tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14941483349134673082024-03-13T22:00:57.704-04:00twirl.quilting, design, fashion, and lifeAllyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13941903191245373766noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494148334913467308.post-26393736895578807562011-01-30T00:35:00.000-05:002011-01-30T00:35:23.919-05:00Lots of things accomplished...none of which were on the listThis has been happening a good bit in 2011. I have a list of things I set out to do ....I get sooooo much done and am so proud of myself, until I go to check items off my list and low and behold:<br />
all of these things I accomplished? no where to be found on the list. <br />
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This week I set out to clean my house, finish the appliques for my Hugs'n'Kisses quilt, reorganize my closet ( something I knew was more than one weeks task), finish my blocks for the first week of <a href="http://www.quiltdad.com/2011/01/block-palooza-welcome-block-1.html">Blockapalooza</a>, exercise everyday, and finish my Valentine's gifts.<br />
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What I actually accomplished?<br />
I cleaned my house ( minus my art room), got a great start on the closet ( so far so good right?...ha!), went to the same grocery store twice because the first time I got so distracted with sales and got in a hurry that I completely left like 7 things off the list! Worked out like 2 days...Helped my soon to be sister in law pick out her wedding dress ( that was fun)! and finished one block (out of two) for the <a href="http://www.quiltdad.com/2011/01/block-palooza-welcome-block-1.html">Blockapalooza</a>....what's missing? a whole lotta sewing and a whole lotta blogging, and a good bit of working out!<br />
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Forget New Year's Resolutions....I gotta a New Week Resolution: get more than half of the things on my list crossed off! And I don't mean half of a task ...I mean half of the list. Maybe I should shoot for most of the list , but I'm just gonna start with baby steps. I'll let you know how that works out for me, lol!<br />
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So as for the one thing I actually got to sew? Here is my first block:<br />
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There will be two blocks a week, one on Mondays and one on Thursdays. They will be using Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda, as will I. My pictures will on be on Flickr and I'm sure a few of them will sneak onto here once or twice!<br />
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So today was full of fun for me! Not only did the Block-a-palooza start, but I also received some Kona solids in the mail that I won in a giveaway from <a href="http://www.marmaladefabrics.com/">Marmalade Fabrics</a> on <a href="http://stitchindye.blogspot.com/">A Stitch in Dye</a>'s blog! ( I highly suggest wandering over to both of these websites as they are full of creativity and eye candy!)<br />
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And before that I stopped by a small shop here in Greenville to pick up a small piece of coordinating fabric for my Valentine's projects and stumbled on the cutest Valentine fabric! ( I have no idea how to rotate this...Sorry!)<br />
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Hope your Monday was filled with inspiration!<br />
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</div><div>I took Saturday off to go to Charlotte and take my soon to be sister-in-law wedding dress shopping! We had so much fun, but to no avail. Another trip will commence soon back here in Greenville back where we have some she keeps going back to. In the meantime though we picked out the bridesmaid dresses and I am so excited to wear it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TT0ZXNwCjBI/AAAAAAAAADc/SmzCJivK3zc/s1600/2011-01-22_15-13-06_929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TT0ZXNwCjBI/AAAAAAAAADc/SmzCJivK3zc/s320/2011-01-22_15-13-06_929.jpg" width="179" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div>It will be so elegant in the church and at <a href="http://www.high.org/">The High Museum of Art</a> for the reception! </div><div><br />
</div><div>Now speaking of wedding...</div><div>As you may have seen in the about me area my husband and I were married this past year and were so lucky to have the most amazing photographers! <a href="http://www.visiophotography.com/">Visio Photography</a> went above and beyond and the pictures were such an amazing way to relive our day! They just redid their <a href="http://www.visiophotography.com/">website</a> and Adam and I's pictures were featured a few times on there as well as our slideshow! If you get a chance you should head over to their <a href="http://www.visiophotography.com/">website</a> to check out their work! They really are true artist! This is their flyer for the new site:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TT0bwPWet4I/AAAAAAAAADg/hK81gjkTHQk/s1600/Visio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TT0bwPWet4I/AAAAAAAAADg/hK81gjkTHQk/s320/Visio.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div>That's me in the picture:) Make sure to take some time to admire their work! </div><div><br />
