tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73219394300895144512024-03-12T23:18:09.690-04:00Grendelskingrendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-88463238064935814882012-11-27T11:41:00.000-05:002012-11-27T11:41:05.593-05:00Colorful November<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, it's been another busy couple of weeks! I finished my shabby-chic quilt, gifted to my mother's sister who just turned 80. I bought several packets of precut triangles when we went to Keepsake Quilting this summer, and added a few more from my stash.</div>
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And a niece has just given birth to a baby boy: hooray, an excuse to finally use those Oceanica panels! I found this blue bubbly batik in my LQS and practically swooned; I'm so glad it came out as I'd imagined! </div>
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And because older siblings shouldn't be left out when a new kid arrives, a puppy for Big Sister: </div>
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You've seen this before: every year I go to Gozzi's and take the same photos! Here's my favorite colored turkey from the farm this year: </div>
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Some folks have a good steady hand, others do not. I always start with grand intentions - in this case <a href="http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2011/11/add-little-sparkle-to-your-pumpkin-pie.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Hungry Happenings' adorable pie turkey</strong></span></a> - and end up feeling like I have the artistic ability of a third grader. Oh well, it tasted good! </div>
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grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-10520832640361310472012-11-09T06:54:00.002-05:002012-11-09T06:54:23.189-05:00Sandy's a Big-Ole Meanie<div style="text-align: left;">
She knocked us out for a while! We were Powerless for several days, and for several more we had no telephone or Net access. But the house and my humans are intact and we lost no major trees so we are among the very fortunate. </div>
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The upside of having power but no communication is, time to craft! I finished a mess of crochet and quilting projects - word to the wise, it's MUCH easier to crochet than to sew when working by candlelight. </div>
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Here is one of my finishes. Are any of you playing with <a href="http://moosequilts.blogspot.com/2012/09/its-mini-blog-tour-schedule-and-sign-up.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Konda's latest quilt along</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">?</span></strong> It's my first foray into mini quilts and I've got to tell you, I love it! Here's my Mini Number 3 from her <a href="http://www.moosequilts.com/shop/minis.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>book</strong></span></a> - I chose to make it a Halloween quilt, another first!</div>
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OK, I hear you - but if you squint a bit you'll see a pumpkin, several bats and some ghosts! This is her "Flying Around in Circles" pattern, finishing at 16" square. It was a total blast! Easy and satisfying. </div>
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When I left you last time I offered up my bag-o-selvages as an incentive to back <a href="http://www.threadbias.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: orange;">Threadbias</span></strong></a> on <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">Kickstarter</span></strong></a>. Alas, the project did not get the backing it needed to be Kickstarted. Hope is not lost however: the community is very much still in place and they're going to try to fund the software directly through the site. So you can still back them and be a beta tester if you wish! And - <span style="color: #cc0000;">the selvages go to Jyllybean!</span> Jylly, I'm emailing you now; look to your inbox so you can send me your snailmail!</div>
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Just for fun, here is number one from the quiltalong, "Mosaic:" </div>
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And number two, "Fire and Rain:" I need to re-bind this because it popped - eek! Every quiltalong is a learning experience and this one is no exception. But Konda's schedule has a built-in get-it-done break so I have time to do it and keep on schedule for the rest of the quiltalong! <br />
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grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-63472077755730594462012-10-22T07:46:00.000-04:002012-10-22T07:49:07.056-04:00Threadbias GiveawayNote: I'm piggybacking on <a href="http://imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-giveaway-for-threadbias.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Katy's</span></strong></a> post, hoping to snag a few more supporters for Threadbias' Kickstarter campaign. <br />
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Have you heard about <a href="https://www.threadbias.com/"><strong><span style="color: orange;">ThreadBias</span></strong></a> yet? It's a free community for quilting and sewing enthusiasts with sharing of projects, forums and groups, shops for fabric and for patterns (with freebies, yay!), a personal corkboard and more.<br />
