July 2009


This is really a story quilt!  A life’s story that came into my life.   I loved quilting it.zombfrontzombbackThe back is muslin, a wall-hanging, but it really shows off the quilting.

Thursday’s sewing studio was very productive.

This will be a 2 1/2 Times Square

This will be a 2 1/2 Times Square

Cathleen  finished her commission

Cathleen finished her commission

I love interesting quilt backs.

Jessica bound her sampler

Jessica bound her sampler

Another Amy Butler Bag. This time with Studio E and Art Gallery Fabrics

Another Amy Butler Bag. This time with Studio E and Art Gallery Fabrics

New embroidery design.

New embroidery design

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Finishing the binding

Finishing the binding

It was inspired by something I saw at  Brimfield. And I will be teaching a class in the fall.

When will I finish this?

When will I finish this?

One of  several in-progress projects.

Just plain inspiring!

Just plain inspiring!

Michele and Pierre-Emanuel’s little project, Nathanael

A good and exhausting experience and brief getaway from the  shop

Bearly

We got there very early, because we wanted to bring the dogs

Then it started to get crowded

Then it started to get crowded

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So much stuff

So much stuff

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My big find at Brimfield

I’m making an adorable wall hanging from part of it.

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stuart

Stu's big find (on someone's car)

Stu walked Nellie and Pipping a lot

Stu walked Nellie and Pippin a lot

DSC03376I love vacations because I love coming back home.

New customers constantly come by saying they had no idea we were “here.”  Yesterday just such a person walked in (called first) recommended by one of our mutual friends.  She had been desperate for fabric and brought in her internet finds – all sushi yards.  It was such fun to get to know her a bit over this pile of fabric and a few more bolts from our shop.  And I’m anxious to see my “On the Grid” pattern covered in novelty prints, very unlike the original, but yet another fabulous use for this pattern.

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It won’t actually look like this, but I thought it would be fun to imagine.

Happy birthday Sue, the winner of our fat quarter and pattern drawing. She will receive eight fat quarters: the new Studio e Flourish collection with a couple of Art Gallery prints that really go perfectly with it, and a Quilter’s Alley pattern.

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