tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33841695283562005372024-03-12T21:01:03.036-08:00Quilted HeartsThis blog is named for a quilt my boys and I made my husband in 1992.Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-49821882392457955942022-06-26T21:44:00.001-08:002022-06-26T22:25:28.276-08:002022 Update of Progress <p> I have been subbing since school started back up in January and have not accomplished much this year. I did complete a couple of tops for donation and a baby quilt. </p><p>I am hoping that now that school is out and my long-term sub job is done I can get some more sewing done this summer while working on the house and doing some remodeling. I am also still working on putting my sewing room back together and washing every piece of fabric I own before putting it back in my sewing room unless it is a precut. There is a lot of fabric and I still have a lot to wash and fold. I did not realize how much fabric I have until I packed it all up.</p><p>I moved pretty much all of my precuts and kits up to my sewing room and have them organized for the most part, there may be a few more hiding downstairs in a bo I have not unearthed yet. I still have to figure out where I am going to put the rest of the fabric and my batting.</p><p>I am also going through all my UFOs and trying to decide if they are worth finishing or if I want to repurpose them into smaller quilts. I may do that with some and there are a couple that I simply need to bind or attach the borders so I can finish the top. I have one I need to piece the backing for and it will be ready to send to the quilter. I have others I think I will just let go to someone else.</p><p>I did finish getting the bindings made for two king-size quilts and trimmed them last week. I have the binding attached to the front of both and ready for me to hand stitch down in the evenings when I complete the one I am working on as a gift for a friend.</p><p>I also started attaching the borders to one quilt that I am doing multiple borders on, it will have two one-inch black borders, two 2 1/2" borders on either side of the Seminole border that I have already pieced, followed by the outer border.</p><p>I have also been busy working on attaching interfacing to the backs of the tops my niece selected for the memory quilt of her mother that I am making for her. I have all of the pieces ready to cut and piece. </p><p>I also interfaced the shirts I have set aside for a memory quilt of my mother. It was the first time that I have pulled out the shirts and not cried, in six years.</p><p>I have also been busy helping my husband go through everything in one bedroom in preparation to pack up the room so he can start painting, stripping the ceiling, and pulling the carpet to put in new vinyl flooring. We have purged a ton of trash, recycle/burn, and donated about six bags of stuff. He is now packing things up and moving them so he can start the next stage.</p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br />Hand Applique:<br />I still have ten projects in this category and they range from small wall hangings to a large quilt. One I take with me when I travel and am making slow progress on it. Another I need to cut out more pieces to complete the border, a third one has all the blocks pieced but needs the leaves appliqued on to each block. I am slowly making progress on these, but I cannot do handwork for an extended time due to issues with my hands.<br /><br />1) Mouse Pads<br />2) Cherries<br />3) Wild Berry Vines<br />4) Batik Leaves<br />5) Apple Quilt Leaves<br />6) Tulips<br />7) Hawaiian<br />8) Pumpkin<br />9) Morning Glories<br />10) Chicken<br /><br />Embroidery/X-Stitch:<br />I have five projects in this category including a beaded tree wall hanging. Two of them will someday be large quilts. Again I cannot do as much as I use to so they are what I consider to be long-term projects and I just hope to move them forward and finish a block or two this year.<br /><br />1) Red Winter Wonderland<br />2) 2012 Aurifil BOM<br />3) Snowmen on Blue<br />4) Birds<br />5) Beaded Tree</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">6) Under a Quilt</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">7) Hufflepuff</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">8) Starry Night</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">9) Harry Potter</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br />Embellishment:<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lGKt8jsQdM4/UlXYT79dxTI/AAAAAAAABI8/GZlunxCTg3gt9t_CLGZSCiEukEScqVzfACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/flip%2Bflop%2Bborder%2Btwo%2Bcopy%2B2.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #6699cc; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lGKt8jsQdM4/UlXYT79dxTI/AAAAAAAABI8/GZlunxCTg3gt9t_CLGZSCiEukEScqVzfACPcBGAYYCw/s200/flip%2Bflop%2Bborder%2Btwo%2Bcopy%2B2.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></a>I have one quilt that I need to finish the embellishments on and finish the binding to be done. Again this is all handwork so it is slow going.<br /><br />1) Flip Flops<br /><br />Block of the Month:<br />I have a couple BOMs that are in progress.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">1) SLH BOM</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">2) QC BOM - Ribbon Candy</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">3) Celestial Stars (not started)</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">4) Fancy Forrest (all blocks done)<br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /><br />Hand Piecing:<br />This category has a friendship star quilt I started years ago when I was teaching my students to hand piece a block as part of a math project. They each made a small wall hanging and hand quilted them. I also have a couple of Grandmother's Flower Garden quilts in this category that are done in different ways and an English paper pieced star quilt as well as a few blocks for my No Cats On My Quilt Sampler.<br /><br />1) No Cats on My Quilt - a) Hexagons, b) Tumbling Blocks, c) spools<br />2) Friendship Star<br />3) Grandmother's Flower Garden - a) stamped, b) English Paper Piecing<br />4) English Paper Pieced Stars<br /><br />Paper Piecing:<br />This category has 5 projects, one block for my No Cats On My Quilt, a Mariner's Compass quilt that I need to finish one more block, and then decided if I want to make more. I also have my Tottenville Toads and Iced Saw Blades that I have just one or two blocks done on and need many more, as well as my curved Flying Geese quilt that needs several more blocks made.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dzgmpPJ7ZDI/WIRsux3rzlI/AAAAAAAABtE/z4stFbgCM8Akjd1k0TTx9m548ELg3ak9gCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_9738.JPG" style="clear: left; color: #6699cc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dzgmpPJ7ZDI/WIRsux3rzlI/AAAAAAAABtE/z4stFbgCM8Akjd1k0TTx9m548ELg3ak9gCPcBGAYYCw/s200/IMG_9738.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="112" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px; text-align: center;">Tottenville Toads</td></tr></tbody></table>1) No Cats on My Quilt - a) Trees<br />2) Mariner's Compass - I have four blocks completed and need to decide if I am done or want to make a few more blocks to make the quilt lager.<br />3) Tottenville Toads<br />4) Iced Saw Blades<br />5) Curved Flying Geese</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">6) Wicked Wahini<br /><br /><br /><br />Machine Piecing:<br />This is a big category. I have 21 projects I have started in this one. Several have all the blocks done and simply need me to put them into rows and complete the top, while others have one block done or have the rows pieced so they are all in various stages. One or two also fall into the Hand Applique or Paper piecing category, like the apple quilt and the No Cats On My Quilt, so they are counted twice.<br /><br />1)Voices of the Past - all blocks completed and layout designed<br />2) Purple Saturday Sampler - blocks done, border/sashing fabric bought<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MgggkRfQSdg/VuxQBhDRs2I/AAAAAAAABgA/_ANRnYrYTlUQyjUD4Xsk6LotbriKVi7JwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/1613982_10153519680278214_1405005762450874636_n.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #6699cc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="952" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MgggkRfQSdg/VuxQBhDRs2I/AAAAAAAABgA/_ANRnYrYTlUQyjUD4Xsk6LotbriKVi7JwCPcBGAYYCw/s200/1613982_10153519680278214_1405005762450874636_n.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px; text-align: center;">Voices of the Past</td></tr></tbody></table>3) Yin Yang - one block done, plan to continue making blocks<br /><strike>4) Valdez Mystery - one block done, all blocks cut out </strike>- top done, needs to be quilted.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0JefYXKlTEw/WIRuZrNPHpI/AAAAAAAABuA/G7cLYr4SwvQSCieIjRvAjxqSQr_1_stZACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_1639.JPG" style="clear: right; color: #6699cc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0JefYXKlTEw/WIRuZrNPHpI/AAAAAAAABuA/G7cLYr4SwvQSCieIjRvAjxqSQr_1_stZACPcBGAYYCw/s200/IMG_1639.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px; text-align: center;">Valdez Mystery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wmJOU2WAtHI/WIRssEFdsCI/AAAAAAAABtE/rRgmXlxwJyoZgwZublpy6M3dMidfPws8gCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_9653.JPG" style="color: #6699cc; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wmJOU2WAtHI/WIRssEFdsCI/AAAAAAAABtE/rRgmXlxwJyoZgwZublpy6M3dMidfPws8gCPcBGAYYCw/s200/IMG_9653.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="112" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px;">Flower Power</td></tr></tbody></table><br />5) Flower Power - in progress<br />6) Wandering Star - one large block is done, sections of small blocks partially done<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KkpbH3sTPkI/TrHbgR7EbzI/AAAAAAAAAJc/5dDP95Njr50uRQgGXVRcd7djkajl8PGeACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/6307151699_1b3720b39b.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #6699cc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KkpbH3sTPkI/TrHbgR7EbzI/AAAAAAAAAJc/5dDP95Njr50uRQgGXVRcd7djkajl8PGeACPcBGAYYCw/s200/6307151699_1b3720b39b.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px; text-align: center;">Black Tie Mystery</td></tr></tbody></table>7) Black Tie Mystery - three sections done<br />8) Apple Quilt - all blocks are done, needs applique done<br />9) QMU 2020 Samplet<br />10) Alaska OBW<br />11) Black and Cream Quilt - some blocks completed<br />12) Mom's sweatshirt Memory Quilt for me - sweatshirts are interfaced<br />13) Hockey Quilt - in pieces<br /><strike>14) Two-Step Jelly Roll Challenge - 81 blocks </strike> four baby quilt tops done.<br />15) Screwed up Fall Swap Blocks - 16 blocks done</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">16) Floral OBW</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">17) Farm House Chic 3 yd</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">18) Simplicity 3yd<br />19) Breakfast Club</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">20) Star Swap</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">21) Royal Ensemble</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">22) Gypsy Wife (blocks done)</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">23) Memory Quilt - for Danielle</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br />Needs Borders:<br />I have 5 quilts that are in need of borders at the moment. One I have done the Seminole border strips and need to double check the length before attaching<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-p74mWsmDA/WM9tS4VNIPI/AAAAAAAABzE/iO7w5cmFOVE1cxLIUCAZ-7_naSA-DQXHwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_2912.JPG" style="clear: right; color: #6699cc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-p74mWsmDA/WM9tS4VNIPI/AAAAAAAABzE/iO7w5cmFOVE1cxLIUCAZ-7_naSA-DQXHwCPcBGAYYCw/s200/IMG_2912.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.88px; text-align: center;">Tiffany</td></tr></tbody></table><br />1) Tiffany - borders pieced<br />2) Flower Basket - needs borders</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">3) <span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Bryce's Bunny - needs last border (center pieced by my youngest son years ago)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">4) Wonky Two-Step 1</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">5) Bermuda Sunrise (Need to order hand-dye fabric)<br /><br />Other Projects:<br />I have 13 projects in this category ranging from a Professional Tote to an elf, to pot holders and table runners and pillowcases. I have a box of pillowcases cut out that I pull out and make randomly to donate.