tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18344648018525138032024-02-20T22:08:43.185-06:00Quilting for Hearth and HomeElizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-72727669411418589022017-08-02T06:49:00.000-05:002017-08-02T06:49:59.604-05:00Counted cross stitch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a long time since I worked on a cross-stitch project. I have half-finished one that is a birth announcement for my now 10 or 11 year old niece, but I can't seem to find it! (Not that that's a shock since most of my belongings are still in storage, but since I started it after my move across country it is a bit of a mystery!)</div>
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I've been looking for a small project that won't take up too much space (as I don't have a lot to spare) and will satisfy my need to craft. A year, maybe two, ago I picked up this cute little kit. It's sat on my shelf in the other room ever since, but about a month ago, I really was craving to start something.</div>
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I love that it's so portable and I can bring it outside when I take the dog out in the morning. It's also giving me a great sense of completion which boosts my delicate confidence.</div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-89410291790831785042017-06-02T07:41:00.000-05:002017-06-02T07:43:57.505-05:00Purple Haze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Two Christmas' ago, I made my boyfriend's mother a quilt in purple batiks. It's a quilt I still love, today! It's beautiful and adds such a pop of color to her guest room. We steal it every time we spend the night. :)</div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-70286798542234252152015-11-27T11:23:00.001-06:002015-11-27T11:23:47.380-06:00Recalibrating My Idea of My Sewing Room<p dir="ltr">I'm not even sure where to start. Each day is a new day, but I really didn't realize how deep my depression over my divorce was until I was coming out of it. I'm very grateful to have some amazing support in my life and while I'm no longer depressed over the end of my marriage, I'm still struggling in my financial recovery which can be a challenge. However, I vowed as a New Year's resolution to find more blessings and dwell less on the negatives. As such, I found a corner to set up my sewing machine. I always feel better when I can find a few minutes to sit and create.</p>
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This time of year certainly seems to bring out the hopeful in everyone. Many of us make New Year's Resolutions in hopes of making a significant change in our lives only to give up a portion of the way through the year. I've always tried to be realistic in my resolutions and as I reflected upon this past year, I decided that this year's resolution would be to live in the moment more. I tend to live in the future: "Next year will be better because...," next summer will be better because I'll have more time to quilt," "next Christmas will be better because I'll have a better job and more ability to buy gifts." </div>
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I have been living so much in the future, that I've forgotten to live in the present. Yes, my life has not been what I'd hoped for lately, but everyone has those thoughts. Yes, there's not much in my present that I wanted to celebrate, but that attitude is not making me happy and I need to change my frame of mind. Last week, I'd caught myself pining over the life I used to have when it dawned on me that I hadn't actually had that life in several years and I needed to move on. I won't ever have what I used to have. I will always have a history of a failed marriage and some of the insecurities that go along with the reasons it ended. But that doesn't mean that I should settle for living in a time other than right now and what I can do right now. I can build upon what I currently have and make a better life for myself. Life is rarely how we plan it, but it doesn't have to be a marker of doom or gloom. We can celebrate in the mercies and blessings God has shown us and the strength He gives us every day to continue on.</div>
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This year, I will be focused on the here and now.</div>
Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-9992326039895145422014-07-07T13:28:00.001-05:002014-07-07T13:28:38.671-05:00Trial by Fire and Pain<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you may or may not know, this blog was never a personal blog. Yes, my personal life would creep in, but the primary purpose was always to display my work and share it with the larger crafting community. However, I do feel obligated to share a little of why I have been absent for more than a year. School did take up quite a bit of my time, then the loss of my beloved sewing companion certainly was painful as well. All the while, apparently my husband was losing interest in our marriage. A long story quite short, after a year of discontent, he filed for divorce in March 2014 and we are still in negotiations to finalize. To say I was devastated is an understatement. To hear what others (including him) are saying about our dissolving marriage was painful, but as I sat alone this Saturday and "celebrated" our 11th anniversary I had a break through. I have been depressed for months and completely unhappy with the recent turn of events - including my incredibly demeaning retail job, but I am deciding to work on the positive and see the potential instead of the loss in this process. I can only change me and that is who I will be working on and towards from now on.</span></div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-14245229261441960352013-04-29T10:20:00.002-05:002013-04-29T10:20:19.727-05:00PLEASE HELP!