tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52239470106273817232024-03-14T11:52:49.063-04:00Christina CreatingKnitting, quilting, crafting, and moreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-79978185065961819722022-08-05T15:41:00.000-04:002022-08-05T15:41:03.049-04:00County Fair Entries and Results, 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcApB2FM8ODozKMUn3ZPRuuwebS71iTls1LqPcdI8vh0DoAQBP59xW56IaL9f7GJLtU7cvZiON1eJEv7qsiycwt01T0Z3yqrllIaNL9-THEkMCE7sRTDkcmK19BxG2TuZgjhoq1b1jav-hwEwWP-Lkt64DPbheZegmv4cLoqoNhx-47eHGhVrm4XGzA/s2576/20220801_134646.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcApB2FM8ODozKMUn3ZPRuuwebS71iTls1LqPcdI8vh0DoAQBP59xW56IaL9f7GJLtU7cvZiON1eJEv7qsiycwt01T0Z3yqrllIaNL9-THEkMCE7sRTDkcmK19BxG2TuZgjhoq1b1jav-hwEwWP-Lkt64DPbheZegmv4cLoqoNhx-47eHGhVrm4XGzA/w150-h200/20220801_134646.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>The Cass County Fair is going on this week. I did my usual stint checking in the canning entries and helped in other departments as needed.<div><br /></div><div>I, myself, didn't have that many entries this year. Although I've been doing some "making", it's not as much as previous years and I'm not sure I finished any big projects. Or none that I still have in my possession. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Realizing the fair was coming up, I thought I'd better get to that quilt block for the raffle quilt! About two weeks before the fair, I decided on my idea (the only one that was going through my head), looked up some pictures for ideas and got started.</div><div><br /></div><div>The theme this year was "Keep on Trucking" and they gave us a few pieces of fabrics including this piece of novelty fabric as the focus fabric:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pjkazvu9cRBxSgAJtZPKelXbL_fCRXRkipmv3nn0kuSCNhNUi0zHc4JEL5-m-sshG9eiUAaBopmKZkRRMQO1F1ejN6d5eaVML1Szl76swhmKwtashVsxIAEG2Q5V3dcWHbJL3GBlo4fQpL_9jvq3JPwtyp0NK1oCBebny2C0YPH_K5W9Wr_R7SWF5Q/s2448/20220723_114222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pjkazvu9cRBxSgAJtZPKelXbL_fCRXRkipmv3nn0kuSCNhNUi0zHc4JEL5-m-sshG9eiUAaBopmKZkRRMQO1F1ejN6d5eaVML1Szl76swhmKwtashVsxIAEG2Q5V3dcWHbJL3GBlo4fQpL_9jvq3JPwtyp0NK1oCBebny2C0YPH_K5W9Wr_R7SWF5Q/s320/20220723_114222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I really didn't see how it would be very useful for piecing (with the wide variety of colours and values), and there were very few whole trucks for applique. What to do??<br /><br />I ended up appliqueing a scene. I drew out the scene, copied it and cut apart the copy to know what shape to cut out the pieces. I used the original copy to place the pieces in the right place. I sewed it all together with a buttonhole stitch.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSXK4wxQgrquno-TPoNfv40b45DxrhqCJEpjTWS4-t7dDIw_5MkOQpjleCXy2zPvL8C8N_ijw9UK6qXBdBbJhNoOXHiUfgec1wNlC1C7Uz6XHWkCKb-FKS9p2Xd2Z3mNUzQ1fb3jaHQJM4_oL_mB0khsVZCvhHK72Hc14jjHW_0FyqGKMdZ-XivwIxA/s2448/20220723_114014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSXK4wxQgrquno-TPoNfv40b45DxrhqCJEpjTWS4-t7dDIw_5MkOQpjleCXy2zPvL8C8N_ijw9UK6qXBdBbJhNoOXHiUfgec1wNlC1C7Uz6XHWkCKb-FKS9p2Xd2Z3mNUzQ1fb3jaHQJM4_oL_mB0khsVZCvhHK72Hc14jjHW_0FyqGKMdZ-XivwIxA/s320/20220723_114014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You have to use each of the fabrics, so I cut out the most complete truck from the focus fabric and put it on the road.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-a9P2fE2secO_-Q729SkMsPTEqhmhW93RRkqfNJBLTCI9rQrpW8TzROt6PShoce-sNNgcI8cXNI4ZzDSc9Ff3JdK42nSyaJxEFInb9BZ0xpyIgv3sMcoXfTdqHaDBChdZaPDgR9JHDR-CFhoD_7Li6ZV-AGMoyjLei4LJ8dmb_FqUgLie7in9hoJqeA/s2448/20220723_113955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-a9P2fE2secO_-Q729SkMsPTEqhmhW93RRkqfNJBLTCI9rQrpW8TzROt6PShoce-sNNgcI8cXNI4ZzDSc9Ff3JdK42nSyaJxEFInb9BZ0xpyIgv3sMcoXfTdqHaDBChdZaPDgR9JHDR-CFhoD_7Li6ZV-AGMoyjLei4LJ8dmb_FqUgLie7in9hoJqeA/s320/20220723_113955.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There are things I would have changed about the design, but the cream background fabric is the only one that is big enough to span the whole width of the block. The rest are only 10"x10".</div><div><br /></div><div>In the end, my block was awarded honorable mention and was chosen to be included in the quilt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvNMvX6y5BBULcEOttE2KnzR-PpCOU1C3Bsfh0LcvZeu3RUDAi0R-EvcVcnoifaVR05j4rEO3Xd1a4u59ipTASvd8uXe1e1shbFl5Jaq8AAUKssxgyQYTLePkN6P6rk13RXHIPxEJlOU4CfuRmrgVXZ3KqRsvl_uEP1fLa8XJZq158hlGrWVeGmaazA/s3264/20220801_142242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvNMvX6y5BBULcEOttE2KnzR-PpCOU1C3Bsfh0LcvZeu3RUDAi0R-EvcVcnoifaVR05j4rEO3Xd1a4u59ipTASvd8uXe1e1shbFl5Jaq8AAUKssxgyQYTLePkN6P6rk13RXHIPxEJlOU4CfuRmrgVXZ3KqRsvl_uEP1fLa8XJZq158hlGrWVeGmaazA/s320/20220801_142242.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>There were a lot of block entries this year so I was gratified to make it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are all the blocks that will be in the quilt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY9GDg2bs0Hqda2zoehyWvf-DN-rvrfuV3w7iY9pf8ZxOl0egFHRIbpdEI021V9W396LhKFhLlFMu1kuQIkWYwI-cvIVsNOWsPgwD1oYCeX04-c7VOsNk5AbbfyQVyPLHtvuHMV14fC-uvNuRgAuU1WeQvyC_UQnC3YS56KjYmOX1x-AZjgJiCshFoQ/s3264/20220801_135551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY9GDg2bs0Hqda2zoehyWvf-DN-rvrfuV3w7iY9pf8ZxOl0egFHRIbpdEI021V9W396LhKFhLlFMu1kuQIkWYwI-cvIVsNOWsPgwD1oYCeX04-c7VOsNk5AbbfyQVyPLHtvuHMV14fC-uvNuRgAuU1WeQvyC_UQnC3YS56KjYmOX1x-AZjgJiCshFoQ/s320/20220801_135551.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I was surprised how many pieced blocks there were. Generally there are more appliqued ones.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the top six:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmS8caFv03z5zLEk6l-KI9UVhLa_ielSC6NuGg_1UgRHB0JHhAVlyJeaGBqurcp2NBEBnv0BdOV_-D04cLX4YmPMZFFn7CgJRiKP_6i4Y6hsv7Z7oEf2KIw5sVZP5wSc6oTQaY8CM0XAihz2JUtbljcWJtacExf_X5znJNk-F4j3F96tJo559zxAZsQ/s3264/20220801_135557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmS8caFv03z5zLEk6l-KI9UVhLa_ielSC6NuGg_1UgRHB0JHhAVlyJeaGBqurcp2NBEBnv0BdOV_-D04cLX4YmPMZFFn7CgJRiKP_6i4Y6hsv7Z7oEf2KIw5sVZP5wSc6oTQaY8CM0XAihz2JUtbljcWJtacExf_X5znJNk-F4j3F96tJo559zxAZsQ/s320/20220801_135557.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And here's a close view of the top block. There wasn't a person who looked at the blocks that didn't point out this one as their favorite! It's beautiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVRiFh3FElXm0BgiRRMTQAmBa2s4c3NimLMlbalV7pMK9p1tOE_Xo5UZZ8fKFNKqnktah3hAs9VtW-DqiV9BaEudGKm6lwtQhoShgFZpS35tuhabbgP-pCH0EuPR8vWPGrj6Wg4RUyQrS-6QdKVxu5lj7Trsji3k_fdRDBoXfs5SOudTFl1AExQ48wg/s3264/20220801_135621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVRiFh3FElXm0BgiRRMTQAmBa2s4c3NimLMlbalV7pMK9p1tOE_Xo5UZZ8fKFNKqnktah3hAs9VtW-DqiV9BaEudGKm6lwtQhoShgFZpS35tuhabbgP-pCH0EuPR8vWPGrj6Wg4RUyQrS-6QdKVxu5lj7Trsji3k_fdRDBoXfs5SOudTFl1AExQ48wg/s320/20220801_135621.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The focus fabric apparently makes up the flowers in the back of the truck and the railing. I find it interesting that the block they liked best used the least amount of the focus fabric and you can't recognize it at all. This year's theme is "Keep Calm and Grill On" and it includes a novelty fabric with grilling paraphernalia. It's going to be just as hard to work with.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the quilt from last year's blocks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpduZP4TEPUaitq7S2h24z4w3C1FTjTv0M2Nsn_HXWTotzwVWVSCIOMVKhvzNmj05nSuoJHLSfVazy9xa3UxZRPZMwxFPQDZbWxwgvY1v3vE3Xs_52Oi_bLfiv7MHzzoNZz_oJ21rzw20R78SEGcsy2awVbAffId62L8fCQ4ekHIGq2dHB5F-MohsxQ/s3264/20220801_135746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpduZP4TEPUaitq7S2h24z4w3C1FTjTv0M2Nsn_HXWTotzwVWVSCIOMVKhvzNmj05nSuoJHLSfVazy9xa3UxZRPZMwxFPQDZbWxwgvY1v3vE3Xs_52Oi_bLfiv7MHzzoNZz_oJ21rzw20R78SEGcsy2awVbAffId62L8fCQ4ekHIGq2dHB5F-MohsxQ/s320/20220801_135746.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Where's my block? I couldn't find one in my pictures or Instagram feed from last year and then I remembered that I couldn't find the kit. I remember all the little squares with different animals so I either lost the kit or they had run out by the time I went to buy one. I can't remember!<br /><br />My second entry was my Bright Stars on Black quilt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypD2xwvp09FM0H59pp1PlpM90NtT44XcHCKLu0PsZaG_strNIXQcZUXYAn4jGe2HrXfjYOpFuB1DDg_02Qv1WfjTXKZYysnT-ltYez3jAfiNbSzNGMGLJUf3lEsGqXd_JwSzTGpRBG_406zGMYpP5UsBESJRwzRXT3j5nbkuaTS42I6OP1Kxp_OWGmw/s3264/20220801_134052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypD2xwvp09FM0H59pp1PlpM90NtT44XcHCKLu0PsZaG_strNIXQcZUXYAn4jGe2HrXfjYOpFuB1DDg_02Qv1WfjTXKZYysnT-ltYez3jAfiNbSzNGMGLJUf3lEsGqXd_JwSzTGpRBG_406zGMYpP5UsBESJRwzRXT3j5nbkuaTS42I6OP1Kxp_OWGmw/s320/20220801_134052.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>It was in the category of king/queen/full--machine quilted--pieced and won first! I finished this a few years ago, but it was the same year I finished my blue and white elephant quilt and I had entered that instead. There were two quilts in this category and the other one had quilting issues.</div><div><br /></div><div>This quilt actually has machine and hand-stitched quilting but I entered it in machine quilting because I know they value hand-quilting more. Any machine quilting would disqualify it in hand-quilting, but hand-quilting wouldn't hurt my position in the machine quilting category. People are funny, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for hand crafts!! A far cry from my usual number.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also entered two photographs. This one from a senior picture session:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5M3nZNkG-MK1A8efKO7i1Cx8I4ioy7T68Di-GLdOCjbY5WvPkGVuI2sNdcUDGSXjTvIjJQol0rLw0J3IBlLjl8JVlKqhReon_TFEeUgbxE0N2TGda0AdwxKnPoTybc3RIEvrEgAMdTt68_ZxWx7IH9NiT3ut6aWq1PmoKQJsG5dR7_51l7MU27BpAw/s4032/PB062531_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5M3nZNkG-MK1A8efKO7i1Cx8I4ioy7T68Di-GLdOCjbY5WvPkGVuI2sNdcUDGSXjTvIjJQol0rLw0J3IBlLjl8JVlKqhReon_TFEeUgbxE0N2TGda0AdwxKnPoTybc3RIEvrEgAMdTt68_ZxWx7IH9NiT3ut6aWq1PmoKQJsG5dR7_51l7MU27BpAw/s320/PB062531_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>which did not place,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDl-C-MdZjs9Dk3KTAjfYQTAqmK9_3qGIogpEPQR8PrjW41juAsH8sPA6nZErlCFOSD6XgQhBpDI6Qj0br8Wa05jjdxf7ufjRqreYoXExOeJruqpsr_JVQns8Eya12MKzbHmO0WZQOYZPLeiDE5K18j15R4esWEu7ef3vqJ6PUdRZ45Q98G_hJmCU9eQ/s3264/20220801_134303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDl-C-MdZjs9Dk3KTAjfYQTAqmK9_3qGIogpEPQR8PrjW41juAsH8sPA6nZErlCFOSD6XgQhBpDI6Qj0br8Wa05jjdxf7ufjRqreYoXExOeJruqpsr_JVQns8Eya12MKzbHmO0WZQOYZPLeiDE5K18j15R4esWEu7ef3vqJ6PUdRZ45Q98G_hJmCU9eQ/s320/20220801_134303.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>and this black and white lakeshore shot,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBr21oHuz59SOKddp1FhJ4uNnFnakVT-6pOZFVp450vE-Po-xpqIl4Z9Ulzh-ziS2Fhi8J6khRcOtl-e0b1mp9GuCuT9evMz1BlD9pG4xxIYcXabB6iLDRwBoONrRm-93edqxaQ2OUw7N3if2UMLWBK6YLja39-Hj9d3uV7VjTDxumkHt-csWjdFBjA/s4032/P8202185_bw_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBr21oHuz59SOKddp1FhJ4uNnFnakVT-6pOZFVp450vE-Po-xpqIl4Z9Ulzh-ziS2Fhi8J6khRcOtl-e0b1mp9GuCuT9evMz1BlD9pG4xxIYcXabB6iLDRwBoONrRm-93edqxaQ2OUw7N3if2UMLWBK6YLja39-Hj9d3uV7VjTDxumkHt-csWjdFBjA/s320/P8202185_bw_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>which also didn't place.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwXibytvkzCwlWIoQ5u_P_1IQa2_pop75RH8ykZIE3zqp_nBMv9xSWlu6rWQ1FyX4mkCgDIKEq32gvuPLXnbQzSFFBEwjBvKW-69-OrZLtdjXwCEFWbCGsE9qTh6FdrelO-AjPGOZM5IbsRp4UJhCVjFlWUZUlDK8atJvQjSKAOteRPe8ZGBY0Icizw/s3264/20220801_134341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwXibytvkzCwlWIoQ5u_P_1IQa2_pop75RH8ykZIE3zqp_nBMv9xSWlu6rWQ1FyX4mkCgDIKEq32gvuPLXnbQzSFFBEwjBvKW-69-OrZLtdjXwCEFWbCGsE9qTh6FdrelO-AjPGOZM5IbsRp4UJhCVjFlWUZUlDK8atJvQjSKAOteRPe8ZGBY0Icizw/s320/20220801_134341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
I thought I could only enter one colour and one black and white photo, but they've changed the rules. Maybe I should have looked at the fair book more closely and sometime before the week that the entries are due! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>I had a nice time walking around the fair after I worked the Home Arts table on Wednesday. I enjoy walking through the animal barns and had to check out the new goat barn that someone I know had worked on.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday evening I was with a group of people and mentioned I volunteered and the fair. She asked, "Is that the one with the baby animal barn?" I said, ya the fair has one, not realizing that every fair doesn't have one. She was so excited! She had heard about this a couple years ago but lost track of what fair it was. She has looked online and asked anyone who mentioned a county fair and finally, I had given her the answer! She immediately started planning which day to go to the fair this week. Lovely to make someone's day so easily! :)</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-15888745871488718152021-09-09T10:26:00.000-04:002021-09-09T10:26:19.296-04:00One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue FishIn July it seemed that I would finally be able to travel across the border to see my family in Canada and my good friend (and cousin) welcomed her first grandbaby to the family! Well, that made me think a quilt was in order. But could I get it done on time?<div><br /></div><div>It seemed to me the quickest way to get a quilt done was to finish one that was already started. Remember all these fishies?</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIsYhCg4DZHXtuVsptk1XSaqlsbZAuzVFA-P3JSuT_BvN6qDqIj90rmPlOGomm_3U50335I3b5vz7gIdvG6p37ULGc-Xk9dnGypuS8HaIeC9Migp2yZfhcWuQXy34HCsV3fL1uTXjcCLn/s2448/20210125_203245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIsYhCg4DZHXtuVsptk1XSaqlsbZAuzVFA-P3JSuT_BvN6qDqIj90rmPlOGomm_3U50335I3b5vz7gIdvG6p37ULGc-Xk9dnGypuS8HaIeC9Migp2yZfhcWuQXy34HCsV3fL1uTXjcCLn/s320/20210125_203245.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I saw the Shoal Sewalong on Instagram and had to join in. I made a bunch of blocks and then put them away. I had my doubts because these fish blocks didn't exactly scream "baby quilt" but decided to go with it.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHalTnXTEW0DFwLAI-PS99aeHse_IRk7_m3tntakrDyzr0mlikj0rWcO6ANoX-diUAgxyZH4NbsA8otvteZpZ-2aknrde9gCHbW1MoIiuM-adDL_Sm1wzfMtiM3zCf7aBq-TY5lhbyfi3/s2448/20210125_203256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHalTnXTEW0DFwLAI-PS99aeHse_IRk7_m3tntakrDyzr0mlikj0rWcO6ANoX-diUAgxyZH4NbsA8otvteZpZ-2aknrde9gCHbW1MoIiuM-adDL_Sm1wzfMtiM3zCf7aBq-TY5lhbyfi3/s320/20210125_203256.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>All along I had hoped to do a sort of colour shift or ombre arrangement in the background. I didn't have the variety of blocks I would have liked, but I worked with what I had. I stitched fish together with spacer pieces; stitched rows to rows; and added some spacer rows when the angle of the fish from one corner didn't match the angle from the opposite corner. Everything was joined with improv curves.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUMYJY-jPPZoikT6JZ13I-K7aYwNZ6oXqLEW_KTcDpUZbqPzUGzisn2EyzBHQA7FfeVR4uQ2i8Fha4UNIOKgdJ3V6ZBn1tScWG1Y2JXawIueaw0sh84ym8waRe3hTuj7K7xe_tM8AszC4/s3264/20210806_215844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUMYJY-jPPZoikT6JZ13I-K7aYwNZ6oXqLEW_KTcDpUZbqPzUGzisn2EyzBHQA7FfeVR4uQ2i8Fha4UNIOKgdJ3V6ZBn1tScWG1Y2JXawIueaw0sh84ym8waRe3hTuj7K7xe_tM8AszC4/s320/20210806_215844.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>When it became apparent that the center portion was not going to be big enough, I looked around for a border fabric and found this perfect blue/green. It's a good sort of "sea" colour and I thought it softened up all the greys and bright colours of the fish. It was already in long strips because it was trimmings from the back of another quilt. (And I had a piece of the coordinating fabric from the back of the same quilt that was exactly big enough to be the back of this quilt. Love it when it works out.)</div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't get the fish all lined up properly to be able to cut straight lines around the center section, so I did improv curves to add the borders as well. You can see how that led to a friendly quilt--that is, wavy borders. I was going to just "quilt it out" and live with what I got, but I decided to sew small tucks (or really narrow darts) to take out some of the extra. I think I did two on the sides and one on the top. It didn't take much, but it worked pretty well.</div><div><br /></div><div>I started to think maybe I could get this done!</div><div><br /></div><div>I got the quilt layers basted together and then it was time for quilting. I pulled out every blue and grey I thought might work.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilq8SbkoLgwM-AyWrLYRiNQqqMoGYN5sOrisQYkL-PqKJ1bzhhBN1dgsGGdOqPydzXEPXtVeVRCPtyxqOm5jHsWqzzlvWJE8XTj-Ax6nxgbf4Rlg6j_ODWQiWE3nL74VeZq57596b0yi6Z/s3264/20210807_200840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilq8SbkoLgwM-AyWrLYRiNQqqMoGYN5sOrisQYkL-PqKJ1bzhhBN1dgsGGdOqPydzXEPXtVeVRCPtyxqOm5jHsWqzzlvWJE8XTj-Ax6nxgbf4Rlg6j_ODWQiWE3nL74VeZq57596b0yi6Z/s320/20210807_200840.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I ended up picking one for the top and a slightly different blue for the bobbin that matched the backing fabric. I tried to do some lines in a metallic blue for some extra shimmer, but the thread would not cooperate and I gave up on that pretty quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div>I first did some anchor quilting by free motion stitching around each fish.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FmR605DPeFCSGYdMYnkTFJ7yWa9VCWrIWd7d9mpbNkKnOskbxB4ZBq9qjw4bNEtc7K-EJrHr6KWQ-yxDyUlaW1aa-XQDW78UnuzCyhRkRsl_SbeXsONZsnpp-H1Hk3Jf0kzc3zSk99tt/s3264/20210808_155943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FmR605DPeFCSGYdMYnkTFJ7yWa9VCWrIWd7d9mpbNkKnOskbxB4ZBq9qjw4bNEtc7K-EJrHr6KWQ-yxDyUlaW1aa-XQDW78UnuzCyhRkRsl_SbeXsONZsnpp-H1Hk3Jf0kzc3zSk99tt/s320/20210808_155943.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Then I marked some waves with my hera marker, put on my walking foot and stitched across the quilt.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiz5-oZwfShTuiwS-_xTv5_shgbJ3B-lPQC4x1na2lsw6WZG1i5DOsLFfztyjGIVaxRacPQJTTGlABn1T7RBusBYCcKtv_JW_3x3_18bk4YqezTbJ14upoE1jTayPmdyw0sZG2VuICPlAQ/s3264/20210811_153950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiz5-oZwfShTuiwS-_xTv5_shgbJ3B-lPQC4x1na2lsw6WZG1i5DOsLFfztyjGIVaxRacPQJTTGlABn1T7RBusBYCcKtv_JW_3x3_18bk4YqezTbJ14upoE1jTayPmdyw0sZG2VuICPlAQ/s320/20210811_153950.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I had a sweet blue check that matched the border and backing fabrices.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKybXlbk5gSz7KMQ0wo-jvGzLPqudVAXTKsc9Jg5yWmmfseudMeoAWGa0R0Jh8SVcpzc7Vx2PTXBDrrunEtY8nTLV4qqrdLBSmni6trfobozqPAPUsL1YfrIU_18R-agKfYmz9RYsRMn67/s2448/20210811_154033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKybXlbk5gSz7KMQ0wo-jvGzLPqudVAXTKsc9Jg5yWmmfseudMeoAWGa0R0Jh8SVcpzc7Vx2PTXBDrrunEtY8nTLV4qqrdLBSmni6trfobozqPAPUsL1YfrIU_18R-agKfYmz9RYsRMn67/s320/20210811_154033.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I stitched it on by machine. Not something I do often, but I talked myself into it because even though I don't enjoy it as much, it is faster. (And some would say more durable for a quilt that is likely to get washed more often.) And I am getting better at it. My efforts on early quilts were not pretty but I'm learning.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLR7XVLiLCr8ssUABjvrF0qPmBvmFQ32RjCAd84RX8M89jKhm4q_654Bv9GmrXek7rvwsLTf_ZM_ESw7xPQhrl75O6tBtDeFWSApRNba_TxfpSr-LKP97kEU8zzJxUNAK8uw_zAyGET6nN/s2448/20210811_154104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLR7XVLiLCr8ssUABjvrF0qPmBvmFQ32RjCAd84RX8M89jKhm4q_654Bv9GmrXek7rvwsLTf_ZM_ESw7xPQhrl75O6tBtDeFWSApRNba_TxfpSr-LKP97kEU8zzJxUNAK8uw_zAyGET6nN/s320/20210811_154104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So it was done on time! My only remaining worry was that it still wasn't a design that screamed "baby quilt" and it certainly wasn't what a lot of people would pick for their little girl. I hoped they would like it. My fears were put to rest when, before even looking at it, my friend said that the parents hadn't gone for anything overly "gendered". Phew!</div><div><br /></div><div>I was lucky to get these pictures after they received the quilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrp1pUCl_WSU0MCrdrSAWZSqLjpCE1RZhU6WdaPxrxTU2OI8ELr_s4BUdxGDqKymGG5S_f1TetVbiSmoHwIaUMGSZVS1LohtJDCugEY0lC14yn_0RI8z9KDpTzahRkILSBUTgFn4JOPSqj/s2048/received_205378038295920.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrp1pUCl_WSU0MCrdrSAWZSqLjpCE1RZhU6WdaPxrxTU2OI8ELr_s4BUdxGDqKymGG5S_f1TetVbiSmoHwIaUMGSZVS1LohtJDCugEY0lC14yn_0RI8z9KDpTzahRkILSBUTgFn4JOPSqj/s320/received_205378038295920.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div>I think she likes it. :)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtHvHViCO4_qbeS8HRizk1TVEYiFa3u9opHp3K0C6NOI30M5EF15d6Z53OeAk-0mHuL-H_XAlVCD_dOWZ3sLRuBcnOEX7zzaTZt4Y1zNuSssPqPbbBTU9UH7UhdhhlurDQCLog-Vzql6E/s1343/received_125928786362969.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtHvHViCO4_qbeS8HRizk1TVEYiFa3u9opHp3K0C6NOI30M5EF15d6Z53OeAk-0mHuL-H_XAlVCD_dOWZ3sLRuBcnOEX7zzaTZt4Y1zNuSssPqPbbBTU9UH7UhdhhlurDQCLog-Vzql6E/s320/received_125928786362969.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-90447541492268527632021-08-02T22:54:00.001-04:002021-08-02T22:54:32.618-04:00Fair Results 2021The first day of the fair was today and I went to find out how my entries did. And lucky for those who are impatient, it looks like I'll manage to post them the same day!<div><br /></div><div>In the same order I showed them in the last post:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttWEHExxAEWPGupqw1rumH8mpZG29k-UHBtSlhdZAwcSU9YyWYjcZYby02aF-j5fqNHtNQ-rWS-jes-lH8Vh-xkSuZF3zt0SncdpPksk4bU_a7f86rjnN-9lOt7BpPwPPPryH388k2BEx/s2048/P8022089_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttWEHExxAEWPGupqw1rumH8mpZG29k-UHBtSlhdZAwcSU9YyWYjcZYby02aF-j5fqNHtNQ-rWS-jes-lH8Vh-xkSuZF3zt0SncdpPksk4bU_a7f86rjnN-9lOt7BpPwPPPryH388k2BEx/s320/P8022089_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Knitting</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Pullover: Second place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>There were two entries in this category. The other is shown below and you can see it was chosen for grand champion as well.