Monday, August 29, 2011

ok, lame, i haven't been posting about sewing... sorry. i have been sewing though, just not in the normal way. commission work means i have to follow a plan... and get it done. (still working on super secret project though too, just so's you's know's...)

(secret project swatch!)

 i will be finishing my project tomorrow, so i will be straight back into serious quilt mode... teaching new classes in a week or so. yay! and i have the super secret project... plus i am going to be making a quilt for my new niece... emily doesn't know what's gonna hit her. (super cute pink cuddly-ness i'm sure.) i'm not sure what i'm going to do for it, but i know it will include some sarah jane... i love this!!!


woo hoo quilthome.com and woo hoo sarah jane studios! if i ever were to have a daughter her room would be decked out in sarah jane prints... and now quilts! (is it ok to not want the baby, and just the baby room? eh... i'll have to ponder that one.)


 

Thursday, August 25, 2011

my new favorite thing...

so one of my favorite things, erm, persons, is caroline tiger. she is a philly-ian with a neato blog about design here in the city... (and she was one of my bride's at work!) but then through her articles in the philadelphia inquirer i found another new thing to love... aphrochic!


check out those prints! sigh. jeanine hays has some of the most wonderfulest wallpapers, linens, and pillows around.... would it be ok to spend my entire life surrounded by yellow ikat? hmmm... maybe!

that's all! ciao!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

simply put... nice.

so i have baby quilt class this saturday, nice. it's such a fun class, simple and yet, well the results always amaze. don't you just love that, say when you go into something new and think, "erm, um, ok, i hope i don't screw this up." and then you come out at the other and end and whamo, it was waaaaay less complicated than you made it out to be? that, simply put, is baby blanket...


two super cute prints snuggled together, bound in happiness and ready for baby sunshine. you got it!

sticking with that theme of super easy happiness, i just found the coolest new book...


yeah, that's right, sewing in straight lines only to achieve sewing awesomeness! there is a great one hour skirt in here that reminds me of the anna maria flirting the issue skirt. i am always saying in that class, and many others, that i am a fan of the easy sewing line, and that by just tweaking some other little notions you can sew straight and twist people's minds at the same time with your wonder skills!

i cannot wait to get this book, just check out the super cute skirt on the cover, hmmm, a bit of winter wool perhaps. (shush your mouth!)

Sunday, August 14, 2011

how true...

i was on burda last night and i saw this, and thought... how true! go check it out... here!

sewing do's and dont's... sometimes i feel like i am rushing for no good reason, or i feel guilty for not working on my projects enough, but you know, it's for fun and for keeps, not for mean annoying time... i sew cause i wanna, and frankly, i know, quilting isn't exactly what the cool kids are doing these days... yeah, there are lots of girls in glasses making crocheted cupcakes or putting mustaches on, well, everything, but it doesn't mean that it's front line coolness.. and that's ok... i don't have to be project runway or sewing with nancy, i just have to be me. word.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

it's what he said...

ok, so click the box first... it's not bad, but you should click the box first... check it out, and then come back...


that, my friend, is the theme from the ever so well known psycho, masterpiece du hitchcock... this is the dress i made from simplicity pattern 2363...


what the french could be the correlation... ah, well, you see, when i put my creation on, my man said "i have the perfect music for that..." then, he went and found mr. alfred h. thanks...

so basically i look like mrs. bates...


i don't think mrs. bates would wear a belt such as that one, but hey, i get it... it's a bit gran... but you know what, it came out just like the picture...


bottom right, yes? yes. now i don't know what to do with it, i mean, i did do a good job... my darts are pretty kean, and it falls correctly, it's just a bit, gran. (man, i said it again.) i followed their sizing too... maybe it's a bit big? according to their sheet i am a 14 (gasp!) but i could have probably done a 10 and been ok. hate that about patterns... i dunno, i guess it's a halloween costume, as they say...


or a sweet outfit to wear to a phish concert! ha!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

i know, i'm terrible.

i haven't posted in, what, two weeks? bah. i know in blog time that is like, fifteen years... bummer. it's just been a bit strange lately... ok, not like eerie music strange, but like, man it's hot outside, and i turned 30 (gasp!), and i have been working on things that i cannot show yet...

i have been busy with a project for a lovely lady in need of new curtains and pillows... so fun when you know that your work is going to be part of an amazing transformation of a beautiful house! (ok, so it's not like i put in the drywall or anything, but pillows really go add an element of romance to a space, so there!)

i also am working on some super hush hush work, that i just cannot divulge at this time... you know how it is... i am back though, so help me, i'm back...