Category: Making

Art, sewing

Tangle Storage

 

I’ve recently discovered Zentangle (it’s Jackie‘s fault). And someday, perhaps, I’ll show some of my tangles. Not yet, though. More relevantly, I decided that I didn’t want to carry my tangling supplies around in a beat-up gallon ziploc kitchen escapee. I’m probably breaking all sorts of tangle etiquette by not tangling in a more meditative fashion. Oh, well. Maybe when I’m all grown up I’ll figure out how to get up before dawn, write 1000 words, do 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, center myself with a tangle, and be all peaceful, productive smiles for my family at breakfast. Apparently, I’m …

Caitlyn, sewing

Investments

When Grandma came to town over the summer, she very generously took Caitlyn shopping. It was August, so the back-to-school, autumn/winter clothes weren’t available but the summer dresses were pretty well picked over. We found two floral dresses, both with straps instead of sleeves so we could put long sleeves under them for warmth. Sadly, the first time we washed them, one of the dresses not only shrank almost to the point of unwearablity, but its straps nearly frayed themselves out of their anchor points. I’ve tacked the straps back down and I think the dress will last through the …

sewing

Everything in its Bag

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Remember these? They are the Charming Travelers that stayed here when the rest of them moved on to GrammieQ. Want to know what I did with them? Or, at least most of them? A project bag! See the tan floral-ish square in the lower right? That’s the charm that influenced all my choices. I used the blue colorway of this fabric to back a quilt a couple years ago. So the arrival of this other color meant I was going to do something that brought both colorways together. The blue version of the fabric is the lining inside the bag …

quilts

Bloggers’ BOM Blocks Done!

 

It’s not the 25th yet and all my Bloggers’ BOM blocks are done! Here’s Block 12… And here’s Block 13. Time to figure out how to arrange them! (Sorry about the questionable photo. It’s October in Seattle… and I’m not waiting until the next sunny day to take pictures!) I’m liking this layout at the moment. I definitely want to put something between the blocks but haven’t yet decided between sashing (and if so, how wide should the sashing be?) or putting squares between all these blocks (although that would probably make the final quilt too white?). I’ve got some …

quilts

Bloggers’ BOM Blocks

 

I abandoned most of my Block of the Month projects back in June. Solstice, a birthday, the end of school, the start of summer and swimming lessons. Now that summer’s done, Caitlyn’s back in school, and harvest season is over, it’s time to get caught up. Christmas sewing must start soon! First up, the Bloggers’ BOM. June’s block was number 10: And July’s block: Two more blocks to go and I’m all caught up on this one. I wonder if Jackie is going to do a putting-it-all-together post or collective show-and-tell post on the 25th (which is when the next …