tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203927582024-03-19T21:58:25.248+10:30Quilting Twinkerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1043125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-80808687347703602822024-03-19T20:41:00.001+10:302024-03-19T20:41:55.392+10:30Almost Ready To Sew<p> 5 days after surgery, and I'm almost ready to resume my sewing. There was a bit of drama on the day after surgery, when I reacted very badly to the iodine they used; a quick trip to the hospital for antihistamines and pain killers and flushing my eye with lots of saline and I felt human once more. Poor <a href="https://artfulsister.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mereth</a> had to wait on me that day; I'll have to buy her some fabric as a thankyou. And when she has her cataracts done she knows to answer YES when they ask her if she's sensitive to iodine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've been reading dreadful novels from the library, and catching up on blog reading with my one good eye. Today my vision is starting to get back to normal, so I spent some time in the sewing room. I went through piles of magazines and ripped out pages to keep; the rest are going in the recycling. The op shops here are full of magazines, and no-one wants them anymore. Everything is online, but I have some favourites from the old issues, so I'll make a scrap book of them. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did some sewing too, about half an hour, but it was giving me a headache so I'll wait a little longer before I go back to that. I'm not supposed to be in a dusty environment till my eye heals, and there is so much fabric dust around my cutting table. I'm trying to be good and do as I'm told, but it's an effort!</p>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-78693519939790796172024-03-13T17:05:00.000+10:302024-03-13T17:05:36.574+10:30Heatwave!<p>Oh my goodness, the last 5 days have been dreadful. 41° (105° F) and the night time temps above 25°. Yech! The weather didn't get the memo about summer being over already. It hasn't been too hot this year, so I didn't really miss my AC, but this heatwave did me in. It was miserable. It's cooled down a bit today, and so of course I got a phone call saying my new AC has arrived and will be installed tomorrow. I'm just happy that it's here and ready for the next hot spell; we often get nasty hot weather into April here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While the world outside was sweltering I stayed in our shop with the AC running, and tackled even more scraps. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CCR5sc-fRgQ/ZfFHXWsNaPI/AAAAAAAAf9M/Q4Y6jMOEkXQtRrqGYmIN07Q_DwYpfhWdQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CCR5sc-fRgQ/ZfFHXWsNaPI/AAAAAAAAf9M/Q4Y6jMOEkXQtRrqGYmIN07Q_DwYpfhWdQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The scrap boxes at home are my patchwork scraps. The ones at the shop come from Op Shop bags, leftover backings, donations from friends and customers who are cleaning out their stashes. Most of it is modern children's patterns, there's a fair bit of Oriental themed stuff and Australiana, plus panels and metallics. None of it is my cup of tea, but here it is, clogging up the shelves. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing as I was incarcerated for the duration I got stuck into the children's fabrics, cutting for Happy blocks and I-Spy hexagons. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3oJ5L-8pvvo/ZfFHYkDYRBI/AAAAAAAAf9Q/W7gQaJPcchYs3ZMsJA8-Vc0NvQGbnFBIACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3oJ5L-8pvvo/ZfFHYkDYRBI/AAAAAAAAf9Q/W7gQaJPcchYs3ZMsJA8-Vc0NvQGbnFBIACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021229.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Very quickly I realised there weren't enough large pieces to make a 5" square for the centre, or a hexagon, so I started string piecing 5" squares from the scraps. I'm actually loving it, which surprised me because I've always been on the fence about string piecing.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RZ7X8q9Wux0/ZfFHZ1W6HOI/AAAAAAAAf9U/j-cl8W0Jezs8itgub9lbg4bAyJX7_LrBwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RZ7X8q9Wux0/ZfFHZ1W6HOI/AAAAAAAAf9U/j-cl8W0Jezs8itgub9lbg4bAyJX7_LrBwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021253.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> I like that it uses up every last piece of some tiny scraps, and everything finds a home somewhere, but the mess is so annoying!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This time I'm coping with the mess by tidying up every few hours, which means all the un-useable strip ends get weeded out, and all the remaining strips are sorted into various lengths and colours, and then I start making a mess again with new blocks. The tidying up is a bit zen, it interrupts the intensity of shoving fabric through the machine and I don't feel overwhelmed by the chaos.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rONorScrbZI/ZfFH7P9rrsI/AAAAAAAAf9g/CPQONAA7198-b55cxAX65nWHcbLYmC9igCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rONorScrbZI/ZfFH7P9rrsI/AAAAAAAAf9g/CPQONAA7198-b55cxAX65nWHcbLYmC9igCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I'm loving these bright colours for a change; it's so not me, but it's fun. I'm aiming for 30 or so blocks, which will put a dent in the boxes, and then I'll decide what to do with what is left. By that time the temperature might have cooled down enough for me to go back to my sewing room, and my regularly scheduled programming.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-38294481168790222152024-03-10T11:23:00.001+10:302024-03-10T11:23:58.138+10:30They Say It Gets Worse.....Before it gets better. The mess on my cutting table is certainly worse, but there has been much progress.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rp7HCMejp74/Zet9BklNLAI/AAAAAAAAfyM/VUyuWZ31fCYtYHfbC9QBM5__S2aD5Qf0QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rp7HCMejp74/Zet9BklNLAI/AAAAAAAAfyM/VUyuWZ31fCYtYHfbC9QBM5__S2aD5Qf0QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000021067.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I have 20 Housetop blocks finished, and more cut out. I have no set ideas on how big I want to make this, but more a couch size quilt than a bed quilt I think. If there are still scraps left, then I'll pick another pattern to use them up.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jy2fpWftdzE/Zet9C2ZTS0I/AAAAAAAAfyQ/L1kTDSrerIQk-vETqtSvfamDUY-uo8X1gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jy2fpWftdzE/Zet9C2ZTS0I/AAAAAAAAfyQ/L1kTDSrerIQk-vETqtSvfamDUY-uo8X1gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000021069.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The little Log Cabin blocks are multiplying, I have about 18 of them that just need another round of strips. And to deal with the 1.5" strips I may have started a Half Log Cabin project. I've always wanted to make one, so I just began.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8gZkoiW3j1Q/Ze0DCuE5SiI/AAAAAAAAf3Q/-L7hCRQkcu4RQ_rQVhrfPWqp5Ea_MN1IgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1899" data-original-width="1527" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8gZkoiW3j1Q/Ze0DCuE5SiI/AAAAAAAAf3Q/-L7hCRQkcu4RQ_rQVhrfPWqp5Ea_MN1IgCNcBGAsYHQ/w321-h400/1000021068.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /></div><div>It's so easy to cut, they start with a 1.5" square, then each log is 1" bigger. 2.5", 3.5" 4.5", 5.5", it's so simple. It's chewing up the strips. When I come across a longer strip I also cut 4 3.5" pieces for my Plaid quilt kit, which has taken a back seat to all these new projects. And when I run out of 1.5" strips I can still cut these sizes by slicing 1.5" from the end of my other strip sizes. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>I kept rejecting the red strips, I haven't got over my dislike of red. I was sick of them getting in the way when I went through the strips drawers, so I made them all into 16-patches. I have no idea what I'll do with them, but at least they're dealt with now. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbardLgL8Ps/Zet9FLWZFkI/AAAAAAAAfyY/0zq_wBbbFUANT-rB0RPrMWA42fzFVq0ZACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021070.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbardLgL8Ps/Zet9FLWZFkI/AAAAAAAAfyY/0zq_wBbbFUANT-rB0RPrMWA42fzFVq0ZACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000021070.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>That <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2016/09/addicted-to-scraps-pre-order-event.html" target="_blank">Moth In The Window</a> block was a little sidetrack because I had 1.5" and 2.5" strips in the same fabrics, and I wondered if I'd like to commence to cutting some of these blocks. It's definitely something I want to do, but it's not on the front burner just yet. It's another Bonnie pattern from her Addeicted To Scraps book that I've had on my list for years</div><div><br /></div><div>So I'm very busy cutting and sewing and congratulating myself on dealing with the scraps, but you know what? I can't see a difference. This strip box just seems to refill itself overnight. I'll have to try harder.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e98e9lYo_Bk/Ze0DDh2IE-I/AAAAAAAAf3U/mEl2ljyw3-80mx4aIw1_OIS6xP-reQD7QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000021169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e98e9lYo_Bk/Ze0DDh2IE-I/AAAAAAAAf3U/mEl2ljyw3-80mx4aIw1_OIS6xP-reQD7QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000021169.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-23154138354087683492024-03-01T19:41:00.000+10:302024-03-01T19:41:17.535+10:30Creating a messMy strip boxes are overflowing. I need to get them under control.<div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9AItQ4ykocU/ZeGLqJaoISI/AAAAAAAAfXI/dCsH-2Asd8oZljZ_72vxraBolubB9BS_QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020897.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9AItQ4ykocU/ZeGLqJaoISI/AAAAAAAAfXI/dCsH-2Asd8oZljZ_72vxraBolubB9BS_QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020897.jpg" width="400"></a></div></div>I made 4 Housetop blocks with varying width strips to see if I liked making them and I did, but I can't cut them out of scraps alone. Those outer rings take 30" of a strip, and most of mine aren't that long. And the 1.25"strips are what I really want to get rid of. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xEqbs81y720/ZeGLrDgfOfI/AAAAAAAAfXM/WHgL31IEEuEDZhTvhbAt-2VynG2khRl7QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020887.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xEqbs81y720/ZeGLrDgfOfI/AAAAAAAAfXM/WHgL31IEEuEDZhTvhbAt-2VynG2khRl7QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020887.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br></div><div>So I drew up the Log Cabin block I wanted to make using only 1.25"strips, and went through the boxes and pulled out every bit that wasn't 18" long. My chart showed every rectangle I needed to cut, so it was easy to measure a little strip, then cut the longest piece I could from it.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JSV08e2wl1Q/ZeGLv9lyL_I/AAAAAAAAfXQ/kkqfMAfP7Z0moW-Cf28NgTLU-06bxoyygCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020898.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JSV08e2wl1Q/ZeGLv9lyL_I/AAAAAAAAfXQ/kkqfMAfP7Z0moW-Cf28NgTLU-06bxoyygCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020898.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br></div><div>I dealt with the light strips in short order; it was satisfying to find a use for every little bit, down to a 1.25"square.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WL1WhvcxWaw/ZeGLxO4XA8I/AAAAAAAAfXU/q2MYluvZJPEA7vK_h6OMVnttNZWgFoY2gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WL1WhvcxWaw/ZeGLxO4XA8I/AAAAAAAAfXU/q2MYluvZJPEA7vK_h6OMVnttNZWgFoY2gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020899.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">All these little smidgeons were converted to logs of the right size, with almost no waste.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dNK6ZQWRaAU/ZeGLzaI3cqI/AAAAAAAAfXc/f_uUAsBjPiI99p7ic6oZfQ2aQONR_6AdQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dNK6ZQWRaAU/ZeGLzaI3cqI/AAAAAAAAfXc/f_uUAsBjPiI99p7ic6oZfQ2aQONR_6AdQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020901.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br></div>Lots of teeny little dark strips found a home too. I haven't touched the larger scraps yet, and I have enough for more than 20 blocks. I have no idea how many I can make out of those 2 tubs, but it will be a quilt's worth.</div><div><div><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kVkCdQH-yJ8/ZeGLyMJ1RVI/AAAAAAAAfXY/RskKlphdrbwWb0I41_6K2uextYMKSKmNgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kVkCdQH-yJ8/ZeGLyMJ1RVI/AAAAAAAAfXY/RskKlphdrbwWb0I41_6K2uextYMKSKmNgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020902.jpg" width="400"></a></div><div>All laid out waiting for me to start building. I was going to have 5 rounds, but I think I'll stop at 4 and that will make a 6" block. That 8.25"block just seems too big.</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Tqz5WaumeFE/ZeGYUNzUiuI/AAAAAAAAfYU/7TcEo0HlVzQ40PYYFi6bQyuWW4TUuhHngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Tqz5WaumeFE/ZeGYUNzUiuI/AAAAAAAAfYU/7TcEo0HlVzQ40PYYFi6bQyuWW4TUuhHngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020908.jpg" border="0" data-original-width="3024" data-original-height="3024" width="320" height="320"></a></div><br></div><div>At some stage I will have to think about how I want the blocks set; there are so many possibilities that it's hard to choose.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oZfE1OVeT5U/ZeGL0vd-ROI/AAAAAAAAfXg/ehXz5l4RD4YJZa4jYe3lwMP_tf3-smvfgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oZfE1OVeT5U/ZeGL0vd-ROI/AAAAAAAAfXg/ehXz5l4RD4YJZa4jYe3lwMP_tf3-smvfgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020906.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br></div><div>I've always loved Straight Furrows, </div><div><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1KXAggwSgk0/ZeGL1um1w5I/AAAAAAAAfXk/YMtJmvlGXQY0CHKQh109YFZN_M3eXzIoQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1KXAggwSgk0/ZeGL1um1w5I/AAAAAAAAfXk/YMtJmvlGXQY0CHKQh109YFZN_M3eXzIoQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020905.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br></div><div>But then again I love Sunshine and Shadows, </div><br><div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrP1kIZwQ6lfdtcAnP8S8RJCKvQ0LPh8LyTgMnlY9rwxfOr9fF-8pD8n3gxyxQ9HwwyYRZ1wf9zZTnNfuVr6oLPdtwNjnNGgCaxJ4PKnOCQoxIteAhuPpkfHQIl5p-t0EsSbLw1Boup1NkZU0kVXNyTvY342L2FOJQfx_5X4RbazdK5RaH04x/s1177/Barn%20Raising%20Log%20Cabin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrP1kIZwQ6lfdtcAnP8S8RJCKvQ0LPh8LyTgMnlY9rwxfOr9fF-8pD8n3gxyxQ9HwwyYRZ1wf9zZTnNfuVr6oLPdtwNjnNGgCaxJ4PKnOCQoxIteAhuPpkfHQIl5p-t0EsSbLw1Boup1NkZU0kVXNyTvY342L2FOJQfx_5X4RbazdK5RaH04x/w340-h400/Barn%20Raising%20Log%20Cabin.jpg" width="340"></a></div><br><div>and Barn Raising.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg4Rf-rfRCfwG0Ie3lL7sC7VsdPIppADUH03bzQHgouBZlrYhKPGXGaUhM5MpxBTHZN_GsvO7Bs4zuoLy12H3PBZI4Lg_Ff2GyzWVlovgVCDHW3wrDi_AjyNTBekWeUkSIyddqEK0av074HMvVjJjQq5q0ru5vxEDzdiB21HTUMVOXZseSpm_/s1222/DSC_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg4Rf-rfRCfwG0Ie3lL7sC7VsdPIppADUH03bzQHgouBZlrYhKPGXGaUhM5MpxBTHZN_GsvO7Bs4zuoLy12H3PBZI4Lg_Ff2GyzWVlovgVCDHW3wrDi_AjyNTBekWeUkSIyddqEK0av074HMvVjJjQq5q0ru5vxEDzdiB21HTUMVOXZseSpm_/w328-h400/DSC_0006.jpg" width="328"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>In fact, my first quilt was a <a href="https://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com/2013/07/log-cabins-old-and-new.html" target="_blank">Log Cabin</a>, made when I was 15, in the Straight Furrows setting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sni6khhhhM4maWMwCKjIzsHbPQW05hY8zqe0ROehL1N3Y5IrQgcqKSav0zGgbNJ5oVA8coyvFK16Q18pQO3ivrQo9PghxJKOcFVy2z66ZJZj1zvTCb4_kp6JdlSyzEe435oZ4X50UNRfL77M8SxNYjDiioEvCGwLTBvCnRhmo4lFz5dqfCk9/s320/mums%20logcabin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="320" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sni6khhhhM4maWMwCKjIzsHbPQW05hY8zqe0ROehL1N3Y5IrQgcqKSav0zGgbNJ5oVA8coyvFK16Q18pQO3ivrQo9PghxJKOcFVy2z66ZJZj1zvTCb4_kp6JdlSyzEe435oZ4X50UNRfL77M8SxNYjDiioEvCGwLTBvCnRhmo4lFz5dqfCk9/w400-h309/mums%20logcabin.