Hey kids

Thanks for stoppin by my little spot on the map of worldwide bloggers.
Yet another mom who is trying to make a living doing what she loves, which is playing with fabric!
Help pass the word around that there is a new kid on the block.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Dreaming...

I'm back! I was away for a few days and came home with a nice head cold! Something I would have liked to have left in Vegas and brought back some money instead.

Now I feel much better and ready to get back to work on my quilting projects. I am currently working on three small quilts which need to be completed by next Wednesday. Why next week... It happens that I  am a member of The East Bay Heritage Quilters and my mini quilt group; Quilt Therapy, are getting our pieces completed for our guilds Show & Tell Night and a group challenge that will be displayed in a gallery!

I also wanted to share with you some of the designs I have been working on that will be put to fabric soon. At the moment I will be using Spoonflower as my fabric printer. They are really nice to work with... at least dealing with all the questions that I have sent to them regarding their process and pricing. Along with my hopes  and dreams that the artwork gets picked up by one of the many wonderful company's who specialize in producing fabric for quilters such as you and me.

The photos below are part of my "Going for Baroque" series. I have more to this series that I will share with you down the road...

Please feel free to send me comments on how you like or dislike the designs along with colors you would love to use for your quilt projects.

And, please spread the word to your friends about my blog, I can always use more friends. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

From the Bay Area "Go Giants"

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Taking out the quilting one stitch at a time

How many times have you started a project and ripped more than one thing apart?
 I am one who does not like to take things apart and would just leave things be.... until yesterday! I did some quilting on the piece below and was not happy with the way it was going so I stopped and stared at it pondering the thoughts ... can I make it work the way it is and how can I cover up the stitching... anything to avoid getting out the seam ripper...After a long break I realized that if I want to enter this quilt into some big shows I need to remove the quilting I have done along with the flower center which is not visible with the naked eye. I had to remove all of the quilting that was around and on the upper green plate. I took my time because the fabric I used is not replaceable and it needs to stay as part of the piece, more on the fabric another day..
  
Can you see the flower center? I can't either...

Now I am working on adding more curly-cues; placing a background around the flower to make it pop so it can be more than a "wall flower". Which brings me to the next part which is how to quilt the piece... any suggestions, send them on over...

Now go out and make it a great day...

Friday, October 5, 2012

October morning

I finally have the weather I love! It is October and up until yesterday afternoon the season felt like summer. I love summer too, but am sooo ready for clouds, crisp fall mornings and even some rain.
I am fortunate to be living in Northern California where I so get a small change in seasons. Which brings me to today's topic! My sister, Tracie has always said that my home decor changes with the seasons and this includes most holidays I can find decorations for at my favorite craft store. I start adding the fall home apparel durning the Labor Day weekend. Seems fitting when we have Saturday College football, pumpkins are starting to arrive at our local markets and people are pinning tons of Halloween stuff on Pinterest. I hope you all have a wonderful fall morning doing whatever you need to get done, just make sure to take a few minutes for yourself to notice the change in the air, watch leaves fall to the ground... And enjoy the change of the fall season.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

We have to start somewhere

This has been one of the most frustrating tasks I have created in a long time. The main thing is I kept working at it to get to this point of creating this blog! I want to add my own artwork to make the page look pretty and to keep you all wanting to come back for more of what I do and create.
I hope to gather lots of followers and will be adding my own list of artistic bloggers that I follow to keep me inspired on my new quest of making a living.
Keep checking back as I plan on adding to my blog almost everyday!
Feel free to give any advice that you are willing to share regarding producing fabric with your own artwork.
Thanks for stopping buy... see you tomorrow