Dress

I've been planning to do an upcycled dress for L out of a men's button down.  Yesterday, she blew through all the extra clothes I brought to work for her so I finally did it out of necessity.  I still want to add a few details and have Amy help me fix the sleeves but I don't think it's bad for an hour's work.

 

 

Sass-master supreme.

Just call me the finisher. . .

I was on the last steps of two different tops and I finally got them done today.  So satisfying.  Tomorrow I have to put in a full day of quilting, but as you can see, we had a lazy day.  (evidence: my naked feet in the quilt shop).  The first top is my non-jelly roll version of a jelly roll strip quilt.  I've been collecting leftover 2.5" batik strips for months as well as pulling some pieces from my stash.  I started with about 1600" of 2.5" strips.  Seriously long and tangly.  But I ended up with a neat 64"x75"ish throw.  Now I have to decide how to quilt it.

My second finish was this big Ziggy yellow and white full-size quilt.  I made the zigs last summer, but just couldn't decide what I wanted to do with them.  I decided to keep it simple with white strips down either side.  I'm planning to quilt in the center squares and zigs and fill in the white background.  I'll post pictures when I start quilting.

Today as L and I were leaving the shop I walked by the side window and noticed the fabric that I had (carelessly) left on the large cutting table.  Who in their right mind could walk by these guys and not come in?  

New Fabric Ordered!

We haven't been ordering much at the shop lately, so it was a special treat for me to get to make the call to FreeSpirit this week.

A little Christmas cheer in early June, Starflakes and Glitter by Tina Givens

I'm starting the solid buying spree one bolt at a time.  My goal is a whole row of our big shelves filled with solids.  This week, Manatee:

And finally, I chomped up a little bit of a fabric line I've been eye-ing for awhile.  

They are discontinuing it, so I was feeling a little pressure.

Silent Cinema by Jenean Morrison

I'm so excited to get all of these goodies in the shop!