tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27113923485496322422024-03-05T20:21:02.250-05:00Moon QuiltsSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-1454660532936100762014-04-10T11:34:00.001-04:002014-04-10T11:34:39.787-04:00Comical Fabric Stash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A week to clean up my quilt room and this is what I was able to accomplish. After looking through ideas on how to store my fabrics, the use of comic boards seemed to be the best solution for me. I bought the pack of 100 from amazon and didn't really think that I'd need all of them. Well, today I had to order more. I really need to do some stash busting. It's fun when you find fabrics that you forgot you had. For pieces that were too small to wrap around the comic boards, they're folded much like a fat quarter and stacked according to color.</div>
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I love the way that I can see all of the pieces of fabric that I have. Now to get to the rest of the pile of fabric. There's still two more cabinets to get to, so I'm sure I'll use all the other comic boards that I just ordered. Here's a link on how to fold your fabric that I used on you tube. She decided to use magazine boards, but since I had already ordered the comic boards, that's what I used. It worked out just fine.</div>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-77019197547204483522014-03-29T15:17:00.000-04:002014-03-30T08:07:55.439-04:00Selling my Queen Quilter 18I purchased the machine about 2 years ago and am moving on to another machine. This machine has been a wonderful machine to work with and is in perfect working order. I've listed it on ebay today and wanted a place to link up to so people could see it working. What better place than on my blog.<br />
If you would like to bid on the long arm, go on to ebay and do a search for Queen Quilter 18. You'll see the photos below as well as a couple videos of the machine in action. Here's a direct link to the listing. http://csr.ebay.com/cse/success.jsf?itemid=331165006462&mode=selllike&draftId=268314983503<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-82885976084457177952014-02-10T20:23:00.002-05:002014-02-10T20:23:45.768-05:00Lots of Tiny HSTsLoads of HSTs later, I finally have a finished block. I've saved the pieces of fabric that we quilters that cut off the backsides of other pieces to remove bulk. Some of them I sewed together and others I wish I had since it took a long time to sew, iron, trim and sort them. I've been searching for different patterns for weeks and finally came up with this one which I absolutely love! It's not as difficult as I thought it might be and I don't think that the next blocks will take as much time. All together, I think I spent over 12 hours just to produce this one block. Of course, now I have all the HSTs ready to go, so it should be a breeze. Yeah right! <br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-2887524895230981362014-01-06T14:17:00.001-05:002014-01-06T14:17:20.212-05:00Starry Eyed Snow DayWe've been blasted in the lower half of Michigan with a ton of snow and really cold temperatures. So much so, that school has been cancelled for today and tomorrow. The wind chill factor is supposed to get down to -40! I grew up in Traverse City, which is many miles north of here and I don't ever remember such cold temperatures. It will be interesting to see what will happens here with businesses tomorrow with such cold temperatures. Since we had the day off, I was able to finish my Starry Eyed quilt from the Moda Bake Shop that I purchased fabric for well over a year ago. It was nice to finally get to it, but it was also nice to finish it because I kept sewing things on wrong. A lot of frogging happened with this one. With the quilt top finished, I'll need to load it onto my longarm and top stitch it and then bind it. Let's see how long that takes me.<br />
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In addition to being able to quilt while I've been on break, I've also been able to get to some crochet projects, including many hats. I'm also working on another project that will probably take me a long to actually complete, but I've got the materials for it all nicely stored in a 31 bag that a friend of mine from the Traverse City area shipped down to me for Christmas. The blanket is folded in there and it consists of many small granny square blocks. I've got all of my Stylecraft yarn underneath the blanket. I love that yarn, but had to order it out of England as they don't sell it in the US.</div>
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My daughter also got in on the action and pulled out her quilt that she started well over a year ago and realized that you need a lot of blocks to complete a good size quilt. She's decided that she is going to make them into a baby quilt and add some borders onto the sides. Now she'll have to decide which baby to give it to. For today, she's packed up the blocks and plans on getting back to them tomorrow. She got the idea for the pattern from the Missouri Star quilt company.n Our dog Jake is feeling the love in our quilting today and wants to take part.</div>
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This is another add on to the blocks that I posted about earlier today. With this one, I'm closer to the 12 blocks that I'd like to have to make a complete quilt. The blocks measure out at 12 1/2 inches.</div>