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</div>Allyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13941903191245373766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494148334913467308.post-52095110672959742522011-01-22T21:21:00.000-05:002011-01-22T21:21:28.035-05:00Progressive Dinner continues at The Polka Dot ChairThe Moda Bake Shop Progressive Dinner has been the source of my attention the last few days. They just finished an exciting new book and are doing a Progressive Dinner to all the contributor's blogs. I just came from <a href="http://thepolkadotchair.blogspot.com/">The Polka Dot Chair</a> where I entered for a great giveaway! There are giveaways at each stop so start visiting now! For a full list visit <a href="http://modabakeshop.com/">Moda Bake Shop</a> and check out the post from the 19th to learn all about the tour, the book, and the giveaways! Now onto more dinner courses....<br />
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My kitty, Fifa, wanted to help so I let here reference size in a picture or two:)<br />
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</div>It has been a while since I posted. To be honest, the blank page scares me. I have been busy at work on so many projects and always want to share them and just think 'well, maybe I'll wait till its further along'. Well my New- New Year's Resolution will be to find my blogging voice. So, tomorrow I will be snapping some pictures of all the things I am working on and have been doing in my sewing room- I have been quite the busy bee. I also have been working on a pattern and hope it won't be too far off before I can share that with you too! Please bear with me as I work on posting more often and finding my style, as I am a blogging work in progress!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A quilt for my mom who picked out this fabric from a cute quilt shop in Charleston called "People, Places, & Quilts". It was s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">elected by Better Homes and Gardens as one of North America's top ten quilt shops!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you are ever in the area, check them out or on their website </span><a href="http://www.ppquilts.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here.</span></a></div><br />
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One of my friends is having a little girl in three months! This will be for her:<br />
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</div>Allyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13941903191245373766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494148334913467308.post-22287660454410808792010-12-10T11:56:00.000-05:002010-12-10T11:56:35.315-05:00Feeling like a Billion Bucks!!!!!Let me begin by saying that I am completely aware that the saying is "feeling like a million bucks", but my fashion inspiration of the week is that Jessica Simpson's fashion line is about to hit it's Billion dollar mark!<br />
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The best part about it is supposedly she will be the first celebrity fashion line to hit that mark! I am so happy to hear this because I am a huge fan of her line (her shoes and purses more than anything) and I find myself rooting for her. The media is so brutal as far as she is concerned and always over the silliest stuff!<br />
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Also I want to say as the holidays get closer I get more and more inspired but my time to work on projects gets smaller and smaller. I am now carrying 2 inspiration notebooks around just in case I put one down and leave it (which I tend to do a lot). I have seen so many cute items that I want to work on but unfortunately I will have to get a better hold on the ones I'm already working on. I have four quilts to finish! I will be posting pictures of all my projects soon! But for now until I get over this stubborn case of tonsillitis and start feeling like a million bucks myself or for this post sake a billion bucks, I will be staying in bed with my cat and Lifetime Movie Network's FaLaLaLifetime! Fifa (my kitten) makes such good company as I lay here reading blogs and trying to get better!<br />
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Till next time,<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TQJbmgXjzcI/AAAAAAAAACQ/zXqhC04CFb0/s1600/Picture+11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TQJbmgXjzcI/AAAAAAAAACQ/zXqhC04CFb0/s1600/Picture+11.png" /></a></div>Allyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13941903191245373766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494148334913467308.post-1614177484846170882010-12-02T01:58:00.000-05:002010-12-02T01:58:12.514-05:00Black Swan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPdBR_6OyzI/AAAAAAAAACE/mE_kaWuMFog/s1600/black-swan-natalie-portman-pic3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPdBR_6OyzI/AAAAAAAAACE/mE_kaWuMFog/s320/black-swan-natalie-portman-pic3.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
Today is the day that I have been waiting for; the movie <i>Black Swan</i> came out today and I cannot wait to see it. I danced, primarily ballet, for 23 years of my life and miss it everyday. As I sit here and watch<i> The Turning Point, </i>I can't help but come to the seemingly obvious realization that all of my style preferences and inspirations, both in fashion, my own personal style, and design, come from a life full of theatrical ballets, sparkling costumes, beautiful makeup and everything dainty and graceful. I loved every minute of it then and probably will forever. I believe I will always be a ballerina in my heart. In honor of the release and newfound understanding, I plan to design a quilt representing all of these things- the graceful movement of a ballerina, all the glamour of the costumes, and drama of the performance. I promise to post all the way through the process.<br />