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPXdTzB1KYHUSmxYz0ohGI-0Oe9g6FVI_YC4i_W3OpjFyFeUc3G9MRqvU5IWGJ_UbSoKwda7QMGaz9rJuPwuTX2xy91yC7HBvc6NeRRsswMBJgbBqFh13XnKnQDTGwtdZXPnlo3jJCnHD/s2048/P8022090_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="2048" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPXdTzB1KYHUSmxYz0ohGI-0Oe9g6FVI_YC4i_W3OpjFyFeUc3G9MRqvU5IWGJ_UbSoKwda7QMGaz9rJuPwuTX2xy91yC7HBvc6NeRRsswMBJgbBqFh13XnKnQDTGwtdZXPnlo3jJCnHD/s320/P8022090_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_3jkMqulcxcwPDP07hKW5WpJCxoMsM8rn1UBDg5Pa1r-yY2M89w0yEwQHlna53bod3pbldChShmxBTleH_uMYliMEgIkVUAKG5DPsxEIce78ZbQ0aiQMetEHPqWeVj6SVSDtX7bnfwsW/s2048/P8022095_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_3jkMqulcxcwPDP07hKW5WpJCxoMsM8rn1UBDg5Pa1r-yY2M89w0yEwQHlna53bod3pbldChShmxBTleH_uMYliMEgIkVUAKG5DPsxEIce78ZbQ0aiQMetEHPqWeVj6SVSDtX7bnfwsW/s320/P8022095_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Vest or Shell: First place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>There was at least one other entry in this category, if you're wondering.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEWkyNW18fK7ImBkDYaeQQZUhSdbRxOmWiyk0I_yzOwaaXhqIhzxssfYBgaVew0me3IZB5s-iTrh6T1RpzFtdGkAUszEUdWLzEAwfsfCH99EXtrqYCvvSkUhp8IQRPA1BcO8Sdc3hIp_i/s2048/P8022094_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEWkyNW18fK7ImBkDYaeQQZUhSdbRxOmWiyk0I_yzOwaaXhqIhzxssfYBgaVew0me3IZB5s-iTrh6T1RpzFtdGkAUszEUdWLzEAwfsfCH99EXtrqYCvvSkUhp8IQRPA1BcO8Sdc3hIp_i/s320/P8022094_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Socks: Second place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>They were right beside each other, so I showed the first place entry in the same picture. I'm guessing the strips put it on top.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4ea9PtdAVDDyAcx6U-_KmJwEj_K9cV3_irvjW8Gr7RWO54E1R51hMlMlL0h601Lr40HKuE0nWTur-QdalMTilrc_sBgfjL0nSsDbYjSgepWuuarGzj7DM4_ArLY7y9TL7s-QSrYBom11/s2048/P8022091_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="2048" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4ea9PtdAVDDyAcx6U-_KmJwEj_K9cV3_irvjW8Gr7RWO54E1R51hMlMlL0h601Lr40HKuE0nWTur-QdalMTilrc_sBgfjL0nSsDbYjSgepWuuarGzj7DM4_ArLY7y9TL7s-QSrYBom11/s320/P8022091_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Any other-cowl: no place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Apparently the judges were not impressed with the double knitting. I did not take the time to try and figure out what else was in this category. It can be a real hodge podge!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VtwZEwfy4V3C8CQyBcDWWlPqHOCEIjtxbVeq0zleWxa9MJpiNLfmJBDOpW67dlgN6OAqTU7owSd5OO2GSnUfaOGzgYWugiltltloiMcv8YjPyVBR1L30OhUJupvB1Ac7JI1pbve-wST9/s2048/P8022087_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VtwZEwfy4V3C8CQyBcDWWlPqHOCEIjtxbVeq0zleWxa9MJpiNLfmJBDOpW67dlgN6OAqTU7owSd5OO2GSnUfaOGzgYWugiltltloiMcv8YjPyVBR1L30OhUJupvB1Ac7JI1pbve-wST9/s320/P8022087_edit.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><b>Crocheting</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Pullover: First place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Not to rain on my own parade, but pretty sure this was the only entry; but at least it was appreciated enough to get a ribbon. (A ribbon does not have to be awarded even if there is only one entry.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuA0hoWgaZQfqbHxUfSnlvg8BadKaamgTWKNMMtkKQlns-_5PNRteB4A9BZ7d7KHuHOSE6ulTmrir9gijNjZEzPE8DY0LeBP1foiiFlB77VYk2lpQhokYySy_D9JwvojLmNW14Lht6o_q/s2048/P8022085_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuA0hoWgaZQfqbHxUfSnlvg8BadKaamgTWKNMMtkKQlns-_5PNRteB4A9BZ7d7KHuHOSE6ulTmrir9gijNjZEzPE8DY0LeBP1foiiFlB77VYk2lpQhokYySy_D9JwvojLmNW14Lht6o_q/s320/P8022085_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Quilting</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Full/Queen/King-machine quilted-pieced: Second place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't get to see this being judged and I didn't confirm which quilt was first, but I think it was the one that was chosen grand champion, which is a killer quilt (I'll post it later with pictures of the other quilts), and just my bad luck to enter the same year.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5GsqTiJ4Nx3fwbOMhTservaV0bK5WdoSwZ5oKna__Jyd3Kd7Qrgg7O67-XPL35jwcrz13ZIffvUOX0fQPEJKYI9PsljaJ130M4PHKfWSl_vya8mZp-CbbGz2kIDQeMRbZ-3o0UtpNvVI/s2048/P8022107_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5GsqTiJ4Nx3fwbOMhTservaV0bK5WdoSwZ5oKna__Jyd3Kd7Qrgg7O67-XPL35jwcrz13ZIffvUOX0fQPEJKYI9PsljaJ130M4PHKfWSl_vya8mZp-CbbGz2kIDQeMRbZ-3o0UtpNvVI/s320/P8022107_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I think at least one of the judges agreed because I saw this note on my card. They don't normally leave notes or feedback so this was a deliberate choice.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, my sister and I can keep up the joke from <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2013/07/2013-county-fair-results-i-came-i-saw.html" target="_blank">how my lace coat did</a>, summing up something's worth with a facetious: "good enough for second place at the fair." :)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR65vD53icX7SyGkT4012UyR20EoRLtmbKPGhORUDFh3IqaI8g3BMXKCFH5cr2Lw2YI82kYARFVgWjyp_lF8dMUnyVKN7bLKRG7gyndQ5Fw43ifX3BoxDLyzsTutD0YXo8UbwffEFZgoYT/s2048/P8022100_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR65vD53icX7SyGkT4012UyR20EoRLtmbKPGhORUDFh3IqaI8g3BMXKCFH5cr2Lw2YI82kYARFVgWjyp_lF8dMUnyVKN7bLKRG7gyndQ5Fw43ifX3BoxDLyzsTutD0YXo8UbwffEFZgoYT/s320/P8022100_edit.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><b>Twin-pieced: no place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>There were at least five in this category. I saw the tail end of the judging, but not specific comments on this quilt. There aren't a lot of scrap quilt entries so I'm not sure they are appreciated. Even so, I'm not trying to imply that the ones that were awarded ribbons didn't deserve them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyriC_jUYE90TbOZPKXafncXmlZjVmKmBB-ft7pkfQJYmSohToiiU4X1iewRLDgCVzyC8pJV3RSuvkLjXQwRiHxHec7NbntlRJhc2u4GHDa49J9UOsGEvCiBrp2u35QrZ9gtQKwCnPgTY/s2048/P8022101_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2048" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyriC_jUYE90TbOZPKXafncXmlZjVmKmBB-ft7pkfQJYmSohToiiU4X1iewRLDgCVzyC8pJV3RSuvkLjXQwRiHxHec7NbntlRJhc2u4GHDa49J9UOsGEvCiBrp2u35QrZ9gtQKwCnPgTY/s320/P8022101_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Wall hanging (180 inch perimeter and smaller)-Pieced: First place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This was an honest win: there are usually quite a number of wall hangings. Again, I didn't search out its direct competition so I can't show any for comparison. (The ones it's hanging with here are table runners--different category.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFvNcynKk2c5_Qcjo_hEFCLxWs3d61Xq4m-nB09E4M6A7bcaoQ-VrbEOyZySsw44QmgGfbYClyjzy0CL0ExzXFppDoLQnrV7bIo_-Oh9FM30ZPPt5CXJRIc3NoEvdzsBWhmUAs_92D2Xu/s2048/P8022097_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="2048" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFvNcynKk2c5_Qcjo_hEFCLxWs3d61Xq4m-nB09E4M6A7bcaoQ-VrbEOyZySsw44QmgGfbYClyjzy0CL0ExzXFppDoLQnrV7bIo_-Oh9FM30ZPPt5CXJRIc3NoEvdzsBWhmUAs_92D2Xu/s320/P8022097_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Mini quilts (96 inch perimeter and smaller): Third place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Mine is the blue and yellow on the left. The red and white one beside it would have been in the same category.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4fi5aUW_NmNYD-agyTRmATtLUkZbOOzGQ1TCFO7_qqAVlkAbCMFU3sIdWwVoUPHwPAzI9A186t97xQfLzo6mDx8fMBEEGNtmRNfxz1fwMMSmmi90KqqN7a83oqmGYStoGNYnOJJdAvnS/s2048/P8022086_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4fi5aUW_NmNYD-agyTRmATtLUkZbOOzGQ1TCFO7_qqAVlkAbCMFU3sIdWwVoUPHwPAzI9A186t97xQfLzo6mDx8fMBEEGNtmRNfxz1fwMMSmmi90KqqN7a83oqmGYStoGNYnOJJdAvnS/s320/P8022086_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Any other quilted article not listed: First place</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know what it was up against, but I'm happy with that!! :)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjyk2l0cbJ8k_pXlEUc4fZp0vXkv8USq0cAtJKE8z5Sx3fsr8MrceWVr00XreHjirskhCGmg24NxUqaE6VaFUoXFje5_bHReHRJ7AQrvAojwjwqBwBz0bwCBmgM4Odo7Fme0eI_hJr31h/s2048/P8022116_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="2048" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjyk2l0cbJ8k_pXlEUc4fZp0vXkv8USq0cAtJKE8z5Sx3fsr8MrceWVr00XreHjirskhCGmg24NxUqaE6VaFUoXFje5_bHReHRJ7AQrvAojwjwqBwBz0bwCBmgM4Odo7Fme0eI_hJr31h/s320/P8022116_edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>Photography</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Color: abstract: First place</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Pretty sure there were only two pictures in this category, so not much competition.</div><div><br /></div><div>I could not find this picture when they were put out for display after judging. Looked and looked. When Troy went with me today, I had him look. When I met the superintendent and mentioned it was missing, she looked and looked. I suggested it might be behind another picture because they put double layers on the shelves to hold them all before judging. She really didn't think that could be it, but she looked and found it...behind another picture. So now it's out and my mind can stop dwelling on it.</div><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_WcmWKenv6rkHPh7cQeF7OW6n53ZNCAQHjqWBZx6b9ovjokFgy2bSE4WSzeH6gi3tKvKanWwHY2wPcFoFzvmYkZ1vnDQObx-ocaOsKOjKtIxmnBC42_q8qWeWXHmQgsX0xFc7jPz7QmM/s2048/P8022099_edit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_WcmWKenv6rkHPh7cQeF7OW6n53ZNCAQHjqWBZx6b9ovjokFgy2bSE4WSzeH6gi3tKvKanWwHY2wPcFoFzvmYkZ1vnDQObx-ocaOsKOjKtIxmnBC42_q8qWeWXHmQgsX0xFc7jPz7QmM/s320/P8022099_edit.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div><b>Black & White: head or figure: Second place</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>A lot more competition in this category. (There always is. People like taking pictures of people! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>I wasn't happy with how it was printed; I think the dark side is too dark. But maybe changing that would have blown out the light side, so maybe it needs some touch up work done.</div><div><br /></div><div>So there you go: 12 entries, 10 ribbons, 1 comment from the judge, and a lost picture found.</div><br /></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-70264178465849844272021-07-30T21:35:00.002-04:002021-07-30T21:57:32.876-04:00The County Fair is Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mycasscountyfair.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX-yOWq2KruHn3nxFx1y06kl4gcODJBwAWHH2dphlHOxVdYrzeAQsVPchdHlAl3cuU1YtB16pqPKuV-HksCEHgm9yr4ZzoSe-fPyeBSAbDTL5CJmVvKOcDxoinZMwL_PV-Rh17mV3gPCN/w155-h200/image.png" width="155" /></a></div>Like many other things cancelled last year, the county fair is returning this year. Tomorrow morning I will be taking care of the canning entries and be turning in my own projects for judging and display.<div><br /></div><div>You would think I would have lots more things to enter after two years, but this is not the case. I used my time for some other creative pursuits and I spent a lot of time recovering from surgeries, etc., which meant I wasn't doing much of anything. (Watching videos of other people making stuff doesn't give me anything to show for it! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>When I started to think about what to enter this year, I remembered that I would still need to make a quilt block for the raffle quilt. That meant I would need to find the fabric kit that must be used. Long story short, I searched high and low (twice) and can't find it. I've decided to believe that I didn't buy a kit. (Never mind that I bookmarked a post on Instagram just a few months after the fair and tagged it "Fair block ideas".) They didn't have any more kits available so there was nothing to be done about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>So what did I find to enter?</div><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0s-Xib0n5e0AWct_b0RtQlReAbiX8-cqgqcheYQoP9s8c1GbyHvvUkaFNQyOTlt0h-SuzknXTrP5o0l2kyDice2C62PFrNUFL9qVkTHcc8XZKf3gXVnH78lxIEHfurig-WUJDDgsdAHXb/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0s-Xib0n5e0AWct_b0RtQlReAbiX8-cqgqcheYQoP9s8c1GbyHvvUkaFNQyOTlt0h-SuzknXTrP5o0l2kyDice2C62PFrNUFL9qVkTHcc8XZKf3gXVnH78lxIEHfurig-WUJDDgsdAHXb/" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>Knitting</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><b>1. Cardigan, coat, pullover or sweater – adult</b><div>The <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2019/03/fond-memories-of-iceland.html" target="_blank">Telja sweater</a>. I finished it in 2018 and could have entered it in the last fair, but I had another sweater (this <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/vintage%20vogue%20blouse" target="_blank">striped blouse with collar</a>) to enter and you're only allowed one.<div><br /></div><div>It's been worn but when I pulled it out of the hope chest it looked like I had cleaned and blocked it before putting it away. I pulled off some fuzz balls and called it good.</div><div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiFNNHWSVFWIN8N-7WVSGsvstJ8-0eu091VnkySbwA-LtTKIBq23Uk22vLu0Sc-RNa7Po01eRN_65SxcHGl8DmQKDkgJPR0_MPxuX8vFshHt_xo5GpUpTRaSttEK79HR273mWXZuepsOs/s2576/20190905_130831.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiFNNHWSVFWIN8N-7WVSGsvstJ8-0eu091VnkySbwA-LtTKIBq23Uk22vLu0Sc-RNa7Po01eRN_65SxcHGl8DmQKDkgJPR0_MPxuX8vFshHt_xo5GpUpTRaSttEK79HR273mWXZuepsOs/s320/20190905_130831.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><b>2. Vest or shell – adult</b></div><div>The<a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Boxy%20Tee" target="_blank"> Boxy T</a>. This was finished in September, 2019, just after the last fair. This also had some evidence of wear and I had to re-work in some ends on the twisted edging. (There are four strands to bury and nothing to put them in!)</div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGCCjjgiMIPHikn6pus3atMNUO-_kCcePje2iZMnIjvlzm1LG9fHqu8vNwiDZaxY_3InQem6kPpSEmRVDdTSPnO6X06X4AFDzOCkWW2OFxZFU5_Lr1wRmQ55zW2jtwfvGKGHGQPkN_re0/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGCCjjgiMIPHikn6pus3atMNUO-_kCcePje2iZMnIjvlzm1LG9fHqu8vNwiDZaxY_3InQem6kPpSEmRVDdTSPnO6X06X4AFDzOCkWW2OFxZFU5_Lr1wRmQ55zW2jtwfvGKGHGQPkN_re0/" width="240" /></a></div><b>3. Socks</b></div><div>These socks were made in 2016. They were supposed to have a pattern woven on the side as you knit. I took them on a trip without the pattern and knit too far. Not wanting to rip it back, I figured I'd add some embroidery later. Now, five years later, I worked in the ends on the second sock and pulled out the experiment embroidery I had started at some point.</div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't have time for a full blocking so I put them on the sock blockers, made them damp by spraying them with water, and hung them under a ceiling fan.</div><div><br /></div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCpK6qPj4FuQqqUNNb-TcuP7ok8N7i9exiJRnembHOIhyDkHeQq-mqXhF1wIxxUqW5_kTrgDkWGPPF5dEcQVFeRqVcT5b0oTmAdNyVBbjXogPpStkO0OUdGCZbJqGmrsLwP23jcqpiVpA/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCpK6qPj4FuQqqUNNb-TcuP7ok8N7i9exiJRnembHOIhyDkHeQq-mqXhF1wIxxUqW5_kTrgDkWGPPF5dEcQVFeRqVcT5b0oTmAdNyVBbjXogPpStkO0OUdGCZbJqGmrsLwP23jcqpiVpA/" width="320" /></a></div><b>4. Any other knitted article not listed</b></div><div>The <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2019/03/about-year-ago-my-sister-and-i-went-to.html" target="_blank">True Hope Cowl</a>. I knit this in 2018. I hope the judge appreciates that it's double knit, which means it looks like the "good" side on both sides with the colors in reverse.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sidenote: I have to admit looking at these pictures is making me a little nostalgic for this hair!<br /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZyFK5WirGsOrNcM9rkVxifDiwndI-Zmu7qJdaUdBk6nw5mRALCi2vnZiW1uHED_yyGNdSuze8c84Aw55j04oylMLQkZoVGR9-ckZ0ciM1yk-rL5c_1ZBMHAz19GxY7OxQQZOedLr6C1Z/s2448/20200906_145107.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZyFK5WirGsOrNcM9rkVxifDiwndI-Zmu7qJdaUdBk6nw5mRALCi2vnZiW1uHED_yyGNdSuze8c84Aw55j04oylMLQkZoVGR9-ckZ0ciM1yk-rL5c_1ZBMHAz19GxY7OxQQZOedLr6C1Z/w320-h320/20200906_145107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Crocheting</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>5. Cardigan, coat, pullover or sweater – adult</b></div><div>The <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Summer%20Dreams%20Top" target="_blank">Summer Dreams top</a>, made last year. This might be my first crochet entry. I don't know if they're going to consider this a "pullover" but it has long sleeves and does pull over your head, so I didn't know where else it would fit. I provided a hanger for hanging so they could see a little better how it would fit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRILX3XUiNsRHEetaDX0aX0IZNIGsl7DaFcyC-bHzs4CmbdtYWodonTSmjhrOzOSQ0cqRmYfezgLzZPJmLGF5ZYzMHwg0TwX3uIhIsx2t9SNB6gHqNR-y1WLSiK6wiT4p_9fA2I6oACzE2/s2448/20210730_174947.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRILX3XUiNsRHEetaDX0aX0IZNIGsl7DaFcyC-bHzs4CmbdtYWodonTSmjhrOzOSQ0cqRmYfezgLzZPJmLGF5ZYzMHwg0TwX3uIhIsx2t9SNB6gHqNR-y1WLSiK6wiT4p_9fA2I6oACzE2/s320/20210730_174947.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Quilting</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>6. Full, Queen, King size – machine quilted:</b><b> Pieced</b><div>The <a href="http://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Nocturne%20Star%20Quilt" target="_blank">Nocturne Star quilt</a>! Just finished today and ready for its debut! I put a note on it that it was quilted on a home machine (not a long arm) because I have heard them make that mistake on my quilts in the past. Credit where credit's due.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiTnDUGUEHk66-zWDAXT0530Tc_wnF8L_9relKrPZPG7-P7Rbj6VyKxyns9kEdlHqzQHDV1PQiws99AedFCqTTaVtTk6gXIHTGQDgUARKvsnYF_yAKZarY_caRYmRTy9WUtAzWb7Y-3-o/s3264/20200524_161539.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiTnDUGUEHk66-zWDAXT0530Tc_wnF8L_9relKrPZPG7-P7Rbj6VyKxyns9kEdlHqzQHDV1PQiws99AedFCqTTaVtTk6gXIHTGQDgUARKvsnYF_yAKZarY_caRYmRTy9WUtAzWb7Y-3-o/w240-h320/20200524_161539.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><b>7. Twin size: Pieced</b></div><div>The <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Plaidish%20Quilt" target="_blank">Plaidish quilt</a>. Finished last year and I almost forgot about it!<br /><div><br /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0zOH6VP9URRoxLbusovhGO-D9tLbsynH-3qxJRjHrbOijN4XNuNWWXNVf7b8mTc_qW512wL4SnruVh2ZPDotnHbmUuVmZkxZI1ByvQLNQYv2S0NjvFjMEOL9vUuBEr6OhJMziKbgkjfP/s2448/20210221_173721.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0zOH6VP9URRoxLbusovhGO-D9tLbsynH-3qxJRjHrbOijN4XNuNWWXNVf7b8mTc_qW512wL4SnruVh2ZPDotnHbmUuVmZkxZI1ByvQLNQYv2S0NjvFjMEOL9vUuBEr6OhJMziKbgkjfP/w320-h320/20210221_173721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>9. Mini quilts (96 inch perimeter and smaller)</b></div><div>The <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20wall%20hanging" target="_blank">Yellow Star on Blue</a> wall hanging. This one is only 18" square. I submitted the sister wall hanging (<a href="http://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2010/01/crossed-canoes-on-starry-night.html" target="_blank">Crossed Canoes on a Starry Night</a>) in 2010 and it <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2010/08/and-winner-is.html" target="_blank">won a blue ribbon</a>. Fingers crossed!<br /><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTBuET3tGNwPOQMQPyuJ2DnvFGkciWCTruz-v4G8Y_iIkJI5V_jdsye5q-F8cOX6d1h36hgEF_HT6e-1WBEflzBFRYo1OGeKIYLoauX2RTO3Movt-4mrKA1rdIZ18tQBnXlESqN6fjgHt/s2448/20200729_100006.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTBuET3tGNwPOQMQPyuJ2DnvFGkciWCTruz-v4G8Y_iIkJI5V_jdsye5q-F8cOX6d1h36hgEF_HT6e-1WBEflzBFRYo1OGeKIYLoauX2RTO3Movt-4mrKA1rdIZ18tQBnXlESqN6fjgHt/s320/20200729_100006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>10. Any other quilted article not listed</b></div><div>The <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2020/08/desk-warming-gift.html" target="_blank">mug rug</a> I made for Troy's desk. It was pretty dirty but a hand wash and a soak in Oxyclean has it looking bright and fresh again. I hit the binding with an iron and it's all set.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKH4xr0hg16QWGx8tVmGiFZOvQ5QYTbwuGmDtQMmp8DmccnZS5iKXP_HE6Ln0IP6rvWUBGrxECFBbaL0HNWlVXgTNJ8QBdWvdBDxI70oNVtzX2RJRzgnvqeXS2e7iW_rDg-OCp833fbqM/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="300" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKH4xr0hg16QWGx8tVmGiFZOvQ5QYTbwuGmDtQMmp8DmccnZS5iKXP_HE6Ln0IP6rvWUBGrxECFBbaL0HNWlVXgTNJ8QBdWvdBDxI70oNVtzX2RJRzgnvqeXS2e7iW_rDg-OCp833fbqM/" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>Photography</b></div><div><br /></div><b>11. Color: abstract</b></div><div>This is a picture I captured last summer of Lake Superior waves breaking on some rocks. I wasn't sure what class to put it in--seascape? still life? I went with abstract just because it's cropped close enough that it's a little hard to see what you're looking at at first.<br />
