Lately I’ve been working on a pattern that I started probably over a year ago. I love the brown and pink civil war prints and wanted to make up one on my own. Very scrappy and perfect for a bed or a trip to the park. Below is the center of it.
This is how every INGRID BARLOW pattern starts. Nothing high-tech around here, just good ol’ paper and pencil.
Oh, how I love finishing up projects…and of course starting new ones.
It’s another Monday and you know what that means–Movie Monday! This week I show you how to do the final step on your quilt. Hand-stitching the binding to the back. This step takes some time, but I love the hand stuff and the mindlessness of it. Sit in front of a good movie and just stitch away.
Hand-Stitched Binding from Ingrid Barlow on Vimeo.
I love doing these videos for you. I have so many ideas of things I want to share! Thanks for stopping by on Movie Monday!
Here’s the 3rd movie in a 4 part series. In this one, I show you how to machine stitch your binding to the top of your quilt. (Don’t be fooled, there is some hand work on the binding as well. But it’s not so bad…actually one of my favorite parts. Check in next week for that.) I do a little stitching in this one, and then trim off all the extra batting and backing.
Binding–Step 1 from Ingrid Barlow on Vimeo.
I promise for all you non-quilters, that I will get some movies made about other things. Trust me, my domestic side is not just about quilts. Nor am I just domestic!
The weeks are just flying by around here! I can’t believe how fast it goes. It concerns me now that I have Elias. I don’t want to miss anything!!
Since my last post I have been up to a little of this and that. Here’s just a few…
-garden is mostly in. Potatoes, tomatoes, basil, oregano, sage, thyme, rosemary, cilantro, peppers. Yet to be planted…peas, beans, cucumbers, onions, and 1 melon. (they take up sooo much room!)
On a side note: I used organic chicken poop for fertilizer. Not a good idea with a lab. Even a very well constructed fence cannot keep a dog away from a date with chicken poop. When will I learn?!
–Baked some wheat bread, ciabatta bread, banana pie, and some other sweet things
–got new patio furniture
–finished My Whimsy!! The next INGRID BARLOW pattern.
–finished all the blocks for another quilt
–got new kitchen counters. Yay!
–bought a jogging stroller and have gotten out with it.
–put together this little project. Plain old 2 shelf bookcase. Took some scrapbooking paper and a little mod-podge. Whole new look!
–ordered all the pictures off my digital camera from the last 6 years! A very good project done. Now to just get them in scrapbooks.
–Elias met a girl. He’s slightly concerned.
–a shot of the back of Sweet Escape. Doesn’t it just look like crinkly goodness! I don’t prewash my fabric. I quilt it all up, throw it in a warm wash and then the dryer. The fabrics shrink and pull together just a bit to give you that timeless look and feel.
That’s it for now. I will post more pictures later.
Snuck a little sewing in tonight.
Currently attempting cloth diapers. Put Elias in the first one and he had the biggest BM he has ever had! And of course it was when we weren’t at home…ahh! I am using Thirsties covers with prefolds. Funny that I asked the lady if I should avoid light colored covers and she said not to worry about it because poop should never touch the cover…hmmm…bad advice. I am giving the cloth diaper attempt a solid week. Here’s a homemade prefold. I think I am going to like the homemade ones.
Fits into his little sweater vest I made. Just in time for summer…
In other action. Tony and I are playing co-ed softball this summer so Tony was giving me batting lessons tonight. About halfway through I hit the ball and it hit me directly in the side of the head. Tony said in all his baseball years he has never seen that happen. It hurt. I involuntarily ducked every time I hit the ball after that. I’m not stupid. Might be a problem though come game time.
