Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
One of the many wonderful things about going to Quilt Market is having women tell me about the project they are working on. Connie Huddleston of The Little Wool Shoppe brought a project she was working on with her to show me.
She was working on the Baby Jacket pattern and made it from an old quilt, some beautiful hankies and embroidered them.
Her project was not complete, but the work is lovely! So happy to see all the talent! Thanks for sharing, Connie!
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Bev. would do almost anything I ask of her in her job at JCD (some restrictions apply). But, she doesn’t really sew enough that she is set-up to test a pattern. She had been waiting and collecting things for quite some time, though to make herself a Junk Bag once the edits were done and the pattern was finished.
At some point, we decided I should make it for her, so she brought me a wonderful stash of linens, hankies, & embroidered pieces to chose from. It was hard to decide! I kept asking myself – “what would Bev do?”. She has a very unique gift of being able to “edit” and her discerning eye has saved me many times. Only Bev. can be Bev. – too much pressure!
She loves soft, romantic, clean, crisp, vintage-inspired pieces in the way that I do, so it was a joy to make her bag, even if it was hard to have her “eye”. She loved it in the end.. I love the brooch an the silk flower on the vintage tag.
There were a few things in her fabric basket that I didn’t want to send back when I was finished. But,as she said, “now you kow what I’ve got tucked away”. She brings her Junk Bag to work each week, but what I can’t get over is how pristine and pretty her bag looks! I think it’s another of her special super powers!