Tuesday Archives #182: Made Fabric

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This week's theme is: "Made" Fabric

I had fun as I found myself looking back through my own archives to prep for this week's linky.

 So weird to think it's already been three years since I found myself recovering from gall-bladder surgery and passing the time playing with scraps...

 

....to create a rainbow of fat quarters of my own:

Which I turned into this pinwheel of quilty fun:

Okay, this all makes me want to do another scrappy quilt like this...maybe in squares?

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Sunday Sewing

We continue to be under an inversion of freezing fog...

which makes for perfect Sunday Sewing in my little spot in the world.

Yep! I've unearthed my 2014 RSC girls/houses and have a few creative surprises for ya! My neighborhood has been uninspiring. The black and white backgrounds have been sitting in stalemate.

So as they sat on the wall and I found myself without inspiration, I busied myself creating some  fabric-made tumblers. Yet, even when combined with a fun background, these too just just felt okay. And you know me, "Miss sewing without a plan", I was truly beginning to question myself: 

"What in the heck am I doing?" "Why am I creating more projects and finishing nothing?"

Until! I decided to divide my girls and houses, their stalemate ended. 

 THEN! For the fun of it, I combined the fabric-made tumblers as a border with the dolls...

Oh My! I seriously started to hear the Hark Angels sing out from that inversion of freezing fog!

BAM! Now THIS is what I'm talking about!

(I'm even thinking of using those turquoise dots on black above for a border...we'll see.)

It's so fun!

So now you know where I'll be today especially as this freezing fog continues to be the view outside my studio window: (Yes, I was too big of a wimp to go outside for a picture this morning.) 

And later, as the day begins to wind down, I have my February Wool banner all cut and pinned for some slow stiching during the Golden Globes tonight. Do you watch? We are always so behind, that we find ourselves with a pen and paper in hand making our Redbox/Netflix "what to watch" list.

Happy Sunday Sewing/Stitching everyone!

And before I get back to sewing myself, I'm off to see what everyone else is up to today at:

This week's upcoming theme: Art Quilts

It's A Flimsy!

 From this pile of scraps to this colorful flimsy below...what fun I've had creating this quilt top! I took Jane's advice and auditioned all your recommendations for my sashing. I found out what Sharon meant when she said the blacks might muddy the colors. Ruth recommended some small dots and when I auditioned this bright white with its small black polka dots the pinwheels just popped! I loved it!

Karen I tried my text prints, but they weren't all a bright white. (Darn it!) And, Cynthia I did try the stripes but, they made me dizzy!! LOL!!

We are having unseasonable mild weather right now so I have to admit is was nice to be outside taking pictures today. (Thinking of all of you back East...especially in Massacusetts.) And as you can see by Jackson's stance the squirrels are out too!

I did find some black and white stripe in my stash like Vicki, Sandy and Karen recommended for the binding along with this adorable cupcake yardage for the back! (Now I just need to find a tutorial to learn how to cut the strips on the bias for that lovely spiral design you guys commented about.)

Thank you all for taking the time to comment. As you can see, your input really helped!

I can't wait to get this one on the longarm. 

Hmmmm....wonder if I can find a cupcake pantograph?

WIP: Making Progress!

Isn't it fun to see a pile of scraps be made into a quilt!

Any suggestions for the sashing? Black with colored polka-dots? White with colored polks-dots? or No dots and go with white text prints or a solid? THIS is what happens when you don't plan a quilt...it just unfolds! LOL!! And it has me constanting...thinking in wonderment! 

Polka-Dotted Goals this week!

Click here to find my GYB/Give-Away post.

Well, that pile of scraps is all gone and now these made-fabric fat quarters 

have been turned into..

  ...some pinwheels! Don't they look fun coordinated with the polka-dots! What I love just as much is all this fabric was from my stash!! I now have a dozen pinwheels all ready for some after school sewing this week. My first goal for the week is to get these sewn into a flimsy by Friday. (Oh I think I'm starting to feel better!!)

My other goal is to get this bundle of dots below cut into 70-2 1/2" x 20" strips for a class I'm taking on the 18th called Metro Rings. (And since we are off to see our kids and grandson next weekend, I need to get them cut and ready.) I've never done curved piecing so am really looking forward to this class. Plus, I'm going with a friend, so that always makes it fun!

I want to close by saying THANK YOU to everyone for your well wishes and support while I went through and continue to recover from my Gallbladder Surgery. (Gotta' love this virtual quilting guild blogging has created for us!!) I'm back to work today, but WILL be taking it slow. I tell ya, it sure feels good to be eating again and getting back into routine though. Phew!

I'm linking up with:

Cynthia has a cute heart tablerunner posted today!

Turning Scraps into "Made-Fabric"

I'm finally up for some easy sewing and having fun turning this pile of scraps into...

...some "made-fabric"  fat quarters.

 The scraps left in the pile were too small for me to save anymore, so I just threw them away.(Very cleansing) Next, I start cutting into them to make a quilt top. Stay tuned! 

Oh!! And notice my new "signature"?? (Hey, a girl has to do something to keep herself busy while recovering and watching a marathon of NCIS shows.) 

I added a link to the "how to" on my tutorial page.