I wasn’t going to talk “work” on this blog at all… but… My husband and I are working with a couple of Portland clowns: Olive Rootbeer and Dingo Dizmal who have super rad skills with balloon animals, and entertainment in general. You may have seen them riding their tall bikes in the first episode of…
No Patience
I have absolutely no patience at all. I finished my squid and took some photos and I want to show it off even though I should wait and put the hanging sleeves (and my little tag) on the back… and have it photographed on a nice wall with good lighting and a tripod so the…
It’s ON!
Okay… it’s ON! I started quilting my squid. It’s about time too ~ it’s been sitting on a table in my sewing room looking at me for months now. I was inspired a great deal at the last PMQG meeting! I have a long list of notions I want (need) to get, and again I…
Free Motion Practice Octopus
So… as some of you know, I’m practicing my free motion quilting so I can successfully quilt my hand-pieced squid. The squid is just sitting there staring at me and I can hear it yelling “hurry up and quilt me already!” I’m a little afraid because I really, really want to do it justice… and…
With A Little Help From My Friends
WooHoo! I finished my Yellow Circle Quilt today!! I am thrilled it turned out as good as it did ~ thanks to all the many, many tutorials I read and watched online. The modern quilt thing ~ to me ~ is all about the internet. It would have taken me years to learn by trial…
Yellow Circle Quilt
I started a new quilt two weeks ago, motivated by the Modern Quilt Guild monochromatic challenge… and I thought I’d share my progress. With Illustrator I laid out a design and made a template for the circles. Here is my design plans and figures: My first thought was to go with red, but at the…