<br /><br />1) Professional Tote - cut out, quilted, and partially pieced<br />2) Sew Together Bag I - cut out<br />3) Sew Together Bag II - cut out<br />4) Butterfly Purse - hand quilted<br />5) Space Purse<br />6) Alaska Tote<br />7) Log Cabin Tote - 1" strips cut<br />8) Elf - partially put together<br />9) Amish Doll Dress - Need to find this one as the doll is made.<br />10) Pot Holders - I have a bunch cut out that I pull and make randomly for gifts or donation<br />11) <span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Floral Braid Runner</span><br />12) Orphan Blocks - a) stars, b) red and cream pinwheels - not sure yet what I am doing with them.<br />13) Friendship Star Table Runner - needs backing and quilting<br />14) Lake Tote</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br />Topsville:<br />I have 5 tops awaiting quilting, that I need to find or piece backs for.<br /><br />1) Good Night Sweetheart - need to piece backing<br />2) Bonus Table Runner form my July Mystery - needs borders and quilting</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">3) Two-Step 1</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">4) Two-Step 2</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">5) Wonky Two-Step 2</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">6) Pinwheel Stars table runner</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">7) Cookies's Star</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">8) Valdez Mystery</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">9) Emergency Vehicles baby quilt</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">10) Race Car baby quilt</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">11) Peach Log Cabin Quilt</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br />Hand Quilting:<br />I have two tops in this category and pull the smaller one out as a take along project.<br /><br />1) Snow Boarder - partially done<br />2) Slice and Dice - partially done</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">3) Skier<br /><br />Needs Binding and Labels:<br />1) Winter Solstice</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">2) Burgundy and Gold Squared Stars</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">3) Peach and Blue 3yd quilt</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">4) TQR Mystery 1</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">5) Blue and Beige Squared Stars</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">6) QC Mystery</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">7) Batik</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">2022 FInishes:</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">1) Salsa Hot Pad Runner</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">2) Six Salsa Hexie Placemats</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">3) Six Salsa Hexie Potholders</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;">4) Two face masks</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4794182105307548463" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; width: 758px;"><br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /></div>Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-4272717105073174022022-05-23T20:26:00.000-08:002022-05-23T20:26:37.912-08:002021 Projects<p> My goal this year is to finish several small projects and to move several UFOs forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far this year I have finished</p><p>Two Pot Holders</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0uhfYiLZN54/YER39Pj9C9I/AAAAAAAAP40/9jx-WPStvoofLJZN2Q_PLOEfI52JoCY8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DA2E938E-9FCC-41E9-9666-A6DA17060E54.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2048" height="164" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0uhfYiLZN54/YER39Pj9C9I/AAAAAAAAP40/9jx-WPStvoofLJZN2Q_PLOEfI52JoCY8ACLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h164/DA2E938E-9FCC-41E9-9666-A6DA17060E54.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Three 5-Minute Runners<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e67LpdtnaPY/YER4qrkLykI/AAAAAAAAP5A/pmUIikFtVuUym6X5-7j8kjSxe6BQn55HwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/141D3CBE-B7C4-42AC-AEC3-A0DB619A9168.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2048" height="116" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e67LpdtnaPY/YER4qrkLykI/AAAAAAAAP5A/pmUIikFtVuUym6X5-7j8kjSxe6BQn55HwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h116/141D3CBE-B7C4-42AC-AEC3-A0DB619A9168.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Two Lemon Hexie placemats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cBH6dniM8Y0/YER49WXm3DI/AAAAAAAAP5c/dxCRG-wITOY4l4q9t96yEn_LAsooRgoBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/F1FC76BD-112E-4D83-A4B9-BB433005ACEC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1148" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cBH6dniM8Y0/YER49WXm3DI/AAAAAAAAP5c/dxCRG-wITOY4l4q9t96yEn_LAsooRgoBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w112-h200/F1FC76BD-112E-4D83-A4B9-BB433005ACEC.jpeg" width="112" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Kitchen Scarf</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Hot Pad Runner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4lFNr_94Zaw/YER5nf2RF_I/AAAAAAAAP5w/rWAI-TuEyNYhP0VMqeM_wodsGvyItYFsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/CB7F0276-5057-43A0-8AAB-0A7249F86D9A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4lFNr_94Zaw/YER5nf2RF_I/AAAAAAAAP5w/rWAI-TuEyNYhP0VMqeM_wodsGvyItYFsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CB7F0276-5057-43A0-8AAB-0A7249F86D9A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Four Hexie Hot Pads</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also finished putting together the Fall Quilted Cow Mystery to which I need to add borders. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-27v5_IJGezc/YER60TSQVnI/AAAAAAAAP54/jgpB8An-X9UJjgFaGSEm0sOoUXYi9ux2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/374DB820-53F6-4A72-BFCD-55B1FB104115.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-27v5_IJGezc/YER60TSQVnI/AAAAAAAAP54/jgpB8An-X9UJjgFaGSEm0sOoUXYi9ux2wCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h150/374DB820-53F6-4A72-BFCD-55B1FB104115.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started and finished my Winter Solstice quilt.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nBoN5v6JDhg/YER7I_C0OLI/AAAAAAAAP6A/k9wg1StHbz8hfGxgFtDryUXfsWN6lDzJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6EEBE7F0-C650-4572-AB96-420FDE428C6D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1198" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nBoN5v6JDhg/YER7I_C0OLI/AAAAAAAAP6A/k9wg1StHbz8hfGxgFtDryUXfsWN6lDzJQCLcBGAsYHQ/w187-h320/6EEBE7F0-C650-4572-AB96-420FDE428C6D.jpeg" width="187" /></a></div>I plan to make Hexie placemats to match the hot pad runner and another hot pad runner to go with them. If I can get more of the fabric I want to make Hexie pot holders to match. I am also working on a Jenny Kingwell’s BoHo Heart quilt and looking at fabrics to possibly start a Spiral Lonestar by Jan Krentz. My other goals for this year include moving several of my UFOs forward. I have a couple quilts I am looking for backings so I can send them toe my favorite quilter.<div>I am enjoying spending more time with my quilting and have been working on designing quilt patterns also.</div><div>Happy Quilting!</div>Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-70698781284818961792021-01-02T01:13:00.000-09:002021-01-02T01:13:38.350-09:002020 Projects Completed2020 was a year! Everyone has their own thoughts on how things have been and every state was impacted differently depending on their governors, some good, some bad. It was a year in more ways than one. On the positive side, I have accomplished loads of quilty, sewing, knitting, and crocheting projects. I also finally caught up on my binding which I was way behind on for a multitude of reasons.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> January</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFtqRbXGL-k/X_ApQ0nOXKI/AAAAAAAAPnI/FjOoDh5-YnMaO9xD6ctSBTvfVx_gHUj3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0159.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFtqRbXGL-k/X_ApQ0nOXKI/AAAAAAAAPnI/FjOoDh5-YnMaO9xD6ctSBTvfVx_gHUj3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/IMG_0159.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
January started off slow. I only completed 4 snack mats, but I made progress on other projects while
subbing for a friend full days and half days until she was fully back on her feet. I also designed a block for a sampler quilt that I am doing with friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lWjospXtcQg/X_ApwjZfx_I/AAAAAAAAPnQ/IOv4x5f82h4LFVToIif6KJrIEnFVHTftQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_8804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="637" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lWjospXtcQg/X_ApwjZfx_I/AAAAAAAAPnQ/IOv4x5f82h4LFVToIif6KJrIEnFVHTftQCLcBGAsYHQ/w209-h210/IMG_8804.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> February</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yBikn-XD_dw/X_AqAh6ciBI/AAAAAAAAPnY/Woa_hkJJ_gMNMsAUAtyapNiVDOglrwiZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/IMG_0238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="960" height="108" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yBikn-XD_dw/X_AqAh6ciBI/AAAAAAAAPnY/Woa_hkJJ_gMNMsAUAtyapNiVDOglrwiZwCLcBGAsYHQ/w193-h108/IMG_0238.JPG" width="193" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> February was a much better month for finishing things even though I was still
subbing only this month I was doing the English Language Learners testing. I
completed 3 - 5-minute runners, 1- 10-minute runner, a couple of counted-cross
stitch UFOS, and hand-stitching the binding on my Triangle quilt. I also started a mystery
quilt and a temperature quilt, which is a long term project, and cut out a couple
of 3-yard quilts.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0c93P8xg5g/X_AqrI9jyrI/AAAAAAAAPno/Gp7__lRqsR4sQtaDVPZCsdBpWfINBvS9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_9007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0c93P8xg5g/X_AqrI9jyrI/AAAAAAAAPno/Gp7__lRqsR4sQtaDVPZCsdBpWfINBvS9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w207-h276/IMG_9007.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5Ndrvv6Pn0/X_AqQ9kFtsI/AAAAAAAAPng/qL_EhHXt_5IjVToPnSlRbs4Lf8jOUPyXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5Ndrvv6Pn0/X_AqQ9kFtsI/AAAAAAAAPng/qL_EhHXt_5IjVToPnSlRbs4Lf8jOUPyXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w213-h160/IMG_0147.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> March</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoguqgrRjoY/X_Aq3MDTknI/AAAAAAAAPns/oq-Anqvbx3A_pRyfCuHXbh6sFbVwlQIYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoguqgrRjoY/X_Aq3MDTknI/AAAAAAAAPns/oq-Anqvbx3A_pRyfCuHXbh6sFbVwlQIYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w268-h201/IMG_0146.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I finished binding the Pajama Party Quilt and finished quilting
and binding Bryce's Brew's wall hanging.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UeCjfdzFd5g/X_AsF1CIRbI/AAAAAAAAPn4/fk5WdA5caB4Kw6e4IF3gjmOT0jo17nnwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1641/IMG_9290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1641" height="135" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UeCjfdzFd5g/X_AsF1CIRbI/AAAAAAAAPn4/fk5WdA5caB4Kw6e4IF3gjmOT0jo17nnwgCLcBGAsYHQ/w289-h135/IMG_9290.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">April </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z3aSxvsbrE/X_AsaiHIYjI/AAAAAAAAPoA/p8RvN7cppvgsrNuZmjj5UvcVGf5EO3DiACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="257" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z3aSxvsbrE/X_AsaiHIYjI/AAAAAAAAPoA/p8RvN7cppvgsrNuZmjj5UvcVGf5EO3DiACLcBGAsYHQ/w193-h257/IMG_4199.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I made 116 masks, finished quilting and piecing my minke snuggle quilt, and one kid snack mat.</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56Htqwr_CEc/X_Asjv9oaPI/AAAAAAAAPoE/ik2tn9V1WbQi2B1rUxniYLjRH_8-Tmh0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_9967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="257" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56Htqwr_CEc/X_Asjv9oaPI/AAAAAAAAPoE/ik2tn9V1WbQi2B1rUxniYLjRH_8-Tmh0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w193-h257/IMG_9967.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JP2dcXD5tOw/X_Aw_9QeDDI/AAAAAAAAPoc/tUp-bxCr7NMAV8mZSZoB285bvsvXbhqigCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="161" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JP2dcXD5tOw/X_Aw_9QeDDI/AAAAAAAAPoc/tUp-bxCr7NMAV8mZSZoB285bvsvXbhqigCLcBGAsYHQ/w215-h161/IMG_0145.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3to8rqCanos/X_AwrwjjJ9I/AAAAAAAAPoU/5aJ6_Fxaosw5O5ko-NT3bzEWHe9-i5QMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="163" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3to8rqCanos/X_AwrwjjJ9I/AAAAAAAAPoU/5aJ6_Fxaosw5O5ko-NT3bzEWHe9-i5QMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w218-h163/IMG_0247.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I finished hand-stitching the binding on my 8 pointed star quilt, On the Road Again (dolphins) quilt, Blue Debbie Caffery Mystery quilt, Buggy Barn Stars quilt, my Fall Tree Mystery quilt, and my Lady
