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Sewing Log: 2012. Items 1-5
Because I lost track of what I was doing in the sewing world last year, and really did get quite a bit done, I’m doing my best (not a Resolution, just an intention, because I forgot to put it on the Resolutions list 13 days ago) to keep track here. That also means that I’ll be updating here more.
No applause, just throw money.
So, getting into the ( Read more... ) -
(Scrappy Quilt) Quiltastic revised
Sunday prochaine being Mother's Day means that we have to tidy the apartment so that there is room for the Darling Daughter, her Beloved Spouse and the Most Perfect Grandbaby on the Planet to come visiting. In the process, I dug out my standing quilt hoop that I purchased through eBay a couple years ago ( Read more... ) -
Yes, I'm sewing.
I know the fabric isn't exactly the same, but it's so evocative of what I've got, that I am making this today. I'm not being slavish to the original, because an arched front neckline looks a little better on me, and because I can't tell what her skirt looks like, and I don't have enough of the fabric we can see, but I'm gallopping along. I am ( Read more... ) -
ciorstan's Quilt Top Done
She hasn't seen hardly any of it yet. I worked for the same law firm with her for four weeks this winter, and I hope to go back there soon. At lunchtimes, after we ate and chatted, she would pull out her e-book reader and I would pull out my little scraps of cloth for a quilt I decided to make without knowing why. It wasn't at all my personal ( Read more... ) -
Tasty Bits
Yes, I know that not everyone's taste is the same. I just finished putting together the philanthropy quilt I picked up at Quilt Guild on Monday night. It was a simple pattern (Disappearing Nine Patch) with fairly large blocks. It finished as a lap quilt (60x45 nominally, actually 61x47). So it was fast ( Read more... ) -
(Scrappy Quilt) I am almost half way
I have done the layout for the Scrappy Quilt that I have started with maedb as a follow-along. I, of course, charged ahead, and although only 7 of the blocks on the Scrap-Happy quilt that was our inspiration have been revealed, I've done 14 blocks.
The quilt is intended for ciorstan, who has a Scottish persona in the SCA, and who was a weaver until her wrists ( Read more... ) -
(Sister Quilt) Bobbins
Why is it that when one is not expecting a bobbin to run out, it does so at the most inconvenient time, but when you are trying to use one up, it just goes and goes and goes? And goes ( Read more... ) -
(Scrappy Quilt) Other quilting
My sister-of-the-soul, ciorstan, is going to be the ultimate recipient of the Scrappy Quilt I'm working on. I'm starting with the blocks from the Scrap-Happy Sampler Quilt on About.com, but they reveal the blocks erratically, so I'm going to throw a few extra scrappy blocks in to fill it out a bit. The original planned quilt has twelve 12" blocks. That ( Read more... ) -
(Sister Quilt) Sunday sewing
Since I last posted, I cut lots of the squares. Today, I put together three very floral blocks. I will probably do more later tonight. I am now up to 7 blocks assembled. I reviewed the original quilt. Instead of the 5x6 pattern of blocks that Christie and I are doing, the original quilt was 4x5, with some bits of two more rows on the edges ( Read more... ) -
While we are on the subject of quilting
My sister sent me this link. It's pretty cool. My favorite section is the log cabins.
http://blog.nfb.ca/2011/02/17/quilt-fever/