tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298959342024-02-19T21:30:18.397-05:00The Queen Bee's BuzzAlways "buzzing" from one project or craft to another, I am a rubber stamper, quilter, beader, silk-screener, stenciler, and general craft "dabbler", and have been crafting in one form or another since my first childhood sewing lesson - and love to teach others how to enjoy creating as well.Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.comBlogger735125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-247577381417608662015-04-26T21:34:00.001-04:002015-04-26T21:34:46.949-04:00Retiring - Hawaiian style<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVBzq2-s3mQczSAmZ_Iw2zioyWLqPGvm-Uvnktg5kpCgg26hCSTJjUy_Tlcyw3B4KYnniYOTNMKDtoUvb_z7IzXuVmVcRqd8Rqv2-jXoctXaIHowFmflFu7MuCZY-TkLDjlRMiA/s1600/IMG_4483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVBzq2-s3mQczSAmZ_Iw2zioyWLqPGvm-Uvnktg5kpCgg26hCSTJjUy_Tlcyw3B4KYnniYOTNMKDtoUvb_z7IzXuVmVcRqd8Rqv2-jXoctXaIHowFmflFu7MuCZY-TkLDjlRMiA/s1600/IMG_4483.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></a>So we had a little flurry of retirements at work - two in January, and now another one the end of this week.<br />
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This time I asked my co-worker what colors she wanted. She came back and asked if I could do a Hawaiian quilt. Um - yeah - not me. I don't applique very much at all - and this definitely was not time for me to challenge myself with something on that scale.<br />
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I wish I was more confident with softer rounder quilting -but I did a lot of echo quilting (and pivoting) on this one. If I had it all to do over, I would have quilted it in a round spiral from the center.<br />
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It is nice to be outside photographing again - the spring flowers are starting to pop, and everything is greening up. After this photo session, I spent the rest of the day transplanting and pruning shrubs, weeding, and giving the rosebush a much needed "haircut." <br />
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This one was made with a 'faux' jelly roll - it only had 4 different fabrics but I still think it worked to give this quilt some movement and interest. I used my Lazy Angle ruler and this is my own layout (after an oops) - or my "Lazy Streak" (though for this gift I called it "See the World" - either name would work for a new retiree, don't you think?"<br />
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Unfortunately the weather was not so cooperative this day -so this is the only photo I was able to get. <br />
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(oh - and the trivia night?? We won!!!) <br />
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Pictures of both to follow when I get some better lighting - it was pretty dreary today and the house seemed too dark for photos. Maybe it was that all the Christmas lights were down. <br />
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It is a good start to the year (all but the sick child part).<br />
Back to work tomorrow. <br />
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though it has been a productive year. Planned projects were finished (mostly), unplanned projects were finished, and even a few UFO's were ... well... moved further along in the process. I even did two craft shows!<br />
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2015 starts another trip around the sun. I wonder what lies in store for the year ahead. More frequent blogging, perhaps?<br />
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Happy New Year! (and now I am off to bed - well before midnight - to remain in earshot of a child who is ringing out the old year with a stomach bug - may his new year be healthy!!! And yours, too!)<br />
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This is a post I didn't really want to write about - but I want to document this quilt, and tell a bit about the very special person I made it for.<br />
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Bruce Greene was THE art teacher in my school. His wife Susan taught elementary school art, and Bruce taught Junior High and High School. We are talking small school here - graduating classes of approx 55, and K-12 all in one interconnected building.... often riding the same school busses to and from school.<br />
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Everyone had the Greenes as teachers - even if you didn't study art in High School (like I didn't), you at least had 2 years with Mr. Greene in Junior High.<br />