Bug quilt. I was busy binding this month and for several more months. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P_Iv3njj0y8/X_AxjEeU2xI/AAAAAAAAPoo/4V3iJrxnzQI6cLTLaMhrEQmqKkm8aCdWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/IMG_2494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="193" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P_Iv3njj0y8/X_AxjEeU2xI/AAAAAAAAPoo/4V3iJrxnzQI6cLTLaMhrEQmqKkm8aCdWwCLcBGAsYHQ/w257-h193/IMG_2494.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--hZNN9boh2o/X_AxwmOofVI/AAAAAAAAPos/2b6nc_RTrXYLRaAuvIXetj9mVegBIdRbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--hZNN9boh2o/X_AxwmOofVI/AAAAAAAAPos/2b6nc_RTrXYLRaAuvIXetj9mVegBIdRbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w218-h291/IMG_0453.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QonSLfVs3tE/X_Ax4pLVPYI/AAAAAAAAPo0/WtzLa_DIip4DaF4UEJcaIml5Efw2V0sxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="177" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QonSLfVs3tE/X_Ax4pLVPYI/AAAAAAAAPo0/WtzLa_DIip4DaF4UEJcaIml5Efw2V0sxgCLcBGAsYHQ/w236-h177/IMG_3120.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> June </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itVncZQlR5M/X_AyHxYnGBI/AAAAAAAAPo8/BWTV4ZHJk7k-iImTFjXFTFmuilI5wbA0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3159%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itVncZQlR5M/X_AyHxYnGBI/AAAAAAAAPo8/BWTV4ZHJk7k-iImTFjXFTFmuilI5wbA0gCLcBGAsYHQ/w183-h244/IMG_3159%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I finished binding my Crazy Hearts Quilt and made a new corn bag for me as my old one had several leaks and was dropping corn around the house. I also made a totebag as a gift for Christmas via zoom class. It was fun to make and I plan to make another in the future.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kIarYpp-GNw/X_BGROWNf1I/AAAAAAAAPvk/DlX_kheatWkKGlpQs6DHCEMNDO5YGZU2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_3481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kIarYpp-GNw/X_BGROWNf1I/AAAAAAAAPvk/DlX_kheatWkKGlpQs6DHCEMNDO5YGZU2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3481.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> July </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaDVb2yuKQQ/X_AyUvWDOaI/AAAAAAAAPpE/slmDsapu3R0Of3ensglWvMUoe0XncQUngCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="185" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaDVb2yuKQQ/X_AyUvWDOaI/AAAAAAAAPpE/slmDsapu3R0Of3ensglWvMUoe0XncQUngCLcBGAsYHQ/w246-h185/IMG_3541.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I finished binding my red Saturday Sampler, which is king-size. I also bound my braid quilt, my granny square quilt made 15 more masks, and finished binding my king size Log Cabin quilt which I had custom quilted by Shirley Jackson of Murray, Kentucky. I included a picture of the back so you can see the absolutely gorgeous quilting she did.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcYGCjQx-uk/X_AylmaOBJI/AAAAAAAAPpQ/ZGZmZBX4ShgQgBPmTsunPbPZLdsTHE1OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3561.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcYGCjQx-uk/X_AylmaOBJI/AAAAAAAAPpQ/ZGZmZBX4ShgQgBPmTsunPbPZLdsTHE1OwCLcBGAsYHQ/w292-h219/IMG_3561.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxqJJAy_7Ew/X_AzFBfpLFI/AAAAAAAAPpY/Lfj_SNThYwYuA5hIFKVzjkv3ZTNDpsgNACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxqJJAy_7Ew/X_AzFBfpLFI/AAAAAAAAPpY/Lfj_SNThYwYuA5hIFKVzjkv3ZTNDpsgNACLcBGAsYHQ/w190-h253/IMG_3606.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9QvL0y_czVo/X_AzQY19FAI/AAAAAAAAPpc/1Z4FaH5X84YTZvoH0o3ZnAn-DVyCyopvACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_3727%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9QvL0y_czVo/X_AzQY19FAI/AAAAAAAAPpc/1Z4FaH5X84YTZvoH0o3ZnAn-DVyCyopvACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3727%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajRq5d6dDfk/X_A0JkGLP7I/AAAAAAAAPpw/S7JaSlZiHMIob7UJKJsA06Qw3iDM-4EXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/View%2Brecent%2Bphotos.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="379" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajRq5d6dDfk/X_A0JkGLP7I/AAAAAAAAPpw/S7JaSlZiHMIob7UJKJsA06Qw3iDM-4EXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/View%2Brecent%2Bphotos.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">August </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wbS8L8QMM-s/X_A2MT1FgcI/AAAAAAAAPqA/VvMHMwK2OGE8P0m6Om_DwxQkYhjiIn66gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wbS8L8QMM-s/X_A2MT1FgcI/AAAAAAAAPqA/VvMHMwK2OGE8P0m6Om_DwxQkYhjiIn66gCLcBGAsYHQ/w239-h179/IMG_2545.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r2LPeRbscCk/X_A2QEcm_bI/AAAAAAAAPqI/cAvXxcYtjqU3yjmO2hqcmxkRCy5aj_wzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3875%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r2LPeRbscCk/X_A2QEcm_bI/AAAAAAAAPqI/cAvXxcYtjqU3yjmO2hqcmxkRCy5aj_wzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3875%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7OItEtd0BOc/X_A2QDmqZUI/AAAAAAAAPqE/rNT8X3bpGFw2lbPnmCtKNUeMxJhdq03VACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4208%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7OItEtd0BOc/X_A2QDmqZUI/AAAAAAAAPqE/rNT8X3bpGFw2lbPnmCtKNUeMxJhdq03VACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_4208%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> I was busy in August I made a sunflower mug rug, a cow tote bag, a salt and pepper tote bag, a hot cocoa 5-minute table runner, and felted a blue wool knitted bag. I was on a binding roll. I hand-stitched the binding on my Water's of Kauai, which I call Alaskan Ice quilt; Bryce's Lizard Quilt; my red, white, and blue stars swap quilt; my second baby quilt made for an ugly fabric challenge, and my second Shopping's Done wall hanging. I also made 67 masks. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UbHjuVGZnQ/X_A23Ix7lhI/AAAAAAAAPqY/QEzGqLTJCtUJdiYPCuHJH0znMRsYB-WogCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UbHjuVGZnQ/X_A23Ix7lhI/AAAAAAAAPqY/QEzGqLTJCtUJdiYPCuHJH0znMRsYB-WogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3863.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zLI9_DcVOY/X_A3TgBVQSI/AAAAAAAAPqk/pRNDcILcKz4cAyl6TTx95m0mCs1v-LjAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3865.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zLI9_DcVOY/X_A3TgBVQSI/AAAAAAAAPqk/pRNDcILcKz4cAyl6TTx95m0mCs1v-LjAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w245-h184/IMG_3865.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ilVXl5yHXDo/X_A3kOfzieI/AAAAAAAAPqw/krm0dYylw-kKqr1Zxuvpy5A880WMa6rIACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ilVXl5yHXDo/X_A3kOfzieI/AAAAAAAAPqw/krm0dYylw-kKqr1Zxuvpy5A880WMa6rIACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3860.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kt-lZaw3VVM/X_A35jY9RFI/AAAAAAAAPq4/gdEoqMrojo84Yo9LWqdGbOBeOWWefkQYACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kt-lZaw3VVM/X_A35jY9RFI/AAAAAAAAPq4/gdEoqMrojo84Yo9LWqdGbOBeOWWefkQYACLcBGAsYHQ/w245-h184/IMG_3869.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YvNiwXDmMNQ/X_A4WNWBLCI/AAAAAAAAPrE/GPo_UhADVqw9TscEx-MqKLJdi9s9mmhgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YvNiwXDmMNQ/X_A4WNWBLCI/AAAAAAAAPrE/GPo_UhADVqw9TscEx-MqKLJdi9s9mmhgQCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h180/IMG_3871.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> September </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uIt-jxFx8LI/X_A4t91I5SI/AAAAAAAAPrQ/i4mHVeG94yora-JEISRMI64O6R0UZ9X5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uIt-jxFx8LI/X_A4t91I5SI/AAAAAAAAPrQ/i4mHVeG94yora-JEISRMI64O6R0UZ9X5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_4500.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opcYumCLn8M/X_A56necnKI/AAAAAAAAPr0/rKrAEmDdNQQZhLHywDQi1arKBSG0vBo4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opcYumCLn8M/X_A56necnKI/AAAAAAAAPr0/rKrAEmDdNQQZhLHywDQi1arKBSG0vBo4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3706.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dT7hJo541x8/X_A7xXnyu3I/AAAAAAAAPsQ/RahUXmxIdJwhiu30shvmc7f5z2A-y9HLACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_4666%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dT7hJo541x8/X_A7xXnyu3I/AAAAAAAAPsQ/RahUXmxIdJwhiu30shvmc7f5z2A-y9HLACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_4666%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> I made more masks and did the hand-stitching of the binding on several quilts. Daisy Days, which is hand appliqued took me several years just to finish the applique as I am very slow. Bali Jewels was a class I took via zoom this summer and was a gift for a friend who moved to Washington. Other quilts I finished binding this month include Something Fishy, Undercover in Chicago, a winter fabric quilt, The Quilting Room Mystery 1, March Winds, and my orphan block nine patches on point. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTvTfwZZ1to/X_A5OzgdjfI/AAAAAAAAPrk/7RqnqRk10DgukCPa9uwgasuNzpas8V65gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_5033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTvTfwZZ1to/X_A5OzgdjfI/AAAAAAAAPrk/7RqnqRk10DgukCPa9uwgasuNzpas8V65gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_5033.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R6PpGSLA590/X_A9Ou3LcRI/AAAAAAAAPs0/VhbndKnx6-EhJu0UhF5_wWjSGzVS_8c4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_4669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="211" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R6PpGSLA590/X_A9Ou3LcRI/AAAAAAAAPs0/VhbndKnx6-EhJu0UhF5_wWjSGzVS_8c4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w281-h211/IMG_4669.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Ie6sedzHiU/X_A7ljXzziI/AAAAAAAAPsM/Pfb8dDeq3AQpk3SQktZIVteuyz4CPz8lACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_5034%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="186" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Ie6sedzHiU/X_A7ljXzziI/AAAAAAAAPsM/Pfb8dDeq3AQpk3SQktZIVteuyz4CPz8lACLcBGAsYHQ/w248-h186/IMG_5034%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPr-j4lwpXI/X_A72ebJMMI/AAAAAAAAPsY/RfYryaY9HRMnfLy0Ghj2B36e5PiExc9vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_4666%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPr-j4lwpXI/X_A72ebJMMI/AAAAAAAAPsY/RfYryaY9HRMnfLy0Ghj2B36e5PiExc9vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_4666%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MT7Mr86t92k/X_A8BUml72I/AAAAAAAAPsg/kXRCHzUeQGwRECwtW2SmHwMIc6NCLK53QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MT7Mr86t92k/X_A8BUml72I/AAAAAAAAPsg/kXRCHzUeQGwRECwtW2SmHwMIc6NCLK53QCLcBGAsYHQ/w261-h261/IMG_4506.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gj-vmYylf9I/X_A8IyUfgQI/AAAAAAAAPsk/kLX4tNYzP6MRb8GW268I04uoMNUKeGqiACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="186" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gj-vmYylf9I/X_A8IyUfgQI/AAAAAAAAPsk/kLX4tNYzP6MRb8GW268I04uoMNUKeGqiACLcBGAsYHQ/w248-h186/IMG_2727.JPG" width="248" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> October</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M49fLlS5qAY/X_BACGpxNEI/AAAAAAAAPt8/Hokdyr5X1Ag34SpwklavooCSXqS_p3cqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_5317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M49fLlS5qAY/X_BACGpxNEI/AAAAAAAAPt8/Hokdyr5X1Ag34SpwklavooCSXqS_p3cqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_5317.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WSdkjqFMeyw/X_A9iCbFhUI/AAAAAAAAPs8/wiOmIxxR17g5gUCrdxfqvtcZa6xopeH4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_5318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="199" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WSdkjqFMeyw/X_A9iCbFhUI/AAAAAAAAPs8/wiOmIxxR17g5gUCrdxfqvtcZa6xopeH4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w265-h199/IMG_5318.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> I was really on a binding roll in October. I hand-stitched the binding on my single granny square quilt, California Confusion, Pick Up Sticks, my QuiltMashUp Christmas swap quilt, the pink Saturday Sampler quilt, Cut to the Chase, Argyle Beauty 2, Northern Nights, and the Stack and Whack, labeled Covid-19 as it made me think of the pictures of the covid germs, which I donated to the Arctic Valley Ski Club auction. I also made two rag flannel quilts that my husband did the snipping of the seams on, a Monopoly tote bag, a Christmas gift bag, two black masks for my son for when he has to wear his uniform for AANG, and finished stitching my Live Simply, Love Truly, Laugh Freely counted x-stitch.