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Another star block. You'll need two different fabrics; one medium or dark and one background fabric.</div>
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First, cut your fabrics. Cut the medium fabric into two 5 3/8 inch squares. Then cut the background fabric into two 5 3/8 inch squares as well as four 4 1/2 inch squares.</div>
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Then you will layer on dark/medium 5 3/8 inch square on top of a background 5 3/8 inch square. You will either draw a diagonal line or use The Angler 2 quilt tool to be able to take those sandwiched squares to your sewing machine and sew a 1/4 inch line on either side of the center diagonal. I referred to The Angler 2 quilt tool in another tutorial. I love this tool and leave it on my machine constantly.</div>
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Now you're ready to lay them out in the block pattern. Notice how I have sewn the top two together. I had to rip out the 2nd two rows as I had the hour glass blocks oriented incorrectly.</div>
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I've added a link on my tutorials page for a direct link to the directions. Here's hoping that those links actually work! :)</div>
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A few months ago, (probably more like a year ago in quilters language) I started a quilt with an online group. The first block I did was easy to do and it used all the tools that I had on hand. I absolutely loved it! They had me hooked. Also, I was able to use leftover fabrics from a quilt that I made for my mother-in-law. The fabric was beautiful and I really loved the wording on it as it related to angels that watch over us. What a better fabric for a quilt that can wrap someone up in love! Here's that first block that I made.</div>
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Isn't it beautiful?! I was hooked! Or so I thought. The next block came around and then I had to use specific rulers that I didn't have. Major Bummer! I didn't want to spend the money on buying yet another ruler that I won't use. So I attempted the next block with my own intuition. Luckily, I was able to get it together.</div>
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Then the third block. Same rules, same frustration. I can get pig headed when I want to do something a certain way so I was determined to get this one done as well. All in all, I finished 5 blocks but was tired of trying to get them done without the rulers that I refused to buy. </div>
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So, I started out on I venture looking for unfinished 12 1/2 inch blocks that I could use the supplies that I had on hand. Here are two blocks that I have finished so far. The first block I constructed without taking pictures along the way. Dang it! I wanted to get a tutorial going, but forgot to take pictures along the way. What is it with us quilters that when we start something all of our attention gets sucked into this alternate reality? </div>
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You can find the directions to construct <a href="http://delawarequilts.com/BOMs/HunterStar/">this star</a> called the <b>Hunter Star</b> at <a href="http://delawarequilts.com/">Delaware Quilts</a>. There are a lot of quilt blocks on her home site. Thanks to her site, I was able to pick up this project again and complete some blocks. It looks as though she's a supporter of Relay for Life, so all the more reason to use her block designs.</div>
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I also found this next block on her site. I constructed a tutorial on this block because I love it when I can have pictures to go with directions. I am so incredibly visual.</div>
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Here's how I constructed the block. You'll need three fabrics. One medium, one dark and one for your background. I'm just so in love with the fabric with the words. I purchased it probably about 3 years ago to make a quilt for my mother-in-law, so I'm not sure it's available anymore. It's called Heart and Soul by Whisicals for Red Rooster Fabircs. I'm going to be sad when I run out of this material.</div>
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From the medium fabric (red in the picture) cut four 4 1/2 inch squares and two 4 7/8 inch squares.</div>
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From the dark fabric (black in the picture) cut eight 2 1/2 inch squares and one 4 1/2 inch square.</div>
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From the background fabric (tan words fabric) cut two 4 7/8 inch squares and eight 2 1/2 inch squares.</div>
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Next you'll need to take the 4 7/8 inch squares from the medium and background fabrics to construct 1/2 square triangle squares. On the website, they instruct you to draw a line on the back side of one of the squares, but I love<a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/tools/the-angler-2-tool_TD81088.html"> The Angular 2</a> plastic overlay on my machine because I don't like taking the time out to draw the line out on my fabrics. One, I feel it stretches them out when you draw on them. Two, I am afraid of seeing the line through the fabrics. However, mostly it's because I'm extremely lazy when it comes to that step. You can find it online in a lot of places. Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcmUnv3d4mM">youtube video</a> on how to use it. I shouldn't be encouraging you to buy something as that's what landed me in this situation in the first place. But I use this <u>constantly</u>. Most of the time it sits on my machine. I attach it with some blue painters tape so that it doesn't leave sticky stuff behind on my machine. You can still draw lines if you wish, so don't feel like you have to purchase the tool.</div>
