DWM Selvages

My Selvages quilt top is complete.  It took lots of selvages but my bucket appears to remain full of selvages.  It barely made a dent.  I hope to use up the rest of my selvages by making some postcards and stationery.  I'm happy with the way the quilt top turned out.

This afternoon, I did my weekly sewing homework by making drawstrings from partially completed bindings to be used for Bags of Love.  Our Sewing Group completed 115 "Bags of Love" over the past two weeks.
My contribution was to make pockets for the bags, which I enjoyed doing.

My next project will be to complete the (3) UFO's that remain in my UFO pile.  I have also promised several quilts that need to be designed and completed, which includes a Quilt of Valor.

Selvages Quilt Top completed 03/28/2016

 Check out what other quilters have completed this week at:  Patchwork Times.com

DWM-Selvages

This morning, I woke up to beautiful sunshine and 34 degrees.  Yesterday, after church, I began again on my Selvage Quilt.  At the present time, I have it in (2) sections, so it will be easier to work with while attaching the top and bottom borders.  Also, I'm planning on added 4 corner blocks with additional turquoise fabric in some type of design.  I haven't figured that part out yet.  I'm really excited about how it has turned out so far.
Last week, I sorted my selvages, so that all the longer pieces are together and the shorter pieces are now in another container.  It makes the sewing go much faster.

My goal was to use up all my selvages.  I don't think I will be meeting my goal since I still have lots of selvages that remain in my container.

Here's what I have so far....................................

Selvage Quilt in the making

Skip on over to   Patchwork Times.com  to see what others have been working on this past week.

DWM-Fabric Journal

Amazing....I'm actually posting on Monday.  My first photo is a new project that I've been wanting to start for quite some time.  A Fabric Journal with samples of different techniques or ideas to try.  I'm using two books as reference.

Reference Books

I have used Fabric Picture Books for quite a few years. They are great for children using many different fabrics with images.  With these books, I let the fabrics speak for themselves.

The Fabric Art Journals book by Pam Sussman is more about ways to make a creative Art Journal using all types of fabric and embellishments.

I decided to start by making my journal covers first.  I was so excited to get going, that when I cut and sewed the front covers together and began turning it inside out, that I realized I had not added any batting.  So, I had to take all my stitching out and begin again, slowly, thinking about what my next step would be.

Here is what I have so far..................

The blue and green leaf fabric will be for the spine of the book and the inside of the front and back covers.
The house fabric was a piece of upholstery fabric that I liked but I don't remember where I found it, since I've had it in my stash for over 7 yrs., just waiting for the perfect project.

The house to the right, I have begun quilting with the walking foot around the outside of the house and roof in green thread.  The right side will be the front cover.

The house on the left will be the back cover and I plan to have that house in a different color--maybe rose or pink.

I don't want to spend too much time on the covers right now, because I can't wait to get going on what will be inside the book.  I want to use selvages, beads, ribbons, different piecing techniques, different block patterns, different threads, applique, photo transfers, fabrics, etc.

I'm excited to see what others have been creating this past week at: Patchwork Times.com

Study in Selvages

This week, I began working on my first ever "Selvage Quilt".  I've been noticing them quite a bit lately.  Maybe because I've finally decided to use some of my selvages.  One item that I need to correct is how I trim them off of my fabric.  I need to allow at least 3/4" to one inch" of fabric showing with the selvage, so that when I sew them together, one can see the different colors of fabric, rather than just the writing.  I'm in a "use it up" mode, so I plan to use what I presently have.  I've taken pictures of two ways to put them together.  

First Design

Second Design

The first design seems to focus more on the selvages.  However, half of the selvages are upside down, so if you hang the quilt on a wall, you would need to strain to read all of the writing.  Also, the inner large squares would need lots of quilting, which at this point, I would not feel comfortable with doing the quilting myself.

I still have lots of time to decide since I plan to make 63 squares; each at 6" finished.
(7) across and (9) down or 42" x 54".

There will also be plenty of time to search the web to see what other designs I may find.

Selvages

I've been saving "selvages" for at least 10 years, in hopes of making a selvage quilt.  I found a neat photo on-line but after making one section, I realized that it would take too much time and thought process to figure out how to create the cute little cube with 3-D effects, so I've scrapped that idea.

However, this afternoon, I found a nice Selvage Quilt Tutorial by Carla Barrett.  You can find it by searching  https://featheredfibers.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/selvage-quilt-wip-mini-tutorial/
You may need to search "Tutorials" at the top of the page to find it faster.
Stay tuned to see how long it takes me to use up these selvages.

My selvages ready for creating a quilt

Her website is also very interesting if you enjoy reading about sailing and sailboats. 

Quilty 365 Circles

Here it is, Monday, March 1st.  I am up to date on my Fabric Journal, after getting 2 weeks behind the middle of February.  It took an entire day to catch up.  My sewing room remains in disarray but I'm loving my different projects.  I haven't done today's Journal Entry.  Today, it is raining. I'm loving this journal-only have to write 4-5 words as a reminder of what happened that day.   

Since my Leap Year Circle states:  "Leap for Joy-One Extra Day"  I suggest you leap over to:
Quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2016/march-quilty-365-linkup.html