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And he was good! He was one of those teachers that left a strong impression in his students.<br />
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My immediate response? Make a quilt. My next thought? Make a quilt and ask my siblings to contribute their own thoughts and blocks to it. Then I got this crazy idea to jump on Facebook and ask all my classmates, my school mates, Mr. Greene's former colleagues, friends - anyone who wanted. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdkHpId9uD8C-7R64BHedRHgWynAdRoMU1tQ3kOWbYnRj8xO-nyOsYnGTbs9BsdqnFs6BCm3eWDejznT-jflWa1AREqzG6gzKQt83WKs9A_JDCbqySl5ARxuRxmYHAkLDyPFyTw/s1600/IMG_3452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdkHpId9uD8C-7R64BHedRHgWynAdRoMU1tQ3kOWbYnRj8xO-nyOsYnGTbs9BsdqnFs6BCm3eWDejznT-jflWa1AREqzG6gzKQt83WKs9A_JDCbqySl5ARxuRxmYHAkLDyPFyTw/s1600/IMG_3452.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></a>Send me your blocks. Send me your names. Send me whatever you want - and I will be sure it gets into this quilt. Just send it FAST!!!<br />
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And they responded. The depth of emotion, the creativity, the trust they put in me to put together their words into a tribute to a beloved teacher... it was a surreal couple of weeks as I put this together.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdBzM0Li7pjURQAOShXglSb3mMm5mfBKTTer5E66A76MXsR6CCFlsI4sjHb7dXEk_0tGTGg4KyrJcCGEmUvy1FJnWVDWF-Jbh1Upm-fXswm4-qgFzNYxNQ23ks8D1pOl13l339A/s1600/IMG_3463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdBzM0Li7pjURQAOShXglSb3mMm5mfBKTTer5E66A76MXsR6CCFlsI4sjHb7dXEk_0tGTGg4KyrJcCGEmUvy1FJnWVDWF-Jbh1Upm-fXswm4-qgFzNYxNQ23ks8D1pOl13l339A/s1600/IMG_3463.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></a>I mailed it out on Monday, June 23rd and it arrived on the 24th.<br />
12 days later I received the news that Mr. Greene had died.<br />
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Thank you, Bruce and Susan Greene - you planted the seeds of my art, gave me roots - and then gave me wings to fly.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-17203669545214345072014-05-26T20:30:00.002-04:002014-05-26T20:33:49.646-04:00The Front Porch Back Story<br />
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The porch was rebuilt the first season - but we ran out of warmer temperatures here in western NY and could not pour the new concrete for the sidewalk in time... and the stairs could not be replaced until the new concrete was down.<br />
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The concrete took us ALL of last summer. Granted we ran into a few snags - like the mold we used to make our cobblestone looking walkway only held 40 lbs of concrete - but the instructions had said 60 - so we had extra from every batch that had to be cast into something or thrown away (no - not that!) - so birdbaths and stepping stones and more were made... it was a slow process.<br />
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And again - we ran out of good weather before we could stain and seal the concrete.<br />
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The true significance, however, is not the steps.. or the porch... or the sidewalk...<br />
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It is that during this time, hubby also replaced the front door AND installed a new lockset.<br />
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See - when we purchased our house in 2001, it came complete with a gumwood door and the original 1929 lockset - which was broken. Because it was vintage - the door was cut differently than you would for a modern lockset - so it was either get that lock fixed ($$), buy another vintage lock ($$$), or replace the entire door ($$$$). We opted to keep the door deadbolted (with blue painters tape holding the latch open) and come and go through the side door - which was the cost-free option. We had never been able to use our front door as our main portal - we'd go in and out when we were home -but never had we come home and unlocked the front door to go inside.<br />
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... so today was a first. We left the house to go out for a Memorial Day picnic - exiting out the front and closing and locking it behind us - then coming home, up the steps, and opening up our front door to go inside.<br />
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It felt really really really good!<br />
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With 80 degree weather today (unusual - though welcome) I think we have finally shaken off the long cold winter that hit us this year. Yesterday I was able to open up the house and wash 24 windows, and the windows in 3 doors - plus clean all the curtains. AMAZING what a difference that makes - the fresh air, the clear view... who would have thought that cleaning would be so theraputic!<br />