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Here it is set up on my machine. I just got the Bernina 350, so I'm still playing around with how I want my machine to sit. But, I've managed to get it working for now. This machine never seems to run out of bobbin thread! Major plus! I hate reloading those darn things.</div>
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After you draw the line or use The Angular 2, you need to sew a 1/4 inch from the line, whether it's the imaginary one because you're using the tool or the real line that you drew.</div>
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Once you draw the line or install the Angler on your machine, you're ready to start making the diagonal half squares. The next couple of pictures show how it looks set up on your machine. </div>
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Next, comes the cutting of the squares after you've sewn them on both sides of the line, whether it's the imaginary one with The Anguler 2 or the line you drew. See how it's exactly a 1/4 of an inch. It's like that every time if you set up the tool correctly or you draw the line correctly. Chain piece those pieces to and then lay them all out so that you can cut them apart all at once.</div>
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Next, cut away! Make sure you hold your ruler tight so that there is no slippage. You don't want to go and have to cut out another set of squares. Trust me. Been there done that!</div>
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Next, you'll either need to draw a line on the back side of the 2 1/2 inch squares (yes all of them) or use The Angler 2 tool. It's totally up to you. Once you have that done, you're going to sew them to them to the medium 4 1/2 inch squares. The picture below shows you where each square will end up on the medium square. First you sew on a dark square and then go over to the other side diagonally to sew on a background square.</div>
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Look, I didn't forget to sew the extra line this time!</div>
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I ended up with a pile of half triangle squares. What to do with those? Hmmm?</div>
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4 1/2 inches. You then lay out all the squares in this fashion. Two like these....</div>
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...and one like this. These are your three rows that you'll sew together.</div>
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I'm starting another star block, so if you're following along, keep your eyes peeled. Hopefully, it'll inspire you to create other unique blocks. I hope to get them all into a quilt soon. I have eight so far but would like to have at least 12 to finish out the quilt. Then it's on to decide what I'd like to do in the bindings.</div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-38399755619514391212013-07-11T13:16:00.000-04:002013-07-11T13:16:51.096-04:00Sister's 10 Modern BOMI've added another button to the sidebar. I plan on starting this BOM as soon as I finish the T-shirt quilt. I have the perfect fat quarter collection that I purchased at JoAnn a long time ago. It's just been waiting for the perfect blocks. :)<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-32690783233188374612013-07-11T13:00:00.001-04:002013-07-11T13:00:37.892-04:00Lots of Catching up to Do!I've been able to finish many of the blocks for the Quilty Barn Along held by Bee in My Bonnet. These have been a lot of fun. I think my daughter may pick this quilt to put on her bed. We'll see when I finish it completely if she still wants it. Her choices seem to change with the wind. Ah...the life of a 15 year old. :)<br />
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Since I've been able to get caught up on those blocks (although I think she has another silo barn), I had to get to a t-shirt for a friend at work. Hopefully, I'll be able to get that tackled quickly. I have all the blocks with the interfacing ironed on and now have to cut the sashing strips for the top. <br />
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I've also been able to enjoy our backyard in between rain, thunder, lightning, flooding, and mosquitos! My daughters and my other daughter zuzu (aka our schnoodle), enjoyed the pool for a couple of hours yesterday.<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-26632953169418117762013-04-14T14:09:00.000-04:002013-04-14T14:09:44.208-04:00Quilty Barn Along Blocks 3 + 4<div style="text-align: center;">
Do you ever have one of those days when you think you should stop quilting while you're ahead? I'm having one of those days. I made both blocks and then moved to take a picture of them only to find out that I moved from Kona White to Kona Snow for my background. Now I have to decide if I'll pull them out or just alternate between the two colors. I'm hoping sashing will help alleviate the problem. Either way, I'm having fun with the blocks and using up my scarps. Again, you can find the tutorial for these barns at <a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-quilty-barn-along-tutorial.html">http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-quilty-barn-along-tutorial.html</a> </div>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-8929071636719430872013-04-06T18:32:00.001-04:002013-04-06T18:32:11.943-04:00Quilty Barn Along Barn 2<div style="text-align: center;">
