Something About Nothing

It's fall! My favorite time of the year!

Now that "Lost in Translation" is finished  I thought I would enter her in her first show: Blogger's Quilt Festival . "Lost In Translation" was made using my sun painted fabrics,  free-form piecing and a faced binding. The wonky shapes and edges tell the story of how easy it is to get just a little off track in our day to day lives, but pull it all together and still end up with something of beauty. Jump on over to the Blogger's Quilt Festival to see all the other entries and vote for your favorite in each category!

Whenever I finish something  I think of this spunky woman from an episode of MASH  - she is at the 45 second mark. "FINISH!" I'm done and I ain't doin' no more! Thanks to everyone for their comments and kind words about getting rid of the quilt police in my head. I didn't pick out the square quilting.  I cut the edges a little wavy but maybe they should have been a little more wavy.  Oh well. After some internal debate I decided to do a faced binding. It's been a little while since I did a faced binding and I forgot how to do it so I started it all wrong and picked it out again, looked up a tutorial and did it right the second time.  "Lost in Transition" is now FINISH!  Well actually it still needs a label and sleeve, and then it is FINISH! What are you finishing these days?

I know I have posted about Craftsy before but I really enjoy their classes and this venue.  I think you will like it too. What is Craftsy? Craftsy  is a worldwide craft community offering online classes. It also has a patterns marketplace where independent designers can sell their patterns; a supplies shop with great deals on yarn, fabric, and class kits; and a projects section where members share pictures of their latest craft successes. With over two million members and counting,  Craftsy  has something for just about everyone, in categories ranging from quilting, sewing, knitting, painting, photography, cooking, and more. Why should I take a class online? Online education isn’t just for schools and universities anymore.  Craftsy  courses provide you the convenience of a world-class instructor in your home, whenever you want to learn. Online education, no matter what subject, is a great alternative to in-person classes for a number of reasons. With many online learning opp

The bees were a buzzing in Southern Utah last week!

I hardly unpacked my bags from Quiltfest before I was repacking and headed to southern Utah with my two youngest kids.   We played hard. . .  . . .got the puppy wet from the sidelines. . .  . . .climbed. . .  . . .explored. . .   (poor puppy didn't like the exploring part)     . . .road in a 1965 Ford Mustang. . .  . . .explored some more. . . (this time she liked it!) . . .took goofy photos. . . . . . and just had a great time! I hope you had a great weekend too!

Planning for next year!

My friends  Sylvia,    Anne , Helen and I had a  play date  while at the Utah Quilt Festival this week. I set up everything in my hotel room . . . with plastic trash bags covering the bed, table and floor. . . . . .and we went to work. Sylvia wanted to learn how to use a thermofax screen. . .  . . .so I showed the 3 of them this simple surface design technique. Sylvia had fun experimenting on one of my ugly fabrics with a thermofax screen I purchased from Lynn at Smudged Textile Studio . Anne used one of the coneflower thermofax screens I created on to a hand dyed fabric. Helen used a paisley thermofax screen I had purchased from Judy Coates Perez .  Helen used another piece from my ugly fabric. I also showed them how to use a silk screen with a stencil. After we finished screening,  Anne wanted to learn how to carve an eraser stamp.  I demonstrated using some of the giant Oops erasers I found last month.