tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26309680348996344712024-03-14T00:04:16.041-07:00Wilma's Craft CornerPhotos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-13818658467460886112015-06-03T11:04:00.000-07:002015-06-03T11:04:30.408-07:00Transforming Fabric Once Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I finished the "Check it Out" quilt top, a mystery quilt by <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank">Heather Spence</a>, run by <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/" target="_blank">Missouri Star Quilt Company</a>. I used the jelly roll I won last year from MSQC. I have yet to add the border(s).<br />
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I finally finished this quilt for my sister. I had the fabric ("Indian Summer") for a few years and pondered about a few different patterns, but finally settled on this pattern, a simple 9-patch. </div>
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50" x 70"</div>
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A simple daisy pantograph to match the little flowers in the quilt top.</div>
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The finished "Freebie 15 BOM" quilt top from the now-closed Traditional Pastimes here in Calgary. I took out some of the bright blocks and used cotton fabrics instead of some of the provided muslin fabric, and sort of "designed" two of the blocks. </div>
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This quilt was for one of my nephews, and he loved it. </div>
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62" x 90"</div>
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I love this pantograph to match the squares and rectangles of the quilt top.</div>
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A baby girl "Diamond in the Rough" quilt.</div>
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(And my cute quilt holder. xo)</div>
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I made hooded bath towels for my boys. </div>
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I am working on a <a href="https://frommycarolinahome.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/scrap-dance-quilt-along-sharing-step-three/" target="_blank">Scrap Dance Quilt Along</a>. Here are two of the month clues. This QA ends in September and I am using up kids' fabrics for a baby quilt. </div>
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2" HST Swap (through MSQC)</div>
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I have never done a swap before so this was fun.</div>
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I used these templates and have sent in my 56 2" HST and now am awaiting a mishmash of 56" HST in return. Not sure what I will make with these HST yet.</div>
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These are the 2 styles of fabrics that I did. (Paper kept on and not ironed as per instructions.)</div>
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I am working on another Mystery Quilt: <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/" target="_blank">"Double Cross" by Heather Spence </a></div>
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This time I am doing 2 quilt tops, the blue/pinks for my church group's cancer donation quilts, and the green/black is mine. </div>
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The first 2 pix are Steps 1 & 2</div>
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There are 48 of each block now.</div>
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And finally...</div>
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<a href="http://www.prairiechicksquiltingandscrapbooking.com/" target="_blank">Prairie Chicks</a> 2015 BOM</div>
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April BOM</div>
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May 2015 BOM</div>
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It has been a busy, albeit good year!</div>
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Our family of four is doing well and keep busy.</div>
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Feeding a growing family, means lots of meal planning, and I finally put all my favourite recipes I had collected over many years into a coil-bound book. Almost 300 pages in all, but I like having my recipes close by.</div>
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I made the cover page with the use of Wordle.com and then a bit of photoshop. Tada!</div>
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Autumn 2014: I joined an "Art & Soul" class at our women's group at church. It was fun. I am in NO way artsy, so this was a fun experiment. </div>
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Christmas was a busy time.</div>
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I tried lots of recipes in 2014! Oh the joys of being home on mat leave. </div>
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I bought some Epicure mini-loaf pans and made some yummy loaves.</div>
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A few years ago I made the green & red stocking for Little Man #1, but now Little Man #2 also needed a stocking. I like these patterns and they are quite easy and fun. They are a quilt-as-you-go. </div>
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In my house, Christmas stockings are not just for decoration and gifts. They are also worn as booties. Oh my 5 year old is a silly boy sometimes. :)</div>
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Stocking stuffers for the ladies: coffee cuffs</div>
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For grandma and the kids: microwavable heat packs.</div>
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Finished: "Mum's the Word" quilt. </div>
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Back of the quilt.</div>
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Another finish: Spring 2014 Mystery Quilt. The colours on this one made me think of standing at a beach and looking over the sand, logs, and trees along the waters edge, so I had it quilted in a pebble-ish pattern. </div>
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When my folks were visiting, my mom made this cute little mug warmer for me. </div>
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At some point last year, I went through a bunch of flannel fabric and made some mini quilts that I donated to my local hospital's NICU. <br />
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Mini quilts but sometimes perfect for the wee little preemies who just need a small blanket to cover their bodies.<br />
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I got this cute blanket from a thrift store. Washed it and donated it with the homemade blankets/quilts for the NICU. </div>
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At some point (probably summer) I used up flannel to make these baby bum wipes. Great money saver. I make my own baby bum spray and pour it into spray bottles. Budget friends and it is much better than the commercially-made products. </div>
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I bought some thrift-store scarves, washed them and sewed them into infinity scarves. Great little gifts. </div>
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Disappearing Hourglass blocks.</div>
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(Tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company)</div>
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I was going to sew these quilt blocks into a quilt but they just didn't grab me, so that is as far as I got with them. Now they are sitting in a box. </div>
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I used up old scraps of fabric to make this mini baby quilt. </div>
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This is NOT my quilt, but one of the quilts that my church quilt group made for someone with cancer. I love this pattern and need to make something like it one day. </div>
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And... I finally finished up the "Freebie 15" quilt blocks from Traditional Pastimes. That store closed its doors in the Autumn, so this was my last quilt from that store. </div>
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This block was designed by me! </div>
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I used to absolutely dislike batiks. This block grabbed my attention and I don't mind the batiks.</div>
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And FINALLY... I put the blocks together!</div>
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I took the blocks to BC with us in October, and my sister helped me piece the blocks.</div>
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This quilt will be for my nephew, so I think it really looks quite masculine. </div>
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For awhile, I was so far behind in my quilt block piecing that I didn't even get a lot of the quilt blocks from 2014 done until this year. Hey, I needed a therapeutic break from the stress of returning back to work!</div>
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I finished up the yellow/grey/white "Farmer's Wife" quilt blocks that I purchased as the BOM from <a href="http://www.prairiechicksquiltingandscrapbooking.mysite.com/" target="_blank">Prairie Chicks Quilting</a> in Saskatchewan. (Not the best website, but a fantastic little store if you are ever near Saskatoon!!)</div>
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I just have to sew the backing together, then this sweet quilt will be off to my friend's for final quilting. </div>
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This red and white quilt seemed to have taken me forever. </div>
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I made this quilt for the church quilt group, but it was SO much sewing and cutting and ironing!!</div>
