It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our woods. Last week we got a few inches of snow, so I headed out to take some pictures. This was my favorite:
Yesterday we brought the canoe into the barn just in time for more snow. The pond is now frozen over, the birds are loving our feeder, and it looks like we’ve had about 6″ more so far. I think it’s beautiful!
This week’s post has nothing to do with snow, but I hope you enjoy it!
You may remember a post I did last Spring about rust dyeing (click here to read that post). My friend Ida created a couple of pieces of rust-dyed fabric when our group experimented with the technique. Well – she decided to do something with a piece of that fabric. She added a Seminole border in wonderful matching fabrics.
Our group had discussed the difficulty of quilting rust dyed fabric. The rust leaves enough metal in the fabric to make some areas impenetrable to a needle, thus making the quilting step a frustrating experience. Ida surmounted that problem by “tying/tacking” her quilt with brass staples!
Ingenious! And just when you think there’s nothing new under the sun. Leave it to my very creative friend Ida – to come up with the perfect solution.
Stapling your quilt… it might become the new, “in” way to quilt!
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An Exciting Update for quilters in and out of Wisconsin!
This past week I received good news about the Treasured Quilts of Wisconsin video on pbs. The entire show is now available on-line. So, even my out of State viewers can access it! Here’s the link!
http://video.wpt.org/video/
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Join host Nancy Zieman for this special featuring interviews, stories and quilts.
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CHRYS Lon says
Chris, I watched Treasured Quilts of Wi. on a Madison Channel. The quilts are amazing!
Susan A says
Hi Chris …thanks so much for the link to the Wisconsin quilts….it was truly amazing and inspirational….