tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025217990121726682023-11-16T01:38:34.234-06:00My Quilty ThingsQuilts and sewing projects I am currently working on.Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-47305578284228045342018-12-09T13:03:00.001-06:002018-12-09T13:03:37.872-06:00Grand Illusion & Applique Update<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>I thought I would give you an update on my quilting. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>I am still quilting but like many quilters my eye's are bigger than my capacity to do things. There is just so many things I want to try!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>So first an update.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Last couple of years I have focused more on applique by machine and took several classes from the local quilt shop and through a quilt show that comes through every few years.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>I thought about hand applique, but quickly realized that would just lead to more unfinished projects. I have enough of those.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Although I have finished a few of these class projects, I have a few more that I started that I need to complete.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Here is one that focused on button hole applique. I really like the stack of pumpkins, but not that crazy about how the welcome turned out. I guess I should use smaller letters. I have enough orange fabric to make another stack, so I will give it another shot with a different layout.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another applique project I finished is this chick-a-dee. I really like this one. It uses a smaller button hole stitch.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the final completed applique is this reverse applique. Although the book shows how to do this by hand, we learned to do this by machine. I really like how this one turned out.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>And then finally my Grand Illusion status.</i></span></div>
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-18858666181050971412018-12-08T17:21:00.000-06:002018-12-08T17:21:50.144-06:00Mom’s stash<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I haven’t posted is quite a while, but now that my son is off to college and I have a taken a step back from mentoring the robotics team, I have a little more time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First thing that I am working on is moving my sewing room to the loft area that used to be my son’s play area, as he grew from toys and lego’s to video games. Now it is my area and I am gradually setting up the area for me. I am currently waiting for my sewing machine cabinet, but have my cutting table and ironing board set up. I will post photos of my sewing area once the my cabinet has arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While in the process of setting up my sewing area, my Mom became ill and eventually passed away at the end of October. She was 92, so lived a long life, but I still miss her and think of her often. I inherited all of her fabric, scraps and various starts as she tried new blocks. It is a little overwhelming the amount of starts and scraps she had started, especially when added to mine. As I was going through the scraps and fabrics and organizing the pieces, I began to wonder if she realized how many quilts she had started and what she was really planning on doing with all of these blocks. So to make sure none of her work goes to waste, I will do my best to try and use up her scraps and fabric for quilts for the family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below are just the scraps she had cut that I found so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first project will be to use up some of the pinks and make a few twin size quilts for my great nieces as there seems to be an abundance of pink.</span></div>
Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-41528065069829658602014-12-22T09:16:00.000-06:002014-12-22T09:16:04.381-06:00Grand Illusion<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Welcome to the Grand Illusion!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Yes I am working on Bonnie Hunter's Mystery.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I keep thinking of that song by Queen whenever I work on this project. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I got a slow start so I missed the first couple of link ups. Here are my fabric choices.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I am somewhat scrappy, but the goal is to use from stash and this is what I had for these colors.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So I have each clue all cut and started and will be working on finishing them the rest of the week. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So guess what?? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The robotics team SURPRISED Me!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Not only did the team I coach</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> qualify for state,</i></span></div>
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they took the top two awards at the tournament, </div>
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qualifying for state TWICE!</div>
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The state tournament was held the end of February and they did extremely well, missed going on to the next level by one match. </div>
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Here are a couple quilts that I finished piecing.</div>
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This one went together really fast and I just love the way the blocks appear suspended in air.</div>