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br><div>I made it for my Mum, and she loved it, though it was all 70s dressmaking scraps, and pretty wonky.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Those decisions are a long way off yet, so I'll just keep on cutting and sewing.</div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-21938181539106862912024-02-28T20:25:00.000+10:302024-02-28T20:25:20.107+10:30Scrap ProjectsWhile the strips I cut were out I decided to cut the 3.5"and 1.5" ones into pieces for a Plaid quilt. Some people call it a Crossroads block, I've always called it Plaid.<div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4kYTcFbIp0k/Zd5GpibFw3I/AAAAAAAAfC8/bWf7KEoNQxIKmffcZnHTS46DcG41GwZ_QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020863.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4kYTcFbIp0k/Zd5GpibFw3I/AAAAAAAAfC8/bWf7KEoNQxIKmffcZnHTS46DcG41GwZ_QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020863.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I had to make a couple, just to see what they looked like; I've made 2 quilts with these blocks, but never with reproduction fabrics, so I was a bit curious.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TsyWzgQ1hO0/Zd5Gq5UpgjI/AAAAAAAAfDA/BVy9ST5H0RsHtgAJNxXy3g1It4GnxIgFwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TsyWzgQ1hO0/Zd5Gq5UpgjI/AAAAAAAAfDA/BVy9ST5H0RsHtgAJNxXy3g1It4GnxIgFwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020868.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>They look fine. Now I want to be disciplined and put them aside to use as leader-enders, but I don't have a very good track record with that.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also started playing around with the other strips sizes. I want to cut for a Log Cabin, but I also want to make blocks of surrounded squares.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rWDsxrPwW2w/Zd5Gsert2tI/AAAAAAAAfDE/ifMvSTpdFmQJAN0hjC-CF40Cp1frOZAQACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020787.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rWDsxrPwW2w/Zd5Gsert2tI/AAAAAAAAfDE/ifMvSTpdFmQJAN0hjC-CF40Cp1frOZAQACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020787.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I made one that uses 4 different size strips, and then thought that I could make lots of blocks with the strips varying in position. The finished size is 8.5", so I need to stay within that size. I tried a couple other combinations as an experiment, and realised that the outer rounds need quite a bit of fabric. That won't work with my short strip scraps. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>I think I need to cut as many of these blocks as I can with my long strips, and then switch to Log Cabin blocks where every log is different. That way I can use up all the little bits and pieces. Once I've cleared out the tubs and drawers I can start cutting from FQs and use the full strips for my surrounded square blocks. I've heard them called Housetop blocks, so maybe I'll use that name for them.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's tiring trying to see what I'm doing, and I don't think I'm as accurate as I normally am because I just can't focus on the marks on the ruler. But I have a date for my second cataract surgery, in 2 weeks time, and I'm very happy about that. I don't expect it will cure all my ills, but I'll be closer to getting new glasses that take into account my changed vision. I'm looking forward to that.</div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-44220543854253356572024-02-22T12:23:00.001+10:302024-02-22T13:24:30.491+10:30Tiny 9-patches<p> Everyone across Blogland is making little nine-patches, thanks to Taryn at <a href="https://reproquiltlover.com/tiny-nine-patch-quilt-blocks/" target="_blank">ReproQuiltLover.</a> She is replicating an antique quilt with truly tiny nine-patches, and offers tutorials for 3 sizes. She calls then Teeny Tiny (1/2"squares), Tiny (3/4"squares) and Small (1"squares). I was intrigued, but not tempted to join in; I have enough to be going on with, until my eyesight improves.</p><p><br /></p><p>However. On a recent visit to <a href="https://artfulsister.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mereth's</a> sewing room she showed me an old Quilters Newsletter Magazine with an interview with Lee Porter. One of the quilts on a bed was a beautiful old 9patch with pink sashing, and I decided it would be perfect to use up my extensive collection of 1.25" strips. Mereth has already made a trial block, and I have unashamedly pinched her idea; that's the problem being identical twins, we usually love the same things.. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U44L_zvFeOo/ZdEus4Yde3I/AAAAAAAAdcg/KhC0O6EiFtMNBzdWrAzguMgUhOihuAeAQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U44L_zvFeOo/ZdEus4Yde3I/AAAAAAAAdcg/KhC0O6EiFtMNBzdWrAzguMgUhOihuAeAQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020721.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I did some rough calculations and decided that the 2.25" 9patches would make a nice size quilt, with 25 or 30 blocks. It would also use up those containers of 1.25"strips that have been hanging around since 2013. In order to use these strips of all lengths I'm making my 9patches by a different strip pieced method.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5CT-l5_UAmE/ZdajXQo9SaI/AAAAAAAAezs/x_vh6PXaS6MpxSVlOxi2tkKjAtA33NVkQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020780.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5CT-l5_UAmE/ZdajXQo9SaI/AAAAAAAAezs/x_vh6PXaS6MpxSVlOxi2tkKjAtA33NVkQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020780.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I cut a light and dark strip to 6.5", plus a 1.25"square from the dark. The strips are joined together, and subcut into 5 1.25"slices. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qaUVVKSlGOo/ZdajQF9KVUI/AAAAAAAAezg/aM-BwWq11ekbmF-k34gnCTOMkp2f7DiPQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020783.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qaUVVKSlGOo/ZdajQF9KVUI/AAAAAAAAezg/aM-BwWq11ekbmF-k34gnCTOMkp2f7DiPQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020783.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I need 4 for the 9patch, plus there's an extra one to build into a scrappy block later on.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t_UpqYeSq8Y/ZdajU0a4LPI/AAAAAAAAezo/U75Gvahp_rskdpolckSN5Yj35wt8l0ybQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t_UpqYeSq8Y/ZdajU0a4LPI/AAAAAAAAezo/U75Gvahp_rskdpolckSN5Yj35wt8l0ybQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020784.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Three of the little units are sewn together, and the single square is added to the other one. Then that unit is added to complete the 9patch.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-35yAX3m6BfQ/ZdajZssLjhI/AAAAAAAAez0/c2vhki5cI-U1QByipWZlK7TWYgqWVtKwgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020790.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-35yAX3m6BfQ/ZdajZssLjhI/AAAAAAAAez0/c2vhki5cI-U1QByipWZlK7TWYgqWVtKwgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020790.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The scrap blocks are going to be cute; I'll raid my box of squares for the single piece needed to complete the 9patch.<p></p><p><br /></p><p> I'd probably prefer to strip piece 5 blocks at a time as Taryn details in <a href="https://reproquiltlover.com/strip-piecing-a-tiny-nine-patch/" target="_blank">this tutorial,</a> but until I whittle these strips down I won't do that. My quilt plan needs 480 blocks, and even though each 9patch block only takes 2 six and a half inch strips I don't think I'll have enough.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NsgZCKSpJsE/ZdEuuVPqqdI/AAAAAAAAdck/yfndG9FU2aM4t8IS88NqHFAzD1dnWDIKACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NsgZCKSpJsE/ZdEuuVPqqdI/AAAAAAAAdck/yfndG9FU2aM4t8IS88NqHFAzD1dnWDIKACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020745.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The setting strips are also 1.25" strips, and I can use the longer strips for that. I'm really hopeful that I can clear out those 2 boxes, and then I'll have permission to cut new scraps. </p><p>These will be a long term project, and I will have to start looking for a pink sashing fabric. EQ8 says I'll need 2.5m, so I may have to go shopping. Such a chore 😄.</p><p><br /></p>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-10904361231993927802024-02-18T09:05:00.001+10:302024-02-18T09:05:40.989+10:30ProgressI started with this collection of scraps and leftovers, plus some more in various other piles.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mkE1-02t5HU/ZdEtnHBnJVI/AAAAAAAAdcM/5I35n1B0uPQ4BQrTaR0YvpQXl9S9To_iwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mkE1-02t5HU/ZdEtnHBnJVI/AAAAAAAAdcM/5I35n1B0uPQ4BQrTaR0YvpQXl9S9To_iwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I've been assiduously cutting for days, not thinking about the final destination of this fabric, just trying to get it cut down into useable sizes.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TFFRx4Yo6GU/ZdEtdo-GV3I/AAAAAAAAdb0/wU-lRawU1lwqD451JRPp0jnpGZyCHsibwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020760.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TFFRx4Yo6GU/ZdEtdo-GV3I/AAAAAAAAdb0/wU-lRawU1lwqD451JRPp0jnpGZyCHsibwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020760.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So many decisions are involved, but to make it simple I just tried to get the biggest strip or square that I could from each piece.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fApL8AiW8Fo/ZdEtfsd10WI/AAAAAAAAdb4/gO2NM4NDhFU0Rqdcg6SoX0FoKstjAnuRgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020765.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fApL8AiW8Fo/ZdEtfsd10WI/AAAAAAAAdb4/gO2NM4NDhFU0Rqdcg6SoX0FoKstjAnuRgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020765.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>It's very satisfying to see an empty container, and know that everything in it has been trimmed and assigned a new home.<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dqOnr-ujoY8/ZdEtkMhMkMI/AAAAAAAAdcE/Uy3HXfladxMTkfcaPlPXQ4tb0ehLyQOzACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dqOnr-ujoY8/ZdEtkMhMkMI/AAAAAAAAdcE/Uy3HXfladxMTkfcaPlPXQ4tb0ehLyQOzACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020751.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />These are my little strips, and I emptied that white tray cutting these little bits. They range from 1"to 1.75", and I have plans for each size strip. There may be some Log Cabin blocks in my future, featuring 1"strips, and I'm thrilled to be using every last skerrick of a scrap. </div><div><br /></div><div>I still haven't conquered Mt. Scrapmore, but I've made lots of progress.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fgkD4A7-Vd0/ZdEv94t-aoI/AAAAAAAAddA/CuuY3j8Yt3c--sEbBH5S-QbiKxOAjmXRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020767.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fgkD4A7-Vd0/ZdEv94t-aoI/AAAAAAAAddA/CuuY3j8Yt3c--sEbBH5S-QbiKxOAjmXRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020767.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>The strips starting at 1"and ending at 3.5". Lots of squares to go into the boxes for current and future projects.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PIRaSxauC9Y/ZdEv_SOGC3I/AAAAAAAAddE/cYExzgybMFQYlFZjobi70fk2q_xa8Y3fwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020766.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PIRaSxauC9Y/ZdEv_SOGC3I/AAAAAAAAddE/cYExzgybMFQYlFZjobi70fk2q_xa8Y3fwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020766.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>This is the pile of larger scraps, all ironed and ready to cut the bigger size strips. I have plans for the 3.5"strips, and I enjoyed my last 2.5"leader-ender so I'm going to do another one. Even though that size seems too large for my taste, I like working on blocks that grow so quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have three quilts that I'll cut for from these strips. I think I've powered through the cutting because I haven't stopped to cut individual pieces for those projects. Once I've dealt with the whole lot I can go back and kit up the blocks I want to make. Maybe I can finally get a handle on how to manage my scraps; just being hopeful here.</div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-81633956191153798782024-02-14T20:54:00.001+10:302024-02-14T20:54:12.085+10:30I'm mighty sick of the mess in my sewing room. every surface is piled high with random collections of fabric and strange containers full of scraps. Not to mention the shirts draped everywhere. Enough is enough!<div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qg0S46JtPJA/ZcyP5b_NA5I/AAAAAAAARYQ/TJh9GMNyQHI7UgG6spwKfkPQwo8124iRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qg0S46JtPJA/ZcyP5b_NA5I/AAAAAAAARYQ/TJh9GMNyQHI7UgG6spwKfkPQwo8124iRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>First up I pulled out a bunch of light blue and white scraps and cut enough wedges for another 7 Dresden Plates. Now all the rest of the shirts can go back where they belong while I piece these together. I'll have to find enough fabric for the background squares, but I'll deal with that later.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cWeKNz3j1CA/ZcyP3xiHVxI/AAAAAAAARYM/gvh3kL5Bk8QeMhKLd9R9X-8rFkR2bwRYwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cWeKNz3j1CA/ZcyP3xiHVxI/AAAAAAAARYM/gvh3kL5Bk8QeMhKLd9R9X-8rFkR2bwRYwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>What is most urgent is sorting out 5 containers of strips and scraps, some dating from quilts I finished 2 years ago. I've never sorted out the leftovers from any quilt I've made, it all accumulates into a giant mess. I can see several days of sorting and cutting ahead of me, but if I get sick of it I know <a href="https://artfulsister.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mereth </a>will take all the rest. She's positively willing me to fail, 😀. (Ooh look, we have emojis now. How exciting..)</div><div><br /></div><div>Last time I was at Seonaid's we did jigsaws again, heads together as we searched for the right pieces. We were both a bit appalled then, when she tested positive for Covid. She immediately isolated in her bedroom, I wore a mask and so did she when she came out for something to eat. I couldn't go home straight away because the next day was a 44° day, way too hot to travel, so we just tried to minimise the contact. I wrangled the kids for another day and a half so she could be sick in peace, then I came home hoping that I wasn't going to get sick. And amazingly, I didn't. I did 4 tests, all negative, and no symptoms.</div><div><br /></div><div>And then after a family get together last week at the coffee shop, Mereth tested positive. Again I waited to see if I'd contracted it too, but I didn't. I think it's pretty amazing that I've avoided it when it's come to so close to me. Mereth's granddaughters are the source for her infection, so it's going through the schools yet again. I just hope I can continue to dodge it.</div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-39745515687162765912024-02-12T07:09:00.000+10:302024-02-12T07:09:04.617+10:30Still here...<p> I've certainly had enough time off from the blog, time for a catch up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't blogged in so long because I don't like complaining on here, but I've done a mighty lot of that in real life. Problems with my eyesight, problems with the Statler, problems with several customer tops that had many, many issues, catching some sort of cold/flu from the grandkids after Christmas that floored me for 3 weeks. Plus my dear old AC just blew up, so there is no respite from the heat. I wasn't remotely inclined to go near the sewing machine, which is so unusual for me. I guess it's because I can't see properly, and I don't want to struggle with it. Sigh!