ThreadAbell

 I feel so honored that I was asked to participate in a blog hop - the post from my friend Kim at Fall Hill Bead and Gem will be hard to beat, but here goes!: What are you working on?    Muppets, Muppets and more Muppets... in my craft room, I have bits and pieces of Animal, Kermit, Fozzie, Rowlf and the Swedish chef cut up and lying in little piles. Sounds morbid, right? But the month of June has been my busiest EVER, especially with my Etsy shop. I was commissioned by a customer to decorate their nursery Muppet-style (is there any other style, really?) and every day is a new order for something amazing!  When I say I have all of those characters in little pieces, I do that because many of my items feature a sewing technique called applique . In the fabric arts, you can create ANY picture you want by deconstructing it and then layering them piece by piece. I use a wonderful quilting book for my designs, which gives detailed instructions for creating many of...