tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46046737932090410352024-02-07T04:01:05.605-08:00Patchwork in ProgressKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-65457799983037868312012-11-01T09:11:00.001-07:002012-11-01T09:11:22.872-07:00Gendered QuiltingMy seasonal job ended along with October, and this is leaving me with more time on my hands for quilting and blogging (and job hunting and thesis preparing, of course). <br />
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Which brings me to gendered quilting. I've been thinking about this for a while, and it keeps coming up in the blogs I follow and in my real life. I see quilts made in pairs, with a "boy" quilt and a "girl" quilt. I see books and patterns published, like <i>Geared for Guys</i>. There are babies coming along in my family and in my friends' families, and that leads into all the discussions of what colors and designs to pick out. Pink is for girls, blue is for boys, yellow and green are neutral or "safe." And I'm fed up. <br />
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Maybe this is my hippie California upbringing coming out, or maybe it's my women's college feminism, but I firmly believe - and I don't think it's that radical - that boys will not be scarred by wearing/using something with flowers or pink, and girls should be encouraged to wear/use things with dinosaurs and trucks. I followed the blog hop for <i>Geared for Guys</i> back when it came out, and it seems to me that there are plenty of women that would love those patterns - they were generally more minimalist than manly. <br />
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I don't know that I can achieve anything on my own on this issue, but now I at least feel like I've spoken my piece on it. There's a baby coming up that I'm starting to think about making
things for - gender not known yet - and I'm thinking about spaceships
and helicopters. Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-44341255471043734992012-10-31T13:06:00.001-07:002012-11-01T07:56:50.802-07:00WIP Wednesday - Halloween Edition<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's been eight months since my <a href="http://patchwork-in-progress.blogspot.com/2012/03/wip-wednesday-binding-edition.html">last</a> WIP post, so counting out this list is quite complicated. I don't have any big finishes, but I have a lot of tops. Hopefully next week's WIP will be the Quilting Edition. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Dots wall hanging - Applique finished - a zigzag with matching thread worked nicely. Basted and ready for quilting. I'm thinking about trying circle quilting on here. I had actually tried before to do a spiral overall, but quilting over the fusible web did not go nicely, so I think I'll avoid that. The edges look choppy, but I'm planning on "framing" it with a quilting hoop, and that will cover all the choppy bits - this is destined for my bathroom wall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sister Sampler - I'm now ahead of my sister on this one! For her birthday, I slipped in an extra Friendship Star block, and made one up in each of our colorways. She's busy working multiple jobs and applying for grad school, so this is on the back burner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Red and White Crosses and Losses - There's a long story here about how I ordered more of the red I ran out of and it turned out that it didn't match at all and I got sad at the online shop that promised they had matched it. However, before complaining, I double checked my order, and this one is all on me. The <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">Fat Quarter Shop</a> was extremely helpful matching the color, and I was careless in ordering. Now I need to order the <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/store/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Shopper_id=26119101054472611&Store_id=499&page_id=23&Item_ID=18392&Parent_Ids="><i>right</i></a> red, and find something to do with three yards of the <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/store/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Shopper_id=841710311552308417&Store_id=499&page_id=23&Item_ID=27780&Parent_Ids="><i>wrong</i></a> red.</span></span></div>
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What do you do when your husband borrows your tools and leaves them everywhere? You make him a present, of course!<br />
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Eric has been working on a project (a custom-designed backpack, which deserves its own post and props for its construction) and he has been stealing my tools for hand-sewing portions of it. I figured I would make something to contain them and then maybe I have a chance of finding them. I used <a href="http://nanacompany.typepad.com/nanacompany/2011/10/needlebook-tutorial-by-nanacompany.html">this</a> tutorial from nanaCompany. I wanted to make a husswife, but decided to start with something that felt just a little simpler - just one panel, turned inside out and a couple "pages" inside.</div>
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Four felt pages inside for pins and needles. </div>
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I added two little pockets for a seam ripper and pencil, because he has a habit of stealing those as well. Now it will live there and not wander away!<br />