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've mainly been reading, and doing jigsaws, and finally getting all my bookwork up to date. Which was literally painful, trying to see what I was doing on the computer. I can type and type and type, no problems, but trying to proof read and edit is really difficult. The optometrist suggested plain 2x readers for my computer work, and they are helping. My second surgery should be next month, and hopefully things will improve then.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See! Lots of complaining. Must do better, and look on the positive side; I've read heaps of books...And blogs of course. I feel guilty that I get so much pleasure from other people's blogs, but I don't bother to update my own. I can't do Instagram, I don't understand it, and reading one little bit after another just gives me a headache. I know other people feel the same way, so I'll do my best to contribute to blogworld in future, even if my posts are full of typos.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just lately I've been sewing a few minutes here and there, just playing around. I need to clean up the sewing room yet again, but I keep getting distracted. Those darn shirts are always leading me off the beaten track. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SDoGFdFpXMY/ZckomKuz5RI/AAAAAAAANwc/-IBfvmf_zrEUQXjNu5AOb8gc77EM3L41ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SDoGFdFpXMY/ZckomKuz5RI/AAAAAAAANwc/-IBfvmf_zrEUQXjNu5AOb8gc77EM3L41ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020716.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Cutting fabric is hard when I can't see so well, but this Dresden Plate pattern can be mashed into shape with an iron so the accuracy isn't that important. I designed this with 15 blades, so any inaccuracies in the piecing don't really show up the way it would with an even number of blades. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zpSUtt8Is5U/ZckqPtFYUlI/AAAAAAAANww/E06uZAebfp4N5beF_2Q1pfAFDKc24DCEgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020732.jpg" style="font-size: 1.25em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zpSUtt8Is5U/ZckqPtFYUlI/AAAAAAAANww/E06uZAebfp4N5beF_2Q1pfAFDKc24DCEgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020732.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><p>I printed out a template and stuck it to a ruler; I make sure I have a straight edge to line the base of the wedge to. I cut along the top of the ruler, then flip the cut fabric over.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cx6iR6b1A_A/ZckssvFvfbI/AAAAAAAANxk/PgWtBW1VZQ8qbJxQrfuzAtRHsaZ-dciOACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cx6iR6b1A_A/ZckssvFvfbI/AAAAAAAANxk/PgWtBW1VZQ8qbJxQrfuzAtRHsaZ-dciOACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020733.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Then I line up the template with the cut edges and trim the top of the wedge. Easy. I just cut enough for one block at a time, I'm determined to keep this playful, and not let it turn into an almighty chore.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WhUjQyYznXs/ZckqSsUJL8I/AAAAAAAANw4/qGA5efx61IsgN7GExtCLPQAAQgA-5R3TgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1000020734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WhUjQyYznXs/ZckqSsUJL8I/AAAAAAAANw4/qGA5efx61IsgN7GExtCLPQAAQgA-5R3TgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1000020734.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The background blocks are huge, so there is not much left from a shirt back; once I use all the suitable backs I may start piecing 4-patches as a background block. I'll applique circles at the centre so I can trim out the bulk of so many seam allowances meeting there, and because it's a nice little pop of colour.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm working on another project, to use up scraps of course, so I'm gradually getting back into the sewing room. It's slow going, but I'll get there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-77332251744592798842023-12-12T23:10:00.001+10:302023-12-12T23:10:29.860+10:30Cleaning upI've been jumping from project to project for quite some time, and sewing haphazardly on varous new ideas, before abandoning it all to do another thing. It was a mess, and finally it got so I couldn't work in all the litter anymore. So I started to tidy up.<div><br /></div><div>I sorted out all the various things I'd been dabbling with.</div><div><br /></div><div>Shirting Spinning Rectangles, with leftovers from my Zigzag top. So many leftovers. <br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4s4f7oduO6vgUpvTXc5sEt93D4JIgPvXt_K_LXFhx7lRzf8bjulsRCV7uW-epiGaI07i6iIN_HKI2F1I__nHrbKKKfBWCaY013zw672k7QRD3kb32boif5JnWfzHcOjZVpg4i/s1600/20231210_090500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4s4f7oduO6vgUpvTXc5sEt93D4JIgPvXt_K_LXFhx7lRzf8bjulsRCV7uW-epiGaI07i6iIN_HKI2F1I__nHrbKKKfBWCaY013zw672k7QRD3kb32boif5JnWfzHcOjZVpg4i/w400-h400/20231210_090500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I have 32 of these, and many more pieces.</div><div><br /></div><div>Flying Geese leader-enders. I now have 210.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSdDlJsTP4p-7JGWx0NLkqe2mnb1BbqhGeuo83h8spxaNfckMri5omnLk332KjrdhEtN2OX2FdSKt49uJ0pocBHKRIhiCNk-7c93iSRFLbdxTIEvoHqiauiwsNsvT6yKdzIbB/s1600/20231210_091744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSdDlJsTP4p-7JGWx0NLkqe2mnb1BbqhGeuo83h8spxaNfckMri5omnLk332KjrdhEtN2OX2FdSKt49uJ0pocBHKRIhiCNk-7c93iSRFLbdxTIEvoHqiauiwsNsvT6yKdzIbB/w400-h400/20231210_091744.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Lots of 3" triangles, leader-enders again. These will go in the project box with 70 or so others.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrszukqiD4oPztjhN018gdWBh43oE7wo3NAV1jkRi4hojO5P60RIxb06UtYOLei0ggYm6qM7GO0H0_rQLPrsxh-JaksyL2zzkcZ9AiK0l5I3jAwcVWQJKhmGEDf7TNSAjTrSa/s1600/20231210_092954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrszukqiD4oPztjhN018gdWBh43oE7wo3NAV1jkRi4hojO5P60RIxb06UtYOLei0ggYm6qM7GO0H0_rQLPrsxh-JaksyL2zzkcZ9AiK0l5I3jAwcVWQJKhmGEDf7TNSAjTrSa/w400-h400/20231210_092954.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Another Carolina Chain, because I enjoyed the last one, and there were leftovers from that, and I like making these blocks. 12 more to add to the box.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N5xQju-1k1REYje70v3pf2s28or5kfOJnA-B0DfWWx2tZHTMWawzuX-NvjYrYjfx3jrZa53a59wVZHJ1V7DyHlGffeFsqkdu0XSPQ4ROphjOFQO1ugrecUk_Py74_q4aapL_/s1600/20231210_094829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N5xQju-1k1REYje70v3pf2s28or5kfOJnA-B0DfWWx2tZHTMWawzuX-NvjYrYjfx3jrZa53a59wVZHJ1V7DyHlGffeFsqkdu0XSPQ4ROphjOFQO1ugrecUk_Py74_q4aapL_/w400-h400/20231210_094829.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>And some madness made me start stringing together all the shirt collars from the many, many shirts Mereth and I have collected. I made my first shirt quilt in 2018 I think, and though I've made many more, I still have some of those first ones. And I saved all the collars and cuffs and yokes, to make something string pieced.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0y5QO2SVydm01L2HPk_SWlfdbBGrHzhblFGYLYivKvel42D01PoF6PkdvBgny_7BXgTox8X8d6uf-e9pg_qK4Ng_yq7j5SycAuITedPxOvm2B0r639p5KApgDtq6h_AuelLP/s1600/20231210_084820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0y5QO2SVydm01L2HPk_SWlfdbBGrHzhblFGYLYivKvel42D01PoF6PkdvBgny_7BXgTox8X8d6uf-e9pg_qK4Ng_yq7j5SycAuITedPxOvm2B0r639p5KApgDtq6h_AuelLP/w400-h400/20231210_084820.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The amount of fabric in the side of a shirt collar that doesn't have interfacing is pretty small, same with the cuffs. After about 16 blocks I was running out of choices, so I had to raid the scrap box for other strange shaped offcuts. I cut a strip off the yokes, and the remaining shoulder and neck bits were pieced into this.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanMwA8lqAZ_yRGKsz5zz4kI4Ucklij9NQ3pOcfFZFnUDm0Gxu-Tlw9MWTFN7P0qDYbnKEIz32ZC182WQLfJe-3LgGpdIsdzXy7XC_lDZOIWQUT34atCcSEpc0DuOdNRZwBO0b/s1600/20231210_084550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanMwA8lqAZ_yRGKsz5zz4kI4Ucklij9NQ3pOcfFZFnUDm0Gxu-Tlw9MWTFN7P0qDYbnKEIz32ZC182WQLfJe-3LgGpdIsdzXy7XC_lDZOIWQUT34atCcSEpc0DuOdNRZwBO0b/w400-h400/20231210_084550.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>It's not pretty, but it's frugal! I think I'll make a piano key border out of the Zigzag leftovers, because I found a heap of them already sewn together. I have no memory of doing that, but it was probably a leader-ender move.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mereth always tells me to chuck out the little weeny bits, and now I'm inclined to agree with her. I looked at the overflowing box of dark shirt collars, and put them all in the bin. I have boxes of patchwork fabric strings to deal with, and I'd rather be working on them. </div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-84477748476152405122023-12-08T10:02:00.006+10:302023-12-08T10:02:33.851+10:30CandelwickThis was the candlewick quilt that I finished earlier this month. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigR37seY6T-OfdE6obH9tWqBKOXwlh-aDedmALzoXAa6X2_Xr1PccfSpp375HjWGsKbFsDbPBCEc7sVswwolRZdugHcSjTm3oqvn1O6PsM2OBgoRVyvWaQ-JdclXR8yiANNo3/s1600/20231011_110446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigR37seY6T-OfdE6obH9tWqBKOXwlh-aDedmALzoXAa6X2_Xr1PccfSpp375HjWGsKbFsDbPBCEc7sVswwolRZdugHcSjTm3oqvn1O6PsM2OBgoRVyvWaQ-JdclXR8yiANNo3/w400-h400/20231011_110446.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>It was 96"square, and I was so worried that I was going to get it dirty, or mark it in some way. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiChd1BwCVEIXXscz0joQmZBMo6NEVKxmXHV2akBxP2CkRAKMDoCDQlv8v0jMRP-a4EbJlYRjC93bH9FupXAvW-5JWxa_9KYkfzO7qeJP2XYnYEuz6ph9aFDlMKm1qodCKTAj/s1600/20230729_160022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiChd1BwCVEIXXscz0joQmZBMo6NEVKxmXHV2akBxP2CkRAKMDoCDQlv8v0jMRP-a4EbJlYRjC93bH9FupXAvW-5JWxa_9KYkfzO7qeJP2XYnYEuz6ph9aFDlMKm1qodCKTAj/w400-h400/20230729_160022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I cleaned the machine every time it went on, covered up all the tracks than can leave black marks, covered it in sheets when it was on the bed so I could finish other quilts. </div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aEiA9NE-MpKcUlsLM2XtoAoVwhSiW24Shfq-gwpVk0XBT41SaXP6BcSk05PfQ8XemWL7d6ZtXx-Y9NheoD1QdZOsqaLkCtk2PW9B7OWwxxxxo1IlngpuLhs2LiThL5QKnotq/s1600/20231111_084404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aEiA9NE-MpKcUlsLM2XtoAoVwhSiW24Shfq-gwpVk0XBT41SaXP6BcSk05PfQ8XemWL7d6ZtXx-Y9NheoD1QdZOsqaLkCtk2PW9B7OWwxxxxo1IlngpuLhs2LiThL5QKnotq/w400-h400/20231111_084404.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I bound it as well, so that involved obsessively washing the floor and sewing table and dusting everything it might come in contact with.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaKEQCZI3YdDb_YHQ7lhPISadn4h2mWALeevy_M3xJt8XgLTzYJi_8k30eTf3vsx6hiUpPS8VeAMXmiQyA4LyXBnervjypiSpiveUK7qhVlAxyFy1xCPhM2wgSTn_iAyxBdX7/s1600/20231113_173529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaKEQCZI3YdDb_YHQ7lhPISadn4h2mWALeevy_M3xJt8XgLTzYJi_8k30eTf3vsx6hiUpPS8VeAMXmiQyA4LyXBnervjypiSpiveUK7qhVlAxyFy1xCPhM2wgSTn_iAyxBdX7/w400-h400/20231113_173529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> I was so glad when it was finally finished and returned to it's owner. </div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It just reinforced my feeling that I don't want my quilts to be precious, and to have years of my life caught up in them, and to worry and have anxiety over somebody using them, or what will happen if they're washed. My quilts are fun to make, and hopefully they will be used and appreciated, and if they get worn out then I'll make another one. I know my daughter puts the family quilts in the washing machine, which I do only to spin them dry, but the quilts have to fit in with her busy lifestyle, and so far they've come to no harm.</div><div><br /></div><div>I finished up 2 beautiful cot quilts for 1 year old twins. Their grandmother was going to give them as birthday gifts, except the backing wasn't big enough for either so I had to wait while she purchased more material; she then decided to keep them for Christmas. When she picked them up she said she was relieved I hadn't finished them in time for their birthdays, because they'd had a vomiting bug and all their bedding had to go in the wash. Oh dear, but that's life for a baby quilt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekb-IeBkRSPLHiQgng_HDVCQ-FgsKCcVFpAQWsDNCwyhP9qukmup5hs3zPDXPZpl3wCIt8cMQyYVdFBFQPODpc_3nxtfzpEi4F0dhdXKfDx-5quMEf6lWY5PEz7Cefj-_j3FY/s1600/20231109_135705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekb-IeBkRSPLHiQgng_HDVCQ-FgsKCcVFpAQWsDNCwyhP9qukmup5hs3zPDXPZpl3wCIt8cMQyYVdFBFQPODpc_3nxtfzpEi4F0dhdXKfDx-5quMEf6lWY5PEz7Cefj-_j3FY/w400-h400/20231109_135705.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They had lovely Australian animal images, plus cute puppies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusboYPyzpoGxu7htFcZNzOXvXGgTJhyBD9Ts36o90EvnJk54loGujKCSGGkX5RtDSXxi2N5MlILM1sSn9hfLwka4SpozsyVn_QvfQ_g0FRDNr-4Hn3okyOAaEA96TVc1x0jZn/s1600/20231109_135555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="imageResizeTarget" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusboYPyzpoGxu7htFcZNzOXvXGgTJhyBD9Ts36o90EvnJk54loGujKCSGGkX5RtDSXxi2N5MlILM1sSn9hfLwka4SpozsyVn_QvfQ_g0FRDNr-4Hn3okyOAaEA96TVc1x0jZn/w400-h400/20231109_135555.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></div><div>I'm sure the girls will love them on Christmas morning. </div><div><br /><br /></div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-29907504804834617372023-11-27T12:42:00.000+10:302023-11-27T12:42:23.935+10:30Fussy cutting practiceI was working on this post before the cataract surgery. It will be a while before I can work on this project again, but I'll have lots of time to think about a final design, and what fabrics I should use.<div><br /></div><div>I've been telling myself for years that I would start a Patchwork Of The Crosses quilt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBAxdZfZfxrwHlAYOtMGfLJv39-Q8IOxZosZmMC7IXqW8bd_dDrxB4x_XoOFCwcOYY_5aZ3rZHNJG-iue2gE-hqtthSQk8IiTMl8Ky-Fz1iaZtuASppi9cJsiMQVw2XdHTVDYs7KtGS-sgqKBzIH8OLLf0wEVdefQgb1MT7rvIyH9LaB4tg9X/s473/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20142305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="473" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBAxdZfZfxrwHlAYOtMGfLJv39-Q8IOxZosZmMC7IXqW8bd_dDrxB4x_XoOFCwcOYY_5aZ3rZHNJG-iue2gE-hqtthSQk8IiTMl8Ky-Fz1iaZtuASppi9cJsiMQVw2XdHTVDYs7KtGS-sgqKBzIH8OLLf0wEVdefQgb1MT7rvIyH9LaB4tg9X/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20142305.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>It's made with a honeycomb template, and it's very popular with people who do English Paper Piecing. I find that my hands hurt too much if I piece over papers so I'm sewing mine together on the drawn line. This<a href="https://www.pinterest.com.au/jpuddleduck/lucy-boston-patchwork-of-the-crosses/" target="_blank"> Pinterest page </a>shows many beautiful blocks, the possibilities are endless.</div><div><br /></div><div>I still haven't decided exactly what I want my blocks to be like, as far as fabric choices, but I wanted to sew a few blocks to see if I even liked making them. I chose to start off with fabrics that I have heaps of, but I don't really treasure them, so it won't matter that I'm cutting shapes from them all over the place.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-MLIOYK9AT1YRc1c4YQUWfS-TcHbZ0aogfIqPOcq_EdVY9FaRvv-dMXfkVsijeTTIUgbAqCa4j0qUanwA2SE_hwWw3SFzUmIpRlTGShzgfstAqA4jn9FwFPr9LAT7i3NJ7TM/s1600/20231114_173726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-MLIOYK9AT1YRc1c4YQUWfS-TcHbZ0aogfIqPOcq_EdVY9FaRvv-dMXfkVsijeTTIUgbAqCa4j0qUanwA2SE_hwWw3SFzUmIpRlTGShzgfstAqA4jn9FwFPr9LAT7i3NJ7TM/s1600/20231114_173726.