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I totally botched up the points because the instructions were not very specific, but it is done!</div>
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This lapsize quilt is also awaiting finishing touches. </div>
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Last year I won a Jelly Roll (40 2.5"x width of fabric) RJR Fabrics in the USA.</div>
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I honestly wasn't crazy about the fabric at first but it is growing on me. </div>
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I bought the beige-coloured batik fabric shown.</div>
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I am using this batik jelly roll in Heather Spence's Mystery Quilt that is now going on at Missouri Star Quilt Company.</div>
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The colours change with the light. </div>
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This Friday it is the final reveal for the mystery quilt... and then the piecing will commence and another quilt top will be made!</div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-55233278412371041902014-06-24T22:48:00.000-07:002014-06-24T22:50:41.268-07:00At LONG Last: An Update!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once again, life just gets busy with caring for 2 boys. Preschool is now finished and so are soccer lessons... and just in time for water parks, swimming, play dates and camping (which means ?less? time to update). Sigh Oh well.</div>
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Despite the lack of blog updates, I have been sewing.</div>
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Sometimes I have 5 minutes and do what little I can.</div>
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Sometimes I have a few hours to really catch up on things.</div>
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Usually my catch up time is in the evenings or on a Sunday afternoon...</div>
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but sometimes I actually manage an hour in the afternoon when...</div>
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wait for it... BOTH boys are napping or are quiet! That is a treat!</div>
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Whether it is 5 minutes or a few hours, each opportunity to sew is soooo relaxing! </div>
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Definitely Mommy Therapy!</div>
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So... here goes the list of items I have been sewing:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A baby blanket I made for Samuel last fall/winter... but I am not sure if I posted a pic of the quilt itself. Backing is a brown chenille. (My older son loves to snuggle under it, too.)</td></tr>
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I got this mystery quilt pattern a year or two ago from <a href="http://bluepatchquilter.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Sheila @ Blue Patch Quilter</a>, and I FINALLY finished it. I love it! <br />
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We visited my family in BC in April, and I lugged 2 quilts along.</div>
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This small quilt was for my parents.</div>
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They had asked me for a quilted tablecloth for their 5th-wheel so they have something nice to look at and touch while playing cards! LOL. </div>
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They even gave me specific dimensions! </div>
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My niece "A" had requested a quilt. These are the "Freebie 15" quilt blocks from the 2012-2013 year and the theme was "Vintage Plates." My niece loved her quilt.</div>
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Gifts for the preschool teachers:</div>
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Flower pot with glove flowers.</div>
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Inside each flower pot: flower seeds, DIY sugar hand scrub, hand cream and a thank you card.</div>
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(Thanks to Pinterest for the idea!)</div>
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I decided to sew a bag for my stroller baby change pad... and then I decided to sew a baby change pad as well. The whale fabric is cotton, the blue fabric is a waterproof PUL. The bag interior is also made of PUL. It was my first time sewing with PUL fabrics... and yes, I did use polyester thread. </div>
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The change pad has a poly fill batting inside and I machine sewed the binding on the change pad.</div>
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Since I was working with PUL fabrics, I decided to also sew some bags.</div>
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I tried a few different styles. </div>
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I made some PUL swim bags. </div>
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The bag on the top right holds my son's towel and swimming trunks no problem.</div>
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My friend J has 3 little girls. The baby was the recipient of one of my favourite baby quilts, and I whipped up 2 pillowcase aprons for her 2 eldest girls. I didn't use a pattern, just winged it (which is pretty good for me!!) and I love the final look... but the aprons look so nice on these 2 gorgeous, precious little girls!!</div>
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Too bad you live so far away, J!! Miss you!!</div>
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I had another baby quilt that I made lying around the house and I donated it to some friends who had a fund-raiser benefit to raise money for a private USA adoption. They have 2 biological children, one adopted from Florida, and they are now in the final stages of adopting another child from California.</div>
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I paid for the annual block of the month from <a href="http://www.prairiechicksquiltingandscrapbooking.mysite.com/photo3.html" target="_blank">Prairie Chicks</a> (Saskatchewan) and I am enjoying it so far. Each month I make two 8.5" blocks. So perdy. </div>
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I am not sure I took pix of all the "Freebie" blocks from Traditional Pastimes, but here are a few of the latest blocks:</div>
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All the blocks so far for the Freebie 15 blocks:<br />
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I participated in the annual Spring Mystery Quilt by Heather Spence. </div>
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Here are the fabrics I selected... earthy tones which remind me of a beach then looking toward a tree.</div>
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This quilt is called "Elevation" and I finished it just this past weekend. </div>
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While digging around in fabric, I found this John Deere fabric and made 2 bibs, one for my little one and the other for his little cousin cuz my baby sister loves John Deere items! (Yup, they live on a chicken farm in BC.)</div>
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Another quilt: "Diamond in the Rough", a <a href="http://www.freckledwhimsy.com/2014/03/diamond-in-rough-quilt-along.html" target="_blank">Freckled Whimsy quilt along</a>.</div>
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This was a fun quilt.</div>
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Backing is a fun, modern blue striped fabric.</td></tr>
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I bought this ironing board at Walmart because it was a lovely 18" wide board, and I like the wheels on the bottom, but the ironing board cover was made of thin, crappy fabric.</div>
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I have been procrastinating doing anything about the worn cover and the holes on it, but I found my energy and made myself a <a href="http://www.momtastic.com/diy/109506-diy-make-your-own-ironing-board-cover/" target="_blank">lovely new ironing board cover</a>. </div>
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I put a piece of batting over the original yucky blue cover then this bright, fun floral cover. </div>
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It was easy-peasy.</div>
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I have been "puttering" and slowing putting some projects together, and I am now at a point where I can start catching up on some other projects.</div>
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First of all, the BIG day arrived!</div>
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Our second son, Samuel Erik, was born on January 2.</div>
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He is a growing boy, already (this week) weighing in at 9lb 4 oz at 5.1 weeks old. </div>
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I added some straps to an extra blanket to make this carseat cover: cotton on one side and fleece on the other.</div>
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It is perfect for the cold Canadian winter we have had.</div>
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It is also perfect for keeping dirty hands and snotty noses away from our newborn child. :)</div>
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Last Fall, I made this cotton panel with green chenille backing for baby. </div>
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My dear friend Dalene, who does my quilting, made this gorgeous quilt for Samuel!! </div>
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This is the quilt I made for Samuel...and I botched up 2 blocks! Sigh! :(<br />
