The Eyes Have It

The eyes in this  Pinkerville By Tula Pink fabric

are sew realistic.

This kind of artistic talent always amazes me 

because I do not have the skills to draw.  

I dabbled in oil painting once when I was much younger 

but could not make the paints show what I was seeing.

My quilty muse has helped me to see quilts before I sew them

and sewing a straight line has helped me 

reproduce a reasonable image.

Sew fabric is my medium and quilting is my creative outlet.

My Pinkerville quilt is mostly still in my head

but I am making progress.

This quilt was   Started Here.

It is for a reveal next month 

so I cannot show much more yet.

My Riley Blake 12" Tailor's Clapper has been

helpful pressing down the seams of this one.

I only recently started using a clapper and it does help reduce

use of my iron,

which means there is less chance to distort the fabric.

I have been looking for ways to improve my skills

and make my blocks flat and the correct size.

Another helpful tool for this is this

Alex Anderson 4 in 1 Essential Tool

This works wonders to press seams with 

crisp clean ;ones that leave no fabric in the seams.

My blocks have had less distortion and more true to size

since I started using this when finger pressing.

I received this in my

Sew Sampler Monthly Subscription Box

in February and it has been in constant use since then.

It is not something I ever would likely have purchased.

I have received more than a few such items over the past two years 

I have been receiving these surprise packages.

Originally it was a gift subscription,

but now I renew it every year

because I love surprise packages

full of quilty goodies. 

Many others do, too, which is why there is now a waiting list.

April is the start of a new year of Sew Sampler boxes

which means a new yearly BOM pattern is staring.

I cannot show more yet.

Many of you many still be waiting for your boxes to arrive

and I do not want to spoil the surprise.

It has been rainy and foggy and damp here again

with some breaks in the clouds.

Hoping for some sunshine today.

May you have a happy quilty day ... :)