Needs a Name

I have found a new passion or a new craft to be passionate about, Hand Dyeing fabric! I suppose it is natural since we have now dyed about 800 tie dyes that I start dying fabric but it started when I bought white fabric to make Tie Dyed Napkins. I have been working on the napkins but I needed a way to use up the extra dye we made, I hate throwing it out and it only stays potent for a few days. So one night I grabbed some white fabric and dyed it up! Voila!

So then I had this oh so fabulous fabric and I NEEDED to use it right away but what do I want to make?

The vibrant colors kept making me think of things, like this one made me think of the Night Sky...

This one brought Lush, damp Moss to mind...

Oh this one made my mouth water... and this one made my mouth pucker. Then I knew what I needed to make... a Wordy Quilt. A quilt for me with the words in the bright hand dyes and the background entirely white and the words will be what color they are... but not like blue or green but like plum or seafoam. I couldn't figure out what that would be called so I Googled it and found "descriptive color words; words that are secondarily used to describe color but primarily used to refer to an object or phenomenon. There... that's what I mean ;0)

yummy Tangerine.

Midnight and Moss

As I went along I realized there are a lot of "food color words" so maybe I will need to make two quilts one "food colors" and one for the rest?

Do you have any descriptive colors to suggest? Or how about a name for the quilt? hmmm...

Hallowistmas Duplex

I just realized I never posted about latest block for Tonya's Hallowistmas Quilt so here it is... It is a Duplex!

The festive little ladies that live here have decorated their yard with a Halloween sign and some bunting.

The night sky is crawling with iridescent spiders which you can experience up close by stepping out onto the balcony!

I am having so much fun with this, I have another one in the works but I need to find out when the deadline is 'cause I think it might have been today. ;0)

Hallowistmas House

My favorite UnRuly Quilter has issued another irresistible challenge. Imagine a suburban area connecting two towns. A place where the customs of one town have merged with the customs of another in a cheery yet creepy way. The towns are named Halloweentown and Christmastown. The suburb is called ...Hallowistmas.

*In my head Rod Serling was narrating that bit above* ;0)

The idea is to create quilt blocks with wonky houses, but not just any old house...a Hallowistmas house. What would a wonky wonderful house in Hallowistmas look like? Who would live there? Would Mummies bake Christmas cookies? You get the idea.

So here is my first house...

The background is black with a creepy crawly iridescent spiderweb pattern.

I intend to make a few more and I think the next one will be a bit better than my first, a bit wonkier. Off I go!

Bah Humbug !

Bah Humbug ! is the inspiration for a creation from the fabulous mind of Tonya over at UnRuly Quilter. Anyone who wanted to participate just needed to piece some Bah's and Humbugs (emphasis on the Bug) together in Christmas reds and greens with some yellow and send them to her by April 1st. I can't get enough of Tonya's quilt projects she has some great ideas. So I picked out these fabrics and went to town.

I made the Bah quickly enough but it ended up much bigger than I intended, like usual. When I started my "!" I decided that is where I would create a bug.

So here is my "Bah Humbug!"

You can read about the quilt top and how it is coming together here. Tonya has received more blocks than she can fit in one quilt top so I am not going to do the word Humbug...just a Bah and a humbuggy "!". I am sending it off to sunny Florida tomorrow and you know... that little Humbug put me in a cheery Yuletide mood and as a result I am almost done with another Christmas project for the shop. A Christmas lap afghan.
I do believe I enjoy working on Christmas projects in the Spring...Bad weather doesn't bother me when it feels like Christmas, maybe I should just put on Christmas carols and go with it because we have snow coming for the next 5+ days. Who knows what I will come up with! ;0)

Pillow Talk

Today I can finally show you all a pillow I have made. My beautiful cousin and her lovely new husband will receive it this afternoon. This project just flowed from me... well... except the fringe. I made the front/top and quilted it before I went to their wedding in July but I couldn't find any trim to match and it needed trim. Our tiny town has lost it's fabric store and now the nearest one is 45 minutes away. They do have a nice selection of fringe and lace there but nothing seemed right. I did finally find a light green fringe that matched, I hope it complements the color of my cousin's living room walls.

I have to mention an amazing quilter named Tonya. Her blog Lazy Gal Quilting has been an incredible learning tool for me. She has taught me how to be "free" with my quilt blocks. Tonya's free pieced letters have changed everything I thought about quilting... I thought it had to be perfect. Her improvisational approach is just my thing. I have a tough time following other peoples patterns and I want all my projects to feel like my ideas. Several months ago Tonya was asking her readers to send her free pieced quilt blocks using four letter words that were happy, like hope and love, using bright fabrics. I joined her group of quilters and made two word blocks "Free" and "Luck". Here is the free block, I guess I sent the luck block off without taking a photo first... bummer.

Those two blocks were a challenge and a joy so I made more, lots more... Once I finished this pillow I started making more word blocks, but that is another project that hasn't been mailed off yet so you'll have to wait.

Oh!

Here is a look at the back.

Playing with Pinwheels

The project that I have been working on the last couple days is a Pinwheel Quilt for a baby. I was admiring an absolutely amazing quilt over at Red Pepper Quilts and I realized that Pinwheels are just squares cut in half diagonally to make triangles and then sewn back together with contrasting triangles, easy! Rita is a quilting genius, you should check out her quilts on Etsy. My attempt does not compare...I know... but it's my first try! :O)

I really wasn't sure this color combo was going to work but I actually like it a lot. It reminds me of Juicy Fruit gum.

My next challenge will be finding the right backing and binding fabric. The fabric stash I have is really not adequate although I have a hard time convincing my husband of that! I have so may finished projects I want to show you but I can't... they are gifts that haven't been mailed off yet and I can't spoil the surprise.

I have sent out one that I can show you as soon as it is delivered.I am so excited about it.

Hope you all have a great day.

Giveaways Galore!

I am just lovin' these giveaways. Here is a fantastic one $50.00 gift certificate for Fat Quarter Shop. Yipee!!!

Rachel at P.S. I Quilt is offering this one, here is the link

http://rachel-griffith.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-about-giveaway.html Rachels blog is full of fun ideas. Check her out and enter the giveaway. Good Luck