Well, I found my new ride. They see me rollin', they hatin'.
http://twittiots.com/post/6659778219/waffle-house
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Unrelated Wednesday
Well, I found my new ride. They see me rollin', they hatin'.
http://twittiots.com/post/6659778219/waffle-house
VICTORY IS MINE!
Happiness is finishing a project you didn't think you had the skill to do, and not only that, but doing it well.
I'm really, really happy with how this tunred out, and I don't have any [major] oopses. The hand embroidery is a little shaky, but that too will get better with practice and maybe a little stabilizer too.
I'm really, really happy with how this tunred out, and I don't have any [major] oopses. The hand embroidery is a little shaky, but that too will get better with practice and maybe a little stabilizer too.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
What a weekend. Thank God it's Tippy Tuesday!
Well that had to be one of the top 5 worst weekends ever. for those that know all ready, Mom is doing fine now and she's moving forward with cardiologists to determine what needs to be done, if anything. For those that don't, Mom had a medical emergency on Thursday and is now doing fine, but wont be in the store much the next few weeks. Until then, y'all are stuck with Debi and I! :-)
Now, on to cheerier things...it's Tippy Tuesday!
* We all know what a hassle bias binding can be, so whenever you've got enough extra that you could use for another quilt, wrap it gently around a toilet paper tube. Be careful not to stretch it. But that way, it's flat so no need to iron it, gently wrapped so it won't get stretched badly or caught on anything, and it's easy to find and to store.
* If you need a little bit of stabilizer, but don't have any on hand....head to the laundry room and use a USED dryer sheet instead! The fabric softener has all ready dried away, so the sheet is thinner, easier to take out and won't leave any residue on your fabric.
* Personally, I'm not a pre-washer of my fabric simply because I prefer the look of the quilt after it gets quilted, then washed and dried, but this is a great tip anyway and has saved my bacon more than once. Shout Color Catchers are AWESOME. When you wash your fabric/quilt for the first time, dye may come out of your fabric especially if the fabric is a lower quality (think Wal-Mart, JoAnn's), and that dye run-off is just about guaranteed to ruin your fabric and anything else you wash with it. toss in a Color Catcher or two and voila! The dye has run off, but nothing gets stained.
* Orphan/extra blocks make for cute pillows! Add fabric to attain the desired size, choose a back and there you have it!
* Just like with medical sharps, thought for different reasons, used needles, rotary blades and pins can be dangerous to just throw away on their own. For pins and needles, use an old, empty medicine bottle. punch a hole in the lid large enough to fit the pin heads through, and super glue the lid to the bottle. Pins and needles aren't too likely to spill out if dropped, and curious kids won't be able to open the bottle. As for rotary blades, keep an old rotary blade case and mark an "X" or "OLD" on it in permanent marker. That way, the old blades are still contained, and you know that case is not full of new blades.
* Save leftover batting that is at least 9.5" x 9.5" because it can still be used for potholders! You will still want the thermal material in there too, so you don't burn yourself while using them, but that batting helps insulate further.
Now, on to cheerier things...it's Tippy Tuesday!
* We all know what a hassle bias binding can be, so whenever you've got enough extra that you could use for another quilt, wrap it gently around a toilet paper tube. Be careful not to stretch it. But that way, it's flat so no need to iron it, gently wrapped so it won't get stretched badly or caught on anything, and it's easy to find and to store.
* If you need a little bit of stabilizer, but don't have any on hand....head to the laundry room and use a USED dryer sheet instead! The fabric softener has all ready dried away, so the sheet is thinner, easier to take out and won't leave any residue on your fabric.
* Personally, I'm not a pre-washer of my fabric simply because I prefer the look of the quilt after it gets quilted, then washed and dried, but this is a great tip anyway and has saved my bacon more than once. Shout Color Catchers are AWESOME. When you wash your fabric/quilt for the first time, dye may come out of your fabric especially if the fabric is a lower quality (think Wal-Mart, JoAnn's), and that dye run-off is just about guaranteed to ruin your fabric and anything else you wash with it. toss in a Color Catcher or two and voila! The dye has run off, but nothing gets stained.
