tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51117822127079641502024-02-29T02:23:48.934-05:00Molly Flanders of all things quilty good!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.comBlogger553125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-77693484837910995572017-05-25T10:15:00.002-04:002017-05-25T10:15:34.689-04:00Oh, Where Have You Been Mary Girl, Mary Girl....<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wow! I just looked at my last post here! Yikes!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I am so sorry...it was last November.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When I posted in August, I mentioned my MIL came to live with us. She was very ill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I didn't explain the illness, but now I feel like I can finally talk about it a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In April of 2016, she suddenly became very ill with sepsis. I mean seriously ill!!! I have never seen someone so sick, so fast. We had just seen her a few days before! She lived just 5 minutes away...my husband took her to the grocery every week....I took her to all of her doctors appointments...she had just been with us to celebrate my daughter's birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was not familiar with sepsis. But now I feel like I need to warn everyone. If you think you have an infection....GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once the infection gets into your bloodstream, it takes over so quickly. You become ill soooo quickly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She was never the same after the infection. Her baseline (dementia)changed, she could not walk on her own (she was a high fall risk), other conditions changed (blood pressure, blood sugar control. Everything changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Because I was the one person home with her...the bulk of the care fell on my shoulders during the day. That was difficult...tiring. But the nights were horrific! She had sundowners. She never slept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All night long we would hear her getting out of bed to get her walker....she paced the hall. Out of bed, down the hall, to the bathroom, turn around, back to her room, out of bed, down the hall, to the bathroom, turn around....it went on and on all night long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sadly, at the end of September, she died. It was heartbreaking. We spent the bulk of 2016 caring for her and then cleaning her house to sell. That was a huge job as well! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It is a struggle to carry on with life as usual when you are caring for someone so ill...your normal routine is completely disrupted. But I tried to keep sewing and I had the shop to run. Thank goodness for my sister, the other half of <a href="http://www.sunnydayfabric.com/">Sunny Day</a>!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">To "pretty-up" this sad post...I would like to share one of my favorite finishes of 2016. It's the quilt made from the January Block which can be found on <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/">Lady Harvatine's</a> site.</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-81813562334606559242016-08-14T10:35:00.000-04:002016-08-14T10:35:10.517-04:00The Long and Winding Road....<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello, its been a long time since I have been here. Whew! </div>
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Our house and life has been turned upside down! My MIL became very ill in April and is now living with us. This has changed our lives and routines!</div>
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But I try to squeeze in sewing where I can. I think its the only thing keeping me sane!</div>
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I have had the pleasure to make a couple of baby quilts...one for a great niece....</div>
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A triangle quilt made with mostly Sarah Jane's line Sommer.</div>
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And I had a very good friend who had a baby girl!!!</div>
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I will try to keep up better here. I had a dickens of a time trying to log in...a bit of a panicky minute!! Yikes!!!</div>
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Sometimes it is difficult to do all things and to do them at 100% or even 50%.... this upheaval started slowly about a year and a half ago. Then in April, it was a flood of worry, change and, to be quite honest, aggravation. I am fortunate to have friends here at home and on the 'interwebs' who understand and have been truly very supportive. Even if it is only to listen to me complain. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So when I had a request from Susi to take part in the blog hop for her new Dream Big hexie patterns....I didn't hesitate to say, YES!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was given the swan, which was perfect! I know a swan loving little girl who would be thrilled with a pouch! This little girl is a ballet student, so the pouch is ideal for her hair bands, chapstick, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can find these fabulous patterns <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/270782820/dream-big-a-paper-piecing-hexagon?ref=shop_home_active_1">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and Susi's blog <a href="http://tinytoffeedesigns.blogspot.de/">here</a></span> . <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thanks for letting me play along Susi!