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Now speaking of projects, as I read the blog posts today from the ones I follow, one caught my attention and helped me set kind of a backwards New Year's Resolution. Instead of setting a goal for what I will be doing after the New Year, I am setting a goal for what I want to do until the New Year. I will be taking the challenge by Lisa from <a href="http://www.vintagemodernquilts.com/">Vintage Modern Quilts</a>. She has come up with a challenge called the Sew it Up (WIP) challenge. This challenge is to try and finish all, or at least as many works in progress as you can by the New Year. Getting some more projects finished, I feel will help my motivation and confidence. You can learn more about this challenge and even join in on the fun by clicking <a href="http://vintagemodernquilts.com/archives/1030">here</a>!<br />
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Last but definitely not least, wanted to mention that Tim Gunn was on Conan tonight promoting his new book <i>Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work. </i><br />
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<i></i>The whole interview was great, but one thing stood out to me more than anything. As someone had made fun of an audience member for his poorly picked outfit, Tim Gunn simply asked him if he took responsibility for his outfit. When the audience member responded yes, Tim Gunn replied that that is what truly is important. Now while I also agree with him that some things should not be worn ( like jeggings), overall it doesn't matter what your style is as long as you wear it confidently and take responsibility for it. Hope ya'll have a good night! Until next time!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPdADQhSqNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/hwpw-_svK7c/s1600/Picture+11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPdADQhSqNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/hwpw-_svK7c/s1600/Picture+11.png" /></a></div>Allyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13941903191245373766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494148334913467308.post-8079631956629891762010-12-01T00:21:00.000-05:002010-12-01T00:21:12.037-05:00Wings and Quilts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so excited because this is my first EVER blog post! I have been trying to decide how to approach the beginning, that all-scary first post. A blank page can be quite intimidating! But I cannot think of any better way to start than to talk about quilting and fashion in the same post!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am inspired by so many things around me, but to be honest I am slightly bias to anything with feathers or that sparkles and there is no lack of glitter and feathers at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The VS Fashion Show aired at 10 o'clock tonight on CBS. As always I was so excited to see what wings the designers came up with this year. But, I was especially excited when in the scene following Katy Perry's performance of her song "Firework", the angels came out in a scene of country themed outfits and wings. One model came out wearing a quilt as the train to her ensemble and wings that appeared to be crocheted.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPXUMssmcpI/AAAAAAAAABg/LTaVQ5WksK8/s1600/Anne+Vyalistsyna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPXUMssmcpI/AAAAAAAAABg/LTaVQ5WksK8/s320/Anne+Vyalistsyna.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another standout outfit from this scene was an angel with quilted wings! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPXVDvRJLKI/AAAAAAAAABk/vhE69jiXmeE/s1600/Victoria+Secret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPXVDvRJLKI/AAAAAAAAABk/vhE69jiXmeE/s320/Victoria+Secret.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I read through the some of the reviews of the show, I saw a few comments talking about how Victoria's Secret had made quilts "hot". As a beginning quilter with a serious passion and love for fashion, this made my night and gave me the perfect inspiration for my first post. To see more pictures from this year's show and learn more about the show and it's angels click </span><a href="http://www.victoriasecret.com/fashionshow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. If you missed the show and are kicking yourself with some really cute high heels- you can stop now, because the show will have an encore performance on the CW on Wed. Dec. 8 at 8! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for tuning in for my first post! Stay tuned for more inspirations and thoughts from yours truly!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPXYZP3eutI/AAAAAAAAABo/0QvKJnrYF8o/s1600/Picture+10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZRLMwU6rfw/TPXYZP3eutI/AAAAAAAAABo/0QvKJnrYF8o/s1600/Picture+10.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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