tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314594486658979132024-03-13T06:54:18.379-07:00GWENDIE'S QUILTSMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-1060650498652504032013-07-21T08:03:00.000-07:002013-07-21T08:04:03.390-07:00RIP Gwendie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She loved sleeping on quilts, doll's laps, and in their buggy. I really miss her.</span></span><br />
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-64645048001665887022012-12-01T11:21:00.000-08:002012-12-03T09:57:51.862-08:00Bah humbug - my blog is moving<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've deleted over half of my posts and Blogger will STILL not let me post a new picture. So, I've changed to Wordpress. Please come visit me. The new address is </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(It should now be a li<span style="font-size: large;">ve link. <span style="font-size: large;">And t</span></span>here is no "s" in the middle of the new address.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I realize this is a pain for all of us. I really value the comments I get but I also want to be able to post photos. Without fighting with Blogger.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have a LOT to learn about Wordpress. Somehow, I have to figure out how to change the header picture. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-62259283140527054892012-11-28T09:49:00.000-08:002012-11-28T09:49:02.802-08:00I still had yarn left<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So I made these ---</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd never made booties before so I thought I'd give them a try. They were fairly easy to make and definitely didn't take much yarn - I <i>still</i> have some left (!) but this is the last thing I'm going to make in camo green. The pattern is a free one on the Lion yarn site.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All the knitting pictures were taken on a doll I made years ago just to wear this dress. It's the christening dress I made that all my daughters and<span style="font-size: large;"> The Princess wore.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The directions would have been easy enough to come up with - I've made them for me without any - but this hat is in the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Itty-Bitty-Hats-Anderson-Susan-B/dp/B000PYDJF4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353868101&sr=1-1&keywords=itty+bitty+hats">Itty Bitty Hats</a>, which I have. The book has some really darling hats for babies and small children and the <span style="font-size: large;">directions are <span style="font-size: large;">easy to follow</span></span>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-84697929312303061782012-11-24T09:42:00.001-08:002012-11-25T10:36:06.982-08:00I need a little help<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm trying to add pictures to a post but just get the message that I have no storage room left. Can anyone tell me how to <i>get</i> to my pictures so I can delete the old ones? I already have off-site storage and don't want to pay Google to store the same photos. I really need some help here! Thank you to anyone who can help me with this!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">EDIT: Tha<span style="font-size: large;">nk <span style="font-size: large;">you to Kathie, Dorothy<span style="font-size: large;">, and Angela Le<span style="font-size: large;">e. I deleted about 40 of my oldest posts and <span style="font-size: large;">will resize the <span style="font-size: large;">photos I post. Between the two fixes, I should be good to go for a while. And the picture I was trying to post is up.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-91475748273062116242012-11-23T08:59:00.000-08:002012-11-23T08:59:25.863-08:00Knitting ...<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While pregnant daughter and I were shopping for curtain fabric for the nursery, she picked up a skein of yarn and asked me if I'd knit a hat for the baby. We talked about the style and she decided she'd like a ribbed hat since they'll stretch and it would fit longer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next was figuring out just how big to make it without directions. <span style="font-size: large;">W</span>e looked on the internet to find the average size head for a baby at different ages and we settled on the 3-6 month size.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used French General's Chateau Rouge for this little quilt. This is the small version without the outer border. I didn't realize I had threads hanging off of it when I took the picture - my bad! I had a charm pack so cut the squares down. <span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Be sure you visit the Sch<span style="font-size: large;">nibbles parade on December 1 at <a href="http://pinkpincushion.blogspot.com/">Sinta</a>'s and <a href="http://www.aquiltinglife.com/">Sheri's</a>. T<span style="font-size: large;">hey do an incredible job each month posting all the photos.</span> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To everyone in the USA, <span style="font-size: large;">have a h</span>appy Thanksgiving. I hope you have a wonderful day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MD's birthday was on Saturday so gave her both the quilt (last post) and the elephant with her other birthday gifts. She loves them!