</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-69337917681166565912016-03-05T08:31:00.000-05:002016-03-05T08:31:05.707-05:00Pincushion Remake!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Years ago, I posted a tutorial here for my <a href="http://mollyflanders.blogspot.com/2011/10/big-dresden-pincushion-tutorialand-wee.html">Big Dresden Pincushion</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you use the tutorial to make your own pinnie...use the hashtag #sunnydaydresdenpinnie</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-37575451348589117132016-02-12T08:37:00.001-05:002016-02-12T08:37:33.874-05:00Happy Valentine's Day! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I do love Valentine's Day! My sweet middle daughter was born on Valentine's Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A special fond memory of Valentine's Day is my children passing out cute cards to all of their classmates. My kiddos are all grown, but I have an adorable preschool neighbor! So when I found out she needed a Valentine's card holder, I got out my needle and thread!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And a little yardage from the Minny Muu line, to make this Valentine Mail Pouch! </span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-64505421714658405252016-01-24T13:12:00.000-05:002016-01-24T13:12:07.330-05:00Foundation Paper Piecing a Scottie Dog<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I stumbled upon this <a href="http://www.womenfolk.com/baby_quilts/scottiepattern.htm">Scottie Dog pattern</a> on a website called Womenfolk.com a few years ago. I love this version of a Scottie because the proportions are nice and the fact that I can turn it on point is a fun extra!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I posted a picture of this Scottie on Instagram the other day, I had several folks asking for a tutorial. So here you go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The first thing to do is to print the <a href="http://www.womenfolk.com/baby_quilts/scottiepattern.htm">Paper Pieced Scottie</a> from the website. There is another set of templates for piecing with templates. For our purposes we will use the <b>foundation paper pieced version.</b> Foundation paper piecing is stitching right through the paper...so you will want to discard your sewing machine needle after you are finished or at least set it aside and reserve it only for stitching through paper. </span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-21840647730343485032016-01-21T09:09:00.000-05:002016-01-21T09:09:52.651-05:00A Few Other Fun Makes!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lots of baby gifts at the end of the year in 2015 and I think there will be a few more in 2016!!!</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-2400832250498249262016-01-08T12:02:00.000-05:002016-01-08T12:02:10.473-05:00Hello....is it me you're looking for???<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The holiday season has come and gone with nary a word from me....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> but I did manage a quilt finish just before the clock struck midnight and we all said goodbye to 2015...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's not huge, but a good lap size for our chilly Ohio winters (if Mother Nature decides to grant us some chilly Ohio weather)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">xo mary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Well, I have been doing a little holiday and 'special' day sewing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I made another lunch bag from <a href="http://www.ayumills.blogspot.com/">Ayumi's</a> great tutorial! This one is, obviously, a robot bag for a robot lovin' little guy! The robot was not a simple make...I used a paper foundation template from the Electric Quilt Program. Tiiiiiny pieces!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I thought this would be cute to carry his lego's, crayons or matchbox cars. But then I thought how special this bag would be filled with cookies or a candle and yummy lotions to give as a hostess gift or for a friend! If you have a sewing friend you could trade the robot panel for something sewing related and fill it with great notions! So there you go, its all sorted out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can find the tutorial on Ayumi's Pink Penguin blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Simply cover a wallet style pouch with yo-yo's! What could be more sweet! And add a couple of pockets to hold hexie papers, wonder clips, a glue pen and some scissors! Perfect for small on-the-go projects!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love this retro Yuwa fabric we have in the <a href="http://www.sunnydayfabric.com/">shop</a>! It's great for fussy cutting too!</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-5937062291675299042015-10-06T09:04:00.000-04:002015-10-06T09:04:08.525-04:00Lunch, Anyone?<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After seeing a few adorable lunch bags floating around IG...I decided to it was time to try it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This super cute lunch bag is a free tutorial available on Ayumi's blog, <a href="http://ayumills.blogspot.com/">Pink Penguin</a>.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">So without a pattern...just a good foundation of bag and box making...I set forth to create....