total mitten attack!!!

This is an exciting time for sewing in the dirtyard. Besides my sewing and quilting I will be taking on the awesome Breaksea Upcycle business as of January 1st. I have been sewing for and working with my friend and neighbor Nikolas for about a year in preparation for his big move to Australia. While he is away I will be doing the local end of his craft business, Breaksea Upcycle, from my home. He will still be doing the design work and stuff via web and we are going to start an etsy section for Australia, thus making mittens necessary year round! I am quite excited and hope I can keep up my quilting as well!

Some Things I Make

 This is a quilt I made for a friend named Ursula. It combines my favorite Mariner's Compass designs with Qbert style blocks inspired by the One Block Wonders series of books. This was the first quilt that I used a flannel design wall instead of graph paper and colored pencils.

These are the French Press Coozies I have been making lately. They are batted with Insul-Brite so they really work. I sold a number of these at Art vs. Craft in Milwaukee to people who, like me, thought this would work way better than a towel.