tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66869636200095448352024-03-16T04:28:12.656-05:00Annie’s MusingsAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.comBlogger499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-8943717134466177682023-06-22T05:41:00.001-05:002023-11-12T07:32:44.789-06:00 Printed Fabric Scrap Quilt <div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">After beginning this text fabric art quilt in 2012,</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5eba_9dd4_ea09_946e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81olINCx7zh790459tckWlQIbfbrT5PxkYbzFAnZbP-uK8OkzJgfyckEmjQ_FRWP2cPbVp9yO9wdRtUu8L2GZ8kpn_jC8w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 628px; height: auto;"><br><font face="Verdana" size="2">You can read about it’s making </font><a href="https://freezeframe03.blogspot.com/2018/09/backup-art-quilt.html" id="id_511f_de02_3ca9_a143">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">and finishing it in 2018, </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve had lots of ink jet printed text fabric pieces still lingering in a small storage drawer. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It is time to make them more useful.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="2">I scanned scrapbook papers and purchased printed works from the internet then printed them onto fabric with my ink jet printer.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d5e2_6e88_79c8_53a4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rGqZVyL5y9E7YfE1hMCdgzZ-bCtbPZJ5QOpefTnEmx33EXqP3qd7nqyL6K_PMd2sJuCBP0hIlO2mvUmTD4Nk6lyhgb4w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 453px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Inspiration for this project came from a birthday gift magazine titled “UPPERCASE”. Paper crafted projects are often my inspiration for fabric projects. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4e2f_ae09_f229_e7f2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81obUGw9yloovfokjZ6GnfZjSDsWr2uScTFH_BAw_LWbYm5cdANmkRHIHp9A9MZfLWvZHAkWnvleO_z9ph9F2_4tpJ_p1Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 454px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I cut the printed fabrics into squares.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_9bcd_f422_6ba6_4164" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81p2Jl6EiUVNvWtkMrrcIpBW7lGwaDHWyQjXMFMrRR6o54Q-4Ld142Tgk9lYfn7ML4QAhpFYUSabNrigjIUxTSivQQsS1A" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 458px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I stitched a 1/4” sashing between the squares. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7734_735b_db1_fb01" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rKHS927Ku_YoiXNk6_bDDmnQ67gJrh5C77mfnL0jr01SMNj0-pb55-Hd1lxnMo-HmHSpumbf1uVPkm3eayNJUEcRu9Gg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 453px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><font face="Verdana" size="4">This small quilt measures 39” X 51”</font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="4">Just the right size for a car quilt.</font></div><br><img id="id_dcf9_db40_de4a_ea38" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pHZZ3PotGsJBVdWDfBu_uL5vs9O7g7xgT1QjpGxWyAjSAahUWdjjl_qlV0k66FubYY8lhbPBQFmTW-QQR-5v2gKBaUQg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The border and binding fabrics are purchased (not ink jet printed).</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_b8c4_5f4_d34b_33e0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ppF881nQvgiTkAcBmRUpxtmDOdgaDKBLEv6QiJz78iV5bHGKMhtuoTeuje57A1usGAn1sGgB79IZbDwQ05b-h1O0zm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 629px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Yes, of course there are still scraps of these printed fabric pieces.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I decided a car quilt needs a car pillow.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1644_3f0f_6f3_73a5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81q9Ne9WHyfUa-RFzZs5LbFowMweygdKgCZeoi4LJOXBoj-keC3VDeFg0ySVnSRjGlZyFB32Vgok5cj9UW9cdmzyJS8wDQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 457px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I cut squares at 1-1/2” and tacked them to a foundation fabric and just quilted the piece with raw edges. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_13bd_2f1a_c1fc_9832" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81olbFGYEsDSZiwdJvi0z-Sgd429pk52XZOaaP6pJWSMeg2531uw8LVli8kFFXN4c76TWz_Q81tvn4S6m3sCUlow4NUkhg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 454px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I used a 14” pillow form. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_bad6_36af_7c2e_48a6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rwlCPT3pA3Hb-NmMYAL5TEb9gT4DyDja4tdD9OiLJcaVBDuwSQRMauNAfmsm9xKwpHZkMkaj1QYqVrgbOEV1Tvt6dn0w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 638px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A piece of Tim Holtz fabric on the back. </font><br></span><br><img id="id_a77d_eba2_ddaf_3708" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rhwZlYRb_Iu4lha-eEN7x5j1H1QnLBIrkOy7koXMV8ckAL4Ch6Xj8l5BhR38m2QVxHI_e0OU2inZRGCFp2j-AsW_mK" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 632px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If you’re riding with me and you get tired, you’re all set for a comfy snooze.</span></div>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-44441309704788437262023-05-17T21:41:00.001-05:002023-05-17T21:41:44.791-05:00Baby Twister Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">My stash held this lonely “Totally Tropical” charm squares pack. It has been quite some time since I’ve made a Twister Tool project. I had in mind a baby quilt. (Maybe someday my friend will be a Grandmother).</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">So I laid out the squares and stitched them together.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_30a_c3dd_3b2a_171d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rseFVelwXEdCLgKsg7U8ckanJjnSvzKBT2_JPr8PcnXHwd_jcC13Sp30qXVtWD9BlNSeTEvQLA8lCa5DQFw0bGS4FNpg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 629px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">And added the borders.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_586a_9048_46ad_f8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pYzUj4ZC6pY20ov7XSAQQlKo1rdSg7DXBo1NvmvxwYS4bv2Zhu7Ec0ax6nAHKM-AIJ32CKa5ZUyUyVpOmDYeLKBnWu" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 625px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Then cut and twisted the little squares. The piece started out measuring 35” X 32”. After sewing the twisted pieces together, it then measured 25” X 22”. (I cut my borders larger than was necessary, so those are approximate measurements). The layout is always a surprise…it never looks the same after the squares are all twisted together. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">The quilt top still needed to be larger, so I then made border twister strips and corner blocks. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_76df_db6d_fa82_9bff" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pB5wvvTZuBlVf7uZkB4zaNi3h3m-jRFg9_zHmtTTUvzZsHncWUu7LK9MpzfnjF_ezlqd--pC-5ackQX8AvlMhCn9ci0g" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3650_f01c_f7e1_117c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qYwRsbxh0Gg4Czr8KtHx3zT6MA8HIFvHi1k7RRpGQ34HlGAk1XK72iUpIt8aYZtwX5iROVqP-Vsmg6FgPX-x8qF3DI3g" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 642px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">All the fabrics for this quilt came from my stash. Including the batting. Yay, another stash buster!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_96a5_48d5_46f4_2da1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81p2G1BCTnmb22EwTHBPG_Mf_pDG2R7a1HREE_iTAkhaeBP8aKSQfWsLpgGbDDwrdwiz1c_3LPw2a5rMU3tQyV0PboOd1w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This quilt finishes at 39” X 42”</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><img id="id_2111_f742_d73d_7483" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81r6Rk1_Q8MmhMb_SdtqmnTo6IqSsr0TXj_xDny2TMx5CXe6hvY7gwJyFXXt5UaTS0SQi8vUZO0ECvc7Bddv2Z6LBg4NiA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now we wait for a baby.</span></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-5738160966345221712023-04-28T07:20:00.001-05:002023-04-28T07:21:22.793-05:00April AlphaTable Scraps Challenge<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The Alpha Challenge letters for April are</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="6">Y and/or N</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This year long challenge is hosted by </font><a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" id="id_ac57_5138_dd36_5d3f">The Joyful Quilter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">My postcard for the letter N is everyone’s favorite <b>Neighbor, Nosey Nellie</b>. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9095_a93b_a768_81b6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oKQFajoas9b_ClY8lggne4cPXM7w1izICOb1J5P32DkBhVsVQmF7Q5u7C_MSUN14cQUs08GaBhcsSFDeS1baSQCk5_dQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Next I took advantage of the letter Y to make a couple more <b>Yule</b> postcards to send out come Christmas time.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f7fb_66ed_a52a_62c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ouXypj0djwMvxwDb6hqJ79eLKcXZ_jr893pvN8fHkEL_Kvo0rbGJXwSwtom9n91yge5US73ByahUfQoQwyFUT7rIaz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_9d99_de5f_3ed2_234a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oU06fYkHwr5QoCYB5w5UnSVlKIQvmkVEE-vu8N8U0EPtkEYZupz0hqIcI6EvF0Mj7p9HNcHnl5wsPs05Cj-VSFJrzkuQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 632px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I used current favorite patterns for postcard making by Bloomin’ Minds. As usual, I have reduced the pattern designs to fit a 4” X 6” postcard size. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f2b0_86c4_918d_671c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81r6MCXQoMX3LnXwHp1a-wPfjhdovNQwfxad8K2itvv_8NxcQbV7mNWG4LGNga_MWMsyLGp6t4n-DoKD1lbnwc0N6cFa_Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 633px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Happy mail day!</font></div>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-21912816932751237942023-03-31T07:00:00.001-05:002023-03-31T07:00:38.860-05:00March Alpha Table Scraps Challenge<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The Alpha Table Scraps Challenge letters for March are </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="5">B and/or U</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This challenge is hosted by</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" id="id_6ab1_47ec_6e3f_c1f2">The Joyful Quilter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Well, the letter B was an easy one for my postcards.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Bird</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_955d_a975_3e78_eb57" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VpgGH5fC1Hrvy3kDMw4AgzwnHg2UcxH5zlIO4j_WGN-oVbFVOgsQunhQUP7e20qa3hk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 628px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Bee</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">(the bee is from the pattern but the flower is from my imagination)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_21df_6f02_4659_dfc3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/oyueFn5f9LMpkKt4YaUeQxQsyrHC6uTbZ0DHy1thuMIprnRDKwWMBRzkkcg9qgHF2TE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Bunny</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8ee1_f710_d49_6717" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/y6P1TvSnS3juV2HMtaR5IBmApK7-ZBPAWWD3LK8fM1AT04iVm-42NXQde58E0ycIbD0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 639px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">U took a bit of thought to avoid an umbrella.