All posts from Susi

  • PPR Challenge #8 House of Cornish Design

    This week, we had help from our lovely husbands to design a look that we all liked. (It is an interesting notion; the thought that our vision our partners have of us is different than our vision, or ... Sep 22, 2011 - 2 Comments

  • Quilt of the Day: Silk Orange Peel Quilt

    You might need to sit down for this one. I saw the thumbnail of this, and thought it looked interesting. I opened it, and my jaw dropped. And I read about it, and I gasped. This quilt is made from si... Sep 20, 2011 - 5 Comments

  • Quilt Class

    I went to ‘my’ Stencil quilt class on Sunday, taught by Dan Rouse. He is a lovely man. Super stylish and understated. The ladies in the class are all fans of his, and I came to learn that ... Sep 19, 2011 - 6 Comments

  • Project Project Runway – Challenge #8

    Challenge – The “client” was the significant other. And the model was “a real woman”. For our purposes, lets use our S.O. (or even just a friend) and have them try to de... Sep 17, 2011 - 1 Comment

  • Challenge 7- House of Cornish

    This week was a big pot of soup of directions all stirred together. I just sunk my teeth into “design your own fabric” and ran with it. My pattern is inspired by water and swimming. I chos... Sep 16, 2011 - 1 Comment

  • Architecture of a Sleeve: Part 2

    The Architecture of a sleeve: Part one is how to get started when you are stuck. Here is Part 2: How to proceed with the second sleeve. When I was done with my first sleeve, I took a needle and thread... Sep 14, 2011 - No Comments

  • Quilt of the Day: Super Circles

    Be still my heart. Seriously. Did I make this quilt myself, and I just don’t remember doing it? No, I did not. But I am tempted to stay up all night tonight and give it a try. I L-O-V-E hot pin... Sep 13, 2011 - No Comments

  • Models of the Runway

    I was in New York the days leading up to Fashion Week. Picture from Stylehive. I always love the ‘scene’ in New York. I live in a wonderful, cosmopolitan, huge city of ‘my own’... Sep 10, 2011 - 2 Comments

  • Project Project Runway – Challenge #7

    Challenge – “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” The contestants were plugged in for this challenge. They were tasked with creating a whole line, complete with fabric patterns, as we... Sep 09, 2011 - 1 Comment

  • My Own ‘Fashion Week’

    The ladies in my family were invited to NYC for a ‘girls weekend’. After a huge calendar search, Labor Day Weekend was selected as “our time”. Ironically, this is the weekend b... Sep 08, 2011 - 6 Comments