Flamenco

I found this wonderfully funky embroidered cotton piece at Anthropologie in their sale closet. I can't wait to use it somewhere and I'm thinking that an apron is the perfect place. I can incorporate lots of ruffles.

What is so funny about this is that Flamenco is a Spanishdance yet these figures are so Eastern in their pose and gestures. The says "Made in India"

That's one reason I like it!

Apron Mania

My shop was out of aprons so I went on a 2 day apron making binge. I just can't stop!

Spoonflower Patchwork

I'm very excited. I finally did something with my Spoonflower fabric! I started to put together some patches which will probably go into a lap quilt. I was lucky my design just happens to coordinate with Amy Butler's Full Moon Polka dot fabrics in orange and green, I really love this combo. I would like one other fabric to go in between the squares but I'm not sure yet.

Pom Pom Confusion

I made wool sheep out of roving pom poms recently, using cardboard, low tech. Yesterday I bought a Clover pom pom maker for $7.50 which I thought would make it easier to make the poms. Well, it actually is easy! Once you figure it out. My first pom, very sad:



The next few were made with the maker but I had to tie them after the fact which made it even more difficult than my original low tech cardboard method and the shapes were a little wonky. NOT understanding why anyone would buy this silly plastic thing, I do an online search.



Voila! Thanks to Craft Critique (thank you thank you), I realize the instructions on the back of the package were very minimal and don't mention the most important step, which is to wrap the wool around BOTH plastic pieces. Although you can't really tell from this photo, this last pom pom was made quickly and is much more solid than the others, yahoo! Hoping to make a bunch of little sheep and then try replicas of my keeshonds. They almost look like they were made with a pom pom maker, hehehe.

Heather Ross Fabric Obsession

I bought my first H. Ross fabric earlier this year when one of my OFFs (online fabric friend, BTW, I made that up) announced a sale on the gnome and VW bus fabric at an online store so I bought gnomes, pink buses, dots and stripes. Recently I became aware how HTF (hard to find) this set of fabric has become! It's from Heather Ross' collection: Lightening Bugs & Other Mysteries fabric collection. Now of course, I want it all.

Not really but I did want some of the goldfish in bags and out of the bag. You can still find some on Etsy and eBay but it's really expensive, like $14.00 for a half yard or higher. After searching online for HOURs, I was able to find someone who wasn't selling it but offered to selling me 2 yards of each for $8.00/yd, woohoo!

Oh, and if you've never seen this in person, the fabric is really smooth and soft, I'm not sure why it's so different from other cotton fabrics but it feels like it should be pajamas or sheets. Perfect for a quilt!

OK, I am really obsessed.

Linen and Liberty of London

I've had this small piece of Liberty of London fabric and was trying to think of something heart-themed and came up with these little appliqued scrunchy heart shapes free-form quilted onto 100% natural linen. Back is also linen, trimmed with the same Liberty fabric. Embroidered on the front with the French phrase: Mon amour pour toi est eternel (my love for you is forever).

Potholder Mishap

I spent WAY too much time on this project and then it ended in tragedy. Sigh. Using layers of organic cotton terry cloth, insul-brite, batting and cotton fabric, I quilted everything together, formed a pocket on one side and when I went to add the binding, the layers were just too thick. I had to sew the binding on each piece separately and then sew them together. I haven't done much binding so it's not really my expertise. Yet.

More tragic photos on my Flickr page.