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This is Uncle Floyd and he is an Uber driver.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ec4e_964d_c818_5b88" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/oQh2tznw6jjok5O0zSYYRFo_C9ErK67voVFmL7x7JGeuxGb89yn53y3jwQO_jbkGN80" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">As always, I’ve reduced the Bloomin’ Minds patterns to fit a postcard size (except for the bee, he happened to be the perfect size right off the pattern).</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-57257078423795305062023-03-22T08:19:00.001-05:002023-03-22T08:19:50.027-05:00Dark Squares Scrap Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">My previous scrap quilt was made with all the fun bright scrap squares I cut. Now I had a lot of dark squares left. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="6">Dark Squares Quilt</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="6"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1948_9072_69e_39ea" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Xh6ZH-mFRSwq93a_5ZS5rnwgpzU2yFWANko_vRzzwSmnwXaViGdlyXMCG0MgbiISt2Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 626px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I had one yard of this colorful print that could be sashing.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_b21a_9384_cb4f_c82b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B-n4MWHgPLNMr54OPvpiDv2V9QJoWQpgFNrs3aNndKfrpKRqTNJYLeY8WMs67Kk29po" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 625px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I began sewing the squares to sashing strips.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_18f7_dc1_c1ec_a7fe" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/BgGj__xkQZfLcfYQPg2-Dpfv7K_Z7aMRqk8i77vz6l2RsyRnB9f1EtdUReQVtCDaJAE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 624px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Then cut them apart to sew them all together. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_38dc_303e_9a_9023" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6ZSRYJ8F8PCZiKgWXqrHw_iEw2Umwgwi42qe4o_zpc43J8yQk2NjezTQXzDKT_Tm0NU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 629px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I wasn’t coming up with any good ideas to make this small pieced section into a larger throw quilt, so I decided it would be a lap quilt. It measures 52” X 43”</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d249_aa71_3e4c_bd2b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rE9sGN_U7eqoT48fZoDhUxi2gCAaNVJzRWro6EQJwRfTa1YXesk3VCKBi0WQYcp16YA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 623px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I let it sit on my design wall for weeks…..not liking it much. Funny how a thing like that grows on you and changes your mind. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c6bd_2724_dc03_8ebc" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Q1HQI9uAhE4REbut6UuLfj15SXC-gowmTBY5wn3IHIerYeo3SUba548kWZ1nQ9HYqbU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">It was fun quilting it once I decided how I wanted to do that. The length for the quilting was simple, just stitching from one end to the other. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5be9_f867_ce90_58a0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PRxEpUmOvToIGD_v3GlrTXp2bWvhyODOVFaKfEAVMyMqmCPwsYp2JGfGgyhZ3pww2WA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 633px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"> To quilt across, I stitched across a square then turned the quilt at an angle to either stitch up or down to get to the next square to stitch across and then repeat going from one side of the quilt to the other. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e913_b76f_8ba1_cd4c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ecOkNUqpPvoMXWLDUi8TsWDTNzDOGNsx0mWS35J0mn_FK_5bQm5XiaBcHtDv7D-wIgo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 639px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Except for the outside border, every fabric (including batting scraps stitched together) came from my stash. How good it always feels to lighten the stash load!</font><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-10534732785134240592023-02-23T19:02:00.001-06:002023-02-23T19:02:18.571-06:00February Alpha Table Scraps Challenge<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The alpha challenge for February is the letter M and/or V. This challenge is hosted by </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" id="id_5595_db29_253d_59f">The Joyful Quilter</a><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Ive made only one postcard for the challenge this month.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">M for Man</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">But don’t you know, his name is Victor.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_6f5e_6b40_d940_d0ca" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/lvNFoyz-6AeILUE7qAmJHBWzpHFYi1NzCWSY-clSgAcg2DWz3S_cvVmngzjnOclOQKY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 645px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The Bloomin’ Minds pattern company calls him Slim.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_b1fa_ab7d_3064_fe22" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lg_-ZROOrmUrPkaNtSAnh7i3vquW3g-D_AlzVcaNxKXz91DCiuBLD9fFotHqA417VyU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">As usual, I have reduced the pattern to fit a postcard.</font><br><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-59141878557760389922023-02-16T09:32:00.001-06:002023-02-16T09:32:49.866-06:00Valen”tiny” Pillow<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">My Guild challenged us to make a Valen”tiny” something just for ourselves. Any size up to 24”. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I had a 12” pillow form kicking around forever. It’s quite old and quite solid. Time to give it life. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_266d_42f3_72b6_e83" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/v6Ks4_axJz_gpxpPDsTHLPWmIDthj1yGTveH9WboEHN_SYEi3EeIjK-0kHzt2GQW25Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 626px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Anyone that knows me knows that I love collage. Whether it be with paper or fabric.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f1e2_3890_e89e_439e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RmUNq_HN7MbDqUH-P7OB96_HM6p8bvyffnLeqeDuI0WQQmVT525yb7KLEXzs4KCoMMU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 632px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Even though it has hearts on it, I tried to keep it on the generic everyday side more than strictly for Valentine’s Day.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2c96_d7fe_14c_8708" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/misX6vb3nKjuZwn3an_wKUUCNrIyAc-sxMYxaqWLxsQ0uthSW8JcGF8vdIoiB8fmNzY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">It was a fun time putting this together.<br><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1611_de50_c74e_7387" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RSTl7yqz5PoHZ0Ko8yyXP_jrnLGC5P88_OBalSpajoZeD-9dZgyerunmr5iUnwF2kik" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 638px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">After finishing the cover and stuffing the pillow form inside, I looked at it and immediately noticed that I didn’t include a selvedge!!! How could I, of all people, forgotten to include a selvedge?!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Well, my mind has mostly been elsewhere, so “stuff” happens. </font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-48867314471397599532023-01-29T19:46:00.001-06:002023-01-29T19:46:39.635-06:00Alpha Table Scraps Challenge<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve got a plan for 2023 Table Scraps Challenge hosted by </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" id="id_de91_25e9_d098_afac">The Joyful Quilter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This year is an alpha challenge with letters of the alphabet.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">For January the letter choices are C, R and/or J. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’m taking a little break from non-stop quilting and plan to focus on sending out fun postcard mail. I’ve hit the ground running for January. I made cards relating to all three letters.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Scraps are all that’s needed for these little mail greetings and wishes. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_74a0_be0e_9283_d696" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UfkzcsdyyxQczEOTeV0v0h8sYV5G_GqmTShmyO5GdtJu4PZBy7XbrSQk25Unpqdh-5E" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">For letter C I have a cat and a chicken. (Along with Christmas)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">For letter R I have a reindeer, a rabbit and relatives.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1086_4632_b221_ef0b" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/GzOjR-taY3ri2M0qxCkO_MXPKTKarusdS7wrdw8MREDOTJF2IdjKwwbdQzB-JNj7EUU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 371px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_dc86_c82f_7b0b_c010" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/OrkkaD4vzgx05yF63EdAp9zU9aNxD50y6dRlGOUOU9fNqJL2zhKJ1fgVwRSaE6Ni8G4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 349px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">For J I have Joy.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_d11a_dcf9_519_59c8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XRy1hpHZqMwY8YvDuLaPl8YvhXm-Wovn8vY1h8MXq1gqQEfB5HU6rEA-2M-UneQoxN0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 388px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">(I’m hoping that when December rolls around again, I’ll have all my Christmas postcards sewn and ready to write and mail.)</font><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Now to give credit to the designers of these fun images…</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Cat</font><br><img id="id_451_657d_81f4_16f6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Cicxd14XFSf_gt3qA6HFoV0Iduu11KoHEaj85iK9Gf_t5gn4VOTBjPOoxjRB1g_H7mc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 637px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><font face="Verdana" size="4">Chicken</font><br><img id="id_7894_5bae_b762_97c6" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/zaoDdGApKOFNFOaHLWSerxElzTYjCXuhd9INkpgBhRSNTTsCAcvbAS_EA_i8HY_yyvE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><font face="Verdana" size="4">Reindeer</font><br><img id="id_1029_a52f_80cf_4ed7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YmeuswpwN6qkCsTD4TFKyMkqamUVfWHtZsYLF5zIYJriJzt6IFZqdt3rS8Mefv8q7wE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><font face="Verdana" size="4">Rabbit</font><br><img id="id_f2df_f681_93cf_babe" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wLqvXia97TH5c53mf5DtB9buWEyZFZQ3vhN1BEVl6kZArUdZK_jSccXfyDtnwY5pJDg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 633px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><font face="Verdana" size="4">Relatives</font><br><img id="id_3134_8d56_a7e1_5e4e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CIeh-KDoW36B2WRQ_XOr9KiYoSbs92mng3OixjabMPw3FNonZINzFDklSHyMfzHTqzA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 636px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><font face="Verdana" size="4">Joy</font><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_37de_8796_af88_41be" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/V3iBI8q7duD2ip1WG0_tv6LkvEMbU7M0EFdrty64ReLQekDJKS0waUSTMkfw4ZO3Mjo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 627px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve reduced all the patterns to fit a 4” X 6” postcard.