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Not too much is blooming - crocuses, flag iris, snowdrops (lots and lots and LOTS and LOTS of snowdrops), and one little tiny daffodil just getting ready to open (snow forecast for Tuesday, Mom - right as always!) The hyacinths are ready to burst out, and I can see the beginnings of the rhurbarb, strawberries and hops, along with many many other sprouts and buds and signs of life again. YAY!<br />
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I even got busy with some planting! I didn't do anything outside - I need to do some tilling in my raised beds and my garden claw has disappeared - so hopefully when we return from some Easter travels I will be able to get a new one and get in some of those early spring "cold weather" crops. In the meantime, I have some lettuce and basil already sprouted and moved up to the next sized container in my "greenhouse", and I put in some seeds today.<br />
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It was 'thyme."<br />
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Last night - I put all but the last border on my version of that pattern.<br />
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I am not quite ready to share my photos of the project - though a few of my Instagram followers did get a sneak peek when I was asking for advice. Lets just say it looks NOTHING like the original pattern.<br />
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This was a project that I collected fabrics for over a long period of time - they were my travel squares, my shop hop buys, and my memories of my adventures.<br />
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Working on this again after a long hiatus has been a walk down memory lane... and I am finishing it in a way that is reflecting some more recent memories -some happy, some sad, but all of them treasured.<br />
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Maybe that is why this one has taken so long - it needed more memories to make it complete. <br />
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He is a hockey player - but a jersey quilt was not going to be realistic because of the types of fabrics involved.<br />
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He is a Boston Bruins fan - so perhaps a logo quilt?<br />
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I pondered this for nearly a year. I even acquired a panel of an ice rink to stash away for a backing when I was ready for it.<br />
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And then I found a tutorial online for a Broken Wheel block. (if I can find it again, I will repost it - but I can't find the link right now. It was metric - so some kind non-US blogger sharing talents!) The broken wheel looked similar to the Bruins logo- not identical but similar enough that it caught my imagination and I thought I could have fun interpreting it. I dove into my stash for golds and blacks (including some golds left over from the Millennium Falcon and blacks left over from the camera quilt), added a bit more gold and some black yardage - and hand built a "B" for the big block. I printed the logo from a coloring page, cut out the large B in black, and then the accents in gold - zig zag stitching all around each both inside and out. It gave it the texture of a vintage high school sweater letter.<br />
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I quilted it in concentric circles as I felt that would work best from both the front and the back. They were a bit wobbly in some parts, but so are hockey skaters, right? It's not like figure skating with perfect figure eights, right? Once again my variegated <a href="http://www.aurifil.com/SiteAurifil/HOME.html" target="_blank">Aurifil</a> threads came in handy - adding some dimension to this essentially three color top without taking over. There was a black based variegated on the top and a primarily slate blue variegated on the back.<br />
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Saturday was his birthday - so "Wraparound" was given to him then. I wasn't there -so don't know how he feels with my interpretation of his beloved team... but now their family of quilts is complete.<br />
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Unless I make one for their dog?<br />
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This is finish #4 for 2014 - "1829" was a donation quilt for RIT's United Way campaign and was put into an online auction, with the proceeds going to the local United Way.
