I’m officially a basket case!!!

Well, maybe not in the true sense of the word…..or I guess it depends on who you ask!!?? But this weekend, I spent at a workshop with Denise Vanderlugt, who is a quilter and fibre artist who works with recyclable materials and all those scraps of fabric you have left over after a quilting project that you just CAN’T throw out, but you just don’t really know what to do with……….yet!!! It was a fab weekend learning how to use plastic shopping bags (we all know how they accumulate!!??), bread bags, mesh onion bags, old denim, ropes, clothesline etc etc etc to create the most gorgeous baskets that will hold some very precious ‘stuff’!!! My little beauty didn’t quite resemble the image I  had in my head……I thought it would look a little more like Denise’s fabulous Rainbow basket…. …..but unfortunately it ended up a little differently……. ….its little mini-cousin perhaps????……   Maybe I just need a lot more practice…but we did learn quite a few techniques along the way (believe it or not)……… I learnt how to make a flange on the inside of the lid so my lid fitted snugly inside my basket…… I learnt how to bring in new colours into the rows and quite a few other ‘tricks’ that undoubtedly, I need a LOT more practice with!  But I’m happy that after the two days, I’ve ended up with something finished … AND I’ve learnt how I can start using up some of the scraps I’ve accumulated as well!!! So, after a weekend of instructions, I can now be considered a basketcase!!!!    My family will attest to that, I’m sure….especially when, after arriving home, I presented  my small, ‘prized basket to them with a proud, but silly, grin on my face!   I think they expected a little more after two full days!!!!  They just can’t appreciate true ‘art’ now, can they?!  So…….how was your weekend??? xox Sugary hugs  :O)  

I’m officially a basket case!!!

Well, maybe not in the true sense of the word…..or I guess it depends on who you ask!!??

But this weekend, I spent at a workshop with Denise Vanderlugt, who is a quilter and fibre artist who works with recyclable materials and all those scraps of fabric you have left over after a quilting project that you just CAN’T throw out, but you just don’t really know what to do with……….yet!!!

It was a fab weekend learning how to use plastic shopping bags (we all know how they accumulate!!??), bread bags, mesh onion bags, old denim, ropes, clothesline etc etc etc to create the most gorgeous baskets that will hold some very precious ‘stuff’!!!

My little beauty didn’t quite resemble the image I  had in my head……I thought it would look a little more like Denise’s fabulous Rainbow basket….

…..but unfortunately it ended up a little differently…….

….its little mini-cousin perhaps????……

 

Maybe I just need a lot more practice…but we did learn quite a few techniques along the way (believe it or not)………

I learnt how to make a flange on the inside of the lid so my lid fitted snugly inside my basket……

I learnt how to bring in new colours into the rows and quite a few other ‘tricks’ that undoubtedly, I need a LOT more practice with!  But I’m happy that after the two days, I’ve ended up with something finished … AND I’ve learnt how I can start using up some of the scraps I’ve accumulated as well!!!

So, after a weekend of instructions, I can now be considered a basketcase!!!!    My family will attest to that, I’m sure….especially when, after arriving home, I presented  my small, ‘prized basket to them with a proud, but silly, grin on my face!   I think they expected a little more after two full days!!!!  They just can’t appreciate true ‘art’ now, can they?! 

So…….how was your weekend???

xox Sugary hugs  :O)

 

F.N.S.I. and some……

Well, my FNSI didn’t go as planned!!!! Firstly, I didn’t have the canvas to stretch my stitchery over….diddlepot me, forgot to buy one……so it’s still awaiting its fate….. BUT……I did manage to get a little done on my Baguette bag though…. It IS getting there……now only the lining and the handles to go! So some progress is being made….finally…….and that will mean a long term UFO is out of the pile!!!!   YAY!!! On the weekend, we had a wonderful lady from Mackay come a tutor us for the weekend…she was A-MAY-ZING!    We learnt how to design and gather design inspiration, then use different techniques to create our design and we learnt so much about what our machines could do!!!! It was such a fun weekend.  I’ve never considered myself into art quilting, but boy, did I learn a thing or two….not that I’d change my style much,I’m still a stitchery gal,  but I now am looking at some techniques quite differently!!!   The most reluctant in our group were even free motion quilting with ease by the end of the two days……. Sue was really, really good to work with and easy to understand, so if your group is looking for a tutor, just email me and I’ll pass on her details!  I can recommend her highly!

                             Sue, our tutor

Me with my design……taken from three lines and a leaf I got from a coffee cup, believe it or not!!!!! embellished with scrap threads, and beading…..such fun! I’m going to work my design into a  cover for a folder to hold all my machine stitch samples in….something I’d always planned to do…….ONE day!!!!! LOL This week has been making curtains for our local Respite Centre as a donation from our  Guild….. What a mess we make….. But what beautiful fabric to work with….. and we added our own ‘spin’….. A bit different to quilting, but we just had to add our own quilting style!!!!   Don’t ya just love ‘them dots’??? Off to sew some more curtains…….two down……eight to go!!!! Sugary hugs  :O)

F.N.S.I. and some……

Well, my FNSI didn’t go as planned!!!!

Firstly, I didn’t have the canvas to stretch my stitchery over….diddlepot me, forgot to buy one……so it’s still awaiting its fate…..

BUT……I did manage to get a little done on my Baguette bag though….

It IS getting there……now only the lining and the handles to go! So some progress is being made….finally…….and that will mean a long term UFO is out of the pile!!!!   YAY!!!

On the weekend, we had a wonderful lady from Mackay come a tutor us for the weekend…she was A-MAY-ZING!    We learnt how to design and gather design inspiration, then use different techniques to create our design and we learnt so much about what our machines could do!!!!

It was such a fun weekend.  I’ve never considered myself into art quilting, but boy, did I learn a thing or two….not that I’d change my style much,I’m still a stitchery gal,  but I now am looking at some techniques quite differently!!!   The most reluctant in our group were even free motion quilting with ease by the end of the two days……. Sue was really, really good to work with and easy to understand, so if your group is looking for a tutor, just email me and I’ll pass on her details!  I can recommend her highly!

                             Sue, our tutor

Me with my design……taken from three lines and a leaf I got from a coffee cup, believe it or not!!!!!

embellished with scrap threads, and beading…..such fun!

I’m going to work my design into a  cover for a folder to hold all my machine stitch samples in….something I’d always planned to do…….ONE day!!!!! LOL

This week has been making curtains for our local Respite Centre as a donation from our  Guild…..

What a mess we make…..

But what beautiful fabric to work with…..

and we added our own ‘spin’…..

A bit different to quilting, but we just had to add our own quilting style!!!!   Don’t ya just love ‘them dots’???

Off to sew some more curtains…….two down……eight to go!!!!

Sugary hugs  :O)