To Quilt Or Not To Quilt...

The largest piece

So to get my mind off of the incredibly difficult knitting mess I've gotten myself into, I've decided to work on some sewing projects.  I think I went over some theories behind the weaving projects I've got going, the ideas of taking 'nothing' scraps of yarn and fabric and making cloth or sculpture from them.

 Same concept applies to most of my sewing.  I have this huge box of scraps that I've been slowly sewing up.  I started what's called improvisational sewing, but there were too many irregular angles to work with so I started trimming as little off of the fabric as possible to make squares and rectangles. 

 I really don't have any patience on this project, there's too much material and not enough time for me to be picky.  So far I've managed about a solid yard and I'm still adding to it.  

Smaller pieces

I'm looking through these boxes of scrap and I'm like "damn I have a lot of stuff."  I really don't realize just how much stuff I have.  It's starting to scare me, like, I think one day I may end up on one of those Hoarders shows.  First world problems, I know right?  If you couldn't tell that last sentence was sarcasm.  I'm going to go through my fabric again and find lengths to donate or just toss since it's a little gross.  I've got a good portion of fabric that smells like smoke, which is never a good thing.  At that point there's no saving them, if they smell like smoke even after several washes, I feel no remorse in tossing them cause that smoke smell will never come out.  
I mentioned in teh previous post that I had finished a project.  Here are some photos.

Bowl Me Over :3

I coiled lots of knitted cord over a form and then sat on the couch watching Pitbulls and Parolees and Walking Dead while hand stitching the entire piece.  

Side view

I had wanted to make the lip of the bowl curl over and down and across a surface, but now I'm like, "screw that"  I'd never finish the project if I continued it

Top view

 At some point I will use shellac or resin to coat it so it becomes like a sculptural object.  Not just art, but a functional piece so it can look awesome and hold fruit or something. 

As many of you have read in previous posts I applied to Anthropologie for a visual position.  I didn't get the job.  Even though my skills are 'impressive' they found someone who 'meets their needs more'.  I'm like "yeah, yeah fuck you too." in my head.  I think it really hard.  In their general direction.  I hope one day they spontaneously develop psychic powers so they can hear this.  Nicest mean letter I think I've ever gotten.  You know, I don't know why I continue to apply to this company.  I applied to Free People Clothing, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie, and all of them have said something about me not 'fitting the brand'.  I think that's code for something nasty like 'you're too large to fit our clothing g.t.f.o.'  Seriously it wouldn't surprise me, because people suck. 

I applied to some jobs in the City.  I really hope I get one cause it's full time work at a gallery.  Guys wish me luck.  I really need to get out of retail and get a full time job. 

I think that's all I've got to say for now.  Thanks for listening ya'll.
~Amy