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I raided my scrap basket and button box, so I used just things I had on hand! He was so happy with it when he got home. We'll just have to wait and see if it does its job. In the meantime, I'm proud of having started *and* finished a project!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-89891485001155788732012-07-24T19:41:00.001-07:002012-07-24T19:41:10.875-07:00Sister Kick in the ButtI chatted with my sister yesterday, and was severely chided for not blogging and for staying well behind on our quilt-along. (Like, more than a year behind - whoops!) Sufficiently berated, I went out and bought more fabric - that's progress, right? <br />
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Eliza's Ninepatch - <a href="http://patchwork-in-progress.blogspot.com/2011/03/quilt-along.html">done</a><br />
Star Dreams & 54-40 or Fight - <a href="http://patchwork-in-progress.blogspot.com/2011/04/quilt-along-update.html">done</a><br />
Twirling Star - <a href="http://patchwork-in-progress.blogspot.com/2011/04/indecision.html">pieces cut and problematic</a><br />
Spinning Star<br />
Calypso<br />
Centennial<br />
Rising Star<br />
Blazing Star<br />
Star Stairway<br />
Windmill Star<br />
Missouri Star<br />
Broken Star<br />
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So that's 3 out of 14 done. I might need to replace the light pink that I chose for the middle of the Twirling Star block. While I'm debating, I think I'll go ahead and do the Spinning Star block and come back to the Twirling (is that okay, Karen?).Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-20870786227953141832012-05-04T15:23:00.000-07:002012-05-04T15:23:16.983-07:00Offstage ProgressIt's been an exciting month here, and though I've kept composing posts in my head, I haven't gotten my act together to post. Here's a little catchup on the sewing progress I've been making: <br />
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I finished this shirt (I believe my first ever completed garment!) a few weeks ago, and have so far worn it out in public twice (and once to work). I think it's a success! I used a pretty cheap, plain fabric so that if I botched something I wouldn't have wasted pretty fabric, but I think I'm brave enough to try it again in something prettier. <br />
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Speaking of pretty fabric - look at my haul! Last Saturday I went to a "Text and Textiles" fundraiser for the New England Quilt Museum - around twenty bucks for all-you can fit in a bag! As you can see, I was pretty good at the making it fit part. Pretty much all of Sunday was devoted to pre-washing and ironing (so. much. ironing.). <br />
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This was one of the treasures I picked up - there were a couple baskets of blocks and cut pieces. This is a vintage top - er, three-quarters of the top at least. I need to spend some time thinking about what I want to do to finish it. I don't think I want to piece new units, but I need to do something about that gap in the corner. <br />
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Another set of goodies were these itty-bitty HSTs, which I whipped together into a scrappy barn raising setting. Eric says it would make a good potholder - we'll see. <br />
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And my last treasure of the day - <i>Quilting Modern</i> by Jacquie (<a href="http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/" rel="">Tallgrass Prairie Studio</a>) and Katie (<a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Sew Katie Did</a>). This is a beautiful book, and I love that they wrote it with the same voice that makes their blogs so wonderful to read. I guess it helps that they're talking about improvisation, which makes it easier to talk about the process and to admit that mistakes happen. And the pictures! I'm loving this book, and actually reading it straight through. <br />
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That's all for now!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-35688953692685413692012-04-15T15:48:00.002-07:002012-04-15T15:48:23.991-07:00Diamonds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Working six days a week has limited my quilting time, and I've been even more distracted for the last two weeks searching in and indexing the 1940 census. I have managed to finish the top for our diamond quilt in bits and pieces. This was Eric's idea and fabric selection, and we planned out all of the layout together. He did a large part of the cutting, and I did all the piecing and pressing. And he's the one holding it up for the photo shoot. Definitely a joint effort. This is destined to be a throw in our living room, fitting with my comfy armchair: <br />
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Now to choose a backing and find the time to quilt it!<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-87780290794765178722012-03-16T18:03:00.001-07:002012-03-16T18:03:33.391-07:00Friday Finish!This is the first Friday I've had both a finish and time to post, so it's my first link up to Amanda Jean's <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2012/03/finish-it-up-friday-week-19.html" target="_blank">finish it up Friday</a>. <br />
