I'm having a scrambled kind of morning... Don't get me wrong, it's been great... it's just a little scrambled.
I got up early... started one thing... that reminded me of something else... figured I would get it done while I remembered... which led me to doing something else for a little while before I get back to doing what I started... which is making a tiny little change to Sweet Tea before it heads off this coming week to be quilted/photographed... and that will depend on what the printer can do about the "binding". Very age-related-attention-deficit, don't you think?
Whew!
And since that is kind of how my day is starting off, that's kind of how this is going to be... a couple of little things that I keep forgetting to mention or show.
First up... isn't this quilt gorgeous?
No, it isn't mine... though I really do wish it was.
This gorgeous quilt ~ titled "Starstruck" ~ was made by Phyllis Pickelsimer of Cartersville, Georgia. Phyllis ~ who is nicknamed "Pickle" ~ brought this to "Show and Tell" at the Etowah Valley Quilt Guild, it was made using my pattern, Stella Blue. Starstruck is even more gorgeous in person ~ seriously... thank goodness I got to do my trunk-show thing first! Who wants to follow this?
I do have a picture with Phyllis in it... well, her arms from the elbow down. While her arms are lovely ~ almost as lovely as she is ~ this picture shows the quilt a little bit better.
About the post yesterday... and Daniel Craig.
Yes, Laurie... I love the bowtie scene too.
One of the other movies that I almost included was The Power of One, a 1992 movie with Stephen Dorff, Morgan Freeman and Daniel Craig. I really liked the movie even though I think the critics hated it ~ another one of those movies that makes you think about the world, man's inhumanity to his fellow man, and how the world can be changed. It was the first time I saw Daniel Craig and let it suffice to say he's "memorable" in it... and not in a good way. He plays a horribly vile character... but it's an amazing performance. (I don't think I've ever seen him in a movie where he wasn't good... even when the movie wasn't.)
Sweet Tea ~ I'm tweaking something in the setting triangles. After really looking at it while I was on my trip, I decided that I did want to add a few more four-patches in the setting triangles to continue one part of the design just a skosh more. It's a small change but I love the way it looks. So I'm doing some un-sewing and re-sewing before it can be photographed, quilted or whatever.
Do you remember when I posted this picture on The Jolly Jabber in January?
Those fabrics ~ and lots more ~ became Sweet Tea.
That isn't all of it but you can get the idea...
The quilt is going to get a scrap-pieced binding and that's why I don't know if it will be printed or photographed this week. Christen can "bind" my quilts on her computer but a scrap binding is a little more difficult, especially when the pieces in the quilt are small. So I'm hoping we can take a picture of the assembled-and-ready-to-go-binding and use a little computer-magic to make it work. Otherwise, the quilt/pattern probably won't be done until late July.
And finally... do you save random pictures of "whatever"?
I have lots of them. This is one of my favorites...
This was taken during a practice run for the Indianapolis 500 in 1987. The car went airborne, flipped upside down and continued to spin as it flew down the track. It is a very famous photo ~ generally considered one of the best race photographs ever taken ~ and I still have it in one of my "notebooks". And don't worry, the driver, Pancho Carter, walked away from the "accident".
I'm betting his day was a little scrambled after this...
I'm having a scrambled kind of morning too. And I had so much fun making "Good Fortune" this week that I've been debating between "Stella Blue" and "Ginger Belle" for my next scrappy quilt...love "Starstruck," it just might influence my decision! And I just barely discovered Daniel Craig too...watched Casino Royale twice and Quantum of Solace once last week!
Posted by: sherri | June 20, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Oh, PLEASE, I hope that the computer can work it's magic for your Sweet Tea Quilt...I have JUST THE PERFECT Fabrics...they were waiting for something...and Sweet Tea is it! OF course, July isn't that far away...
My favorites...not in any order...
THE COWBOYS with John Wayne ("we're burnin' daylight" and "tryin' don't get the job done") WITNESS...("you be careful out there among them, English"). ON GOLDEN POND..., CIDER HOUSE RULES, and JEREMIAH JOHNSON. There are others...but I want to get back to my quilting!!!! Just in case I can get Sweet Tea started before we go on vacation!
Your creativity is endless and your inspiration is just magnificent!
Posted by: Kathy | June 20, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Pickle does lovely work. Thanks for sharing the picture of her Starstruck. Stella Blue is a gorgeous pattern...had to go shopping and find it :-)
I'm finishing the binding on my "Imagine" and will send a pic to you. It will be stitched while watching a movie, of course. My favs include Sense and Sensibility, Crimes of the Heart and You've Got Mail...geez, am I a chick or what?!
Posted by: Loris Mills | June 20, 2009 at 02:21 PM
Some days are just kind of like that--glad they all aren't or I wouldn't get anything done!
Posted by: dotti white | June 20, 2009 at 04:17 PM
I'm happy that you enjoy that picture of my "boyfriend" Daniel, we don't call him Danny because he has martini's shaken not stirred. But please don't tell my DH about Daniel I just don't think he'd understand.
Posted by: Kelly Ann | June 20, 2009 at 06:51 PM
I think Stella Blue is one of your best designs ever. Love the way Pickle did hers!
Ah, Daniel Craig. Yes.
Kathy had some wonderful movie mentions in her post too. I saw and enjoyed every one of them.
I must see the entire Sweet Tea soon or I will start twitching!
Posted by: Nicole | June 21, 2009 at 09:24 AM
Pickle's quilt is so beautiful, it makes me want to run downs to my sewing room and get my friends Prayer quilt finished so that I can move on to my other projects, it only needs borders, and then get it ready for they quilter. But no sewing for me today, **sigh**, very busy day today. I also adore "Sweet Tea", can't wait to see the finished project. As far as having those 'scrambled days', well, my are generally when I'm cleaning house, I try to concentrate on one room at a time but as I walk through another I see something that needs done and start on that, then same thing in the next room I walk through, pretty soon I'm standing in the middle of the living room thinking "what was I doing and which room was I doing it in?" Very frustrating when I have days like that. Then of course there are those days when you absolutely ... wait a second ... I'll come back to thi... **wink**
Posted by: Nancy | June 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Love Pickle's quilt. Delightful.
Posted by: Ann- a good yarn | June 22, 2009 at 02:40 AM
Stella Blue is another one of my favorites, and what a beautiful rendition of your pattern! Can't wait to see more of Sweet Tea!
Posted by: Lisa D. | June 22, 2009 at 07:28 AM
Well foot!! If I had known you were that close I have made the trip down - I'm in the mountains of N GA. I am late getting caught up myself. I absolutely loved Pickles quilt, and would have fit in perfectly at my home, as I do most red, white and blue. I do have that pattern put with something else, but may just have to get it out and gather all my stash and make it like hers. I would like to know more about that floor quilt though - was it in fabric or painted....
Thanks for the great pics as always!!
Posted by: lovetostitch | June 22, 2009 at 04:50 PM
Stunning quilt! I can image the picture doesn't do it justice. Thanks for sharing :o)
Posted by: Jane Weston | June 23, 2009 at 06:05 AM