Sunday, June 08, 2008

A Bit of This, A Bit of That

I finished the first section on my Exquisite Corpse (well probably, I'm letting it sit on my design wall today just to make sure). And that is all I will mention--no hints, no clues and definitely no pictures. What, you wanted me to wreck Christmas?

I worked a bit on my quilt for the Breaking Traditions challenge. I've almost got it quilted. There are two small sections with rust dyed fabric I wasn't sure how to quilt. I had one of those ah ha moments. I thought rusty washers attached to the surface in those two sections would be perfect. I tramped over to Canadian Tire to peruse their washers. Galvanized steel. Stainless steel. Zinc. Hum. Don't think any of those will rust for me. I bought a couple packages anyway, and put them in a dish with some water. This morning, pristine and beautiful still. So I threw some fabric and nails on top and will rust dye some more fabric instead.

And I got bored. So I turned this:


Into this: