A new color combo for me. Much brighter than the soft, subdued colors I usually choose. It has been fun and stimulating to make the selection. this is actually being made for a presentation on using vintage linens in our quilting projects. Presentation will be …
I have wanted to make a quilt with the Rose of Sharon applique pattern for many years. Hand applique has always been the reason I have not accomplished that aspiration. The time seems right. Using a design program I have drafted a pattern based on …
Sewing has stopped for the time being so work can continue on the sewing room. The mini kitchenette area is being worked on by my husband with “help” from me. The sewing machine is covered by it’s carrying case and a sheet totally wrapped around it to protect from the little bit of sawdust that is being generated. Most of the work is being done outside so I get to be the “runner” between the saw outside, the storage shed at the far end of the property and the room. Knee surgery still is taking it’s toll on Craig’s abilities to move quickly or up and down stairs without some pain. Good news is that even if I can’t sew I am using my time to learn more about the capabilities of EQ7 on the computer. Angie Padilla’s book on AppliqueDrawing from EQ7 is taking me step by step through the drawing. I don’t generally like to take the time to learn those things that are not directly related to what I want to do. I like to start at the back or middle of a book and work through it as it interests me but now is the time to take time. I am finding it is generating ideas and I have almost learned enough to draw out an applique Christmas tree skirt that I designed the old fashioned paper and pencil way last summer. As soon as I get the figures drawn it will be a good design for sharing on this website….for next year’s tree.
Dec 11, 2015 The last of the monthly wall hangings to brighten my mother’s care center room has been received. A year of projects that brightened her room seemed easy as an idea in December of 2014 but did take some time to figure out …
Dec 10, 2015
We went into town this morning to get haircuts and groceries, mundane errands, huh? But we drove by a garage sale just getting started so made a side stop. I still need to find some items to re-purpose into sewing room storage doubling as furniture. A great item presented itself in the form of a horizontal locker. It could be painted in the coastal color scheme and needed just a little work to firm it up for stability, had six drawers, perfect. No price, no one to ask so we browsed for a while until figuring out who was having the sale. Price was quoted, negotiation tried to no avail so browsing continued. Another find, my favorite, rayon damask table cloth and eight napkins, probably never used or little used as there was no wear, no stain but in a pile of “stuff”. Perfect for dyeing and repurposing. There was no price so search for owner(s), price quoted. One dollar, yes. Back to the storage unit, perhaps we can negotiate with the other owner. No, the price had even gone up, hmm. Friday offers more garage sales that boast linens and kayaks and furniture. Maybe we’ll get lucky.
December, 2015 wall hanging is machine embroidered snowflakes. December is mom’s birthday month which often means lots of snow and cold but it also reminds me of the December when the school busload of kids was stranded at the house because of the snowstorm that …
As I am finishing the Texas sewing room I am beginning to think about the “décor”. I prefer plain and simple, letting the clutter and color be the fabric and projects in progress. Yesterday, as the temperature dropped and the winds blew in colder air, …
Cynthia Collier, League City, TX was the traditional quilt display through December 2015. Her applique quilts are exquisite and you could see her applique abilities improve with each quilt she has made. Most were from Baltimore Album type of quilt books My favorite because of the border treatment is pictured below. I shall look on her website to find out which book(s) it is from but the border treatment is what I want to repeat. More photos from her quilt display later.
Also on display, no photos allowed, were some of my favorite art quilts but it was so wonderful to see them up close and personal for techniques used that don’t show up in photos in books. Of course, I picked up a couple –or more—ideas for some things I have in the WIP art quilt pile.
Through December they also have the Magna Carta quilt display which I did not have knowledge of and did not spend as much time investigating.
As I am finishing the November wall hanging, Turkey Tracks, for my mother’s room at the care center I am thinking about the width of binding that I use compared to many instructions that I see for commercial patterns. Many patterns direct quilters to cut …