Thursday, April 7, 2011
In other news...
I won the Modern Log Cabin Quilting book giveaway from Not Martha! So excited to check out the projects! Yay!
Dropping the Ball
Dear Sewing Machine,
I'm so sorry I haven't given you so much as a glance in a month. It's not that I don't want to sew. It's that I just really don't have the time.
I've recently begun working 7 days a week and picked up a 3rd job. (I just wrote a rambling paragraph about teaching and income, but I decided to delete it.) I'm also working on a certificate program through a local university and I'm trying to stay on top of things with that. So needless to say, I am one tired gal and very looking forward to a day off.
I put off Vanishing Squares for a little bit as it doesn't need to be finished until this summer. I also worked with my mom to pick a quilt design of her choosing for her birthday present. I'd love to have it done soon, but I just haven't had the money to buy fabric or the time to get started!
So, in closing, I'm truly sorry, Little Sewing Machine That Could. I promise we'll play soon.
Sincerely,
Em
I'm so sorry I haven't given you so much as a glance in a month. It's not that I don't want to sew. It's that I just really don't have the time.
I've recently begun working 7 days a week and picked up a 3rd job. (I just wrote a rambling paragraph about teaching and income, but I decided to delete it.) I'm also working on a certificate program through a local university and I'm trying to stay on top of things with that. So needless to say, I am one tired gal and very looking forward to a day off.
I put off Vanishing Squares for a little bit as it doesn't need to be finished until this summer. I also worked with my mom to pick a quilt design of her choosing for her birthday present. I'd love to have it done soon, but I just haven't had the money to buy fabric or the time to get started!
So, in closing, I'm truly sorry, Little Sewing Machine That Could. I promise we'll play soon.
Sincerely,
Em
Saturday, March 5, 2011
So many blocks, so little time...
Last year I grabbed a copy of Quiltmaker Magazine's 100 Blocks issue to see a block submitted by my quilt teacher. They came out with a second volume of 100 Blocks which I grabbed with a Barnes & Noble gift card left over from my birthday. Win.
In this new volume, I've been itching to try block #175 Vanishing Squares by Sandi Irish; however, I don't know how I feel about using different colors. I ordered some hand dyed purples and black from my favorite Etsy shop, Ruby Mountain Dye Works and got to work cutting.
I ended up with more than 400 rectangles and squares. Blargh. I just can't get going on it. I laid out the cut pieces to get an idea of what it's going to look like. I'm pretty happy so far. Let's just hope that once I start sewing, it's all going to piece together nicely and easily.
The bottom right corner is being washed out a bit too much. It's not really that light, maybe only a hair lighter than the pieces next to it.
Once I have all 16 blocks sewn, I'm going to play a little with the layout to get it just right. The cool thing about these blocks is that you can twist and turn them to get a different effect each time. I like the whole fading in and out concept and think it'll look really cool once it's done.
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| Finally finished cutting |
I ended up with more than 400 rectangles and squares. Blargh. I just can't get going on it. I laid out the cut pieces to get an idea of what it's going to look like. I'm pretty happy so far. Let's just hope that once I start sewing, it's all going to piece together nicely and easily.
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| Laying out a block |
Once I have all 16 blocks sewn, I'm going to play a little with the layout to get it just right. The cool thing about these blocks is that you can twist and turn them to get a different effect each time. I like the whole fading in and out concept and think it'll look really cool once it's done.
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