I've been planning this quilt for a while.<br />
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I had seen the <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-patterns/wall-quilts/scenery-snapshots">pattern on the website All People Quilt</a>, and had been visualizing it, collecting the "camera body" fabrics, and collaborating with a photographer friend for the photographs of RIT. There are 20 different photos from well known sights on campus, different buildings, seasons, events and landmarks.<br />
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I used iron on transfers for the photos - as most of the other methods I have seen do not have the durability when washed, and I was not sure who would be receiving this quilt and what they would be using it for. Nearly all the camera bodies are different fabrics, but each shutter button is the same, as are all the "flash cubes." <br />
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I wanted it to be hangable if the winning bidder wanted, or useable as a lap quilt -and as much as I don't like square quilts, this one ended up 58x59. I widened the sashing from the pattern and unified it in color to make the cameras float. <br />
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The orange is our school color, so I put in one orange camera and a narrow orange strip between the body and the border - and the tag on the back is a "Polariod" of my co-conspirator and I.<br />
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This quilt was another challenge from my next door neighbor - the same one who challenged me last year to do a <a href="http://thequeenbeesbuzz.blogspot.com/2012/12/pat-pat-pat.html" target="_blank">TARDIS</a> quilt. Her request - the Millennium Falcon.<br />
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After much googling and pondering and wondering - I came across a <a href="http://society6.com/product/Millenium-Falcon-Fzr_Print#1=45" target="_blank">poster</a> by an artist named Szoki that would serve as my inspiration. <a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/" target="_blank">Connecting Threads</a> provided the perfect fabrics to paint my picture, and I set to work.<br />
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This project was made in three parts.<br />
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First I determined the finished size of the quilt (62x84) and cut a muslin rectangle a bit larger than that. I then started attaching the rust colored strips to that foundation - stitching, flipping, pressing, basting raw edges, then repeating - and repeating - and repeating. That took a VERY VERY long time!! And as I worked and added, the quilt got heavier and heavier. I was essentially working with the entire quilt body right from the beginning - and my shoulders felt it on this one.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9R_QaZLDfVvWZYxZltCWIO-GdEXOORFtQrBVOes97TpvaRNt7NP3Wuy-B30M-6lRSpfde3DcirCOrlFZRemXiULcKWRerLGEc2HeVSRauHj4IbkvFVdgXNizPnqvDLHawbgS9mA/s1600/KesselRun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9R_QaZLDfVvWZYxZltCWIO-GdEXOORFtQrBVOes97TpvaRNt7NP3Wuy-B30M-6lRSpfde3DcirCOrlFZRemXiULcKWRerLGEc2HeVSRauHj4IbkvFVdgXNizPnqvDLHawbgS9mA/s1600/KesselRun1.jpg" height="112" width="200" /></a>The second part was making the Death Star. That was pretty easy, actually. I looked at a number of pictures and art of the Death Star online, and then just pieced together my impression of what it should look like. I was going for a techno feel with lots of trenches going across. I was piecing the lower quadrant, so I didn't have to worry about the big dish/weapon area, as that is always shown up above the equatorial trench. That made my task easier. I made it bigger than it needed to be - because I knew I was going to cut it down and wanted to be sure I had enough to play with.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_dL0As61TBbZuMIjDXuiJYcP9vrFhAw3QE1D5C9_i4AFgSwvSlD7z1IUOUYzDamqxqsmpWJ8X32x-H3xG68mb2F_RzDYMIPI87WZQl7IOfwSs3K7R2IpgxyQHNyqfYT5oo-jNQ/s1600/KesselRun2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_dL0As61TBbZuMIjDXuiJYcP9vrFhAw3QE1D5C9_i4AFgSwvSlD7z1IUOUYzDamqxqsmpWJ8X32x-H3xG68mb2F_RzDYMIPI87WZQl7IOfwSs3K7R2IpgxyQHNyqfYT5oo-jNQ/s1600/KesselRun2.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a>Once the Death Star was pieced, I made a giant pattern out of kraft paper so that I could cut the pie wedge out of the Death Star as well as out of the body of the quilt. I stitched it just like a mini drunkards path block -only with a radius of 31"!!! That was a tense step -but it worked out very smoothly.<br />
