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| All Set Skirt |
I have not been blogging since the Summer. Sigh. Such a long time. And I don't have much to say for myself except that I did have 19 students in this Fall's Psychological Assessment course this year and that meant reworking my course and lots of papers to read. I also had a busy Fall at work. But now I welcome below zero temperatures and lots of snow because I can convince myself that it is ok to forgo outdoor exercise in favor of fiber arts! So I am recommitting to blogging.
My first post was inspired by the awesome art teacher at school, MC Baker. She redrew a cover for a photo album I ordered from Apple for Ben this Christmas. This was a real lifesaver after Moxie chewed up the package on the front stoop! So I to give back, I made a skirt for her daughter from
Anna Maria Horner's new pattern. The skirt is the cutest and I made it from
Lizzyhouse fabric, which I purchased at
Nido's in Burlington. Ziva loves it. MC wants one in adult size and I think I want one, too. Anna Maria Horner, could you make an adult size pattern?
My second project is a fabric box from Zakko Style. You know already that I love
Melody Miller! So I fashioned up a fabric box using her fabrics. Lots of hand stitching which went by quickly at Snack and Sew at Nido's last month.
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| Any Way You Slice It |
And last and certainly not least is my
Denyse Schmidt Any Way You Slice It quilt-in king size! This quilt was very fun to make and I made it from a huge pile of fat quarters of her Chicopee line with some solid Kaufman Kona cottons I picked up here and there and from my stash. I also added some old fabrics from her previous line, Hope Valley. Then it was so huge, I went to Knits and Bolts in New Haven, Vermont and purchased 108 inch wide fabric for the backing. Then off it went to Alewives for some long arm quilting in a wind pattern with dark red thread. I have just finished binding it and had to hang it over my upstairs porch in order to photograph it! I love the results!
I love Anna Maria Horner. I have said this before, but I will say it again. When you look at her collections on the shelf or in a pile, you wonder what she was thinking. Then when you put them together, a whole new magic occurs. I loved her line, Loulouthi and I was afraid I couldn't love her new line. And while I am still more enamored with the colors of Loulouthi, I have an appreciation for the organic-ness of Field study. I made this piece in the style of Turning Twenty. My friends at Alewives machine quilted it in a pattern that looks like spiders building webs. It is just gorgeous! I am also placing this quilt in my Etsy Shop. 
