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| Farm and Folk Quilt Alchemy by Sara Larson Buscaglia excellent documentation and inspiration!! |
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| My new hand embroidery alphabet project... back stitch with 3 strands of cotton embroidery thread. |
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| Sunflower Panel Quilt top with Borders with backing layered underneath ready for piecing. |
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| Local Hot Rod car show, Dodge Barracuda!!! |
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| Camaro SS 68'.... Super clean.... |
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| Camaro SS 68' back view, one of my favorites in the show.... |
Hello Quilt Friends! Heat wave in the valley for a few days, it's summer!
I have pieced together the backing for my Sunflower Panel with Borders Quilt top. I used leftover blocks and leftover fabric pieces for the back. The next step will be to measure out the batting and sandwich it together with the top and back and then get it pin basted. I plan to machine quilt it with fine cross hatch machine quilting. I'm going for the finish.
I saw this book; Farm and Folk Quilt Alchemy a High Country Guide To Natural Dyeing and Making Heirloom Quilts From Scratch by Sara Larson Buscaglia at my local library and I checked it out. I saw that it was about dying fabric and I'm not real interested in that but I was curious about her process. As I began to read it I saw at once that we were kindred spirits. Sara is so into detail and careful about her process I was fascinated. She and her family live in CO for one thing and she homeschooled her kids. We lived in CO for a while and I homeschooled our kids too.
Then in her chapter 3 Quilt Alchemy and Chapter 4 Quilt Making Skills she explains some of the thinking behind some of her quilt designs and her process. Her explanations are excellent and so thorough. This impressive book is published by Abrams Art Books.
Then there was the Hot Rod Car show in a local town and we had to see that. The presiding rock band played oldies but goodies to set the mood. We saw amazing examples of classic hot rods (muscle cars). Someone had restored a 68' Hot Rod Lincoln Continental, legendary. I was drawn to the 68' Camaro SS.
Someone had cleaned and restored it to perfection. That is a super hobby.
If you get a chance visit Debbie's blog where she talks about her 'Sardine Pillow' project. It was a gift for her grand daughter who loves it and I think I have some grand kids who would enjoy having a sardine pillow too. What a fun idea.
And that is the news from the valley, where I'm drinking my water with ice cubes.
What progress have you made on your projects this week?
I'll be by to visit.
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