Monday, February 08, 2010

cookie time

so apparently Hungry thinks we are breaking up.

poor Hungry

No, Hungry, not true! I just broke my stand mixer and had to order a new one.

Dulce de leche sandwich cookies? Thanks, Hungry!
Hungry and the dulce de leche sandwich cookies

dulce de leche sandwich cookie

I pickled some mushrooms as well, which was so worth my ten minutes of time to do. Not the most appetizing picture, but quite tasty. I made them from this recipe, which I doctored a little.

pickled mushrooms


Sunday, January 31, 2010

ha! another fabric post

The more time I spend at work, the more I seem to window shop for fabric - to try to fill in for the crafting I don't have time to really do, I suppose.

Here's my latest faves - designs from Hoodie from Blank Quilting.

Great colors...


A great retro feel...


Another vintage sort of style...


A more subtle but quite interesting print...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

another fabric post

More rad fabric...Shelburne Circus by Windham.







The kind of fabric you would need the right kind of project for, but a neat illustration style.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

a fabric post

Some fabric love...

Alexander Henry has the rad 2D Zoo print in two new colorways + a smaller scale version.






Sunday, January 24, 2010

a sad-colored baby quilt

I have been working on a baby quilt for a couple months now (I know), and I finally finished it.

The starting point inspiration was this circus fabric I picked up from Etsy, which I used as the back:
vintage circus fabric in mustard

For the design, I wanted to make a string quilt, but in a less orderly style - more like the Any Way You Slice It from the Denyse Schmidt book.


Because I am into sad colors lately, I used the mustard from the circus fabric plus a putty color. It was a little too dark, so I ended up adding in a tan color too. It turns out to still be kind of bummer colors for a baby quilt, but in the end I think the circus back and movement in the front design keep it from being too dour.

wonky string quilt in mustard, gold, tan, and putty

I foundation pieced the blocks on paper.
wonky string quilt in mustard, gold, tan, and putty

I don't recommend five inch blocks for a string quilt. they take forever to make. I cursed that choice the whole time I was sewing it, until I realized just at the end that I had done that intentionally to have an even block layout to just fit the (narrowish) width of the circus fabric back.

wonky string quilt in mustard, gold, tan, and putty - and circus fabric back

I quilted it as a diagonal cross-hatch.
wonky string quilt in mustard, gold, tan, and putty


Saturday, January 23, 2010

rainbow things

My job has a way of really cutting into my leisure time. So just a little update.

My first rainbow thing:
roll of Kona cottons
A roll of Kona cottons I received for Christmas...love the colors.

My second rainbow thing:
Kona color card!
Another Christmas gift - a Kona color card. Love.

My third rainbow thing:
rainbow Jell-o mold

rainbow Jell-o mold

Rainbow Jello! I need a better Jell-o mold now I think. I used a silicone Bundt cake mold, and it came out in pieces that I (mostly) reassembled. (Silicone cake pans have absolutely no virtues as far I can tell).

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

vintage wrapping papers

When I was back in Michigan, I did a little shopping with my mom at the thrift store and the antique mall.

I did resist the adorable Playskool sewing machine.

vintage Playskool sewing machine

But I couldn't resist a stack of vintage wrapping papers:

vintage shower wrapping paper - pink, aqua, purple umbrellas and raincoats

vintage wrapping paper - 70s girls

vintage wrapping paper - congratulations, new baby

vintage wrapping paper - musical clowns

More of the new additions here - the last three or four rows.