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The third - and most difficult - step was making the Falcon. Matt did his magic in Corel Draw, taking the outlines of the image from the poster and converting it into something I could use with fabric - plus making it much much larger.<br />
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I printed it out on 9 sheets of paper and then pieced it together to make my pattern, first laying it out on top of the quilt to see if it was in the proportions I wanted. In these pictures you can various stages of my testing. You can also see the muslin foundation peeking out from the corner before the Death Star was attached.<br />
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We played with various placements of the Falcon but ultimately Matt felt that we should have it "flying" along the lines created by the diagonal strips, so that is what we stuck with.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwAKDAhO68UmjkayyCxLk80Rq4LmxJF-GPKJJeQ7FK6XIBHiH58ZXVSRSfPDiPCWy0LP57zFkHpeyREAIYaZUHkwOWY8t9DKlb0Yix31bGJVERwhtsfFNR0Oy8sCtE8j90166uQ/s1600/kesselrun4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwAKDAhO68UmjkayyCxLk80Rq4LmxJF-GPKJJeQ7FK6XIBHiH58ZXVSRSfPDiPCWy0LP57zFkHpeyREAIYaZUHkwOWY8t9DKlb0Yix31bGJVERwhtsfFNR0Oy8sCtE8j90166uQ/s1600/kesselrun4.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a>To make the Falcon, I first cut the full outline out of a dark dark blue fabric (actually leftover from the TARDIS!). I then took the various sections you see in white and traced them onto freezer paper - simplifying the design even more by making the sections larger. I ironed them on to the front of a slate blue fabric and the cut each one out.<br />
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Once the Falcon was done -the quilting began. I worked on the diagonals first - doing many many closely spaced lines along the strips, in the middles, on the edges.<br />
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Next came the Death Star - horizontal bands of quilting following the lines of the trenches.<br />
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And then I started quilting the Falcon... and quilting the Falcon... and quilting the Falcon. I think I put more thread into this quilt than any I have ever done. Outline quilting, free motion quilting, straight line detail quilting, more outline quilting....<br />
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And then it was done.. and then it was washed... and then it was photographed... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death Star - notice the change in binding color at the edge of the Death Star</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Falcon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Falcon detail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like how you can see the Falcon on the back... and how much this one crinkled!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each strip of fabric on the back represents a location in the original Star Wars trilogy - in order from top to bottom. This photo show the Death Star, Hoth, Asteroid Field, Dagobah and Cloud City.</td></tr>
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and then it was delivered.<br />
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Truly a bit sad to see it go - but I know it will be loved.<br />
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Sometimes quilt inspirations come from interesting places... or from interesting people. In this case - it was both.
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Last fall, a friend of mine from high school contacted me via facebook to ask if I ever sold my quilts. In the course of the conversation, he asked me if he could design the center of a quilt and have me take that, finish the design, and then make it as a gift for his wife.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_7nYoQLb91pK9Kq7VnwvfS8-Dk970OnXc1SrM0qSnqCx9h7qh9J1U8jFiGk2S3F1cRfc5iGDTHbBOgbqKsToCRvTQGYlqhcQGiIQ7QDOVJ2P1rrLEOQF196AMoUpXJlxKVqioA/s1600/IMG_2615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_7nYoQLb91pK9Kq7VnwvfS8-Dk970OnXc1SrM0qSnqCx9h7qh9J1U8jFiGk2S3F1cRfc5iGDTHbBOgbqKsToCRvTQGYlqhcQGiIQ7QDOVJ2P1rrLEOQF196AMoUpXJlxKVqioA/s1600/IMG_2615.JPG" height="200" width="133" /></a>Well - it came to me in hard copy - and he had designed the entire top, including selecting the colors. "I got carried away a bit," he said... but I loved what he had come up with. I chose some tone on tone and mottled fabrics to work with to give the open spaces a bit of texture - and then I pondered this one for a bit while finishing up some holiday projects that had come first.<br />
