Monday, October 16, 2017

A Change of Plan


Way back when - two years ago now - I pieced together the Tula Pink Craftsy Mystery Quilt. I was excited, because I love Tula Pink fabric, and I thought the colors in her Fox Field collection were so fun. As I was making it, I had a few moments of thinking "huh - I'm not so sure about this color next to that one", but according to the pattern and pictures I saw online of everyone else's quilts, it all seemed to work out fine in the end.

Not so much for me. Here's what I've learned - just because it's all designed as one fabric collection doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks good together. And also, use some common sense - if you don't like the way something looks, change it for christs sake!

So, over the past few weeks I've taken the whole thing apart to be resewn. My housemate has gleefully participated in the seam ripping since she thinks it's fun (what?), and actually, seam ripping whilst LOL'ing over the new Will and Grace season is not a bad way to deal with a project gone wrong.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

This 'n That


My sewing time has been grabbed in 30 minutes chunks here and there this week, so I don't have much to report. I made another block in the never-ending 2015 Craftsy Mystery quilt, so now I just have three more and then I can get this one sewn together!

I also finished two more of my little CozyBlue stitch club embroidery pieces - a cute vintage strawberry and a sort of seaweedy aquatic type thing.


I also broke down and cut out a new project. I know I'm not supposed to start any new projects, but I changed that self-inflicted rule to read that I'm not supposed to start SEWING any new projects. Cutting doesn't count! Delving into this glorious stack of solids was just too tempting to pass up.


I'm excited to have a free weekend so I can buckle down and spend some real time in my sewing room.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Sewing Room Mystery


This scene awaited me when I stepped into my sewing room after work yesterday. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but it looks like there was much going through of garbage, rolling around in fabric and hopping around on furniture. When confronted and questioned, the guilty parties all relied on the tried and true tactics of denial, feigned ignorance, and pretending they couldn't hear or see me.