A BIG thank you to Hilachas for making me such a lovely quilt. Thanks again and again and again.
As for the one I made, my partner has not received it yet, but as soon as I get word, you will get pictures!!
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Name Game Quilt Received!
The one for me, that is! Isn't it adorable? It even has a real needle and thread coming off the spool. LOVE IT!!!
A BIG thank you to Hilachas for making me such a lovely quilt. Thanks again and again and again.
As for the one I made, my partner has not received it yet, but as soon as I get word, you will get pictures!!
A BIG thank you to Hilachas for making me such a lovely quilt. Thanks again and again and again.
As for the one I made, my partner has not received it yet, but as soon as I get word, you will get pictures!!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Give-a-way Winner!
The winner of the charm pack give-a-way, according to Random.org, is Janet. (I haven't quite figured out how to post a picture of the results from their site yet, but I promise it is her.) Janet said she was hoping to make a charity baby quilt with the charm pack. A lovely notion! This is great fabric for that.
In other news, the art class with the kindergartners was today. It went well, but the teacher and I decided not to give the kids the additional options of drawing figures in coats. Evidently, two other kindergarten classes went yesterday and things got a little crazy and tears were shed. In the interest of keeping everyone sane, and the kids from crying, we just did simple panels instead. The kids did great! I wish you were there!
Tomorrow, I am working on my block for the Desperate Housewives Quilt from Jane's Blog Want it, Need it, Quilt it. It's not going to be an easy one, but I hope it will be an interesting one. Look for that post at the end of the week.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
February Free Motion Challenge
Well, it was time. I practiced as much on paper as I could. I did a few practice sandwiches, but today it was time to do the feathers for real. And I can't say they look any better than when I started. (Sorry about the picture, the kids have finally broken my camera for good, so I had to use an alternative.)
It still looks a lot more like seaweed to me than feathers. I was really hoping that because I am no good at drawing, things would look better once sewn. I found that to be true with the leaves from last month. I think it has to do with a right brain/left brain thing. Something about having my other hand involved engages the other side of my brain and "helps" things along. Well, that theory was obviously not proven true with these darn feathers!
Hopefully, the next few months of challenges will strengthen my skills further and I can come back and revisit the feathers again. Maybe then, they will look more like feathers!
You can still join the challenge at Sew Cal Gal's Blog. It really is helping me!
It still looks a lot more like seaweed to me than feathers. I was really hoping that because I am no good at drawing, things would look better once sewn. I found that to be true with the leaves from last month. I think it has to do with a right brain/left brain thing. Something about having my other hand involved engages the other side of my brain and "helps" things along. Well, that theory was obviously not proven true with these darn feathers!
Hopefully, the next few months of challenges will strengthen my skills further and I can come back and revisit the feathers again. Maybe then, they will look more like feathers!
You can still join the challenge at Sew Cal Gal's Blog. It really is helping me!
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