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It was fun putting it together and really not difficult. I do find that if I am attempting something from scratch...oversize the pieces when possible. It's like your hair, you can always cut more off...it's difficult to put it back together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When</span><a href="http://www.whynotsew.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Erin Cox of Why Not Sew?</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> asked me to participate in her book blog hop....of course, I said YES!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">If you would like to win your own e version of Sweet Tweets...leave a comment here! I will choose a winner on Saturday September 27th at 10 pm EDT. Good luck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Some time ago, I purchased Jen Kingwell's book, Quilt Lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">What a fitting title!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Everything in the book is LOVELY! I couldn't decide what to start first...until I saw Spring Fever at Minneapolis Quilt Market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I saw</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Spring Fever in person and fell in love with the butterflies and flowers...and that scalloped border!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But since I can't just work on one project at a time....I picked up the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt....oh my! What a lovely book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I made another using many of the fabrics from our <a href="http://www.sunnydayfabric.com/">Sunny Day Supply</a> shop and a wee bit of fabric from my sweet friend Janelle! She knows me so well :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I mentioned in my last post that I had a little swap with Susi!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, I know I made out like a bandit in this fun little swap!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Susi sent the most amazing pieced one inch hexies...pieced! I am impressed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thank you so much, Susi! It was sweet of you to suggest a little hexie swap and then to spoil me so was above and beyond! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I wish I could say I have been traveling and having a great time, but we have a grandma to take to the grocery and doctors appointments...so its a bit difficult to go away for very long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">That's okay...I enjoy all the vacation photos posted on IG! I am keeping a list of all the places I want to visit :) hehe!</span><br />
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-14448500828757201802015-06-26T12:50:00.000-04:002015-06-26T12:50:12.633-04:00Time for an Ark?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I have been playing with a few of the new fabrics we received in the <a href="http://www.sunnydayfabric.com/">shop</a>....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't have a dedicated sewing space....still sew in the kitchen. So it is a chore to pull out or search out the fabrics I want. And now that we have a four legged eating machine....all of my fabrics are hidden in plastic containers that serve as a deterrent to jumping on the living room furniture! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also decided to join in on the Sweetly Stitched Sew Along....It is a Sew Along organized by @ohhowsweetco and @sameliasmum on IG. The sew along is devoted to Amy Sinibaldi's book Sweetly Stitched Handmades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Some time after I lost my pup, Flanders, I started thinking about having another dog. I missed the companionship and the joy a dog brings to the house. My daughters wanted a dog as well and scoured the shelters looking for the right dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then we found him...OY! His name is Finley or Fin or, sometimes, What-the-heck-dog! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">He was so calm in the shelter....while all of the other dogs went bizerk as a visitor passed, he sat quietly....with those big brown eyes</span>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was all a ruse...he knew when he saw me coming down the hall, there is an easy target. It was just a matter of reeling me in and life would be golden!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Finley is a 2 year old Treeing Walker Coonhound. And full of energy! I would say a less than perfect match for a mid-fifties gal who likes to sit and stare at fabric and sew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The good news is, I am walking at least an hour a day with him and my daughter is running with him everyday. He is charming. Really...he is so stinking cute at times. And he sleeps like a champ and no accidents in the house. It is just the boundless amount of energy he has. I am hoping a lot of this has to do with his age. So if any of you have experience with TWC or hounds in general I would love to hear positive suggestions. The vet already put the fear of God into me, which didn't make me very happy. I need positive suggestions...not scare tactics. He is a rescue...had a bad life before and is now having to learn rules. We are in this for the duration! LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Also, that is why the blog has been so quiet...it takes tons of work to get this boy to act like a domesticated animal...hehe...and after that I am pooped. So please forgive me for being absent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thanks for hanging in there with me through transitions...whew! I know it will get better...the only way to go is up from here! LOL!