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>There was a blue coverlet print like the upper fabric, but I've 'lost' it. I don't have a clue where it's gone, and Mereth and I have searched all the usual places. It will turn up one day I suppose, and for now I'll have to use the blue and red one instead.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm using a 1" do-nut template, that lets me mark the sewing line and the cutting line at the same time. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QwxFwpiY7lYJSLlw58bPqOfUfpEA2X4jiXAW0hcOWg35KuXKYxbcclgaKhZ2j_TImSiR1XWz-NMmez5iE2ftw4-xFJ1D5Mq7X-oyz3fvlRwkvHUVNYz8BZxVezVPaEYV6FWB/s1600/20231126_163904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QwxFwpiY7lYJSLlw58bPqOfUfpEA2X4jiXAW0hcOWg35KuXKYxbcclgaKhZ2j_TImSiR1XWz-NMmez5iE2ftw4-xFJ1D5Mq7X-oyz3fvlRwkvHUVNYz8BZxVezVPaEYV6FWB/s1600/20231126_163904.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I'm using a Berol Handwriting pen to mark the sewing line; the ink in these pens washes out completely. With my dodgy eyesight I need a sewing line that I can see easily, and these pens mark easily and don't drag on the fabric. I had to order them on the UK Ebay, couldn't find an Australian supplier.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's interesting to cut the shapes out of different parts of the print, and build them into a block. I'm studying the Pinterest photos for inspiration, and learning by trial and error what will work and what won't. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWslk1FM7eYor-C0_g3ZlFQULmVDO7fkExkYtKF-QBJUk0BRjog08jID-5TdCRFC5AKeT1L4RwPO0UeGrrJ47sSEhjPXlQB0HKI72DSl9ukt1VCOvYc85m8bbj_04unYRdkEXa/s1600/20231109_011534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWslk1FM7eYor-C0_g3ZlFQULmVDO7fkExkYtKF-QBJUk0BRjog08jID-5TdCRFC5AKeT1L4RwPO0UeGrrJ47sSEhjPXlQB0HKI72DSl9ukt1VCOvYc85m8bbj_04unYRdkEXa/s1600/20231109_011534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I lay out the pieces and plot how I can make different shapes appear; it's handy being able to photograph each layout, so that there is a record of my ideas and choices.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cMgNmQyFW3BooiBd4FGo1WowRop0T5TOw-nZ252X1MIB7_3BoZy4YD1aZJI2Jy5MwfrPYlXCiMBOdk_mTOhXyCzm3gWTQ25W5FyWtt5Ee0565B-YS3IUiLtW04Al1YCy1hYD/s1600/20231109_012200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cMgNmQyFW3BooiBd4FGo1WowRop0T5TOw-nZ252X1MIB7_3BoZy4YD1aZJI2Jy5MwfrPYlXCiMBOdk_mTOhXyCzm3gWTQ25W5FyWtt5Ee0565B-YS3IUiLtW04Al1YCy1hYD/s1600/20231109_012200.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Neither of these layouts were chosen, but I can go back and revisit them later.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>So far I have 4 blocks finished. I snuck in another fabric in this one.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtoBLOuwq0rdcRumidDJjpoWGdnhSyV3ghyR0ngVU5aPSFLNn3gC8qnukxDuYXDEJWvUSwHzS4NAlF9dXv2P0dg-TpYIKgrdIOplVoQdvXmm5QUaWSzHx3pnu6W65-tCGkowW/s1600/20231115_003159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtoBLOuwq0rdcRumidDJjpoWGdnhSyV3ghyR0ngVU5aPSFLNn3gC8qnukxDuYXDEJWvUSwHzS4NAlF9dXv2P0dg-TpYIKgrdIOplVoQdvXmm5QUaWSzHx3pnu6W65-tCGkowW/w400-h400/20231115_003159.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>This one was an experiment in getting those straight lines to meet at the corners.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoO8hl-EGVte8iWr3G9HV7dEyGegjD1wpS7YCHVK1PFAPU-bgPmZKeyfjOpjoY4XhYc_XgGEpua6K0Sb-W5N_cJvYm78OaIBK9K_KwJkSemgESsGilon9PFWlKCxKQT8SSM7z6/s1600/20231114_090551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoO8hl-EGVte8iWr3G9HV7dEyGegjD1wpS7YCHVK1PFAPU-bgPmZKeyfjOpjoY4XhYc_XgGEpua6K0Sb-W5N_cJvYm78OaIBK9K_KwJkSemgESsGilon9PFWlKCxKQT8SSM7z6/w400-h400/20231114_090551.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>It's hard to believe that most of these pieces were cut from those big wreaths.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDvxe4xcd4UUTX45qGKVVUOsNeo5gNmGSayWctpU_r169g2dxzXMbMjKBgV0DyhDRNHOgoseLmhFZXLxq0WX-N3JcNSBl0kjOa8AObHxE-FHd4thyphenhyphenBxjts3gnRWZFty1jGzWu/s1600/20231114_090604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDvxe4xcd4UUTX45qGKVVUOsNeo5gNmGSayWctpU_r169g2dxzXMbMjKBgV0DyhDRNHOgoseLmhFZXLxq0WX-N3JcNSBl0kjOa8AObHxE-FHd4thyphenhyphenBxjts3gnRWZFty1jGzWu/w400-h400/20231114_090604.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>More fun with making corners and borders appear by magic.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJpYgJgpxSGx-eTen9HgMgqymJWklcKjUlXsF4i8ah7tPKHhfUmS49g-ONZ-F4GaN7eTFvPJcHfqulBopYatLhB3nlKEw3T9-lRE_aTIs1cFtH09TOj2OIygW3meV-upwteDd/s1600/20231114_090624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJpYgJgpxSGx-eTen9HgMgqymJWklcKjUlXsF4i8ah7tPKHhfUmS49g-ONZ-F4GaN7eTFvPJcHfqulBopYatLhB3nlKEw3T9-lRE_aTIs1cFtH09TOj2OIygW3meV-upwteDd/w400-h400/20231114_090624.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>The blocks are easy and fun, but adding the setting shapes takes forever.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVli1fM_RL3GZh77hZw9-jChfqkG5P9WmRyRbgyjmi7PRha4McMXdDh_RYxKnsNoLQUfQhcGpdvafKbc3zLb8KmrsS8k3SZ9wsJ3EEkQo_yuqHddJGP0UiZ6UlY4tWyFy1Kp8/s1600/20231126_110030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVli1fM_RL3GZh77hZw9-jChfqkG5P9WmRyRbgyjmi7PRha4McMXdDh_RYxKnsNoLQUfQhcGpdvafKbc3zLb8KmrsS8k3SZ9wsJ3EEkQo_yuqHddJGP0UiZ6UlY4tWyFy1Kp8/w400-h400/20231126_110030.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I don't know what to make with these; maybe a long table runner, maybe some cushions, or a small wall-hanging? All I know for sure is that they are a lot of fun.</div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-10207689171074295652023-11-26T18:28:00.001+10:302023-11-26T18:28:33.545+10:30Catching UpI was busy with customer quilts at the start of the month, mainly smaller baby quilts, but also a huge candelwick one. I had to get them finished quick smart, because DS Rhys announced that he and his family would be visiting us on the 16th. That certainly galvanised me into action! I spent 6 days at the shop, quilting until 6pm. I'm not used to working long days anymore, I was so tired by the time it was all done and the quilts were collected.<div><br /><div>I did manage to finish my scrap quilt, made from 2.5"squares. It turned out larger than I planned, because I thought it needed borders, but 68"x 80" is a useful size. I;d like to say that it used up all the 2.5" squares, but I found a box of them hiding under something else, so I'm back to square one.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi8TQuLSX4nlB5HTTiaT7Mvcq9ylfBofaCNdv95WDnghlRidg7mdGzDmuED72ZHt0GSC4Fpjhy6BS3nNH3wTWgHDev41afUyOTHhvnoazdrGfZtT6IXlzZi4z9PCIh8wQdWef/s1600/20231106_162508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi8TQuLSX4nlB5HTTiaT7Mvcq9ylfBofaCNdv95WDnghlRidg7mdGzDmuED72ZHt0GSC4Fpjhy6BS3nNH3wTWgHDev41afUyOTHhvnoazdrGfZtT6IXlzZi4z9PCIh8wQdWef/w400-h400/20231106_162508.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>It's very brown, but I was just using up scraps, so I didn't get to choose.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77qFmhgMawbLZ9b-wNLWUW2qOtt9XCpowsJgYPQ-EH-ItZ2EkYxs-bVrSB9b24evbgUZdWemvEjz7uWP6pt0VBKkYwrRDFwfqrYYN6shDGSeiKD3Xjo0O9dP-5FXkz7k9LR8x/s1600/20231106_162514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77qFmhgMawbLZ9b-wNLWUW2qOtt9XCpowsJgYPQ-EH-ItZ2EkYxs-bVrSB9b24evbgUZdWemvEjz7uWP6pt0VBKkYwrRDFwfqrYYN6shDGSeiKD3Xjo0O9dP-5FXkz7k9LR8x/w400-h400/20231106_162514.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>It was a fun pattern to make, I may even start another one. Not for a while though.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While I was quilting madly I got a phone call to say that my cataract surgery had been scheduled for 2 days after Rhys and family left. So that was another thing to add to the calendar; it's amazing that life seems to get busier as you get older.</div><div><br /></div><div>We had a wonderful time with the family all together, the kids enjoyed playing with their cousins and there were no dramas. We had a family picnic with <a href="https://artfulsister.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mereth</a>'s family, 19 of us all together and it was wonderful. There are pictures, but they're on my nephew's phone, I'll have to get him to send them on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I came home, spent a day catching up with life back here, and then went to the hospital for the surgery. It wasn't pleasant, but it was brief, and now I just have to get used to my new vision. The other eye will be done in January, and hopefully everything will be much clearer after that.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm trying to find things that I can do now, with my wonky vision. I cut up a pile of shirts, very slowly and carefully. <br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOwXxAiSliNd5GDjxUK57RQG5QbHp7_VQn3wKHvLeWjDxhu7Wk4ukO3D9GaG7Oudjc68LJYqAOoEKxlitQn2A6znAyHbKZaf1mGj9POhnqLXUANqjFHSAgSNOc19l_V_RMXwk/s1600/20231126_170255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOwXxAiSliNd5GDjxUK57RQG5QbHp7_VQn3wKHvLeWjDxhu7Wk4ukO3D9GaG7Oudjc68LJYqAOoEKxlitQn2A6znAyHbKZaf1mGj9POhnqLXUANqjFHSAgSNOc19l_V_RMXwk/s1600/20231126_170255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>This milk billy is full of the middle bits of strips with the centre crease of the fabric. I save them all up, and iron the crease out and cut them into squares for the scrap boxes.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQci0P_fb88Efiwu3wsmbrbL_2uO3IG7ATTIM7KnFI8e8xdLqccInmctWSSTI-a6NxqgMTOteXdNYhQo6DpKRL-BtFcOs97aLu69tCd1IrFlFqi0wNdHFfuqZCgHgxvsAdJSh/s1600/20231124_191106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQci0P_fb88Efiwu3wsmbrbL_2uO3IG7ATTIM7KnFI8e8xdLqccInmctWSSTI-a6NxqgMTOteXdNYhQo6DpKRL-BtFcOs97aLu69tCd1IrFlFqi0wNdHFfuqZCgHgxvsAdJSh/s1600/20231124_191106.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>All ironed and ready to be dealt with.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UR28PiPKKEID6KDuV3gKa6rHIgyNFxQoW6plKjwLHhmfPOilwlEXwxfvp0zTOTVob_1LE3SbZ82-V5s9-Fu3lAYtSDWJnneIC9sL7b70qPkRgx5F95EBpD79wH2iHC5bv-jc/s1600/20231126_164353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UR28PiPKKEID6KDuV3gKa6rHIgyNFxQoW6plKjwLHhmfPOilwlEXwxfvp0zTOTVob_1LE3SbZ82-V5s9-Fu3lAYtSDWJnneIC9sL7b70qPkRgx5F95EBpD79wH2iHC5bv-jc/s1600/20231126_164353.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I dug out some jigsaws that I want to do this Christmas and sorted them into little baggies. This will make them much easier to do, and even with only one good eye I can tell the various pieces apart.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q3U-DnYXyJgErKCTFExUhNNotFgdyMAfuD8dKugE0CxDztchVnKXQXt1BNEjEjKpGh52_uW_9LH81vw2yuy1ehbIWwBW5aFOT8nnJ6LeSAC9yYzkG1E55RdBNg7X4t1KVLRm/s1600/20231126_164732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q3U-DnYXyJgErKCTFExUhNNotFgdyMAfuD8dKugE0CxDztchVnKXQXt1BNEjEjKpGh52_uW_9LH81vw2yuy1ehbIWwBW5aFOT8nnJ6LeSAC9yYzkG1E55RdBNg7X4t1KVLRm/s1600/20231126_164732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I'll sort this one tonight.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEtEU6uA0qOVx_grHFfRBqLiqLZDSTEmJ5EEwySW21hhcm-pmvSvz1-4FGBONHgiLXIC8EMl-W8KZxmuvkEVqA_iXqVzcnZj-CQDScKbMjSpk5n-5LEIgn36fFYhDsvpumw6g/s1600/20231126_164749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEtEU6uA0qOVx_grHFfRBqLiqLZDSTEmJ5EEwySW21hhcm-pmvSvz1-4FGBONHgiLXIC8EMl-W8KZxmuvkEVqA_iXqVzcnZj-CQDScKbMjSpk5n-5LEIgn36fFYhDsvpumw6g/s1600/20231126_164749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I was worried that my little garden in pots wouldn't survive the hot weather while I was in Adelaide, but it's all good. I even have my first zucchini to pick. I'm not allowed to garden for a month, so I'll be limited just to watering and feeding my pots.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyj_jqBqE66f06HMpmWuJW4PrnVjldhd7BCsaaMV6vtYYmvYBmx4BAPgz2o_flbQDvNYgLrGINgJruq6-LTfSiaRRClRMJM-QgTvypmes-W36EtKTgqFb3ryssfmoTbPyOuuLO/s1600/20231126_083445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyj_jqBqE66f06HMpmWuJW4PrnVjldhd7BCsaaMV6vtYYmvYBmx4BAPgz2o_flbQDvNYgLrGINgJruq6-LTfSiaRRClRMJM-QgTvypmes-W36EtKTgqFb3ryssfmoTbPyOuuLO/s1600/20231126_083445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Excuse any typos please, it's hard to edit things that I can't see properly. Maybe I'll even blog a bit more now that I can't sew for a while. It's much improved after only 2 days, so I'm looking forward to getting back to normal. Or what passes for normal around here.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-64346514575411800572023-11-23T18:26:00.000+10:302023-11-23T18:26:07.962+10:30More tops completedLast year I finished this Bricks and Stepping Stones top. Of course, being me, I had cut way too many pieces for just one quilt/<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUW0bY-iy2xwq5E7CMki8BIrSsoRHjGuPEigc0np7I4B-39MqhooaOc_5VQmHwY2L_DUoXuz5VqOQy_NXyzrIaeV86jTr0CJ9yWxwjnX1MskKlbqxcnUPFQsaH8X4wRZsVwKD/s1600/20231017_164050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUW0bY-iy2xwq5E7CMki8BIrSsoRHjGuPEigc0np7I4B-39MqhooaOc_5VQmHwY2L_DUoXuz5VqOQy_NXyzrIaeV86jTr0CJ9yWxwjnX1MskKlbqxcnUPFQsaH8X4wRZsVwKD/w400-h400/20231017_164050.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I decided to make this with the leftovers, not wanting to go to the trouble of 4-patches.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgCzV8RODRl3bEq8IRkiA7mAJ8lHXSmga4ZrDwhf8z9feByM251iugKvai0lYdS4xTumuDWDHVHRdecXU6a_vTv_13ObaxZ5OubI0yd0rHNk90F00UHwzsOdcteXtFZ-gUoXu/s1600/20231102_141350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="2323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgCzV8RODRl3bEq8IRkiA7mAJ8lHXSmga4ZrDwhf8z9feByM251iugKvai0lYdS4xTumuDWDHVHRdecXU6a_vTv_13ObaxZ5OubI0yd0rHNk90F00UHwzsOdcteXtFZ-gUoXu/w343-h400/20231102_141350.jpg" width="343" /></a></div></div><div><br />It turned out really well, and used up most of the leftover bricks, which was my aim after all.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvLvvisESDDtWPnwhf6Qo2pZq9FNvJeEe8vb0pztYybvLYC0UmixvazcUAota453GPGKQzdCDpvMiHQLpolnX19ULP8kRtLIOHLcNGDBrGtowZgzIj1Nj3NEaw6VaGnFsXyZt/s1600/20231114_081326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="2288" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvLvvisESDDtWPnwhf6Qo2pZq9FNvJeEe8vb0pztYybvLYC0UmixvazcUAota453GPGKQzdCDpvMiHQLpolnX19ULP8kRtLIOHLcNGDBrGtowZgzIj1Nj3NEaw6VaGnFsXyZt/w388-h400/20231114_081326.jpg" width="388" /></a></div></div><div>Such pretty prints and colours.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also had a heap of scraps from the Strip Twist that I'd just made, and these turned into 16-patches. I really didn't want to make a lot more of them, so I set them with alternate 6.5" blocks of fabric and made this little top.</div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazknXBNwSl14GWhCrIbAhTwf5p-tiG5qqGf_AsoTrrfa26SJR5ganqO24yR8PqsU7UY5kJ5OsGRaqucQfqxBzyWrjvVAOUJNWLr7eEbftBCCMYqJ095nNbx_5kOHsMlRYwRZ8/s1600/20231102_141719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2467" data-original-width="2100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazknXBNwSl14GWhCrIbAhTwf5p-tiG5qqGf_AsoTrrfa26SJR5ganqO24yR8PqsU7UY5kJ5OsGRaqucQfqxBzyWrjvVAOUJNWLr7eEbftBCCMYqJ095nNbx_5kOHsMlRYwRZ8/w340-h400/20231102_141719.jpg" width="340" /></a></div></div><div>More lovely rose prints, and some bluebirds.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBRj68Gm3ydD44LNiEofxr7J33IXT0yds0PLLmMn8a5ZrXAhuPuXk8SdluTMzPBv09t64dilvMrTXbAAVKRgKgG6vwmVyKYf3cPBJEvDKYh4lTeY37lHwObfjkODWQLmDPGts/s1600/20231102_141738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBRj68Gm3ydD44LNiEofxr7J33IXT0yds0PLLmMn8a5ZrXAhuPuXk8SdluTMzPBv09t64dilvMrTXbAAVKRgKgG6vwmVyKYf3cPBJEvDKYh4lTeY37lHwObfjkODWQLmDPGts/w400-h400/20231102_141738.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Even though 1800s repros are my all time favourites, I still love pretty fabrics, which is why these are in my stash in the first place.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsn2TavzakqzIHeDqdCiPXS7DmCJOL9te1Q5cg4L_B_HYhomRA6rI_LoISqBg8PEyL0lVvzO0bHCW0SnYG0Utf5-57Cu3GOiZaWEDRaBwmLbzZW3m5o6LAzFnLFjumu3yyjnu/s1600/20231114_080832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="807" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsn2TavzakqzIHeDqdCiPXS7DmCJOL9te1Q5cg4L_B_HYhomRA6rI_LoISqBg8PEyL0lVvzO0bHCW0SnYG0Utf5-57Cu3GOiZaWEDRaBwmLbzZW3m5o6LAzFnLFjumu3yyjnu/w400-h389/20231114_080832.