Look what I found when I went into my sewing room yesterday! Those cats! (I never know which one to blame!) They have no respect for my handwork! I had neatly ironed and layered my feathered star blocks and laid them reverently in the drawer (that may be taking things a bit far...) and someone managed to dig them out and leave them in a pile! Yes, the cat can open the drawer. I probably will never know who. Patora is still playing with my pincushions and for two days in a row I've found the pincushion in my armchair with pins laying around it. It's like someone has played "He loves me... he loves me not..." with my pincushion! I have to watch where I sit!
Lest people think I've stopped sewing, I'll show a picture of the feeble attempts at applique I'm doing. I love the applique Anne does and Judy does, and I really wanted to just be able to sit and applique quietly and turn out something wonderful like them. Unfortunately, I do not have pastels like Anne and I do not have folk type fabric like Judy and I'm too stingy to buy some more fabric for this and I do have a lot of fabric so I just pulled some scraps and am doing me which is not too interesting yet.
The orange strip of applique is for the bazaar quilt and we are putting on leaves now. The white strip of applique is something for my living room, maybe for the piano and it is not much longer than what you see. That's not going to cover the piano but I have to think about this for awhile. I was wondering if I should dye the whole thing once it's appliqued just to get a rustic look to it... The most exciting thing recently is that I've been in touch with Tonya and she's helping me to get back on track with the word quilt that's been up on my wall for two months. I'm so excited to have contact with her and whatever she tells me to do I'm planning to do it! Wish me the best on that project!
3 comments:
Tanya - your applique looks just great to me - go with the fabric you have already - that's what makes it yours :o)
I was not here for longer. Two of my kids are sick, and I have no time to visit blogs. Your application is nice. You are a really artist.
Cats makes sometimes nonsens. That is often annoying. Luzie eats the blossoms of my pansies...but without cats it would be boring :-)
Oh my - it sounds like nothing in your sewing room is safe from your kitties. You may need to have locks put on your drawers LOL! Your appliqué looks just great. Use what you have - that's what our foremothers did. Your work will have your own stamp on it which in the long run will make it much more interesting. I've seen some folk art patterns made up with fabric that is totally unlike that which is usually found in folk art - bright, bold, wild, colorful, etc. - and it looks marvelous. So do your own thing and it will be wonderful!
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