I’ve done my part…

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Kim

to stimulate the economy and support the post office.

Since I haven’t been sewing, I have been buying… and boy have I been buying!

A king-sized batting for a specific quilt. Though I have a roll of batting, it is queen sized. So I had to order a king-sized batting. CIMG0453

A new sewline pencil with refill leads in other colors. CIMG0460

Block three for the Designer Mystery from Fat Quarter Shop

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A book, the other two I ordered were not released yet. There was a sale to buy two and get one for $1.99 – this was the book I got.

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Some Lanyard parts

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For a project:

Two bias tape makers:

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Some interfacing CIMG0454

Some 1.5 yard cuts of batiks from Fat Quarter Shop CIMG0465

For these two projects:

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Some 1-yard cuts from Thousands of Bolts:

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Some threads from Superior – mostly bottom line, a couple of spools of king tut

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And lastly, I got this cute package in the mail – when I turned it over there were these cute owl stikers:

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Inside was this:

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Thanks Holly!!

I guess the moral is, don’t leave my sewing stuff in the garage for a week… my pocketbook can’t take it… lol!

HQG – June Potluck

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Kim

Monday was my guild’s annual potluck dinner. In addition to that, there is always an auction of donated unwanted items from member’s sewing rooms.

Here were my spoils from the evening. I spent maybe about $20.

A kit to make a small wallhanging.

A set of fabric – the floral is 1 yard and the other two are about 1/4 yard pieces.

These are almost half yard cuts

These are 1-yard cuts of a nice decor weight fabric.

Another thing that happens is the installation of new officers for the following guild year. I was installed as the guilds Vice president and Membership Chair.

Here my friend Susan and I (she was installed as President)

I also got a few things in the mail this week:

A new book

My Aunt Kathy sent me these – they were my grandma’s. I lost ONE of mine – a very commonly used size in all the BOM’s I work on. She sent me the whole set. Thank you Aunt Kathy!

At It Again

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Kim

Yes. I did it. I started another project.

I got my Frosted Windowpanes quilt kit in the mail yesterday and couldn’t even pause long enough to take a picture of the kit before I broke into it. I told myself I was just going to look at the pattern to see how difficult it was. I would just look at all the different fabrics to make sure they were all there. Then I would just sort them into colors instead of being mixed up.

Yea. Ok.

At 5pm I was cutting into it. By 8 pm (and had to pause to cook dinner and eat) – I have 40 3″ 9-patch blocks.

Indigo Shibori Fabric

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Kim

A few months ago, my guild offered a class with a local Indigo Shibori teacher. I wanted to take the class, but it interfered with another previously scheduled event, so I resigned myself to never experience it. I loved the look of Indigo, and wanted some pieces – more so than the actual process (I don’t think I will ever enjoy that anyway because of the mess involved and the fact that I can’t do it on my own).

Saturday, at the guild’s Christmas party, one of the guild members had a bunch of fabrics she dyed. We traded some of my beach bags I make for some of her fabrics. Here is what I got:

Each piece is different sizes – with the smallest being 9″ X WOF. Some of the photos do not do the fabric justice. They are just beautiful. I guess I have another future WIP on my hands. I want to add some nice red and figure out a pattern to use.