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</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2021/03/art-from-photographs.html" target="_blank">Self-Portrait</a>. Is it weird that I keep submitting pictures of myself? I don't know. I don't have anyone else to take pictures of so self-portraits it is. (I convince myself it's ok because of the long tradition of artists painting self-portraits. I'm guessing they had the same problem I do!)</div><div><br /></div><div>There you have it. All the fair hopefuls I'll be turning in. I'll let you know the results as soon as I have a chance.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-51019512540766855422021-07-17T15:51:00.000-04:002021-07-17T15:51:29.709-04:00Finally Quilting!There are a lot of things I could update here, but let's take on the biggest project making the most progress: my Nocturne Star quilt:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgH2kMJ2AMIuTDFT3ZTeXxSb4_7knA9OBGLhXEWZRN13xlnA85UOHehsHYXs-7_OFvuQ4Jej__N0FsbdYi0miC0ApB1EK1sFfyeDCUWdMkCBkrDyHd7fQW-aGX7VPXmI8V7CJ1sylhcOh/s670/IMG_20161203_125854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgH2kMJ2AMIuTDFT3ZTeXxSb4_7knA9OBGLhXEWZRN13xlnA85UOHehsHYXs-7_OFvuQ4Jej__N0FsbdYi0miC0ApB1EK1sFfyeDCUWdMkCBkrDyHd7fQW-aGX7VPXmI8V7CJ1sylhcOh/s320/IMG_20161203_125854.jpg" /></a></div>I started the blocks in May, 2016 and had them finished by July. I assembled them into the star and added the border in November and December. I pieced the backing and basted the quilt in June, 2020.<br /><br />I couldn't start quilting until I had something that would hold the cones of thread I bought for this quilt. I sent a link to Troy for one as a suggestion for my birthday, and he, like any self-respecting maker would do, decided he could make one far better than what was offered for sale.<div><br /></div><div>By February, his creation was ready to use:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72L9bDphyphenhyphenGD83bnbCPflk3g6IrFiIhrfxslt3je8s0nnDXL3NU7b7vGIntYKGK72tFQ68qFPBweAcDj2QoP9N5ara2wj5aNnroyM0xn_88cRQLQ5pb-H1L1hoHz0AdfNf_MaGa3lWnA4h/s2448/20210228_191620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72L9bDphyphenhyphenGD83bnbCPflk3g6IrFiIhrfxslt3je8s0nnDXL3NU7b7vGIntYKGK72tFQ68qFPBweAcDj2QoP9N5ara2wj5aNnroyM0xn_88cRQLQ5pb-H1L1hoHz0AdfNf_MaGa3lWnA4h/s320/20210228_191620.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGR9IQUzDvp06VskMVJ7KYkWRJ13QlyiK4mcWPsY0SCOJ8ewLe01aGCHIHZs_Zc9ON57fStBRoHbYWyMY5eC8RYNx33mgNrMvKHPyAwerJtcEofjXA0yy8DX6RPBtXaJkIj6IMXDBeKjxX/s2448/20210228_191625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGR9IQUzDvp06VskMVJ7KYkWRJ13QlyiK4mcWPsY0SCOJ8ewLe01aGCHIHZs_Zc9ON57fStBRoHbYWyMY5eC8RYNx33mgNrMvKHPyAwerJtcEofjXA0yy8DX6RPBtXaJkIj6IMXDBeKjxX/s320/20210228_191625.jpg" /></a></div>It's very pretty and has a very solid (read: heavy) base.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAhgDZG_hzlIcELtcbSQZr-P8ChBZBFgkhp1fXkosZzeV6ITVuQctpjs_M0hGF1-AvnNKNQMXjm0h7LVVp-ZzYSHaK_rGmUzuBFS6-QuuP4HhzJra9ZQaDh-E34CVo9531iqRiJ8PR-fW/s2448/20210228_191611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAhgDZG_hzlIcELtcbSQZr-P8ChBZBFgkhp1fXkosZzeV6ITVuQctpjs_M0hGF1-AvnNKNQMXjm0h7LVVp-ZzYSHaK_rGmUzuBFS6-QuuP4HhzJra9ZQaDh-E34CVo9531iqRiJ8PR-fW/s320/20210228_191611.jpg" /></a></div>It's working great.<br /><div><br /><div>So I could being to quilt. I started by thinking about the center star. It works better to start quilting in the middle of the quilt and it's also the hardest to do so it's nice to get it done first. The first part of the design I settled on was doing ribbon candy inside a diamond frame down the middle of each arm of the star.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWZDPzuzvq6-CnIoPW6kO_j2ZnvDfnLepjmPcTxiNBjhgXbb8iCxnhQee-lpzqpL7svloAnXWXRJfW4sBdzJrtB4t9AbDd2E6iF_NVXi1z3_5Elig-Ad42Fx_atptK3EoNggpVV7LkmtR/s3264/20210221_175834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWZDPzuzvq6-CnIoPW6kO_j2ZnvDfnLepjmPcTxiNBjhgXbb8iCxnhQee-lpzqpL7svloAnXWXRJfW4sBdzJrtB4t9AbDd2E6iF_NVXi1z3_5Elig-Ad42Fx_atptK3EoNggpVV7LkmtR/s320/20210221_175834.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I auditioned designs (and practiced the motion of making them) on a piece of glass and a dry erase marker. Then I tried some options to fill in the outside.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FO6U8kIGREc9RtnAWKtDQf1OimrBmVVNBqC4kQJIyErfR7JOgBPZcj5nUExkVLYbu9OieEGOd14vwEA-gNC25KVKiI9t9VLp0FfQZJCMcOFSf4j7ZyKzQTNn6oKwZ98UXlEFx_1B6zGD/s3264/20210221_180133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FO6U8kIGREc9RtnAWKtDQf1OimrBmVVNBqC4kQJIyErfR7JOgBPZcj5nUExkVLYbu9OieEGOd14vwEA-gNC25KVKiI9t9VLp0FfQZJCMcOFSf4j7ZyKzQTNn6oKwZ98UXlEFx_1B6zGD/s320/20210221_180133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>And settled on the wave like lines (upper design in the picture below).</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbT56DkLt46-btR6cfMKmZi6PrneXaQoMQhATliOnI75J2g1uVwasczrL6FaG80Bp-Xo7x7ls67xmJlkW1TUrRn6DiI-T87BEvqwZ26CW-rMHm4jZwo6vqSSXpg7z8vZXrkDV5hi4LnLAy/s3264/20210221_180802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbT56DkLt46-btR6cfMKmZi6PrneXaQoMQhATliOnI75J2g1uVwasczrL6FaG80Bp-Xo7x7ls67xmJlkW1TUrRn6DiI-T87BEvqwZ26CW-rMHm4jZwo6vqSSXpg7z8vZXrkDV5hi4LnLAy/s320/20210221_180802.jpg" /></a></div><div>Having that settled, I started stitching. In preparation, I had ordered a new foot for my machine that is designed to ride along the edge of a special ruler. (They're both sized so you can't slip and slam your needle into the ruler. Don't try to use just any ruler you have.)</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlfQ1gem17OfhooFmoOlQW-B7TRvfVnJujX8a-YYHJXcVrS4clMY-3KlKsL2SgixbG4yeAhEwIUCcNuLB_vx9bOPscO4bKpXyX_EyPNeVS0N_cv4gWJ6mBTaq4ynw2pGOLLM2FL938TS0/s2448/20210228_191505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlfQ1gem17OfhooFmoOlQW-B7TRvfVnJujX8a-YYHJXcVrS4clMY-3KlKsL2SgixbG4yeAhEwIUCcNuLB_vx9bOPscO4bKpXyX_EyPNeVS0N_cv4gWJ6mBTaq4ynw2pGOLLM2FL938TS0/s320/20210228_191505.jpg" /></a></div>In some ways, it's a little rough. I'm a beginner and the ruler is shorter than the distance to be travelled, so I have to keep moving it while maintaining the straight line. And the stitching is 1/4" from the edge of the ruler so that takes some learning. In some ways, I found it very straight forward and had no qualms about doing my very first ruler work on this special quilt.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP5A5esSA5JjRnnBSpAXOWn1JuTnIytKZVxluCApJ12H66Xj-0PqrmWTU4jYhLkzwxAqr5gZ8OtkG0aObQhhbElKYWXTGb79yzEO-bhPFOA4XaojZ2B1HUW4gURHAD82PsZFL81xI64zC/s2448/20210228_191515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP5A5esSA5JjRnnBSpAXOWn1JuTnIytKZVxluCApJ12H66Xj-0PqrmWTU4jYhLkzwxAqr5gZ8OtkG0aObQhhbElKYWXTGb79yzEO-bhPFOA4XaojZ2B1HUW4gURHAD82PsZFL81xI64zC/s320/20210228_191515.jpg" /></a></div>Progress was made.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggalciHx4wX9OhOduTy3ZP8_coANkYiQP10WR6JNhk2G4WLjg6TeFHTmcfHbGswHzhqqfAV6gCw7bnaZmqlgIgOifiAmaRJW68BU4EiPMJag2rF7cgZEEShxWhphLg0FQ9UAMj18CxDG03/s2448/20210303_161105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggalciHx4wX9OhOduTy3ZP8_coANkYiQP10WR6JNhk2G4WLjg6TeFHTmcfHbGswHzhqqfAV6gCw7bnaZmqlgIgOifiAmaRJW68BU4EiPMJag2rF7cgZEEShxWhphLg0FQ9UAMj18CxDG03/s320/20210303_161105.jpg" /></a></div>They say consistency of texture is more important that having perfectly placed and symmetrical lines, and I am choosing to believe them. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>I am very happy that the center lies perfectly flat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2HPOBr4VPm2e33QN1nXI4QrbOdfNc8L_qfHzs5T-YPD-TBnv5MJbRP7vAbuEAI31VFPOfwC77uYn5C-o1os4hbeu-i3F3UbDZHflqF45wUd1TKKlJAIF5a8jEnP-pMoUorRg2VCXr-tV/s3264/20210503_174436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2HPOBr4VPm2e33QN1nXI4QrbOdfNc8L_qfHzs5T-YPD-TBnv5MJbRP7vAbuEAI31VFPOfwC77uYn5C-o1os4hbeu-i3F3UbDZHflqF45wUd1TKKlJAIF5a8jEnP-pMoUorRg2VCXr-tV/s320/20210503_174436.jpg" /></a></div>For breaks from that quilting, I sometimes worked on the light squares.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YQ2qWebywdWU7NW-tUYef25-WC87OrKIpsmC54y8tNS7DohqYuDaN95XxAdHTVlanghjGHf1MvMVvzFFcxpO5X-3fQxz6Xi9L_7PSUCZG_hjiwQ1gFXKXXEzMO3yiKXcB_cBpIR3NJ1G/s2448/20210303_161045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YQ2qWebywdWU7NW-tUYef25-WC87OrKIpsmC54y8tNS7DohqYuDaN95XxAdHTVlanghjGHf1MvMVvzFFcxpO5X-3fQxz6Xi9L_7PSUCZG_hjiwQ1gFXKXXEzMO3yiKXcB_cBpIR3NJ1G/s320/20210303_161045.jpg" /></a></div>I added borders 1/4" from the edge and filled in an area with various designs based on circles or half-circles.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrQv6YzUN4YYKYJfALCzwOq6sBAzQxFw4qE4sm0FQHFMR5HDOxRa6vX-oYzeT645RLZotaDz90h8dMmoLdVmE-4F5gh5L_ctJ32RvKm7b5URpO63oxsDmafhQnx6iGe3EqqfUUqjtPaki/s2448/20210408_225246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrQv6YzUN4YYKYJfALCzwOq6sBAzQxFw4qE4sm0FQHFMR5HDOxRa6vX-oYzeT645RLZotaDz90h8dMmoLdVmE-4F5gh5L_ctJ32RvKm7b5URpO63oxsDmafhQnx6iGe3EqqfUUqjtPaki/s320/20210408_225246.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKiuvtkg6-aCP0i9gg10Pmj3Dq8fcd8Mj5neM-Jt0Oe8qah6l8ewFdBtJwFl3M2sVcl4aDzpDCBtBZVdMDAyxlKk9vy-b_laq8tsgSEsFwvUrMXJwLqd8NwgCGC8UWnNl3O2oE9Df3a2N/s2448/20210408_225257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKiuvtkg6-aCP0i9gg10Pmj3Dq8fcd8Mj5neM-Jt0Oe8qah6l8ewFdBtJwFl3M2sVcl4aDzpDCBtBZVdMDAyxlKk9vy-b_laq8tsgSEsFwvUrMXJwLqd8NwgCGC8UWnNl3O2oE9Df3a2N/s320/20210408_225257.jpg" /></a></div>In general I would have liked to have kept the density of the quilting mostly the same, but in fact the designs do vary quite a bit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEk5VY_J1TbVSMYikXuGWu-CpP0iourN-ZDCv-WJ4qBf9UB55qPNdQOWo81Rymw0b15qbG60iBCEFdvYwH1Xte6zenOyE7waOjHJY_HLsS5YHNUC3OZQPPzCPQKB_C8hxqj_6gLH83SIi/s2448/20210408_225318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEk5VY_J1TbVSMYikXuGWu-CpP0iourN-ZDCv-WJ4qBf9UB55qPNdQOWo81Rymw0b15qbG60iBCEFdvYwH1Xte6zenOyE7waOjHJY_HLsS5YHNUC3OZQPPzCPQKB_C8hxqj_6gLH83SIi/s320/20210408_225318.jpg" /></a></div>I tried various ways of marking the gaps, including just relying on the markings on the ruler, water soluble pen, and a hera marker. They've all got their pluses and minuses (and I could use more practice with all of them!)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSImbIRpMLxuwRLxPgs4UPM-7SsveCwwRT-AZSKn-V1aCC3dLdKWQDbPqs2VaMcf26g5ZaV9hH77M-_BojF9kYpJzYZz56XYtaqseuOK9dpE1nmy95p03T9qJoXFP8FvCslnghllrtbra/s2448/20210408_225339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSImbIRpMLxuwRLxPgs4UPM-7SsveCwwRT-AZSKn-V1aCC3dLdKWQDbPqs2VaMcf26g5ZaV9hH77M-_BojF9kYpJzYZz56XYtaqseuOK9dpE1nmy95p03T9qJoXFP8FvCslnghllrtbra/s320/20210408_225339.jpg" /></a></div>When I couldn't take doing more of the light squares, I started on the outer dark diamond shapes (the "wheel" in the Carpenter Wheel pattern). I auditioned patterns and practiced them on glass again, and ended up with a feather variation.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IAOWX-3sft6mVRS_U9zEkT8BJ6GR2dYcmD6e8OOQFZOh5K4yrHnUmw8sNcwS7xiKBTYDCObpd3S_ZKD1KGNUawc2cMscpJyeeTpqKPGJdLG-IJhG9B5SDrPfyssPrBQ5QtDKdSEWkBf3/s2448/20210521_171627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IAOWX-3sft6mVRS_U9zEkT8BJ6GR2dYcmD6e8OOQFZOh5K4yrHnUmw8sNcwS7xiKBTYDCObpd3S_ZKD1KGNUawc2cMscpJyeeTpqKPGJdLG-IJhG9B5SDrPfyssPrBQ5QtDKdSEWkBf3/s320/20210521_171627.jpg" /></a></div>Something I thought I would never quilt because I wasn't that crazy about feather quilting, and it is deemed "hard". And to be honest, my earlier efforts where pretty bad! I think "modern" feathers are more forgiving and I've learned to go a lot slower and to look ahead. It's helped.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DlUuPvn2uuPMbc_q1X-UsFJoHF2znBMj-BRif3YcMvJWCQnahGptojUWyoyu6au8AulE5FKHwGupUSFtPSuaXzpD0EhbFbKuVFiMB5WP4Ph2JL_XZIfgrXC2INiRZZe6LNCZNVvuyoL1/s2448/20210504_161226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DlUuPvn2uuPMbc_q1X-UsFJoHF2znBMj-BRif3YcMvJWCQnahGptojUWyoyu6au8AulE5FKHwGupUSFtPSuaXzpD0EhbFbKuVFiMB5WP4Ph2JL_XZIfgrXC2INiRZZe6LNCZNVvuyoL1/s320/20210504_161226.jpg" /></a></div>I recently gave a push and finished all of that quilting.</div><div><br /></div><div>The center area of the light squares was left to do. I was dithering about what to do there. I wanted simple and something fairly dense to make the gaps between the borders pop. I wanted it consistently dense so nothing pictorial. I had settled on traditional crosshatching when a video about the spiraling square came up on my feed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVIURSku-a_ZVrlHlDNuBl7OK2BmrX8XVp56_pe5YToIC0kT4_07PZhZcBImktIKebbp9Bi9LbDrbNPO8E_-rIVTZNCujLxmI4hxfV2oV7ThoOFQ3YnV_h1qyTWC_PrxthKRQxVuPAqYf/s2448/20210716_145037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVIURSku-a_ZVrlHlDNuBl7OK2BmrX8XVp56_pe5YToIC0kT4_07PZhZcBImktIKebbp9Bi9LbDrbNPO8E_-rIVTZNCujLxmI4hxfV2oV7ThoOFQ3YnV_h1qyTWC_PrxthKRQxVuPAqYf/s320/20210716_145037.jpg" /></a></div>I decided that was it. It's back to ruler work after a lot of free-motion quilting but this is a little easier since the ruler can span the length of each line.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've finished it on four of the twelve small squares. I'm not sure I'm going to do the same thing in the larger squares but I have a little time to think about it.<br /><div><p>If by some heroic effort and the miracle of nothing going wrong, I have this done in two weeks, I'll be able to enter it in the county fair. If that doesn't happen, my next deadline is mid-August when I'll be traveling to see family. The quilt is destined for my sister and she has been waiting a long time (like since 2016--she had no idea it would be this long!) and I'd like to finally deliver.</p></div></div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-27246472682179280182021-03-07T12:05:00.001-05:002021-03-07T12:05:43.725-05:00Joining TogetherI enjoy reading Cynthia's blog, <a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Quilting is more fun than Housework</a>, and a <a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2021/02/fiddlesticks.html" target="_blank">recent post</a> mentioned a block drive for <a href="https://katandcatquilts.blogspot.com/p/covered-in-love.html" target="_blank">Covered in Love</a>. I went to check it out and discovered Kat at <a href="https://katandcatquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kat and Cat Quilts</a> had called for string blocks that she calls Mix Tape, <a href="https://katandcatquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/january-do-good-stitches-tutorial.html" target="_blank">click here</a> for her tutorial.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejb5E1O31_PvTXvjjgw3xK3_2fX5ctAQW6HNIJfU2_BLMS1bLZncxdB9pqkSXLpqHgkj4agsyrYOuUF7RqoO99ttagvWpgg-ps7_54QJPJFQlYwGZF6R4AUXBQaHc2ZPk6ZI-T1ybmssL/s2448/20210227_152947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejb5E1O31_PvTXvjjgw3xK3_2fX5ctAQW6HNIJfU2_BLMS1bLZncxdB9pqkSXLpqHgkj4agsyrYOuUF7RqoO99ttagvWpgg-ps7_54QJPJFQlYwGZF6R4AUXBQaHc2ZPk6ZI-T1ybmssL/s320/20210227_152947.jpg" /></a></div>For those of you who just asked yourself some version of, "What is a block drive?" This is a call for quilt blocks that will then be assembled into a quilt. Blocks are easier to get done in a short time and easier to mail. Added all together they can make quilts in a quicker time than one quilter making the quilt from beginning to end. (And it's fun to work on projects together.) Usually a block drive will have a theme specified--maybe by colours used, maybe by the design chosen. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97oA20pOaH8GUpYNod7vvANj5uZn-3lm70Om0D5bnROqvzjG3Q077fxAK0ZyAw3gDSvMU0I5lkE3iztWJcIXD_wJLrEQK80fwZ2Que9Av_stiXYgX5hbzDdOCaMBKM9AI4_a7BNeXNhd7/s2448/20210227_152912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97oA20pOaH8GUpYNod7vvANj5uZn-3lm70Om0D5bnROqvzjG3Q077fxAK0ZyAw3gDSvMU0I5lkE3iztWJcIXD_wJLrEQK80fwZ2Que9Av_stiXYgX5hbzDdOCaMBKM9AI4_a7BNeXNhd7/s320/20210227_152912.jpg" /></a></div>For whatever reason, this block connected with me at just the right moment and I pulled out some scraps to make some. Coincidentally, the same box that held all my scraps already cut into strips also held some scrap batting pieces. These blocks were made directly onto the batting so that was perfect.<br />
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It's easy to sew pieces of batting together to make the size you need. I had a long strip (cut from the edge of a quilt) that was about 10 inches wide but I needed a 13.5" square. So I cut 13.5" pieces and then sewed a strip to the one size to make up the difference. Whiz it through the sewing machine on an extra wide zig zag and you're done.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaseHvtewecSxSb3GHGffE6IRloLsLOqBBOqumJ9xIldJjidKB3fe1H7wxcPaKWR9e_VWZB04Tr-5WIyzViEGhhXpRUo0YiUMgyiIpRyWQCrNBoizjCTN6EpNtNDfsRRKNPggLj64D4xRt/s2448/20210227_153116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaseHvtewecSxSb3GHGffE6IRloLsLOqBBOqumJ9xIldJjidKB3fe1H7wxcPaKWR9e_VWZB04Tr-5WIyzViEGhhXpRUo0YiUMgyiIpRyWQCrNBoizjCTN6EpNtNDfsRRKNPggLj64D4xRt/s320/20210227_153116.jpg" /></a></div>Friday night I made five blocks and then cleaned up thinking I might be done.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHnLgxXQp8Lzj7spoJkTIcxCAg-4FgzGS-wksByiaEPFgCTa_4U0QGarXa-8ot6e84hr6hCQKUvc7fHcfHgY07GM7SiwN193jlEBVQLL2pWomd2XEEsalEiBkQzyXj-zKoGaeF1HRVsib/s2448/20210227_153109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHnLgxXQp8Lzj7spoJkTIcxCAg-4FgzGS-wksByiaEPFgCTa_4U0QGarXa-8ot6e84hr6hCQKUvc7fHcfHgY07GM7SiwN193jlEBVQLL2pWomd2XEEsalEiBkQzyXj-zKoGaeF1HRVsib/s320/20210227_153109.jpg" /></a></div>The next morning I wanted to make more, so I did. I made them two at a time so that I could alternate between them for sewing, which is more efficient. What I did not do was start a whole bunch and commit myself to having to finish them!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY5yfXK-HvOEHntMnBAijntFy6qUalZQdXhXkct3DyO2W2WIzP7arYmRajUlSO-EBkT-YUCf1YlLxk4e56ESIg6LVfSpBpzmDmyZCNEPnPJTnOftzDR_n3YCwfoeN4Eq34jKoZb8qHRtH/s2448/20210227_153103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY5yfXK-HvOEHntMnBAijntFy6qUalZQdXhXkct3DyO2W2WIzP7arYmRajUlSO-EBkT-YUCf1YlLxk4e56ESIg6LVfSpBpzmDmyZCNEPnPJTnOftzDR_n3YCwfoeN4Eq34jKoZb8qHRtH/s320/20210227_153103.jpg" /></a></div>I cleared out my yellow and orange strips and most of those batting scraps by the time I was done.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GOp4RGO96Mn07eVwXtAJkxO7nSGDhclkwf0uIyB1b8X3_ayWXqgHwJ4wDOOLmBGEWrxWNfueX_pgb_GEB8WDa_CCXGFw5hmuaH8IFn2xdy94tnS_4fACIn4HUkU7EJ8PUfDgtq6XxQCU/s2448/20210227_153055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GOp4RGO96Mn07eVwXtAJkxO7nSGDhclkwf0uIyB1b8X3_ayWXqgHwJ4wDOOLmBGEWrxWNfueX_pgb_GEB8WDa_CCXGFw5hmuaH8IFn2xdy94tnS_4fACIn4HUkU7EJ8PUfDgtq6XxQCU/s320/20210227_153055.jpg" /></a></div>I made 11 blocks all together.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LPPpXviZcJrtmrhkpLCI9pDVHhVASVaHtalzEy8G19CSA6u5K2Mi5kNUpiVSOX-BN0PEV8ntxecsxluaGShyphenhyphenBDAOGCa0in1yKQ-4U-jiUODf6vuncF7QXuoi14vU7Ax-TacjAKbv40mV/s2448/20210227_153038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LPPpXviZcJrtmrhkpLCI9pDVHhVASVaHtalzEy8G19CSA6u5K2Mi5kNUpiVSOX-BN0PEV8ntxecsxluaGShyphenhyphenBDAOGCa0in1yKQ-4U-jiUODf6vuncF7QXuoi14vU7Ax-TacjAKbv40mV/s320/20210227_153038.jpg" /></a></div>I didn't realize at first, but I was joining this drive on the last weekend. (These were the January-February blocks.) I sent an email to the organizer and she got back to me right away letting me know they weren't <b>due</b> February 28. So I figured whatever I got done on the weekend, I would mail on Monday (March 1) and that would be good.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYBegFSOiqOx9O1fHlm7ClAODAmXqQvCA8X3ojfS6jJ7l95SExHaNxeyQuenEpE6edmthv2P1M6ysBIhtCnGhHeVtLlzX9PeODEEiQbYvnz-0tEoZ9sJxKJ4ssgESBknlQh6Y1AEpuLRf/s2448/20210227_153028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYBegFSOiqOx9O1fHlm7ClAODAmXqQvCA8X3ojfS6jJ7l95SExHaNxeyQuenEpE6edmthv2P1M6ysBIhtCnGhHeVtLlzX9PeODEEiQbYvnz-0tEoZ9sJxKJ4ssgESBknlQh6Y1AEpuLRf/s320/20210227_153028.jpg" /></a></div>It makes quite a mess as I'm rifling through the strips looking for ones that are long enough for the next place and that make a balanced-looking block. By the second orange block, I didn't have a wide variety so I wanted to make sure I didn't put the same fabric beside itself.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbUige2hzc-1Gb-6K-4ZtWZJYpQoYdp8djPeMU-tLZre9bQ2FuU2ZnxG7RRw7HPfiNF90BLuW83MiAcUxYQjZPlu0HvwxYyxud_BwK8cuaCSNya5KbNTzh90fofk7oT7wCQgLKQmloU2Y/s2448/20210227_153015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbUige2hzc-1Gb-6K-4ZtWZJYpQoYdp8djPeMU-tLZre9bQ2FuU2ZnxG7RRw7HPfiNF90BLuW83MiAcUxYQjZPlu0HvwxYyxud_BwK8cuaCSNya5KbNTzh90fofk7oT7wCQgLKQmloU2Y/s320/20210227_153015.jpg" /></a></div>The examples I saw online seemed to have skinnier strips. Some people save even the thinnest ones. I just worked with ones that I had pre-cut into 1.5", 2", and 2.5" widths, and most of what I had left were the 2.5". It was tempting to think I wasn't doing it "right" but then I remembered that they intend scraps to be used--they must be used to working with whatever they get!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJrvZwOMYuejw15Bnyf4DrgcgL12TGezuD4faDYXiCzb9k5Q_oC6CIJFsD_PmbQgP64JJJJU89vVv-lPJN500Mt5-oU1_yXC-tvqo-gnkdBYyyugR6e_SDoXox7FUX2cAuYT66bnzMIhe/s2448/20210227_153004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJrvZwOMYuejw15Bnyf4DrgcgL12TGezuD4faDYXiCzb9k5Q_oC6CIJFsD_PmbQgP64JJJJU89vVv-lPJN500Mt5-oU1_yXC-tvqo-gnkdBYyyugR6e_SDoXox7FUX2cAuYT66bnzMIhe/s320/20210227_153004.jpg" /></a></div>Here's evidence of one of the hazards of working with batting on the back of the block:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIFSZReH9oCKLFYneKpdNRxFxzVKW31-MzYwbvz7bqYxBTbPUy0UfIfc5Lgsd-Sjunr8M8NUVFya8CoLnmSIq5ebyyuAUW3U-Hskpz4Dd4n5w4L3tiCPmqYL-Qo8Sqq642OsvBk3U2vrT/s2448/20210227_152922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIFSZReH9oCKLFYneKpdNRxFxzVKW31-MzYwbvz7bqYxBTbPUy0UfIfc5Lgsd-Sjunr8M8NUVFya8CoLnmSIq5ebyyuAUW3U-Hskpz4Dd4n5w4L3tiCPmqYL-Qo8Sqq642OsvBk3U2vrT/s320/20210227_152922.jpg" /></a></div>Fabric sticks to batting like velcro so anytime I put down the block, I risked fabric sticking to the back and not noticing it. At some point I saw a wide piece of batik fabric was sewn onto the back of this block. I was not about to take out the seam, so I cut the fabric right next to the stitching. If it weren't batik, I could have teased that tiny remnant out of the stitches but batik is too densely woven. It won't do any harm there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is an idea of what a quilt of these blocks might look like:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgHTep__buV92bcbDPL96bT7RHHbxz2z0hONuudjLPNqyNSZIaJhBeJh-xE_niadXthakFyE4e-ZM8H0nptb9DrEHkYDiB1-apxZmSU4Zcw7cEj9tVMqSXuehvtayKYc14tKZx8-9JWzl/s2448/20210227_153439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgHTep__buV92bcbDPL96bT7RHHbxz2z0hONuudjLPNqyNSZIaJhBeJh-xE_niadXthakFyE4e-ZM8H0nptb9DrEHkYDiB1-apxZmSU4Zcw7cEj9tVMqSXuehvtayKYc14tKZx8-9JWzl/s320/20210227_153439.jpg" /></a></div>Kat does a different drive every two months so maybe I'll jump in on a few more this year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Joining up with <a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2021/03/oh-scrap-not-much-to-share.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a> linky party at Quilting is more fun than Housework.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-56779864009764787722021-03-02T21:03:00.000-05:002021-03-02T21:03:36.370-05:00Art from PhotographsI noticed a theme recently of art created from photographs so I thought I'd share some of it.<div><br /></div><div>I took some self-portraits while I was bald; this being one of them:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLtp7nQIIVpgCbmPwECSMPunm1nLwhNxUwqB0RQu7QzpFDVkY-avp95AoE8NP3FR-RVccNcGad20xg_0a-Ag2PKstbVux2a7B88eDf9zAkGvK6r325E7j5wCNgo_V-bg5Q1QgEDlOiiZR/s2048/P1161212.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLtp7nQIIVpgCbmPwECSMPunm1nLwhNxUwqB0RQu7QzpFDVkY-avp95AoE8NP3FR-RVccNcGad20xg_0a-Ag2PKstbVux2a7B88eDf9zAkGvK6r325E7j5wCNgo_V-bg5Q1QgEDlOiiZR/s320/P1161212.JPG" /></a></div>I found a YouTube channel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUoNjQLTuyqtvYNxFao98xg" target="_blank">davrodigital</a>, of tutorials about photo effects made in Photoshop Elements. I've tried to follow a few of them, with mixed results. Here's a framing effect:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi034sezWsyAyo6M6fkpD-WfVjeUgLSWP1A8KdxaiLcpEqpz53-9AJN2r4l9lFe47TolMe0wX999LzOkwJULmuN3f1k6htPWnKLFUnSFTAvpEgPu1e2IeO25B19SrtnlIyrpw4PjhVmzOVs/s2048/P1161212_brush+mask.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi034sezWsyAyo6M6fkpD-WfVjeUgLSWP1A8KdxaiLcpEqpz53-9AJN2r4l9lFe47TolMe0wX999LzOkwJULmuN3f1k6htPWnKLFUnSFTAvpEgPu1e2IeO25B19SrtnlIyrpw4PjhVmzOVs/s320/P1161212_brush+mask.jpg" /></a></div>I like this frame a little more:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF2djpikTM2tvm0VaPVWY63ywv9j4ZsPpfqKcPBpG64PCXdyrg8TycEELQ1Y8i43y9Af_hFbSjWTuzn30HCWPl-7kd2LWVAQX6lPlv4EN61ivJs-svjMeIdeXfX8MEGwdq1YFt5qc0fnr/s2048/P1161212_bw+vingnette+frame.