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Do other programs exist that will do this for you? Sure they do - if you're willing to spend lots of money for the install disks and store everything on a single workstation and then get a PhD in Geekology to learn the software. To my knowledge there is exactly one product intended specifically for quilters; there are other apps, meant for other primary uses, that you can use for designing your quilts but the learning curve is STEEP and there will be huge pieces you don't use because they don't apply to quilting so much. With the Threadbias tool you'll pay a subscription fee for access to the software - easy to use, easy to pay for, sounds like a great deal to me!<br />
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I grilled Alex pretty heavily at Sewing Summit and he knows his stuff, both in terms of programming and quilting. We discussed some of the really geeky bits (architecture, platform) but also how a user would change all of their triangles from fabric A to fabric B, for instance, and I can honestly say there was no "Oh, yuck" moment while he was showing me the tools. It's going to be drag-and-drop friendly, very intuitive, so you can think about your quilt instead of which axis goes where and which filters apply and all that nastiness.<br />
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The Threadbias team has an open campaign on KickStarter to
fund this new <a href="https://www.threadbias.com/quilt_design_tool"><strong><span style="color: orange;">quilt
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To help out I'm offering up a giveaway. I have a large pile of SELVAGES ready to be mailed to your home; I may be able to find another little goodie or two to throw in the box as well. Make a pledge on <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1867500788/quilt-design-tool" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Threadbias's Kickstarter campaign</strong></span></a> and come back here to let me know you did. Giveaway is open to all backers of this project and will end when the funding campaign ends.<br />
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I'd call this an intermediate bag: the sewing is simple enough, but the first gather nearly brought me to tears - ugh my wrists! The strips can feel tedious; I broke it up into a few sessions and that helped. And I did not figure out a graceful way to sew the buttons over the magnet snaps. I got them in place but it was ugly. The resulting bag is very, very pretty, feels like it will hold up nicely to abuse, the handles are a good length for my average-height body, and it's a great spot for that monstrous-huge-but-lovely set of buttons you couldn't resist that time. </div>
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The pattern for the small bag has you join 12 tubes (a little like the clothesline Bali Bag but with batting inside) and then cut the resulting quilted piece in half and join the halves to make your main piece. I joined 24 and cut that in half, leaving me with a large piece I can use to make another bag with different binding and accoutrements or put to another use. I also added a half-inch to the binding strip to make the handle channel easier to contend with. The pattern doesn't specify thread type but I used quilting thread, a bright variegated King Tut. You'll need your walking foot.</div>
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I'm not thrilled with the magnet/button placement. I think I would try putting the magnet right at the top, in the binding/handle channel next time. In theory you could put the magnets in there, cover them up with the binding strip and still place your buttons wherever you wanted them. I like a bag that's roomy, and I can't fit a good-size paperback in this one and still snap it shut. The bag has a lot of body and it wants to open if you don't snap it shut - so either carry a big book (always a good idea anyhow) or put your gallon of milk right atop your wallet. (If you're the kind of gal who thinks putting a gallon of milk in your handbag is a crime, I apologize; in my world a really good bag has to free up my hands.)</div>
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The big version is very, very huge: don't jump in to make that one unless you're carrying a LOT of stuff. The strips when assembled would make a fabulous small area rug and I'm thinking of putting my made-on-purpose leftovers to this use.</div>
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Things With Wings was an unqualified success! We had a wide variety of new quilts, a gorgeous collection of WWII quilts courtesy of noted quilt historian <a href="http://www.suereichquilts.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Sue Reich</strong></span></a>, lectures by both Sue and quilt designer and novelist <a href="http://mariebostwick.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Marie Bostwick</strong></span></a>, </div>
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raffles, origami for the kids, hands-on demonstrations, and vendors. And all of this was set in the <a href="http://www.neam.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>New England Air Museum</strong></span></a> among the planes! This was the brainchild of our good friend Jackie Kunkel of <a href="http://www.cvquiltworks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>Canton Village Quiltworks</strong></span></a>; she certainly outdid herself! The planes were incredibly cool, the venue provided a cross-population appeal that showed in ticket sales for the Museum, the lighting was terrific and we had a wide variety of quilts offered up. Here's a fraction of the fun for your enjoyment:</div>
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The super-duper-fantabulous B-29 (was I impressed? you bet!) with some of Sue's WWII beauties:</div>
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Look Ma v.3.0: My <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/orangeyouglad/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;"><strong>Orange You Glad</strong></span></a> bee quilt, hanging at a real show!</div>