Here's my 2nd barn with one more to go to catch up. </div>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-35023705592602776802013-04-05T15:56:00.002-04:002013-04-05T15:56:34.884-04:00Quilty Barn AlongAfter a lot of debating, I started the Quilty Barn Along. Here's my first barn with all scrap fabrics. These are fun! Two more to go to catch up. Perhaps tomorrow??? Again, you can catch this quilt along at Bee In My Bonnet website <a href="http://www.beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-quilty-barn-along-tutorial.html">http://www.beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-quilty-barn-along-tutorial.html</a><br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-76416342780392451982013-04-05T14:03:00.001-04:002013-04-05T14:03:19.344-04:00Forgotten! Forgot this quilt!!! I made it and it was quickly snatched up by my husband. It's fitting though. The pattern is called "Smitten" and that's what we used to say about each other when we first met. Funny, that I wasn't even thinking about that until after he gobbled it up. I can't remember who's feet those are though!<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-77790628720672179332013-04-05T13:17:00.002-04:002013-04-05T13:17:58.313-04:00Spring BreakIt's been some time since I last posted, but I finally have a break at work. I've been able to finish a few things and thought I'd post. I've also started some more projects that I wasn't looking for, but stumbled upon. I'll be sharing those too.<br />
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I finished my fat quarter shop block of the month (2011) including this block, which I think was block nine. I found it in my pile after I thought I had finished all of the blocks. I was getting ready to put all the blocks together along with sorting through all the scraps and ran across it. However, I was able to finish it and complete the top as well. I had to arrange it differently than what was called for as I didn't order the finishing kit. I like how it turned out though and plan on getting it to a friend that is going through surgery soon. I'm sure she'll love it. I found the green polka dot fabric at JoAnn and love the way it looks with all the fabrics. It really makes the inside of the quilt pop. I must not have photographed them all as I assembled them, but you get the view of all of them in the finished top.</div>
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About a month ago, I finished a t-shirt quilt for a friend's daughter. I think it turned out pretty good. I was able to quilt it as well even though I was terrified to put it on my longarm because I wasn't sure how it would go through. Luckily, it went through without any issues. It turned out really long because of the use of the backs of the shirts. It works out well for her since she's extremely tall.</div>
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I also worked on one right before Christmas and couldn't post it until I was sure that the receiver got it for Christmas. It's now four months later and here it is. It's another long one for a guy. With this one, I quilted along the sashing pieces.</div>
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With a little more experience with t-shirt quilts, I started my daughter's quilt. She graduates this year and she's collected a lot of t-shirts along the way. From her church groups to her school groups, she's been a part of a lot of activities. I have it quilted but don't want to bind it until we get a little closer to her going off to college as I don't want her to use it until she's away at school. It shouldn't take long to do. I also wanted to add a border around hers as it seemed a little small compared to the other two.</div>
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Next up, the quilts I'm starting. I've started to get into a few quilts online. One is the Blogger Girls Block of the Month. You can find it at this address. <a href="http://www.opengatequilts.com/bloggergirlsbom.html">http://www.opengatequilts.com/bloggergirlsbom.html</a></div>
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She uses a certain ruler, but as I am trying to not spend money and use up a lot of what I have in terms of fabric, I am managing to assemble the blocks without the ruler. They were all pretty easy except the second block. Here is my progress so far on those. The first two blocks I remembered to photograph individually and the third and fourth blocks are in the top left and bottom right corners of the last picture. Again, more fabric that I had left over from my mother-in-law's quilt is used as the light background fabric. Recently, I've found that I'm really loving fabrics with wording. It's tricky with these blocks as I want to have the wording all going the same way. As I got to the fourth block, I was able to get them all in the same direction after a lot of frogging! I just love how the black and red fabrics are playing along with the background. :)</div>
