angry chicken

in the bag

I had a great day thrifting for vintage fabric last week.

I found 3 (!) unfinished quilt tops, one that had been already hacked up. They are all from the 30's and hand pieced-so very very nice.

this one is my favorite, and was the one already hacked up, so I didn't feel bad when I made it into this-

a special handbag for a certain someone who had a birthday this week. It comes with a handy coin purse and an "H" The lining is from that old sheet I keep making projects from, it is huge!! I used a super stiff sew in interfacing for this and I am really happy with how it turned out.

thursday is the day!

so, tomorrow is the apron deadline for the June Tie One On. This stylin' photo came from Hannah, who is celebrating her 29th b-day today, happy b-day!

some one you (at least 2) have posted aprons on your weblog, but have not e-mailed me links or photos of them. So, if this sounds like something you may have done, please e-mail me the goods, otherwise I may have a brain fade and forget to dig them up when I'm doing the gallery.

mail and such

kelly tucked all these goodies in the box when she returned books to me from our book loan swap. I am very lucky indeed! look at the peach! Sadie loves to eat it-which is really funny because she won't eat real fruit at all. and she eats this one with real gusto. I actually have to take it away from her. also, notice the wooden egg cup with spoon, the little chicken right next to it, which lays little eggs (kind of creepy and wonderful at the same time!) and lovely fabric and knick-knacks. thank you!

and Helen sent me this packet of lovelies. Wonderful craft books from the 70's, which are both odd and inspiring in the best way. Another reason to learn crochet. . .

hmm-reminds me of HR puffnstuff-

wonderful and so simple! look at the chicken!

again, creepy and good.

and this lovely apron! thank you! Helen also reminded me of this FUNNY weblog, which I seem to forget about-thanks Helen!

 

quilt monday

here is the commission wall quilt I have been working on for about a month now, and it is done! I am so happy. It's about 19"W x 30H". The patchwork is wool, cotton, and corduroy.

the flowers are light blue with orange quilting-it's hard to see here. It's all machine pieced with machine and hand applique. Machine and hand quilting details.

I used more raw edges in this piece and am really happy with the results.

It's called "quiet floating flowers". I love using a jaunty back fabric on my quilts. Here's the label. Now onto the next project. . .

more fun than an empty pool

summer has actually come to Portland-right on time, with it being the first week of summer. Sadie needed some skirts, so she got some. I sewed these up super fast (I love you , serger!) out of fabric that I was saving for skirts for me. . .

so, you may see mama and Sadie matching skirts here real soon, but I can't promise anything. Maybe baby Delia will get a matching hat too? or something else-must think .

on another crafting note-this book put out by rowan about 2 years ago is really swell. It features home interiors craft projects using Kaffe's line of fabric (remember him? before Amy Butler?) and I saw it here,at the link above, for $3.98!!! well-I paid a bit more for it than that, and it was worth every penny. Nothing earth shattering, just nice projects using nice fabric-very worth $3.98 (this place has a TON of cheap books-and a good kids selection too)

also, Daniel Clowes, my favorite comic artist of all time, (Chris Ware is #2) was interviewed on Fresh Air today. He has a new book out that I need to get pronto and the interview was good, but I wish it had been longer.

And, lastly, I have added a bunch of new posts to Tie One On, including a vintage apron sewing pattern photo gallery. I am very excited about this, so please take a peek. The "Home on the Range" apron submissions are due by the last day of June (next Thursday) I will post the new theme on Friday and hopefully get the apron gallery up by the following week (although we are expecting a new niece or nephew next Friday, very excited!!!-so there may be a slight delay)

popular dogs

From the land of king pod-these went to new homes this week. The not very nice dog seems to be the moving the fastest, which really surprises me. Shows what I know. Here's the breakdown so far based on most popular :
(Not to give an animals a complex. They don't know about each other. shh.)

 
So, the dog (you can't come up here) is in first, dusty the monkey, friendly deer, and I'm huge (elephant) come next-the other two not shown are even steven. hmmm. friendly deer has always been my favorite-then the elephant. interesting. . .

talking fiber

my library is sending me warning e-mails that I have had this Mary Frances book out too long. So, I took so photos and returned it.

wow. I love this outfit here. I know that this was wartime garb, not something to make light of, but this is a great look all the same.

I can't get enough of this illustrator-it's the same artist who did the Mary Frances Cooking Book. I think it's really hard to draw yarn, (try it!) yet here it is in all it's glory. It looks so heavy.

look at the faces on the needle heads. It appears one is happy and one is not so happy.

great advice.

yes they are, and lovely box.

notice wings with no arms, not wings and arms-you don't see that very much. wings instead of arms.

good bye!!

quilt monday-delia's quilt

Grammie finished Delia's quilt and gave it to her recently. It's is so lovely. I believe the pattern is called crossed canoes, and it's foundation paper-pieced, machine pieced and quilted.I especially love the pigeon toes around the border.

here's a detail. the pattern she choose for the all-over quilting and the border quilting is so cool. I wish it showed up better here in this photo.

and the label on the back! she used a transfer on fabric for the photo of Delia. It makes me teary eyed just seeing it here,and we have the quilt in person! The quilt is called "Delia's toes". Thank you grammie, I know she will treasure it forever.

papa day.

this was this morning. pete got no gifts because I am a bad, bad, mama.

but he got these! there is one left and I'm swear I'm going to save it for him.

family fun

 

here's my funny funny baby. sorry the other photo is so dark, but it was taken at 10:00pm last night when I thought pete had already put sadie to bed. I found this on the camera this morning. As you can see-she is not asleep.

I posted great photos from this japanese apron book on Tie One On-very lovely.