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I finished a pink knit hat, a brown and rust knit hat, a purple and gray knit hat, and a reddish wool knit hat. I am donating the soft ones to chemo patients and the others to a shelter. I also made a Christmas snack mat. I attached binding to two quilts that I plan to do the hand-stitching on in December. I was also busy piecing blocks for a mystery that I will finish putting the rows together on in 2021.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ARsrbPan2Ws/X_BBuoQ_U4I/AAAAAAAAPuY/58GADfYe264jgXDFRRqdqjZYGPWtfMBQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2913%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="640" height="156" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ARsrbPan2Ws/X_BBuoQ_U4I/AAAAAAAAPuY/58GADfYe264jgXDFRRqdqjZYGPWtfMBQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w229-h156/IMG_2913%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">December </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DBBgtEgQIn8/X_BCLBY-tkI/AAAAAAAAPug/jgHHhuUMrVwQRr18L_eoPB3xO0jnQgWzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_6640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DBBgtEgQIn8/X_BCLBY-tkI/AAAAAAAAPug/jgHHhuUMrVwQRr18L_eoPB3xO0jnQgWzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I finished crocheting several other hats this month as well.
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I finished hand-stitching down the binding on the Mystery that I started in February from the Quilted Cow. I also finished the latest Quilted Cow mystery blocks and made crocheted several more hats to donate. I finished the binding on the Mickey Mouse quilt, and two Dream Big wall hangings and pieced a small quilt that I need to quilt and bind. I also made a snack mat for a gift, and several bowl cozies for gifts as well. Lastly I put the finishing touches on the totebag I made as gift in June. My husband teaches jewelry at one of our local high schools and he made me etched brass sand dollars to add to the bag.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DzDYhZ42j0w/X_BENn6ayMI/AAAAAAAAPu0/DyTDV_Ak5cMp7JDROWO8OO1NdI1QmH-HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_6669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DzDYhZ42j0w/X_BENn6ayMI/AAAAAAAAPu0/DyTDV_Ak5cMp7JDROWO8OO1NdI1QmH-HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6669.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-omCXL-dJhgo/X_BEi7ars7I/AAAAAAAAPvA/3XO9akhbYzYfhz_jI_T1uMZu74I_p2PVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_6723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="640" height="251" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-omCXL-dJhgo/X_BEi7ars7I/AAAAAAAAPvA/3XO9akhbYzYfhz_jI_T1uMZu74I_p2PVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w252-h251/IMG_6723.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KpRNZgdYnM/X_BEitfJL0I/AAAAAAAAPu8/DHLbmCWWJHEVJKv7TRMJLBpVnwlahRPCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_6724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="628" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KpRNZgdYnM/X_BEitfJL0I/AAAAAAAAPu8/DHLbmCWWJHEVJKv7TRMJLBpVnwlahRPCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w261-h266/IMG_6724.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OnZDOqu8w8g/X_BE8SaAQ4I/AAAAAAAAPvQ/UU2fWbMLgHomemCxfNMJMcPoApzFMEy8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/IMG_6849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="205" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OnZDOqu8w8g/X_BE8SaAQ4I/AAAAAAAAPvQ/UU2fWbMLgHomemCxfNMJMcPoApzFMEy8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w273-h205/IMG_6849.JPG" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-brm76mVePZ0/X_BEvs6bvcI/AAAAAAAAPvI/V8T36mDfidMcsE9TZqnW0Y_El7stKi2LACLcBGAsYHQ/s1661/IMG_6549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1661" data-original-width="1389" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-brm76mVePZ0/X_BEvs6bvcI/AAAAAAAAPvI/V8T36mDfidMcsE9TZqnW0Y_El7stKi2LACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6549.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>I worked on piecing several projects this year that will be moved forward in 2021 and finished a few tops that will be quilted in 2021 also. I am looking forward to spending more time quilting, sewing, quilting, knitting and crocheting, as well as doing other crafts and art journaling in 2021, now that I am all caught up on my binding. I am also hoping to post more frequently in 2021.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-81150966479206962552019-06-23T11:29:00.000-08:002019-06-23T11:29:04.695-08:00Early June Update on Quilting ProgressI worked on finishing my Granny Square quilt. It will make a nice baby quilt. I added three inner borders on the Granny Square and an outer border. It has been mailed off to the quilter.<br />
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I worked on piecing the rows for my Argyle Quilt. These blocks were left over from a quilt I made my niece Lauren several years ago and were just waiting to made into a top. I still need to finish this one and figure out a border for it, but I have moved the quilt forward which is always the goal.<br />
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I also finished the top I was making using my leftover 9 patches from a past quilt. I set them on point, added sashing, and set them on point and did a narrow inner border, along with another border of the white and a wider outer border of the sashing fabric which I love. This is also mailed off to the quilter.</div>
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I included a few other quilts in the box for her to quilt for me and have put the pictures below. We enjoyed our cruise and are now busy packing up the living room so that my husband can strip the popcorn ceiling, then we will paint. While he is busy stripping the ceiling I plan to hide in my sewing room and work on moving other projects forward, as I am not helping him with that part of the project.</div>
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Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-46184899844996192262019-05-27T22:43:00.000-08:002019-05-27T22:43:16.029-08:00Memorial Day UpdateThis week I spent time working on things around the house, like getting my living room ready to pack up as we are planning to strip the popcorn ceiling and paint starting next month. I also spent one day at the quilt shop sewing with a friend who was up from the lower 48 to take care of her house and visit her son and daughter-in-law. She lives in Oregon, maintains a home in Alaska, and travels the lower 48 in her motor home spending time in Arizona and Florida each year.<br />
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I am also working on booking hotels for my son and me for this August when we drive down from Alaska to the lower 48. He is moving down to attend grad school.<br />
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As I posted on Friday, I finished the second memory quilt top and quite a few blocks for my Gypsy Wife quilt, so I moved on to a few other projects. On Friday I pressed four quilt tops to send to my wonderful quilter.<br />
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I pieced the backing for one quilt and added borders to my Buggy Barn Hearts bed runner.<br />
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I also found/purchased sashing and borders for a couple of other quilts and started putting them together.<br />
I started with these 9-patch blocks that I had set on point. They were left over from another project and sitting in my UFO orphans box.<br />
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I plan to use my time this week to make a few more blocks for my Gypsy Wife quilt and to move some other projects forward, including binding a few more quilts. I will be offline for a couple of weeks and unable to do any quilting, but I will try and get some hand work done during that time. I will post an update again next week before I go offline.<br />
<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-9407680307815186532019-05-24T04:00:00.000-08:002019-05-24T04:00:20.733-08:00What I’ve Accomplished This Past Two WeeksThis past week I have been busy finishing the second memory quilt top.<br />
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I’ve also been busy working on my Gypsy Wife Quilt blocks and have made several more blocks to use as fillers. I still have some larger blocks to make as I am enlarging the quilt, then I can begin putting my top together as I plan to vary the layout of the blocks some and am still thinking about the layout.</div>
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I’m having fun with this quilt, choosing from my scraps left from other projects, and Fat Quarters that I had laying around. This is a great quilt for playing with color and design ideas. I have made several changes to the setting blocks and added a few blocks to the quilt that were ones I liked, I only eliminated one block front he quilt as I did not like the design. I may still go back and add it in before I layout the top. I plan to make extras of a couple of other blocks that I really liked in different color ways of course as this will help me with enlarging the quilt.</div>
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Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-65858718986483769122019-05-23T12:00:00.000-08:002019-05-23T12:00:05.473-08:00The Second Memory QuiltI’v spent more time in my sewing room this past week and have actually gotten further on some projects than I thought. I made progress on a UFO and on my Gypsy Wife quilt blocks.<br />
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This last weekend was devoted to UFOs, one of which is the second memory quilt. This one is for my friend’s younger sister. It is also made with the pajamas. I started with the extra block I had from my friend’s quilt that I went around log cabin style. Please excuse my toes peaking out on the left side.<br />
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I am added a border of four patches all the way around the quilt. I then added a border of the background.</div>
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The inner border is another knit from the pajamas and the outer border is from my stash. </div>
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I want to thank my neighbor for holding the quilt up so I could take a picture. THat’s her feet peaking out on the bottom of the quilt. The wind kicked up out on the deck last night when I was trying to take a picture, and I hope to get a better one later this week.<br />
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<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-84953072565646379782019-05-11T16:48:00.002-08:002019-05-11T16:48:24.729-08:00Memory Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I received a huge box of pajamas from my best friend in May of 2018, after her mother passed away. I had told her to send me some shirts and such and I would make her a memory quilt. She also requested one for her sister, which I am working on currently.<br />
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I had a pile of pajamas of all different fabrics; knits, fleece, satin, and such. I picked the Cozy Quilt pattern <a href="http://cozyquilt.com/Aspx/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=7161" target="_blank">Circle Back</a> as it reminded me of the circle of a mother's arms and love.<br />
