Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Summer Vacation

My summer vacation from work has started and boy am I happy about that. I work in college academics and it was a long, tough year. If you are a parent of a college student, please don't be a helicopter parent, forever hovering. It's a problem people. Anyways, I have finally gotten to know my sewing room again.

As I posted about on my last post I am in love with Carrie Nelson's Schnibbles Times Two book and I'd love to work my way through the book making all the big and little quilts. But to get started I am making Imagine-the big quilt. I have had the fat quarter set of Maison de Noel by 3 Sisters for a long time. I know I had a quilt in mind when I bought it a few years ago but I can't remember what it was. Now this collection is impossible to find and I was always relictant to cut into it. But it's all cut up now! That was hard to do.

I have made a couple of test squares so I'm ready to go. I think I'm going to be doing some chain sewing here for a bit. But a note about the directions in this book, at least on this quilt. The directions are clear and there is such a clever method for making these squares that you can't possibly have any bad ones. Genius I say! So it's time for me to enjoy sewing with this beautiful fabric and then on to little Imagine with a great Fig Tree collection. Fun on my summer vacation among many other things planned.

7 comments:

  1. The fabrics look beautiful! Sounds like a great start to a vacation to me :-)

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  2. What a perfect way to start your summer! Those fabrics are sure to put a smill on your face.
    Did you have work Commencement? That was always part of my job when I was in Student Services, and graduation day was always the hottest day of the year. Always came home with a sunburn on the back of my neck!

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  3. Yippee! Holidays. What better time to sew.

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  4. Oh how exciting. I'm feeling thrilled with you. Going to enjoy this right along with you...

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  5. It's going to be wonderful...I loved making that pattern. Carrie's directions were perfect and that trick was just the BEST!

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  6. Happy Summer Vacation! I have the same affliction of not wanting to use fabric, but you will love Maison de Noel even better when you have a finished quilt made from it. 3 Sisters collections are always a hit with me!

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I pray that risen from the dead,
In glory I will stand,
A crown perhaps upon my head,
And a needle in my hand.