Wednesday Not-A-WIP

It went from a balmy 15 degrees yesterday, to a blisteringly cold minus something or other in a 24 hour period, which highlighted for me the need for a winter coat. Why am I telling you this? Because instead of quilting in my sewing room, I've been sewing in my sewing room - i.e.; making myself a new winter coat.

Of course, it's not like I don't have a winter coat - in fact I have several; it's just that they're all in storage at the moment, and I don't have access to storage until our car is available, and that won't be for another couple of weeks. (Long story, I'll share another time)

So, I'm showing you this, I think, quite cute little quilted tissue cover I made to add to my bird theme cubicle decorations.

Also, a couple of weeks ago, I won some really lovely loot, and it arrived in the mail last Friday.

Hand made cards, a "leaf gatherer" pouch and assorted deliciousness from Heike Gerbig, a textile artist who blogs at Gerdiary (and has recently been published in Cloth Paper Scissors and 1000 Artisan Textiles.) In addition to being a maker, she also produces beautiful hand dyed cloth. I already know exactly how I'm going to use this fabric - it's perfect for a piece I've had in mind.

Speaking of how I'm using it:

It's the perfect size to drape around my neck while I'm working in order to hold all the little things I use frequently - instead of putting them on my sewing table where they (singly or collectively) manage to fall to the floor several times per session.

Lucky me!

Thank you Heike!

6 comments:

Kit Lang24.11.10
i love you.....you sooooo totally rock.
Kit Lang24.11.10
imagine my surprise when I saw a comment from the famous Ms. Carrie Chesnutt at my lil ol' blog!!! :)

You know you're the rockiest of both metaphorical and real rock stars - I bow to your rock-y-ness! lol

Thanks for stopping by hon. xo
Kit Lang24.11.10
your gerdiary leaf pouch is a treasure! I too, purchased
a gathering of pinkness fabric from her to create
something special... hope you can view it sometime!
by the way, I LOVE YOUR BIRD, ABOVE!
Kit Lang24.11.10
Cristina - I envy you the pinks - every time she releases a new lot, I want to buy some - but I don't know what I'd do with them yet. Given the shipping from Germany would be prohibitive, I want to wait until I know, you know? :)

And thank you regarding my bird! :)
Kit Lang24.11.10
Ha ha, that´s a perfect use for that pouch, I think I need one myself... - and you´re very welcome, of course... - and: nice bird! - and, by the way, in the prize for my fabric packs shipping is included... - and, by the way, the name´s Gerbig...;) cheers + happy sewing to you...
Kit Lang24.11.10
:) Ger, I had a thing about adding extra "l"s in this post for some reason - I went through and deleted three other l's that had no business being in there! Tired typing I suppose... I can't correct it until I get home late tonight (I can't get into blogger from work), but I'll do so then.

Thanks re the bird! :)