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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited April 2013

    I have an interview for the fulltime job today at 11:50.  I accepted an assignment for today and hope they let me take my lunch from 11:30 to 12:30.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

    I love the photo story.  On my oldest son's first Christmas my MIL gave him several ugly outfits (at least I thought so), so I put each one on him, tucked in the tags, propped him up in his cradle and took a picture of him in it.  Then took them back and picked out something cuter.  I know that sounds arrogant, but I hated those little lightweight cotton outfits for baby boys that looked like they had front buttons but buttoned up the back. And back then I hated putting brown on an infant.

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited April 2013

    Meece LOVE the baby room and YES!! you COULD do that for a living!!!

    Mel your colours are glorious and joyful and WAY nicer than the pattern! I bet a lot of your classmates are jealous of your colour sense!! I like the way you laid it out much better too. It's hard when some of the blocks are so "heavy" to get a balance on the layout. You done good! Laughing

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited April 2013

    Thanks Barbe, I have to tackle the applique today. Part of the fun in the class is seeing how totally different the same quilt is with different fabrics.



    Do you have any ideas on finding yardage of a two-year-old moda designer fabric? I have searched & searched to no avail. I've found everything else I want from the line.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited May 2013

    I finally found it Barbe! Ended up ordering from four different places to get everything I wanted. Lesson learned- if a fabric line comes out & you love it you'd better buy it while the getting is good. Do not fall for a two-year-old Moda line.



    http://www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/fabrics_for_moda/?id=10

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited May 2013

    Another thing to remember when choosing fabrics for your quilt is to make sure that if you plan on making a border out of one of the fabrics you use in the blocks, don't buy the block fabric from the fat quarter boxes.  I bought the fushia for the baby quilt as a fat quarter.  I guess I never thought we'd get our girl.  Then when I went back to the store to pick up the fabric for the ruffle, they only carry it online and I wanted to get it done NOW.  I finally found a similar fabric at another store and made it work, but it was my own lack of planning that put a kink in my plan.

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited May 2013

    I learned years ago to either buy "long" quarters (some stores still charge "fat" quarter prices) or 1/2 metres if I like a fabric. If I LOVE a fabric, I buy a metre.

    Melissa, you don't have to keep to a "line" or designer when you put your fabrics together (we know it's easier that way, though). What you can do is check the selvedge edge where all the colour dots are and pick a fabric from another line that matches one of those dots. That's the best way to make sure you co-ordinate!

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited May 2013

    Oh, I know, but I REALLY liked most of the fabrics In that one. I like just about all the Me and My Sister designs.

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited May 2013

    Here is a VERY old piece of mine that is now hanging in a palliative centre. It is from a magazine and had a lot of erros in the instructions! Was called The Road to Jaipur....I called in Then and Now as that is what the fabric (floral) was called.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited May 2013

    That is very beautiful Barbe.



    My Mom went to a garage sale this weekend where a lady was getting rid of her quilting stuff.



    She bought me a bunch of very nice fabric and an Alto's QuiltCut2 with carrying case. I played with it a little yesterday and it is very slick! She did a lot of strip quilting & I can see why she loved it.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited May 2013

    Barbe, That's a lovely design - and a lot of careful work! What a great place for it to be admired.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited May 2013

    Look at all the fabric & quilt books/patterns my mom picked up for me at that garage sale:

  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,484
    edited May 2013

    Wow - Melissa - I see a purple fest in there. What a haul! Your mom did goood!

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 1,997
    edited May 2013

    Barbe that is a beautiful hanging. You really have a skill and artistic flair. 

    Melissa, somebodies Mommy loves them a whole bunch. What a haul! 

    Hugs Ginger

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited May 2013

    This is from Barbe.

    These are two bottom panels of EMBROIDERY that are going into an arched window. I've finished the upper left panel but can't put it in yet as I need to use it as a pattern for the right side. This is all tiny stitches done on window screening!! I made up the pattern using shapes from stained glass books, then stapled in the two panels yesterday. I have been working on this since January, while we watch TV. I can't just sit there, my hands must be busy and it's been a very gray and depressing winter and spring!!!

    (Yes, I do see it the warp to the upper left side of the panels. I'll fix that when I do the upper panels. This is kind of like stretching the pieces for now.)

    Barbe

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited May 2013

    Wow, Barbe!  That is an interesting project. So, when you say embroidery, is all the color from thread, or just the "lead lines"?  Is it machine embroidery?

    I am also amazed at your older piece.  You have such patience!  

