An old friend greeted me at Linda's house during Sew Day this weekend -- the Fall 2005 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Linda had picked it up at a sale for 25 cents and didn't realize until she read it that I have an article in it! The quilted women's faces on the cover were done by my friend Bonnie Saxby, and inside is an article by me on non-traditional bindings and an article on the art quilt group that Bonnie, Julaine and I had formed when I lived in Illinois. A real blast from the past!
I tried a little hand stitching on my wool appliqué, being careful not to overwork my thumb. The brace I bought got ditched after about half an hour because it cut off my circulation and made my arm numb. Instead, I worked very, very slowly and took a lot of breaks.
Linda P. also worked on wool appliqué, stitching some Christmas blocks that she downloaded from a Facebook group.
Carolynn worked on this swashbuckling coat in burgundy wool for her son. At 6'3", he'll be a head turner when he wears it! She went to the Pendleton store in Oregon, a few hours from here, for the fabric.
Linda J. was trying to put a dent in her stash by sewing 2-inch squares into 16-patch blocks that she'll set off with pinwheels like in this pattern.
She also had some fall show and tells:
Lunch was a delicious taco salad with colorful toppings in a pottery server from Mexico.
But what really caught my eye was the swirling colors in the water glasses!
Have a colorful day
Wow! Now I have to dig through my old issues of QA Mag to see if I have that one! Glad you were able to do some hand stitching... just don't overdo it, and maybe you can get back to it a little.
ReplyDeleteWell, the show and tell and what all your group is working on is always fun to see...but I love the Mexican bowl with the taco toppings! That's cool!
ReplyDeleteWell dang! I wasn't sure if I was getting QA in 2005 but a check of the ones I keep did have 2 issues from that year, just not this one! This would be before I knew you although I peripherally knew OF you through Judi. I also knew Bonnie through Judi but had some actual face to face contact with her while I was still in WI. As I looked through those issues I had from 2004 and 2005, checking the contributors page, I was struck by so many familiar and famous names and then articles on such wonderful techniques. I couldn't help thinking, those were heady days for the quilt art movement.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you got some "careful" hand stitching in. Easy does it gets you there.