* Orphan/extra blocks make for cute pillows! Add fabric to attain the desired size, choose a back and there you have it!
* Just like with medical sharps, thought for different reasons, used needles, rotary blades and pins can be dangerous to just throw away on their own. For pins and needles, use an old, empty medicine bottle. punch a hole in the lid large enough to fit the pin heads through, and super glue the lid to the bottle. Pins and needles aren't too likely to spill out if dropped, and curious kids won't be able to open the bottle. As for rotary blades, keep an old rotary blade case and mark an "X" or "OLD" on it in permanent marker. That way, the old blades are still contained, and you know that case is not full of new blades.
* Save leftover batting that is at least 9.5" x 9.5" because it can still be used for potholders! You will still want the thermal material in there too, so you don't burn yourself while using them, but that batting helps insulate further.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Belated Thursdsay: It's Technical.
(Simple) Quilter's Math 101, plus other Useful Figures to Know
All values are written using the King's System (what we use here in the States). For metric, use this converter to change what you need into Metric. Yeah, I know...Metric would make this math much cleaner.
Quilt Sizes
These are approximate. Everyone's preference for how they like a quilt to lay on a bed is different, as well as the definition of the bed size - some people calculate the "normal" overhang considering the mattress height in the equation, and others calculate for the top of the mattress only. You will find different measurements for these values all over the internet. The best thing to do, if you can help it, is calculate for the mattress you will be making your quilt for.
These measurements are for mattress top only. For overhang on sides, decide how much overhang you want (say, 10") multiply it by 2 (once for each side, so 20") and add it to the width of the bed size. Decide your overhang for the bottom, and whether you want the quilt to cover the pillows or not, and add those measurements together and add that total to the length measurement.
Crib: 23" x 46"
Twin: 39" x 75"
Double: 54" x 75"
Queen: 60" x 80"
King: 76" x 80"
Yardage Amounts
(Yardage amount as a fraction = as a decimal = length)
Decimals rounded to the nearest hundredth
Inches rounded to nearest whole inch
1/8 = 0.13 = 5"
1/4 = 0.25 = 9"
1/3 = = 0.33 = 12"
3/8" = 0.38 = 15"
1/2 = 0.50 = 18"
5/8 = 0.63 = 23"
2/3 = 0.66 = 25"
3/4 = 0.75 = 27"
7/8 = 0.88 = 32"
1 = 1.00 = 36"
To figure total inches, calculate decimal then multiply by 36.
ex.) 1.5 yards * 36 = 54"
To figure out yardage amount from inches take total number of inches, and divide by 36.
ex.) 108"/36 = 3 yards
Triangles
For half-square triangles, add 7/8" (0.88") to your square size. If you are using 5" squares, and then want to toss a few half square triangles in the mix, 5" + 7/8" = 5 7/8" (5.88")
For quarter-square triangles, add 1 1/4" to your square size. If you are using 5" squares in your quilt and need quarter-square triangles as well, 5" + 1 1/4" = 6 1/4" (6.25")
Fat Quarters
Fat Quarters (FQs)are great little stash supplementers, but sometimes we sit there and go, well, geez, what do I do with it now? You can cut multiple of different sized squares from it, and it's easy to calculate.
First, measure your FQ. It will probably say "APPROXIMATELY" 18" x 22" on the wrapper, so it's a good idea to measure - you may find it cut rich or you may come up short, so get your measurement of length and width. Square up if needed and remeasure.
For the sake of this example, let's say your FQ is indeed 18" x 22" on the nose. Decide what kind of squares you want out of this FQ - let's say you need 4" finished squares (so that means you'll be cutting 4 1/2" squares).
