Continued....

Pillows two, three and four - Two without backs yet. All are luxury materials (linen, silk/wool blend, dupioni silk and satin). The pillows are 16" squares. I've got one more in this series to make but it will resemble the one immediately above with the buttons. I've really enjoyed these and made the four in one weekend (with lots of other errands). I'm very excited about this of course... My husband left for the weekend on business (boo hoo) but that just gives me LOTS of time to play with the fabrics and create more items for the fair next month. Hmmm...crocheting is on the list too. Stay tuned...

And here they are...PILLOWS!

Pillow 1 is all cream colored linen with striped silk borders, with the same silk as the back fabric of the pilow. The center pinwheel is a "liberated" pinwheel of batik and linen fabrics.

It needs a good pressing yet... I'm getting to it....My least favorite thing to do!

the next things...

On to the next thing...

While trying to finish that quilt, I've heard about my company's throwing a craft fair - I remember it being upscale and nice things from last year. So we're going for it and have signed up for a table. Now we're brainstorming on what to make -- purses, pillows, keychains, wallhangings, etc.

I was designing most of yesterday and last night had some great breakthroughs. I'll post photos then get with my cohort to do the same of what she's working on!

T-Shirt Quilt IV

I have the third block done! so now I have three approximately 11' square each block that I will assemble into a throw. I have a fourth square to make to round out the grouping for the throw. I'm using extra pieces that I was given that aren't the same appliqued t-shirts but are from the same sorority to make the fourth block. I'm having trouble deciding which fabrics to do the borders in.

T-shirt quilt Part III

Block two is done. Block 3 is 25% done. The colors and mix of prints provides plenty for the eye to focus on. The final layout is taking form in my head and I can't wait for it be translated into the final product. I'll post photos of block two and three in a few days.

T-Shirt quilt part II

Project time found ... finally! I finished the first block of the "t-shirt" quilt. It turned into a 9.75" square pinwheel -- but very liberated! Straight stitches not necessarily followed requiring extra trimming but I'm better at the trimming than the sewing! There was several episodes of ripping seams out though!

The first block - three to go - stay tuned.

I tried something that has been around the last year or so in the "fiber art" world - Ephemera post cards. So being the francophile that I am... I had to do one. I had found this upholstery fabric that is so quintessential French -- fashion and iconic locations all over. I added a layer of rose silk ala Eleanor Burns style as the frame.



















Then I looked at some "vintage" post cards from Cavalli papers, selected one with the right color tone and style I wanted and added a fusible post card back (from ribbonsmyth.com) that is also vintage in style......











Choosing embellishments is not easy! Too many to choose from... but I narrowed it down to so hand dyed silk ribbon, paper clips to hold the paper post card on, and charms that symbolize some of the ab fab culture of Paris -- perfume bottle, shows, and bejeweled handbag!










So I got to use the stamps I bought (see my post on 1 June) :) Loved them!!













The Finished Project! --- all of about 3 hours but could have done it faster IF I hadn't taken so much time picking the embellishments... but isn't that most of the fun!

Well -- it's been a long July and August is almost over. I've been doing a lot of designing and such for that t-shirt quilt I mentioned. Here's a sample of the plan... I'm showing the sample to the client Tuesday. We'll see if she likes it.

It's meant to be VERY colorful. She didn't want the typical memory quilt focusing on those t-shirts but didn't want to "throw them out" so we're going down this path to recycle them.

Fingers crossed. .... check my next entry because I couldn't wait to do this other small quilt that has been trapped in my head........

struggles

I've got an opportunity to make a "memory" quilt with t-shirts that isn't the standard look of a memory quilt. Soooooo you see the dilemma! I'm a huge fan of Gwen Marston's quilting style -- liberated. Using this method with the t-shirts incorporated into the overall design as just one element. I'll be posting some ideas on that soon.