What can I say? I haven't been feeling very bloggy lately. It comes in waves, I guess. I made my big Fat Beagle debut, and I haven't been back. Well better late than never.
I've been busy trying to wrap things up to get the shop opened. I thought it would happen last week, but now I'm hoping for Monday. I still need to take nice photos of the quilts. I finished the new quilt, tentatively called the Wave Quilt. I need to come up with better names for these things. You'd think that by my naming system that I am unfit to create. I also made some new pot holders today. Pics to come....
My ex-boss in NY has requested a custom Fold Quilt, and I am excited to get started on that. I am working on choosing the patterns/colors for it, and after I get all my stuff up on Etsy, I will start it. I am excited to see it in a different color scheme, and I am excited to have my first custom order! Now that I've ironed out all the design issues with it, I hope to finish it in a timely manner. I've estimated that it should take about 13 hours if all goes well. All never goes well, so it will probably take more like 20 or 50 or a million.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
It's, like, so 2005
Just making my internet rounds, catching up on all the blogs I read, and one blog referenced another, and somehow I got to this article about awesome cat houses/beds/toys. Yeah, I'm digging on this one. It's, like, so 2005.
My wild beast, Griswald, would LOVE some of those things. He is infatuated with cardboard. He throws himself on it, smells it, rolls around on it, chews on it, rubs his face on it. Whatever floats your boat, Griswald..
My wild beast, Griswald, would LOVE some of those things. He is infatuated with cardboard. He throws himself on it, smells it, rolls around on it, chews on it, rubs his face on it. Whatever floats your boat, Griswald..
Crawling back to the green machine
So here it is, my first real post on the new blog...I have brought a few recent posts over from the old blog for a little back story for my new readers, wherever you are. I decided to make my old blog private. It is full of over 2 years of my whining, and I am excited to put that behind me. Part of me wants you to read it all; know the whole story, but part of me wants to keep it private. Now that I am about to open my Etsy shop, I will hopefully attract new traffic to the blog, and I want the new people to see the better side of me.
Ha, I'm sure the bitter, cynical side of me will shine through sooner than later.
I started a new quilt a couple of days ago, but I have not photographed it yet. I finished the top, and I must say that the colors are a little brighter than I'm used to, but I'm okay with how it is going so far. I'm still working on the patchy blue quilt. I've been quilting by hand, which takes forever, but I really like doing it. I quilt for a couple of hours in front of my stories every night. It is similar to knitting for me. Relaxing, slow, and perfect for watching crime dramas.
I had planned on opening the shop this week, but I'm not positive I'm ready. I have a few more things to finish up before they are ready to list, but I'm close! I am excited, nervous and overwhelmed with it all! I still have to figure out how tax crap works, but after that, the business side is done. For now.
Saturday I went to Atlanta. It was a beautiful day with low humidity and not too hot. I went to the fabric store for some things. I picked up my machine from the repair center. I got a Singer Curvy in October '08 when I first started making quilts. I started having trouble with the bottom tension, and I spent more time messing with it than I did actually sewing. So after I moved back to Birmingham, I started using my mom's avocado green machine from the '70's. That thing is a tank. I use and abuse, and it performs like a champ. I finally took the new machine to the warranty center, and they, at first, insisted that nothing was wrong with it. They said the problem is my thread, the problem is my fabric, the problem is my stitch length, the problem is that I'm stupid. Finally I convinced them to just service the machine, and 2 weeks later, they say that the problem was lint under the bobbin case and that I had dropped some pins in there and that some of the parts had to be buffed because of the damage done by the pins. So maybe I am stupid....I brought the repaired machine home, I packed up the green machine, got set up, and started to sew. But wait, now there is a problem with the top tension! I messed with the machine for an hour and gave up, crawling back to the green machine.
Fact: Everything old is better than everything new.
Ha, I'm sure the bitter, cynical side of me will shine through sooner than later.
I started a new quilt a couple of days ago, but I have not photographed it yet. I finished the top, and I must say that the colors are a little brighter than I'm used to, but I'm okay with how it is going so far. I'm still working on the patchy blue quilt. I've been quilting by hand, which takes forever, but I really like doing it. I quilt for a couple of hours in front of my stories every night. It is similar to knitting for me. Relaxing, slow, and perfect for watching crime dramas.
I had planned on opening the shop this week, but I'm not positive I'm ready. I have a few more things to finish up before they are ready to list, but I'm close! I am excited, nervous and overwhelmed with it all! I still have to figure out how tax crap works, but after that, the business side is done. For now.
Saturday I went to Atlanta. It was a beautiful day with low humidity and not too hot. I went to the fabric store for some things. I picked up my machine from the repair center. I got a Singer Curvy in October '08 when I first started making quilts. I started having trouble with the bottom tension, and I spent more time messing with it than I did actually sewing. So after I moved back to Birmingham, I started using my mom's avocado green machine from the '70's. That thing is a tank. I use and abuse, and it performs like a champ. I finally took the new machine to the warranty center, and they, at first, insisted that nothing was wrong with it. They said the problem is my thread, the problem is my fabric, the problem is my stitch length, the problem is that I'm stupid. Finally I convinced them to just service the machine, and 2 weeks later, they say that the problem was lint under the bobbin case and that I had dropped some pins in there and that some of the parts had to be buffed because of the damage done by the pins. So maybe I am stupid....I brought the repaired machine home, I packed up the green machine, got set up, and started to sew. But wait, now there is a problem with the top tension! I messed with the machine for an hour and gave up, crawling back to the green machine.
Fact: Everything old is better than everything new.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
She's like the Wicked Witch of the West
Ok. So I'm really trying to stay motivated and make this happen. The Etsy shop, that is. If I don't do it before school starts, I'm afraid I never will. I have been working almost every day on some bit of sewing or other related task. I wanted to have about 5 quilts and a bunch of coasters and other small things that people can actually afford. I've been working on the Crazy Blue Quilt for a couple of weeks now, and I am on the home stretch. This is an earlier progress pic:
I finally finished the Patchy Bird Quilt:
In other news, I've been out of control with pet pictures, as usual.
Not much substance to this post, but I'm tired after uploading all those pictures. Next time I'll do better, I promise
I finally finished the Patchy Bird Quilt:
In other news, I've been out of control with pet pictures, as usual.
Beagle's new favorite spot to sleep is halfway under the couch. Forgive the bad picture, but I couldn't resist. She's like the Wicked Witch of the West or something.
Not much substance to this post, but I'm tired after uploading all those pictures. Next time I'll do better, I promise
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