Melinda Quilts etc
I was going to skip design wall Monday because I didn’t want to show the same thing again this week. I didn’t do anything with the black/while/lime green that has been hanging out on my board. Then I realized that I have worked on something this week – postcards!
Here they are on the design floor!
They will be going in the mail this afternoon on my way to the bank. I hope they are well received.
For more design walls (and floors and beds) to to Judy’s blog here.
Melinda
We had a wonderful dinner and party last night at a local restaurant. The meal was great but the company was even better. About two months ago we drew names for a gift exchange and the only rule is that we had to make the gift. I drew Michele’s name and made a Letty’s bag for her out of my stash of oilcloth.
Here is the inside of the bag – lots of pockets. The lining is regular quilting cotton while the outside is oilcloth.
Then I used some leftover lining fabric to make a click it bag (using part of a metal tape measure as the closure).
Michele seemed to like it a lot – I love it. Once I get a little free time, I want to make myself one.
Melinda
Today was the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild meeting and holiday celebration. We had a wonderful pot luck brunch, lots of inspiring show and tell, along with a gift exchange. We each made a mug rug and they all were wonderful. Here they all are after we unwrapped our gifts.
This is the one I made that Pam took home. I have been playing with oilcloth and had some scraps on my cutting table so after I made the selvage background, I cut out a couple of trees and appliqued them on. I like it.
Here is the one I got to bring home with me.
Look at the wonderful curved piecing. Rae learned how to do curved piecing in my class a couple of months ago. There is even a special applique to put my mug on. I love it.
Lots of great show and tell but just want to share one photo. It is an wonderfully colorful quilt that Nicole is working on. I love it.
That reminds me of my Y2K Christmas quilt that I just put on my bed this weekend. I love this quilt too but think I want to make a more colorful one like Nichole’s sometime soon. Guess I should start saving squares now.
Here is my Christmas quilt.
Melinda
OK – I confess. I have become obsessed with oil cloth. When I was in California this summer I bought 14 half yards of oil cloth. Have I used any? Of course not. However, when Fabric.com had a sale last week, I bought some more.
Since free shipping required a $35 purchase, I had to get enough to qualify. Not sure exactly how much is here but the largest piece is only one yard so it isn’t as much as it looks – at least I hope it isn’t.
I guess I better get going making something from oil cloth. I think I will stop by the sewing machine store today and pick up a teflon foot. It makes it much easier to sew on oil cloth and vinyl.
Melinda