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I finished this quilt a more than a week ago, but heard that it reached its recipient today. The pattern is out of <i>Fat Quarter Quilts</i> (or <i>More Fat Quarter Quilts</i> - I'm not positive). It's a lap size quilt for my husband's grandmother, recovering from an injury. This quilt is like a hug that I could put in the mail! I quilted in the ditch on the lattice part and straight lines on the borders. I wanted to do some free motion in the borders, but I don't trust my FMQ skills enough yet. I'm so happy with the color choices I made for the front. The back is orange fabric that I used for our wedding and had left over in my stash. <br />
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I love that my quilt has legs! My very patient husband got dragged out early in the morning before our commutes to take some quilt pictures and get some odd looks. <br />
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My Star Log Cabin quilt is also a finish from last week, but I'm not counting it because it doesn't have a label yet (so it's not really done, right?) and I don't have any pictures of it bound. This is the one I started some time in high school - I'm trying to figure out exactly when I started it so I can label it properly. Maybe for next Friday?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-23921584906891051282012-03-07T19:56:00.002-08:002012-03-07T19:57:21.909-08:00WIP Wednesday: Binding Edition<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think I need a WIP Weekend Edition, since that's when I seem to do most of my sewing. I've been working six days a week for the last few months, which wreaks havoc on my down time. Not complaining - I'm having lots of fun at my bonus position - but it's made for some sparse posting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In other news, spring is just around the corner (it will be sixty degrees out tomorrow!) and my Spring Zig-Zag wallhanging briefly made an appearance on my wall, although it has since been replaced by a beautiful framed art print. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Handwarmers - Another new and completed project - I made my husband some little pocket handwarmers from felt and rice for Valentine's Day. These were really quite fun and simple to make, and he now has two pairs to help keep him warm while he's stationed outside in the cold. (Not that he needs it right now exactly since it's getting warmer out!)</span></span><br />
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Log Cabin - Once I got started hand-sewing binding, I kept up the momentum with this one. I'm about three-quarters done sewing down the binding, and I think another couple episodes of <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> and/or <i>Upstairs Downstairs</i> should see me through it. It will be awesome to cross this off the UFO list after about ten years!</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-47216283795937037372012-01-25T18:44:00.000-08:002012-01-25T18:45:08.689-08:00WIP Wednesday<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New Projects: </span></span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Star Log Cabin - This is really an OLD project, started when I was in high school! I brought this back from my parents' house at Christmas, and decided to get to work on it and finally finish it. I had finished the top quickly and hand-quilted it, but got stalled on the binding. For some reason I decided it needed a bias binding, even though it doesn't have any curves and has some bleeding issues so it won't be washed. This week I decided to soldier on, and now the binding is attached and waiting for some quality hand-sewing time. </span></span><br />
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-60970154594578617062012-01-22T15:07:00.000-08:002012-01-22T15:07:46.333-08:002012 Sewing PlansThe new year has me reflecting on how I go about sewing, and I am making some plans (is it too late for them to be resolutions?) about what and how I want to sew this year. <br />
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<b>1. </b><b>Finish more.</b> I am really good at diving into projects, pretty okay at finishing tops, and horrible at follow-through. This is why I still have UFOs from more than eight years ago (almost a quarter of my life!). I have already taken a stab at this particular UFO, and I'm hoping to finish the binding soon. I'm also thinking of using the <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/search/label/finish%20it%20up%20Friday">Finish It Up Friday</a> link up at <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/">Crazy Mom Quilts</a> as motivation to push myself to follow through on more. Which leads me to...<br />
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<b>2. Blog more. </b> As I've said before, once I miss a bit, I feel like I'll never catch up, and it perpetuates itself. I am going to try to post more, maybe with more link ups - and hopefully with more finishes! I want an awesome collage of finishes at the end of 2012. <br />
