Quantum of Solace

For Cars & Stars 2012, thanks to Spoonflower.com, I am making a quilt that will be auctioned off on the night of. In honor of the theme "James Bond" the quilt will be called "Quantum of Solace."

If I had know how hard it was to make a quilt in two months I might not have done it. I understand the difficultly. I bow to the women who have for century's done this by hand and one day I hope to make one in that traditional way. So in my attempts to make this quilt I was going to enlist a machine quilter to do the quilting until I found out that there is a two month wait. I figured I would just jump in feet first and try to do it myself. How hard could it be?

I had had the fabric made, I sewed all the squares together, I put together the batting and backing,

then I started to sew away. I didn't know you have to sew from the middle out to the edges.

Needless to say, I have spent days riping out stitches. 

I also found that I don't like invisible thread.

Cotton quilting thread is wonderful.  A few more days and it will be ready for the auction.

Flower Power

I am working on Music Hall's Cars & Stars 2012 

James Bond and Austin Powers join forces to fundraise for Education. 

I am creating two party spaces and am currently working on Austin Powers.

Fur and Fleece what a lovely mess they make, but the fleece is a blast to sew.

The high top tables will be dressed in brightly colored satin with large flowers as overlays. All the fabric was found at Haberman Fabrics (Michigan's finest)  http://habermanfabrics.com/

Overlays- 

Dr.Seuss stripes look a lot like Austin

Peace out, baby yeah!









And what is a flower with out the mojo? I wanted to create the male symbol for the smaller tables that would sit under the floral bouquet. There will be four one in each color fur. Groovy, baby!

 

Mama has a new baby!

I arrived home today and there is was ... my new Singer sewing machine!

I have never bought a machine. So here are my two Singers!