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I started with deboning the pajamas so I could cut them into sections. Then I began pressing interfacing to each section and that took a long time. Once I have the fabric section prepped so they were roughly the size of a fat quarter I began cutting strips and sub cut them into pieces so I could begin stitching them the background pieces. That took the most time. Then I started sewing and there were like 168 pieces of pajamas and roughly the same for background pieces to sew together. It took me quite a while to get them all together. Once I had that done the blocks went together fairly quickly in sections and then the sections were sewn together to make the 16-inch blocks. I trimmed them to 15.5 inches as they were not perfect due to the fabrics being used which often slipped, especially the satiny ones.<br />
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Once the blocks were together the top center when together easily. I then had to start with interfacing the fabric that I choose for the inner border. I had to piece it in sections and sew them together to get border lengths so there are quite a few seams in that border.<br />
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Once the three borders were attached and the quilt was pressed I boxed it up to send it off to my awesome quilter <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Custom-Quilting-by-Shirley-Jackson-195201473959167/" target="_blank">Shirley Jackson</a> for her to apply her magic to the quilt.<br />
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When it returned home I trimmed and bound the quilt so I could have it done to hand carry to Los Angeles to deliver it to my oldest and dearest friend when we embarked on our twelve-day cruise to Alaska.<br />
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I know she will love it and be surprised when I hand it to her as I wanted to deliver it personally, rather than mail it to her.<br />
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You might think there is a lot of red in this quilt and there is for a very special reason. Red was her mother's favorite color.<br />
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Here is Theresa with her quilt. She was surprised and she did love it! She loves it and is very happy to have gotten it.<br />
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Now I will continue to work on her sister's quilt, which I am using a different pattern, or rather a variation of two patterns to make.<br />
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Saying Good-Bye before I was dropped off at 3 terminal for my flight. She was at terminal 5.<br />
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<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-69947624586505152932019-04-19T23:18:00.001-08:002019-04-19T23:18:09.733-08:00Finishing Off a Few ThingsI am finishing off a few things this week so that I can mark them as done! One group I am in has been doing a two week finish things up the challenge of sorts to get us motivated to get-er-done. I have finished two quilt tops and am working on finishing more before Monday, including the memory quilt for my best friend from high school.<br />
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I discovered that some people were finishing pillowcases and post them as finishes so I threw in a couple of those that I needed to finish as well.<br />
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I am working on binding a few more quilts while I am at it and hope to top off my rain gauge soon.<br />
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This week I have been busy in my quilting room. I finished binding one quilt, worked on my Gypsy Wife and started binding the memory quilt, while also working on the second memory quilt.<br />
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I finished binding Under Cover in Houston early this week and started in on the binding of the memory quilt, which will be revealed next week. Under Cover in Houston is a quilt I started in the 1990s or early 2000s when Debbie Caffery was still living in Alaska. She designed the pattern and taught the class. I love her patterns and she is a wonderful instructor.<br />
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I took it as mystery class. For those that are unfamiliar with quilt mysteries, you know what fabrics and how much, but not the pattern design, just the name. In this case, we needed a light, a dark and a couple of medium prints if I recall correctly with set amounts of each. Prior to the class, you are given cutting directions and sometimes some pre piecing directions as well. You show up to class with your fabric cut and any pre-piecing completed and are given the first step or if there was pre-piecing the second step and you go to work stitching away. As you finish each step you are given the next step and this continues until near the end of class or until someone is near the point of finishing. Then there is the big reveal. The instructor then brings out their finished quilt to show you. Every quilt is different since no one knows what the quilt will look like. My quilt is different even than the designer’s as I decided to set mine on point, rather than in rows.<br />
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I picked my fabrics to go with my background fabric as I wanted it to be fun.<br />
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One of the things I always like about mysteries is that no one could copy the instructors color way. Too often in quilt classes, there are multiple people who copy the instructor's colorway and all the quilts look the same or very similar. There was only one time I came close to that and it was because the colors were the colors of the person I was making the quilt for.<br />
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I attached the binding to the front of the memory quilt and have been working on hand stitching it down off and on this week. I have about one and a half sides done. The label is on and I hope to have it finished before I head down to Los Angeles for my cruise on the 22nd.<br />
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I have been working on the second memory quilt, which is for her sister. I am doing it in a variation of a log cabin. I started with a center block and have been adding logs around the outside. I have several more to add before I will be done, though it will be a smaller, lap size quilt. I have to interface almost all the pajama fabric as it is knit and then piece the logs to the centers, so it takes more time than just cutting and piecing. I am not sure if I will finish it before I head out in a week. Please forgive the toes, but with all the interfacing because these are knit fabrics it keeps curling up on the edges.<br />
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Today I wanted to relax so I pulled out my Gypsy Wife blocks that I had previously cut out and also cut out a few others to go along with them. Over this last week, I pieced the From the Heart block, two Crazy Anne blocks, the star block, and a couple of other blocks I am adding to the quilt as I am enlarging it to fit my bed. I believe I have most all the blocks pieced for the quilt, except for the filler blocks, though I may add a few more blocks to enlarge the quilt once I start playing with the layout and piecing the sections together.<br />
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<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-42699862734511981582019-04-08T04:00:00.000-08:002019-04-08T04:00:14.003-08:00This Weeks Quilting ReportThis week I subbed four days so did not get as much done as I would have liked, but I did make progress.<br />
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I completed one quilt, almost finished binding another, and got the binding attached to the front of the memory quilt as well as the label.<br />
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I finished the binding on my July Mystery. This quilt is one I designed and shared as a mystery with a group of friends last summer. I also have a mini quilt or table topper that I shared from the scraps. I still need to border and quilt it. This quilt was quilted by my wonderful quilter <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Custom-Quilting-by-Shirley-Jackson-195201473959167/" target="_blank">Shirley Jackson</a>.<br />
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I also finished the two infinity scarves I started last week.</div>
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My goal for next week is to finish the binding on Under Cover in Houston and work on binding the memory quilt and my Gypsy Wife quilt.</div>
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I completed the memory quilt top for my friend Theresa and sent it off to the quilter. It returned and trimmed it and cut the binding. No pictures until I deliver it later this month.<br />
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I worked on binding Under Cover in Houston, an old Debbie Caffery Mystery, that is not quite done but will be done this month.<br />
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I also trimmed eight other quilts and cut binding for five of them.<br />
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I bound "No Such Thing as Too Much Fabric" and added a hanging sleeve to it.<br />
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I have to pick the binding for the four other quilts that I trimmed and get to work on binding them as well as the rest of those I trimmed. Since I only completed on binding in March I have to complete three in April to stay on track as my goal is to get two bound a month so I can move the ones I have waiting into Donesville.Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-86929920421764443572019-03-04T04:00:00.000-09:002019-03-04T04:00:01.589-09:00Progress over the Last WeekThis week was very productive overall. I did a ton of work on the house with regard to decluttering and getting stuff organized for our trip over spring break.<br />
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I finished the binding on Barbara's Antiques, my second finish for the month, fourth for the year. It is bright and colorful and was fun to quilt to make. It was an old UFO from, many years ago. I took the mystery class from Debbie Caffery in the 1990's<br />
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This is my second ColorWheel block. I really like this block so decided to incorporate a second one into my Gypsy Wife quilt.</div>
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I ordered backing and borders for the Memory Quilt. I have the center of the quilt done. I used pajamas that belonged to a very dear friend's mother. She has not seen the complete center of the quilt yet. I am debating sending her a picture or wait until I put on the borders or even better wait until I finish it and deliver it to her. I will post a picture of it later, as I don't know if she reads my blog or not.</div>
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I have had a nice quilty week. This week I am picking out two quilts that need a binding for the month of March, and planning to work on more blocks for the Gypsy Wife. </div>
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Over the last two weeks between subbing every day for the one week, two days the next week, and a day of appointments and errands, and being sick, I did not accomplish much, but I did make some progress.<br />
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I picked the fabric for eight pinwheel blocks and actually cut out and pieced the 36 HST for the eight blocks. I pieced one heart block and worked on binding Barabara's Attic. I also cut out six other blocks and pieced a total of eight blocks for the Gypsy Wife quilt.<br />