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>I've made quite a few tops from them, and the stash drawers are diminished, but not empty. I'm hoping I don't go out and buy more, but it is a possibility. These tops have all been sold, and will be finished by someone else, so that leaves me free to keep making more. Because there are always leftovers to help grow the next top.kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-64182734698590023802023-10-23T09:19:00.001+10:302023-10-23T09:19:20.934+10:30The Strip Twist blocks became a top, and it's very colourful and cheerful. I want to make another one, but first I'll sew on some UFOs. I need to put all the modern fabric away, because it's cluttering every surface of the sewing room, and I can't find anything beneath the piles. I figure if I haven't learned to clear up after a project after all this time, then I'll never change, so I just have to have giant clean ups periodically.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXik2b2j3j2zsxJ9Cud23llP4I-i3NJL_5_5fdJnj7TwPRoEjKdvA_Mf4wuyjYokKqMd5Us06Qc0P9DAw-Bzj6i6ihxB9Gqgf6QVHqz5JmJjheXPZOVY8Zn_o8IUUzPtH8VAe/s1600/20231018_092444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2881" data-original-width="2442" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXik2b2j3j2zsxJ9Cud23llP4I-i3NJL_5_5fdJnj7TwPRoEjKdvA_Mf4wuyjYokKqMd5Us06Qc0P9DAw-Bzj6i6ihxB9Gqgf6QVHqz5JmJjheXPZOVY8Zn_o8IUUzPtH8VAe/w339-h400/20231018_092444.jpg" width="339" /></a></div></div>While I was deciding what to work on next I did a few chores that are easy to put off till they become critical. I cleaned out my poor sewing machine, which was clogged with lint from my long sewing sessions. I put new covers on my ironing board and ironing pad. I cleaned the sole plate of the iron. I cleared off the top of my sewing table, and dusted and sorted out all the items that accumulate there. I vacuumed the carpet, after gathering up as much of the fabric and thread scraps as I could. I collected all the rulers and templates and put them where they should live. I changed the blades in my rotary cutters. Once I'd done all that I was more than ready to get sewing again.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiw6b01YogjJENOclVuKGGGtdRKKLARFnDJ_CGiD31XuDfVgBx1AucCJRamj26ZFmlxbSJN1-YlC_vmTZx12B_lNtXQaygD2D3hHbqO7pyh2ENd6isP5caWaAKR0kJTSLKyDo/s1600/20231021_181647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiw6b01YogjJENOclVuKGGGtdRKKLARFnDJ_CGiD31XuDfVgBx1AucCJRamj26ZFmlxbSJN1-YlC_vmTZx12B_lNtXQaygD2D3hHbqO7pyh2ENd6isP5caWaAKR0kJTSLKyDo/w400-h400/20231021_181647.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>First up was this scrap project that has been my leader ender for many months. It used a satisfying amount of strange scraps and leftover bits, and it really was mindless to put together. I need another 20 blocks, but I'll get the centre into one piece before I go back and make them. It will seem much easier to complete if I jut have to add a row of blocks top and bottom. This never even made it onto my UFO list, so I'll have to add it, then cross it off.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgs4aH461UdSekbD1ATgTJS67529uRGAw-lohMUWk5PzES-_Ezr2aomRJAgqR6PNACKcLOhS79S86f6wvUdLXK9pyvNf5za4CkdTE8wmk-1IYbtPUxcO3_77LqOaKrOdzMkAQ/s1600/20231021_123558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgs4aH461UdSekbD1ATgTJS67529uRGAw-lohMUWk5PzES-_Ezr2aomRJAgqR6PNACKcLOhS79S86f6wvUdLXK9pyvNf5za4CkdTE8wmk-1IYbtPUxcO3_77LqOaKrOdzMkAQ/w400-h400/20231021_123558.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>It was our birthdays on the weekend, mine on Saturday, and <a href="https://artfulsister.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mereth's</a> on Sunday. We celebrated with friends at their coffee shop; a birthday muffin for me, and birthday cheesecake for Mereth. It was a lovely get-together. Another year older, but not much wiser.....<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpHeceDGPossThaHxmd4iRP5NLgXD0ACP-5wc_J2Z8G06MRVvSCvm5l_h066-1RRHGdtPSsAItcuPsczLK_RimsnMLE6fh9ZGVEGx-nRxWuFtO8hOob8LArrBl88YNQYzGfRd/s1600/20231022_124906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpHeceDGPossThaHxmd4iRP5NLgXD0ACP-5wc_J2Z8G06MRVvSCvm5l_h066-1RRHGdtPSsAItcuPsczLK_RimsnMLE6fh9ZGVEGx-nRxWuFtO8hOob8LArrBl88YNQYzGfRd/w400-h400/20231022_124906.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>After all my cleaning and duty sewing I had a play with my fussy-cutting project yesterday. I cut out 7 new blocks, and sewed a few pieces together; I'll finish them later, when I need a hand-sewing fix. I was all about the auditioning and cutting of fabrics, and trying to work out an easy system of marking the sewing line accurately. I enjoyed looking at my fabrics differently, with an eye to what patterns they would make; it was interesting to analyse the various prints and work out what I could do with them, and if I had enough repeats.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrezby0pwH7BiOy5rIIgtiYRZYz39qX5bfrbcuHOazC8LPH8XnoO0jEPHgU8B4qcHj0UhKxhqaX1EH0U_Ocar6B8eQXwKj4roQvNzGLSS7FhsH-gf5w8JiJikVm1K1C9Cz11vA/s1600/20231022_125404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrezby0pwH7BiOy5rIIgtiYRZYz39qX5bfrbcuHOazC8LPH8XnoO0jEPHgU8B4qcHj0UhKxhqaX1EH0U_Ocar6B8eQXwKj4roQvNzGLSS7FhsH-gf5w8JiJikVm1K1C9Cz11vA/w400-h400/20231022_125404.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>I really don't like the Swiss cheese effect though. I'll get another block out of the remnants of this FQ, and I suppose I can use the odd leftover bits in string or crumb piecing, but this way of working seems alien. I've spent too many years trying to get the most out of every fabric, but I just need to tell myself, it's only wasted if I don't do something with it.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-33400501718762105362023-10-03T06:03:00.002+10:302023-10-03T06:03:42.741+10:30Progress on several projects The spate of customer quilts is under control now, so I've been spending a little more time in the sewing room. I have no sense of purpose really, I'm just wandering from one thing to another as the mood takes me. I know this is the aftermath of the busy time I've had for the last 2 months, so I'm just going with the flow.<div><br /></div><div>I've been pondering my UFOs, especially the long term ones, and decided I should work on a few just to maintain a bit of progress. While I was away I finished the last of the 35 blocks I needed for my handsewn Periwinkle blocks, which was momentous. Those things have been hanging around for years.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3D7qYsedVAAgn16R1kPglIaW8zaDEizTcjHJIyo0or7IET8Uu3_kJMjXrNGA9pWFkhtfgYh_9M0XW-QKqOQkrEor6GCc5pBWQka8JxAXEEwM7N3WtIjpohceMN6HkwEvdskN2/s1600/20230921_075306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3D7qYsedVAAgn16R1kPglIaW8zaDEizTcjHJIyo0or7IET8Uu3_kJMjXrNGA9pWFkhtfgYh_9M0XW-QKqOQkrEor6GCc5pBWQka8JxAXEEwM7N3WtIjpohceMN6HkwEvdskN2/s1600/20230921_075306.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>My intention was to handsew the entire quilt, sashings and borders, but I've gone off that idea. I tried one sashing by hand, and one by machine, and the machine one got the tick of approval. I have other things to be doing with my hand piecng time.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPmWnBg9fwdnmu8xE692o4zVQ3wSuFeL34zOJytn4Izw-cWhL7zi_IOpGfB377uivj_YP6ZsK-YNUEeUjMhjd1YnHcId65-Ziw8rbkzqfbcLiA5ZzjQJllvvgpJfB3x5iVjrS/s1600/20230921_074709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPmWnBg9fwdnmu8xE692o4zVQ3wSuFeL34zOJytn4Izw-cWhL7zi_IOpGfB377uivj_YP6ZsK-YNUEeUjMhjd1YnHcId65-Ziw8rbkzqfbcLiA5ZzjQJllvvgpJfB3x5iVjrS/s1600/20230921_074709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>I hadn't even looked at these star blocks for quite some time, so I dug out the box and started sewing. I had enough kitted up for 46 blocks; when I kit them I make the 9-patches and the Flying Geese unit for each block and put them in separate baggies. Then it's as easy as sewing a 9-patch to put them together, so it only took a few sewing sessions to finish all the kits. I will have to decide what size I want this quilt; I discovered a tray full of strips precut for more blocks, so there will be more of them in future.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mvd1S9MldZPRR_fXY3YnId24D5C3rv3e-be-RgwgpC2I7W3gm14Qn-f0dgI1U3sHVc228-PbuutNQDn-UQtG4yfoSxL1vrpJvtgewiXoUPKslqhbrnAn9ZaMlo9g4YZ2EEef/s1600/20230918_162612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mvd1S9MldZPRR_fXY3YnId24D5C3rv3e-be-RgwgpC2I7W3gm14Qn-f0dgI1U3sHVc228-PbuutNQDn-UQtG4yfoSxL1vrpJvtgewiXoUPKslqhbrnAn9ZaMlo9g4YZ2EEef/s1600/20230918_162612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>These scraps were cut into 2.5" strips for my scrappy blocks, and I've been using them as leader enders for other projects, so there are 120 of them now. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgAxN3HNXmLxWe1nr3ztA6bdnrmIJctabH41F5XoqX1dMYLCyWiBmgYInkgU3LFYcCE-yrr6mNXJG2lIdDtEg2ASeKflg7H5B8JcpCWUDOTrjNWy0jgJc8Jlgl46Hq-Kl0BKv/s1600/20231002_220333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgAxN3HNXmLxWe1nr3ztA6bdnrmIJctabH41F5XoqX1dMYLCyWiBmgYInkgU3LFYcCE-yrr6mNXJG2lIdDtEg2ASeKflg7H5B8JcpCWUDOTrjNWy0jgJc8Jlgl46Hq-Kl0BKv/s1600/20231002_220333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Enough for a small quilt, so I might have to choose another leader-ender pattern now. I still have strips to use up, funny how that works.<br /><div><br /><br /></div><div>From there I got a mad idea about using up the horde of 2" strips of bright modern pastels, and decided on Bonnie Hunter's Strip Twist. Her strips were 2.5", and mine were smaller, but how hard could it be? </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCEsC9RYNQKkWe1jZP-5ksk1ocZamBBWgf8xo7A1qHRHLlT7ULSjYdb30qPRDtyulmf6fbT_l4pxK2B_oaFAiHpqz2R0I9ofx21gYDzGMjlFy56v4QcFaVlNWTuJFp6lYXYzW/s1600/20230930_080712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCEsC9RYNQKkWe1jZP-5ksk1ocZamBBWgf8xo7A1qHRHLlT7ULSjYdb30qPRDtyulmf6fbT_l4pxK2B_oaFAiHpqz2R0I9ofx21gYDzGMjlFy56v4QcFaVlNWTuJFp6lYXYzW/s1600/20230930_080712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I made a few dozen of the quarter blocks, and they were sheer fun, and then I started trying to put them into blocks. It was a lot harder than it looked, everywhere I put a block it was adjacent to another identical fabric. Because of the smaller strip size I needed 20 blocks instead of 12, so that meant 80 quarter blocks. It was a lot of work. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29W_XkP3pQz2NyxPtLNtfEG9rQdI3MJYm5wM7AN5_BaaMdSTrN9NU0D2ggLp8S53ao7XFbozJGjJ4TMfXekjEEEYJkljOP0B9iXwgjapgbT-K_jn5RJy2HyETbQ5TxolJvzeV/s1600/20231002_220439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29W_XkP3pQz2NyxPtLNtfEG9rQdI3MJYm5wM7AN5_BaaMdSTrN9NU0D2ggLp8S53ao7XFbozJGjJ4TMfXekjEEEYJkljOP0B9iXwgjapgbT-K_jn5RJy2HyETbQ5TxolJvzeV/s1600/20231002_220439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>It looks good with a sashing separating the blocks, so I'm filing that idea away for next time. </div><div>It still isn't completely sewn together, but I'll work on it till it is, just so I can clear the design wall and go on to another UFO. I have so many to choose from. I was a bit silly and cut 2.5" strips while I was cutting extra 2" strips, thinking I could make the same pattern again. I think I may choose another pattern now I know how hard I found arranging those blocks.</div><div><br /></div><div>And of course the strip off cuts turned into another project.... </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdIzOrnE1RYkpK23BT6JUVulAQM5-HpqwWqUlGtsviApLdEaAeiYk90EehPUlphWtmnxcNXhpiqWJ4J_l_Ah2YOdf1x3KJuExnQbxMN812Q2_fe6gho3qTxIAzshyphenhyphenERJMnTi8/s1600/20231002_220935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdIzOrnE1RYkpK23BT6JUVulAQM5-HpqwWqUlGtsviApLdEaAeiYk90EehPUlphWtmnxcNXhpiqWJ4J_l_Ah2YOdf1x3KJuExnQbxMN812Q2_fe6gho3qTxIAzshyphenhyphenERJMnTi8/s1600/20231002_220935.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There's at least 2 UFOs vying for my attention, I'll choose one while I finish up this project. It's so lovely to feel enthusiastic about sewing once more</div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-89356417184742509152023-09-20T19:08:00.000+09:302023-09-20T19:08:59.323+09:30What happened to August?<p> Good question, where did August go?</p><p><br /></p><p>Late July I had a phone call from son Rhys; would I be willing to go to Brisbane and look after Theo when Naomi and he had to head to hospital for the birth of their baby girl? Of course, I would have to go earlier, so Theo felt comfortable being left with a long-distance Nan, and in case the baby came earlier than predicted. Which led to me flying up on August 2nd, laden with gifts and quilts for the family. It's been two years since I flew, in the middle of Covid restrictions, and that was not a pleasant experience. However, this wasn't too bad, I wore my mask the whole time, and took advantage of wheelchair and people mover services so I wasn't really stressed. Naomi and Theo met me at the airport, and we all had a ride to the baggage pickup. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BsHp3kiZLFAB0HfP3giPwK5u33oS-mRY5X__1XrPEcv6h8Tyw19R1tC2PFDuhhQjvRkEX8P5rxnXIKNmafQWvx67ZGH8ZwExVl0VqdjjA9oPo1LU4kN0YTpNmCfywou6qYrt/s1600/20230802_152529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BsHp3kiZLFAB0HfP3giPwK5u33oS-mRY5X__1XrPEcv6h8Tyw19R1tC2PFDuhhQjvRkEX8P5rxnXIKNmafQWvx67ZGH8ZwExVl0VqdjjA9oPo1LU4kN0YTpNmCfywou6qYrt/s1600/20230802_152529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>He was pretty overwhelmed, lol.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The baby was due on the 22nd, but early on the morning of the 13th she decided it was the right time to make her entrance. They left before dawn for the hospital, and Charlotte Grace arrived just fifty minutes after they got there, so quick. They came home just 6 hours later, and Theo was very impressed by his brand new sister.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGenhOOweb3jDRTEZoL-e0Ii0fbxMgX44vTFTXkbHQL0BNj-f04C__2tBhTkrGeRcgWUX_oWxIKle_zOWMKmSU4YPMLZDCZvhvq6Ur9AVIreII6q58Pzy9Af9Ssg-cr4lWsWZ/s1600/20230813_134717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGenhOOweb3jDRTEZoL-e0Ii0fbxMgX44vTFTXkbHQL0BNj-f04C__2tBhTkrGeRcgWUX_oWxIKle_zOWMKmSU4YPMLZDCZvhvq6Ur9AVIreII6q58Pzy9Af9Ssg-cr4lWsWZ/s1600/20230813_134717.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> She wasn't really interested in the toys he was showing her, but he was fascinated by her.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A week later Seonaid flew up to meet Naomi and Charli, and we had a lovely family getogether. That hasn't happened since 2018; it would have been nice to have the other 3 grandchilden too, but that would have been too expensive. Maybe one day we can make it happen.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUSJgDkPy5zDmXjvx0HqsGAMIrMA20rJkOrIZdf81c55yvfaQ6fu_dc-5R0t93B9EKUrBQPYrs1O8DG0fLNq4htMqOcQxMWfvlkfKnTVX5nJe2naQ4Ol7b8ZFaQqLPJZ7WAON/s1600/20230816_102928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUSJgDkPy5zDmXjvx0HqsGAMIrMA20rJkOrIZdf81c55yvfaQ6fu_dc-5R0t93B9EKUrBQPYrs1O8DG0fLNq4htMqOcQxMWfvlkfKnTVX5nJe2naQ4Ol7b8ZFaQqLPJZ7WAON/s1600/20230816_102928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There is a cafe right down the road from their place, so we walked down there a few times for a treat. It seemed very civilised to have a barista within walking distance.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5NCyf4xkDQOx0ju-uNwox2tfMrHpOmd32eVFh8Q4awD5TBNI2WxnAo41wzm5uePGzr5q-rK-kbvLIMTdCq2zUz59iaNzfGRoH3yNJ8K_NTtGCn9_zcLMXI1q2NVnLYNb3rsv/s1600/20230818_113818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1378" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5NCyf4xkDQOx0ju-uNwox2tfMrHpOmd32eVFh8Q4awD5TBNI2WxnAo41wzm5uePGzr5q-rK-kbvLIMTdCq2zUz59iaNzfGRoH3yNJ8K_NTtGCn9_zcLMXI1q2NVnLYNb3rsv/s1600/20230818_113818.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Last time I was in Brisbane I bought Naomi a couple of pattern books for children's clothing, and set her machine up to sew nicely. Now she makes all Theo's clothes, some of her own, and is working on a wardrobe for Charli. Most of her fabric is Australian animals and flowers, and the clothes are just beautiful. When I arrived there were piles of fabric everywhere, as Naomi was deciding what fabric to use for her chosen patterns. I did feel a pang for Rhys; he was surrounded by fabric as he grew up, and now he's still surrounded by fabric. He's very supportive though, he knows its a mental health thing for us. