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Cari Stukenholtz very modern looking, the colors are great! How's the new baby?

Lisa Catherine I am working on making a Christmas table runner and I'm making a baby blanket for a friends grand baby. I learned how to make cute little bells too, so I got some small gold bells and attach them to the crochet bell, they look cute I think. making hats soon, had to take a break. Life is good Paula !!

Dee Brandvig nice and bright, i love to see your latest examples...

Cari Stukenholtz do you sleep? Another great quilt! You have some great guy quilts!

Miranda M I saw the dress-a-day blog girl. You could easily be the skirt a day blog girl :o)

chrys thanks

Elena Boen Chrys,
For you!

http://bigredcouch.com/journal/?p=554

chrys thanks.

Dee Brandvig try cutting a circle, even if you have to piece the fabric to get it big enough to be a circle...it will have to measure approx 62 inches to get 24" length...you'll have to play with that...then cut the waist bigger than needed...30" waist=5" hole in center...so cut 7" (cut after you fold in half several times to get a 'pie wedge' 7" from center point of fold, outward)......then you'll have a 42" hole. Now you hae a 'donut shape' pick a place and fold, slit fold to get an opening, cut and you now have an overlap at the waist and still have 24" length. add ties, hem and you're done...fast and simple if you have big enough fabric...i can just see some of your lace and denim scraps 'patched' together till the square is big enough to cut a great circle....swirly as you like and done in an hour, (once you have the fabric)...I like my skirts ankle length so my circle would be unwieldy...ah for the days of short skirts...enjoy while you're young!!!!! oooooh, i just thought, you leave it a big square and after cutting the waist hole and the folded slit, you'll have a 'handkerchief' style hem....cute, cute.....

chrys Thanks Dee, yea I it to be one piece with no seam lines, so I need like 4 yards of fabric. However I am going to do one that is pieced together with seams. Which I think will be the easier way.

Dee Brandvig i was just thinking about your cute 'pieced' scrappy look denim, lace and prints...but why not go vintage and buy the new felt...that's wide enough and you only need 2 yd to make a big square...the felt is usually 72 in wide...and nowadays you can wash it...it's all poly, just looks like felt...

chrys thats seems like a good idea, i'll have to look at some.

Dee Brandvig it wouldn't be as soft and drapey, but would be another whole look...now i want one...think of the fun applications available to felt...two circles in different colors, laid on top of one another and then stitched into big paisley swirls and then the top cut away around the designs...this could be a blast!!!! and i think a 2 color one would be under $20...it was about $4/yd the last i knew..

chrys thats not bad. I think the felt would be good for winter...or wool. keep warm :) also i think it would cute for embroidery stuff too.

Dee Brandvig this is darling!!!!!! halloween's coming up....buy some 'glow in the dark' spray paint and WOW....

Tammie Jeffers this program will not let me upload a photo of this project.

Dee Brandvig so glad you found the exact thing you wanted....how lucky!

Miranda M That photo makes me want to have a crafty dinner party! What are the record albums for?

Frances The record albums were not usable any more so we made them into wall clocks.

Miranda M Cool idea.

Dee Brandvig borders are on but colors in photo still off...will have to wait in line to get it quilted...

Dee Brandvig I baste a whole bunch, and never use a hoop or frame...i like the fabric to bend one way while my needle goes the other...you just have to baste a lot so preserve the top-batt-back 'sandwich'...i'm sure you will enjoy it once you get a little bit done so you can see the effect....

Dee Brandvig You make me want to quilt my Anonymous, but it's a ways down the line...I don't pay me, so mine have to wait awhile...lol

Elena Boen Lol...I know how that is...I have a bunch of others I want to do, BUT, clients DO come first...

The only reason I can hand quilt this one is cause it is during my down time relaxing watching Angel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162065/).

Dee Brandvig that's what I do too, I have to have little goals and rewards to get me through the schedule I have, which seems to have enlarged since I retired...my lunch break was always during naptime for the kids...As the World Turns and Guiding Light got me through my lunch and then folding the day's laundry and putting away during the commercials...now Guiding Light is already gone and As the World Turns is leaving next month and my laundry may never be folded again! :(

Miranda M Was this your first t-shirt quilt? Did you find it easy or hard compared to normal quilt fabric? Yours looks great!

Anita T shirt quilts are a bit more work then the usual. I iron lightweight interfacing on each and every piece for stability. But I enjoy making them none the less. I think this one was around my 3rd or 4th one I have made.

Dee Brandvig really cute fabrics...bet he loves it!!!!

Elena Boen He REALLY does!!

chrys i love halloween! its my fav hoilday.

Dianne It is starting to look really nice! I love the fabrics.