tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650839281970561372024-02-08T00:58:18.073-05:00D is for DoveyMariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-32810009139405291302017-10-06T09:00:00.000-04:002017-10-06T09:00:45.556-04:00Fat Quarter Cobblestone Quilt AlongIt's been a while, sorry about that, lots of personal issues I am dealing with, but I did get a chance to join some fellow quilters in a Fat Quarter Shop sponsored Quilt Along! This quilt sews up really quickly and was lots of fun to make. If you've got fabric you just don't want to cut into, then this is the quilt for you.<br />
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I chose to use Kate Spain's Christmas line, Merry Merry which is filled with birds, Christmas trees, roses, pine branches, and an adorable village fabric with a cute cat. What's not to like, right?!<br />
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<br />Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-90188280785878902142017-05-26T11:34:00.000-04:002017-05-26T11:54:58.199-04:00I Think I'm Retired<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think I am retired from any block exchanges. I won some cactus blocks, 34 to be exact, but could only use 14 of them due to poor construction techniques. I mean we're talking non-existent seam allowances, blocks 1/2 inch too small, etc. Sigh. So I made some more to put with the 8 I had already made for the pot. It's a really easy and fun <a href="http://www.blocklotto.com/2017/04/colorful-cactus-pots-in-april/" target="_blank">block </a>to make. This is the first time I've set blocks on-point and had sashing with cornerstones. Oh, the problems I had. My brain just could not figure things out! Hah! I think I needed to sash each block rather than try to add it row-by-row. I must have done and redone every seam twice. I finally finished yesterday after struggling over the past few days.<br />
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And wouldn't you know it... I can't blame anyone for that but me.</div>
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Now to decide on how to quilt it.</div>
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Hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!<br />
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Hello, this is another kit (a weakness!) I got from Connecting Threads back in 2010. I didn't realize it at the time but it is Christmas fabric. As I mentioned earlier, I'm not impressed with the quality of their fabric. It is cheaper than the brand name stuff, but you only get what you pay for! Hah! Live and learn. I also had to piece the backing as the kit was short on the promised backing. At least it is off my overcrowded kit shelf!<br />
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This is the pattern that came with the kit. I'd make it again.<br />
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Hello, one of my goals this year in addition to finishing up my various tops, is to start sewing my many kits and finishing them. Here's one I bought from Connecting Thread way back in 2010. I bought two, this one and a table runner, just to check out the quality of the fabric. I'll just say the price was right but the mainstream quilt shop companies have nothing to worry about! I find Connecting Threads to be a bit 'stiff' and not having a pleasant hand. Just my opinion.<br />
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This is the pattern that came with the kit. So easy to make, and I highly recommend it. It uses partial seams but they're a piece of cake.<br />
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Hope you have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for dropping by~ Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-58796829076397421972017-03-31T11:49:00.001-04:002017-03-31T11:49:55.628-04:00Out With the Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in January I was tired of my scraps and decided I'd start with the light ones and start sewing, not stopping until I used them all. This is the result. <br />
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I love how it turned out! And the best part is the bag is totally empty. I ended up doing this some more and now have like zero scraps. Which is kind of nice for a change.<br />
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Wavy line quilting, a machine stitched binding and another charity quilt is done.<br />
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Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts Finish It Up Friday.<br />
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Have a great weekend~Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-91632308345254651492017-03-25T18:46:00.000-04:002017-03-25T18:46:53.830-04:00Like Old Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I bought this quilt top from Ebay for a song several years ago. My intent at the time was to finish it and I think the time has arrived. I just love it! It has a lot of feedbacks and fabrics from the 20s to 40s, I believe. I spent the afternoon taking the yellow borders off and then trimming the inner pink border down. To my eye, both were to wide. The yellow borders were cut on the lengthwise grain. The original 36 inch wide fabric was torn into 4 equal parts and then sewn onto the quilt with what looked like carpet thread. I'm guessing the maker put the borders on as a 'placeholder' of sorts and planned on adjusting the width later. I was really afraid before I started! But she did a fine join with the borders and I ended up just having to ease the pink inner border a bit.<br />
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Here's a closeup of a block. The blocks are about 11 inches square.<br />
