I intended to post yesterday but just didn't have much worth posting. I worked the election at my local precinct Tuesday. It's an incredibly long day (5:00 am - 8:00 pm) but we had a great team and really good turnout. I was surprised by the turnout because we only had one item on the ballot. I basically rested all day Wednesday except for dyeing some fabric for a custom order. There will be no newsletter next week because I didn't have the energy to dye any new fabric. Laura is here for 6 more days and we are having a great time. Today we went into Ashland so she could get some coffee and a treat from one of her favorite shops. Tomorrow we are going to Charlottesville for an Artisan Studio Tour. In the evenings we mostly sit and knit (her) and crochet (me) and watch TV. She love Hallmark channel and she allows me to make snide commentary throughout for my part of the entertainment. Meanwhile, Chris was quarantined in the guest house since he came home from hunting Sunday. Everyone on the trip got some sort of cold/flu/not covid. It's not nearly as bad as what we had in August but I still didn't want to risk sending Laura home sick. The guest house is a great sick ward. I had him set up with a TV, his computer and snacks when he got home from Nebraska (he got sick there so I knew to prepare). I think he actually enjoyed it a little too much over there but we eventually needed him to cook dinner for us and he's back "home"now. I haven't done much sewing because I want to spend time with Laura but I did get the appliques fused to this set of cards. Next I need to add some metallic stitching. I need to get back on the cards quickly because my Paula Nadelstern sample fabric has arrived and I need to have the sample quilt (or 2 quilts) done by December 1. I've got a plan, I just need to execute.
Hopefully I'll be back Monday with some progress on something. I might start another crochet project but I really need to work on these cards. I've got 4 new fabrics for you this week. These are water and land inspired Reflections fabrics. Reflections are streaky fabrics that are great for water, sky and land elements. I also think they work great for borders and binding.
Fabric of the WeekAnother great fabric for landscape elements is the Clear Day Gradient. It's on sale through Sunday for 20% off.
To be honest, most of what I did this weekend involved chores (laundry, cleaning out a freezer, cleaning the stove) and a lot of leaf blowing. I'm not even half done with the leaves but I made a good dent. But it wasn't all chores. I made some progress on my Christmas postcards. I got the tree cards to the point where I'm ready to serge the edges and then I'll just need to add paint dots for ornaments. I got the backings fused for the night sky cards fused to the bases. Now I'm working on cutting out moons and stars from some metallic/pearlized painted fabrics. After these are fused on I'll do some stitching with metallic thread.
Tomorrow I will be working at my voting precinct so I have to be there at 5am and will not get home until around 9pm. It's going to be a long day and there won't be a post on Wednesday. This week's inspiration is an art quilt from Karen Edwards. She used a brown Stash Pack for all of the elements.
For sharing, Karen received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount. This week had to be some of the best November beach weather ever. It was glorious. Kim and Laura were on the deck reading on this afternoon and took this photo of me on the beach. I had the whole beach to myself. I didn't even think I needed a vacation but it turns out that I did and it was wonderful. I didn't take a sewing machine because it was just easier to pack up crochet projects. If I had stayed longer I would have taken a sewing machine but crochet was much more conducive to chatting. This is a hat and scarf set for donation. When I finished the Mandala Ombre blanket last week I had one ball of the yarn left. I paired it with white and made a bulky hat and scarf in linen stitch. The scarf is about 5 feet long. This set will keep someone really warm. I worked on my blue sweater and got it to the point where it's ready for the next step. I need to get the video back up and watch the next step. I think it's adding the center back. I'm about a third through the second to last ball of yarn for David's blanket. I hope to have this done by Thanksgiving because Mom and I'll visit my brother sometime in early December to go see my beaded ornaments on their tree. Someone was having a great time on the beach Halloween evening! This is what I came home to. I cleared this area before I left but it looks like I have a lot more to do. YOu can see the pile on the far side where I put them. A 5 foot stack of leaves will be totally reduced by the time I do this again next year. I actually have 3 areas about this size to deal with. I'm just glad I can use a blower instead of a rake.
This weekend I'll also get started on those Christmas postcards along with a long list of chores. I'm actually having a relaxing time in Emerald Isle, NC this week with some friends but I wanted to leave this post to let you know that I've finally made some new Stars fabrics. Stars are one yard cuts and are great for backgrounds of art quilts, or borders, setting triangles and binding for traditional quilts. These are just 9 of the many new fabrics that are available. Fabric of the WeekThis week I selected Salt Marsh as the fabric of the week because I think it reminds me of the colors of the area where I'm staying this week. Salt Marsh is 20% off through Sunday.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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