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF2djpikTM2tvm0VaPVWY63ywv9j4ZsPpfqKcPBpG64PCXdyrg8TycEELQ1Y8i43y9Af_hFbSjWTuzn30HCWPl-7kd2LWVAQX6lPlv4EN61ivJs-svjMeIdeXfX8MEGwdq1YFt5qc0fnr/s320/P1161212_bw+vingnette+frame.jpg" /></a></div>The picture wasn't perfectly suited to frames because there wasn't enough margin at the top (above my head).<br /><br />Then I tried a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBC60N1V0Y" target="_blank">"sketch" effect</a>:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI27tT969SvD4P6iDgGcaEaEjpO8A6qXOvfyUswmniyaywKziU4RnFFGBKYqgLiYy-28iMv1TLI0ibOwUgtENYvrItpaEE1Uba8xv-RwL_AbpJiWZW-p8RFspa-vfXBRkRC2jCJmkDibS/s2048/P1161212_paint+sketch+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI27tT969SvD4P6iDgGcaEaEjpO8A6qXOvfyUswmniyaywKziU4RnFFGBKYqgLiYy-28iMv1TLI0ibOwUgtENYvrItpaEE1Uba8xv-RwL_AbpJiWZW-p8RFspa-vfXBRkRC2jCJmkDibS/s320/P1161212_paint+sketch+1.jpg" /></a></div>Even following each step, it doesn't come out with the same results as the tutorial, so I'm guessing what kind of photograph you start with makes a big difference. (Like does it have a lot of contrast, or a lot of lines, or whatever.) Or maybe he's not sharing all the secrets to finding the right settings.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a picture I took when I was in Toronto.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjEWJNjrKpctSt_ZOKRbeGI1DHQa97XlJJiJPJSsyZpMFjjUTNqX_hkbHYvHhjqcj2U1dAKJrZOPG5wvRGgnlkFvRjQvyQMcTHOworERbdQIlb_GGl1HsRadzzG74mdfhCWRQxEGHDx_3/s1680/IMG_20160905_101158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjEWJNjrKpctSt_ZOKRbeGI1DHQa97XlJJiJPJSsyZpMFjjUTNqX_hkbHYvHhjqcj2U1dAKJrZOPG5wvRGgnlkFvRjQvyQMcTHOworERbdQIlb_GGl1HsRadzzG74mdfhCWRQxEGHDx_3/s320/IMG_20160905_101158.jpg" /></a></div>Not that great at all.</div><div><br /></div><div>But it worked pretty well for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK4PWTZMmEg" target="_blank">"tiny planet" effect</a>:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_wC2D_yTD_nh7nuUYG45u2XIKqiMZjdK4GtjH5x6UyHd_3rq4TpvBWj7JsY96HmnuIyjujkY_rtqEpfVOldfZlLYyArjT5u7wr_fWPxriRq7ZuMGFhqhzwJmRIOvyfAZw4NEzHO8A6wE/s2048/Toronto+tiny+planet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_wC2D_yTD_nh7nuUYG45u2XIKqiMZjdK4GtjH5x6UyHd_3rq4TpvBWj7JsY96HmnuIyjujkY_rtqEpfVOldfZlLYyArjT5u7wr_fWPxriRq7ZuMGFhqhzwJmRIOvyfAZw4NEzHO8A6wE/s320/Toronto+tiny+planet.jpg" /></a></div>Fun, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>This was another portrait I took in the same session:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHedmj3BHFUXPqeGfIOdmLTEyTPzJFcY0_zswyJLtgwfNw_k-c6Rukibf9T-GUm_1UT-roU9CZgLDMsOQhFTZyaL_fcLXTFkWqM-0I6w4WS34JJgg7Kit8cjkPA8xHh6ube8klWRRbH6w/s2048/P1161044_color+halftone+backfade+blue+eyes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHedmj3BHFUXPqeGfIOdmLTEyTPzJFcY0_zswyJLtgwfNw_k-c6Rukibf9T-GUm_1UT-roU9CZgLDMsOQhFTZyaL_fcLXTFkWqM-0I6w4WS34JJgg7Kit8cjkPA8xHh6ube8klWRRbH6w/s320/P1161044_color+halftone+backfade+blue+eyes.jpg" /></a></div>And look what my friend drew and gave to me to celebrate being done with treatments:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBQ72R-N2abihd3RH-httwUo_0q2RZHZouWWrhxoZs5J_tLsDme-wrGfokC-2mqqw1N39YAwDd_Zaw1pcGvTFMYnjulAmeXU5SP_Uz_KBMbhwjC_VDcWQswQb6EpX0LJSKitc5-wvdDHD/s3264/20210221_154140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBQ72R-N2abihd3RH-httwUo_0q2RZHZouWWrhxoZs5J_tLsDme-wrGfokC-2mqqw1N39YAwDd_Zaw1pcGvTFMYnjulAmeXU5SP_Uz_KBMbhwjC_VDcWQswQb6EpX0LJSKitc5-wvdDHD/s320/20210221_154140.jpg" /></a></div>Isn't it fantastic?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_6dkHz18Mc383eCp1t9fNs_Lw2ZqF3cIUF6zLjTT9cfkFDDTGNStT4uaiaAWyQDdAnaXTq5NQAcHyNqcsk46jgeS8Y5-msCPR7uSzFIXGOIRaYTqw15x3isxdESGN6DsurTCf_lK0e8_/s3264/20210221_154132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_6dkHz18Mc383eCp1t9fNs_Lw2ZqF3cIUF6zLjTT9cfkFDDTGNStT4uaiaAWyQDdAnaXTq5NQAcHyNqcsk46jgeS8Y5-msCPR7uSzFIXGOIRaYTqw15x3isxdESGN6DsurTCf_lK0e8_/s320/20210221_154132.jpg" /></a></div>I was really touched by the gift.</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, my sister commissioned our cousin, artist <a href="http://www.karenrhebergen.net/" target="_blank">Karen Rhebregen</a>, to make a portrait of our grandparents in batik.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8nvT5l8x4d1SPP-vQrKFnsdlDrFP7Y67EH35m9HL4ef2oTcU6vIxbQioXJbkHfmR7m5ihWvrjyw-d1Ggke0JlkO4CaUaOMtDAZYUKUAiiPXEVCVO_c_uVBYd3vLrwRkXaPphzVSu21GK/s720/Screenshot_20210221-153449_Instagram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8nvT5l8x4d1SPP-vQrKFnsdlDrFP7Y67EH35m9HL4ef2oTcU6vIxbQioXJbkHfmR7m5ihWvrjyw-d1Ggke0JlkO4CaUaOMtDAZYUKUAiiPXEVCVO_c_uVBYd3vLrwRkXaPphzVSu21GK/s320/Screenshot_20210221-153449_Instagram.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>She created the composition from a couple pictures my sister sent her.<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiryD5w7HNi7Q3fvTqbzUSS5KjlFjeNAcATGW1dytlC2pn85Dnuoas5C0vGqv57RnPoHWYjBhEHrATO33ghb3q2U1pFRT12yhELrIukxCHZqYjvCrXn2TV45ruDzjgWjl3Q5j8rH70KJo_/s1505/Oma+Opa+batik+portrait_crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="1505" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiryD5w7HNi7Q3fvTqbzUSS5KjlFjeNAcATGW1dytlC2pn85Dnuoas5C0vGqv57RnPoHWYjBhEHrATO33ghb3q2U1pFRT12yhELrIukxCHZqYjvCrXn2TV45ruDzjgWjl3Q5j8rH70KJo_/s320/Oma+Opa+batik+portrait_crop.jpg" /></a></div>It's wonderful! It was a gift for my mother and proudly hangs in her home.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-38688472779889847732021-02-27T15:48:00.005-05:002021-03-02T21:28:47.970-05:00"Yellow Star on Blue" Wall Hanging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60466AAZfo0nChNUdEtyHn3XUON6xA9yRHR6Y-MAHXGItHRfjVEP7kt9cMQ_AOrBr57VCzIX1ztMwerY-xTgJICIPOAE4sgAxUZLla8y3NUx6-3pXq3yvmNVSy6V3-jHnNN4mvyhXzdm8/s2448/20210221_173049.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60466AAZfo0nChNUdEtyHn3XUON6xA9yRHR6Y-MAHXGItHRfjVEP7kt9cMQ_AOrBr57VCzIX1ztMwerY-xTgJICIPOAE4sgAxUZLla8y3NUx6-3pXq3yvmNVSy6V3-jHnNN4mvyhXzdm8/w200-h200/20210221_173049.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2020/06/when-stars-align.html" target="_blank">Last time I talked about this project</a> was April when I completed the top and basted the layers together. Then I left it hanging on the display board.<div><br /></div><div>I really can't remember over what time period I worked on the quilting, but by January 7 of this year, I had the center portion quilted:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPKnnMbwWexqHuAfji5R9drnneCu3q4qDNWE9vWP8Y0f34XWBd9wuOmNZ6xKA1Cu5B8dhdFCXRD4swZcsugiC7JztPeNTDEoY5KoI8dNIqSde6tcACxd_7zBplN7DIGDVluc6TJZn5WNk/s2448/20210107_121234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPKnnMbwWexqHuAfji5R9drnneCu3q4qDNWE9vWP8Y0f34XWBd9wuOmNZ6xKA1Cu5B8dhdFCXRD4swZcsugiC7JztPeNTDEoY5KoI8dNIqSde6tcACxd_7zBplN7DIGDVluc6TJZn5WNk/s320/20210107_121234.jpg" /></a></div>I marked all of the lines with disappearing ink and free motion quilted it.</div><div><br /></div><div>I repeated the back and forth lines on the outside of the star in the center as well, except I made the lines wavy to match what was going on with the fabrics. (This piecing was an improv technique learned at the class where I originally made the center star.)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1lPzJ_EIOk-FGsJk7FrOCHUxy-8sjozowrJFYNU1Wz2oFrwg64Xby3RmlpjP_xG8NQ6oSPNz5wISAOODmUTdNAyRFtGop4EIJNkmmT-1VfDnYXZ80W36flB0uNYptsa9lMkQ9atw9sY5/s2448/20210221_173124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1lPzJ_EIOk-FGsJk7FrOCHUxy-8sjozowrJFYNU1Wz2oFrwg64Xby3RmlpjP_xG8NQ6oSPNz5wISAOODmUTdNAyRFtGop4EIJNkmmT-1VfDnYXZ80W36flB0uNYptsa9lMkQ9atw9sY5/s320/20210221_173124.jpg" /></a></div>I can't say I think it looks great. Now I know.<br /><br />In the yellow part, I did curves from point to point that are similar to what was done in the yellow areas of <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2010/01/crossed-canoes-on-starry-night.html" target="_blank">the wall hanging I have been trying to match</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrU0TF2ALXPNLcFbeVpfvhgY6dxheiqfMZxoYsJx3QLKc5mlsQd08nTDlLXUTD-V0AVR4hG6MrwBzXvTRtv4YnMN_7wNwGeaYTKVP3Q0SU-MIFuEoqDsy7MOqANSypoUN1jOOcwomV089/s2448/20210221_173135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrU0TF2ALXPNLcFbeVpfvhgY6dxheiqfMZxoYsJx3QLKc5mlsQd08nTDlLXUTD-V0AVR4hG6MrwBzXvTRtv4YnMN_7wNwGeaYTKVP3Q0SU-MIFuEoqDsy7MOqANSypoUN1jOOcwomV089/s320/20210221_173135.jpg" /></a></div><div>The only thing left to quilt was the outside border, which would be done in a "square in a square" pattern. I thought if I put the binding on first, I could make sure the points lined up exactly on the edge. But I didn't want to tackle the binding because it included piping and that was just a step to far at that point. So it was left hanging again.</div><div><br /></div>Two things pushed me to pick it back up:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. It was listed on my UFO (UnFinished Object) list in the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/quilters-knitting/4093747/" target="_blank">Ravelry quilting group</a>. I hadn't participated in the UFO Club in the summer and fall, but signed up again in January for the winter quarter, and even signed up for the "send" group. That means, if I finish a project, people would send me a FQ!! (FQ=fat quarter, a quarter yard of fabric. Well, never mind, it's <i><b>fabric</b></i>!) One member went so far as to tell me she had one that she had been saving for me--she knows I like elephants so I have reason to believe I'm going to like that one! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Joy at the <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Joyful Quilter</a> issued a "<a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/p/table-scraps-trt-challenge.html" target="_blank">Table Scraps Challenge</a>", with extra kudos for including the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rsc-2021.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a> colour of the month. Although I was making this project as a wall hanging, it could easily double as a table topper. And the colour for February was yellow!</div><div><br /></div><div>Last week, I pulled this star off of the board and took a look at what it needed. Fortunately I had cut all the remaining pieces because without them, I would not have remembered my plan at all. I chose to use blue piping instead of yellow, in part because I just didn't have any more of the bright glaring yellow that I had used on the other one.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi59IeAYbIGw5oGlsF-EVtLyX8zu4O12QfL0KFh07BZPTo6sFWGi-ax_6sMgNrj0VlxjB8gYtTfVZwfpBoiAJm0nVNaMzp8a8eQCylqA-1FyrRtHTWyt9Ty4w1WFTCMnUsVlmd5Z2Ej5n/s2448/20210221_173011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi59IeAYbIGw5oGlsF-EVtLyX8zu4O12QfL0KFh07BZPTo6sFWGi-ax_6sMgNrj0VlxjB8gYtTfVZwfpBoiAJm0nVNaMzp8a8eQCylqA-1FyrRtHTWyt9Ty4w1WFTCMnUsVlmd5Z2Ej5n/s320/20210221_173011.jpg" /></a></div>I pulled out my <a href="https://www.keepsakequilting.com/Tool-Kit-Piping-Hot-Binding?gclid=CjwKCAiAyc2BBhAaEiwA44-wW_xPIRWph6PZi7iMI1zVVGeJzZcP8yXqmwXHfIM1d0GXzQ1mgxhVBRoCIy8QAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Piping Hot Binding book and tool</a> and applied four strips of piping around the edge in pretty short order.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I realized the difficulty with quilting the outside border. The piping is designed to lift up--it's only sewn on one side. So do I line the points up with what was visible? Do I line them up with the actual seam (which was under the piping)? Further complicating it was that if I pulled the piping far enough back to not cover any of the points, the edge of the quilt wasn't going to be caught up in the binding seam. /big sigh</div><div><br /></div><div>I just did the best I could, balancing the need to capture the raw edge and not covering up too much of the little squares.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that was done, I trimmed the quilt and applied the first two sides of the binding. Then, thankfully, I tried to fold the binding over the edge to see how it would look...it was too small! It also happened that the binding lined up so that a seam would land exactly at a corner--not good! Obviously, I was going to have to remove it and try again.</div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEaaExCbbpQeBOEBCf85EWORLWurykJ_qieeu_BsRzaP2IUU_Qu_myQEC6SfXVAiJUBzvco_XA9pijTgIVOyCu8oXNFz9uPBW8Q7ScTwr0CvNSfICK4ClPWxN5PMG66veTj0rfqHR53V2/s2448/20210221_173039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEaaExCbbpQeBOEBCf85EWORLWurykJ_qieeu_BsRzaP2IUU_Qu_myQEC6SfXVAiJUBzvco_XA9pijTgIVOyCu8oXNFz9uPBW8Q7ScTwr0CvNSfICK4ClPWxN5PMG66veTj0rfqHR53V2/s320/20210221_173039.jpg" /></a></div>On another day, I gave my seam ripper a workout and removed the binding. I trimmed the quilt with the smaller setting on the tool and started again, making sure to shift where I placed the binding! No seams landed at the corners and all was good.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmobhU9xS4FzNF6kS7jqp_HFOppsdpO1scHtqvhneK0VjtEVO7aAX7FHwYrpEXRiR3ayStDOFsrPJ7RulK4PDtGJ9gtNHJeHJPZJzT-6zeufNRKfboYLPIkSGyXtDnInSvhuaNSq8dEXL/s2448/20210221_173106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmobhU9xS4FzNF6kS7jqp_HFOppsdpO1scHtqvhneK0VjtEVO7aAX7FHwYrpEXRiR3ayStDOFsrPJ7RulK4PDtGJ9gtNHJeHJPZJzT-6zeufNRKfboYLPIkSGyXtDnInSvhuaNSq8dEXL/s320/20210221_173106.jpg" /></a></div>I gave myself one more problem before I finished...when I cut the binding to attach the end to the beginning, I measured perfectly and then cut the angle the wrong way. So instead of the two edges aligning,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAn0Sy68mKqUzr7QfzE0gdz4lEoqJFaznetpb-BKuM4KKNS59CME_mNXjSgQxxqrlGOAR1yusiEBbDO29NG1RDhIIXIgYHHZ9kk9Jx_XwS-SfuiQKsJ0BTsFG65aluxayF-N2ZrVMimVXI/s2313/20210222_135842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2313" data-original-width="2313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAn0Sy68mKqUzr7QfzE0gdz4lEoqJFaznetpb-BKuM4KKNS59CME_mNXjSgQxxqrlGOAR1yusiEBbDO29NG1RDhIIXIgYHHZ9kk9Jx_XwS-SfuiQKsJ0BTsFG65aluxayF-N2ZrVMimVXI/s320/20210222_135842.jpg" /></a></div><div>they made a big empty triangle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJXuvXfdfgn9PCL_qYr64rnt0w9u2UtYHyuW48ZZbOL_YipKxycjCJx984bh05X8H1RWzRH0cCu931CNWwpIs1f_j2vtqudCV4iwhu_jnFFVgiY5nFPq_VXBgmGzRuS_j36RiiFFPOwPn/s2347/20210222_135857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2347" data-original-width="2347" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJXuvXfdfgn9PCL_qYr64rnt0w9u2UtYHyuW48ZZbOL_YipKxycjCJx984bh05X8H1RWzRH0cCu931CNWwpIs1f_j2vtqudCV4iwhu_jnFFVgiY5nFPq_VXBgmGzRuS_j36RiiFFPOwPn/s320/20210222_135857.jpg" /></a></div><div>Did I throw up my hands and walk away? No, I did not. I sewed in a short piece of binding to fill in the gap, thus giving myself more opportunities to practice the skill.</div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0e-VeaHk60IKrNePhJNFWqcb2B3kNClx5VmzEvSlEXVvdJphnWgt67mFApImdJN5db2qvnVct26AthaA4zmr-GTx9432VPnAmnbVrLswfstUljdlZ_Cjhhhnm9tKUqW3-cTDSxIg-M1E/s2448/20210221_172954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0e-VeaHk60IKrNePhJNFWqcb2B3kNClx5VmzEvSlEXVvdJphnWgt67mFApImdJN5db2qvnVct26AthaA4zmr-GTx9432VPnAmnbVrLswfstUljdlZ_Cjhhhnm9tKUqW3-cTDSxIg-M1E/s320/20210221_172954.jpg" /></a></div>Then it was done. Oh wait. No. I had to sew the binding to the back, which I did by hand. That was done during daylight hours considering it was dark blue thread on busy fabric.<br /><br />As with the first wall hanging, I sewed two triangles on the top corners for hanging:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczsrEU7RKSpqDJqadAGVtI8MlqKVQtYxRPW7Dhl36i8eJQ6MqS_p_vy9W7SwY3n5qob_9myjE4DqD-KjlBoLydkBrPn5VJ0EU8B6ahfH6YXUmiUQybjbVwTawLlfBk4vWF3Os_XAO5V3Y/s2448/20210221_173159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczsrEU7RKSpqDJqadAGVtI8MlqKVQtYxRPW7Dhl36i8eJQ6MqS_p_vy9W7SwY3n5qob_9myjE4DqD-KjlBoLydkBrPn5VJ0EU8B6ahfH6YXUmiUQybjbVwTawLlfBk4vWF3Os_XAO5V3Y/s320/20210221_173159.jpg" /></a></div>You slide the ends of a dowel under the triangles and it holds the quilt up. On smaller pieces, it's a nice way to avoid having to do a hanging sleeve along the entire top edge.</div><div><br /></div><div>And here are the two pieces together:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizekh84lvd0GNDp9WsE-zkoQk-LuFZ_U6hHyLN1rFYIAqM6plZW3NeycMomPvbnpvjqsKcKxF3vT4rp0AwHmi6PStHdkFhpmvZdYyCfh9FPgIMVBGf-MdN22mjEujLmHuCN_pifD-1VQvC/s2778/20210221_173533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1485" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizekh84lvd0GNDp9WsE-zkoQk-LuFZ_U6hHyLN1rFYIAqM6plZW3NeycMomPvbnpvjqsKcKxF3vT4rp0AwHmi6PStHdkFhpmvZdYyCfh9FPgIMVBGf-MdN22mjEujLmHuCN_pifD-1VQvC/w214-h400/20210221_173533.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>I have to admit I didn't really like how the blue and yellow in the outside border lined up on the two of them. (I have no memory if that was a conscious choice or if that's just the way it turned out.)</div><div><br /></div><div>But when I displayed them side by side, I liked it a lot more:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUq7gUoKMVJKV6ZjqV5ncKO9eFC8JRd7X1GWAtjq8F4Strz40dLk4NeKEZSh5reAVWCNJ56F5bmGA8ZQM-PWA2xszsl7Tz92eR0ulntw0wv-SaT8CAwtJ80IhGEnApWLOvFmCfI20FDpi/s3123/20210221_173621%25280%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="3123" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUq7gUoKMVJKV6ZjqV5ncKO9eFC8JRd7X1GWAtjq8F4Strz40dLk4NeKEZSh5reAVWCNJ56F5bmGA8ZQM-PWA2xszsl7Tz92eR0ulntw0wv-SaT8CAwtJ80IhGEnApWLOvFmCfI20FDpi/w400-h194/20210221_173621%25280%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>There were several design things that went wrong on this latest piece. Some I corrected and some I left. Now that's it's finished, I think it would have been a stronger piece and a better match to the first if the light blue area around the star was filled in with dark blue squares instead. But when I made the original block,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCzF0UUPXjzWqLWNEtytOcTzus_UGi5P2aOBN7RpnFHPdHWBY1pysoTbYwzWVlAyYEt7jqfyMA6wY-Jxp86kM_HqKiG-kotlxFBrRXoPA2wdDj14YIy7gVmVitVwZ71gMrFTaYEK_sBV_/s3264/20200216_174151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCzF0UUPXjzWqLWNEtytOcTzus_UGi5P2aOBN7RpnFHPdHWBY1pysoTbYwzWVlAyYEt7jqfyMA6wY-Jxp86kM_HqKiG-kotlxFBrRXoPA2wdDj14YIy7gVmVitVwZ71gMrFTaYEK_sBV_/s320/20200216_174151.jpg" /></a></div><div>I didn't know this was what I was going to be doing with it! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>It was an interesting challenge to try and make a match to the first piece a few years later. I still had some of the same fabrics, but had to find substitutes for others. Some things I had to piece together to have enough (like the backing) and other things were solved by a combination--did you notice the narrow yellow border is different on the second one? I had to find a second fabric to have enough to go all the way around. I ended up piecing the fabrics together so that the original is in the middle of each side and the new fabric is in the corners. (You can see it in the detail pictures of the piping above.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up with the Joyful Quilter <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2021/02/february-2021-table-scraps-runnertopper.html" target="_blank">February Table Scraps Runner/Topper Challenge</a>, and</div><div>Quilting is more fun than Housework <a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2021/02/oh-scrap-loose-ends.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Project summary</b></div><div>Started: Center block made June 21, 2018; wall hanging started February 23, 2020</div><div>Finished: February 19, 2021</div><div>Size: 18"x18"</div><div>Pattern: my own</div><div>Material: 100% scraps, almost all cotton quilting fabrics</div><div>Cotton batting.</div><div>Walking foot and free motion quilting on my Viking Sapphire.</div><div>All blog posts about this wall hanging: <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20wall%20hanging" target="_blank">link</a></div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-43415998906945620732021-02-22T23:28:00.000-05:002021-02-22T23:28:44.724-05:00Scrappy Trip Around the World BlocksRemember this project?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQj85jLTecioneSjFwZZj3k6fDeOeAA8sRUe7ediCSIMyiYWYnwze9Zn5A5c9WTPtDY24T10HqIisrmsnQ2u1H2_agmOzm16HQ54kzMQ8p4Jx6ZCeD2yCxqKaFQpcrQm-kS3H3FD_ldHt/s2448/20200816_114126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQj85jLTecioneSjFwZZj3k6fDeOeAA8sRUe7ediCSIMyiYWYnwze9Zn5A5c9WTPtDY24T10HqIisrmsnQ2u1H2_agmOzm16HQ54kzMQ8p4Jx6ZCeD2yCxqKaFQpcrQm-kS3H3FD_ldHt/s320/20200816_114126.jpg" /></a></div>This was how many blocks I had done in August.<div><br /></div><div>For the next set, I matched up more strips sets sorted by colour.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr45IiPbwzoTgwSszciTTY0uGY8-QWsKaYkmNNMVzxX-U9rZPYGe0b_TtAlhss7uaQfb3NsEd4tUDAORvLBOizMJinWEqvMXt9l_DHg5YnYVhqLxsP4lgij4AKb3qaDQ-AfMOhfzQuVa8/s2448/20201217_122120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr45IiPbwzoTgwSszciTTY0uGY8-QWsKaYkmNNMVzxX-U9rZPYGe0b_TtAlhss7uaQfb3NsEd4tUDAORvLBOizMJinWEqvMXt9l_DHg5YnYVhqLxsP4lgij4AKb3qaDQ-AfMOhfzQuVa8/s320/20201217_122120.jpg" /></a></div>That saved a lot of time!</div><div><br /></div><div>By the end of December, I had this many blocks:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYm_pAFe2zaa84-zU2Da6LV2hUMenuOFg0JUq1UoCEACEsBXep-JpOriZ5sa0Y-mLRsQajpC8TgJ9YKhfMUMidP1VWGT1FefLg3Z843aYF0z35GBGscGH9kmp4nmwUagwyhKOeWttA3Ua/s2448/20201227_183628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYm_pAFe2zaa84-zU2Da6LV2hUMenuOFg0JUq1UoCEACEsBXep-JpOriZ5sa0Y-mLRsQajpC8TgJ9YKhfMUMidP1VWGT1FefLg3Z843aYF0z35GBGscGH9kmp4nmwUagwyhKOeWttA3Ua/s320/20201227_183628.jpg" /></a></div>At this point I was running out of darker fabrics because the blocks use a lot more of it than the lighter fabric. So I thought, maybe I should make some light blocks, like this:</div><div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUslvNqPQndpbCs-B6QOrnWdlpzEcSHgPKAZVp1wzenNS5WwS33EGapZBVK2uIPiK66wAhhaeeBUJiNgDH132o0t0KFGL0dCxD8Mj50lnoR5P9YhRnUfqrkHKf3-gj-9VfmTLG5mIdHW1/s3264/20210102_201242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUslvNqPQndpbCs-B6QOrnWdlpzEcSHgPKAZVp1wzenNS5WwS33EGapZBVK2uIPiK66wAhhaeeBUJiNgDH132o0t0KFGL0dCxD8Mj50lnoR5P9YhRnUfqrkHKf3-gj-9VfmTLG5mIdHW1/s320/20210102_201242.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We'll see.</div><div><br /></div><div>In mid-January, I worked on the heart. I didn't like the dark lines going through the middle.