tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57027041779188091442024-03-16T23:43:06.664-04:00north winds quiltingSueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-88053527951372307852024-03-16T20:59:00.006-04:002024-03-16T21:06:11.931-04:00The Color Purple<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGSX8v51nO0L3wx8HC2eUcCX5KNkcDvvR-6Alc1oZ0cW01aHVdrRaGKeK2_bX1pv8S9Pn0cv0emgICYJqRwqGDgEiYnNeD_CQeiREzxoZkf5ml_fW3jD7ZTvz8B1iMv7PbcGFaBhzgXnq1HJ7XhJ01vltocMHSyM2ionfqqRtRzXvBt8s7JNGjLoE-Yc/s800/P1000596.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGSX8v51nO0L3wx8HC2eUcCX5KNkcDvvR-6Alc1oZ0cW01aHVdrRaGKeK2_bX1pv8S9Pn0cv0emgICYJqRwqGDgEiYnNeD_CQeiREzxoZkf5ml_fW3jD7ZTvz8B1iMv7PbcGFaBhzgXnq1HJ7XhJ01vltocMHSyM2ionfqqRtRzXvBt8s7JNGjLoE-Yc/w400-h300/P1000596.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I was all over the place last month... and I still am, lol, but at least I'm being productive. <p></p><p>The color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this month is purple, so I am making 3" hourglass units ....</p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYHI6OvN6Vpvq2-h8Aqik-wGWZOZitPdf9sYjdl-FNmjWzrzshT-9Zcsx-TKMgP-iUx5KQu0DSVgHdJIh5IK7PIRSqVmKQTV0Kgq8vkW99WyW7uw0lEPXY-rCP3v_P4Pd4_sUgKGxnC_5J3x6SQodERffMR-H9GCz_ilyiVxqeh2a1jKL-enuZMa8OBU/s800/P1000597.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYHI6OvN6Vpvq2-h8Aqik-wGWZOZitPdf9sYjdl-FNmjWzrzshT-9Zcsx-TKMgP-iUx5KQu0DSVgHdJIh5IK7PIRSqVmKQTV0Kgq8vkW99WyW7uw0lEPXY-rCP3v_P4Pd4_sUgKGxnC_5J3x6SQodERffMR-H9GCz_ilyiVxqeh2a1jKL-enuZMa8OBU/s320/P1000597.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>..... to make these blocks.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xcRY-HI8fsSYfctAqV8OjQrCdacryHc3_tuQdwy8TS1bnNjLKy8M9ykJOXmpmRsAO12WFYaOgodeSuxYb9niEhlt2MaPaxSFPx4hDaCawZmT2SSnWPcUleXyF2KbxuerXvsD220Ytz8HrDQG_wDmNQzW5wxhD_rGSH1qHyeIStckYCBjb-aqsIgRf7w/s814/P1000599.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xcRY-HI8fsSYfctAqV8OjQrCdacryHc3_tuQdwy8TS1bnNjLKy8M9ykJOXmpmRsAO12WFYaOgodeSuxYb9niEhlt2MaPaxSFPx4hDaCawZmT2SSnWPcUleXyF2KbxuerXvsD220Ytz8HrDQG_wDmNQzW5wxhD_rGSH1qHyeIStckYCBjb-aqsIgRf7w/w393-h400/P1000599.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><p>.... for this quilt, which is Bonnie Hunter's Hourglass Leader and Ender Challenge from 2016, and which you can find <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2016/07/hourglass-leader-ender-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The purples are the outermost border, and I need 200 units to make 50 blocks. Lots of cutting, lots of sewing, lots of scraps. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gkKQnGByHEayhWxmRcaLpLKFDHuys8xUQ5-Ckg57qjZaIlMSkNSTfRQ4w7JuuRZdxmDVDeWaFHpQzu5yUsbVqKJBTsEi3Ke-AQzpmnTSS7EPsZLfZYa-fSuj3vplswcQq99W3E9NeAt8GUUHmrds9S3wxdBk5gBrhZPvz6meU0_sQJ_zSTPFYXkGMc8/s906/P1000600.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="493" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gkKQnGByHEayhWxmRcaLpLKFDHuys8xUQ5-Ckg57qjZaIlMSkNSTfRQ4w7JuuRZdxmDVDeWaFHpQzu5yUsbVqKJBTsEi3Ke-AQzpmnTSS7EPsZLfZYa-fSuj3vplswcQq99W3E9NeAt8GUUHmrds9S3wxdBk5gBrhZPvz6meU0_sQJ_zSTPFYXkGMc8/w217-h400/P1000600.JPG" width="217" /></a></div>When the RSC rotation for pinks, limey greens, and aquas are selected, I'll be working on those rounds. The neutrals can come whenever. In the meantime, the center two blocks, which are orange, are assembled. This is so fun!<br /> <p></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-67790858701717345502024-02-16T14:39:00.008-05:002024-02-16T14:56:19.976-05:00All Over the Place<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NSM1wgMcqs_YkK6YkqqHh3sMPyHGJkPR03g7sOU5wHkOceotjwmMEFBBADSiuGyEK5_NylU65XLUGWZOK90FGjW4p3Sem4MASN8RNbHZuKTVZfKxOruJxOdc8GXLi41mtoBbhZHrp5E-xN9x71api_lNScl_IiO7cPhi3q1fmAYf_IDSmMbed-CwpFQ/s1024/P1000571.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1024" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NSM1wgMcqs_YkK6YkqqHh3sMPyHGJkPR03g7sOU5wHkOceotjwmMEFBBADSiuGyEK5_NylU65XLUGWZOK90FGjW4p3Sem4MASN8RNbHZuKTVZfKxOruJxOdc8GXLi41mtoBbhZHrp5E-xN9x71api_lNScl_IiO7cPhi3q1fmAYf_IDSmMbed-CwpFQ/w400-h388/P1000571.JPG" width="400" /></a>I have been all over the place in the sewing room this month because there are so many projects I want to work on that I just can't get focused. I keep taking things out of the closet and putting them back, knowing full well I should work on just one or two projects at a time. Not necessarily a bad problem to have, but not as much is getting done as I'd like! <br /></p><p>I did get the Winter Garden top finished by the end of January. I had planned to set the blocks 4 x 5; but as I was getting ready to start the bottom row, it dawned on me that it would be too long to hang on the wall, so I left it at 4 x 4. It still needs to get quilted. I do love this series. <br /></p><p>I thought quite a while about what, if anything, I wanted to do for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I've made two rainbow quilts, and making the same block every month again this year didn't appeal. And I especially don't want to make string blocks. Chantal had a better idea in her <a href="https://atthecornerofscrapandquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-first-post-of-2024.html">first post in January</a> , which was to choose a quilt each month, maybe one already in progress, and tag it with the color of the month and work on that. </p><p>Last year in January, I had a similar plan, which was to start with a new quilt every month using the color of the month. I got so frustrated sorting through tons of scraps to find the colors I wanted that I abandoned that idea by February. I spent the rest of the year sorting scraps into bins, mostly by color. I wrote a post about that process <a href="https://northwindsquilting.blogspot.com/2023/06/reassesing-scrap-situation.html">here</a>. I have one very large carton to finish going through, but I've sorted enough to have scraps at hand to work with. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c0R0CqVkgEPn8Iizc_05xx_B1qIzVGHTCChEWor3poPYmT0ph0E6uWa30I44vQfUZ7HqqE5HQP58zm84zg7TyfPk6bVqXB_zL_48hlOYZZ-v8i6I0yXGApnDYs6VjqZtDhwXBHAUDEhHNbAz2FVbWK_BT590Bid5hiFgAUoj1ba2AfeiSrUg2f_nKNU/s752/P1000577.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c0R0CqVkgEPn8Iizc_05xx_B1qIzVGHTCChEWor3poPYmT0ph0E6uWa30I44vQfUZ7HqqE5HQP58zm84zg7TyfPk6bVqXB_zL_48hlOYZZ-v8i6I0yXGApnDYs6VjqZtDhwXBHAUDEhHNbAz2FVbWK_BT590Bid5hiFgAUoj1ba2AfeiSrUg2f_nKNU/w319-h320/P1000577.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><p>The RSC color of the month for January was green. I didn't have a green project in the works yet, so I started making these Tilted Nine Patch blocks by Missouri Star Quilt Co from a tutorial on their YouTube channel. The blocks finish at 10 inches, and I did get 10 blocks finished by the end of the month. I plan to set the blocks 5 x 6, so there is more work to be done, whenever. </p><p>I'm also using up bunches of muslin scraps for the backgrounds, so win-win. There are some different shades of the muslin, which doesn't bother me, it's a scrap quilt. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9JZHWmXHUfnCHgmW9lbrMF3F8GNJJUd1DUoDVU8bBMUgHp3SOLTkauHCpRBXhx4oc7EhFXHVWfMC3aT3Cq83yHnKq8NTnQB2KDRpOFhSS-FWrpQFQ1Dd-wCu5W_ftO1FxIKryH5EDyR3GV9GDpgZVKrs0DsnG7KcU7_FewsAibXK-b1JCWm_jtT2ne0/s1024/P1000568.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9JZHWmXHUfnCHgmW9lbrMF3F8GNJJUd1DUoDVU8bBMUgHp3SOLTkauHCpRBXhx4oc7EhFXHVWfMC3aT3Cq83yHnKq8NTnQB2KDRpOFhSS-FWrpQFQ1Dd-wCu5W_ftO1FxIKryH5EDyR3GV9GDpgZVKrs0DsnG7KcU7_FewsAibXK-b1JCWm_jtT2ne0/w400-h300/P1000568.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The blocks may not be done yet, but green scraps got used. This large storage bag was stuffed when I started making blocks, and I've emptied more than half the bag. Some of the scraps got sorted or cut into squares and strips and put away; the rest were used in the blocks. Yay!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLMViLFjtww0L-2XdYF47mxRoDgP6g6S-QR3X79wQy2_ewDI7UqycH-CPbwUkt9Q4fPe6UJDAtBu0572eyZlZfcGkauPGm7Ewu7-1A4GoYjIzDZhZdsnUDcrdsIUhY8Ho_XX8Jc6UJFBLPl7vwuQ3Ziuii_mA6DhZMg8X_8wUp3KIWZGNil25H2aOjkI/s800/P1000561.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLMViLFjtww0L-2XdYF47mxRoDgP6g6S-QR3X79wQy2_ewDI7UqycH-CPbwUkt9Q4fPe6UJDAtBu0572eyZlZfcGkauPGm7Ewu7-1A4GoYjIzDZhZdsnUDcrdsIUhY8Ho_XX8Jc6UJFBLPl7vwuQ3Ziuii_mA6DhZMg8X_8wUp3KIWZGNil25H2aOjkI/s320/P1000561.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>While I was rummaging around in the greens, I came across this unusual print. I've have gotten scraps from a variety of places over the years, and I missed this one. I think it's ugly in an appealing way, lol, so I intend to chop it up and use it in one of Bonnie Hunter's scrap quilts I'm working on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0B7K76U5TCmlyUfcZA_JnLL4luuAtLY1FtKTog3i0scoYB6DNinkJDhV9f6ZLFVfF_BznfhM2ZwzL2Fzzcc1oRdlgg50TjoavP-J-3rpQQZ3_gar79DwiMbkwD-GVFVYw7oqnbSKqQOvxcX43roIA9mWZcWbXT5lG6gjzcdw-p9tfJo5TUSHFYYVTnY/s1024/P1000581.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0B7K76U5TCmlyUfcZA_JnLL4luuAtLY1FtKTog3i0scoYB6DNinkJDhV9f6ZLFVfF_BznfhM2ZwzL2Fzzcc1oRdlgg50TjoavP-J-3rpQQZ3_gar79DwiMbkwD-GVFVYw7oqnbSKqQOvxcX43roIA9mWZcWbXT5lG6gjzcdw-p9tfJo5TUSHFYYVTnY/w400-h300/P1000581.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Red is the color for February, so I dug out my Talkin' Turkey blocks, a two-color quilt from Bonnie Hunter's 'String Fling' book. It's been in progress for years; and near as I can tell, I had already made all the units to build these blocks, just have to put them together. I need 30 blocks for the quilt, and I have 20 blocks done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqfpp2O6AH9Oms1-92dVXTGR_ZXmjasJ8-eYgy3E34A0hvl9VWRoXJX5Tmurlm3RNqU_8L5HB21NMZOeOgN3p8smfli6UujRLbFvhHfjib4ttDZzSBapVO9iPCzhiPUYCbfRoFBs8EEP7heTQvIdxW5qsFNcsZKE2AmQ_heGuX9GfyWrF4h-s9m3oHhY/s942/P1000582.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="942" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqfpp2O6AH9Oms1-92dVXTGR_ZXmjasJ8-eYgy3E34A0hvl9VWRoXJX5Tmurlm3RNqU_8L5HB21NMZOeOgN3p8smfli6UujRLbFvhHfjib4ttDZzSBapVO9iPCzhiPUYCbfRoFBs8EEP7heTQvIdxW5qsFNcsZKE2AmQ_heGuX9GfyWrF4h-s9m3oHhY/w400-h216/P1000582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I think I have most of the border units finished too. What I still need to make are these strip units that also go in the border, and that is what I'll be doing with red scraps the rest of this month. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUo0u9wI2hyf56xAUDpknuYXm8zWj5D7JQPc0wKDXyXppS07De98oPRXcU2f0xhSfewql2FIk-U0ZN9_uyt85qGxYB2jUikNZlPCbHvJ4Hhw5lPGaptpmYuSxDLSOj2xp6n0MvEUJV2qyRPkQtDyXT5uIvfJ3LN1g2dGTPOkI3dcCPneyWtwmktWCXMsg/s802/P1000580.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="802" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUo0u9wI2hyf56xAUDpknuYXm8zWj5D7JQPc0wKDXyXppS07De98oPRXcU2f0xhSfewql2FIk-U0ZN9_uyt85qGxYB2jUikNZlPCbHvJ4Hhw5lPGaptpmYuSxDLSOj2xp6n0MvEUJV2qyRPkQtDyXT5uIvfJ3LN1g2dGTPOkI3dcCPneyWtwmktWCXMsg/w320-h298/P1000580.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>For today, I am working on some QOV blocks, two sets of five. My local quilt shop became an official QOV chapter 9 or 10 months ago, and I became aware of it and started participating in December, I think. This is one of two blocks I am working on for February. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2MGEpawGqX9WofODEvg7a9v26W0osIDrnLx463JWSFYwjLmr9WJ-5ccE4ra0X1sfMvjVBO8HaJqn4Qg3OWKrFs0xCmgl5tpfnd36KAhQqsVp_sSSNZRx2DBIEz0mBNZs_lQkJTq56Ag7ja4Us70VT9HGNuCqSWd_kUGPI-_A_4RaGOBdFuOSD7G1EF4/s998/P1000545.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="998" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2MGEpawGqX9WofODEvg7a9v26W0osIDrnLx463JWSFYwjLmr9WJ-5ccE4ra0X1sfMvjVBO8HaJqn4Qg3OWKrFs0xCmgl5tpfnd36KAhQqsVp_sSSNZRx2DBIEz0mBNZs_lQkJTq56Ag7ja4Us70VT9HGNuCqSWd_kUGPI-_A_4RaGOBdFuOSD7G1EF4/w400-h216/P1000545.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The shop is using Eleanor Burns' book, Victory Quilts, and making two blocks a month. The selection of blocks in Eleanor's book all finish at 12", and they're not difficult to make, so a sampler would go together pretty quickly. Last month I made two sets of these blocks. <p></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-35795927364032883362024-01-28T15:16:00.003-05:002024-01-28T16:20:32.010-05:00Last Finish for January<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvG40-tpJDyzjGDJAiUJVEnxvwnHcwzvhLwMWEBNj7ptFB7jQ31xRvU0lMoISTwbYrLpL3As5oJTuHZr7bnFWYtwfXcq3y0u-dO1QnaB9dgeCtClVH-hdvYocGoG7PwfXeeuAIxSJx7YSkPO9CMW5Zns42FAy2Yef3GIxFkFhlhvjHGl5eg8aqu2XS6cI/s1431/P1000553.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1431" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvG40-tpJDyzjGDJAiUJVEnxvwnHcwzvhLwMWEBNj7ptFB7jQ31xRvU0lMoISTwbYrLpL3As5oJTuHZr7bnFWYtwfXcq3y0u-dO1QnaB9dgeCtClVH-hdvYocGoG7PwfXeeuAIxSJx7YSkPO9CMW5Zns42FAy2Yef3GIxFkFhlhvjHGl5eg8aqu2XS6cI/w400-h385/P1000553.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>You've probably heard of the Disappearing Four Patch? This is my Disappearing Sampler. This was from an online class in November, taught by Brita Nelson, the Questioning Quilter. She has a channel on YouTube where she teaches some Disappearing patterns, and I've been following her for a while. <p></p><p>I thought her class would be fun, and it was, but also very stressful, which was my own fault because I hadn't prepared properly. She had us cut fabric ahead of the class AND sew up the starting blocks, like the four-patches and the churn dashes. None of which I did because I wasn't paying attention. <br /></p><p>In the class, she directed us to cut up the blocks we sewed and shift the parts into different positions to create new blocks. I tell you, I was cutting and sewing furiously--I never made so many blocks so fast, lol, but it all worked out in the end. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7li2BHEpuwMFARimIXHXomqpw27os8AuPSXVYGIDb2htg0HwrehYMDyql8ZpRntD0a3_k7wzjI4Rweh6fJ2GL_YPx5Y9hwlLD_0ZuCkFC3MIdRUwI0c3s8NncfqRC4CapoCSbYNpuM1PCdafoohrejv2zCSv-fEmsVUxksrkrBJnd97GALM2osdZ7ECw/s1024/P1000559.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7li2BHEpuwMFARimIXHXomqpw27os8AuPSXVYGIDb2htg0HwrehYMDyql8ZpRntD0a3_k7wzjI4Rweh6fJ2GL_YPx5Y9hwlLD_0ZuCkFC3MIdRUwI0c3s8NncfqRC4CapoCSbYNpuM1PCdafoohrejv2zCSv-fEmsVUxksrkrBJnd97GALM2osdZ7ECw/w400-h300/P1000559.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Originally I had planned to just watch the class and decided at the last minute to actually sew. So I grabbed the fabric closest to me and used it. Not a fabulous choice, but it served its purpose. Going forward, it will be a good reference for some other disappearing quilts I'd like to try. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpoMj52GGeZNu2Mt4gtqfFWBzZeZTZ08lU9n6u-1dbPmvCB9XO6Y2kQCfPN0J5orPhW0HcDNH0xGh7di5_JljTVRYcXgrmMovNshW6nfTkk-eybPBrTzrDqvyo8O2go4qN11JYoRfNUNkhhXMsjsZxoLEzagB4SpCUjr5wuthFZuqDglG-0jkOgIJRXc/s2048/P1000549.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpoMj52GGeZNu2Mt4gtqfFWBzZeZTZ08lU9n6u-1dbPmvCB9XO6Y2kQCfPN0J5orPhW0HcDNH0xGh7di5_JljTVRYcXgrmMovNshW6nfTkk-eybPBrTzrDqvyo8O2go4qN11JYoRfNUNkhhXMsjsZxoLEzagB4SpCUjr5wuthFZuqDglG-0jkOgIJRXc/w400-h300/P1000549.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I finished the quilting the other day with a pantograph called Spinner. I hadn't used it before, but I do like the texture it created. <br /><p></p><p></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-46805035537234164842024-01-19T22:00:00.008-05:002024-01-19T22:10:59.599-05:00Winter Garden<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswCODE5AKhRNztAkC5nSXloI4KVEdIBtiFFEdowbD07yDC3GaBbpu4drRKvKYYGf_4BhAn_W1OYx5OGfM6I1-uwula5QpH3KtxCcw0MZiTbriLsR-DwGh7PrriWoxP96WT2mprpjniqIwFrxWlhK93MCVXZlGOgXGUxyyTv5QXYBHub3AqSugndi-Prc/s2048/P1000537.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswCODE5AKhRNztAkC5nSXloI4KVEdIBtiFFEdowbD07yDC3GaBbpu4drRKvKYYGf_4BhAn_W1OYx5OGfM6I1-uwula5QpH3KtxCcw0MZiTbriLsR-DwGh7PrriWoxP96WT2mprpjniqIwFrxWlhK93MCVXZlGOgXGUxyyTv5QXYBHub3AqSugndi-Prc/w400-h300/P1000537.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>These are my Winter Garden blocks, from a kit by Julie Burton of <a href="http://runningstitchquilts.com">Running Stitch Quilts</a>. I discovered her website late last year and found her Garden series. There are three so far; waiting for the last one, Autumn Garden, to drop within the next month, hopefully. <p></p><p>I liked all of the Garden blocks soon as I saw them. Not throwing in the towel with traditional quilts, but I need a change. After following several modern quilting blogs for a couple of years now, this year I've decided to finally start making some modern quilts. Maybe modern traditional would be more like it, lol. <br /></p><p>These are big blocks, 20 in a throw-sized quilt, so I am making one a day, sewing each row as I complete the four blocks in the row. The plan is to finish the top by the end of the month.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48Mi89Z8ZIKSprl2yk1CPekzjkwfH_TB2-9U482KtTJjjeZKHN6LEABegciwjctqFtgidvdMnFFdg25OUde-gq9HN8LBQdrGSAaQajCDQgvdkSTfdfiamBWdnAvypNs5ZFikje9dyxsKxvvxaYMNlLtmbW4NpfVjFSfJo03PhTQXSr9z2MGLPtwNbweo/s2048/P1000519.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48Mi89Z8ZIKSprl2yk1CPekzjkwfH_TB2-9U482KtTJjjeZKHN6LEABegciwjctqFtgidvdMnFFdg25OUde-gq9HN8LBQdrGSAaQajCDQgvdkSTfdfiamBWdnAvypNs5ZFikje9dyxsKxvvxaYMNlLtmbW4NpfVjFSfJo03PhTQXSr9z2MGLPtwNbweo/w400-h300/P1000519.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I have never been one to do all the cutting up front, but I've done this a few times recently and love having the cutting all done. A word to the wise though--make up one block before you cut up all your fabric in case you don't like it!</p><p>After the cutting was finished, I laid out all the pieces for each block....</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjtWwQ0Sx_b-IPRwAjv2Uc7v13hAtVrwyVMyUPeXdIysKSut9rudB2i47M7xalLTz3SqgjipCFE4SUvbMV6LcXUvIE1YW11HBjEaiGUG9X8uJbSVTQzl-wqFda4RsnqjR4dFUI1TOx95ZH1QFIlBeXlh2dLIG1bV8tdkFMSeq4NITyskLhM8VW2_Ww1Q/s1024/P1000520.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjtWwQ0Sx_b-IPRwAjv2Uc7v13hAtVrwyVMyUPeXdIysKSut9rudB2i47M7xalLTz3SqgjipCFE4SUvbMV6LcXUvIE1YW11HBjEaiGUG9X8uJbSVTQzl-wqFda4RsnqjR4dFUI1TOx95ZH1QFIlBeXlh2dLIG1bV8tdkFMSeq4NITyskLhM8VW2_Ww1Q/s320/P1000520.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>... stacked them all up in order on paper plates, and I just pull one off the top of the pile everyday to sit down and sew. Sew convenient!<br /> <p></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-76824700264357371602024-01-16T20:28:00.010-05:002024-01-28T16:14:27.977-05:00First Finishes of 2024<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76fPRjO1fLZqm7XgjR6Sie1GPbrwQzHFnUn9YI4YZ18Vz8ztV2bRHpfx0NZ8tY7QGjmBCT-2PQjL9HEm7rGzENBbgoUCzuttEO0rSbViXQyLfgoQbB-vrZs3R0kPQ3HrQqoxGs3eejgYQRY-VcVKpQ_53uOe9Jgcst8oG4ftQJz2HN3LXAd7ziVKPVCw/s1528/P1000524.