Friday, April 27, 2007

a sneak peek..


a sneak peek as to what I've been doing......

Well, I've got the second dress done in the series of embroidery that I'm doing. I only work on it during a few TV shows that I watch--American Idol and House. I like CSI, Without A Trace too, but forget to watch them.














For the next Quilt 24 Challenge, we have to do a Medallion Quilt. I have come up with a dozen designs and could never decide what I wanted to do. I finally decided to do an hand applique center...so here it is, all basted and ready to applique. I hope to get it done tonight during my quilt group.







This is one of the borders for my medallion quilt above...it only used 1 1/2" squares from each of my FQ's! At this rate, I'm going to get 20 quilts out of all those FQ's. This is quilt #2.










This was a storage room, that was full from floor to ceiling of stuff! To name a few things: 5 sets of metal bed frames??? A twin headboard/footboard set of my husbands, a picket fence, a box of books, 7 Cabbage Patch dolls, a kitchen play center and boxes of dishes, play food,etc., a miniature kitchen cupboard that my Dad made for ME when I was a little girl, boxes of games, clothes, a laundry hamper from my girls younger years and many more odd and end things. I should have taken a picture. It was a mess, and filthy! The walls were dirty and dusty. I turned it into my Quilting Supplies closet
and will store all my batting, quilts to be quilted, threads, and stencils/templates for my HQ16.


I just love the colors! Lime green and aqua...it looks so fresh and clean. And hopefully ALL my supplies can be easily found now and I can see what I have. I do know that I will not need to buy batting for a LONG, LONG time! :) I found all sorts of batting for all types of needs. You don't even see all the batting--that big bin below the W&N batting roll, is full of packaged batting and I need one more bin like it to hold the rest!

6 comments:

Doodlebug Gail said...

I am enjoying your stitchery pictures - so cute and pretty and oh so neat as well.

Evelyn aka Starfishy said...

Your organized supply closet really looks wonderful! So great to have that space and now you will know exactly where everything is! Love that little embroidered dress too - you are putting your TV watching time to good use!

Cheers!

Evelyn

Sarah said...

The picture looks great - and I'm very impressed with the tidy room.

Susan said...

I love your closet! What a great idea to clear it out and use it this way. It looks so beautifully organized! Are the dress embroideries from last year's BOM at Bobby Socks? She had something similar, but I don't remember if it was exactly like this.

Nicole said...

I keep my unfinished quilt tops hanging on hangers too. They stay nice and unwrinkled that way. Your closet looks super organized!

Cher said...

good for you to de-clutter and reclaim space-looks great.