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I should add that I am using scraps and small pieces of fabric less than a quarter or a half yard from my stash for this quilt. I did buy a couple of quarter yards to add in a little more color, but almost all of the fabric comes from my small pieces scrap box or my fat quarters. To prove I am using up fabric this picture shows all that I had left after I made the block at the top of this post. This is all that remains of this fabric. Originally, I had bought a couple yards of it and used it in a couple of quilts in the past. I think I had maybe an 1/8th of a yard when I started on the Gypsy Wife if that. This is all that remains of the fabric. I think I can get a one-inch square out of that larger scrap. It would work in the center of a block. The other scraps are going in the trash.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also pulled out a quilt to work on hand stitching the binding down and have been making progress on it. This morning I completed the binding, though my fingers were going numb today. It is an old Debbie Caffery Mystery from the mid to late 1990s called Twenties Treasures. I used Doreen Speckman's Provence Fabric line. It is a little busy for me when I look at it now because I cannot find anywhere to rest my eyes, but I still like it. The quilt was quilted but Shirley Jackson, my awesome quilter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">My Aunt and Uncle also received their quilts, which I could not post previously as they were surprise gifts. My cousin Janie sent me these pictures of them with their quilts. They loved them.</span></span></span><br />
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I have five of the larger blocks left to cut out for my Gypsy Wife quilt and then I will start cutting out the smaller filler blocks, though I do have some of the triangles cut out for them and one of them is done. I am having fun with the Gypsy Wife Quilt and look forward to seeing how it turns out. It is a long term project so will see how things go along the way and what it looks like when it is done.<br />
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I also worked on the heart blocks to finish the second ugly fabric challenge baby quilt. I completed the blocks and cut the sashing, cornerstones and borders on Wednesday afternoon and after dinner out with my hubby after I burned the onions for French onion soup because I was sidetracked I finished the top. I can also share the first ugly fabric challenge quilt this week as the reveal was on Thursday.<br />
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I ordered a 16.5" ruler from Amazon that arrived earlier this week with a crack in it, so I had to return it. I am waiting on the replacement ruler so I can trim the memory quilt blocks as I hate trying to mesh two rulers together to trim larger blocks as they often slip and that causes worse problems. Hopefully, the replacement ruler will arrive later this week.<br />
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<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-38140043003132574712019-01-31T04:00:00.000-09:002019-01-31T04:00:09.994-09:00Ugly Fabric Challenge IILast fall a group of us in one of my online groups decided to do another Ugly Fabric challenge and I picked the fabric. Now I know that for some the fabric is not something they would consider to be ugly. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The fabric I picked I am not even sure how it ended up in my stash. To me, it looks like a baby's bib after they have eaten when it is spattered with food.<br />
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Last time we did this I made a purse from a pattern I designed. The floral was the ugly fabric that was sent to me.<br />
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I pieced six hearts and have thought of using two of them on the back of the quilt or seeing if I can find more of the peach-colored fabrics I used to make a couple of other blocks and make another baby quilt.</div>
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I added the borders and pressed the top. It is 50" square and will be put aside for the next time I need a baby girl quilt. It came out very nice and I am sure someone will love it.</div>
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Because I had the two extra blocks I had to go in search of a fabric that would work to make two more hearts that would coordinate with the first two and after a false start I found this fabric and was able to make two more hearts and then complete a second quilt top. </div>
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It was more peachy or coral and the lavender in the hearts on the heart block and in the ugly fabric went well with the lavender that I used for a border. I like both quilts and they will make great baby gifts next time someone I know has a girl.</div>
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I had two extra blocks from the ugly fabric challenge and bought more of one fabric I used and two others that complemented it so I could make two more blocks to finish the top. I actually tried to do this without having the blocks with me and bought fabric that would not work as the colors were too far off. So back to the quilt store, I went, with the blocks in hand this time. I bought fabric that works and more of the other fabrics I had bought, plus a border fabric for the new colors that also works as the third fabric I need to complete the blocks. I cut the fabric for all six blocks and began piecing them. I have two almost done and will hopefully finish up the top this next week since I am not subbing until Friday. I would love to also finish the third top. All three are roughly 45 to 50" square and will make great baby gifts once they are quilted. Hopefully, someone will have a girl as the colors and pinks and peaches or corals. I will try to include the fabrics, but I cannot show the finished blocks or tops until January 31.<br />
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I also started on the <a href="https://www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/shop/Jen-Kingwell-Designs/p/Gypsy-Wife-Pattern-Booklet-by-Jen-Kingwell-Designs-x24626834.htm" target="_blank">Gypsy Wife </a>quilt. I joined the 2019 Gypsy Wife Quilt Along on Facebook and have picked a bucket of scraps of various sizes and a few straight quarter yards of fabric to use to make the blocks in bright colors. I am still debating on my strips for the background. The pattern is by Jen Kingwell. I have been looking at it off and on over the last couple years debating if I wanted to do and since a friend is one of the admins, and that helped me make my decision.<br />
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I made one block from the Gypsy Wife Quilt. It is called Colour Wheel.<br />
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Look for my post on January 31st with the Ugly Fabric Challenge Quilt and if I get it done, I will have both pictures of the quilts that include the Ugly Fabric.<br />
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Have a Quilty Week and for those of you in the storm areas, stay warm and safe.Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-80985684817169226222019-01-21T07:00:00.000-09:002019-01-27T23:23:52.121-09:00Weekly Update January 20<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This last week I completed my first finish of the year. I finished the binding and the label on a baby quilt for a dear friends new baby boy. I need to get it in the mail soon, as the baby arrived January 2nd. It is her third boy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is a scrappy quilt made from a jelly roll that I bought at Back Yard Fabrics in Kentucky a few years back. If you ever get the chance you should stop by her store. I loved my visits there. May need to go back that neck of the woods again, just so I can stop in there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am also working on binding a quilt for a gift. which I hope to finish this next week so I can mail it and a quilt I finished before Christmas off to the recipients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spent time this weekend finishing my Ugly Fabric Challenge quilt top and working on the memory quilt for a friend made with her mother's pajamas. I cannot reveal the Ugly Fabric Challenge until January 31st, so stay tuned for that picture in another week or two. I am also not sharing pictures of the memory quilt until it done so the pattern will be a surprise for my friend. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Saturday I finished piecing four blocks and put four blocks together with sashing. I have two additional blocks I had already pieced that I am planning to either use on the back or combine with something else to make another quilt. I have to see if I can get more of the fabric that I used in the blocks to complete a second quilt as I do not have any more of the colors used in those two blocks. Sunday I added the borders to the Ugly Fabric Challenge quilt which you can see under my needle, but you can't see much other than the colors I used with the print.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also worked on completing all the subsections of the blocks for the memory quilt on Saturday and completed one block, so that I now have two of the sixteen blocks completed. Sunday I finished piecing 10 blocks and have six blocks that need one more seam, and then I have to press them all and trim them to size.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One block will go in the center of the scrappy quilt I making for her sister from leftover pieces of her mother‘s pajamas. I am trying to decide on the border. I’m going use red minky on the back. Red was her mother's favorite color and I used the silky red pajamas as the focus fabric in every block.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am making progress on my goal of moving my UFOs forward this year and plan to continue to do so every month. Any progress is positive.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">My goal for this next week is to finish binding the one quilt, finish piecing the blocks and put the top together. I also need to make labels for two quilts and finish two pillowcases. Once I get that done I will have four quilts ready to mail and can contact the quilter about quilting the memory quilt.</span></span><br />
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Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-47941821053075484632019-01-13T13:12:00.001-09:002019-05-27T10:55:36.672-08:00Honesty about my UFOs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have decided it is time to be totally honest regarding my UFOs this year. I have made it my goal to work on them and try to move them forward and complete them this year. At the moment I have two memory quilts I am working on that are not UFOs, one I am currently piecing and one I am working on cutting out. I do have one or two new things I plan to start including the Gypsy Wife quilt, but I really plan to spend the majority of my time focusing on completing my UFOs.</div>
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To be totally honest listing them here on the blog is taking a big step toward making progress because I believe if I share with others it will help to motivate me to make more progress on completing them. I have them listed in a composition book by categories. I chose my categories several years ago and every year or two I start a new quilt journal, listing my projects that are not completed and adding in new ones as I start them. I divide them into categories.<br />
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Hand Applique:<br />
I have ten projects in this category and they range from small wall hangings to a large quilt. One I take with me when I travel and am making slow progress on it. Another I need to cut out more pieces to complete the border, a third one has all the blocks pieced but needs the leaves appliqued on to each block. I am slowly making progress on these, but I cannot do handwork for an extended time due to issues with my hands.<br />
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1) Mouse Pads<br />
2) Cherries<br />
3) Wild Berry Vines<br />
4) Batik Leaves<br />
5) Apple Quilt Leaves<br />
6) Tulips<br />
7) Hawaiian<br />
8) Pumpkin<br />
9) Morning Glories<br />
10) Chicken<br />
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Embroidery:<br />
I have five projects in this category including a beaded tree wall hanging. Two of them will someday be large quilts. Again I cannot do as much as I use to so they are what I consider to be long term projects and I just hope to move them forward and finish a block or two this year.<br />
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1) Red Winter Wonderland<br />
2) 2012 Aurifil BOM<br />
3) Snowmen on Blue<br />
4) Birds<br />
5) Beaded Tree<br />
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1) Flip Flops<br />
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I am working on Fancy Forest and have to finish the owls and the hedgehogs. I have the thistles cut out and plan to add bears to the mix, which are also cut out. I pull this one out randomly to finish a block and would like to complete all the blocks this year so I can decide if I want to make it into one large quilt or several smaller quilts.<br />