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A terrific quilt based on a <a href="http://laurieshifrindesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><strong>Laurie Shifrin</strong></span></a> pattern, Mango Tango. Note the edges of those curves - they're flanges! If you get a chance to take a class with Laurie, leap at it! She's a terrific teacher with loads of color management advice and cool technique tricks.</div>
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grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-27529395151564270052012-09-14T16:59:00.000-04:002012-09-14T16:59:24.369-04:00September, September<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Candara;">Let’s see, where did I leave off?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, yeah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so thrilled at
how my Orange You Glad bee quilt turned out that I sent an email to the block
designer to show it to her; she suggested I send it on to Quiltmaker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I did! The morning we left for vacation a plain envelope arrived in the mail containing the fall issue of Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. Did I order this magazine? I don't remember, but that's not conclusive! When I finally pulled it out and read it, there was my OYG in the back! </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Candara;">Look Ma, v.2.0:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Candara;">We went to Western New Hampshire this summer and rented a lovely little
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<br />grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-65914675650359276562012-08-01T06:06:00.000-04:002012-11-20T19:59:41.012-05:00Charms Winner and Orange You Glad FinaleAnother irrepressible blogger,<a href="http://mamaspark.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mama Spark</span></strong></a>, has won the charms! Check your email, Mama! Pam will make sure the next round is lots of fun so make sure you check in with her blog if you don't follow her already - if you don't you should, she's always got something fun cookin'.<br />
I'm not going to offer up a pic of the edited charm pack but here's my finished Orange You Glad quilt! I had such fun with this Flickr group. I chose the Courtyard Square block by <a href="http://pamkittymorning.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>pamkittymorning</strong></span></a><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: black;">. </span><span style="color: black;">The Orange gals each made me a block and I finally finished my borders just recently.</span> </span><span style="color: black;">The front:</span><br />
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OYG I will live at my house; it will be at <a href="https://www.neam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105:things-with-wings-quilt-show&catid=2:uncategorised" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Things with Wings</span></strong></a> in September so if you're in New England stop at the Air Museum and say Hello, the cheery block design and colors will make you smile!</div>
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I'm playing with layout ideas for OYG II. Because I was a bee noob (as opposed to a newbie), I wanted to make sure I could tackle every block before cutting into others' precious fabrics. So I took my own oranges and made a practice block for each one. Here they are all together! I haven't decided on sashing/borders so I'll let it stew awhile. I've decided this will be my method for any bees moving forward; it's a great confidence builder and I get a second top out of it too! </div>
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I just won a slot in the <a href="http://fromblankpages.blogspot.com/2012/04/charming-travelers.html"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Charming Travelers Giveaway</span></strong></a>! The irrepressible <a href="http://jmday.com/"><strong><span style="color: orange;">Jeannette</span></strong></a> had them last and she picked my name, whoopee! Stop by Jeanette's house for awhile, if you haven't seen her Firebird quilt you've been missing out. I met her last year at Sewing Summit and she is sassy and sweet and well worth meeting!<br />
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Here's the deal: I will ship 56 lovely charms to your home in the US or Canada; you can take what you like, replace those you've opted to keep, and send 56 charms along to the next person. Whether you're thinking I-Spy or Granny Squares (charms make a BIG block!) or a charming bag, it's likely to be great fun! <br />
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Want to play? Leave a comment. I'll draw a name on July 31.<br />
<br />grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-32223683571608573392012-07-10T19:47:00.000-04:002012-07-10T19:47:33.906-04:00"Hearts will never be practical ..."<div style="text-align: left;">
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Organ donation is huge in my hit parade; there are few causes I actually believe in but it's among them. All you have to do is check the little box and someday, if your dead self is somewhat whole, you can save lives even when your own is finished; that's about as painless as it gets, right? No great sacrifice required, just give permission for a few working bits to be salvaged from an otherwise useless shell. What a shame that Daniel's medics couldn't find him a replacement part; there were probably several perfectly good ones lovingly tucked underground where they won't do anybody any good at all.<br />
