overcoming.

It is sort of silly the things I fear.  Not like boogy man fear, but more personal fear.  You know, like making that apron that looks super hard and you wonder if it will turn out like the one in the picture - so the pattern sits - you know - like forever, or sewing a zipper (I know.  Right?  It's just a freakin zipper!), or the fear of sounding like a big dork because I shared from the heart on my blog.  Trust me, I have hit "copy all, delete" on more posts than I care to admit!

But today I will start by posting about, yes, a fear (I am not allowing my fingers close proximity to the delete button!).  And even though I faced it head on, I can say with all honesty, the fear is still there.  But at least I am walking toward the fire and not away from it - this time around.  That counts for something, right?!  wink.

Remember my scattered quilt post?  There's something I left out.  I have wrestled about listing it in my little etsy shop.  And because I hyper analyze life as I know it, to death, it just sat.  I love this quilt, I loved making it, I loved hand quilting it, I loved binding it, I loved washing and drying it, I even loved photographing it like a favorite child!  But I was really wanting to list it for sale.

I believe in my work, I know the care and time it takes to create something like this, and so that is not what I feared.  I guess it is the vulnerability of the idea, placing something "I made" for sale.  That has never come easy for me, again not for lack of quality, but more because it is a part of me that I am hoping others would like, and well, what if they don't?  I have opened and closed my little etsy shop a few times now, mainly for that reason.  I know ... silly right?  Why can't I be normal and fear stuff like : spiders, the dark, flying in airplanes?!

So all that to say this - I listed it! Granted I have hovered of it like a mama bear protecting her cub, hitting refresh every 5 minutes to see if anyone has looked at or  favorited it.  See ... hyper analyze!  wink.

So, we will see what happens.  Fear faced, beloved quilt listed, growing through the process.  wink.

scattered is finished.

quilt stats :

pattern is scattered by Allison Harris (Cluck Cluck Sew)

measures 61" x 73" and is machine pieced

fabric top made with :

Bleached White Moda Bella and Summer House 
by Lily Ashbury for Moda  

backing :

100% Kona Cotton

binding  :

Gypsy Girl by Lily Ashbury for Moda

sewn on by machine turned and hand stitched 

to back of quilt for a clean finished look 

batting :

100% cotton warm and natural 

handquilting :

by me - over 20 hours  

using DMC perle 8 cotton thread

Washed once for that warm crinkly goodness!

Thanks so much for visiting. 
Have a nice weekend.
xoxo   
(listed in my little etsy shop) 
 

w.i.p. wednesday

Do you ever find the last stages of completing a quilt are bittersweet?  I love love love to sew binding onto my finished quilts.  I also love the feel of a warm and crinkly quilt fresh from the dryer, but being at the end, well, means being at the end.  
I have really enjoyed making Allison's scattered pattern.

I have also been doing a little pattern testing and can't wait to show the finished quilt.  When I do, there will be a nice little giveaway, so be sure and stay tuned.

row eleven and hand quilting.

I had so much fun sewing together the spools for row number eleven.  As you can probably tell, I am skipping around a little bit, since I am a ways behind.  I am like a child in a candy store having to choose which of my favorite candy to buy first.

Before stepping out this morning for an orthodontist appointment, I managed to get a little cutting done for my next row to sew together ... tulips!  Lori's tulips are so stinking cute, I can't wait to finish this row.  Which happens to be row thirteen.

 

Over the weekend (and nestled in my car at the orthodontist this morning), I managed to get some of the hand quilting done on my scattered quilt.  

I love the nubby feel of perle 8 thread.  It is my absolute favorite!  I enjoy the back just as much as the front.

On a side note, I made this for dinner last night.  Oh my goodness was it good!  Don't you just love pinterest?! 

Have a lovely week and thanks so much for cheering me on as I play catch up on Lori's adorable row along!!  

raspberry.

When making up my mind on what color the backing would be for the scattered quilt I recently finished, I kept leaning toward this raspberry tone.  So raspberry it is!  I washed and dried the backing, twice, for fear of it bleeding in later washes. 

Now to lay out and pin it all together.  That way I can do the hand quilting in the evenings.  My finger is still a bit sensitive, so it may take a little longer than usual.  

I hope you have a fabulous week.  xo

scattered.

Scattered was such a fun pattern to make!  

I opted for Moda's Bella Solid in bleach white as my neutral and the scattered fabrics is Summer House by Lily Ashbury, also Moda.

Now to decide on a backing.  What do you think?  I am leaning toward a solid.  Maybe a blue?  Hmmm.

 Thanks for visiting today.

xoxo

(I figured out the pixel issue.  Thanks for the help!  You are the best!)

sewing before the game.

Weekends are typically no sew time.  However, I managed to sneak a little cutting, sewing, and ironing in, (for my scattered quilt) right before the Super Bowl aired (the only time of the year I care anything about football).  Born and raised in Northern California (Marin/Sonoma Counties), I cheered on the Niners right to the very end.  It was a good game.  Now I am back to a little more sewing between some chores that need catching up on.  Did you watch the game?

saturday.

I have been hoarding my Christmas money like a miser (all $50.00 of it!).  I have a list of diy projects for the year 2013 and making a bulletin board (I wanted it to be cute!) was on the top of my list.  However, while taking a quick jaunt through Hobby Lobby this morning, I rounded a corner, to which I discovered a bulletin board already framed!!  Then glancing up to my left I see a 50% off sign!!  My cheap frugal little heart skipped a beat!  Originally $69.99, with tax it came to $34.00 something!  Squeal!!  This pretty girl came home with me!  Let me tell you, she is large measuring 28" x 35"!  Yay!  I love order!

I can't close with out sharing a little quilty goodness!  I recently received Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe (thanks Al!) and decided to use my Summer House charm packs with Bella Solids Bleached White.  Allison's pattern reminds me of confetti tossed up into the wind!  Too fun!  

I hope you are having a nice weekend.   

Thank you for visiting and for your kind comments.  

xoxo