Too sick to sew

This is one of those times when one really appreciates a cheery quilt! I've been in and out of bed for the past three days unable to shake an intestinal bug.
I don't even have the energy to knit although I did do some sketching yesterday.
I have been reading the Game of Thrones series by George RR Martin. I actually had to buy the 5th book around 4 am this morning when I couldn't sleep. This last book is over 1000 pages so it'll keep me going for a while.
With a medieval theme and hundreds of characters it's hard to get into at first, but if you like that sort of thing and stick with it, it's hard to put down.

So, if I don't return to the blog for a bit, you'll know I'm coddling myself. What a way to spend a nice long weekend! Oh well, I've not had anything like this in years. I guess I have to count myself lucky and go with the flow.

I'll be back when I'm feeling better.

Have a great weekend!

Doodling for screens

I've been doodling at night again. There's nothing to watch on TV!

This beautiful design was done by Margaret Applin of Scrap WisdomCollage.

Scrap Wisdom Collage

She used Photoshop to alter and repeat one of my simple doodles from my last post. I wonder if your can figure out which one.
I'm planning to have her make me a screen or two to use on my fiber art. I love the one on the left.

What do you think of this one? I think it's beautiful and can picture using it in my prints on fabric or paper. It also came from the last post.

Meandering

I got the quilting on the baby quilt all removed and today I ironed the pieces and made sure all the little threads were picked out.
I've gotten about a quarter re quilted with a meandering stitch. I think that is better than straight lines as it doesn't highlight any imperfect seams that a beginner might make.

Last night I was doing some doodles trying to come up with some ideas for a screen that I want to get made by Margaret Applin of Applin Designs.

http://scrapwisdomcollage.blogspot.ca/

I plan to do one quadrant and then using Photoshop, I will have Margaret make a repeating tile design for a screen.

I think I like the one on the left in the last picture. With some more doodling it may completely change.
Also, after doing a couple I looked up Moorish designs on the net and got lots of ideas.

Some ripping and some knitting

I know I haven't blogged for a few days, but I've really had nothing blog worthy to write about. I'm well stocked at the craft shop and I'm in a bit of a creative lull, looking for my next project. I'm kind of feeling that I need some new creative inspiration so I signed up for a course with Dion Dior at Joggles on using the new Silk acrylic paints. Lesson one is up but I'm waiting for the paints.

http://www.diondior.com/

This is the first quilt of my son's girlfriend's mom. She tried to machine quilt it herself but ran into trouble. I offered to quilt it for her but first I had to spend some time snipping yesterday. Straight line quilting was highlighting the few little misaligned seams and she understandably had a couple of tucks. It happens to the best of us!
So now I'm ready to iron and baste it for quilting. I plan to do a simple meander.

This is the little top down baby sweater I've been knitting from some yarn that was given to me. It is very soft and seems to be cotton.

Long lost family

Two aunts and and an uncle stopped by for a quick visit on their way through Bathurst today, bringing me this little quilting gift. The aunts are two of the younger sisters of my dad. He passed away almost 25 years ago.
We've been wanting to get together for ages as we share a love for quilting and crafts, but live too far away.
It was lovely to see them! It just makes me want to plan a trip!

More lavender sachets

I just sat down with my afternoon snack and to do the hand sewing on the seams of these lavender sachets. The one on the left and two on the right were printed on silk organza sheets. I like them better than the ones printed on the regular printer fabric sheets. I want to take them down to the shop when I'm out tomorrow.

I put this granny square block together a while ago and thought I might make enough to make a baby quilt. Today, I decided that I needed new sofa cushions, so I put a border around it. Now I need to make another block for the second cushion.

15 minutes of sewing, another lavender sachet

Yesterday, I printed some of my fiber art pieces onto printer fabric sheets in two different sizes.

I didn't have much sewing time today, but I did sit down long enough to stitch up a sample of a lavender sachet. The one I showed the other day was made from a piece of fiber art and a bit labor intensive to sell.
Sorry, I forgot to turn the photo during editing. I don't know how to remove it from this program I'm using for the I pad; I must look into it.
These I can make more of and sell for a better price. The one shown above is about 3 by 4 inches. I've even attached one of my little tags.