The latest epic fail... oh and hi, nice to meet you.

I have no idea if this will be included in the Let's Get Acquainted blog hop, but if it is thank you for stopping by and please excuse this post.

For those who don't know me, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jaime. I'm a happily married (barely) twenty-something with two adorable girls, Diva and Little Loo. I live in Jersey which is why this post is an epic fail. Let me explain.

For my Let's Get Acquainted debut I was planning on doing a big reveal, complete with before and after photos, of my sewing space. Unfortunately some things went wrong.

A couple of posts ago I mentioned that I got a Babylock Tiara. I was so excited when I got her home, and I unpacked her that very night. Unfortunately, once I got her all up and going, I learned that the stitch regulator that I bought along with it wasn't working properly. After several phone calls and a shipment of a new stitch regulator, things still were not working. We're thinking the machine is shorting them out... ugh. So it was determined that I needed to bring the whole machine, plus the two stitch regulators back to the shop-- which is over an hour away. Oh, and did I tell you the lady wanted me to bring it in on Thursday Nov. 1st? Well, I was smart enough, seeing as Sandy was headed our way at the time, to push off the appointment until the following Tuesday, November 6th. But Sandy was far worse than I ever could have imagined. Although the store had never lost power, we had only just gotten ours back. And between the road conditions and gas rationing there was just no way I could justify the trip.

So no big reveal. Sorry. Instead I'll just show you some my favorite projects, in no particular order. Click on the caption for the related blog post.

This is the whole reason I started sewing... I wanted to make my daughter's Halloween costume.

This is the changing pad I made when I was pregnant with Little Loo... I can't live without it!

This is Little Loo in her Halloween costume. You can see the corner of Diva in hers to the right. With the exception of this very quick picture, the girls have yet to wear their Halloween costumes thanks to Sandy. But have no fear, I am planning a Halloween party for next Saturday that I plan on blogging about... provided a hurricane doesn't ruin that one too! 

This was my very first quilt. So proud of myself.

This was one of my first cakes. I'm also self taught in this hobby. I don't have a post for this cake but I made it for my cousin's 18th birthday almost 4 years ago. This is when I surprised everyone with my mad skills. Now they aren't surprised when I do anything creative anymore...

This was the cake topper I made for Little Loo's Christening cake. My mother liked it so much that she stole it, "shellac"ed it, and put it on display in her curio cabinet.

I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about me. Here is a list of the others participating in the hop this week. Don't forget to leave some love!

Cynthia from A Quilter by Night 

Stephanie from Smalltown Dreamz

Cynthia from Quilt Doodle Doodles

Diane from From Blank Pages

Laura from Waffle Kisses

Mary Ann from Rocknquilts

Angela from Angela B

Jaime from Stitches to Sprinkles (that's me!)

Allegory from {sew} Allegorical

Alyce from Blossom Heart Quilts

Lynne from Bouts Choisis 

Nat from Made in Home 

Francine from Mocha Wild Child

Lyanna from Purple Panda Quilts

Stacey from The Tilted Quilt


Edited 11/13/12: I seem to get a lot of comments about Diva's peacock costume, so I went ahead and posted the adult version here. Enjoy!