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This runner is made from three of the Over & Under blocks recently published by <a href="http://www.quiltmag.com/blogs/fabric-stash-quilt-along-3/"><strong><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Quilt Magazine</span></strong></a>. My original inspiration was my rosa rugosas, which are hardy, beautiful and deer resistant. I spotted some pink and green scraps lying atop the brown and they looked like freshly planted rosas to me. I added a <a href="http://www.quiltmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/image2AuthorWEB.jpg"></a>border of the brown, then a teeny green one, then bound in the brown. I used the brown for a backing and quilted on my DSM. The final size is 16 X 39″. <br />
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I wanted to see the glacial potholes - deep round holes carved into rock by water coursing over and through it over the centuries - so we took a walk down to the river (not far, the Deerfield River really is the heart of the town.) The potholes are at the edge of the dam/sluiceway, a structure much damaged in last year's storms and vital to the safety of the community. Too bad it isn't actively harnessed for hydropower today.<br />
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Some of the shrubs have their trunks wound through the actual bridge structure - isn't this wonderful?<br />
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In this setting even spent flowers look fabulous!<br />
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Neat factoid: apparently there was a problem with vandals breaking into the donation boxes, so someone suggested that they use metal boxes. Students from the local technical high school made all of the wrought work you see here; they must have a heckuva program, it's very impressive work!! All of the signage has the terrific work you see here.<br />
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One of the highlights of our walk was going into <strong><a href="http://annbrauer.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Ann Brauer's</span></a></strong> new studio and chatting with her. We had a great time talking about her latest obsession, teeny strips. She's been working with 3/4-inch strips lately and she's so enthusiastic it's a genuine pleasure to watch her work and talk about it.<br />
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She's a real Phoenix: last year while she was away at a quilt show, Hurricane Irene struck new England with a vengeance. Ann's shop was physically carried away from its foundation and swept some hundred or two yards away, stopped from joining the river my a maple tree. <br />
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Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_GESfXHbo&feature=related"><strong><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">a little footage</span></strong></a> of the flood damage. I can't imagine how devastating that must have been; but her trusty old industrial Signer was saved, and she had some of her best pieces with her for the show, so not all was lost. <a href="http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/blogs/studiosmagazine/archive/2012/06/05/cloth-paper-scissors-studios-summer-2012.aspx"><strong>Cloth Paper Scissors Studio magazine</strong></a> has published a vignette on her studio resurgence in the summer 2012 issue.<br />
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My two cents: Intellectual property rights should not trump common sense.<br />
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We've lost our good nature. Really, you want people to stop using any name that sounds like "Olympics?" Fine, you should give the name back to the Greeks: if you think it's stealing then you are at least as guilty as <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a> is. <br />
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Approximately one third of U.S. residents knit. Many are middle aged females, a population not known for its cowardice or restraint. They all wield sticks (some pointy, some not) and needles. Angering them is a foolhardy, self-defeating move at best. <br />
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This is a population that has much in common with the Olympic athletes: they take years to master their work; they hone their skills all year round and spend vast amounts of money on training and materials; some compete fiercely; and their dedication sometimes comes at the expense of traditional family time. In contrast to the athletes, they produce not only inspiration but also much-needed goods for humans around the globe; they are noted for being quick to respond with material aid after any crisis resulting in a population in need. <br />
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sides in the Modern debate and I use fabric from any source that yields what
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Recently I realized I’d forgotten the most basic premise of
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and swaps and quiltalongs, cooing over gorgeous new fabric lines, agonizing
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first chemotherapy session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was all
wrapped up, neck to toe, and apparently the nurses had put a heater beneath the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had started this top as part of an <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/oldredbarncoquiltalong2009/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Old Red Barn Co</span></strong></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://deb-robertson.blogspot.com/2011/10/dresden-plate-tutorial-for-old-red-barn.html">quiltalong</a></span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I hadn’t finished it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was humungous and I had a Plan for adding
