Cut, Cut, Cut!

Quilting is funny. You sew and sew and sew strips of fabric together. Then you make sure you press the seams really well. Then ... you cut cut cut it apart! :)

I have cut my strips into 2 1/2 inch segments, and now I'm sewing two of those segments back together to form a square. But I have to sew 438 of them together!!! Good thing I learned about chain sewing, and i'm conserving thread and time.

Havent had a chance to paint lately. Although I do have a nice pile of tomatoes sketched out for watercolor.

It's been hard to do all the things I want to do..... I've started doing jewelry too. I should really dedicate one day for a project. One for jewelry making. One for quilting. One for sewing. One for scrapbooking. And ... I want to crosstitch again .. so there's one for another day!

With all those day's fully scheduled... when is there time for housework and cooking and doing a "real" job?

"Pressed" for time

9'' x 12'' watercolor on Arches paper - SOLD - copyright 2004

I've got all of my 2 1/2 inch strips of reproduction fabric sewed together. Now I have to press the seams to one side before I can cut them and put them back together to make four patch units. I'm "pressed" for time to get it done, though. A little each night, and it'll get done eventually! I'm still excited about the project, though. Will try and include a picture in a day or two.

I have added a picture of a painting that I completed in 2004. I really love how the beach and sand turned out. Have a new goal for the week to try and get another seascape similar to this done and listed on eBay.

End of the line

Just when I think that things have settled down, the family is busy doing their own things around the house, and that the time is prime for getting back to my quilting...... just then, do I realize that I've reached the End of the Line. Line of thread, that is. :)

I had the perfect time to sit down at my Singer and start sewing some strips together for my next quilt. First I checked my bobbin and it was close to empty. I rethreaded the machine to get it ready to rewind the bobbin....and looked at the spool of thread and it only had a few lines of thread left! Sigh, the end of the line of the white spool of thread. And I didnt have any more white. So, my perfect time to quilt turned into the perfect time to play my new Nintendo DS. It's an odd coupling of interests, isn't it! Imagine if someone that was reading this knew I was into quilting....they would think that I was older, perhaps. If they read that I was into watercolors, they too might think I was older too. But, if they read that I love my Nintendo DS, my Playstation 2 and my Nintendo Gamecube...they would think I was a kid!!! It's funny that I'm in my early 30's .... and I like to do so many different hobbies.

The order of business tomorrow is to get to Wal-Mart and get some thread! I want to get this quilt going, because I found a new quilt pattern to do....a butterfly applique quilt!