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wayfaringwordhackWhat does one do when one has:
a) to pack an entire house;
b) finish a draft of a book by Sept. 1st;
c) finish crocheting a blanket, among other projects;
d) art journal everyday;
e) crit a friend's MS;
f) host a cookout for 7 and tea for 4;
g) keep a very active baby out of trouble?
Why, one cuts 400+ squares out of madras and white cotton then sews the little squares into strips
and the strips into squares
and joins them with bigger squares to make a madras quilt top, a king-sized quilt top to be precise, the first quilt one has ever made (excepting a simplistic baby quilt --the one hanging on the Sprout's crib).
I used this quilt from Pippa Patchwork as inspiration but had to recalculate for size and the more abstract look I wanted (smaller squares inserted in the large, frex).
Here ends the procrastination (I'll do the back and the actual quilting while watching the Rugby World Cup this Sept/Oct). I must now pack for the truck must be loaded Monday night, and we are hitting the road early Tuesday morning. Next time I see you I will be in on the flanks of the Black Mountains or on the shores of the Arcachon Basin.
Be well, my friends.
a) to pack an entire house;
b) finish a draft of a book by Sept. 1st;
c) finish crocheting a blanket, among other projects;
d) art journal everyday;
e) crit a friend's MS;
f) host a cookout for 7 and tea for 4;
g) keep a very active baby out of trouble?
Why, one cuts 400+ squares out of madras and white cotton then sews the little squares into strips
and the strips into squares
and joins them with bigger squares to make a madras quilt top, a king-sized quilt top to be precise, the first quilt one has ever made (excepting a simplistic baby quilt --the one hanging on the Sprout's crib).
I used this quilt from Pippa Patchwork as inspiration but had to recalculate for size and the more abstract look I wanted (smaller squares inserted in the large, frex).
Here ends the procrastination (I'll do the back and the actual quilting while watching the Rugby World Cup this Sept/Oct). I must now pack for the truck must be loaded Monday night, and we are hitting the road early Tuesday morning. Next time I see you I will be in on the flanks of the Black Mountains or on the shores of the Arcachon Basin.
Be well, my friends.
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Date: 20 Aug 2011 08:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Aug 2011 11:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Aug 2011 02:38 pm (UTC)It's my daydream to make fabric by sewing strips together like this, and then make a dress out of it.
... but I'm procrastinating on it...
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Date: 20 Aug 2011 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Aug 2011 04:06 pm (UTC)SO beautiful.
I wish my procrastination was half as productive. :P
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Date: 20 Aug 2011 07:54 pm (UTC)Wow!
Date: 21 Aug 2011 01:54 am (UTC)- D
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Date: 22 Aug 2011 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 30 Aug 2011 04:36 am (UTC)