Friday check in: meeting Edith + a finish!

 

Costume designer Edith Head visited the Clara Cummings Book Club luncheon on Thursday.  Martina Mathisen gave an interesting and informative portrayal. Head was awarded 8 Oscars over the span of her 60-year career, mostly with Paramount and later with Universal.   

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In the studio:   it's a finish!

Here is Spare Parts V.   72 x 80.  I estimate 8 yards used. 

  Last week I posted photos of the border/sashing I was considering. I searched further and found this gold batik. It's a Christmassy print (pinecones and sort-of poinsettias) that I got when we were on vacation in northern Minnesota way back in 2011.  That was a year I was really, really good about not buying but this batik was on clearance and I bought the rest of the bolt -- 6 yards.   After finally cutting into it for this quilt I still have 4 yards!  

I used more spare parts on the back as well as some larger pieces of batiks that have such large motifs that they lose a lot when cut up for blocks.    The project used up many odds and ends (some of which I'd completely forgotten about).    

Linking up with  Finished or not Friday

P.S. More words of advice from Edith Head.   (And, yes, Martina Mathisen did refer to Edith as the inspiration for the animated character Edna Mode in The Incredibles.)