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'The back of the quilt.</div>
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I couldn't resist a pic of Samuel on the quilt while he was still so little.</div>
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This was my Spring Mystery Quilt.</div>
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Backing for the orange/green/blue Spring Mystery Quilt. </div>
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Samuel posing on my Aim-for-Accuracy Quilt</div>
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A4A (Aim-for-Accuracy) Quilt.</div>
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My friend Lou made this fun, cozy flannel & minky baby burrito wrap.</div>
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Samuel on the "Dan's Climb" quilt I made last year.</div>
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Backing is brown chenille.</div>
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In the last few weeks I have been catching up on some quilt blocks.</div>
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January "Farmer's Wife" QB from Prairie Chicks BOM/quilt-along.</div>
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The last few months of Traditional Pastimes "Freebie 15" BOM & Companion.</div>
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This last block is adapted from the original instructions: where each red block is, there was supposed to be a red-&-tan coloured 9-patch, but I just don't have the time nor patience to be dealing with piddly measurements. These blocks are supposed to finish up at 12.5" square, but I am lucky if I get them to finish at 12.25". The gal that runs this BOM seems to LOVE those pesky x/16th measurements, so I round the numbers up or down to make them x/8th measurements...and that throws the entire block off in final measurements. </div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-29765772076837018642013-11-21T10:51:00.000-08:002013-11-21T10:51:06.656-08:00At Long Last: An Update!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is what I have been up to...</div>
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I had my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/88392494/floating-stars-quilt-pattern-pdf?ref=shop_home_feat" target="_blank">"Floating Stars" </a>quilt quilted by my friend Dalene, and here is the finale, complete with binding.</div>
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Don't you just LOVE the pattern?</div>
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I finished the <a href="http://mishkasplayground.com/quilt-patterns-booklets/aiming-for-accuracy/" target="_blank">Aim for Accuracy</a> Quilt top. </div>
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Backing & batting purchased, now awaiting quilting.</div>
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This pattern is a small version of<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/154856427/dans-climb-quilt-pattern-pdf?ref=shop_home_feat" target="_blank"> Heather Spence's "Dan's Climb"</a> quilt</div>
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I added a brown chenille as the backing. </div>
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I participated in <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank">Heather Spence's bi-annual mystery quilt</a>, and this is the finished quilt top for the Fall 2013 Mystery Quilt. It is called "Mum's the Word". </div>
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Isn't it delightful?</div>
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The border looks like strawberries on this photo but it actually is flowers, and it is Moda fabrics that match quite closely to the jelly roll fabrics "Vin du Jour".</div>
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I will finish the backing next year.</div>
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We visited family in BC in October for Canadian Thanksgiving, and I took this quilt along so I could finish off the binding... and then leave it at my parents' place so they could pass it along to my niece, Miss B, who wanted this quilt. </div>
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This "Plenty of Fish" quilt is huge! </div>
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I love the stars & swirls pattern that Dalene did for this quilt!</div>
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So... with a baby on the way, I wanted to do some sewing... but a sewer I am NOT!!!!!</div>
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I botched up this <a href="http://dougelissa.blogspot.ca/2011/05/diy-make-your-own-fitted-crib-sheet.html" target="_blank">fitted crib sheet.</a></div>
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Somehow I messed up the measurements then cut the corners of the fabric, realized my mistake, then had to add inserts (2, not 1 - duh!!) into the centre of the crib sheet. </div>
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Ok, just fire me! Fail!!</div>
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Thankfully, it is a busy pattern, and it isn't a main show piece, so hopefully baby will not be bothered by it.</div>
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I made a<a href="http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/nursing-pillow-pattern.html" target="_blank"> nursing pillow cover </a>from the same Dr. Seuss black/white/red fabric.</div>
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I haven't finished my last block from Traditional Pastimes's "Vintage Plates" Freebie 15 series, so nothing to show for that one.</div>
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This year's theme for the Freebie 15 is Spice Bazaar.</div>
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It will be comprised of squares & rectangles.</div>
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Sounds easy, but a lot of the instructions are in 1/16" measurements - ugh. </div>
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Here are the new Freebie 15 blocks: the Freebie (left - "Anise") and the companion (right - "Cinnamon") as well as 20 4-inch 4-squares. </div>
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(Photo taken on iPhone, thus the lousy colour quality.)</div>
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Seven more weeks until baby's due date!!!</div>
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August was a busy month with crafts and sewing, and for some reason, I just haven't put photos onto this blog...until now... but with the downpour of rain outside, what better day to do that than today! </div>
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I found this <b><i>candy bouquet</i></b> idea on Pinterest.</div>
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Inside the large canning jar are 2 slinkies with small Hot Wheels cars inside them, and jelly beans around/under/on top of the slinkies.</div>
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A big piece of foam on the jar mouth, poked with lollipops.</div>
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Gummy worms between the lollipops to make the present more boy'ish.</div>
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Tied with a ribbon & some boy-coloured balloons.</div>
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All set for a fun boy birthday gift.</div>
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I signed up for another fun Mystery Quilt by <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Heather Spence Designs</a>. </div>
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This MQ starts October 4.</div>
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Oooh, ahhh, so exciting.</div>
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One of my nieces, Miss S., posing on the quilt she received from her quilty aunty. </div>
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Sister J also received a quilt from me, same pattern but different colours.</div>
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Here are some of the blocks thus far (quilt still not finished) for the <a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/learning-center/aiming-for-accuracy-quilt-along/" target="_blank">Aim for Accuracy Quilt Along</a>.</div>
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MIL was involved in a car accident in January this year, and because of residual nerve/muscle damage, she is unable to complete this quilt, so she gave me fabric for the quilt top, backing and binding, and she asked me to complete the quilt for her.</div>
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Quilt is now at the quilter's for "sandwiching."</div>
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I recently participated in the Plenty of Fish quilt along, andI used up my scrap fabrics (although I did need to purchase whites/creams and greens). Here is the finished quilt top - big enough for over a double bed.<br />
This one is now also at the quilter's awaiting completion.<br />
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Yup, I am preggers and Flutterbug is due January 8, 2014!!</div>
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We have no idea if this will be a boy or a girl, so I am sewing boy and girl blankets.</div>
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I couldn't find any girl blankets at one store I visited, but I did find this sorta-neutral, but probably-more-boy quilt top, and I added a light green chenille to the backing.</div>
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(Girl blankets yet to be purchased and sewn.)</div>
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My sewing machine was repaired and was away for TWO WHOLE Weeks! Gasp! Oh, how I was itching to do some quilting therapy again!! Thus, I did a lot of sewing when I got my machine back!!</div>
