So now that the mini's are done...

I'm back to working on some other projects. I'm in the middle of my "Harvest Moon" project for my premier video series on MQR.  The appliqué is done and the quilting is in progress and will be finished tomorrow.  Here is a peek ...I had just loaded it on the frame and was explaining my quilting plan and thread choices.



I also have been working on the appliqué of the frogs & lizards...almost done with that appliqué too.



Don't Vicki's hand dyed gradients just make both of these pieces glow!

I've decided on my quilting plan for Mother's toile quilt and it's ready and will be loaded later this week.

And I've gotten all my kits made and ready for the class to color the mini's  coming up on Tuesday.

I have a ton of other things in progress too, but that's enough rambling for today.  I've got to go enjoy my extra hour that the time change gave me today!

Finished!

The last of the mini quiltlets are done and now soaking to remove the marks.  After they're dry they'll get numbered and randomly distributed to my students. Here are the last few.













Here they are all together...



And all cut into individual little quilts, ready to go into the cold water soak.



Next time you see them will be after my students have added the color.

Now I'm back to work on my appliqué!

Almost Done

I actually finished quilting all the little mini quilts.  Next step is to cut them apart and soak them to get the marks out.  After drying, they'll be ready for my students to add the color.  Now I can get back to my appliqué!

I'll share a few more of the mini's now and post the rest of them tomorrow.  The light is bad...it's raining here.  They are really bright white just like the others.











That's it until tomorrow!

Three more

Little by little...

All the grid work is done on a half inch grid. The curved rays were stitched with Renae's arcs.

Silks

My order from Dharma always includes dyes, paints, and fixers.  OK, and usually some fabric too.  This order had some of my favorites; a cotton/silk blend.  If you've never seen this, it is yummy! One side has the silky sheen, and the other the matte of cotton.  It cuts, sews and quilts as easy as cotton, and OMG...how beautifully it takes dyes!  Even though it is a silk blend, I still use Procion dyes with beautiful results.  One of the interesting aspects of the blend is that with some colors you actually end up with a different look on each side.

And my other fabric this time was silk dupioni...love, love, love that stuff. And it also dyes like a dream.  Oh, and don't worry, I got ample yardage of both! (:>).



Next time we have a cool day I plan to do a little dyeing!

Harry's all wet....

While we were having dinner tonight, we heard this big splash;  Harry fell in the pool...again! Probably jumping up the screen after a lizard.  It always amazes me too, that he never gets his head wet when he falls in...never!  That boy must hit the water swimming!

He sure does look pretty pathetic when he climbs out though....Poor Harry!



oops, forgot to fix the red eye from the flash. Oh well, it adds to the overall pathetic look, LOL!