Twelve years ago, my grandmothers quilt guild got together to make Tidy Tote's (seen here). Unfortunately for whatever reason, my grandma never made her's. The project got tucked into a zip lock and forever shuffled among her sewing things until I happened to unpack it the other day.
I was excited to make one, ready through the instructions, they seemed clear. Except there was one important component missing, pictures and diagrams of any kind. No image of what it was supposed to look like. I searched for some Google images and found very little(see above link), just the image from the pattern front. But I decided to go for it, with the rough idea in mind and my grandma's handy cutting list (without which, this may not have been possible).
The kit had the base, batting, pin cushion, magnet strip and tubing included. All I needed to add were two fabrics, some hot glue, and my stitching, both machine and by hand to finish it up.
Here's the result! I'm so in love with it. I finally used a half yard cut of "Lucky Girl" by Robert Kaufman that my grandmother purchased for me probably around the same time (12 years??!?!) the Tidy Tote project came into light.
It's almost time for winter vacation and the end of the year is near. Goal list making is in full swing here and I have to say that I have never felt so confident before. This up coming year feels filled with promise that my dreams of quilting recognition and acknowledgement are fast approaching. I'm not going to bog down this post with my current lists, that'll be a whole post by itself.
But I do want to share one major goal, and that's this darn blog. I love it, but it definitely doesn't show. I have been so neglectful of this vessel of global exposure. So, first goal for this blog, to finish the year with at least 12 posts, that's one for every month! (How sad :-/ )
I can do this! I fully intend on sharing the brilliant inspirations and ideas I've come up with, but for now, I'll leave you with a sneak peak. The other day, my eyes widened over this awesome quilt that can be seen on my screen below (found here), made by a talented Australian woman named Adelaide. I spent an hour redrawing and coloring the design. All half square triangles mind you. (Obviously the HST bug has not left my system).
And it led to some serious inspiration for my own HST pattern, of which I'm going to attempt to make into my very first quilt along to be host on this blog. Fingers crossed that I can pull it together by the new year! So here's a peek.
No comments:
Post a Comment