My first quilt



is finished.

To be honest, I never thought I'd find quiltmaking fun. I loved the improv piecing I learned from Denyse Schmidt, but making a finished quilt just seemed to have too many rules. Here's where I have to thank Alissa again. Her class was so inspiring and freeing. Alissa, by the way, has an awesome giveaway on her other blog, block party!, which is all about promoting virtual quilting bees and sharing block-making tutorials. Lots of great ideas brewing here.

The cards are in the shop! Come and get some yeti.

Very excited for the opening of my friend Jennifer's lovely new shop, Ermie. Her hand printed fabrics are gorgeous!

Dude, screenprinting is awesome.

I can't say enough good things about the UCC. I just took a yudu class there last night.

It's like a whole new world's open. I even dreamed about printing last night. I'll be adding those yeti cards to my shop soon. There's also a mystery color that I'll unveil when I add them.

Yeti on black linen, so refined.
Happy Halloween!

I tried another pattern from Christine Haynes' book with this beautiful piece of Etsuko Furuya's lion fabric. Working with double gauze wasn't as intimidating as I thought it would be. It's so light and flowy, and nice with a warm pair of tights.
Now to finish up my little quilt!

Here's the dress I just added the final touches to. It's really exciting to make clothes! Who knew? Several things I have to work on, including stitching around small curves -- mine look too jaggedy. I'm thrilled about the collar, but the gathering is very uneven. The fabric turned out much flatter on the right shoulder than on the left.

Must sew more!

liberty goodness