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1528" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76fPRjO1fLZqm7XgjR6Sie1GPbrwQzHFnUn9YI4YZ18Vz8ztV2bRHpfx0NZ8tY7QGjmBCT-2PQjL9HEm7rGzENBbgoUCzuttEO0rSbViXQyLfgoQbB-vrZs3R0kPQ3HrQqoxGs3eejgYQRY-VcVKpQ_53uOe9Jgcst8oG4ftQJz2HN3LXAd7ziVKPVCw/w400-h398/P1000524.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p> * Linking up to <a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/">Oh Scrap!</a><br /></p><p>I haven't blogged for quite a while, but I'm still here. It's disappointing to follow a link to someone's blog to read about their quilts, only to discover that they quit updating a long time ago. I always wonder if something happened to them, or if they just lost interest or what; so I won't do that. </p><p>Last year was another year that was not as productive as I'd hoped. I did finish 10 quilts in the first half of last year, and then mostly nothing for the latter half of the year. </p><p>I just finished this quilt a few days ago. It's called RST2 (Right Sides Together Squared) from 3 Dudes Quilting. It was a kit I found in Madison on a quilt chapter bus trip. I wasn't crazy about the pattern, but I very much liked the colors. I also liked that there was no specific background fabric. Wish I could find more patterns like that. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimftXRZ5Yj7Yd3RXd__aiSv3yf5E-Iek5rXL-85htzjxjkX3moPKjJ2oFAtXafQG4X-oSvqYVJ6_Bpzvd4hYr9r6YgGbIddo_08rRd4Tp2knqxSPYboJPpGOefC2Q56wjWBrUkL3xu4ulW8Vzh6abtYyRr-YIIs_1dp1PopxdgBb3SUvdr1mIrWxs4RlY/s2048/P1000529.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimftXRZ5Yj7Yd3RXd__aiSv3yf5E-Iek5rXL-85htzjxjkX3moPKjJ2oFAtXafQG4X-oSvqYVJ6_Bpzvd4hYr9r6YgGbIddo_08rRd4Tp2knqxSPYboJPpGOefC2Q56wjWBrUkL3xu4ulW8Vzh6abtYyRr-YIIs_1dp1PopxdgBb3SUvdr1mIrWxs4RlY/w400-h300/P1000529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I quilted it with a pantograph called Twofold Feathers, one of my favorites, from Urban Elementz.<br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExg1V7cCin0aIWGGwh2HtjQXUK6p9n8mFj2OHeQ859tZJJHcm5MeFJqCrC-TxmTyW8DZCrms_GgyClCdQhjgnn_gumyB31h43vUrNjLtg1eitB01dBDzbV7AyzKWw_2unhYX8nYEN9hQrX1vSBDe0faL9kPnJwkXaZFcPIBnYeXH009yL5OLpXncyFys/s2048/P1000527.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExg1V7cCin0aIWGGwh2HtjQXUK6p9n8mFj2OHeQ859tZJJHcm5MeFJqCrC-TxmTyW8DZCrms_GgyClCdQhjgnn_gumyB31h43vUrNjLtg1eitB01dBDzbV7AyzKWw_2unhYX8nYEN9hQrX1vSBDe0faL9kPnJwkXaZFcPIBnYeXH009yL5OLpXncyFys/w400-h300/P1000527.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtC9Ng667E_3-6j-ezRH1atzRIM1bOh4lOglvW_EWUXKzGid6ObwA29V5MYE9-g5BTkAxu27Qit6muB48hPU3HIqJu75SK1AaG6xlloon6yR1KEpDMd2jy46hHIf8BH-1W9vX8h8BnmIASIjohgrZ-g3HdhkAgZs_DP99AUsTSoyVzAvaDGpUXZdcQQU/s2048/P1000528.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtC9Ng667E_3-6j-ezRH1atzRIM1bOh4lOglvW_EWUXKzGid6ObwA29V5MYE9-g5BTkAxu27Qit6muB48hPU3HIqJu75SK1AaG6xlloon6yR1KEpDMd2jy46hHIf8BH-1W9vX8h8BnmIASIjohgrZ-g3HdhkAgZs_DP99AUsTSoyVzAvaDGpUXZdcQQU/w400-h300/P1000528.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>These colors just sing to me. <br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPeoGvyKBWv3rP55sCLbeRKa63EKpoAY3LkJGoxPxM2vnf6OUGi0_xj2JXJYN3fL91seZa6ZZWJFKu38MTUSFxC3Hxo1rivvLgN6_cnf0q66_IJyRaAn6JLCF4F5gRaZFWjdlGDIGAdgkxZ3uWZzXwAdQR86IwZqrcZL9s0CxcH_gbvXaD4e1BfwhqoA/s2048/P1000530.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPeoGvyKBWv3rP55sCLbeRKa63EKpoAY3LkJGoxPxM2vnf6OUGi0_xj2JXJYN3fL91seZa6ZZWJFKu38MTUSFxC3Hxo1rivvLgN6_cnf0q66_IJyRaAn6JLCF4F5gRaZFWjdlGDIGAdgkxZ3uWZzXwAdQR86IwZqrcZL9s0CxcH_gbvXaD4e1BfwhqoA/w400-h300/P1000530.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I just finished this quilt today. This is another Fun Patch that I made with leftover pieces from the first one I made last year. The original quilt was an already made top I bought at a silent auction. I added blocks to the top to make it a little larger, but there were still many print pieces left over. And there are still more left over that will go into a third quilt. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMKEe35xzE08gNdBOhz0dxITTau2qI3E7T5-6Rl2o16NTepBzeDYWn18McPtTwfHazko2_5YiMIsB_i3QTIWV7e43xUiWI8MK7PHV1Nux1JKbWnpOQ6QzSbiXcJkwhYkvPW9nUshHhrqeFSMI40KH3eycPnZWfdz1FylDmmWgHaA4hl6tsUmcQckaLpw/s2048/P1000531.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMKEe35xzE08gNdBOhz0dxITTau2qI3E7T5-6Rl2o16NTepBzeDYWn18McPtTwfHazko2_5YiMIsB_i3QTIWV7e43xUiWI8MK7PHV1Nux1JKbWnpOQ6QzSbiXcJkwhYkvPW9nUshHhrqeFSMI40KH3eycPnZWfdz1FylDmmWgHaA4hl6tsUmcQckaLpw/w400-h300/P1000531.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is a one-patch pattern with a single template piece. The copy of the pattern I have, called Fun Patch, I think, was from an old Quiltmaker magazine; but once I started hunting for it on the internet, I found it under various names, like Whirligig. I also discovered that Creative Grids makes a ruler to cut these pieces. The angle is not as steep, but using a ruler to cut out the pieces is a whole lot faster. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyspxSd7dC_5bMp2IH2O1P6vES9ZW5XYZrqww-sKKDIvbn8y_u9Y2Ya9WZWNTtIuaZOgukfnWK2ZbjDlZKB2aOtNDdQl8e0Ryryf4T5d05GVHz9gzezPQAmCLj-wiTM9uVT5WVc72w4Hp1OfoxUbrxxf96TZ110J-nwsaBaz6bDQNBUXnpNxDH55lHjbc/s1669/P1000536.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="1451" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyspxSd7dC_5bMp2IH2O1P6vES9ZW5XYZrqww-sKKDIvbn8y_u9Y2Ya9WZWNTtIuaZOgukfnWK2ZbjDlZKB2aOtNDdQl8e0Ryryf4T5d05GVHz9gzezPQAmCLj-wiTM9uVT5WVc72w4Hp1OfoxUbrxxf96TZ110J-nwsaBaz6bDQNBUXnpNxDH55lHjbc/w348-h400/P1000536.JPG" width="348" /></a></div><p>I really like this pattern a lot. I can see it in a variety of fabrics or scraps or a rainbow version. I also made a miniature version from a French General charm pack, still just a top; and there's a second one in the works.</p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-52350588159649573032023-06-29T12:57:00.009-04:002023-06-29T13:26:49.773-04:00Last Finish for June<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa5Lg7-goPKJ2NPamkNDmlcPn0yLcc21je2xnqoKnTxe5ozJmMd7OGeEUOBrRA9znKhrvn88oK1l6siy_vWz1X-U2U5a3CFYS5qQSF_L0UdlJeanB8b_ktmRJXPxU-3OPoRCwYbmFQnXn1vyktvsvL5uB6QjIHT87tN8dfsxLuVwfkdXexWORdlA90HQ/s1600/Attachment-1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa5Lg7-goPKJ2NPamkNDmlcPn0yLcc21je2xnqoKnTxe5ozJmMd7OGeEUOBrRA9znKhrvn88oK1l6siy_vWz1X-U2U5a3CFYS5qQSF_L0UdlJeanB8b_ktmRJXPxU-3OPoRCwYbmFQnXn1vyktvsvL5uB6QjIHT87tN8dfsxLuVwfkdXexWORdlA90HQ/w300-h400/Attachment-1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>There is no rain in the forecast today, but more is predicted within the next week. The sun is peaking out through cloudy skies. We got another 4-1/2 inches of rain this week at camp. The water level at the lake is so high now that more than half our dock is underwater and the top step of those two little staircases is underwater too. The water level was three inches under the end of the dock when it was installed earlier this summer. When hubby goes out to the boat, the water is over his ankles. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirf2Z2SkYCEpkjwyONXLIkf5IMkhrKyr6k7XF9d6u8w8u4qBLAxTgwe9ogBJUfU4eG5WoBAL0_7HPlnrsGUrmafuMR6BIMUbMkdFE3XlnYY1NBatYj1ru9MHGuE8QAr_5Tl2da5Sk17EqLpi5wzze9lq1FfXCCB_6i3XGuJDuS_842M2TUh9qWGP9qfhA/s1011/IMG_3195.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1011" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirf2Z2SkYCEpkjwyONXLIkf5IMkhrKyr6k7XF9d6u8w8u4qBLAxTgwe9ogBJUfU4eG5WoBAL0_7HPlnrsGUrmafuMR6BIMUbMkdFE3XlnYY1NBatYj1ru9MHGuE8QAr_5Tl2da5Sk17EqLpi5wzze9lq1FfXCCB_6i3XGuJDuS_842M2TUh9qWGP9qfhA/w400-h198/IMG_3195.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Last summer we were in a severe drought condition; this summer we're flooding everywhere. It's just crazy. Conditions have been just right for a sturgeon run up the Cobbossee stream that hasn't been seen here for 40 years. You can't see them especially well in this photo, but they're big, about 3-6 feet in length but up to 10 feet. These are Atlantic sturgeon, and they're spawning right under the bridge downtown. <p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZ5iPYOezjKmUNA0siA-BOaVMPqv5IFMC9Dj_wkTGsT89ToWGTbML1UZ1oV1Nn6Iszv6-t93OImqQpWhRIdCLJMhBBuZCQhY55Ae2tkgEoN2aGiW3sMMi1rXZgpNuqKftVWgUqAC_7cvxUIvb1mOn_pxjmG0AHXEb5dYZIOQBPgOMNqgoH2qLNBoabjU/s1139/P1000452.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1139" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZ5iPYOezjKmUNA0siA-BOaVMPqv5IFMC9Dj_wkTGsT89ToWGTbML1UZ1oV1Nn6Iszv6-t93OImqQpWhRIdCLJMhBBuZCQhY55Ae2tkgEoN2aGiW3sMMi1rXZgpNuqKftVWgUqAC_7cvxUIvb1mOn_pxjmG0AHXEb5dYZIOQBPgOMNqgoH2qLNBoabjU/w400-h388/P1000452.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I planned to sew all day yesterday, but my plans were derailed by other work that had to be done; so I was up til midnight finishing this quilt. This is 'Feels Like Fall', a round robin my quilt group did, which we called the Tacoma Pizza Box Challenge. Each participant provided a center block and a pizza box full of fabric, and I included some yardage and an abundance of scraps in fall colors in mine. <br /><p></p><p>We made our center blocks in early 2019, and the reveal was in June that year. I don't know why I never blogged about it, I just never did. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKJy2LCmCtb_ikGjTIdZ79R9PYE1yN-BQnbPpfhKNzgmUb21GMA9zC5X4nSHdnO5yo404OdCDZ6kqnSI2CeJI9o6FlucspQ8TBkEmGl760THCBnPoPqaNg-J9w_fVa0gLkCzKcPxN4Svw-jASd_MlDoR8b_DoyO9VuEY2hHeHvJMRhoZmPXRdsozKYP8/s1024/P1000453%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKJy2LCmCtb_ikGjTIdZ79R9PYE1yN-BQnbPpfhKNzgmUb21GMA9zC5X4nSHdnO5yo404OdCDZ6kqnSI2CeJI9o6FlucspQ8TBkEmGl760THCBnPoPqaNg-J9w_fVa0gLkCzKcPxN4Svw-jASd_MlDoR8b_DoyO9VuEY2hHeHvJMRhoZmPXRdsozKYP8/w400-h300/P1000453%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I quilted it with a leaf design, which I liked but hadn't used before. The design is nice but maybe a little too open to suit me, so I'm not sure if I'd use it again. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5k7mRLwCdn1XEvr8EsFB39wGZyBil14upaWbFubVa2AiAfkZbr5zAqhRCwAl5ZxbhqMRsaMvnPSR3L_bDXoiYgFPBoujaVSu_wLJwN3cYFBa5ptzzSiabQ2Db1K0witJs6QZfMecQSHu9-ugjW_G1Fab2DPL4dJqEykoDOpyzpkRFb4zTwoGQbjNBRg/s640/P1000454%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5k7mRLwCdn1XEvr8EsFB39wGZyBil14upaWbFubVa2AiAfkZbr5zAqhRCwAl5ZxbhqMRsaMvnPSR3L_bDXoiYgFPBoujaVSu_wLJwN3cYFBa5ptzzSiabQ2Db1K0witJs6QZfMecQSHu9-ugjW_G1Fab2DPL4dJqEykoDOpyzpkRFb4zTwoGQbjNBRg/w400-h300/P1000454%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I love these embroidered labels. I had a lot of information I wanted to include, and I hate to write them by hand; so an embroidered one was just the ticket. I embroider almost all of my labels and have for years. <br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-67934734349106196322023-06-27T14:32:00.000-04:002023-06-27T14:32:20.384-04:00Another June Finish<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFT0izoJr0qpEIkC6E0625vmkvcLM9eV5OTk9LTqIv_tzQ60V1fFar1reILdGtZSitZYMXQ4XOU_5_27hQV3lG8gU1LkoQclA51ooNhrydESzFKwt-zhYY6PTHGO4GzYctFInajhNg-Zv4GjoL3IeYWsncNDCdMNF-ZiH94vpwnSk_ru9fSN_TVg1IFeA/s1086/Family%20Christmas%20(Letters%20to%20Santa)%20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFT0izoJr0qpEIkC6E0625vmkvcLM9eV5OTk9LTqIv_tzQ60V1fFar1reILdGtZSitZYMXQ4XOU_5_27hQV3lG8gU1LkoQclA51ooNhrydESzFKwt-zhYY6PTHGO4GzYctFInajhNg-Zv4GjoL3IeYWsncNDCdMNF-ZiH94vpwnSk_ru9fSN_TVg1IFeA/w378-h400/Family%20Christmas%20(Letters%20to%20Santa)%20.JPG" width="378" /></a></div>I finished the Letters to Santa QAL quilt, which I renamed Family Christmas, a few days ago. I chose a pantograph called Nancy's Flakes from Dave Hudson for the quilting, and my longarm quilter did a great job quilting it. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG4-6-PtrxgTJjbYcuOMbr9p3ULDwLEONstHwyvHQ5-evtQrmSZKyrc45tciOZWegPygzdi2kWdl9y5FAbG-PUrJMJvsfP34AS5OY0LyA5HDgS1Ch2Ygk4XUwSp5ncgWkKtxnaVmFNThhKwz26bOyT7iY0lJ6B9BTELcizMCBlcks5sBy_forOclfAL8/s1024/Family%20Christmas%20_Det.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG4-6-PtrxgTJjbYcuOMbr9p3ULDwLEONstHwyvHQ5-evtQrmSZKyrc45tciOZWegPygzdi2kWdl9y5FAbG-PUrJMJvsfP34AS5OY0LyA5HDgS1Ch2Ygk4XUwSp5ncgWkKtxnaVmFNThhKwz26bOyT7iY0lJ6B9BTELcizMCBlcks5sBy_forOclfAL8/w400-h300/Family%20Christmas%20_Det.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw2XNdpiGAx0Lxsv8R8c-QL7sXlOQXP8JhARzOWa2RmagakPYFYmtkuI3_vp_4xG18ea0TIwG1hCcHjRnfUWieh6KUSIzFc9qq-VcEBydw7umNIVWfNY95sj99yQtog866jz3dCkdrz-3JphwZWu2Rp212gAegPtiWb0rgrUibxeJYoMnSkaoUqEZUNo/s832/Family%20Christmas%20_Det2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="832" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw2XNdpiGAx0Lxsv8R8c-QL7sXlOQXP8JhARzOWa2RmagakPYFYmtkuI3_vp_4xG18ea0TIwG1hCcHjRnfUWieh6KUSIzFc9qq-VcEBydw7umNIVWfNY95sj99yQtog866jz3dCkdrz-3JphwZWu2Rp212gAegPtiWb0rgrUibxeJYoMnSkaoUqEZUNo/w400-h261/Family%20Christmas%20_Det2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The show theme this year for Maine Quilts 2023 is 'Christmas in July', and this quilt was entered in that division. The paper pieced palm tree, which has 51 pieces, is my nod to the 'July' part of 'Christmas in July'. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDBxBlgI9vXS_0E5IFmyduFQ3QJajCtSgMwfEkHa6MQucRm1GlZwFyUKkAtBHMWlDIH8kHYmdKNPE0zQSLsLi6WUw5TSgeYtKoGg51nw_y4t4Zg6PlvhoMtOS8gTNT16XkvZNSyAx-J6Mce5bl-4uTBbDVGN8VYDIMuc9aLvIw_E5V8d9hhCrjSRFaJg/s1024/Family%20Christmas%20_Det3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDBxBlgI9vXS_0E5IFmyduFQ3QJajCtSgMwfEkHa6MQucRm1GlZwFyUKkAtBHMWlDIH8kHYmdKNPE0zQSLsLi6WUw5TSgeYtKoGg51nw_y4t4Zg6PlvhoMtOS8gTNT16XkvZNSyAx-J6Mce5bl-4uTBbDVGN8VYDIMuc9aLvIw_E5V8d9hhCrjSRFaJg/w400-h300/Family%20Christmas%20_Det3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Love this backing, which came from Marden's. They had it in three colors--red and green, green and white, and red and white, and I bought a lot of all three colors. I'll be sorry the day I use it all up!<br /> <p></p><p><br /> </p><br />SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-62019165747413240342023-06-27T14:19:00.002-04:002023-06-27T14:19:56.620-04:00A Few Days at the Lake<p>I got a chance to stay up to camp for three days last week. It was cloudy and/or showers the entire time I was up there. I thought I would make it up there again this week for a few days to help hubby put some dirt in what we hope will be a garden area, but it is supposed to rain all week. The entire month has been cool, cloudy and rainy. Other than June 1 and 2, we have seen only two days in the 80s. I hate the heat so I am not complaining, but a little more sun would be nice. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NcxY3hGgngoDP-O8A0lrqiGGgOAzcj3l_saNxrKq4CRnMtp7yYhh8Inad9j3ncHZS7lx_JTtiD3PqXZq6v2wXeV_ZXRWj7fu54tQxk8eBLDLhzD4u_qHi-onLs94R_bSay0Y06HQJs5Bfqhs-VWmdn4QLbOjY2Hn42qjS3BybOAfNKeChMJpEd0jz0c/s1600/P1000427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NcxY3hGgngoDP-O8A0lrqiGGgOAzcj3l_saNxrKq4CRnMtp7yYhh8Inad9j3ncHZS7lx_JTtiD3PqXZq6v2wXeV_ZXRWj7fu54tQxk8eBLDLhzD4u_qHi-onLs94R_bSay0Y06HQJs5Bfqhs-VWmdn4QLbOjY2Hn42qjS3BybOAfNKeChMJpEd0jz0c/w400-h300/P1000427.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I had a specific summer project to work on at camp for three summers running, and that was <a href="https://northwindsquilting.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-21-year-pineapple-project.html">The 21-Year Pineapple Project</a> that I finished early last year. Last summer I worked on a couple different sets of blocks but not a dedicated project. <p></p><p>This year, my summer camp project is Conestoga Star, another oldie but goodie. The pattern originally appeared in an issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting. I bought the pattern and fabric as a kit from Sew Batik, which no longer assembles their lovely kits like they used to. I am adding bunches of my own batik scraps for variety. Got plenty of those!</p><p>All of the blocks in the center of the quilt are paper pieced; and although the picture doesn't show it, I now have three complete rows. Three more rows to go, and I'll be ready to start on the borders. This quilt is a big one, finishing at 88 x 100. <br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-59087043650703129972023-06-27T13:52:00.004-04:002023-06-29T13:27:57.973-04:00Reassessing the Scrap Situation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsQQ_J2SwZ9LZ6mPFJU6_j6Hc4M12HMXOR1VMChj0dmFyPM7moYs2fg5QTITKn4REEcqymVXAYBmPPybtqRVXGkjdNl8dJh2kb6uiHRuKG9oTJ1xjFKJAj7H4j8fLex1yuu-slJ_wIMl48U_QmFBVqr_KdhZRR9um9uBBtX8_WyqKvTedb69MpDbVeHA/s1024/P1000375.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsQQ_J2SwZ9LZ6mPFJU6_j6Hc4M12HMXOR1VMChj0dmFyPM7moYs2fg5QTITKn4REEcqymVXAYBmPPybtqRVXGkjdNl8dJh2kb6uiHRuKG9oTJ1xjFKJAj7H4j8fLex1yuu-slJ_wIMl48U_QmFBVqr_KdhZRR9um9uBBtX8_WyqKvTedb69MpDbVeHA/w400-h300/P1000375.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I started making some blocks in January when the color blue was announced for the Scrappy Rainbow Challenge. In February when the color pink was announced, I started work on a different set of blocks. By March, I was so darn frustrated digging though boxes of scraps to find the colors I wanted that I threw up my hands and set to heck with all of it. I finally realized that my time would be far better spent sorting the scraps that I've collected over the years by color.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KdPaO2yGCdWJmC5V52Tv91JCV3vTxqpgmcEyj_vPUw5VrQAZDsVqncvPFatSVRzYnefvYWvHpvurTseRuSc1YZYn5d9DmiZp--HixOLHkncyBuaTwJcX6b7a_olgZmdMAZQUql4XvcomGavmHgksxvhMf9Bm9xW3MWH7q2HFZ4WNly8FDzNEIGCGzxA/s1024/P1000448.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KdPaO2yGCdWJmC5V52Tv91JCV3vTxqpgmcEyj_vPUw5VrQAZDsVqncvPFatSVRzYnefvYWvHpvurTseRuSc1YZYn5d9DmiZp--HixOLHkncyBuaTwJcX6b7a_olgZmdMAZQUql4XvcomGavmHgksxvhMf9Bm9xW3MWH7q2HFZ4WNly8FDzNEIGCGzxA/w400-h300/P1000448.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>For years I subscribed to the Bonnie Hunter Scrap User's System, dutifully cutting up scraps left over from quilts I'd made and cutting up more out of the scrap bins and feeding them into containers for squares and strips. It was and still is a daunting task. The sad part is that they seem to get used very little because it never seems to be what I need at the moment. I usually find myself digging around in the bins instead. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZxq-Wxz9k45XUsXJegOrmv3Gp0i-nHF6uTrmEcNSQ33bksUWOGEUkSOdr7VYu8GLGzj8A05CggGkH8qz15mHS8WTuy39--XyChuX1ODxboXQC2KouZD0jooFVRRaznW9eqpmniYMfWKOBVoJ7RtwMJhYUVA-MNhQHHIATqF393YE1dn4E32z1UKSGfM/s1024/P1000449.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZxq-Wxz9k45XUsXJegOrmv3Gp0i-nHF6uTrmEcNSQ33bksUWOGEUkSOdr7VYu8GLGzj8A05CggGkH8qz15mHS8WTuy39--XyChuX1ODxboXQC2KouZD0jooFVRRaznW9eqpmniYMfWKOBVoJ7RtwMJhYUVA-MNhQHHIATqF393YE1dn4E32z1UKSGfM/w400-h300/P1000449.