only to find I had NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING! Although I had grown up around sewing machines, I was Clueless! My Mother had her own line of children's clothing and had a sewing room built at our house. I had played in the scraps of fabrics I would find in the garbage cans. Although they were not very large it worked perfect for Barbies new stylish clothing! I learned to tape, sew, tie and "rig"  her fancy new clothing onto her! I have since learned you can not tape and tie things together as I once thought I could. I have practiced and practiced over the past five years and I can now say I can sew a straight line! LOL! My Mother-in-law Cheryl has taught me a lot over the years and has given me so many fabrics and sewing notions. And any time I say I can't do that, she tells me "sure you can!" She has brought out a crafty side of me five years ago I'm not sure I even knew I had.  I love that Cheryl and I share this Hobby! Thank you Cheryl for all your patients, love, support, and generosity! 
 I have learned over the years there are so many people that "think" they are not able to do crafty things. But in reality they haven't even tried! Never say you "can't" until you try! So many of my first project were garbage can worthy, but those awful mistakes got me to be where I am now in my crafting and sewing.  So throw away your thoughts of I can't do that. And try something, you just might surprise yourself!  It's ok to make those garbage can worthy things, thats how you learn! So put to rest your "I can'ts" and get out a huge bucket of "I CAN!"

Quilts For my Crazy Family!

My beautiful Sister in law Anna and Niece Laylah

with the Fairy quilt I made Laylah for her 1st Birthday!

Here is the ROOSTING quilt i painted and made for my sister and her husband for a wedding gift! (she loves roosters)

                                   

Here is a quilt I made for my Daddy out of  his Fathers Old shirts.

This is a quilt I hand painted for my Mom with the lyrics of a song about Mary.

Ugly lil Things made by ME!!

I love creating things, and I love to make my own patterns! I try to think outside the box! I like to take an idea and give it my own flair!! I come from a LONG line of crazy crafty people!! My Whole family is cursed with this crafty, project, obsession! I love how we can find something we like and say "hey I could make that!" Even though we have no idea how....but someway, somehow we get it done! I make all kinds of things from purses to hats to quilts and paintings.....it's really never ending to where my brain will take me! I get an idea in my head and I can't shut it off. I HAVE to do it....or I just might BURST!! And that could get VeRy MeSsY! So here is my first blog of my own Ugly Line of UGLY THINGS! Thanks for taking a look!