worlds largest textile garage sale

Our big fundraiser at work is a ginormous garage sale. Tables piled 3 ft high with fabric and yarn and 1000's of tools, gizmos, ufo's patterns and more - all fabric related. It's like Brigadoon - we bring it all in and set it up one day and the next day it's gone. Sounds like fun, huh? So that's why it's been quiet around here. Because just after I got back from ID, then we jumped right in to garage sale mode. We had rotten weather for the drop-off days, but it still turned out great. I got myself a $5 dress form (named Dolores). I spent the weekend fixing her up with some duct tape and darts and now she matches my measurements. I also got a treasure trove of vintage fabric scraps. I am not a fan of little scraps. Never enough to do something with. But this was a bundle with a couple of larger pieces of vintage yardage and a bunch of scraps. Knowing that if I put them in to my fabric bin, I would never do anything with them, I did a little flurry of quilting on Saturday and transformed scraps in to doll quilts. I love them. I posted a few of them to my etsy shop (check them out!) I can just imagine something like this having been a greatly treasured possession when I was a little girl, and I hope someone else will too.

meanwhile...

While we are all patiently waiting to hear if my quilt was selected for the Under Cover show, you can see a nice press release about the show here.

And stay tuned for two new miniature quilts to be posted to my etsy shop in the next few days. Here's a sneak peak.



And here's my latest knitting project: Mittens for my sister's birthday.
Pattern: The Knitters Handy Book of Patterns by Ann Budd, Interweave press
Yarn: Noro Kureyon color 209 with microfleece liners

I am a Finalist!

This mini quilt is called "Sewing Room". It is 8x10 inches. Made from new and vintage cotton fabrics. Yes, there are pieces in that tiny sewing machine that are 1/4" square. It has been accepted as a finalist in.... stay tuned for more!