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p>Seonaid and I flew back uneventfully, and then it was pandemonium moving Seonaid and family into a new home. It's smalller, which is bad, but in a much closer location to school and kindy, which is good. There was no time for serious downsizing, so it all got moved, and Seonaid will work through the stuff stored in the garage, selling and donating. I'm just grateful they have a home, the rental market in Adelaide is appalling.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I'm finally back home, and trying to catch up on 6 weeks of customer quilting that was put on hold while my family came first. I'm ploughing through them, and hopefully after the next week I can take a breather and assess the sewing room situation. I can't even remember what I was up to before I dropped everything and left. It will take a while to sort it all out, but I'll get back to it soon.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-2519154865802280322023-07-07T14:49:00.005+09:302023-07-07T14:52:36.316+09:30Catch up<div>Life has been such a jumble lately, I can hardly remember all the stuff that's happened. I seem to have lost a whole month and I really don't know where it went. There was a quick visit to Adelaide, home for a few days, then back to celebrate Thomas's 5th birthday. Five!! I have no idea where that time went.<br /></div>Seonaid was incapacitated with a chronic back injury, so Nan was in charge. I'm a pretty mean Nan at times, but I'm too old to put up with any shenanigans. We did lots of building and drawing, and the meals were nothing special, but we all survived. Both the boys had foul colds, Thomas actually had para-influenza, so he was pretty sick. It was just a matter of time till they passed their germs on to me.<div><br /></div><div>When Seonaid was better I came home, and promptly got sick. I had a couple new medications tho, so it was only 2 weeks of illness, instead of 8. It's been bitterly cold weather, which didn't help, and I've actually been staying at Mereth's place, as she's been stuck in Pirie looking after sick grandchildren. Nanna to the rescue! </div><div><br /></div><div>I spent a couple of hours in my sewing room, and managed to finish the Rail Fence top. it's only 60"x 60", not like <a href="https://blog.quiltedtwins.com/new-blog/2023-june-rail-fence-top-finished" target="_blank">Becky's huge quilt</a>, but it's a nice size. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMZ0UUUpwI0xDmtpm5LA8L-lfc1Ok3FhSPmJxzenzF-6E_p5A6VMRBYOpu7P3Ne0AwFOOLguxgZZv9Am6J4-pfbkoTZQ6l28bWldaeM86W5GEKhk1fPRiYkkNRce_yuGVhVop/s1600/20230702_163821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMZ0UUUpwI0xDmtpm5LA8L-lfc1Ok3FhSPmJxzenzF-6E_p5A6VMRBYOpu7P3Ne0AwFOOLguxgZZv9Am6J4-pfbkoTZQ6l28bWldaeM86W5GEKhk1fPRiYkkNRce_yuGVhVop/w400-h400/20230702_163821.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Of course there are leftovers.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0wiCgdTo655Ihwmf4Ofjg_gGjLYEggrG0RU7zSAUA6WP6A-ubPzUX_zM59rkMeryXUWP1cY_t7ToUpKExm-PnJ7-I75gOcDsNaxQSINZZVGEBg4vJ_uQzPxEZTPx1Joo6Bvq/s1600/20230702_165507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0wiCgdTo655Ihwmf4Ofjg_gGjLYEggrG0RU7zSAUA6WP6A-ubPzUX_zM59rkMeryXUWP1cY_t7ToUpKExm-PnJ7-I75gOcDsNaxQSINZZVGEBg4vJ_uQzPxEZTPx1Joo6Bvq/w400-h400/20230702_165507.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div>I'm going to sew these Spinning Rectangle blocks to use them up, and they'll be my leader-enders for the forseeable future. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqj_rH3BuTjBCpm-NXmZmDLiHXnkt68wQ7pFyWQsERxJzdw7TIFu2eREAod15apVheLwkC4huTxW9Kg-Tl0NOowygc3wyC_9nrvZ1Q2gdj8maHqS-V2z7W3eKGZOWn4x6zBaV/s1600/20230706_161447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqj_rH3BuTjBCpm-NXmZmDLiHXnkt68wQ7pFyWQsERxJzdw7TIFu2eREAod15apVheLwkC4huTxW9Kg-Tl0NOowygc3wyC_9nrvZ1Q2gdj8maHqS-V2z7W3eKGZOWn4x6zBaV/w400-h400/20230706_161447.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>While I've been stuck at Mereth's place hiding from the cold weather I've been hand sewing at night. These Periwinkle blocks are so old, I can't even remember when I started them. I've been carting them to Adelaide as a handwork project, but I hardly ever work on them. Too tired at the end of the day, or the lighting was too bad, or I'd rather sit and talk with Seonaid. <i> </i>I was stuck on 18 blocks, out of a goal of 35, and it felt like it would take forever. Four nights of sewing has seen me complete 14 blocks, with 3 more to finish, and I can't quite believe it. It's been so easy, with a good sewing setup and no distractions. I'll have to start thinking about the sashing fabric next, and that might entail a trip to the patchwork shop. Even if I find something in the stash, I think I still need a trip to the patchwork shop.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjtTi44lK4F4z54QATNpskcYpU-Ok4RmoU44UXsMgTTRiHUGVcBcSXYptsfMD31Re7QnY0TX3rmdndtBbu6_f5lFahc1Ur4JoVSMhagaMQEpMQPx8ozzwIkyFQ-7bc-YiVRO7/s1600/20230703_200019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1883" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjtTi44lK4F4z54QATNpskcYpU-Ok4RmoU44UXsMgTTRiHUGVcBcSXYptsfMD31Re7QnY0TX3rmdndtBbu6_f5lFahc1Ur4JoVSMhagaMQEpMQPx8ozzwIkyFQ-7bc-YiVRO7/s1600/20230703_200019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This little needle threader has proved invaluable. I know I have one of those little circular cases that holds about 10 threaded needles, so I might have to find that and put it to use. I don't want to stop the hand sewing now that I have made a habit of it.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBhvGyfap6t4YBUvGbi0EJrcDsBkcsketRDoJhaT1qHPVXGyWuF1fwrQK-WsnvmqDrqNhMexH3OQGTGJMhgREF5sOHoBiYPMVp4ZODG6s-FPcm72mTLswACmiHKnM7gbqBz1f/s1600/20230706_161533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBhvGyfap6t4YBUvGbi0EJrcDsBkcsketRDoJhaT1qHPVXGyWuF1fwrQK-WsnvmqDrqNhMexH3OQGTGJMhgREF5sOHoBiYPMVp4ZODG6s-FPcm72mTLswACmiHKnM7gbqBz1f/w400-h400/20230706_161533.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I even finished a few little hexagons, so I'll have to prepare some more. I have about 17 now, so I'll have to start working on a setting for them.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhjNNWZzUmjZkV02WEyuqNPRqwIsc-5BhvVZaAtYagIFSmzFlGmI9fdlSGus_5EDcm3M_08U_6PbJYnpDjK0uky6-r3G01Xn8S_kndlNJxWB3qtXnrjYeASr2-tkkDKu5QuYC/s1600/20230706_163307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhjNNWZzUmjZkV02WEyuqNPRqwIsc-5BhvVZaAtYagIFSmzFlGmI9fdlSGus_5EDcm3M_08U_6PbJYnpDjK0uky6-r3G01Xn8S_kndlNJxWB3qtXnrjYeASr2-tkkDKu5QuYC/w400-h400/20230706_163307.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>I want to have a MAD sewing day soon, just send a hundred HSTs through the machine, and build them into these blocks. That might help clear the surfaces in the sewing room and then I might be able to tackle something from the UFO list.</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, my dog Dolly has come back to live with me. When I spent so much time in Adelaide my nephew took her to live with him. She's been living the high life in a remote outback resort, cadging food off all the tourists and staff, and being the welcome committee for anyone visiting. But she's over 13 now, and an old lady, so she'll see out her days with me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Finn and Thomas were quite frightened of dogs, so I didn't know how they'd react to her. At first Finn would climb up Seonaid as if she was a tree when Dolly got too close. That didn't last long. Pretty soon it was us saying, "Leave the dog alone!"<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAgcvz1tkDfj5bJ1tvUIucPASpuqnPKlQIGxTekwWNHQfMy4nNlpC6BWtgh492XNS4pEYBRTlQCLbrHFGcHwjXWpqovtXES9NiFYCSSy-rIMRheEHYSucXObsCgmDkdtYKLxz/s1600/20230603_193803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAgcvz1tkDfj5bJ1tvUIucPASpuqnPKlQIGxTekwWNHQfMy4nNlpC6BWtgh492XNS4pEYBRTlQCLbrHFGcHwjXWpqovtXES9NiFYCSSy-rIMRheEHYSucXObsCgmDkdtYKLxz/w364-h400/20230603_193803.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><br /></div><div>"She's my Bes' Fren'" he declared after a couple of days. And Dolly doesn't mind a bit.</div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-63606619955792265452023-05-29T22:10:00.000+09:302023-05-29T22:10:24.378+09:30More playing with shirtsI'm up to 10 completed Rail Fence blocks, with the pieces cut for many more.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXyKoUcNtIp22tnkjcd1qW4wevymsG8uJ6UkXkhSPLd6l1llNyXXx5s9bDI-1gp6FlwW8H-K3GfmFqAzdWoVYBBomCNutC4Jv6AD9TogZSY7I8tZF1b5QGYd9WoSnWbU03R3_/s1600/20230529_110212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXyKoUcNtIp22tnkjcd1qW4wevymsG8uJ6UkXkhSPLd6l1llNyXXx5s9bDI-1gp6FlwW8H-K3GfmFqAzdWoVYBBomCNutC4Jv6AD9TogZSY7I8tZF1b5QGYd9WoSnWbU03R3_/s1600/20230529_110212.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>It's using up a satisfying amount of shirts and scraps, so I'm really pleased about that. The more it takes the better, as far as I'm concerned. But there was the box of offcuts sitting there.....</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qhOivSaJLsfafnSwEYkuAY4yGs_ioABVYWdJlLA6LErfttZM4BbWt-f-GmcNPnB0nV1mNpBE_BO6deq9MdwlKvfx_PlmdD_BuRn5k_jpeWR9ns7me8acLdEUOeacGepZMkbF/s1600/20230528_210020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qhOivSaJLsfafnSwEYkuAY4yGs_ioABVYWdJlLA6LErfttZM4BbWt-f-GmcNPnB0nV1mNpBE_BO6deq9MdwlKvfx_PlmdD_BuRn5k_jpeWR9ns7me8acLdEUOeacGepZMkbF/s1600/20230528_210020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I quickly made 2 crumb blocks, to help me decide if I wanted to throw the bits out, or turn them into yet another top. Guess I'm not throwing them out.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This hexagon project has been hanging round for about a quarter of a century. It's made with .5"hexagons, using little 1"sample squares from shops. I lost interest in it, after I'd sewed that dark border bit. Hated it, set it all aside.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJdhKSG5JCuBf1Xg7_YpvFQVm3TFIzC7GAsuNeHsObb5iLLIgtKKCVsK6Dp6b5LpigOA87x77TrWStP5idsLLgOlFcJP2g0D6ayhzypCFyOgcPAy_r2ZHEKuvPyoABynueq7y/s1600/20230529_110409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJdhKSG5JCuBf1Xg7_YpvFQVm3TFIzC7GAsuNeHsObb5iLLIgtKKCVsK6Dp6b5LpigOA87x77TrWStP5idsLLgOlFcJP2g0D6ayhzypCFyOgcPAy_r2ZHEKuvPyoABynueq7y/s1600/20230529_110409.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>The other day I thought, maybe I could un-pull those dark rows and use another colour there, and actually finish this. It was just a thought, but I decided it was worth a try.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6uM7pp7-FtjA5MW8F2pYqruVUYaQnzK0UpCfBN__OIHB1sgy_KtI-q7sOJG4vqaf50qIK9kBQb0Bejoa1n3wnyMfDuJBwiXBkn_B53fKRkCVxwdRD7erqAD-KO_xkZeIkChS/s1600/20230529_114632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="1825" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6uM7pp7-FtjA5MW8F2pYqruVUYaQnzK0UpCfBN__OIHB1sgy_KtI-q7sOJG4vqaf50qIK9kBQb0Bejoa1n3wnyMfDuJBwiXBkn_B53fKRkCVxwdRD7erqAD-KO_xkZeIkChS/s1600/20230529_114632.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>However, I seem to have sewn the hexagons together with 20 stitches a side, stitches so tiny I can't even see them without magnification. I had very good eyesight when I worked on this, and I never took it for granted. I was always grateful that I didn't need glasses, or even particularly good light to work in. I do now though. If I do decide to take those dark hexies off it will be a long process.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4sFuhRVy-Z56DpmZvV4JKk_IjyV-WB9DT7grC_zs9Tff17wJxlureENne1LVMFcVS7dB2dg2EbLD9pjEBNSDJYiSrQrDRJSXfu4YJ4jijk4H-4G4eXqROoGIHcB8yho1-f07/s1600/20230529_110222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4sFuhRVy-Z56DpmZvV4JKk_IjyV-WB9DT7grC_zs9Tff17wJxlureENne1LVMFcVS7dB2dg2EbLD9pjEBNSDJYiSrQrDRJSXfu4YJ4jijk4H-4G4eXqROoGIHcB8yho1-f07/s1600/20230529_110222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I could be sewing each and every night, but I've been spinning whenever the mood takes me. This was a ram fleece, so stinky all I could ever do was shut the bag up as quick as I could. But it was a lovely colour, and really long, and cheap. About three weeks ago I held my breath and crammed it into a bucket of water with a lid, and left it in the sun to marinate. Last week I pulled it out, still reeeking, washed it twice in blue Dawn dishwashing liquid, and then put fabric softener in the rinse water. Now it smells beautiful, and I've saved it from the compost pile. But it just goes to show, I can never throw anything away.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4FAcv_Ci_0fOc7so4XNf3PI1TZmZx4zfD_8JF0tlhFoAhGw18COd87Ql4Eazd3GIm59ToXljiSkuGzocfgQsolSN2DPE8H1y7b1plDlrdZYj7phcqhhtHvvJ9IOwJ2XyQpdh/s1600/Photo_20230529_114826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4FAcv_Ci_0fOc7so4XNf3PI1TZmZx4zfD_8JF0tlhFoAhGw18COd87Ql4Eazd3GIm59ToXljiSkuGzocfgQsolSN2DPE8H1y7b1plDlrdZYj7phcqhhtHvvJ9IOwJ2XyQpdh/s1600/Photo_20230529_114826.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>I was pleased with how even my spinning is getting, but then wondered why I would want my handspun to look just the same as commercial yarn.. It doesn't feel the same though, it feels bouncy and full of life, and it smells great too! Maybe I'll end up with enough to make a vest, that would be a great project to aim for. It's getting mighty chilly in these parts.kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-34068715786516659452023-05-23T11:37:00.000+09:302023-05-23T11:37:33.818+09:30Last week I finished this top, and I like how it turned out. It's 62"x 70", a good size couch quilt.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipc_pQT4DpMdAvEMnkQDPDoDngNA7dSdYxF8Pp3p6BOPyWeFSCcyhxXBaE_8qZnmBsr90VY3T0SDLlMZO_ftmWNh7yoghCMVV7E8wW9HxpX3uaZrax49rp1NlOWhXYtFVWqygr/s1600/20230523_101413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="2332" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipc_pQT4DpMdAvEMnkQDPDoDngNA7dSdYxF8Pp3p6BOPyWeFSCcyhxXBaE_8qZnmBsr90VY3T0SDLlMZO_ftmWNh7yoghCMVV7E8wW9HxpX3uaZrax49rp1NlOWhXYtFVWqygr/w338-h400/20230523_101413.jpg" width="338" /></a></div></div>I like how rustic it looks, and I like the border of random rectangles. They were cut from the 3.5"strips and the ends of the 8.5"strips that I cut for the big triangles. I'm all about using up all the scraps.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_QMRpJ-yJz_nhL7hZ23chvooX0rpqC5dXygIPU49kHgx8YBT7kfZHr6at84SeNZiT1xcPwxAxP25XSDf10hTn1TPsPaR2xeQkSFJnNcqCFSTLBJAV5QCWQcmcEVg_pDy_rtA/s1600/20230523_101449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_QMRpJ-yJz_nhL7hZ23chvooX0rpqC5dXygIPU49kHgx8YBT7kfZHr6at84SeNZiT1xcPwxAxP25XSDf10hTn1TPsPaR2xeQkSFJnNcqCFSTLBJAV5QCWQcmcEVg_pDy_rtA/w400-h400/20230523_101449.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>My Rail Fence is coming along nicely, I should have 7 blocks finished, but....<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L6JNcTqVOVXu2SnSf6XusU-3bl13y-Jm1CMrDcMmBqF_nGJzSpV0WlweuG8MEr6CznnCNxLFN6qJbYbXlnJU8N7xTdcjjxomZrMxs6gE5D631pil1M5j3SYz263ggwQbGNNj/s1600/20230523_101537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1L6JNcTqVOVXu2SnSf6XusU-3bl13y-Jm1CMrDcMmBqF_nGJzSpV0WlweuG8MEr6CznnCNxLFN6qJbYbXlnJU8N7xTdcjjxomZrMxs6gE5D631pil1M5j3SYz263ggwQbGNNj/w400-h400/20230523_101537.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>I shouldn't sew late at night, and in a hurry. My first thing today will be ripping out this seam and sewing it the right way. I have lots of strips cut ready for the next batch of blocks, and I'm ironing more shirts to send through the Accuquilt. I've spent hours starching and ironing shirt pieces, but it pays off when the pieces are more stable and go together more accurately.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRznlf9GnSSYntncu3h4MzhE1nH8p8vp0NhQ5O4jtnAGZFaGPz_hhIRm00pzkVoVKQmzw9t7srTUqsHM51551PIJoMVkvVaj77wCPnGtCeWS6QzfPmM_oJpDJEhyphenhyphen1Q4yoXqPK/s1600/20230523_104414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRznlf9GnSSYntncu3h4MzhE1nH8p8vp0NhQ5O4jtnAGZFaGPz_hhIRm00pzkVoVKQmzw9t7srTUqsHM51551PIJoMVkvVaj77wCPnGtCeWS6QzfPmM_oJpDJEhyphenhyphen1Q4yoXqPK/w400-h400/20230523_104414.