Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Making Crafts!, My Art Projects, tagged art making, enameling, gifts, quilting, sewing on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend, my sweet friend Rebeca dropped a gift at my door. She had a box of enameling supplies that she received awhile back from another friend. She didn’t have an immediate need for enameling supplies, so thought I might give it a go. The contents of the box were so curious. It seems to [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, My Art Projects, tagged doll quilt, quilting, sewing on February 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This small doll quilt (8″ X 12″ 
is a variation of a pinwheel pattern called Cartwheel (or Whirligiggles). I made it for Sew, Mama, Sew’s quilting month. A tutorial can be found here. The one thing I changed, to make cutting out the fabric a bit easier, was to take the stencil I made following Michelle’s directions and [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Motherhood, My Art Projects, Postpartum Info, tagged art, embroidery, postpartum depression, quilting, sewing on February 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The light was a bit better this afternoon, so I took a few more photos of The Flood quilt. I wanted to show the little details that are lost in the full image.
This quilt will be the central piece in my ArtWalk show in April. It’s funny that I did the most challenging, in scale and detail, first. The other [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, My Art Projects, Postpartum Info, tagged art, fiber, quilt, sewing on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s finished! I feel like I am finally coming up for air.
The Flood is 40″ X 40″. I did most of the applique and all the embroidery by hand. The top is linen, with recycled fabrics (cotton, wool and linen). I wrote about the thoughts behind this piece here.
Posted in Motherhood, tagged Motherhood, parenthood on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
We went to the downtown playground yesterday. A group of girls, ages 4-8, were playing together. One of the girls said, “Hey, let’s go down the big slide!” Mogs ran gleefully after them, shouting, “Big!” as they all climbed the wooden steps together.
(Not the slide she played on, but I’m sure she would give it [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Making Crafts!, tagged quilting, sewing on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I liked making the Ohio Star block so much, that I decided to make a small doll quilt with it. I like the color combination on this one. Not sure how to do the quilting. I am hoping to get the batting and back together so I can take it with me on our trip to CO next [...]
Posted in Motherhood, tagged Motherhood, parenting on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mogs is starting to learn about emotions. Right now there are only two: happy and sad. I bet she knows more, but those are the two she can actually say. It is so great to have her be very clear about what she is feeling, whether she is standing at the top of the stairway [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Making Crafts!, tagged fabric, postcards, purse, sewing on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Using up scrap fabric this week….
This quilt block is for Sew, Mama, Sew’s quilting month. The pattern is called Squares in Squares and is based on a log cabin pattern. I like that the corners meet naturally, so there isn’t any precise matching up to be done in the sewing.
Two little bags. Trying to learn [...]
Posted in Motherhood, You Must Be Kidding!, tagged six word memoir on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was tagged today by Seis Manos, who asked her to join a 6 word memoir meme fashioned after Not Quite What I was Expecting: Six Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writersby Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. If you’re up for it, here are the rules:
1. Write a six word memoir
2. Post it on [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Motherhood, My Art Projects, Postpartum Info, tagged art, embroidery, flood, Motherhood, postpartum depression, quilting, sewing on February 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been working on “The Flood” quilt for about a month now. Nearly complete, I need to do a bit more hand-embroidery before I bind the edges. This is the largest quilt I’ve made to date and I like to think that my hours of sewing and ripping out stitches has earned me some quilting “chops.” [...]
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