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I have a lot of scraps. Like a mountain of scraps. Like multiple boxes, bags, and big Rubbermaid tubs of scraps. The obvious solution is to simply get rid of them, but that's just not ever going to happen because I love my scraps too much. And people keep giving me more to get them out of <i>their</i> sewing rooms. I never turn down scraps. Sometimes I even buy them. It might be a sickness. <br /><p></p><p>So I settled on a different plan. The owners of quite a few of the blogs I've been frequenting lately sort their scraps by color, and I thought that was worth trying. So I bought 14 clear plastic bins from Walmart and started sorting. These bins are 15 x 10 x 9 inches tall; and I will tell you, it is <i>astonishing</i> how many more scraps you can store if they're laid out flat instead of throwing them willy nilly into a container. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1gzIs-aDvy0lTT9MN9BTgz_4YGTl-xYyd9fa05JCSzEVJOxewrp2CeCpZNf4BWkHlxXUDgSscVxSPR-wlmur2mJ3VSNwplYfwFFQy3SP8ErKjnAylUgKWJtHjQYz2X49pdEYv89NGjXRQu6Vtzosoz8qZ94Xvke8UukNmr9oskmdtmrrWf-oUwEEPxM/s1024/P1000386.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1gzIs-aDvy0lTT9MN9BTgz_4YGTl-xYyd9fa05JCSzEVJOxewrp2CeCpZNf4BWkHlxXUDgSscVxSPR-wlmur2mJ3VSNwplYfwFFQy3SP8ErKjnAylUgKWJtHjQYz2X49pdEYv89NGjXRQu6Vtzosoz8qZ94Xvke8UukNmr9oskmdtmrrWf-oUwEEPxM/w400-h300/P1000386.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I started with two of these tall tubs full of scraps and worked my way through three of the smaller tubs. I also sorted through multiple plastic bags of scraps, and a few more stacks laying around the sewing room.</p><p>One of those stacks were the ones I had gotten from Barbara. It got too hard to keep track of what quilts I was working on that used up some of her scraps, so I abandoned that idea and sorted them into the rest of the bins. I also took down the Page I had at the top of the blog called Barbara's Scrap Bag. <br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-D9LiTkkwqrn44rjYX5hOGA0hr2WZEcaDTN1HnBA7DlwuDSgX0Yed2E26QERjEben4H6veoQBFH-8LlLgBPkzH0UKRYDFXJDHOVZJvgp7BCHH61OwfwALJY8QLgjPxhgIR2VelMyZRlo7owiHxFH6UdKj-Muydh-yZA7y9wLnT1TXzo1kUB6xcMyKlI/s1024/P1000376.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-D9LiTkkwqrn44rjYX5hOGA0hr2WZEcaDTN1HnBA7DlwuDSgX0Yed2E26QERjEben4H6veoQBFH-8LlLgBPkzH0UKRYDFXJDHOVZJvgp7BCHH61OwfwALJY8QLgjPxhgIR2VelMyZRlo7owiHxFH6UdKj-Muydh-yZA7y9wLnT1TXzo1kUB6xcMyKlI/w400-h300/P1000376.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I used these smaller open top bins to sort by color; and I had separate piles of neutrals, batiks, strings, multicolored prints, and crumbs that either went into plastic bins or other established containers in the sewing room. As the open top bins filled up, I moved the scraps to their larger bins. <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i1oSDQAtnZoBuhHKscrdMvTBspT8MQVaFm-auSrsBZTKYb3NXf8nnSk4djx2takc78Ep_eqZTqNAmGPGPzX0QGgrmFlKPVRXZAMbCZLHmS2WLQ1xPVqMWWnJOdVZizf3qnnwrqKppM3qNsgwR-Dbd4IDxB4jUaa4IjnvG_Jf8mK2C1CAB2JyxnLUvqg/s1024/P1000382.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i1oSDQAtnZoBuhHKscrdMvTBspT8MQVaFm-auSrsBZTKYb3NXf8nnSk4djx2takc78Ep_eqZTqNAmGPGPzX0QGgrmFlKPVRXZAMbCZLHmS2WLQ1xPVqMWWnJOdVZizf3qnnwrqKppM3qNsgwR-Dbd4IDxB4jUaa4IjnvG_Jf8mK2C1CAB2JyxnLUvqg/w400-h300/P1000382.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I also had smaller piles of plaids, solids, Christmas fabrics and block parts that were dispersed to other parts of the sewing room. The block parts will either be seam ripped or chopped up to go into a Whackadoodle quilt. More on that another day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W018GXx8jZbDv4fpRU-QzB0XKCGD97KrcOgFwoKivwdIkWu-z3jayJnUITCIoOQWhDOhKslf4b8xvo5QrssDstbJHu-mKhgV1GzxkrLHoIC5urLDyO7Zzp2A5rPBM6seg6LnXbqpJ_AbQQIPovRLr6s1hi0EGr1sRBnXFacFaYbf8mnQc4OwNcINXn8/s1024/P1000378.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W018GXx8jZbDv4fpRU-QzB0XKCGD97KrcOgFwoKivwdIkWu-z3jayJnUITCIoOQWhDOhKslf4b8xvo5QrssDstbJHu-mKhgV1GzxkrLHoIC5urLDyO7Zzp2A5rPBM6seg6LnXbqpJ_AbQQIPovRLr6s1hi0EGr1sRBnXFacFaYbf8mnQc4OwNcINXn8/w400-h300/P1000378.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I had an excess of blues, greens, and surprisingly browns, and purchased a couple more bins for those. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI6_fRmhocfbUyy-FZHtKZtcxuYAHCMJrHGzdR8EmBhKWPCfkgm2zseGpaJtsoAyYYVDcj_3zTP_FXKkngHlxuV0KkKUD2xNcRTswQZw4G3aweFjzqX2mULm0hMg0HiBttO_g6_Pz2OZGZm0HXHwZkmLOEHHqWOBKQusg2DIxSCA1KIiI_gV8bAivBB0/s1024/P1000377.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI6_fRmhocfbUyy-FZHtKZtcxuYAHCMJrHGzdR8EmBhKWPCfkgm2zseGpaJtsoAyYYVDcj_3zTP_FXKkngHlxuV0KkKUD2xNcRTswQZw4G3aweFjzqX2mULm0hMg0HiBttO_g6_Pz2OZGZm0HXHwZkmLOEHHqWOBKQusg2DIxSCA1KIiI_gV8bAivBB0/w400-h300/P1000377.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I had the least amount of yellows, pinks, and oranges, which didn't surprise me; but the reds were also in short supply, which tells me I did use lots of those. <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3NiwiFWET0tQhwn9ryqdzKAw7Qp5qF7VSwm8Ew50cx8qoRNF8XCUL2mMudoR-PyreRdakEW1_mfj1_WvpuzEsLylYuI9HOvqsAtHTdFJwWxGSoZyNeXrSM8EVm0IHilhoXtbJNt9TgZ6x6mkclgZjjo9nUEneeQDf0cbQhq82PeQxG858TYBmjUoYyE/s1024/P1000447.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3NiwiFWET0tQhwn9ryqdzKAw7Qp5qF7VSwm8Ew50cx8qoRNF8XCUL2mMudoR-PyreRdakEW1_mfj1_WvpuzEsLylYuI9HOvqsAtHTdFJwWxGSoZyNeXrSM8EVm0IHilhoXtbJNt9TgZ6x6mkclgZjjo9nUEneeQDf0cbQhq82PeQxG858TYBmjUoYyE/w400-h300/P1000447.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>After the dust settled, I now have a lovely wall of colorful scraps, all neatly stacked inside and ready for use. I still have two more large cardboard boxes full of bags of scraps to sort, but I'll have to work down the scraps in the bins first because they're full. Which of course is the whole point -- to use them!<br /><p><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-7162838267875399712023-06-14T13:26:00.006-04:002023-06-27T14:20:52.115-04:00June Finish<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PloHKwN1hYyZktNuZsHiQq-CkYy5R1XILHk0A2tGsn-mArim0OU3MRW0gUZc9SZVIAuErvXQEkN06iLSbSRDKh5_KnUlbLbdWRlvXMzhFwmcbSD-Ev2_VRGDVxaDmTqzK1QXxvw6gorQhbZbjDJuEh6TYYCfP1NU8R3MkuOsjnt5oY0qjII9uH43/s1289/Tis%20the%20Season.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1193" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PloHKwN1hYyZktNuZsHiQq-CkYy5R1XILHk0A2tGsn-mArim0OU3MRW0gUZc9SZVIAuErvXQEkN06iLSbSRDKh5_KnUlbLbdWRlvXMzhFwmcbSD-Ev2_VRGDVxaDmTqzK1QXxvw6gorQhbZbjDJuEh6TYYCfP1NU8R3MkuOsjnt5oY0qjII9uH43/w370-h400/Tis%20the%20Season.jpg" width="370" /></a></div>We seem to be in a pattern of mostly clouds and rain this spring and summer. At the beginning of June we had a few days in the upper 80s and even low 90s, and we might have had only one mostly sunny day since then. I'm sure the tourists are not happy.<br /><p></p><p>I can't say I mind because work at home has kept me from spending much time at camp anyway; and if it's cloudy and rainy outside, then the neighborhood is quiet, and I can get my work done. I do love my peace and quiet. </p><p>I haven't had a lot of time to sew either, but sewing still gets done behind the scenes. I finished the binding and label on this quilt yesterday. It is the Tis the Season block of the month from Missouri Star Quilt Co. I worked on last year. </p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7BbyzpJa3M3_ljHF6JgSeLb0XiUwW_IR3cAAENMmO72qaBsFj7AhWyzuQ7gKNPhGiTiT9D1h19x8DCOPj1TYZVntvoCrZ8It9AOZi9tBg6j3U8rklTk858zUD8t7pibVEcX_ezOwR7dzqdzsGLjEQpMl73AWPZ3iEk9Sl40SWE4eV6W9j6YZa5xa/s1280/Tis%20the%20Season_Det.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7BbyzpJa3M3_ljHF6JgSeLb0XiUwW_IR3cAAENMmO72qaBsFj7AhWyzuQ7gKNPhGiTiT9D1h19x8DCOPj1TYZVntvoCrZ8It9AOZi9tBg6j3U8rklTk858zUD8t7pibVEcX_ezOwR7dzqdzsGLjEQpMl73AWPZ3iEk9Sl40SWE4eV6W9j6YZa5xa/s320/Tis%20the%20Season_Det.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I took this one to Whippersnappers in Manchester for quilting because it was too big to fit on my machine. I don't know what design she used, but it has small snowflakes in it and some quilting that reminds me of strings of pearls, and I just really liked it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6ae9eRxdYhP0L4kyoVaVyG1kbzS8ebGuW8kgF_x9EfAww9Sl_fwGQ5kZKmUZ0LdBjsK4_oAf_5LxByd_oPD0Wjzc7GsPxBwwGue6AeEXGx5vi1YeffEx8Ao1ilXNpfseWof8MV16jR4sRyiBtOW7UgGS--dutgt99PqGr6-09Ma-sqqbMtXJsAtu/s1280/Tis%20the%20Season_Det%202.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6ae9eRxdYhP0L4kyoVaVyG1kbzS8ebGuW8kgF_x9EfAww9Sl_fwGQ5kZKmUZ0LdBjsK4_oAf_5LxByd_oPD0Wjzc7GsPxBwwGue6AeEXGx5vi1YeffEx8Ao1ilXNpfseWof8MV16jR4sRyiBtOW7UgGS--dutgt99PqGr6-09Ma-sqqbMtXJsAtu/w400-h300/Tis%20the%20Season_Det%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The quilt finishes at 82" x 91", so a good double bed size. </p><p>Whippersnappers also did the quilting for my Letters to Santa quilt, which is getting the binding treatment today. Yay! I anticipate this one will be another finish for the month. <br /></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-61084506583410087772023-04-04T14:11:00.006-04:002023-04-04T14:37:51.821-04:00A Couple Other March Finishes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ChFAelh7Ue5xGVWgbKd83wU142AN4EBfuDiSDalbEhuJE4FS4RumAe2bUheCLDYoKebogQ09ubCIORemdiGObMixLVItl8rYZHcd4irPce7CUDEXX-1yKUOcVA8fJ_TC2_5dNYD8kCqn2TP40Ot0YlJaB68g7ELi5w5GJHfvd-iZR5M80hAZaqzM/s1067/Aleska's%20Pink%20&%20Brown%20Strippy.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ChFAelh7Ue5xGVWgbKd83wU142AN4EBfuDiSDalbEhuJE4FS4RumAe2bUheCLDYoKebogQ09ubCIORemdiGObMixLVItl8rYZHcd4irPce7CUDEXX-1yKUOcVA8fJ_TC2_5dNYD8kCqn2TP40Ot0YlJaB68g7ELi5w5GJHfvd-iZR5M80hAZaqzM/w300-h400/Aleska's%20Pink%20&%20Brown%20Strippy.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>It was 40 degrees when I got up this morning, which was a nice change from below freezing temps. April has arrived in Maine, and that means less snow, longer days, warmer temperatures, and... flowers! My daffodils have been up for quite a while, but they are refusing to bloom until it warms up.<p></p><p>I finished this little strippy last month for my granddaughter. I was going to donate it to a good cause, but she saw the top and wanted to know if she could have it. Of course! It's a perfect little nap quilt for spring. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhLnhhVgzE49gP_NkYK-3RsCxPnq6ky9npf5QHZbZVsM5WHOzps2gpi89AQ2K4TcixD-DeMGyKJ3kn36vTi8eCzWQQLDnyaFsImbeYPNa2KEmphxv3mQV3lua9pOhyVauBj0oo6vojP2aMkLi4E3CSsyWlJdQxlGO77Lpi7Vn6Rcr-4RRuaP1xChA/s1024/Aleska's%20Pink%20&%20Brown%20Strippy_Det%201.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhLnhhVgzE49gP_NkYK-3RsCxPnq6ky9npf5QHZbZVsM5WHOzps2gpi89AQ2K4TcixD-DeMGyKJ3kn36vTi8eCzWQQLDnyaFsImbeYPNa2KEmphxv3mQV3lua9pOhyVauBj0oo6vojP2aMkLi4E3CSsyWlJdQxlGO77Lpi7Vn6Rcr-4RRuaP1xChA/w400-h300/Aleska's%20Pink%20&%20Brown%20Strippy_Det%201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I quilted this in a variegated pink thread, and the daisy swirl pantograph looks so nice on it.<br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMbwnAJybpNn5zWlGqsucD5Er2Ay8F80UUOVfeY0TmgyaSNzHdHH3JRJyZPZEZNbSQKAlk-ccE5aF4GKZ-H__P_UqgChnqJ-NjfrWJyFJW6TJKxiGhVd6kvJRbRKT1oNBSgrDFwPP0Y2kDK52ox6qHMASNzQV6EnE9Y378DkgjtdRzbLhX5zHhXfu/s1024/Aleska's%20Pink%20&%20Brown%20Strippy_Det%202.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMbwnAJybpNn5zWlGqsucD5Er2Ay8F80UUOVfeY0TmgyaSNzHdHH3JRJyZPZEZNbSQKAlk-ccE5aF4GKZ-H__P_UqgChnqJ-NjfrWJyFJW6TJKxiGhVd6kvJRbRKT1oNBSgrDFwPP0Y2kDK52ox6qHMASNzQV6EnE9Y378DkgjtdRzbLhX5zHhXfu/w400-h300/Aleska's%20Pink%20&%20Brown%20Strippy_Det%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The pink flannel back will make it soft and cuddly. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs3xf_GRlvqOgYm7AhBvnfbmWbVOmolFBeS35TnN0rEw5Czn562MoepxXFMz3f8-nzrGw9cXad7Xzy-AnPa7qg-f910rnVuCBEVgdQj2CFREH6ZlfeyNjhVZEwvlkJmm55oBRqWrAtEHJ7Ozb2dk-lG2A02pdC6JznxndMKf1vXRUrBYE7I9CcZf-/s887/P1000364.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="782" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs3xf_GRlvqOgYm7AhBvnfbmWbVOmolFBeS35TnN0rEw5Czn562MoepxXFMz3f8-nzrGw9cXad7Xzy-AnPa7qg-f910rnVuCBEVgdQj2CFREH6ZlfeyNjhVZEwvlkJmm55oBRqWrAtEHJ7Ozb2dk-lG2A02pdC6JznxndMKf1vXRUrBYE7I9CcZf-/w353-h400/P1000364.JPG" width="353" /></a></div>Wiggle Time in 30s repros is finished too, which used up more fabric scraps from the quilt chapter bin. It takes most of a fat quarter to make one row, and I only had enough fabric for three rows. So I added a row from my own stash and duplicated one fabric for the fifth row. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceikiPIu-I5csLBkOLZvKYyerOMNvDrb45TlruHd955NS6s4WobhnNyPpagEuERittWAS7Q3lULf10-eWz78JaOwEzTt5SejjpCi5XNhv8tP_VUhzX643eubA2RnpxCx2XkBKB1C2mp6J_AdJi4s4IB450bHpHRyosKx4Sz6hQFR12U53RUXG8s1v/s911/P1000366.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceikiPIu-I5csLBkOLZvKYyerOMNvDrb45TlruHd955NS6s4WobhnNyPpagEuERittWAS7Q3lULf10-eWz78JaOwEzTt5SejjpCi5XNhv8tP_VUhzX643eubA2RnpxCx2XkBKB1C2mp6J_AdJi4s4IB450bHpHRyosKx4Sz6hQFR12U53RUXG8s1v/w351-h400/P1000366.JPG" width="351" /></a></div>For the backing, I pieced together larger chunks of that green and yellow fabric and used up most of that. Then from the 30s scraps that were left, I cut and pieced a scrappy row on the back. I really like this, maybe more than the front, lol. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TtL43Cu5CA5y4FgidOBxV94JTNBrgxuz6JB5AIg1ArhF5GJknixrMpd0zHRLYqlRDlxutn-pGFljo7xdaTG83DIdH2tVqUMdVuXEyBz9sBYYFIz89O7POi8EHcxajSo9UyPYwuhqFQKX5Ay4B1tDp4KP2yQA3T15EMFkVGX6SepEp8KEwr1BNZcZ/s800/P1000372.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TtL43Cu5CA5y4FgidOBxV94JTNBrgxuz6JB5AIg1ArhF5GJknixrMpd0zHRLYqlRDlxutn-pGFljo7xdaTG83DIdH2tVqUMdVuXEyBz9sBYYFIz89O7POi8EHcxajSo9UyPYwuhqFQKX5Ay4B1tDp4KP2yQA3T15EMFkVGX6SepEp8KEwr1BNZcZ/w400-h300/P1000372.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tis the Season came back from the longarmer about a week and a half ago. When I see the lovely stitching that a computerized longarm will do, I'm tempted to trade in my Tin Lizzie. It's a whole lot of money though, so I guess I'll think about it for another year. <p></p><p>I have the binding sewn to the front and have yet to start hand stitching it to the back. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8Uu5IP46S59XufSppmacQUr2gmrAK78JlUwuNQwuVZMlY-VKR-JWt77Z2g6hKVebjWS8W7llMU1OI2hWBAdlEGRZhMpu-yGV57TCRiLiPFStfcx_hDba51pDneQ0RjSzgq2znbae8P3XEnE4Lx5Z6Y3_MS9Rl4EIm1C16qLKzOZs9SZr3qeiUFNx/s800/P1000373.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8Uu5IP46S59XufSppmacQUr2gmrAK78JlUwuNQwuVZMlY-VKR-JWt77Z2g6hKVebjWS8W7llMU1OI2hWBAdlEGRZhMpu-yGV57TCRiLiPFStfcx_hDba51pDneQ0RjSzgq2znbae8P3XEnE4Lx5Z6Y3_MS9Rl4EIm1C16qLKzOZs9SZr3qeiUFNx/w400-h300/P1000373.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>My focus for the rest of this month is to finish the top of my Christmas Words quilt. This was a Moda QAL called Letters to Santa that started last July and finished at the end of November. I've been wanting to make a words quilt, so I issued a Christmas Words challenge to my quilt chapter for this year's Maine Quilts show, because the show theme this year is Christmas in July. It simply won't do for me not to get my own quilt finished, so I have to get this done!!<p></p><p>There are 6 or 8 filler blocks scattered throughout the quilt to even out the rows--trees, wreaths, stars, gift boxes, etc. For only one of those fillers, I wanted to make a palm tree, just to remind myself of this year's theme. I'll have to locate a paper pieced pattern somewhere. <br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-60120647682004141202023-03-09T20:44:00.005-05:002023-06-27T14:21:47.630-04:00Some Finishes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8NjY8bz0d0s23kXp9N5Ee5Y0vsDeCBRbWNf8FuL8_D9v67XN77oIIdvLI5zytzPtQzuOvjidwCqyaC1LhKQWxxuieBNmEiaangsF7JSWZ3NC-Za3-p5pXVe0DUc9EHTd3z38pa2GWojTc9rRxKtqMCDKAhqqF8anHT1MMa4-blm-Q1t4Y3mODJ0v/s346/Coastal%20Cool.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="279" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8NjY8bz0d0s23kXp9N5Ee5Y0vsDeCBRbWNf8FuL8_D9v67XN77oIIdvLI5zytzPtQzuOvjidwCqyaC1LhKQWxxuieBNmEiaangsF7JSWZ3NC-Za3-p5pXVe0DUc9EHTd3z38pa2GWojTc9rRxKtqMCDKAhqqF8anHT1MMa4-blm-Q1t4Y3mODJ0v/w323-h400/Coastal%20Cool.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><p>Yikes, it's been several weeks since I blogged! I don't always realize how much time has gone by since the last post. <br /></p><p>The weather has been crazy over the last couple of weeks. Seems like for a while there we were getting snow every other day. And it seems like we've gotten more snow this year than the last couple. <br /></p><p></p><p>I'm busy all the time with lots of different things. I've done two more loads in the freeze dryer this week--fresh asparagus and chili; and a load of sweet bell peppers going in tomorrow. We still can't get over how different freeze dried food looks, and the fact that it's so close to fresh or freshly made when it's rehydrated. <br /></p><p>I fit in as much sewing as I can; but you know, some days it just doesn't happen. I did finally get some finishes last month. The Coastal Cool sampler quilt came back from the longarmer, and she did a beautiful job. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L43k8BluH-pf1e1J7NrwLe_NF2NQcHySx5zhT7RBZFcmPqzpA50OiPKXlr7epU6E453DLpMR0YPGySV-Cc0vdm0phg-xiWwPHW8L_qzec2f--id_GVs93XjkCwbIReEEf12ptNigWSQe7M6_rQeyhSysvzhX4iatKARqC3V3IJmAlEKd56Ysl0t7/s800/P1000336.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L43k8BluH-pf1e1J7NrwLe_NF2NQcHySx5zhT7RBZFcmPqzpA50OiPKXlr7epU6E453DLpMR0YPGySV-Cc0vdm0phg-xiWwPHW8L_qzec2f--id_GVs93XjkCwbIReEEf12ptNigWSQe7M6_rQeyhSysvzhX4iatKARqC3V3IJmAlEKd56Ysl0t7/w400-h300/P1000336.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Above is a picture of the whole quilt from my pattern cover-- and mine looks just like that, haha. It's a big quilt, so it's hard to get a view of the whole thing at home. The dimensions are odd for a bed quilt, but it still fits better on a double than a queen, so that's where it will go. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPpaBlMeHczHYR5WDOdRN3Zan7TrivCI4y9OSXfEio-Je4hY1240-_QhGxTzSjuZ761LEwuPNrXk0eWIopLPFjyklJxitRMcceJQzibWmyTtJJMPBJ7RmQwFZj-dcFMwE7XiNGKuoIB6RYflBMKUh2eHHSZahJ4VXLs52xoUKH9-ndHVox3aZLNZk/s1024/P1000342.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPpaBlMeHczHYR5WDOdRN3Zan7TrivCI4y9OSXfEio-Je4hY1240-_QhGxTzSjuZ761LEwuPNrXk0eWIopLPFjyklJxitRMcceJQzibWmyTtJJMPBJ7RmQwFZj-dcFMwE7XiNGKuoIB6RYflBMKUh2eHHSZahJ4VXLs52xoUKH9-ndHVox3aZLNZk/w400-h300/P1000342.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGehOsOUxrnN-G1z7slNmyR-mhudXsztB1t7a5O7f-yAAs0tV9H3Nhi0WuUjBF9giiNzgG4MHqd2nTxcDjIPhJKY-TV-yTemRcnyB9-pPWrBGQtGZ6O3HbnPFbvgz_yPpi6qY0W9L6y3j5oa3qLLE7tiLMqGPyshcDFSlDA8VLJOzo3wJJrQegPGW/s1024/P1000341.