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I'm trying to get rid of everything except shirt back and sleeves, so there aren't any little bits left to store. I'm ploughing my way through the yokes, which will yield a 2" or 3.5" strip. The rest can go in the bin.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyF-Kjm7thkC0YzH45G29154-XX-goO9uNSO7hG40_QCJqu4mcXP0cV3XoopFd2ErevaNPjZS1N7vFuOkvElS21QBLAWKAcUlEiRIU0R92mxuW_vzJ7TQpBqOFT5U_RplGr1e/s1600/20230523_104725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyF-Kjm7thkC0YzH45G29154-XX-goO9uNSO7hG40_QCJqu4mcXP0cV3XoopFd2ErevaNPjZS1N7vFuOkvElS21QBLAWKAcUlEiRIU0R92mxuW_vzJ7TQpBqOFT5U_RplGr1e/w400-h400/20230523_104725.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Some shirts aren't the usual check or stripe; these ones are beautiful quality, but they just don't go with the others. I think they will find their way into my regular stash. That blue paisley is just gorgeous.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8x5Tk8tvrmfy75hspS0yfeltLjy4cSy6dHEi295w15gq58FLzRwpZ8uVNzILS0geBj0JIgsjkk0FNBrsiOa4EEoD8RhvRa-KmahKTShevbWC6MgxtyLNnxepKZQzc3UCoOF6/s1600/20230523_105203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8x5Tk8tvrmfy75hspS0yfeltLjy4cSy6dHEi295w15gq58FLzRwpZ8uVNzILS0geBj0JIgsjkk0FNBrsiOa4EEoD8RhvRa-KmahKTShevbWC6MgxtyLNnxepKZQzc3UCoOF6/w400-h400/20230523_105203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I'll have to make a decision soon about whether to make string or crumb blocks from the offcuts. It's a lot of fabric to throw away, but I have to draw a line somewhere. My ordinary stash is calling to me, and I would like to get back to regular programming soon.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7a0AKBr1W3lufP9EP7fSVBNTaPkYWdA8Qm_N8ZPVS43LcCyB14agYJ2eYLciyI_RzgZd_tN9ZndRNovl96ekeg6sabZEdYxMC3-UXjJF-1yJAgXGponQ4BhgTPTA22sMmzNB/s1600/20230523_110703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7a0AKBr1W3lufP9EP7fSVBNTaPkYWdA8Qm_N8ZPVS43LcCyB14agYJ2eYLciyI_RzgZd_tN9ZndRNovl96ekeg6sabZEdYxMC3-UXjJF-1yJAgXGponQ4BhgTPTA22sMmzNB/w274-h400/20230523_110703.jpg" width="274" /></a></div></div>Last night we did something we haven't done for ages, and went for a drive at the end of the workday. The clouds were beautiful, so we drove down country roads, marvelled over old stone farmhouses, gave ourselves the creeps photographing an abandoned homestead, and then followed the water pipeline home, over more bumpy dirt roads. The sunset was just stunning. Such beautiful colours, it's the perfect end to the day.kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-14554665000224895642023-05-15T10:37:00.001+09:302023-05-15T10:42:24.615+09:30Shirts<p> 2023 is not going to be my best blogging year, I've been very lax. Maybe I can do better in the later stages of the year. I'm always disappointed when I let the blog lapse, because often it's the only record I have of how I spent my days. I must try harder.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've been making a glorious mess in the sewing room and environs, leaping from new project to new project. I've ditched the batiks, and now I'm working on sewing down the stash of shirts. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxVh4QIj_HhmiTfAz12lCzIxTZw1vcuvIrI3C46VFZ0qTJ-GgTa_e14l3405zxgHjbvXyN6I5MNIU_NXdZ_J-RSUAjqbHNmwKiv80z7vyX_ADd_n5mPGRVlFefblMrsTDMbEC/s1600/20230510_090031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxVh4QIj_HhmiTfAz12lCzIxTZw1vcuvIrI3C46VFZ0qTJ-GgTa_e14l3405zxgHjbvXyN6I5MNIU_NXdZ_J-RSUAjqbHNmwKiv80z7vyX_ADd_n5mPGRVlFefblMrsTDMbEC/w400-h400/20230510_090031.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> It's a very scattergun approach, but ideas keep occuring to me as I sew, and I need to make a sample before I forget, so I get sidetracked. I guess I should feel guilty, but I'm having a wonderful time, so I'm not going to rein it back. I'll end up overcome with sensibility soon enough, it's time to play right now.<div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>It all starts with other people blogging about quilts that I'm instantly drawn to. It was just such a quilt on <a href="https://dirtroadscrapper.blogspot.com/2023/04/branded-quilt.html" target="_blank">Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road</a> that sent me down this rabbit hole. That plaid quilt....</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h0lISO6-pJzWfKmOkmA48acgWt5uX1-ztQD0jLB1JjOGNO80dUu34HYh2UaUYuemdt-u7TTzjK9AaSczSWrnJvbJwahu7kdCcQuaPDJbBC2zM7b9zU8bAT8tHuwMgs1aBlaR/s1600/20230515_093037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="964" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h0lISO6-pJzWfKmOkmA48acgWt5uX1-ztQD0jLB1JjOGNO80dUu34HYh2UaUYuemdt-u7TTzjK9AaSczSWrnJvbJwahu7kdCcQuaPDJbBC2zM7b9zU8bAT8tHuwMgs1aBlaR/w390-h400/20230515_093037.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I began cutting from the 4 tubs of shirts that I have stashed away, and I kept cutting, and cutting....and cutting. I couldn't stop. Those big triangles are cut from an 8.5"strip, so that used up a shirt front lickety split. After I cut more than twice what I needed I came to my senses and concentrated on the smaller triangles. They are cut from 3.5"strips, and I went a bit overboard on them too.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKpt7s8ouTvR7FAhHR5ncK6eY-wZu8DZ9BU7DyXmoPjEWXGpIh4GJ3dBXNZL-j35D5mjc7R3m0vXJQ_yi64fMekaAiVXmhJ6sUX8zFW2CTvPM0fIV_dYDO-vl7UpN-EJn8iF-/s1600/20230509_151310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKpt7s8ouTvR7FAhHR5ncK6eY-wZu8DZ9BU7DyXmoPjEWXGpIh4GJ3dBXNZL-j35D5mjc7R3m0vXJQ_yi64fMekaAiVXmhJ6sUX8zFW2CTvPM0fIV_dYDO-vl7UpN-EJn8iF-/w400-h400/20230509_151310.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The solution was to have a Plan B of course. </div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4NUrjOUMtqPj8ouGQRHwUCB6Y8BNC6mCBX88sQBzMtdGTCFGkKSOVFWc9r00IAnv0spTHE1HtjBNTzYeokJDTnJc0aIBCFRdaocaIqLokrSweejmW2adhqvuxMjgAlo3yNfX/s1600/20230514_122629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="2570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4NUrjOUMtqPj8ouGQRHwUCB6Y8BNC6mCBX88sQBzMtdGTCFGkKSOVFWc9r00IAnv0spTHE1HtjBNTzYeokJDTnJc0aIBCFRdaocaIqLokrSweejmW2adhqvuxMjgAlo3yNfX/w393-h400/20230514_122629.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p></p><p>These go together surprising well, considering how varied the shirts are, from soft flannelly cotton to crisp poplin to homespun check.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYrTlR3PbngJaLSd0x84my7BsXIP2WNeffJ8xf_AwciR0LfwiRpGtXxkrxEq8Ytpcf35zsYi-qpnUN21pRCk7FHGxeL_4liZB_m4cCP0bGRPxCbO-YkpZNUGfCfAw0BKENxxM/s1600/20230514_122548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYrTlR3PbngJaLSd0x84my7BsXIP2WNeffJ8xf_AwciR0LfwiRpGtXxkrxEq8Ytpcf35zsYi-qpnUN21pRCk7FHGxeL_4liZB_m4cCP0bGRPxCbO-YkpZNUGfCfAw0BKENxxM/w400-h400/20230514_122548.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>I'm going to sash them with one of the bigger shirts, just haven't decided which one yet.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nv-6K4ajgTWsDgaNSsaLrxcmKsP7KRqFmGXJfXqKqSA5VO7kj51SB9O39_z7GBNaohhF3BgBbdVpFcqcQQNOqHgX_-nX1kInQcOXRgMWyfHclx4eCz5RGumJWgMmBEvwQ2OZ/s1600/20230510_102708.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nv-6K4ajgTWsDgaNSsaLrxcmKsP7KRqFmGXJfXqKqSA5VO7kj51SB9O39_z7GBNaohhF3BgBbdVpFcqcQQNOqHgX_-nX1kInQcOXRgMWyfHclx4eCz5RGumJWgMmBEvwQ2OZ/w400-h400/20230510_102708.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Having made an excruciating mess of the shirts I decided they needed to be reduced to one tub. So I began cutting for at least three other projects (Plans C, D, and E).<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nPk37jtVpyzhnzdEIo27Xvg3wC6Vil09cEE4E8Yf2MszuCnjZucv6-8lx0aSQZhW8uHm1htjhUqNDzlo3Dujs4Jdh3BkEgGYeODNnAd9kTBJ6FIDyqYDxIkig8yfopuBc-s4/s1600/20230510_112413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nPk37jtVpyzhnzdEIo27Xvg3wC6Vil09cEE4E8Yf2MszuCnjZucv6-8lx0aSQZhW8uHm1htjhUqNDzlo3Dujs4Jdh3BkEgGYeODNnAd9kTBJ6FIDyqYDxIkig8yfopuBc-s4/w400-h400/20230510_112413.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>The big rectangles will become a bricks quilt. The squares will be cut in half for triangles, or will become nine-patches. The little rectangles will become this quilt, that I can blame Becky at <a href="https://blog.quiltedtwins.com/new-blog/2023-may-tiny-rail-fence" target="_blank">Quilted Twins</a> for. Mine will be made from 2"x 3.5"rectangles though; her smaller size would be sheer hard work with these shirts.<div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXavQVJhFoSZK33U5aWCp2X_YDzuLmGv5SqvGorJ6dHvtGfDeAT9PhQrMjbY-XXZ_i0sROSfbCMQUacLBNEL3YwC8CBmb6xxRjZqEjhRPuTIH1mxX8okcSAKMUavdYiYc-jG0/s1600/20230515_101520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXavQVJhFoSZK33U5aWCp2X_YDzuLmGv5SqvGorJ6dHvtGfDeAT9PhQrMjbY-XXZ_i0sROSfbCMQUacLBNEL3YwC8CBmb6xxRjZqEjhRPuTIH1mxX8okcSAKMUavdYiYc-jG0/s1600/20230515_101520.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After having rejected the shirts with stripes again and again, I decided to do something about them.<br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIK-T47_Twd4qJ23gZmkikh37qK0nyDCX4vLD7gd1t10l6aFQpK9aoeHetyb7U1Hg-KHj_c-ukO5Q_dE-OGl-PA4h4rB8oDjEUrrWvon0siCa1QlUR2XDq-J6hlOM0Gf3bAyX/s1600/20230510_100623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIK-T47_Twd4qJ23gZmkikh37qK0nyDCX4vLD7gd1t10l6aFQpK9aoeHetyb7U1Hg-KHj_c-ukO5Q_dE-OGl-PA4h4rB8oDjEUrrWvon0siCa1QlUR2XDq-J6hlOM0Gf3bAyX/w400-h400/20230510_100623.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div>This fussy cutting is turning out to be loads of fun, and I can't guarantee I won't buy another couple of shirts to help me complete a whole quilt. Four of the striped shirts are cut up, but the scraps!! My gosh the scraps from them, all promising more possibilities.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0CZ5EiYgjeIY5yz5BBSdYdw7pCA5_HTnxUWuxysrhKKFgjVB22BMZIoSFlrpYwi1Jj3fVEDgkvE_zxOfcbAIgmnRMky3S6JQrEeIY997d8MxKW9NdTNSE9SWfA1UWrUm-mO8/s1600/20230515_101535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0CZ5EiYgjeIY5yz5BBSdYdw7pCA5_HTnxUWuxysrhKKFgjVB22BMZIoSFlrpYwi1Jj3fVEDgkvE_zxOfcbAIgmnRMky3S6JQrEeIY997d8MxKW9NdTNSE9SWfA1UWrUm-mO8/s1600/20230515_101535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've chucked a lot of shirts too thin to use, and I've sorted what's left into more sensible categories, and I'm still cutting and cutting. It's nice to have my enthusiasm back, even if it means 5 new projects.</div><p><br /></p></div></div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-23684459776233000332023-04-08T10:38:00.000+09:302023-04-08T10:38:03.350+09:30Batiks<div>Karen at <a href="https://karensquilting.com/blog/2023/04/rainbow-crossings-5/" target="_blank">Quilts etc</a> recently finished her lovely Rainbow Crossings quilt. I've been following her progress on it for some time, thinking, I have that Accuquilt star die. I could make those stars. Hmmmm.....</div><div><br /></div><div>When I bought the die I immediately made a test block, and found it so easy to put together. NO set in seams here.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GYoKlG2MAwj8xwS3ndGjpZGTTExrXtAkfvei4VMFfS-P8Y4FWmYMNYAgXPdmUDDmV_crsnYtdhJ5sbMQWfU1F5Q4hh8lENT-Eo3sXzCVX5J4GFVxFPPMVU1PrJKtRXtBIGbU/s1600/20230408_102927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GYoKlG2MAwj8xwS3ndGjpZGTTExrXtAkfvei4VMFfS-P8Y4FWmYMNYAgXPdmUDDmV_crsnYtdhJ5sbMQWfU1F5Q4hh8lENT-Eo3sXzCVX5J4GFVxFPPMVU1PrJKtRXtBIGbU/w400-h400/20230408_102927.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>But I also wondered if I could change it and make a dark star on a light background, or a light star on a dark background. the answer is, yes you can!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3R_vUpqMy8orvRgAARofkbzTElTAK5LAZiu-kqD0gPjPr5BaVFQasI5piWW7fzfXBasmoX-6PA5kFEa6O9RiclPBeun_W9-TwZUa_iZmxpZ0WzmGvJ-twsJ69WMmwv4q1V52/s1600/20230407_205412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3R_vUpqMy8orvRgAARofkbzTElTAK5LAZiu-kqD0gPjPr5BaVFQasI5piWW7fzfXBasmoX-6PA5kFEa6O9RiclPBeun_W9-TwZUa_iZmxpZ0WzmGvJ-twsJ69WMmwv4q1V52/w400-h400/20230407_205412.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I'm still obsessing about using up the batik stash, so one night I ironed many, many FQs and set about cutting pieces with this die.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKSNIy8fhNBe24ymj8EeQCmdH0SlttEYxb1vtuSmDsGRZ5JM5CgGj9HV5kEzPHGTYnarfRAiwwqjEbKv56iHHs1OEmxNV2HqjJUr6hmRlFF_1peuTERjarq3pTWxFFnKBxHDC/s1600/20230407_114318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKSNIy8fhNBe24ymj8EeQCmdH0SlttEYxb1vtuSmDsGRZ5JM5CgGj9HV5kEzPHGTYnarfRAiwwqjEbKv56iHHs1OEmxNV2HqjJUr6hmRlFF_1peuTERjarq3pTWxFFnKBxHDC/w400-h400/20230407_114318.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>I still think my batik stash is too limited, there's not a lot of variety, but I don't want to take the time to build it into a really comprehensive stash. It would be too expensive, and take too much time, and I don't love them enough. But some of them are lovely....<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxxVdn_ntR5ie77daaAry2AGrKn2jtPSYC9s_MSsJ2nJ2I_S1l-zlh2KZVjf-yoJQ8z3XpDKvXRPRZ9X_lVoj93euTkeyz6OSegohwD_1CNzDFTtCfgWDNh9Y-HI-Xbpqc_nQ/s1600/20230408_103018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1212" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxxVdn_ntR5ie77daaAry2AGrKn2jtPSYC9s_MSsJ2nJ2I_S1l-zlh2KZVjf-yoJQ8z3XpDKvXRPRZ9X_lVoj93euTkeyz6OSegohwD_1CNzDFTtCfgWDNh9Y-HI-Xbpqc_nQ/w400-h319/20230408_103018.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I know a lot of quilters don't care for ironing their seams as they go, or making all their seams intersections meet, but I don't fall into that category. I love it when everything is just right, and if I take the time to make all the units correctly then the whole block, and quilt, goes together nicely as well. </div><div>Of course, that depends on my mood too, so if I'm in a hurry, or I don't like what I'm doing, I can mash seams and fudge with the best of them. But I do love being precise.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzp85Ac5xqT_pqfV-fNjXv2gle7iQLKNc5vhEtDFMvdt-kqZIHkuxjrkYL7BTvu38ZPcpk42mP9qKLjayQSracE5MoHaMMhOoYMVC2_UNj9XE9uWQX9SOZLZgg9E2Agn6iOov/s1600/20230407_233001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzp85Ac5xqT_pqfV-fNjXv2gle7iQLKNc5vhEtDFMvdt-kqZIHkuxjrkYL7BTvu38ZPcpk42mP9qKLjayQSracE5MoHaMMhOoYMVC2_UNj9XE9uWQX9SOZLZgg9E2Agn6iOov/w400-h400/20230407_233001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>I have absolutely no plans for these as yet. I'm just playing at making them and combining whatever colours I feel like. I don't need to know where it's going, I just want to have fun.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOo-S0X0Wo9TBBctRUiHxzUbNCDrEeYuJrtOJY_AkhaFBHWY_KkchEUTeN0zX0ox3vdTaGtEThAkovDf-eqHTBw4If2EG_tcfkcIFCI_4sfSzrNOUyvqfpQqT3SP_swKO0SsD/s1600/20230408_091018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOo-S0X0Wo9TBBctRUiHxzUbNCDrEeYuJrtOJY_AkhaFBHWY_KkchEUTeN0zX0ox3vdTaGtEThAkovDf-eqHTBw4If2EG_tcfkcIFCI_4sfSzrNOUyvqfpQqT3SP_swKO0SsD/w400-h400/20230408_091018.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>The Flying Geese leader-ender blocks are multiplying quickly. I already have 160, with hardly any effort. If I had to make 160 all at once I'd complain, but I've hardly noticed these accumulating one seam at a time.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BgHmd5L82lmWue3DvjbItMPmxXlt98Qw8-5vT0Fht4iVAiDTy6qHvw6KTpuBh3BXkw4aZstlI8_VDcZh-QAVilUDJw2QP8nS8k2zBs36IFrIrHOZPXuD4tFnGSwjwd171rrL/s1600/20230408_091031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BgHmd5L82lmWue3DvjbItMPmxXlt98Qw8-5vT0Fht4iVAiDTy6qHvw6KTpuBh3BXkw4aZstlI8_VDcZh-QAVilUDJw2QP8nS8k2zBs36IFrIrHOZPXuD4tFnGSwjwd171rrL/w400-h400/20230408_091031.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>I'm aiming for this arrangement, needing 245 geese, and it won't take long to get to that number. Then I'll have the fun of choosing the fabric for the bars between them. I'd better start cogitating about that one.