Posted in quilts, tagged alexander henry, bento box quilt, joel dewberry, modern quilt on June 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Bento Box Top Complete, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
The top is done! I’m really glad that I went ahead and made four boxes to put together. Although it’s a rather large “playmat” now you appreciate the green element of the quilt and how it moves around. I got the idea from Amanda Jean when she [...]
Posted in quilts, tagged alexander henry, baby quilt, bento box quilt, bird fabric, heather bailey, joel dewberry, modern quilt, playmat, simple quilt on June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Beginning of the Bento Box, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
Bento box quilts seem to be quite popular lately and I’m hardly immune to the hype. But I wanted mine to be a little different. I prefer large scale prints that wouldn’t work with the normal dimensions of this pattern. So I doubled the size of [...]
Posted in fabric love, tagged buy japenses fabric, fairytale fabric, where to buy japanese fabric on June 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Japanese Little Red Riding Hood in Pink, originally uploaded by mayaeliseboutique.
I love these little Japanese prints but they are so expensive! First off they are usually linen/cotton blends that are heavier than 100% cotton and second they usually come from Japan so the shipping is through the roof. I still thinks it’s worth it if [...]
Posted in quilting bee, tagged bee modern, hello betty, quilting bee on June 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
canonjune09 124, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
July is Sugard Limes’ month in Bee Modern and due to an impending move she had to ship her fabric early so I wasn’t really planning on working on it any time soon. But as more and more of my fellow bees started finishing their blocks I started to [...]
Posted in handmade wardrobe, tagged alexander henry fabric, home sewing, simplicity 3835, women's clothing on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Simplicity 3835, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
Now this is an easy summer dress! A handful of pattern pieces, a zipper, some interfacing and you have yourself a really cute dress.
I made a size 8 and it fits really well except the lower arms. To give you an idea of sizing I generally wear a [...]
Posted in Visual Stimulation, tagged fabric stash, gnomes, gold fish, heather ross, mushroom fabric on June 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »
My Precious, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
Can you believe I got 8 fat quarters of this hard to find Heather Ross fabric for only $21 including shipping?!! I saw Staci’s blog post early one morning about finding this fabric and intending to list it on Etsy. Within seconds I had emailed her and asked [...]
Posted in swaps, tagged coatser swap on June 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Coasters- Received, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
I’ve been remiss in posting about the Coaster Swap! I sent mine off a week or so before the deadline but didn’t want to post anything until I knew my partner had received them and then I just forgot.
The coasters above are the ones that Liesl Made sent [...]
Posted in sunday stash, tagged elephant fabric, fabric stash, japanese fabric on June 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Sunday Stash- Glitter Elephants, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.
Yet another fabric that I purchased while visiting my parents in Richmond, the store is obviously awesome. They had about a dozen different Japanese prints but I restrained myself to this one. I bought a yard of it but I don’t know what to use it for. [...]
Posted in handmade wardrobe, tutorials, tagged made by rae, sew mama sew, spring top, summer top, summer wardrobe on June 20, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Ever since I saw this tutorial on Sew Mama Sew I’ve been wanting to try it and I bought this fabric a couple weeks ago but never got around to making it until today.
The instructions are clear, concise and come with quite a few pictures. I skipped the arm divots and pockets as unecessary and [...]
Posted in Visual Stimulation, tagged canda, murres, puffins, st. john's newfoundland on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Technically I saw all three while visiting St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada this week for work. The pictures and experience leave a bit to be desired though. The Puffins were great but my pictures, not so much.
I kept trying to catch them in flight with modest success.
Luckily my friend Dave had a huge zoom lense on [...]
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