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Losing my sewing companion has been very difficult. It has been a full week since we found her laying lifeless on the landing and yesterday was the first day that I made it all the way through the day without crying. Bedtime is especially hard since she would always sleep with us until that last night. I also haven't done any sewing - save for her shroud - since she died. My sewing room is the other place I associate with her. But life goes on, right? We still have to get up every day and there are other furry ones who depend on us. So, I did take the first steps in the next stage of grief this weekend and washed her kitty bed and the sheets I had used to cover my work stations. Clovey was our shedder. Seriously. She had the softest fur ever, but do you remember Schultz's Pigpen - the character who was surrounded by the cloud of dirt wherever he went? Yeah, imagine fur and you had Clovey. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, I have been avoiding acquiring new fabric and other such sewing stuff this year since my teaching contract with an online university has not been renewed, but I broke down a little this month. First, I came across this Steampunk Hufflepuff (Harry Potter films) <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/dragonflydesignsbyalisa/steampunkhufflepuff.htm">costume</a>. I LOVE it! I have wanted to make my Halloween costume for years, but between not having a sewing room for a long time and now being in school... well, it just hasn't happened yet. However, I am now planning to make a costume for this year. YEAH! We've have a ton of kids come for candy and I would love to hand it out in costume! To that end, I found a Victorian era bustle skirt pattern online, but it is for a 28" waist which I do not have so I will have to alter it. Fortunately, it was only $24. Just in case I can't find a pattern for the vest, I began looking for other costume options. I have been eyeing some civil war era dresses by Simplicity for a while and was preparing an online order when I thought I should check the Hobby Lobby weekly ad. Lo and behold, they had Simplicity patterns for $.99 EACH!!!!! A limit of 10 per customer, so I picked up a few for me (including undergarments) and a couple for the hubs. </span></div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-12895191927577945132013-04-08T13:53:00.001-05:002013-04-08T13:53:46.478-05:00Claiming my blog on bloglovin<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5620393/?claim=j26qtcffn33">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-61509848609731439622013-04-08T10:52:00.003-05:002013-04-08T10:52:46.168-05:00The Passing of My Sewing Companion<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sure that for many, today is a day like any other, but not for us. Sometime between 2:30am and 6am CST our sweet kitty Clovey died. She was 12 years old, but hadn't displayed any signs that she was near her end so we were shocked with her sudden passing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Goodbye, Clove-Dove. I hope you rest in peace, my sweet kitty. I loved you so much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My birthday was around Thanksgiving last year. One of the gifts I received was a gift certificate to <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">Fat Quarter Shop</a> (which was on my list). "What took you so long?" - you might ask. Well, I become a little paralyzed when I receive gift certificates. Part of me wants to spend it right away and part of me wants to wait a little bit to see if any new fabric comes out. Anyone else feel that way?</span></div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-14812119917321226012013-03-10T14:25:00.001-05:002013-03-10T14:25:24.494-05:00My Oh My<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every semester I'm optimistic that I can do more, but I'm always mistaken. Last week, I had an exam that took every moment of my time to study for it. I believe I did well enough, but the course kind of terrifies me. To reward myself for getting through it (and for all the time I devoted to it last week), I spent some serious time in the sweat shop over the last 48 hours. I'll tell/show you what I've been up to, but first a little progress report.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The hubs was on spring break this last week and finished the trim for the back door we put in. The travels for his job this week as well. The most important thing, though, is that I have spring break next week!! I can't wait for this week to be over. We just got some icky weather topped off with lots of snow. So not only am I looking forward to the "break" (which isn't much of one because I have lots of homework to work on before the end of the semester), but I'm also not looking forward to travelling in this crud. Oh well, it's just one more week, right? :) I plan to at least finish catching up on the Blogger Girls BOM. Hopefully, I'll start on a birthday gift for my mom and another for my sisters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To me, quilting is about aesthetics. Part of that aesthetics is in packaging. I know others have written about it, but I feel that this is important enough to reiterate the point. I'm currently participating in two fabric clubs - one for civil war/reproduction fabrics and the other for batiks. They are supplied by different companies, but both are well-known among the quilting community (which is part of the reason why I have obscured their logos). So here are the packages that arrived for January's deliveries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see, their approaches to delivery are very different. While the batiks were packaged in such a way that you could see a bit of each of the fabrics included, the repros were stacked and folded which made it difficult to determine any of the fabrics except the top. You can see the fabrics include in the repro package below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They are so pretty, why wouldn't you want to show them? You would think that a company whose sole purpose is to sell fabric, kits, and tools to make quilts would have a better concept of the benefits of aesthetics. I just don't get some companies. Opening a package that is also beautiful is a special treat, but by the same token, opening a package that looks thrown together is a disappointment.