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I love the always fun and adorable Bloomin’ Minds pattern designs and I’ve sewn several things over the years from the Art To Heart, I Believe book. </font></div>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-20616710940427054992023-01-06T05:52:00.001-06:002023-01-06T05:52:55.826-06:00Scrappy Nine Patch Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">After working with the guild challenge scrap bags, I was ready to clean out my own scrap bin. My bin is not large but it has gotten quite stuffed.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_89e_a90b_3a37_575d" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gIXPRfQx0SQXi5QHdlBCzyl1QW6zIDEr_MLINbzkDGX-lg8rClPkFI4hERwE9b8oAVI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 449px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I cut a lot of the scraps into 3.5” squares. As I was laying out the pieces, it seemed that mostly brighter colors were what looked best. I stitched together nine patch blocks with a black square in each center.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d28e_2e59_f038_30a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jVfp2UNnMhdDgYYWq0s0F7V4fvgT5Tgij8fiS4R2rd7PyP-fp3JJpNmuiBFb_yqHovw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I have had this rainbow stripe fabric in my stash for years and years. I think it was a good choice for the binding on this scrappy quilt. And I am so thrilled to have finally used “most” of it.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_c4a1_7ed0_dc62_b906" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/9tN3FbQGiWIiq7j94ASYLpVb9roBxvfQ7Lc1yFrvvl0yRSTMfbnbeOFxdMMWEIIx5JQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 617px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It turns out to be a nice throw size quilt at 52” X 64”.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_950_dad9_9504_48d7" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/__l1zjMgoPc5Dr3JlDvclCmR_A3B3xOxtjpK1KaBLkkeodvb4U2arQwJTmc7motYxdY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">As I’ve never been much of a fan of scrap quilts, this was an adventure outside my comfort zone. But I’m rather pleased with the results. </font><br></span><br><img id="id_723a_9c3a_db89_9ad2" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xE8jxf7J3Kd09FqkfuV0K9PgkEnjypOaZ_ccDXiE0QuMBLo1ECc14PNdV1lVWY4QJe0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 626px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Now I have the darker fabric cut squares to deal with. Yes, there is a plan developing.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">How nice it is to have a not-so-stuffed scrap bin too!</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-88451431193105987072022-12-14T08:33:00.001-06:002022-12-14T08:33:17.433-06:00Second Scrap Bag Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I enjoyed making the first scrap bag quilt, so at guild the next month I brought home a second bag of scraps to have another go at scrappy piecing. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_480e_c988_6d6e_bdc" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/AlKnn0fEYSorMe4Z0h4u_31iDFrhSEquaYQaQF-W5MC_y2re520nUwVsCUWoTjz0yqw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Although I’m not as thrilled with this one, I still enjoyed making it as a charity quilt. This quilt turned out larger than the first one measuring 51” X 70”</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d7e2_9140_b4ee_d4b9" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/be5NBJd4bqI3kO7fql74THHbdGSis5YCiSM7eVtJ7JFveoQecwvJVUTjYvHaG1RbOCA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 630px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I did purchase the outside border fabric and the backing fabric. Two great sale finds.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_336e_e5bd_b8a6_3583" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JRFLZPs3AqHJA_L95jtV2DgJVpbuRIls6BHE5x5RmlckP3LpQES3VBFR7jSGbR0hyl0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 625px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I have never made quilts from scraps before. But I always have a stuffed bin of scraps. These two scrappy quilts got my fingers itching to see what I could do with my own bin of scraps…stay tuned to see how that goes!</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-31268846135187109382022-12-05T06:07:00.001-06:002022-12-05T06:07:43.439-06:00Postcard Craze<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve been in a fabric postcard making mood.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A couple of friends and I went to the June Tailor warehouse sale recently, so I made them each a postcard with bits of some of the fabrics I bought there. Unexpected surprise mail is the best mail…in my opinion.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2a7e_d8ed_ad0a_f7cc" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7r480kA0OBt5p-yTpmOFdkltp-JKu6zDbTinikh7I7-pquc1tdboalvNf1MoilmkW_A" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 629px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3cb_c7bc_71aa_9998" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3zeLY0vCVSZ0OtOsO44HkdLh6XjhEfL6Cv8j_vsqEWsCpIJoVTzwDnM0E36xqzNDHwk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 626px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">A recent name draw for Postcrossing…she likes goth, tattoos, Edgar Allen Poe and skulls.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a965_b27f_a04b_c848" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/VwkkFbh7hncG3lybX6qql9bdU7V6kMYGrwQK83o6ZOmka-QOgO3rhdWDHWqwMRmsvk8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 547px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">What started this current postcard craze was an idea for Christmas postcards. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8348_813f_f0bf_17f4" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Wkj95eNljaPSPWkq8CCkWVCpLIE-YQ6Lu0mZP4U5bDJ1btJVnTynttPV8ruu2xXDi9E" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I don’t normally make so many alike. I put them together assembly line style. The trees were die cut. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f2b8_25cf_834c_b536" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fMERKXbqnPCdNp2ANz6y48vvQLJ4AJanYyA7nQ_TWwPz8u9Zw1PJpohZnEonIdvarjk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 337px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_dac7_7a3e_699_1cb8" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/rO3ptE3xLfFgW8oQ4t8oQCfQ8Nb-Gilro1vTM7AYmxKEEOQJ8JivbpEIFIpGELdIuIg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 259px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I was not looking forward to hand stitching so many sequins! But it wasn’t so bad and went along a lot quicker than I thought it would.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f9a5_c52e_9cb8_c479" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RpMHOzaiBeELBfu9iHE8tPFRpSx-9ZgSr9cUivPDvxPF9MoYNqve-ybenLYL2KS0Tco" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 542px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I die cut the words on the backs from metallic paper. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f2e2_d09_d54c_e431" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pPDNrKUKO6H0mqgvcbNyvuEnzR5IMUkbrHMQklCUQe3lEVl2rLID7vJ3FnlBbalCXsc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 548px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Happy mail day!</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-59629944612425365972022-11-26T06:19:00.001-06:002022-11-26T06:19:30.606-06:00Japanese Inspired Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A Japanese inspired quilt.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_290a_8c68_90ee_4b43" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/g8rJKop1ZXQxJMtHg8vJNMnEW5iWtz8YzZ41hUvpnumLrpd-3F2wsEIhSj29OvoUka8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">These fabrics were so nice to sew with.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2537_663d_a76_c02d" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Oj99hoKakooDXF0BvesMPTcwGKUGqx4ULMWfdIopOLoMzOxPrr01qaYjJw1gnOTIFHY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">The colors are so rich and bold and laced with gold.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_86d3_afcd_6974_72d1" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/U6zQfhI4Im1cKMk66opMRHgplq7q_kYYKY331sKp6EEaumcWOC8yKf5MPMflZe22juE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 554px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">The backing is a quilting cotton, not a Japanese fabric. With the gold speckles</font><font face="Verdana" size="5">,</font><font face="Verdana" size="4"> it went with the Japanese fabrics beautifully.</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">It’s a lot of red, but so pretty.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d617_4d38_e517_edd2" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pFmN1GFVs4KD1tTIoUrxolgY_qT5UC1_AG7_p1CUchuFvUQPvGWkijNwvh8WoIXLA5c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">There were enough scraps to make a pretty 20” pillow cover.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana">**<font size="2">the cover is just lying over a pillow for the photo</font>**</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e77a_6e16_594b_bf37" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/T-Kkwg7T0CyVv-qjYeYSyy6AP9L6nvKhXyqY4kHT8hONNINleSJwQ8kWbrU0pNY_X7k" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 545px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">More of the scraps make up the backside of the pillow cover.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e7a0_d3e0_8510_f232" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Ag9_227J1haDQjWiJNbMV2BUGl8ZnsmO_Juj1QRrBdKVjIlPZe_Sy-m1dJCcm4oco3c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 545px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">With still more scraps, I made a snap pouch and wristlet keychains.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_6143_2181_27f3_d43" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YO6w708Ar49QXhlehyG6WZH5UYWqf7Z7e0qgP4SgYev4XqkdHA1FmzKVy122ot7VRdo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 542px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The fabrics are a bit heavier than quilting cottons, so they make into a nice weighted throw quilt ready to cuddle under.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_cd1e_f0b2_dbf9_6363" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/bPPGWZGzzmJJj9k-xxYP8t7kK5CzK4LRlqDSvQc4ox6IeSFL-4we_f1Dbx0SE6evNbg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 544px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’m trying to avoid continually accumulating scraps. There are just some bits left. Enough to make a postcard or two.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a2ee_7770_d591_6f1f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/d8cVBX_Qnrl9zsAyCKUqAE4XPMlCmYuNyXzVVYfvWLrGsjDNdLAySCIbEPS544oe6IA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 535px; height: auto;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-44808568225026402562022-11-01T19:34:00.001-05:002022-11-01T19:34:28.396-05:00Pumpkins and Leaves<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A new Fall runner for me.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">My quilt guild handed out patterns for the pumpkins as our block of the month. Please don’t tell my guild, but I liked these blocks so much that I kept them for myself. It took me another month to decide what to put with them and how.