Beginnings

Ready...set...go!  This post marks the beginning of my very own blog!

Hello...my name is Amy.

I have been a guest blogger on a blog called LanieJane, which is no longer active.  I learned so much, and in JoAnne I "met" a wonderful new friend and mentor.  She gave me the chance to write about my favorite things...sewing, fabrics and recipes.  And she even gave me a bunch of fabric!  What fun!

While I was guest-blogging I took the plunge and opened up my very own shop on Etsy, called "eamylove".

I joined the local branch of the Modern Quilt Guild and met a talented quilter and blogger named Jessica, who turned out to be my neighbor!!!  She let me do a guest post for her blog, SewCraftyJess.

All of this has led me here to my own place on the internet.  I've been thinking about what to call my blog, and I decided on the name "Amy Made That!" because that's the reaction I'm hoping to see whenever I show someone what I've created. 

I kind of hope my bags and pillows and quilts and baby toys, and whatever else I've made don't look really homemade, unless it's on purpose. ;)

I love it when someone shows my newest thing to someone else, and feels the need to explain, "Amy made that!"

A while ago I saw a camera bag here, made by Serendipity Studio, in a pattern from the book Media Frenzy.  WOW!  I had to make one...it was just so beautiful, and would be perfect for my sister, who loves to take pictures.
We both love Fig Tree Quilts fabrics, so I chose some of my favorites for this project...from Mill House Inn, Fig and Plum, and, I think, some Buttercup.

My mom has seen just about everything I've ever made, so she knows my style.  Last month I showed her this camera bag I had made as a birthday present for my sister. 

 Mom looked at it and asked me, "Did you MAKE this?" 

Why, yes, as a matter of fact I did.  Never mind that I decided about 20% into it that it was a "one of a kind" camera bag, not the first in a series of four.

 Never mind that I worried constantly about breaking needles or running out of bobbin thread halfway around the endless topstitching details.

 Never mind the sloppy interior of the lid.

{oddly enough, there is no photo available}

Never mind that I didn't make the interior padded shelves,
as directed in the pattern.

Never mind that the little pocket flap will NOT stay down.

I knew my sister would love it,
and I knew she and my mom were proud of what I had MADE! 
And I felt as if I'd "made it" somewhere new in my sewing life.

{That's kind of how I feel today, too, beginning this blog!}

I hope you'll enjoy seeing what else I'm making.  I get all my best ideas from beautiful blogs, and I hope you'll find some inspiration here to MAKE something, too!