new fabric, but first a few new fabric projects, Sometimes, I get on a roll and it seems that the binding bug has taken a big bite this week. It feels good, with so many projects coming and going, to finally finish some of my own. This is the shower gift I made mostly from stash material. And I had one good idea when I checked the registry to inspire the color scheme.
with new quilting design: Almost Paisley
Did you know it takes two years to plan a statewide shop hop? Well besides deciding to participate, all I have to do is sell passports and make the shop quilt. I actually made a lot of progress at quilt camp and got some quilting done this week. The best part is getting the binding on (binding 1)
I’ve had a sample of a simple Daiwabo Taupe throw folded cleverly so you wouldn’t notice the edges. It was being hand quilted and that slows things down a bit, but I finally chose a binding and it feels good. (binding 2)
Finally a won-auction vintage quilt top, from two summers ago, quilted one summer ago by the amazing Wilma, and the vintage binding was hiding among my vintage fabrics for sale at the shop. It’s good to re-merchandise now and then. And the pretty blue and orange flowers match the scrappy color scheme perfectly. (binding 3)
Okay, I also took a poll and the majority of folks voted for fabric and a pattern giveaway. So comment by July 3rd and be entered into the drawing for exactly that. Here are some of the possibilities. New fabrics in the shop:
Jennifer Paganelli's Dance With Me Collection
Flourish Collection
Heavier weight for stuff like tote bags...
Bird Print and Coordinating Texture Print
Alexander Henry Halloween 2009
How cute are these witches?
I gave this amazing embroidery artist a lesson on how to bind this work of extreme motherly love. Libby executed this hand-embroidered masterpiece over the last year to honor little steps in her daughter’s life, bits of clothing embellished with perfect embroidery to represent a lifetime of memories.
A yearlong ( at least) project. Holly reprised a family heirloom for contemporary appreciation, ie. her couch. She mended and quilted the old suit strips so it will last another 100 years. What’s next Holly?
Cathryn put so much thought and planning into her sampler. And then it was on our Gammill frame – now officially a quilt.
I quilted this patchwork with a retro geometric pattern. I have another quilt top from Janine to finish this week and, to think, she’s a knitter.
Quilt camp was a huge success. Not just the food, but the number of projects finished and started in three short days.
Big piles of cut fabric turned into quilts.
I actually took all these pictures in the Arab Market except for the big chandelier which is hanging from the ceiling of Max Brenner, Tel Aviv
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