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGehOsOUxrnN-G1z7slNmyR-mhudXsztB1t7a5O7f-yAAs0tV9H3Nhi0WuUjBF9giiNzgG4MHqd2nTxcDjIPhJKY-TV-yTemRcnyB9-pPWrBGQtGZ6O3HbnPFbvgz_yPpi6qY0W9L6y3j5oa3qLLE7tiLMqGPyshcDFSlDA8VLJOzo3wJJrQegPGW/w400-h300/P1000341.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlLKArX3drJEhHAwYEMZ8rOYX31kMaHI2RExP7szhM_wLQ4-D7kduGfGvV2OaBq46G7ogWbRRZlLF6NTRM7p5rskd2lixKA9_YjK0P8XuZ7qTr3QDB5dU8sMJfvZONHH-atTgf5YmgyToQ-piXNu2VIThNh2Fx4mvX1CqMiMpFJV2PsOfaacOaGIC/s1024/P1000343.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlLKArX3drJEhHAwYEMZ8rOYX31kMaHI2RExP7szhM_wLQ4-D7kduGfGvV2OaBq46G7ogWbRRZlLF6NTRM7p5rskd2lixKA9_YjK0P8XuZ7qTr3QDB5dU8sMJfvZONHH-atTgf5YmgyToQ-piXNu2VIThNh2Fx4mvX1CqMiMpFJV2PsOfaacOaGIC/w400-h300/P1000343.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFcO_ZHU2gJBDMryOL7_w7Xx227aF2SNh1SC_YxYvr3pAaIMm7IYm2nmzzKXTCOg7_AEwW8e3_10yQ6oT2LZ9F7xwu9bMGkA3K0MXV9azvbOtCdE8zMaJwB8PYTVOTdGQw4s7BklhrQZpydzB4VjPg8wgYu632iIfACBYQwuYDBIkLVkP1sJEdWq7/s1024/P1000340.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFcO_ZHU2gJBDMryOL7_w7Xx227aF2SNh1SC_YxYvr3pAaIMm7IYm2nmzzKXTCOg7_AEwW8e3_10yQ6oT2LZ9F7xwu9bMGkA3K0MXV9azvbOtCdE8zMaJwB8PYTVOTdGQw4s7BklhrQZpydzB4VjPg8wgYu632iIfACBYQwuYDBIkLVkP1sJEdWq7/w400-h300/P1000340.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4pfTY07M7KDApP_lpq1oNqbWUjGyDEjNydhw1K6dJXQMCK0g4YWywVVhj04cU3iRRpzcAqA1I2TssbS4JszGo67SnjkR3Nuse3HskyXd444-3wlhfzylzMnPIOyDCxmxyoyns0OscwL0EM3HZbLruoejhVD49x1OTPnzBBz1dSOviEyvoSJSROEg/s1066/P1000345.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4pfTY07M7KDApP_lpq1oNqbWUjGyDEjNydhw1K6dJXQMCK0g4YWywVVhj04cU3iRRpzcAqA1I2TssbS4JszGo67SnjkR3Nuse3HskyXd444-3wlhfzylzMnPIOyDCxmxyoyns0OscwL0EM3HZbLruoejhVD49x1OTPnzBBz1dSOviEyvoSJSROEg/w300-h400/P1000345.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>I finished this scrappy quilt on the last day of February. My quilt chapter had an in-house silent auction, and I bought this top plus some extra fabric that went with it. The top was already assembled, but I added one more vertical and horizontal row to extend the size. It was a fast finish, and I thought it would make a fine donation quilt. </p><p>This is an interesting pattern. I hunted high and low for the name of it and finally found it under a couple of different names, like Whirligig. My friend referred to it as Fun Patch, so I named it One Patch Fun Patch. </p><p>It really is a one patch quilt, and Kathy Doughty used an improv version of it in a couple of different ways in her book 'Making Quilts'. One of those was "Fractured" which was a favorite of Wanda's at <a href="https://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/">Exuberant Color</a>. I'd like to use this one patch again, only in a different layout. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWaFKh4MGwII2M-a9Qc0xTLg1Z6RJc8cHGGroubAvQkPVpGfFO_zV6ND0L85-wnHWgf6_AA_Gl4BVOfBqUu1TcDsppd20PgByLcQNlL8cjZ8HAcNnk-WBEXswVPDc5xLnRLll7BuwkiEWw3Q2Ou7zJxYsu-37abBPZN_VOO3WoTlBZBhVn33_qg1u/s800/P1000347.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWaFKh4MGwII2M-a9Qc0xTLg1Z6RJc8cHGGroubAvQkPVpGfFO_zV6ND0L85-wnHWgf6_AA_Gl4BVOfBqUu1TcDsppd20PgByLcQNlL8cjZ8HAcNnk-WBEXswVPDc5xLnRLll7BuwkiEWw3Q2Ou7zJxYsu-37abBPZN_VOO3WoTlBZBhVn33_qg1u/w400-h300/P1000347.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I used a variegated gold thread for the quilting because I thought it went well with all of the different fabrics; and I quilted it with a daisy swirl pantograph. I used this same panto on one of <a href="https://northwindsquilting.blogspot.com/2022/11/shars-quilts.html" target="_blank">Shar's quilts</a>, and it's getting to be a favorite of mine.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYHQPA3ERH791_NX60ZyvToDQdib6b1pLXH64xv3ucbYUzgdmw4mVX2qGTDIOq3hxV6UssNdO1RxEpJljTDY_DC56MFILLM2Vkf6EFPctGDvgbaIBtOQ2kTAWmy9OBy8ee4AclIVsez6lxpbH32GbiI3dXyqmbGW508qua4-wghxZJb-bShtvzeFt/s1600/P1000353.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYHQPA3ERH791_NX60ZyvToDQdib6b1pLXH64xv3ucbYUzgdmw4mVX2qGTDIOq3hxV6UssNdO1RxEpJljTDY_DC56MFILLM2Vkf6EFPctGDvgbaIBtOQ2kTAWmy9OBy8ee4AclIVsez6lxpbH32GbiI3dXyqmbGW508qua4-wghxZJb-bShtvzeFt/w300-h400/P1000353.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>At the beginning of March, I got the binding on the Ribbon Candy quilt, that had been hanging around the sewing room for too long. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIOCoVW0SvvnUNmVlcduT5HmkCowoi5o6aDFTxaZCSIn5bh0T-sRgy93Tw81wBrQxDhFDkxRS5VD7kFoeKPk3U-RcTJlNPQb1pRKFcSvaWiKPBhwSE_jcU5gW5XFmJ6oK9Pu6rM84QJFbFEtL2638pJAzF2R-XBR1KABUGoqGpZZoyf0_tMlrqtuU/s1600/P1000357.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIOCoVW0SvvnUNmVlcduT5HmkCowoi5o6aDFTxaZCSIn5bh0T-sRgy93Tw81wBrQxDhFDkxRS5VD7kFoeKPk3U-RcTJlNPQb1pRKFcSvaWiKPBhwSE_jcU5gW5XFmJ6oK9Pu6rM84QJFbFEtL2638pJAzF2R-XBR1KABUGoqGpZZoyf0_tMlrqtuU/w400-h300/P1000357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Coincidentally I used a pantograph called Ribbon Candy too. Not sure I like it, but it's done!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6NnK51FnGsQ815Md3PDKwGgV4zyBZfZPwf9-R3yvLCLc5Y3kyMMEmgk9vdqvtgBieZM1o6IAYsPHwR3lCdTxPcAwhMJYqnewGdcGm5XMBcBqTiq-6wwGjc47DRJ4dJR6AHRcOOTNYmijrVc9XBQ9NcVee4z8Nn_iIkV_f1GzKC0eyuBJ9i8Pj92Q/s851/P1000323.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="745" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6NnK51FnGsQ815Md3PDKwGgV4zyBZfZPwf9-R3yvLCLc5Y3kyMMEmgk9vdqvtgBieZM1o6IAYsPHwR3lCdTxPcAwhMJYqnewGdcGm5XMBcBqTiq-6wwGjc47DRJ4dJR6AHRcOOTNYmijrVc9XBQ9NcVee4z8Nn_iIkV_f1GzKC0eyuBJ9i8Pj92Q/w350-h400/P1000323.JPG" width="350" /></a></div><p>I am working on getting the binding on a small quilt for my granddaughter right now; and this one, another Wiggle Time quilt from Cynthia Brunz Designs, is on the frame. I used that same daisy swirl pantograph for both quilts. </p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-77863971116875204142023-01-23T13:57:00.010-05:002023-01-23T14:52:04.063-05:00Dutchman's Puzzle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYZ-BdYQTeHbPh6Qc86kT2giGN6vZDEEidfRu75H3rIjSe3r4fBtsa1j0r-0FT_YNRDSdWVeI11nLFbQrhrmx4UPkG6JnX9jfYJBeA878qsPt2n8uRhPuKF6HYF1om-J-6roGg63txOlWNO4ftIkeVQOZl2zp4x-zSvmsS5eeW7hKfck84beTfzb6/s1024/P1040033.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYZ-BdYQTeHbPh6Qc86kT2giGN6vZDEEidfRu75H3rIjSe3r4fBtsa1j0r-0FT_YNRDSdWVeI11nLFbQrhrmx4UPkG6JnX9jfYJBeA878qsPt2n8uRhPuKF6HYF1om-J-6roGg63txOlWNO4ftIkeVQOZl2zp4x-zSvmsS5eeW7hKfck84beTfzb6/w400-h300/P1040033.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! The northeast corridor got snow on Friday-- about 6" for us--and we're in the midst of another big storm today. I think we got at least 6" last night and today, and it's still snowing. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXz85CPK53ivm75oLTttjL6taXowFaQ85EnT67K5pJ12hVXblxoth5A0NRkTf7qIeDAs8DTfxuosccC8vwYkAl6Idoh8_Vem0GIy-WGQxMJ8glUnLaupPd3pvWwYGEi7LMAL9Um7bby6_ogq4okwt_0GalDeM0nq_EKDJva1VRcOClMN8odhfu0F0P/s1067/IMG_4796.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXz85CPK53ivm75oLTttjL6taXowFaQ85EnT67K5pJ12hVXblxoth5A0NRkTf7qIeDAs8DTfxuosccC8vwYkAl6Idoh8_Vem0GIy-WGQxMJ8glUnLaupPd3pvWwYGEi7LMAL9Um7bby6_ogq4okwt_0GalDeM0nq_EKDJva1VRcOClMN8odhfu0F0P/s320/IMG_4796.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>The last few weeks have been quite busy with the usual day to day stuff, soap making, puzzle building, and a weekend visit from my granddaughter, who will be seven this year. She likes to work on her little puzzles while Grammie works on the big ones. <p></p><p>More than anything else, I've been preoccupied with learning all about freeze drying food. The image of empty store shelves during the pandemic has stayed in my head, so hubby and I talked it up and bought a freeze dryer from Harvest Right several weeks ago. Haha, had I known that eggs were going to hit $6+ a dozen, I'd have bought a freeze dryer six months ago.<br /></p><p>Since then I've been reading everything I could find and watching YouTube videos on the subject. So far, we've only done one load of bananas and apples; but when the storm is over, we're throwing in a load of mac and cheese and maybe a tray of mushrooms if there's room. My plan is to focus mostly on meals this winter, then fresh produce in the spring and summer. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqxcv7e4iIAkP82nx4pduPCYul_zN5J-SnaT0LEuWj3zQu8d8LYZ_MZFKE16lR8X6fyx-oGSRfBHA62MeH7Lwc9YCiRC9T_bBiACUb-lygEnIdwbKgritZDz312AiSj2YQyXwhfADjssJqHNNFZQKdnSpV2WvlkudgtK7rM613Z7YZ1NBFDG4GVXG/s1067/IMG_4766.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqxcv7e4iIAkP82nx4pduPCYul_zN5J-SnaT0LEuWj3zQu8d8LYZ_MZFKE16lR8X6fyx-oGSRfBHA62MeH7Lwc9YCiRC9T_bBiACUb-lygEnIdwbKgritZDz312AiSj2YQyXwhfADjssJqHNNFZQKdnSpV2WvlkudgtK7rM613Z7YZ1NBFDG4GVXG/w400-h300/IMG_4766.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I have done some sewing for the Scrappy Rainbow Challenge. The color
this month is dark and bright blues. Rather than a rainbow project, my focus was to use up as many of
the blues in Barbara's Scrap Bag as I could. <br /><p></p><p>I
realized early on that the mix of her prints is so varied that I wasn't going to
fit them all into one or two projects, so I worked on a few different
blocks. There was quite a lot of that dark navy with the little vine, and I
pieced most of that together and am using it as the backing on a small
top that used the same fabric as the border. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRwucAO_QlWk3-yjd_cj2v_BZWX4KwqjDhxaKpbmjsQBxFPjU9yYwotfHiC9p6oziD2WaXh_308SQ7DZ2RDtNg24vuLUgAumakz8NT1XsyknlzzL08jER2Qtg8o6_eBCPXf4ZvqVINPeviPP7laFNzy-4jnRX3CWTlslMxBxDayDg-QiaD9Id8cVN/s1067/P1000312.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRwucAO_QlWk3-yjd_cj2v_BZWX4KwqjDhxaKpbmjsQBxFPjU9yYwotfHiC9p6oziD2WaXh_308SQ7DZ2RDtNg24vuLUgAumakz8NT1XsyknlzzL08jER2Qtg8o6_eBCPXf4ZvqVINPeviPP7laFNzy-4jnRX3CWTlslMxBxDayDg-QiaD9Id8cVN/w300-h400/P1000312.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>There are these rectangle bar blocks (I got bored with these pretty quickly); the Eastern Sunrise string blocks; a Scrappy Rectangles block (I got bored with those too); Bonnie Hunter's 2022 Leaders and Enders Triple Treat Challenge; and if I could get a 1-1/2" strip out of a smaller piece of fabric before it went into the string pile, some Bitcoin strips, also a Bonnie Hunter pattern. <p></p><p>And because I can't make up my mind about much of anything these days, I don't know where any of these projects are going. Except the Triple Treat--that one I'm actively working on. I did come across a pattern called Scrap Happy Rainbow Connection from Amy Smart, which seems to be popular, so I might actually do a rainbow project after all. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDt3C_nWKjrxxwYaO4ijNbz5e7bftpHVKTz_QKFiWNdLMxSzoCuNpkcl2DJpExMdPAPELJ49pnfTSH78bAcmwtwrRaLKmYaxMN2YlvIFvna4iTuzrBchr7IBc1hyT05R-MfQNLFwkdWYeiCpX6i7cBSayUjBY-Np__KCtKAE4mp0v2qNJXD1rOazT/s578/P1000322.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="534" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDt3C_nWKjrxxwYaO4ijNbz5e7bftpHVKTz_QKFiWNdLMxSzoCuNpkcl2DJpExMdPAPELJ49pnfTSH78bAcmwtwrRaLKmYaxMN2YlvIFvna4iTuzrBchr7IBc1hyT05R-MfQNLFwkdWYeiCpX6i7cBSayUjBY-Np__KCtKAE4mp0v2qNJXD1rOazT/s320/P1000322.JPG" width="296" /></a></div>Either way, I've whittled Barbara's blues down to this small pile, and I'm working on using up the rest of them, hopefully in one of the above projects. <br /><p></p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjow14pAi6VKVKTRM7sVWt6h_3qG4ep9QVKAH0-hQlPucivtXvb54ogZjI2pP58o3-3wNgNxIb9ycYdGkoZFQvLn_1e_4MF8JSQfZC3Jb0gEIJQ-mBl0lrydSit5Nb5XXO7uYWPP2CZFA-El0oU5pcBwQom0VqOOfA7TGlmdMdpNWOsI8JIomI0PZ/s1365/P1000320.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjow14pAi6VKVKTRM7sVWt6h_3qG4ep9QVKAH0-hQlPucivtXvb54ogZjI2pP58o3-3wNgNxIb9ycYdGkoZFQvLn_1e_4MF8JSQfZC3Jb0gEIJQ-mBl0lrydSit5Nb5XXO7uYWPP2CZFA-El0oU5pcBwQom0VqOOfA7TGlmdMdpNWOsI8JIomI0PZ/w300-h400/P1000320.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>Over the weekend I dug out these Dutchman's Puzzle blocks and assembled them into a small top because I needed some focus. The edges still need to be trimmed up and borders applied. </p><p>This project is another pretty old UFO, and it's one of my 2023 UFO challenges. With just a few exceptions, I used reds, golds, blues, and greens in the blocks and sashings. I like it so much that I may use some of the left over blocks and make a double sized quilt for my guest room. Still signing it off on the challenge list when I get this one finished though!</p><p>Some of that dark blue with the little vine from Barbara's scraps went into the sashing on this quilt too. </p><p>Linking to <a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2023/01/oh-scrap-switchplates.html">Oh Scrap!</a><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-50845303792360153322023-01-06T20:02:00.004-05:002023-01-06T21:14:21.675-05:00Ringing in the New Year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoX5rXtmmrw3_7g5f4PzHVUBhlzgODGDA8Ug2s1VfQkTn1RTAuy4fgi2WxRWNb8N5LNB4nvRT0tw68lPtUhbIOBMnwKOx3hAgPFjZoRK9HBLOxcSndmMpJsWt9gmRjiV0ehNlwvIvXWOuhjSUztgVP9A2xdtLANeZloKU36nsibLCS8k-x6C9wl2i/s800/IMG_4748.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoX5rXtmmrw3_7g5f4PzHVUBhlzgODGDA8Ug2s1VfQkTn1RTAuy4fgi2WxRWNb8N5LNB4nvRT0tw68lPtUhbIOBMnwKOx3hAgPFjZoRK9HBLOxcSndmMpJsWt9gmRjiV0ehNlwvIvXWOuhjSUztgVP9A2xdtLANeZloKU36nsibLCS8k-x6C9wl2i/w400-h300/IMG_4748.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>New Year's is not a big holiday for us, so it came and went without event. Sister-in-law and I spent a few days building two 1000-piece puzzles gifted to me by my daughter-in-law's mother. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSzsqjLYHZEPkoityXOlLeyoSUFei5ElkaRkP0wwqMXWGMYPoNY99vBDQYRoesieFJ8Tswk8X1B2zx6mdRIubP3gyry9xbkuUSwDjSqHnGG0-RVXtAfMOFpMqxtXxcXkeyiLJyW89NOa6yRzcUwXHGP4dL7K86LiH7p7j5-77aMIah2T8Sk0I2DyV/s1053/IMG_4747.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1053" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSzsqjLYHZEPkoityXOlLeyoSUFei5ElkaRkP0wwqMXWGMYPoNY99vBDQYRoesieFJ8Tswk8X1B2zx6mdRIubP3gyry9xbkuUSwDjSqHnGG0-RVXtAfMOFpMqxtXxcXkeyiLJyW89NOa6yRzcUwXHGP4dL7K86LiH7p7j5-77aMIah2T8Sk0I2DyV/w400-h306/IMG_4747.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Because there was not a lot of variety in the color, I anticipated they would be more difficult than they actually were. With two of us working at them, we finished each puzzle in just a couple days. <p></p><p>This past Wednesday at our chapter quilt meeting, someone gifted me a bag of six more puzzles, lol. So I have plenty to keep me busy. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhxAy1_x75QAwGNx0rMKsG7hTf0BuLyi4w01vGT_s35w5iwqKJW13bb98ty4u1sbszGXps4293Tk7FwM-DvX0YUh9ib83EdF_4VKPLX-Mb1C3_md3Keh-0lW4huw_NWns1osVdgU06lpbHjPMIWNQiafTI2uFlN_xpCOc8egqZ-RHB2TKLFdGfrKO/s3264/IMG_4760.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhxAy1_x75QAwGNx0rMKsG7hTf0BuLyi4w01vGT_s35w5iwqKJW13bb98ty4u1sbszGXps4293Tk7FwM-DvX0YUh9ib83EdF_4VKPLX-Mb1C3_md3Keh-0lW4huw_NWns1osVdgU06lpbHjPMIWNQiafTI2uFlN_xpCOc8egqZ-RHB2TKLFdGfrKO/w300-h400/IMG_4760.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>In the meantime I've been working on this 1000-piece Norman Rockwell puzzle. I failed to notice that the back of the box said "random cut", so there are a lot of very strangely shaped pieces. More challenging for me, but it's going along.<p></p><p>It's fashionable these days for bloggers to review the year prior. In particular, many quilters are assessing what they accomplished the previous year and what they'd like to accomplish in the new year. I can get onboard with that. I listed 9 big quilts and a grouping of 3 minis on my UFO Challenge 2022 tab and managed to complete 4 big quilts and 1 mini. Even though I didn't get them all finished, three of them were years old UFOs, and I felt good about that. </p><p>I do plan to make myself a UFO Challenge list for 2023, and I suppose what didn't get finished in 2022 should be added to this year's list. The problem is there are so many projects I'd like to finish this year that it's hard to choose just 10 or 12. </p><p>One of the things I'd like to do this year is to participate in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023 hosted on the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/">ScrapHappy</a> blog. I did this a few years ago, and it took me another year or more to finish the quilt. In her write up about this year's challenge, Angela (I think that's her name) mentioned that, instead of a rainbow quilt, you can make some other scrappy or stash busting project, so long as you're trying to focus on the color of the month. That is an approach that appeals to me. The color for this month is <span style="color: #2b00fe;">bright or dark blue</span>, and I have several blue or blue and white projects I started a while back. I would like to make some headway on those.</p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-31280376130272269882023-01-06T19:22:00.003-05:002023-01-06T20:26:37.959-05:00Wrapping Up 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicLzE8e38zwHAKhkETJmOi1kBkDxfC1zArDPJBm2aBjqY3td_8EcUG07d4gKZjHdkPH9HG7XR1xilPKJXSQB5Qs_BlB19YQl8JClPgKRKgdI0i0KF_sjEgdIbDMfejUoh4-dMdbwTs3QCIPVoqE1cY7JMp5VehWtm9KYJSfnAs66oSU889msXT_Lb/s1024/P1000299.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicLzE8e38zwHAKhkETJmOi1kBkDxfC1zArDPJBm2aBjqY3td_8EcUG07d4gKZjHdkPH9HG7XR1xilPKJXSQB5Qs_BlB19YQl8JClPgKRKgdI0i0KF_sjEgdIbDMfejUoh4-dMdbwTs3QCIPVoqE1cY7JMp5VehWtm9KYJSfnAs66oSU889msXT_Lb/w400-h300/P1000299.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Hubby, my sister-in-law, and I celebrated our Christmas on Christmas day; and my kids and their kids were here to celebrate with us on the 26th. It was hectic, but we did have a good time. The four-year old who received the Construction Zone quilt was not impressed, lol, and I rather expected that. A four-year old is much more interested in Toys. He might appreciate it later though when the house is cold and he needs a snuggle. His sister did like her Wiggle Time quilt, so I was happy about that. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQzbzx4V2wQJaFg6lsanXkDaKUKFwmLzbj9V6Rb66Nf0ojXUIYskNj2LKKwKPAmeqdC3S_SM0N6hDuzGFNyqXsidKWpuN8EBQ79K1x9oLF8JyW7Pbp1UIAEXXBb7Fhk8LaDuKfzFNyqp6pUBjSM2Jy2T7BFwiUMISRNxZTci5-HRyAlbEtDpgvJ9Y/s1024/P1000300.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQzbzx4V2wQJaFg6lsanXkDaKUKFwmLzbj9V6Rb66Nf0ojXUIYskNj2LKKwKPAmeqdC3S_SM0N6hDuzGFNyqXsidKWpuN8EBQ79K1x9oLF8JyW7Pbp1UIAEXXBb7Fhk8LaDuKfzFNyqp6pUBjSM2Jy2T7BFwiUMISRNxZTci5-HRyAlbEtDpgvJ9Y/w400-h300/P1000300.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I did finish all eight of the bowl cozies for my son and his wife, and those were a hit. Plus I made two for my sister-in-law to take home with her. My other son, who initially declined an offer for bowl cozies, changed his mind and decided maybe he needed some too, lol. So eight for me, eight for him, sixteen more to make. It'll be a little while though, as I am bowl cozie'd out for now. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXE1DO4d19J31rEAe6-yNZQNsjyjnap9bRKLvJELzZXScgPGj6tT6jM2iEZMycpX_u_HWkA3m9a9shC2Wu3jxEYblprZBM5SfKRfWN8ieSWb9_AaU9AzN1vqbEagZ4lhywSN-q4g58OLY9SoObu1d1vM1BK90SuLplXOIHAChRLw3LkxjPEQapzImD/s800/P1000297.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXE1DO4d19J31rEAe6-yNZQNsjyjnap9bRKLvJELzZXScgPGj6tT6jM2iEZMycpX_u_HWkA3m9a9shC2Wu3jxEYblprZBM5SfKRfWN8ieSWb9_AaU9AzN1vqbEagZ4lhywSN-q4g58OLY9SoObu1d1vM1BK90SuLplXOIHAChRLw3LkxjPEQapzImD/w400-h300/P1000297.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I hate to leave things unfinished, so to wrap up the Advent Calendar