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Middle daughter is expecting her baby soon and I <b><i>need</i></b> to get the baby quilt finished (and some other birthday and Christmas gifts) before I work on something for myself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I call this quilt "Godot" (with thanks to Samuel Beckett) because they're waiting. It's a pattern I've wanted to make for several years. I put white in the same place on the stars in each block but other than that, it's random. The bright blue with the white elephants is what she chose for the curtains. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Also<span style="font-size: large;">, I want to say a public tha<span style="font-size: large;">nk you to my no-blog friend Synthia. When I told her my daughter had an elephant theme for the nursery, she <span style="font-size: large;">sa<span style="font-size: large;">w the same <span style="font-size: large;">blue print in a shop and sent me a fat quarter of it. I think of her every time I look at the quilt.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll be shopping for the backing tomorrow. Daughter has requested flannel and Fabric Depot has a great section of childr<span style="font-size: large;">en's flannel.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-46420974455720841012012-10-25T10:21:00.000-07:002012-10-25T11:07:31.398-07:00Bias binding question<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have a formula for figuring how much yardage I'll need to bind a quilt (<span style="font-size: large;">see a Quilting Life <a href="http://www.aquiltinglife.com/2012/10/this-that.html">here</a> for the link to <a href="https://sew4home.com/tips-resources/sewing-tips-tricks/bias-binding-figuring-yardage-cutting-making-attaching">here</a> for the formula) </span>but does anyone have the formula that will tell me how much bias I can cut from a piece of fabric or where to find it? I need help!</span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-3192304504436318742012-10-22T09:46:00.000-07:002012-10-22T09:46:15.530-07:002012 Aurora Colony Quilt Show<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is always my favorite quilt show of the year. The theme this year was "Seeing Red" but there were still many quilts that weren't "just" red and white. I used a different lens on my camera this year and couldn't get back far enough to get pictures of the full quilts - lesson learned. Next year, I'll take a shorter lens.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the curators told us that next year's show will be quilts from their collection. I'm really looking forward to that! The first quilt is from the collection. I was helping to wrangle my grandchildren this year so didn't get as many pictures as last year and I also missed getting photos of the labels. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My 4-year-old granddaughter (The Princess) looked at the beautiful Hawaiian quilt with pineapples all around the center (which I didn't manage to get a picture of) and told me she thinks that is what God looks like. The bottom pineapple (which is upside down) is His foot, she said, with His toes on the bottom. I think she horrified an older woman standing next to her as the woman told her, VERY firmly and quickly, that it's NOT. </span></span><br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-25867362948154356352012-10-15T11:05:00.000-07:002012-10-15T11:05:45.771-07:00Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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looks nothing like John Mayer. His music is soft and smooth while this
quilt is bright and angled but it will forever be linked with his sound
in my mind. Have you heard Born and Raised? It's awesome!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is from Miss Rosie's new pattern line and calls for 2 1/2" pieces rather than charm squares. <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm
really happy with the smaller size. It's great for a doll quilt or
for putting on the wall with some of my other Littles. I think I may
reduce the size of the other Schnibbles I have planned and make them
from the smaller squares, too. This size is more useful for me - not
fewer pieces or less work, just more useful.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used the Carolers line by Mary Engelbreit for this one. I had a charm pack so cut the squares into quarters - easy! The setting posts and binding are from American Jane. </span></span><br />
Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-49298398013088924972012-09-09T10:19:00.000-07:002012-09-09T10:19:17.352-07:00Bread making day<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I never remembered to take a picture until a couple of days ago. The grandchildren were here for a few hours and I gave a camera to The Princess so she could have something quiet to do while her brother was napping. Mostly she took some really good pictures, especially considering she's only four, but one of the things she wanted to do was model for me. Remember these?