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Just In Time For Fall
Here is my latest obsession. After finishing the Bird Quilt, I was consumed with the idea of making another quilt for our house, and one that is really for David. (You know that they say, “the quilter’s husband always goes cold.”) I had a stash a Japanese fabric and had been eying a pack of charm squares at City Quilters for a long while, so the quilt design was pretty obvious. And if I say so myself, the charm square quilt did not disappoint. I also got to break in my new quilting gloves that I received as a birthday present from my mom (Hi Mom!). They were terrific and I only managed to sewing my finger once. As for the free motion quilting, I am...
Read MoreThree Ladies
Here are three pretty purses modeling some of my Fall fabric. The style is a cross between the Handbag and the City Bag and was originally created for a certain person named Nadia. When describing this style to my coworker, I kept referring to it as “like the one I made for Nadia.” When my coworker placed her order, she asked for three bags in the Nadia style and the Nadia Bag was...
Read MoreLabor Day of Love
I left work early on Friday to go home and whip up four additional blocks for my Common Threads quilt and to put the quilt top together. I was back at the sewing machine at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday finishing up the quilt top and quilting. Besides an exercise and dinner break, I finished up around 10 pm last night. It was a long day. There were also two special quilter elves that helped me get this job done. This is the largest quilt I have ever done and working with so much fabric was a tough, sweaty job for this hot labor day weekend. It was a lot of work but I am so excited to have it finished and on my bed. My quilter elves really made the process so much easier, so...
Read MoreAugust’s Common Threads Block
Since I was lucky enough to be assigned July for my month of the Common Threads Quilting Bee, I have only done one block for Rebekah before getting the chance to sit around and have fabulous blocks sent to me in the mail. I was very excited to make another block now that I know what it is like to be on the receiving end. As soon as I read the instructions and saw the fabric, I knew I wanted to do a log cabin block. I usually keep my blocks pretty simple, just to cut down on the production time (or the beast that must finish projects will never be fed) so doing one fancy, super detailed block is a lot of fun. I really had to push it to get a 12.5″ x 12.5″...
Read MoreNew Purse Fabrics
Someone, and I am not naming any names here, has been doing some shopping. I am putting together some fun fabric choices for purses and totes just in time for the fall. Many of the these are from the Garment District and others are from my stash. I keep waiting for just a little more free time so I can have a chance to start building up a collection of bags to sell on Etsy and at the Bust Craftacular later this year. Oh, sweet free time…I know you are out there...
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