Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
St. JCN wrote 10 pages in her journal about our adventures on Friday. I am not sure I will be able to keep up with that! In the morning, we set off from Denver towards Golden, after carefully planning our adventures (some plans for a special tour had fallen through, unfortunately), so as to maximize … Continue reading “Gallery Travelogue”
I am in Denver for a conference related to my work work. I took a day off to hang out and relax a little bit. St. JCN came to join me and brought me these nice fabrics. The cups are, dare I say, cheerful! And the bonus is there is NO brown. See, fabric manufacturers, … Continue reading “New Fabrics from Denver and Seattle”
I sat down for a few minutes to try and get my head together in the midst of getting ready for a class and trying to organize a tour for Ms. Arteest on Sunday. Fortunately Pamelarteest is quite restrained (no weird supplies required) and I have everything for the class at home. I am also … Continue reading “Various and Sundry (aka Frazzle-ization)”
Need More Colors. I was thinking tonight as I stared at my Pineapple and Cross Block (Flowering Snowball) projects that there are just not enough colors in the rainbow. Each time I add a strip to the Pineapple, it seems like I have just added that color. Granted, the blues are different and they have … Continue reading “Not Enough Colors”
As you know, I used this Flea Market Fancy fabric by Denyse Schmidt for one of the Teacher Pillows. I used all that I had and decided I wanted more, so I could include some in the Chocolate Box quilt. Lazily I looked online. As I searched and didn’t find, I began to worry that … Continue reading “Julie Finds the Fabric”
If you don’t have time to read much today, here’s the short version: not much. If you do have time to read the entire post today, the long version follows. 😉 Not sure why, but this week seems to have been especially busy. I think I may have accomplished a lot in the realm of … Continue reading “This Week’s Progress”
When a person needs a fabric fix, a person needs a fabric fix and here is no getting around it. I went on a small fabric buying binge this weekend in order to get my fix. Fast Threads should be given a medal for the quickest service. I ordered fabric from them on Friday and … Continue reading “Handing Out Medals”
Being in the dark ages has its drawbacks, especially when quiltmaking shows come along on cable. I am lucky enough to be friends with people who are willing to tape shows and send them to me. That was the case with the Art of Quilting, a special on PBS. Melody Johnson and Pam RuBert show … Continue reading “The Art of Quilting – REVIEW”
Finally, I feel some relief. I have finished the top and back to Sharon’s quilt and it is ready to go to the quilter. As I mentioned, I didn’t feel a sense of euphoria or relief after finishing the Nosegay, but I do feel some of that relief now. Top: with the border on, it … Continue reading “Relief (Sharon’s Quilt)”
Today was my day to get the contest quilt done. I was struck with a brillant idea during my vacation before the New Year, but had technical difficulties and then got busy. I finally worked out almost all of my technical glitches with thanks to Deirdre, DebR and Margi and began printing the various parts … Continue reading “QA Contest a Bust for Lack of Planning”
I put the first white/background border and the cornerstones on the piece last night and this morning. Intermittently, I have been working on the back. I may have mentioned that I am using some of the leftover fat quarters. I am mostly not using the stripes, because they will be good for the Stars in … Continue reading “Incremental Progress”
Learning to do something new makes the first two blocks or parts of a project practice. For this project, and, yes, it is now on the project list, I am pretty pleased with these two blocks. The blocks are fairly flat, there is no paper to rip or muslin to quilt through. I spent some … Continue reading “First two Pineapple Blocks Finished”
Happy New Year! 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.
As you can see from my previous blog posts, I have been sewing and making progress. Still, these seem to be new projects, so I thought I would inventory my UFOs and see what I was facing. One year (1996, I think) I buckled down and worked only on UFOs and finished 9 quilts. That … Continue reading “As the UFOs Turn”
I spent a few days in Monterey at a conference and had it on my list to go to Back Porch Fabrics. I missed them by a few minutes on Sunday after my drive down, but went on a lunch break on Tuesday and, even though I only had a few minutes, it was great. … Continue reading “Back Porch Quilting Adventures”