This ATC was a challenge for me. First, I usually do not work with human images, so that was a learning experience. I also used metallic fabric for the wings and another delicate fabric for the clothing, both which frayed easily. I machine quilted the hair, wings, clothing and background and I hand stitched the body pieces to make sure they didn't come off. With all those small pieces the fusible web did not adhere very well. It was a lot of work but I'm fairly pleased with the end result.Tuesday, August 14, 2007
July ATC: A Midsummer Night's Dream
This ATC was a challenge for me. First, I usually do not work with human images, so that was a learning experience. I also used metallic fabric for the wings and another delicate fabric for the clothing, both which frayed easily. I machine quilted the hair, wings, clothing and background and I hand stitched the body pieces to make sure they didn't come off. With all those small pieces the fusible web did not adhere very well. It was a lot of work but I'm fairly pleased with the end result.
Summer Romance
It was a typical summer romance: girl finds house, girls sells old house, girl loses new house to a noncontigent offer and now has nowhere to live... So she dresses up and goes to a party.
Things were going well- we put an offer on a great house with a huge yard and a pool. Plus it had four bedrooms (can you say studio?) and a finished basement (can you say playroom?) It was perfect for us. So in a whirlwind we cleaned our house, put tons of things in storage and put our house on the market. The day after we got a call- the owners of "our house" got a noncontingent offer and we had 72 hours to decide what we wanted to do. We had only just put up our house- we weren't sure how fast it would sell... So Monday morning we signed the papers to release the house to some lucky people. And Monday night we got an offer on our house. What a sucky day. So we're set to close September 26th. But we have no place to live as of yet.
On a happier note, I finished my August quilts. I bought the below in a kit last year and never finished it but it is now done and hanging in the living room.
Things were going well- we put an offer on a great house with a huge yard and a pool. Plus it had four bedrooms (can you say studio?) and a finished basement (can you say playroom?) It was perfect for us. So in a whirlwind we cleaned our house, put tons of things in storage and put our house on the market. The day after we got a call- the owners of "our house" got a noncontingent offer and we had 72 hours to decide what we wanted to do. We had only just put up our house- we weren't sure how fast it would sell... So Monday morning we signed the papers to release the house to some lucky people. And Monday night we got an offer on our house. What a sucky day. So we're set to close September 26th. But we have no place to live as of yet.
On a happier note, I finished my August quilts. I bought the below in a kit last year and never finished it but it is now done and hanging in the living room.
Here's the brown...
and yellow... The orange needs a zipper yet.
And I also finished the bracelet from the other Pick Up Sticks kit I got at Stitch DC this summer. The top is from the kit and the bottom is from left over yarn from my One Skein tote. These were so much fun to make and I plan to make more.
I loved the Pick Up Sticks kits so much I ordered another one from Lion- it was on clearance.
I've also had fun making these hair clips for Claire. Of course she refuses to wear any type of clip in her hair at this point, but I'm not giving up hope. I mean, how cute are these?
and yellow... The orange needs a zipper yet.
And I also finished the bracelet from the other Pick Up Sticks kit I got at Stitch DC this summer. The top is from the kit and the bottom is from left over yarn from my One Skein tote. These were so much fun to make and I plan to make more.
I loved the Pick Up Sticks kits so much I ordered another one from Lion- it was on clearance.I've also had fun making these hair clips for Claire. Of course she refuses to wear any type of clip in her hair at this point, but I'm not giving up hope. I mean, how cute are these?
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