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Another online group I plan on starting after this post is the Quilty Barn Along from Bee In My Bonnet. I just love her site and often find things to keep me occupied; as if I need anything else on my plate! If you're like me though, you have a lot of different projects going on at the same time.</div>
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Here's the link to the start of her tutorial and then you can find the rest by searching her blog at the left for March. <a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-quilty-barn-along-tutorial.html">http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-quilty-barn-along-tutorial.html</a></div>
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I'm also starting to look at the Virtual Quilting Bee online. They are two or three blocks in. I just joined the site by email, so I'll see how that pans out. Here's the link to that. <a href="http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/p/the-virtual-quilting-bee.html">http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/p/the-virtual-quilting-bee.html</a> She says that a stack of 42 - 10 inch squares may be enough for the quilt and I have a stack of those to use. I think I may start that as well and use it as a baby gift. It will be a little big, but the baby that gets it can grow along with it. </div>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-57572527646911571902013-01-06T20:08:00.001-05:002013-01-06T20:08:28.267-05:00A Few FinishesI have been able to finish a couple quilts. One of my resolutions this year is to finish up many of my UFOs. I have at least 9 that I can think of off the top of my head and that's only the quilt projects! Yikes! The two quilts I finished were for a set of twins. Their parents have been waiting for them for a long time. Their arrival will be a blessed one. <br />
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Since I'm trying to post this on my iPad, I'm not sure how the pictures will come out. I have two more baby quilts to finish up before I can get to my UFOs. The picture with the bears is the start of one of the quilts. The other quilt i should be finishing this week. The other picture of the crocheted blocks were sent to an organization on Facebook so that they can be placed in memory blankets for the families in Connecticut. <br />
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Since I've made a few of these quilts, I've discovered Pinterest. Dang! That can really be addictive! Through leafing through the site, I found t-shirt yarn! Who knew! So, as I cut up my daughters shirts, I tried to save as much of the bottom of the shirt as possible. Through watching a video on youtube on how to cut them up, I learned how to make a continuous piece of material that when stretched, gives you yarn! How cool is that! Now what to make with it?<br />
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An all over swirl pattern with stars thrown in.</div>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-25137000485204748382012-08-25T13:47:00.001-04:002012-08-25T13:47:30.615-04:00I've finished a few more quilts and a few crochet projects. It was cold here for a couple weeks in August, especially unusual for around here. But, it put me in the mood to crochet some scarves. I also completed 4 baby blankets, one of which I give out tomorrow and another 2 I give out to twins that were born a few months early and will be spending the next couple of weeks in ICU. They were four pounds, so they have a pretty good chance of making it out okay. I haven't seen them yet, but I understand they are quite cute! My prayers are out there for them for a quick and speedy healthy exit out of the hospital. The fourth quilt is also for a baby that's already here. I've seen pictures and still another cutie! In addition to all of the baby quilts, I made a quilt for my brother Don, who served in Vietnam and recently did a stint in the hospital for a blocked carotid artery. There were some moments that were touch and go, but he's safe at home now.<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-20911644827514591402012-08-01T13:08:00.000-04:002012-08-01T13:16:09.834-04:00Baby Quilt top completedThere are a lot of babies on the way in my neck of the woods. I have finished 6 and have to quilt 4 of them and bind 5. I still have 6 or 7 more to do. I lost count of the babies that are coming up. I think I should probably make a list. This pattern is from one of the Quilter magazines. I can't tell you which one since I tore it out of the magazine years ago and filed it in a protective sleeve in a binder. It's utilizes HSTs and 1 1/2" strips and squares in between. I also decided to dive into the dragon fly fabric that I've had for years. I don't know why I was so afraid to use it.<br />
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There's an octagon shaped house near where I live that was built in the 1800s. Ever since I saw the structure, I've wanted to go in and this was the perfect excuse for me to take a look. I took some pictures of some quilts on display there. I was so enamored by the quilts, that I forgot to take pictures of the house. Below are some of the quilts that were on display and caught my eye. There were some old and some new. I was especially impressed by the one that was a whole cloth quilt that had been completely cross stitched. I saw two different versions of this quilt with different colored threads used for the cross stitching. What a lot of work and love went into these quilts. I wish I had taken pictures of all of them along with the house. It was a nice little diversion from life and I even talked my husband into joining me. He really wanted to see them inside of the house as well. Here's a direct link to the group that is trying to save the house if you'd like to see a little bit of the history behind it. It was actually a stop on the Underground Railroad. Pretty cool! I apologize, but I didn't take pictures of the names of who made the quilts either. Next time!</div>
