Nashville Stitch N Bitch

lounging

In a vertiable FIT of resolution making (OK, really I made like 2 really easy ones) I resolved to only (OK, mostly) make things that I really want to make, and not what I have to make. So when the new year started, what did I do? Finish making the backlog of things that I had to make for other people. BUT THEN, oh but then, I started into the stuff I wanted to do.

One day I pulled out all of my fabric scraps (and I have all kinds of wacky personal rules about what constitutes fabric scraps and what is worth keeping - size, shape, etc - but that's a whole obsessive compulsive discussion for another day) and sorted them into piles - colors, themes, florals, stripes, you name it. I sorted.

Then I closed my eyes and picked a pile (which ended up being "Asian - Bright Colored") and cut it all into little uniform 1.5" wide strips. Perhaps it's too much Gee's Bend reading material right now, or maybe it's just what's blowin' in the wind, but Log Cabin patterns are really appealing. The symmetry, the spiral, the center motif, the possibilites of it all are kind of addicting once you get going so I couldn't stop myself once I got going and I used all of the "Asian - Bright Colored" on this sweet pillow.

And this is one sweet pillow. It's incredibly gigantic - 24" x 27", really less of a pillow and more of a floor cushion. Backed with black linen and quilted on the front. My first use of fusible batting (just wanted to give it a try and actually really enjoyed it) and I put it on both the front and back so it's extra sturdy. And yes, for those of you following along at home with this blog, my husband did the hand sewing to close it up. You betcha.

I don't know what the fate of this big ass pillow is. It will more than likely go in a spring craft show, though it is the one and only thing listed in my new etsy shop.

One more shout out to my cousin Lauren that I forgot to add - she forwarded me an envelope full of vintage knitting patterns, which can reach the dark little pit of my heart in a way that no amount of free makeup can.

xo

Posted by Angela at January 13, 2006 02:00 PM