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Today, I removed the "corners" of the May 2013 'Freebie 15' block. The theme for this year's Freebie BOM is "Vintage Plates" and I felt that the block did not look like a plate... so now it does look more plate-ish.</div>
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June 2013 Vintage Plate (Freebie 15 series blocks)</div>
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<i>"Royal Ruby Glass" Vintage Plate</i></div>
<i>Royal Ruby depression glass was made by the Anchor Hawking Glass Company. Made between 1938 & 1960 the Royal Ruby name was patented so that only glass made by Anchor Hawking could use the name. This glass was made for many years therefore a large variety of pieces are available at reasonable prices. </i></blockquote>
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This lovely purple/blue/mint green block is this month's Freebie block. I didn't quite get the centre-points lined up, but I am not going to get fussed about that. </div>
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<i>The McKee brothers in 1896 manufactured the Doric pattern also known as crowfoot. Another pattern referred to as fine cut & feathers is similar to the Doric pattern in that it has scallop shapes. The fine cut and feathers are filled in with cross-hatching giving it the name fine cut.</i></blockquote>
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I finished my Scrappy Stars quilt. This is a sentimental quilt for me because 11 or the 12 stars were blocks of the month from Freckles Quilt Shop here in Calgary...and then they closed the store as the owner retired. I LOVED that quilt shop!! </div>
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I love the colours and vintage-ness of this quilt!!</div>
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I joined the "Plenty of Fish" quilt along (on-line) and so I dug into my fabric scrap stash. What a great way to use up scraps! I only had to purchase creams, some whites and a few greens.</div>
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While the sewing machine was in for repair, I cut, cut, cut fabrics for steps 1-9, and then I frantically sewed when I got the machine back. Add Step 10 and here we are, although this photo does not show all the blocks; there are 30 star blocks, 20 of the other block plus 6 long strips. I will have to wait until the next clue before I can start doing any more sewing for this quilt.</div>
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One website/blog I follow is The Quilting Gallery and Michelle who runs that site has started the "Aiming-for-Accuracy Quilt Along"... and another special little lady (niece) has requested a quilt with purple and green and teal so I dug into my stash and have put these 5 blocks together so far... and hopefully Miss K will like this quilt.</div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-86061292952455281182013-06-22T16:52:00.000-07:002013-06-22T16:52:35.723-07:00Flooding and Waiting...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I live in Calgary and parts of our city are in a state of emergency: major flooding has affected the downtown (business) core and thousands of people have been displaced from their homes.</div>
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We are safe and dry, but my husband will be off work for a while, how long we do not yet know. He works in the downtown core, and since there is 1) flooding, 2) power has been cut to that area, and 3) no transportation is allowed of available to the downtown core, he just might be on a bit of a vacation. Unfortunately, he probably has to use up some of his vacation or discretionary time, but it is better than nothing. </div>
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At home, I have not been able to do much sewing: my sewing machine is in for repairs!! :(</div>
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One of the ?gears? was starting to go and last weekend it started making a horrible screeching noise, so I packed it up quickly before I caused more damage to my electronic baby. </div>
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Cut fabric for my "Plenty of Fish" mystery quilt... it's all ready, just needs sewing/ironing.</div>
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The lights are whites/creams.</div>
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Mediums are yellow/orange/pink.</div>
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Darks are blue/green/purple.</div>
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And best of all... most of the fabrics are from my stash - gotta love stash-bustin'!</div>
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I also pinned 2 quilts that I wanted to quilt on my machine. These 2 quilts are for my nieces (special request) and the pic below is the backing for the 2 quilts. </div>
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I also have binding to finish on a small lap-size quilt, but I really have been procrastinating on that one, even though I love that quilt!</div>
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Once I pick up my machine in a few weeks, I have the 2 purple quilts to complete (& bind), 3 more quilts to finish up, do up a quilt block, fix up a few more "old" blocks, and start on my "POF - Plenty of Fish" quilt top. </div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-70786346925190742242013-06-06T21:04:00.001-07:002013-06-06T21:05:40.991-07:00A Quilt Block & A Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First of all, here is the May 2013 "Freebie 15" block from Traditional Pastimes here in Calgary.</div>
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Now, here's the issue... these blocks are supposed to be a "vintage plate" series, but how in the world is this possibly a plate of any sort?? </div>
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This "plate" stumps me.</div>
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I simply cut the provided fabric and follow the directions.</div>
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It was an easy pattern, but I will admit the fabrics & colours are not my favourite.</div>
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May 2013 Vintage Plate Block</div>
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<i>The Laughlin China Company</i></div>
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<i>Homer and Shakespeare Laughlin, two brothers from east Liverpool Ohio, started a pottery ware factory in 1871. At this time white ware pottery was gaining popularity from the local yellow ware. The East Liverpool City Council offered 5000 dollars in seed money to anyone who would build and operate a plant for white ware. Sometime in 1873 the Laughlin brothers had built a 2-kiln plant on the Ohio river and by 1876 their white granite ware won an award at the United States centennial exposition in Philadelphia. In June of 2002 Joe Well the 3rd, was elected president and CEO of the china company. Since the reorganization the company has experienced growth and is moving forward with the Well family pledge to continue providing quality American made china thereby providing jobs for potters of the Ohio valley.</i></div>
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I finished off the binding on the New Year's Day Quilt Along, which was run by <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Heather Spence</a>. I deviated from the final piecing instruations, so I have called my version of this quilt along:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this quilt!!<br />My friend Dalene did a fabulous job on the pantograph quilting.<br />Quilt measures 74" x 80".<br />Jelly roll for this quilt: "Odds and Ends" by Moda Fabrics.</span></div>
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It's a lap size quilt: 50-something" x 70'ish".</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Dalene did an AMAZING job with a seashell pattern! <br />I just LOVE it!</td></tr>
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HERE IT IS... THE BIG REVEAL...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>
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EEEEEKK!!! Don't you just love it!!!! (And to think I wasn't too keen on it initially.)<br />
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Quilt started October 2011, completed May 2013.</div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-80297051582000912082013-05-23T13:48:00.000-07:002013-05-23T13:48:43.185-07:00Getting Some Work Done!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have plowed ahead and got lots of sewing done in the last few weeks! Woohoo!</div>
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First of all, I finished this purple/pink/grey star & thus was able to finish the purple/pink/grey (design by Blue Patchwork Quilts) Quilt top!</div>
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(I want to use the leftover pinks and purples in a scrappy quilt... using my scrap fabrics.)</div>
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I also finished the top for Heather Spence's Spring 2013 Mystery Quilt, and this quilt is called "Connect the dots"<br />
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Fabric is "Pieces of Hope" by Riley Blake - "inspired" by autism.<br />
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Binding done on a scrappy quilt. I used scraps for this quilt, just a crib size, but I like the designs.<br />
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Quilts in progress:</div>
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My very BIG EXCITING NEWS is that I have COMPLETED my "<b>SAND AND SEA GLASS" QUILT</b>. Yup, I just finished the binding last night... but it is raining and it is a huge quilt so I have to wait for a nice day before being able to take a photo of it... I just LOVE this quilt!!!!!!! </div>