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<b>3. Explore more.</b> I want to push myself to learn new things (hopefully without starting too many new tangent UFOs.) I am signed up for a free motion quilting class this week (and I have to finish my basting homework in prep for that!). I also have a project set on the shelf because of my fear of Y-seams, which I need to get over and tackle. I know I'll make good friends with my seam ripper for both of these, but they'll make me a better and more well-rounded quilter. Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653346975591645988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-54526363476060246992012-01-18T16:34:00.000-08:002012-01-18T16:34:00.669-08:00WIP Wednesday<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Completed Projects: </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Secret Project - Like I said earlier this week, all completed and on its way to a very special family member. To be shared soon. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Christmas Gifts - <a href="http://patchwork-in-progress.blogspot.com/2012/01/holiday-sewing.html">Posted earlier this week</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crosses and Losses - Interestingly, for the last couple weeks, the Quilt Index Blog has been focusing on examples of the <a href="http://www.quiltindex.org/news/2012/01/09/old-maids-puzzle/">Old</a> <a href="http://www.quiltindex.org/news/2012/01/10/old-maids-puzzle-2/">Maid's</a> <a href="http://www.quiltindex.org/news/2012/01/12/old-maids-puzzle-4/">Puzzle</a>, which is a different name for the Crosses and Losses block. I made a bunch more blocks, but ran out of Moda Ruby, and have to order since my local quilt shop is out. I had planned to make a complete top of the same block, but the Quilt Index examples are making me reconsider using sashing or setting blocks. </span></span><br />
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I made a couple sets of potholders - a set for my sister-in-law, and a set for my parents-in-law with a matching sightly larger hot pad.<br />
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This is the pair for my sister-in-law, with the accompanying baking dish. I did an Ohio Star block and did simple in-the-ditch quilting. In-the-ditch on a single Ohio Star can be done without starting and stopping, which was nice to figure out! These were pieced, quilted, and machine-bound very quickly - I can work fast when I'm under a deadline!</div>
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The all-green set was for my in-laws: two potholders of hourglass blocks, and a hot pad with a larger Ohio Star (kind of visible in the picture below). I didn't get a picture of any of these finished. <br />
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Under the trivet above is a doll quilt for my youngest sister-in-law. She got a doll bed for her 18" doll from Santa, and this was made to go with it. I went with the hot pink and dark pink because she loves them, but I tried to make it more sophisticated by contrasting them with greys. I'm hoping that it grows up a little with her - at least as long as she's playing with dolls. It's backed with a purple argyle flannel, which gives it a nice weight and drape without overdoing it with batting. <br />
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Last on my holiday sewing list were some drawstring gift bags. These were literally last - I stayed up all night making them! We flew to my parents' for Christmas, and I was determined that the TSA wouldn't interfere with me wrapping presents for my parents. The solution - festive, handmade, reusable, search-friendly bags. My mother loved hers, but I stole them back to fill up for the next time we travel. I used the great tutorial from <a href="http://incolororder.blogspot.com/2011/10/lined-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html">In Color Order</a>, and more of these bags are definitely in my future! <br />
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I'm glad to get caught up on several secret projects - the last one is (finally) complete and was shipped out yesterday, so I will get to post on that one soon. <br />
<span id="goog_1956700326"></span><span id="goog_1956700327"></span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-18254762976121351972011-12-07T15:21:00.000-08:002011-12-07T15:21:28.621-08:00WIP Wednesday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Spring Zig Zag! - I got some time over Thanksgiving to sit and do some hand-sewing on the binding. I think I have a couple of stitches left to put in the hanging sleeve, and it needs to be labeled, but it's completely bound, and I'm counting it as a win. I mean, a finish.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Diamond Throw - Remember those diamonds I posted about my husband playing with a couple months ago? They have evolved into a set of blocks and have been hanging out on the design wall. Eric and I had a great morning playing with the diamonds and rearranging them. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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The other contributing factor in my delinquency has been a complete reorganization of my sewing space, with the accompanying chaos. My darling husband has finally (almost) finished building us a custom room-divider/cutting counter/bookcase. Almost because staining and really finishing won't be happening during either finals period or winter; however, it is fully assembled and a functional surface, which is a vast improvement over the folding table I had been using. <br />
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As you can see, it's actually gone through several stages of rearranging and new furniture, including the addition of those awesome Ikea EXPEDIT shelves. It's also gone through MANY stages of cleaning - somehow the piles of fabric have a tendency to just keep growing on their own!<br />