from Missouri Star, there were a few more notions and doodads, if you
will. There was also this pattern for another small quilt, which I like
and will make at some point. That day's giftie also included a package of laser cut letters and sewing machine for the quilt; and they're fusible too, which will make sewing the quilt
a little faster. The Kona rainbow pack from earlier is also meant to be
used for this little quilt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9PZmjIFuPujSrDgfGfyAiSpk1_yD3a81uaqwVBFvvqmFktyugpG88g0Ty1ylh_zxkvZ27kd2cewHFMzPAFeSfbT8fSuprmDqXZRcvofu4dYPyfSHWtcd49fnbQRsy95-6ZdS7bKj11Q9DWiwt-LujlP7BfZhY4PiAxLyBmjSWR_W-B5RdUCFT0YA/s800/P1000298.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9PZmjIFuPujSrDgfGfyAiSpk1_yD3a81uaqwVBFvvqmFktyugpG88g0Ty1ylh_zxkvZ27kd2cewHFMzPAFeSfbT8fSuprmDqXZRcvofu4dYPyfSHWtcd49fnbQRsy95-6ZdS7bKj11Q9DWiwt-LujlP7BfZhY4PiAxLyBmjSWR_W-B5RdUCFT0YA/w400-h300/P1000298.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The other notion I liked towards the end of the month was these acrylic bolts. These are meant for fabric storage, like a mini bolt. Now I would need about 5000 of these to accommodate my stash, so these are not practical for me. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fVANI7aQrOlRwDusVLsJoyojXZxMO3AdEJDbPmc6O-ur5sFD2s7eOGRbbKx_sv1ZAqfokBp-1kRSmeQVRR6ywqvDAW3_fRvWCWxY2bmGhq5KjukBBFIUVdDRS76Bd7UZKaqbDBQbJ4946yz-2f_xumKPBpXqAOneG-SjzLo-ARP18aQ51EnzN8hv/s560/P1000303.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fVANI7aQrOlRwDusVLsJoyojXZxMO3AdEJDbPmc6O-ur5sFD2s7eOGRbbKx_sv1ZAqfokBp-1kRSmeQVRR6ywqvDAW3_fRvWCWxY2bmGhq5KjukBBFIUVdDRS76Bd7UZKaqbDBQbJ4946yz-2f_xumKPBpXqAOneG-SjzLo-ARP18aQ51EnzN8hv/s320/P1000303.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><p>They are, however, perfect to wrap binding around until I get ready to sew it onto a quilt. There were three in the package, which is plenty; and they come with labels and clips to hold the fabric in place. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnTpR_2j7Vvf6kVOhbcfWwYJLK_OwtvGc2S3dg4cnfAMsgn3ipz6rNDhzELT_HLOOeTCQ9-dZCA31yClMaSmc5Qsbbdq9rDws0FX0hq9dtD7zk2RzHFpP-eVkgBdT8QTqwuCmFE1dGpvPvUIuvZ44pyP2C4-InoxOH22i169qW4l3SxLO7ajVi0Q6/s1024/IMG_4740.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnTpR_2j7Vvf6kVOhbcfWwYJLK_OwtvGc2S3dg4cnfAMsgn3ipz6rNDhzELT_HLOOeTCQ9-dZCA31yClMaSmc5Qsbbdq9rDws0FX0hq9dtD7zk2RzHFpP-eVkgBdT8QTqwuCmFE1dGpvPvUIuvZ44pyP2C4-InoxOH22i169qW4l3SxLO7ajVi0Q6/w400-h300/IMG_4740.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>After the holidays, we took a ride up to camp to check on things. It was colder and a little snowier an hour and a half north, and the house was very cold. There was still open water on the lake, but closer to shore the waves crested and froze. <p></p><p>We haven't had much snow this year at all, so the skiers, snow mobilers, and snowboarders are not happy about that. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh485K1tOyJ_qE3OqtessJ8xXiesSl7spcOY-t1-ztHotIDdJK7qkJiyfz28aMM-Fpny3hUU0Q7WZYoIEGUBKxcgf4Hb386AHyTolwCqZS4MfypFIFW5dqvQFPqHjnFvKhPdvrMpxydseGl9BqrBkLqNAb5W4f2ckeKllU-qUeLtV96_u_y5UaQpYAd/s800/IMG_4764.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="800" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh485K1tOyJ_qE3OqtessJ8xXiesSl7spcOY-t1-ztHotIDdJK7qkJiyfz28aMM-Fpny3hUU0Q7WZYoIEGUBKxcgf4Hb386AHyTolwCqZS4MfypFIFW5dqvQFPqHjnFvKhPdvrMpxydseGl9BqrBkLqNAb5W4f2ckeKllU-qUeLtV96_u_y5UaQpYAd/w400-h370/IMG_4764.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>On the way home from camp, we swung by Big G's in Winslow for a late lunch. Big G's has more different kinds of sandwiches than any place I've ever seen, and their claim to fame is "generous portions". And they're not kidding. This sandwich was nearly as big as a dinner plate. My sister-in-law and I each ate a quarter of it, and it was plenty for us. Hubby ate the other half. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIu6NNYQmiF-kQh4YakJNFKn4YEPyPzfuzI7mPMYC6mlGdRKjM_Yo2g-cccISJZY8XzI-AHIDBEVVDrd3lzz1pUnzmX5_wwvjlAfHzUBXviP81ZbB2lEjShrlFMXERy3UrcHcQW41hxPOuMEcsj09Z9JhU3qC-tSqYQN88MfrG6PKKJJ7CD1d-u7-/s1067/IMG_4742.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIu6NNYQmiF-kQh4YakJNFKn4YEPyPzfuzI7mPMYC6mlGdRKjM_Yo2g-cccISJZY8XzI-AHIDBEVVDrd3lzz1pUnzmX5_wwvjlAfHzUBXviP81ZbB2lEjShrlFMXERy3UrcHcQW41hxPOuMEcsj09Z9JhU3qC-tSqYQN88MfrG6PKKJJ7CD1d-u7-/w300-h400/IMG_4742.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>On the way out of the deli, I noticed a metal cart with a sign advertising "bread ends", so I asked about it. Big G's bakes all their own breads and pastries on site, and I suppose they don't want to serve a sandwich with a bread end or a slice of bread that isn't consistent in size, so they bag those and sell them. Which is way better than throwing them out. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl0XktkMDpg2L0gWAr3kokYaZsLR1wFbjwDYzLkNgosHo0Gk4MjhIZnARI8BaK2wIO3Lt2eNSPopLGkGysuHARX6jupV2mbQdpma4H89GLN5A4mjztrO3mjZ_n_p3m9IPDw9jT2qBbqQIyfByIYe_S1BdaSHvJrRkE_xwJT3nkAHnqY8VDfuFv_k7/s1067/IMG_4745.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl0XktkMDpg2L0gWAr3kokYaZsLR1wFbjwDYzLkNgosHo0Gk4MjhIZnARI8BaK2wIO3Lt2eNSPopLGkGysuHARX6jupV2mbQdpma4H89GLN5A4mjztrO3mjZ_n_p3m9IPDw9jT2qBbqQIyfByIYe_S1BdaSHvJrRkE_xwJT3nkAHnqY8VDfuFv_k7/w300-h400/IMG_4745.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>They were selling bags of actual bread ends (or heels as we call them), but we found one bag that was full of slices
close to the end of the loaf that were not uniform in size. Once we got
home, we split up the big bag into smaller bags to freeze. Then I
weighed all the bags. For $4.25, I got 9 pounds of bread. Yes, pounds.
Such a deal. I had half a slice toasted for breakfast this morning, and
it was fabulous. <p><br /></p><p><br /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-1248760923535012992022-12-20T08:55:00.008-05:002022-12-20T09:02:37.527-05:00Christmas Week<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPP3-0RnxLjXr1b9FAfbCrgLoF3uHJ9Lp34oWTSXB0WucxD6pCF_QNv1FFsnEAVRt3KL5qzhkod92Vfj-V4_zdqHk3yxZl8CVeTDF33nYsrtaeljnb_E950umxNwqeFPg25UU4oVrEwiv5EbcgO6UxEzS0hNOZWWM8iBs3J8Wma8AeBtO7fdPwKPXO/s1024/P1000290.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPP3-0RnxLjXr1b9FAfbCrgLoF3uHJ9Lp34oWTSXB0WucxD6pCF_QNv1FFsnEAVRt3KL5qzhkod92Vfj-V4_zdqHk3yxZl8CVeTDF33nYsrtaeljnb_E950umxNwqeFPg25UU4oVrEwiv5EbcgO6UxEzS0hNOZWWM8iBs3J8Wma8AeBtO7fdPwKPXO/w400-h300/P1000290.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Okay, the weatherman was right after all about the snow totals for Saturday's storm. It snowed here all day Saturday, and we wound up with about 9 inches. <p></p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5Vl3ey1lZ-8h2TNZ8qT7IAI2euMWv6Tn3ujZ_5BKhmzm1BDpWsC_f-BBqCexKCJrqJT8xkfKrjWmwwQVAv3UNFjke0Szww2Lm9oGX9_-9VehWuecvRmupK-RhtWn8Ku_7N86ET-tkzv8HiQ1uJ3T3EGnRQN-U8GZtZDab2nLGzhixlb_rfUF7KvD/s1005/P1000295.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1005" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5Vl3ey1lZ-8h2TNZ8qT7IAI2euMWv6Tn3ujZ_5BKhmzm1BDpWsC_f-BBqCexKCJrqJT8xkfKrjWmwwQVAv3UNFjke0Szww2Lm9oGX9_-9VehWuecvRmupK-RhtWn8Ku_7N86ET-tkzv8HiQ1uJ3T3EGnRQN-U8GZtZDab2nLGzhixlb_rfUF7KvD/w400-h260/P1000295.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I took advantage of a shut-in day to finish the quilting on the Ribbon Candy quilt. Haven't had a chance to trim it up yet, and I surely will not have time to do the binding this week because I still have bowl cozies to finish up before Christmas. But I would love to get this done the week after Christmas and get one more finish in before the end of the year. <br /></p><p>I also have some baking I'd like to do. Sunday we drove down to the southern part of the state to drop off some Christmas gifts to my granddaughter's mother's house. My (ex)daughter-in-law loves the stuff called Christmas Crack, which is basically like one of those Chex mixes, with the cereals, pretzel sticks, M&Ms, plus whatever else you want to add, all coated in melted white chocolate. It's pretty addictive once you start eating it. If I can get it made this week, I'll send a tin full down to her when my granddaughter comes for family Christmas on Monday. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYJgitoA9GLvBAWQ7LsDXJSj1eClbLz9yAXGvqx8wx2Gfi5pJpT5HAHyPEIDkwXaAUv3G1zlDv-Lp_vp8DxOgYvJbzzud_1rICHnNXKWMglP7u1gZOwWsTyBzJm1DWWyzEzz-rU9OXHhSBpR3DNYotOwA-InP1-wsyrYtKujfttyWhrcJUgIM2BgZ/s800/P1000294.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYJgitoA9GLvBAWQ7LsDXJSj1eClbLz9yAXGvqx8wx2Gfi5pJpT5HAHyPEIDkwXaAUv3G1zlDv-Lp_vp8DxOgYvJbzzud_1rICHnNXKWMglP7u1gZOwWsTyBzJm1DWWyzEzz-rU9OXHhSBpR3DNYotOwA-InP1-wsyrYtKujfttyWhrcJUgIM2BgZ/s320/P1000294.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Day 18 of the Advent Calendar was a leatherette cutout of a chick that you stitch together to make a little coin purse. Very cute. The company mascot is a yellow chick, not a duck--I had that wrong. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQXH_NJdAx2wO-Busjg5F7SGXmfJr-EVOoia-39agEaAyqBVNnWqtDETRWk52ToD8irnJ5wW-32XeDM-G_JFfRtY9CoLWKXKr3x7yac9uzEsmzTN5Q3uyw8znQ_Ovse-Ol26GzdS8NKqV3FjHD2HHAlrQjiPJ9ooBRmSq5fUhcH3Zv6OjOhXfJ25p/s800/P1000288.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="800" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQXH_NJdAx2wO-Busjg5F7SGXmfJr-EVOoia-39agEaAyqBVNnWqtDETRWk52ToD8irnJ5wW-32XeDM-G_JFfRtY9CoLWKXKr3x7yac9uzEsmzTN5Q3uyw8znQ_Ovse-Ol26GzdS8NKqV3FjHD2HHAlrQjiPJ9ooBRmSq5fUhcH3Zv6OjOhXfJ25p/s320/P1000288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Day 19 was a very nice coffee cup with some good weight to it. I have a collection of probably 25 quilt related coffee mugs. Don't ask me why I started collecting them, I just did; so this one will go into the collection. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqWM41kbcXrQa9uNVGjYXjO86crZjcRy6F_eZI6mt5YIFyykQ5E-XJ1P_1tVY83kHdnEx5uz2gpzvB8s0UhXH44VN23YQtW-NIvxMjALFPx_ZQnvZNqFJNTjUreVcj3FMAhJupniFFThnCCb71fmrbKpIxytAHhZsHlrKAq7ndXimBHOAwFZnp5bL/s1024/P1000289.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqWM41kbcXrQa9uNVGjYXjO86crZjcRy6F_eZI6mt5YIFyykQ5E-XJ1P_1tVY83kHdnEx5uz2gpzvB8s0UhXH44VN23YQtW-NIvxMjALFPx_ZQnvZNqFJNTjUreVcj3FMAhJupniFFThnCCb71fmrbKpIxytAHhZsHlrKAq7ndXimBHOAwFZnp5bL/w400-h300/P1000289.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfqLCs1Gm0dzXrA1lliT6cSr8eLgEP01syfbuHnzC0TsovNQxo4g8dlP1RMakZLEJxaCejzw160dw4T1IDNS864LRqUNG8n7vP29GNrk93erR0efkN0ByoW6bEWAyVx_7uzdSOoeqd4Cc-O2bUMoxcPE9GtHZ2gFUfh2gwgW2mMgR3OB_RqMMlIsj/s800/P1000296.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfqLCs1Gm0dzXrA1lliT6cSr8eLgEP01syfbuHnzC0TsovNQxo4g8dlP1RMakZLEJxaCejzw160dw4T1IDNS864LRqUNG8n7vP29GNrk93erR0efkN0ByoW6bEWAyVx_7uzdSOoeqd4Cc-O2bUMoxcPE9GtHZ2gFUfh2gwgW2mMgR3OB_RqMMlIsj/w400-h300/P1000296.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Today is Day 20, and there was a rainbow pack of charm squares in the box. There is a project coming up that uses these squares, and I can't wait to see what it is!<br /><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-1752383897024938062022-12-16T21:54:00.010-05:002022-12-16T22:15:11.788-05:00December Finish<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQU4Yl7gQgGgHj5qkq7tnTRCG2sFWD6D87XFuTCchu4Ec3t4V0_mP8R5hJrf7qsOqfAklpXFYbFP-iFnHS4bV4XCbVRjbLraEHEAc9RVv5IyxQy94ZY5IYyGbhrqy0Qr3XRe7ipNoCMHGl2hFrOM8bATfj0zZURXNEVluh7oj9CkvQ2CzLzbA_CR7/s1557/Wiggle%20Time_gifted%20to%20Hayden.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1557" data-original-width="1178" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQU4Yl7gQgGgHj5qkq7tnTRCG2sFWD6D87XFuTCchu4Ec3t4V0_mP8R5hJrf7qsOqfAklpXFYbFP-iFnHS4bV4XCbVRjbLraEHEAc9RVv5IyxQy94ZY5IYyGbhrqy0Qr3XRe7ipNoCMHGl2hFrOM8bATfj0zZURXNEVluh7oj9CkvQ2CzLzbA_CR7/w350-h462/Wiggle%20Time_gifted%20to%20Hayden.jpg" width="350" /></a></div>The weatherman predicted 6-10" of snow for us today, beginning about 10:00 this morning. It finally started snowing at 8:30 this evening. 6-10" ? I don't think so. <p></p><p>I finished Wiggle Time Oceana yesterday and gave it a good washing so it would be soft and cuddly. </p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhSMqmHwXwMy5xMSUPU_ZlyWJYy3goQUCseTe0ehxDsPvUo8U6e-mGLbLDHiv1VttKYIFI4s9VxD2qTG2ejeHtfYfDHHdPtVYlToes_P7PSiCluB0Fog035ZTbUp0GGbnTd-gKddPSIcsBqhc8NRaKkYD8UBDyWoLtsNGDFiEAKO192ePOHGIpUs7/s1024/Wiggle%20Time%20Oceana_Det.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhSMqmHwXwMy5xMSUPU_ZlyWJYy3goQUCseTe0ehxDsPvUo8U6e-mGLbLDHiv1VttKYIFI4s9VxD2qTG2ejeHtfYfDHHdPtVYlToes_P7PSiCluB0Fog035ZTbUp0GGbnTd-gKddPSIcsBqhc8NRaKkYD8UBDyWoLtsNGDFiEAKO192ePOHGIpUs7/w400-h300/Wiggle%20Time%20Oceana_Det.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The quilting looks like swirling water to me, and I love it. The Riptide pantograph was perfect. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYmOnGL0_JKZyZJ6FWjRBM7dpDqQ_MrIrY1wGdPc0KcwgxbnCi0NT4zqvHtSfS4469gyYITsdYrja5-gxyRGxVpPo1JotzpieUk6ImHVTlgd_7CMRhNNNbYeJmOFRAPk8FkoqpbT45zTy9SHvuGkM13UN7EEVexzfnljQBlnUqFHjSOLPdejzjC_R/s800/P1000280.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYmOnGL0_JKZyZJ6FWjRBM7dpDqQ_MrIrY1wGdPc0KcwgxbnCi0NT4zqvHtSfS4469gyYITsdYrja5-gxyRGxVpPo1JotzpieUk6ImHVTlgd_7CMRhNNNbYeJmOFRAPk8FkoqpbT45zTy9SHvuGkM13UN7EEVexzfnljQBlnUqFHjSOLPdejzjC_R/w400-h300/P1000280.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I also finished the four small bowl cozies for my kids. The base of these is about 5 inches. I have cut out four of the larger size and will be working on those over the next week. <br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw0rQseeb3slodtrWGixVj6QatXVoN9tyiUDZVhiAi-SG87-uhlAst_CVbx2jgmkGk_8u7onhQ-dPXNkKsoxy__YjWT6GT6dotdLEVUfcj39c9WQ_xhSFlxH4k7rdDxfA_ZsuMz0uoFUFQCTqv8e1DQChbR3bCMzKJ-J6qPkQSlkeHH2OMubUiAJY/s1234/P1090685.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw0rQseeb3slodtrWGixVj6QatXVoN9tyiUDZVhiAi-SG87-uhlAst_CVbx2jgmkGk_8u7onhQ-dPXNkKsoxy__YjWT6GT6dotdLEVUfcj39c9WQ_xhSFlxH4k7rdDxfA_ZsuMz0uoFUFQCTqv8e1DQChbR3bCMzKJ-J6qPkQSlkeHH2OMubUiAJY/w333-h400/P1090685.JPG" width="333" /></a></div><p>Ribbon Candy, a pattern by Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Designs, is the next one being moved into my five-project quilt rotation. And I'm quilting it with a pantograph called Ribbon Candy, haha. I finished this top earlier this year, but I don't think I ever blogged about it. </p><p>These were all scraps left over from my Holiday Solstice quilt that I made in 2020. I used up a bunch of different white-on-white scraps for the background too. I used the wrong side of quite a few of them to make the print less noticeable. <br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ysNS4sY2q5AlblWC4-2OXZbftDxBc_HB7LYa9LES5FFohlTdhk47KUNW-DBspdsfS3iKtav8qBg1O6dtBx3vzL0jWt0qceHki7-HCacEcsYaHq1bfO-iVNvxmgA5MirKRG16YVfuMj_-pNi2lerbV1pHGHZv0d_eQfVxx0ySPuOSCjhCfFLif6LF/s800/P1090687.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ysNS4sY2q5AlblWC4-2OXZbftDxBc_HB7LYa9LES5FFohlTdhk47KUNW-DBspdsfS3iKtav8qBg1O6dtBx3vzL0jWt0qceHki7-HCacEcsYaHq1bfO-iVNvxmgA5MirKRG16YVfuMj_-pNi2lerbV1pHGHZv0d_eQfVxx0ySPuOSCjhCfFLif6LF/w400-h300/P1090687.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>This Debbie Mumm print is what I'm using for the backing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyusUioyndT0_SAHLQwwed3ODjqXiBnaRVZtVBt7kE4yAo-l_KLoGbfkvEM9xa4QF31px7kS8_olW_d3z5SemuztqOdVwXQemtrplgrELHXCZY2Tukh5MSL30Jn6xa4p-7Wh2Mg7OQq7gWvclvqMqoUZ6nLRMyLwvpbnw5zHVZmzo5ZpXTCLMc1J2g/s800/P1000278.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyusUioyndT0_SAHLQwwed3ODjqXiBnaRVZtVBt7kE4yAo-l_KLoGbfkvEM9xa4QF31px7kS8_olW_d3z5SemuztqOdVwXQemtrplgrELHXCZY2Tukh5MSL30Jn6xa4p-7Wh2Mg7OQq7gWvclvqMqoUZ6nLRMyLwvpbnw5zHVZmzo5ZpXTCLMc1J2g/w400-h300/P1000278.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The last several days of the Advent Calendar have consisted of a bunch of interesting notions--a threaded needle case, which I've never seen before; a little redwork kit, which will be given to my daughter-in-law; a spool of beeswax, which I will definitely use....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s5_OTNUCiYC8TpSF_mZrf0Cm-3IBsf9knv2lsV7FB8Aay-WYldritgHCZCA7WVkRFi9A9f9yWANYmlcS603D8Dw93Si5eT4msOMpurLvl3F7XjP4oelAe-g9UtCh0OnKoT_NKVQOQnraSyJ_QJaVNwMYkyKTBtBaKDmGkIgwhMqKQ5Och_uaaNt8/s800/P1000284.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s5_OTNUCiYC8TpSF_mZrf0Cm-3IBsf9knv2lsV7FB8Aay-WYldritgHCZCA7WVkRFi9A9f9yWANYmlcS603D8Dw93Si5eT4msOMpurLvl3F7XjP4oelAe-g9UtCh0OnKoT_NKVQOQnraSyJ_QJaVNwMYkyKTBtBaKDmGkIgwhMqKQ5Och_uaaNt8/w400-h300/P1000284.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>..... a zippered hard case, very nice; fingernail art stickers, which my granddaughter will love....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9-ixmLr_wcZESF9SxCP2EDFaDTKrQY-khwOjWcWoY5hvIknfzRfVNsKD6AIySnAn8icELAwrPkepOhkfenDMz8hUwZIOkxY1tHMVGBxoNtf5LRJzREzNrFCQ0ExAFsCoB1uAsROcGnOaEAJnwcGxbt1tSQ8uO4XqLF3Nq7jza_Jjotw9WhotTfDX/s800/P1000285.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9-ixmLr_wcZESF9SxCP2EDFaDTKrQY-khwOjWcWoY5hvIknfzRfVNsKD6AIySnAn8icELAwrPkepOhkfenDMz8hUwZIOkxY1tHMVGBxoNtf5LRJzREzNrFCQ0ExAFsCoB1uAsROcGnOaEAJnwcGxbt1tSQ8uO4XqLF3Nq7jza_Jjotw9WhotTfDX/w400-h300/P1000285.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>.... and this thread cutter that uses an old rotary cutter blade, which I've also never seen before. </p><p>Fun, fun, fun!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-24302117259561533752022-12-11T12:18:00.013-05:002022-12-11T12:38:12.329-05:00Bowl Cozy Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDW__O1Kl-uRDUGmEFTJv3KyAzlX6zups3MI2D3eLn-FixS4ILfWO7SvVg-_h3E0WU_AYaKoRkwifLeg-Fv61a2UENTqnUTl-8AQcXCCa6qgLGsDYJKgLdH3rbO1ealiia5JG1UZxntlnxciJK0jwGVyhzksF5Fa0PWHStHKPjd77hPlBgNVAJnEq/s800/P1000262.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDW__O1Kl-uRDUGmEFTJv3KyAzlX6zups3MI2D3eLn-FixS4ILfWO7SvVg-_h3E0WU_AYaKoRkwifLeg-Fv61a2UENTqnUTl-8AQcXCCa6qgLGsDYJKgLdH3rbO1ealiia5JG1UZxntlnxciJK0jwGVyhzksF5Fa0PWHStHKPjd77hPlBgNVAJnEq/w400-h300/P1000262.