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You'll just have to wait for good weather before I can post a pic!!</div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-30323423347090468612013-04-20T10:43:00.000-07:002013-04-20T17:23:20.235-07:00What's Been Going On...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Life has been so incredibly busy, but we forced ourselves to slow down, bail out on certain events, and I took a few vacation days from my (paid) job ... so that has meant some time to catch up on some sewing. Ahhh... quilting therapy!!!</div>
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In my last post I had added a photo with a "sneak peek" of what I was working on...</div>
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The Floating Stars with a Twist quilt top all done!</div>
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I have done a few<a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank"> Mystery Quilts with Heather Spence,</a> and she hasn't disappointed yet! All her quilt designs have been amazing! Pattern proceeds go toward cancer patients.</div>
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For the Spring 2013 Mystery Quilt, I have selected 3 fabrics from Riley Blake's "Pieces of Hope" line. </div>
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Here's some info from the Riley Blake website:<br />
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More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes or pediatric AIDS combined. Autism affects 1 in 110 children and 1 in 70 boys–a 600 percent increase in prevalence over the past two decades. <br />
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.<br />
Riley Blake Designs is excited to team up with Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism. <br />
Autism Speaks also stresses the importance of recognizing the early signs of autism and seeking early intervention services. The most important thing you can do as a parent or caregiver is to learn the early signs of autism. Early intervention can make a lifetime of difference.<br />
Pieces of Hope was inspired by a child with autism, whose family are employees of Riley Blake Designs. Autism Speaks and Riley Blake Designs thank you for your support, which provides hope for all those affected by autism.<br />
To help increase autism awareness and fund more research to help find a cure, Riley Blake Designs will donate a significant portion to Autism Speaks from the sales of this exciting new fabric collection, Pieces of Hope.</blockquote>
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A long time ago, I downloaded a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/114203734/mystery-stars-a-quilt-pattern?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">Mystery Stars quilt top design from Blue Patch Quilts 'n Things</a> in the U.K.<br />
I am finally getting a move on this quilt...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clay's Choice - 12"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden Patch - 21"<br />
My favourite block of the bunch thus far</td></tr>
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Local quilt shop <a href="http://www.traditionalpastimes.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Pastimes</a> Freebie 15 has provided new learning perspectives this time round... lots of Y-seams... and I initially did not enjoy them, but I'm getting better at it... certainly not perfect, but that is what an iron is for... and hopefully my mishaps will never be noticed once the quilt is completed! :)</div>
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This year's Freebie blocks are VINTAGE PLATES.</div>
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March 2013 Vintage Plate: "Old Sandwich"</blockquote>
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<i>Old sandwich is a pattern that was made by Heisey from 1931-1956. Primarily this pattern was made in pinks, yellows, greens and crystal. Heisey formulated plans for his own glass company in the 1890s. He chose Newark, Ohio for many reasons - natural gas was abundant and the cost of labour was low. Construction on the factory began in 1895 and was completed in April 1896. The factory had three furnaces and employed about 700 people. In 1900 a trademark was designed by Heisey's son and became the famous H within a diamond which was registered in 1901. The Heisey company advertised its glassware in magazines and their product was sold worldwide. E. Wilson Heisey popularized coloured glass in 1922 but by the time he died in 1942 coloured glass had all but disappeared from the market.</i></blockquote>
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<i>Vintage Plate - April 2013 - "Canary Glass"</i></blockquote>
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<i>Yellow depression glass or canary as it was also referred to is a less common colour. The Sharon or cabbage rose pattern was found in yellow. This particular pattern has well defined sprays of cabbage roses, stems and leaves of Sharon, cabbage rose, Mayfair and rosemary all used rose motifs...looking at these together one can see that the rosemary pattern is a hybrid of the other two motifs rather than a unique pattern. Mayfair had scalloped edges and to see who would win the war of the roses, the Sharon pattern became the most popular and continued in production until 1939; golden glow was the most plentiful colour followed by rose glow and springtime green. During the depression the Quaker Oats Company along with other food companies put pieces of glassware in their boxes of product as an incentive to purchase. Movie theaters and other business would hand out glassware just for coming in the door.</i></blockquote>
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Way back (last autumn) I started the companion blocks for the Freebie 15 blocks. The companions were 2 of the same block but 8.5" square instead of the 16.5" Freebie block. Somehow the final plan will be to have a massive quilt... but I quit the companion blocks once I tried piecing the following block... it had all sorts of crazy Y-seams. Now that I have had some experience with the bigger blocks and Y-seams, I decided to tackle this block. It is totally NOT straight nor perfect, but it doesn't matter. I think I'll simply make a little table runner with this block. </div>
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<i>Vintage Plate Companion #2 - Hobnail</i></div>
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<i>Fenton Hobnail glass dating from the 1930s is decorated with a pattern of bumps. The term being hobnail comes from the nails with thick heads that were used to secure and protect boot soles. Early hobnail had a certain look with a wooden lid or stopper. At this time, the manufacturers mark was found under the lid.</i><br />
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Works now in progress:<br />
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<li>Spring 2013 Mystery Quilt</li>
<li>Finish Blue Patch Star Quilt Top</li>
<li>Start/Catch up on Plenty of Fish Quilt Along (I wanted to finish the Blue Patch Star Quilt first so I can use leftover pinks and purples in the POF quilt along)</li>
<li>finish binding on 2 quilts</li>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-13138606984528773982013-03-16T20:44:00.000-07:002013-03-16T20:44:19.352-07:00Saturday WIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here's a sneak peek at my latest quilting WIP (work in progress)...</div>
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Believe it or not, it will involve stars! I'm looking forward to this quilt!<br />
Most of the fabric is Moxie by Andover Fabrics.<br />
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Thanks to<a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/" target="_blank"> Heather Spence</a> for the pattern! :)Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-30617343994544228262013-02-16T10:53:00.002-08:002013-02-16T10:53:27.683-08:00Quilt Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It seems as though I have not had a lot of time to get at the quilts, but I did forage ahead and get some sewing done. It certainly is therapy to get behind the sewing machine and piece some more quilt top pieces together.</div>
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Last year's "Freebie 15" from the local quilt store was a "Sand and Sea Glass" theme. I finally sewed the hour glass units together. I think the pattern called for about 250 but I ended up with 238 hourglass units... 7 rows of 32 blocks & some extras.</div>
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Next, I did some quilt top calculations so I could purchase some more fabric and finish off the quilt top.</div>
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That is now on the To-Do List.</div>
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Yesterday I picked up this year's "Freebie 15" for the Vintage Plates series. It is a nice easy block so I finished it off this morning. </div>
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<i>Fire King Turquoise was produced from 1940-1970. The Fire King line of dishes was made for daily use by Anchor Hawkings. This was one of the first oven-proof dishes made; it was considered heat resistant. The turquoise Fire King mug is the easiest to find as most of them have the Fire King marking. The mug was in production until 1979.</i></blockquote>
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<li>finish binding on blue/beige Fall 2012 Mystery Quilt</li>
<li>sew on binding then hand-sew back of binding on Scrappy Star Quilt</li>
<li>take apart one section of New Year's Day Mystery Quilt, straighten, re-sew sections onto quilt</li>
<li>Take photos of finished quilts: Fat Quarters Quilt & Fall 2012 Mystery Quilt</li>
<li>Finish Sand & Sea Glass Quilt top, buy batting, sew backing</li>
