inspiration and the lack thereof

A Good Day’s Sewing

by Stephanie September 24, 2012

As you may have surmised from recent posts, much of my sewing time lately has been consumed by finishing pillows, photographing pillows, editing and uploading pillow photos, listing pillows on Etsy, updating Flickr groups… it seemed endless. By the time the Sunday rolled around I wanted to sew on something not-pillow. Preferably something completely mindless. [...]

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Giving Up

by Stephanie September 3, 2012

Notably lacking from yesterday’s design wall shot is the freezer-paper Ulu block, which has come down after months of neglect.It was fun to try out a new process, but the bottom line is that this method does not suit my creative temperament very well. Plus,I’ve come to the conclusion that to do it well requires [...]

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The Edge of Ugly

by Stephanie May 19, 2012

“I’m on the edge… of ugly… and I’m sharing what that looks like with you…” (I’d apologize to Lady Gaga, but it’s her fault I can’t get that frickin’ tune out of my head) I’ve been meaning to baste up this quilt top all week, and just got to it this morning. The top has [...]

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On the Design Wall – April 1, 2012

by Stephanie April 1, 2012

A new month means another design wall shot. Here’s what up there this morning: One new NYB block: The original pattern for this block had a plain wide outer arc that I felt called for more detail. So I drafted some points and made narrow borders for them. Lots of seams and little pieces, will [...]

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Cloud9 Block Challenge

by Stephanie August 31, 2011

These retro cuties from Cloud9 fabrics are not the kind of prints/colors that I usually play with, which you might think would have prompted me to sit out the challenge recently issued by Victoria over at BumbleBeans. Nevertheless, I threw my name in the hat, figuring I might not get picked anyway, and if I [...]

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