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The quilt below used repurposed materials to create it. There were laces, buttons, fabric and all different types of materials used and it looked like it took a long time. This one got my vote for the most creative. They had one there made out of neckties, one made out of handkerchiefs and another made out of t-shirts.<br />
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Fave Quilts is hosting a giveaway for some Madrona Road Citrus fat quarters. So, if you would like to enter for a chance to win, go to this website. These are some nice prints and they would make a beautiful quilt! The contest runs until August 7th.<br />
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I finished my Great Granny Square Quilt top. It was a lot of fun and something a little different. So far, both girls and dad like the Hometown fabric. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now it's onto another baby quilt. I'm putting this together with the scraps that I had from the New Year's Eve Mystery Quilt along this past year. I try and keep all those scraps from the backs of half-square triangles and this quilt is a result. I have some fabric left over from that quilt along and I had to add a few more HSTs to make a total of 8 blocks. Now what to do with them in a quilt top????</span><br />
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So, I've been working on a few projects these past two weeks. One that I thought I should share was a quilt that I received from Shirley, a Grandmother making a quilt for her granddaughter. The back and front were both equally interesting. On the front, she had string diamond shapes in black and white. Her granddaughter asked for the sash color in between. On the back, I was originally concerned about some applique that Shirley had stitched on, but my machine seemed to handle it with ease. She embroidered some stars that represented the life of her granddaughter. I thought this was a really neat idea and felt like I should share it. It was definitely a fun one to top stitch. <br />
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I'm still working on my Great Granny Square blocks and have about 4 left. If I finish today, I'll post all of my blocks later. These are definitely fun blocks to do and not that difficult. When I'm finished, I'll have 16 blocks all at 12 and 1/2 inches. It'll be a pretty big quilt. I may have to change out the one on my bed with these. I really like them. :) Hometown fabric is really cool right alongside moda snow.<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-1700539194993932142012-07-10T14:48:00.000-04:002012-07-10T14:48:05.718-04:00Now that I'm updating my blog finally, I just read through the comments posted from others. <br />
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I'd like to thank the Starwood Quilter at <a href="http://starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/">http://starwoodquilter.blogspot.com</a><br />
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I finished the top to my Swoon quilt. I've been trying to decide what type of top stitching to do on it. In the meantime, it sits waiting. <br />
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This one I completed for a dear friend in my home town for all of the work she's done in trying to save my childhood home from destruction. She has it sitting in her living room. <br />
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The picture above was a Quilt of Valor quilt that I top stitched for a girl in Michigan so that she could ship it off to a soldier. The one below I top stitched for a local soldier. There is supposed to be a presentation ceremony. I'd love to be a part of it. :)<br />
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A friend at work was expecting his 2nd child and I got busy and created this one myself. I figured out which size blocks I needed and designed it around the fabric that I had available. There are a couple of different fabric lines in this, some of it so old that I forgot I had it. They actually went really well together and I thought that it was rather cute. I'm hoping to put together a tutorial on my blog.</div>
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I've made some progress on my quilt along. I think I only have about two to catch up on and then I have to wait to see what's next. I need to visit the blog again to make sure I'm not really behind. I don't plan on completing 12 blocks as are on the blog since I'm only making a baby quilt of this one.</div>
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I finished the last 3 blocks of the 2011 quilt along. Now to figure out how to put them together. This was a mystery designed by Sandy Gervais. Her web address is www.piecesfrommyheart.net. I'll have to visit it quick to see how the blocks are set together.</div>
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A couple more Farmer's Wife Quilt blocks.</div>