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c1c7_1b37_6b86_c7f0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/sX9wk0hxZ5mJHLJ0xfuCnlEMsxC-gw1m2K52WrkeQfjh3_I_Kiilw1D4l1T_3No4vsw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I finally decided on these paper pieced leaves. Pattern by Full Bobbin Designs, on Etsy. I adjusted the pattern very slightly. Just to break up the larger leaf sections on each side. I think they still need a little more division...next time.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_cbd0_a6b1_a1e1_f93e" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/O9ABSOgFkiakY724Y1qn18iSTglg-aNfJIRj4tksEqYsUCrkE-HkvM1k_NSxcuDFVYw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It was a toss up on which way the outside leaves should face. Facing inward won out.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_fb54_c57c_75ca_2f12" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RwTaU18YZtxjpOOrt_DsZGH6gc9d0V7AgsFB8t6UKERQbzenu5Q2Jlzmerup1zPaiyw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Also a question of whether the pumpkins faced the same direction or opposite directions. Opposite directions won out since where it is placed has entryways on both sides of the island.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_92b0_f81_7109_fec0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5lR6B2HUXzE4ipQmFDy7BeEeNMX5AQ60f4xuYhCz-cyERgYR6mHKQIvnvJhRDh7R9o0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Something most likely will always be placed in the center of the runner, so the pumpkins are divided in that way.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e496_7b84_4908_b001" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mYXgPTesuaKvMbUApc8T-5LyMD2sFQAnVEkRLfOGomn9ikpmy0Mx9QXoymctgn0_qFI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 638px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">The moral of this quilting adventure is that I’m glad I was selfish and kept these pumpkin blocks for myself. </font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-10427960828578374852022-10-14T09:45:00.001-05:002022-10-14T09:45:39.405-05:00Free Spirit Quilts<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Free Spirit Quilt #1</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_b594_40ed_71ad_afba" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3RVOf-Kr3xLKp6DeTq2m8sLNilXTBhjCd7-lV8hBOSJKem5CwCnTQvZ7WKw5KdlBVGQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 446px; height: auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This brightly colored quilt is made from 4 charm packs.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The fabric line is Free Spirit by Kaffe Fassett.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7652_5909_a5bb_306c" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/zXumpxVJdZcJG-pqxxYS-i8LsruJRs2Nuub_YM42vPdCGRsNQiuDXx0XjGIavImEYwE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 452px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I added a solid of “Apple” Cotton Shot by Amanda Murphy for Benartex.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The charms are 5”. I cut 3.25” squares from the Apple fabric. I sewed from corner to corner chain piecing all the charm squares. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_6c45_1bb6_bcab_5c08" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/BvHImgLRI0ufYMCu82YVvLRlxdmke-D7zlVrDJG61e14XZxmhBV6jXkkcf2AIzYPVLc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 453px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I then stitched again 1/2” away so that I’d have 2.5” half square triangles already made from the cut off corners.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_3dd6_f3e1_5691_2404" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SmBmnooJoaAaEUHzQk9eDMs3Sb-NE9WZ0QnXl7EXBIH40-QEBxUvYiDqrsUU_ZWPG88" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 288px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_a687_7e0a_9f9a_f8a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eJJa7gF21MAY1V2Fvrih8VAfUXh67msKkp-ZrJT5ZGkaLtstcQKCeeuXyxa31rhQXBI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 300px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><img id="id_3377_ec80_c4fa_741a" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/N1KqurC8C1gAVO7ASOaPIYaVE3WpiYgBL-mkunnT5CCIzGfAAhljuROY21jNPRMKA4c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 295px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_73e8_9f3a_68e_83f6" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/5YDTRqerW8-dEz5ah5_Ab73h_s7DiUnBbg4vCRs-R3tNB-MNNFN_WmCjcPNyRmCwNPE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 297px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I arranged the blocks for the design and stitched them all together.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Poor color in this photo but it shows the layout design. I don’t know a name for the pattern. I don’t buy patterns. I just figure out how to create the design from looking at it. No, I can’t do that with every quilt design I see. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_331e_3d55_f827_14ee" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/4Ny7oBdwNjt4zbNqp7gQMOAxRni9ZTOt6owj8QBv2hI1E_W8Gsg5i6_UN1mkw28X5Vg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 539px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">It’s been awhile since I made a quilt bright and colorful.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It’s not a large quilt. Measures 49.5” X 64”. A nice size throw quilt.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_22ab_13dc_fcf_89b6" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/C-X2nwLygKSdYoYrP-CUlmHO4JrckwUX24-j-3X_R8PPAS-yIXlQsmiab7PCq55YVtI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 542px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">It has a fun backing fabric for a fun whimsical look.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5895_b84e_8c2d_707e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ug7DlfWfff3sPYdgXEMWVv3NQ0gqiV97vB6nO-7oLJaQU4HhzTafRrz7bsArjmdh7lw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 538px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">So with the left overs, came</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Free Spirit Quilt #2</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Baby sized at 34” X 48”</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I stitched all those cut off half square triangles into pairs and set them in all directions.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_cc6_c61f_174d_92b7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kQN603dsNW9OVh1tV9s2N3jKJRsEgKgGlB6TEyl3IRzXq8LlCpq_KVusYoamZOJswpM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 544px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">With a 5th charm pack I added a border.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">And finished it with a really fun backing fabric.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7591_e91d_83e5_afc6" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/U9f6B_g9eYOva5Uyx9Y-ggBxprdtMsdh5AW7g8XC2jzRcK6JZQeifiRo5Ls8-yDkIJg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 541px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Still there are left overs!!!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A pair of placemats were sewn. </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">They will be donated for charity to brighten someone’s meal time.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_3d6e_cc3c_884c_5495" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/dSisW9IBN5bmIHg5on8kWNmqIzWbloGAq83PtHXTiC4JDTE4UZU07EEF1ixTxAQ41d8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 315px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_2081_3454_b0ac_2c1e" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/quwkM9Oz8UVU7Km0cTzVylKo_QCeW3QWCsptrw-pfODjY6_GMfZvnS621nKtYCk1jEg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 270px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">There were still some fun scrap pieces that looked perfect for a set of fun Halloween postcards.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_4438_898_39cb_920e" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kDLL6naM95P1WXMX4VZyeS6nNC4PdPVTVVcaqSY6PYtrbK2298vtzwhAVMJ4skSLhbw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 544px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I stitched the bird first after seeing greeting cards on Pinterest made by Beret Nelson, On The Trail Creations Blog. I decided the other designs didn’t need the buttons.</font><font face="Verdana"><br></font></span><br><img id="id_1db0_adc3_a52e_408e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/X6pUMsrk_zeaLXxHBwwgv955-l3DyAwoJZgv81lGKikItj54R9ryTIROI3lGSLBBvB8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Those five charm packs were finally exhausted! But what fun they were to play with!</font><br></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-18126266748220735422022-10-03T10:20:00.001-05:002022-10-03T12:35:34.019-05:00Scrap Bag Challenge Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I am new to quilt guilding. And I am thoroughly enjoying it. Mostly because my guild does not make any demands...everything is voluntary. At our last meeting we drew numbers for a small bag of scraps from donated fabric. Our challenge was to make a quilt of minimum size (36” X 48”) but no maximum size. We could add fabric of our own.</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">And there are a variety of prizes to be had!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I was between projects when we got these scraps, so I got started on a quilt.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I only added the cream fabric that I had left over from a quilt back. I love playing with designs with half square triangles.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_caaf_2f78_fd38_f12b" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lRUqa4_KYE4XBPat0ym5y-C7tBJUENf8DI21VRu4pgYTvuDeOaTW6gy3mTZQABqbiOc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 630px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Quite the array of prints and colors so not matchy matchy. But with an anchoring background fabric, they kind of work don’t they??? Definitely scrappy.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A few adjustments and I went with it. One week later......</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8cfb_72f8_846d_c6fb" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/160-gXCNXPOa4YZfuWjk-agpg7bAU2R2eJdTMxFsLL1ynkA_VCx3dEK9SSlYOBu0MeA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 639px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I think that blue stripe binding brings everything together.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The quilt is a little bit larger than the minimum. 39” X 52”</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_dd40_57e6_283a_72a3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6P9m7zcHcCddnb9D4xElaXI0UZZju9W4aGZ5eTvm8B-zNGBcrkin3oZXluguiSwAbGE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 638px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I won the nice prize for first done! YAY!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’m donating this quilt for charity through the guild.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">September 2022 Calendar Journal</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_3d0e_6b5_ac4c_6527" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/u4CDd3zYPEexlg1KPVAYLPCKmR9Zzf4ARmtPjVhuVRCqBa9_WalmsPhIali5qwmZc18" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 627px; height: auto;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-35854439110414531312022-09-27T06:38:00.001-05:002022-09-27T06:38:54.688-05:00Crinkled Paper Zip Pouch Tutorial<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A couple and a half years ago I figured out a way to make a zip pouch from a paper product...that would hold up under lots of use and not tear. Yes, it’s vinyl coated, but sewing perforates the paper and the vinyl leaving them susceptible to tearing. Read on to find my secret ingredient for durability.