</span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-835840586744171292015-05-13T23:38:00.001-04:002015-05-13T23:38:05.237-04:00Improv Workshop.....When I heard Heather Jones was holding an Improv Workshop in Dayton....I knew I had to go! <div><br></div><div>As luck would have it, the workshop fell on my sister's birthday! So I treated her to the workshop! What fun! Spending the day with my sis and sewing! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYbtGjtIE0hFVKsZyeTs4g2iyiPdi-JI__KGjhoskJAuD66T581Zbpz2jtcI1dMeIZ9OmP1NoKvrBuKdzFZd_gcy-8DhocXke0adaRacOgkOXxZmE1dycCOH-OZVqzWSiPiWpkJcexg/s640/blogger-image--883486793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYbtGjtIE0hFVKsZyeTs4g2iyiPdi-JI__KGjhoskJAuD66T581Zbpz2jtcI1dMeIZ9OmP1NoKvrBuKdzFZd_gcy-8DhocXke0adaRacOgkOXxZmE1dycCOH-OZVqzWSiPiWpkJcexg/s640/blogger-image--883486793.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>The studio space was fabulous! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL6OtEnIijewCHJeQco-D2MhpKB7DEUfUNl8n3vOEDbKRO0PlzOnrGKXV6JR8Tpv-1Asj6R0v1qBmiBAroPRBq4f3XL9qng7-XXUeE8wKaAeZLUvZ6_sLtU-4Gd6eijA7rlSQhnJlqg/s640/blogger-image-603588208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL6OtEnIijewCHJeQco-D2MhpKB7DEUfUNl8n3vOEDbKRO0PlzOnrGKXV6JR8Tpv-1Asj6R0v1qBmiBAroPRBq4f3XL9qng7-XXUeE8wKaAeZLUvZ6_sLtU-4Gd6eijA7rlSQhnJlqg/s640/blogger-image-603588208.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I met many amazing quilters....and connected with a few I already knew! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8_aeXZXJ23I4bDcKxgy6b9Ztd9pfHPQHpIYdcdF6zcFpMXLU94VQT3wiBR8S_inb3DVYO-gtsK3_34ay7PAJzoCwvxpbOcnBUlcXxiONOAZOcTwcsGWmHKVXw4DHW4cwQ-1cThHaeQ/s640/blogger-image-314791152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8_aeXZXJ23I4bDcKxgy6b9Ztd9pfHPQHpIYdcdF6zcFpMXLU94VQT3wiBR8S_inb3DVYO-gtsK3_34ay7PAJzoCwvxpbOcnBUlcXxiONOAZOcTwcsGWmHKVXw4DHW4cwQ-1cThHaeQ/s640/blogger-image-314791152.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We worked on several improv blocks....Log Cabin, Coin, and Cross block. I had such sweet and talented table mates and before long our design wall started to bloom! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRt6vC4ViNKtbwEG7g1cXgCpe7X02azWAFYkNUnHvN4IS7BaCHLELQnfuTb5GZGPhBviAGg-ubAA8bDgFsWXJNOEXccMa32MFvvVoNcUGhiDNLpLdpLYUeHYaiIkI-g0uARTCcLnufg/s640/blogger-image--1204657447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRt6vC4ViNKtbwEG7g1cXgCpe7X02azWAFYkNUnHvN4IS7BaCHLELQnfuTb5GZGPhBviAGg-ubAA8bDgFsWXJNOEXccMa32MFvvVoNcUGhiDNLpLdpLYUeHYaiIkI-g0uARTCcLnufg/s640/blogger-image--1204657447.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Other walls were also blooming! This was Lucinda's wall! Wonderful!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIF15kY7EDR6L2dr89QK7UN_tioRguY8mI4SUooO3UiR2waLVczCA3JfhL51MXRaUbt4F1_aYDCqwDdZiIWZnaub0LJFJX4OnZHGiOlr5_SQYRem_-V0KHZ9qX2hzMVau08TLbFXEaA/s640/blogger-image-2071625229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIF15kY7EDR6L2dr89QK7UN_tioRguY8mI4SUooO3UiR2waLVczCA3JfhL51MXRaUbt4F1_aYDCqwDdZiIWZnaub0LJFJX4OnZHGiOlr5_SQYRem_-V0KHZ9qX2hzMVau08TLbFXEaA/s640/blogger-image-2071625229.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I loved the look of my Log Cabin blocks against this weathered floor...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5-968gjXiM-MbX9wLhxtkrDrBietxMd8dh-6tp_d4EsBeXOYjwLOOtThcf2JMOw64epXFat6oDvRL2zuhKO3H24D8b0bm9MMWMj1DL8bKopC84_XQyQROxTxoB9TtYwEo7Vhum3kUg/s640/blogger-image--6638743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5-968gjXiM-MbX9wLhxtkrDrBietxMd8dh-6tp_d4EsBeXOYjwLOOtThcf2JMOw64epXFat6oDvRL2zuhKO3H24D8b0bm9MMWMj1DL8bKopC84_XQyQROxTxoB9TtYwEo7Vhum3kUg/s640/blogger-image--6638743.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Our wall! It felt great to be able to take the time to just play with fabrics and ideas. And mostly, to be inspired by the others around me. It felt very good indeed. I need to make a mental note that this sort of creative play is important. It feeds the soul. So take the time for a little fabric play! </div><div><br></div><div>mary xx</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-27226795942835662082015-05-03T15:58:00.000-04:002015-05-03T15:59:17.620-04:00Tiny Steps and Bow-tie Tutorial.... <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A couple of folks asked about the Improv Bow-tie quilt and my teeny tiny Courthouse Steps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Begin with a template...I have been using computer paper, but for demonstration purposes, I used a tissue paper called Golden Threads. It is much like tissue paper, but comes on a roll. I am using it for the tutorial because you can see through it...so easier to demonstrate than computer paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Courthouse Steps is a variation of a Log Cabin block. In a traditional CH Steps block the center is square and each step is the same width as the center. So my template has a 3/8 inch square center and each step is 3/8 inch wide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can easily make your own template and with any size step you desire. Start with the center square...