So, as you may remember, I'm going to be part of a group show and sale taking place in two weeks.  I've been very busy getting ready for that, and realized today that I have a paltry five tote bags and six lunch bags to offer.  I hope I'm going to be selling more than THAT.

So, earlier this evening, I whipped up a couple:


You may remember "Oscar" - this is a blue/green version.  And the back:



That's a pocket on the back there  - and the inside follows:


I LOVE that quilting!  I may have to do a whole quilt like that some day.  And then I made a chenille and velvet tote:



The inside is a solid golden mustard colour and it's quilted very simply - just the vertical runs up.   The sides are the velvet and are quilted in diamonds:


I think I should have at least 20 tote bags and 20 lunch bags, even if I don't sell them all in addition to my quilts.

Stay tuned, as I become superwoman, if only temporarily, what with making quilts, tote bags, lunch bags, praticing for choir, spending time with my family, and, oh yes - working full time!

:)

I love this photo by Luisa Puccini, in Cambodia in 2005, is one that I come back to again, and again.

The colour pallette, the subject matter, it all lends itself beautifully to a textile art piece.  Some day....

So, I had this idea: make a luxurious, elegant monochromatic quilt in a luscious range of silks - an homage to a 12 patch, with a tiny linen seam to break up the silks.  Given that those silk fabrics cost close to $500, I thought I should do a trial run with something much less expensive:

All I had to do was perfect a quarter inch seam!




It's not going so well, actually...

*heh*

I think I first showed you  this top about a year ago April/May - it's a string quilt made with copper and brown lame, burnt orange velvet and burgundy silk. 

This quilt was a pain in my posterior extremity if you know what I mean - because of the fragility of the fabrics, I first foundation pieced them.  At the time (I've only been quilting for two years now!)I thought it would be better if the seams were large.  So I had thick, heavy seams, on a foundation fabric that was too heavy.

If Salvadore Dali and Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a love child...

1. inner strength, 2. communication, 3. communication, 4. The lonely tree thing

I've been busy working on stuff, but I'm trying to get my current WIPs done for a group show and sale I'm going to be part of next month - and you've already seen all those WIPs, so I've got nothing new (in progress) to show you which is why I'm showing you something new but not-in-progress, anyway, here's this cute bag I made; it's made of faux fur in a cow print and satin scraps and  it has a big inner pocket on one side as well as three smaller inner pockets, and is lined with a black/white pinstripe wool gabardine.  The end.

Happy hump day everyone!