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_31cd_7cca_7a1d_27ac" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Zg4RnJljHejxltvE7HmvPBvaYPtqs-VXX3N8yfImE-L79lWFZUCIF-_xPyg9Ols3g1I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I wanted to make a basic </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">zip pouch using an image that I liked, without being limited to fabric prints. Or candy wrappers, pet food bags, etc.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_fce2_8d5e_5ef_e2ee" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2CV_sileQnQxdnbrezWkwwewn_OexBtHzhY-k3nqd9SVXHUrjF3LgdkGW6nMqn3ZUU0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 632px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve used royalty free images from the internet as well as my own photos and sometimes my own artwork.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This tutorial of my process shows how I make them for anyone not familiar with making a basic zip pouch.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">For those that know how to make a zip pouch, I have only a single ingredient to add to the process.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">—- TUTORIAL —-</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Find an image or photo you like and print it to a size you want. Also find an image or design for the backside of your pouch.</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">Pixabay has been an excellent source for royalty free image use.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ded4_17dc_ca6_ddf6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3fOOjNAz7ymew2xng6o9xMiP1otjjHj-s58kwxT2lPOeXVQqc3TA9xpbv8ny7kUGm4I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 460px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Trim your pouch front image keeping in mind that you will sew a 1/4” seam allowance. Then trim the pouch back image to the same size. The 1/8” white borders that you see will not show when sewn.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1d3c_e88a_bd48_4011" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xT8bgdr9-3ARgQD2sIc0YQS0o6XBYo9GCDV_b8Lhz_OcS4_sCSXAcFea8kXDrFx7XiE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 457px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Other supplies you will need are iron-on vinyl, a zipper (longer than your paper image), a lining fabric and muslin (the secret ingredient).</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f705_4eee_d5f5_5a7f" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/MkEQuojNDRfiPc6jdDRwZx7qTjyYpWcV5NiM6pQ1XF2eAjA6rZBf7BzORbdQbMXBIrs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 462px; height: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></span><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I use this iron-on vinyl product.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It can also be purchased as a small roll. I started out with the rolls but I had such fun making tons of these that I needed the bolt of it. This was my second bolt!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_64f1_1bfd_a7d_9433" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/jbR8Js_1rAxzkOIQ7y7yTVatHcrTCW0poJpfpWRk7IpipRP_W-G_SxexDrmx9cx3Us0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 624px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Cut 4 pieces of vinyl that are larger than your trimmed images. You will seal the paper between two pieces of vinyl. Be sure to smooth out bubbles before heat fusing. Stick the vinyl to both sides of the paper. Then trim off the excess. </font><br></span><br><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">The vinyl directions only tell you how to adhere it to fabric. You’ll need to test. I set my iron at the center of the heat dial. (On my iron that is the cool end of wool/silk). No steam. I hold the iron in place for 8 seconds until image is completely fused. I use the backing paper from the vinyl to place between the vinyl image and my iron. What a mess if you forget that!!!</font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">Heat fuse BOTH sides separately. Let the first side cool before fusing the reverse side.<br></font></font><br><img id="id_3f_96d9_b0fd_28a1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SfAKWSmtZurfndiFf0I7IlJcpd-y_rCqP4uU0jBBWnZ1Tf3m0IVOc-QLvl8zGO_rvuE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 458px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Cut 2 pieces of muslin larger than the images. Sew the images to the muslin at the edges. You will need a walking foot or a teflon coated presser foot for this step. After stitching, trim the excess muslin to the edges of the image.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It is the muslin that will hold the stitches and needle perforations in place so that the pouch won’t tear.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e52c_8aa5_79a2_c4cf" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/WWYVqM2aYPfWmQAC60bDt90NVyUXcP1lFl5ouJP1j9iKKTI-MWjOdzQGZSfzRcHRG-s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 303px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_43fd_1bdd_133b_9329" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vMWc-dTBgggQKqF0UUfQOno4FAInMJC79gyDmYNkx0zJAAHNredsLOAJ6sexLpxu8wI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I want the lining to nest inside the pouch, so I cut the lining the same size as the pouch image and then trim off 1/4” on one side and 1/8” off the bottom of the lining pieces.</font><br><br><img id="id_1750_f91d_dbd6_7920" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5EyhI1k7Js-BASnioOpqgLuntvkPM-X1ZRL65ZTDhSJYELhkaAUh4m9fztDzdG2xIUQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 453px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Sew one side of the zipper to one lining piece as shown.</span></font><br><br><img id="id_b11e_3dc8_c58b_a390" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZhynI--Xk8BRYXMEQhjYPR0nuObpH0OI3FIC3H8zlaZlDemsmOcDi44I6EkxruV1Ico" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 458px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Place the pouch back image over the zipper and lining and stitch in place.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">If you trimmed your lining, center the vinyl image over the lining.</font></span><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9c67_fdae_6e49_ef31" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BhhWFPLNX69OQzpsktCstBCCa5_8PwdNCbd53r7FrG_45kNTuPATeIqDTriSwK-uf7s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 264px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_33f6_aa2_6f5e_4282" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/t9iH6b-dwXgSGrJKC5903qfxrvI9onfkF8zwDqRrFPyPNt2ykr8q1QzLx9bmkmqwZlc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 302px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It will look like this from the lining side.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_a276_521c_2430_c852" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/mPk4o1gAeDaU9oNpvM8gEYka35lS9izDNQF8JqeuMHhykm3E9EkoyAUqtKwFW2PXF1s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 459px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Repeat those steps for the other side of the zipper making sure the linings are on one side of the zipper (the underside of the zipper) and the vinyl images on the other (the outside of the zipper).</font><br></span><br><img id="id_eb01_da2a_5053_3fb9" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/HmW74EydNS1IwP7T7BlqJ4tKeN1x7dIVjI9XxIEytujspjYtKK5Z15NukvczhHNhpUs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 471px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">At this point your pouch looks like this.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_3838_1e52_4dc5_b0e2" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/TthdGzhWh9AZ5PptgAgEM0OMDkNyaUp-kWD1ZkSwQwoop-vjBBiueMqtF06Ejqt10gg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 280px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_a91c_9593_e841_7417" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I0TCIDwe3zpwheHAX4ugI63DBrLLdIWypN77FKv23omm9dNT5xhuzz-Pc-906rQv1Dw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 277px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Open the zipper at least half way or you won’t be able to turn your pouch after sewing the sides and one end together.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_4a42_e614_ae1d_547f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kxqLRkxwx5clm7qBBtROT4tN-mX5Kih4Nh2oqt5rK119XiZCAakXEWdg1nIknKW95Ok" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 556px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Clip your lining pieces together and your vinyl pieces together. Push the zipper teeth to the lining side. Stitch all the way around (being careful over the zipper teeth) leaving an opening at the bottom of the lining for turning the pouch right side out.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font><img id="id_2b1e_d5dd_1660_8cfe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SJr2ffsZJLuMXkVrlzFBkBhDASsiAZ7m0S5Q2RfpG6TK2rVMnKfazIuQ2UjKD9i_9MQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 287px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_1155_52c2_fe3c_fb02" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pXfNxujwG946HzMt4XcIMlxKnU_b0o4nE0rK1CYgNQMokWpqirnxnM7Z6FwqBsPgtwU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 302px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Trim off the excess zipper at both ends. Also trim all the corners.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I even trim the tiny sharp corners at each end of the zipper on both sides.<br></font><br><img id="id_199b_ee3a_7304_df60" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gerQVq4R9EppUm2wyMDVaBcTRZOQuyYONbufsCmzD8Xxx74-PjVAwhkQaa18hQJH5co" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 265px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_ba4a_e314_47fe_ae50" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/W-fDeH7g3XAu9NF84QqvuzO-nbM3GamfHIcsaOjOBu-y8E-L1ZlbJH9R7z1Kkr5bQ2o" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 318px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Now the fun part! Turn your pouch right side out. This is when the paper gets magically crinkled.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Be careful at the corners. They will not be a sharp corner, they will be rounded. They will kind of have a mind of their own. But they can be carefully manipulated.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c6f1_fbdf_31cb_7226" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Bw2Rsn-RK5aq9aczgj44G0PJyqwnuJSuBvO6GHBcRZhzG8yImb-81Y43wyFtFtcsjy8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 632px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Stitch the bottom lining opening closed. I use the zipper foot to get close to the edge. You can also slip stitch it by hand if you prefer.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_220a_48b6_f9cf_fc92" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/4xZM4vjRpXZ0z8AWWvDttzd4skelGQNPN1p2V7sLddks9QFSFl7RRvcbHOGevLHhX_8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 630px; height: auto;"><br><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br>Your pouch is finished!