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This mystery UFO has a tropical feel. And with all the cold and snow we have, the tropics would feel REALLY nice right now.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">so I know I have this tendency to over commit myself, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but I thought by cutting back on my working hours I would still have some time left over for quilting (and blogging.)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well that did not happened. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What I found is I am too tired and overwhelmed with no mojo to quilt when I am over booked.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You see I have been coaching a middle school robotics team and in about a week is the competition. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I have a whole new appreciation for middle school teachers that have to motivate these kids for a living.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Although this team has the potential to do really great things and sometimes they work very hard, they can also be notorious procrastinators and sometimes they have absolutely no attention span. And after talking to other teacher's, this is normal for that age.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So in about a week I can get back to quilting more, unless they surprise me and advance to state. I want them to do their best, but I also miss sewing and quilting.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So will I do this again next year? You bet. Because next year will be the last year my son is on this team and even though I don't get to quilt as much as I would like, I do get to watch as this once little boy grows up into a young man. And that only happens once.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> And he just LOVES robotics.</i></span><br />
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<br />Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-23420378252816302182013-07-09T22:14:00.000-05:002013-07-09T22:14:00.155-05:00What have I been up too!<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Well I am still here, just neglecting to update my status, since I didn't have much to update.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I found that too much of a good thing can be overwhelming at times. So with trying to fit the stash from my mom onto the shelves and drawers I have, it just wasn't fitting very well at all. </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was overflowing onto my work surfaces and I just didn't feel like sewing or quilting if I had to move piles of fabric around all the time.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Well that just is not right, so after seeing and hearing about how so many are using comic book boards to wrap their fabric for storage and easy access, I decided to give it a try.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I bought 2 packages of 100 each thinking that would be plenty. I would only put them on boards if I had a yard or more. I don't have that much fabric and probably would have extra, right?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I needed a 3rd package and probably could use a 4th, but I don't have the shelf space for the 4th, so the rest of the fabric will stay in totes until I sew some up to make room. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Okay, so this is an eye opener as to how much fabric I really have. Time for a fabric diet. I will not buy any more fabric until the totes are empty and all my fabric fits on my shelves. Some day I will actually add up the yardage because I labeled each board with the amount of yardage they contain. This will make it handy for finding fabric for a specific pattern in the yardage I need.</i></span></div>
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-63663798995960014832013-05-15T20:02:00.000-05:002013-05-15T20:02:06.692-05:00Spring has finally arrived!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Okay so I have tried posting several times and keep getting sidetracked! </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>So we went from ice on the lake to over 70 degrees in less than 3 days. Crazy weather, but they do have a saying in Minnesota. If you don't like the weather just wait a little while, and it will change. </i></span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">My April progress was pretty pathetic... I think I was down because of all the snow we were getting back then. I needed spring to come!</i><br />
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-64222439784009979182013-04-09T22:08:00.002-05:002013-04-09T22:14:36.249-05:00Preventing UFO's with a couple finishes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Have you ever taken a class, but didn't finish the project in class and it became a UFO? I have. I still have a few of them waiting patiently for me to finish. Ok, maybe they are not patiently waiting, but I stuffed them into the back of my closet, so they are not staring me down and screaming to be finished. I will finish them, but first I need to finish some I started and keep them out of the UFO pile.</i></span><br />
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<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March BOM - Not started.</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nephew's Quilt - pin basted</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring Mystery - no progress</i></li>
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<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 yard quilt UFO - pin basted.</i></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The problem I ran into this time was the backing I had cut was too small for my nephews quilt... I had some smaller quilt tops ready to sandwich, so I grabbed my 5 yard quilt UFO that was waiting patiently to be quilted and pin basted that one with this backing instead. Now since I had everything set up for pin basting, I just went with the opportunity and cut another bigger piece for my nephews quilt and pin basted that one and one more smaller pansy mystery UFO. I was thinking for pin basting one more quilt, but I was running low on pins.</i></span></div>
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<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March BOM ~ 5 hours</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pansy Mystery - quilted and bound. ~ 7 hours</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nephew's - quilted and bound ~ 10 hours</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>April BOM ~ 5 hours</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Path to an Art Quilt ~ 5 hours</i></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Nephew 2 quilt - pin basted ~ 3 hours</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Alphabet BOM - A-D ~ 4 hours</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>First was a deColorant wash on the background to get the red and blues on the yellow for the sunset affect.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Click <a href="http://173.65.3.55/decolourant.asp">here</a> for information on the product. I haven't used this product, except for this project, so I don't really know that much about it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Then creating a stencil for the smaller dragonflies and using the deColorant full strength. Added some texture on the bottom by putting some deColorant on a relief pattern and pressing that on the fabric. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I think I need to step it up a bit, because I know when summer comes, I will be in the garden and not quilting, unless it is raining. </i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For March the focus is to get these projects completely finished. Since I started tracking how many hours it takes me to make a quilt, I am going to take a guess at how much time I think each of these will take.</span></i><br />
