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July 2003 |
Sunday,
July 27, 2003
Sewing, Sleeping & Socializing
Those were the three components of this weekend. I'm determined
to have Burgundy and Mike's quilt top done by Saturday, to take
to Minnesota on Sunday.
Making good progress. Much sewing The quilt is all designed
on squares (concentric borders/rows of blocks) in a naturals
palette. The centerpiece is a basketweave pattern (see June),
then a border, then a row of stars (see below). A couple more
borders and then a border of these log cabin blocks. They'll
be trimmed down to 10" square. A border or two and then a row
of 3" squares. A couple more borders and there you have a bed
sized square quilt of squares.
More pics this week as a work on it.
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on 10:22 PM
Monday,
July 21, 2003
Linen Millinery
On August 3rd, my mom and I are hosting the wedding shower for
my lovely sister, Burgundy, who gets hitched to the lovely Mike
August 9th. I am officially in the wedding prep vortex. It's
not a bad vortex to be in, but I'm close enough to the trip
that I'm listing with a big To-Do list and wondering if there's
enough time between now and then to do it all.
Yesterday, I was talking to mom who said, "You better pack a
hat!" Our shower is a ladies tea (mom's going to the nines with
it) and all comers should be wearers hats. I had pushed this
to the back of my mind, because I wasn't keen on finding room
in the luggage for the hat. The plan was to take the extra fabric
hemmed from my orange linen dress and tie it around a straw
hat mom owns. But I used to be WAY into hats and made loads
of them, so this seemed like a weak solution to the problem.
Last night I had a brainstorm, seen above. I took the leftover
hem and turned it into a ruffle in a soft linen hat made from
a linen shirt I had dyed before, but never wore because it died
unevenly. It all came together smoothly and fits just fine.
It matches the dress. It'll take up next-to-no room in my luggage.
I just can't decided if it's cute or too cute.
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on 1:42 PM
Sunday,
July 20, 2003
Mama's Got a Brand New Bag
On the left my beloved sequined and beaded bag. A couple years
ago I totally splurged on it at Art Mart in Champaign-Urbana.
Spent my I really didn't have, but was so glad I did. This bag
is the perfect size, hangs perfect, nice magnet closure. I literally
wore it out. Today, I made a replacement (on the right). I used
Butterick pattern number 3873, option A. Took in the width by
a couple inches, lengthed the strap by about a foot. This pattern
was not meant to be worn diagonally. Bonus,
I reused the magnet closure on the old bag. Thick black cotton,
thinner cotton lining, pocket inside. We'll see how it works
out. Not estastic with how thick the strap is. Happy to have
this type of bag back. Happy that it's slightly larger.
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on 10:22 PM
Wednesday,
July 16, 2003
Seeing Stars
Not much to blog about. Return of client work is cutting into
makin-stuff-with-my-hands-time, but the finanical side of me
if breathing easier. Pretty much have been slowly making stars
for Burgundy and Mike's wedding quilt. Thankfully, I learned
a shortcut to making the "geese" to make eight pointed stars.
My first, uneducated stab at it was a mess. The stars are different
combinations of fabrics, with the black/sky parts all being
one fabric, the white/points being all one fabric, the middle
square a second white fabric. With variation from star to star.
They're about 7.5" square. 20 made, 8 to go...
Since I'm not a precision quilter, I'll be putting sashing around
the stars to get the spacing right. And it looks like the points
of some of the stars will be clipped. I'll post a pic when the
stars are added to the whole.
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on 2:22 PM
Monday,
July 14, 2003
I'll
Be Blogathoning!
I've been thinking of participating in Blogathon
2003. I sorta participated in 2001
(blogged but had no charity. This year I've decided to draw
for 24 hours and will post the drawings in this blog. It took
me awhile to decide on a charity. In 2001, I would've blogged
for the Museum
of Jurassic Technology . Still pine for the MJT but
they don't have a secure server for donations. Also thought
of Planned
Parenthood, but they are well represented (hooray!).
So, it's WBEZ
, Chicago Public Radio. It's incongruous to draw for radio,
but what the heck. So, watch this space July 26th!
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