Five Shadows

Alas, my running record of 21 years without a rotary cutter mishap has just ended.   I was busily working away on a quilt, when Yikes! I shaved off the side of my finger with the rotary cutter. There are way too many capillaries  in one’s finger tips, I think.

Here are some quilt tops that might make you smile.  Hope so!

This quilt is made with Dilly Dally Fabric by Me and My Sister, the pattern is Got a Feeling by Abbey Lane. I like the large rick rack used as flower stems. Rick rack is making a come-back in the sewing world.

This fun quilt is made with Love My Dog fabric from the Playful Pups line by Benartex. The top is similar to a pattern found in the Fall 2010 Fons and Porter’s Magazine by Debby Kratovil. I just changed it up a bit.

And this quilt is made with Peek-a-Zoo fabric by Henry Glass Fabrics.

These three quilts are shop models for Fabric and Friends Quilt Shop, Roanoke, IN. 260-676-2149.

2010. My Fav quilt tops of the year.

Funky Monkey – Monkey’n Round Fabric line by Moda. The pattern is an enlarged version of Hullabaloo. They are sock monkeys! I think the finished size was 62″ x 62″.

And my second fav is another monkey quilt. Pattern by Blue Meadow Designs, Monkey Business Baby Quilt, Finished size: 38″ x 47″. This quilt reminds me of the old Barrel of Monkeys toy. Do you remember the red plastic barrel that came full of primary colored monkeys that could hand on each other in a long chain? I think this would be a fun toddler quilt in those colors along with a Barrel of Monkeys. The quilt is hanging in a quilt shop, half on the wall and half on the ceiling, so not the best pic but you get the idea.

Happy New Year Everyone!

I thought I’d bring in the New Year by giving a little tour of my studio. I am mainly a quilter, which shows up here! Over the past couple of years I’ve played with some fiber art and this year I’ve signed up for Mary Ann Moss’ Remains of the Day on-line class. Find info for her classes on her blog, Dispatch From LA. I’m so excited about taking her class! I’m also joining Julie of Balzer Designs for her Art Journal Every Day project. I’ve signed up for January and will consider doing so one month at a time. This year will find me dabbling in art journaling. I’ve seen many bloggers proclaiming “I am an Artist!” Don’t think I’m there yet, but hope to be able to proclaim that one day!

Enjoy the tour!

My studio is in a former bedroom with built-in bunk beds, two built-in desks and one dresser. As you walk down a long hallway here is the view into the room.

I’ve divided the 14′ x 24′ room in half with an office partition. As you enter the room, on the right is the ‘office’ area. The computer table backs the partition. The bunk beds on this side of the room serve as a daybed on the bottom, (great for late night computer movie watching) and the top bunk is storage for fabric and supplies for commissioned quilts waiting my attention.

As you look to the left, this is my sewing area. My cutting table/cabinet is backed up against the partition (I’ll show another angle of it later in this post.) Here you see the sewing machine on a desk, and shelves with quilt books, thread rack, misc love items. The most recently completed quilt top hangs at the bunk beds and nicely covers up a jumble of supplies!

Moving on around the room to the left of the bunk beds, is the ironing board (not in photo) at a back window (where I can watch the wildlife activity in the back yard). Just to the left of the window is a walk-in closest used mostly by my husband and housing some of my batting, you can just see the closet door on the right of the photo. Then there are two book cases, the books are my hubby’s and the fabric collection is mine! (The dark hallway on left is our starting point of the tour. Photo taken looking back across room from where the sewing machine is located.)

Standing at the ironing board and looking across the room, you can see the large white cabinet in front of the office partition. The cabinet top is my cutting area. Perfect height for me! Love it! I was able to purchase the cabinet from a quilt shop that went out of business. File cabinets hold patterns, etc.

Tis the end of the tour! Hope you enjoyed it!