Pleasant Home is doing a series of projects the next few weeks to help quilters clear out some of their scraps. I'm really excited about this because I, well, have a LOT of scraps. A lot of batik scraps, and a lot of other fabrics too.
If you want to follow along, check out Pleasant Home and get ready to get scrappy!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
An update of sorts
Been really, really busy lately. We had our biennial quilt show last weekend (I had five quilts in the show, and seven others in vendor booths, two more in charity displays, and four in the silent auction - that's a LOT of sewing!) plus I've been diligently writing every Tuesday and Thursday for at least two hours (the book's currently a bit over 53,000 words). And, along with all this - and my regular wife/mom/cat wrangler duties - I've been relocating my sewing room which, in theory, should be finished tonight.
See, I had all of my fabric and supplies and things upstairs in the smallest bedroom, all kinda mashed wherever they'd fit (please see the closet pics on the previous post) but, well, I didn't go up there much because there just wasn't enough room, only one electrical outlet (have I ever mentioned that simply plugging in my iron would often blow a fuse?) and it was quite a ways from where my family hangs out downstairs. So, what I'd do, was lug whatever supplies I needed downstairs, usually to the kitchen, and there'd be a huge explosion of fabric that, well, was a mess. But then I'd work on another project, lug down more fabric and whatever, and increase said mess.
Totally not a workable plan.
The room needs to be totally rewired, and the floors are craptastic (planks with worn, crappy paint and what appears to be wood-grain contact paper, I kid you not. In our otherwise gorgeous Victorian) so Bill's going to wire the whole room, replace the floors, put up fresh paint, fix the door latch, add a light to the closet, all that good stuff, but, to do that, my fabric and such needs a new home.
Hence the move to the back end of the living room (also known as Living Room B). I have a much bigger closet, plenty of room for my sewing table/desk, cutting table, ironing board and book case, plus the two built in book cases, nice, gorgeous hardwood floor (so pins won't get lost in carpet), bigger, brighter windows, more wall space... It's just going to be awesome!
It's been a process, though, me lugging down a little at a time and finding a place for it before getting the next batch (well, mostly, some stuff is still in bins and boxes). I'll finish emptying my bookcase tonight and, other than a little lingering clutter upstairs, it'll be done. The whole move should have taken a day or two instead of a couple of weeks, but there was that pesky quilt show thing.
Anyway, I'll post some pics of my expanded sewing space once it's set up, and I'll show y'all some of the quilts I had at the show as soon as Deb emails them to me (hint hint).
See, I had all of my fabric and supplies and things upstairs in the smallest bedroom, all kinda mashed wherever they'd fit (please see the closet pics on the previous post) but, well, I didn't go up there much because there just wasn't enough room, only one electrical outlet (have I ever mentioned that simply plugging in my iron would often blow a fuse?) and it was quite a ways from where my family hangs out downstairs. So, what I'd do, was lug whatever supplies I needed downstairs, usually to the kitchen, and there'd be a huge explosion of fabric that, well, was a mess. But then I'd work on another project, lug down more fabric and whatever, and increase said mess.
Totally not a workable plan.
The room needs to be totally rewired, and the floors are craptastic (planks with worn, crappy paint and what appears to be wood-grain contact paper, I kid you not. In our otherwise gorgeous Victorian) so Bill's going to wire the whole room, replace the floors, put up fresh paint, fix the door latch, add a light to the closet, all that good stuff, but, to do that, my fabric and such needs a new home.
Hence the move to the back end of the living room (also known as Living Room B). I have a much bigger closet, plenty of room for my sewing table/desk, cutting table, ironing board and book case, plus the two built in book cases, nice, gorgeous hardwood floor (so pins won't get lost in carpet), bigger, brighter windows, more wall space... It's just going to be awesome!
It's been a process, though, me lugging down a little at a time and finding a place for it before getting the next batch (well, mostly, some stuff is still in bins and boxes). I'll finish emptying my bookcase tonight and, other than a little lingering clutter upstairs, it'll be done. The whole move should have taken a day or two instead of a couple of weeks, but there was that pesky quilt show thing.
Anyway, I'll post some pics of my expanded sewing space once it's set up, and I'll show y'all some of the quilts I had at the show as soon as Deb emails them to me (hint hint).
Saturday, September 11, 2010
My Stash
When we moved here to the great rural cornbelt, I had to really trim down my fabrics and, well, I've been building them back up again.
Here are some pics of my fabric closet (and I really do need to organize it again)
Here are some pics of my fabric closet (and I really do need to organize it again)
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| Straight into the closet |
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the right side of the closet |
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| my batik shelf :) |
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| One of many bags of fabric I really should put away |
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Fly Dirt
A fly. Has pooped. On my duck. And it's ticking me off. And I don't know how to remove said fly-poop. Because I can't toss the duck quilt in the washing machine, or scrub it. It's raw-edge appliqué and I don't want it 'fuzzy' for the show.
But there are random dark dots on the side of his head, and it can't go to the show with dark dots on his head.
Please excuse me while I cuss a while.
But there are random dark dots on the side of his head, and it can't go to the show with dark dots on his head.
Please excuse me while I cuss a while.
Monday, August 9, 2010
The Crayon Challenge
Our guild did a crayon challenge where we had to pick 1, 2, or 3 crayons randomly from a box then make a quilt using those color(s). I picked three all at once and ended up with a really dark blue, a dusty medium/light blue, and a slightly orangey yellow. Those crayons sat on my desk for, oh, several months before I realized that the yellow one was 'rubber ducky yellow'. And then, a quilt was born.
It's due to be shown at the guild meeting tomorrow and I think it turned out great!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
4 down, about a gazillion to go
The quilt show's coming up and not only am I entering some quilts for exhibit, I'm making quilts as give-away and auction items. This past week, I've totally finished the duck quilt, two wall hangings and a table runner. Last night, I stretched a doll quilt and I have another, larger, wall hanging ready to quilt. My two bed sized quilts are at the quilters' (I don't like to quilt huge quilts on my personal sewing machine) and I have at least two, maybe three, more medium sized quilts to get borders on, stretch, and quilt, all before enter everything in the show. Plus at least one bag, maybe another couple of table runners, and a set of standing quilted santas.
LOTS to sew, so I'm definitely not getting a lot of writing done. Soon though, definitely soon. :)
LOTS to sew, so I'm definitely not getting a lot of writing done. Soon though, definitely soon. :)
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Journals!!
I've always wanted to make on from scratch (I'm a bit of a paper geek) and today I found a video for Teesha Moore's Amazing 16 page Journal. I'm super excited and I see a trip to the Art Store next time I'm in Des Moines! Woot!
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