No Not Me. I wouldn't even think of attempting to make an Hawaiian Quilt. Very beautiful but they look very complicated. At Quilter's last week Jodi brought her Hawaiian quilt that she has been working on for several years and according to Jodi will continue to work on for several years. It's beautiful, red and looks like a giant snowflake. All the tiny stitches, all the hours and all the love spent on this quilt. It is truly a treasure. Great work, Jodi.
Now, this is what I've been working on. A new Luscious Ditty Batt for the Etsy Shop and also some of my so called "art yarn" lol. I'm really tempted to keep the fiber. I love the color. It's a combination of Merino, Tencel, Alpaca and Tussah Silk. It's a pale peacock blue. The yarn is a blend of Llama, Alpaca, Tussah, Merino, BFL and a blend of several colors as you can see. It's a heavy worsted to chunky size yarn and was loads of fun to spin.
On the quilting front I have decided that my next quilting attempt will be an easy pattern that I found in Better Homes and Gardens Quilts and More.
It's the Sew Easy Pattern . This link has details and pictures of this particular quilt pattern that was made by staff editors. As you can tell by the pictures mine will be in blues. I'm still searching for the right shades of blue.
I got the idea for the quilt design board from the Quilter's group. I hung a tensioned shower curtain rod between my two bookcases. Next I hung some cotton quilt batting and secured it with clothes pins. It's like a felt board.
I'm also trying to work on reducing the clutter and mess in my Wool Room. I borrowed Jodi's book, "Where Women Create" by Jo Packham and I also purchased "Organizing Your Craft Space" by the same author. I'm getting lots of good ideas. Not only would I like for my mess to be organized but I would like for the Wool Room to be bright and colorful. If any of you blog buddies have any good ideas for storing books, yarn, fabric and tools let's hear it. Currently my fiber has been stored in cardboard boxes that I painted and labeled. I'm happy with the fiber boxes. You can see some of them in the picture on the tops of the book cases. I would like more storage space for books, yarn and fabric.
Enjoy life.
10 comments:
Hey Phyllis!! My "knitting room" (what the grandkids call it) is complete with a futon, tall boy dresser, loads of bookcases, and some eggcrate coated wire shelves that you put together yourself in squares. You can see 360 degrees and know what's in them (Walmart, cheap, cheap).
It does look like a big red snowflake! What a labor of love!
I really like the fabrics you chose for your quilt. And it does help setting them out and moving them around a bit. (When I did a watercolor wall-hanging I kept moving the pieces around and tweaking them for a couple of weeks.)
Have fun with your wool room organizing. Don't rush too much with it ~ enjoy the process!
What a beautiful quilt! I would never attempt one of those. I can't imagine making one.
Your new batt is my favorite color, and it looks so soft, I can almost feel it in my fingers. Oh I'm glad to see that your room looks about like mine....
Smiles
Vicki
Your blue batts look really pretty Phyllis. Happy New Year to you.
Your blue yarn is gorgeous. Ok, what is ditty yarn? you have my curiosity going.
Happy XMAS!
Micki
Wow!
You are very busy.
I love the pale blue fibers.
The colours in the artyarn are very beatiful.
Happy spinning.
I hope you had a nice Christmas.
Happy New year, dear friend.
Aren't those Hawaiian quilts awesome! I'd love to have one. Your batts are yummy looking, too. Hoping to get to see you sometime soon. If not, have a Happy New Year.
Oh Phyllis, I haven't updated my blog in sooooo long but I wanted to pop you a note to make you aware that I still faithfully read yours.
Blessings and peace,
Helen
I love your workroom Phyllis. It looks busy but I bet you know where eveerything is. Mine is the same but I have even less space. I have utilised every spare inch and still cannot fit everything in. I like the lovely big coloured boxes where you store your wools.
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