</span></div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-47960821681029567672013-01-28T12:39:00.000-06:002013-01-28T12:44:12.602-06:00Making a little progress<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Classes began again on January 7th. My classes were scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday and Monday night I went to check what rooms I had to go to only to discover that my afternoon class had been moved to Wednesday morning at 9am. Now, keep in mind that I live nearly 3 hours away from campus and this would mean getting up at 4:30am Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday to get to my classes in time. Luckily, I had an understanding professor and I only have to get up that early on Tuesday and Wednesday instead. I still have a crap-load of reading and homework each week, though. It's taken a few weeks to develop a routine... to be honest, I'm still working on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did get caught up on my Memories of Provence BOM. Of course, the next round of block kits arrived the following day. But for a night I was caught up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I want to talk a little about my block progress tonight. I'm feeling good about my 2013 to-do list so far. I've completed the two versions of block 1 for the Blogger Girl BOM. It's the same block, just different color choices.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm really loving the black, brown, tan and cream colors together. There's just something about the combination that is really speaking to me for some reason. It's not normally my style, but I'll take it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just think these colors are striking as well. I love the blue in this block, but the red in the next one. I think I'm going to be quite pleased with these quilts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Classes begin Monday, but I don't have to drive to campus until Tuesday this semester so my plan is to get the Memories of Provence block three sewn together and the Christmas BOM block one cut out tomorrow. Then to sew the Christmas block(s) together on Monday. I'm happy, happy, happy with this progress.</span><div style="font-size: 0.8em;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">The hubs bought me a quilting frame that I can use with my day-to-day machine, but will give me the flexibility of a big, long-arm machine for Christmas. I'm very excited about it, but the layout of the sweat shop was not very </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20.46666717529297px;">conducive</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"> to using this new, fun tool. The hubs wanted to get me a new long table, so yesterday we went looking. Something you should know about me is I hate thrift stores and garage sales. I just don't really want to sort through other people's crap, but I also knew it'd be the best place to look for a good wood table.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">We went to two thrift shops and one Goodwill place without any luck. We talked about it and I wanted to check the local Habitat for Humanity's ReStore before heading home. If we didn't find anything there, we would go home and regroup (do research and find more stores). We stopped and they had three tables that were just about perfect, but I wasn't sure they'd fit in the tiny room. So we agreed to run home and take some measurements (Why didn't we do that before we left?), sadly, by the time we got back, one of the tables had been sold. So we snapped up the remaining two. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">After getting them home, I tried rearranging the furniture, but was getting frustrated because stuff was not working right. So, I left for the night and brought my graphing paper and measurements with me. I sketched it out and figured out what would work in the 9x11 room. The drawing on the left is what <i>was</i> in the room and the right is how it is now. My sewing U is facing the double window.</span></span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>In progress </b></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Full quilt (blue, green and pinks that I began in the 12th grade which no longer fits my style, but we could use another quilt around the house.)</span></li>
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I think I got a lot accomplished last year - especially since I have no idea what the two Christmas wall quilts I planned on making are. AND I made some progress on the witch and HS quilts which I think is even better! </div>
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<i>In 2012, I plan to complete (among gifts I can't mention):</i></div>
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<li style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>In progress </b></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Full quilt (blue, green and pinks that I began in the 12th grade which no longer fits my style, but we could use another quilt around the house.)</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Oxmoor Christmas BOM</li>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">This year, I plan to take on a couple new projects as well - like applique. I had hoped to begin applique, but in all honesty, I didn't have the time. However, this semester, I have almost two hours between classes on two days a week. While I expect some time will be spent reading and working on school work, I also expect to be able to work on some handwork. The hubs bought me a book on how to applique for Christmas (he's the best!) so I'm hoping that will help encourage me to take this leap.