A very dear friend of mine just sent a really neat website link containing Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video on loop. It took me a long time to try and figure out his last name, I knew it was Rick somebody. I had to look it up. Thanks, internet!
(update 6.3.08: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/cht/654534964.html)
Now I've got Snoop on to try and wash the 80s out of my brain. He's got a living room full of fine dime brizzles. Are they "dimes" because they are a ten on a scale of one to ten? I want to know.
KF is coming to town tomorrow, and I couldn't be more excited! She and Monica and I are going to have a super quilty weekend, and it's going to be so much fun!
I have a large bruise on the back of my right calf. It's pretty ugly and I have no idea where it came from (though drunken camping might have had something to do with it...)
I have nothing but vignettes today. enjoy!
Love,
McNabbs
23 August 2007
06 August 2007
25 July 2007
i heart flickr
ok you guys, i am obsessed with flickr and its partners.
i signed up for a flickr account last december so i could upload all my holiday pictures for those near and far to see. it was like $25 for an entire year and unlimited space. awesome.
they have all these partners who will produce basically anything you want with your photo(s). everything from your standard prints to mugs, tshirts, postcards, to professionally bound books and even bona fide US mail postage stamps. can you imagine? technology is so glorious.
if you're not a flickr member, and you take lots of digital pictures, and you like stuff with pictures, i think you should just sign up already. do it. go.
i signed up for a flickr account last december so i could upload all my holiday pictures for those near and far to see. it was like $25 for an entire year and unlimited space. awesome.
they have all these partners who will produce basically anything you want with your photo(s). everything from your standard prints to mugs, tshirts, postcards, to professionally bound books and even bona fide US mail postage stamps. can you imagine? technology is so glorious.
if you're not a flickr member, and you take lots of digital pictures, and you like stuff with pictures, i think you should just sign up already. do it. go.
pinwheels
i mentioned this quilt back in january but here's a little visual:
i realized i've been doing so much quilting lately i might as well show you all my projects (i know katie loves them!) - and maybe that will help me stay motivated to actually finish all this crap!
love,
mcnabbs
yet another old project
...another one i finally got around to finishing! now this one isn't quite done yet (they're in 4x4 blocks, not all sewn together here) but there are only 30 blocks so i'm very nearly done. this one i started in early 2003. yeah. long time ago. the cool thing is, i like it just as much now as i did then, which does NOT happen very often in projects i've put off (or lost) for a while. this one is a present for friends who got married in march '03. whoops, i'm a little late. they love me anyway though, so no harm done. but yeah, it's pretty great.
24 July 2007
Heart Walk!
So I'm participating in the Heart Walk this year (observe neato gadget to your left). If you click the link you can donate and help me out! How awesome would that be?
(answer: so awesome.)
love,
mcnabbs
(answer: so awesome.)
love,
mcnabbs
13 July 2007
goodness.
OK, I'm officially insane, as my girlfriends love to tell me.
This week I overextended myself. Yesterday, after getting off the hook for two tiramisus I had promised for friends' birthdays, I decided to relax for a bit after work - which only resulted in pushing back my schedule a couple of hours, and I finally went to bed around 2.30 this morning. good times.
I got Emily's quilt very almost finished - I sandwiched it at my mom's house (hardwood floors, I would kill for you) and took it home to quilt while I did laundry and watched Jesus Camp - absolutely terrifying film. Very good though. For some reason, my camera does not like to represent the actual colors of this quilt so you'll have to deal with this snap, I guess. This is pre-quilting; by the time I got the binding on I couldn't even think of where the camera might have run off to, so I just went to bed. I'll take one more when I finish sewing the binding tonight (in LA at Michela's house!!)
I also thought I'd take a picture of the "designated picnic blanket" I finished last week. I know it seems like I've been sewing a lot lately - and I have - but lots of the stuff I've been working on has been in the works for ages. For instance, I got all the fabric for this one when I was working at the quilt shop in 2001 or so. I got less and less excited about it as the years went on, but somehow I kept plugging away at it and put the last stitch in last Friday at poker night. The back is obnoxious green, which will hide any grass stains, and the plaid front is sure to hide any food spills, plus I was so excited to just get it DONE that I didn't care about the quilting, resulting in many puckers on the back. But nobody cares. I quilted it in straight lines across in several different colors of thread, matching the different colors in the quilt. The bottom threads are all shades of green. It's pretty cool.
