Last night was First Friday in San Jose. It was better than usual, with more galleries delivering excellent art to view for free. One of the highlights was the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Their last exhibit was so-so (and I had to pay to get in), but their current one was awesome! Even the males in the group thought so. O.o
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Here is what I started with:
I thought that cutting the circles for a long-planned project might make them easier to store.
After:
As you can see, this is not the case. The volume was not reduced. I did, however, discover that I do not need to collect any more old pairs of jeans. I seem to have enough circles for what I want to do! More on that later, I have other things to finish before I really start in on this project.
In other news, I solved my "Katie Jump Rope" problem. What was that, you ask? Well, my MIL gave me a packet of nickles of that fabric line. The only problem was, I had nothing else like it. Also, I couldn't figure out anything cool to do with only 36 nickles. Then I had an idea, so I could justify buying more of the entire line. $130 later, I have more orange and brown prints than I ever thought I would! So much for saving money... In the process, I discovered two very cool online stores:
Cia's Palette and
Sew, Mama, Sew. Great modern prints which would be fantastic for kid's blankies!
Today I am pre-washing a lot of fabric for four future projects:
Phew, that's going to be a lot of ironing when it's done!
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