This fabric has a destiny!
Amy Butler solid fat quarters from Pink Chalk Fabrics. I was thinking I needed to audition the colors with the clamshell quilt. Oh, do they look good together!
This fabric is petted and adored.
That’s what I do with it while I figure out its destiny. Don’t you love the one on top for Valentine’s Day? Delicious vintage feedsacks generously gifted by Sarah.
Happy fabric Sunday!
A person (not naming any names, but you know who you are…) can spend a lot of time roaming around the internet getting inspired and motivated. And then roaming some more to get more inspired and more motivated. And, before you (again, no names…) know it, you’ve roamed and roamed and having nothing to show for it but a head full of promises (to twist the Avett Bros. all out of shape). A new site like Pinterest can almost take your breath away on a daily basis seeing color combos, fun project ideas and such. Not to mention the old standbys Flickr and pretty much any blog. Do you hear that giant time-sucking sound?
Yeah, me too.
I am trying to make this the year of actually doing something about more of these inspirations. I can already see that this could lead to a trail of WIPs/UFOs/what have you. Cuz like I don’t already have any of those. But seriously, enough with the mulling. Make with the making!
With that in mind. I started a new project. Been wanting to make an alphabet quilt for a VERY. LONG. TIME. Since the mid-1990s right after I took my first applique class. I’ll press some early examples and show you sometime. But, after I saw Jan’s letter K and some very inspiring alphabets on Pinterest AND a framed printed in a local breakfast place (I suspect it was from Ikea — very Scandinavian in nature), I decided that now is the time and this is the place.
Working on C and D.
Um, there are actually two alphabet quilts I’d like to make semi-simultaneously. This is the colorful one that will end up with blocks of different sizes. We will have serifs and sans serifs and nothing in order. The second is meant to be more uniform, fewer colors and all letters in rows like little soldiers.
With that, I will press publish and go work on a letter. Make with the making!
Sleeping better at night with Ruby Star Rising in the house.
Some Suzuko Koseki sewing themed fabrics:
Ahem, I had to get a full yard of that green one up there.
I hope your Sunday has a sewing theme!
It’s like an eclipse — won’t happen again in this century! Look at what’s in my house — all at once:
THREE Dollies Online quilts made up with Sarah’s From Little Things fabrics. I know, I know, I keep squealing about it. I can’t help myself. And I can’t apologize.
I wanted to put them all up on the same wall at the same time, but I had a feeling if I did that, the new one wouldn’t get sent on to Sarah. Because the wall would be damaged by sadness if I took it down. And you can’t paint over sadness.
And I’m already dealing with the sadness of being nearly out of those stripes. Therapist!
AND WHILE IT’S SUNNY (because I know it won’t last), I snapped a few more pics.
I get to start playing with this soon:
Aerial view of Modern Workshop jellyroll. Thank you, Moda!
And I think I’m done with the clamshell portion of the clamshell quilt:
I think a couple of simple borders to finish it off. I was pondering taking the offcuts and making some sort of curvy border. I don’t think I’m entirely done contemplating that because there is a huge amount of waste when cutting this quilt. Please do not suggest a tiny clamshell border. I will come after you. 🙂
How is your year going along so far? Soon I’ll be saying, ‘gee, where did January go?’ Speeding right along, it is.
To add a cheery note to the gloom of winter, I started some narcissus bulbs a while back. I am hoping that someone will remind me next year that I can’t stand the smell of the things. But they are pretty. Too bad they are banished from direct admiration in the center of the house. They have to sit in the corner in the kitchen. At least I didn’t put them out in the cold garage. Or the cold garbage…
I’m keeping the sewing pretty flower-y too.
I really like the back of this wedge circle that’s part of this month’s Dollies Online quilt. It’s flower-y with Miss Sarah’s From Little Things fabric (which is hitting the stores, I might add) (I might also add that I prefer to call it Von Kleinen Dingen).
I’ve had carefully pleated horse show ribbons on my mind lately — a local shop has some vintage ones hanging and I’m quite enthralled with them. When I flipped over this wedge circle, I thought of the horse show ribbons. Don’t mind me….
Also worked with some Kathy Davis fabric last week. This was a cut and sew in one day kind of thing. Ahhh, that felt great.
The pattern is Sassy Stripes by Toadusew from the Fons & Porter Learn to Quilt magazine. As close as we’ll get to a Valentine’s quilt, I think.
I’m also working on a big ol’ clamshell by way of drunkard’s path blocks from some Soul Blossoms fabric.
I think it’s working out OK. Actually it makes me grin from ear to ear. 🙂
Stay warm and stay dry!
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