I love searching around for pieces that inspire me to create. When picking fabrics I tend to gravitate towards stripes. They can be so classic and at the same time pull lots of different designs and colors together.
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Vintage Modern Monday
Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild met on Saturday and we have some wonderful ideas coming up through out 2011. The Indiana State Museum in hosting an exhibit to look at the history of Indiana quilts. This sparked an idea…what if we did something Vintage Modern. The word traditional is not really welcomed.
We are hoping to make some pieces inspired by the phrase Vintage Modern and showcase them during a First Friday later in the year. Here is something that I found that may invoke some inspiration.
Reminds me of a skinny version of the dresden plate.
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100 Posts…A Reflection
The number is finally here and I feel like it took forever. This has been a very rewarding process. In addition to writing on my blog, I have been fascinated with QuilterBlogs.com. There is so much inspiration for creativity on there. Thank you everyone for sharing.
Where do I go from here?
First and foremost…I am not buying any fabric during the month of September. I have bought enough recently to start my own store. Actually I’ve been buying up fabric to work on projects, fill my Etsy store, and have products ready for craft shows. That’s where this blog has taken me…small business owner.
I love my hobby enough to share with the world and try to do something with it.
Recently, a couple of other bloggers have contacted me about doing a giveaway. Great, LOVE to!! When I’m on their site, I’ll make sure to let you know.
I still want this blog to be about the creative process, how I pick fabric, what I choose to do with it, and the final design. It holds me accountable for getting things done. Sharing with the world makes me very nervous, but it is rewarding.
There are things that I haven’t done, like continued with my charity quilts. I have so many custom orders and other ideas, I will get to those in the coming months.
This blog has been and will continue to be my creative outlet. Hopefully the next 100 posts will not take as long as the first 100.
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Timeless Treasures Fave New Fabric Lines
New fabric is always such an inspiration. My mind starts going and creating as I started looking into Timeless Treasures new fabrics. Thank you to fabric designers that are being non-traditional and working to create new trends.
One of my favorite manufacturers is Timeless Treasures. Their Web site is very easy to navigate and they have great photos. My favorite designer for them is Alice Kennedy. She created some of the fabrics that I spoke about earlier this year: Lily and Strawberry Fields. I could kick myself in the rear for not purchasing the Strawberry Fields for my stash, but buying a house was more important at the time. There are a few shops that have it still online, none of the local shops near me purchased the lines.
Currently, this is what I am loving from Timeless.
Acorn: It’s bright, cheery, and funky in the brights line. The neutrals are more grown-up, trendy and could easily work into anyone’s home decor. If you visit Fat Quarter Shop you can find them under Fruity Acorn and Nutty Acorn. I must resist the Nutty Acorn…it fabrics would go well in my living room.
Berkley: Thanks again Alice, love this line. The Peacock Berkley is a great blend of yellow, blue, and green. There is a wonderful retro feel with coordinating stripes and paisleys. Bubblegum Berkley would be great for a young girl. It’s not babyish, but stylish and not too grown up.
Botanica: Lourdes Sanchez is wooing me with this combination of purples, grey, yellow and black. I think I could incorporate these colors into our bedroom. The purple isn’t too much especially since it is muted by the grey, black, and mustard yellow. Now I just need to find out when this line is available.
Okay back to the real world of work. I’ve got to afford my fabric obsession somehow.
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Thank You Gma
I spent some time with my gma this weekend. This the woman that has basically made me the woman that I am today. Plus she allowed me to just be myself as a kid. I got to pretend, play dress up (she had a great dancing wardrobe), sew, and run around outside. Overall, it was a pretty awesome childhood.
My coworker and I were talking this week about who taught us to sew. I told her the story of sitting at the sewing machine saying my ABC’s & 123’s as a kid. Good think I didn’t injure myself. There was also a good chance I was rocking back in the kitchen chair too, a BIG NO-NO.
My gma is 96, my mom was an oops when my she was 45. I have uncles that are close to age of my dad’s parents. She is very traditional and a sweet loving woman. I had the hardest time understanding with I wasn’t a “GREAT” grandkid when all the other kids were my age.
Unfortunately at 96 memories fade, the body isn’t what it used to be, the mind doesn’t put it all together. Up until about August 2009 she was sharp, just physically slowed down. Someone asked me the other day how she was and this was my response:
“My gma is not the woman that everyone once knew. She is not strong, stubborn, and free willed anymore. She is now a frail old woman.”
I can say that because I have watched her become that and it is not what she wants. That’s not the way I remember her. I remember her as the woman that let me be creative and express myself. Guide me through life to become a great woman. Give me life lessons that only she could.
It’s harder to go see her know. I used to really look forward to it. Now it just breaks my heart. Here is a photo of her at my wedding. She sometimes doesn’t know she was there. But she LOVES anything I create her and will talk about it for weeks.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Call a loved one and tell them how much they mean to you. I’m looking forward to the next time I can give my gma a hug. My generation tends to forget about the very important people in their lives and focuses instead on themselves a bit too much.
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Congratulations to…
Thank you so much for all the submissions. We had a great time reading over them. Mrs C has chosen a winner.
Patty Says:I learned to sew from my grandmother. We always teased mom that she couldn’t sew on a button. But grandma had all the patience in the world and showed me so much. I was the oldest granddaughter who lived near by, so I must have been chosen! When I was still too young to actually run the machine, I would pull out the pins right before they got to the needle. And I did a great job of it according to grandma. Both my grandmothers are deceased now, but I have a wonderful treasure from them. When mom was cleaning out her mother’s house she found appliqued sunbonnet sue and butterfly blocks. I didn’t know grandma had ever appliqued, so they must have been put away a long time before I was born. They are hand button hole stitched and 30’s fabric. But since grandma was gone and I really wasn’t old enough to quilt by myself yet, my grandma on dad’s side of the family, who also quilted, set the blocks together and quilted it. So I have this beautiful quilt of 30’s fabrics lovingly put together by both of my grandmothers. I am now a grandmother myself and have made lots and lots of quilts and clothing. My oldest granddaughter turns 8 this month and I am going to give her one of my older machine and teach her how to sew. She was so excited when I asked her if she wanted to learn. And that makes me think of my mom not liking to sew and my daughter not liking to sew…..so it must be true that it skips a generation in my family.
Patty…please email me at [email protected] with your address and your 5 fq selections.