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Once we got into the new year - I got to work on this, including making myself a prototype (in orange, of course!)It took me a bit to work out some of the logistics - like the floating diamonds in the little side blocks (tutorial to follow) - and to get past my apprehension of having to quilt all that open space. A template, a Frixion pen, variegated Aurifil thread and a whole lot of patience -and we got that done as well.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcZvkumMv1bUEZu2BRoQLdZ-jWpTo4hEeahNQRtuJayy8DL0KSyb66uexxVQcadz_yJaYsroPdDN90Jx57E1LWG6KJUzrC3s9R5qCh6xSFzso7UHDggqcEfvZx0q9DOdm2jEyDw/s1600/IMG_2631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcZvkumMv1bUEZu2BRoQLdZ-jWpTo4hEeahNQRtuJayy8DL0KSyb66uexxVQcadz_yJaYsroPdDN90Jx57E1LWG6KJUzrC3s9R5qCh6xSFzso7UHDggqcEfvZx0q9DOdm2jEyDw/s1600/IMG_2631.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></a>The name is a combination of my last name from when he knew me (Earl) and his last name (Thompson) -and the fact that it looks rather like a family crest.<br />
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In actuality -his inspiration is surveyors targets!<br />
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And I think this design is RIGHT ON TARGET!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-12014509042998307822014-01-07T21:16:00.001-05:002014-01-07T21:16:44.189-05:00Three Left Turns<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOT8O1IAI4OU7aOw_WQciGPbrmtknqed689Gplvhm0rPd5l6IAWAmn_IciaOsmpNUfexf6oci72XpHt60Y1UDbMpiS2GfPeV82EhL0UhoAOeFbwfbVbOm8MniGlmsgsoT1o8NnA/s1600/100_4622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOT8O1IAI4OU7aOw_WQciGPbrmtknqed689Gplvhm0rPd5l6IAWAmn_IciaOsmpNUfexf6oci72XpHt60Y1UDbMpiS2GfPeV82EhL0UhoAOeFbwfbVbOm8MniGlmsgsoT1o8NnA/s1600/100_4622.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a>I am not sure whether to call this a 2013 quilt, or a 2014 quilt. I pieced this over Christmas break but finished it today - it was not a planned project, but a friend is undergoing some medical stuff and I wanted to do a quilt for him. I had seen <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_hexagon-shuffle.pdf" target="_blank">this pattern </a>online and wanted to try it for myself. Only it featured the Moda hexagon precuts - which I didn't have. And a lot of white - which I didn't think was the right choice for this particular project.<br />
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I wanted to use the grey for my background, and I wanted to cut my own hexagons. Since I have the Hex-N-More ruler from <a href="http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/" target="_blank">Jaybird Quilts</a>, I figured I could cut away at a bundle of batik and do my own thing. Except I didn't figure on how hexagons are measured - I did 6.5" strips figuring I would get 6" hexagons, which is what I thought the Moda precuts were. Except they are 6" through the middle, not height, so my hexagons ended up both taller and wider than the Moda ones.<br />
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No trouble - I adjusted my sashing accordingly (um - after I had already cut it too narrow and had to go back and recut), and dropped one hexagon out of each row - adding them in on my backing. The finished dimensions are about the same - though I used less fabric in my side strips as a result.<br />
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The quilting I finished up on this today - just straight lines with some variegated Aurifil on the front, and a solid grey thread on the back. Binding was the same fabric as the background, and as we were home with a "snow day" due to the Polar Vortex I was able to quilt AND bind this today (and snuggle under it in the process). <br />
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The recipient is a big baseball fan - so that dictated both the backing fabric and the name of the quilt.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-89026253960355690512014-01-05T17:38:00.002-05:002014-01-05T17:39:49.692-05:00I solemnly swear...OK -I am in.
I've said pretty much all these things -but not committed to them in writing.<br />
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No books or patterns.<br />
No backings.<br />
Just thread, backgrounds (neutrals), and batting (for me that means flannel). <br />
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I was very good deleting all the "big year end clearance sale" emails that came after Christmas.<br />
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Good thing I like scrappy quilting and have plenty to work with!<br />
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I don't count this one as a full quilt - it was a 2 yard piece of polarfleece, with edges hemmed - and the Android logo appliqued in the corner.
