Day: August 30, 2009

K. S. Perino Pencil Roll

K. S. Perino is one of the participants in the CPP, so I peruse her blog periodically to check out her prompt responses. As I was doing that this morning, I saw hat she had made a pencil roll. I have seen the pattern for pencil rolls on the Pink Chalk Studio website and Julie over at High Fiber Content even made me one for my birthday last year. I really like the pencil rolls and have been contemplating expanding/adjusting the pattern a little to accommodate knitting needles.

This pencil roll is one of the best that I have seen. First, it is gorgeous. Next it is even more useful because of the little zippered pouch that the artist added (note to self: learn to put in zippers!). Finally, the little details such as the fabulous machine quilting and the little charms on the ends of the ties really make the piece.

I am thinking that one of these would be great to replace the ziploc bag in which I carry my PITT pens around.

clipped from finishinglinesbyksperino.blogspot.com

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Quilt Sorbet Colors

Sorbet Colors, August 2009
Sorbet Colors, August 2009

I haven’t had a chance to make anymore blocks since I first introduced this project last week. Some block making is on my agenda this weekend, but in the meantime, I have been looking at fabrics and adding them to the mix. The biggest addition is the purple batik (upper right hand corner). I also added a couple of medium-large scale flower prints to see how they work in the mix.

I noticed that there is a lot of pink in the fabric mix. I hope it won’t be too pink, but I am enjoying the pink.