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If I start writing now, perhaps I can get myself caught up and posted for WIP Wednesday?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-27302984569299498042011-09-14T16:30:00.000-07:002011-09-14T16:30:47.655-07:00WIP Wednesday #3<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, nothing new and nothing completed, so I'm afraid I'm pretty boring this week. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ongoing Projects:</span></span></b></div><div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Crosses and Losses - More HSTs and blocks this week - I'm at 15 12" blocks now. I laid it out on my bed, and I'm thinking I'm not quite halfway there. I'll keep chipping away at it, stacks of HSTs at a time, and maybe by the time it's cold enough, I'll have at least the top done. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U18hVjHA9zM4E6cwDGtWpb1QslbDRglS1YByXPFcBNl41EjUPE-1Npx0Dq30MaWKNBcl73apChFvWaAWqy6sl4hqXxDH0uOmUzIy_hJ-u1aUXGu29G8ERz0klYtoT3nrni0EUwCTzg/s1600/DSCN7565.JPG" style="color: #2244bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U18hVjHA9zM4E6cwDGtWpb1QslbDRglS1YByXPFcBNl41EjUPE-1Npx0Dq30MaWKNBcl73apChFvWaAWqy6sl4hqXxDH0uOmUzIy_hJ-u1aUXGu29G8ERz0klYtoT3nrni0EUwCTzg/s320/DSCN7565.JPG" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="320" /></span></a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tops Awaiting Quilting:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Placemat Pair</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Quilted Awaiting Binding:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Spring Zig Zag (still)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No Progress/On Hold:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Curtains for the dining room</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fall wall hanging of maple leaves. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Secret Project</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Orange and aqua throw</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Orange and aqua pillow covers</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sisters Sampler</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wedding Quilt</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Curtains for the dining room</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Old Timey Stars</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dad's Sudoko Puzzle</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hand-quilted dresden plates</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This Week's Stats:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New projects - 0</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Completed projects - 0</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Currently in progress - 14</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://freshlypieced.blogspot.com/2011/09/wip-wednesday-43.html" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced" height="150" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1109/5159705972_49be14a673_m.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="150" /></span></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-36720668974439163842011-09-07T17:39:00.000-07:002011-09-07T17:39:09.908-07:00WIP Wednesday #2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small;">I had a nice long three-day weekend for Labor Day, with two days all on my own. I felt so productive! I cut half-square triangles while watching the entire first season of Glee (yeah, I'm late to the party). </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Completed Projects:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nada.</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Projects:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall wall hanging of maple leaves (no pictures yet). </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ongoing Projects:</span></span></b></div><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crosses and Losses - Lots and lots of cutting and sewing HSTs and trimming. Eight twelve-inch blocks down, I'm not sure how many to go. I'm thinking that I'd like to make it bed-sized, which means a couple more weekends of sewing. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U18hVjHA9zM4E6cwDGtWpb1QslbDRglS1YByXPFcBNl41EjUPE-1Npx0Dq30MaWKNBcl73apChFvWaAWqy6sl4hqXxDH0uOmUzIy_hJ-u1aUXGu29G8ERz0klYtoT3nrni0EUwCTzg/s1600/DSCN7565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U18hVjHA9zM4E6cwDGtWpb1QslbDRglS1YByXPFcBNl41EjUPE-1Npx0Dq30MaWKNBcl73apChFvWaAWqy6sl4hqXxDH0uOmUzIy_hJ-u1aUXGu29G8ERz0klYtoT3nrni0EUwCTzg/s320/DSCN7565.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Curtains for the dining room - One panel is done, one needs to be hemmed still. But it's pinned up and hanging, so it's a partial win, right?</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tops Awaiting Quilting:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Placemat Pair - Finished the second front and cut batting. Still debating cross-hatch and organic wavy quilting.