Iron Work by Michael Miller

Another recent Ebay find.

Love, love, love!!!

Taxi!

Love this fabric I bought on Ebay last week!

Now that the kids are on their way to Israel,

I have time to start the sewing room planning

and time for sewing!!!!

Their bags are packed!

They're ready to go!

Matthew and Marisa leave for Israel

tomorrow night for 6 weeks.

They are participating in a program

called Ramah Israel Seminar.

They have spent the past 7 summers at
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires in Wingdale, NY.

They are so lucky to be taking this trip

with their closest camp friends!!

Truly the trip of a lifetime!

They decided to take travel pillows,

and I made covers for them today.

I love how they came out!

Marisa's:

Matt's:

48 hours!

Approximately 48 hours from now, my kids

will be on a plane headed for the summer of a lifetime!

I am so excited for them!

We have been busy getting everything together,

and tomorrow, we pack!

Pen and Ink

I got an email recently

showing this fantastic new fabric collection

P B Textiles Pen and Ink

Take a look- now to find them!!

Fabulous Batik!

I found this great Robert Kaufman batik

on the clearance rack at my local fabric store

over the weekend.

At $5 a yard, I took the rest of the bolt- 2 yards!

Love it!

Sorry I haven't been updating every day-

these 2 weeks are an insanely busy time at my house,

between the end of school, 

and getting the kids ready for their

summer program in Israel!!

Fabric Trends for Quilters

I picked up the

Summer 2010 Issue

today. This is a new to me magazine.

I hope to have time tomorrow to read it.

Anyone read this magazine? Thoughts?

Featured on the Selvage Blog today!

My new pillows for the room o'selvages are featured today!

Welcome to everyone stopping by from

The Selvage Blog!

Here are some in progress photos

of my pillows!

Loving the new Sew Steady Table!

Mail Call!!!!!

Pat, whose candy bag I featured,

sent me an amazing assortment of selvages this week!

They filled my new 24 x 36 Olfa cutting mat!

I can't wait to use them!!

Close up:

Thanks again Pat!

You are the best!

Sew Steady Table Arrived!

It is FANTASTIC!

I am already wondering how I

sewed for all these years without one!

Hands down, one of my best

Mother's Day presents EVER!

Selvage Pillows!!!

I have been thinking of making new

pillows for my daybed in the

room o' selvages for sometime now.

I wanted them to be mostly black and white,

with some reds, yellows and tans.

I won this awesome fabric on Ebay recently,

and knew it would be perfect for pillows!

I thought 5 selvage pillows would be too much,

so I made 3 out of the fabric,

and 2 out of selvages.

After:

(click to enlarge)

Before:

mid selvage transformation!

I love how they turned out,

and I think they give the daybed

a nice look!

One...

last post about the recital!

Marisa's friend, classmate and graduating senior Cristina

took this awesome picture!!

The tap performance special dance was ONE

from A Chorus Line.

and it was sensational!

This was the best picture I got of Marisa:

(click to enlarge)

she was in the second row

at this point of the dance.

Wonderful weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rehearsal and 2 shows down, 1 to go!

Marisa in her pointe costume!

Fantastic shows today!!!!!

Recital Weekend!

My beautiful daughter Marisa

is dancing in her 14th recital this weekend!

Here is how she looked at her first one.

She was three!

Break a leg, sweetheart!

We love watching you dance-

you light up the stage with your smile!

Mentioned on the Selvage Blog today!!

What an unexpected suprise to be mentioned
on the Selvage blog today!

Karen writes:

.....Can you imagine if Chelo from Spain, Jill from New Jersey, and Jodie from Ballarat (Australia) were neighbors? No, I can't either! All together they've made upholstered chairs, window cornices, dresses, and lots more, all with selvages. I guess that's why God spread them out around the world.

What a wonderful selvage neighborhood that would be!!!!

Pat's Candy Bag!

Isn't this fantastic??

I am so fortunate that Pat sends me her selvages.

She is the person who told me about all the great

fabric shops I visited in Lancaster, PA.

Recently, I gave her instructions for making a tote similar to

my selvage tote that I made for my Lancaster trip.

She wrote:

Just thought you might like to see my version

of your selvage bag.

I quickly realized my selvages were not enough to

make a large tote bag.

Having plenty of candy fabric in my stash, this is what

I came up with.

Using your instructions, I randomly cut different widths of my

favorite candy fabric and stitched them to my foundation fabric.

Pat, your bag is absolutely amazing!!

Promises, Promises

My daughter and I saw the

matinee of Promises, Promises today.

Kristen Chenoweth and Sean Hayes were

absolutely outstanding and we loved it!

It was delightful, and a really adorable show.

If you get the chance to see it, GO!

Shoe Collection photos

I collect

Just the Right Shoes by Raine.

Here is my collection,

housed primarily in Bertby

cabinets from Ikea.

This is the entrance hall of my house.

The second bertby,

close up.

My shoe quilt,

hung from the second floor.

!7 feet up!

Enjoy!

Baby steps.....

in my quest to turn my

unused living room into my studio!

I ordered this book today,

and can't wait to read it!

I picked up the latest issue at

AC Moore yesterday.

Lots of ideas are starting to develop!!

Pillows

Recently, I decided to make some pillows

for the sectional couch in my family room.

The center one is made from fabric

leftover from my window cornices.

The secnd from the right is made from

leftover pieces randomly sewn together

from my strips n curves quilt, which is hung in that room.

The other 3 are made from square decorator fabric samples

I picked up a few years ago at the fabric store and

never got a round tuit!

Finally, I got one!!

Paisley Bohemian by Anna Maria Horner

Found:

More of the fabulous out of print Bohemian fabric!!

I have some listed on Etsy and Ebay,

but I am keeping plenty for myself!

Good news,

I thought I was running out of walls for quilts.

Tonight, I figured out a great spot!!!

My wheels are turning,

and I hope to have more details tomorrow!

Jenny Mail!!

I was suprised today with another package from Jenny.

She has been so kind to send me awesome selvages again!

I really appreciate her sending me such wonderful selvages!

I spent the day listing lots of fabric on cre8fmom on ebay.

I was at my fabric store and

found more wonderful Bohemian fabric from

Anna Maria Horner for Free Spirit!