Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Finishing projects




Sometimes the hardest part of a project is putting on the finishing touches. Hand sewing the binding, sewing on embellishments, even putting on a label. I think I beat my personal best by finishing three separate projects in the past week. Not necessarily big projects, but no matter!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Onward and upward

Congratulations--a job well done.

We had a wonderful day, having fellow graduates and family over after the ceremony for a champagne toast to our terrific kids!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day


Wishing that everyone has a wonderful day!

I have some new inspiration---

thank you!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Tackling UFO's

I am slowly working on my "unfinished objects" backlog. This is a little wallhanging that I started last summer and had to put away to head off on vacation. I've finally gotten it back out and quilted and bound it. Check one off the list. One more UFO to finish after this and I'll allow myself some new projects : )

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ethnic Grocery Tour




Fun day (a little rain didn't slow us down). I lost track of how many different stops we made, from Asian groceries and bakeries to an Ethiopian grocery to a Hungarian chimney cake store-yum yum!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Accidental landscapes


After taking a workshop with Karen Eckmeier, author and quilter extraordinaire, I finished the project I started in the class and actually got it hung up! This was a fantastic workshop--my list of future projects definitely includes trying to craft another "accidental landscape"!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

New sewing studio


I've spent the last couple days moving my sewing space to a new room. Now I can leave it out permanently. But it has prompted me to finally organize my stash. Up until this year, it was not a large stash, but it seems to have grown exponentially recently.
So I've been busy sorting fabrics into FQ's, precuts, large yardage, scraps, and some "in-betweens". Then I would like to sort by color, etc. and then find a nice display/storage method so that I can see and access easily! I'm getting excited to finally get back to some UFO's and finally finish them.