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I posted them way back in March. I finished most of the projects but haven't taken any pictures of some. I turned the top three fabrics into these --- </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dress on the left is for The Princess, on the right for The Princess in Training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Princess was wearing hers and decided she wanted to model it, sans apron. For some reason, she doesn't like the apron. I'm thinking I'll remove the buttons that hold it on since she never wears it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month, we got to choose whichever Schnibble we wanted to make. I knew I wanted to make a star in red, white, and blue for July and had purchased this charm pack of Minnick and Simpson fabrics when I saw it a few months ago. I don't remember the name of the line but if I find the tag I'll edit this post later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided on the pattern Decoy from the book Another Bite of Schnibbles. If you look at all the patterns, you'll see there are several that feature stars. What put Decoy at the top of the list was the amount of background fabric needed. I had 1/2 yard and this was the only one that didn't need more than that. The pattern has sashing and borders pieced from charms but I wanted a plain sashing and will leave the border off. I'll piece the binding from the charms I have left over - there are quite a few. I'm going to have this in the stack of small quilts my grandchildren play with when they're here and I wanted a stars quilt for next summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This star is cut and sewn in a different way than most. I have to say that I get my points lined up better when I make traditional flying geese but I still like this one.</span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-61715222770807291372012-06-27T12:18:00.000-07:002012-06-27T12:18:24.473-07:00June Schnibble - Leap Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of us who participated last month on either <a href="http://pinkpincushion.blogspot.com/">Sinta's blog </a>or <a href="http://www.aquiltinglife.com/">Sherri's blog</a> were <i>given</i> a new pattern, Leap Year, by Carrie of Miss Rosie's Quilt Company even before it was available! How cool is that? Be sure you check the Schnibbles Parades again on July 1st, just like every month, on Sinta's and Sherri's blogs. You'll see all of the pictures participants post of this quilt and find out the project for next month. To me, Schnibbles are really fun projects. Most take two charm packs plus background but I've done a couple that took only one charm pack. I made Leap Year using fabrics from my '30's box. Each square is one fabric plus white. I haven't decided if I'll use one fabric for the binding or make it scrappy. I'll quilt it before I decide and see how I feel that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope everyone (at least those of us in the northern hemisphere) is enjoying summer</span></span>. <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have most of my garden in and just have a couple of things left to plant. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Basically, Doc is what Carrie has named a quilt made from Card Trick blocks. The last time I tried one of these, I had to name it Misdeal and I haven't tried another since. That just made me more determined to get it right this time - and I succeeded! I used charm packs of Fresh Flowers by Deb Strain. (Fresh Flowers - May quilt. Get it?) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing that came to mind when I spread out the squares of fabrics was the saying everything old is new again. The prints and colors really remind me of the '60's, first because of this fabric -</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Picture it about as dark as along the right side of the photo, pretend it's flocked wallpaper, and it's what my mother put in the downstairs powder room of their new home. Honestly, I hated that wallpaper. It reminded me of a brothel in a B-Western. I did like the rest of the fabrics, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a difference in the way they're cut. Unfortunately, the orange print was one of my favorites and I couldn't use it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here is the completed top. I know I won't finish the quilting this month so decided to show it just as the flimsy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A while ago, Kate Spain had a give-away and I was one of the lucky winners! I thought I was getting a charm pack but there was a goof up with the mail delivery so she sent me a layer cake instead. Can you believe it? The fabric isn't even supposed to be in stores till next month so I think I'm doubly lucky. This fabric line is called Joy. To me, the designs say '50's even though designers call it Mid-Century. (When you've lived through it, Mid-Century just sounds too old.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Obviously, I'm going to use this for is a Christmas quilt. Most of the fabrics are prints with a few geometrics. (To see the line, click <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/un_main.nsf/mf_comingsoon">here</a>, then click on "Joy" - third row, third column.) I'm just not sure what to use for the quilt pattern. Most of the prints are about the size of the trees so tiny little pieces won't show off the fabric. I want to do piecing, not applique, for this one so I can have it completely finished by Thanksgiving along with several other quuilts I want to do for gifts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So my question is - what pattern would you use to show off the fabrics? The fabrics use white as a background and I have lots of white I can add. Obviously, no piece can be larger than 10". I'd like a pattern that reflects the same time period and that's where I'm stumped. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month, I actually followed the pattern! I used <b>Reunion</b> by <b>Sweetwater</b> for the fabrics - I love the line and they really do look summery to me. I purchased some 1/2 yard pieces to go with the charm packs before we were given the pattern for April so I used one of those for the sashing on the flying geese blocks. Because of that, I only needed to use one charm pack and still have one left. I'll probably use it for a doll quilt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hand quilted this by following the outside of the large triangles in the geese and stitched two parallel lines in the border, closer to the inside of the quilt than the outside, 1/4 inch apart. It's been finished for a couple of weeks but I haven't had a chance to take a picture of it until today. You know how life can be. </span></span>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-2380687123749847032012-03-31T13:10:00.001-07:002012-04-01T11:06:41.470-07:00This week, I made clothes<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">These are two dresses for The Princess. The first is <b>McCall's 6310</b>. I bought everything for this last year and needed to get it made while I still had enough fabric to make it fit her. She's growing fast. I don't remember ever making something exactly like the pattern but I loved the fabrics shown and went with those.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that's what I sewed this week. Tomorrow, the April Schnibble should be posted. I have my fabrics and I'm ready to sew!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some of these will go in a quilt, others are headed for dresses for granddaughters. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was fun picking out clear, bright colors after the grayed-down fabrics I've put in my last few quilts. (Except Cherry Trees - those are mostly brights.)</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The three pinks in the top photo are from JoAnn's and the others are all from Fabric Depot. I'm gonna' have fun!!!</span></span><br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-35141351700717585192012-03-19T14:05:00.000-07:002012-03-19T14:10:21.315-07:00March Schnibble<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Officially, this month's Schnibble project is Bibelot, a T quilt. But I've never been that crazy about T quilts and have always liked this pattern so chose to make it instead. This is Tag Along from </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Another Bite of Schnibble</i>s</b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> made from French General's </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Panier de Fleurs</i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">. Carrie's book has the same great instructions as her patterns. All I changed this month is the border. Using charm squares makes the center so busy that I wanted a border calmer than piano keys so chose this style. The binding will be the same red as the inner border. Now I have to decide on the quilting.</span></span><br />
<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631459448665897913.post-692093142535609952012-03-13T11:48:00.001-07:002012-03-13T11:48:13.653-07:00Beyond the Cherry Trees quilt: finished, done, complete<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I looked up the synonyms for finished and found there really aren't any that mean what I want to say. Finished, done, and complete don't really express just what I'm feeling. I've never spent two years making a quilt before. I've started them in the winter and then quilted them the following fall, with time out in the summer for weather that was too warm to curl up under the quilt, a necessary step the way I hand quilt. That was the longest before this. But now, <b>Beyond the Cherry Trees is</b> <b>finished</b>. <i>Yay</i>!!! Honestly, I feel a sense of relief. Looking at the marked and basted quilt, waiting to take that first quilting stitch, I felt overwhelmed. What was I doing? Would it ever be done? There were <i>so many lines</i> and they were <i>so <b>long</b></i>. I had other projects to get to. Did I really have to finish this first? Well, yes, because otherwise, it might <i>never</i> get finished. But once I started, it took either nine or ten days to hand quilt. I honestly don't remember if I started quilting on a Friday evening or the next morning. And now it's completed and on my great-great-grandmother's bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've read others' favorite steps on blogs and have to add mine - picking the fabrics and sewing down the binding. I must be one of those goal oriented people. I enjoy the process or I'd never start a project but I really enjoy finishing it and picking out the next one (which I've often already done). When a project of any kind takes too long, I get bored with it or decide I don't like something about it. There were several times when I almost didn't make the next block on this quilt. But I'd spent so much time on it that I decided that was just dumb so I made the next one and the next one and ... now it's complete. It was fun looking at the fabrics I chose as I stitched through them. There's only one block where I wish I'd picked something else. But out of 25 blocks and four long borders, that's not bad!</span></div>
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