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">I'm also hoping to complete a few Block of the Months (BOMs). I signed up for one paid and one free BOMs by Monique Dillard. The paid one is Memories of Provence using pre-determined fabric and the free one is Blogger Girl for which I have some fat quarters in black, brown and tans. Then I also want to complete the Oxmoor Christmas BOM. When I married into this family, my MIL was completing two of these - one for her and one for my husband's youngest sister. She told me at the time that she had wanted to make one for all her children and with those finishes the girls would be complete. For any number of reasons, ten years later, my husband still doesn't have one. So the last time we were visiting them, I grabbed the binder with the patterns. This BOM is about 20 years old, but I've got a lot of Christmas fabric and I think I can modernize it a bit. If it's not too difficult, maybe I'll make my sister(s) one, too.</span></div>
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Finally, I want to work hard on limiting my spending on quilting and supplies. My teaching contract was not renewed and I have a sizable stash that I can draw from. I have so much Christmas fabric that I have not opened a single fat quarter pack from this year's club. I've decided that until I use a significant amount of it, I'm withdrawing from the fabric club. I've also been acquiring fabric that I know my sisters like so I don't think I will need much (if anything) to complete their bday or Christmas gifts. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know I'm pushing it close. It's almost 11pm here in CST, but I wanted to update everyone on the last of my finishes for the year. First up, another baby blanket. I love this color! We don't have anyone expecting right now, but there's always someone around the corner and now I won't have to scramble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, there's this cute little wall hanging I made the hubs for Christmas. He used to live in the Florida keys and is a HUGE Parrothead (fan of Jimmy Buffett) so I thought this would be a nice trip down memory lane for him. He was very surprised and pleased. We try to do at least one handcrafted gift to each other each year. I had wanted to do more, but ran out of time.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, that's it for this year. I'm pleased with my quiltiness this year. I've pushed myself and tried some new things. I made the biggest quilt thus far. I have done some blanket-stitch applique. I've gained some confidence in my quilting ability and feel good about my progress. Tomorrow, I'll talk about my expectations for 2013. In the meantime, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!</span></div>
<br />Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-87252512619470673572012-12-21T12:09:00.000-06:002012-12-21T12:09:11.738-06:00Finally! A Friday Finish!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I finished this batik jelly roll race top a month or so ago, but finally had the opportunity to quilt and bind it this week. I think the collection is called blueberry. In all honesty, I'm not sure I will use this pattern again. It was easy enough, but there isn't enough variety between the strips and the changes between strips are oddly placed. Even so, this quilt is growing on me. The more time I spend with it, the more I'm liking it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can see the quilting a bit better in the second picture. I did in the ditch between the strips and a wave through the strips and the outer border. I used a smokey blue thread, but I went through two spools (one full and one not) and part of a third. I also realized that I don't have much variety in my thread collection - mostly white or darks (green, blue, purple and red). I'm going to have to remedy that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, I was having some difficulty choosing a binding. I had bought some 90" natural flannel for the backing and had enough left over for the binding as well. I like using flannel for the back for added warmth and softness, but the natural cream color would be striking against the dark outer border. So, I asked the hubs' opinion. Essentially, the choice was between the fabric for the backing and the fabric for the border. He said the border fabric would be better and he was right. It was perfect!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is, by far, the biggest quilt I've ever made and completed. All in all, I'm pretty happy with it... and the cats are thrilled! ;o)</span></div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-22339779646716147432012-12-19T15:11:00.000-06:002012-12-19T15:11:31.539-06:00Another finish...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My brother and his wife had a baby this year, so naturally, she gets a new Christmas stocking this year. I had to get it done last weekend so that it would be included in the box I sent to my parents for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In light of the tragic shooting in a Connecticut elementary school, I feel like I should say or do something but not sure what. Then I found <a href="http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/pillowcases-for-kids-in-sandy-hook-ct.html">this project</a> going on. For those of you who want to do something, but aren't sure what there is this is a good opportunity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wishing everyone some peace and healing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wednesday, as you all know, was the unique date of 12-12-12. Many retailers had special sales to commemorate the uniqueness and my LQS was no different. They sent me an email the night before (did I mention I'm on their mailing list?) saying that for every 12 fat quarters a customer bought, they would get an additional 12 for free!! Well, I couldn't pass up a deal like that! So, even though I was in the middle of studying for my last final, I took a little time to visit the shop and pick out some fat quarters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I took my final on Thursday morning and received a 98%!! WOOHOO! Beyond that, I graded Thursday afternoon and evening and got those final grades submitted. Thursday evening, my hubby's college's football team played in the national championships for their division so we ate dinner at a local sports bar & grill where they had it on the satellite. Even though the team lost in over time, it was a lot of fun and we're very proud of their first championship game! Then Friday I did a little cleaning and sewing. The same tonight, with the addition of an awards ceremony (my hubby's colleague won tonight, but hubby won last year). