Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
Especially lately, since I have been wondering about the Pineapple, I am interested in people’s views on pressing. I have just started to read a blog called Pink Chalk Studio (makes me think of lemonade for some reason?!?). I was breezing through the recent posts (yes, I know how to use a blog reader, but … Continue reading “Pressing Tips”
Christmas is here! My Christmas decorations and gift bags are still in storage. The cabinets for storing all the stuff are still sitting in the middle of the laundry room floor, though some progress has been made. As a result, I need gift bags. A few weekends ago, I sat down and made about 8. … Continue reading “Hello? Anybody Home?”
One of my favorite blogs is Be*mused blog (link on clip). She puts fabrics together beautifully and shows wonderful pictures. This link to one of her old posts from a current post discussing Christmas gifts dovetails nicely with another fabric avalanche, this one involving DH. He was not bemused or amused. He was rooting around … Continue reading “Gifts to Give Using Fab Fabric”
I was randomly surfing blogs and websites today (studiously avoiding the laundry, the Christmas cards and the Pineapple!) when I came across Make Lounge via Juju Love Polka dots blog. I saw this cushion cover and thought it was very fun. Sadly, Make Lounge is in London and I am not. Still, perhaps I will … Continue reading “Make Lounge Cushion Cover”
I bought this fabric sometime in the past, but can’t figure out when or where. I thought it was at PIQF 2006, but it appears in Thoughts on Dots before that, so it had to be some earlier. I looked all through the first half of 2006 and PIQF 2005 to no avail. I gave … Continue reading “A Bug in My Ear”
Here are the last four blocks for the Pineapple. It took some time to get these done. I started out normally, but when I got to the last few rounds, I paid special attention to the fabrics I was choosing, so they would be perfect. Perfect is, of course, relative, because of the fabrics they … Continue reading “Finished is Relative”
Had a cruddy day at work today, but came home to some Pineapple blocks on the wall and that made me smile. They weren’t new ones, but I really had a good look at them and was reminded how much I like dots! In between working like a complete dog on the weekend clearing out … Continue reading “Flowering Snowballs”
I spent a lot of Sunday uploading quilt photos to Flickr. I also spent Monday night, Tuesday night and a little while this evening on the project. I believe that I now have all of my digital quilt photos up on Flickr. In any case, there are about 3500 pictures of quilts. Some observations: 1. … Continue reading “Flickring All Weekend”
I spent a lot of the day playing with Flickr, adding a lot of quilt photos so I could organize them in different ways. As a result, it meant that I didn’t sew much. I did finish another Flowering Snowball while watching some TV and worked a little on the Pineapples. I am working on … Continue reading “A Little More Progress”
I hope the above describes some of my work lately! I spent the better part of 4 days in Monterey at a conference (for my other life). I have gone to this particular event for a number of years, particularly when it is in Monterey (some years they have had it in Palm Spring, San … Continue reading “Fabrics, Blog Fun and Product”
Here is an update on the progress I made while the 9K was in the shop. DONE: 6 baby blankets: two colleagues and one person I want to impress are having babies: 2 each : I made all the blankets I set out to make and then I found out that another friend was having … Continue reading “More Hiatus Progress”
As I mentioned yesterday TFQ visited me last week. She LOVES fabric. Not just likes, but truly loves. When together and discussing something optional that we don’t want to pay for (parking tickets, etc), we talk about the cost in terms of yards of fabric. For example, “I had better slow down so I don’t … Continue reading “Visit from Quilting Friend”
I spent almost all week engaged in quilt related activities. First, I picked up my Nosegay from the quilter. She did a fantastic job. Photos to follow as it is such a monster I have to move furniture to get any kind of photo. I also picked up some quilts from the photographer so I … Continue reading “Quilt Activities for the Week”
I decided that this brief interlude while the 9K is in the shop can be considered a Pineapple hiatus. I don’t want to take the blocks off the wall and put them away, because then it will be a year before I get back to it, so having a small break where I can work … Continue reading “Hiatus Progress”
When you have lemons, make lemonade. As you know, the machine is gone and I can’t work on the Pineapples (Well, I suppose I could, but I want to be sure all of the problems are consistent by using the same machine). I have a Janome Jem, which I have only used a handful of … Continue reading “Making Lemonade”