Art Institute of Chicago

November 6, 2011

Gratitude, Travel

Gratitude

November 6, 2011

Gratitude, Travel

I am grateful that I can share my love of miniatures with my daughter. We enjoyed viewing the Thorne rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. We have also been having fun with some of my miniature pieces that I collected as a child.

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Narrow hand appliquéd bias strips. 1/16” quilting lines not going over the appliqué.

I’m about a month in on the quilting and ALMOST finished. Whoop!

Quilted with Invisalign on top and Decobob in the bobbin. Threads by @wo

This summer we watched my two oldest grand kids one day a week. Towards the end of the summer they started making projects on their own in the sewing room. They made lots of little projects from my scrap basket including pillow cases and tiny quilts

Here’s the layout with all but one block done. I’ll finish that last block when I get more of the baby poop green/mustard fabric. I put out the call and the internet provided! This top will be finished soon!

This is a remake of an 1870s

I’m finally getting around to putting these stars together. I made the stars a few years ago and have been on the hunt for the perfect setting fabrics. These @carolynfriedlander prints are the perfect match for the 1800s reproduction prints in