Studio Kit

I finished this quilt six weeks ago, but now I can finally post it. It's the second of our bi-monthly challenges. The word this time was "passage".

For inspriration:

Streedance, by Melody Johnson

I'm so frustrated by my lack of sewing machines at the moment!

*gnashes teeth*

I'll be back when I have at least one working machine!

Till then, take care and happy quliting.

I know you're all waiting to hear about that giveaway, and I swear I'm almost done the quilt - however, BOTH of my sewing machines broke this week and I am waiting for a fix before I can continue. Giveaway's coming soon, I promise!

In the meantime, I'm participating in Bumble Beans "House Block Gather" and a couple of weeks ago, I made a couple of blocks for that to send along to her:

Although I designed the whole block on the chimmney fabric, I now wish I'd picked something else for the chimney! (Isn't that just the way, sometimes.)

And here's the "bright" one.

BSP came in just as I was ironing this latter one, and said "What's THAT" in a not-very-flattering tone. I explained that it was a house block and what it was for. BSP did NOT approve and said "Just don't make us a quilt like that, okay?" to which I responded:

"RUDE. "

I should make one anyway - don't you think?

*Heh*

this is another glimpse of my secret project - my next challenge quilt for 3Creative Studios. I've completed not only my research and the background of my quilt; and am now working on the right hand section of the quilt.

As you can see, I've taken some gold mesh fabric which I layered over the crazy quilt pieces, and then roughly frayed it with a scissor. The next step in this embellishing process?

Beads.

Stay tuned...

So, the day before yesterday, I happened to notice my follower count, and it's at 98. You may (or may not) remember that some months ago, I said that when I reached 100 followers, I would have a giveaway. So when I saw "98" I said to BSP "Eep! I have 98 followers! I have to make something for my giveaway!"

I had decided several months ago, that when I did this give away, I would do a "pay it forward" kind of giveaway, because several months ago, I won enough fabric and a pattern to make a lap sized quilt top from Green Fairy Quilts. When it arrived, I decided that I would use the fabric in my own pattern, and then do a giveaway of the quilt and the pattern to one of my followers.

Of course, I had to add something shiny to it (because that's just the way I am) so the majority of the quilt is going to be this raspberry silk that I purchased a couple of years ago. I can't remember what kind of silk it is, but it has a really interesting texture - and I like the juxtaposition of it against the cottons.

At the moment, I'm just experimenting with bits of the various fabrics until I decide what this quilt is going to look like - the cotton fabrics and the colour pallette are quite a departure for me, so I decided that playing with it would inspire me more than staring at them. *laugh*

So, at the moment, I'm not sure what this will grow up to be, but whatever it is, sometime soon, it might come to you!

In the meantime, happy quilting!

Well...

It's not a finished quilt, but it is a finish! This weekend, instead of working on my quilt(s), I decided to re-organize my sewing room. It looked like a bomb had gone off in there, and I wasn't enjoying the set up. After re-folding my stash (so it doesn't get fold lines), re-organizing my bins and bins and bins (!) of scraps; I was finally ready to sew.

BSP requested a new pair of pajamas (and since BSP unfailing not only gives me whatever I want but often anticipates my wants) I couldn't deny such a small request. And then I thought it would be fun (and cute) to make myself a nightie out of the same fabric. I didn't let the fact that I didn't have a pattern for a nightgown deter me, I just went for it; and I made a very pretty nightgown. So pretty in fact, that BSP and I decided that I should save it, and wear it as a summer dress instead.

(I love the handles on this bag. Not evident from the picture, is that they're incredibly sturdy. The pink satin strip was four inches wide, which I fused to interfacing, and then folded so that the outsides met in the middle, and then folded in half. Those handles are fantastically sturdy now!)

After all that, I knew I wouldn't have time to finish a quilt. However, I decided I did have time to make a tote bag while watching the Oscars. And so I did, and I called it "Oscar".

The bag is made entirely of scraps.