<li>Finish one small crib quilt (already pinned together)</li>
<li>Sew more Heart shaped quilt blocks using leftover Sand & Sea Glass fabrics (I have about a dozen so far)</li>
<li>And... as always... try to utilize scraps</li>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-72473787778502009332013-01-31T14:40:00.000-08:002013-01-31T14:40:20.168-08:00Belated Happy New Year 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Just before Christmas I had a few days in which I was really wanting to get some sewing done, so I sewed a few grey/pink/purple quilt blocks together. I actually did 6 blocks but for some reason I only took pix of 2 of the blocks. The blocks are different sizes ranging from 8" square to 24" square, and together will form a lovely large square quilt. I am excited to one day finish this quilt, especially since some of the stars are so lovely.</div>
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I signed up for <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Heather Spence's "New Year's Day Mystery Quilt Along"</a>.</div>
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We were visiting family in Saskatchewan at the time so I got to my instructions a few days later. </div>
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Here's the "Odds and Ends" by Moda Fabrics Jelly Roll that I ordered for this quilt.</div>
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Here is part of the NYDMQA quilt top.</div>
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At this current time, I do have the quilt finished but I will take a photo once it is quilted b/c that will really do the quilt top justice. Initially I wasn't too sure about this quilt colours, but I now LOVE the finished quilt top! Y'all just have to wait for the big reveal!</div>
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Chelsey, one of the participants for <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank">Heather Spence's Spring 2013 Mystery Quilt Along</a> made a request to all participants of this quilt along: sew "Cotton Reel" blocks in specific colours & mail them in, and Chelsey will set them in a large queen size quilt. The Spring 2013 MQ proceeds go toward little Wyatt who is battling cancer in Washington state. Chelsey is generously going to donate this large queen size quilt to Wyatt's parents, and Wyatt will be the recipient of Chelsey's Spring quilt. </div>
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Here is December's <a href="http://www.traditionalpastimes.com/pg/projects-a-kits/52-general" target="_blank">"Freebie 15"</a> which is the Vintage Plates BOM done through my local quilt shop.</div>
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<i>The Hazel-Atlas glass company was a large producer of machine molded glass containers. The company was founded in 1902 in Washington Pennsylvania. H.A. Glass started by making glass inserts that fit inside zinc lid closures for bottles, eventually they produced much of the depression glass. The colonial-block style was a simple kitchenware set of items complimentary to dishes. This collection did not have a plate... and if you find a black piece you are lucky indeed as they are rare.</i></blockquote>
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January 2013 Vintage Plates "Freebie 15" Block of the Month</div>
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<i>The Indiana Glass Company made egg relish or Veronique Egg Trays from golden amber, amber, and the carnival glass from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Indians Glass Company has a very elusive past... it started in 1896 when George Brady and James Beatty formed the Beatty-Brand Glass company. By the early 1900s they merged nineteen different glass companies into National Glass, which by 1904 became the Indiane Glass Company. In 1907 the Indiana Glass Company was sold to a group of men after National Glass failed. It was then officially purchased and incorporated in 1907. The company still operates today.</i></blockquote>
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Part of the instructions read "this block will test your inset [Y-]seam skills, so don't get frustated."</div>
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This quilt block definitely test my patience & skills!!</div>
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Not one of my inset seams is perfect, but the iron has a way of flattening all sorts of quilting sins... and hopefully the finished quilted quilt will hide even more! Just do not look too closely! :)</div>
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(These vintage plates blocks measure 16" x 16" each.)</div>
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And finally... here's a sneak peek at the next 2 quilts of mine that are done... just awaiting binding to be finished. I have one more finished quilt-minus-the-binding at home, but I'l buy the binding the next time I'm at my local quilt shop as they have better colours and fabrics than the chain fabric store.</div>
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Falalala... it's Christmas time... and along with that is the busy time of year... yet I am determined to make things as relaxing as possible! That being said, I'm still procrastinating on Christmas cards (to do or not to do...!). </div>
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Like I just wrote... I want to relax!</div>
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I finished up some new and some old projects:</div>
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My 1st ever <a href="http://imaginegnats.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-falling-flakes-stocking-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Christmas stocking</a>! This is a lovely quilt-as-you-go pattern and it sure was fun to do!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made a few of these easy paper ornaments for the tree... and with leftover paper, I made some paper Christmas tree links.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November's Freebie 15 block - "Transferware".<br />
16" x 16"<br />
(Quilt block colours look quite blah in this photo, oops, but they really are lovely.)</td></tr>
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November's Freebie block is called "Transferware" </div>
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Transferware is a ceramic where historical scenes and delicate patterns, such as florals are transferred onto fine china, making it affordable for middle-class families. Transfer printing involves etching a design onto a copper plate, inking the plate then transferring the design onto tissue paper; this is then applied to the ceramic and fired with a glaze. The result is the wonderful dishes we call transferware.</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a print-out of the November Freebie 15 Companion.<br />
There are to be two 8.5" x 8.5" squares like this; the fabric is black & white.<br />
I love this year's Freebie's but so far I am not too crazy about the companions' colours: the colours seem so dark compared to the Freebies.<br />
That being said, I think I have fired myself from doing any more Freebie companions for the year!!<br />
Seriously, this is the worst pattern to follow - ever! <br />
The centre piece is actually cut out like a stop sign, but the instructions for lining everything up just exasperate me!!!!!</td></tr>
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I finally also tackled some UFOs (Unfinished Objects/Projects) which are awaiting quilting (to be done next year).<br />
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Remember this pukey quilt top??? Well, it is NO MORE - Yeah!!<br />
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I added a pink-with-white-polka-dots fabric for sashing.</div>
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A lady at the quilt store helped me select a border sashing, but when it came down to putting it all together, the border was just bad. Bad. Bad. Bad.</div>
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So... a simple brown border came into being.</div>
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Scrappy Stars Quilt</div>
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I had finished 11 of these 9"x9" stars about a year ago as a BOM, but then the local quilt store closed and I had to make up my own 12th star block.</div>
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And then it sat and sat and sat... until now.</div>
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I love the finished quilt top.</div>
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I can hardly wait until this one is quilted!!</div>
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Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-26218268695310992122012-11-13T12:31:00.000-08:002012-11-13T12:31:17.879-08:00Catching up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, I thought with September would come plenty of time to finally catch up on my unfinished projects... but it has taken me an additional 2+ months to finally feel like I got somewhere in my sewing/quilting world! </div>
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Funny how life simply gets so busy!</div>
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Remember this quilt?</div>
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This was my Spring 2012 Mystery Quilt.</div>
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I raffled it off for cancer, and we received $710 in donations that went toward the Canadian Cancer Society. The winner of the quilt was Ellis V. of Lethbridge.</div>
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Congratulations, Ellis!</div>
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For the group of ladies from church that make quilts for people with cancer, I made this bag. </div>