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Add the top and bottom square...in my template the center is 3/8 square and the top and bottom are also 3/8 inch square. Then add sides which are 3/8 inch wide but the length is equal to the center+top+bottom = 1 1/8 inches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next steps you add will be to the top and bottom again...then the sides. Continue adding steps until you have as many or as like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can work this block without using a paper foundation template. I used a template because my steps are so small and I wanted it to be as accurate as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Notice there aren't any seam allowances included in my template. For paper foundation piecing we will add the seam allowances as we trim back each step after it is added. You will need to remember to leave a 1/4 inch seam allowance around the perimeter of the finished block or your last step will be super thin ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I cut my center square 1 inch x 1 inch...all of the strips for the steps I cut 1 inch by the width of the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Take a strip of fabric for the top step and cut it so it is as long as the step plus at least a 1/4 inch for seam allowance on both sides. You do not have to measure and cut accurately...it just needs to be at least the length of the step plus 1/2 inch (it can be longer).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's important to reduce your stitch length to about 1.5-1.7...the purpose of a reduced stitch length is to better hold these small pieces together and to more easily perforate the paper for tearing it away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A word of caution! This pattern requires some thought in terms of the fabrics and their placement. So the next block in my first row (to the right of the block above) will need to have on the left side of the center the same Liberty fabric. The block below the block above, will need the same Cotton and Steel fabric that I used on the bottom steps. Blocks will share fabrics with the blocks to the right and left and with the blocks above and below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This little block is super easy! If you have any experience with the process of Improv piecing, you will get this right away. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I begin with two squares or rectangles of my bow-tie fabric...and four rectangles of my background fabric. I don't measure these. I simply oversize all of the fabrics I use and the background pieces are larger than the bow-tie fabrics. If you dislike wasting bits of fabric....this may not be the process for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Take one bow-tie fabric pieces and lay a background fabric piece on top of it at an angle. Stitch using a 1/4 inch seam allowance and trim to leave 1/4 inch seam allowance from the stitch line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Let me know if you make your own courthouse steps or bow-tie quilt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> We finally have Spring in Ohio! It will probably last about 5 minutes and then we will be into the heat of Summer...ugh! Can you tell how excited I am for Summer? I really need to live where it is about 65 degrees for the better part of the year. Any ideas? </span></div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101540158088271850noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111782212707964150.post-7680963714218481532015-04-09T22:27:00.002-04:002015-04-09T22:28:10.559-04:00Stitching Away!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The beginning of April has been filled with a good deal of sewing and a lot of dodging the flu!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I picked up a neglected top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I thought I would quilt this quirky little improv Bow-tie...but I need more batting...and so it waits..again :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love this little quilt and the pops of color! I think some organic straight line quilting might be just perfect. Now to get that batting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also changed the comment section on my blog so that I can reply within the comment section. I haven't decided yet if I like the change, but I noticed that some comments aren't sent to my email. I think it has something to do with Google plus...not sure. If anyone has had a similar experience or you know another option I would love to hear!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> happy thursday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But the speed and convenience of glue basting is winning out at the moment! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am working with 1 inch hexies....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and my goal is to grow this to a piece large enough to provide me with a front and back exterior for a tablet cover. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> My only real concern with the glue basting was having to tug at the papers to remove them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">press the piece before you attempt to remove the papers and some of you suggest starching and pressing before removing...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">use a paper punch and punch a hole in the middle of the paper so you can 'fish' out the paper with a blunt object like a chop stick...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">or using a sharp object, like a stiletto, to loosen up the edges...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and also, one I am terribly guilty of violating, use only a dab of the glue to baste! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All great tips! Please keep them coming!</span></div>
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