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looked right at me and said, in the way our quilts sometimes do, “I’m the one;
finish me and make me useful.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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piece of that process and give one to a woman who is not quite a stranger and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lesson learned, humility regained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For my
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</span>final size 46 x 67.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Large plates
approximately 17” across, smaller plates approximately 6” across.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fabrics from stash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quilted on my DSM using King Tut in a
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What do you do with your old quilting rulers? They do get nicked after awhile and the markings do fade. I have been putting mine in the bed frame to protect the box spring from kitty claws; today I pulled one and put it to a new use.<br />
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I've got my Orange You Glad Bee blocks put together; I finally decided to use hourglass blocks as a border. Well, they need to finish at 4.5 inches and I was having trouble aligning things to get those points centered correctly. I had a couple of options: I could go out to the hardware store and buy plastic and make my own template, I could go out to a quilt shop and get a standard 4.5 ruler, or I could scavenge. Guess which I chose?<br />
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6. Find a piece of sandpaper; wrap it around one of your waste pieces or something else that's nice and straight, and sand down your edges until you feel they're good enough for smooth cutting.<br />
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See? A nearly-perfect 4.5 inch square template with the 45-degree marks clearly delineated.</div>
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Whether your motivation is repurposing, saving money or a compulsion to use what's onhand so you can get back to sewing as quickly as possible, keep those old tools in mind - they may be useful in new ways!</div>
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parenting, dog-tending, and Zoning Guy stuff, Spring arrived!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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A friend of mine is starting up an artists' co-op; I offered to provide a few things in case she needs to fill up space as they start.</div>
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These collapsible dog dishes photograph poorly but they're very cute in real life. I made a couple for Cooper for when we visit Grandma's house and they hold up nicely. They're watertight, wipe-clean easy, and fold for storage in between visits. I'm *really* not crazy about sewing the laminated cottons - so far none of the tips I've found actually help move the buggardly stuff under the foot - but I'll keep trying. </div>
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A wallhanging/tabletopper. 36" square. This is a mitered square variation using striped fabric and ending up with two types of blocks. Lots of fun. The bubbly print in the border and binding isn't part of the main fabric line (I believe it's called Kiev, so sumptuous!) but I wanted to pull out those rich blues. The wind was just howling when I went to take some of these pics, the quilts aren't actually wiggly!</div>
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A baby quilt - 33" square. I found the bubbly backing fabric at a tag sale while driving home from buying the FQs so I figured it was meant to be. </div>
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I quilted starry shapes around two of the squares for fun.</div>
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Another kid quilt - 42" square - using the adorable buggy FQ's from AdornIt that I bought at Sewing Summit last year. Made from <a href="http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2010/08/new-easy-quilt-tutorial.html"><span style="color: #45818e;"><strong>Amy Smart's</strong></span><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><strong>tutorial</strong></span></a>; I've played with this rail fence variation twice now using very different fabrics and it works beautifully. I love an easy, clean, effective pattern, don't you?</div>
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Backed in a woven that I had onhand, with a few coins for luck. </div>
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So that's my contribution to the new shop. If you happen to be in southern Connecticut soon, give me a holler and I'll take you over there; I got a peek at some of the stock yesterday and there are going to be some really fabulous offerings.</div>grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-84996517335960830322012-03-02T09:54:00.000-05:002012-03-02T09:54:48.106-05:00Starry Eyed - a finish!<div style="text-align: left;">
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I finished my Starry Eyed quilt! Three classroom sessions with <a href="http://www.cvquiltworks.com/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jackie</span></strong>,</a> two months of homework and sweating it over my little Janome, and she's done. Pattern is "Total Eclipse," by <a href="http://www.quiltworx.com/"><strong><span style="color: orange;">Judy Niemeyer</span></strong></a>. My first "real" paper pieced quilt, the first quilt I've freemotioned. </div>
