Today I finally got back to working on the french braid wall hanging. The next step was to made the C & D sections. These sections are exactly the same except that section C is orange and D is yellow. Today was going to be section C day. Looking at the diagrams of the C & D sections, I noticed there are Y sets on the end of both of them so I cut out some blue and green 2 1/2" strips from my pile of scraps and made 8 Y sets. Since I had used up all my G sets in making the A & E sections last week, I needed 4 more of those plus 2 more S sets. I tried to use a variety of different blue and green scraps since this is indeed a scrap quilt.. Once I had them made, the fun could then begin.
Took a pause from the french braid wall hanging to make a new apron and a matching hot pad today This fabric is so much fun with the peacock feathers, beaks and eyes peeking out from it. The scraps from the apron will be used in a tri-colored apron that will have the lime green background in the hot pad as one side of the apron and the orange, the peacocks and green on the tri-colored side. I know i would love getting something like this for Mother's Day and hopefully someone sees it and thinks the same thing! Such a beautiful Spring day so I am going to go outside and enjoy what is left of it.
Today is Earth day so I think it is appropriate that I am sewing with all these lovely Spring colors. The more I look at these colors, the happier I get! I posted the picture of the labeled sets out on FB yesterday and my friend Margaret commented that it was the new SLT (Sandra Lee Tobin) alphabet. So here we are, day three. Day One was looking over the directions and making the 9 patch blocks, day two, working on the sets and as you can see from the photo, day three is assembling the A and E units. A and E required 3 more sets that I did not make yesterday: G, X & Z.
Once I got the sets done, it was time to get some exercise. I am a member of the YMCA. I try to get there every day but since the weather has gotten nicer, I have been walking more. I love this since I get to enjoy all the wonderful colors of Spring! Today as I was walking I realized that the flowers that are out this time of year along with the wonderful blue sky and the green leaves that come out along with the wonderful spring flowers are exactly the colors I am working with on this project. No wonder I am enjoying working on it!
At the beginning of the year, I bought the book French Braid Tranformation by Jane Hardy Miller. I have always been fascinated by french braid design quilts and the quilt featured on the cover was wicked colorful and looked like a great scrap project. Since the background is blue and green scraps and the braid is yellow and orange, I began collecting those color scraps. Earlier this week, I photocopied the instructions so I could make my own notes on them, having already decided I would not be tackling a king size bed quilt, which is what the cutting instructions are for, but a table runner. This way I can get the feel for how it is made without the time commitment.
I am doing my best today to stay busy and to stay strong. You can see the post 2 days ago that my brother-in-law, Ted, marathons. The point of the matter is that he would have been crossing the finish line when the first bomb went off and my husband Tim would have been standing down Boylston as a spectator watching him pass at pretty much the point where bomb # 2 went off but he chose to run in Rhode Island this weekend. To stay sane I am staying busy.
No, I haven't taken up weaving. I joined Pinterest a few months ago and I wrote about taking a workshop on how to use it as a tool for my business a few weeks ago. I was cruising around on Pinterest the other day when low and behold, I see a picture of a very familiar scarf. Further investigation....yup, that was indeed the scarf that I had commissioned Elisabeth Hill to weave for my daugher's birthday a few years ago.
Decided to made a bigger bowl and experiment with colors! Then I decided to send both bowls (the one in the previous blog and this one) back to Ohio with my brother-in-law Ted as gifts for his wife and his daughter. He flew in this weekend to run a marathon in Rhode Island. Yeah, I know, isn't there this big huge marathon in Boston like on Monday?? Yeah. He has run that one several times.
My friend Margaret, who makes the fabric bowls, told me that things would go a lot better once I got the proper size rope. She also told me to relax and not be so fussy....she was right on both accounts. She also told me that I would use a lot of thread making these bowls. No problem, my neighbor Marie who helped me make my first bowl gifted me a pooh load of thread that she said she had sitting around in her basement collecting dust....COOL!
A sure sign of Spring is when I start making butterfly hot pads. Have you ever seen a butterfly fabric that isn't colorful? After Winter's drabness, sewing something with a butterfly theme has become a rite of Spring. When I saw this turquoise Laurel Burch fabric last Spring, I feel in love with it and purchased a fat quarter and made a couple of appliqued hot pads. This year I did a repeat performance but added a purple appliqued butterfly to the mix. When I discovered I had a matching turquoise tone on tone, I knew immediately that I would make the antique tile block.