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spring Zig Zag (half-bound)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrmfvoFRNpRpzjL37kGkCX1nOma4U8ON6Gazwe6TcDZ5pHwNDiBxwo0TQc8FVSULOvfvvTIDwtEtumKJipcVZQ0UfzSGg2amv7I_uLM6mC7KPLENdYqnkI6kZ2jS2OhrgHh8zfuY2ig/s320/DSCN7519.JPG" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Orange and aqua throw</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Orange and aqua pillow covers</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sisters Sampler - found out that I'm more behind than I realized, made a list, and got copies of my sister's drafting</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dad's Sudoko Puzzle</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hand-quilted dresden plates</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Week's Stats:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New projects - 1</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Completed projects - 0</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Currently in progress - 14</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://freshlypieced.blogspot.com/2011/09/wip-wednesday-43.html" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced" height="150" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1109/5159705972_49be14a673_m.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="150" /></span></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-82444893639157620062011-08-27T16:58:00.000-07:002011-08-27T16:58:06.101-07:00In Irene's PathI missed WIP Wednesday this week, which I feel guilty about - but I haven't made any progress except for finding out I'm more behind on my Sisters quilt than I thought. This weekend will either be very productive or see no work at all - we're hunkering down tonight and expecting Irene to hit at some point tomorrow. If we don't lose power, I'm hoping to make some progress on Sisters blocks and some quilting. If we do lose power... hey, maybe I'll finish that hand-stitching of binding by candlelight or get my Singer treadle functioning! Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-72993047753893113902011-08-17T16:20:00.000-07:002011-08-18T14:46:44.390-07:00WIP Wednesday (#1!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I'm joining in the Freshly Pieced </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://freshlypieced.blogspot.com/2011/08/wip-wednesday-40.html">WIP Wednesday</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> for the first time this week. It seems like a perfect linky for me - I love lists, and I have plenty of things in progress. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I've been a little stalled in progress because of a living room makeover (involving *three* trips to the furniture store, one failed delivery of a couch that wouldn't fit, and four to seven more weeks of waiting) and a smelly washer, but I have made some progress! I'm hoping that this linky (and especially those stats at the bottom) give me a push to at least move some things from the "On Hold" list to the "Ongoing" (or *gasp* "Completed"?) list. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Sewing Machine Cover - This one was new *and* completed! Start to finish in two days! It's not the most shapely, but it will keep dust off and out of my machine. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Crosses and Losses - Fabric acquired (Kona? Ruby and White), but not even washed yet. I did do a mock-up in purples of my cheater plan for the block - all HSTs and squares means no evil bias triangles. (The mock-up block doesn't count as a project, does it?)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Spring Zig Zag - Finished quilting and attached binding, just need to hand-sew the rest of the binding, add a hanger and a label! Just in time for fall!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Orange and aqua pillow covers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Placemat Pair - One top is finished, and then I ran out of a fabric. I'm trying to decide what quilting to do on these - crosshatch, squiggly lines, or taking another stab at free motion. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Tops Awaiting Quilting:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I really thought there was something to go here.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>No Progress/On Hold:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Secret Project (need to get moving on it!)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Orange and aqua throw</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Sisters Sampler - held up by wedding and now sister's summer school schedule</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Wedding Quilt</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Curtains for the dining room</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Old Timey Stars</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Dad's Sudoko Puzzle - I have all nine blocks for this one, I just have to decide how to sash and set them, and if I want to make the quilt bigger somehow. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Hand-quilted dresden plates</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">This Week's Stats:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">New projects - 2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Completed projects - 1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Currently in progress - 13</span><br />
