The end of the Labor Day weekend means back to school time. I've been diligently preparing my classes, but also trying to make time for sewing.
One project I can't share with you yet, but I *will* say the project will be posted at Sew, Mama, Sew! for Sewing for the Home Month.
I still haven't used my machine much since the blanket binding, but mostly because I'm finally putting the things I learned in that hand quilting class to use. September is Quilt Month over at Mr. Monkeysuit so I am trying to get on the ball. After a ton of questions to Louise about her beautiful, bold quilting, I got myself some perle cotton (or pearl cotton in the U.S. because we apparently have to Americanize everything). I only wish I could find the right blue!
I also made something new for a Labor Day cookout. It's from this recipe but I substituted two cans of cherries in light syrup (not pie filling) for the peaches and deleted the cinnamon sugar topping. It was a big hit.
I don't know whether to be excited about this or afraid of this. We'll see.
9.04.2008
Laboring through Labor Day
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Ooooo I love that quilting! I can't wait to see what you do over at SewMamaSew. I love that blog!
Be excited! :)
oh that looks soooooo good! I mean the pie thing, I would never eat a quilt even though that quilt is super awesome!
I can't wait to see your quilting - it's really one of my favourite things to do - perle thread hand quilting. And yummy that pie looks and sounds absolutely delicious. I find the whole US political scene fascinating - be excited I think! Did you know it is compulsory in Australia to vote!
congrats on the sew mama sew thing...pretty uptown of you! on the election thing...i'm excited because i know whoever wins...it's going to be different.
Isn't quilting with pearl cotton fun? I'm getting ready to do a quick quilt with it -- I've done it before and I love it. Can't wait to see your Sew Mama Sew!
The quilt and the pie both look amazing but seeing as I am supposed to be focusing on quilting this month I have to ask how you get that effect. I have never seen that before, it's amazing.
Now about that pie.
The prints charming fabric is lustworthy. I can't wait to see the whole thing to see how you've used it.
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