Meet the New Martha Stewart!

I am so proud of myself that I finished this baby quilt for my little cousin Kianna! It is called a rag quilt and I designed it (only because I couldn't find a pattern online that I liked).

I will be making more infant quilts in the future! If you have a young child, this is probably what you will get from me for X-Mas!!!!

If you want to make this quilt at home:

1. Choose 3 different fabric patterns ( cotton or fleece because the material needs to "rag")


2. Fabric A = 1 yard Fabric B= 1 yard Fabric C = 1 yard and 1/8th


3. Cut Fabric A into 4 9-inch Strips


4. Cut Fabric B into 6 6-inch Strips


5. Cut Fabric C into 10 4-inch Strips

Order of the strips/rows: B-C-A-C-B-C-A-C-B-C (or you can decide what you like best)

1. Take 2 strips of Fabric B, with the right sides facing out. Take 2 strips of fabric C with the right sides facing out.


2. Pin and Sew Fabric B to Fabric C with a 1-inch or 1/2-inch seam allowance (the bigger the more rag)


3. Complete Step 2 until you are finished with your quilt strips


4. Remember 1 side of the quilt will have the seams showing this is the rag side.


5. When you are finished with the quilt sew 1-inch seam all the way around your quilt.


6. Clip every seam on your quilt


7. Wash in cold water and tumble dry low.

Finished size is around 39'' x 42''

Good Luck!!!!

Almost 5 Month Belly Pic

Sept. 24th I will be 20 weeks along. I have an ultrasound so hopefully everything will be fine, and I just might be able to tell the sex of the baby!!!!!

More belly pics to come in the future....

Sincerely Sarah

More Hurricane Ike pics

1st pic-lights down (looks like this all over the city)
2nd pic-Flooding 2blocks away from my apt.
3rd and 4pic-It is hard to tell by the pictures, but the line for gas is so long probably like 4 blocks long. It is hard to get gasoline, if a station is open, the lines look like this all over the city.

Update on me: I am surviving, but just. I have enough water for probably 2 or maybe 3 more days. I still have no electricity, and getting gas is out of the option.

Aldine has called off school for the whole week now, looks like we will return on Monday (maybe). So far only 10 out of our 70 schools have electricity, and only about 20 percent of the city and surrounding cities have electricity.

Our curfew is 9 p.m. and police are still arresting looters out after 9 p.m.

I miss everyone, and wish I could see you all! Much love and please keep praying that I get electricity!!! hahahah

Update on Hurricane Ike

Pictures during and after the storm.

1st.pic-Looters Beware pics 1 block away from apt.

2st. pic-Flooding under bridge 1 block away from apt.

3rd pic-Gas station destroyed

4th pic-Car destroyed by tree due to high high winds

5th pic-Trees in road(all over the city)

6th pic-During the storm-heavy rain and wind

7th pic-Flooding in my parking lot

8th/9th pic- Tree down over manager's office across the street from my apt.

10th pic- Power down 1 block away from my apt. (probably the cause of the no electricity at my apt)

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike is going to hit Houston in a few hours! My roommate Kati and I believe we are prepared for our first hurricane.

Thank you family and friends who have called with support, and just to check up on me. So far Kati, myself and my fetus are doing just fine...

My First Blog

I wanted to create a blog to allow my friends and family a sneak peak into my daily life.

Enjoy

Sincerely Sarah