Craft Book Month, Fabric Dyeing + Bee Blocks

Hand-Dyed Fabric Workshop

This weekend, I had the awesome opportunity to dye fabric and learn all about the process with the Music City Modern Quilt Guild. My friend Jayne and her daughter Britt taught the workshop, complete with handouts, buckets, dye bottles, stir sticks, rubber gloves… you name it! You can see more pictures of the workshop at Twiggy and Opal.

Since I can’t seem to kick my love affair with yellow and turquoise, I dyed these. I love the rich, deep teal and yellow! Now, I just need to give it a final spin through the wash and decide what to make. We’re all supposed to bring our fabrics to the next meeting (sewn or unsewn), and I’d hate to be the only slacker to show up with my fabric rolled up in a ball. 🙂

August Bee Blocks

I picked up a bag of fabric scraps at The Fabric Studio last week, and wouldn’t you know it that it contained just the right colors for my August do. Good Stitches blocks for Toni?! I used the Crossed Block tutorial by Ellen at The Long Thread. I’m obsessed with this block, and can’t wait to try it again.

Craft Book Month

Behind the scenes, I’ve been putting together the details for our 4th Annual Craft Book Month
at Craft Buds, which will kick of the first week of September. Yay!

If
you
haven’t heard of CBM, it’s an event my friend Mary and I put together to
celebrate craft books and encourage people to actually make a project
from their crafty library. I can’t believe it’s been 4 years! Every
year, I’m so inspired by what all of you decide to create. I’m tossing
around ideas for my own project, and I think I’m going to make something
from this book.

If
you’d like to join in on the fun, there’s an inspirational blog hop and
a sew along that happens all month long (with prizes!). So, hit the
bookstore or your local library and grab some books for inspiration!