Block name: Justin's Comet
Original position: G-8
Jane's Addiction position: F-7
Fabric/foreground: unknown dark gold, small print, reject from sharon.
Fabric/background:
Color Group: yellow
Wave: 2-stars
Date started: 9/18/11
Date finished:
Time: 1-2 hours
Pieces:
Method: hand pieced from dj software
Notes: finger pressed.
Blocks completed: 1
Total number of pieces: 25
Oh my lordah. Stressful night. Please, please no more excitement!! Ok, now that I got that off my chest... Quiet, rainy day today...
Finished 1/2 of the star, including fabric selection, ironing, starching, tracing, cutting, drawing (and redrawing) seam allowances, etc., and hand piecing first four pieces. Probably needed to adjust more since the tracing was a bit wide... (but didn't). We'll see how it looks when the other half is done. I am digging this hand piecing. It's so fast/efficient and kinda practical. Like breast feeding when it works!
Worked quite a bit on cleaning up the "studio" today. It's insane-bananas in there. Cleaned off the sewing table and cleaned out my awesome sewing tote thingy that i got on clearance from tuesday morning for $10!!! that i was just about to buy for full price. [That's just like the time i decided i needed more flatware and put it out there and found a bag full of villeroy and boch for $3 at a garage sale.] anyhoo, cleaned out thewhole thing and reorg'd but still did not find my purple invisible ink pen. Finally turned up in the last place i checked which was also the most logical... Ahem. Moved extension cord over so I could have the new desk ott lite and sewing machine plugged in permanently to a better outlet. Still room for the iPad too. That's key. I might also put the floor ott lite behind me - not sure yet. Then let's not forget the energizer headlamp!! I frickin love that thing! I was starting to wonder how my eyes were going to cut it. Now I know the answer: three different super-bright task lighting sources, a giant magnifier and a $7 pair of hot pink readers. Now, if I can keep my hands happy...
Also gave a lot of thought today to how I might rearrange that room. It's completely f'd up what with the fabric hoard, clothing "situation," photo storage and all the misc creative project bins in there. Then there's the "sloping." oooyyyyy. At least I feel like I'm making some progress and picking up steam... Whoo whooo.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
002.Brandon's Star
Block name: Brandon's Star
Original position: K-13
Jane's Addiction position: H-7
Fabric/foreground: unknown yellow print
Fabric/background: shirting by Mary koval.
Color Group: yellow
Wave: 2-stars
Date started: 9/17/11
Date finished: 9/17/11
Time: 1-2 hours
Pieces: 25
Method: paper pieced from dj software
Notes: finger pressed.
Blocks completed: 1
Total number of pieces: 25
Aha. Congratulate me. I finished #one. Not the first (the 7th probably), but the first "official" block. I precut a few blocks last week without bothering to 'think' and didn't even reference my club notes... Later realized there were better ways to do these and the way I had cut them was not ideal... I hemmed and hawed a few days then Thursday I went to la bibliothéque and printed up about 60 pages of instructions/patterns (since I am still sans computer and therefore sans printer at home) }:p After jo club today - or rather the jo club that wasn't - i got to work on Brandon's Star about the moment I was free this afternoon. Good old paper piecing. I've missed you. Well, truth be told I am rusty but I think I got through it alright. Need to brush up on technique and figure out what I did wrong - but I'll get there. A little rusty on technique. Still, turned out pretty well. Couldn't take any photos as I am sans camera right now. Argh. The documentarian in me is annoyed. I had the new ott light right on top of my stitching and I needed it.
Took some notes and also reorg'd my dj binder a bit. Last night I found my Jane's Addiction worksheet I guess you could call it - where I can reposition the various grayscale pieces to work out the layout... Thank god - thought "someone" threw it away. Big surprise - "someone" - namely me - stored it in a mysteriously safe place - right in the binder where it belongs! ::re@s:: (rolling eyes at self!)
Quilting Binders:
DJ
Intro quilting (jib quilt, general)
Jo club
Fabric
Other
I was about to bail from the dj list again but everyone finally got back on track and started discussing quilting again so I'll give it another shot. Bought a couple more background fabrics today, Primitive Gatherings/Moda.
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