18" (shortest side of the FQ) / 4 1/2" (desired finished block size plus 1/2") = 4"
From one side of your FQ, you can get (4) 4 1/2" rows.
You now have (4) 4" x 22" strips, but you need 4 1/2" squares
Length of FQ (22") / unfinished size of block (4.5")* # of strips cut from the short end of the FQ (4) = # of blocks you can get from the FQ
(22/4.5)*4 = 19.5
You can get 19 4.5" squares from an 18" x 22" FQ.
So theres the math involved...but there are also charts available online. They vary as to number because of the approximate size of FQs store to store:
(99) 2" squares
(56) 2.5" squares
(42) 3" squares
(30) 3.5" squares
(20) 4" squares
(16) 4.5" squares
(12) 5" squares
(9) 6" squares
(6) 6.5" squares
Well, that's enough math and handy charts for now. Thus far, these simple maths and charts haven't failed me! Look for more next week...on Thursday.
All values are written using the King's System (what we use here in the States). For metric, use this converter to change what you need into Metric. Yeah, I know...Metric would make this math much cleaner.
Quilt Sizes
These are approximate. Everyone's preference for how they like a quilt to lay on a bed is different, as well as the definition of the bed size - some people calculate the "normal" overhang considering the mattress height in the equation, and others calculate for the top of the mattress only. You will find different measurements for these values all over the internet. The best thing to do, if you can help it, is calculate for the mattress you will be making your quilt for.
These measurements are for mattress top only. For overhang on sides, decide how much overhang you want (say, 10") multiply it by 2 (once for each side, so 20") and add it to the width of the bed size. Decide your overhang for the bottom, and whether you want the quilt to cover the pillows or not, and add those measurements together and add that total to the length measurement.
Crib: 23" x 46"
Twin: 39" x 75"
Double: 54" x 75"
Queen: 60" x 80"
King: 76" x 80"
Yardage Amounts
(Yardage amount as a fraction = as a decimal = length)
Decimals rounded to the nearest hundredth
Inches rounded to nearest whole inch
1/8 = 0.13 = 5"
1/4 = 0.25 = 9"
1/3 = = 0.33 = 12"
3/8" = 0.38 = 15"
1/2 = 0.50 = 18"
5/8 = 0.63 = 23"
2/3 = 0.66 = 25"
3/4 = 0.75 = 27"
7/8 = 0.88 = 32"
1 = 1.00 = 36"
To figure total inches, calculate decimal then multiply by 36.
ex.) 1.5 yards * 36 = 54"
To figure out yardage amount from inches take total number of inches, and divide by 36.
ex.) 108"/36 = 3 yards
Triangles
For half-square triangles, add 7/8" (0.88") to your square size. If you are using 5" squares, and then want to toss a few half square triangles in the mix, 5" + 7/8" = 5 7/8" (5.88")
For quarter-square triangles, add 1 1/4" to your square size. If you are using 5" squares in your quilt and need quarter-square triangles as well, 5" + 1 1/4" = 6 1/4" (6.25")
Fat Quarters
Fat Quarters (FQs)are great little stash supplementers, but sometimes we sit there and go, well, geez, what do I do with it now? You can cut multiple of different sized squares from it, and it's easy to calculate.
First, measure your FQ. It will probably say "APPROXIMATELY" 18" x 22" on the wrapper, so it's a good idea to measure - you may find it cut rich or you may come up short, so get your measurement of length and width. Square up if needed and remeasure.
For the sake of this example, let's say your FQ is indeed 18" x 22" on the nose. Decide what kind of squares you want out of this FQ - let's say you need 4" finished squares (so that means you'll be cutting 4 1/2" squares).
18" (shortest side of the FQ) / 4 1/2" (desired finished block size plus 1/2") = 4"
From one side of your FQ, you can get (4) 4 1/2" rows.
