Design Wall Monday - 1/18/2010

I finished my circle top. Feeling rather pleased with myself at this point because I challenged myself in 2 ways. I wanted to see if I could inset circles into a square, which I did. I also wanted to learn how to figure out how to "do the math" for setting and corner triangles. I did that too. I found a very handy worksheet that helped me out at lot. It's at the Patch Pieces website.

Because I was able to finish 2 projects this weekend, I gave myself the OK to start a new one. I'm using a new Tula Pink pattern.

...and my rendition.

I'm off work tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get a little bit of sewing done.

Tattoos

I really haven't lost it with that title. Well maybe I have, who knows. Anyhow, I've been pondering tattoos lately. I think it's because my dentist, also a friend, has been tattooed. He's the last person I would expect to get the whole arm kind of tattoo. My friend has one on her back, and well, I made a few comments about it due to it's location.

My husband has a tattoo, I guess it would be two. When he decided to get it he said it really had to be something that spoke about him. It couldn't be just anything. He put considerable thought into it and drew his own design, with help of some fabric I had. Because my husband likes HOT food, he had an habanero pepper put on his leg.
So on the other side of his leg he has the chemical symbol for capsaicin, the stuff that makes peppers hot. The nice tattoo artist informed my husband that he knew why chiles were so hot. It's because there's so many f***ing H's in the chemical symbol. There really are a lot of H's (which stands for HOT, HOT, HOT).
If I were to tattoo my body, I think I would have to use my husband's logic. My tattoo would have to say something about me. Given the love of quilting that seems to have taken over my life, that's the only thing I kept going back to.

So there is Karen's tattoo, which is very cool, but I think only she could pull it off.

There is the temporary tattoo from Block Party Studios, but again, I don't think it's quite me.

In my quest for more ideas, I started surfing and ended up finding some tattoos out on Flickr. OMG, those people are serious. I have to say that I'm still searching for that perfect tattoo. Even if I find it or create it, I will most definitely have to be three sheets to the wind to get it put on my body.

Check out some of the art on Flickr.


EDITED TO ADD THIS:

Jenny, aka Tula Pink, is sporting a new tattoo. Her's screams this is ME!.

Tula Pink

Tuesday night was guild night. Our guest speaker was Tula Pink. What an awesome meeting it was. It was fun to hear her talk about her designs, previous career and how Moda does things. I always feel so jazzed to sew when I get done with guild.

Below is Jenny (aka Tula Pink) talking.

New quilt featuring Neptune line of fabric.

Jenny again - explaining something.

Very Very cool quilt. She whipped it up using rejects she received from the mill. Whipped it up - yeah made me want to whip her. Ok, not really. I wish I could have stuff like that just come flowing out of my head. Instead I have things like snot - Ok, I digress.


Grace went to guild with me Tuesday night. Dad wasn't feeling well, so I thought I would be nice and remove the small child from the house. Grace has her own camera and made sure to pack it before leaving the house. In her purse were some cool rocks that she got. A picture session ....

Jenny passed around "headers" so we could see a whole line of fabric at once. Grace thought they were VERY COOL. I heard lots of "mom I like that", "mom you need to buy that." Great - she won't be going to college because we are going to spend all of it on fabric. I guess there could be worse things to spend the important money on.

Last but not least - Buddy. Grace took this picture of him. It makes me smile every time I look at it. Looks like he's smiling. He probably just got done chasing Sissy (the fat cat that's thinning down) around.

Have a great night!!!