Andrea Zuill’s Blog

Here are four things that freak me out.

 1.) Young, white, skinny, short haired guys that have freaky thick lushous beards.  These are the kind of guys that in all logic should have wispy peach fuzz, but they have bushy chin ‘fro’s.

  2.)  Jerusalem Crickets, a very alien bug.  For the whole creep-out effect google them and behold the horror. 

3.)  The saddest of the freak outs.  One serving of Avocado is just two tablespoons.  How in the H*LL am I suppost to eat corn chips!

   4. )  Grubs as food.  I don’t care how much protein they have, yuck!  Do you think they pop when you crunch down on them?

After 4 hours solid of stitching, the first part of the Cowgirl Quilt is almost done.  I kind of like it.  She is about 18 inches high.  The outlines are black embroidery thread and the shading is a dark grey thread.

My fingers are hurting.

 Inspired by having art shows in Marfa, Texas, I have been wanting to do a cowgirl quilt.  In this quilt I wanted to combine my older sketch style embroidery.   First I created a sketch, then scanned it into the computer.

  Using illustrator I traced a line drawing on top of the sketch image.  Sometimes I don’t do this step, but I wanted to design the whole quilt on the computer.  This is something that I don’t always do.  It all depends of the mood that I am in.

  In addition to the embroidered sketch I wanted to add appliqued flowers.  This design is not the final design.  I will make changes as I create the quilt.  I have discovered that what might look good on the computer doesn’t always look good in real life.   

I still have questions about this quilt design, such as will I bring any color embroidery into the cowgirl portrait or will I leave it just black stitching?   Should the background fabric be a print or a solid?  I am pretty sure I want the soft colored applique to be prints, but do I really?  Should it have a border? 

The style of flowers and leaves I am using is loosely based on Athabascan bead work.  If you don’t know what Athabascan bead work is, look it up.  It is beautiful.

Heart & Dagger by SewSugarySweet : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewsugarysweet/

Blog: http://sugarpuddinpie.blogspot.com/

Christmas Penguin by bcampbell_to : http://www.flickr.com/photos/briancampbell/

Pumpkin Girl by daisieslalaland(Dees) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/daisieslalaland/

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5102962

Blog: http://www.daisyinlalaland.typepad.com/

Rabbit Queen by fiolinn : http://www.flickr.com/photos/18564402@N05/

Mermaid by iminaliceswonderland:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/micheleleigh/

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6243682

Birds & flowers by spinstersister: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinstersister/

Blog: http://spinsterhandmade.blogspot.com/

Love Bear by Summerdisney :  http://www.flickr.com/photos/summerdisney/

Love Bears by Wendeth: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendeth/

    This months free pattern.  Sorry it’s a little late!

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   New print!  Arctic Bird of Paradise.  Check it out at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19214332