You now have (4) 4" x 22" strips, but you need 4 1/2" squares
Length of FQ (22") / unfinished size of block (4.5")* # of strips cut from the short end of the FQ (4) = # of blocks you can get from the FQ
(22/4.5)*4 = 19.5
You can get 19 4.5" squares from an 18" x 22" FQ.
So theres the math involved...but there are also charts available online. They vary as to number because of the approximate size of FQs store to store:
(99) 2" squares
(56) 2.5" squares
(42) 3" squares
(30) 3.5" squares
(20) 4" squares
(16) 4.5" squares
(12) 5" squares
(9) 6" squares
(6) 6.5" squares
Well, that's enough math and handy charts for now. Thus far, these simple maths and charts haven't failed me! Look for more next week...on Thursday.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Unrelated Wednesday
Futurama's Planet Express...IN LEGOS. I don't care if this makes me like, 5, I so want this. It even has a Lego version of Zap Brannigan. lol.
If you have never watched Futurama, you should give it a whirl. It's another by Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, only it's infintely better.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
It's "Tippy Tuesday!"
So I've decided that this blog filled with only my projects can get boring and monotonous (I'm sure some of you out there will scream if you have to see one more BooVille photo!) so I'm going to start doing a few episodic (weekly) posts and hopefully it'll jazz this up some and stay around! So...let's start with some tips to make your quilting life easier with Tippy Tuesday!
*Not all of us are lucky enough to have the space for a pre-fab Design Wall. If you have limited space, a large piece of white cotton batting/white flannel is a great substitute! Hang it up or drape it where you need it while you're sewing, then fold it up (even with your blocks still on it, they'll stay put!) and put it away when you're done.
*I'm a bad quilt girl and I don't pin my binding while I'm hand stitching it on. If you too hate pinning, a great alternative is to your the snap hair clips (you know, the ones you bend and they snap open) instead. They keep your binding in place and you don't have to watch where you stitch (or sit!)
*If you're looking for use applique ideas but don't want to draw them out yourself, check out your local scrapbooking or craft store. They have lots of stencils, punches and die cuts that might be just the design you're looking for.
*Do you like the idea of saving scraps, but then don't know what to do with them after the fact? Try cutting them into manageable sizes that you know you'll use down the road. For example, if you have enough cut some 2" strips, 2"-3"-4" blocks, half square triangles, whatever you think you'd use. whatever's left you can keep in a box for future applique projects - as we all know those applique projects can demand some tiny pieces, and a scrap earmarked for that may be just the thing you need.
*If a piece of fabric is the right color but a few shades too dark, there's nothing wrong with using the "wrong" side! If you have a good quality fabric, the print will still be visible, bit it'll be a paler version of the "right" side of your piece. No one will know the difference unless you tell them!
*"To help determine the value of a color (light, medium or dark) look at the fabric through a clear piece of red glass or plastic. The red neutralizes the color allowing you to see only 'black and white'" This is a good one! I don't know where to find a plain piece of red plastic, but my best guess is that an art supply store is a great place to start looking.
*Quilters are extremely skilled at dropping pins on the floor and forgetting about them, especially if it' s a carpetted floor. At the hardware store you can find telescoping magnets, and they are fantastic for pullin gpins off the floor/carpet without you having to spend a while bent over picking them out by hand.
*If you're travelling and can't have little embroidery scissors with you (yeah, I'm looking at you, TSA), wind a bobbin with the thread you are working with and put it inside a dental floss container (they're very simple to take apart and the center spindle is the right size for MOST bobbins). The cutter in the floss container is sharp enough to cut through most threads without fraying them.
*If you're having difficulty threading your needle try one of these methods if a needle threader isn't available: If you're having trouble seeing the eye, thread it with a white piece of paper behind it - that makes the eye much more visible. If the eye of your needle is large enough, you can use a thin piece of paper folded in half the same as a traditional needle threader. If your issue is the thread catching on the needle and not making it through, cut the tip of your thread to a beveled edge and try that - that will get rid of any little fibers that might be snagging. Also, every needle nowadays is stamped out of a larger piece of steel when it's made, so every needle has a front and back side; usually the front is easier to thread than the back, so just flip your needle over and try threading it again.
