I pieced together my top – 36 blocks each 12†randomly arranged. I like the happy chaos of the top. As I mentioned before kept the more muted colors aside and created a little throw with 12 blocks. The girls and words from a fabric panel add interest.
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I am a fan of Project Runway. I always watch it on Fridays and enjoy sketching as I do. Loving the button tufted couch I drew up there and I’ve been practicing desks/tables with stuff on them.
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Below is my favorite method for adding quilt hangers as I bind a quilt. Step 1: Gather materials. – Quilt trimmed to size – Single fold bias tape 1/2†– Ribbon, 4 pieces about 1.5†– 2†– 2 spiral paperclips (round or square) – Lighter or lit candle or fray stop liquid – Sewing
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My paint chip colors inspired another projects using canvas, sheet musics, fabric, wire, wool and thread. I created canvas quilt backgrounds bound pillowcase style. Then stitched slightly ruffled strips of sheet music to the background. For love, I tore strips of purple fabric and ruffled them as I stitched them to the background with orange
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For a quilt guild challenge, we were to create a small quilt based on paint chips with color names starting the with same letters as our initials. My colors where Charcoal sketch (Black), Autumn sunset (orange) and Plum (purple). A few years ago, I found drawing of a haunted house that’s been in my inspiration file.
I received an order for custom journals. Since I can’t make just one, a few hours later, once I started, all the sudden, I realized I had started 8 journal covers. The covers are all complete, two have been filled with paper and shipped; the others are awaiting their pages.
I used a composition notebook for work, but I like to have something with character sitting on my desk. With school supplies on sale, I picked up 5 notebooks and used fabrics I found a local quilt shop to make some pretty covers. This tutorial is close to the method I used. However, I stitched
This was the reality of the tables in my sewing room on Thursday – an explosion of projects in progress, direction changes and laziness. The floor looked even worse. *Sigh* It still looks like that now, despite finishing a few of those projects and being home most of the day. I plowed through some administrative
My husband sends pet photos with captions to me and our friends every day. I thought I would share a few of my favorites with you. If Carrie were a cat Ready for pick up I love bubbles
Another mushroom hunter. I like the hair on this girl and the basket was fun to put together with it’s interior and exterior. She hunts mushrooms for food and fun (8†x 10â€)