This is for another nephew - and I didn't put a tag on it (yes - bad quilter, again!)<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-81242340974677831152014-01-02T01:00:00.000-05:002014-01-02T01:00:00.733-05:00Lotus RoseQuilt 4 of 6 - Christmas 2013<br />
Lotus Rose<br />
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This project was a long time in the making. I started it in May while teaching a class
at <a href="http://chestnutbayquilting.com/" target="_blank">Chestnut Bay Quilting</a> on the Lotus pattern by <a href="http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/" target="_blank">Jaybird Quilts</a>. It was a gift for my sister-in-law. This is another one of those "deceptively easy" patterns that looks complicated but is not really. I made 4 Lotus quilts this year - and would definitely make one again!!!<br />
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The toughest part on this one was the quilting - it is a very big quilt and I decided on straight line quilting - not hard but time consuming wrestling it under my little machine.<br />
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I love how this one turned out - parting with it was tough but we visit them often so I will get to snuggle under it again sometime... I hope (unless she keeps it hidden!). I love how it is soft and feminine - but not so frilly that it won't fit well in a household with my brother and 2 nephews. (and I also love that I have more of this fabric!!!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very hard to get a picture of this indoors -and the weather outside was NOT cooperating.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back is this wonderful mottled batik. It was tough to get a shot of the quilting but it created these wonderful diamond and triangle shapes on the back.</td></tr>
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This was a <a href="http://quiltville.com/scrappytrips.shtml" target="_blank">Scrappy Trip Around the World</a> from instructions written by Bonnie Hunter.<br />
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As I was working on this - I really didn't care for how it was turning out. I had pulled fabrics that were all too busy - and very dark - and there was no sparkle to it.<br />
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After seeing my neighbor drying a "sofa quilt" for her 2 Scottie dogs on the clothesline that had seen better days, I decided the boys (my buddies) needed a new quilt, so I added the applique in the corner and had Jill quilt this for me with dog paws all over.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The backing - the aqua strip has tiny Westies on it (the Scottie fabric was on pink - so I compromised). The tiny print on either side is dragonflies, and the dark reddish strip is bricks -which will have meaning to my neighbor)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppy Paws!!!</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-90326860221709919092013-12-30T01:00:00.000-05:002013-12-30T01:00:02.841-05:00Tranquil GardenQuilt 1 of 6 -Christmas 2013<br />
Tranquil Garden - from the Hugs and Kisses pattern by <a href="http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/" target="_blank">Jaybird Quilts</a> using the Lazy Angle Ruler by <a href="http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/" target="_blank">Lazy Girl Designs</a>. This is a quick and easy pattern to make - with very dramatic results. I made 2 quilts with this for Christmas - and each turned out very different. I would definitely make more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The quilt after washing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Free motion quilting - with markings from a Frixion pen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilting after washing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilting from the back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pieced backing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The label.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-11454954335718275472013-12-28T01:00:00.000-05:002013-12-28T01:00:03.115-05:00PolskaQuilt 5 of 6 - Christmas 2013<br />
(again -posting order changed after these posts were written as I know this one has been delivered)<br />
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This is a One Block Wonder - not following any specific pattern but figuring it out as I go along.<br />
This was for my brother-in-law and his family.<br />
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Unfortunately -I forgot to take any post quilting or post washing pictures of this one -and don't have a picture of the back or tag either (I know - bad quilter!!!)- emailing them to see if I can get some to add before this blog post goes live (I am composing this on Christmas day).<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-70518213404977841552013-12-27T01:00:00.000-05:002013-12-27T01:00:05.570-05:00The Big BQuilt 3 of 6 - Christmas 2013<br />
(NOTE -these are being posted non-sequentially. I numbered them when I wrote the posts on Christmas day - when none had been opened yet. Now that some are opened -I am changing the posting schedule)<br />
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This was a self designed quilt for my nephew -using some fabrics he had commented on from another project, and some colors he likes added in to round it out.<br />
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The big challenge on this one was the quilting - I finally decided on a big letter "B" for his initials, and played with my free motion quilting on this one. The rest was done in a big spiral out from the "B"<br />
