CPP Response #110 #2: Beckon
I realized that I already drew a response for ‘Beckon,’but I must have had a reason for keeping it on the list. I do like this one better than the first. I didn’t include a lot of detail. I might go back and add more detail later, but perhaps not.
You can see the original prompt and create your own
I think I may have mentioned before that I am participating in a crazy quilting round robin right now. The block you see above belongs to Rita C....and I've just finished working on it. I am a bit behind (ahem!) and need to mail it on to the next embroiderer. :) There are the bits that I did on the block (photos from my iPhone - you can see where my work
June’s special guest teacher for the 2012 Free-Motion Quilting Challenge through SewCalGal was Cindy Needham. She does such beautiful work. This month she encouraged us to do a sampler of sorts. She wanted us to experiment with “The Basic Three” – a repetitive line, a circle, and an S-curve. She advised us to spend some time sketching to explore various options. Nice idea, but no time for that for me since I had a limited amount of time to do this before the month was gone. Improvisation would have to
Jan reminded me that I have not told the Skipper story that I promised a week or so ago. It's not a pretty story, but one that should be told I suppose.
One afternoon, I hooked up the dogs and took them for a walk in the neighborhood. This was before the Great Heatwave of 2012 struck and we could still breathe out there. My furry charges were doing great, behaving well and keeping up a good pace with only an occasional delay for a bit of sniffing, piddling, and pooping.
We had made it halfway around the block to the wooded
{ all photos by Lauren Hunt }
I can’t write enough superlatives about Alexia Abegg. She’s just one of my favorite people in the world. She started out selling her handmade bags and worked with Anna Maria Horner in her studio. Spring Market finally saw the launch of her new endeavor, Green Bee Patterns, which also involves her husband Rob Bancroft (who is also Cloud9 Fabrics’ newest designer!) and her mom Michelle Abegg. From the sound of it, it was a huge hit. Green Bee’s clothing patterns are an answer to