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Brrrrr, it was a very cold 16 degrees when I got up this morning, but still no snow in the forecast. Which isn't a bad thing. <p></p><p>The last several days of the Advent Calendar gifties have consisted of a good mix of notions and project ideas. Along with the Parking sign, there was a small embroidery project. Neither one is really my thing, but my daugher-in-law suggested that a little duck in a charm for a necklace for my granddaughter would probably be well received. A great idea, and I'll wait til next year to make that up. the charm is tiny, about an inch in diameter. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjoQ7IlWeu-hsknNvWeCFIbWuwsygud2arV2JsBEdlsp5DiEzpP4n5W400AN-OYqNIJPhfWOfwLx6XBeCrEmQFhM4CXFThZWNfnKv1qrqKG0SUGfD4c4YAb3YJDp11mRSXtBohQ6Yh3gg8prx9I7W_BwzAte-3kQujhm3N8twsVWOvfN2bz16D5zY/s800/P1000260.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjoQ7IlWeu-hsknNvWeCFIbWuwsygud2arV2JsBEdlsp5DiEzpP4n5W400AN-OYqNIJPhfWOfwLx6XBeCrEmQFhM4CXFThZWNfnKv1qrqKG0SUGfD4c4YAb3YJDp11mRSXtBohQ6Yh3gg8prx9I7W_BwzAte-3kQujhm3N8twsVWOvfN2bz16D5zY/w400-h300/P1000260.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>There was a button jar, to include a little yellow duck button (the company mascot) with directions to make a pincushion top for the jar. Using one of the unused squares from the charm pack from Day 3. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZIVNuq4wAEWLy1HB1xgtmbveeHrxzxB_0MAEt2haVQecucenJDPk9VqlmMzjTLhX7R5whItRTooLawC2uTG4GSdYpREMULSurhFhTzUi5gTzhC8tW4BWx6aK8Mx3IZvCgwBW2Mfce16VzkeLhRjs83ih6nm-f6-kmEqjsspXm2YUWoPIEVtVEotm/s800/P1000263.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZIVNuq4wAEWLy1HB1xgtmbveeHrxzxB_0MAEt2haVQecucenJDPk9VqlmMzjTLhX7R5whItRTooLawC2uTG4GSdYpREMULSurhFhTzUi5gTzhC8tW4BWx6aK8Mx3IZvCgwBW2Mfce16VzkeLhRjs83ih6nm-f6-kmEqjsspXm2YUWoPIEVtVEotm/w400-h300/P1000263.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The next day featured some blue fabric and a pattern for this snowflake pillow, using the buttons in the button jar. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMt3KwraryekXJ9dgc2pKD5KXE6O9jXxUUdVx2-j6wdhNaAUwZObVtpnDWtRy2DTLyo2qD4oYB1Q2Ik8jWO-yR0kyLMhegQ-TxEA59pF5XKDH8jmsrnkIXUBtTbij61fK4ionqi1qsT48Sca4TiOZUSoy8Ly06mgLZlQ7bNyJqcCnIjj2nwSXY4tv/s800/P1000266.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMt3KwraryekXJ9dgc2pKD5KXE6O9jXxUUdVx2-j6wdhNaAUwZObVtpnDWtRy2DTLyo2qD4oYB1Q2Ik8jWO-yR0kyLMhegQ-TxEA59pF5XKDH8jmsrnkIXUBtTbij61fK4ionqi1qsT48Sca4TiOZUSoy8Ly06mgLZlQ7bNyJqcCnIjj2nwSXY4tv/w400-h300/P1000266.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Yesterday's giftie was a needle threader and needles. Haha, they should have got someone to make a needle threader with a duck. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NvqD7-YP57PowASWTqZsUJp2pNn1NxRv3U55PfGqoHirAQ6Ac4518hdsZWIBfDY2DF9cC3mmXaTblpZ4caEW5EjNdRXIBN0DDIxlDPFaniW4GaPQKqn1CMI82T7DivRhQsgFhy-n0eGsX8BoFijyZW1oWt2Yp6sGJoK2G8U6NeOGcKx5x7w4Qo9-/s800/P1000269.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NvqD7-YP57PowASWTqZsUJp2pNn1NxRv3U55PfGqoHirAQ6Ac4518hdsZWIBfDY2DF9cC3mmXaTblpZ4caEW5EjNdRXIBN0DDIxlDPFaniW4GaPQKqn1CMI82T7DivRhQsgFhy-n0eGsX8BoFijyZW1oWt2Yp6sGJoK2G8U6NeOGcKx5x7w4Qo9-/w400-h300/P1000269.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Today's giftie is a stashbuilding yard of white on white fabric and a couple spools of cotton thread. </p><p>Personally speaking, I may not use everything in the Missouri Star Advent Calendar box, but whoever put this together put a lot of thought into choosing useful items and fun projects. I have already decided to do this again next year. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CHyTBSnYuDSUTQz5Yd03ttC0P5RfID5Zm-sa0pfDPO4hzfv0WtP-IylU2uD_D9vewkp6NqnwctdgiYXTDbdTZ9f4tHz_WkHl6ryCzUxJQrJaiQtJ6TaK4imexsl-7ZaV7F1toNoze1mrjZpYnVNB63NS7wJhFh02kwg2LmtA1jcZ2E4hSBoBEm99/s800/P1000264.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CHyTBSnYuDSUTQz5Yd03ttC0P5RfID5Zm-sa0pfDPO4hzfv0WtP-IylU2uD_D9vewkp6NqnwctdgiYXTDbdTZ9f4tHz_WkHl6ryCzUxJQrJaiQtJ6TaK4imexsl-7ZaV7F1toNoze1mrjZpYnVNB63NS7wJhFh02kwg2LmtA1jcZ2E4hSBoBEm99/w400-h300/P1000264.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I haven't made quite as much progress as I had hoped on my current projects, but I am moving forward. Wiggle Time Oceana is on the frame, and I've made several passes. The Riptide pantograph seemed like a good choice for a quilt that reminds me of ocean waves and uses some ocean-themed fabrics. <p></p><p><br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShKnaWbKu4Wti7DJUFaPqBICJ97rO3FgO2BaaBtGrk6nqluYgW7x6UxRlkrNCzKXacBabcLLvajadkXQdSMv8H9oA58xk9PqIaE3RbYxQrxsoiybsGB5yFc9vMR6tn9uU7r4IQRWj6rjtY-owxiwtiuI0SV-80ut7fcYxTYnMmYCpI-2YvzLrvPmg/s1024/P1000265.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShKnaWbKu4Wti7DJUFaPqBICJ97rO3FgO2BaaBtGrk6nqluYgW7x6UxRlkrNCzKXacBabcLLvajadkXQdSMv8H9oA58xk9PqIaE3RbYxQrxsoiybsGB5yFc9vMR6tn9uU7r4IQRWj6rjtY-owxiwtiuI0SV-80ut7fcYxTYnMmYCpI-2YvzLrvPmg/w400-h300/P1000265.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The Cozy Cup mini top plus one mug rug is complete. I still have to add the side borders to the other two mug rugs. </p><p>Whoever designed this quilt did an odd thing with the sashing between the rows. The directions had you add a narrow 1/2" strip to the top and bottom of each cup and snowflake. After I had the top together, I realized it would have been easier, faster and less wasteful to omit the strips on the top and bottom of the cups and just use a wider piece for the sashing. No idea what they were thinking. This would make a great giftie for someone, so it's likely I'll make another; and I'll make the adjustment for the sashing. </p><p>Before I can get these items quilted up, I need to finish the quilt on the frame and get some bowl cozies made. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gy4j290wd9aw4pQii_Kp7RYYSADbAsDpGbqVXnwJ9k3l3Z01VV4ZQiISt91VWWzui_Q00UueOYWbsP6eBTpsC3gbrhbVrdH7oRktxJoFwaDREqIoT9acMD0v8an9HnvJg3Y_UvMn1YwVNKt9YeIot82zw8rrU7DSKrwWC8wiqdOUYi1yUFMBR36V/s800/P1000268.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gy4j290wd9aw4pQii_Kp7RYYSADbAsDpGbqVXnwJ9k3l3Z01VV4ZQiISt91VWWzui_Q00UueOYWbsP6eBTpsC3gbrhbVrdH7oRktxJoFwaDREqIoT9acMD0v8an9HnvJg3Y_UvMn1YwVNKt9YeIot82zw8rrU7DSKrwWC8wiqdOUYi1yUFMBR36V/w400-h300/P1000268.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Anything that is not quilting is what I call utility sewing, and mostly I don't like to do it. Only occasionally will I make household items like curtains, a tote bag, or anything like that. I did, however, offer to make 4 small and 4 large bowl cozies for my kids, to use up a LOT of yardage of vegetable fabric I acquired at a very cheap price. Why so much? Because I thought I might use it for adult cover ups (bibs), only my quilt chapter never worked on that again as a group project. <br /></p><p>So naturally I'm going to use every shortcut I can come up with to make this kind of sewing as painless as possible, so I bought precut bowl cozy batting from Gypsy Quilter. Turns out Creative Grids got together with Gypsy Quilter and made a set of 2 bowl cozy templates which are the same size as Gypsy Quilters batting, which will make it faster to cut out the fabric and more batting. Brilliant!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bt8qLThjiFvu-uW0KR5ROBbifQh4WUctv0wZRLjdesg0F6XRxi8g8sj0876oEovSwlUQ0kTfIvy0tPB--Vbj23gVg9bvUcqfcVSJb79zrpn0gnYyB_DNoh6H6LnoE8124uNae6dTcD5YOlX1sVpJTnwTsawU3KmcoHX_fZhFNzRqWFbe9l7vwg_m/s800/P1000267.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bt8qLThjiFvu-uW0KR5ROBbifQh4WUctv0wZRLjdesg0F6XRxi8g8sj0876oEovSwlUQ0kTfIvy0tPB--Vbj23gVg9bvUcqfcVSJb79zrpn0gnYyB_DNoh6H6LnoE8124uNae6dTcD5YOlX1sVpJTnwTsawU3KmcoHX_fZhFNzRqWFbe9l7vwg_m/w400-h300/P1000267.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I made a set of two bowl cozies long enough ago that I forgot some of the little improvements I made to the method, which I remembered after I had most of the first one together last night. </p><p>As I was getting ready to topstitch the outside of it, I realized I had no idea whether my thread was all cotton or a cotton/poly blend, which could be flammable in the microwave. I still have some of the Coats & Clark blends that I am using up, so it very well could have been one of those. So I wound up taking it all back apart, ripping the thread out of the one half, and today I'll put it all back together with the proper thread. I can also include some of those method improvements too.<br /></p><p>One side of my bowl cozies is yellow onions, and the other side is red bell peppers. Once I get the first one together, I figure I can put three more together assembly line fashion, to limit how many times I have to change the thread colors. </p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-59196746534165532732022-12-05T21:17:00.011-05:002022-12-16T22:26:18.477-05:00Advent Calendar Days 4 and 5<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY8aUox2K4vevQ9BkUaOrot-TYK7xH9KgHnfJtOMwCLUsr5bp86H5zq_tym9xCs3wmF_sEBosOtVV7uvfNuO8El-hRX-B3dqET1stRXWmjbIgB0cioQhG6sf2-BolaeEFr6b1Eu62NrDLlfmRkS6urvhuhrpnLRPkDZyPkzxUdbGodzFbmXphfCV2/s800/P1000248.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY8aUox2K4vevQ9BkUaOrot-TYK7xH9KgHnfJtOMwCLUsr5bp86H5zq_tym9xCs3wmF_sEBosOtVV7uvfNuO8El-hRX-B3dqET1stRXWmjbIgB0cioQhG6sf2-BolaeEFr6b1Eu62NrDLlfmRkS6urvhuhrpnLRPkDZyPkzxUdbGodzFbmXphfCV2/w400-h300/P1000248.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Not much got done in the sewing room yesterday, or today either for that matter. I prefer a block of time to assemble a quilt back and get it loaded, and yesterday was not the day. Instead I contented myself working on the cup handles for my Cozy Cup mini. More about that in a minute. <p></p><p>Day 4's giftie was a two-ring binder with three dividers and some plastic sleeves for pattern storage. This pattern for a Disapparing Hourglass quilt was included, which begs the question, is there a layer cake somewhere else in the box? I hope!<br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBsPjWPaiLqTnIduwtoNGybTaRXtM2R50MDuWFGZjJquVcQUkiineJcUbO2_-9GkNfxicfoKX9aiDS_DdFY7UoJC9WOfZvePXFFwYC4WILrG2xHqUcWMCUD8Kgwb4jt1kiy5rKZQ-qBI9GJDKmxMX1tP_p_qcEGHcbqFQt46U93MtNLG_OSVHBGYM/s601/P1000256.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="601" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBsPjWPaiLqTnIduwtoNGybTaRXtM2R50MDuWFGZjJquVcQUkiineJcUbO2_-9GkNfxicfoKX9aiDS_DdFY7UoJC9WOfZvePXFFwYC4WILrG2xHqUcWMCUD8Kgwb4jt1kiy5rKZQ-qBI9GJDKmxMX1tP_p_qcEGHcbqFQt46U93MtNLG_OSVHBGYM/s320/P1000256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>For Day 5, there was a container of Quilting and Crafting Spray, which is like Best Press. Who can't use that? I can. And also some Iron Cleaner. Most people would probably use this, but maybe not me, I'll have to try it. Faultless Iron Cleaner works fine; but it got to be too expensive, and it's messy to use. Instead, I've been using Bounce fabric softener sheets They work splendidly, and there's no mess. If I get fusible on my iron, I run my iron over a Bounce sheet, placed on a paper towel, until it's clean, then iron onto a clean paper towel. I can use one Bounce sheet numerous times, which makes it cost effective. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfBuzZmKlbd2y-j1jQefARj5ngO0sQFSuWPoLv7cbzV0opfyMe8U3SA8sZxC1F7yx15G7-AFh1ageM1AUzqaIJ5qY3g0h4QTeiI8ZNLzxJF4BWSSSN2I4XYHPwUbo0H3fp75NxrSEhTdBN7yuzwgshXhpzOz1Z7brU3N3tpimuqUELw_ga7-h51hV/s625/P1000257.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="625" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfBuzZmKlbd2y-j1jQefARj5ngO0sQFSuWPoLv7cbzV0opfyMe8U3SA8sZxC1F7yx15G7-AFh1ageM1AUzqaIJ5qY3g0h4QTeiI8ZNLzxJF4BWSSSN2I4XYHPwUbo0H3fp75NxrSEhTdBN7yuzwgshXhpzOz1Z7brU3N3tpimuqUELw_ga7-h51hV/s320/P1000257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Yesterday I put together the handles for all six cups in the mini quilt and two mug rugs, but only got one attached to a cup. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmZp2czAGCgzsDcD15-OEYfZr6vQEz_bCtdwP7TdYVHc93F8KN9u8BW-leAQptqF35TjZyhT8sPdG6U8O0l7iEg5qa9HrrzDDM5upsiZoDvQkszV-VYKOMCCksIWJKbcZWlRtNyoy68rsK1FHSLN7pmKdC_6lXIjuq-3kjyExWJE3BdaYywxYB8BV/s526/P1000252.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="526" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmZp2czAGCgzsDcD15-OEYfZr6vQEz_bCtdwP7TdYVHc93F8KN9u8BW-leAQptqF35TjZyhT8sPdG6U8O0l7iEg5qa9HrrzDDM5upsiZoDvQkszV-VYKOMCCksIWJKbcZWlRtNyoy68rsK1FHSLN7pmKdC_6lXIjuq-3kjyExWJE3BdaYywxYB8BV/s320/P1000252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>There are tons of blocks nowadays that use the folded corner technique, from snowball blocks to picture blocks like Elizabeth Hartman's, where you place a square on the corner of one of your pieces, draw a diagonal line, sew on the line, and then trim the excess. My little cup blocks use this method as well. </p><p>Even with the drawn line, my accuracy is still hit or miss. And truthfully, I don't want or need any more bonus triangles. And to me, this method is wasteful and more time consuming. And I <i>hate</i> drawing those lines. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQ2Iay3VrVkpMgQrxPWC8R4aCM4wwSHOTSL7Du9GDwQsSkQeenro_VvQgeSZwaMRM5uhm4SSSfAE2FLon321R-TV6V0rmxTruWMSwsODrCBcPcSFMljVp-pT2quRB3_tJfVoLuiNYaIMUXuMTle3vuq6kD7wu0QofcE7mMEi1MkgvBNxmd9TdPDIW/s800/P1000254.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQ2Iay3VrVkpMgQrxPWC8R4aCM4wwSHOTSL7Du9GDwQsSkQeenro_VvQgeSZwaMRM5uhm4SSSfAE2FLon321R-TV6V0rmxTruWMSwsODrCBcPcSFMljVp-pT2quRB3_tJfVoLuiNYaIMUXuMTle3vuq6kD7wu0QofcE7mMEi1MkgvBNxmd9TdPDIW/s320/P1000254.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Enter the Folded Corners ruler from Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Design. Wish somebody had invented this 30 years ago. It's available in two sizes, but the mini seems to meet most of my needs. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpiuWbMJrO-zHA53C9SiN-NNSXWK2s7mSdIjeJnHYYz5C498NcDNJtYsfRjJblXBriu0OpKeu-fRO2LPEeQkhYcMPk6qGax02GVMTnAHJPebt3BXvauGZaLukaQM5kjlo3biNADOlkg9S1BYauOPgzl7wC8bR3kk89v1I0EEiaYWOgNUK7a8sk2B7/s800/P1000251.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpiuWbMJrO-zHA53C9SiN-NNSXWK2s7mSdIjeJnHYYz5C498NcDNJtYsfRjJblXBriu0OpKeu-fRO2LPEeQkhYcMPk6qGax02GVMTnAHJPebt3BXvauGZaLukaQM5kjlo3biNADOlkg9S1BYauOPgzl7wC8bR3kk89v1I0EEiaYWOgNUK7a8sk2B7/s320/P1000251.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>In the photo above, I was supposed to cut a white one-inch square. So I placed my ruler on the fabric with the top edge of the ruler aligned with the top of my fabric, and the 1" line on the ruler aligned with the right edge of the fabric, and cut off that triangle. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsg7728ylzfy_fbug2eAMQiVMXGbI6k1cncwQ-zXx_KxU_2H-k0eMc02oXGzr2U2Oy7pb2wgskGdGdYVV_erMOOhRxlPNBw0X8JJYauDdqrJTQLMT07Zxr4kGuPPFLtn3nIN_8RJXZn1WX1_HinGdF2NlbzuDCAGmxU8I-IWVdn8lJrlm4pvsuqZd/s556/P1000253.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsg7728ylzfy_fbug2eAMQiVMXGbI6k1cncwQ-zXx_KxU_2H-k0eMc02oXGzr2U2Oy7pb2wgskGdGdYVV_erMOOhRxlPNBw0X8JJYauDdqrJTQLMT07Zxr4kGuPPFLtn3nIN_8RJXZn1WX1_HinGdF2NlbzuDCAGmxU8I-IWVdn8lJrlm4pvsuqZd/s320/P1000253.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><p>Next, I cut one 2" white square, cut in half diagonally. Oversizing it gives me the ability to square it up after I sew it on. It also gives me a little more fabric to start sewing on so the edge of my main piece doesn't get chewed up in the sewing machine. And I have another white triangle to use for another corner. Brilliant! Less waste and less time!<br /></p><p>Doug Leko founded his business when he was just 14 years old. He's had designs published in several quilt magazines; written a number of booklets and patterns; and he must have gotten on the teaching circuit in his teens. He came to Maine Quilt for a presentation several years ago, and he might have been about 18. <br /></p><p>And he came up with this fabulous ruler! A remarkable young man.</p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-64000500413370365512022-12-03T23:06:00.009-05:002022-12-16T22:26:37.462-05:00A Top and Another New Project<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41o203q75pRHpUWmFzhNceBB_lGe4o3UFiIMLb_69lH8AW10PShHI1eeu1TbWFfkT8Z08mZR3DlkaPmsFDPzcHnak_5bvt9yCaneQSSE12int_1s6aPzNA6IAtFpe389Z2PeakI7cAo1fYPIx14Bx2gg90XDVy4sxTACbzCwJEXElz4Lfd02Yck5R/s1181/P1000246.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="975" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41o203q75pRHpUWmFzhNceBB_lGe4o3UFiIMLb_69lH8AW10PShHI1eeu1TbWFfkT8Z08mZR3DlkaPmsFDPzcHnak_5bvt9yCaneQSSE12int_1s6aPzNA6IAtFpe389Z2PeakI7cAo1fYPIx14Bx2gg90XDVy4sxTACbzCwJEXElz4Lfd02Yck5R/w330-h400/P1000246.JPG" width="330" /></a></div>I didn't expect for it to take all afternoon and most of the evening to get the Wiggle Time top together, but it's done. It measures 60" x 74", which will be just right. This evening I found a piece of flannel in my stash to go on the back, and tomorrow I'll try to get this loaded on the longarm sometime in between running errands. <p></p><p>This pattern was fun, fast and easy to make; and I'll be using it again, probably more than once. The other thing I really liked about it is that there are no seams to match except for the block seams when you're joining the rows--four in each row. Easy peasy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTscGICNuGTAW1y0uh7u_BvlhPZOfs0g15oIgvZJgfVKryhCSkbiY1XhIwbDJcYUGMOiZA0OTll8X_C9CQgG2lr9WllsTfUEVpjD1ox4rx4CBx2pTq0JqQr7cCT5tG3r4mjJAGV3XEAzbH5V8OvGRSiy0hNcknxLDawg6sAQI9SUCnpULT3DjjwYs/s800/P1000243.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtNcrwtI5yKsZLyLJg8BuORmEQ4HNU3qWLofiB6NviokUGYU7INijFNq3KG_sX5y0c68TOZZ3_fGniJvokchgmQAJY1ltTJA-eAfS_wwNmp_NmrSHIOCgl0sTaORKk7M09Z8B9ve09eulTexatUPjEF34zq3CdPkfX9pztyMXHoJhm-ou9M2E2FUL/s800/P1000243.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtNcrwtI5yKsZLyLJg8BuORmEQ4HNU3qWLofiB6NviokUGYU7INijFNq3KG_sX5y0c68TOZZ3_fGniJvokchgmQAJY1ltTJA-eAfS_wwNmp_NmrSHIOCgl0sTaORKk7M09Z8B9ve09eulTexatUPjEF34zq3CdPkfX9pztyMXHoJhm-ou9M2E2FUL/w400-h300/P1000243.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Advent Calendar Day 3 - today's giftie was a pattern for a mini quilt
and a half yard of fabric. Surprise, it's the project directions for the
charm pack I opened yesterday, and the red is for the binding for the mini quilt and three mug rugs. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIMvumyKtyraRZ63r7EX2EGuPko5qLdfXXTO0ePw4XqkBS-CFpeQFZRAnUJaQMSSDzNgxIdoa1qwyrmxe3k0CsNuxU0_SpiAjTrbeQI-hHkDZStbTUE0nrbDOXdQhuau5cdnVkk12ssGJJ-A5ohJIuoTlbklKiO6Af7sxw3PMgAxTPlDbLiJ_Tp0_/s800/P1000244.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIMvumyKtyraRZ63r7EX2EGuPko5qLdfXXTO0ePw4XqkBS-CFpeQFZRAnUJaQMSSDzNgxIdoa1qwyrmxe3k0CsNuxU0_SpiAjTrbeQI-hHkDZStbTUE0nrbDOXdQhuau5cdnVkk12ssGJJ-A5ohJIuoTlbklKiO6Af7sxw3PMgAxTPlDbLiJ_Tp0_/w400-h300/P1000244.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I decided to get started on this project right away. Except for the handles, the six cups are made, four for the quilt plus two mug rugs. <br /></p><p>I like these colors a lot. It's a departure from the typical Christmas
reds and greens and seems to be the fashion more and more these days.