That's about it. I'm heading down to LA in about four hours to kick it with Michelie, and Brian, and Mosco, and Scotty (yay!), and drive to San Diego for my cousin's wedding. Good times.
This week I overextended myself. Yesterday, after getting off the hook for two tiramisus I had promised for friends' birthdays, I decided to relax for a bit after work - which only resulted in pushing back my schedule a couple of hours, and I finally went to bed around 2.30 this morning. good times.
I got Emily's quilt very almost finished - I sandwiched it at my mom's house (hardwood floors, I would kill for you) and took it home to quilt while I did laundry and watched Jesus Camp - absolutely terrifying film. Very good though. For some reason, my camera does not like to represent the actual colors of this quilt so you'll have to deal with this snap, I guess. This is pre-quilting; by the time I got the binding on I couldn't even think of where the camera might have run off to, so I just went to bed. I'll take one more when I finish sewing the binding tonight (in LA at Michela's house!!)
I also thought I'd take a picture of the "designated picnic blanket" I finished last week. I know it seems like I've been sewing a lot lately - and I have - but lots of the stuff I've been working on has been in the works for ages. For instance, I got all the fabric for this one when I was working at the quilt shop in 2001 or so. I got less and less excited about it as the years went on, but somehow I kept plugging away at it and put the last stitch in last Friday at poker night. The back is obnoxious green, which will hide any grass stains, and the plaid front is sure to hide any food spills, plus I was so excited to just get it DONE that I didn't care about the quilting, resulting in many puckers on the back. But nobody cares. I quilted it in straight lines across in several different colors of thread, matching the different colors in the quilt. The bottom threads are all shades of green. It's pretty cool.
That's about it. I'm heading down to LA in about four hours to kick it with Michelie, and Brian, and Mosco, and Scotty (yay!), and drive to San Diego for my cousin's wedding. Good times.Love,
mcnabbs
28 June 2007
more quilt stuff!
So I was in Sun Valley with my parents last weekend, watching HGTV and kind of wishing I was at home working on projects instead. My cousin Emily is getting married in a few weeks and I need to make her a quilt. I was talking with my mom about it and we decided on a beachy sort of blue white and yellow palette. We looked at fabrics online since there was only one quilt shop in the area and it was rather lacking - but didn't find much that we liked.
Back in Seattle, I went to Pacific Fabrics yesterday and couldn't find anything that grabbed me there either, so I headed to the solids section (like you do) and found my favorite sky blue and several pale yellows. I thought a Denyse Schmidt style bars pattern would work nicely, but the blue and yellow only was pretty bland and boring. But, AHA, I found a few jewel tones to mix in for unexpected surprises! It took me all of 20 minutes to cut out the entire thing, and here's how far I got sewing in two hours last night:
Back in Seattle, I went to Pacific Fabrics yesterday and couldn't find anything that grabbed me there either, so I headed to the solids section (like you do) and found my favorite sky blue and several pale yellows. I thought a Denyse Schmidt style bars pattern would work nicely, but the blue and yellow only was pretty bland and boring. But, AHA, I found a few jewel tones to mix in for unexpected surprises! It took me all of 20 minutes to cut out the entire thing, and here's how far I got sewing in two hours last night:
That's a navy, a chocolate brown, a pinkish (but still masculine) red, and a grass green. The colors came out a little strange but trust me, it's pretty great. Reminds me of beach balls and those changing tents and sunshine and summer skies all at once. I know it's not what my mom expects but hey, it's awesome. And definitely different from what I started out doing, which I kind of love. The strips are all the same length but I cut them at random angles and widths so it's kind of hard to make sure they end up in a relatively straight line. But I love a challenge! I'll keep you posted on this one.
Love, mcnabbs.
22 June 2007
quilt!
Soooo... rockin' Kate Franco puts all her quilt stuff up on her blog. Why don't I do that? Clearly, because I'm nowhere near as awesome as she is. But I finished a quilt top last night and I was so excited about it that I took pictures, so you get to see it!
