No offence, gentlemen. A couple of things have come together in my mind as this week has unfolded. The first part was getting a message from Laurie Wisbrun asking me if she could use photos of the reading glasses case she just bought from me in her upcoming book. YES. Laurie is the fabric designer also known as ScarletFig. I have loved her work via Spoonflower for a while now. The second part has been evolving as I have been working on some quilting projects this week. It's the idea that when we cut up fabrics and stitch them together again, we are designing a new fabric. That idea really hit home last night when I got the email with the link to this quilt top pieced from my houndstooth quilt pattern. Kim used hand dyed fabrics and so many colors, the quilt just twinkles! I never would have thought of a colorful houndstooth, but Kim did. I think this is a brilliant fabric design. Excellent work, Kim. Thanks so much for sharing. I think when we teach our girls how to quilt, we are opening up all kinds of design possibilities for them. I've said this before too - quilting will improve your other sewing. Find a local quilting class, like this one at Buttercuppity, and sign her up!
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Join the quilting fun
My friend Kim had such a fun idea I had to join in. If you sew, I hope you will join us too. She is calling it Project Quilting. Based on her love of Project Runway, there are challenges and everyone comes up with their own interpretation of it. I was blown away by the entries in her first round, so I just had to whip something up for the second round. Honestly, this is the first competition I have entered where I am not planning to win. If you check it out, you will see my unfinished project there. If you happen to vote for me, you must know the bag will be super cute when it's done. It's going to be something like these I made last spring - I thought it was time I did something with burlap again.
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