
I'm almost done with the circle, and then the fun comes in getting the appliqué of the circle to the background done.
Here's how my design wall looks on the first day of September. Metro Twist in process, and the work I got done in the Christina Camelli wedge workshop. Two orphan blocks that I need to put away. In the foreground a pile of quilts I'm working on or recently finished.
Sew-a-Long Thingies
Secret Lives of Color- it's still oh so very secret, keep reading the book and making the blocks, post some too.
New Work
The first photo is of DH and me on top of Pothole Dome in Tulolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park.
And the second photo is the fabric postcard that I made last month for an exchange, hopefully it's been received in Australia by now.
Here are my 30 seconds of 1SE (One Second Everyday):
I finished the Stitch Happens quilt.
I did half of the free motion quilting on the Village quilt.
I made a fabric postcard for an exchange and sent mine off to Australia.
I cut more pieces, and made more blocks for Metro Twist and sewed one column together.
I worked on a BAMQG "make it work" donation quilt and made 8 Nine Patch blocks.
I took a BAMQG zoom class with Christina Camelli on wedge quilts and got a very good start on a practice one.
I made some more Pantone Project blocks.
I did some road stitching on my handwork piece.
I did some family visiting stuff and also went camping in Yosemite and hiked A Lot with DH.
I attended Sew Day for BAMQG, virtually attended the BAMQG meeting, blogged here 22/30 days, I tweeted 0 times 😔, instagrammed 6 times, threaded 3 times and I spouted 2 times.
That was pretty productive for September.
September has come and gone, and here's how I kept myself entertained, interested, and maybe educated. A cornucopia of links to things I've enjoyed online this past month. The photo above is from our time in Shenzhen, China. It was a sign expressing the theme for the development of the free trade zone, a famous saying about why China needed to turn into a more capitalistic version of itself.
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Hooray for bringing back the yearly dahlia show at Stonehenge. Beautiful pictures.
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If you like Phyrne Fisher's beautiful period outfits on Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries then go check out this post from Folkwear.
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Want to learn more about Gelli Plate Printing? There's a Gel Printers Summit happening in October.
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This is a really nice looking free tote bag design with a great tutorial to go with it.
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I love Lynda Barry, she's a great teacher, not just for learning to draw, but for life in general. `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~
I rather like this table runner design. I might print out the curved template and see if it matches up with the Wonder Curve ruler or not.
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Here's a video on how to clean your Machingers quilting gloves, Murphy's Oil Soap, genius!
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A really interesting podcast series from The Nocturnists, Post Roe America, on how the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision has affected medical providers. A lot of points of view you rarely get to hear.
Two more Metro Twist blocks went together.