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1) Fancy Forest - a) Owls, b) Hedgehogs, c) Thistles d) bears<br />
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Hand Piecing:<br />
This category has a friendship star quilt I started years ago when I was teaching my students to hand piece a block as part of a math project. They each made a small wall hanging and hand quilted them. I also have a couple of Grandmother's Flower Garden quilts in this category that are done in different ways and an English paper pieced star quilt as well as a few blocks for my No Cats On My Quilt Sampler.<br />
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1) No Cats on My Quilt - a) Hexagons, b) Tumbling Blocks, c) spools<br />
2) Friendship Star<br />
3) Grandmother's Flower Garden - a) stamped, b) English Paper Piecing<br />
4) English Paper Pieced Stars<br />
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Paper Piecing:<br />
This category has 5 projects, one block for my No Cats On My Quilt, a Mariner's Compass quilt that I need to finish one more block and then decided if I want to make more. I also have my Tottenville Toads and Iced Saw Blades that I have just one or two blocks done on and need many more, as well as my curved Flying Geese quilt that needs several more blocks made.<br />
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1) No Cats on My Quilt - a) Trees<br />
2) Mariner's Compass<br />
3) Tottenville Toads<br />
4) Iced Saw Blades<br />
5) Curved Flying Geese<br />
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Machine Piecing:<br />
This is a big category. I have 21 projects I have started in this one. Several have all the blocks done and simply need me to put them into rows and complete the top, while others have one block done or have the rows pieced so they are all in various stages. One or two also fall into the Hand Applique or Paper piecing category, like the apple quilt and the No Cats On My Quilt, so they are counted twice.<br />
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1)Voices of the Past - all blocks completed and layout designed<br />
2) Purple Saturday Sampler - blocks done<br />
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3) Yin Yang - one block done<br />
4) Valdez Mystery - one block done, all blocks cut out<br />
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5) Flower Power - in progress<br />
6) Argyle Beauty II - 6 rows pieced, need to pick the border<br />
7) Wandering Star - one large block is done, sections of small blocks partially done<br />
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8) Black Tie Mystery - three sections done<br />
9) Snowflake Rag Flannel - needs three more blocks cut and quilted.<br />
10) Apple Quilt - all blocks are done, needs applique<br />
11) Bryce's Bunny - needs last border (center pieced by my youngest son years ago)<br />
12) Pin Wheel Stars - needs a few more blocks bordered<br />
<strike>13) Memory Quilt for Theresa - in progress, blocks all partially pieced</strike><br />
<strike>14) Memory Quilt for Sonseeah - blocks partially cut out</strike><br />
15) Black and Cream Quilt - some blocks completed<br />
16) Mom's sweatshirt Memory Quilt for me - sweatshirts are cut apart<br />
17) Hockey Quilt - in pieces<br />
18) Nine Patches on Point blocks done<br />
19) Lover's Knot Table Topper II - center complete, strips cut<br />
20) Two-Step Jelly Roll Challenge - 81 blocks complete<br />
21) Screwed up Fall Swap Blocks - 16 blocks done<br />
22) <strike>Ugly Fabric Challenge - 2 blocks complete, 2 blocks partially complete (due January 31)</strike><br />
23) Fall Swap - 14 blocks received, need to make one of my blocks and set on point.<br />
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Needs Borders:<br />
I have 5 quilts that are in need of borders at the moment. One I have done the Seminole border strips and need to double check the length before attaching<br />
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1) Tiffany - borders pieced<br />
2) Single Granny Square - need to piece borders<br />
<strike>3) Red, White, and Black Buggy Barn Hearts - borders cut</strike><br />
4) Flower Basket - needs borders<br />
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Other Projects:<br />
I have 13 projects in this category ranging from a Professional Tote to an elf, to pot holders and table runners and pillowcases. I have a box of pillowcases cut out that I pull out and make randomly to donate.<br />
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1) Professional Tote - cut out, quilted, and partially pieced<br />
2) Sew Together Bag I - cut out<br />
3) Sew Together Bag II - cut out<br />
4) Butterfly Purse - hand quilted<br />
5) Space Purse<br />
6) Alaska Tote<br />
7) Log Cabin Tote - 1" strips cut<br />
8) Elf - partially put together<br />
9) Amish Doll Dress - Need to find this one as the doll is made.<br />
10) Pot Holders - I have a bunch cut out that I pull and make randomly for gifts or donation<br />
11) Mystery Table Runner -<br />
12) Orphan Blocks - a) stars, b) red and cream pinwheels - not sure yet what I am doing with them.<br />
13) Friendship Star Table Runner - needs backing and quilting<br />
14) Pillowcases - two cut out and ready to piece (these are a gift.)<br />
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Topsville:<br />
I have 5 tops awaiting quilting, that I need to find or piece backs for.<br />
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1) Good Night Sweetheart - need to piece backing<br />
2) On the Road Again - needs backing<br />
3) Northern Nights - needs backing<br />
4) Stack and Whack - debating if I will quilt this or send it off has backing<br />
5) Bonus Table Runner form my July Mystery - needs borders and quilting<br />
<strike>6) Memory Quilt for Theresa</strike><br />
7) Memory Quilt II for Sonseeah<br />
8) Buggy Barn Hearts<br />
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Hand Quilting:<br />
I have two tops in this category and pull the smaller one out as a take along project.<br />
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1) Snow Boarder - partially done<br />
2) Slice and Dice - partially done<br />
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Quilting:<br />
At the moment my quilter has seven of my tops. One is done and the rest are waiting for her to complete them so they can come join my binding pile.<br />
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1)<strike> March Winds</strike><br />
<strike>2) Winter Quilt</strike><br />
<strike>3) Christmas Star Swap - next up</strike><br />
<strike>4) QMU Christmas Star Swap</strike><br />
<strike>5) Small Dark Waters of Kauai</strike><br />
<strike>6) Small Light Waters of Kauai</strike><br />
7) <strike>Waters of Kauai - </strike>quilted and waiting to be sent home. <span style="color: blue;">This one has arrived home safely and is awaiting binding.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><strike>8) Memory Quilt for Theresa</strike></span><br />
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Needs Binding and Labels:<br />
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This is my largest pile. I have 36 quilts ranging in size from wall hanging to queen waiting on a binding. Some I will hand stitch the binding down on and the others I will do by machine. They all need labels as well.<br />
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1) Red and White Stars Swap<br />
2) Log Cabin - binding made<br />
3) Flip Flops of Summer - binding attached to the front, needs embellishing<br />
<strike>4) Barbara's Antiques - binding attached to the front</strike><br />
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6) Daisy Days - binding fabric selected<br />
7) Braid<br />
8) Eight Point Stars - binding attached to the front<br />
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10) Pink Saturday Sampler - binding made<br />
11) The Substitute Teacher Lap Quilt<br />
12) Crazy Hearts<br />
13) Blue California Confusion<br />
14) Red, Cream, and Blue Mystery - binding selected, just need to find the rest of the fabric<br />
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15) Red Saturday Sampler<br />
16) Undercover in Houston III (apples on white) - deciding on binding<br />
17) HST Stars<br />
18) Shamrock Wall Hanging<br />
19) Bryce's Lizard Quilt - binding made (my youngest son pieced this one in third grade.)<br />
20) Joel's Attic Windows - (my oldest son pieced this one when he was in about seventh grade)<br />
21) Shopping's Done Lap Quilt<br />
22) Hearts and Houses Wall Hanging<br />
23) Baby Girl Strip Quilt<br />
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26) Blue and Yellow Friendship Star<br />
27) Pajama Party Mystery<br />
28) Run to the Border (dark green apples)<br />
29) Lady Bug<br />
30) Buggy Barn Black and White Stars<br />
31) Pick Up Sticks II<br />
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33) Fall Tree Mystery<br />
34) Undercover in Chicago<br />
35) Granny Square Baby Quilt<br />
36) <strike>Simply an Illusion</strike><br />
37)Waters of Kauai<br />
38) March Winds<br />
39) Winter Quilt<br />
40) Christmas Swap<br />
41) QMU Christmas Swap<br />
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43) Small Dark Waters of Kauai<br />
44) Small Light Waters of Kauai<br />
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I have one more quilt in this category that I need to finish the border on and get it in the mail and one more quilt that I need to start this year, but I am waiting on her color choices.<br />
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Part of the issue with my quilting was getting behind when I was traveling back and forth to Tennessee a few years back, doing a ton of substitute teaching, and a broken wrist with tendon damage that stopped me from quilting or at least severely limited my ability to do handwork. This year I have cut way back on my subbing and have been very careful not to fall on the ice.<br />
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If I counted right I have 200 UFOs, as some are listed in more than one category and I only count them once. That does not include any new quilts I may start. Some of these are very small and just need a few stitches here or there, others are large and need all the blocks sewn together, or simply need me to pick a sashing to finish the top.<br />
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My plan is to move forward or complete one UFO per month this year at a minimum. That will reduce them some and some months I would like to complete two or more.<br />
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Last year I completed finished 15 projects, so I am sure I can get at least that many, done this year. I have one that needs a label and one I am working on binding at the moment so those will be my first, two finishes of the year. I am off to work on binding a quilt this afternoon, maybe I will get my first one done for the year today.<br />
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<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-72292475763471594792018-12-09T01:00:00.000-09:002018-12-21T08:50:57.819-09:00Quilting and Sewing Accomplishments for 2018Its Way Past time to Update My Blog<br />
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I just checked and it has been a very long time since I posted an update. I do apologize and will try to do better in 2019.<br />
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I should say that last school year I did a long-term sub job that took a lot out of me and I did not do much sewing between January and June, though I did do some. This summer I did some things on the house and some piecing and quilting and I have a pile of tops that are quilted and waiting for binding and others in need of borders, but I am working on my goal to finish up my UFOs or at least get them into Topsville this year, and have carried that goal over for next year.<br />
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I have finished several smaller projects this year and am proud of myself for that. I also moved several projects forward and started a few new ones in 2018, but those will be in a different post.<br />
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I plan to spend some time this winter working on binding quilts and getting more of my UFOs done or at least moved forward.<br />
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I completed fifteen (15) projects this year. I am missing a few pictures and am not sure where they are hiding as I have looked in several places, including my phone, but the majority of them are on here.<br />