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My favorite block. I went over it carefully looking for any popped seams and nothing. <br />
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I love how the maker cute the stripes lengthwise. I would never have done that! But maybe she had no choice.<br />
I'm thinking of doing a simple vertical/horizontal grid using my sewing machine. From what I've read white thread was the color mostly used so I might stick with that.<br />
I'd also like to reproduce using present day reproduction fabrics.<br />
If anyone can add any insights into finishing vintage tops, please do! <br />
Talk to you later~Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-20884131428406174022017-03-16T21:24:00.000-04:002017-03-25T10:38:13.707-04:00Orphan Adoption<i>Update: I closed the comments and notified the winners. Thanks to all who visited my blog.</i><br />
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Hello! It's been a while! I thought I'd just back jump into things by participating in Cynthia's<a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.cz/2017/03/spring-2017-quilty-orphan-adoption-event.html" target="_blank"> Orphan Adoption Event. </a> The premise is to get unloved projects, patterns, fabric, quilt tops, into the hands of someone who wants them and hopefully will put them to good use. <br />
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All of my items are free, no strings attached, you may finish and donate to charity or keep for yourself. I am willing to ship only to U.S. addresses. If more than one person wants an item, I will choose the winner by Random Number Generator. I'll pick names on Friday, March 24. Please, make sure I can contact you. Leave your email in your comment if need be, and the number of the item you are interested in!<br />
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Number 1.<br />
Left over blocks from a kit I made. I believe the line was called Animal Crackers by Free Spirit. I've got some pinwheel blocks and about 1-1/2 yards of pink fabric. The quality of the fabric is super nice. I might be able to locate the pattern that was included. If so, I'll include that also.<br />
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Number 2.<br />
Random orphan blocks not necessarily for the same project. A creative project for sure. I might be able to dig up a few more mismatched blocks to add to the mix.<br />
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Number 3.<br />
This is a sick of 5-inch fabrics, a random mix of fabrics left over from projects I've worked on. I haven't counted but there's a lot! And they are an accurate 5 inches square.<br />
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Number 4.<br />
This is a finished quilt top. I started with a panel with the cats, cut them apart and added flying geese, square in a square, but about halfway through I just wasn't feeling it anymore. I have the backing and binding I'll send along with it. I had originally intended it as a charity quilt. It's lap size or a large wall hanging.<br />
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Be sure to check out Cynthia's blog for the rest of the <a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.cz/2017/03/spring-2017-quilty-orphan-adoption-event.html" target="_blank">Orphan Adoption</a> participants.<br />
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I just grabbed the red and blacks/whites scrap bags, started cutting and sewing. I must say, after several scrap quilts I am finally seeing a dimunition in scraps around here. Plus I've been able to use up some fabric that's been in my stash forever, like when Clinton was president, the first term!<br />
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Here's the back. About three minutes after I took this picture, we had a sudden cloudburst. Weird weather here today in south Florida. We're back to fully sunny now, five minutes later.<br />
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I attempted machine-sewn binding on this quilt, for the first time. I like the speed of it but I did miss sewing on the binding to the back by hand. I'm weird that way! I don't really think hand-sewn binding is any less sturdy than machine-sewn but the speed of finishing up in twenty minutes was nice! I used a scant 2.25 inch cut for the binding width. I think I'm going to try a generous 2.25 inch cut the next time. Here's the binding,<br />
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Could be better but not too bad for a first attempt. This one, like the others will be donated to <a href="http://www.quiltsforkids.org/" target="_blank">Quilts for Kids.</a><br />
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Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-41913570468023938192015-09-29T17:59:00.000-04:002015-09-29T17:59:36.080-04:00Some Finishes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi quilting friends! I've been on a mission to use up some of my scraps starting with making some charity quilts that will be donated to <a href="http://www.quiltsforkids.org/" target="_blank">Quilts for Kids</a>. I got the idea because every time I'd go through my stash I'd run across this vacationing duck fabric. I must have bought 3 or 4 yards originally, <i>what was I thinking</i>? Somewhere along the way I must have used some of it for borders because I had long lengthwise strips left over. It was time to use it up!</div>
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I used one of the simple patterns on the QFK website, one that seemed to maximize the duck usage!</div>
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I used stitch number 719 elongated on my Bernina to quilt what I hope look like waves. Seemed appropriate. Yay! But then I found more duck fabric! So I made this also using nothing but fabric from my scrap bags.</div>
