Showing posts with label fabric stash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric stash. Show all posts

Thursday, March 15, 2012

My stash....

It's mid-March. A friend of mine has asked me more than once if I am putting a dent in my stored fabric. I just laugh and say, "I really need to send you a picture of my stash!" So, here we go. Most of my fabric is in my closet. If you can believe it, it is the ONLY closet in my house! Here are all my batiks sorted by color...


Here is a pile of batiks that I have no room for because all of my boxes are full...


Here are my other fabrics sorted by color. On the bottom of this shelf are two very large boxes: one for all my creams and whites and one for all my blacks and grays...


On another shelf, next to my jeans, are my fabric collections...


On the floor is a pile of Asian fabrics that don't fit in my box marked "Asian." On top of this pile are all the fabrics for a quilt I am making for my soon-to-be nineteen year old. The box holds the pieces that have already cut.


Here, in my closet on a small bookshelf, are piles of random stuff...


Now, we move out of the closet. Under my drafting table are more boxes. The top two boxes hold projects I am currently working on. The big box underneath is more unfinished stuff...and more stuff...


Next to all that is my box of "leftovers" that I recently organized...


Here is a drawer in my sewing dresser filled with....ok, yes, more stuff that I haven't finished. All my beige and browns are in the drawer underneath.


Ok, so that was really embarrassing! I guess you can understand why I want to finish projects this year. And, I must say, I am doing pretty well. Working hard...and having fun! However, I've told you in so many words that fabric is my addiction. I shared a picture earlier of some new fabric called "Cosmos" by Westminster that came into Cloth and Bobbin. Well, yesterday, I succumbed. Here is my new project....


Can you blame me?

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Teaching...

Teaching has its ups and downs, for sure. There are days when everyone is struggling with something. Frustration fills the air. Other days, everyone seems to be floating along, no bumps, smooth sailing. Then there are those magnificent days when "a light goes on." Something that had eluded a student all of a sudden makes sense. They got it! Wednesday night was one of those classes. I was happy. They were happy. Yay!

This was the "half-way" class. Twelve blocks in all....six done. So, we had wine and cookies...chocolate, of course, in celebration. The women in my class gave me permission to photograph the blocks they have completed. Some didn't have all their blocks with them. Here's the show and tell...

Grace

Chris

Tamara

Tamara

Mindy

Sometimes, when I go into my closet where I store my stash, I feel like a child, closing my eyes, reaching into a bag, and pulling out a surprise. Sometimes, it's like playing "eeny, meeny, miny, moe." So much fun! After I had completed the Amy Butler quilts (two twins and a baby quilt), I decided to pull something out of my stash to work on. Here's what I chose.


The collection is from Marcus Fabrics and is called "Metro Goes Au Naturel," designed by Michele D'Amore. 


I love to have a new project going on from my stash along with working on an unfinished project. It keeps me excited about what I'm doing...keeps me engaged in life!