This project is a first for me. It's a fabric post card. Tina, who I met though a secret sister swap months ago sent me a fabric post card she had made. I've seen the idea online before but hadn't tried it myself. When I received the beautiful one Tina made, I knew I had to reciprocate!
I couldn't wait to show the post card, so even though Tina has not yet received it, I have to show it!
I named the piece During the Night for a couple of reasons. I think the setting looks like a quilt emerging through a dark night and I realized that I had created most if the card during the late hours of the night, my best time to create.
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Tooele Arts Festival Find
If you read my previous post about simplifying, you may remember that I don't often purchase items unless I need them. Clarification: If the item is recycled, there is a chance I will consider the purchase. If the item is in any way associated with or contains Diet Coke, I'll probably buy it!
Christine recycles aluminum cans by using a die cut machine to create popular shapes then puts a magnet on the back. She calls it funky junq. I fell in love with the idea and of course the Diet Coke cupcake!
Other shapes available: turtles, cars, hello kitty, frogs, seahorses, motorcycles and on and on. One of my favorites was a pig that had been cut from the nutrition facts area of a can.
She uses Red Bull cans, beer cans, cans that contain tea as well as just about all the other fizzy drinks you can think of.
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I don't know if you remember that I got an awesome book by Suki of transfers while we were in Moab (UT) a month or so ago.
I couldn't wait to try one out, I thought about stitching around the images with some embroidery floss. I love it!!
I still don't know what I'll do with this yet. I was thinking about making a small purse, or a pin cushion or . . . perhaps you have an idea?
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I've been making more wool covered magnets, they are easy to take along projects and I'm addicted to making them! I bought a bag of wool scraps (inexpensive) on ebay and they are perfect for this type of thing.
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I'm also working on my Basket BOM from Bunny Hill and will show you my progress on that another time.
While I sew and stitch I love to listen to audio books. I've recently listened to Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet, and am now listening to Fountainhead by
Ayn Rand.
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Above: A layout idea of some of the new shapes 
Robyn of Daisy Quilts has become a fun friend through blogging. She sent me these beautiful mini quilts to use in future fundraising efforts for autism awareness. 
I've wanted to try hexagons for a few years, but have been intimidated by them, so I had to go in search of help. I'm using the freezer paper technique that I learned from Kaaren and another nice blogging friend, but I forgot her name! (I'm so sorry!) 
This past holiday weekend I had the opportunity to sew and sew and sew!! My sister's in law and I set up 'shop' up at my mother in law's basement and had three full days of bliss!!
I also worked on some Happy Houses for a swap started by Lurline in Australia. Kathy is the hostess for the American gals. I still have to 'wonky' them by adding skewed borders all around each block, but it's a good start!
When we finally left the house at 7:30pm, I found a package from Nanette in the mail box!!! I had ordered a kit for her darling Mixed Bag because I love bags, and more importantly, I love the fabrics she puts into the kits!!!
It's a good time and cause for me to attempt hexagons!
Robyn is collecting the six sided charms in an effort to make quilts for the Victorian Bushfire victims and rescuers.
