An attempt at craftiness....

Well for a long time I have wanted to learn how to do a lot of things. And I must say I am pretty good at starting new hobbies, just not at following them through to completion. A good example of this is the guitar that I have sitting in my office closet. I always wanted to learn to play and I thought, well I can play lots of other instruments, including the violin, so how hard can it really be?!. I practiced and taught myself 3 chords...that was it. I haven't picked it up in close to 2 years. I do still want to learn it has just ....well....not happened. I have also previously wanted to learn how to knit and/or crochet....so I bought some needles, some yarn, and a how to book. I made my mom an elfish hat and a sad excuse for a scarf and that's as far as that went. So this year for Christmas I asked Craig to get me a sewing machine. I had/still have high hopes for my endeavors in sewing. I started with some pillows and am working on some burp cloths (I found a cute pattern online) and I came up with this (what I think is) an awesome idea to recycle some of Ella's outgrown baby clothes into a quilt. What a great keepsake right? Well so far so good...I've sewn a bunch of squares together and have several sections going. How is this all going to work out? Well I honestly have no idea. I like the idea of making a quilt though because to me a quilt isn't perfection. It's not perfect lines or stitches, it's more special than that. I hope it turns out (decent) and Ella will have a great keepsake to hold onto. So even though I occasionally want to throw the machine against a wall when it jams...arrrr....I shall keep on sewing (at least until the quilt is done:))