Fresh Figs

Not a Technical Genius

Okay.. I've finally conquered my technical difficulties!! My quilt pictures, which by the way I thought were uploading all the time, are now finally loading! If anyone else has this problem... I had to change shots that I had ready for print production in CMYK to RGB or change them specifically for the web???? Go figure? They were coming up on my MAC but not on my husbands PC? Could I tell you what that means.... no. But for those of you who have been emailing or asking me about why you can't see all of my images... please try it now...
Keeping my fingers crossed...
I'm adding them here to this post too so you don't have to scroll down if you don't want to

I just can't cut it...

Isn't it amazing how quickly a new interest or new pursuit can take hold? Less than a month ago, if someone had mentioned a Pam Kitty Morning or a Happy Zombie or a Posie Gets Cozy or a Portabello Pixie, I would have had absolutely no idea what they were talking about. Not even a clue! But these days, all of these people are included in my weekly blog visits and I feel like maybe I kind of know them. I couldn't recognize a one of them on the street, and yet I know alot about what they've been doing, what they've been sewing and how they have been spending their time. Kind of strange if you step back and think about it really....

Anyway, today some yardage of my new MODA fabric, Allspice Tapestry, arrived.

I have to tell you that I have been waiting for these little lovelies to arrive for about 2 weeks now, but they were having a little party... IN CUSTOMS!!! The nerve of them. I could have been sewing for weeks now but instead I have been tormenting our mail lady and my trusty UPS man on a daily basis... "Are you sure you don't have any boxes for me? Can you check again?"... and so forth. My poor UPS man thinks I'm already a bit batty, so you know, its a tenuous thing to keep him thinking that I'm mostly normal.

Ofcourse now that its here, I'm having serious creativity issues. I only have a few days and can only make a few patterns.... AND I JUST CAN'T CUT THE FABRIC!! Becuase then I'll be committed to what I've started since I only have a limited amount and not all of the fabrics are even here yet.

I am trying to do deep breathing exercises and focusing on all of the patterns that I have already finished with the existing fabric line, like this one......

Okay, back to the cutting mat.

sorry, so sorry about the week long absence.... book, pattern and fabric deadlines. I swore I would not let them get the best of me.... well, let's just say I'm trying to be true to my word [I'm sure my husband would say I was failing, LOL].

As I’m cleaning up my studio after a flurry of design, I often find myself designing a whole new slew of projects in the process. I don’t set out to do it and don’t intend to work, just to clean. But somehow in the process of cleaning up and playing with all those discarded scraps and swatches of fabric and putting away all those design resources, my mind quickly starts a fresh...

This time around I was so inspired by my wheels of wool swatches. Their texture and their colors just called out to me. The first picture is Acorn Quilt & Gift Co [but she is in the process of changing her wool colors... yummy, can't wait to see them] & the latter 2 pictures are Weeks Dye Works. Scrumptious!! I might see an all-wool project in my future….

I also just finished a quilt that has quickly become my new favorite. I know I always say that but it always feels true at the time… I really am fickle in loving my new designs. It’s not always the case though. Sometimes, by the time I’m done with a project… I’m done with the project, if you know what I mean! I don’t want to have much to do with it and I am glad when it is off to be quilted or to be photographed because I’m not seeing much redeeming value in at the time. This time, I love this project as much as I did when it was just a vision in my head. Here’s a quick pic of the block. Of course, I’ve never met a red, cream and green quilt I didn’t like so I guess I really set myself up to succeed on this one. I don’t have a name for it yet. Or I did, “Strawberry Blooms” but now I'm thinking "Strawberry Lilies", for the color and for the traditional block, Carolina Lily, that it mimics. I don't know , I might still change my mind.... 20-30 times!!! sorry, the image keeps coming out distorted. I will try to fix it tonite... Cheers!