September 28, 2009 - Posted by Erin- 1 Comment
Judy from Patchwork Times has us posting our work environments again today, asking what we’ve got on our design wall.
My “design wall” is an old sheet nailed up. Currently, it’s only got chunks of fabric I’ve just bought but haven’t pressed, and don’t have anywhere else to put without getting them more wrinkly:
I [...]
September 27, 2009 - Posted by Erin- 4 Comments
Judy from Patchwork Times asked to see her readers’ stashes. Oh my.
Some of these folks are amazingly organized with vast libraries of fabric. Take, for example, her own stash. Holy. Smokes.
Given I’ve been at this for, what… maybe two months?… I have accumulated more than I would have expected. Well, here are my piles and [...]
September 23, 2009 - Posted by Erin- 0 Comments
Many quilters use a “design wall” to lay out their patterns. This allows a person to better see what the overall effect will be, as looking at something layed out on the floor can be tricky and distort the perspective.
Here’s a really huge, nice design wall:
Clicking that image will take you to this girl’s post [...]
August 23, 2009 - Posted by Erin- 5 Comments
There are two of us Erins at work, and neither of us is your typical girly-girl.
She just bought a sewing machine, too. This is completely awesome news and I can’t wait to see what she starts making. Off we go, shattering stereotypes with a vengeance.
Also, I’d been basing my tentative sewing operations out of our [...]