Like most of you, I love color and design. Funny though, unlike a lot of you, I am not drawn toward baking and I am not allowed in the garden unsupervised. It's been a long standing joke in our family since an unfortunate weeding incident that I'm not going to mention. Anyway, last week a box of fabric called Peas and Carrots arrived in the shop. Finally a vegetable I could play with outside the kitchen! I had a day off so I turned up the music and sat down to sew at 9:00am. At 12:30 I stopped to make a phone call, brew a coffee and ate my lunch standing in the kitchen before returning to the sewing machine five minutes later for another three hours. I just couldn't resist the cut and chop and sew with the new bits fresh off the shelf. End result with the help of the Wedge Ruler we love...
I guess the uncontrollable urge was the result of so much hand piecing this year with my Antibellum Bling which is also finished for our quilt show in June...
That really slowed me down as did the Pickle Dish which is going to get finished as soon as I get off this computer as I only have the top and bottom borders to go and then Voila!.
And if you are still sitting here I'd like to make a recommendation on a book that we are loving at the moment.
It's full of quilts we are freaking over. It's a challenge to control the urge to dash home and make a block to start one of the quilts so we didn't. Both Sarah and I started the same quilt in equal moments of weakness since we don't have any impending deadlines with Kaffe and Darling Harbor LOOMING over our heads. We'll keep you posted if and when these quilts happen!
Our Sheena is the resident provider of Antique Quilt blocks. She recently got a camera with this result...
Vintage quilt blocks reset with delightful results. So, there's so many seeds to plant and watch grow in the fabric garden of delight. Happy fabric munching...kathy
just beautiful - just wish I had more of your talent with colour and design.
Posted by: cathy | Wednesday, 16 May 2007 at 09:46 PM
I do love gardening BUT I do love patchwork...SO I love rainy days here and there ! No need to make a choice between the two loves ...
Esther in Canada
Posted by: Esther | Wednesday, 16 May 2007 at 10:53 PM
I really love that fishy fishy quilt and would love to have a pattern
I love all your work and have Freshcut fabric to play with next.
Posted by: Sheryl Vicino | Thursday, 17 May 2007 at 08:16 AM
Great pictures! I adore vintage blocks, I have a collection of them that I've been posting pictures of lately. I'm going to *have* to find that book! Not that I need another project, but they're all so scrumptious! Now if only I could just keep sewing and not make dinner right now.... Hmmmm.... Take out, anyone?
Posted by: Cottage Magpie | Thursday, 17 May 2007 at 09:34 AM
mmmmm...will have to get that book! Great quilts - you make me feel lazy when I see what you have achieved!
Posted by: Di | Thursday, 17 May 2007 at 05:04 PM
all beautiful can't wait to see th pickle dish finished. xo,AM
Posted by: Anna Maria | Thursday, 17 May 2007 at 10:56 PM