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Back, utilizing my scraps:</div>
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The quilting: be kind, it's my first time! I do love those King Tut variegated threads, don't you?</div>
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This one will be given to my favorite safe house for auction; in the meantime I'm going to hang it in my living room and bask.</div>
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I owe special thanks to <a href="http://higheredhands.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">Debby</span></strong></a>, who provided terrific instruction in our ORBC quiltalong and the confidence to finally freemotion a whole piece, and also to <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">Leah</span></strong></a>, who inspires us daily. Both of these women are extraordinarily talented and giving and probably neither of them has a clue how much they've contributed to the quilting community at large.</div>grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-30788977789983716052012-02-14T09:48:00.000-05:002012-02-14T09:48:36.136-05:00Lovely Day<div style="text-align: left;">
I hope you can look someone in the eye and say "I love you" today; I truly believe that love is the most powerful force in the world. Hokey, I know, but I believe it.</div>
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He loves me 2012 - a shadowbox in sheet copper:</div>
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My favorite heart:</div>
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I love him 2012 - my first mini and first attempt at trapunto (and it looks like my first attempt at binding but it looks marginally better in real life, I promise!). Embroidery floss and quilting thread for the embroidery work, batting bits used for the trapunto:</div>
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Wishing you a lovely day and a full heart.</div>grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-1289896646724360452012-02-07T14:57:00.000-05:002012-02-07T14:57:20.766-05:00Cue Handel ...<div style="text-align: left;">
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Tumblers for my coworker and her husband, who went above-and-beyond in their hospitality last October when I went to Salt Lake City for <a href="http://sewingsummit.com/"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sewing Summit</span></strong></a>. They housed me after the Summit, took me on a gorgeous driving tour, carted me to and from the airport to handle automobile rental, pored over maps with me, convinced me that I could do both Zion and Bryce in two days and helped me find a last-minute place to stay when I did so. All of a sudden a quilt doesn't seem like enough thanks! In any case, they've received it so I can share it with you. </div>
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Here it is on the line prior to wash-and-dry:</div>
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Closeup. The fabric is Tea Garden by P&B Textiles - lovely rich tones with lots of gold metallic. </div>
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And - alas, no Handel yet but I'm past Bach's Toccata in Fugue anyway! My Total Eclipse blocks are finished and ready to be assembled. Yes, I'm a dork, I needed to label every.single.one. </div>
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Coming up soon: a bright and happy baby girl quilt, my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/orangeyouglad/"><span style="color: orange;"><strong>Orange You Glad</strong></span></a> top (I think I am almost happy with The Plan), another baby girl quilt yet to be determined, and more! Thanks for popping by.</div>grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-4728827122582766702012-01-28T19:37:00.000-05:002012-01-28T19:37:11.382-05:00Even More Starry Eyed<div style="text-align: left;">
OK, take a deep breath and hold on tight, here are a few pics from today's "Total Eclipse" class! <a href="http://www.cvquiltworks.com/"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Jackie</span></strong></a> has been a terrific instructor, offering her humor and gentle guidance along with effective teaching of Judy Niemeyer's techniques, her own killer tips and lots of cheering.</div>
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<a href="http://corgitoquiltby.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>Barb</strong></span></a> was so pleased with this block - ALL of her blocks are going to be fabulous! Keep an eye on her blog, this lady has some terrific and varied interests! That's <a href="http://cvquiltworks.blogspot.com/2011/07/lollipops-and-bubblegum.html"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Jackie's version</span></strong></a> in the background, if you're a regular reader of her blog you've seen it before.</div>
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How are my own blocks coming, you ask? Well, I'm probably about in the middle of the group as far as production is concerned, but here's not not-quite-final-but-nearly-there layout:</div>
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Hope you enjoyed the eye candy! This was a fabulous class, hope you enjoyed the bits I could share. Hopefully Jackie will be teaching more classes soon - BTW she has a <a href="http://cvquiltworks.blogspot.com/2012/01/paper-piecing-step-by-step-tutorial.html"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><strong>tutorial on foundation paper piecing</strong></span></a> on her blog today if you want to give it a try, it's fun!</div>grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-25846876830575497972012-01-15T10:36:00.002-05:002012-01-15T10:36:48.751-05:00Starry-Eyed<div style="text-align: left;">