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I quilted wavy lines using a pre-programmed stitch again. I think I got a little carried away with this one. I was hoping to make a dent in my scraps but no such luck!<br />
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And number 3!<br />
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More scraps and the last of the ducks! Yippee! I used 3.5 inch squares and quilted it with straight lines on either side of all seams, about half an inch away from the seams. I've found this whole process quite liberating and decided I need to do it more often. No agonizing over the perfect fabric and where it should go in the quilt. I just grabbed and started sewing. <br />
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If you've made a quilt for charity you can enter the picture or blog post over at <a href="http://www.quiltsinthequeue.com/p/100-quilts-for-kids.html" target="_blank">Quilts in the Queue</a> and be entered for prizes. I'm off to look for a box. <br />
Thanks for stopping by!Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-87055190806041669152015-03-18T15:06:00.000-04:002015-03-18T15:06:28.336-04:00Finish Number TwoHey everyone, another finish to share. First I want to thank everyone on my last post for all the kind words you left. I really appreciate it!<br />
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This is a quilt I made after participating in a red/aqua disappearing 9-patch a few years ago. You'll notice it's not a disappearing 9-patch at all but an Arkansas crossroads quilt. After I received my 100 blocks and started working with them it was clear I had swapped with quilters who were a bit sewing challenged. Of the 100 blocks I think I had 23 or so that were usable. So I did what any perfectionist would (Ha!), and took them apart and made new blocks. It wasn't as bad as it sounds. It was fun seeing the variety of fabrics.<br />
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I've been working strictly from my stash for backings. Here I just sewed together some low volume white/reds. <br />
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And quilted straight lines with my Bernina 1530 in an all-over grid. <br />
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Well, two finished, 5,435 to go! :) It feels that way whenever I peek into my "studio" closet. Whatever was I thinking! <br />
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I set a goal for myself this year to try and finish some of my many quilt tops overtaking my "studio" closet. Notice I didn't say all! Even I am not that foolish. I resolved to join just one sew along and I did that just so I could do some piecing in addition to machine quilting and sewing on binding. Here's my first finish that occurred in mid-February. Oh my, what a time I had with this top!<br />
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Before I go into that ordeal, here's the back. My clothesline is too short to allow for it to hang right without dragging on the ground.<br />
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I hope you don't mind all the pictures but I am most proud I finished this top and now it's a quilt. What's ironic is that I started with this top thinking it would be easy. It's from a few years ago and made from all leftovers from other projects. I first tried to machine quilt a zig-zag with my walking foot. Ended up ripping out about five rows after not liking it. <br />
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Then I figured I'd use my Bernina Artista 180 which I hardly ever use. I used stitch number 4 to make serpentines every half inch or so across the top. I had such problems with just the top shifting. I had pin-basted every 3-4 inches, and tried decreasing the presser foot pressure to no avail. I'd quilt about 6 inches or so and run into such shifting I had to stop and unpin the basting, then re-pin the part I was sewing into. I had to do this SEVEN times. The only thing I can think of is that I was sewing across the bias of the blocks. <br />
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I'm proud of my seam on the back and how well I matched the pattern! The backing is from Joann's from several years ago. It's a really nice quality.<br />
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<br />Hey everyone, spring has most definitely started here in Florida. Courting behavior of the huge variety of birds abounds! Also spring sewing projects! I joined the <a href="http://www.fortworthfabricstudio.com/" target="_blank">Fort Worth</a> Fabric Studio Spring Mug Rug Swap, whew, that's a mouthful! and here's what my partner made for me. I love it so much. It's so pretty my lousy photo doesn't do it justice. She used a variegated thread for the quilting which adds a nice zing.<br />
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Here's the back. Cute!<br />
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And some extra goodies. I love how the journal cover color coordinates with the mug rug.<br />
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I shouldn't have but I did, joined this little swap at the Fort Worth Fabric Studio's <a href="http://fortworthfabricstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>. I say shouldn't have as I never seem to have much luck in getting a partner who's worth her weight in the sewing room. But I am the eternal optimist and thought I'd give it another shot. <br />
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Here's what I made. My first quilt this small. Amazing how quickly it all went together. I think it took me longer to choose the binding fabric than to make the whole mini from start to finish.<br />
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The back, and yes, I did add a label later.<br />
