Squared Up Sunday - 7/31

 Today I am spending my time at one of my favorite festivals, Warped Tour, and since I am going to spend most of my day shining bright like a diamond here (just kidding, it's not that type of concert festival and the only shining I'll be doing is sweating) the most perfect block seemed to be this 

Simple and sweet Diamond Block, 

the block has a few pieces so there would be a little bit of difficulty when cutting and piecing everything together how ever, the personalization you could do when it came to colors and patterns would be awesome and there would be very few ways these blocks could turn out poorly.

They would be very neat to try and I think I have just the fabric to do it when I get back to my humble abode. 

I'm ready to set sail (and sweat it up),

                                              Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 7/24

 For the next week I am going to be at my Aunt's house visiting the great country side of Missouri,

and do you know what they have plenty of on the country side?

Animals. Horses, cows, chickens, donkeys, wild scary animals that live in the forestry really close to here. We saw a panther looking thing once and that was intense. The point I am getting at, is since I am going to be enjoying all of the animals around me this week, it would be fitting to use that for the other things that I am doing this week as well, so this week's Quilt Block is 

The Donkey Block

It's Interesting and definitely a force to be reckoned with, ironically almost the opposite to the Donkey in animal stero-type cases. The neat perspective of the Donkey makes the block intriguing and I really want to try it out once I get better at cutting pieces out, I should probably master the straight line before trying something like this. 

If any of you try it I would love to see it!

I'm ready to set sail (and breathe in the country side),

                                                                       Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 7/17

Though I'm not the best at quilting (it's a work in progress), I have to say a guilty pleasure of mine is going through Pinterest and staring in awe at all of the quirky, adorable and amazing quilt blocks. 

All of the blocks are just so creative and incredibly done, it's so hard not to enjoy them and imagine making them myself. 

With that being said, I want to share the enjoyment I from looking at all of the blocks (and poorly attempting to make them) with all of you so, I created Squared up Sunday! I day dedicated to showing the cutest and most interesting blocks I've found for all to try and enjoy! 

To start things off  and being in the summer-y spirit, this week's block is:

The PineApple Block

This block is perfect for a little coaster or for a large quilt you can take to sit on for picnics during these last few summer days, it's vibrant and refreshing and with the way this block is put together, there is plenty of room for variety and creativity when it comes to colors and patterns to use!

I hope you guys enjoy this little segment as much as I am going to! I may even end up trying out a few of the blocks and doing posts on the attempts as well, though I'm not sure yet there's so may ideas I have to go along with these and who knows what will actually come out of it all. I would love to hear your opinion on it, see quilt blocks you love and your attempts as well from all of this! 

I'm ready to set sail (and see where this goes!), 

                                                                   Ms. Sinking Ship

Fabric Haul and Plans for the KNITche,

I recently came across a $2 per yard sale at my local store and took it upon myself to buy everything I possibly could. After all that excitement I thought it would be fun to do a little haul video, it's not the best but it is definitely a good start.

All of the Fabrics were full cotton and I got a yard of all of the fabrics except for the mermaid scale fabric which I got 3.5 yards of instead. 

A large amount of these fabrics are going to go toward new projects I have going for the KNITche and it's reopening in early August so if you enjoyed any of the fabrics you saw make sure to keep an eye on that,

I'm ready to set sail (and start sewing),

                                                                  Ms Sinking Ship 

Best Book(ish) Apps Right Now,

Other than the obvious nook, kindle, dc comics, apps as such, there are few apps that are actually decent when it comes to trying to find good stories, mangas, comics, the whole shebang to read. So here are apps for each category that are ensured to feed your book hunger.

1. WattPad 

I have talked about WattPad before, but it is an incredible sources to read story from thousands of authors, plus you can comment and be apart of group discussion on the books as they are being written. The book selection is very wide as well from well known classic to ridiculous fan-fictions they have it all in all genres so really can't ever go wrong. 

2. Manga Bird

I've used plenty of Manga sites and Apps but this one is so far the best, hands down. They have an incredible selection and an ridiculous amount of chapters for each manga you find, they even have some pretty rare ones that I haven't been able to find any where else. If you are looking for manga, download this app before any of the others it will save a ridiculous amount of time.

3. Tapas

I found Tapas recently and they are absolutely adorable, they are very similar to Wattpad, but they have a much stricter policy on who they choose as authors, but they have a very wide variety and all of the stories I have read so far are amazing, and the comics are beautiful and adorable every time. If you love the goofy comics you see all over the internet you will love the comics on Tapas.

These are the three so far I have found to always save the day when I'm in need but never fear I'm always on the look out for apps that help me read on the go.

Ready to Set Sail (and keep reading),

                                                 Ms. Sinking Ship

A Terrible Book Club and an Even Worse Attempt at being SparkNotes,

{ Aka CherishNotes }

I'm not quite sure how to completely express what Cherish Notes is, it's kind of like me goofing off with books and recording it. This isn't a project / series I plan to post on here very often but if you enjoy them then you can follow along on the Youtube or the Tumblr both also called - Cherishnotes. 

The first book we're reading is a love story told from 14 different perspectives called Something a Little Different, it's cute a quirky but the beginning kind of drags, the man male character has some secrets up his sleeve but I don't think that will keep the two love birds apart. 

You guys can read a long with me or just take my word for it but either way I'd love to hear what you guys think,

I'm ready to set sail (and read October ),

                                               Mrs. Sinking Ship

Unboxing the April BirchBox,

Last month I started receiving Birch Boxes Subscription box and I have to say I absolutely love them so far, below is the first one I received and I had so much fun just opening it. The packaging was adorable and everything I've tried so far inside has been amazing by far as well.

I would love to do reviews on any of the products you see that you are interested in and I loved doing this video, so if you liked it as well I would love to keep doing these for you all (hopefully a little bit better next time though because this video is kind of rocky, but nothing is perfect the first time around), I can't wait to hear from you guys and now that I'm out of school officially I can't wait to actually get some of the projects i've been working on actually out there for you guys to see!

Ready to set sail (plus keep things short and sweet),

                                                                   Ms. Sinking Ship