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQj85jLTecioneSjFwZZj3k6fDeOeAA8sRUe7ediCSIMyiYWYnwze9Zn5A5c9WTPtDY24T10HqIisrmsnQ2u1H2_agmOzm16HQ54kzMQ8p4Jx6ZCeD2yCxqKaFQpcrQm-kS3H3FD_ldHt/s2448/20200816_114126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQj85jLTecioneSjFwZZj3k6fDeOeAA8sRUe7ediCSIMyiYWYnwze9Zn5A5c9WTPtDY24T10HqIisrmsnQ2u1H2_agmOzm16HQ54kzMQ8p4Jx6ZCeD2yCxqKaFQpcrQm-kS3H3FD_ldHt/s320/20200816_114126.jpg" /></a></div><div>I made some replacement blocks:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyotD8btZeq5ViLTBwVpGqIrD1zGcEipsJh8zoRpjY7_bSRRZFU4RI7Kb1q_poBRFfd1pi1sPWlhjAQU0NoEvDWR5Oy7EkF66koUGsAKiXjHNylhQF5MT6-IlRdaWFOzrpxYrmvrB1kuS/s2448/20210113_115918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyotD8btZeq5ViLTBwVpGqIrD1zGcEipsJh8zoRpjY7_bSRRZFU4RI7Kb1q_poBRFfd1pi1sPWlhjAQU0NoEvDWR5Oy7EkF66koUGsAKiXjHNylhQF5MT6-IlRdaWFOzrpxYrmvrB1kuS/s320/20210113_115918.jpg" /></a></div>but I still didn't like how it looked. The diagonal lines didn't match up; the red is too thick on those blocks. So I took apart the blocks and reassembled them:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeBLq-_7r2BW75XOuSzBSOsXEpg3uatpBwZz2XVeEgYaqClQmJx_15phJu1XZVVYJ3483UToSAN8Qyq7EMJGk-Nfd4y6bOpBMk9VWdQaWZnxfmTwyaXhdetyARE-WQdHMW1X7Mph3-nDu/s2448/20210114_222322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeBLq-_7r2BW75XOuSzBSOsXEpg3uatpBwZz2XVeEgYaqClQmJx_15phJu1XZVVYJ3483UToSAN8Qyq7EMJGk-Nfd4y6bOpBMk9VWdQaWZnxfmTwyaXhdetyARE-WQdHMW1X7Mph3-nDu/s320/20210114_222322.jpg" /></a></div>That's better!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not promising this quilt will even have a heart on it, but if it does it will be one I like! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>And now the blocks are packed away in a box as I needed to put my <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2021/02/lucy-boston-milestone.html" target="_blank">Lucy Boston up on the wall</a>. The ideas can marinate while I work on other projects.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-16388273582292787342021-02-14T10:05:00.003-05:002021-02-14T10:05:46.904-05:00Maybe I Do Need a Fish QuiltThe Instagram algorithm decided I wanted to see posts in the Shoal Quilt Sew Along (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/shoalsewalong/" target="_blank">#shoalsewalong</a> from Nicholas Ball <a href="https://www.instagram.com/quiltsfromtheattic/" target="_blank">@quiltsfromtheatttic</a>) and dang if it wasn't right. I admired some other makers' improv-style fish and it wasn't long before I had to try "just one or two" myself.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIg23vun8nWEmV-NLy7ilb58H60cqzFoZS2bvR6RG_MALEjlmIFZIDEmbas8KZe0Hy5COWkqwhQ02jKNS9mbbqNDCbT4DtpEp9wro0RAaNMEi5Wl4qYL4EfRnIrYiSytO4k536CJoKh7fn/s2448/20210114_232608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIg23vun8nWEmV-NLy7ilb58H60cqzFoZS2bvR6RG_MALEjlmIFZIDEmbas8KZe0Hy5COWkqwhQ02jKNS9mbbqNDCbT4DtpEp9wro0RAaNMEi5Wl4qYL4EfRnIrYiSytO4k536CJoKh7fn/s320/20210114_232608.jpg" /></a></div>I pulled out some scraps and tried it out. I decided grey would be the background. (I was already thinking that if I "happened to" make more, I could delve into the leftover greys I'm going to have from <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Patchwork%20of%20the%20Crosses" target="_blank">my Lucy Boston quilt</a>.)<div><br /></div><div>Over the next few days, I had fun sitting down for a few minutes and making a couple fish.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxiQ-gsAui5a8GZ9cFeyruJL1ThblM-ZcTxpRNJ0vygT3GlACdyLkORs_XGPsnHqlPqwWICfuNIQyHx4bJprakM5jaM6swxBQ8lrR_YzAwWxYpr_roPNx1yorFFIYiFF2ILsjvNPxiYHt/s2448/20210123_143301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxiQ-gsAui5a8GZ9cFeyruJL1ThblM-ZcTxpRNJ0vygT3GlACdyLkORs_XGPsnHqlPqwWICfuNIQyHx4bJprakM5jaM6swxBQ8lrR_YzAwWxYpr_roPNx1yorFFIYiFF2ILsjvNPxiYHt/s320/20210123_143301.jpg" /></a></div><div>The blocks are really rough (in other words, not neat, similarly sized rectangles) but there's no sense in working on that until you decide how they're going to fit together.</div><div><br /></div>I started to play with some more complicated shapes, like curved tails:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5aF4_WwKWo85bphvk0gO8gKoBUWT0apF4ddjxvlVjjmU-2BWmJ7OFdzHrZJx8a2qHfZpSrROxOr3coZKEZlbw3wRqzQaGzgWFlXCHu4bKs6PsgWNUZktPkcxOuqd72fSgzVOT0THycNG/s2448/20210124_150259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5aF4_WwKWo85bphvk0gO8gKoBUWT0apF4ddjxvlVjjmU-2BWmJ7OFdzHrZJx8a2qHfZpSrROxOr3coZKEZlbw3wRqzQaGzgWFlXCHu4bKs6PsgWNUZktPkcxOuqd72fSgzVOT0THycNG/s320/20210124_150259.jpg" /></a></div>Making two or three at a time was an efficient way to chain sew the seams, alternating from one fish to the other.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6A7GoS8KkLtc8QwvQwPet9ixAngmTcK_jEUWhyphenhyphenmtV0iR44R3oKTWzgKIsxkfmp5C6ZiWPM1I1nBkhyphenhyphenZchGFHpiTcyNiKyxikBmQ7rKw0ST7rf9ViROHJmMnDHQWvwCz2wGfWrryRDMRz/s2448/20210125_203306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6A7GoS8KkLtc8QwvQwPet9ixAngmTcK_jEUWhyphenhyphenmtV0iR44R3oKTWzgKIsxkfmp5C6ZiWPM1I1nBkhyphenhyphenZchGFHpiTcyNiKyxikBmQ7rKw0ST7rf9ViROHJmMnDHQWvwCz2wGfWrryRDMRz/s320/20210125_203306.jpg" /></a></div>Here's my school:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7yOvVyyd_djsLw6WdrzJf4F-_QsWjNfJPhqckNScCBSQEvRS7fzAYQGcLKfentuTIfI5jEW3GYiTRujykhHDk-Q9KnIty2cEZzek0MnL-4cr7v3pjwFLBQwifeouCr-p5_7WrmUPm7Cp/s2448/20210125_203245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7yOvVyyd_djsLw6WdrzJf4F-_QsWjNfJPhqckNScCBSQEvRS7fzAYQGcLKfentuTIfI5jEW3GYiTRujykhHDk-Q9KnIty2cEZzek0MnL-4cr7v3pjwFLBQwifeouCr-p5_7WrmUPm7Cp/s320/20210125_203245.jpg" /></a></div>I didn't think I needed a fish quilt, but now I think I might; maybe a baby quilt so this doesn't get too big to handle. I'm thinking about arranging them as a circling school of fish even though it'll be more complicated to put together.</div><div><br /></div><div>But for now my fish are waiting in a box. I had to clean up my maker space and I'm waiting for a design space (wall? floor? bed?) to be open so I can work on sewing them together. That is going to require a lot of back-and-forth between the design space and the sewing area, and I just don't quite have the energy for that right now.</div><div><br /></div><div>This design is from Nicholas Ball @quiltsfromtheatttic.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-17079821109170577692021-02-09T17:06:00.001-05:002021-02-09T17:06:49.141-05:00Lucy Boston MilestoneSince August of 2019 I have been working on sewing the sashing around all 56 of my Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses quilt blocks. My Instagram feed has been an interrupted parade of blocks with their new grey perimeters, each one counting up to the finish.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud4c7xn2OR74k2W7obj81lzhyphenhyphenuy6z4tFwX-FOdTdFLPSKaZRR_3aDeuxNpvzenCbEGvS7wIkF2cQ5H1r9Gw8ayxFjMrvLtJfOkNJfhy9IOR-9PQdQ0XaWe-zZ_O6fRBq9C6_3XcNh4k_l/s2448/20200415_225513.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud4c7xn2OR74k2W7obj81lzhyphenhyphenuy6z4tFwX-FOdTdFLPSKaZRR_3aDeuxNpvzenCbEGvS7wIkF2cQ5H1r9Gw8ayxFjMrvLtJfOkNJfhy9IOR-9PQdQ0XaWe-zZ_O6fRBq9C6_3XcNh4k_l/s320/20200415_225513.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Block 32 of 56, finished Apr 15, 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdtUVReGfnu4GpsFp_bEH9Uey-ISpOO_812pK0NWfc6hXSQ5sV3UQNyfoD72lxkzLfQ9SbJIFjHQOnHEDDHqNsxR3A-lfmLEiphTKXpI-BfJk8r8AkDMD_gSF5Q5ZRxILOHFUGj2sxJxy/s2448/20200427_184530.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdtUVReGfnu4GpsFp_bEH9Uey-ISpOO_812pK0NWfc6hXSQ5sV3UQNyfoD72lxkzLfQ9SbJIFjHQOnHEDDHqNsxR3A-lfmLEiphTKXpI-BfJk8r8AkDMD_gSF5Q5ZRxILOHFUGj2sxJxy/s320/20200427_184530.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Block 35 of 56, finished Apr 27, 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGI8CWCe588HGfGEKxuZBG8rESC6gnkS7btHEgF7zNruqzCUMefNpKeeUiqCLe4jeatT1jT4H0Ay0X2eT-oaSL1ycgTldbk7QU79X6tyfu_ARL9SLteTzeGDD0oWr6kWCQjS8-2ub_DRc/s2448/20200906_133633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGI8CWCe588HGfGEKxuZBG8rESC6gnkS7btHEgF7zNruqzCUMefNpKeeUiqCLe4jeatT1jT4H0Ay0X2eT-oaSL1ycgTldbk7QU79X6tyfu_ARL9SLteTzeGDD0oWr6kWCQjS8-2ub_DRc/s320/20200906_133633.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Block 44 of 56, finished Sep 6, 2020</td></tr></tbody></table>And finally on Sunday, the last one!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7MIGdHS86qck72hvDFf99Nc1h5D5XkPIDO1IZu2zlFltG8uVgkONXb7CIkyhbcuA6L_z4V5Vxc_vqe2pOL5AfauKBpySnQwfWGA9WZWg7Lhav4OwHFyIEIVDvuS580mi7coHG3CEecCV/s2448/20210207_214553.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7MIGdHS86qck72hvDFf99Nc1h5D5XkPIDO1IZu2zlFltG8uVgkONXb7CIkyhbcuA6L_z4V5Vxc_vqe2pOL5AfauKBpySnQwfWGA9WZWg7Lhav4OwHFyIEIVDvuS580mi7coHG3CEecCV/s320/20210207_214553.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Block 56 of 56, finished Feb 7, 2021</td></tr></tbody></table>At some point I shared the concern that I might get bored of sewing (seemingly) endless grey honeycombs, but really, I didn't. I enjoy the stitching and it was a lot less taxing than when I had to match the fabrics in the blocks! Each block didn't take too, too long so I had regular injections of feeling like I had finished something.<div><br /></div><div>You would think using solid grey would preclude any drama, but I managed. When I bought the grey fabrics, I was planning to use different shades from white to dark grey. After I bought them, I decided the white wasn't going to work and changed my plan. Last April, I pulled out the fabrics to compare what I needed with this new plan to what I had.<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01KlIGimcmo7n074CvVD_y7LNMEraOoz8HjXAwmhfOBhBAOdShZJ7hqeIBY2fYLx5M7sVa-UkKovxxPXm55qZDdc2YSI1EMA_wP2bGC8FaFBfNowTmnhGdq6zonoczkch4gCTOk8YRZ2w/s3264/20200406_173611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01KlIGimcmo7n074CvVD_y7LNMEraOoz8HjXAwmhfOBhBAOdShZJ7hqeIBY2fYLx5M7sVa-UkKovxxPXm55qZDdc2YSI1EMA_wP2bGC8FaFBfNowTmnhGdq6zonoczkch4gCTOk8YRZ2w/s320/20200406_173611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div>You can see the fabric I labeled "3" just has a couple strips left; it was not enough.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Glad that I kept everything organized and labeled, I knew exactly what to order. I made a trip to the store where I got it on the off chance I would get fabric from the same bolt, and they didn't have it any more. Being my last option, I ordered some online and just hoped it would match what I had. Dye lots in yarn is a real thing (as in different batches of the same colourway won't be the same) and I thought that might be true of fabric too. When I got it, I tucked it away because I wasn't in a cutting mood and had plenty of other blocks to sew.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the end of the year, I got through sewing all the other blocks and finally needed to cut strips from grey 3. But I couldn't find the extra that I had bought earlier in the year. I searched through my maker space and the boxes of my fabric multiple times and could not find it. I finally decided it wasn't worth my time to keep looking and ordered more. Even further removed in time from the original purchase; even more chance of the dye lot not matching.</div><div><br /></div><div>I received the new fabric and promptly cut it into strips, cut out the honeycomb shapes and glued the 138 honeycombs I needed to finish. I pulled out the block that was waiting to be finished and set the first honeycomb in place:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNLxHgbIQXg8AdTls2ScVXnzmPMNRIswrk5dDhSLX1_InWd6vm9BwqChhm1gFm_PFN-4l6-YrbDEeCJ1Sq1sQnJAG392JUr8L0SrfV8tZ6Hyl6bfto33jKnBKGDnLKYm8XxC9D8vjya_F/s2448/20210109_193314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNLxHgbIQXg8AdTls2ScVXnzmPMNRIswrk5dDhSLX1_InWd6vm9BwqChhm1gFm_PFN-4l6-YrbDEeCJ1Sq1sQnJAG392JUr8L0SrfV8tZ6Hyl6bfto33jKnBKGDnLKYm8XxC9D8vjya_F/s320/20210109_193314.jpg" /></a></div>It didn't match!!<div><br /></div><div>I was so disappointed. <i>And</i> wondering why I didn't check before I cut and glued all those honeycombs when I was already worried the colours wouldn't match!</div><div><br /></div><div>When I was ready to face it, I tried to find a solution. With some research, a few different things made me suspicious that I mixed up the names. One of them being that fabric I couldn't "find" from April, but funny enough, at the same time I had more of grey 2 than I thought I should!</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, having an idea of what the grey I needed was called (I suspected I had mixed up the names of grey 2 and 3 but couldn't be sure), I took samples of the fabric to a different quilt store. I don't normally shop there because it's far away, but I was in that city for something else and made the stop.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The shop doesn't have a particularly large section of solids, and they only had five greys. And only one of them was from the manufacturer I needed. And. It. Was. The. Colour. I. Needed!</div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCp4_trBTP1xI20GA6gvxNYoTfI-uCZSiZVy4uN52ZGh_FSq0ruTBdFaRcNGasOl2qTPoqXjtVnRVpeVCNdOXFNM_PJB-COILJAuftGyKy8qUNjmVMDCig-lzchIgGmBix4xDZIlYUfnr/s2448/20210113_150618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCp4_trBTP1xI20GA6gvxNYoTfI-uCZSiZVy4uN52ZGh_FSq0ruTBdFaRcNGasOl2qTPoqXjtVnRVpeVCNdOXFNM_PJB-COILJAuftGyKy8qUNjmVMDCig-lzchIgGmBix4xDZIlYUfnr/s320/20210113_150618.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These colours match!</td></tr></tbody></table>I was very happy about that, let me tell you. I could have tried an online order, but finding it in person and being sure was so much better!<br /><div><br /></div><div>After that it was simple work to cut and glue another 138 honeycombs for the remainder of my blocks.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a pic of all of the blocks hung together:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiHPtC3bnW1M3Gf75UxQaYQxeKvRM5Dd8QGi556RQlfBhqnxfuJ2Q1FX5yeGp3NK_ZFvQJQ3OgkYB-ZtZ73PN7yMaBwWJJXmP6KnvKpADPJZFhFqCawpT2ES1klcSB7vXugA6hQ6yPulb/s3264/20210209_145759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiHPtC3bnW1M3Gf75UxQaYQxeKvRM5Dd8QGi556RQlfBhqnxfuJ2Q1FX5yeGp3NK_ZFvQJQ3OgkYB-ZtZ73PN7yMaBwWJJXmP6KnvKpADPJZFhFqCawpT2ES1klcSB7vXugA6hQ6yPulb/w300-h400/20210209_145759.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>You might notice I have also started to sew some of the black connecting pieces between the blocks. And I have started some of the crosses too:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xecr2A14cUJGVHumWSUNBXIE-7Xw88EEZr_WEkS5pCrRU_zTeEEZo9LUOsWBvgdKOuTPQSgTXiBNMTB3bmJaznd87TbNjaOM1a61rovtuaVarVlMs7MECZwQPcyKwxRqbOi6T8onhd_x/s2448/20201227_223554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xecr2A14cUJGVHumWSUNBXIE-7Xw88EEZr_WEkS5pCrRU_zTeEEZo9LUOsWBvgdKOuTPQSgTXiBNMTB3bmJaznd87TbNjaOM1a61rovtuaVarVlMs7MECZwQPcyKwxRqbOi6T8onhd_x/s320/20201227_223554.jpg" /></a></div>All the centers come from the same fabric, but there are different circle designs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94soq2tiPrU4_Cv1eCstbkhlmSQjzokd5ZboH-RX8ijAtvD1AfHbLuOryk2WPVSnWREPPeyOqf2NTS65yycp9RRioLT4PdEN8aAwQkD3c8VT-I6b02vQkcPkUftQw7MrFn6LqCpLFrImf/s3264/20201227_153459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94soq2tiPrU4_Cv1eCstbkhlmSQjzokd5ZboH-RX8ijAtvD1AfHbLuOryk2WPVSnWREPPeyOqf2NTS65yycp9RRioLT4PdEN8aAwQkD3c8VT-I6b02vQkcPkUftQw7MrFn6LqCpLFrImf/s320/20201227_153459.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm using three different fabrics for the arms of the crosses, the three bottom ones in this picture:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfwPw_YQ0P1iMkFRdCLTQCrdtzQM1xwaU6kpKZMOvy5613HM0k9z-PWsk_Dtvcfy1ipBr98FreobH2nD64atm3UCN1Wpv3AzN6HaEwYbPmaPqMyfnfJSlWMFAzls50IfesZV9yVjszamh/s2448/20200428_175120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfwPw_YQ0P1iMkFRdCLTQCrdtzQM1xwaU6kpKZMOvy5613HM0k9z-PWsk_Dtvcfy1ipBr98FreobH2nD64atm3UCN1Wpv3AzN6HaEwYbPmaPqMyfnfJSlWMFAzls50IfesZV9yVjszamh/w320-h320/20200428_175120.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The top one might be used in the final border.<div><br /></div><div>In a couple places, I have sewn blocks together to get a feel for that:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_-BeCtEdlepVqI8oIgAheadQmPcoqnidrYtcdcYjBLttwpmXMqQDmrb_dy5urPFuHRAN8Im9X_g0ybJaMmo7zadXFVNlyTtpTTRy2m3GEh_E92gOr_3pu3bXy4J8lB8rhVyun2-EVqaP/s3264/20210209_145813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_-BeCtEdlepVqI8oIgAheadQmPcoqnidrYtcdcYjBLttwpmXMqQDmrb_dy5urPFuHRAN8Im9X_g0ybJaMmo7zadXFVNlyTtpTTRy2m3GEh_E92gOr_3pu3bXy4J8lB8rhVyun2-EVqaP/s320/20210209_145813.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lower horizontal seam is sewn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecaiZJQO85q2wZf5Q6hZWDIbnxySS-3NtDkn5lBlz7KKVg7udV9XzWLBP0C2eQ0jeKM7zGfTNTY2ZRKvxHMXACm3ruBHtrS8-I-mtqZqX_JjLCfuzVgsa8TUOJKiEor0jg62sU-V4cb_h/s3264/20210209_145820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecaiZJQO85q2wZf5Q6hZWDIbnxySS-3NtDkn5lBlz7KKVg7udV9XzWLBP0C2eQ0jeKM7zGfTNTY2ZRKvxHMXACm3ruBHtrS8-I-mtqZqX_JjLCfuzVgsa8TUOJKiEor0jg62sU-V4cb_h/s320/20210209_145820.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The upper horizontal seam is sewn</td></tr></tbody></table>I'm still not sure if I'm going to sew it all together in rows first, which is what I see other PotC makers doing online, or try to sew it into sections. Or maybe spiral out from the center.</div><div><br /></div><div>For now, I'm sewing crosses, which go really fast compared to sashing a block (16" of seams to sew instead of 64"!) and considering how to finish the outside edge. The quilt is visible from where I sit and stitch, so it's easy to stare at it and ponder my options.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-6420249478880226772021-01-16T21:56:00.000-05:002021-01-16T21:56:11.034-05:002020 Planning....How'd that Go?Remember back in a more innocent time when <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2019/12/2020-planning-party.html" target="_blank">I made plans for 2020</a>, prompted by a link-up party? I had planned to revisit this every quarter but haven't posted anything since <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2020/04/2020-planning-party-first-quarter-update.html" target="_blank">April</a>. Just for fun, let's take a little look.<div><br /><div>
1. Quilt the <a href="http://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Nocturne%20Star%20Quilt" target="_blank">Nocturne Star Quilt</a>. Um, no. But it is basted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bPIj60pCzOWT3ju-54HtNAz-_rEGKPshi9qXDf68YoAvKXeCftRgzeL6QqkZYodWZdjlVGNiiZbf1avH4lyqOmZiRiGAlmoUtQwN8spat9ajabXKt-W_CAihQ2DxaLnY1FW7tvCnkeIJ/s2448/20200618_190333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bPIj60pCzOWT3ju-54HtNAz-_rEGKPshi9qXDf68YoAvKXeCftRgzeL6QqkZYodWZdjlVGNiiZbf1avH4lyqOmZiRiGAlmoUtQwN8spat9ajabXKt-W_CAihQ2DxaLnY1FW7tvCnkeIJ/s320/20200618_190333.jpg" /></a></div><div>And I'm pretty sure this is going to be my next big project to tackle once my machine gets back from being serviced and Troy finishes the adapter so I can uses cones of thread. So stayed tuned.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>2. A <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20wall%20hanging" target="_blank">wall hanging</a> from a block I made in a class with Pat Sloan. I added the borders to the block and got it mostly quilted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4v8gkY_10J9C0VksG9KxiFuC13wqJwvo8YsAd0n_uYlUEsABeZ1ieZR5ClqNeT4tX3eMf4-UKT4gISx3TNEvdpZJQ6yH460qV2x5q71AOj2u0cerFAQuukyPe7JIdLSFJLUgoCUhZRwvJ/s2448/20210107_121234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4v8gkY_10J9C0VksG9KxiFuC13wqJwvo8YsAd0n_uYlUEsABeZ1ieZR5ClqNeT4tX3eMf4-UKT4gISx3TNEvdpZJQ6yH460qV2x5q71AOj2u0cerFAQuukyPe7JIdLSFJLUgoCUhZRwvJ/s320/20210107_121234.jpg" /></a></div><div>This was an adventure in finding and piecing together fabric to match the other wall hanging I had made years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Sashing my <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Lucy%20Boston" target="_blank">Lucy Boston</a> blocks. I had 24 done at the beginning of the year and now have 51 out of 56 done. Here's the last one I finished:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_onr_YeBqFQXzm6QshFSul-VLFzK1IXRy13fTy0-hXbdG4sJ-D9ggM59aFAC0m2mTtqfhJjzrDUjb5fc9aXcTNwE-0lWF_D6uEca8bynrSOyuNOQHiQSaRC2Ucpc5Hh9Y6EOb7iSwCymd/s2448/20210115_195447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_onr_YeBqFQXzm6QshFSul-VLFzK1IXRy13fTy0-hXbdG4sJ-D9ggM59aFAC0m2mTtqfhJjzrDUjb5fc9aXcTNwE-0lWF_D6uEca8bynrSOyuNOQHiQSaRC2Ucpc5Hh9Y6EOb7iSwCymd/s320/20210115_195447.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By "sashing" the block, I mean adding<br />the grey honeycombs around the outside</td></tr></tbody></table>My goal is to finish by the end of the month (that will be three years since I started). That is going to be a push.<div><br /></div><div>The goal also mentioned starting on the connecting crosses and I have done that. Here are a couple:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkHeZ8EyHmsEDdRuvl75_aGH3YVnRzT5rwVRJZfgu5gLhyphenhyphencE4A7ZI7k6yUZJ26ETeINqI7AdWAwg4-h0631npi4SQz_fDZyFRZlJxSB5dghE6hAk1aPVNLCSNdVkabsVG5bA_pvAnY5fD/s2448/20201227_223554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkHeZ8EyHmsEDdRuvl75_aGH3YVnRzT5rwVRJZfgu5gLhyphenhyphencE4A7ZI7k6yUZJ26ETeINqI7AdWAwg4-h0631npi4SQz_fDZyFRZlJxSB5dghE6hAk1aPVNLCSNdVkabsVG5bA_pvAnY5fD/s320/20201227_223554.jpg" /></a></div>I probably don't have half of them done yet, but I think I'm getting close to that. I can sew together one of these in about an hour.<div><br /></div><div>4. Finish my <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Joy%20to%20the%20World%20quilt%20top" target="_blank">Joy to the World</a> quilt top. That was done at the last update in April.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Start a quilt with my "antique red" fabrics. Not started. But I pulled out all the fabrics I had assembled and took out a few that really didn't go. I picked the order I would put them in for a Boston Commons quilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnWqf4bK4B2FTHe5VNp8jtkymq2-Vhi7u6skvtLdta78pexwt11WUPK0vq1gXUIHKq3sLAKCM9vpOt6qqzxZszq7MMPuvHMqqsMPyjXgs6l0gUUexZsIMLStWdLUIQ5FubBdyFPqDHGxn/s3264/20200515_203316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnWqf4bK4B2FTHe5VNp8jtkymq2-Vhi7u6skvtLdta78pexwt11WUPK0vq1gXUIHKq3sLAKCM9vpOt6qqzxZszq7MMPuvHMqqsMPyjXgs6l0gUUexZsIMLStWdLUIQ5FubBdyFPqDHGxn/s320/20200515_203316.jpg" /></a></div>I still want to make this one but am not in a hurry to start it.<div><br /></div><div>6. Make a cashmere memory blanket for a friend. This also was already done by the April post.</div><div><br /></div><div>7. Calligraphy. I didn't do the drills with the big brush pen as I suggested I could in the April post, but I have continued lettering. Mostly a lot of decorated envelopes.</div><div><br /></div><div>This would be one of my fancier ones:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuKxb6NSD2IFQM6UKFKpUatrA6t7de4MqNiz_V-ySbic8pvvz_vt0a5PnL4_LAFA7Z1dR1HvifNwcpfDHJ52wQYTHqhSyc93Qb1SGwb5_Z0SLpt8qYkWRvMNi5AMAmpJj1MSb3m6i-1v1/s2448/20200724_164209%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuKxb6NSD2IFQM6UKFKpUatrA6t7de4MqNiz_V-ySbic8pvvz_vt0a5PnL4_LAFA7Z1dR1HvifNwcpfDHJ52wQYTHqhSyc93Qb1SGwb5_Z0SLpt8qYkWRvMNi5AMAmpJj1MSb3m6i-1v1/s320/20200724_164209%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And I was proud of this circle design:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WJYZ0t_bOFqFULjlcHL13RqeYDZPSDEZVQopQJeJIjj1sii0x9NZSTHLo4bny9sxnajoYoEm3uBBuotzsjY_46QGksC9l8p93usq6lyDigqeGOY75k6sEOXEbwqxmpL4_13qYJ4GMVfN/s2448/20200913_174322%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="2448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WJYZ0t_bOFqFULjlcHL13RqeYDZPSDEZVQopQJeJIjj1sii0x9NZSTHLo4bny9sxnajoYoEm3uBBuotzsjY_46QGksC9l8p93usq6lyDigqeGOY75k6sEOXEbwqxmpL4_13qYJ4GMVfN/s320/20200913_174322%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I enjoy fitting words into shapes.