Fabric Postcard

The recipient for this Postcard Pizzazz swap lives locally. I might just drop it off at her house once I get past my dose of the "Tennessee crud" - cough... cough ... splutter .... splutter.

Aaargh I feel like such a failure :)

Not really ..... well maybe yes, just a teeny weeny bit ..... but I am frustrated with my lack of quilting ambition at the moment.
I had committed myself to making a smaller version of the "Leaves of Green" quilt by Susan Brubaker Knapp http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/ (give that lady some hugs ... her mom died a few days ago). My goal was this week-end. Not happening.
So I got my first 4 blocks cut out and sewn and went ...... yuck ..... my daughter went ... yuck also BECAUSE they did not work out with the very pretty patterned fabric I had chosen to sew with them :( So back to the drawing board and the realization that I really do need to make this a scrappy leaf quilt for it to work AND buy some blue fabric for the background AND make it bigger than I was going too AND so on and so forth.

As for the practice blocks .... they are going "on point" and will be made into either little cushions or a Christmas wallhanging. Don't expect to see anything soon because I am going to do some embroidery on them and that takes me forever and a day to get accomplished. The burgundy red fabric in the background is going to show up in the re-arranged project somewhere.
So the hubster and darling son are off to "Home Depot" to spend more money :) Some big manly tools have being showing up in the house the past few days ... (maybe we should turn the garage into a workshop.) in preperation for our fireplace project.
 The hole in our bathroom ceiling is now closed up and the hole in the wall is about to be, which means ......... I will probably be painting some time next week. Hopefully our hot water heater will be fixed by then because I always get paint on my body somewhere and the thought of a frigid cold shower is not appealing to my delicate Scottish body.
I'm about to do another fabric postcard swap and this time the recipient actually lives within 15 minutes driving distance. Maybe I will show up on her doorstep with it.
Enough of my rare Saturday ramblings. I'm off to eat lunch, do some more visits at OWOH2011 and finish up some prep work for teaching a genealogy class.

Conversation Hearts Swap - Big Hill Goddess

If you love to make fabric hearts and enjoy motivational quotes/words then this might be the swap for you. It's just starting up AND is being run by one of our local crafters right here in Nashville :)

Head on over to http://www.bighillgoddess.com/2011/01/would-you-swap-hearts-with-me.html to find out more details from Angie.

Every Inchie Monday

Now here's an interesting, tiny art work, year long challenge, for anyone that might be interested. An inch a week can be found at http://www.everyinchiemonday.blogspot.com/ The weekly themes are in their sidebar.

OWOH2011

One World One Heart 2011 has started http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/. This will be the 5th and final year of this world wide blog hop - get to know other crafters/artists event. Thanks to Lisa Swifka for being the heart, soul and organizer.
I am participating at my hand stitching blog http://stitchacrosstheborder.blogspot.com/2011/01/owoh-2011-welcome.html All the participants have door prizes so after visiting me hop on over to the other sites. There will be a lot of them over the next couple of weeks. If you want to participate there are details at Lisa's blog.

Colourful Friday - Favorite Colors

One of my favorite colors is not really a "color" ......... CREAM. It goes with almost anything and does not look harsh like white can. It can look modern or antique, sophisticated or rustic, vibrate or subdued, all depending upon which direction you take it and what colors you pair it with.

This is one of the wall hangings I hope to get completed this year. The blocks are from a 4th of July themed swap I participated in a few years ago. I have more of them but really liked these four together. I confess the blocks lay to one side for more time that I want to confess too and then once the middle section was sewn together I still did not know what direction I wanted to take them in. The cream border was added last year and will also be on the back.
Navy blue also appeals to me. I wore it a lot growing up and in my early adulthood.
So if you want to participate in Colorful Fridays or just visit the other participants hop on over to http://daisyquilts.blogspot.com This year we will be sharing every other week instead of weekly. Next time round we will be doing Valentines colors :)

Postcard Pizzazz - Back in the swing of things

I'm finally back to making and swapping fabric postcards again. For the time being I am going to do 1to1 straight swaps.

For PP#147 this is what I sent to Pam C.

And this is what she sent to me.

A few weeks ago I received a surprise package of Oriental looking fabric from Australia. I've decided to use some of it for my postcards.