This picture:
Is the inspiration for my next quilt.Awesome, yes? Thank God for artists who can see amazing things in trash so that we can see it, too.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Inspired
Lisa Congdon is posting a collection a day in 2010 on her blog, cleverly titled, "A Collection a Day, 2010"
This picture:
Is the inspiration for my next quilt.
Awesome, yes? Thank God for artists who can see amazing things in trash so that we can see it, too.
This picture:
Is the inspiration for my next quilt.Awesome, yes? Thank God for artists who can see amazing things in trash so that we can see it, too.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sew
Well. I got a new sewing machine for Mother's Day (which is still two weeks away but my husband indulges me).
Old & busted
New hotness
Old & busted
New hotnessAnd it has been like a sweatshop up in here. I made the Union Jack pillows for Aunty & for the shop. Then I made one for my mom for Mother's Day (we are all Anglophiles on my side of the family). Then, because Josh's mom is not an Anglophile but does collect Elephants, I made this:
Here they are together. Cheerful little fuckers, no?
And, because they're ostensibly from us & Dash, we had him write little notes for the Grandmas.
Now, a normal person would have just had the kid write a note on fabric with a fabric marker & be done. That's not how we roll here in Crazytown. We had Dash write the notes on paper, then scanned them into the computer, resized them & printed them onto printable fabric. Then I sewed them onto the pillows like labels.
Also, I made a quilt for Josh & me. Finally. I have made a total of eight quilts since I started sewing, and this is the first one we get to keep.
I haven't actually completed the quilting part yet because I can't decide what to do. Get rid of the white border & hand quilt it? Keep the white border & stitch in the ditch? Send it out (unlikely)? Anyway, we used it for the first time last night and it was pretty great.
Look, Win likes it!
Also, Aunty was all, "hey, could you whip me up some potholders?" And I was all "Sure!"
I used this pattern & tutorial (thank you, Cindy!) and it was very clear and awesome, but I'm adding oven mitts to my list of shit not worth making (along with brownies from scratch and deodorant).
Here they are together. Cheerful little fuckers, no?
And, because they're ostensibly from us & Dash, we had him write little notes for the Grandmas.
Now, a normal person would have just had the kid write a note on fabric with a fabric marker & be done. That's not how we roll here in Crazytown. We had Dash write the notes on paper, then scanned them into the computer, resized them & printed them onto printable fabric. Then I sewed them onto the pillows like labels.
Also, I made a quilt for Josh & me. Finally. I have made a total of eight quilts since I started sewing, and this is the first one we get to keep.
I haven't actually completed the quilting part yet because I can't decide what to do. Get rid of the white border & hand quilt it? Keep the white border & stitch in the ditch? Send it out (unlikely)? Anyway, we used it for the first time last night and it was pretty great.
Look, Win likes it!
Also, Aunty was all, "hey, could you whip me up some potholders?" And I was all "Sure!"
I used this pattern & tutorial (thank you, Cindy!) and it was very clear and awesome, but I'm adding oven mitts to my list of shit not worth making (along with brownies from scratch and deodorant).
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Good
You know what's tasty? Take about 2 tablespoons of honey, the juice from one or two lemons, a teaspoon of Dijon mustard and maybe a glurg of olive oil. Shake it all up in a jar & pour over sauteed carrots (baby or big, sliced into 1"-2" pieces).
Go do it.
Go do it.
Monday, April 19, 2010
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