<div><br /></div><div>For Christmas, I did a lot of hand lettered envelopes:<div>Banners:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAR40u-zZfqnhaU5Oyhzx0JSSf0QiBzkB5vKpE07KEuImKglhSpsDd_8Ny4MEWrNrw1xJ4LDligrmOT5Atgjeo_IsABl2HMa6UoUh485mx1VkKxZP0YcfwV4-i7x9KedDDzC7HS-zV1e0/s3264/20201212_152750%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2330" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAR40u-zZfqnhaU5Oyhzx0JSSf0QiBzkB5vKpE07KEuImKglhSpsDd_8Ny4MEWrNrw1xJ4LDligrmOT5Atgjeo_IsABl2HMa6UoUh485mx1VkKxZP0YcfwV4-i7x9KedDDzC7HS-zV1e0/s320/20201212_152750%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ornaments:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFMQk9AK1pRdhTPTTX5-7YwHI2s9Ei33TqM6ZOTldy2OgVENvm4HLbrjbTbLBO0zY7rzEVbk9UJVHF7LTIr8sMYjch9vdDrWmMQLwu1YjTkwMzFgMGwN4u5P4fINGqUEJfgOFMJf-doAD/s3264/20201212_152734%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFMQk9AK1pRdhTPTTX5-7YwHI2s9Ei33TqM6ZOTldy2OgVENvm4HLbrjbTbLBO0zY7rzEVbk9UJVHF7LTIr8sMYjch9vdDrWmMQLwu1YjTkwMzFgMGwN4u5P4fINGqUEJfgOFMJf-doAD/s320/20201212_152734%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>and Christmas trees:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJTYWvjwowdQvJ_vCcj52HIt3w5zQTofkHIiZOFgBHn62nxUAvbKLWa8iJeFhBGDNEkRjnZe9q3kurJHeszsNVDAHszfC5WfkNLTBt8QGShgIPgv6u7fQrLBOI2VZW8IqylrQrGvdfjB0/s3264/20201212_114119%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2399" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJTYWvjwowdQvJ_vCcj52HIt3w5zQTofkHIiZOFgBHn62nxUAvbKLWa8iJeFhBGDNEkRjnZe9q3kurJHeszsNVDAHszfC5WfkNLTBt8QGShgIPgv6u7fQrLBOI2VZW8IqylrQrGvdfjB0/s320/20201212_114119%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I made some personalized cards in the spring with floral initials:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84rZ9dARvLoxK-rT6lTg8ECMoN_PoZwFPXRIVNq4ybRfHguq0Uxx_QmFG0fwn5hl1F0SAZBUneGNZ9GhPrdrWM7lba_5jcT-yYPLFcv20uEdtW8OD2uyBVY4JiBK3sVr8r2xEFuR0ryEi/s3264/20200713_144547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84rZ9dARvLoxK-rT6lTg8ECMoN_PoZwFPXRIVNq4ybRfHguq0Uxx_QmFG0fwn5hl1F0SAZBUneGNZ9GhPrdrWM7lba_5jcT-yYPLFcv20uEdtW8OD2uyBVY4JiBK3sVr8r2xEFuR0ryEi/s320/20200713_144547.jpg" /></a></div><div><div>Pretty much every project and design is still inspired by the Happy Ever Crafter (on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLSEwYKrRPY-wC758azVqA">youtube</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehappyevercrafter/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>).<br /><div><br /><div>8. Skating more. As I reported in April, I went twice in January and that's it. I haven't been this winter yet (Covid) but hope to go soon again. The outdoor rinks are opened with precautions.</div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>9. Take a trip with Troy to celebrate our 20th anniversary (in September). Um, no. You know why.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm_S26jh1Oq0KcqsIBHAMSWI06J3A-7o1cyBZzGKcX8oZmFJuF3t8dyO4sma7AoDaANDs1LgYTuhbRxsxxbrR7Jryq29KzDuVIYctcx4nA2-BBz42OLD1hLmx7uGbklSCYInpoboZxLH5/s2048/P9270995_edit_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm_S26jh1Oq0KcqsIBHAMSWI06J3A-7o1cyBZzGKcX8oZmFJuF3t8dyO4sma7AoDaANDs1LgYTuhbRxsxxbrR7Jryq29KzDuVIYctcx4nA2-BBz42OLD1hLmx7uGbklSCYInpoboZxLH5/s320/P9270995_edit_crop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I got out my wedding dress and put Troy in a suit and took some pictures in our yard.<div><br /></div><div>10. Pray more: still going. I had a daily Lectio Divina practice until the summer and then it dropped off. I'm averaging a couple times a week now and that seems like a good amount. Last week, my church started a scripture series where we're reading a prayer from scripture and then doing a relevant prayer practice. The series goes up to Lent and I hope to keep up with that. (Not that I did in the first week we just finished!)<br /><div><br /></div></div><div>I'm not worried about evaluating whether I won or lost in meeting these goals, but I was interested in reviewing them after the end of the year.</div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-6388465229740114832021-01-10T13:25:00.000-05:002021-01-10T13:25:07.484-05:00A Christmas Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jMxmhOJhIjLEUs5rXbMQPTbshURIwUVGvSKcDECJy1TiOBlSyPENUbp_Yoezle_MTFJ34Q6ds72L5tEoY0Bxq1rt5T20BsngNBMBr2SaymfSLKguGB_PITyCkU2DWhyphenhyphenhoFcGg7rC8ZRx/s2448/20201224_205310.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jMxmhOJhIjLEUs5rXbMQPTbshURIwUVGvSKcDECJy1TiOBlSyPENUbp_Yoezle_MTFJ34Q6ds72L5tEoY0Bxq1rt5T20BsngNBMBr2SaymfSLKguGB_PITyCkU2DWhyphenhyphenhoFcGg7rC8ZRx/w200-h200/20201224_205310.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I made exactly one Christmas gift this year. I was spending Christmas day with one of my sisters and she had told me about looking for a case for her circular needles. So the week before Christmas, I looked for a pattern and found one that looked like it would work. (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/844456068/pdf-pattern-circular-needle-dpn" target="_blank">This one</a> from BumpyCrafts on Etsy.)<div><br />
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I went through my fabrics and pulled out some fat quarters I thought my sister would like and would go together.</div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsH6tCkZaZ5fo1K-8XOrf65-DaZ8DeCPl3VqKSgy7QmOO4CF1tdDg0E6PqaiWdXWy66_eOC1DotkxOMMMaX4bMqYysWaa6qEdTbcQI7fZcL5yNusAZcZTJc0WeeMSGk5r6lTU3PHhZXee3/s2448/20201219_193204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsH6tCkZaZ5fo1K-8XOrf65-DaZ8DeCPl3VqKSgy7QmOO4CF1tdDg0E6PqaiWdXWy66_eOC1DotkxOMMMaX4bMqYysWaa6qEdTbcQI7fZcL5yNusAZcZTJc0WeeMSGk5r6lTU3PHhZXee3/s320/20201219_193204.jpg" /></a></div>They might not meet everyone's definition of "go together" but I liked the common oranges, purples and greens.<br /><br />Following the pattern, I made several "pages" with pockets for the needles.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjW6giB4TdNxvWdABVLcNJzR5NyAc8nQQchi2ypoP8KrMB0KTqdxSTvhBhSvFOlEnKrsVpMA4WRI0TjLvnWPUfGWDzxLGHvQVMs053vNVHg-1oliflGI7FJq8NaOmBmVVSsIHguQ3sCLk/s2448/20201224_204823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjW6giB4TdNxvWdABVLcNJzR5NyAc8nQQchi2ypoP8KrMB0KTqdxSTvhBhSvFOlEnKrsVpMA4WRI0TjLvnWPUfGWDzxLGHvQVMs053vNVHg-1oliflGI7FJq8NaOmBmVVSsIHguQ3sCLk/s320/20201224_204823.jpg" /></a></div>I spent a lot of effort to make sure the orange circles lined up across the pages, only to realize later that the large pocket on top makes it considerably less important.</div><div><br /></div><div>I deliberately rounded the corners of the pages as well. You can never get a truly crisp square corner, so I traced the curve of a spool I had beside the machine to make the curves consistent.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyuvT6gV4O-iUh7wKoFil8cDn8JxyaRYIJy19zrCMYe5XPMVUBmnb3-GGcVjeFEjyebgZM8MXt7j_lE8dZDw5eLjV2efEQ1BwlbdJh17KJh3sUDigg342DzNAzR3FP77Lpqv7vPVYJMsw/s2448/20201224_204920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyuvT6gV4O-iUh7wKoFil8cDn8JxyaRYIJy19zrCMYe5XPMVUBmnb3-GGcVjeFEjyebgZM8MXt7j_lE8dZDw5eLjV2efEQ1BwlbdJh17KJh3sUDigg342DzNAzR3FP77Lpqv7vPVYJMsw/s320/20201224_204920.jpg" /></a></div>The needles simply slide into the pockets.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hT4I6hckvq8g_Fg6Hz4iucAFWx6MTGzFv9zsPGT-O7k9eGYdshKVTWjNcR0Pz2pXPJEYhraWZwBOgoviz4PTE5HjH4XKzBNmr9KRQg1NSS9PKh2AZsb1treJZNQbZLI75zt2ipHtnhzg/s2448/20201224_204748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hT4I6hckvq8g_Fg6Hz4iucAFWx6MTGzFv9zsPGT-O7k9eGYdshKVTWjNcR0Pz2pXPJEYhraWZwBOgoviz4PTE5HjH4XKzBNmr9KRQg1NSS9PKh2AZsb1treJZNQbZLI75zt2ipHtnhzg/s320/20201224_204748.jpg" /></a></div>Using a button with a shank would have worked too but I didn't have one I liked for this project.</div><div><br /></div><div>As I sewed on the buttons, I went through a smaller button on the back to keep the stitches from ripping through the fabric and because I thought it was a neater finish than the thread by itself.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmWM1tCVx9ODxnam5G5wmlEg_s-7mg2hcLklYn5NANp1b7P1WcYwNnCa_2hhyk4DG0rrJkxWVWRwSxJLu8F8ELA8c92UlL_sAQhcac41IpL_hYNarXA683EBBab3ZDukUjQnRSJP5CLmd/s2448/20201224_205415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmWM1tCVx9ODxnam5G5wmlEg_s-7mg2hcLklYn5NANp1b7P1WcYwNnCa_2hhyk4DG0rrJkxWVWRwSxJLu8F8ELA8c92UlL_sAQhcac41IpL_hYNarXA683EBBab3ZDukUjQnRSJP5CLmd/s320/20201224_205415.jpg" /></a></div>Here's a top view where you can see the different pages:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNEhEEf6sVWCeXwYoGBpvHyKijslR7x0RxUZ8VCQP26zt8lAyBCy5MJgRVgWMsHxhH9EdZ9trmzXgUd5kt9mHKoKcuetMfuEOfhs_bAa9FW8JZKk4_Kie0GMi6rTJ2u34A1hZXDh0O98u/s2448/20201224_204839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNEhEEf6sVWCeXwYoGBpvHyKijslR7x0RxUZ8VCQP26zt8lAyBCy5MJgRVgWMsHxhH9EdZ9trmzXgUd5kt9mHKoKcuetMfuEOfhs_bAa9FW8JZKk4_Kie0GMi6rTJ2u34A1hZXDh0O98u/s320/20201224_204839.jpg" /></a></div>The pattern called for a flannel lining to give more structure, but I used cotton batting scraps that I had on hand.</div><div><br /></div><div>A finishing detail I added was some quilting on the cover before I assembled the pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMXinMKc9E4haTpiFocsZ3ETx5IvFeQ5vhYJW_NMARV7SuTeTaZuhdPcUW5ym7nm4nKsv42_tMOOdajUH0-n6Ol8NMmhYIc8QsNKzkgJfz_R4maKUe5IJQS3ce0iChxLTkiZ7bNB8lhxd/s2448/20201224_205132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMXinMKc9E4haTpiFocsZ3ETx5IvFeQ5vhYJW_NMARV7SuTeTaZuhdPcUW5ym7nm4nKsv42_tMOOdajUH0-n6Ol8NMmhYIc8QsNKzkgJfz_R4maKUe5IJQS3ce0iChxLTkiZ7bNB8lhxd/s320/20201224_205132.jpg" /></a></div>Just a few highlights around the flower petals.<div><br /></div><div>It was a fun project to make in a day or two. I hope it functions well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBx8hE_fWkJ8gpOYrTSDJlkq9JYFn7icazuGVbtueEd9iXy-PKwnti71vhs9PynDEDXHojgjb23ESRqi1Q6-bqndxQgvg4caTwOEIT-vDNbuyG1ukV_XltqIb_0jnmnKHF24lt51Q18S5i/s2448/20201224_205331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBx8hE_fWkJ8gpOYrTSDJlkq9JYFn7icazuGVbtueEd9iXy-PKwnti71vhs9PynDEDXHojgjb23ESRqi1Q6-bqndxQgvg4caTwOEIT-vDNbuyG1ukV_XltqIb_0jnmnKHF24lt51Q18S5i/s320/20201224_205331.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-62253968250836762912020-12-31T23:59:00.006-05:002021-02-22T15:03:29.962-05:00Projects Completed in 2020In order of completion. Click text for related blog posts.<br />
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<br style="clear: both;" />My sock production has dropped a lot for a lot of reasons, and I have been plugging along on these socks since last November. But here is proof that if you keep plugging, eventually you get done:<br />
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These socks were made from a ball of Cherry Tree Hill Yarn Supersock DK<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images4-g.ravelrycache.com/uploads/bowie/298263687/P4191927_medium2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://images4-g.ravelrycache.com/uploads/bowie/298263687/P4191927_medium2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I got at a resale back in 2015 for $10. At the time, that was about half of what a new ball of sock yarn would cost. It was later identified as the colorway African Grey. (Thank you, Ravelry! Knowing the color name doesn't at all change the yarn or how much I like it, but I still love to know!)<div><br /></div><div>You can see it sat in my stash for a while and I think I picked it up because I needed something to take on the go and this ball was easy and available.</div>
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<div>It's a weird combinations of colours and I was hoping the colour runs were a little longer, but no matter. I used a slip stitch pattern to break up the variegation, but it turns out the colour runs were so short that they wouldn't have pooled like most variegated yarns do.<br />
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On the right is the bottom of the sock where I didn't do the pattern and you can see the stripes. On the left is the slip stitch pattern (every fourth row: K2, bring yarn to the front, slip 2, move yarn back; repeat). Turns out I actually like the stripes better! But again, no matter.</div><div><br /></div><div>I knit them toe up making up the pattern on the fly. I made a gusset of increases every other row for a total of 24 stitches.<br />
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I did a short-row heel turn and heel flap in stocking stitch. Continued the slip stitch pattern all around the leg, and finished with a 2x2 rib with Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off.<br />
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I finished the knitting in June. I blocked them sometime in August. And now I got to the pictures in September. Once again, plugging along gets it done...at some point.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been looking at these socks hanging on the blockers for the last month or more wondering if I really need another pair of socks. But when the first chilly day came along last week, I slipped them on with pleasure! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gmHbQCqkSRo3VBN0oNAdaBkyPtGoYHS5FWsf76h6AfvkU25N5pGLtGpuvHZcxqf2Q3ilSdIjuyivEJNMA47urX4JZvMk0aCzqAm6YLEZkF74dNUg67Njv3qWkgm3VQPo9bIwaZV7f_wV/s2010/20200922_111301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="2010" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gmHbQCqkSRo3VBN0oNAdaBkyPtGoYHS5FWsf76h6AfvkU25N5pGLtGpuvHZcxqf2Q3ilSdIjuyivEJNMA47urX4JZvMk0aCzqAm6YLEZkF74dNUg67Njv3qWkgm3VQPo9bIwaZV7f_wV/s320/20200922_111301.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<b>Started</b>: 3 Nov '19<br />
<b>Finished</b>: 16 Jun '20<br />
<b>Pattern</b>: of my own making: slip stitch pattern, toe up, short row toe, gusset, heel flap, 2x2 rib<br />
<b>Materials</b>: Cherry Tree Hill Yarn Supersock DK (African Grey), 78 g ($10)<br />
<b>Ravelry project page</b>: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/bowie/sock-dash">link</a><br />
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<br />christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-64354099741036549932020-09-12T20:48:00.000-04:002020-09-12T20:48:28.504-04:00Summer Dreams Top: Some Crochet Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDW53Hr-eEEqv74Dbn6ZUsyiTeTTwskoNue0As5Zv6hVVmjOir646FyOvXLMpdTNvGw0NvUcYlp3xFbNVc6jphe9tt7t1_U7KCjxd8cw7gaWV0vOQG-Eds9uQpGjQcymljropqbJP7Vlh/s3264/20200812_191927.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDW53Hr-eEEqv74Dbn6ZUsyiTeTTwskoNue0As5Zv6hVVmjOir646FyOvXLMpdTNvGw0NvUcYlp3xFbNVc6jphe9tt7t1_U7KCjxd8cw7gaWV0vOQG-Eds9uQpGjQcymljropqbJP7Vlh/w256-h192/20200812_191927.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>I've been following more crochet accounts on Instagram and when I saw the Summer Dreams Tops come up on the designer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/designsbykey/" target="_blank">designsbykey</a>'s feed, I loved it right away!<div><br /></div><div>I pulled out some raveled yarn that I had and started swatching. The first swatch on the left below was with a 2-ply raw silk. I got gauge but I didn't like the feel of the fabric. Working with two strands that weren't spun together made it difficult too.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I added a wool/angora blend and worked with both yarns at once. That swatch is on the right.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iBsX2r-p1NDYLCiNOCk-DWW3XTwblo6gN466CdbPT21Vr5UI-g2ZmamIFgR2oulpAUp6zCU-1KeNDiw41jpGTMld12djLV18O1d3UARtfy5GhF54w34QTHfYy-SjHcGCO8n-s_aO9ssL/s2448/20200803_174455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iBsX2r-p1NDYLCiNOCk-DWW3XTwblo6gN466CdbPT21Vr5UI-g2ZmamIFgR2oulpAUp6zCU-1KeNDiw41jpGTMld12djLV18O1d3UARtfy5GhF54w34QTHfYy-SjHcGCO8n-s_aO9ssL/s320/20200803_174455.jpg" /></a></div>It also got gauge but the fabric was a lot better in the hand. And I thought the pattern would show up better with a denser fabric. And, believe it or not, adding two loose strands of wool/angora made it <i>easier</i> to work with. I guess the wool helps to keep all the strands together.<br /><br />This is really the only in-progress photo I have:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mSQCLAkHoCBqzI077SYbqUMf7qXfufyHzQx9mBimLztOfec25YmSOQEqokzMni_bh-pQaPB7lTB23hU-GDYRkfxb8W7O_NkNvi37qaP856jsYXijqNCH5Oc1mhTxDLCuQwR8PSqm4Yfo/s2448/20200804_185543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mSQCLAkHoCBqzI077SYbqUMf7qXfufyHzQx9mBimLztOfec25YmSOQEqokzMni_bh-pQaPB7lTB23hU-GDYRkfxb8W7O_NkNvi37qaP856jsYXijqNCH5Oc1mhTxDLCuQwR8PSqm4Yfo/s320/20200804_185543.jpg" /></a></div>It was taken the day after I started the project. The project was a good combination of mindless and interesting, not over too fast but not taking too long.</div><div><br /></div><div>After the main body was knit, I blocked it before seaming.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bCoARPPalLZWE6U2k7t1KNVeBz4m3zcZ9aywIRjRu8ctNo23H_AArMDANfjS3aQBL83PR6P1jyj1WvoqnY2tKW4H_51JjNtkcEOW60jdqrpP6a5Mw1vVN6wpiCOup2tLmf347yVlMWbs/s3264/20200812_191919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bCoARPPalLZWE6U2k7t1KNVeBz4m3zcZ9aywIRjRu8ctNo23H_AArMDANfjS3aQBL83PR6P1jyj1WvoqnY2tKW4H_51JjNtkcEOW60jdqrpP6a5Mw1vVN6wpiCOup2tLmf347yVlMWbs/s320/20200812_191919.jpg" /></a></div>Blocking first makes it easier to seam. Since I don't do a lot of crochet, I figured I should make it as easy as I could on myself!</div><div><br /></div><div>Once seamed, you add a few rows of single crochet for the waistband:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zSWdvL17IJyTnxhX2-VnuxksVCYFJedBuzjSGesPX7B_TN1WIHm45YGBwUzBbwlv2hdPvJ-Dmu0uYsdCToTOMpctfeB2KNiN0LWhVXDwlDWrnBvN0o1tk9MYagTKcxG9MtjhqZt9X5FR/s2576/20200906_145253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zSWdvL17IJyTnxhX2-VnuxksVCYFJedBuzjSGesPX7B_TN1WIHm45YGBwUzBbwlv2hdPvJ-Dmu0uYsdCToTOMpctfeB2KNiN0LWhVXDwlDWrnBvN0o1tk9MYagTKcxG9MtjhqZt9X5FR/s320/20200906_145253.jpg" /></a></div>And some more single crochet around the neck to support the edges of the wide opening:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqSj8vXMmZbLedBzvYsoljA9n1rU2GrhyUNG98Fn2SdXccOuh9fK9lFxEE0ZwPLV_3WsIo_MgDgLZxYupPguGERdFngt6sNk9888H-ApHzVL5iwvy-8Ck7pA9TGqDH5rQtdxiaq5IthYu/s2576/20200906_145204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqSj8vXMmZbLedBzvYsoljA9n1rU2GrhyUNG98Fn2SdXccOuh9fK9lFxEE0ZwPLV_3WsIo_MgDgLZxYupPguGERdFngt6sNk9888H-ApHzVL5iwvy-8Ck7pA9TGqDH5rQtdxiaq5IthYu/s320/20200906_145204.jpg" /></a></div>The sleeves didn't need any extra trimming as they ended with two rows of half-double crochet.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55CUGLYMxFeuyfEdsD8IlqXC2qjuaMuGhfQebfSDJnJ37fjNbeUHrBY-KLUsguAJeZ28GB-EjmLVoYsQGd1kuhIoRcHG9ZjsSSMyloN1E_iIi6ZcwdSWnJisx67iqVxXUA2aT1HFJ3yZU/s2576/20200906_145234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55CUGLYMxFeuyfEdsD8IlqXC2qjuaMuGhfQebfSDJnJ37fjNbeUHrBY-KLUsguAJeZ28GB-EjmLVoYsQGd1kuhIoRcHG9ZjsSSMyloN1E_iIi6ZcwdSWnJisx67iqVxXUA2aT1HFJ3yZU/s320/20200906_145234.jpg" /></a></div>And here's an overall view:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUznpARV_FgqSPoYfGG1q4hVjDCneFyZRZeYSIAoV1zUkpNpwO9MtCtCXm5R3LooOmg35h9an1ujwyhM4U0vdZOqqLzwPGRqIYjY-4w9vGwd2dqeih6skAbNPFdYsKDiL9B1l9ey3aBYt_/s1349/20200906_145148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="1012" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUznpARV_FgqSPoYfGG1q4hVjDCneFyZRZeYSIAoV1zUkpNpwO9MtCtCXm5R3LooOmg35h9an1ujwyhM4U0vdZOqqLzwPGRqIYjY-4w9vGwd2dqeih6skAbNPFdYsKDiL9B1l9ey3aBYt_/s320/20200906_145148.jpg" /></a></div>It has huge wide sleeves and I love them.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kYLf9ManolKjRfG60YqTElTAhImzVwSuBOz3Cb53bgk49fBjsZD8W-kBREXjTpiFU6u235thU4WS7gYSKHuMxuIhEWdTs3nz9zkNtGh9CWZLAokf9oFKMmn05fyDdKm96Md8qRmpGzwl/s1368/20200906_145018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1026" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kYLf9ManolKjRfG60YqTElTAhImzVwSuBOz3Cb53bgk49fBjsZD8W-kBREXjTpiFU6u235thU4WS7gYSKHuMxuIhEWdTs3nz9zkNtGh9CWZLAokf9oFKMmn05fyDdKm96Md8qRmpGzwl/s320/20200906_145018.jpg" /></a></div>The combination of wool blend with a holey fabric is good for warm weather. (Maybe not hot weather!)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJp_2SSXuHhi63GF76CpDjWhs7KSinD-52EPGY_fbCdp_an_ff0KRvI2LRyWSIcnGWMh5ZzLQ0l7Zy2tFWaC0zyPtn7pZypKqHyHFLwqXh9qQzDT90hedisDQTq31alrjm4ns_6sD91vSG/s2448/20200906_150800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJp_2SSXuHhi63GF76CpDjWhs7KSinD-52EPGY_fbCdp_an_ff0KRvI2LRyWSIcnGWMh5ZzLQ0l7Zy2tFWaC0zyPtn7pZypKqHyHFLwqXh9qQzDT90hedisDQTq31alrjm4ns_6sD91vSG/s320/20200906_150800.jpg" /></a></div>It's a simple shape that makes a fantastic garment.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhCc4HbqYPC5di_aEy8ERqitIUQ5CGbvZiK3keyqopryAewSiEw_ehCZqtGPht_gnPaIS1Pxo1tiAvAx7oPqTJ3w5UQOWn_8XJvx8REnbq9ewY9dk7Qn_zUVx_mF_Py7MnQvzcU7hCHxl/s1885/20200906_144744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1885" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhCc4HbqYPC5di_aEy8ERqitIUQ5CGbvZiK3keyqopryAewSiEw_ehCZqtGPht_gnPaIS1Pxo1tiAvAx7oPqTJ3w5UQOWn_8XJvx8REnbq9ewY9dk7Qn_zUVx_mF_Py7MnQvzcU7hCHxl/s320/20200906_144744.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This piece is made with "regular" crochet stitches that even a beginner crocheter should know. I did learn a new trick with the cast on--the Foundation Half Double Crochet. You form the stitches as you go instead of making a billion chain stitches and trying to stitch into them for the first row.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGwR27hJ1AGOlgppeFNFdsoHkmvTl_pB9YFzw6YZUrQxSoM1yPgNw0q70yMd7y6jGEwVjZ5XLU6uzyQ5Qf2PT0JPOWCN9zPi_GPlrGMAnjUdRCRbJGhvQp24vzMpJPFGtPLT5c5lmScF2/s2276/20200906_145058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGwR27hJ1AGOlgppeFNFdsoHkmvTl_pB9YFzw6YZUrQxSoM1yPgNw0q70yMd7y6jGEwVjZ5XLU6uzyQ5Qf2PT0JPOWCN9zPi_GPlrGMAnjUdRCRbJGhvQp24vzMpJPFGtPLT5c5lmScF2/s320/20200906_145058.jpg" /></a></div>The pattern should come with a warning though: door knobs, drawer pulls, and handles are hazardous to your health, liable to catch in a hole and stop you short!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwz407z-2R35m_zdUHf1kojIZCcKJOmcE-udrbmuYzzmsKOLSyEKdjAfdyWdxES-xh9qX5sFGT-c08NtauQf0e5_BMRObcumh26Q3qu8diQi0eRc30gL7Yuw_XfjzX41re9YUTVDkPmD_/s1160/20200906_144729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwz407z-2R35m_zdUHf1kojIZCcKJOmcE-udrbmuYzzmsKOLSyEKdjAfdyWdxES-xh9qX5sFGT-c08NtauQf0e5_BMRObcumh26Q3qu8diQi0eRc30gL7Yuw_XfjzX41re9YUTVDkPmD_/s320/20200906_144729.jpg" /></a></div>The structure of the garment isn't really obvious during normal postures; it just looks like a loose flowy garment. I do like how it hugs at the waist. I feel like it gives the garment structure and keeps it from wearing like a big cape.<br />
