Square Five : Beldar

I know it's been a little while since I've posted the latest square...
I've been stitching like crazy, just not posting. This pointy-headed
guy is Beldar. (I named him after Dan Akroyd's character in
Coneheads... for my dad.) I decided to do the flowers in a different
color and I really like how it turned out! I'm going to have to do
this on some more...

Square Four : Julius

This jolly guy is Julius... I finished the square maybe about a week
or so ago, just never got around to writting a post. (sorry!)
I really seem to be making quick progress on the squares. If call
volume is low (which it has been for the past few days... I think it
has to do wight the super nice weather lately...) I feel like I move
really quickly. I'm already a little over half way through the the
next one, Beldar.

Square Three : Thaddeus

Sorry for the abundance of posts today... just trying to get caught
up. This handsome guy is Thaddeus. As I mentioned in the last post, I
took a different approach in the color department... The multiple
colors just didn't show up how I had hoped they would, so I decided to
do one contrasting color per gnome. I am super happy with how he
looks! He just has a really sweet face...

Square Two : David + Liesel

Here's the first of the gnome squares! I realize the multiple colors
are a little difficult to see... I've made a few changes to the
squares following. This is David and Liesel, my smooching gnomes!

Square One

I am aware that this square isn't exactly a gnome and I'm not sure if
it'll make it into the quilt ot not, but I'm really happy with it and
wanted to share. I actually drew the pattern myself... there's just
nothing quite like flowers in a mason jar!

Photo Update

Ok, so here are the photos to go along with the last post... Sorry about that, but better later than never! Now you can see my fabric spread for the gnome-quilt!

Alright, so I'm still trying to figure out this whole "blogging from
my phone" thing... and I realize that there were no photos attached to
the last post. I'll try to either figure this way out or just upload
once I get home... Oh technology...

Thanks!
Amanda
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Sent from my iPhone :)

The latest Gnome-based project...

I'd like to first start with an apology for being so absent in my
posting... With all the wedding planning craziness and my wacky work
schedule, I just haven't had time for much of anything else. Yet,
somehow in the midst of my crazy life, I have recently decided to
start a rather large project. Why, you may ask... because I need
something to do while I'm on the phones at work walking people through
easy stuff like programming a phone or waiting for a system to re-
boot. You know, easy stuff ;)

Anyway, I have discovered that the absolute BEST way to keep myself
occupied is to stitch. So, that got me thinking (uh-oh, here she goes
again...) I like the stitching and it's a great time passer, but what
would I do with the things I stitch? I don't need more stuff to hang
on the walls and I certainly don't want to shove my work in some
drawer. My briliant idea...? A quilt! I have no clue how long all of
this will take me... a few months, a year, who knows, but I've decided
to post my progress here!

Now on to the good stuff... It wasn't all that long ago that I got my
first gnome (Thaddeus, for those who don't remember.) Well, now I have
20 in various shapes and sizes, as well as socks and pj pants. What
I've done is printed a photo of each gnome in one of three sizes,
drawn an outline to make the pattern, and transferred the images to a
variety of fabric pieces. I'm also going to stitch a few other
accenting designs - woodland creatures, toadstools, etc. to go along.
Then I'm planning to stitch each piece together with some matching
fabrics, making one, super-awesome gnome quilt!

Ok, so here are a few photos of my fabric spread. I'll be posting
updates as I go, so check back and see what gnome I'm stitching next!

Happy Gnome-ing!
Amanda
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Sent from my iPhone :)

The Apple Store

I'm standing in the Easton Apple Store right now waiting for Ben to get his battery warranted, and as I stand here noodling around with a 21.5" iMac, I just had to make a post and say how much I want one of these! Don't get me wrong, I do deeply love my 15" MacBook Pro, and I even miss my little 13" PowerMac that is Ben's now... but having a desktop with this level of awesomeness would be AMAZING.

Just saying.

Happy Spring!
Amanda

Still here... promise.

So I'm sitting here with Ben watching Julie & Julia... finally. I've been wanting to see this movie since it came out and just a few days ago it came in that lovely red NetFlix envelope. I will be the first to admit that in the first few minutes of watching the movie, I immediately identified with Julie... even down to the computer she has (at the point in time the movie is set, I had the same one.) Anywho, I felt compelled -and guilted- into trying to get caught up on the whole "blogging thing". I've been bad... so sorry.

I've been terrible at keeping up on this, and given the recent inspiration, I vow to try better... tomorrow.

First real post in ages tomorrow! Until then...

Happy everything!
Amanda   :)