Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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i'm a photographer, a sewer, a smiler, an adventurer, a life lover, and forever a daydreamer. a rural ohio girl, living in and loving tokyo.
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- things i'm doing at 3:23am
- recipe: pork and cucumber kimchi salad
- friends, fighting and food
- job opportunity with a catch
- things i love thursday
- outfit: interview in harajuku
- wordless wednesday
- othello tuesday
- finally finished!!
- things i love thursday
- two thorns and a rose
- maybe i had a bit to get off my chest
- on anonymity
- dress for okinawa
- things i love thursday
- fifteen points
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2 comments:
Love the food!
The last one looks home-made- what is it? Care to share the recipe? Anything with cheese gets lots of points in my book.
Didn`t get a chance to comment the other day but the finished quilt looks awesome- would love some pointers as want to make a small one for goma-chan!
lulu,
yeah, so many photos i took this week were of food! the pizza was at an italian restaurant but the other two were homemade. i'm planning on getting them made into their own posts soon. stay tuned.
my charm quilt isn't that big (it covers either my upper body or lower body, but not both at the same time) but my squares were 7cm which meant a LOT of piecing together. to make it easier on yourself, maybe try 15cm squares? also, if you haven't already, i'd invest in a rotary cutter and ruler. it makes cutting squares *so* much easier. (i got mine in nippori, but i imagine they have them anywhere that sells fabric and crafty supplies)
start by sewing two squares together, and then another two together. then sew those two rectangular pieces together so you have a new square made from four smaller squares. then make three more of those and sew those four together the same way you did with the first squares. i think i've got a photo that sort of represents this process in one of the links in the post about the finished quilt. if you sew a bunch of squares into long strips and then try sewing those long strips together, a lot of time the seams don't match up so start small and work your way out.
as for patterns and colors, i just lay out all my pieces and see what strikes me. half the fun is playing around with your squares to find something you like. then sew away! :)
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