    Melissa, that's quite a haul.  I have a piece of the chili pepper fabric on the far right.  It's in my stash and I haven't decided what to use it with, but it was just so cute!

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited May 2013

    Melissa, you Mom has a good eye!!!

    Thanks Chrissy. I guess it might be needlepoint, not embroidery. I am stitching in the screening. I am half finished the other right side, so stay tuned for the whole pic!! 

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited May 2013

    Barbe, Are you using metal or plastic mesh screening? I will definitely stay tuned for the whole pic. That is just gorgeous.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited May 2013

    Gorgeous indeed! What are you using for thread?

  • eph3_12
    eph3_12 Member Posts: 2,704
    edited May 2013

    Holy crap!!! You are ALL so talented!

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited May 2013

    I am using what is called pet screening. It is a plastic-like screen. Regular embroidery needelpoint thread. I have actually impressed myself this time!!!

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited May 2013

    Any chance we can see a close up of it?  Man!  What a lot of work!

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited May 2013

    I just sent an email to Chrissy to have her post a close-up with the needle in the picture to give you perspective. Yep, a LOT of work! I am going to put it in a show near the end of May and will be asking $6,000. It has taken 6 months, so $1,000 a month, or $250 a week is very fair. If someone wants it bad enough, they will pay, if not, I get to enjoy it! I remember the panic the first time I sold a piece. It was the size of a placemat almost and I got $75 for it. That was back in 1999 and I was upset enough that my son (who happened to be there at the time) had to get it off my store wall so I could wrap it up! I will never forget that feeling that someone actually wanted to buy my work. I said $75 figuring that was a silly price for something so small. She said okay right away! It was a gift for her daughter who was an artist. The piece was called Purple Rain.

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited May 2013

    Barbe, no wonder it took you six months to do!!  Amazing!!

    Christine, here is a close-up as Meece requested. It IS a LOT of stitches, that is for sure!!!!

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited May 2013

    I haven't posted much lately on here as I've been so busy with wedding prep and organizing.  My DD has asked that I make heart dream catchers for her as decoration and then they will be given as the wedding favors.  These are a few of the hearts that I have been crocheting that will be the centres of the dream catchers.

    DD has found a couple of different frames for me and I will be putting two together this week while I'm in the city doing mom duty with her while she is in hospital.  I'll post a pic of the finished articles when I'm done.

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited May 2013

    Chrissy, those are beautiful!! I look forward to seeing them as dreamcatchers!

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited May 2013

    That is a nice idea.  I am back in the wedding prep stage.  Saturday I printed invitations and we (Bride, groom and I) put them together.  100 printed and step one of putting together has been done.  Step two is about 50% done and the RSVP cards are about 20% done.  At least they are helping and wanting it done early.  That feels super good.  

    DIL (who mailed her invites out 4-5 weeks prior to the wedding) asked, "When is that wedding anyway?  I haven't got an invitation."  The wedding is still somewhere in the 20 week out range.

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited May 2013

    Meece, DD's wedding is at the end of September but me being me want all this sort of stuff done and out of the way........tend to be a bit of a control freak at times.....lol. Right now all I see is the stuff that still needs doing and here is DD saying " there's plenty of time" ........... She sure does not realise all the things that need to be organised and done.....she just says mum can you do this please and of course I can't say no. The doing is not the problem, it's pinning her down to make the fine decisions so these things can be completed........very frustrating!



    Oh well, I guess all will be well on the day.......or at least I hope so.

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 1,997
    edited May 2013

    Please blame the following two sentences on codeine cough syrup.   I certainly did not mean that the way it sounds. " I like important events to have a scale that is doable. I blame it on the Bridal magaznes with their wacko lists of things to buy and do."  

    I apologise if anyone felt offended by what I wrote. I think the work you all do on behalf of your families is wonderful. I thinnk you are creative, industrious and the kind of mom's and aunties that anyone would be proud of.   I sincerely apologise  for my ill thought our statement. Seriously it was the codeine cough syrup. 

    Love Ginger

  • eph3_12
    eph3_12 Member Posts: 2,704
    edited May 2013

    Meece, this is Matt's wedding now?

  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 3,737
    edited May 2013

    Haven't done much sewing lately what with a wedding and getting pneumonia time has run away. Chrissy your hearst are divine and Barbe that is simply stunning.

    Meece I hope to get a couple of quilts made for my little ones who are about to head for Canada in a month. The quilt I am doing is for the parents  my DD and DSiL. And I just loved those Owls.

    Melissa jealous of the fabric.

    And so today I hope to get 465 4 in/10cm squares cut.

    And I am very spoilt, this is the quilt my friend has made for me.

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