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I did have one hiccup with a frayed seam -but luckily discovered it prior to gifting so I was able to get it repaired.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished quilt after washing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big B - frixion pen markings still visible.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big B - after ironing the frixion markings away, but before washing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big B - after washing and crinkling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The real label was in focus - it is just my photography that was blurry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The backing - I got the text fabric from Ikea.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit of the B (backwards) and some of the spiral.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My "uh oh" moment (though I was a little more colorful in my dismay). I soon had this stitched back into submission.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-61423102020409666942013-12-26T01:00:00.000-05:002013-12-26T13:09:43.201-05:00Cranberry DreamsQuilt 6 of 6 - Christmas 2013<br />
(NOTE: I wrote these posts in no particular order - but now that I know which quilts have been delivered I am changing the posting order... so the numbering will be non-sequential)<br />
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This quilt was done with the Lazy Angle Ruler and a Jaybird Quilts pattern (one of 2 I did using this pattern - it WILL get used again).<br />
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I did not have as many fabrics to work with on this - so chose to add borders to make it a nice comfy size.<br />
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And again - I forgot to get some "after" pictures on this one. (as of composing time -this one was still in the wrapping paper -texting a request for photos)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of quilt awaiting quilting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo after gifting - draped over the back of Dad's couch so not super clear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the best photo of all - 'cause it's really not the quilt that's the true focus!!! (she was on the phone with me when this photo was taken -so I got to hear her unwrap it)</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-8097193232700267922013-12-25T10:12:00.000-05:002013-12-25T10:12:20.165-05:00Merry ChristmasSo I know it is a bit early for New Years Resolutions - but looking back and seeing I hadn't blogged since September I think I need to work harder at this! Facebook is so quick and easy that I do find myself posting quick little blurbs and pictures and projects there - and not here.<br />
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I can't post pictures of much of what I have been working on lately - since I don't know who is looking and I know some holiday packages have yet to be opened.<br />
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And heartfelt wishes for a Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy 2014<br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/196/E30399D9C827626388FB54B79A1E7DE7.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180104163495530405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29895934.post-63260923495067634802013-09-02T22:42:00.003-04:002013-09-02T22:45:00.437-04:00Proof of existenceI am here... Though I know it's been a while. It was a busy busy August. My garden was neglected, my sewing mostly "crunch time prep" for the quilt show, even my new found running habit took a hit and I only got out a few times this past month.<br />
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But I made it through - we had a great Churchville Lions Country Fair, a great visit with my dad (who arrived the day after the fair ended), and then a great 2 days of the Caledonia Quilt Guild show (the 2 days after Dad left) - then a little R-n-R with a visit to Boston, then the wind down to school starting again.<br />
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Some pics of what was going on:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa and Munchkin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tin punching at the museum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrepreneur at the Guild member's bazaar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Challenge quilt for the quilt show - all based around the gold fabric in the sunflower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Strippy Trip Along... probably one of the "ugliest" quilts I think I have ever created. A bit more is planned for this one and then I will be gifting it - but it is definitely NOT one of my favorites.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Old Sturbridge Village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of our garden harvest.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Munchkin sporting his orange belt in karate, with his buddy "Todd" from <a href="http://www.monsterfactory.net/" target="_blank">The Monster Factory.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... my 'obsession' when all the rest of this was going on - working on this quilt bit by bit and figuring out how it will all go together. Setting triangles for bottom and sides are still needed.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Looking forward to a bit quieter September - though with school starting in 2 days, Cub Scouts starting in 2 weeks, and karate throughout, I am not holding my breath.<br />
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