The curse of being a crafter, a seamstress, a creator, etc…is never ever feeling caught up with your brain and its ideas. I can’t walk into a fabric or craft store without experiencing a storm of project ideas flying through my head. Some days I wake up with a mental picture of this whole new concept and I have to make it come to fruition. Right then. No time to waste. Some nights I even dream of them. I don’t feel rested when I wake because I’ve spent the whole night dreaming up the logistics of just how this new project will need to go down. But I never wake up rested because I’m a wild dreamer. It’s exhausting. But…that’s another blog for another day.
On my sewing table, my ironing board and my craft cabinets, you’ll find stacks of fabric, ribbon, wood, pretty papers, Mod Podge….all remnants or promises of a wonderful project. Will I ever make them all happen? Nah. But I thoroughly enjoy the ones that do become reality.
For instance:
I decided after I made Elliott’s halter dress the other day out of Michael Miller’s Pod Posey border fabric (freaking love it. best fabric ever.), that I needed to make my step-daughter Mazzy a matching top.
Mazzy was absolutely thrilled with it and the girls had so much fun dressing alike! They are just wonderful together.
Now….
Aside from making a bazillion more halter tops and dresses from my tutorial, I’ve got this big monster to tackle soon:
My great-grandmother pieced this quilt top many years ago. It’s full of awesome vintage fabrics that just scream, “Abbie! Love me!” They’re silks, they’re gawdy, they’re stretch knits, double knits and they’re everything I would have worn had I just been a couple of generations older. And they must be incorporated into my Bohemian Bedroom Makeover I’m working on….but that’s another project.
Nanny gave the quilt top to my mother once upon a time and asked that it be finished one day. Well….it’s time. I’m just itching to get started on it! It’s going to need a border around it to size it up and I can’t decide on a color. Orange? Green? Mustard? I don’t know. And shall I back it with flannel? Will I hand-quilt, machine-quilt or tie it? Lots of decisions to be made, but my wonderful, amazing Nanny would be so thrilled that it’s finally getting the love it deserves! I’ll keep you posted!
Grandmas closet here we come!!!!!! I bet she even has half of those fabrics!
Wow!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with using your fabulously creative brain!
The girls outfits turned out so cute! And good luck on the quilt 😉
I have some handmade quilt tops that I have been working on. I got my 2 girls quilts made in time for Christmas and did it all by hand. I am in the process of finishing the quilt for my 18 year old son who passed away six weeks ago in an accident, and was leaving for the army in May. I got through hand quilting it and just not ready to be done with it so I am adding some extra decrative quilting on it and even monogrammed his name on it….anyway my point is…hand quilt it because every stitch is made with love and prayers..doesn’t matter if you have a few boo boo’s that makes it even more special. Good luck with it and you may already have it done by now. I am enjoying your page and all your ideas, youare very creative.