The cutest little feet in the whole, entire world.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
New quilt from Ruth McDowell 08-23-12
It is reassuring that although Ruth McDowell has retired from teaching she has not retired from quiltmaking. She has posted this piece on her website www.ruthbmcdowell.com
It is on the page that shows the quilts she has for sale. http://www.ruthbmcdowell.com/clients/rbm/catalog.cfm
I think it is wonderful, but I won't add it to TCQC. I've added several quilts recently and there is a limit to my funds!
"Ox Draw with Passenger" Ruth B. McDowell 27” x 49” 68 x 124 cm ©2012 $5,200.00
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting
It is on the page that shows the quilts she has for sale. http://www.ruthbmcdowell.com/clients/rbm/catalog.cfm
I think it is wonderful, but I won't add it to TCQC. I've added several quilts recently and there is a limit to my funds!
"Ox Draw with Passenger" Ruth B. McDowell 27” x 49” 68 x 124 cm ©2012 $5,200.00
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Still sewing 08-21-12
It doesn't seem like much, does it? Unfortunately, I don't have a designated cutter person, so I have to cut my own fabric strips, after I have dug through my "fabric room" to find appropriate red/white/blue fabric. One of the golds came in the Baggie I picked up at the meeting, but there wasn't nearly enough, so I had to find a gold of my own. And the plain white in the Baggie didn't seem to work very well, so I had to find the white with gold stars and the white Statue of Liberty fabric (1986) and I need to find another print w/white background that will work. I seem to have lots of stripes, but there can be too many, I think. Actually, I'm not very good at doing random. I suppose that is the influence of sixty-five, or so years, of quiltmaking and most of it traditional. But also the exacting piecing techniques of Ruth McDowell which makes so much sense to me - it is anything but random. I would be happier with figuring out how much yardage I need, selecting enough fabrics, do all the cutting, pin the pieces up on the wall and move them around until it looks okay and then start sewing. I'm signed up for Rayna Gillman's class at Empty Spools/Asilomar next March and expect to learn something about this way of working. Meanwhile I'm just feeling my way - one hour at a time.
These vertical strips are just pinned up side by side. They are only 50" long when they need to be 78" to 80". Hence the need to find, press, cut more red/white/blue fabric. AND I need to make 24 more strips. At the rate I am going I may not have this ready to turn in at the next SQG meeting on September 11th.
These vertical strips are just pinned up side by side. They are only 50" long when they need to be 78" to 80". Hence the need to find, press, cut more red/white/blue fabric. AND I need to make 24 more strips. At the rate I am going I may not have this ready to turn in at the next SQG meeting on September 11th.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday Browsing 08-20-12
New words in dictionary:
Article about Surfside Quilters Guild member Nancy Gasparotti:
How to separate a raw egg (not in English, but the pictures tell the story):
I enjoy playing with Scribbler and have posted some of my scribbles on my blog.
http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/ This is my favorite version
http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/ This is the original
At the SQG meeting last Tuesday one of the ladies had this Sunbeam iron which is about half the size of a normal iron. She had just purchased it, so had no review, but it looks like it would be nice for workshops.I use the little Clover stick iron, but it doesn't steam and sometimes steam is necessary.
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