Life Got Busy

I am not really sure what happened, but I ran out of time each day for the last month.   I think things are slowing down a bit as I am actually entering my studio and making a bigger mess than was already there=)

I have made a little table runner using The Quilted Fish's 'Madhuri' fabric line.  I should mention for the 99th time how much I love the diamond fabric, and I am pretty much out of it now.   Boohoo.

 

Do you see the ricrac border I did around it?   I just had to give it a little embellishing.

I do love that fabric line!

I had to take a picture of this ribbon.  It is so beautiful and there are 91 metres on each spool!   It was only a dollar each.   I actually wanted to buy all 80 packages of it, but was with a friend and she was already looking at me a bit weird for purchasing as many as I did.  
I have no idea what I am going to do with it, so if any of you have some great quilt/craft ideas, please let me know!  I would really appreciate it.

Now that things are settling down, I will be posting more regularily.  My next post is almost done and it had dots, lots and lots of dots!

3D Embellishing Tutorial - Ribbon

As you know I am somewhat completely obsessed with embellishing.   By that I mean 3D embellishing on art quilts, clothing, kids quilts or accessories.  

Riley Blake fabrics has this great website called Cutting Corners where they post tutorials on quilts, apparel, accessories and home decor.   It is great for ideas and free instructions to make things.  

I have made a couple of quilts for Cutting Corners.  I was chatting with one of the girls at Riley Blake and mentioned my obsession over embellishments.   From that conversation, I am now posting once a month on Cutting Corners showcasing a different embellishment and how to use it!  

For this month, I chose ribbon.   It is one of the most versatile embellishments ever and very under used.   I want to get quilters/crafters using this fabulous product.  

I show you how to make cute ribbon flowers and how to weave the ribbon into fantastic ideas.

Go and check out my tutorial.   (Feel free to leave a comment too=)