A triumph of sorts
Got up this morning and was going to work on the quilt, but something didn't feel quite right...it just wasn't a Sunday morning without sitting down and working on the book! So I sat down and wrote about a page worth of Day One...I've gotten in the HABIT of writing! Quite a difference from having to force myself to sit down and try typing. I'm thrilled. Definitely in the swing of things.
I have altered a pattern slightly to sit further down the hips than usual--I'm hoping adding 2" to the back will be enough to keep skin from showing--and have gotten to work on the crazy-quilt top. So far I've done the center panel, and I think it will be FANTASTIC. I'm using all kinds of fabrics, from plain-Jane quilting cottons to elaborate metallic brocades, in shades from yellow to orange to red, in pieces about 3"x4". I plan to decorate the seams either with fancy stitching or with strings of sequins, ribbon, etc. I bought 50 yards of silk ribbon from Dharma Trading Co and will try dyeing it in fantastic orange colors.
I've also bought a bunch of smallish silk flowers and will probably embellish the top with them. I was down at Jo-Ann's Fabrics in search of orange quilting fabrics and noticed that they were having an 80% off (!) sale on one brand of silk flowers, so I immediately went through and grabbed all the orange and purple ones. At 40 cents a bundle, that was quite affordable. I plan to strip off the flowers from the foliage (I really dont' have houseroom for full bundles of flowers) and store them in a bag somewhere.
That's all for today...I'm headed down to the Peninsula to do a longish ride (for variety, I think I'm going to go down and do Congress Springs Road up to Skyline and then down Page Mill) and then have a dinner engagement, so I don't expect to get much else done today.
I have altered a pattern slightly to sit further down the hips than usual--I'm hoping adding 2" to the back will be enough to keep skin from showing--and have gotten to work on the crazy-quilt top. So far I've done the center panel, and I think it will be FANTASTIC. I'm using all kinds of fabrics, from plain-Jane quilting cottons to elaborate metallic brocades, in shades from yellow to orange to red, in pieces about 3"x4". I plan to decorate the seams either with fancy stitching or with strings of sequins, ribbon, etc. I bought 50 yards of silk ribbon from Dharma Trading Co and will try dyeing it in fantastic orange colors.
I've also bought a bunch of smallish silk flowers and will probably embellish the top with them. I was down at Jo-Ann's Fabrics in search of orange quilting fabrics and noticed that they were having an 80% off (!) sale on one brand of silk flowers, so I immediately went through and grabbed all the orange and purple ones. At 40 cents a bundle, that was quite affordable. I plan to strip off the flowers from the foliage (I really dont' have houseroom for full bundles of flowers) and store them in a bag somewhere.
That's all for today...I'm headed down to the Peninsula to do a longish ride (for variety, I think I'm going to go down and do Congress Springs Road up to Skyline and then down Page Mill) and then have a dinner engagement, so I don't expect to get much else done today.
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