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<span style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left; margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 10px; text-align: left; width: 500px;"><b>Project Stats<br />
Started</b>: 3 Aug '20<br />
<b>Finished</b>: 12 Aug '20<br />
<b>Pattern</b>: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/summer-dreams-top-2" target="_blank">Summer Dreams Top</a> by <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/designs-by-keys-ravelry-store" target="_blank">Designs by Key</a> [These two are Rav links.]<br />
<b>Materials</b>: Silk raveled from a VJ Petites sweater, 253g/968y, and wool/angora blend from a MC Carroll sweater, 195g/956y, held together throughout.<br />
<b>Ravelry project page</b>: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/bowie/summer-dreams-top" target="_blank">link</a></span><br />
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</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-51156184203771287682020-09-08T16:23:00.000-04:002020-09-08T16:23:48.984-04:00Plaidish Quilt has been Finished; Now Blogged<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4n_12IJaGbwENy286270QlRronGGyrlNFahL19BjSOS6BRiVeiYaLBwE_DZoI_OUzUGsG1ebBWenzlpV6VO8CwEhRZv_EX1__WGvR-MnvwVsZVoTqeBbypHXWlvrfw-WqFn1GEtcxJHIj/s2448/20200523_122347.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4n_12IJaGbwENy286270QlRronGGyrlNFahL19BjSOS6BRiVeiYaLBwE_DZoI_OUzUGsG1ebBWenzlpV6VO8CwEhRZv_EX1__WGvR-MnvwVsZVoTqeBbypHXWlvrfw-WqFn1GEtcxJHIj/w262-h262/20200523_122347.jpg" width="262" /></a></div>If you're keeping track, you'll know I titled my May 22 post "Close to a Finish" and then never mentioned the project again!</div><br />
<div>Well, I did finished the project soon after, and even took pictures. But then, you know, life.</div><div><br /></div>
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<div>So without any further delay, here is my finished Plaidish quilt:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiTnDUGUEHk66-zWDAXT0530Tc_wnF8L_9relKrPZPG7-P7Rbj6VyKxyns9kEdlHqzQHDV1PQiws99AedFCqTTaVtTk6gXIHTGQDgUARKvsnYF_yAKZarY_caRYmRTy9WUtAzWb7Y-3-o/s3264/20200524_161539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiTnDUGUEHk66-zWDAXT0530Tc_wnF8L_9relKrPZPG7-P7Rbj6VyKxyns9kEdlHqzQHDV1PQiws99AedFCqTTaVtTk6gXIHTGQDgUARKvsnYF_yAKZarY_caRYmRTy9WUtAzWb7Y-3-o/w307-h410/20200524_161539.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>Final measurements are 62x79".</div><div><br /></div><div>The simple quilting follows the piecing and gives a good texture without competing with the design.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZP3aZwVTaLfLr06vexyzB5_ghoTpOJOpvy8LXjqMAUsKO2kABC8Vu_xNWcCecYxcal9V0i9CPImRKzFjDqc_xoM3a3OP6GLq-qtDnmUsoRfbGx8BJla7IGZ0GOhfknuy2BDW3A_z1gq-B/s2448/20200523_122355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZP3aZwVTaLfLr06vexyzB5_ghoTpOJOpvy8LXjqMAUsKO2kABC8Vu_xNWcCecYxcal9V0i9CPImRKzFjDqc_xoM3a3OP6GLq-qtDnmUsoRfbGx8BJla7IGZ0GOhfknuy2BDW3A_z1gq-B/w410-h410/20200523_122355.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>It's kind of the obvious choice, but it works.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWXmFG_Ywq96gESgKQbLq3tqh_ka1CEH44uummo4FGgKwIUCiwn0L5KcBcFFWR-GS47BBg2V5o2utPE3XitdbA9u5PRRGnqGzhm8AYZytKQmFpRWByItvhyOOxJbQZwtyeEyi7-z20ZnJ/s2448/20200523_122547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWXmFG_Ywq96gESgKQbLq3tqh_ka1CEH44uummo4FGgKwIUCiwn0L5KcBcFFWR-GS47BBg2V5o2utPE3XitdbA9u5PRRGnqGzhm8AYZytKQmFpRWByItvhyOOxJbQZwtyeEyi7-z20ZnJ/w410-h410/20200523_122547.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>A couple more shots from when it was hanging:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZJdD5dH_u0XKXaakLlx0HWPnnVBxnlvuUioPOE94PshdB1AHqYYW55dNH5-pXUisAv6SksnEu_T3xkiaEQNXC-fSBDCaQvPRxFOFfioUFO5hv-MqMGx8qml3JcTGQkImu5r8dOdE0hoS/s3264/20200524_161644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZJdD5dH_u0XKXaakLlx0HWPnnVBxnlvuUioPOE94PshdB1AHqYYW55dNH5-pXUisAv6SksnEu_T3xkiaEQNXC-fSBDCaQvPRxFOFfioUFO5hv-MqMGx8qml3JcTGQkImu5r8dOdE0hoS/w307-h410/20200524_161644.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSK_-NZvTQ9WtZapNIgfHvE7qqVauR_C2WB1fUV_IA6uR6L_qCh1HP2o-RiWiOSNesfpiwdkEZ_GwP5oRXWkWPMzFuIBjP4NQnQvXZBJk2SvrziSUcSoU8SWx9CrFXl42yHosyVlp1Wgl/s3264/20200524_161628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSK_-NZvTQ9WtZapNIgfHvE7qqVauR_C2WB1fUV_IA6uR6L_qCh1HP2o-RiWiOSNesfpiwdkEZ_GwP5oRXWkWPMzFuIBjP4NQnQvXZBJk2SvrziSUcSoU8SWx9CrFXl42yHosyVlp1Wgl/w307-h410/20200524_161628.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>I've mentioned that the binding was a juvenile novelty print but it was so narrow, you can hardly tell.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll repeat myself by saying again how much fun this pattern was. Give it a try! (Details and link below.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aarSXbAgXm6hkTF6JuDU65Hp5sNrUXshRZN17VjvpE_V2TMfW6cd85Cj_28m6iRU81bpAMKo9ylE5SBS4oflTDcxjMXX2Q0KqO5-xgY-gJg26yXmNUNTEiDkur5aqhtz0EWnmuElxyP0/s2448/20200523_122624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aarSXbAgXm6hkTF6JuDU65Hp5sNrUXshRZN17VjvpE_V2TMfW6cd85Cj_28m6iRU81bpAMKo9ylE5SBS4oflTDcxjMXX2Q0KqO5-xgY-gJg26yXmNUNTEiDkur5aqhtz0EWnmuElxyP0/w410-h410/20200523_122624.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>The pattern has stuck in my head and I often think about how to do a one or three colour version. It's fun to see different versions pop up on Instagram. (Check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/plaidishquilt/" target="_blank">#plaidishquilt</a>.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a picture of the quilt on my (queen size) bed:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCCj2Zrm_VKhWQcSbM6DXYaQQuabunes3B-OPQn3L3S1T_zpNjRTfyU8HD4jEwAEQFlUD-jgNCvjYZRp8H99_T2TC_0lrtn4s7QGjmuGSC680tUL2yI0svV5b-PYi-TD7KzWdBjkwr4Tk/s2448/20200523_122446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCCj2Zrm_VKhWQcSbM6DXYaQQuabunes3B-OPQn3L3S1T_zpNjRTfyU8HD4jEwAEQFlUD-jgNCvjYZRp8H99_T2TC_0lrtn4s7QGjmuGSC680tUL2yI0svV5b-PYi-TD7KzWdBjkwr4Tk/w410-h410/20200523_122446.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>
It generously covers the top, but isn't wide enough to hang over the edge.</div><div><br /><div><b>Project summary</b></div><div>Started: July 30, 2019</div><div>Finished: May 24, 2020</div><div>Size: 62"x79"</div><div>Pattern: <a href="http://www.kitchentablequilting.com/2019/06/plaid-ish-scrap-quilt-and-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Plaidish</a> by <a href="http://www.kitchentablequilting.com/" target="_blank">Kitchen Table Quilting</a></div><div>Almost 100% scraps with a few pieces from fat quarters.</div><div>Cotton batting.</div><div>Walking foot quilting on my Viking Sapphire.</div><div>All blog posts about this quilt: <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Plaidish%20Quilt" target="_blank">link</a></div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-3363245781619228082020-08-29T17:27:00.000-04:002020-08-29T17:27:45.694-04:00Lettering<div style="text-align: left;">I've written about doing the calligraphy drills with the Happy Ever Crafter in January. Since then I have continued to follow her and some other lettering accounts and try out some projects of my own.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here was a card I sent to a friend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTc1mPqr1zXzGmXTywxGVCnpUQ0PTwcOjZfyajbbbgJUMpHhVlC6WBVGI48s5wc6e6XCIxxI1FfbtArKV6XHTjY-oiYvtnkuh73Mn_1I9U3T-BdLNqqN279uP58VqjVbCaHp6fsSPC-b3Z/s2048/20200620_191126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1500" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTc1mPqr1zXzGmXTywxGVCnpUQ0PTwcOjZfyajbbbgJUMpHhVlC6WBVGI48s5wc6e6XCIxxI1FfbtArKV6XHTjY-oiYvtnkuh73Mn_1I9U3T-BdLNqqN279uP58VqjVbCaHp6fsSPC-b3Z/w300-h410/20200620_191126.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>We were having a conversation about looking back and seeing all the things you could have done better. But isn't that just a sign that you are not that person anymore? The card itself was blank except for the bird printed on it. I bought a set with the bird in four or five colours and really like them.<div><br /></div><div>I came across this verse in some reading and it struck me as a good verse to put on a card to hang.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwA93F1kNvQkvvH_XqBxF946yniwEp1bpa6ZuYtOPR5nKp8hcVr3Cx90hmJJm8HiS3vcEyMbMGSo3hNPJTZUuNzKqRUfgOSB7y94LmtB4Pt-3zhV9l1LTNxzAzlLJ7sc5-k25YcalIIHMT/s2048/20200720_163751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwA93F1kNvQkvvH_XqBxF946yniwEp1bpa6ZuYtOPR5nKp8hcVr3Cx90hmJJm8HiS3vcEyMbMGSo3hNPJTZUuNzKqRUfgOSB7y94LmtB4Pt-3zhV9l1LTNxzAzlLJ7sc5-k25YcalIIHMT/w307-h410/20200720_163751.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>Obviously, I'm still learning, but I did like the was the word "God" came out!</div><div><br /></div><div>I also have been doing envelopes. I started with simple calligraphy on the name and a fun font for the address. I hadn't learned any capital letters, so the first way I stepped up my game was to fancify the first letters of the names.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCpFOppRvNQa3Qa9NSB_YM6pJfUXaMiG-6b0m4oT7KV68A-SrkqwRs2qCSCb4IIMtQNPgzI3L6gHVzl7Pj_e6S-Kw3eoC-rW7VmzimMrM5ttFsWpL1MBuRj1T3cuCuhJz8bgYrX3oaCR6/s2048/20200712_160709_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2048" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCpFOppRvNQa3Qa9NSB_YM6pJfUXaMiG-6b0m4oT7KV68A-SrkqwRs2qCSCb4IIMtQNPgzI3L6gHVzl7Pj_e6S-Kw3eoC-rW7VmzimMrM5ttFsWpL1MBuRj1T3cuCuhJz8bgYrX3oaCR6/w410-h303/20200712_160709_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhVIQJn4L-qVPBUBxFu0mGQX_arRawnHbHUSLaR4goqtZ_vXmp39ZPCrCTsk_sTRcQZ_-V9Op7vL6j0q43JYKtyoKdA2NyN1qTBWUVHv6T2_MJna8tHhyphenhyphenKXV-aaul91AEuC9v9GAJI2hD/s2048/20200712_160525_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhVIQJn4L-qVPBUBxFu0mGQX_arRawnHbHUSLaR4goqtZ_vXmp39ZPCrCTsk_sTRcQZ_-V9Op7vL6j0q43JYKtyoKdA2NyN1qTBWUVHv6T2_MJna8tHhyphenhyphenKXV-aaul91AEuC9v9GAJI2hD/w410-h290/20200712_160525_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>Then I tried bounce lettering:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHfgtYhAMGIoc9rNb102V4BvFQz2kqE4jBAyTzJSOcFa5_txr0KC0Y8xRKQYJX4xHEf0VFCcpWZehIhxmfsbR5Ymre7YCmLkyd7cn5hluYHFl1qHgq6i4v8WCXhB_ybwdavyyIMcQhOmA/s2048/20200712_160644_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2048" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHfgtYhAMGIoc9rNb102V4BvFQz2kqE4jBAyTzJSOcFa5_txr0KC0Y8xRKQYJX4xHEf0VFCcpWZehIhxmfsbR5Ymre7YCmLkyd7cn5hluYHFl1qHgq6i4v8WCXhB_ybwdavyyIMcQhOmA/w410-h315/20200712_160644_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I can't say I'm a fan (or very good at it!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I started trying to add some flourishes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPqUVWKsKImtcObQoctja6fTMZ50HQ-f1EW2eHAL2K48CHBAKnDGxCzD42r3JR815S-1BZAPvQSn-pojWRmc7G0x4rkcZmUsTB5nj1vMPTkMtF8c3xOWrVN1lN9UHG9CapgZ7RWzkF9wo/s2048/20200712_160631_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPqUVWKsKImtcObQoctja6fTMZ50HQ-f1EW2eHAL2K48CHBAKnDGxCzD42r3JR815S-1BZAPvQSn-pojWRmc7G0x4rkcZmUsTB5nj1vMPTkMtF8c3xOWrVN1lN9UHG9CapgZ7RWzkF9wo/w410-h314/20200712_160631_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>And look! Capital letters!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbP5FPVvp1IgRdj0kOSI_1L-JCNJS6hLcGrT_WPFTsL3kNoYTbwarqkRjw3SSdzZSma7vBiUPbwoai2QIk0_053LeGarccuKawF2ijlyHHVxn5cr8bc1LUJfRRS1_lPEukV5g2bMMIVeI/s2048/20200727_135353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbP5FPVvp1IgRdj0kOSI_1L-JCNJS6hLcGrT_WPFTsL3kNoYTbwarqkRjw3SSdzZSma7vBiUPbwoai2QIk0_053LeGarccuKawF2ijlyHHVxn5cr8bc1LUJfRRS1_lPEukV5g2bMMIVeI/w410-h301/20200727_135353.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I downloaded the <a href="https://www.thehappyevercrafter.com/freeworksheets/">free "majuscule" sample sheet</a> from the <a href="https://www.thehappyevercrafter.com/" target="_blank">Happy Ever Crafter</a> and tried some capital letters following her examples.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then add some more flourishes:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY52EWXRk3k6_aU-F6CB0JnVYISk9IiGcKNU5E49TG_Yksw0Ng6CfK_heO-gYleCOkJJWwrLJOQFpgt3bT8pCOEssTiqar8oYjO5DhyphenhyphenmckKDdgGkOfYk9ahb69pCcA3bG-M9dmb_cbpwDB/s2048/20200714_193001_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2048" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY52EWXRk3k6_aU-F6CB0JnVYISk9IiGcKNU5E49TG_Yksw0Ng6CfK_heO-gYleCOkJJWwrLJOQFpgt3bT8pCOEssTiqar8oYjO5DhyphenhyphenmckKDdgGkOfYk9ahb69pCcA3bG-M9dmb_cbpwDB/w410-h303/20200714_193001_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>A bit much maybe?</div><div><br /></div><div>I liked the following composition better. I liked how the flourishes joined different letters.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMfQEPcyTKZ6knbGzBXztZNgwBL32jqbOhKZVU7q8xJzReskyaj14oYNtBKpjQtB6dcKblg3nn3fZZUjTj1GVmTR2nKlU1KV8Q7nBeOWwtw7LXZv6bnzBdO4k8X-ICfpwRYueWQFlb3ab/s2048/20200713_144613_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMfQEPcyTKZ6knbGzBXztZNgwBL32jqbOhKZVU7q8xJzReskyaj14oYNtBKpjQtB6dcKblg3nn3fZZUjTj1GVmTR2nKlU1KV8Q7nBeOWwtw7LXZv6bnzBdO4k8X-ICfpwRYueWQFlb3ab/w410-h306/20200713_144613_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I mean, the "y" into the "x" into the "t" -- brilliant, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>I continue to do the banner style. I like this too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8cOf3ss0FoaXaS7fogX_tBjK4N_00eofPW4SupEwPoz50c78pN_8SsZRy4IPd47IOoLqPj2cfxAvlK4rzWtjAzr4TtnrvRHXNrDkQNFC6nJgDdExXYMYqe03N-d5stmN2zF-rBE0oubq/s2048/20200712_160655_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8cOf3ss0FoaXaS7fogX_tBjK4N_00eofPW4SupEwPoz50c78pN_8SsZRy4IPd47IOoLqPj2cfxAvlK4rzWtjAzr4TtnrvRHXNrDkQNFC6nJgDdExXYMYqe03N-d5stmN2zF-rBE0oubq/w410-h318/20200712_160655_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I started to add a "please deliver to" line for fun.</div><div><br /></div><div>But then sometimes I ran out of room!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSh2H7yiopY1eH5q2v3oz_9Ed6zN3INqAYqDANj-rroq1bV7JcYo0eNK0o0TIaAjBJVFWSWV59MPSjtB_CXoSAa6b_Wx87TRP9uawL2xxuB97XFU6QtS-XLL5cXtMSXFNiWXWQpxUlYIS/s2048/20200720_201559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2048" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSh2H7yiopY1eH5q2v3oz_9Ed6zN3INqAYqDANj-rroq1bV7JcYo0eNK0o0TIaAjBJVFWSWV59MPSjtB_CXoSAa6b_Wx87TRP9uawL2xxuB97XFU6QtS-XLL5cXtMSXFNiWXWQpxUlYIS/w410-h298/20200720_201559.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>So I had to put the zipcode on the bottom end.</div><div><br /></div><div>Following more examples on Instagram, I created this composition:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigakgLZeZnFQL81qe5CBy32qrbwNSbpww6IynJ8Y36SuCAmeFIgrj1oGIU3A_aZO_ZviqJKotpbmc4XXYzYPpvB_AWEDtXRfyPLQtvkuCQfBFyaoUWZLHkES65kQZltQgMFRT-1-w2Rv6l/s2048/20200725_203824_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2048" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigakgLZeZnFQL81qe5CBy32qrbwNSbpww6IynJ8Y36SuCAmeFIgrj1oGIU3A_aZO_ZviqJKotpbmc4XXYzYPpvB_AWEDtXRfyPLQtvkuCQfBFyaoUWZLHkES65kQZltQgMFRT-1-w2Rv6l/w512-h371/20200725_203824_edit.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This design inspired by the Happy Ever Crafter's<br />holiday wreath examples on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B52lvipAH7v/">Dec 9, 2019 post</a>.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>and then this one:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKXTaIFyay7etpBIXNdRn_Bx9YEZs0OodC3NENfJiFyLZW6fFgsW5y53kl2A4Hx5OOb3d5FBVAcyEWm98XhO881QNxQe6B-dcS1Z4E1KdR6C0fzQHaZCETVp7ACsvmwYNqgwj6jMyMrtg/s2048/20200724_164209_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2048" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKXTaIFyay7etpBIXNdRn_Bx9YEZs0OodC3NENfJiFyLZW6fFgsW5y53kl2A4Hx5OOb3d5FBVAcyEWm98XhO881QNxQe6B-dcS1Z4E1KdR6C0fzQHaZCETVp7ACsvmwYNqgwj6jMyMrtg/w512-h389/20200724_164209_edit.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a lot of fun doing those. I do the whole thing in pencil first so there's no commitment! Then it's just a matter of drawing on the lines.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And sometimes something like this happens:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHqwZWePQSXyjT8uaDQOAiQN6BPkF6XqfAyt7F2DGh4_H6lND58yj9S6VDIJhmGE7RuD_ZxgMSAgjr-ZWnggbXVa7e_DAJeyObRyag-eNhkLsKyE5bxEj8hEArOFVlL_XhBExd_cxpu-8/s1772/20200712_225603_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1588" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHqwZWePQSXyjT8uaDQOAiQN6BPkF6XqfAyt7F2DGh4_H6lND58yj9S6VDIJhmGE7RuD_ZxgMSAgjr-ZWnggbXVa7e_DAJeyObRyag-eNhkLsKyE5bxEj8hEArOFVlL_XhBExd_cxpu-8/w459-h513/20200712_225603_edit.jpg" width="459" /></a></div>to keep me humble!! :)<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also played with some floral letter forms:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6kirWbs5XJauujn5B-YoDX12QxwJ_64-3Ood0gbhWJCfjE4YG3SnmYb4RxOSKBCnTszXsWcQTMT4I-bGrZwNU5qeVlD9o22VfVL0TAWlklxImTjqPivQMYXiVJfFHXP3Ny0C9gf-Ebfg/s1800/Letter+collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="1800" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6kirWbs5XJauujn5B-YoDX12QxwJ_64-3Ood0gbhWJCfjE4YG3SnmYb4RxOSKBCnTszXsWcQTMT4I-bGrZwNU5qeVlD9o22VfVL0TAWlklxImTjqPivQMYXiVJfFHXP3Ny0C9gf-Ebfg/w512-h490/Letter+collage.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flower itself was drawn after the example in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38yczb8SYIU" target="_blank">tutorial</a><br />by...you guessed it...the Happy Ever Crafter.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">For the first one, I did it completely in pencil and then traced it. After that I was a braver and did it straight in marker. At first the flowers and the leaves were done with the same size marker, and later I did the flowers in the small marker and the leaves with the extra-small marker. For all of these, I printed the letter on paper, put it under the page I was working on, and then used the shape that showed through to tell me where I could and couldn't draw. This gets pretty zen.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, I put my initials on all of them. Can you find them?!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And finally, I recently sent birthday cards to triplets, and of course I couldn't make all their envelopes the same!</div><div><br /></div>A slanted banner:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynrIQ_hkGiUxnKI4AzU7JhXmpNsxxhs6az59bPNkjcrIkTiflG0MsZoHAET8j_gSUOEhNKXC4VgJKbs_t_g81-dvFP5Vw09iLTF1yyhNTI74j9zlt8JxZDdnkQB86O8_JJmgPCwLImRJU/s2048/20200802_182419_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2048" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynrIQ_hkGiUxnKI4AzU7JhXmpNsxxhs6az59bPNkjcrIkTiflG0MsZoHAET8j_gSUOEhNKXC4VgJKbs_t_g81-dvFP5Vw09iLTF1yyhNTI74j9zlt8JxZDdnkQB86O8_JJmgPCwLImRJU/w410-h282/20200802_182419_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I ran out of room on the top for the "please" and was feeling bad. Then I realized I could put it on the bottom. Problem solved!<div><br /></div><div>Some calligraphy and a larger font for the address:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6knPW67LZkv8zlCeCUKD97JzS9Dzn1fA418ME7NUVaAcxBcLifaW0BDsCBpQJFZBPEDU1S_iPO81gnYfhwwEvG371G1Tb1Pho8JN_m7NrlWshy9Y9rUFhkOiVmuVwOqlnO6e5xbN0Gyc/s2048/20200802_182356_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6knPW67LZkv8zlCeCUKD97JzS9Dzn1fA418ME7NUVaAcxBcLifaW0BDsCBpQJFZBPEDU1S_iPO81gnYfhwwEvG371G1Tb1Pho8JN_m7NrlWshy9Y9rUFhkOiVmuVwOqlnO6e5xbN0Gyc/w410-h290/20200802_182356_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I have to say capital "F"s and "T"s have been my nemesis. I have never liked them and certainly never liked how they turned out when I tried them. I studied some of the samples in the free sample book linked above and was able to pull these off. Not bad.</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqacguwLYXf1sgZSjVRrsujL1IjKuj_MZ7XwIujI0NlqBGovTpRZKpnc_AIWcWaNZ2dqQP97ZYHy5iaiGC9KncMamJbuAEDiS0GYhegiKnd7CNjABCCK_He90-tERBV1I5d8b8Otf-s8d/s2048/20200802_182338_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqacguwLYXf1sgZSjVRrsujL1IjKuj_MZ7XwIujI0NlqBGovTpRZKpnc_AIWcWaNZ2dqQP97ZYHy5iaiGC9KncMamJbuAEDiS0GYhegiKnd7CNjABCCK_He90-tERBV1I5d8b8Otf-s8d/w410-h286/20200802_182338_edit.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I saw another example on Instagram with the address fit into the inside circle of the wreath and had to try it. I was slightly worried that this would come back for extra postage because it needed to be hand cancelled or that it would be delayed, but it went through just fine. Yay, USPS!</div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-31894999704348595852020-08-18T11:31:00.001-04:002020-08-24T12:24:57.047-04:00Scrappy Trip Around the World BeginsRemember the Quilty Adoption Event in April? I wrote about the first item I adopted -- a <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2020/04/vintage-quilt-remake.html" target="_blank">quilt top that I disassembled and sewed the blocks in a new layout</a> -- and in that post, I mention a second item, but haven't written about it since.<br />
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If you follow me on Ingstagram, you will recognize these strips that I adopted:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZJsg9NttDhx8ODg38Grrr7iwMag4LZ6oGuBIPBPK9H-i2oDSUF1-dXIOGQGdXkPetklt8I_V5PAhWx9YuLCJ406ReXS1ydHKznYmlGwxIzEmX0OxD8rBN3vCK6G8Kkss5Nz3ZVdOfUgH/s3264/20200401_180112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZJsg9NttDhx8ODg38Grrr7iwMag4LZ6oGuBIPBPK9H-i2oDSUF1-dXIOGQGdXkPetklt8I_V5PAhWx9YuLCJ406ReXS1ydHKznYmlGwxIzEmX0OxD8rBN3vCK6G8Kkss5Nz3ZVdOfUgH/w307-h410/20200401_180112.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>
It was a big box of single 2" strips, loosely sorted from light to dark and a bunch of strip sets already sewn together. There's a project the sewn sets were intended for and I'm still deciding if I will go ahead and make it, or use these strips for something else.<div><br />
Meanwhile, I took the single strips and sorted them in groups from light to dark.<br />
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I then sorted those groupings into five gradations I called light, light2, medium, medium2, and dark because I needed five different groups to make a trip-around-the-world (TATW) block.<br />
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I have become enamored with the scrappy TATW blocks popularized by Bonnie Hunter. (<a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html" target="_blank">Link to her tutorial</a>.) These blocks I'm making have a similar effect but with a little more order to them because of how the lights and darks are placed.<div><br /></div>
For the first set of blocks (above) I created sets by pulling similar colours from each of the five categories. That was enough to show me that I was going to have to do a little more pre-sorting if the sewing was going to be any fun.
