Summer
Summer seems to be chugging along at a speedy clip. Every spring I think that I'll have SOOOOO much more time for sewing when school is out. Then once we are into summer we are busy with camps, gardening, vacations, reading, lazing about and a bit of travel teaching for me.
You would think I would have learned by now to just sew when I can and relax about it. I have so many projects turning in my head and I'm eager to work on them.
I'll have time to make them when school starts back up, right?
Thoughtful Sunday
"Teach us Delight in simple things,
And Mirth that has no bitter springs."
"Children's Song," The Puck of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling, 1906
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I thought I'd bring back the Thoughtful Sunday posts I had on my blog a few years ago. The premise is a quote from a children's book paired with one of my photos. I'd like to get back to daily photo sessions with my fancy DSLR camera and thought this might give me some focus. We harvested our garlic this week but I didn't take any photos. This is a photo from 2011. Previous Thoughtful Sunday posts can be found here.
Unconventional Update
My daughter-in-law helped me pin this string quilt this week. Now I need to decide how to quilt it. It definitely calls for something simple.
More Baskets
When packing for my teaching trip to Vermont Quilt Festival last week, I flipped through my demonstration notebook to make sure everything was in order. Look what I found in there - a stash of basket blocks and parts for more baskets. I guess I could have made my little quilt a bit bigger. Now I have some starter blocks for another project. Go me!
Wordless Wednesday - La Passacaglia
Unconventional and Unexpected
I seem to be in a finish and clean up mode and that led to prepping this king size quilt for quilting.
A friend's sewing clean out and purge unearthed this fabulous large scale vintage print. Can you believe? It's PERFECT for the back of this quilt.
The large flower print is wide enough that two strip of it will cover the width of the quilt. It lacks about 8 inches to make two full height strips. Whooop! I'm over the moon thrilled to be adding this quilt to the pile ready for basting and quilting. I hope to get it quilted this summer.
Last Minute Hoodie
With one full day before she had to leave for music camp Miss P decided she wanted to make herself a hoodie. She searched the web for a pattern, printed it out and got right to work.
We decided to take the project to the studio where there is air conditioning and fewer distractions. She worked on her hoodie and I build a back for that king size quilt on the floor and then did a little hand stitching.
I have to say this is the fastest she has ever completed a garment for herself. And of course she had to include a pocket because we all know there are never enough pockets on clothing for girls and women.
I hope she has a great week at camp!
Entomologie
Have you seen Betz White's new Entomologie fabric? She sent me some small pieces to add to my La Passacaglia quilt and I am smitten. I especially love that bug and butterfly print. I love that it's a print of some of her felt embroidery; and those bugs and butterflies are the perfect size for fussy cutting.
I ordered some yardage of that one and you can too! Here's a link to pre-order directly from Betz. I am eager to cut all of these prints and add them to my fussy cut quilt. Those supporting fabrics also go with all my others in this quilt. It's like she made the whole collection of fabric just for me to add to my quilt!
The pre-order ends on June 22 so act fast.
Sashing with Pinwheel Cornerstones
I worked this week to get all 49 of these blocks sashed. I sewed sashing strips to the top and side of each block.
This will make the next step of putting the quilt top together a lot easier.
I'm really happy with how it's looking so far.
