Thursday, January 26, 2012

Borders and Bordering on Obsession

I can't decide if this is it for this quilt top or if it deserves some borders....
I pieced this simple top some time ago but just can't decide if it's done...arghh..


I keep coming back to thinking it would look really nice with an inner border, a thin pieced border, and an outer border...then I circle back to it's cute small and simple like this...
the top is made from charm packs of Sugar Pop by Liz Scott

what's a girl to do??

maybe I'll set it aside and let the to add or not to add decision marinate a little longer...
and
turn my attention to this stack of fabrics...



a rather large stack of various DS Quilts fabrics...and sadly this is not all of them...

or maybe these should be next??



yep...more gorgeous fabric by Ms. Schmidt I've been hoarding...these being a few Greenfield Hill prints I pulled out (ignore the lone Love print at the bottom)...

and i'll tell you I should probably make a few quilts out of these stacks...so I can make room for when Flea Market Fancy Legacy collection comes out this spring...

I...Can...Not...Wait...

you see I got into quilting after the original FMF was released and I have always loved FMF and Katie Jump Rope...
my biggest fabric hoarding misstep was passing up a Katie Jump Rope 1/8 yd bundle of the full line at a quilt show...I didn't realize that when I came back 2 minutes later it would be gone...

I can't tell you how many times I've kicked myself for that...did I mention it was also at a great price...no crazy markup like you see from time to time on these lines...
sigh...oh well...
okay..so I'm a little obsessed with Denise Schmidt Fabrics





Saturday, January 21, 2012

It's Sew Awesome

I finally have a dedicated sewing and craft space!  It's pretty amazing...


The downside of having a dedicated sewing and craft room....the ability to close the door to hide the mess.



I had thought about unpacking all the boxes, organizing, and cleaning up before I took pictures for this post. But why not be honest and show you what it looks like right now....and posting the room looking like this  might make me clean and organize as I go because this is slightly embarassing.  It's a hope at least.



I have tons of storage and shelfing...


so you would think I would utilize it to store projects...




so my sewing and cutting tables wouldn't look like there is no actual work space...jeezzz...this is bad...my mom is going to be super embarassed I showed ya'll my place looking like this...because she taught me better, as she is uber organized.  I will tell you I have plans to finish unpacking and decorating my little studio...so this isn't the last you will see of my sewing space.

Oh...did you notice the newest edition to Red Dirt Girl World???  If you found it possible to look past the huge messing on my sewing table...


Yep...new machine!!!  Meet Emmy as I've dubbed her and boy oh boy is she A-MAZING!!  I should have upgraded a while ago...but I'll admit I was a little scared of a machine with so many stitches and options.  I was so silly because this girl makes life SEW easy!!

Have a good weekend ya'll!!