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-63669063004960673592013-02-27T20:58:00.000-06:002013-02-27T20:58:19.205-06:00Side tracked and Easy Street progressI had company last weekend so I didn't get as much done as I wanted to, but still made some progress<br />
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I finally finished putting together the blocks for Easy Street and I am ready for the borders, but this puppy is much bigger than I am used to dealing with. I have the borders cut and sewn together end to end and ready to cut to length. <br />
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I need to lay the quilt out to measure for the border size, but I need everyone out of the house before I can do this safely since I need to lay this on the floor. They have the tendency to let the dog in, and this time of year wet muddy feet running across my quilt would not be good.<br />
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But before I do this I need to clear out some other leader/enders and partially done stuff that I keep knocking over or on the floor when I am trying to deal with this quilt. <br />
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So I decided rather than just pack that stuff out of the way, I am going to finish them and get them out of the way for good.<br />
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So here are 3 of the potholders I finished and 8 more that need finishing. I will have some Christmas gifts ready early!<br />
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<br />Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-6346630415703958992013-02-17T22:55:00.000-06:002013-02-17T22:55:04.401-06:00First finish for the yearWell I finally have my first finish of the year. It is part of the BOM and I started and finished the February block. I still haven't completely finished the January block because I haven't stopped at the store to get buttons for the snowman. I should be able to stop and get them this week and get that one finished as well.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had my applique class this today. Working on the satin stitch. I don't need to class so much to learn as I need it to get motivated and for the practice. I haven't really done much applique work. Right now applique seams to be the roadblock that is preventing me to finish some quilts I have. I am hoping this series of classes which teaches different techniques for applique will help me over come what ever it is that is preventing me from finishing these. I think the roadblock is the fear of messing it up. </div>
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-42064051750449379122013-02-13T18:11:00.001-06:002013-02-13T18:11:34.991-06:00How many hours does it take to make a quilt??????<div style="text-align: left;">
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I don't want to know for money purposes, since I make quilts to give away. I am looking at it more as a reality check on my time. How much time I have to quilt and how long it takes me to make a quilt. I have a tendency to over commit on my time and under estimate how long I think it takes me to make something. This usually results in me not completing the quilt and then since I didn't finish it in time, I just leave it as a UFO. Working full time and volunteering to help with my son's activities doesn't help, but I am hoping to retire someday in the future.<br />
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I know a lot of this depends on skill level, how complicated the pattern, how elaborate the quilting, whether it is hand or machine, (mine will be mostly machine), etc... I guess I am more interested in it from the stash and wish list perspective. Is my stash so big I will never be able to sew it all in my lifetime or is there hope for me and I can allow myself to buy more if needed? Is my UFO/wish list so long that I will never be able to make them all (and thus start donating those I don't really love) or is it a manageable size especially once I retire.<br />
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I notice some people in different groups I belong to and blogs I read, that seem to be super fast, jet setting quilters and crank out numerous quilts and projects all the time. I get exhausted just thinking about that. I know I am not the fastest quilter in the world, but I feel like a complete slow poke when I see what they accomplish. So I am curious on how many hours does it really take me and how much time do I really have to quilt? If I had more time, would I be able to get as much done as they do or am I really that much of a slow poke?<br />
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<br />Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-3435871377029040122013-02-10T22:22:00.003-06:002013-02-10T22:26:33.691-06:00Easy Street Blocks are Done!I was hoping to be further than I am, but I had other commitments last weekend and spent half of this weekend painting. But I finally have all the blocks done for my Blue/Teal Green Easy street. That is such a nice feeling and to see that box where I stored the smaller pieces empty, makes it feel like I am really busting some stash. Now I<i> </i>just need to put these large blocks together and add the border. <br />
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I still think it looks too busy because of too much black in the black on white. That seems to distract from the pattern. Oh well. Live and learn. </div>