</font><br><br><img id="id_417b_2cc3_7e43_1b13" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/sEjjrSXLBgX1mBK_xauyFuOmNpnwG9jO6EsPsEzh7Sy4IXO3OKSAFVj264grLVmN_D4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 297px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_1ad8_1277_8120_69fa" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/fA3z0L3tB5NO9E6xEq5I_9Lurpx8BBrtysWAoAR4ZsJnK2Zq9QZIcfQFPS8iusP2MVo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">They are quick and fun to make. I became addicted and made nearly 100 of them!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_dd4d_dc55_b59e_ce40" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/o0SS8hjiyDeq46vLPSRJcRk2yPIAhdbGW0WfvW-JD056rkxREWydNj_loZ9uy59rH4c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 625px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">When I give these as a gift, I include simple instructions.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a0f8_75d8_363a_9a5" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1GzKPJxmmNDwpwDuHF3VtJdLjBGv8nip6s5_bGQl643kN4EXWLlNRUHmUNmr223KTqU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 627px; height: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></span><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Ink jet ink is water soluble. If the pouch is left in water, the water will slowly seep through the needle holes and the ink will run, ruining the design. Permanent ink will not run. But if soaked, the pouch will take days and days and days to dry out. I tossed one that I made from an old pattern instruction sheet into a wash load to test the ink. The pouch was fine but it took forever to dry out.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me, I’m more than happy to help.</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-69289533139246118602022-09-18T20:00:00.002-05:002022-09-19T10:21:04.529-05:00The Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">What is your favorite sewing gadget?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="5">The Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The challenge:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Use your favorite sewing tool to create a project. </div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Tell us and show us why you love it.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">I not only ‘used’ all my gadgets, I chose to ‘sew’ my favorite, or more accurately, my most used gadgets, around the border of a sewing themed panel.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Pins</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">I created the paper pieced pattern for the pin then die cut the pin heads using a thinlet circle die. They are raw edge appliqued to the tops of the pin metal.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><img alt="" id="id_f21b_ba44_cea6_88c6" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/YGzYwVF6rnUNjapfmmWNca8pkjnoM7RvlPYmoOzmJ-aKnbREgNivAsP_ETTNVoUFKuk" style="height: auto; width: 456px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br />Pincushion</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Although I haven’t used an old fashioned tomato pin cushion for ages, I did have one way back in time. I’ve added real pins to the finished wall quilt in all the pincushions.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">This paper pieced pattern is by Full Bobbin Designs on Etsy</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px; height: auto; width: 493px;"><img alt="" id="id_3b1b_6f5c_d645_74ad" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K1MYI-QMrpsyW5wCm8KaCjUqVORyv6n5fhm_kMdtDMsOavDZDHC5X0dwOgOQgIpasXc" style="height: auto; width: 457px;" title="" tooltip="" /></span></font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana" size="4">Can’t forget the little strawberry that is usually attached to the tomato pincushion.</font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This paper pieced pattern is by Center Street Quilts on Etsy.</font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><img alt="" id="id_dcd7_7cae_3cf1_d405" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/InFCrBawayQGsHKLSezKUqPe4-73LsZkP81kVnqPEFsYAMcnEywHra7-C-50EPv3Mo4" style="height: auto; width: 450px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><img alt="" id="id_49_76c1_40ef_ee11" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/qbpd9dI8F8smAkuz9Y6HRYePtmuAAvTLNK3d4jZL6Um5q0ifsExO7865H7r_crUn1D8" style="height: auto; width: 458px;" title="" tooltip="" /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This panel is of an old needle book design so I added a pair of old black handled scissors instead of a modern rotary cutter. I do still use scissors.</font></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This paper pieced pattern is by Full Bobbin Designs on Etsy.<br /></font></span><br /><img alt="" id="id_9484_c4ca_2ae8_e912" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/fhA-81yh_pshekDMVb2xU1k9R3XyY7yTxfob0PY5to8kRrf0RBV9Otxw0PkJtWm6KlM" style="height: auto; width: 468px;" title="" tooltip="" /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">A seam ripper might not be considered a favorite sewing gadget, but it’s a necessity when my machine sews something wrong.</font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This paper pieced pattern is by Full Bobbin Designs on Etsy.</font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><img alt="" id="id_3299_84d_b18c_3791" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yXCabyxxs5ZTvuffwsJ_HWw71jeVRdI9q9gQQGmh5ZwT_o0f3HktuJNNSGVHn6XWJIQ" style="height: auto; width: 463px;" title="" tooltip="" /><font face="Verdana" size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></font><br /><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">I also added real pins to the printed tomato pincushion on the panel.</font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><img alt="" id="id_6933_da7e_b50e_5e18" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ekOubqQfDRNlGgMAA9Eu8Oltb4ufZrVq7yfNZ9MMB8O_hYq3_CvH6Ar7R4Bjhtv70iM" style="height: auto; width: 455px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">The completed wall quilt.</font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">My grandmother actually had one of those cardboard pin blocks.</font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">There were several pins still in it.</font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><img alt="" id="id_4ee0_605_76dd_fd32" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/595-PD41NbEWoaHJETLmIsieqG1z8rsG4oE002KssaRwW0VOcyc4OH4yTat-WrFALAA" style="height: auto; width: 632px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">This is the fourth and final gifted panel I made into a wall quilt.</font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">This panel was very fun to make a border for. It wasn’t until I was ready to sew everything together that this panel made known how terribly out of whack it is!!! The worse I have ever had. So disappointing as this one was my favorite. It measures approx. 29” X 49”. The top is 29”, the bottom is 29.5”. There was no way to even fudge squaring it up without cutting into the words or design. The quilt is okay hanging on a plain wall. But my wall where I wanted to hang it is bead board. The stripes in the board make it look even more than 1/2” out of whack.</font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">Such is the life of a fabric panel.<br /></font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The panel is by J. Wecker Frisch, Joy Studio and Riley Blake Designs</font></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: center;">These are the blogs participating in the hop today. Check them out.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: start;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" id="id_79a9_da75_f7e5_b448" style="color: black; text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">September 19</a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><a href="https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Creatin' in the Sticks</span></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><a href="https://freezeframe03.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Annie’s Musings</span></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><a href="https://www.daysfilledwithjoy.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Days Filled With Joy</span></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><a href="https://quiltinggail.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Quilting Gail</span></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><a href="https://ecoughlindesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0563c1;">Elizabeth Coughlin Designs</a></span><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><br /><a href="https://scrapdash.com/" style="color: #0563c1;">Scrapdash</a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-56691917247531756882022-09-14T09:39:00.001-05:002022-09-14T09:39:28.980-05:00Bird Postcard Process<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Just another bird postcard. But one different from any other I have made.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">He is a quilt block pattern by Nadia Ridgeway of ellisandhiggs.com that I purchased on Etsy.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I redesigned him to be a paper pieced pattern, reduced in size for a postcard.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ab75_9e5_c372_4ec4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0x466k9x1WFTXAP2u6lE_5l-RDrvZ9mhHch_kyV8djxWR1cVEwWZauI854WCjczvAL4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Here I show a peek into my process of changing a quilt block pattern into a paper pieced pattern that I can sew as a postcard. Anything can be sewn from the pattern though. I just happen to love sewing postcards.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2e25_4899_c56e_82ef" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vCzEFF1h7fq6vQvqXVTzL0Qwm2TCdCiafe1CRCGH2hBYD5ZiIhE-qeqRhlF8wzv1xXM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Quite an involved process, but the work only needs doing once then the pattern is reusable infinitely after that. I’m looking forward to a variety of bird colors with this pattern.</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-73983580496065968612022-09-06T04:00:00.001-05:002022-09-06T04:00:00.201-05:00ECV Donkey<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This guy was very fun to sew!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_dd2_ba3a_f16a_c0e9" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vk-NTfV8QozAH-rxtyYYN0T3mQUkvHm9jJ4HhezDv88lJF5D59YiUAdz4OPLgO3l5dk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 450px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I found this paper pieced pattern on Etsy at PatternsByShaley from her Almost FARMous Collection. I added a couple of inches of fabric on the left side. I felt that his nose was too close to the edge.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">His process looked more intimidating than it really was.</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">Of course when the pattern is designed well, all the sections go together well.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_79e0_5b9e_d801_66b4" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/W5AVWkc3FAWWb2H3pnrnmvdub4GwoPn4S3fr12vlna7C4sOfgqUsEKPE4W5uAPfTlE8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 454px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">With paper piecing I have learned that it’s best to let the seams go the directions they choose rather than trying to force them against their will. I think overall the pieces lie flatter that way.