IQF Goodies

I always like to share the fun stuff to be found at the Quilt Festival. I like to stock up on colorful supplies. The top photo shows some Stewart Gill paints, Ricky Tims threads, Wonderfil threads, colorful ravelings, rusted fabric from RustTex, hand dyed cheesecloth, fabric from Wendy Richardson and some screen printed fabrics from Belinda Spiwak.

The bottom photo shows the new Stitch magazine from Interweave, Shiva painsticks, Tsukinenko Inks, hand dyed flosses from Laura Wasilowski and Wendy Richardson, Bohn sewing needles and needle threader and a couple of Quilting Arts Workshop dvd's. A great stash!

International Quilt Festival Chicago

I got to set up a table with art and talk to a bunch of fun people in Chicago.

Queen of Stitch Tiara

Pokey over at Quilting Arts spoke of tiaras, so I decided to alter one for myself. If you stop by the Quilting Arts booth at the Chicago International Quilt Show this month, you may catch me wearing it! I had fun adding some things that are personal, like an old wooden spool, a little birdie, some of my favorite vintage buttons and handmade paper beads. Queen of stitch!

Spoolology

This is a book I made out of dyed cotton batting. I've attached some of the spools (below) to the cover, then added a bunch of stitched printed images about thread/sewing and spools of delight. I thread-sketched whatever text came to mind...mostly nonsense verse. The dyed batting is so soft and nice to work with for a book form.

Spool Obsession

Yes, it's true. I've got spool fever! I'm in love with spools of thread. Here I've made some cute little wearable pins with embroidery and beading. They are pinned to cardstock for gift giving. They are just muslin, collaged and stitched and painted, then mounted on stiff interfacing.