Stitching the pieces together
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I LOVE dying fabrics, but hate the fabric preparation. Have they made it any easier Paula??? Before you had to wash it in something special...
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I can't believe it, I have been wondering why this thread hasn't been active lately. Then I looked and saw it has, but my favorite topics wasn't bringing it up. Anyone else ever have this problem?
I am looking forward to the winter and some indoor time to sew and craft more.
Beautiful baby quilts and afghans, Jo!
You must have earned your mother's trust, Sheila. That is so special!
Paula, give us an brief outline of what you learned. I am intrigued.
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I've had that happen too, Meece! Threads aren't always showing 'new' when they are. I feel really terrible when I'm talking to someone before surgery and I don't see an update and finally it shows up and they've already had their surgery!!! Doi!
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I know, and mine has evidently been doing this for quite some time now. I have a bit of reading to do to catch up!
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Meece the teacher gave us 2 colors to use. I wanted mine to be green so she had a formula to mix up different shades of green, Then we put them in zip lock bags 4 atlest 4 hours 'We all put colth in a tub cintainer,and squeeze color then squeez .thrn fixident more colors were added.mmYou take a gkss snatch it tigetger.mmI ended wirh so cool fabric!
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Doing the happy dance, got my machine back today!
It was only $65 to get it serviced, I got the quilt guild discount. Can't wait to get it out and start sewing!Sheila
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Sheila - How exciting - I would be totally lost without mine.
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Meece; I love this thread. I just found it and I thought maybe I should post what I've been up to since completed my treatment so here it goes.
I started a blog while recuperating from my DIEP surgery. Actually, I started on Day 8 because I was climbing the walls.
Anyhow, it dawned on me that there must be other breast cancer survivors who are crafters, seamstresses, artists etc that might want to show their stuff off on my blog.
I don't make any money off of this as it is not a business. I do it only for fun. Crafting was a good respite for me while recuperating. Anyhow, I'm thinking of doing a once a week feature entitled Breast Cancer Crafters that would show only BC survivors arts and crafts. If you are interested in participating, please take a look at my blog http://larissahill.blogspot.com/ or contact me at hmh308@gmail.com
I am open to people who sell their products through Etsy, Ebay or whatever so they can get some exposure and I am also interested in those women/men who just want to show off what they are up to. I do alot of my crafting for fundraising.
If you know anyone who might be interested in joining but may not be on our boards, then just give them my email and we can send them directions on how to participate. In the meantime, I'd love for anyone and everyone to join. I think it would be a wonderful place for BC Survivors to showcase the art.
Fondly, Heather
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Heather - What a nice idea. I do quilting and tend to post pictures as I finish them. I have done quite a few since the beginning of the year and still have some stored on my computer. I would like to share them with you.
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jo1955; Please come and join me. Would you kindly send an email to hmh308@gmail.com and tell me a bit about yourself. Do you sell them, give them to friends or donate them? If you don't have an Etsy store or Ebay store, I'm thinking that maybe I would feature one of the weeks as a survivor who is also a quilter.
Please send me your diagnosis and treatment info as well. Thx so much. Heather
Please pass this along to any of your friends who are BC survivors.
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Welcome to the thread, Heather. So glad you are on your way to recovery!
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Heather - Will do later today.
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Well Meece sorry its taken me so long to let you know about the fabric dying. The woman who taught us uses powdered dye that she mixes with water. We soaked our fat quarters in a fixative made of salt and wasing powder. Then we chose our colors and she gave us the recipes to mix. I chose green so I mixed different amounts of blue and yellow for different shades of green. It really turned out nice. Then we took a dry fat quarter and a container and put a bit of fixative then a dye. We did this 3 times useing 3 different colors. It really turned out cool. I have become a fabric dyeing junkie now, lol. If you go to dharmatradingcompany.com they have all kinds of cool stuff. I cant wait for my packages to arrive and get started.
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Here are some pics of the class.
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Right now our little museum is having an exhibit of quilts..I made this collage of some of them
and these are some from the "bed turning" they did at the reception
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Beautiful pictures, Lisa!
Paula I can easily se how one could become and addict! I would love to try it!
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Paula - Those pieces look just like batiks - you did great - I can see how you can become addicted.
Lisa - Those quilts are amazing.
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Well done Paula!!!! Love the pics Lisa! What a good bunch of colour on this thread today!!!
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thanks girls!! I really had a fun time. The greens and reds were done in ziploc bags so depending on how you scrunched them up, is how they came out. I am going to try a few that arent as scrunched up to see how they turn out.
Love the pics Lisa. I for years have loved watching quilts being made on our PBS stations. I never wanted to do it. Then I deceided to give it a whirl last year and am loving it.
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I just found this thread. It just sent my heart a flutter !! I have a fabric addiction and a wonderful husband that sits in the car while I look and touch and dream of things to do, with fabric that is =:0)
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lol sewingnut, atleast he will ride with you. My hubby wont even do that! He just drops me off and heads to Menards for himself, lol!
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Welcome sewingnut - I do my fabric shopping by myself or with a friend - make hubby stay at home then I can take my time - LOL!
For those of you who are on Facebook, I just posted pictures of some of my quilts and afghans. Go take a look and let me know what you think.
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Oh, I'm so glad I found your thread. I've asked on the Creative Thread for info about sewing machines and Barbe1958 came to the rescue! So, I've sort of narrowed down that my very first sewing machine, will be, ta,ta,tra, laa ( that's a drum role) a Janome Magnolia #7318. It's available on Amazon - which makes it easy for me. I live in a very rural area.
SO, my question is - have any of you used this machine? Or have friends who have? I really want something very basic, but that I can also "grow" with. Only plan to do very simple things, just want to learn to sew. So many of the clothes I wear - Flax Flood's linen pants - elastic waist, just plain baggy legs - shouldn't be THAT hard to make?
I looked at some very "basic" Singer, Brother machines - ooooohhhh...didn't like the plasticky feel, and the reviews were grim. Don't need a "computer" LCD type. AND, the most reliable is important to me to. Thanks for any opinions anyone may have.
LOVE YOUR QUILTS - and the dye colors are gorgeous - did tht years ago, with "natural" dyes.
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Sunflowers I took a natural dye class last year and I liked it as well. It was really cool how they used bugs and herbs for the dyes. I never knew thats how they did it.
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Sunflowers - I have a Brother sewing machine and I just love it. I do alot of quilting - just simple stuff and it has worked for me. DH got it for me about 4 years ago for Christmas and I have not had one problem with it. Each one of us has different tastes. I have heard about the Janome - nothing but great reviews but way out of my price range.
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jo1955 - the brother gets great reviews on the web, the "beginner" ones I've loooked at - but then, when I go to Amazon to see the reviews of the people who have bought them there, they're awful!
Confusing...I want something very basic, and RELIABLE - the reason when I moved back to the States I bought a Honda Accord , and have owned Hondas ever since. The Janome 7318 is $200. and about the same price as most of the Brother ones I've seen. Mostly the reviews have been so positive.
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Paula,
You might be interested in a book written by Victoria Finlay, COLOR: A Natural History of the Palette. It's a fascinating "history" of color - where so many of the colors came from, and what they meant to people at various times in history.
I was amazed at how the different mordants could so change the color of the natural dyes. Especially onion skins!
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my dh bought me a Singer in 1969, been working ever since even with three sons who did heavy work on their Levis...
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SunFlowers - When I got my machine I did not know about the Janomes. I may have to check them out if they are only $200.00. Christmas is not that far away - LOL!
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