Owow, I had my second class on Judy Niemeyer's "Total Eclipse" quilt yesterday and everyone's stars are amazing! Each and every one has its own fantastic appeal! <a href="http://www.cvquiltworks.com/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jackie</span></strong></a> seems to be having a good time teaching us and it's easy to see why - the class members are all good folks and the class results are so striking! See what I mean?</div>
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Most of you already know, or know of, <a href="http://www.cvquiltworks.com/">Jackie Kunkel</a>; she's our instructor, and I can tell you right now she's just as kind and funny and clever as she is in her online persona. She's also fond of the occasional killer sale; keep your eyes peeled and you'll be amply rewarded!<br />
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LOTS of homework - there are a whole lot more quadrants to make before next week's class - but I couldn't help but share this. I'm totally chuffed, I want to give this picture to my Mom and see it posted on her fridge! Lookie what I made!grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-1703227680889331472012-01-01T11:45:00.000-05:002012-01-01T11:45:26.359-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: left;">
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Clamshells: mostly unchanged since my last update - shameful. Will get back into it once my Clammy Mojo returns!</div>
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Hexagons: Some progress this year - 3 completed "flowers," one mostly done, 3 to go. It's more work than it appears at first - that last round on each finished flower is 60 hexies!</div>
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And this year's "stock" handmade ornament - from <a href="http://thelastpiece.typepad.com/the_last_piece/2010/12/a-christmas-ornament-tutorial.html"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Sarah's</span></strong></a> tutorial last year. Note to self: stop agonizing, pick ONE pattern, and start earlier next year! These were given out as fast as I could finish them. They are very lovely but take lots of time, so start in September or October if you want to make these in bulk! I made several more that did not get photographed but you get the idea ...</div>
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I already have several Must-Do's for 2012 but am going to make an effort to be more restrained about leaping into every online quiltalong just because I adore the outcome. I need to finish some of my ever-growing stack of UFOs, many of which are the direct result of the aforementioned weakness! </div>
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I don't usually "do" for the kids' teachers anymore, but when I did I always did a little something for their bus drivers too; they are brave and hardy souls indeed! Now that the girlchild is in high school and the boychild in junior high there seems to be less call anymore. But the girlchild's bus driver is a special exception: the girlchild goes to the regional technical school, so her driver goes through six towns on her daily route, starting at about 5:30 a.m.!<br />
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I present The Driver's Apron:<br />
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A simple apron made of warm quilty goodness! LONG ties to go all the way round and back again, with loops in front for added strength. I tried to find a size that would cover her lap without flapping over, getting caught in the gear shift or otherwise hindering her, keeping in mind that I don't really know her size since she's always seated and covered with a comforter! It measures about 28 inches square.<br />
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I hope the bus driver likes it; I hope you do, too. It's a great stashbuster and way better all around than a bearskin!</div>grendelskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953402811976296237noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321939430089514451.post-66156541378662240982011-12-13T11:43:00.002-05:002011-12-13T11:43:14.519-05:00A Cold Tip and a WinA Cold Tip: <br />
I don't know where I first got this tip but I've used it for years - it'd be a Hot Tip if it wasn't December. Now, ordinarily I share few photos of my home, and I would be horrified if any of you actually *saw* my downstairs bath - aka the Skanky Bath or the 30-Year Bath (as in, the 10 Year Plan is starting to look a lot like a 30 Year Plan!). BUT:<br />
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In the morning, drain the tub and let the wreath sit a few hours to dry, decorate with extras if that's your pleasure, and hang. I've gotten wreaths as early as December 1 and taken them down as late as the end of January, and I have <em>never once</em> had a wreath drop needles or turn brown on me. If I could figure out a way to soak the whole tree overnight I'd give that a shot too!<br />
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Chris from <a href="http://welovequilting.com/blog/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">We Love Quilting</span></strong></a> sent me a great box of goodies! She does a monthly giveaway on her blog and I was the December winner! Look at all this cheer! There are notions and fabric and a magazine and a honking huge quilty bag and notebooks and cards and embroidery transfers and a Kanzashi flower maker and a very cool beaded spider.<br />
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