And they're not really Christmas-y, so I could use the quilt and mug
rugs all winter. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs84Pgtjp2ZfmyOeO09J7hP2N42rlpKgCCjb5SeZdBaXxi-tsm2qViiAaDHgE7dn-1_iwmwy3-XZTx91IZn_TxVVy-2nmOwbJf2_vORbgkFH5Pzhoe2h-a3FWtUxnRyJxR6Ex4eUT7frKRvC7uEbgb-3IWTxuiRSDs7wO02fdC8BvKJEyn1FP0Lx8S/s800/P1000247.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs84Pgtjp2ZfmyOeO09J7hP2N42rlpKgCCjb5SeZdBaXxi-tsm2qViiAaDHgE7dn-1_iwmwy3-XZTx91IZn_TxVVy-2nmOwbJf2_vORbgkFH5Pzhoe2h-a3FWtUxnRyJxR6Ex4eUT7frKRvC7uEbgb-3IWTxuiRSDs7wO02fdC8BvKJEyn1FP0Lx8S/w400-h300/P1000247.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The charm pack, like most precuts, had pinked edges; and you know what a
mess it makes when you take them apart. I have a new tool for cleaning
up the mess! It's a desktop mini vacuum made by Odistar. I LOVE this thing! The picture is a little blurry, but it's a handheld device with brushes underneath and some suction. It is perfect for vacuuming up all those tiny bits on the cutting table that otherwise might wind up all over the floor. You can also use it to vacuum up the dust on your keyboard; and it occurred to me it will be perfect to vacuum up all the dust that comes out of a new puzzle box. I'm sure I'll think of some other uses. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KnfZXoZHXoZWi4IKKRe51fg1TieG-zAH9jofD2Nzo7HghUkuD1QCH4OIW1OuE_X0ah72BzFdVv9szYuN487QAl5ZK8VaddPoEF1QSnGkGUel_RYLIiMy8yzXWgUHdl9BR1Voe1L2U8ecKKdIODYco5o4g-Q_N4gFhP34m2MYieBuVCE_LyhsmGu7/s800/P1000242.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KnfZXoZHXoZWi4IKKRe51fg1TieG-zAH9jofD2Nzo7HghUkuD1QCH4OIW1OuE_X0ah72BzFdVv9szYuN487QAl5ZK8VaddPoEF1QSnGkGUel_RYLIiMy8yzXWgUHdl9BR1Voe1L2U8ecKKdIODYco5o4g-Q_N4gFhP34m2MYieBuVCE_LyhsmGu7/w400-h300/P1000242.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is what the underside looks like. It comes apart easily to empty the contents of the vacuum and to clean the filters.</p><p>These things come in seven different colors; and there are two models, one that uses batteries and one that comes with a USB charger. I got the ones with the charger for just $12.98. I thought these would make great stocking stuffers, so I bought four of them. </p><p>I checked Amazon today, and they've gone up in price by a couple of bucks since I bought mine. I've noticed that the prices on Amazon fluctuate all the time for the same item; so if you're interested, I'd keep checking back to see if the price comes back down. </p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-91404127289175308992022-12-02T19:27:00.007-05:002022-12-02T19:54:37.673-05:00Wiggle Time Oceana<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLqureTJbAbd0i1Tq99PY_vWG_OZv81dkOPCD-QQ7OvroAqP2pBBItUPB4BOeJ744ShTcvr6L5OKouhy3EacBYNb_5a33mBFBhA-3jeSFBYpxs0oPNzOxb0tVhg8xjF6d0r_Fwrv54R85tWEPWXF0HM7pHBQkaXSFLzZCoAt_Rp0BGhWUmyFbUtTq/s320/IMG_1063.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLqureTJbAbd0i1Tq99PY_vWG_OZv81dkOPCD-QQ7OvroAqP2pBBItUPB4BOeJ744ShTcvr6L5OKouhy3EacBYNb_5a33mBFBhA-3jeSFBYpxs0oPNzOxb0tVhg8xjF6d0r_Fwrv54R85tWEPWXF0HM7pHBQkaXSFLzZCoAt_Rp0BGhWUmyFbUtTq/w400-h300/IMG_1063.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>It snow showered here again the other day, so I caved and put a more wintry photo in the header. Not looking forward to winter particularly because I am cold All. The. Time. But I hate the heat more, so I'll live with it. <br /><p></p><p>Advent calendar Day 1 - how fun it is to start opening little quilt gifties! Day 1 was this glass ornament representing one of the Missouri Star Quilt Co buildings. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUBbuMgmAeJZ1HwzpomLtHmnM0WwGL3GseRExemYAlyehXKwNVN7L3qYZO2NL1Cbs3kSc31hZXHCFlxGwlNuXrTEIo6s0kE8HvgwAG8XT9bSsyAXFnSacJQyVRE1ecefQJy6thp6rZWiZh3-TsqkKoxGVcIDpbeq5lEmzjaGTUjX_WnjqNa1RYZ8t/s1024/P1000235.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUBbuMgmAeJZ1HwzpomLtHmnM0WwGL3GseRExemYAlyehXKwNVN7L3qYZO2NL1Cbs3kSc31hZXHCFlxGwlNuXrTEIo6s0kE8HvgwAG8XT9bSsyAXFnSacJQyVRE1ecefQJy6thp6rZWiZh3-TsqkKoxGVcIDpbeq5lEmzjaGTUjX_WnjqNa1RYZ8t/w400-h300/P1000235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Day 2, which was today, is a Moda charm pack with a Christmas theme, but on the label it says "custom project charm pack". It is not a complete collection by Bonnie and Camille; rather there are fewer prints with lots of duplicates. I think there's a project sheet in one of the other packages for this charm pack. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tiH6bBD1_67AVtY5MDuiSLVu6hzCTf32A3MZteBkhxNuaUqw7IT3f2PNPIM_x2RhNMBU_5328iLSw0ggb3FXqaWrt68wxgDTDQ8cantXy9R_qTPpszaJFehaZmV0WMGDUk9qORoVmlnjVpWr3wArcWbDO3SFuPfgyX2-91OqWhVVXYnCL_1Jo39U/s1158/P1000233.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1158" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tiH6bBD1_67AVtY5MDuiSLVu6hzCTf32A3MZteBkhxNuaUqw7IT3f2PNPIM_x2RhNMBU_5328iLSw0ggb3FXqaWrt68wxgDTDQ8cantXy9R_qTPpszaJFehaZmV0WMGDUk9qORoVmlnjVpWr3wArcWbDO3SFuPfgyX2-91OqWhVVXYnCL_1Jo39U/w400-h168/P1000233.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I've been very good lately at rotating through the same five or six projects without going off into left field somewhere. That's discipline. For me. The temperature quilt is one of those, and the month of November has been completed and sewn to the other three months. November turned out to be an interesting looking month. <br /><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqcbhuOJZe0b8DPlmsUflJtjVj25Nz_xkvYYE3ep4VpRXmjRHPg_fFLSlHeBim8DrZ5gPjuwO0gKnxN3v5Rw_IrK3ou9MaQuOQ8pFu4gbODp5X9dx-GdKXeZrMUSNXYqDKTPO6M4jqzFeEkh-EHQxeubyuHcJGJTeNGDNsOWM1jp21a0clt3R9hj0/s1066/P1000228.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqcbhuOJZe0b8DPlmsUflJtjVj25Nz_xkvYYE3ep4VpRXmjRHPg_fFLSlHeBim8DrZ5gPjuwO0gKnxN3v5Rw_IrK3ou9MaQuOQ8pFu4gbODp5X9dx-GdKXeZrMUSNXYqDKTPO6M4jqzFeEkh-EHQxeubyuHcJGJTeNGDNsOWM1jp21a0clt3R9hj0/w300-h400/P1000228.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Sashed Tumblers was another one of those projects, and that one is finished now. I was going to load my Ribbon Candy top next, but I'm going to wait now until I finish Wiggle Time. The Construction Zone quilt is going to a little boy in the family, and it occurred to me that I should probably make up a quilt for his older sister. It takes time, however, for an idea to percolate; and at this late date, it had to be something fast. Finally I remembered <a href="https://payhip.com/CynthiaBrunzDesigns">Cynthia Brunz's Wiggle Time</a> quilt, and that popped into the rotation. <p></p><p>Cynthia's design is set 4 blocks x 5 for a quilt that finishes to 48" x 54". I needed for mine to be larger because the sister is 12, so I bought some extra fabric to set the blocks 5 x 7 for a quilt that will finish to 60" x 74". I think that will be just about right. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJg2REgipWIYeC-EpleXrKQgGBoyzury74R92ayNRzcw2zj-V-9E2t9ncHNc2Rr-duCFyjNLNhyKAV21CWrddzgSjSra0jbgXv2_UC8BIIuE9NaL60L28dGjHLj9zNs1Z-qWJXTsvTygxngnly5y9170m6tZhhXb7_rscI7Gop14zvOLltClNAQ8Na/s800/P1000232.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJg2REgipWIYeC-EpleXrKQgGBoyzury74R92ayNRzcw2zj-V-9E2t9ncHNc2Rr-duCFyjNLNhyKAV21CWrddzgSjSra0jbgXv2_UC8BIIuE9NaL60L28dGjHLj9zNs1Z-qWJXTsvTygxngnly5y9170m6tZhhXb7_rscI7Gop14zvOLltClNAQ8Na/w400-h300/P1000232.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The collection is Oceana by QT Fabrics, an ocean themed bunch of fabrics with turtles, seashells, seahorses, seaweed, and some beautiful tone on tones. I'm only using 7 of the fabrics in the collection, so there is plenty left for a couple more projects. <p></p><p>The sister couldn't decide if aqua or cobalt blue was her favorite
color. I think I've covered all the bases with this coloration, lol. <br /></p><p>I hope to finish the last two rows I need tonight; then maybe tomorrow I can hunt up some background fabric and get it loaded on the longarm. </p><p>After that I'll get the Ribbon Candy quilt top loaded. And I'll keep working on the parts for the other five quilts in my rotation--the temperature quilt, my Y2K quilt, a couple of Bonnie Hunter projects, and the Shattered Angles quilt. I may have to slip in some bowl cozies for the kids for Christmas. These were promised last summer, and I still haven't got to them. <br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-74335913583717527062022-11-27T20:46:00.005-05:002022-11-27T21:18:29.503-05:00One More November Finish<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YFVg2TxuVqODqbk0K4sv9nN3had4S1B2lgbHiyEK-pKSNR5t1RV6XeAUTUcvUEbQaNaV1bA7Cxr_71r-3Jj76PG63efx3xZTMY7BR_f8m9upegtEA-HwY-yR4_9eRF9_tP4yddoN1JdSdQGRZLOgbCstwNuiwRN6ZkXAkapEMxavPg_4p2P0xhoI/s1600/Sashed%20Tumblers.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YFVg2TxuVqODqbk0K4sv9nN3had4S1B2lgbHiyEK-pKSNR5t1RV6XeAUTUcvUEbQaNaV1bA7Cxr_71r-3Jj76PG63efx3xZTMY7BR_f8m9upegtEA-HwY-yR4_9eRF9_tP4yddoN1JdSdQGRZLOgbCstwNuiwRN6ZkXAkapEMxavPg_4p2P0xhoI/w300-h400/Sashed%20Tumblers.JPG" width="300" /></a>I should probably change the photo in my header since fall has gone by; but I love the colors, so I'll leave it up a while longer.</p><p>I finished quilting Sashed Tumblers the other day and got it bound yesterday. Every bit of the fabric in this quilt came out of the chapter stash bin, including the binding. Tacoma Lakes Quilters made a raffle quilt in 2020 for a quilt show we intended to have, which never happened because of the pandemic. For whatever reason, the group that worked on the quilt made yards and yards of binding, and there was more than enough left over to use on this quilt too. And there's still some left over. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosf0dVvH5mtos_q7C0Cs85x42r9spP2L_xVWb_T_yz6ssOcPX7IQkMJPL6aatuznKNxxkwooGxJImU_WEUY-P52VcPEO1U1UTF3-VV_AZ1cyUkvXuJddQ7PEcBiugZUB-KMsgNGeAIMNGYIeCinsu1MerUm3jIwqql9tMc5LYrxldaaCRj75PjKzJ/s1622/Sashed%20Tumblers_Det%202.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="1622" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosf0dVvH5mtos_q7C0Cs85x42r9spP2L_xVWb_T_yz6ssOcPX7IQkMJPL6aatuznKNxxkwooGxJImU_WEUY-P52VcPEO1U1UTF3-VV_AZ1cyUkvXuJddQ7PEcBiugZUB-KMsgNGeAIMNGYIeCinsu1MerUm3jIwqql9tMc5LYrxldaaCRj75PjKzJ/w400-h303/Sashed%20Tumblers_Det%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The piecing was simple, so I chose a simple pantograph, Ebb and Flow from Hermione Agee; and I like how it turned out. Plus it was pretty quick to quilt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLVsZcGlbDLP60uttVYtc8ZaXVoTQEtBvlSyoFMradJnn0n9P0yrK6zfgx7Z2_VS4snlN2qmOwHf0hg3ETsYuyjk5yC4NpHgRac6bXsOCGENEamLOWMqH9Mow3GnrhCWtp-IOQ5qeGoDNCcL3kgEj78leIiljW52ISvgZerG0W6aQ1N3vVfhdKLcv/s1024/Sashed%20Tumblers_Back.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLVsZcGlbDLP60uttVYtc8ZaXVoTQEtBvlSyoFMradJnn0n9P0yrK6zfgx7Z2_VS4snlN2qmOwHf0hg3ETsYuyjk5yC4NpHgRac6bXsOCGENEamLOWMqH9Mow3GnrhCWtp-IOQ5qeGoDNCcL3kgEj78leIiljW52ISvgZerG0W6aQ1N3vVfhdKLcv/w400-h300/Sashed%20Tumblers_Back.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The backing came out of Tacoma's scrap bin too. The tan print had been kicking around for years, and I used all of it up on the back of this quilt. Just a few scraps left over from the overage. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44_KuCUakj3GdAXfUa6YhqTgFT1Mumji8kAXVFVkxN6rdqJahBk982kumYblIY7egfrIr0AA2z1jrRJLHKqStZ9VPeOotkjHoZWX8PHhvOQ-HF8CER3m-tA_DIdglT8FMCDnMtt3mfpx6vBUkT8jvMooAdLTWzxQUqd7YiTgYV7WKfccRTpHl3Epf/s1024/P1000227.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44_KuCUakj3GdAXfUa6YhqTgFT1Mumji8kAXVFVkxN6rdqJahBk982kumYblIY7egfrIr0AA2z1jrRJLHKqStZ9VPeOotkjHoZWX8PHhvOQ-HF8CER3m-tA_DIdglT8FMCDnMtt3mfpx6vBUkT8jvMooAdLTWzxQUqd7YiTgYV7WKfccRTpHl3Epf/s320/P1000227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>This block is from a quilt design called Dart by Amy's Creative Side. I think I found it on Pinterest. I liked it so much that I had to make a block just to try it out. <br /></p><p>And just like that, another UFO was born. <br /></p><p></p><p>Amy wrote a blog post about the Dart quilt <a href="https://www.amyscreativeside.com/2019/09/16/dartdart/">here</a>, and of course there's a photo of the whole quilt. The block looks simple, but it makes a great design when a bunch of them are all sewn together. Must make this!</p><p> I recently discovered Cynthia Brunz's <a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com">blog</a>, and I have spent quite a lot of time reading her old posts. She has some wonderful ideas for scrap quilts, some of which I definitely would like to make at some point. She also hosts a link up on Sundays, so I'm linking today's post to her blog. <br /></p><p>Linking up:</p><p><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2022/11/oh-scrap-something-to-keep-me-busy.html">Quilting is more fun than Housework</a> <br /></p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-91284045724866284982022-11-18T22:45:00.007-05:002022-11-18T23:12:44.348-05:00Wrapping Up Some Projects<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishQNybmhxCIFNmBy5aGcrWG-tnFEKtv2um9jbm-kjnzkYfzitihO0Hn9d_1I4A3FqxKuESbcKlutGRqFBYEpXUQvD2kV7B2XHfy4u4XrYxTANbCLJZAgaaxHCduYBa6VD1L-WtZJJpNc4lOCfLlsFKYQgoQhlLMSLbGuOlaLBIFGs-D1wrkaF8bRa/s1024/P1000205.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishQNybmhxCIFNmBy5aGcrWG-tnFEKtv2um9jbm-kjnzkYfzitihO0Hn9d_1I4A3FqxKuESbcKlutGRqFBYEpXUQvD2kV7B2XHfy4u4XrYxTANbCLJZAgaaxHCduYBa6VD1L-WtZJJpNc4lOCfLlsFKYQgoQhlLMSLbGuOlaLBIFGs-D1wrkaF8bRa/w400-h300/P1000205.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>My quilters' Advent box from Missouri Star Quilt Co arrived three or four days ago. I enjoyed the Spooky Box I bought from Fat Quarter Shop in October, so I decided to treat myself again in December. It arrived in this box that's made to look like a suitcase, and inside....<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cYCzegqMAvj4sL-7-XQcMc0jpid_BLammvv9vrd26y42LdhTsQWUHnRtKvygUdrKHIeeoBHfhxvtFXCpG-xLo9HG5iAPRtxirUPmlhaJqIyM31ESy_csY_5cUbQUZ2Oknlql0jQuqZ-WtWGj6nngcK8KKImEPzOTNjWNSHK3Cq7UYN1q7_QJ6jjv/s1024/P1000207.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cYCzegqMAvj4sL-7-XQcMc0jpid_BLammvv9vrd26y42LdhTsQWUHnRtKvygUdrKHIeeoBHfhxvtFXCpG-xLo9HG5iAPRtxirUPmlhaJqIyM31ESy_csY_5cUbQUZ2Oknlql0jQuqZ-WtWGj6nngcK8KKImEPzOTNjWNSHK3Cq7UYN1q7_QJ6jjv/w400-h300/P1000207.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>.... are a bunch of wrapped, numbered giftie boxes and bags. I was curious about the advent box last year and found some YouTube videos online where Jenny Doan opens a gift every day from Dec 1-25. I thought the videos were fun, and I thought the gifties were fun; so I decided to give it a try this year. <br /><p><br /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXfXYgcVnwKu8J65FNVoevfG3dIoDoenoaiEyDkEoG5kNF0ZcHOiEn5hD1IuwoT1LYQlJy3V4eA-WQ6gCWd-5dbK6gQQ4AZ_yv-Cev3honqBLqZorrJbr3IvxaNBo3MgC_UMfsvmhVL9W7-XVJE9zx9s0E_oOEnnBIET1pORn3OINheezbT3JNnXq/s3264/IMG_4691.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXfXYgcVnwKu8J65FNVoevfG3dIoDoenoaiEyDkEoG5kNF0ZcHOiEn5hD1IuwoT1LYQlJy3V4eA-WQ6gCWd-5dbK6gQQ4AZ_yv-Cev3honqBLqZorrJbr3IvxaNBo3MgC_UMfsvmhVL9W7-XVJE9zx9s0E_oOEnnBIET1pORn3OINheezbT3JNnXq/w400-h300/IMG_4691.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Last week it was sunny and warm, and then <i>boom! </i>it was winter. It
snowed briefly Wednesday morning, the first snow of the season. By mid
morning, it had switched over to rain, and the little bit of snow melted
away. Just a miserably damp cold day. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeCnBEiY8wcBdXnIvPdN0YwE3Nv2uI8EpAlmfe3B2vMx4SjlJloeEwrBKmSc8KtVTsNz8bxyU9v_20nDcwt_7sTRpz7w3BwJ5NI8oP-zVdf6930Nx92y6g90A4LbNq_NGfLrgDsCr6F7K3_4Oa7pyv7Z9YD6H4DmeXDCEMjpOjttIeDPBPR0nsJpa/s1600/P1000209.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeCnBEiY8wcBdXnIvPdN0YwE3Nv2uI8EpAlmfe3B2vMx4SjlJloeEwrBKmSc8KtVTsNz8bxyU9v_20nDcwt_7sTRpz7w3BwJ5NI8oP-zVdf6930Nx92y6g90A4LbNq_NGfLrgDsCr6F7K3_4Oa7pyv7Z9YD6H4DmeXDCEMjpOjttIeDPBPR0nsJpa/w400-h300/P1000209.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Because the weather has been cold and miserable, I hunkered down and used the last few days to clean up a few projects. Shar's quilt is finished and ready to be returned to her. <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAwjpE9gATiwB4M4mnHOkcYAhaBKIfMWTwoRAD1k48PACyoraP4uLN_Z7NdldBoxGTr2u5th1p79-EPLO6_V2LYnC3sJ8YCTWhH6S8wyUdPKT_rQK50QOG4W_9jYK8ucUlGMwBLH2KggwfS4o_VO06jAMN2aBHeG5GcnwA6rzAe-yMLW-p6ljUfRw/s1322/P1090665.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAwjpE9gATiwB4M4mnHOkcYAhaBKIfMWTwoRAD1k48PACyoraP4uLN_Z7NdldBoxGTr2u5th1p79-EPLO6_V2LYnC3sJ8YCTWhH6S8wyUdPKT_rQK50QOG4W_9jYK8ucUlGMwBLH2KggwfS4o_VO06jAMN2aBHeG5GcnwA6rzAe-yMLW-p6ljUfRw/w299-h400/P1090665.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><p>"My Favorite Color Is" was a project designed by Moda and became a quilt along on their Inspiration blog last year. I'm calling mine Coastal Cool, and I finished the top last October. It's been waiting for a backing since then, so I got the backing and batting cut and carted it off to another longarm quilter the other day. At 81" x 99", it is just too big to fit comfortably on my machine. I'm won't be able to get this back until January, so it's out of my hair for awhile. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFHgL7RJGuiTUMchIgPomRaF_DpUmipajKFSgasrPCA-NaKf0Nb49n8tMoTMBtqMd73mPXhboUFrwxuJEJz6HRxLA_dMUL6ikVSyfsvtSV4OvamWDjUs6btXhPmhyoU1FEVZyrKY37DBt7QOaa9eG3XhQiGQ1PZpIYZSxX74VK-tdkqlZ9Fyy-nun/s640/P1090174.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFHgL7RJGuiTUMchIgPomRaF_DpUmipajKFSgasrPCA-NaKf0Nb49n8tMoTMBtqMd73mPXhboUFrwxuJEJz6HRxLA_dMUL6ikVSyfsvtSV4OvamWDjUs6btXhPmhyoU1FEVZyrKY37DBt7QOaa9eG3XhQiGQ1PZpIYZSxX74VK-tdkqlZ9Fyy-nun/w300-h400/P1090174.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p>Missouri Star Quilt Co. did a tutorial for this Sashed Tumbler, which I finished during the first year of the pandemic. These were all fabrics left over from a group project my quilt chapter did. I loaded it up on the longarm yesterday. I have a thread color picked out but haven't figured out how I'm going to quilt it yet. This one will be donated when it's finished. