Wow! I know I've been feeling kind of out of sorts and unproductive lately, but I didn't realize how out of the swing of things I've been lately, but now I see it's been going on for about a month. Well, tomorrow is the first day of school, I've had a recovery weekend, and am actually starting to feel ready to tackle the fall now.
So, the tunic came out well.
My adorable husband is the green lantern, a friend was the red lantern. The quilt is a gift for our lovely and gracious queen, who has been having a difficult time of late. She is also the head of my husband's peerage household, so we found out about some of the news before it became public. The quilt was originally supposed to be for me, but I decided to finish it for her instead.
Now, I'm working on a quilt that will be for me! The pattern is "Blossom" by Joanna Figueroa at Fig Tree Quilts. It's a pattern that was in her last book. I'm using cream and coral floral prints for the flowers and a light green marble fabric for the background. I'm also trying a new method of construction. Usually, I make blocks, but these blocks lend themselves to being made up as units, and then assembling the units to make the blocks. So instead of making the units for one block and sewing it together, I'm assembling the sections. I've done all of the centers, and then each flower has 8 petals. The perpendicular ones are made a little differently from the ones that are set on an angle. I'm working on the perpendicular petals first, and cutting as I go, because I just couldn't face hours over the table cutting all those pieces. I did cut strips, the directions said to cut so many strips of a certain size and the sub-cut the strips into squares or rectangles. So I cut the strips, and I've been cutting the squares in short bursts as I use them. I'm hoping to get this done before it gets super cold.
I'm finally getting around to making up my summer SCA dress. Fortunately, this hasn't been a super busy summer, event-wise. I'm going to try to finish my dress for the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Fair in September. I really need to work on my documentation for my project. I made a Tudor-style quilt, which is done, but I need to work on the write-up of what I did.
My adorable husband is the green lantern, a friend was the red lantern. The quilt is a gift for our lovely and gracious queen, who has been having a difficult time of late. She is also the head of my husband's peerage household, so we found out about some of the news before it became public. The quilt was originally supposed to be for me, but I decided to finish it for her instead.
Now, I'm working on a quilt that will be for me! The pattern is "Blossom" by Joanna Figueroa at Fig Tree Quilts. It's a pattern that was in her last book. I'm using cream and coral floral prints for the flowers and a light green marble fabric for the background. I'm also trying a new method of construction. Usually, I make blocks, but these blocks lend themselves to being made up as units, and then assembling the units to make the blocks. So instead of making the units for one block and sewing it together, I'm assembling the sections. I've done all of the centers, and then each flower has 8 petals. The perpendicular ones are made a little differently from the ones that are set on an angle. I'm working on the perpendicular petals first, and cutting as I go, because I just couldn't face hours over the table cutting all those pieces. I did cut strips, the directions said to cut so many strips of a certain size and the sub-cut the strips into squares or rectangles. So I cut the strips, and I've been cutting the squares in short bursts as I use them. I'm hoping to get this done before it gets super cold.
I'm finally getting around to making up my summer SCA dress. Fortunately, this hasn't been a super busy summer, event-wise. I'm going to try to finish my dress for the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Fair in September. I really need to work on my documentation for my project. I made a Tudor-style quilt, which is done, but I need to work on the write-up of what I did.
