Okay, so its not quilting..........

I finally finished taking apart the top of the contempory quilt.  Cut up the white and added black strips and it looks great!  However, marriage plans are on hold so I decided to put it aside for a bit and do a couple of sewing projects that have nothing to do with quilting (can you believe that?!?!).

Have you ever seen this site:
http://www.newdressaday.com/
Definately worth checking out, she is amazing!

So, I got inspired.  A friend of mine gave me a bag of really cute clothes but all too big for me.  So for my first project I took a pair of capris, ripped out the inseams, stitched a straight line down the back, took in the sides, added a panel of matching blue to the front and sewed the two halves one on top of the other.  If anyone remembers the 1970's denim maxi-skirts made out of jeans you will know just how I did it!  I took a good bit of length off and now have a great spring/summer skirt!  I may post a pic, but unfortunately I did not do a Before to go with my After!

For my second project I am altering an adorable black & pink shirt.  First, off came the short sleeves as I want this to be sleeveless for summer.  Then off with the BIG buttons on the front, will be replacing them with smaller ones.  Then 3 inches in on each side from the bottom up to the armhole.  Tomorrow I will be restitching the armhole and back neck area and voila - a new shirt for me.  This one is so cute and it is long, so will be great with jeans, capris or leggings.

There is no rest for my Singer!

The seam ripper is my friend...the seam ripper is my friend....the seam...

I decided the white was just too much, so tomorrow I will be taking it apart.  Cutting the white strips into different sizes pieces and adding the black strips to break it all up.

I know I will be happier with it, but I just have to cringe at the thought of taking it apart and cutting it up.  Oh well - it will certainly look better!

Quilt in progress........

Here are a couple of pics of the very top of the quilt.  The camera does not pick up the fabric prints very well.  What looks like solid black are actually a black on black floral and a gray on black swish-ey print.  All of my previous quilts were very country, this one is supposed to be more contemporary and its hard for me to be a good judge on how it looks. 

At first I thought there was too much white, but when I laid it on the bed with the black stripes going horizontal I liked it better and the white did not seem so overwhelming.

I intended to make it square, 100 x 100 so they can use it either way or even as a wall hanging if they desire.

The rest of the pieces are cut and it should not take me long to finish assembling it.  The longest part will be doing the actual quilting!

Its Wedding Quilt Time!!

My youngest is getting married sometime this summer/fall.  No date set yet.  I am very happy for him and love my soon to be DIL!
Plus its a great excuse to start another quilt!  This one will be black & white.  More contemporary than any I have ever made and a very simple pattern.  I 'Googled' black & white contemporary quilts and found one on Etsy that I really liked.  The owner made it wall hanging size but its easily adaptable to any size since it is just simple rows made up of different black/white fabrics against a white background.

Fabric is in the washer now and I will probably get started tomorrow.  Which means you won't hear from me for a while!

Thanks for reading!