<br><br></font><img id="id_1990_4a8f_aa20_282d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dSZnthWNV5UUq1l3M1T_PD9YV5NbjKpPftmFbYdnsQr0Lm-MTQ6TberOUGV1OcKhc5s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 547px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana"><font size="4">My son and grandson are members of the organization E-Clampus Vitus (ECV). They are also known as Clampers. The colors are red and black and the organization mascot is a donkey. My grandson has a collection of ECV related items. I like to think this wall quilt will be a fun addition to his collection.</font><br><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7c97_41b7_7604_9089" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/moIi8ko1U_HIlk5KQ1IPOoemlHKXKiy7Xkbihiw3rD6unuFPeuo9nfkn1yzOkb4K9NM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 631px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Measuring 15.75” X 17.25”</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">August 2022 Calendar Journal</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7577_86ec_2a50_73d4" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9AJO1vHN1DvPYE9wjXBbz9JsHCO9ukKSZ9mM-tqohAxlpNTofwcaHMx93DcuKp_otjE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-9661028974147760782022-08-26T04:00:00.001-05:002022-08-26T04:00:00.222-05:00Table Scraps and Orange<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This month at </font><a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" id="id_6db6_4d6e_caf7_cf30">The Joyful Quilter’s</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">table scraps challenge, the color is orange.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">That worked perfectly into my project to use up some leftover scraps/pieces.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I had some leftover half square triangles from this </font><a href="https://freezeframe03.blogspot.com/search?q=Recliner+quilt" id="id_feea_a698_e5a2_aeeb">recliner quilt</a> <font face="Verdana" size="4">I made way back when.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_24e8_8bf1_82f4_2a93" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VYDprfynzFFhxGSFSLMGnr0wDQdOml8i9DLB2zS7RBLLL0xNjmPIq8nlx_1FMDySFRI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 451px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">And recently there was a slab of this piecing leftover.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_47d1_eb8a_6570_c71d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/rPubBwJ6OMrGTDX3HsyyDA4u01ShKmV9BuLaY4ZzlyPQ6IvTyxzDEye1pEsfarWYMgw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 449px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">They all came together for this scrappy orange placemat. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d7ba_b1f9_68ac_ec64" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XojwDMngW-Tr3S1Q2fUo3BGQs5NmQicR2dQrgZEqbh9C_kHb5m8lcDYY2sagxo_DwyU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 541px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I had begun a monthly block quilt-a-long before learning I don’t really enjoy making traditional sampler blocks.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9487_8ab6_bfb0_bf90" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/iqyfO6jA99MCTQ06P-1xTFqWGYG9YRJyKEvPrBwfAFCC75SohDacl4KwdtMHToE1Oqo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">So those would-have-been orphan blocks also were made into a placemat.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8f23_9a99_3ddf_dd34" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/kyeB7lxIhR7y8yxrUmt4oMQNOfeKnRuBWQJ6oSMwM9qXzRZXad_185eBCEDqIP0Wj0s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 542px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Then scraps from the Pink Stash Quilt also became a placemat.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a9e9_f939_7bd_4c63" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/wmwV99gDOQtEUsnXrXaWtC6ymDB_pN-odSyJ1Ref0cCxvyh3xei8W_LbYP3Ci4h47Xs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 539px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">The pink scraps did not lend themselves into much of an interesting design, so I made this section from a paper piece pattern called Diamond In Diamond by Sanjay Kilskinen that I found on Etsy.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9d07_d70e_4f9b_ab30" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pYuYZ_u0zZiNCrYDhKb7IEamN3ZvNWF-tmXbSgcKrpbZjC4TwdtQ_yXFA_gg3YsLEVY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Now I have three new placemats for dining...that are much more fun than what I had bought ready made.</font></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_42b1_3ead_d244_1490" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ylVPulZ247OHwg6XyfzVXmFttZ9WyjgS9K0S--2EHv35I1WFj3a1Djtnn2rPX1_YQOQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 541px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It will be fun to add to this collection of placemats as I accumulate new scraps from new projects.</span></div>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-80512014506201547732022-08-18T05:06:00.001-05:002022-08-18T05:06:56.787-05:00Pink Stash Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">During a moment of nothing to sew because every project was waiting for something to come in the mail or for me to drive to the quilt shop to get what was needed, I joined the Moda Fabric’s Blockheads 4, </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">28 week quilt along. I intended to sew the blocks from my stash of pink fabrics. I quickly added in some greens. (Neither stash color is any less from this effort.)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_20d1_c35e_ebc7_669b" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/HImfneA0zVGwtHEA4SU0OO1xJNiC3EbGbLEH4npEliWp0-SYlZ68471VtH2gsqh6sGs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 451px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Instructions were included for both 9” and 4.5” quilt blocks each week. They also threw in some bonus blocks every couple of weeks or so. I managed to keep up for several weeks before deciding that sewing traditional quilt blocks and cutting the menagerie of little pieces was really not my thing.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e24c_4e74_8036_4a0f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JhlZ9B6u4DJFGmGoN9qfWPX-ky53SDx_slmYtZ43vgEq6iyOqGUjxxW6CveMrOQK11M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 287px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_f94b_88d1_d512_e41c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_5etElj1RNammenlM6uGFJtqkx9cP3ipT0c6UMjQIWxTtEbV5k3OCA6xtdzHrdJHQYY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 248px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I had this many blocks by that time.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_79ce_8684_f7f6_6328" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/EUaJYX7TvXen9vYGVvmH1TDDQVMHeYemJ-yQR8dl-98u5-Pv4RkRBWLkporLMZmfjLM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 544px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I decided it could be a baby quilt...until I thought it might make a baby crazy looking at that wild mess. So maybe it would be a small lap quilt </font><font size="4"><font face="Verdana" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">(for my old age)</font><font face="Verdana" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">.</font></font><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I needed five more small blocks. It was depressing to think about making them from the quilt along’s block designs. So, in true Annie fashion, I went my own direction and made five paper pieced hexie flowers from a pattern by CenterStreetQuilts on Etsy.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_cdc0_6ac2_7f7e_85f3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ABoHHMpXfqDkv77Q7q3VT_KtziNbUnkq02vTtBSaqB5zBCD72Qmdy6yowgtS-8bwVZc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I laid out the blocks, added a border, pin based the layers and made it a quilt.<br><br></font><img id="id_3da9_f29d_2d14_8d27" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YQYDJp-2UlMpCqC-sQ7vB76HVPtil9OnqUx_pMMR9r4CnT_ew4soIc6UyvC5neoOJvA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 547px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Layout was a struggle and in the end, as I was trying to scatter the hexie flowers, I forgot about other appearances of block placements. Other than that miner offense, I’m liking this wild mess of a little quilt.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_8246_e997_c6a_b480" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cRrEXpUqo2nC3hgSK0c3PAAQVUdXkkCbPw1GBD75grKrO2GxbGh0Fl9UPKLat_Wj66c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 544px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I did that border/binding thing again that I found I liked in my previous quilt. Now I’m finding it hard to get away from it in other items I’m working on. </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">I really like the way that looks.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_6dc_2d6c_f1f2_d03a" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9YtEy8hzUHXIZxSMUZ1iZD-8pjN3WqDX2SOw3HB4SI83UWvY8p-bxamXJvwT7enMDoQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">This little gem measures 43” square.</font><br></span><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font><img id="id_2bfe_58c4_13fa_2941" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/H1dzccX9zBy3PD_dDvzQCvjYSd1otHgKdC8mkIt1QAovEnDPPxjUqDJ4AnzrhhVrQ-U" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 633px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="4">This hexie flower was a bit too light for the quilt but was perfect for making a postcard with.</font><br></span></font><br><img id="id_2364_a0b9_b731_ef7d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/gUamvptasqlRd5DmWr_wwxfwEHd1UEsRHP-kfUYBo-QRrwtUA0z3jNIsRvVuXS50oNo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">For me, a postcard is always a happy ending to a project.</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-28480834965413143132022-08-08T02:00:00.002-05:002022-08-08T12:18:28.373-05:00Fall Raven<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve revisited making a denim raven</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">art</font><font face="Verdana" size="4"> postcard.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_bb09_5a37_87e3_9fc" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JM-XfkT8XPAEbfHNAlT_cEQ8pjHFiPjDEsazOJkYlB5QiNch4SfohFSlum22CYCxbrc" style="height: auto; width: 544px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve stitched the raw edge applique a bit farther into the bird with hopes of getting a more feathered look for him. I’m much happier with his look this time. Of course some areas will not fray as much but that is to be expected with fabric.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_2ca_8b17_3a05_4129" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JudbsOiOu3uGwwsQ_7odgtM-MHYM-G5U1aFLhZ4T_5eGJbVUkWE8UU1TrUUjlk84RO8" style="height: auto; width: 541px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I love those Fall leaves die cut from that Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Again I used Miracle Fabric for the correspondence side. A rubber stamp and archival ink for the words.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_cba9_600c_8cf2_8a46" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AXxCoXITiICgzktK43fTtOPJ6DV5ICv-2mQWHAwy6R5-9d9Q3sfESvWO5BGTAmTf3NU" style="height: auto; width: 553px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><font face="Verdana" size="4">The two postcards together.