Chaya to Travel

The past few weeks have gone by in a whirlwind. Jojo was in town to surprise her mum on her birthday so I invited her for a family brunch. And since Alana and Michelle were here, Jojo and the girls tried their hand at shaving cream marbling. In September, we'll get together to make something from the dyed fabrics. Then a series of errands, visits, etc. Oh, and I made another tzedakah box for Jordie's Bat-Mitzvah part 1. She's having it on August 5th at camp. Part 2 will be in December in New York. Weather-permitting, I hope we'll be able to drive down.
Tomorrow I'm off to Israel. Today, I have to do my last minute laundry and finish packing. And maybe make a fabric Chinese take out box.

Chuppah to travel

Just found out that the chuppah I made for Stephen & Diana is going to travel to Montreal for a wedding there. Validation!

Loose Ends, Literally

I have finished the runner and placemats, including quilting and binds, except for loose (thread) ends. I'll get to that also. And so as not to waste any of the fabric from Japan, I also made 4 coasters -- still have to zigzag the edges of three.
And I pieced batting strips as soon as I finished squaring the pieces so I'm ready to go on my next project, ha, ha, ha.

Playdate with Michelle

My niece, Michelle, came over today for a playdate. We started with shaving cream marbling. Unfortunately, the shaving cream had lost its oomph so we only managed to do one print and it was a little flat as the dye wasn't properly suspended. Never mind. I'll get a fresh batch of cream and we'll try it again another day. Then we made a disappearing nine-patch table runner top. Did I mention that I'm enamoured with the pattern? Michelle was apprehensive about the rotary cutting so I did the cutting. She did most of the piecing. I also did the pressing. But she decided how to put together the blocks for the runner (there are several variations possible). We're going to have another playdate in a week or so to sandwich and quilt the runner. I think we may just do some of the machine's preprogrammed stitching that she can do by herself. I hesitate to suggest freemotion since I'm not brave enough to do my own...