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileYOybVXCmx_UPS5aPlAEDcgglAhJrOdF0ZoLtIUv1bDjndgjGwmAhr7KiDfqFFnwNCD3ftJ6vARBfZmBYwbyZMDLpVtvuRKx8ZjSulKps1NDFfvSxePP93t_1wX76LEvB3BWWlEG1NzS0-kLpoooCB1XBDcwv8J2MZ3i-goWFYxTg_TRFp3iqpEC/s1024/IMG_4696.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileYOybVXCmx_UPS5aPlAEDcgglAhJrOdF0ZoLtIUv1bDjndgjGwmAhr7KiDfqFFnwNCD3ftJ6vARBfZmBYwbyZMDLpVtvuRKx8ZjSulKps1NDFfvSxePP93t_1wX76LEvB3BWWlEG1NzS0-kLpoooCB1XBDcwv8J2MZ3i-goWFYxTg_TRFp3iqpEC/w400-h300/IMG_4696.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I really don't like working with yards and yards of fabric; and after wrapping up three large quilts, I was looking for something different to work on. I came across this project, Shattered Angles, when I was hunting for something else the other day, so I dug it out to work on.<p></p><p>This was a class from Susan Purney Mark at Quilt University online in 2011. I got enough of the project done to understand the process, and it's been sitting ever since. </p><p>Quilt University closed their doors when owner Carol Miller passed away some years back. It was later reincarnated as the Academy of Quilting, and some of the original instructors from QU migrated to that platform. Susan Purney Mark was not one of them, but she did write a book called Accent on Angles that details the process. </p><p>Shattered Angles is not a difficult quilt to make it, even if it looks like it. In a nutshell, you make strip sets, cut them into sections, insert some separator strips, and then cut some blocks out of the resultant strips. I chose blues randomly, with an eye to value, scale, and fabrics I really wanted to get rid of. And so far I'm really liking it. I need 12 blocks for my quilt, and I'm halfway there. <br /></p><p>I'm gone all day tomorrow, and Sunday it will be time to start making some preparations for Thanksgiving. We're having company on Thursday for a few days and a family get together on Saturday, so not sure how much progress I'll make next week.</p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-63835304712445397362022-11-13T20:09:00.005-05:002022-11-18T23:07:44.867-05:00Shar's Quilts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYxXBxgXhQi5u96FFkD2GSZ5enbUR6K-YsgEuNcWU8q2AkjS3BmC8fSFC1Ch7Oy-TAMCuL1TEhfeB5PzmPpAFxFG9YoRA_NwcPxs9VZ9gLFoyttiabJilIKQFwP29rmQi9p5mnBIEH9aJVJtEDjM8M2GNzRk3dwEurMLldyL-Q_BL3J4uSfqBClbw/s1024/P1000202.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1024" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYxXBxgXhQi5u96FFkD2GSZ5enbUR6K-YsgEuNcWU8q2AkjS3BmC8fSFC1Ch7Oy-TAMCuL1TEhfeB5PzmPpAFxFG9YoRA_NwcPxs9VZ9gLFoyttiabJilIKQFwP29rmQi9p5mnBIEH9aJVJtEDjM8M2GNzRk3dwEurMLldyL-Q_BL3J4uSfqBClbw/w400-h201/P1000202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Like many other places around the country, we've had record breaking warm temperatures in November. And shortly we'll have record breaking cold temperatures! Like night times temps in the 20s for us. <p></p><p>I'm caught up to date on November's row in my temperature quilt. Those cold blues are finally starting to make an appearance. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB71o4A9KjVzn2wBh3u102X-ykKkcsmPrGaV_EXRbc4jMot9_VkwXeP9M-x2C86JNxjqaBzvuAzRKFV8nG6Ev45Br_XXclgijWat0HQEO_l5Hc1tJpfS6Gn3bi0eoUl2RK3qsyBrk0H7hoyT62TBMLWrH3DPaouGpT9Zy3Jpb1ck0IXD3zSrvc3aw8/s1024/IMG_4667.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB71o4A9KjVzn2wBh3u102X-ykKkcsmPrGaV_EXRbc4jMot9_VkwXeP9M-x2C86JNxjqaBzvuAzRKFV8nG6Ev45Br_XXclgijWat0HQEO_l5Hc1tJpfS6Gn3bi0eoUl2RK3qsyBrk0H7hoyT62TBMLWrH3DPaouGpT9Zy3Jpb1ck0IXD3zSrvc3aw8/w400-h300/IMG_4667.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>My son remarried last year, and it turns out my new daughter-in-law's mother is a quilter. Or at least she used to be, up until 7 or 8 years ago. She made a bunch of tops and then seemingly couldn't figure out how to get them quilted. <p></p><p>She took at least one to a longarm quilter and apparently wasn't happy with it. Then she bought a sit-down longarm and was too intimidated to use it. Fast forward, the quilts are still not quilted, so after Christmas last year I offered to quilt them for her. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8jYQVHS6LoAi0LuDAnEaVlR5bEpLFiqPUak_iumkuzcliEJHRhljzZGyj7Xaz9pspvChR9ZOGzO6Cu-WLjeB0dtPSWJrz9KSrP6QaV9c5PqD7cdd8X5HCKJPa4cPeHuuMjSC-WQOAWVttGLRO95JoD-_GJEMR0UWER7KniOHBuB7RwskjglxLiwY/s1280/IMG_4666.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8jYQVHS6LoAi0LuDAnEaVlR5bEpLFiqPUak_iumkuzcliEJHRhljzZGyj7Xaz9pspvChR9ZOGzO6Cu-WLjeB0dtPSWJrz9KSrP6QaV9c5PqD7cdd8X5HCKJPa4cPeHuuMjSC-WQOAWVttGLRO95JoD-_GJEMR0UWER7KniOHBuB7RwskjglxLiwY/w400-h300/IMG_4666.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The brown, green and teal was the first one I finished for her, and I thought it turned out really well. I used a teal thread and the Daisy Swirl pantograph from Willow Leaf Studio to mimic the flowers in that light print. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0NIdglV3nfXpKU8414sinfXPU6n0hA21hyptUpG7NoBRTQtFBYmC-73Q-vb1SdgY1636UjIKwr4E-yxnK9a3UQoU6LufZU2Bg6VGdP_vqxLQDQESpEFqXg3ovURc5fKVssACFHf29H7u3cSXz50LkmMXBDY6FaZJCHflH0N4-U-dBjiQTwbFi9Qw/s1280/IMG_4670.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0NIdglV3nfXpKU8414sinfXPU6n0hA21hyptUpG7NoBRTQtFBYmC-73Q-vb1SdgY1636UjIKwr4E-yxnK9a3UQoU6LufZU2Bg6VGdP_vqxLQDQESpEFqXg3ovURc5fKVssACFHf29H7u3cSXz50LkmMXBDY6FaZJCHflH0N4-U-dBjiQTwbFi9Qw/w400-h300/IMG_4670.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The next one was the Dora quilt, which was supposed to be for her granddaugher, who is now 13 and might find it too juvenile. No idea what Shar plans to do with it now. My son's daughter is now 6, and it might be perfect for her. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP8I5t5rvEWnL1m_BAlJO1M8PRzZnT9CzjKGUCZpbyJZ8_D_5gLPEMqvJyNAZT5BK-9R7tu8NIbY5GSuCvWUL1ClqDjKOKhj8NmviJgbLRh7VBbY1XKLcmxj_4COm7aIb7jb0fTq2NH69tlTkOOXBnfFKWQpKNijUJFBPnz1W00pf2H2U2U96S103/s1280/IMG_4671.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP8I5t5rvEWnL1m_BAlJO1M8PRzZnT9CzjKGUCZpbyJZ8_D_5gLPEMqvJyNAZT5BK-9R7tu8NIbY5GSuCvWUL1ClqDjKOKhj8NmviJgbLRh7VBbY1XKLcmxj_4COm7aIb7jb0fTq2NH69tlTkOOXBnfFKWQpKNijUJFBPnz1W00pf2H2U2U96S103/s320/IMG_4671.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I quilted the Dora quilt with the Twofold Feathers pantograph from Urban Elementz in purple thread. This is one of my favorite pantographs, and I thought it looked good on all the open spaces in this quilt. </p><p>Both of these quilts I finished in April. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCOxgD1AZ9SdPF-XoC6b4OSucPuDo7v0Wz_blU06OiXANihWv9OkPRjclQsOlWiARVX5uFjpqwSiYOybJLWHOb6E1r52BYcBVrqZUOp0-R-CcmnXkIuuwgm4iCNxA1nmqnbYhFceb880V49sDW86lVlTSjEsxZf-dlEygIfQvggEJzk1qi8_QYfkZ/s1280/P1000203.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCOxgD1AZ9SdPF-XoC6b4OSucPuDo7v0Wz_blU06OiXANihWv9OkPRjclQsOlWiARVX5uFjpqwSiYOybJLWHOb6E1r52BYcBVrqZUOp0-R-CcmnXkIuuwgm4iCNxA1nmqnbYhFceb880V49sDW86lVlTSjEsxZf-dlEygIfQvggEJzk1qi8_QYfkZ/w400-h300/P1000203.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I have one more of Shar's quilts in my possession, and it is this chain link kind of block. I've never seen this design before--it looks very modern to me. Has anyone else ever come across it?<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLSjTgLcpYmC2LlmELMSrv9bsBsLiShHQNBDhzs0sza2RozV5pzGNaqU7uQZMe5xCUuAaxzhxVsxllCT4JdhqvHC4ACK6a3GdpuBfYkPHvGru8VRO974WKi5CmXiOaP7HttD103V-2QUkN8ZJLB8uEAEgBiMkaOtRt5gUfx8ngzy08zhO2bdiUoSp/s1366/IMG_4681.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1366" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLSjTgLcpYmC2LlmELMSrv9bsBsLiShHQNBDhzs0sza2RozV5pzGNaqU7uQZMe5xCUuAaxzhxVsxllCT4JdhqvHC4ACK6a3GdpuBfYkPHvGru8VRO974WKi5CmXiOaP7HttD103V-2QUkN8ZJLB8uEAEgBiMkaOtRt5gUfx8ngzy08zhO2bdiUoSp/w400-h300/IMG_4681.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>And it's actually not a block design. The half hexie shapes are sewn together in long rows, and the center section is sewn in long rows, then all three rows are sewn together. Interesting.</p><p>There's some fullness in the print strips between the hexies, so I am using a less dense pantograph so hopefully no tucks anywhere. For the thread color, it didn't seem like much of anything would show up on that busy print, so I went with a variegated brown, which I thought looked okay in the hexies. </p><p>A few more passes tomorrow on Shar's quilt, and maybe a few more blocks for the Scary Faces quilt.</p>SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702704177918809144.post-81363525508696043142022-11-11T20:24:00.007-05:002022-11-27T21:35:57.709-05:00Two Easy Finishes<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGJ9zRQogSLEnYLBEkiKoCRZvvvVIPS1YfxGZK-8mP4CG7caQmmKSoBmWkfSztptAhz8dA-KOOO-t7ij-Q2r-U7NTudVv4Aje7ScTi58cWmzsk433s3KbXVi7fkmAt6rTYLYn92XOqgUzIFLet4EWS5uY7Tb0TUr9S6fDRCbixoQuFNINXwu2kwGq/s1600/P1000173.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGJ9zRQogSLEnYLBEkiKoCRZvvvVIPS1YfxGZK-8mP4CG7caQmmKSoBmWkfSztptAhz8dA-KOOO-t7ij-Q2r-U7NTudVv4Aje7ScTi58cWmzsk433s3KbXVi7fkmAt6rTYLYn92XOqgUzIFLet4EWS5uY7Tb0TUr9S6fDRCbixoQuFNINXwu2kwGq/s320/P1000173.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We had another surprisingly warm day here in Maine, as it seems to be all up and down the East Coast. We were in a drought all summer but had so much rain this fall that the drought was overcome. Now the lawns look the best they've looked all year--just in time for some very frosty weather next week. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXUOsFmyjpD8A7fs_AVjPXMs896IbxgC9QUDPmF6IzVxO899nHZbVeNyOUt6dn1awpwU9gQJuCzOI6XYUM0bRmMr6JEPB7-CU42mPz01wZ-e40wlQB4o2Z0Z4_XGHyi-P7l8-e2gj86hoOpoJkqbFTp91oaH-tBI-ScOQp9oj3VKtwhMlZdBMD9wC/s800/P1080769.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXUOsFmyjpD8A7fs_AVjPXMs896IbxgC9QUDPmF6IzVxO899nHZbVeNyOUt6dn1awpwU9gQJuCzOI6XYUM0bRmMr6JEPB7-CU42mPz01wZ-e40wlQB4o2Z0Z4_XGHyi-P7l8-e2gj86hoOpoJkqbFTp91oaH-tBI-ScOQp9oj3VKtwhMlZdBMD9wC/s320/P1080769.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div></div>The Christmas cactus is beginning to bloom. This crazy plant usually starts blooming before Thanksgiving and often continues to bloom until February or March. My granddaughter has broken segments off of it, I forget to water it half the time, and I don't know how many times it's been knocked off onto the floor. Yet it continues to reward me with beautiful blossoms every year. My summer cactus thrives equally well with the abuse I heap on it--had a ton of lovely white blossoms this past summer. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoY9nKLQMAg3wp-w5ii4A167-H_v_xo9EkiWAmU9_zuCESFEUsQQBbO8WybK6gTShPhuHmy5PqcnYJLeNIonDv6tOJ4jPxMHlr4tKfMZd8sNqjBu2NZ9sR8maGxtj9X4DsB5lndIXE6doObacupr-Q7w2wNPxtoEVcxfkoGSchP_43BLQkRrKxEyN/s1600/P1000195.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoY9nKLQMAg3wp-w5ii4A167-H_v_xo9EkiWAmU9_zuCESFEUsQQBbO8WybK6gTShPhuHmy5PqcnYJLeNIonDv6tOJ4jPxMHlr4tKfMZd8sNqjBu2NZ9sR8maGxtj9X4DsB5lndIXE6doObacupr-Q7w2wNPxtoEVcxfkoGSchP_43BLQkRrKxEyN/s320/P1000195.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I finished the Scrappy Mini yesterday. I didn't do the best job adding the borders, probably because I deviated from my usual method of border application and followed the paper pieced method from the book instead. Disappointing, but I wasn't about to take it apart a fourth time. <p></p><p>Instead, I decided to try washing and blocking the quilt, which proved to be effective, as the borders are now straight enough to suit me. A small amount of bleeding occurred around two of the red strips however, but it's just for me and will hang in a dark hallway, so I decided to leave well enough alone. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZ-CMJkkYl9oa8aj5j-taDYLK29UsbvNq9HaQMSPqKCc_JVbLJ5ZkL584uWUajWQnOutnhE4ZW_wLnP26g5BgIglg7d2P96QsQ8pEy2T6Y-AiR-VikW-sOcafO3Ii1-POBHH4ueSMY8fqo-vOgXyTTlYhgqJDQ-crtwqEqrf0jR1DOP_8m9muhZz4/s1384/P1000196.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1049" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZ-CMJkkYl9oa8aj5j-taDYLK29UsbvNq9HaQMSPqKCc_JVbLJ5ZkL584uWUajWQnOutnhE4ZW_wLnP26g5BgIglg7d2P96QsQ8pEy2T6Y-AiR-VikW-sOcafO3Ii1-POBHH4ueSMY8fqo-vOgXyTTlYhgqJDQ-crtwqEqrf0jR1DOP_8m9muhZz4/s320/P1000196.JPG" width="243" /></a></div>I finished the Construction Zone quilt this afternoon. This small quilt is going to a little boy in the family and will probably see some hard use, so I bound it all by machine. I find it difficult working with black fabric, and I had an awful time seeing the stitching for the binding, but I liked the black binding.<br /> <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ntQoIse2b7Mzx0phn6U3xEcQpkPjqBdDhWIl4QHWhpqEv3MDBChMMi7zLG8dBES-nL3CJtXbw-VNHQ8Jj6KFKGNVkdqxgzuRFOUsZCDWDdyUR-bg3IuwJyKY-fPEVXJPuUsSwnfah2TMq0tJcDmoD9waDbmysUVQAF2srypWS-LrVOV-Y1X9XQTM/s1024/P1000197.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ntQoIse2b7Mzx0phn6U3xEcQpkPjqBdDhWIl4QHWhpqEv3MDBChMMi7zLG8dBES-nL3CJtXbw-VNHQ8Jj6KFKGNVkdqxgzuRFOUsZCDWDdyUR-bg3IuwJyKY-fPEVXJPuUsSwnfah2TMq0tJcDmoD9waDbmysUVQAF2srypWS-LrVOV-Y1X9XQTM/s320/P1000197.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I quilted it with a design called Hot Rod by Lorien Quilting. Quick and easy, which I needed because I haven't been on my longarm for months. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jh1fhuiUWrW8t7AKlB3JA4haXYqTJiAmKjtOOBtkvLJ6n_xBTDGx-LKYW30ryBTM-hpdfMFL72snuvZEfrfa7uMUZBXjHchqJByY5H0q1q8-N1n78M2l6aMtMmIcrEddfksUEhlOxB0gY2Sx0TNq66vHOPaBwPFYUsw0sxVrDc3NAKhC9PMCMahZ/s1066/P1000199.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jh1fhuiUWrW8t7AKlB3JA4haXYqTJiAmKjtOOBtkvLJ6n_xBTDGx-LKYW30ryBTM-hpdfMFL72snuvZEfrfa7uMUZBXjHchqJByY5H0q1q8-N1n78M2l6aMtMmIcrEddfksUEhlOxB0gY2Sx0TNq66vHOPaBwPFYUsw0sxVrDc3NAKhC9PMCMahZ/s320/P1000199.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>My next project is on the worktable. Scary Faces is a pattern for a small quilt included in my Spooky Box, an October special from Fat Quarter Shop. The Spooky Box is like Quilty Box, a box full of surprises that comes once a month. I was always tempted to try that but never did. </p><p>This year I decided to give the surprise box a try, and I wasn't disappointed. Besides the pattern, there was a small bundle of fabrics to make the quilt, and some different notions. One of the notions was a thread conditioner called The Thread Potion in a lip balm tube. I coat my thread with beeswax before hand sewing, but the beeswax cake tends to crumble after a while as the thread slices into it. Thread Potion is softer, and I was impressed with how well it worked--no tangling, no fraying, and no breakage. I would purchase this again, but I'm not sure if it was a one-time special for the Spooky Box since I can't seem to find it now on their website. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIUzZYloybyC4lkbcj8fIYZtDTbTcIK_B58uIEEXdmxClWYxBRYPQ3kRa52zw2PBU21L0yWiqC7mZH16sk8W06w0tT2STEhRiF6FYw2gBCNTmNKv3iT8DFg9lA2V91CLDeSV64Pc2zWO7HnIxMAAl7P3QSyQZeWyyhLvAmEs7W-0WVgpwbGHR1bY8/s932/P1000200.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="932" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIUzZYloybyC4lkbcj8fIYZtDTbTcIK_B58uIEEXdmxClWYxBRYPQ3kRa52zw2PBU21L0yWiqC7mZH16sk8W06w0tT2STEhRiF6FYw2gBCNTmNKv3iT8DFg9lA2V91CLDeSV64Pc2zWO7HnIxMAAl7P3QSyQZeWyyhLvAmEs7W-0WVgpwbGHR1bY8/s320/P1000200.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>So far I've made the four pumpkin blocks, but only this one has the stem and leaf added. And I've made 1 of 8 chain blocks. Haven't done any of the ghost blocks yet. The fabrics are adorable--spiderwebs, skeletons, bats, Halloween words, and some plaids and dots. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_kwsV4Pl6YDytQJiVza1uNKQWEFR38D0D2Jgra0XzeWN-RT6OcsAGyVJ-m4Aum0JU25WH8d1o5QWEt7GzdUnrv8yelszjeFKdylE6PhS2Od-Yd7qu5E_K_Yqm-gB7G2nghaH6DwiLIKWtk2868btWhL-sKLkt7f6UrkNBVaog9Env1hcUM5j4xur/s601/P1090519.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_kwsV4Pl6YDytQJiVza1uNKQWEFR38D0D2Jgra0XzeWN-RT6OcsAGyVJ-m4Aum0JU25WH8d1o5QWEt7GzdUnrv8yelszjeFKdylE6PhS2Od-Yd7qu5E_K_Yqm-gB7G2nghaH6DwiLIKWtk2868btWhL-sKLkt7f6UrkNBVaog9Env1hcUM5j4xur/s320/P1090519.JPG" width="237" /></a></div>The millenium charm quilt is also back in play. I finished piecing all of the triangles, 1998 of them, last August. I couldn't figure out what to do for a border, so I waited for an idea to percolate. I thought it would look unfinished with just binding, so I decided to add a narrow inner border, maybe 1/2" to 3/4". <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mjG_RN1zPOoDAeuGzhN3NsOY68hIa331LQKq8CFlmj57X4o9TexgPCQb-00YryzzQzVJGssUHa0mD_Sg60Fn1vp1QsOcTxrLGTVufohFTfhvbWEZKmQv69dY73D9Mp8fFw5bRgMqH16wRdtXa9in8n9ynkYh7MFjrkv7ZV1ykIG9p8IQZ-DI308r/s1024/P1000179.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mjG_RN1zPOoDAeuGzhN3NsOY68hIa331LQKq8CFlmj57X4o9TexgPCQb-00YryzzQzVJGssUHa0mD_Sg60Fn1vp1QsOcTxrLGTVufohFTfhvbWEZKmQv69dY73D9Mp8fFw5bRgMqH16wRdtXa9in8n9ynkYh7MFjrkv7ZV1ykIG9p8IQZ-DI308r/s320/P1000179.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Next I wanted to add a neutral border, but it added nothing to the quilt, in fact it washed it out. A 1-1/2" border in a brighter off-white tone on tone fabric with a wider brown outer border improved the look, but the white looked too plain. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrMLhVcW0kiyZU6wepuRc7Evo3y7GFmrU9g3V433KTwmqjj0BKlDyFCPGUcCgj9A64Cr5KDQuSEU41GWglzTfdyPaib8OarcNxwjy_geq3Dy4EO9dW4WfpINPOixuSrQSkm4DFfXtyIP1FW8Me7lpndZ1LMz9S8TcMBSPSM0ilviE8wFb8Ajoby1O/s800/P1000198.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrMLhVcW0kiyZU6wepuRc7Evo3y7GFmrU9g3V433KTwmqjj0BKlDyFCPGUcCgj9A64Cr5KDQuSEU41GWglzTfdyPaib8OarcNxwjy_geq3Dy4EO9dW4WfpINPOixuSrQSkm4DFfXtyIP1FW8Me7lpndZ1LMz9S8TcMBSPSM0ilviE8wFb8Ajoby1O/s320/P1000198.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Yesterday I found this multicolored confetti print in my stash and decided that would do the trick. My quilt consultant (hubby) enthusiastically concurred, so that's what it's going to be. </p><p>On the back of the quilt, I plan to add the last two triangles to make 2000, plus 22 more, one for each year past the millenium. I'll continue to add one every year in January--until I can't, lol. <br /></p><p><br /></p><br />SueRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015207751862726531noreply@blogger.com1