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Also made a pincushion with some scraps and leftover crushed walnut shells. Added some other goodies and it's on its way to my partner.</div>
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This poor top has been on my living room sofa waiting to be pin-basted since June. That's embarrassing! I thought I had some white batting but none the right size so a quick run to Joann's was necessary. That's all basted and ready to be quilted.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You'd think a book titled Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking would be about, well, Soviet food and how to make it but you'd be mistaken. The title is simply a play on Julia Childs' famous cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking as the author Anya von Bremzen is an accomplished food writer. The book is really a memoir of the author's early childhood in the Soviet Union and what it means to be Russian, but it's also a behind the scenes look at daily Soviet life as much of the book relies heavily on Bremzen's Mother's recollections. It's also a decade by decade look at the history of the USSR beginning in the 1910s and culminating in Putin's Russia. All in all, there's a lot going on here and it intertwines quite seamlessly until the last few chapters when appropriately enough the Soviet Union collapses and the book meanders. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">With tongue-in-cheek humor the author chronicles sparse Soviet life where indeed existence did revolve around the daily quest for food via hours long food lines for a stale loaf of bread all the while being told by the State how perfect Soviet life was. We learn of the propaganda cookbook, yes propaganda even extended to cookbooks, The Book of Tasty and Heathy Food, chock full of sumptuous pictures of alleged Russian dinners, dinners that were only available to the <i>nomenklatura</i>, or privileged. We learn of Bremzen's black marketeer penchant as a child selling her fellow classmates millimeters of Juicy Fruit gum or a 'touch' of an authentic Coca Cola bottle. There are myriad episodes, often hilarious, other times tragic where Bremzen blends the "historical, political, and personal" of the Soviet citizen. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I found the book a fascinating look inside the USSR. As a child growing up during the Cold War era and as a young adult the USSR was the epitome of bad, something fearful and to be scorned. This book shows how much worse things were on the inside. Ration cards, communal apartments shared with strangers, and stunted childhoods. Bremzen's Mother anxious to flee a dysfunctional country and marriage, takes advantage of exit visa policy and emigrates with her ten-year old daughter to Philadelphia in the mid 70's. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Quite an intriguing, darkly comical, and delicious read. A must read for anyone interested in Russia and the USSR.</span></div>
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I received this book from <a href="http://www.bloggingforbooks.org/" target="_blank">Blogging For Books</a> for this review. </div>
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Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-33520240558444258072015-02-02T17:26:00.000-05:002015-02-02T17:26:50.592-05:00Been BusyHello, everyone!<br />
I had a gift card and decided to buy some backing for my Grand Illusion quilt top. Needless to say I had a bunch of options in my stash but they'd all have to be pieced so I decided if I was going to piece I might have well have it all match. <strike>I was desperate to do anything to calm this quilt down.</strike> So here's what I decided on,<br />
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Ordered online as there was zero locally. It's from a collection called The Painted Garden by Dena Fishbein. I seem to like her designs as I kept choosing her fabric wherever I surfed. I'm pleased with it, and the price of $5.99/yard was another selling point. The colors are perfect, at least to me, now to get it sewn together. I'm still undecided as to whether I want to wrestle with this on my DSM or not. I washed/dried it even though the top fabrics were not pre-washed. I like to do that with the backing because of the large size and shrinkage with one piece versus small two-inch pieces.<br />
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I joined the <a href="http://www.blocklotto.com/" target="_blank">Block Lotto</a> site the end of last year and have been having fun participating in that.<br />
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I was one of the winners last month for a collection of Double 9-Patch blocks. More on those when I receive them in the mail.<br />
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The maximum number of blocks to make varies each month. The block for February is an arrow block. I made them over the weekend. I'd love a whole quilt with them!<br />
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I was going to stop at two but kept going for a full set,<br />
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I liked the idea of just sashing the blocks I had with some polka dot fabric cause we all know polka dots improve everything, right?<br />
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But I was short a bunch. Drat.<br />
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And in a comical attempt to calm things down (as if), I wanted to use this medium blue in all the cornerstones,<br />
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Again, short a bunch.<br />
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So I went with the dot idea again being I had enough of this Very Favorite All-Time Most Wonderful Fabric Ever Made Michael Miller polka dot,<br />