The projects I completed are listed below.<br />
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1. Whale Baby Quilt, which was a gift for a teacher at my husband's school. She had a baby boy.<br />
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2. Bjorn Bear, which was a gift for my oldest and dearest friend and her first grandchild to share. It is a Grandma's snuggle quilt.<br />
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3. Beer Lap Quilt, which was a birthday gift for my youngest son's thirtieth. He helped me pick coordinating fabrics to do with the main fabric, not knowing it was for him.<br />
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4. Guitar Quilt, which was a graduation gift for my youngest son's college graduation. He got the top for his high school graduation and I told him I would finish it by the time he graduated from college. It has a been a joke for several years since he was gone for three years due to the military, plus took a semester off to work, and changed his major and emphasis during the course of his studies; as well as only taking a couple classes a semester for a few semesters.<br />
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5. Tandem Bicycle Wall Hanging for my husband for his birthday.<br />
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6. Moose Wall Hanging.<br />
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7. Christmas Tree Wall Hanging for my oldest son.<br />
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8. Clay's Star which is a gift, but the recipient does not know that yet, so I can't say who it is for.<br />
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9. Folded Flowers Christmas Table Runner, for me.<br />
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10. Christmas Friendship Star, which I donated to the ski club auction.<br />
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11. Winter Table Runner, which I donated to the ski club action.<br />
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12. Lover's Knot Table Runner, which I donated to the ski club auction.<br />
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13. Three Minke Infinity Scarves for me.<br />
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14. Five Heated Corn Bags for Tom and I.<br />
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15. Two Pillow Cases<br />
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Things are on hold for the moment as we are cleaning up from the 7.2 earthquake that hit Anchorage on Friday, November 30. It really did shake us up and caused some minor damage to the house and a mess to clean up from things falling. We are continuing to have after shooks that give us a real jolt and that causes little messes as books fall over or off shelves where I am working to return things to rights.<br />
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I have my UFO list for next year ready to go, as well as projects listed based on if they need to finish being pieced, need borders, are a top, are at the quilter, or need binding.<br />
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Happy Quilting!Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-25178230706491238202017-08-15T18:45:00.001-08:002017-08-15T18:45:31.714-08:00Mallory's Lover's KnotA very special young lady was married in June 2016 and I decided to make a quilt for her. I wanted to have the top done before her wedding, but due to several factors that were beyond my control, I was unable to do so. Her mother and I were in cohorts with regard to colors, and fabric. I picked the pattern because I loved the name. It seemed appropriate for a wedding gift since they say you are tying the knot.<br />
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Mallory is the oldest of three daughters of my cousin Janie. Janie is the cousin I guess you could say I am closest to. We are both the only children of the only son's on our father's side. We are both Air Force brats, and have lived in several places over the year. She is two years younger than I am and we are a lot alike in many ways. The stories I could tell about us when we were younger, but I digress.</div>
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I wanted to go to her daughter's wedding but due to unforeseen events I was unable to attend. I decided that a quilt was in order. <br />
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My cousin helped me select the fabrics via text as did the ladies at both Quilt Zone and <a href="http://www.akseams.com/" target="_blank">Seams Like Home</a>. Then my awesome quilter, <a href="http://thesewingcave.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shirley</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Custom-Quilting-by-Shirley-Jackson-195201473959167/" target="_blank"> Jackson </a> (yes there are two links here) worked her magic on the quilt before sending it back home to me for binding.<br />
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I spent a lot of time on this quilt messaging pictures back and forth with my cousin to select fabric so that the colors would work in Mallory's home. This combination was the winning one.<br />
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I cut a ton of strips so I could get started on piecing. This is only a small number of the strips.<br />
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After piecing all the blocks and remembering that some went one way and others the opposite, and I had to keep counting to make sure I had enough of each block, I finally started putting the rows together.<br />
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At one point I was very frustrated with putting the rows together for the top as I was enlarging it and the rows needed to pieced in a different order than what was pictured. Thank you so much to Diana at <a href="http://www.alaskaquiltzone.com/" target="_blank">Quilt Zone</a> for redoing the layout diagram for me as it saved me my sanity. She is awesome.<br />
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Once I had the rows together and laid out piecing the top was a piece of cake.<br />
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The next step was to get the borders done, and that again took some trial and error as I had to decide which fabrics to use where, and if I wanted to introduce a new fabric into the mix or not.<br />
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The borders were on and it as sent winging on its way to the quilter and was returned so that I could bind it and attach a label.<br />
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This quilt was then mailed to the mother of the bride waited until I received notice that the bride had received it before posting this blog post as I did not want to spoil the surprise.<br />
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Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-17917944465686977962017-05-23T18:38:00.002-08:002017-05-23T18:38:19.116-08:00Herringbone Quilt for my cousin AndiA couple of years ago I saw my cousin Andi. I had not seen in her several years and we were passing through her home town area in Illinois, so it was perfect time to see her. We met for dinner with her husband and daughter and in the course of the conversation we discussed my quilting. I asked her about quilts our grandmother had made and discovered she did not nave one, I am sad to say.<br />
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After finding out her favorite color was purple I put that piece of information in the back of my mind and down the road a ways I found a quilt pattern and fabric that just seemed to say Andi to me.<br />
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Fast forward today. I mailed out the quilt to her earlier this month and she messaged me when it arrived and said she loved it. Today she posted a picture of her with the quilt for me. I love seeing pictures of my my quilts with the recipients. I makes me feel good to see them with their new owners.<br />
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Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-66600449913079271102017-03-31T06:00:00.000-08:002017-03-31T06:00:12.133-08:00Ugly Fabric Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Earlier this year a fellow quilter sent several of us a piece of "Ugly Fabric" and challenged us to make something. I thought this is fun and raided my stash looking for fabric that would go with it. I am very happy to say that the only thing I had to buy when making this purse was the webbing for the handles. I did buy a zipper but decided that I did not want to put one on this version. I also decided that I was not interested in making it into a quilt. I wanted something simple that I could actually finish, not something that would add to my UFOs.<br />
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For a long time I have wanted to make a purse of my own design using things I liked from other purses to make it one I would like and so I went for it. I measured a couple of purses I owned that were about the size I wanted, and I looked at the pockets in others to adjust them to be useful to me. I also measured and adjusted the handles to a size that worked for me, as often the handles on purses are much shorter or longer than what I really like.<br />
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The end result was this purse:<br />
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I made the purse roughly 10 inches wide and 10 inches tall, and about 5 inches wide. I used one layer of Temtex on each of the sides and two layers in the bottom.<br />
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I made the one inside pocket long enough to fit my iPhone laying sideways.<br />
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I added a smaller pocket on the opposite side of the lining.<br />
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I also reinforced the upper edge by using Timtex on both the inner and outer side and used polyester webbing for the straps. I sealed the webbing with liquid seam stuff that I got at JoAnn's.<br />
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Then I top stitched the upper edge to the outside of the bag and quilted the top edges to really hold in the handle ends inside and reinforce them, spacing the quilting lines about 1/4" apart.<br />
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The end result is a cute purse in my opinion is very functional and stands up on its own. I also like the contrast of the light pockets with the darker interior, as it makes it easy to locate things. The only thing I have not yet done is to spray the purse with Scotch Guard as it has been rather cold out, and I am waiting for it warm up before doing so, after all I do live in Alaska.<br />
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I plan to make another version of this purse. I have ideas for a few modifications to my basic pattern and am thinking I will try adding a zipper to it and maybe even add an outer zippered pocket for my cell phone, or my keys. I like that I have come up with a design that pulls concepts from purses that I like so that I can make it functional for me.<br />
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<br />Wandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609969755522466701noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384169528356200537.post-78782434844534489282017-03-20T12:00:00.000-08:002017-03-20T12:00:01.914-08:00My 20 Minutes Plus of Sewing<br />
Today I pressed and sub-cut strip sets I had sewn into sections and realized I needed more so I started sewing strips together to make more so I can sub-cut them tomorrow. I cannot post a picture of the fabric or colors here as it is a surprise for someone, but here is the pattern. I love this pattern and think it will be perfect for the recipient.<br />
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I also finished piecing two Seminole borders for my Tiffany quilt.<br />
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Now I just have to decide how I want to do the borders.<br />
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This is the one I am going with after much deliberation. I have two sides of the Seminole patchwork pieced and most of the other two sides pieced. I am using the borders as a leader and ender while working on another project that I need to finish and send to the quilter as it has a deadline and this one does not.</div>
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I will up date the progress once I get the borders added.</div>
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