Using Bubble Jet...

I love Bubble jet!!! My imagination keeps sharing all kinds of fun things I can do with it now that I know I can print on my own fabric...whatever I want. So far the only limitation I find is the size of each piece I can print due to the size of my printer.

In the photo below I created a diagram of what my quilt might look like using EQ6...ahhh...can't wait to get my hands on EQ7 soon! :) Certainly made it much easier following a diagram when putting my blocks up on the design wall.

And here is Natilee's quilt...moving fabric around to see how I like the placement. It's so nice to have helpful eyes of friends who can point out placement! Thanks ladies!!! Loved sewing with you all tonight!! :)

I'll take some close-up shots of the blocks I designed and printed myself later! I think my favorites are still the 9-patches...fabric design could be quite fun...if only I had better software! I designed my blocks in word...too bad this photo doesn't show the true cuteness of this fabric!

The block on the bottom left is part of the label I'll put on the back...printing the photo turned out really nice...oh the possibilities!!! :)

Can't wait to show you, Tami...I need ideas for quilting it!!!

Trying something new...

It's always fun to try new things...

and there is a baby needing a quilt from me...!!!

(plus I needed a good reason to buy this adorable fabric! - you'll get to see it as this process continues!)

Printing on fabric...trying it out! So far I LOVE this! This piece is just my first sample but I am quite surprised at how it's turned out...just muslin. The next stage will actually use Bubble Jet to set the ink to the fabric...fabric gets treated first with the Bubble Jet and then run through the printer...also still playing with colors to see what I actually want to use. Lovin' freezer paper!!!

I can't wait to see how this is going to turn out! (should have taken pics during the day!!)

Another church dash complete and other stuff!

Another round of blocks complete. One more month to go on this block exchange. I'll have to take a picture of all the different blocks I get back from this exchange...so many different prints and colors!

I finished a few more colorful pillows a few weeks ago...haven't posted these yet. Still playing with which ones I'm grouping together and a few more to make. The bright colors are so cheery with my black and white. My favorite pillow so far is the black and white one. I just love the fabric so much... :)

Ahhh....and the start to another project for my living room. There is a lovely blue/yellow/green floral on cream patterned ottoman in the middle of my living room. It's getting a make-over!! It's had a tan ottoman cover on it for a while but looked terrible (the kind ordered from a magazine that say "one size fits all"!!) So far I've got the material cut and piping started. WOW...I haven't made piping for probably 7 yrs! (surprising I've even done it at all- I once had a bee in my bonnet to make a slipcover for a chair...it's never finished and of course matches nothing now so no reason to finish it!!)

I see my focus was not exactly on the point I wanted....perhaps a statement for many things in life!!

It's been a beautiful day...ended it with some fun at the annual Balloon Stampede Nightglow...

The language of beautiful

I stepped into my backyard long enough to take some photos this morning...it's cold out there!!! All week long I have been watching new growth on a specific tree. This tree has never done anything but dump needles all over beneath it for the past 3 yrs! Last fall it had a major trimming and vu-a-la...beautiful!

Recently I received a clothing ad booklet with the slogan... "The language of beautiful". I tore the page out and posted it on my fridge. Since then I've been thinking of this statement a lot - what is the language of beautiful? The next month another ad arrived...inside I found "treasure the beautiful".

I think this is my new theme for a while!! Growth is beautiful...

I won!!! :)

Give-aways are always so fun...

I'm happy to say I am the proud winner of a fantastic purse made by:

Heather! I love it - especially the inside fabric!! Thanks Heather!!!!

Accessorize...always a good answer!

My creative bug bit me last night as I was sitting on my couch watching tv...it told me to get out the fabric I'd been collecting to make pillows and a slipcover for my ottoman, etc...so I did...and thankfully a lovely local quilt shop just happened to be open today for special hours to fill in some fabric I was lacking in my stash (hee hee!!)! The shedders love whatever it is I bring home!!!

So I got to work...and so far I've made two of these (yes I know...so simple and easy to make)...

I LOVE black and white with a splash of color. My couch and chairs (which I love) have needed some accessorizing...yeah for pillows! Can't wait for more transformation. I'm not sure why I've waited so long to work on these projects. It's making me quite happy as well as the amazing sunny day we had today! More tomorrow...

Another churn dash...and a chirpy good day, etc...!

Birds are chirping, loudly!!! Sounds nice! And my shedders love sitting in the windows... occasionally I hear them chattering.

I've finished another months worth of blocks for my quilt block exchange. Only 2 more months to go...

And Easter was here so quick and now gone...my nieces wanted fleece blankets...new experience quilting two layers of fleece and adding the satin blanket binding (I don't like that stuff...hard to work with and not very soft...I'll look for something else next time or make my own...). I practiced some free motion quilting, even writing their names, so I had fun! And the best part is they both LOVE them.

And yes, my niece picked out the Christmas-y John Deere fleece!! She sleeps with it every night now!!! Glad it's getting such good use!