Archive for July, 2009
* One quilt June fabrics
Posted on July 11th, 2009 by maitreya. Filed under Sewing/Fabric Crafts.
Concept for my quilt: each block is some variation on the letter M, which is the first letter of my name and my husband’s. I tried to pick some more geometric prints plus the solids in green+black+white to keep it more unisex. Can’t wait to see how everybody’s blocks turn out!
And yes, I realize it’s actually July now.
* randL travel wallet
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by maitreya. Filed under Wants.
* one quilt months 5 and 6
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by maitreya. Filed under Inspiration, Sewing/Fabric Crafts.
I’m trying to catch up on my sadly lagging blocks for one quilt.
This one is for i heart linen, and the task was to make a house using a stack of lovely fabrics that she picked out. I paged through an awesome book on A-frames at a bookstore a while back and knew that was it. I loved my Fisher Price A-frame dollhouse when I was little, so it seemed like her kiddo might like it too.
I totally winged the construction, starting from a pencil sketch. There was a dicey moment at the end when I decided to add the yellow polka dot corners and cut one of the pieces mirror image of how it should’ve been. Luckily I hadn’t trimmed it yet and had barely enough clearance to sew it on upside down. The decoration on the door is a cutout from some eyelet fabric. And can I just point out how nice and square my little 9-patch lawn turned out? Yeah, that little confidence boost didn’t last.
This one is for Sew Click Create, and did not turn out quite so well. For one thing, I ended up with nowhere near enough fabric, I think because I have a loooooot of fabric tied up in seam allowances. Hopefully Chara can add some white sashing to bring it to size for her quilt. Also, you may have noticed that I used the unpopular “zombie geese” pattern, in which you don’t read the directions on how to match the triangles for a flying geese pattern and end up chopping all their heads off when you sew the strips together. Ah well, at least the colors are pretty.
books I’m in
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This week, I’m in Jaipur, India, starting my second teaching stint with Ritchie Ace Camps. Last year’s Jaipur experience was amazing (lots of pics here), and I can’t wait to meet everyone who is coming on the 2015 version (although I’m going to miss last year’s group like mad!). I hadn’t used block printing techniques a lot …
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