Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Hunger Games Has Taken Over My Life

This is the reason I've been MIA... work and The Hunger Games trilogy.  I resisted and now I can't be stopped...  I'm almost done with the final book.  As soon as I am done, spring cleaning begins, so I'm hoping for a new post in a week or so.  In the mean time, read these books!

Here is a photo of my day*...


*this photo can be seen as sewing related, since I did make my Kindle case :)
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Even Exchange of Goods and Services

It's nice to have different types of artists as friends.  My friend Jackson is a hairdresser who is in need of a t-shirt quilt.  I am able to create a t-shirt quilt and have a head full of grey hair that needs attention.  Bam!  We have a deal.  I am making Jax his t-shirt quilt and he is helping me have confidence to go out in public again :)

I began the slightly ghetto way I began my own t-shirt quilt, by creating a sketchy patten by cutting and pasting and Sharpie and a little math...


To continue being super high tec, I did this to all of the shirts:


Jackson picked out a sashing fabric and I have placed and order for it and also more interfacing, since I don't have much in my stock.  I have started with some of the shirts with the little that I have.  I am also using the erasable pens for the first time.  If you haven't used them they seem pretty amazing so far- I'll post about specifics later if I think they are worth it.


 I finished up a lot of little projects last week- pot holders I've been working on forever, whipped out my screen again, and started making some little bags that I'll hopefully have posted soon.  Anyway, lots of new stuff up in my Etsy store, so take a look!