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But I do have to say my seams are matching up pretty well. There are a few that are off, but most are spot on. The only thing that isn't mostly spot on are those flying geese. Way too many have their wings clipped. Given how many I made I don't think the no waste method is for me. I will have to try a different method next time.</div>
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I also found that I need to figure out how to get a bigger design wall if I make many more of these bigger quilts. Running out of room on this one.</div>
Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-48267420000270615802013-01-20T21:34:00.000-06:002013-01-20T21:34:30.188-06:00Making progressStill plugging away at Easy Street. I did take a little break and make this BOM quilt. I Still need to put the face on and quilt it. This is a BOM from the local quilt shop. It is from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Heart-Book-Count-On/dp/B004A6K596/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358736872&sr=8-1&keywords=Count+on+it">Count on It Art to Heart by Nancy Halverson</a>. She has some cute monthly quilt blocks. Here is January's.<br />
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And here is what I have so far on Easy Street. I finished one of each type so I have a quick reference for the rest. Then I finished all the outside blocks triangular blocks and now I am working on the 16 set of inner blocks. </div>
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I have mixed feelings as to how this is turning out. My white on black fabric has more black, so I am getting a much busier looking quilt and it makes it hard to see the pattern. I am trying to keep this one more scappy, but I think on the next quilt I am going to try to group like fabrics together in the same block and see if I like that better. The teal matches my spare bedroom, so no matter how this turns out, that is where it is going.</div>
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My goal is to get the top done by the end of next weekend. Hopefully reality will allow me to do this, but that doesn't always work out that way.</div>
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-51322144655822292782013-01-13T21:15:00.000-06:002013-01-14T09:44:16.083-06:00Getting ready to build....<div style="text-align: left;">
So I worked on finishing all the cutting and creating the smaller 3" blocks for these two Easy Street.</div>
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Now I am onto the building the blocks.<br />
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So here are the piles for my two quilts.<br />
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I hope to start working on the blocks this week and get both the tops pieced and ready for quilting by the end of the month.<br />
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I have to say that this is the most complicated quilt I have made. I am amazed that I was able to keep up with it as well as I did. It helps to be organized and I did do some organizing. </div>
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I moved some knitting yarn to the closet and out of the sewing room. I am still debating on whether I want to completely eliminate knitting from my house or just put it aside for now. I haven't done really any knitting for quite some time now so I am leaning towards eliminating most of it anyway.</div>
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I start using Bonnie's scrap system and allocated some small drawers to contain them. I replaced some bins with shelves to hold some current working on projects, which helped me to clear off my cutting table. Makes cutting all these pieces so much easier when you have the whole table instead of half of it because of piles of stuff. <br />
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Check back on the other Easy Street quilts by clicking <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/01/mystery-monday-link-up-jan-7th.html">here.</a></div>
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Back to building some blocks now.<br />
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-41488383627088403972012-12-28T10:05:00.000-06:002012-12-28T10:05:09.608-06:00Playing CatchupSo things got a little busy right before Christmas and now I am trying to catch up. I have one quilt caught up, except for todays clue Part 6. I plan on getting my other quilt caught up to this point before starting part 6. And then part 7 starts on the 1st already. I wasn't expecting that. I wonder if we get another clue next Friday as well.<br />
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Make sure to count when doing the first cutting so you don't need to do two quilts to make use of the extra squares made.<br />
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Flying geese, no waste method is not my favorite. Too much trimming afterwards. If they were bigger, I would probably do the flying geese, bonus HST with the extra cut off, but these are too small for that. I don't have the easy angle ruler, but I think I would try that the next time I need to make flying geese this small.<br />
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Spraying the back of my ruler with starch and letting it dry helps to keep it from slipping, but eventually wears off. Spraying the back of my ruler with quilt basting adhesive and letting it dry keeps it from slipping at all. (It actually sticks to the ruler and you need to peel it off the ruler.) This was just fine for my 4" square ruler, but I would not try this with my larger rulers. I suspect this will wear off too, but it hasn't so far.<br />
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And don't get this far behind, because it starts to take the fun out of it.Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044062434470480254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1202521799012172668.post-17512499561515337852012-12-05T21:44:00.000-06:002012-12-05T21:44:18.697-06:00Easy Street ProgressI started this to share the Mystery quilt I am doing for Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street Mystery.<br />
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Anyway I started out the Mystery a little over zealous and ended up cutting too many strips and making too many 4 patches for step 1. Now what do I do with the extras? Well, I guess I will make two of these Mysteries. Hopefully I won't regret this... </div>
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So here is the fabric for the two mysteries.</div>
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