May you not get any rocks in your treat bag!
Um, that’s a button carved into our pumpkin a la Coraline… kinda looks like nothing without some context. We’re keeping with a theme here, people!
Archive for October, 2009
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
I’m showing you my four-patch stacked posie quilt complete with its wrinkles because it is a completely fun project. It’s perfect for those of us who love a good WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? quilt. Once you get the concept down, you can play around with your setting. This was a blast.
I used Philip Jacobs’ lush Floral Burst print. Hmm, might have to get some of it in grey… I kept going with some mooshy lushness in some of the setting squares and triangles. I used the concept from Mary Lou Hallenbeck’s pattern for the blocks and just played around with settings.
Love. Fun. Despite the wrinkles. Can’t wait to see what happens when it’s quilted!
Huzzah!
I’m pretty excited that this thing is DONE! Do you have a quilt from time to time that you just want to move on with its life? The fabrics were gorgeous to work with, the blocks went together well. And then we got to the border. Decided to do a different approach with the border. Similar to Bari J’s but with a different execution. There were times I thought about execution. Mainly it was during the quilting process. And my pin shortage when I was basting. Which caused the quilt to shift. Some layers of fusible web didn’t help. There may have been some swearing. And then I did unspeakable things. The quilt police gave me a citation. I think I’ll be going to the slammer if I do it again, they said.
I am happier with it than I thought I would be. You know, no hard feelings.
The fabrics are Bari J’s Full Bloom collection (for the most part, excluding stripes and borders). You can find her free Garden Tea Party pattern at her blog or at the Windham web site.
The vapors
Back in the day (and by that I mean when I was growing up…) when there were only three TV stations (!), I ended up watching a lot of old movies (and now dear daughter complains that it is hard to watch anything in black and white — well, if you’re going to get your recommended dose of the Marx Brothers, you’ll just have to get used to it!). Ladies in these movies invariably came down with the vapors when something overwhelmed them. Yes, I can get hysterical over fabric. Don’t you?!
For example:
Aboriginal prints from M&S Textiles and Reece Scannell shot cottons to go with them.
Ack! ::sigh:: Swoon!
Did you know that Kathy has these over at Material Obsession? She was telling us about the Reece Scannell shot cottons a while back. She is a woman of her word and they are divine and look like silk. I’ve been eyeing the M&S prints for a while — got a large chunk of a light print a while back that will go beautifully with the Kaffe-y prints.
I’m going to have to plan a project to keep these lovelies together in a tidy quilted package. It doesn’t hurt that they remind me of the richness of the beautiful fall colors. Our carving pumpkin is just that orange. I collected some rose hips from the yard that are just that red. The leaves are turning just those shades of brown and yellow.
::sigh:
I feel the vapors coming on again…
My biases
I’ve been sewing up a bunch of bias-y edges. I was a little nervous. But we did just fine together:
I cut the blocks with Bella Nonna’s Boondoggle ruler. Using the ruler made it fun and fast. The thing I liked best about the ruler was that center lines and their seam lines were marked on the ruler — which made it very easy to cut the setting and corner triangles. I mean, I would have figured it out, but it’s nice that the ruler did it for me. Sweet!
The fabrics are mostly from the latest colorway of Pillow & Maxfield’s Whimsy fabric. Of the three colorways, this one is my favorite. Not that there’s a bad colorway in the bunch. They are all big, bold and beautiful. The important Three Bs of fabric…
Now, I just need to finish sewing down the binding on the Full Bloom (taking forever…) quilt. AND, I also need to get some starts stuck to a blue sweater:
I’m voting for using Fabric Tac but my conscience for some reason is pushing for hand sewing them on. We are on a tight time frame here, people (there’s more than one voice in my head?), and someone is going to a Halloween party on Saturday night as Coraline. Sorting out the blue hair turned out to be tricky. One bottle of demi-permanent hair color and two wigs later, I think we’ve got it. But, gosh, there are A LOT of blue sweaters to consider at the thrift store.
Hope your week is going well!
A Love-ly winner!
Now that you’ve all heard of Sweetest Day, did you have a nice Sweetest Day? I hope you did!
I can tell that everyone is enthusiastic about Amy Butler’s new fabric. I only wish I had enough Love (fabric) to share with all of you! Alas, only one of you is lucky though. Who is it????
Why, it’s Janice! Hi Janice! Congratulations!
Thanks to everyone for commenting, blog posting and generally sharing the love of Love!!
Score!
One set of Heather Ross Munki Munki pajamas waiting for me at Marshalls. Hmm, I might like to wear these once or twice before cutting them up.
Dollies Online
Wow, you all are somewhat geeked about the Love fabric, huh?! Thanks for your comment entries and your blog posts about the giveaway! Keep those cards and letters coming!
I’ve got something else I hope you’ll be geeked about. Sarah and I have embarked on a little adventure:
Dollies Online! You do love a good dolly quilt, don’t you? Well, we have a program of 12 months of dolly quilt patterns for you beginning in January 2010 — six patterns from Sarah, six patterns from me! Dolly quilts are a great way to try new methods in a small project, so we’ll be exploring a variety of techniques. We will be sure to share our tips for success in every quilt.
The program will run through the Sew n Sell site. You can sign up for all 12 months at once at a savings of $5 AUS per pattern. With the 12-month sign-up, you will also receive a free pattern for the adorable Dollies Online logo quilt. You can also purchase the patterns individually on a monthly basis for $15 AUS each.
The January pattern is called Hurry Home:
Sarah offers her lovely linen stars quilt pattern for February:
Frankly, I can’t wait for that one — isn’t it happy?
The rest of the quilts will remain under wraps so that you can get a happy surprise in your email-box each month.
In honor of the Dollies Online launch, I would like to offer a toast to dolly quilt lovers everywhere:
Cheers and we hope that you’ll join us in some dolly quilt fun!
I know that’s a funny looking dog, but who can resist that orange and pink polka dot background?!
Love stack
Say, Sweetest Day is coming up on Saturday, October 17. In honor of the day, I thought I would share the Love with someone — the Amy Butler Love, that is!
I’m giving away a stack of eight fat quarters of Love:
Would you like to win my Love?
Just submit a commit to this post before 11:59 EST on Saturday, October 17 and you’ll be entered to win a stack of eight Love fat quarters. If you post my giveaway to your blog, you’ll get an additional chance to win (email me at alobsiger at gmail.com with a link to your post).
Oh, Love!
I also noticed that Amy Butler has a new pattern for her Liverpool tunic. I neeeeed to make one of these — so cute! Naturally, even in my Liverpool tunic, I will never be as stylish as Miss Catwalk Katy. Goes without saying. But after you leave a comment here, you’ll want to visit Katy and vote for her natural style!
Doing my part to spread the Love…
