Sunday Night Stash Report - MidAtlantic Quilt Festival Edition

I was pretty good at the Festival and only bought for specific projects. I'm not counting wool felt kits because those aren't part of the quilting, and I only got two of them, plus that brown piece to finish the kit I already had at home. Mostly I bought patterns I can use existing stash for (guest appearance by Chester the quilt in this photo):

• Used this Week: 2.25 yards
• 2.25 for son's Secret Lab curtain
• Used year to Date: 94.5 yards
• Added this Week: 3 yards
• 1.5 various embroidered bits from the booth (top row in photo)
• 0.75 for a Half Moon Modern Charm Pack (bottom row in photo)
• 0.75 various batiks for farm project (fabric in bottom right, pattern in middle right just above)
• Added Year to Date: 65.25 yards
• Net Used for 2012: 29.25 yard
• YTD Used for Charity: 38.5 yards (41% of total used)

Not-So-Live from the MidAtlantic Quilt Festival!

Maybe you heard around the quilty podosphere that there was a meet-up in Virginia this week? Here's some pictures to satisfy those of you who couldn't make it (and the other attendees will also be sharing some photos I'm sure):

Top, from left to right: Frances and Sandy. Bottom, from left to right: Me (Pam), AJ, and Tanesha.

 

Tanesha and I at lunch:

Sandy and Frances listening during the podcast we recorded:

AJ, also listening intently:

These, along with the listeners who gathered with us, are all just as wonderful as they sound on the podcasts. We all agreed after so much social interaction we were going to head back to our respective beds and collapse. Except I finagled my way into dinner with Sandy and Frances, and then came back to my parents' house and collapsed into bed.


Sandy has the recording, and is driving home today. I think she'll get it posted this week.  Thanks to everyone who showed up, and I hope everyone who couldn't make it got lots of good sewing done!

HtbaS: Episode 68

It's the panicky last-minute-before-travel episode! I talk about finishing my son's room makeover, felted wool projects, and getting ready for the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

Extreme Room Makeover: Racetrack Edition

Rather than beat around the bush, I'll start off with the coolest part of my son's "new" room:

The Nerf gun rack! It's the first thing you see when you walk into his room. It's made from pegboard painted to match the wall, with 4" pegs dipped into Plasti-Dip to give a little more grippy-ness.  For those interested in the construction, this is what the back looks like:

It's backed with a frame of 1x2's, screwed in from the front. Very simple to do, and then mounted to the wall into the studs with screws.  Here's a close-up of one section of the finished piece:

The bandolier made from my dad's old fatigues is hanging on the far left.  I also got some baskets to fit into the pegboard to hold the smaller items.  Anywho, if you look at the first picture, you'll see the closet door just to the right. But it's no ordinary closet!

It should be no surprise that we have secret labs at my house. I made that using a tension rod and a yard and a half of fabric, and fused the letters onto the fabric.

And now, we'll circle the room counter-clockwise. Curtains! My son said his favorite number was 96. I have no idea why.  The fabric on the valance is racing helmets and checkered flags.

And here's the rest of the elements: tire wall clock, posters, etc.

Small Project Finishes

I promised pictures of this geranium basket felted wool table mat, so here it is! It's about 18" across. Not sure where I'll put it yet.

And here's how you can ID me at the MidAtlantic Quilt Festival (or any other quilt festival, honestly, since I usually take this bag to quilt shows):

 Check out my new tag! Not really a name tag since it doesn't have my name on it, but it's a... tag line tag?