Cutting On

Now I have the tan strips cut for Confetti Breeze, but no sewing yet.

It doesn’t look like much at this point.  I had to pin the strips after I bumped my design wall and knocked everything off.  The strips fell into a big pile and I had to sort them to get them in the right order. The only fabric out this week was .25 yards for the snowman.
In the last post I wondered if a household project would be finished before this quilt, and the answer to that is yes. Yesterday we emptied out our pantry, scrubbed it down, repainted it and did a major purge as we refilled it. That closet holds a lot of household maintenance and cleaning supplies as well as canned food and dry goods. I didn’t throw any food away, but I half filled the recycle bin with paper and plastic items. It feels good to have that done.
I also had craft supplies in there, which I swear I am not putting back. Counting that closet, my craft and sewing supplies are in four different storage areas outside my sewing room. My goal is to get it all out of the dining room and laundry room and into my sewing room and one other storage area. That will drive the next household project.
To see how much fabric everyone else is buying and using, visit Patchwork Times.

Fabric In: 1 3/4 yard
Fabric Out: 7 1/2 yards
Net Used: 5 3/4 yards

Does It Count?

Does this count as sewing?

I cut the blue strips for Confetti Breeze.  After I cut them all the same width I wished I had cut random widths instead.  Maybe on the next quilt. 

My mind needs to slow down.  Here I am thinking about the next quilt before I have this one cut. 

When I stopped thinking about quilts I started thinking about projects the guys could do around the house.  I’m pretty sure they would rather I think about quilts.  Too late though.  I came up with a couple quick projects, one in the dining room and one in my sewing room.  We’ll see which gets done first, the quilt or the projects.

Meet Burt

After a bad headache day yesterday, I ended up napping after dinner and staying up until the wee hours. It messed up my sleeping and waking schedule, but I finished the art quilt challenge.

I had it in my mind that I would finish it last night and couldn’t – wouldn’t – let that thought go. This project is my first finish from the June Short List.
My husband graciously donated a swivel and went out in the rain and the dark to get me some sticks for the arms. He can be a real sweetie sometimes. I think he liked that I did something with a fishing theme, which is his hobby of choice.
Tonight I’m off to bed early. Tomorrow I’m on to the next project.

Faceless and Nameless

No fabric in or out this week.  My challenge project isn’t far enough along to call it done, but I do have some clothes on him now.

 

More clothes to come, plus arms and a face.  For the time he’s taking, there won’t be much of a bust.  All these small projects add up slowly.

To see how much fabric everyone is using, visit Patchwork Times.

Fabric In:    1 3/4 yard

Fabric Out:    7 1/4 yards

Net Used:  5 1/2 yards

Roc-lon Challenge

A road trip isn’t complete without a stop at a thrift shop or two.  At my absolute favorite Goodwill in Delaware, Ohio, I bought Sew A Circle Of Friends by Anne McKinney……for $1.

 

Let me be clear about something.  I dislike country décor.  I didn’t like it when it was popular back in the 1980s, and I don’t like it any better now.

What I did like about the projects in this book, once I mentally removed all the Spanish moss, country plaids and foo-foo, was the basic structure of the figures.  That I can work with.

When my art quilt group decided on a challenge using Roc-lon, I knew I wanted to do something unexpected.  I thought the material would work well in something 3-D because it’s so darn stiff, which created another challenge.  So far the stiffness has worked to my advantage. 

No pictures though until the little guy has something to wear.  He’s shy.

Quilt National 2013

I went to the exhibit with a friend last weekend.  If you live anywhere near Athens, Ohio and you’ve never been to The Dairy Barn, it’s definitely worth a trip.

Nothing took my breath away this year, but we both thought the overall quality of the exhibit was better than prior years.  As always, I have to link to some of my favorites.

Since I have a fascination with dimensional quilts, I loved Forest Floor var. 2 by Barbara Schneider.  The pictures do not do this quilt justice.  It looked just like a pile of leaves hanging on the gallery wall. 

Blossoms by Beatrice Lanter hung across the aisle.  Her piece consisted of thousand of tiny flowers made from sheer fabric.  The flowers were the size of a dime or maybe as big as a penny.  There was some variation.  Sadly, I couldn’t find a website for her, although her work is pictured in several places.

The last piece that really drew me was Tracings III by Deidre Adams.  I’m sure I’ve seen her work in books, magazines and possibly other shows over the years, but her entry in QN was my favorite.  This piece had loads of texture.  I spent a lot of time looking at it.

You can see pictures of the winners here.  Nothing against the photography, but the best way to see these quilts is in person.  Hope you get a chance to visit The Dairy Barn soon!

Stash Report 6/1/13

The only fabric in this week was the Roc-lon.  I used 1/4 yard making the iPad cover.  The net of all that was 1/8 yard out.

We were on the road to Quilt National this weekend.  I didn’t buy any fabric at the Nelsonville Quilt Company, but I did restock my fabric paints and add a few dye colors at Blick’s in Columbus.  I could get into a lot of trouble at that store, but I stuck to my list.  I hope I can make time to try out all the new colors soon.

 

 The see how much fabric everyone else is buying and using, visit Patchwork Times.

Fabric In:    1 3/4 yard

Fabric Out:    7 1/4 yards

Net Used:  5 1/2 yards