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All that said, <a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5967422799_0abf62b91f.jpg">this</a> (found <a href="http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/2011/08/fabric-tuesday-linky-time.html">here</a>) is exactly how I want to finish quilting my zig-zag quilt - yes, the same one I've been waffling about since, oh, March?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-22771714385757437782011-07-09T08:25:00.000-07:002011-07-09T08:25:41.890-07:00Diamonds are a Man's Best FriendI don't know if I've mentioned this, but my husband is crazy. I've gotten him into quilting, and he made a very nice, simple, Christmas lap quilt in December 09:<br />
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</tbody></table>And now he's upped the ante. Remember those reproduction prints I posed about? He is turning them into a bed-sized quilt of pieced diamonds. <br />
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</div>Which means matching points and offsetting pieces so the allowance comes out right. It's taking some trial and error, and he's still working on his quarter-inch seam, but I think it should come out pretty well. How he plans on quilting a full-size quilt on my very basic Janome is still a mystery - I don't think he's thought that far ahead yet. For now, diamonds:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got the set of fat quarters as a freebie from a Shop Hop back in the day - and they are so wild they don't match anything else in my house or tastes. So I threw on the borders, and in between other projects I got the whole thing quilted with a denim backing! I finished the quilting with minutes to spare before our bus, so we took it unbound and sat on it. No action shots from last night, though, because my husband liked it so much he wouldn't get up! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A note about the photos - this is the first time I've really done a photo shoot of my quilt projects. For the top one, I climbed up on a stone wall to put it up there, and may have attracted some strange looks from my neighbors (the downside of living in a city). And then I decided to take advantage of our blooming hydrangeas and get more creative:</div><br />
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So, maybe it will get bound before we go out to the fireworks tonight. For now, I'm nerding out with <i>1776</i> and homemade burgers, potato salad, and cake! Yum!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-68471288780916550322011-06-28T19:55:00.000-07:002011-06-28T19:55:29.970-07:00I have a confession - I am a nerd. I am actually a nerd of many kinds - a science nerd, a history nerd, a quilt nerd, a museum nerd, a Park Service nerd. And yesterday, my dear bloggies, those last three collided in a fantastic way.<br />
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Last Sunday my husband and I took a trip to the New England Quilt Museum, in Lowell, MA. We took a detour on the way into the NPS Visitor Center to pick up some yardage woven at the Boott Cotton Mill (we saw the exhibits there on a whole other trip, and that's a whole other post). We also picked up some repro prints at NEQM at the end of the day (more on that later) - so, yes, we went to Lowell to buy fabric. (I repeat, I am a huge nerd.)<br />
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The current exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum is <a href="http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/museum/current_exhibition.html"><b><i>One Foot Square, Quilted & Bound</i></b></a> - a collection of quilts (including several Civil War hospital quilts) constructed with quilt-as-you-go techniques that result in "potholder" blocks, which are then whipstitched to assemble the quilt. Many of these were signature blocks, and the curator's speculation (which seems quite plausible) is that this construction method was a way of speeding up construction of bee quilts.<br />
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The biggest downside to the museum, in my mind, is that they do not allow photography in the exhibits. So this post will be picture-poor, but I will try to describe our favorites the best I can. On the plus side, they did give out a mini-catalog of the exhibit that lists the titles, dates, makers, and sizes of the quilts exhibited. My not-so-inner museum nerd loves it, and only wishes they'd included catalog numbers for future reference. While I'm on the subject of the collection, the museum does have a very limited online <a href="http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/museum/collection-gallery.html">gallery</a>; however, only the Cook-Borden star quilt is currently displayed.<br />
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Two of the standout pieces are actually sister quilts, both made by the Portland Ladies Aid Society in Maine in 1864. They share fabrics, embroidered and appliqued motifs, and makers - which makes them incredibly rare. As a quilter, I think they are pretty; as a historian, I think they are amazing. They feature motifs of cannons and mortars, Masonic compasses, and an observatory that was a landmark of Portland. One is in much better condition than the other - not surprising given their age and the use of silk. <br />
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I was struck by a third Maine Civil War quilt as well. There was a red and white Crosses and Losses quilt made with the same "potholder" technique. It is dated 1863, but with the two color solid blocks it could have been made by a "modern" quilter yesterday. I have added Crosses and Losses to my to-do list - now the question is solids or prints? Two color or rainbow?<br />
