Wash Everything She Says....

In reading my Fusing Fun book from Laura Wasilowski the other day, Laura says to wash all your fabrics first so the fusible web would stick better. I don't want tooo..... (said in a whiny voice.. feet stamping).  I guess she says this for a reason.  Fine, so I'll do it! Well Ok, I did have a few things that didn't want to stick very well. So guess what I did all day yesterday!

Yeah, it was wash day. This is only half the pile. The other half is by the ironing board. But one nice thing about spending a day ironing is that you fall in love with your fabrics all over again.

This gem was folded up and I haven't really looked at it in quite a while. I found all kinds of great combinations of colors ranging from bright green to dark purple. I'll be using this for sure!

I'm still working on it today. But along with all the ironing I did finish one of my quilts.

This was my first attempt at the "Laura Wasilowski" style. I still need to work on it a bit. Next time I'll leave more room around the edges so my main picture doesn't get covered up by the border. I'm thinking about donating this to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. You can click my link and check it out. You can support them by either putting in a bid for a quilt or buying one outright. All money goes to Alzheimer's research.
Later..... the iron is calling. Sigh....

Pets on Quilts Contest

Well as you can tell by my main blog picture this is right up my alley. Lilly Pad Quilting is having a pets on quilts contest and well, I have a few entries. Click on the link above to see all the entries. I'm number 57. So when voting starts... vote for one of my furries.  Lots of prizes... I hope I win something. Big thank you to all the sponsors.  Enjoy!

First up is Sammie. This is my favorite picture of her. 

                                        

Sammie's favorite sleeping spot. Mind you this was a big basket.

This is Moe Moe the Terrible. Bane of all tiny creatures.

This is Punkin and Moe Moe. Punkin isn't with us anymore. But she did know a comfy sleeping quilt when she saw one.

This is Alex. My sewing room star. "Awww, the smell of new fabric" 

Alex taking a power nap. Being curious takes a lot of a kittie.

This is a group shot of nap time on my bed. Twinkle, Alex and last is Sammie.  

Ok well, that's it. Hope you enjoyed them. Trust me I have soo many more. But this are a few of my favs..

Hope I Win!

Mad Scientist in the Sewing Room or Laura Wasilowski Day

Boy did I have fun today. One of my favorite quilt artists is Laura Wasilowski. I was fortunate enough to meet her and see her quilts in person when I was hosting the TQS Treasure Chest on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. I have one of her books and decided it was time to give it a go.
First I pulled out all my batiks and hand dyed fabrics. This is the mad scientist coming out. I got carried away. I of course also used my Accuquilt studio cutter for the oak leaves, flowers and little bugs. You'll see.

I started out with little strips of fabric with fusible web on the back.

Then I began to weave them into a long strip.

When I was done, this is what I had.

OK, so this was fun, what do I do with it? .... I got an idea.
For the few of you that read my blog www.bunnyrose.com you know I'm in love with my Accuquilt studio cutter. So I went to my dies and found this.

You have to go to the Accucut site instead of the Accuquilt site to find this one. It's not cheap but I have used it in soooo many things.
Anyway, this is what my weaving looked like after I cut it out.

Kinda cool huh...

Then I started fooling around with some birdie wings and ......
Made a bug.

Here is my almost finished project.

I fused it to some batting and now time for some hand stitching.

Here are two other projects I am working on.

This one I already started stitching on it.

If you love this as much as I do.... here are the books and link to her site.

Here is her new book..

http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/

My New Purse

Had too much fun in my sewing room the other day. I said I needed a new purse and here it is. It started innocently enough with a nice linen looking osnaburg and I was just going to applique one big rose on it, but it needed a smaller rose to balance it, then maybe a leaf, and well I guess I got carried away. this is side one, and.....

Side two. It has two cool pockets that are actually the cutouts from the handles..they are kind of a wedge shape. I of course appliqued a few flowers on them so I could see them in the dark purple inside. I still need a cool big button. Want to make one for yourself? Go here for the pattern...http://www.allpeoplequilt.com
It's easy and fun to customize. Use the leftover fabric from around the handles for pockets. I also iron fusible interfacing to the lining to give it more body.

Now onto an Ipad case for my new birthday present. Later All!

Oh My.... Spaghetti Bread

I have found one of the most perfect foods! Spaghetti Bread.The Rhodes Bread Blog has my next dinner! My son always puts his spaghetti on his garlic bread. Now this is his kind of meal. See the recipe and directions here! Spaghetti Bread Recipe

My New Winter Jacket

Well, I did it. I finally finished my new jacket. It only took me about 2 weeks. And of course I had help.

Lots and lots of help. But that was also because I made two practice runs first. They were two different sizes and of course much simpler than this. Ha, with them I actually followed the pattern. So here it is, and bonus!! It is reversible. I'm only showing one side for now. 

 Makes a statement doesn't it. Do you like?
Now I just need a new purse to go with......

My New Etsy Store

Well finally after much procrastination I have created my new Etsy store. It is called of course:
Curious Orange Cat. Not much on there now, but check it out by either clicking on my side bar or here.
Curious Orange Cat Etsy Store The picture above is of a quilt pattern I am going to have there soon. Just have to make the final touches on the file for downloading.
I of course have lots more work to do and a whole basket of stuff to take pictures and add to the site.
I'm also finally out of school for the summer. I have been working on a jacket for myself. Finally something for me! I'll have pictures soon. I have already sewn two pieces wrong and had to cut new ones. Should be fun. Later All!