My 15 minutes' play

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Yesterday was the first whole day after the boys left. I was a little sad and needed to keep myself occupied.

 I must have spent at least half of my day in my sewing room. I decided to continue working on my Impressions of Amish quilts and made another one in the series.

Here is the sneak peek.

 

My daughter reminded me that I need to work on her quilt. 

I said, " Yes honey, as soon as I clean up the mess from my table." 

 I made the quilt top while "cleaning" the sewing room!

 This is the quilt she has ben waiting to see on her bed.

Don't you think this one here at the bottom is a nice one?

That's definitely not me in the picture!

 And it is not a quilt.. 

Fooled you!

It is some commercial on TV for a home improvement store. 

This is how I get my inspirations! 

Snap snap snap.. you never know where it will come from..

Remember my Amish quilt? It made it on the flickr front page!!!

Who knew?

Just keep taking those pictures and have fun with it!

Another take on Thomas' Quilt

Quilt made by Helen Knopf

Helen made this quilt in the class inspired by Gee's bend quilts. The idea was to try to experience the limits felt by the women of Gee's bend and choose the background for the quilt strictly from the clearance rack. We often plan out the quilt in advance and miss out on the journey and the surprises that awaits in the end result!

Helen says,"I remember thinking this was the ugliest quilt I had ever made but continued to experiment until it became something I could love." 

She was unhappy with the original design and struggled with it for some time.But she kept with it and by cutting it up and framing the squares with shot cottons gave this quilt the life that she was looking for. I am still envious of this quilt and you just have to take my word for it when I say that the picture does not do the justice this quilt deserves!

Strings

I must be in the cleaning mood! Still using all those scraps from the scrap bins and looks like I am creating a monster! The scrap pile has gone down considerably and I am feeling pretty good about it! Now the question is, what to do with all those pieced strings?

 

 Bowls?

 

 Baskets?
 

Plates or something else?