As someone who hates being just like everyone else, I’m always looking for new background quilting ideas. I just ordered this book from the lovely and talented Irena Bluhm
Should be here in a couple of days. I’ll let you know how it turns out!
I keep starting posts and then not finishing them because I have to go find the laptop to upload the pictures. I’m out of USB ports on my desktop at the moment and need to run to Fry’s to buy a USB Hub. Blargh!
So here’s what you have to look forward to when I either a) find the laptop or b) go to Fry’s this afternoon
- the muslin for Mrs Peacock and progress on that front
- my ideas for my entries into the Austin Quilt Show
- the fashion show I was a part of on Saturday and the coolness that happened
- Annie’s first quilt (actaully, I need to borrow pics from Anjea for that one)
- and my color wheel swap dyeing from last night (and the rinse out results from today)
Sorry, guys. I have all the drafts ready to go but I keep getting distracted. bad!deana
I keep starting posts and then not finishing them because I have to go find the laptop to upload the pictures. I’m out of USB ports on my desktop at the moment and need to run to Fry’s to buy a USB Hub. Blargh!
So here’s what you have to look forward to when I either a) find the laptop or b) go to Fry’s this afternoon
- the muslin for Mrs Peacock and progress on that front
- my ideas for my entries into the Austin Quilt Show
- the fashion show I was a part of on Saturday and the coolness that happened
- Annie’s first quilt (actaully, I need to borrow pics from Anjea for that one)
- and my color wheel swap dyeing from last night (and the rinse out results from today)
Sorry, guys. I have all the drafts ready to go but I keep getting distracted. bad!deana
I keep starting posts and then not finishing them because I have to go find the laptop to upload the pictures. I’m out of USB ports on my desktop at the moment and need to run to Fry’s to buy a USB Hub. Blargh!
So here’s what you have to look forward to when I either a) find the laptop or b) go to Fry’s this afternoon
- the muslin for Mrs Peacock and progress on that front
- my ideas for my entries into the Austin Quilt Show
- the fashion show I was a part of on Saturday and the coolness that happened
- Annie’s first quilt (actaully, I need to borrow pics from Anjea for that one)
- and my color wheel swap dyeing from last night (and the rinse out results from today)
Sorry, guys. I have all the drafts ready to go but I keep getting distracted. bad!deana
It took me two episodes of NUMB3RS, all of Finding Nemo and the first 30 minutes of the Thomas Crown Affair to stitch all of the lines on the “solvy fabric.” I did a grid first and then loopies all over, more densely around the edges. Here’s what it looked like when I took it off the machine:
I rinsed out the solvy in warm water in the bathtub. I was surprised at how fast it dissolved!
It’s currently hanging to dry on the line outside.
I am beyond words to describe how excited I am about this. I’m already planning out how to use this as an insert or an overlay in future pieces. Mrs White may have godets in her skirt made out of various white yarns and fabrics. It’ll also make a really good scarf or wrap for future pieces. Overlaid over dupioni or a shimmery taffeta would be amazing. And I’m curious to try the bottom layer as silk organza with solvy only on top to keep things from getting tangled around the hopping foot. That wouldn’t need as much stitching, either, which might mean I could avoid the grid and just do the loopies. Another option would be to do the grid and then stitch an overall design (Free-Motion Feathers or Leaves?) in a different color.
It took me two episodes of NUMB3RS, all of Finding Nemo and the first 30 minutes of the Thomas Crown Affair to stitch all of the lines on the “solvy fabric.” I did a grid first and then loopies all over, more densely around the edges. Here’s what it looked like when I took it off the machine:
I rinsed out the solvy in warm water in the bathtub. I was surprised at how fast it dissolved!
It’s currently hanging to dry on the line outside.
I am beyond words to describe how excited I am about this. I’m already planning out how to use this as an insert or an overlay in future pieces. Mrs White may have godets in her skirt made out of various white yarns and fabrics. It’ll also make a really good scarf or wrap for future pieces. Overlaid over dupioni or a shimmery taffeta would be amazing. And I’m curious to try the bottom layer as silk organza with solvy only on top to keep things from getting tangled around the hopping foot. That wouldn’t need as much stitching, either, which might mean I could avoid the grid and just do the loopies. Another option would be to do the grid and then stitch an overall design (Free-Motion Feathers or Leaves?) in a different color.
It took me two episodes of NUMB3RS, all of Finding Nemo and the first 30 minutes of the Thomas Crown Affair to stitch all of the lines on the “solvy fabric.” I did a grid first and then loopies all over, more densely around the edges. Here’s what it looked like when I took it off the machine:
I rinsed out the solvy in warm water in the bathtub. I was surprised at how fast it dissolved!
It’s currently hanging to dry on the line outside.
I am beyond words to describe how excited I am about this. I’m already planning out how to use this as an insert or an overlay in future pieces. Mrs White may have godets in her skirt made out of various white yarns and fabrics. It’ll also make a really good scarf or wrap for future pieces. Overlaid over dupioni or a shimmery taffeta would be amazing. And I’m curious to try the bottom layer as silk organza with solvy only on top to keep things from getting tangled around the hopping foot. That wouldn’t need as much stitching, either, which might mean I could avoid the grid and just do the loopies. Another option would be to do the grid and then stitch an overall design (Free-Motion Feathers or Leaves?) in a different color.