Uppity-Mama

Finally, A Finished Quilt!

Okay, so I saw a guy and he was wearing this cool shirt. 

So I made it into a quilt!

 

It's been rainy here and tough to get great pictures so I may change these when the sun comes out again.

 

The solids are all Kaufman Kona cottons: peridot, melon, ice frappe, cerise, chocolate, rich red, and champagne.  At the moment the name of the print is slipping my mind...and there's a pond between me and my studio so I'm not going out there!  Anyone know?  For the binding I used Anna Maria's Mixed Signals print from the Innocent Crush Collection. 

So Exciting at Sew Modern

The shelves are starting to fill up!  I've kept all of the fabrics in their plastics so far to keep them clean but I don't think I can stand it much longer. 

I got the new Tula Pink line, Parisville in and can't wait to make something with it, it really is stunning.

Also on the horizon is the completely fantastic Ruby Star Rising collection by Melody Miller.  I even bought a viewmaster to have in the store for the "kids" to play with!

Oh, yes and Thursday I am picking up the entire line of Kona cottons at Robert Kaufman!  Hooray for solids!

Takin' Care of Bees-ness

I was way behind on my bee blocks and now I'm caught up... for the moment.

These are for Nicole:

She got her inspiration from Oh Fransson here.

These are for Liz:

These are for Chris:

And these wonky stars are for Natasha:

 
 

Phew!  But it's fun.

 

Sew Modern is Coming

Have you missed me?  I have been in a holding pattern waiting for the final lease deal to go down.  I WILL be opening my shop, probably in mid January.  Yay!!  I hope you will take this journey with me as I get the store together.  I will share photos with you soon.  And yes, the name is SEW MODERN!  Someone suggested it on the survey I put out and I love it.

There has been sewing going on, but not much is getting finished.

I've been working on this blouse which was so simple until I got to the neckline.  I cannot seem to attach in a graceful way.  It is a simple tube of fabric, twisted a few times.  It needs to be handsewn on and I guess that's why I keep messing it up-soooo not my forte. 

I am also joining in with Rachel's Colorbrick Quilt-a-Long.  Mostly because I have been admiring the one she made for a long time and I want one just like it.  So I'm pretty much copying her (I did ask her first!)  This is what I've got so far:

And then there's this stripey quilt I'm making based on a guys shirt I took a picture of in a restaurant once. Not too far along on this as you can see.  Hopefully I'll be able to post a finish next week.

Happy Sunday!

 

Fabic Scrap Swap at LAMQG!

We have done other swaps at LAMQG meetings but this one has been my favorite thus far. Each participant brought in a small baggie of scraps.  The reciever could add ONE fabric from their stash and make anything they wanted to return to their person.  Our names were drawn randomly and oddly, Terri and I got each other!  I was thrilled because Terri is an amazing sewist.  

Here is what I made for Terri:

 

I used the Cosmetics Pouch pattern from I Heart Patchwork.  The fabric I added was the Lecien grey polka dot which I also used for the lining. 

   

And here is what Terri made me!  I hope you can see how beautiful it is.  It's been very rainy and hard to get a good picture. The navy fabric is what she added.  I love it.

She even put a zipper in the back.

It was so exciting to see all the AMAZING things people made with the scraps they got.  You can see what Alissa made here, what Kelly and Kelli made here.

It was also our one year anniversary!  Emily has a post with a picture of all of us present at the latest meeting.  And we were ALL supposed to be making a funny face, not JUST me!  Although it was my idea---I thought people were on board!  Latifah gave out some awards which was really sweet and funny.   See what I got?

The white rolled up thread catcher was made by Latifah...one for EVERYONE!  She is awesome, I tell you!

Plus there were door prizes donated by members and local businesses.  I won a queen size package of batting!  Yay!

Little Boxes

Kelli asked for house blocks for the Bricolage and Butter Bee.  These were really fun to make, although I think I made the houses on the bigger end of what she asked for.  Hope they're okay, Kelli!

 

 

Blocks and sergers and such

So, of course, it was my threading error on the serger yesterday.  I was finally able to finish the pj's and I'll try and show you them tomorrow.  I still think it would be awe-to-the-some to have that OTHER serger, though.  Just so I don't have to thread it.  How lazy is that?

And to Jaime's comment...Yes, I am crazy, girl! Join me?

And to Emily...I really don't have room for a long arm right now.  Don't you see all the other gear I am stockpiling!  Some day, though, some day.

In the meantime, Shaina's blocks for the Bee Mod bee.

 

Alissa's Block

Just one for Alissa.  She has enough bee experience to know that if you ask for more you'll be able to make another whole quilt out of them and you may not want to.  Then who's blocks do you leave out?  See what I'm saying?  Alissa is smart. 

BTW if you don't know already, her name is pronounced A-leesa. not Alyssa.  Got it?  Alissa is an amazing woman.  She casts Project Runway (yup, for reals!), she is VP of the LA Modern Quilt Guild and one of the two founders of the Modern Quilt Guild along with Latifah.  I am constantly inspired and impressed by her.  She's only been quilting a couple of years and she's THAT good!  She also teaches quilting classes here in LA, has a highly regarded and visited blog and somehow she is ALWAYS chill.  I don't know how she does it. 

Help Women, Win Fabric

Head on over to Alissa's blog today and dig deep.  She is hosting a fundraiser for the Kivu Sewing Workshop, a worthy cause if ever there was one.  Donate and be entered to win some AMAZING fabric prizes.

More Bee Blocks

These are for Emily who gave a LOT of gorgeous fabric choices and wanted each to have the floral and the kona coal in it.  She asked for various sized blocks, though not too small. And no log cabins. 

 

The "plaid" one is very poorly constructed but after numerous attempts at fixing it I finally just gave up. I was just spazzing out that day for some reason!  Emily can choose to use it or not.  I'm happy with the other two, though!

The BAD Plaid: