Finishing things is good

Trust me!!
I've been working tirelessly on my pieces for the show. And last nite, on Valentines' Day, a day of love, I finished a piece I love, in a technique that is near and dear to my heart. <3 <3
The Knitted portrait of a WWII Factory Worker is now complete. All the yarn ends have been woven in, and it is currently sitting pinned out on a foam rubber square drying from it's blocking process, which in knitting sets the stitches.
Here is a shot of it freshly pinned and sprayed early this morning.
Plus, the quilted piece is stitched together, waiting to have the quilting stitches done, and then the hand stitching details.
Though this weekend I tried my hand at quilling, since it is the one technique I'm using for this project that I've never done before. I made this flower and turned it into a card.
I'm feeling frantic and worried that the days are counting down, but things are moving forward and all I can do is do my best work.

Happy making to you all!

One Down, Four to Go

I finished and framed the first portrait. It's nice to have one completely done, but at the same time, there is still a lot of work to be done.

There is one to quilt-

There is one to knit-

There is one to quill-

and one to press-


Hopefully everyone elses' work is progressing along too. Now my only issue is that it's February, the 3rd day of it. Phil has seen his shadow, there will be 6 more weeks of winter, but I only have 23 days to finish the remaining portraits!

A Productive Morning...

.... Leads to warm fuzzy feelings of moving forward.
So far today:
-I bought color cards and color knitting books from knitpicks. This yarn is the perfect weight and has a huge selection of colors, so I'm sure to find just what I'm looking for!
-A flower press that you put in the microwave to dry and press in one step, and they say the color retention is good. I'm now thinking that if I pre-press and dry the petals they will be easier to manipulate into my image. Now I just need to decide on the proper backing material and finishing coat. But I have a friend asking a friend who works in the floral design field for an professional opinion, so let's hope for a good answer!
-Plus i got some quilling paper and 2 books from amazon too, so i now have my materials for that piece too and I was totally inspired by this quilled typography that DJ sent me the link to

Plus the fact that as of this weekend I have the final layouts for each of the 5 portraits, which means I can start the pieces. Time to pick one, and begin. I'm thinking of starting with the embroidered one, since I have all of the materials here. Once I get the outlines penciled onto the fabric, it's just hours worth of stitching to go.

Hope everyone else is starting to feel that forward momentum towards their goals for this show!
-Meghan