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The quilt top has the same design hearts on it, and I used leftover quilt fabrics to make this bag.</div>
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The bag is used to store the finished quilt.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approximate size: 18" x 20"</td></tr>
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I can't remember where I came across these wonky designs, but this brown quilt top is my version of someone else's quilt. I just used some scrap fabrics. (The colours on this pic are terrible: the colours are actually browns and some green/yellows.)<br />
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I finally finished up the last 2 blocks for Traditional Pastimes' Freebie 15 series.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Seaweed" - September 2012<br />12" x 12"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sea Shells" - September 2012<br />12" x 12"</td></tr>
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Traditional Pastimes came out with FUN COLOURS for the next year's <a href="http://www.traditionalpastimes.com/pg/projects-a-kits/52-general" target="_blank">Freebie 15</a> ~ YAY!!<br />
This year we will be doing up Vintage Plates... what a fun idea... but I'm not sure how I'll display dinner plates on a bed. (haha) The finished quilt will be 92" square!<br />
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October's Freebie 15 Companion:<br />
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<i>"Abbey" Vintage Plate</i></blockquote>
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<i>This romantic ruined abbey pattern first saw the light of day in the 1800s as Abbey Wreath and was made by Adams. At the Adams bankruptcy sale in 1861 George Jones bought the printing plates for the design, but it was not until 1901 that his sons re-launched their "new" Abbey pattern. It became hugely popular and remained in production until 1940, with many people first coming across it in the mid 1930s when the breakfast cereal Shredded Wheat offered free dishes and discounts across a range of breakfast and teaware in Abbey." </i></blockquote>
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I only made one small dinner plate, but I "broke" my second dish... I started cutting the fabrics wrong, so this is what I ended up with. </div>
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I will have to figure out how to use this "plate"... but I'll probably make a new plate.</div>
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October's Freebie 15: this lovely bright, fun-coloured plate:</div>
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<i>"Aynsley England" Vintage Plate</i></div>
<i>The pottery firm of Aynsley and Sons opened in Stoke-on-Trent in 1775. Over the centuries, the Aynsley firm perfected the art of making English bone china, and it continues to be recognized for the high production qualities. Even though the company has introduced many modern designs, many of the early traditional patterns including "Orchard Gold" and "Cottage Garden" continue to be produced today, and are exported to stores in over 80 countries.</i></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A crib quilt made of extra fabrics.</span><br />
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Every Friday for the past 6 Fridays, I have been participating in <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank">Heather Spence's Fall 2012 Mystery Quil</a>t. This is my second quilt along with Heather, and it has been fun. <br />
The pattern proceeds benefit someone living with cancer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall 2012 Mystery Quilt<br />61" x 61"</td></tr>
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And FINALLY... the 24 2011-2012 Freebie 15 & Companion quilt blocks... all sewn together.<br />
I have to add some sashing & about 200+ hourglass units around the edges, but at least the quilt blocks are sewn together. <br />
I wish I would have done sashing between the blocks, but there is no way I'll be pulling this quilt apart! <br />
All in all, I'm happy with it. I has been a great learning experience, even though I didn't always enjoy the minute sewing/quilting required for some of these blocks, but I did it!<br />
I'll post pix when I finally finish the quilt top!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top measures 69" x 69" at this point... and still not done!</td></tr>
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What a busy summer it has been! </div>
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The weather has been very beautiful, despite a few hail storms, one of which damaged the siding on our garage, but at least the mosquitoes have been minimal this year!</div>
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We have had lots of company this month, but I did manage (between company visiting) to get some sewing done.</div>
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I caught up on my "<a href="http://www.traditionalpastimes.com/pg/projects-a-kits/52-general" target="_blank">Freebie 15</a>" blocks...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July's Freebie 15 block: "Tidal Pool"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July's Freebie 15 Companion block: "Starfish"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August Freebie 15 block: "Whirlpool"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August Freebie 15 Companion block: "Seagulls"<br />I just cannot seem to follow these instructions... usually, I LOVE flying geese blocks, but the instructions for this quilt along's flying geese are just hopeless for me!! Argh!</td></tr>
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I sewed some little gifts:<br />
<a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/07/placemats-to-go.html" target="_blank">Placemat to Go</a> for a co-worker's little girl.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolled up for on-the-go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mini "quilt" which measured ~10"x10".</td></tr>
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It has been such a busy last month-and-a-half, but things have finally slowed down a bit, and I managed to tackle some quilting projects again. Oh, the therapy of quilting!! :)</div>
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First up... the June quilt blocks for <a href="http://www.traditionalpastimes.com/pg/projects-a-kits/52-general" target="_blank">Traditional Pastimes' "Freebie 15"</a> BOM:</div>
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I really buggered this one up, and it's too small, but I was not about to redo these flying geese!<br />
Usually, I enjoy the flying geese units, but for some reason, I just wasn't getting these instructions! :(</td></tr>
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Remember this quilt top? This was the quilt top I made for the Fat Quarters Stars Quilt Along that finished up a few months ago. Well, it sat and sat and sat on my sewing table. The greeny-yellow was driving me mad... so I HACKED it all apart! Yeah!! <br />
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Now I have 12 blocks that will need to be resewn... MINUS the pukey green-yellow! :)<br />
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There there is this big quilt... from about 1 year ago... <a href="http://moosequilts.blogspot.ca/2010/09/layer-cake-quilt-along-2010.html" target="_blank">Moose on the Porch's Layer Cake Quilt Along</a>. I FINALLY did some repairs, and my church quilting club friend Dalene quilted it together for me. It was the first quilt she has done in which blocks were set on-point, but I think she did a purty nice job on this quilt! This quilt is looking lovely on our guest bed.<br />
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A few months ago, I signed up for <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank">Heather Spence's Spring 2012 Mystery Quilt</a>.</div>
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Well, I am finally done!</div>
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My friend Dalene did an amazing job with the quilting on her long-arm machine!</div>
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I absolutely love this quilt!</div>
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This quilt is going to be raffled off this autumn and all donations will go toward Breast Cancer. I haven't determined yet how I will raffle it off or which cancer association/foundation the proceeds will go toward, but it WILL be donated!</div>
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I hope to raise money for breast cancer, and one lucky person will WIN this quilt!</div>
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The reason for this quilt donation?</div>
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My Mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and today is her first day of radiation.</div>
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This is for you, Mama!</div>
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I was on a roll last week... finishing off some projects. It felt so good to catch up a bit. We drove to Saskatchewan this past Victoria Day long weekend, and I took the quilts with me so I could finish up the binding. I ran out of black thread about 20" before finishing the black binding quilt, but I quickly finished that one up once we arrived home. </div>
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35" x 42"</td></tr>
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43" x 54"</td></tr>
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"The Reef"<br />
12" x 12"</td></tr>
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"The Pier"<br />
