Faces, Faces, Faces II Round Robin

The computer thing really threw me for a loop, so here are pictures of all of the blocks that I worked on during the CQI Faces, Faces, Faces II Round Robin.

More Project Linus Quilts

Project Linus Quilts

Over the last few months, Erin and I managed to donate a bunch more quilts to Project Linus.  If you ever have the urge to donate, please do so!  There is a sick child out there that would love to have your quilt.  Here they are...

My Computer!

After another month and a half, I finally got my computer back from the shop!  Just thought I'd drop in a quick note to watch out for lots of pictures later this week!

Another Giveaway!

Since I can't post pictures of my own, the least I should do is post other people's giveaways and their pictures! 

This week, Kerry is having a giveaway at KerryKatieCakes!  In her giveaway, she has some very neat looking clock charms.

And, a whole bunch of very nice looking threads!

Giveaway at Crazy by Design

Cathy at Crazy by Design is having a fantastic giveaway....and, she's opened her own etsy shop. 

I've been thinking about opening an etsy or artfire shop, but don't know if I have the time or the talent.  I've been making some really cute aprons (not cooking type of aprons)...some of the ladies in my quilting guild suggested that I should do a workshop on how to make them...perhaps I should start there.  I would love to post a picture of the aprons, but alas, my computer is still in the shop.

Not Again!?!?

Well, I thought that everything was done breaking...the computer, the car....oh yeah, and now the computer again...My computer that is.  So, here is a post with no pictures... =(

While I haven't visited the blogs of everybody that participated in the "Where Bloggers Create" Party, the ones that I have looked at so far have certainly been inspiring!  In fact, my hubby has several new projects to work on for my space.  I mean, what will he do without me giving him projects to do?

Right now I have him working on making a design wall.  We'll be using two 4x8 ish sheets of 3/4" insulation board that is covered in flannel and then framed with moulding.  Next he'll be making me a spool rack for all my ribbons...this will be a block with just a bunch of dowel rods sticking out of it.

Of course when I have my computer back and they are done I will post pictures!

My Creative Space

It's party time!  Let me show you around my creative space!  If you'd like to see other creative spaces, take a look at the button on the left hand side bar.

These first two pictures are from the entryway of my sewing room.

This is my Viking, my very first sewing machine.  The desk is an old computer desk that my husband cut a hole into to house my sewing machine flush to the top of the desk.

This is a photo of some of my fabric stash.

My Bernina.

This is a shelf system made by my husband.  It holds paints, jars of beads, buttons, and whatnots.  The cabinets below the shelf have lace, threads, and other embellishments sorted by color.

A closer look at the shelf.

Fancy yarns sorted by color in an over the door shoe holder.

More fabric stash.  All of the fabric in these cubes were folded the same way.  Fold in half selvedge to selvedge, then in half again.   I used the widest ruler that I have and wrapped the fabric around the ruler until there was no more to wrap.  I didn't use any of those special boards that have been marketed and it has worked out fantastically.

Thread on the pegboard.  This is one end of my center cabinets.  The central cabinets are 4 double cabinets with 2 drawer units.  The tops were salvaged from old computer desks.

Here is a view facing the entryway.  The bookshelves were also made by my husband.  The wire drawer units hold fat quarters all folded in a way similiar to the larger cuts of fabric.  I also have some wool here and at least one drawer of scraps and a drawer of 100% wool sweaters waiting to be turned into something new.

This is the area where I do my "messy" stuff....painting, dyeing, mod podge, etc.  I have batting storage on top.

These are baskets full of my fancy fabrics, both scrap and yardage.  I also have a couple of color sorted baskets of cotton scraps as well.

This is an inside view of one of my cabinets.  I have projects sorted into shoe boxes for a quilt that is ready to be made.

Quilts for Babies

Erin and I made these two quilts for a couple of co-workers whose wives had little girls recently.  We actually made pretty good time because the little ones aren't even one yet! =P

This quilt is called "I Spy Color!".

 

This quilt is called "Bubbley Toes".  It just reminded me of taking a bath with lots of bubbles...don't ask me why.

Lace Dyeing

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been doing a bit of lace dyeing and painting.  It surely is fun experimenting with different mediums.  These are dyed with several different things.  I've used Adirondack alcohol inks, Tsukineko inks, food coloring, and Pebeo paints. 

My favorite of all of these to use is the Adirondack inks.  The bottle has a fine point dropper that makes it easy to apply; also, it's pretty neat to use a blotter pad to blot the ink on the surface.  This gives a mottled type of appearance.  Some of the flowers were done using this method; they're the ones that have more white in them.

Faces, Faces, Faces 2 DYB

I've discovered a new way to upload posts to Blogger; so, not only am I sending this to all of the participants in the Faces, faces, faces 2 DYB at CQI, but I am also posting to my blog at the same time!  How neat is that?!?

 

The picture is my work on Colleen's block.  I had no idea at all what to do at first, but then it hit me!  Boy, oh boy did I have fun doing the hair!!

 

Juli

Two More Quilts for Quilts for Kids

Erin and I finished and sent off two more quilts for the charity Quilts for Kids.

One of them is an Alice in Wonderland themed quilt called "Imagine"; the other is an airplane theme quilt called "Fly in the Sky".

Quilts

Erin (a friend from work) and I have been working on a bunch of quilts over the past few weeks, here is some of our progress.

This first quilt is the first quilt that she has ever made.

These next two quilts are quilts for the charity Quilts for Kids.  These quilts are being made for Quilts for Kids in conjuction with Downy Touch for Comfort.  A neat thing about the Downy website is that you can register the quilter's first name and name of the quilt and then give a short story.  The family that receives the quilt can then add to the story of the quilt if they wish.  "Cruisin' Cars" is the car quilt below.  We have about four more that are in progress for this organization as well.  I must say, I love the pigs!!

My Purse and the Take A Stitch Tuesday

Now that the purse contest on CQI is over, I can post pictures of the purse that I made for a contest on CQI.  I incorporated a couple of the stitches from the Take A Stitch Tuesday challenge at Sharon B's blog.