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_5d21_3997_571f_f166" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RdDDV4wSf8fRXFBmYuVv1bs1hLokJb4l7H1mdZeb1FRygI0H1Mjzi7wfyrzIHaZjsWk" style="height: auto; width: 631px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana">Dies used:</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana">Rachael Bright Sizzix Bigz die Birds</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana">Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits dies Leaf Fragments</font></div></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-34101704193649849042022-08-05T07:23:00.001-05:002022-08-05T07:27:23.699-05:00Abandoned2 Quilt<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I could not resist this </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">Tim Holtz, Eclectic Elements Abandoned2 fat quarter bundle. As soon as it arrived I prewashed the fabrics and began cutting into it and sewing.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7dd3_705c_1728_4543" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/O03usGtSBOsykjlggdIZFwfmXoRh52sMQunOvcPF0UdIZXT3IcWb4HKzURa8gwSjXlE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 633px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">To really get the fabrics all mixed together I decided on the Economy Block for this quilt. I staggered the blocks slightly.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ecb0_f15b_960d_b496" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/BdB7nH0kU21pMc3dRzEKYDrdmwSA8tSITKlcC7a8XPez9J6lQG2UfpLP6UfnJNp0RKQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 635px; height: auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Of course I needed some of the selvedge included in the quilt design.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_3779_6344_567f_13a4" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/3t5sLGP9mynSrp0h4l8Bw_g7A4ExVW0csQEavjVf3b_4bWlGkCqDK4lU5QvGIBiL7Y0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 630px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The quilt measures 57” X 68”</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8a29_117c_a728_bfe3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/1t7zfTWrQacpZkCozlFtrhcFACtC7bcNSQuN1k7B-8ZN5MTWmWcOk8XrS2loppitfwI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 628px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I just love all the colors and the grunge.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_90cf_a911_fab2_36b8" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/59esmlFY1nSk9u0TLNbi4NWsaRHSThZwK3MXLmWl1vSzxVVNp6druGyho-CacGgDSx0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 634px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">The back and the binding are the same fabric.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_5782_af0f_a86a_4209" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K4CaDa0Lc6xYK1CF239ilTO11bgFw1XZDgHZH41P-KxIUi7ThNGrateAEpjHz55Mw60" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I did not want a border, but I needed a border or I would loose all the points of the economy blocks around the edges when I added the binding. I sewed a scrappy border of many of the prints. I cut strips 1.25” wide. After the quilting was finished, I trimmed the</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">quilt so that the</font><font face="Verdana" size="4"> borders were 5/8”. That left a thin 1/4” border before the 3/8” binding. I really like the look of it. I will definitely do this again and probably again and again....</font><br></span><br><img id="id_aaaf_5c1a_dda5_be5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zBZtIuxcu1i1jfqhtf3oiwvE9xcx0USvroouIQOGgsZFOwgq2Mr6ApPuFhdrJymY2KA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 632px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">It was somewhat frustrating and disappointing working with this bundle. When there is text on a print, it seems to be a crap shoot whether they will be printed straight on the fabrics. Most of these were wonky. Some more so than others. I could have trimmed the pieces to be straight but I would have lost a lot of useable fabric that I needed (and paid for). All together they make a pretty busy quilt and are hopefully just not that noticeable.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_fddf_a001_1e08_3d39" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cKXroEIpiC70utsM-JOYBvXXqF5mL8Wt_16KMtW6DQFqhCBc2qdl8xmL33AYZdRWnFM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 633px; height: auto;"><br><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">My July 2022 calendar journal.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7e6_5bcb_9812_aef" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/82ZnWQUDS0yjwiDrGvAnYi6M7NAVvnSBpPnmYEpw7fWzNX0kR2IqxEzlOHhllBaTUEY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-37507340953891751622022-07-29T06:13:00.001-05:002022-07-29T06:13:29.056-05:00Skeleton Collars & Cuffs<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Skeleton Collars & Cuffs is the third of four gifted panels.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ce0c_df98_a24d_6548" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/IU16eY9KWBjJHm-CLncF8iJVmvE4TZA5bEN8YsU_AZdsQOMuO1xPq8EdWDm90to1uqM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I gave him a border of black, orange and brown fabrics. My original plan was for the wider strips, but for a wall hanging, it was going to get too</font><font face="Verdana" size="4"> large and out of proportion. So I simply cut the original strips in half.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_b710_133d_baa8_e9d0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/R3J8eK_5Oa_v8vY17PWh2n8JJcSYSV71jRO58V3K2SyTsY8BJozjHYVx89z8K5Lgc_Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 362px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I staggered the strip lengths.</font><br></span><br><img id="id_5d5b_1cbc_c71a_870c" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/tdYYiMtFguNMMVyO-TyYFyD0Hl0WzuxJWN8LuDyAPIBYiVqejar7b5xMOV24GoywTMM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 541px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Of course the selvedge had to remain as part of the finished panel. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_62ba_94b0_7380_e24d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9gvKivLas7xWeVYgTNj2Z8-_AWBOlTVbOwo6_Zj1VkvrcLj8N5SskrrCWfkSyfCd3YE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 439px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">There was a lot of blank space in this panel. Since he’s sewing, I gave him some fabric scraps scattered around him. Stitched down with raw edge applique. </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">They also provided more color for the panel.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_431a_6650_c2fe_b10e" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Vp_1hPWRxWifLPtZRC7RGJwofIdrnpYNUO2a4MEfxXHAPgMOS803UUWlp3ApVMoEbqg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 542px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">To finish, I just did some echo quilting and then some straight lines here and there to fill in.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_edf5_ecff_c8e9_41c0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HnC189sgkJ_h31IIBmZdcQamYRM7Zw0yGjJuXAUrS2rMX7IYFN97-Zlub9ZjbWBLWk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 636px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Quite a dapper fellow, wouldn’t you say?</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686963620009544835.post-17212999137164423932022-07-15T12:00:00.001-05:002022-07-15T12:00:29.789-05:00The Night Watchman<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">When I saw </font><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUgxFGq4q0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" id="id_ecb1_c6bf_53e9_3aa2">THIS POSTCARD</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">by robertovnaelena (Instagram), I was immediately in love!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I wish she’d send it to me...(sigh)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I know that won’t happen, so I had to try making one myself. Nowhere near as impressive, but he’s my version. Not completely unfortunate, right?</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">I’ve had to call him a blackbird as he’s just not raven enough looking. I used a bird Sizzix die to trace. (I wish I could draw!)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_616f_3ae5_ce5_2c2d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/35Dc0zUCldBtYsNpu8PSaOoPxfam35bCLklANonXf1WkLgdu6g46iZJFEoes5XmluSU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I also wished I could figure out a couple of her techniques, but I didn’t really want to copy right down to every detail.....YES I DID!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">He’s made from discarded jeans. A couple of different denim shades. The moon in this 2nd photo is closer to the actual fabric color. It’s more a grayish white with silver metallic specks. I first stitched a spiral using silver metallic thread in the bobbin. I used the wonder under paper that I peeled off the fabric moon to trace a spiral then stitched it from the backside of the postcard.</font><font face="Verdana" size="5"> </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">It needed more thread painting so I stitched between the spiral stitches with regular thread in a cream and then some outside stitches in the gold.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">I think if I had stitched the raw edge of the bird a little farther in, I might have been able to ravel the denim edges a little more so they’d look more feathery.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4a80_78e8_a0f7_8fff" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cVd0_mVvl0TChLROEEzZbEjwUsQnQVW94lYm-H41w4B6ssm_peOgSm-ydCsupOL8We8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">Are you curious about how my postcards look on the Peltex side?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c01f_697c_ae76_f0f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/BcbQ3zWMbZMeY4dGVBNCyScaogzRRAXEOSrdmyK3gaS-3OgRKD1_w3zwuFwB4RUpkc0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 545px; height: auto;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><font face="Verdana" size="4">I normally sew a binding around the edges of my postcards. That’s because I have felt it looks better than zig-zagging. But this artist’s satin stitching on her postcards</font><font face="Verdana" size="4"> looks so great, I decided to try that myself too. Hoping my satin stitch would fill in as nicely as hers did and only going around the outside edges once, I was not disappointed. My corners need a little work. I’m okay with that.</font></div><br><img id="id_3636_c06_f881_8f95" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f8CgMTMmBH0REskFc-B0plTW1avUuYIACAZ0vRElPZ29JM04uPJt85RY_VZVCDj5Y34" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 550px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Secret ingredient: At times, satin stitching doesn’t always cover completely or a stitch length will show. I go looking for a permanent marker the same color as my thread and I camouflage those tiny areas.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Because I am not mailing this postcard to anyone, I used miracle fabric on the correspondence side. Very adaptable to rubberstamping and writing (if I were to mail it). I also did not want to test the satin stitched edge with paper after all my work on the design. But I will be testing it with paper soon!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_77db_daec_7be4_26ea" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/qm-vFxb5o6hew68eembgt_btLXbFm4I5SdbFNCYnQXiyukS5nAyC1-SZb30wEBRKPSU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 553px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="4">I have a lot of discarded jeans left, so I’ll be thinking up </font><font face="Verdana" size="4">more denim postcards.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="4">Happy Mail Day!</font></div> Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com11