The original pattern of "the pier" had tiny (and I mean TINY) little posts & rails along the edges of the pier... and I just wasn't into such meticulous work... so I ventured away & did my own version of the pier - which, in my opinion, looks more like a boardwalk, but I like it. </td></tr>
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I'm still working on my Mystery Quilt... Clue #5 tomorrow... Yippee!! <br />
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<li>re-do the Fat Quarters Stars Quilt top (I took the quilt top apart because I couldn't stand the sashing on it)</li>
<li>add binding to the Layer Cake Quilt which I finished last year, fixed last month, and is now off to my friend Dalene's for some quilting (it's a double or queen size quilt - a bit large for me to quilt)</li>
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I will be taking things easy in the next while as I will be starting a new job and June will be pretty much devoted to learning & new beginnings!Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-43190359343713525732012-05-05T15:22:00.000-07:002012-05-05T15:22:16.033-07:00Moving Along...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have been getting some quilting done in the last week...</div>
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These are the fabrics I chose for the Mystery Quilt.</div>
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I came across the <a href="http://narcolepticinacupboard.blogspot.ca/p/stained-qal-2012.html" target="_blank">Stained Quilt Along</a> and it is a great way to finish up scrap fabrics!! </div>
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<br />Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-5847493627134800032012-04-19T15:48:00.001-07:002012-05-24T09:22:44.647-07:00Something Old, Something New, & A Mystery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I pulled out some old quilts that I had downstairs... they are my husband's quilts, but they are made by his grandmother & his grand-aunt... but aren't they just ever so lovely???</div>
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The more I quilt, the more I really appreciate the older quilts and all the work that was involved in making them... everything from recycling old clothing, cutting the fabric pieces by hand and hand sewing. </div>
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Looking at old quilts makes me appreciate my sewing machine!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This quilt was made by my husband's Grandma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilt made by Auntie Mildred in her younger days (she is now in her 80s)</td></tr>
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I made my first "sun dial" - 4 quarters sewn together.</div>
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I now have to decide if I'll quilt this quilt top (24" x 24") or if I should add some more borders or stars.</div>
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I had to do some tweaking with the companion block because the quilt kit had white for the starfish (that's what I call them) but I wanted them brown, so I swapped fabrics and then was short some fabrics within this kit... but I made it all work.<br />
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And finally... I have signed up for a Mystery Quilt with Heather Spence Designs!</div>
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Heather Spence has designed a mystery quilt and the pattern is $10. </div>
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The $10 is given to a cancer patient who needs financial help with their medical bills.</div>
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You can find more information about Heather's Mystery Blog <a href="http://www.heatherspencedesigns.com/mystery-quilt/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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On April 27, I will receive an email with the first instructions to the Mystery Quilt, and these emails will continue once weekly for 5-6 weeks.</div>
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I know I wanted to take it easy in the quilting department, but I just couldn't resist this quilt along, and it called out to my heart strings... and since I had 2 meters of fabrics at home that I didn't know what to do with... I'll now coordinate some new fabrics with that one fabric to make this lovely quilt.</div>
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Wowie... time is just flying!! It's April already! I love it! Spring is in the air and so it the nicer weather (although I really can't complain as it has been such a mild winter).</div>
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My projects in the last week and a bit have been fairly low-key... finishing up some quilt blocks.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heart in the Sand - Freebie 15 (March 2012)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Footprints<br />Freebie Companion<br />This pattern called for templates in which there were about 36 little bird prints on the sand... but I just couldn't stomach doing such little blocks... so I did these 6 pairs of foot(bird) prints instead.<br />(Hmmm... looks like I got a few crooked lines again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March Freebie & Freebie Companion & little hourglass blocks (12 in total)<br />For the 6 months of this quilt along, I now have 72 little hourglass blocks!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first 6 months of the "Freebie 15" blocks.<br />This is going to be one very nice quilt when it's done.<br />If I had a ocean/lake cottage, this finished quilt would live there. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These 2 blocks are for Jovita.<br />Jovita was one of the block designers for the Fat Quarter Stars Quilt Along, but recently she lost both her twins at 20 weeks. Konda, organizer of the FQSQA, asked the quilt-alongers if we would sew a heart and a 9-patch for Jovita, and Konda will have all the blocks sewn into a quilt.<br />Now, how nice it that??? :)<br />Such a beautiful keepsake for such a heartbreaking loss.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided to make more hearts with the leftover scraps from the Freebie 15 fabric... and now I have green, blue, brown and pink hearts (6.5" square each) which I will incorporate into a quilt somehow, one day.</td></tr>
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It seems that I haven't been finishing off a lot of projects lately, but I did have one project on the go that I just couldn't add to the blog because it was a baby gift for my sister, and I know she checks this blog. :)</div>
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So without further rambling, here is the crib-sized quilt that I made for my newest nephew, Troy! </div>
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Welcome, baby Troy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Baby Troy on his quilt. <br />
Born February 9 weighing in at 9 lb, Troy is now 6 weeks old and 13 lb!<br />
He's a cutie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made this bag about a week ago for my church's quilt group. We make quilts for patients with cancer, and we add a quilt in a bag so it's easier for them to bring their quilt (and perhaps a book) into hospital for treatments. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We moved our son into a "big boy bed" and I added a quilt I had made last year.<br />
Lots of bright colours & fun polka dots.</td></tr>
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It was overcast & very windy today, so I took this pic indoors.<br />
Anyways, this is my finished Fat Quarters Stars Quilt Along quilt top.<br />
Measurements: 59" x 75.5"</td></tr>
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And finally... a quilt I am very excited about... the Synchronized Squares Quilt. <br />
I had started this quilt along last year, but I then realized that it was meant to be a rag quilt, so all the coloured squares were to be ragged edges... and I do NOT like rag quilts. <br />
I then pieced this quilt together without ragged edges (ie, the "nice sewn seams") and I just LOVE this finished look. <br />
The squares are layer cake squares that I won last year from another quilt along! <br />
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<li>finish up civil-war-coloured layer cake quilt top</li>
<li>finish green/yellow/brown/white table runner (quilt top done this week)</li>
<li>start ABC crib quilt</li>
<li>catch up on the next 2 quilt blocks for Freebie 15 & Companion</li>
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</div>Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630968034899634471.post-14386395101314038052012-03-04T19:33:00.001-08:002012-03-04T20:41:48.818-08:00A Few More Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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February has been such a crazy busy month... and I am hoping March will be a little less busy and will allow me to catch up on some sewing projects.<br />
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I did manage to complete 4 quilt blocks. The blocks are FAR from perfect, but there comes a time when you really just want to get it done.<br />
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This block is smaller than it's supposed to be (12") and the sandbar squares are so terribly crooked - agh!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twelve stars all done... now to add sashing & bind to finish them off as a quilt top!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I have the fabric to finish up the FQSQA quilt top, but I just need some time now!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I am finishing off binding for 2 quilts, so will post photos when they both are done. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Photos by Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795413483019861234noreply@blogger.com2