*Napkin holders are a great way to store the rulers that you use the most by your cutting mat, if you don't want to poke holes in your walls to hang each one
Well, that's it for this week's Tippy Tuesday. check back next week for more, or if you have any tips you'd like to share (hint hint hint) comment on this post and I'll post them for everyone next week!
*Not all of us are lucky enough to have the space for a pre-fab Design Wall. If you have limited space, a large piece of white cotton batting/white flannel is a great substitute! Hang it up or drape it where you need it while you're sewing, then fold it up (even with your blocks still on it, they'll stay put!) and put it away when you're done.
*I'm a bad quilt girl and I don't pin my binding while I'm hand stitching it on. If you too hate pinning, a great alternative is to your the snap hair clips (you know, the ones you bend and they snap open) instead. They keep your binding in place and you don't have to watch where you stitch (or sit!)
*If you're looking for use applique ideas but don't want to draw them out yourself, check out your local scrapbooking or craft store. They have lots of stencils, punches and die cuts that might be just the design you're looking for.
*Do you like the idea of saving scraps, but then don't know what to do with them after the fact? Try cutting them into manageable sizes that you know you'll use down the road. For example, if you have enough cut some 2" strips, 2"-3"-4" blocks, half square triangles, whatever you think you'd use. whatever's left you can keep in a box for future applique projects - as we all know those applique projects can demand some tiny pieces, and a scrap earmarked for that may be just the thing you need.
*If a piece of fabric is the right color but a few shades too dark, there's nothing wrong with using the "wrong" side! If you have a good quality fabric, the print will still be visible, bit it'll be a paler version of the "right" side of your piece. No one will know the difference unless you tell them!
*"To help determine the value of a color (light, medium or dark) look at the fabric through a clear piece of red glass or plastic. The red neutralizes the color allowing you to see only 'black and white'" This is a good one! I don't know where to find a plain piece of red plastic, but my best guess is that an art supply store is a great place to start looking.
*Quilters are extremely skilled at dropping pins on the floor and forgetting about them, especially if it' s a carpetted floor. At the hardware store you can find telescoping magnets, and they are fantastic for pullin gpins off the floor/carpet without you having to spend a while bent over picking them out by hand.
*If you're travelling and can't have little embroidery scissors with you (yeah, I'm looking at you, TSA), wind a bobbin with the thread you are working with and put it inside a dental floss container (they're very simple to take apart and the center spindle is the right size for MOST bobbins). The cutter in the floss container is sharp enough to cut through most threads without fraying them.
*If you're having difficulty threading your needle try one of these methods if a needle threader isn't available: If you're having trouble seeing the eye, thread it with a white piece of paper behind it - that makes the eye much more visible. If the eye of your needle is large enough, you can use a thin piece of paper folded in half the same as a traditional needle threader. If your issue is the thread catching on the needle and not making it through, cut the tip of your thread to a beveled edge and try that - that will get rid of any little fibers that might be snagging. Also, every needle nowadays is stamped out of a larger piece of steel when it's made, so every needle has a front and back side; usually the front is easier to thread than the back, so just flip your needle over and try threading it again.
*Napkin holders are a great way to store the rulers that you use the most by your cutting mat, if you don't want to poke holes in your walls to hang each one
Well, that's it for this week's Tippy Tuesday. check back next week for more, or if you have any tips you'd like to share (hint hint hint) comment on this post and I'll post them for everyone next week!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
'Tis the Season to be Spooky, Part Tres
ALMOST DONE. All that's left to do is the little bits of embroidery, then put on the borders. I'm debating whether I want to do the scrappy pinstripe border or not, and I'm thinking this needs a tone-on-tone black border rather than just a plain solid...nothing too flashy but just enough to give it a little interest.
