Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
I have the best raffle team ever! At the meeting last Saturday, a couple of them came through with MORE gifts. These raffle baskets are going to be the best ever. Cheri started in on some bags and coasters. I need a bunch of those little bags for stocking stuffer gifts! 😉 She tried out … Continue reading “More Raffle Gifts”
Carrie, a self-described inexperienced sewist, made the most amazing group of gifts for next year’s raffle baskets. One of the reasons I love my guild is that people step up when you ask them to help. Carrie just decided she was going to make some items and did it! I was not expecting this many … Continue reading “Carrie the Raffle Queen”
As I mentioned yesterday, Sew Day was Saturday. I was pleased and surprised when Mary came up to me and showed me the items she made for the raffle baskets! Mary made some wonderful origami type bags. Enlarge the photo, because they look very intricate when closely inspected. The little things on the bottom are … Continue reading “More Raffle Prizes”
A few weeks ago, I cut out some pouches. I used the Persimmon Dumpling Pouch pattern, a free pattern, from Sew Sweetness for two of them. The pattern has three sizes, small, medium and large, included. This is the small version. I LOVE this pattern. It went together really quickly after I sat down and … Continue reading “Persimmon Pouch”
BOO! Happy Halloween! For those of you not celebrating, here is an action packed V&S for your reading pleasure. Media The Canva Color Wheel describes itself as making color combinations easy. I haven’t checked it out in detail. Let me know what you find out. Scientific American has an article on innovative and ancient uses … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2019 #11”
This article was originally posted on the Redfin site on August 21, 2019 by Jennifer Karami. It was updated on October 13, 2019. I have permission to repost it here. ___________________________________________ A sewing room is a space where you can concentrate and indulge in your passion – whether that be sewing, knitting, quilting, or … Continue reading “Sewing Room Organization Tips and Ideas”
One of the things I forgot to mention when I talked about the quilt show the other day was the swans. Yes, swans showed up as imagery in at least 7 quilts. I have been reading/studying a book called The 1718 Coverlet*. Essentially it is a block book, but it tells the history of the … Continue reading “Thoughts on PIQF 2019 pt.2”
Media Reader Daphne writes a great blog, Fun Factual Weird Breathtaking. Edgestitch talks about the mass market and inspirational messages. I really enjoyed this post! An article discusses a math professor who developed a new way of piecing called ‘tube piecing’. The ladies from Sew Kind of Wonderful went on a quilting cruise. They have … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2019 #10”
I was contacted earlier this week about the SCVQA Quilt Show. Sadly, I won’t be able to attend, but I hope you will be able to attend and will share photos on social media. Message re: the show: I am writing from the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association, we are one of the largest quilt … Continue reading “Reminder: SCVQA Quilt Show this Weekend”
I was contacted earlier this week about the SCVQA Quilt Show. Sadly, I won’t be able to attend, but I hope you will be able to attend and will share photos on social media. Message re: the show: I am writing from the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association, we are one of the largest quilt … Continue reading “Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association Show, May 4-5, 2019”
As part of the Sampler Quilt Class and other tutorials I have on this site, I want to add one about putting a quilt together. I thought it would be good to include information about sashing at the same time. Since I have been using this quilt to write the Sampler quilt posts, I thought … Continue reading “To Sash or Not to Sash”
“We are often able to rise to our highest self if it is for someone else” (pg.118). This quote had a profound effect on me this week I worked very hard for the past month on a work project. In the past week, I spent every spare work moment on this project. I gave it … Continue reading “Creative Spark #28: Give it Away”
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I had bought some project boxes. I have few boxes and baskets that I used for various things, mostly gathering fabrics together for various reasons that I often quickly forget. I hadn’t really used project boxes before. After I brought the boxes home, I actually did put projects … Continue reading “Project Organization”
Last week, I wrote about the silver collection. Earlier I also talked about the Katsina collection at the Heard Museum. I really could have taken a photo of each Katsina, but I tried restraint instead. The week before, I talked about the Kahlo / Rivera Exhibit. I only had about two hours to see the … Continue reading “Heard Museum, Part 4: Random Inspiration”
The week is nearly upon us. My house looks like a bomb of tissue paper, decorative paper and ribbon went off in it. There are gifts and baskets everywhere. I haven’t even begun to inventory my clothes for the week yet. That will only add to the chaos. In addition to the physical chaos, we … Continue reading “Grand Parlor Chaos”