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I love this fabric! I only managed to get the end-of-the-bolt at my LQS last year. I put a bit of it into this quilt before I realized how it would turn out. Killed me to use up more of it in the cornerstones. In retrospect, I should have just went with a mix of the blues I used in the quilt per the designer's scheme.<br />
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And yes, that is sewn wrong. I was tempted it to just leave it. But I didn't.<br />
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before the final borders! Dizzy yet?! Again, so tempted to leave the borders off, but they were made and not wanting any extra parts <strike>to remind me of this fiasco, </strike> on they went. <br />
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All finished, 89 inches square,<br />
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A close-up of a corner,<br />
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I'm glad I stuck with it and it's now done. I dislike it for a few reasons. It violates "the rules" and not in an artistic way that works; the busyness of the sashing and incorrect use of value doesn't allow the spinning block to really show. There's just too much going on! I haven't decided the backing or binding yet nor if I'm going to quilt it myself, or send it out. I do know I won't be doing any more mystery quilts.<br />
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I had to play catch-up after Thanksgiving with the clues as I had about a 10 day late start. Pushed myself rather hard to finish all the clues, I might add, but finish them I did. You see I wanted to be all ready prior to the finale that way I'd be off and sewing when the big reveal came. If you're sewing along, you know it came on New Year's Eve. And...</div>
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To me it is a jumbled mess, the fabric choices are all wrong, and the sashing, oy! And I used the same fabrics that BH did so it's not as if I used a dark rather than a light. The ironic thing is, I didn't really care for the color choices but figured I couldn't go wrong using what the 'designer' did. Ha! Did I mention this is the very first Quiltville MQ I have ever done? </div>
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Auditioning the busy green sashing. Whew! I think the blocks just disappear when the sashing is added. And I somehow have missed the name, where's the illusion? I've tried to like it but it just doesn't work. And those black squares the way they don't line up with the black HST just keeps annoying me. But I hate the thought of having these quilt parts leftover if I don't use the sashing. ::sigh:: </div>
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Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-88227517006530414182014-12-31T14:59:00.000-05:002014-12-31T14:59:05.281-05:00Hallelujah!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finished, Clue 2 in the Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt is finally done! Yahoo!<br />
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All 100, all clues done at this point! I'll have to wait to see what Friday's clue brings,- I am leaving tomorrow to drive the Daughter back up to Birmingham. I am not looking forward to that, I've gotten rather used to having her here again.<br />
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I'd like to wish all my readers a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year, and also an abundance of sewing time!Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-39394172377556669472014-12-29T13:06:00.000-05:002014-12-29T13:06:17.371-05:00Pesky Clue 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, everyone! I hope your holidays were nice. My daughter surprised me by coming home! Yay!<br />
I haven't been sewing a lot, but did manage to get the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-5.html" target="_blank">Grand Illusion</a> Clue 4 done, and am <i>still</i> working on Clue 2.<br />
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100 to go. Then I have to sew them together in pairs.<br />
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I drew diagonal lines on the first 30 or so before I remembered this handy this gadget. I love this thing! I've resolved to use my speciality rulers and gadgets more in the new year as I have a tendency to forget (lazy, really) them.<br />
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And I got a new book for Christmas, too late for the row-along, but appreciated all the same.<br />
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<i>Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!</i>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-2865519554349645812014-12-17T19:27:00.000-05:002014-12-17T19:27:36.248-05:00Sweatshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I really <i>should</i> have been doing a lot of other things but I felt driven today to make a dent in the Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt especially clue#3. I mean it's 8-patches, how long could that take! I started sewing at eight this morning and didn't stop until four. Whew! I was convinced I had overshot the goal but that turned out not to be the case.<br />
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I was hoping to get the whole lot made today but fatigue and hunger got the best of me.<br />
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Here's the finished unit. I'm kind of regreting not going with some other colors but it is what it is at this point. <br />
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Linking up with Lee at<a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2014/12/wip-wednesday-home-stretch.html" target="_blank"> WIP Wednesday</a>. Thanks for visiting!<br />