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Today I finally got back to working on the french braid wall hanging. The next step was to made the C & D sections. These sections are exactly the same except that section C is orange and D is yellow. Today was going to be section C day. Looking at the diagrams of the C & D sections, I noticed there are Y sets on the end of both of them so I cut out some blue and green 2 1/2" strips from my pile of scraps and made 8 Y sets. Since I had used up all my G sets in making the A & E sections last week, I needed 4 more of those plus 2 more S sets. I tried to use a variety of different blue and green scraps since this is indeed a scrap quilt.. Once I had them made, the fun could then begin.
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Took a pause from the french braid wall hanging to make a new apron and a matching hot pad today This fabric is so much fun with the peacock feathers, beaks and eyes peeking out from it. The scraps from the apron will be used in a tri-colored apron that will have the lime green background in the hot pad as one side of the apron and the orange, the peacocks and green on the tri-colored side. I know i would love getting something like this for Mother's Day and hopefully someone sees it and thinks the same thing! Such a beautiful Spring day so I am going to go outside and enjoy what is left of it.
Today is Earth day so I think it is appropriate that I am sewing with all these lovely Spring colors. The more I look at these colors, the happier I get! I posted the picture of the labeled sets out on FB yesterday and my friend Margaret commented that it was the new SLT (Sandra Lee Tobin) alphabet. 
So here we are, day three. Day One was looking over the directions and making the 9 patch blocks, day two, working on the sets and as you can see from the photo, day three is assembling the A and E units. A and E required 3 more sets that I did not make yesterday: G, X & Z. 
Once I got the sets done, it was time to get some exercise. I am a member of the YMCA. I try to get there every day but since the weather has gotten nicer, I have been walking more. I love this since I get to enjoy all the wonderful colors of Spring! Today as I was walking I realized that the flowers that are out this time of year along with the wonderful blue sky and the green leaves that come out along with the wonderful spring flowers are exactly the colors I am working with on this project. No wonder I am enjoying working on it!
At the beginning of the year, I bought the book French Braid Tranformation by Jane Hardy Miller. I have always been fascinated by french braid design quilts and the quilt featured on the cover was wicked colorful and looked like a great scrap project. Since the background is blue and green scraps and the braid is yellow and orange, I began collecting those color scraps. Earlier this week, I photocopied the instructions so I could make my own notes on them, having already decided I would not be tackling a king size bed quilt, which is what the cutting instructions are for, but a table runner. This way I can get the feel for how it is made without the time commitment. 
I am doing my best today to stay busy and to stay strong. You can see the post 2 days ago that my brother-in-law, Ted, marathons. The point of the matter is that he would have been crossing the finish line when the first bomb went off and my husband Tim would have been standing down Boylston as a spectator watching him pass at pretty much the point where bomb # 2 went off but he chose to run in Rhode Island this weekend. To stay sane I am staying busy.
No, I haven't taken up weaving. I joined Pinterest a few months ago and I wrote about taking a workshop on how to use it as a tool for my business a few weeks ago. I was cruising around on Pinterest the other day when low and behold, I see a picture of a very familiar scarf. Further investigation....yup, that was indeed the scarf that I had commissioned Elisabeth Hill to weave for my daugher's birthday a few years ago. .JPG)
Decided to made a bigger bowl and experiment with colors! Then I decided to send both bowls (the one in the previous blog and this one) back to Ohio with my brother-in-law Ted as gifts for his wife and his daughter. He flew in this weekend to run a marathon in Rhode Island. Yeah, I know, isn't there this big huge marathon in Boston like on Monday?? Yeah. He has run that one several times. 
My friend Margaret, who makes the fabric bowls, told me that things would go a lot better once I got the proper size rope. She also told me to relax and not be so fussy....she was right on both accounts. She also told me that I would use a lot of thread making these bowls. No problem, my neighbor Marie who helped me make my first bowl gifted me a pooh load of thread that she said she had sitting around in her basement collecting dust....COOL!
A sure sign of Spring is when I start making butterfly hot pads. Have you ever seen a butterfly fabric that isn't colorful? After Winter's drabness, sewing something with a butterfly theme has become a rite of Spring. When I saw this turquoise Laurel Burch fabric last Spring, I feel in love with it and purchased a fat quarter and made a couple of appliqued hot pads. This year I did a repeat performance but added a purple appliqued butterfly to the mix. When I discovered I had a matching turquoise tone on tone, I knew immediately that I would make the antique tile block.