Here's what's together so far!
Here's what's together so far!
My favorite one! What can I say, that glittery fabric is awesome.
Here's the whole kit'n'caboodle. I'm really happy with how it turned out! I'll get the embroidery done in the next couple days and get those borders on, then it'll be off to Loretta to get it quilted! She's got all kinds of really really cool halloween patterns. I'm thinking jack-o-lanterns and candy corns!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Fooooooooooooons!!!!!!!!!!1!!!
In regards to not paying attention to sewing a flying geese block and sewing the top shut: "Well, I MIGHT have done that once. Maybe 15 years ago." Well, Marianne Fons, I'm happy for you that you might have made a quilting mistake a whole 15 years ago. #quiltingperfection.
I suppose I ought to explain that video and how it applies to this moment of snark brought to you by OPB and Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting.
Okay, so Sheldon (a main character in my favorite show, The Big Bang Theory he's a socially inept theoretical physicist known for his unwitting tactlessness as well as his bizarre OCD-like idiosyncrasies, who according to Mom I'm "like" sometimes for the latter) is to Wil Wheaton (actor from Star Trek: Next Generation, and notoriously nice guy in real life, but plays Sheldon's arch nemesis and royal jerkface) as I am to the TV personalities of Marianne and Mary Fons - maybe they're super nice in real life like Wil Wheaton but they're just so condescending on TV and it drives me batty and makes me laugh at the same time...it brings out the snark in my sense of humor I guess! Maybe I won't feel that way when it's been 15 years since I've erred in sewing something ;-)
Done!
My first Halloween quilt of the season is done :-) From the pattern "Wednesday" by Mountainpeek Creations.
The lighting isn't great but you get the idea. Ripping out all those stitches streched it a little so hopefully Frances can help counteract that a bit. I'm thinking of doing a damask print as the quilting pattern on it, hopefully she has one! But I'm delighted with how it turned out. It's such a quick and easy pattern and it's easily done in an afternoon (if you read the directions and don't have to rip everying out and do it again...)
This is the focus fabric. I wanted to use the green indoor scence, but we didn't have enough to do the sample with, This piece is great too though...she's not in this picture but there's a little girl with a hammer. This is by far my favorite Halloween line; it's just just the right level of weirdness to it.
Here's a close-up of the flying geese. I used the green indoor scene for the centers of the flying geese. I love that print!
My favorite block. I like her just peering over the seam. It makes me laugh every time!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ripping out stitches builds character...and also rage.
I really, REALLY need to learn to pay more attention to things when I'm sewing and not be so danged persnickety. Yeah, yeah, I know...easier said than done.
So I'm doing a quilt from a pattern called "Wednesday" (I can't find a picture of it for you but I assure you it's super cute), which is meant to showcase a large-scale print. Clearly I had to do this in Halloween...I mean, hey, even the pattern called for Halloween fabrics. You know I'm more than happy to oblige :-)
So I'm using Alexander Henry's line, The Ghastlies to make it all up. I LOVE that fabric.. That little girl with the hammer just cracks me up. But the quilt I'm doing (pictures up soon, once I rip it all out...ugh) is gray, pink, black and green. It sounds odd for Halloween, I know, but click on the link and you'll see why!
Aaaaanyway, so last night I'm just stitching away and I'm putting everything together and I realize "&*%#! The center strip is too big in a weird way!" So I'm sitting there pinning like a madwoman trying to force this pice to fit with the two large upper and lower blocks lining up in the center of the middle block in the strip. Well sta-hoo-pid me, they weren't supposed to, and I realized this AFTER pinning, sewing and assembling the quilt to the point of having the last border halfway on.
Damn. It. Damn it. Dammit.