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So I took the five gradations, and sorted each one into different colour families.<br />
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Some of the strips are in more than one colour group, and sometimes it's a stretch when a fabric is multicoloured but I had to put it somewhere. Above, clockwise from top left, is, purple, blue, red, yellow, and green.
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This was the first layout I tried on the design wall, just to have a proof of concept.<br />
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So, recently, I sat down and pulled out one colour group at a time and made some sets. For the first colour group, I did it just by eye, but then realized I should be putting my camera to use.
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In this photo, the strips in colour are a bit of a jumbled mess, but when I convert them to black and white, I think the contrast is just what I need. (In this case, M-M2-D-M2-M, as in medium, medium2, dark, medium2, medium.)<br />
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In this next set, I think it looks good in colour, but the black and white shows that the first two fabrics are pretty close in value. (I think I used this set anyway because my choices are limited.) This strip set is L-L2-M-M2-D.<br />
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In the next photo, I'm going for another L-L2-M-M2-D, and I think the fourth fabric looks darker than the third in colour. But in black and white, I think they are too similar to use.<br />
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I stacked up the pieces to make blocks (seen at the top of the picture above), and then sewed those strips together.
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And here we have my first set of blocks sewn from this process:<br />
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I have since sewn sets from two other colour families, and here they are on the design wall:<br />
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I don't know if this will be the final layout, but it's a fun way to put them on the wall for now.</div><div><br /></div><div>______________________</div><div>Linking up with <i><a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2020/08/oh-scrap-log-cabin-progress.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a></i> hosted at Quilting is more fun than Housework.</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-10532947787079152052020-08-16T12:53:00.000-04:002020-08-16T12:53:05.214-04:00Desk Warming Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6lq6DCPQY5Eb7L41RMLwnzue2Vh6Nn2B5pbmDE5JlwxxsrXxcRQc_W2HsrJdKHhvAJ954gZnVQ1bQWNaWSXjLr5q3ALZaJn77SQtgJ5j3Xf2wC_FkDU2LXl2g07xwyptEYGiCYbaQ42W/s2448/20200729_100124.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6lq6DCPQY5Eb7L41RMLwnzue2Vh6Nn2B5pbmDE5JlwxxsrXxcRQc_W2HsrJdKHhvAJ954gZnVQ1bQWNaWSXjLr5q3ALZaJn77SQtgJ5j3Xf2wC_FkDU2LXl2g07xwyptEYGiCYbaQ42W/w262-h262/20200729_100124.jpg" width="262" /></a></div>I finished a little something.<div><br /></div><div>We are in the process of moving our "office" desks from the dining room up to our bedroom, now that the bedroom is largely finished.</div><div><br /></div><div>Troy recently finished his desk top (which he mounts on a pair of file cabinets). When he first sat down at it, he commented that he is going to need a mug rug to protect the desk surface.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, that is something I can take care of making! A few days later, I was in the mood for a small project that I could finish in short order and got to it.</div><div><br /></div><div>I knew I had some leftover half-square triangles (HSTs) from my <a href="http://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Merrily%20Christmas%20quilt" target="_blank">Merrily Christmas quilt top</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FvEl1deMOc-JYC7s57Ra_4cH3XaxktwBHdtkrDXmGn21FO20XGQpzgGw1fIctvbvWlWLWWA7emMqSBl1qhX7HXJOEX_AfrnZn37EFshwi4klKPvjmVTbHg7m-h1x9oNeexanegGdkfui/s2576/20190531_194102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FvEl1deMOc-JYC7s57Ra_4cH3XaxktwBHdtkrDXmGn21FO20XGQpzgGw1fIctvbvWlWLWWA7emMqSBl1qhX7HXJOEX_AfrnZn37EFshwi4klKPvjmVTbHg7m-h1x9oNeexanegGdkfui/w307-h410/20190531_194102.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div>I had a bag of brown/tan HSTs and a bag with the green and red ones. I found the brown ones first, so those are what I used. And happily, that meant they were much less Christmas themed as well!</div><div><br /></div><div>I pulled out all the HSTs from the bag and played with them until I had an arrangement I liked. Then sewed it together like a simple 16-patch.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg27mm4bIL69LJz41lkMijgZLy8wLNQl2QR_9utKZ3nOhf4iqIQpSCeD2MYnFdxZ9PGbHd7dyvvIXoTruFaaUD-H9gSMhWKRNpSk7CYxd9Gn0kXp5447WHY9zcnjqPmd4jYJJ0WqTvIZP/s2448/20200729_100006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg27mm4bIL69LJz41lkMijgZLy8wLNQl2QR_9utKZ3nOhf4iqIQpSCeD2MYnFdxZ9PGbHd7dyvvIXoTruFaaUD-H9gSMhWKRNpSk7CYxd9Gn0kXp5447WHY9zcnjqPmd4jYJJ0WqTvIZP/w410-h410/20200729_100006.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I layered it with a layer of cotton batting on top (to absorb any moisture) and then a layer of wool batting on the bottom (to keep the moisture from soaking through). That's the theory anyway; I'll let you know if it works!</div><div><br /></div><div>I backed it with some of my never ending supply of black leftovers and quilted it in echoed mitered corners.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYnIPzHzw4ZUtkEkhayw_8Jmu3kqTQDHjAusSmaFVZStv0kBtojn8NPbrDUrRd2tXnm0MDvvdgZngUvTMQvDlgeLMoP8LM_m1pZT8ghyMWe7n_3VJOiAMR-Ktoz70ALL_aRQg0KWlMocH/s2448/20200729_100018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYnIPzHzw4ZUtkEkhayw_8Jmu3kqTQDHjAusSmaFVZStv0kBtojn8NPbrDUrRd2tXnm0MDvvdgZngUvTMQvDlgeLMoP8LM_m1pZT8ghyMWe7n_3VJOiAMR-Ktoz70ALL_aRQg0KWlMocH/w410-h410/20200729_100018.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>
My machine wasn't too happy with the thickness (or at least, that's what I assume it was). There were some flubbed stitches that you can see on the back.</div><div><br /></div><div>I used the edge of the pressure foot to guide the distance between the lines and that happened to also cause the lines to fall along the seam lines. I had considered ahead of time whether to do the calculations to make this happen but decided to leave it to fate. And it worked out that way anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if the makers of pressure feet design them that way. (For example, making the edge of the foot 1/4" from the needle position would mean that it would line up with almost all blocks as they are general sized every 1/2".)</div><div><br /></div><div>That is as far as I got the first afternoon. The next day I took the time to make binding from a piece of grey fabric I bought for my <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Patchwork%20of%20the%20Crosses" target="_blank">Lucy Boston project</a> but didn't use. There wasn't enough for a double binding, so I just used a single thickness. It's not like this edge is going to get a lot of wear or have to stand up to much use.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf2O07MowonI4ac8o_gEeLb2ky8YeLx-Z4nXcd3NeiV6dnweREGVgjbx0tHUbFS4mav5LISEzkyN9L6fRR2tynwui4ITCABVqJmsECfdTDCHaSfsHtNnQQ-qP_omkYsRsxDvYzzfvYO-9/s2448/20200729_100033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf2O07MowonI4ac8o_gEeLb2ky8YeLx-Z4nXcd3NeiV6dnweREGVgjbx0tHUbFS4mav5LISEzkyN9L6fRR2tynwui4ITCABVqJmsECfdTDCHaSfsHtNnQQ-qP_omkYsRsxDvYzzfvYO-9/w410-h410/20200729_100033.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>I stitched it to the back so that the part that folded over to the front would be longer. Then when I stitched it by machine on the front, the stitching ran beside, but not over, the binding in the back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQRDGmMVDFvd48ksgqApd-ucTT-YY46Z5qgx40EaPtvWE3bZMW25G2BlUgL8tfu-uR4vTIE0oWXNVZVfnWzWby0h5XKuPIsK-j8jp5aIIFBlPLlR49MqZqNTXiAil8CWp9UR5Y-GztzRk/s2448/20200729_100102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQRDGmMVDFvd48ksgqApd-ucTT-YY46Z5qgx40EaPtvWE3bZMW25G2BlUgL8tfu-uR4vTIE0oWXNVZVfnWzWby0h5XKuPIsK-j8jp5aIIFBlPLlR49MqZqNTXiAil8CWp9UR5Y-GztzRk/w410-h410/20200729_100102.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>
I don't usually enjoy stitching binding by machine and am not usually happy with the result. (Those two things just might be related!) But for this one, I hand basted all the way around the front, right next to the fold. Then I could stitch just inside that stitching and nothing had a chance to shift or move. This isn't practical for a large quilt, but it was worth it to me for this project.</div><div><br /></div><div>So now Troy has a mug rug for his desk, and since he's getting close to finishing my desktop, I have to start thinking about mine! I think I'll go look for those green and red leftover HSTs, Christmas themed or not...</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-43005217864192778622020-06-21T12:13:00.000-04:002020-06-21T12:13:09.830-04:00Basting BegunAn update on the quilt I tried to baste last week.<br />
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This quilt was born because I <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2016/07/nocturne-star.html">fell in love with a fabric line and had to use it right away</a>! At the time I bought a layer cake (set of 10" squares) and that is what I used for the body of the quilt (plus a lot of my own stash in suitable colours and tones).<br />
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Even after I finish a quilt top, my eyes are still caught by fabric that would have been good in it, or, in this case, caught by a mini charm pack of the same fabric line. ("Charms" are 5" squares; "Mini charms" are 2.5" squares. This pack contained 42 squares from the fabric line.) Even though the top was assembled and I had no use for them, I couldn't resist buying this mini charm pack. I obviously was not over this fabric line. (And the mini charms are so <i>cute</i> and only a few dollars. <i>Very</i> hard to resist.)<br />
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This charm pack has been hanging around in the room I use for sewing ever since, which is at least a few years. I don't have a set place to store fabric pre-cut packs because I don't tend to buy a lot of them. And I didn't want to break up the set and put the squares with my scraps. So the neat little bundle moved from surface to surface as it needed to be moved out of the way. Repeatedly getting my attention but it was never the time to use them.<br />
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Until.<br />
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Until I needed just a few inches more width on my quilt back! Sewing them together in one long strip and inserting them as a stripe might just add the width that I needed.<br />
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I decided to piece them alternating light and dark.<br />
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I did it in sections instead of one long strip because it's very easy to have a long strip warp or curve on you. So they were pieced into 8" and 10" sections and then I added a solid border on each side. I had extra of a tannish brown colour that worked well. (I bought it online for my <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/search/label/Patchwork%20of%20the%20Crosses">Lucy Boston</a> but it really wasn't the right shade. I had just enough for what I had in mind here!)<br />
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I put 2" (finished) on each side and the top and bottom.<br />
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I didn't have enough of the brown for the full height of the backing so I added strips on the top and bottom. I looked through my scrap bags, and found leftover pieces from making the top, including more fabric from the same fabric line.<br />
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With this extra 6" in width, the backing was just wide enough:<br />
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I laid the top on top of the backing and the backing is 2-3" wider than the top. Not enough extra to quilt it on a long arm machine, but enough for me to work with on my domestic machine.<br />
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Once that was confirmed, I secured the backing to the table (good side down, of course; not like pictured above), covered it with the batting and then the top. The batting was also just large enough. I buy queen size battings and usually have a comfortable excess on the width and plenty of extra on the height. Not in this case but it was enough.<br />
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Then then pinning started.<br />
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And continued and continued. I had two and a half hours to do all this (including a final pressing of the top and steaming the batting, which I have not shown) and that was not enough time. As my departure time approached, I was able to confirm that the room wouldn't be needed by anyone else in the next week so I left the quilt set up on the tables and will continue--and hopefully finish--next week.<br />
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Also, I need to buy another pack of pins because I have enough for the center but not the borders. That will mean I have 900. Surely that is enough?christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-51943891370767333822020-06-16T12:09:00.000-04:002020-06-16T12:09:07.334-04:00Basting BustedI've had a quilt top, batting and backing packed in my car for a couple weeks waiting for a chance to baste it together. I like to baste at church where I can put three tables together for a big work surface. But every time I've gone to the building, my day ends up being too long or getting interrupted so that I can't get to the basting.<br />
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Last Saturday, I needed to be somewhere for about an hour that was just down the street from the church building. Ok, I would have time to baste after I was done. Excellent.<br />
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I got to the church. No one else was there. I set up my tables. I pulled out my supplies.<br />
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The first thing I notice is that the backing fabric that I thought was a wide backing was not. I would have to sew two widths together for it to be wide enough. Ok, I can fix this. I know there's a sewing machine at church. Can I find it?<br />
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I did find it (in the attic space) and it had just enough thread loaded on it that I thought I would be able to sew the seam. I set it up on a piano bench so it could be close to the outlet<br />
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and took a look.<br />
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It is a pretty old machine but I had used it once before so I thought I could figure it out. It looked like a stretch stitch was the only straight stitch available! I started sewing the seam with that, but after a couple inches had to stop because using a stretch stitch was ridiculous. (Because it goes forward and backwards as it sews the seam, it is slow and uses a lot of thread.)<br />
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So I looked again and decided I would try the blind hem stitch with a stitch width of 0. That worked. I folded the fabric in half and sewed along one of the long edges. Now I had to cut at the fold so I could open it up to the full width. I had no scissors.<br />
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Obviously the office had scissors. They were the "craftiest" quality scissors an office might have, but I got them to work.<br />
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Now I had to press the seam. I knew there was an iron and board around. It took me a while, but after looking everywhere I thought it might be, I remembered where it was normally stored and there it was.<br />
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I think the board is the same vintage as the sewing machine, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work!<br />
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So I pressed the seam open and was ready to go.<br />
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I laid out the top on the tables. I put the backing on it to check the size.<br />
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And it was short. If I could use the selvage, it was only a couple inches short. But since I shouldn't use the selvage, it was at least 5 inches short.<br />
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I couldn't fix that. At least not there at church.<br />
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So I packed everything up, put everything away, and aborted my basting.<br />
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A disappointing end to the story, but I was still closer to a finish. I now know exactly what I have to do to make the backing work. :)christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-69924156832884900152020-06-14T12:19:00.002-04:002020-06-14T13:08:37.906-04:00When Stars AlignI've been itching to clean up some of my sewing stuff that has been lying around, so of course, I did this by working on a project. I pulled out my blue and yellow star wall hanging because I knew it was close to being done. <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2020/04/2020-planning-party-first-quarter-update.html">Last time I talked about it</a>, I had put it in a time out. The final border of 1" squares did not fit.<br />
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You can see the excess length at the top that was not going to "ease in". I made the strip of squares fit by sewing some of the seams a little bigger. When I had done five seams, I tested the length against the center of the quilt and it fit, so I went with it. You might protest that all the squares are not identical in size and in fact are not even squares anymore. While that is technically true, it is not at all noticeable and does not detract from the effect. Which is good enough for me.<br />
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I sewed one strip of squares to one side and then a second one to the opposite side. Then I had to make the corner squares. The square-in-a-square units are tiny and fiddly, but I managed them with paper piecing, but no pictures, I'm afraid. You'll just have to see the final result after I sewed on the final two strips with the corner squares:<br />
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And the top was done!<br />
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While I was at it (I was trying to clean up, after all), I pieced together some pieces for a backing and found a scrap of batting that was big enough.<br />
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I decided to go ahead and baste the layers together. My good basting pins were packed away with a large quilt I was preparing to baste, so I used my "bad" pins.<br />
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Long ago, I separated my "craft" quality safety pins, but never got rid of them. (Surely they'd be good for something?) I decided to suffer using them for this project just to get it done. I got the piece basted, disposing of about one pin in ten that was just too bad to keep.<br />
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I hung the basted quilt on the board above my sewing table. The clear bag is holding fabric I cut for the piping strips, the binding, and two squares for the triangle corners to hang the quilt. Now that I had everything I needed to complete the quilt, I could empty the project box of yellow and blue fabric and redistribute it to my fat quarter and scrap fabric storage.<br />
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Here you can see the uncompleted wall hanging next to the original one I'm attempting to match it to.<br />
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Not really a matching pair, but I think they look like they go together.<br />
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So I have one less box with a pending project inside and was able to organize and put away a lot of scrap fabric pieces that were lying around. Not the quickest way to clear off a work table, but the best way for me to feel more organized and less scattered. Plus this project is only a couple of straight forward steps from being done.<br />
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Linking up with:<br />
-<a href="http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2020/06/finished-or-not-friday-and-pile-to-iron.html"><i>"Finished (or Not) Friday at Alycia Quilts</i></a><br />
-<a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2020/06/oh-scrap-pink.html"><i>"Oh Scrap" at Quilting is more fun than Housework</i></a><br />
-<a href="https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/2020/06/link-party-patchwork-quilts-5.html"><i>Quilting Patchwork and Applique</i></a>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-8449877259303690412020-05-31T12:40:00.000-04:002020-06-12T18:00:21.846-04:00It Happened AgainYou will remember that I recently <a href="https://christinacreating.blogspot.com/2020/04/vintage-quilt-remake.html" target="_blank">rehabbed a vintage quilt</a> by sewing the blocks into an entirely new setting. Well.<br />
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Not long after, I received a message on Ravelry from someone who happened to see my post (she was visiting the quilting group) and linked me to a post where someone was offering two old tops. Sure enough, someone was offering two tops that were found in an attic they were cleaning out. (First time in 85 years, apparently!) The first they thought was from the 30s and the second from the 70s.<br />
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We ended up connecting and he agreed to send me the tops. I had half a thought that I might get into trouble if old quilts keep finding me! (But I quickly quashed it.)<br />
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Then the owners wrote me and said that someone in the family wanted the checkerboard top for a baby quilt; he was very sorry. But I didn't mind because I was only taking the second one because I liked the first one! So, perfect all around.<br />
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A couple weeks after that, my package arrived!<br />
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What did I have?<br />
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Twenty-five blocks sewn in a 5x5 grid; 4 blocks sewn in a row; and 4 single blocks. I can't imagine what layout they were thinking of with that number of blocks, or maybe they were planning to make a few more.</div>
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Some of the blue pieces have evidence of stitching and I'm wondering if it's from the same reinforcing stitching that I saw in the last set of blocks. But in this case, they took the time to remove the reinforcing strip. The blocks looked to be in good shape. It was all hand sewn.<br />
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First order of business was to separate the blocks. I knew I couldn't use them in the existing arrangement.<br />
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And here they are!<br />
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I gave them a good soak and light swishing and then an extra long soak because I forgot about them overnight. A quick spin in the washer and they were ready to hang to dry.</div>
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The water came out very brown which was icky. But I wonder if it was some of the brown dye bleeding. A few of the blue stars have brown spots and I don't know if they were already there or if it was transfer from the dye.<br />
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Once washed, they all needed a good pressing. Each block went from this:<br />
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to this:<br />
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So satisfying!!<br />
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Although the blocks are not a uniform size and some of the seam allowances are a lot smaller than a 1/4 inch, the only one that could pose a big problem is this one:<br />
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Can you see how "not flat" that is?!! I don't think I'm going to re-sew it. I can just push it down and flatten it which makes the blue fabric pleat over itself but doesn't affect the outside shape. Or I can choose a layout that doesn't need that block.<br />
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This morning I laid out the blocks for the first time. I'm thinking of setting them on-point with alternating blocks.<br />
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There are a lot of ways you can fill in the blank squares. Solid fabric squares is one option, or quarter square triangles (hour glass blocks) can be a striking arrangement too.<br />
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I trimmed the last set of blocks so that they were all the same size. I think I may add sashing to these blocks so I can cut them the same size without cutting off parts of the stars.<br />
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I was thinking these small blocks (only about 7") wouldn't be enough for a big quilt, but setting on point and alternating with other blocks makes them almost fill this double bed. Add a few borders that hang over the side and I'd have a bed quilt!<br />
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That would also mean making a couple more blocks because there aren't quite enough for this 5x7 arrangement. I used to have a blue that I think would have match pretty well, but I'm not sure I have it any more. Matching the brown would be a lot harder.<br />
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But on the other hand, they don't have to blend in completely. Having different blocks would just highlight the fact that this is a "mother/daughter" quilt--that's what they call it when one person makes the blocks or starts a quilt and another (from a younger generation) finishes it. An endearing name, isn't it?<br />
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<i>Linking up with</i> <i><a href="https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/2020/05/link-party-patchwork-quilts-3.html" target="_blank">Quilting Patchwork and Applique</a></i>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315721613868324427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223947010627381723.post-6149516409672347602020-05-24T13:24:00.001-04:002020-05-26T13:26:50.307-04:00Rectangles Squared Quilt Started, Stalled, and ResumedBack in 2012 I saw a quilt on Ravelry in the show and tell thread, and it has stuck in my mind ever since! I love the pattern of the light and dark and then the added layer of the coloured squares that seem to float behind the dark lines.<br />
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Here's a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/38819500@N04/6926178815/in/album-72157622012866148/" target="_blank">link</a> to the maker's post on Flickr. I did not see that she ever identified the pattern.<br />
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But as I looked at it more closely, I realized it was a very simple construction. I've diagrammed it:<br />
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You put two rectangles together to make a square. You put four of those units together to make the block. You do need to watch how you assemble them because you'll need half spinning clockwise and half spinning counterclockwise. (I choose 2x4" rectangles but of course you could use any dimension as long as the height finishes twice the width.)<br />
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When you put them together you get:<br />
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There's another way to get almost the same result with fewer seams to match in assembly:<br />
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Here they are side by side:<br />
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Except for how the pattern ends at the edges, these two methods produce the same result.<br />
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Unless you take into account how the colour falls in the pattern.<br />
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On the left is the quilt I admired. The squares of colour don't line up with the black lines and add an extra layer of interest. On the right you can see that the colour is confined inside the black lines and produces a flatter result. You could also say the one on the right is calmer and easy to line up the colours to emphasize the woven look. Neither is better; it just depends on what you enjoy and choose to make.<br />
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Who knows what made me decide now was the time for this quilt I have been thinking about since 2012, but I got started in early March.<br />
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I decided to make half of the blocks pairing dark blue with light yellows and greens and the other half pairing dark green with light blues and whites. I ended up not having enough fabrics in some of the colours so I didn't strictly follow that colour scheme. I organized everything in these stacking trays that used to be used for eyeglasses orders.<br />
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You might be scratching your head because these pieces do not look 2.5"x4.5".<br />
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No, they're not. When there was a big enough piece of fabric, I cut the pieces at 2.5"x9", and sewed them together before trimming them to 4.5"x4.5". It makes for a little less matching up while you're sewing.<br />
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I sewed a lot of the seams as leaders and enders while finishing my Joy to the World quilt.<br />
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That was a lot of improvisational sewing with scraps, so there were a lot of starts and stops perfect for fitting in some leaders and enders.<br />
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Once that top was done, however, I did some sewing with this quilt as the main project.<br />
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I completed the first few blocks and put them on the design wall to make sure I was pressing so the seams would nest.<br />
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It's a good thing I checked because I had to make a correction. If you're thinking of making this pattern, for the blocks turning one way, press the first seams toward the dark and the second seams away from the sewn seam. (This will make sense when you're doing it.) Press the blocks that turn the other way toward the light and toward the seam. Everything will nest that way.<br />
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By April 19, I had all the blocks sewn that I could make from the fabric I had.<br />
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I have quite a bit of blue so that was no problem. The dark green was not so plentiful. Here I have all 40 blue blocks done and 20 green ones. I put the project on pause then because I was waiting for some green to come from someone I had sent fabric to. (I had a certain design she needed and she agreed to swap.) I never did get anything from her. :( On the other hand, my sister came to the rescue and sent me a nice package with a good selection of greens.<br />
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It wasn't quite enough to do all 20 blocks in green, but I had already decided to fill in some of those blocks with blue. (And I snuck in some of that black that I have so much of!)<br />
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By mid-May, I had all the blocks done and laid them out on the spare bed.<br />
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I want to put them somewhere I can see all of them at once on a flat surface to double check the balance of colour and of lights and darks, but I think this is pretty close.<br />
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It's laid out in an 8x10 grid. At 8" a block, the quilt will be about 64x80, a twin size or so. I suppose I could border it, but right now I'm not planning to.<br />
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