I wish I had more time to work on it, but I only got about 2 hours of sewing done. I was also watching Mad Men, so that didn’t help. I did my taxes, so that was nice! Then I had to go to bed, because I have the most awesome job that I had to get up for this morning. It would be more awesome if it didn’t start until noon, but I’ll take what I can get! Hope everyone enjoys!
I’ve been doing this at work, and took it home to do a little bit of work on it. Eventually I will be teaching a class on how to make one, so I better get it right! I love all of the fun computerized machines, because I can do all of these awesome stitches! I’m just in love with it! I cannot wait to make more cuts into it, and fill it with more fabric scraps! I love the Orange, Yellow, and Green color scheme, and the Blue embroidery thread really sets it off! Hopefully it will look a little bit crazier by tomorrow.
I did it! It is done, and I’m so happy I can call it a day! I’ll mail it out later today, and then tomorrow, I will start my next commission. For the finishing on this one, I did shiny blue thread for the background and then gold for the bird and triforce. I also did a gold rim of stippling around the edge of the quilt. I think it really makes it pop! I’m so in love with it, I’m kind of sad I have to mail it out!
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Today at work I got cracking on this crazy quilt! I want to eventually teach a class on it, so I’m trying to get it done by next week, so I can get together a class plan. I started to piece strips and scraps together, and then did some decorative stitches on it. Now if only I could find the motivation to quilt the Zelda Commission on my sewing table!
I’m almost done! I did the blue background stippling and I put on the binding. I used a nice medium mottled blue for the binding. I think it ties the fabric blocks together quite nicely with the medium blue thread I used. The only thing left to do is the stippling on the bird. I already have the gold thread picked out, and it’s by my sewing machine waiting for me! I even got a new quilting foot. I’ll post about that later though. Wish me luck!
Once Again, I Need Assistance in identifying these feet. I’m trying to go through my boxes of sewing stuff, and organize everything, but I found these and I’m not sure what they are. I think the three that look the similar are hemming feet, but not sure about the other ones? Can I get some help, please.
As I’m sitting here waiting for my hamburgers to finish cooking, I’m wondering what on earth can’t Joan do. I swear. She is amazing! I’m looking at her outfits and thinking about all of the lavish colors, and all of the lavish threads I can work on that crazy quilt with! Seriously, her outfits are inspirational. It probably also doesn’t hurt that is is very easy on the eyes, and she’s one hell of an actress!
Here is some fun to start off the week! Hope everyone enjoys!
I did some house work today, but not nearly enough. I wanted to get my third bedroom upstairs organized, but there is just so much paperwork to go through. Also, I need to buy a shredder. I have checks from the 70s as well as other paperwork that I still have to go through. Happy times! I get paid on Friday, so maybe I’ll go and pick one up. Well, now that I ma secretaried out for the day, I’m about to go and hop on machine again. The plan is to finish the background and leave the bird and binding for tomorrow.
I started the quilting on the Zelda Commission. I’m doing a medium stipple with a bright blue thread for the background, and I’m going to do the bird in yellow. I might do some secondary stipples with a dark blue and a orange, but I’m not sure yet. I want to see how it all blends when it is jut the light blue and the yellow. Hopefully I’ll finish the quilting by tonight… or at least the blue part anyways. I’m trying to be optimistic. It’s my day off from work, and I’ve got a lot of housework!
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