So, erroneously thinking I'd have a completed quilt top this afternoon to give to Frances to quilt for me, I will instead be spending my afternoon ripping out multiple looooong seams and finishing it tonight. Oh, and did I mention I cut the long sides for last border from my [very directional] border fabric last night out twice, so now I don't have enough to do the short sides without getting more fabric?
You know, perhaps I shouldn't be quilting and watching Gangland at the same time late at night. lol. Ah well, I see this as a good, patience building exercise (albeit a frustrating one!)
So I'm doing a quilt from a pattern called "Wednesday" (I can't find a picture of it for you but I assure you it's super cute), which is meant to showcase a large-scale print. Clearly I had to do this in Halloween...I mean, hey, even the pattern called for Halloween fabrics. You know I'm more than happy to oblige :-)
So I'm using Alexander Henry's line, The Ghastlies to make it all up. I LOVE that fabric.. That little girl with the hammer just cracks me up. But the quilt I'm doing (pictures up soon, once I rip it all out...ugh) is gray, pink, black and green. It sounds odd for Halloween, I know, but click on the link and you'll see why!
Aaaaanyway, so last night I'm just stitching away and I'm putting everything together and I realize "&*%#! The center strip is too big in a weird way!" So I'm sitting there pinning like a madwoman trying to force this pice to fit with the two large upper and lower blocks lining up in the center of the middle block in the strip. Well sta-hoo-pid me, they weren't supposed to, and I realized this AFTER pinning, sewing and assembling the quilt to the point of having the last border halfway on.
Damn. It. Damn it. Dammit.
So, erroneously thinking I'd have a completed quilt top this afternoon to give to Frances to quilt for me, I will instead be spending my afternoon ripping out multiple looooong seams and finishing it tonight. Oh, and did I mention I cut the long sides for last border from my [very directional] border fabric last night out twice, so now I don't have enough to do the short sides without getting more fabric?
You know, perhaps I shouldn't be quilting and watching Gangland at the same time late at night. lol. Ah well, I see this as a good, patience building exercise (albeit a frustrating one!)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Whelp, back to the ol' grindstone :-)
Hi everyone! Well, I'm back safe and sound, several shades tanner and much more relaxed. The trip was a blast! San Francisco for 3 days, Anaheim for 6 days...it was fabulous. Since I've been asked, yes, we did see famous people! We saw Joan Collins, Adam Sandler, Camille Grammer, Pauly Shore and Lisa Ling. Didn't meet any of them of course, but hey, I'll take it! While we were in Hollywood, there was the premiere for the Phineas and Ferb Movie, which is where we saw Camille Grammer and Lisa Ling, both with their armies of children.
Confession time...I actually got back on the 7th. So I have been a seriously bad blogger! In my defense, I wasn't able to sew until day before yesterday. Yep, I'm still chugging away on that Halloween quilt, so that's all there is to say, really. Halloween...wahoo!
In other news, one of the best things about working in a quilt shop is being able to take classes basically whener you want...I got myself signed up for Crazy Among Friends with Frances Jagodzinski.
Confession time...I actually got back on the 7th. So I have been a seriously bad blogger! In my defense, I wasn't able to sew until day before yesterday. Yep, I'm still chugging away on that Halloween quilt, so that's all there is to say, really. Halloween...wahoo!
In other news, one of the best things about working in a quilt shop is being able to take classes basically whener you want...I got myself signed up for Crazy Among Friends with Frances Jagodzinski.
You can't tell me that it's not adorable. Well, you could I suppose, but I think you'd probably be lying to yourself on that one.
I am electing to do my quilt in bright colors, I think. I thought about Christmas colors (because I have a whopping ZERO Christmas quilts...) but I don't know how I'd work the American flags in there if everything is red white and green. I'm thinking brights will be the way to go. Nothing against this primitives colorway, but it's just not my thing...love the pattern though! So if you want to make this cool quilt, take the class with me (Hey Isabelle, it starts in mid-September... :D)
Anyway, that's it for now. I'm sure I'll have more to say once I get this Halloween quilt done!
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