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm kind of missing my family tonight. As I was working in my sewing room today, I thought a lot about them because I was cleaning up, making the kids' ornaments, and picking out fabrics to use in the stocking for the newest addition of my side of the family. We have to get the last of the packages mailed on Monday so I need to finish these to include. I'll post pictures soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last Thanksgiving (2011) was my family's year to gather together. My niece was carrying around her other aunt's purse (also my sister - there are four sisters and two brothers). I asked her mom if she would want her own bag or purse to carry around. MB said she'd rather have a quilt for her bed. I've never made a quilt that was bigger than a baby blanket before so I told MB I would see what I could do. That's when I started planning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, I knew that I would have to make one for her brother, too. You know, it wouldn't be fair to make one kid a quilt and not the other. Besides, his bday was first, but her quilt was WAY easier to plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know that it is impossible to get Syracuse University fabric? Apparently,they do not license it which makes it terribly difficult to make a quilt for a young man who LOVES Syracuse basketball! What's an aunt to do but get creative. Last Christmas I kept an eye out for clearance t-shirts as I was also looking for the non-existent Syracuse fabric. I found two so I snatched them up for $5 each. Then the hubs and I were walking through a sporting goods store this summer and found a third. Over the course of the last year, I gradually picked up fat quarters of basketball themed fabric to fill in. I found a great flannel online that was sports-themed and basketballs were prominent. That still left me wondering what to do about surrounding/framing the t-shirt panels. I went to Hobby Lobby when they had a flannel sale, but was underwhelmed by the selection and the hubs said not to force it just because the nephew's bday was coming. I ended up finding a GORGEOUS navy check flannel to use. The final quilt is about 57"x 60" so I patched the back together with the sporting flannel, a strip of leftover squares, and then an 8" strip of the navy flannel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I said, her's was way easier to plan. I went to the local quilt shop (LQS) and found the green kitty fabric. Did I mention that my niece LOVES cats? Seriously. The kid is crazy about 'em! So, I picked two complimentary colors, fussy-cut the kitties for the centers of the stars and added a white-on-white daisy print for the background. Originally, I was just going to do a white border, but then I was going to do a checkboard along the top and bottom, but had enough leftover squares that I changed my mind and went all the way around and added a 4" white border around that. Her backing is hot pink Minkee that matches the pink on the front and I bound it will a swirly pink flannel. It was a total pain in the tush to quilt!!! I ripped out stitches three times last night before calling it quits for the night. The Minkee, while incredibly soft, is also incredibly slippery and kept being brought through. I finally got the tension and procedure right this afternoon and it took me 6 hours to quilt it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just love these quilts and I'm pretty proud of them. I feel pretty sure the kids will love them, too. And that's all that really matters. :)</span></div>
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Elizabeth E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10700514545691566198noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834464801852513803.post-27497318008121267832012-12-05T12:03:00.000-06:002012-12-05T12:03:00.093-06:00Easy Street Mystery<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you guys heard about Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery quilt, Easy Street? You can see the latest linky post <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-2.html">here</a>. Bonnie originally <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/10/find-yourself-on-easy-street.html">suggested</a> a grey and white as neutrals, deep purples, teals and lime greens as colors for the quilt and many quilters are following that suggestion. But there are several others who are creating their own color schemes. I have to admit, while I like the original color pallet I'm not <i>in</i> love with it, so I would probably choose a different combination of colors. I was thinking chocolate brown and cream as the neutrals, and rich red, pink and tan as the colors. Or maybe red, green and blue. Or pink, green and blue. Or yellow, orange and red. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My semester is almost over (both teaching and taking classes) and I am anxious to get creative in my sewing room. Dr J has completed his section of our Christmas gifts, but I still need to do my part, and there are two Christmas quilts I was hoping to get to, and his quilted gift. I can't wait to get in there!</span></div>
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