Bucket hats and more:
There's no stopping me now...and then there were six! Bucket hats all made from thrift store linen and jersey and denim and more!
and other good news....the one I called "Meadows' sold today. The one made using a Kathy Doughty, Material Obsession, quilt pattern. I'm delighted that it's on the way to St. Petersburg, Florida.
I'm simply not the kind of person to be bored. When there's some free time, I'll grab a book or paper and paint or the camera. But more times than not, I'll just grab some fabric then find a pattern (or not) and start cutting and sewing.
The thrill of not knowing the outcome but forging ahead anyway doesn't give me the least bit of angst. What? It's only my time and a little bit of recycled fabric and thread. Okay, add sewing machine needle and oil! Anyway, I digress.
This little bucket hat jewel started yesterday and was very quickly finished this morning right after breakfast and just before lunch. That means it finished quite quickly thanks to a bit of tutoring by Crispina French who first turned me onto this free bucket hat pattern.
Pssst.....it's a free bucket hat pattern at Merchant & Mills. Sign in and the free pattern will be emailed right to your gadget to print and stitch up.
Flowers are in full bloom~ even if not in my garden ~ I stopped in my photo albums just to get a glimpse and a sniff this morning.
and my buckets are filled to the brim ~
Happy Friday one and all:
Still going drawer by drawer, shelf by shelf, closet by closet, room by room.
I stacked those zippers aside to pack up for my next haul to the thrift store. But wait!
Stopping to break for fresh air, and while happily zipping through my instagram favorites one of which is Bookhou, I discovered that I most definitely had a use for those zippers......all 14 of them.
My first one for the test drive and modifications if needed:
With just a few scraps and a few zippers: there you have it, little nothing pouches to donate to children in need. Whether they hold nothing or something very special, matching zipper to fabric then stitching them up, sure gave me a feel good feeling.
Five completed, 14 more lined up and soon to be on the move.
Don't wait on me ~
I'm delighted to tell you that some of them are selling! I'm a prolific quilt maker and have absolutely, overwhelmingly, without a doubt, in tears and screaming out loud run out of space to store them. Yes, it hurts to be able to never see one again, but what's hurting more right now is that until some are out of the house, there can be no more.
This one sold quickly ~ The one called "Improv Triangles" was so fun to make so I do hope it gives the recipient as much pleasure as it did me.
It's hard work at best to get pictures, measure, describe, price then find a place to market finished quilts. Once a buyer is found, the paperwork has to be done, then transfer of money, then wholly Toledo, the packing and shipping. I'm exhausted but must persevere.
I donated 13 quilts to CASA for children who may be hurting and sold 4 this week. Now, doesn't that deserve a pat on my back?
But I can't stop now and have several more that I would love to see gone this week. Here's one - patchwork blocks surrounded by calming neutrals in white, cream, gray ~
and another patchwork with dominant indigo.
Moving on, moving forward....moving quilts. Find me and more at Marty Mason Facebook.
Houses - improv - what a hoot? I've been in the Freddy Moran quilters' fan club for many a year and seem never to tire of her spontaneity. What fascinates me most is her unlikely fabric selection for each of her house quilts, yet each house lives beautifully in its neighborhood.
So, having a bit of time and a lot of scraps, I set about emulating a neighborhood in an improvisational style. House by house and tree by tree, until construction was complete. It's perfectly sized at 50" x 60" or so.
Houses surrounded by trees.....how refreshing is that?
