a couple of things to mention before christmas is all forgotten . . . . . . one of the sewing girls had a very pretty, christmassy looking necklace and i took a photo
my friend thought i was a bit close, so a quick makeover, and the photo looks like this
20 years younger in a flash, though whether she could swallow was not determined !
my friend jean, from linen and raspberry , introduced me to this photo imaging and it is alot of fun, time consuming for me at the moment because i am learning, but interesting. i often just get rid of very small bits of fabric, all added to the other 'stuff' we all have, it makes another collection of its own ! but i had some small half squares and quarter squares, already cut, left over from my circles quilt and i started stitching them together, i liked what it was creating and now if i see a small piece of fabric, i pounce on it, cut it into either shape and i am adding and adding and am loving it. keep those little bits from now on.
do you like it, it is amazing how everything goes together, i will show you the progression. it may be another quilt or i will just make it as a piece of cloth and use it to make something as you would a piece of new fabric.
then i was looking at quiltsalott, and janet mentioned that she had made a couple of pincushions recently and one was too big for her liking, and she showed one that she had made previously. it gave me an idea, since i got a new couch and chairs last year, leather, when i am sitting sewing i do miss not being able to just put the pins in the arm of the chairs, a bad habit i know! i made a very large pincushion, sits beautifully on the arm of the chair and is thick enough through that the pins will not harm the leather.
so that's what i did while the weather was hot and horrible, now it is cool and lovely again ! my 'pincushion' is large, the diamonds are approx 5 inches wide. i will go now and put all my pins in it, when i use my machine i just have it close by also, saves all the pins running around and ending up on the floor etc. a problem solved.
i mentioned my circles quilt, have a look on amitie at a couple that were done as block of the month from the shop. i know one of the ladies, and the red looks wonderful as a background brenda! and the other one with the dark fabric and that border is gorgeous!