the thursday thread

I do love making things for others.

I have a feeling this may happen more often.

How many quilts can a house really hold?

Have you ever thought about the future of our quilts?

I mean when they're antiques. 

(assuming they last that long)

Will there be sought after quilts?

Will there be collectors of blog quilts?

I like to think so.

Will we be given a collective name

like the impressionists or the pre-raphaelites.

I'd hope to be seen as a Van Gogh rather than a Monet.

Either way the textile rail of the future

will be a treasure trove of love x

On that note I'm off to label this one,

with the hope that somebody from the future 

may one day look me up and read this thread.....hi
ps
dont forget to enter my giveaway here

wordless wednesday

amusing you monday

Does ones creative space reflect ones personality?

If so then I name myself the creatively chaotic one.

This really sums up my whole life,

from my sewing room 

to my home

to my eating

to my cleaning

to my garden

to my head

 to my reading

to my hair

to my fashion

to my quilting 

to my fabric choices

and to my blogging.

Does it hold true for you?

Do tidy quilters have tidy quilts and tidy homes?

This weeks goal is to sort my sewing room out,

it is the top of my list,

everything else can linger for longer

in creative chaos..
ps.
Yes I am chitting my seed potatoes in my sewing room.

friday afternoon basting

Has anyone ever entered their own giveaway?

I have a feeling I probably won't win.

Wow basted within 10 minutes,

wish all quilts were so speedy.

I'm still undecided on quilting,

possibly a mix of machine and hand.

I have a busy weekend so it will have to stew in my head.

Happy weekend again!!

Dont forget to enter my giveaway here

to win 

a little love

(and thats a quilt by the way and nothing else!)

giving..a little bit of my love to you

 Well my friends

it's been a year since I changed my name and blog

 from summerfete to selfsewn.
It is actually my fifth year blogging,

some folks have come and gone

but for those of you who have stuck with me

I have been recreating a mini summer of love
 english paper pieced quilt to giveaway

as a token of my appreciation.

I had forgotten how much I love colour balancing.

Never be afraid to revisit

especially if it's one so beloved.

If you would like the chance to win 

a little love

all you have to do is follow my blog

and leave me a comment.

This giveaway is a work in progress,
so will be open for a while

though I'm thinking it will be my first finish of 2013.

Like my summer of love quilt
the fabrics I've used are a mix of old and new
but mainly old..
It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it!

Giveaway now closed

monday musings

Remember last month I showed you the butterfly clip?

Well I knew I'd had it a while.

 Imagine my surprise last week when I found this picture of 

my Brother, my Great Grandmother and me!

Little me rocking that clip!

wordless wednesday

Those three words

just about says it all really.

Sunday was the day of days,

London bound

we finally got to see our beloved band of twenty years
Brad

Thats all I need this week,

you can keep your day of love

I have a lifetime of love

and a lifetime of listening

ooh and a band plectrum from the gig.

SCORE!!!

mondays amusements on saturday

I was saving this for Monday,

but thhought I should lighten the air.

I'm linking this post to Displacement Activity

Charlotte is celebrating her one year anniversary of blogging

with a giveaway do pop over you'll be so glad you did.

So why this particular post?

Charlotte recently confessed to having a smutty mouth,

funny cos I hadn't noticed

maybe when great minds think alike

they cancel each other out?

My tourettes word is boobs.....

this is my vintage booby cushion...
can you see them?

I shall soon be hosting a little giveaway for my
year of blogging as selfsewn,
be sure to pop back February 20th,

you don't have to say you love me...

just be close at hand x

mods and rockers

*my 19 year old self circa 1993
Well I am most definitely a rocker,
traditional is my bag.
Which is probably why, up until now I've left modern quilting
well... to the mods.
So why am I dipping my toe in?
As you know I've been racking my laptop
looking for the right quilt for my batik(gift) fabrics.
I went back and forth with ideas,
then after a Gees bend search (thanks Mary)

*image courtesy of upstatelisa
I came across Lisas 'gee's bend' style bee quilt.
Something in my traditional head snapped.
I then went on to discover
Sherri lynn @ dainty time
and then of course there's always Mari @ the quilting edge

Asking me to go all out mod is impossible.
I'm hanging out somewhere in the middle,
as always you can call me
that indie quilter.
When the penny finally dropped
everything fell into place..
including a name...the Network.
It's the 90's batik is everywhere.
I'm 19, in love with rock music and studying art.
The Network Club was 'our' life
a place where everyone knew your name,
and the place where I met my husband.

It all makes total sense to me now.
So if this quilt does turn out a little new age then so be it,
to me, it will always remind me of the best times.
ps.
I've also wanted to make an autograph quilt,
so I'm thinking of embroidering band names etc..
So are you a mod or a rocker...
or an inbetweeny indie quilter?
 

do I amuse you?

Finally getting round to hemming these curtains.

Yep, I'd rather carry my machine downstairs than take the curtains down!

Foolish or genius?

 I'll leave it up to you.

Happy Monday xx

*Do I amuse you quote from Goodfellas

friday february finish

 Well that's January over,

 and with it, the piecing of my snowday quilt.

The fact that I only used two fabrics meant that I could cut out 

all the pieces at once and just bash it out

with not a lot of thought...which is a good way to kick start the year.

I'm really excited at how quickly these large templates sewed together.

Though I did have to concede to using our local newsletter

when I ran out of paper.

Whats more it's free and it's recycling,

bet they didn't expect their advert ending up here.

I'm just waiting for some sun to show you the finished top

ala stained window style.
I still have to make up the quilt,
but as I have no batting or binding that can wait.

So what next?

I have an idea for my batik/charcoal/white project...

something quite different?

I am without a epp project which is a dangerous thing!

 I am very close to starting a rose star quilt,

thought it was about time seeing how I opened the 'can o worms'

last year for everyone!

 rose star block party.