Small evening clutch I purchased in Vienna Austria
Hooray! I have completed my fashion sewing project and everything fits pretty well. I still have to make a special belt to go with my dressy outfit, but that’s a small project I will do one day for a fun break. I made three vests, two slacks, one blouse, and did a bunch of repair on existing items. I also found two beautiful evening bags I had forgotten about, so I didn’t have to make one of those. I repaired three really nice everyday/tote bags I had made some time ago, and they are better than new. If I have time before I go to Houston, I might make one more pair of slacks and another bag, but it is not a necessity.
Silk clutch from Japan designed to wear with Kimonos. I got this in Kanazawa, Japan many years ago, but it is still in good shape.
My childcare responsibilities for my grandson have moved to after school only, which gives me a good part of the day and weekends to work on my quilting now. Sew I have been busy planning out my next phase of quilting projects. One is a small special request quilt that is due in the beginning of January and so I have to get going on that right away. I finally managed to work out a design for that quilt after many hours, and I’m ready to start that one. I will save the progress pictures and show them to you after its debut.
I haven’t decided on my other project yet. I usually like to work on two over a space of time. I’ll try to figure one out that I can share with you as I make it.
For the most part, I work without deadlines on my quilts. That is, I have determined there are enough excellent quilt shows across the year that whenever I finish a quilt there will be a show I can debut it in. However, there are a couple of shows that I particularly like to use for debuts of my show quilts. These have very early deadlines..months and months before the show. That’s what inspired my Quilting Show List I keep more or less up to date on my Website so I can keep track of all of this. It is not all inclusive, but it does include most of the shows I find of interest to me. I probably miss a few here and there that should be on this list.
It’s always kind of exciting when I get to this point…all my previous projects done and time to start new projects. I even have my studio in pretty good shape…just needs a small amount of pickup and vacuuming.
Sew happy everyone. Teach someone to appreciate the beauty of quilts…your father, yourself, your daughter, your son, your dog (who may be asleep on one right now).
Lovely purse from Vienna!
At first, I thought you were going to say you made it!
Thanks Terrie! That would be something. I think it is probably the one I will take with me to Houston. It’s a little smaller and I think smaller is better for packing purposes. I have been to Vienna three times…twice for singing and once for business. A very interesting city.