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A baby quilt for Luca. Shhhhh...he hasn't seen it yet.</div>
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My latest top finished. My first T-Shirt quilt. It was fun putting this together. Now, what to do with it? I think maybe we'll auction it off at work after I let it hang in my office all year.</div>
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The two pictures below are of the blocks I've completed with a Craftsy class that I joined up with for free. Gotta love free. I'm a couple blocks behind and now that I look at my pictures, I can see one of them needs to be fixed. Yikes!</div>
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I joined the Granny Square Quilt along put up by Bee in My Bonnet off of her blog. I've been waiting to start this block and finally have a reason to start. It was something that I haven't done before and will definitely continue to do until I finish a quilt. I'm using the Hometown fabric line that I got about a year ago as a grab bag of 2-1/2" strips. I love it!</div>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711392348549632242.post-65509456698291263052012-04-14T14:25:00.001-04:002012-04-14T20:30:25.791-04:00Timeless Love Story Sweeps<div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1334427246485395" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I'm entering a contest and telling the story of how my husband and I met and came together in marriage. After writing the post, I remembered all the reasons why I married Phil. I'm incredibly lucky and wish that all other marriages could be as happy as ours has been over the past 20 years, almost 21! If you'd like to enter, you can by going to this web address <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNxbUh6SExRZ3VLYVYxLXFuNGxCQnc6MQ" style="background-color: transparent;">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNxbUh6SExRZ3VLYVYxLXFuNGxCQnc6MQ</a> . I had fun reading another fellow crafter's blog about how her and her husband met, so winning a prize would be a side bonus to reading all the entries. It was nice to hear that there are other marriages out there not going through trouble. :)</div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1334427246485395" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1334427246485395" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM38ExdDuMubNjXEVBbpeUsY4hVMYVX5QFlscstCO5_ZVDhRbGo5ID-UTZK0H5dekOPmvkVs2rjEOMHpgScSwFO0zq0hquSMksYiUmkVFiUrD0EcDYHV-bKCBKJyFZr7S_u8FFyUTSs1I/s1600/IMG_5452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM38ExdDuMubNjXEVBbpeUsY4hVMYVX5QFlscstCO5_ZVDhRbGo5ID-UTZK0H5dekOPmvkVs2rjEOMHpgScSwFO0zq0hquSMksYiUmkVFiUrD0EcDYHV-bKCBKJyFZr7S_u8FFyUTSs1I/s320/IMG_5452.JPG" width="320" /></a>My husband, Phil, and I met at a friends house while watching a U of M football game on a small little TV that was barely big enough for both of us to see, let alone all the other people there. We talked and seemed be doing well. I headed home to my small one bedroom apartment in East Lansing (enemy territory for us U of M fans) and he drove home down state. I called my friend and thanked her for the great evening, but she told me that I needed to get off the phone since he was going to be calling. She said he was smiten. After numerous dates, including a night when he spilled beer and hot butter on me, we started to fall for each other or atleadt I thought so. One day, he asked me to take a boat ride with him out on Lake St. Clair. It was rainy and cold, a perfect setup for one person to dump the other. He said we needed to talk about something. I reluctantly went thinking I would be returning home crying my eyes out. We boated over to Ford's cove, a spot nearby where one could drop anchor in calm water dug out by the Ford family many years prior as it sat next to their property on the lake. Cold and shivering, I wondered how long it would take him to tell me we were through. He seemed a little aggitated and I could only imagine why. He went down into the bow of the boat where I then noticed a large box covered in black garbage bags. Me being the pessimist, I believed that he was going to dump me more than just ad his girlfriend. I watch too many crime shows. He returned and came out saying that he was tired of waiting. So was I as I wished he'd just get it over with. He reached in his pocket, kneeled down and proposed. Of course I said yes! He then proceeded to tell me that he had planned for this guy to fly over with a banner, but that he was told the plane might not be able to take off in this weather. But right then, a plane did fly over with a banner that read, "Marry me Sharon". He has never been able to hold out in giving me gifts. Right after the plane flew over, another boat was heading our way. I couldn't believe someone else was out in this weather, but as it got closer I could see it was our friend Jim since he had purchased the same boat as Phil had. On the boat was my best friend from high school, Michelle! Phil and a few of our mutual friends had been in on it the whole time! Years later, Phil had a painting commissioned by a local artist of our boat in the cove with the plane flying over head. We'fe been married 20 years now with our 21st coming up in June! </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By the way, it's Phil's birthday in a couple days! Happy birthday Phil!! I love you!</div>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791726403685170939noreply@blogger.com3