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The final highlight for us was a diamond quilt made in New Hampshire in 1876. It was essentially a nine-patch made out of diamonds. Eric was fascinated by it, and studied it while I looked at the rest of the exhibit. Each block was individually bound - they started with a red stripe, and apparently ran out and replaced it with a red check. It was a signature or presentation quilt, and Eric was finding patterns in the use of the red check and common surnames. This is the quilt that inspired Eric to go back to the shop and pick out reproduction fabric. He's been playing with drafting his design, and it may be taking a more modern direction, which will be fun. I'm still having visions of those period prints in diamonds on my bed, though... So there might be two diamond quilts in our future!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-85683600430728442712011-06-24T10:06:00.000-07:002011-06-24T10:06:56.678-07:00I'm Back!After a month and a half of silence, I figure I'm due to check in. I've been AWOL so long because life got pretty busy leading up to my wedding last weekend! I'm now an old married woman (of 6 days) and I can move from wedding crafts back to quilting crafts. My mother was amazed at all the crafts that went into our wedding - handmade invitations, announcements, pieced table runners, flower arrangements, etc. I will do a wedding recap shortly with pictures to make up for my silence. Now on my WIP list - picking up my star blocks with my sister, and prepping and piecing the signature blocks we collected at the wedding. Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-10756093028307505002011-05-01T13:42:00.000-07:002011-05-01T13:42:36.373-07:00Catching UpAs my sister helpfully reminded me last night, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you're now 3 weeks behind on your blog!!</span>" Mea culpa. I'm here to try to remedy this. <br />
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It has (finally) been beautifully sunny out here, so my sewing time has been taken up by walks and a wee bit of spring cleaning recently. And a couple of my projects are destined for other people, so they're not ready for sharing yet. But I'm not holding out on everything - I have a couple experiments in quilting to share.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First up: Two completed pillow tops, which match the orange and blue lap quilt that is half-quilted and intended for the living room. The quilting on the nine-patch seemed obvious - dense, straight-line quilting emphasizing the nine-patch block. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the way the grid looks on the back - I'm almost disappointed that this part will be hidden! Now that it's quilted, I need to figure out how to finish the cover - and decide whether I'm brave enough to tackle a zipper. Can we do it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>And my spring zig-zags at last. I straight-line quilted in the ditch along the diagonals in dark purple, and I love the way it turned out. I debated adding a second line of quilting echoing the zig-zags in the middle of the rows, but I think I'll leave well enough alone on this one. One of the reasons I never finish things is that I'm afraid it won't turn out perfect. And you know what? This isn't perfect, and it won't be, but it will be done, and cheery, and look wonderful on the spot I have picked out for it on my wall. Or so I have to keep telling myself...<br />
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And now I'm back to my machine, hoping to have some finished table runners to share sometime soon.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604673793209041035.post-35774970139214423032011-04-09T10:02:00.000-07:002011-04-09T13:53:10.927-07:00IndecisionWell, not much quilting this week. We've been preoccupied all week with tracking the near-shutdown of the federal government, which would have left me with a lot of free time to quilt. However, I'm now on my weekend, and making it my goal to catch up with my sister. <br />
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In fact, I'm skipping ahead a bit - she finished one called the "Spinning Star," while I'm working on the "Twirling Star" simply because I had a clearer vision of the fabric choices for it. That is, for two of the fabrics. <br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm stuck on choosing the right medium pink. The first option is bright, vivid pink - perhaps too bright. The second might not have enough contrast. The third has a wide stripe that could mean a subtle variation in the points that would emphasize the twirling of the block. It's actually a reclaimed pillowcase that I'm also contemplating using as a backing for my zigzag wall hanging quit:</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The purple will be the binding - I'm going for a very narrow 1/4" binding. I'm not sure how I feel about the stripes with the zigzags, but then again, it'll be against the wall and nobody will see it anyway! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now if I could just stop dithering and get something finished....</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564258629643280691noreply@blogger.com2