It's finished!!

I fixed my mistake and sewed like a mad woman yesterday and this morning.

I'm very happy with the quilt. I made 3 edges scalloped and the top edge straight so it would fit more like a bedspread.

Stats:

• 238 denim circles cut by hand from jeans, shorts and a dress
• countless small spools of colored thread
• 46 semi circles and 192 5 in squares of fabric from my stash
• 3 band-aids...pins and my fingers don't play nicely together
  
• size: 75 x 90 inches
• weight: 8lbs
  

What's wrong with this picture?

See the square piece laying over the rectangular hole!!!!

AGH! I hate it when I mess up!!! Lots of sewing to rip out...

Finally some progress

In preparation for Christmas I set aside packed away my circles quilt and promptly forgot about it. Outta sight, outta mind.

I broke out the sewing machine and iron this morning and got back to work. It's really coming together quickly now. I was very surprised when I laid all the pieces out on the living room floor that I was only 8 circles short. Easy peasy to whip those up.

Hopefully I'll have a completed quilt to show by weeks end!

Unrequited Love ATC swap

This swap sounded kind of fun. Not your typical over the top Valentine business dripping with sap.

Snow ATC

Just a quick ATC using mostly scraps and trash.

The substrate is a waffle box. Book text for background. The "snowflakes" are bits cut from tablecloth I cut up to use as doilies in my lawyers bookcase. The metal is from around the neck of a wine bottle. I had to print backwards, which is no easy feat for me, with an embossing tool to make the word SNOW. I lightly grazed the raised metal with Staz-on ink to give it definition.

Nearly Wordless Wednesday

I'm so fascinated by hoarfrost. It is so beautiful... This time I got up close and personal with it. It's so amazing that my little point and shoot camera can take these photos!!

Quotes AB tip-in

Wanting to play a bit, I pulled out an old project so I'd have a direction.

I don't know why I'm having such a hard time completing this book. I'm thinking maybe it's the book itself. I didn't choose wisely with this one. It's too stiff and unforgiving. I fear that I'm going to break the binding if I bend it too far...which is a very likely scenario. My friend Elizabeth has a great tutorial for picking the right book to alter. Too bad I didn't read this BEFORE starting the book.