Just received copies of two magazines that my patterns are in this month. Hope you'll enjoy making my Stephanie Mag Bag with Art Tree in Haute Handbags this month and the Pretty Petal Pocketbook in Sew Hip! I'm thrilled to have features in these great magazines! Both can be found at Barnes and Noble.
Happy Sewing!
I was not a kid who liked to play in the dirt. I don't like to get dirty, and I don't like to get sticky. But a girls gotta' do what a girl's gotta' do, so I pulled out the Mod Podge and Mod Podged me up a little storm. And then for good measure, I threw in some Fabri-tac and applique glue. Plus sandpaper and steel wool. Good times.
If you were wondering... that little girl in the back of picture 2, is indeed me. I think this photo was taken at my fifth birthday party. (I printed it out on fabric for the project above). In the background: Cousins Cornelia and Heidi and Great Aunt Anne for whom my Anna is named.
And sewing...
I thought the pillow might need a sofa...
There's more, but alas, the light got dim before I got to pick up the camera. So more tomorrow.
G'night.
So, when I heard Flip was letting you Design Your Own Flip Camera, I HAD TO HAVE ONE. I wanted one for a long time, but when I heard that, well, I FLIPPED! Then I find out, I can list my design on Cafe Press, so you can buy one too, and I was totally sold. And now you can get your own Bari J. designed Flip Cam here... LOL.
But then my little brain started whirling, and I thought "Oooh, what else can I design?". So, I went and designed some of these... for all of my favorite Fabric Junkies... and now, you can get one here.
I'm so excited. I can hardly stand it. What should I do next? I'm just itching to design... Book and fabric lines be damned But I think I'll get back to work... on my book.
FIN-A-LLY!!! I can speak. I can speak. Well, a little anyways. Enough to give you a line name and a tiny preview. Here it is (well, sorta'-kinda' a little bit), Art Journal, my new line for Windham Fabrics...which will be available for quilt shops to order in October (in stores late April 2010).
Ok, fine. Twist my arm. Here's a little tiny bit more, the front of a post card I'm sending out.
One of the most wonderful things about my job these days is all the wonderful fabric I get to play with. Recently, I've been playing with Art Gallery Fabrics by Patricia Bravo. I just love the peaceful palettes and sophisticated patterns. In fact, I finished one project using them, and loved them so much that I decided my book needed a "companion" project to the one I had just finished.
A couple days ago, I emailed Patricia to tell her how much fun I was having using her designs... and to my complete surprise, she called me to tell me thank you. Yes, people. The actual telephone. Now that's nice. I didn't get a chance to meet Patricia at either of the fabric markets I went to, so I'm looking forward to meeting her in person this time.
If you don't already know about her work (I'd be surprised if you didn't), you've got to visit her. I loooove her website and blog. Make sure you check it out!
On another note, in regards to the picture above... see the half square triangles? This has become a whole debate I'm having with myself about how these directions should be written. I've heard four hundred thousand (ok, 2) different takes on how quilters like to do them. So, I'm taking a survey, quilters.
This is a multiple part question...
Tell me, do you like cutting your squares at 7/8" larger than the desired finished size, or do you cut up an entire inch and trim? And why?
Also, do you do the "Sandwich" method of sewing them together (ie one square on top of the other right sides together, draw a line corner to corner on the diagonal center and then a line 1/4" to either side of center, sew on the quarter inch lines and cut up the center giving you two finished squares in one shot.) OR do you cut the triangles and then sew on the bias? And why?
And, did you just understand what I said, or am I speaking Greek?
Thanks guys!
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