Category: 2007
Use for post written in 2007
Photos of the Moment
Christmas Fabric
I received a gift certificate to eQuilter.com so I spent it on some items in my wish list that were threatening to expire. Quite bright once I saw them all together.
Great Star Patterns
Take a look at Toni’s site for some great Star patterns. I particularly like this one, though I would use different colors:
UFOs continued
I keep updating my post on my UFOs, so you might want to take another look. Mostly I have been updating the part about quilts I want to make in the future. As I think of quilts that I have had on my mind, I update the post.
OT: Books
Go over to Red Shoe Rambling and see DebR’s list of good books. The list is great, but the comments have other gems as well.
Life in Quiltmaking HELL!
All I have been dreaming about today is See’s candy. I had it for lunch and it didn’t make me feel better.
I got inspired by the QA challenge, “Creative Art Quilt Reader Challenge: “What’s in a Name?”, discussed in a recent issue. My idea fits perfectly into my Women’s Work series. The entry is due on March 1 (or thereabouts). I wanted to finish this project by the end of vacation. I have a scanner, so I thought it would be manageable. I’ll add a little techno-quilting wizardry, and some embellishments to the mix, send the thing off and be done with the project. Famous last words.
I scanned some Michael Miller fabric that I wanted to use (and can’t find more of IRL). When scanning it, I can see the weave and the images aren’t sharp. You can see how it looks at: http://home.netcom.com/~jlapac/WomensWorkFabric6.jpg.
I have asked some of my smarter friends, but if you have any ideas for how to fix this image (or rescanning tips) or web places for copyright free images, let me know in the comments. Your assistance would be appreciated.
To console my tattered quilting pride, I have been sewing on and off all day and am making some progress on Serendipity Puzzle.
I am at a point where I need to cut a few more of the colored triangles and a bit more of the background. I am waiting until I cut a bit more lavender, some of the yellow stripe and, perhaps, some more of the brown before I sew the remaining blocks together. I want to be able to rearrange the elements within the blocks before I sew them.
The progress that I made is some kind of miracle considering the way my sewing space looks. My sewing space is small in the best of circumstances (cutting area is about 2.5’x2.5′).
It has been full of boxes for 7 months due to the neverending construction going on downstairs. This is not ideal for sewing, but manageable. This week DH decided to redo his closet. Now my sewing space looks like this:
I am glad I have a space to sew, though.