Beach Weekend

Matt is in the middle of studying for exams and I just got back from a wonderful girls weekend at Carolina Beach. We had so much fun! Here are a few pictures from the weekend...

We danced, we sang karaoke, we laid out on the beach, and we had Good Times...

On another awesome note, this is Matt's last week of Law School... ever! Yes!

Ready to Go!

I am really happy to announce that I am starting an at home business with my quilt making! CCQuilts! I have a blog dedicated to just the quilts: http://courtneyquilts.blogspot.com and also an email for ordering: courtneyquilts@gmail.com

Over spring break I designed some business cards, flyers, and tags. Here is what my cards look like, in lovely teal and green.


I am going to the beach for a girls weekend tomorrow, and I am driving through Wilmington to get there, so I get to see Stephanie! Yay! She finally gets her quilt!

Here it is ready to go!

Lovely little bundle isn't it?

Wordless Wednesday 8

Bookworm

I love books. Really I do. I wish I had time to read more, and money to buy lots of books. I miss Appalachian's Library. We had a wonderful library and they built a brand new one right after I left that is even more awesome...

I had a lovely lunch with Matt today, since it was my last day off from school for Spring Break (thanks Snow Days). After our lunch in Lillington, I stopped by the library and picked up these little gems.


I can't wait to dig into these books. Where to start...

Speaking of books, have you read anything good lately? I checked out the New Fiction and New Non-Fiction tables and didn't see anything that caught my fancy. I would love to hear suggestions!

On Top!

Carrie's Quilt Top is complete! I had a wonderful night of sewing, while listening to my iPod. I bet there are not too many people that jam out to Outkast and Jay-Z while they quilt! Haha!

This quilt is one row longer than Stephanie's. So it is officially the largest one yet! Whew!


Here is Dutch being Quality Control. This is a good "in process" picture.


Here it is laid on a Queen sized bed and on the floor of my living room. I had to move furniture and stand on a chair to get this picture!

Carrie is having cute little owl fabric (her sorority mascot) mailed to me this week for the back and as soon as it comes in I will get busy quilting it! I hope to have it complete by the weekend! :)

Sunday Survey 4

Here's this weeks Sunday Survey: You are giving $1,000 dollars. You must spend it. What do you buy?

Courtney:



Canon EOS Rebel XSI SLR Camera- $600.00


Small Singer Dress Form- $100.00






Craft Books that I have wanted- $100.00



The Mall for new clothes, shoes, etc- $200.00


Matt:

Said he would buy suits... very creative Matt...




Picture Credits
Camera: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/31575/overview/eos_rebel_xsi_slr_camera_body_only.html
Dress Form: http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/singer-adjustable-dressform-mannequin_p-2290345_xp.aspx
Books: www.amazon.com
SouthPoint Mall: http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091002/mall1.html
Men's Warehouse- http://www.pennrealestategroup.com/retail_properties/mens_wearhouse/

Sewing & Spray Paint Saturday

Well actually that title is partially incorrect. I didn't sew one bit today but I did 5 hours of prep work so that I can start sewing tomorrow. Yes, ironing on the interfacing for the t-shirt quilt takes forever! But it is done and the squares are cut and I am hoping that after I lay it out and get the pattern right that I can start stitching away on it tomorrow! Here are some pictures:


Check out this setup. I do not have an ironing board big enough for a whole t-shirt back to fit on. After I cut the backs apart from the shirts I have to iron on interfacing to keep it from stretching. I do it is layers: t-shirt, interfacing, towel. Spray the towel, press with the iron... and about 5 mins later you have one shirt completed, times 35 shirts= long process. But the craft table I bought from Craigslist awhile back with a towel on it provided a great surface to do this on!

So then I got out the rotary cutter and the shirt pieces went from pieces to squares!

*Don't mind the dark spots on the shirt, it is just water from pressing*

Check out how thick the stack is! I love the macro feature on my camera...

This is going to make a really rocking quilt for Carrie...

I also started on another project that I have wanted to get busy on for awhile. I am using spray paint made for plastic to change my little drawers from clearish purple to white. Too bad that I didn't finish because I ran out of spray paint. Oh well, I have Monday and Tuesday off. I think that the white with look much better in my sewing space...


And while I am up to all this, poor Matt is studying for exams. But here is the good news! It is the last time Matt will ever have to take a Law School Exam! Yay!