My thinking is this: I keep this blog for no other reason than to record the stuff I'm working on and to share it with a few people. It's sort of a public diary or journal. I do not make any money or advertise for any company or individual. So as long as I identify the maker of the quilt and the festival where I saw it, why would anyone care that I shared a picture? Or two? Or twenty?
Since I'm too wimpy to show the other pictures I took, I will simply explain that I mostly photgraphed the tradtional quilts, as opposed to the art quilts. I guess I take pictures of quilts I am likely to make; I don't ever see me making anything that would fall into an "art quilt" category. I appreciate the workmanship, but have no desire whatsoever to attempt any such project.
I did a lot of shopping and even more browsing. I thought the place was very warm, but it might have been just me and my power surges. *g*
After busting the bank account on fabric at the festival, I am home and redirecting my focus for a couple of months. I don't know if I've mentioned it here on the blog or not, but Emma and I decided that we are making her prom dress. She showed me what she liked in the magazines, and her favorite one seemed really simple. So we went shopping for a pattern; believe it or not, the first one I suggested to her is the one we bought! It is going to be pretty easy to make (however, I've never put boning in a dress bodice before, so we shall see how that goes). It's a McCalls pattern.
The color is champagne, and we are using shantung as the underfabric and organza as the overfabric. It is all very flowy from the empire waist down; the strapless bodice is ruched and the midriff will be trimmed with some beading.
I've constructed a practice bodice today (minus the boning) and am waiting for Emma to try it on. Once we are certain that everything is going to fit properly, I will hunker down and get to work! Prom is April 30.
In addition to the prom dress, which is an immediate need, in June I am hosting 2 events here at our cozy abode - Emma's graduation party in early June, and a bridal shower for the daughter of a dear friend in mid-June. I've got some mighty big lists to work through in order to be ready for these shindigs!
Both events will occur here on our screened porch, and we have some serious cleaning and sprucing up to do in the meantime! This is an old picture of the porch; at present it still wears it's winter layer of grime and dust. I will need a warm sumny day this week to get out the hose and get to scrubbing.
