At the CNE, we wondered where her arms were. I guess there are worse things than having full glasses of beer for appendages.
My gym locker is
Posted by – 23/08/2011
But for real, I like this locker because it’s in the top row and it is easy to remember which one I used.
So. Um.
Posted by – 01/08/2011
When this pops up on your screen, that’s a bad thing, right?
It’s still good! It’s still good!
Next up…
Posted by – 30/07/2011
I know, starting a new project when so many others are on hold is generally a bad idea, but I scored some amazing vintage pillow cases the other day and I’m just too excited. There are 8 different prints cut into 5.5″ squares to be sewn into a diagonal pattern in a 16 x 16 grid. Luckily I didn’t use all the pillow cases so there will be a few left over to put on the pillows. I’ll back it with one of my full size vintage sheets and I’m thinking I might tie quilt it rather than machine. We will see.
I’m so glad to finally have a purpose for all this amazing fabric!
Modern Quilt Guild
Posted by – 29/07/2011
The last meeting I went to we were supposed to get a new project using Jay McCarroll’s fabric, which I LOVE, but couldn’t because of the fucking Canada Post strike so we opted to make placemats for Meals on Wheels. Fun, easy, quick. Well. I started making a dresden plate block but man, that’s not easy. The first one is a little Montessori meets picnic:
Love that gingham. The back is all red gingham too. The second is a bookshelf block that I knocked off from here:
I didn’t use her actual pattern but I did copy it more or less. I loved the idea of using selveges as book titles and I’ve been saving strips of them for a long time with no real plan. Nice to use some of them up. One in particular made me laugh:
I’d read a book about what not to use as children’s sleepwear, wouldn’t you?
The next meeting is this coming Sunday at the workroom. You should go even if you have the smallest amount of interest in quilting. It’s so great to share ideas and to learn new skills and to work outside my normal box!
A riddle
Posted by – 28/07/2011
How many skull rings does it take to sink a hand?
Three. The answer is three. And are you crazy? I don’t wear all three on the same hand OR at the same time. That would be ridiculous.
The gold one is a Disney Couture ring, from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. The giant black one is carved from tiger’s eye and has a diamond for an eyeball. We’re all familiar with the first one.
Quilteration
Posted by – 26/07/2011
I have actually had it back in my hot little hands for a while now but haven’t had the inclination to drag it outside in the blazing heat to take pictures. Today was a beautiful day, ideal weather if you ask me, and here we are.
As you can imagine, I am thrilled beyond belief with this quilt. It’s so awesome, every square of fabric, every strip, the back, the binding and the actual quilting? It’s SO good. Really, I was worried, I’ve seen long-armed quilts that I wasn’t ga ga over before but this is absolutely perfect.
The quilting pattern I picked was called clouds, I think, and works really well with the overall design. It’s open and flows nicely. It’s more obvious on the back:
Cool, huh? I might be forced to send my yellow quilt to Jennifer too.
I’m cranking up the AC tonight so I have an excuse to sleep under it. Thanks a million times over to Jen who did the quilting, she’s wonderful!
Jason Seagull
Posted by – 05/07/2011
Ok, so it really is summer in the city. It is hot and sunny and hot and I don’t like it one bit. None of it! Ok, I like the fruits and vegetables that are at the markets, but that is it. And I like the baby animals. I also like outdoor swimming, that’s nice. The smell of sunscreen, drinking lemonade, wearing flip flops and drinking Slurpees. But that is IT.
Oh, and while I don’t like seagulls ever, I did appreciate this one preening itself at the top of a lamp post.
Gym bag
Posted by – 03/07/2011
My old gym bag was starting to look rough and I was finding it cumbersome on the subway so I made myself a new one. All I knew was that I wanted it to be like a duffle bag, long and narrow, but flat. So with minimal designing, I came up with this:
I used a heavy fabric from ikea for the exterior and a large scale black and white gingham (yeah, yeah, you know I love gingham) and a solid black fabric for an interior zipper pocket. I basically just figured out the width with my runners and then stacked my water bottle, gym clothes and wallet on top to figure out length. The opening does have a zipper, similar to my zipper pouches, but I folded it over and sewed it down to hide it. The strap I cannibalized from an old bag I haven’t used in years. Sometimes being a pack rat is handy!
Test run on Tuesday, we will see how it goes!
In sad crafting news, the Fabricland at Yonge and Bloor under The Bay is closing it’s doors forever at the end of July. All fabric is on sale, all notions, patterns, hardware, everything is 50% off at the very least. I’ve been twice already and will probably go again to stock up on more gingham and batting.