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<br />Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-78067294910491285352014-12-16T20:19:00.003-05:002014-12-16T20:19:53.836-05:00A Grand IllusionI don't know why, but I did, start a new project. My first mystery quilt via <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Quiltville's</a> Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt. I kept running into fellow bloggers doing this quilt and decided to join in. I find the directions a bit scattered but after reading through them several times I've figured things out. <br />
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I ran across these which I have been carting around every time I've moved. According to the dated price tag, I got them in 1991. Yup, that sounds right. They worked great for the 280 HSTs I needed.<br />
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Would you believe this was the very first time I've used this method to make HSTs? <br />
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Using fabric mostly from my stash, this is clue#1, <br />
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I discovered quite the pile of blacks I could have used rather than buying some new ones. Oh well…<br />
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My stack of Broken Dishes blocks. Sorry for the poor photo.<br />
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Then onto clue#2 and Double Diamond blocks. These are time consuming. I elected to do the stitch-and-flip method of construction as I didn't trust my printer to print the template right.<br />
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I just cut out everything, made a few, and plan on taking it up to Alabama for when I visit my daughter next week.<br />
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And lastly, started clue#3 which is an 8-patch using neutrals, greens, and black. I am way behind but I did start the sew along about 10 days after it started. I also need to squeeze some Christmas shopping in here somewhere! Yikes!<br />
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First, thank you to everyone who left a comment, I read every one and even took notes! So many wonderful suggestions, and a few books with less enthusiastic approvals. <b>Kat </b>is the lucky winner! I've already sent her an email and hope to hear back soon. Thanks again for participating!Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-70290399469259140062014-12-08T14:34:00.000-05:002014-12-12T20:35:14.408-05:00SMS Giveaway Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to the <a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/" target="_blank">Sew Mama Sew</a> giveaway! If this is your first visit I hope you'll come back, and if you're a regular reader, thank you!<br />
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I have four new fat quarters of Laurel Burch fabric by Clothworks and a large spool of cotton thread to giveaway. I will ship international. Please, please, please, make sure I have some way of contacting you ~ no-reply bloggers do not work!<br />
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Just leave a comment on this post about a book you'd like to read, or last read, or have heard about that's supposed to be good. Giveaway with be open until December 12 at 8:00 p.m. <br />
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Be sure to check out the other giveaways at SMS. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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<i>Comments closed, winner will be notified 12-13-14. Thanks for participating!</i>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299547549826884460noreply@blogger.com135tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665083928197056137.post-86207623294059608102014-12-08T13:21:00.000-05:002014-12-08T13:21:16.442-05:00A Seam Ripper Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry about the poor quality photos but it's been nothing but clouds in the Sunshine State for the past several days. I spent the weekend finishing up on some block-of-the-month programs I joined this year. This is the last block in the Sugar Block Club with <a href="http://www.stitcherydickorydock.com/" target="_blank">Amy Gibson</a>. All year I've been waiting for the right block to fussy cut a flower and December was the month. <br />
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Here are all twelve of the blocks. I haven't decided how I'm going to set them yet, I might just make a few more blocks. The fabric was a line I found at Joann's in their better fabrics back in 2005 that I'd been saving for just the right project. I love how all the blocks turned out!<br />
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I joined <a href="http://www.blocklotto.com/" target="_blank">Block Lotto</a> last month and made four blocks for December. <br />
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Then it was on to this block. It's the December block for the Designer-of-the-Month on the <a href="https://auribuzz.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Auribuzz</a> site. That red Grunge fabric is much prettier in natural light! I used the no-waste method for the flying geese and must have done something wrong as once they were sewn together they were a good quarter of an inch too long. Ugh. Ripped things apart, resewed, and eventually decided to just re-make the block after never getting it quite right. I'm satisfied with it finally!<br />
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Here's all the blocks for the year. I made all of them from my scraps which pleases me greatly! <br />
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