I’ve been slowly changing the colors in my Living Room, and I managed to make four pillows last Fall from some linen I dyed in my Autumn Splendor palette:
I managed to make 3 more pillows last week. 2 with stripes that reminded my hubby (and me!) of tiger stripes:
And another one with stripes that frame a central window:
They look great on the furniture:
I’m really happy with these stripes!
May! You are halfway gone! What have I done?
| Teaser page for online classes | June 1 | 0% |
| Start work on mystery proposal | June 1 | 0% |
| Dyeing 100 – get it done! | June 1 | 10% |
| New slipcovers, curtains, pillows in the Living Room | June 1 | 95% |
| Samples for Free Motion Quilting Class | June 1 | 0% |
| Quilts for FMQ class | June 1 | 0% |
| Start work on Dyeing 103 | June 1 | 0% |
| Get guide on MFB site for Shaun | May 15 | 50% |
Well, I got my submissions done! I haven’t even shown them here yet – soon, soon. I’ve also finally cleared enough mental decks to get started on my next online class.
Oh, Blogger’s Quilt Festival starts Friday! I may not have a quilt to show, but I’m sponsoring one of the categories. Click the button to read more about it!
Here’s a peek at one of the pillows I made last week:
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I had a whole bunch of comments on my giveaway last week! Good old Random.org helped me choose: Judy, who blogs over at Sew, Rip, Repeat. Lucky Judy had to choose between a set of fat quarters in one of 3 color palettes: Jewel Tones Autumn Splendor Spring Greens And her choice was the ever…
Last week I made extra samples and wrote 4 different articles for Quilting Arts Gifts. I had time to snap some pix before I sent these off to be photographed. Here are examples of custom phone pouches I made in different sizes to test my pattern: I also made 3 more trick or treat buckets…
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This past week has been crazy! Balancing a lot of family stuff with making lots of art for my Quilting Arts Gifts articles, stopping to take process pix along the way, PHEW! I also spent a large part of today at the Redlands Sewing Center for “class preview day”, followed by hosting a dinner party…
I’m sorry for the short notice, but I wanted to share that you can save 10% on the registration fee of any of the classes I’ll be teaching at the Redlands Sewing Center by registering tomorrow. They hold what’s called “Preview Day” where all the teachers present what they’ll be teaching for the next year…
My name is Candy Glendening,and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
