Progress On All Fronts

How’s this for a bright quilt?  I figure that any little kid would love a bright, colorful quilt like this.  And guess what!  That border fabric is some I “found” in my cleaning.  It has all the same colors as the sashing fabric but MUCH BRIGHTER. 
As for the cleaning, I found that I get distracted pretty easily.  I worked all day Wednesday and got the the cutting table completely cleaned off and everything on it either put in it’s place or thrown away.  The before and after can be seen here.
Thursday I found that I just had to get a new cutting mat so I was out of town all day.
Friday and Saturday I again was in the studio, cleaning. 


This is the top of the cedar chest that sits next to my chair where I do most of my hand work and also take breaks.  It was piled high with magazines, fabric, fabric scraps, and a bunch of other “junk.”  Now it has places for the handwork as well as open spaces for my coffee cup. 




And would you believe there is a couch under there?  Just before I took this picture there wasn’t even that seat showing but DH came in to visit and cleared it for himself. 




Now it is empty with a spot for magazines and even a quilt. 









One of the things I realized was that I felt the need to play with my fabrics.

So I pulled all my batiks from the very messy shelf and refolded it.  Look how easy it is to do when the cutting table is clean.









Look at these very neat piles of folded beauty.






And here they are again in their new home. 

My batiks are now living right next to my sewing machines where I can see them while I sew even when I am not sewing batiks.




But I did do some sewing this week.  I finally got the binding on Henrietta and





And it is finally on the wall.  Funny thing, DH hasn’t even noticed that it is on the wall.  But I know it and love seeing it up there.








Other projects I worked on were:

I drew and prepped the applique fusible for the Fish BOM.  Later this week I will choose the fabric. 









And I am getting ready to correct an embroidery mistake.  This is the back of a denim jacket where the tiger did not sew out correctly.  It was a difficult design that messed up dramatically.




This  is the practice sew out.  I am going to applique it onto the jacket back.






The cleaning is going to continue.  I seem to actually be doing this on an every other day basis so at that rate will have about 1 1/2 weeks to go.   Hopefully after that I will keep up with it…….LOL.

Linking up with Patchwork Times and What a Hoot.

Something New on the Design Wall

I try to work with some sense of organization: 1 new project, 1 UFO, and 1 charity quilt.  Right now my new project is Christmas so I can’t share it.  I just finished a charity quilt so I need to figure out what I want to make next.  And last week I finished a UFO, see this post, and so the next one is on the DW. 

 

These blocks are also from an internet swap with embroidery centers designed from Nita’s Place.  Once again I have had them sitting on a shelf for a couple of years.  I have paired them with several different fabrics but always they seemed too “bland.”  As my readers may already know, I am partial to lots of color so nothing has seemed right. 

 

However, a couple of weeks ago I bought some precut 2 1/2” strips that are various shades of cream and I decided that maybe with some log cabin blocks I could make a very calm cream quilt.  So here you see the embroidered blocks

 

 

and I have started on the log cabin blocks.  It will be fun to see if I can keep a bright color from sneaking into this top, won’t it?

 

A week ago DH suggested we pay a visit to Sears.  We have not shopped there in so long I could not figure out what he was interested in.  Well, we headed right up to the TV section where we investigated 3D TVs.  We didn’t get one but the rest of the week found him on the computer doing research with occasional outbursts of information.  By the time he had finished his research all of the TVs in our area were sold.  Did that deter him?  Oh, no.  Saturday we went to our local Sears and ordered a new TV, DVD/Blue-Ray   player and 2 pair of 3D glasses.  They are supposed to be delivered early next week which gives us this week to rearrange the furniture to place the TV where I have always wanted it (a deal we made before I would agree to this purchase).  This should be a lot of fun, both rearranging the furniture and watching 3D movies and sports at home.

Now, for a bit of color you need to go on over to Patchwork Times where color abounds.