Thank you (and more Liberty)
January 24, 2011
You guys are awesome! I knew that you would give me lots of great ideas to jump start some different dinners. I've gone through the comments a few times now and I plan to go through my Everyday Food mags this evening and sticky note your recommendations. There are so many wonderful suggestions in the comments of that last post - check them out for some great links. Also, Mad Hungry was mentioned a few times. I bought that cookbook this fall and LOVE it. It definitely deserves a post of its own, though.
I started chain piecing the Liberty quilt this weekend. I started by sewing one white square to each of the Liberty prints and then sewed another print onto those strips. After an hour of piecing like this, I realized that I was going to have to come up with a better plan. It's very random (which is what I want), but I'm worried about balancing the prints and the white. So for now I think I am going to make 2, 3 and 4 piece strips and then lay it all out on the floor, add the white where it is needed and then I can sew the pieces into blocks or strips and go from there. I was trying to avoid laying out a huge 27 x 30 block rectangle, but it looks like it's inevitable.
I've put this all aside for now so I can focus on the auction art projects this week. I'm treating the auction work as my day job (Monday - Friday, daytime hours) and the quilting and other crafts as my leisure (nights and weekends). It's my sincere hope that I can keep to this schedule and by doing so that I can avoid stressing myself out too much. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Gotta run - I have some rain barrels that need a final coat of spray paint. Later!
this is going to look amazing. I am completely coveting the liberty love!
Posted by: rachel | buttons magee | January 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM
What I love about Liberty prints is the soft hand. That quilt is going to be so incredibly snuggly as well as beautiful. xo
Posted by: Miss chris | January 24, 2011 at 10:41 AM
I'm really excited to see how this turns out, I have a feeling it is going to be lovely!
Posted by: Bonnie | January 24, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I have never seen or felt Liberty fabric but the prints are definitely gorgeous! I look forward to watching it grow into something beautiful!
Posted by: Penny | January 24, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Oi! Eu gosto muito do seu site, vi o seu tutorial do vestido fácil e fiz o meu também. Eu citei você no meu Blog, gostaria que você fosse me fazer uma visita e me dizer o que achou do vestido que eu fiz e aprendi com você!
Beijos
Acesse:
http://mariagirassolcraft.blogspot.com/2011/01/vestido-de-verao-facil.html
Posted by: Nataly De Biase | January 24, 2011 at 02:42 PM
i love Liberty. Good luck with the Auction. :)
Posted by: siobhan | January 24, 2011 at 04:27 PM
I can't wait to see your Liberty quilt come together. Good luck with the auction work. Your plan sounds like a really good one for staying on track (and sane!).
Posted by: krista - Poppyprint | January 24, 2011 at 05:21 PM
I adore your quilt! It is going to be so beautiful! I would love to create a Liberty quilt...someday:)
Posted by: Erica | January 24, 2011 at 06:22 PM
OK, as much as I love the liberty prints/quilt and all, what really got me was the comment about spray painting your rain barrels...what colour?
Posted by: Andrea | January 24, 2011 at 06:50 PM
All these liberty cameos make me grin, ear to ear. (I was raised on Liberty of London, went to the store when I was all grown up, just to see it in person.)
BTW, I'm entirely impressed you have people who eat sweet potatoes AND lasagne. If have none, in either camp. (Well, little people, anyway). So if they won't eat rice pudding.
Posted by: Molly | January 24, 2011 at 09:27 PM
i love that you are treating the auction as your day job...
that is a great idea on how to get things accomplished!
Posted by: leslie | January 25, 2011 at 06:36 AM
the lasagna took four or five good tries on my part before i had them convinced. same with the sweet potatoes. i just keep putting new food in front of them so they don't really have a choice!
Posted by: Erin | house on hill road | January 25, 2011 at 06:56 AM
well, they aren't my rain barrels, per se. i'm painting them for the 5th grade auction art project. one got a very pale blue and the other got a light green. the kids are going to paint on top of that.
Posted by: Erin | house on hill road | January 25, 2011 at 06:57 AM
I love that close up shot on the sewing machine.
Posted by: Suzanne | January 25, 2011 at 06:57 AM
the blue print in the lower left photo is AMAZING! I think this, above any other patchwork/fabric piecing project gets me motivated to make something ... and soon!
Posted by: Molly Irwin | January 25, 2011 at 09:21 AM
Really it looks nice. I have never seen or felt the freedom of material, but impressions are definitely beautiful. I hope to see grow into something beautiful!
Posted by: Debt Management | February 24, 2011 at 12:54 AM