The inspiration is kind of a long story. I have been really into solid fabrics recently - I used to think they were boring but now I'm all over them. Plus they're wayyyy cheaper, so that helps. I have been just going to the fabric store, heading straight for the solids section, and pulling out one or two I love and just rolling with it. You may recall my earlier post about the one I'm hand quilting (I did post that, right?). It kind of rolled into the idea of making quilts about places once I saw Thomas' pictures from Cinque Terre and knew I had to make one about those colors. I bought the fabric to make a quilt inspired by this town and I'm SUPER excited about it:
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The one I made was inspired by weddings actually. Two (three?) of my cousins and my dearest, longest friend are all getting married this summer. I'm a bridesmaid for my friend's wedding and we were all looking at dresses and flowers and decor for months, and she was asking what we'd do if we were getting married. So I started wondering about it... I've never thought about it and a couple of years ago I even made fun of girls who had their entire weddings planned out before they even found a fella, but now I kind of understand. After looking through all the wedding magazines and websites, I have an idea of the kind of things I'd love to have if I was getting married in the very near future which is not going to happen. But if I was getting married next year, I'd have chocolate brown and berry with cream and green accents, letterpress invitations with a berry-colored peony design in the background and chocolate lettering, flowers would be peonies and star jasmine, and my one bridesmaid (Monica, of course) would be wearing a chocolate brown dress. Now I've loved this berry color for a while now, it looks really good on me and it's just sort of warm and comforting, and goes with lots of other stuff. So no surprise when I was at the fabric store and it hopped off the shelf and into my hands - along with a chocolate brown and cream, and a green for accent. like you do. I wanted something with minimal effort so I planned 24" blocks with minimal piecing to show off the colors as much as possible. I ended up with a lot more of the coral pink than I expected, but it definitely works. Also I noticed last night as my cat the quilt whore was gleefully rolling around and depositing cat hair all over my masterpiece that she is the same colors as my quilt too (save for the berry color). She's a brown tabby with white belly and paws, green eyes, and a pink nose. awww.
Also, Karol and Asuka and I went to IKEA the other day. Clearly we did not have fun.
The inspiration is kind of a long story. I have been really into solid fabrics recently - I used to think they were boring but now I'm all over them. Plus they're wayyyy cheaper, so that helps. I have been just going to the fabric store, heading straight for the solids section, and pulling out one or two I love and just rolling with it. You may recall my earlier post about the one I'm hand quilting (I did post that, right?). It kind of rolled into the idea of making quilts about places once I saw Thomas' pictures from Cinque Terre and knew I had to make one about those colors. I bought the fabric to make a quilt inspired by this town and I'm SUPER excited about it:
The one I made was inspired by weddings actually. Two (three?) of my cousins and my dearest, longest friend are all getting married this summer. I'm a bridesmaid for my friend's wedding and we were all looking at dresses and flowers and decor for months, and she was asking what we'd do if we were getting married. So I started wondering about it... I've never thought about it and a couple of years ago I even made fun of girls who had their entire weddings planned out before they even found a fella, but now I kind of understand. After looking through all the wedding magazines and websites, I have an idea of the kind of things I'd love to have if I was getting married in the very near future which is not going to happen. But if I was getting married next year, I'd have chocolate brown and berry with cream and green accents, letterpress invitations with a berry-colored peony design in the background and chocolate lettering, flowers would be peonies and star jasmine, and my one bridesmaid (Monica, of course) would be wearing a chocolate brown dress. Now I've loved this berry color for a while now, it looks really good on me and it's just sort of warm and comforting, and goes with lots of other stuff. So no surprise when I was at the fabric store and it hopped off the shelf and into my hands - along with a chocolate brown and cream, and a green for accent. like you do. I wanted something with minimal effort so I planned 24" blocks with minimal piecing to show off the colors as much as possible. I ended up with a lot more of the coral pink than I expected, but it definitely works. Also I noticed last night as my cat the quilt whore was gleefully rolling around and depositing cat hair all over my masterpiece that she is the same colors as my quilt too (save for the berry color). She's a brown tabby with white belly and paws, green eyes, and a pink nose. awww.
Also, Karol and Asuka and I went to IKEA the other day. Clearly we did not have fun.
15 June 2007
condos
i have a thing for vintage homes. aaaaand i'm fantasizing about upgrading to a condo closer to the city (not that i could ever be able to afford it, but a girl can dream, can't she?). here's my current obsession:
http://www.livehistoric.com/
http://www.livehistoric.com/
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