Studio Tour

Saturday my guild did a fund-raiser: an open house/studio tour.  The cost was $10 and there were 6 homes/gardens on the tour from noon-4.  Lessons learned:  fewer homes, another hour.  I had about 30 people here, of the 60 who paid to attend.  As the homes were all over the county, it was very difficult to make it to all 6 homes--one car-full did it!  And we had lots of rain the night before and all that morning--so the gardens at each home were not toured. 

I thought you might enjoy photos of my studio--it took some doing to get things looking this neat and tidy.  The closets were a big hit--18' x 9' tall, 4 rows of shelving, 3 lights.  What I really need to do is empty everything out of there and restock--I'm sure there are things in there I've "lost" that I really need to find.  But I'm just not up to that yet.  Here you go: 

 

It's 21' X 24' and it's all mine. Four sets of fluorescent lights, 2 sets of floor outlets for the sewing machine and iron station.  South and West facing windows--lots of natural light. 

Stuff accumulates to fill the space available--I really do need to empty those closets.  Several guests offered to come "shopping" when I do it.  The last time I had a sale for guild members  I was happy with the results and the shoppers were happy with their purchases.  Might have to have another sale later this year. 

Glad you could stop by--come back any time!

Let's Quilt!

Barbara

Wedding Quilt

Our niece is getting married in March and she asked me about making a signature quilt for guests to sign instead of a guest book.  There will be 80 blocks for people to sign then I'll assemble and quilt it as their gift.  Here is the general idea:

I'll iron freezer paper to the back of the white squares for stability in signing.  First, I'll draw straight lines on the back of paper as guidelines--they will be visible through the white fabric.  I'll trim all the blocks to size after the signatures are done. 

Take a look at Patchwork Times blog to see what others have on their design walls.

Let's quilt!

Barbara