Posts Tagged ‘Trapunto’
Babies and bubbles
It’s not surprising that I have Baby on my mind. I’ve kinda gone overboard on this, you’ll see what I mean. It started so innocently…. I got this panel at Meissner Folsom, cute huh? It’s for taking photos as Baby grows. You put Baby down in the lower left-hand corner and put something around the…
Read MoreTrapunto revival!
Last week I wrote about how my friend and dyer Linda Waddle kindly offered to over-dye my languishing whole cloth trapunto quilt. The silk had faded from a delightful icy blue to a putrid yellow/blue/gray mix. Linda and I rolled on thickened dye as a Hail Mary move – what did I have to lose?…
Read MoreA few fun things!
This virtual teaching thing does have its advantages; this week I had a few adventures with friends and, started and finished a project just for me! I had been wanting to solve a problem with my patio chair arms – they get wicked hot in the sun and their edges were just a wee bit…
Read MoreReviews: Generic ruler foot and Acorn Easy Press Fabric Treatment
I’m working now on a large trapunto, almost-wholecloth quilt with some random piecing inserts and I’ll be using ruler work for the trapuntoed circles. Here’s a test piece, a trial run on which I’ve tested the circles and played with various fills: I also took a great ruler work class at the Folsom Meissner…
Read MoreA failure, a finish and the future
Note: I have 2 posts today because they are on very different subjects. You might expect me to recount my year, given that it’s New Year’s Day. It was not a “bad” year, but it certainly was a frustrating one. I have very little completed work to show for the year and this is the…
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