Posted in Gifts, trivet, tagged blue, dresdenplate, gift, trivet on February 24, 2011| 2 Comments »
I was sorting through the various piles in my sewing room, when I found these blocks. They’re extras from this tablerunner I made as a Christmas gift.
I didn’t really have a plan for them, but I had them, and I liked them, so it was a shame to leave them in a pile.
Finally I decided to stitch them up into trivets. I’ll gift them to my mother, once I get those thread tails taken care of.
Posted in potholders, tagged blue, grey/gray, modern, potholders on February 6, 2011| 5 Comments »
These new potholders have been gracing my kitchen for the last week or so. I won’t show you the potholders these replaced: suffice it to say they were commercial potholders that were merely good-enough when they were new, and they were far from new.
I first pulled this stack of fabric back in early December when I was playing around without a clear goal.
But, coincidentally, the blue is a perfect match for my kitchen, so I started cutting and sewing strips, and quilting lots of diagonal lines.
The combination kind of looks like a cold rain to me, but I like it anyways.
Posted in Tablerunners, tagged blue, modern, solids, tablerunner, winter on January 22, 2011| 4 Comments »
I gave a sneak peak a couple of weeks ago, when this project was all but finished, then wandered off and forgot to show you all the final results. Sorry!
I don’t know about where you are, but around here, we’ve had snow, after snow, after snow. So, I keep picking out the blue-gray palettes of the world right now, and find myself ending alot of emails “Stay warm!”
The scarf pattern is inspired by the (in my opinion) brilliant scarf print from Aneela Hoey’s Sherbert Pips
Lots of straightline quilting: In addition to intheditch rows, and more just outside the ditch along the body of the scarves, I used it to emphasize the fringe and to add extra stripes.
This is my second recent quilt all in solids – but the stripe-y binding and especially the rick-rack print backing make me happy. :)
I think the table runner was a trial run; as I was sewing, I’ve been thinking of a version as a tree-skirt (or maybe just a small quilt), with snowball blocks, and green and white and ash.
In the mean time, I’ll be putting one of these in my shop
Posted in block, WorksInProgress, tagged block, blue, gift, patchwork on December 12, 2010| 3 Comments »
The short days, and now rain, are interfering with my photo-taking, s0 please forgive the lighting, I did want to post progress.
This is the trial block of cobalt blue dresden plates, destined for a tablerunner for a family member with a newly blue and white kitchen.
Dresden plates have been on my “to make” list for ages. I used this tutorial from Elizabeth Hartman (Oh, Franson) on Sew Mama Sew, which worked well, though I’ll buy a ruler, instead of the template, before I make another. And I will make another, I’m thinking about a yellow sun for my own bedroom, next.
Posted in block, tagged block, blue, patchwork, work in progress on October 9, 2010| 2 Comments »
Finally getting back to some sewing – no particular plan though, just a block.
I started this for a gift that I ended up taking in another direction, but decided to finish the block anyways (I’m trying to work through, instead of adding to, my WIP/UFO pile). A pillow? a mini? Not sure, but that’s what a 3 day weekend is for.
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