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgd_N0DXsbcuD4DwVUahF9aOR3i-HI0NOGk4Z875VJBvPZmm8Vde3l1vvhQNP8dULQ69F2yZEDufrCa2ThV0NgbU1tWUZODJXjzcWyFniyFEjJxu02O_FMpOwBWqZaMr0sAMSK/s1600/20230408_090936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgd_N0DXsbcuD4DwVUahF9aOR3i-HI0NOGk4Z875VJBvPZmm8Vde3l1vvhQNP8dULQ69F2yZEDufrCa2ThV0NgbU1tWUZODJXjzcWyFniyFEjJxu02O_FMpOwBWqZaMr0sAMSK/w400-h400/20230408_090936.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>The mess in the sewing room is staggering, so I think I'll spend the Easter weekend getting these blocks finished and put together. Another two rows will be enough; I'll still have to faff around with borders, but I can clear away all the pieces and rediscover my cutting table.kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-51343095433915745962023-04-03T10:29:00.000+09:302023-04-03T10:29:33.630+09:30Progress ReportI'm starting to spend time in the sewing room more regularly, and there is progress on a few fronts. I've cut many strips to use in this; I still haven't tracked down a name, or thought of one, so it's just the batik quilt for now.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlihdiV-mrozcI_4u4RU5loF8pS4SMxdg7YZewhrh7fI_JmI65wsILNL-NbKG0xzFj51sTq6IesseQzEfkIzJE4vjp3SLcBSiYd0s37LaYC8US28kdrovLguXOSitEawXyPC5a/s1600/20230403_083346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlihdiV-mrozcI_4u4RU5loF8pS4SMxdg7YZewhrh7fI_JmI65wsILNL-NbKG0xzFj51sTq6IesseQzEfkIzJE4vjp3SLcBSiYd0s37LaYC8US28kdrovLguXOSitEawXyPC5a/w400-h400/20230403_083346.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>It uses a lot of the <a href="https://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com/2015/07/im-declaring-my-quilt-success.html" target="_blank">same fabrics</a> as the <a href="https://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com/2018/11/another-catch-up-post-is-in-order.html" target="_blank">Plus quilt</a> that I gave to my son a few years ago, and there are pieces left over from that quilt which have found a home here. There are also a heap of pieces cut for a brown Plus quilt, so I could probably move on to that once this is finished. My mind always drifts ahead to think about what is next, and I should just be enjoying the one I'm working on.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRi8Z623q_C0SIFZPT68MSvNsmZezxQcX3OdisVnCet2nK3s9jvY9UUhyj_KKZfBLl1m1iFt40I2zFAd1-UQNu48Yun5TwSCWjCDPe5qhlC0i7FHW5IyzCk4fjZ9Z_DY8z3nF/s1600/20230403_083428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRi8Z623q_C0SIFZPT68MSvNsmZezxQcX3OdisVnCet2nK3s9jvY9UUhyj_KKZfBLl1m1iFt40I2zFAd1-UQNu48Yun5TwSCWjCDPe5qhlC0i7FHW5IyzCk4fjZ9Z_DY8z3nF/w400-h400/20230403_083428.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>I have 16 of these blocks now, and they'll go into a project box for now. I wanted to fine tune the piecing process, so that those seam intersections met at all the important places, but it kept eluding me. Finally I think I've nailed it, but I've used up most of the scraps I was using for this, so it can wait a while till I generate more. A big consideration in pausing this was the realisation that many of these scraps were from fabric used in my <a href="https://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com/2013/10/ta-da-centre-is-finished.html" target="_blank">Dear Jane top</a>. I still haven't done the border triangles, and if I use up all the scraps from that then I'll have to hunt down new fabric to finish it. So I printed out the triangle template, and I'll start putting material aside for that.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSfBHI5GzSLsBzE1Eg0OCWdIbEvqxdHqYhyphenhyphenX5tNyBMr3Yr2Gjmt73Aj1jxYiWcn9wsrnt9k1pLYkejAeb7XKgNfmMpFLgBwQg5iKKKh0PbRG3iaDnRxNB3pSLdDHIbATdMD3g/s1600/20230403_084921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2513" data-original-width="2463" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSfBHI5GzSLsBzE1Eg0OCWdIbEvqxdHqYhyphenhyphenX5tNyBMr3Yr2Gjmt73Aj1jxYiWcn9wsrnt9k1pLYkejAeb7XKgNfmMpFLgBwQg5iKKKh0PbRG3iaDnRxNB3pSLdDHIbATdMD3g/w391-h400/20230403_084921.jpg" width="391" /></a></div></div>I have 14 of these Washington Sidewalk blocks made, and the triangles cut for another 9. I love making them, but I'm confusing myself with so many projects on the go, so these also will go away at least until I finish the batik quilt. (Millhouse, made of Perler beads, supervises my sewing. My eldest grand-daughter made him for me years ago, and he still makes me smile.)<br /><div><br /></div><div>As well as trying to work on three projects I was also working on three leader-enders, which definitely contributed to the overwhelm.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuJRo_S7gvGgGGqn4aqCtwh9JQXzOLzbb5iG5IGOfAttGVcmEljYOihlVVhDLAbl938_5hYUatlF5DmhERKZXOQ1PUY1i93aBbLjWEdwkKkGhIOxKZkdAOBT_dS9hDHDNIc56/s1600/20230403_101005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuJRo_S7gvGgGGqn4aqCtwh9JQXzOLzbb5iG5IGOfAttGVcmEljYOihlVVhDLAbl938_5hYUatlF5DmhERKZXOQ1PUY1i93aBbLjWEdwkKkGhIOxKZkdAOBT_dS9hDHDNIc56/s1600/20230403_101005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div> I have piles of Flying Geese, 6" blocks made of squares and some rectangle blocks to use up already pieced strips. I need to simplify it all, so I'm just going to have the Flying Geese as my leader-ender for now, and keep amassing pieces for the others.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-74079818635237414102023-03-30T22:44:00.000+10:302023-03-30T22:44:45.206+10:30Working on several projects latelyI've been trying to get projects completely finished, before I start a raft of new ones, but it's not been entirely successful. I spent a few days concentrating on bindings, which saw 2 little quilts finished.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmE9xfaFqzS9I16aenHEIvrizxu6GfgAZTm3iK089G6eOKFDT_scJaI0rQwFQq0IzZ_q1mOOM8W9DUH-gIN5Z9hvYAJB7b8dCGhoxg1zDZUIuedCXBzDRu8atIv-R5-skG_41/s1600/20230308_154236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmE9xfaFqzS9I16aenHEIvrizxu6GfgAZTm3iK089G6eOKFDT_scJaI0rQwFQq0IzZ_q1mOOM8W9DUH-gIN5Z9hvYAJB7b8dCGhoxg1zDZUIuedCXBzDRu8atIv-R5-skG_41/s1600/20230308_154236.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> There are still 4 to bind, and another 2 have the binding attached, I just have to turn it to the back and machine it down. It won't take long, but I keep getting sidetracked.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>I somehow started a new project, with these blocks. BlockBase calls them Good Fortune, so I guess I will too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLc11vPWW9G5iTco3K-zm9n3likfLsUdMSZyBkT807PP5m5deQF-to4X_EdERMAFrON19C6xwxpYASOHZ5I7YIAHTQWaD8fai0URvT7j7_VGXUaP3a6KvJuoPs2joXdo_MWvp-/s1600/20230311_211856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLc11vPWW9G5iTco3K-zm9n3likfLsUdMSZyBkT807PP5m5deQF-to4X_EdERMAFrON19C6xwxpYASOHZ5I7YIAHTQWaD8fai0URvT7j7_VGXUaP3a6KvJuoPs2joXdo_MWvp-/s1600/20230311_211856.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I love how graphic they are, and they don't use much fabric, so I'm chopping up some of my precious scraps. Pure fun.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I got a bee in my bonnet about my untouched batik stash, so I pulled out a heap of them and started cutting for this pattern, I don't know what it's called, but I love how it tessalates.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeI5VgJ9UG49_JZX6O4NriuI8n3KJ7d09H5d9I4Uu7sSmLrqZlNFTGHUyXTpq4sCCo4X2bfMRDk5SYNiSTbwCFgCuDWG-tAPms-tyTlxJ3pN5kJIp1vlGIt9uVaBEmHEoUbWq/s1600/20230327_094522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeI5VgJ9UG49_JZX6O4NriuI8n3KJ7d09H5d9I4Uu7sSmLrqZlNFTGHUyXTpq4sCCo4X2bfMRDk5SYNiSTbwCFgCuDWG-tAPms-tyTlxJ3pN5kJIp1vlGIt9uVaBEmHEoUbWq/s1600/20230327_094522.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I'm piecing it in 8" blocks with a partial seam, and they are making me very happy too.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrZ50Wz0pO3_-36IZYnEPqudN9YyVmVEnIhY9qp1rTb_JSDNMZmtdw6dQVCPf2rQ4nrH6SufNG1fj0io4y_glXZyHOL4n-UaOzc6kX1oeY1hSxBx66zOBRCbSSSRiq1L5Qtfl/s1600/20230326_172922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrZ50Wz0pO3_-36IZYnEPqudN9YyVmVEnIhY9qp1rTb_JSDNMZmtdw6dQVCPf2rQ4nrH6SufNG1fj0io4y_glXZyHOL4n-UaOzc6kX1oeY1hSxBx66zOBRCbSSSRiq1L5Qtfl/s1600/20230326_172922.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>They need to take over the design wall, but I have many other things on it right now, so they'll have to wait until I can make space for them.</div><div><br /></div><div>The UFO guilt got to me, so I pulled out a project box containing these blocks. <br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYiiNQBzNuggaV189XwtEkBBIUIJ4TNXpLe_HQZPbCfbP_rA9BA-LE9oTV9_O4YtWQz58vDgqzlFwAS-cAv1-3AdaTDfaCcbddJT_UaHEsex8YJp4NiisgHqmVk9eI4QIBK71/s1600/20230325_192924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYiiNQBzNuggaV189XwtEkBBIUIJ4TNXpLe_HQZPbCfbP_rA9BA-LE9oTV9_O4YtWQz58vDgqzlFwAS-cAv1-3AdaTDfaCcbddJT_UaHEsex8YJp4NiisgHqmVk9eI4QIBK71/s1600/20230325_192924.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>I think they're called Washington Sidewalk, among other things. I love making this block, first started in 2016, then set aside since early 2020. Time to make some progress.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlBn7pqsfQT6AFivzHkvXF6Bo6m1naxwEMxQ7nTLrCiRBXAFSQuFDUBg204M1q3r2RBx1z8ueQaaYjqFVRHjwPpqJzblvPV0HFqhDkDR47AbalBcXrZZNgRrI0t9E3UBIbOEG/s1600/20230325_193012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlBn7pqsfQT6AFivzHkvXF6Bo6m1naxwEMxQ7nTLrCiRBXAFSQuFDUBg204M1q3r2RBx1z8ueQaaYjqFVRHjwPpqJzblvPV0HFqhDkDR47AbalBcXrZZNgRrI0t9E3UBIbOEG/s1600/20230325_193012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I have such a bad habit of not adding these tiny little corner triangles. It seems such a trivial detail to work on, when all I want to do is finish more blocks, so I don't bother. Then I have a mountain of them to deal with. But I was good and did them all in one sitting, chain piecing one after another. I'm trying to be better about that from now on.</div><div><br /></div><div>And how did our little baby turn 3 last month? He's such a character, very intense, opinionated, loving and impetuous. We call him Cyclone Finn, because he does everything at great speed, and sometimes with attendant destruction. Oh dear.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMFBDKR5wiS2gAoc4RVxKSrlh2p-JoqUNlfA8GDYUs8bzq25HHn-FuJeBFFXtYG5nHkKozPpzxGGRk5P10RA-iUwp043jErVfYxybR2fToTLxSPTdttcnA-rxnl1lLBdVHtKA/s1600/20230227_132731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMFBDKR5wiS2gAoc4RVxKSrlh2p-JoqUNlfA8GDYUs8bzq25HHn-FuJeBFFXtYG5nHkKozPpzxGGRk5P10RA-iUwp043jErVfYxybR2fToTLxSPTdttcnA-rxnl1lLBdVHtKA/s1600/20230227_132731.jpg" width="259" /></a></div></div>And, to stop me being maudlin about not having a little baby grandchild anymore, my son and daughter-in-law are expecting a little girl in August. I'm so looking forward to having another little girl in the family, what a blessing our grandchildren are.</div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-41579111303055712672023-03-09T09:49:00.001+10:302023-03-09T09:49:06.309+10:30<div>It's not that I haven't been doing anything in the sewing room; it's just that I haven't felt like blogging. I'm very much being in-the-moment, and that sort of precludes taking photos for future blog posts. I'm unapologetic. My blogging mojo will return, and I'm not going to hurry it. What have I been up to in the sewing room?</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going through my boxes and drawers filled with spare parts, extra blocks, trial blocks, failed projects. What sparked this was the completion of the red Jacob's Ladder blocks. I HATED them. I mean, I loathed them and couldn't even bear to look at them. So I sold them on Facebook, along with a few other UFOs that I was never going to finish. The response was amazing, they were snapped up, and I felt good that they were going to new homes. So then I looked at my other bits and pieces to see what else could go.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's been interesting, going back through decades of leftovers and false starts, and maybe-oneday pieces. My over-riding emotion was, I don't want to make quilts like this in the future. I don't want to make them Now. So the decision for most of it was easy, I've been sorting it into piles, photographing them, and they will go on Facebook too. I don't think I'll miss any of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Look at all this blue flotsam and jetsam. I have made an awful lot of blue quilts, and that led to an awful lot of extras and orphans.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7gf5ZGZ5PI_FexLDpGs43aSCqCOK9xMUnH4Lm_wO8Vh4L2n07DxaF0HYP_FKK549DYOVBmdDyTuloStoVj-_JbtIOVCq0Cji21IUplA-ONjGRpGBW3oRLOrcqaMKUhRYjgJM/s1600/20230228_101225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7gf5ZGZ5PI_FexLDpGs43aSCqCOK9xMUnH4Lm_wO8Vh4L2n07DxaF0HYP_FKK549DYOVBmdDyTuloStoVj-_JbtIOVCq0Cji21IUplA-ONjGRpGBW3oRLOrcqaMKUhRYjgJM/s1600/20230228_101225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>2.5"strips. I really dislike 2.5"strips.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws1nXsrnklVHc1HIPIgXkjf8c8TqGFplm9FT_Jpk6q_Aj3VEHrpziQ9hFBmpeIYbo-56M4KkrU7vvNQgDwOCjyMX1JDq85gNKZ4JNuiaKkSIFm9z2M9HGh4Mq2jUP35WuIf_D/s1600/20230228_102113.jpg" width="320" /><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A box of2.5"squares. See comment above.</span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws1nXsrnklVHc1HIPIgXkjf8c8TqGFplm9FT_Jpk6q_Aj3VEHrpziQ9hFBmpeIYbo-56M4KkrU7vvNQgDwOCjyMX1JDq85gNKZ4JNuiaKkSIFm9z2M9HGh4Mq2jUP35WuIf_D/s1600/20230228_102113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws1nXsrnklVHc1HIPIgXkjf8c8TqGFplm9FT_Jpk6q_Aj3VEHrpziQ9hFBmpeIYbo-56M4KkrU7vvNQgDwOCjyMX1JDq85gNKZ4JNuiaKkSIFm9z2M9HGh4Mq2jUP35WuIf_D/s1600/20230228_102113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhkbpdxwyBTs0ILgfYIO00G6a13wvU2KPgjThp9aBHz5qUzidltpMcY7gcAvjZTx5oARASBS3ZuCT5qX2HtSkVs-3wpctYTMYekuJFNMmZ7aYVUoh7a9nW5hKPv0_VxqzyAIn/s1600/20230228_101248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhkbpdxwyBTs0ILgfYIO00G6a13wvU2KPgjThp9aBHz5qUzidltpMcY7gcAvjZTx5oARASBS3ZuCT5qX2HtSkVs-3wpctYTMYekuJFNMmZ7aYVUoh7a9nW5hKPv0_VxqzyAIn/s1600/20230228_101248.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ugly 3"HSTs.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVl_JFN_8_KwYSY2JN3MaLHrPM_vnJO_LIPbeF0D5k5Kp_YcF3Krcbo8kUCfzWg6RBwm1GlrPHOX3EAq1Lo-guSsa3W6V72WUx9TqH7RQwFKXCfrLIvaxw2rm_iB4TiPK5dvC/s1600/20230228_104445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVl_JFN_8_KwYSY2JN3MaLHrPM_vnJO_LIPbeF0D5k5Kp_YcF3Krcbo8kUCfzWg6RBwm1GlrPHOX3EAq1Lo-guSsa3W6V72WUx9TqH7RQwFKXCfrLIvaxw2rm_iB4TiPK5dvC/s1600/20230228_104445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Random blue 2.5"squares sewn together, plus many HSTs..</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSwgjjUEJ0iJKjMF82bnecHQco9gJ7Jx71QkQh3SjN2ufkzqxVtiIZyvPfbAM6dbsYGMBgn1sfIErzV_Il4Pq_mPsiHPI4bqYb5ncLFGuYjGYwQ2KC3jcAl7kZXV1mWG6mHLA/s1600/20230228_104434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSwgjjUEJ0iJKjMF82bnecHQco9gJ7Jx71QkQh3SjN2ufkzqxVtiIZyvPfbAM6dbsYGMBgn1sfIErzV_Il4Pq_mPsiHPI4bqYb5ncLFGuYjGYwQ2KC3jcAl7kZXV1mWG6mHLA/s1600/20230228_104434.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Even more of them. Why am I like this?</div><div><br /></div><div>I took those bits and more, and sewed them into this little top. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMi6PzWW_Vy2PcC8RVGkzkJxaLWvhf1spo3zOVxj47w0B1kbNC29uOfM1cpQw2DWEY9e2omP0mVWPAdV6aTjmIuqjai2ItesxmD8k2GaTD3xH_c3_mx-O2HlKLlxGbU2xRyAYY/s1600/20230304_214316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="2025" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMi6PzWW_Vy2PcC8RVGkzkJxaLWvhf1spo3zOVxj47w0B1kbNC29uOfM1cpQw2DWEY9e2omP0mVWPAdV6aTjmIuqjai2ItesxmD8k2GaTD3xH_c3_mx-O2HlKLlxGbU2xRyAYY/s1600/20230304_214316.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I had to make a few more of the little HSTs, but other than that it was all just sitting in boxes. And now it's not. Yay me. But I'm not quite ready to tackle the other bits that I decided to keep. They can mature in the dark a little longer. I've whittled them down to one underbed box, admittedly crammed full, but it's much better than it was. Once I clear the decks of all the clutter I think I'll do some something fun; I've had enough of sewing stuff just because I should.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.com4