Visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park today and it was a superb experience! Loved the Jaume Plensa exhibition of the curtain of poems (seen above) and the huge head sculptures in alabaster, metal and bronze. Unbelievable stuff.
Monthly Archive for May, 2011
So – word is out: Shelly and Karen from Patterns by Figgy’s have written a book – Sewing for Boys – which will be out in August this year. I am not only excited for my friends but even more so, because I designed some of the printed fabrics that are showcased in the book.
I have gotten a peek preview of the book and can only say: It’s gorgeous.
The photography is beautiful, the layout clean, the projects spot on. There will be a sewing project for everyone, the sewbie and the sewing fluent. There are wardrobe staples like the tee, and funky pants and dressy jackets and shirts.
What’s extremely exciting for me right now however, is the fact that I’ll be meeting up with the two gals tomorrow in Utah. It’s Quilt Market and I will dive into the quilting world. It’s kind of scary as I would have never considered myself a quilter – but after last month and all the QfQ sewing madness, I must have officially become one. And most of all, try to find a manufacturer who is interested in commercializing some of the prints featured in the book. If you want to see a couple of pics, you’ll have to hop over here.
Thanks to the awesome publisher (Wiley Publishing Inc.) who gave me access to all the beautiful photographs (shot by Studio Christie), I can present a polished little portfolio book. To the left a couple of handouts that I can leave with folks that are interested.
Wish me luck!
After our two sewing bees at Modern Domestic, we now have 5 quilts finished and ready to be sold. We are very excited to be partnering with Modern Domestic to sell all our goodies for the Benefit of Mercy Corps Japan Fund.
We actually have three different avenues now available to sell: Finished quilts, pre-cut fabric strip assortment Surprise Bags and raffle tickets for two stunning quilts. More to come about those soon.
Susan and I took the time yesterday to get all of the strip donations out and sort them into pretty fabric selections (above how my table looked like – there were 36 little fabric stashes all over the house yesterday!) to sell Surprise quilt kits that yield a 12 block quilt top. Those will retail for $25.
It’s Mother’s day weekend! And Quilts for Quake Survivors isn’t stopping. Come to Modern Domestic and help me finish quilts that will go into the ‘shop’ and will be sold with 100% of the proceeds going to the Mercy Corps Japan Relief Fund. Susan will be at Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Sale earlier tomorrow but will drop by in the afternoon! Bring in your Modern Log Cabin quilting book, she’ll surely sign it too!
So here the times for this weekend!
Saturday, 5/7/11 from 2-6pm
Sunday, 5/8/11 from 10am – 2pm
Just drop by no matter if you are on your own, want to sew with your mother or daughter, learn something new help the people of Japan! Maybe you fall in love with one of the beautiful quilts you will be working on and want to purchase it later for someone in your life?
We will also kick off a raffle for this beautiful quilt that has been created for QfQ by Rachel and Cherri. Maybe you just want to come in and buy a ticket for $5? For those who are not in Portland or can’t make it to Modern Domestic, we are working with Lupine of MD on an online ticket purchasing option.
and here a work-in-progress pic by Susan.
