Purple Scrap and Crumbs
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4d ago
This week, lots of purple sewing was made. Little bits were turned into 9 patch blocks as leader-enders...  (For the block on top, I had to find a piece of aqua as none of the purples was nice with it and I was determined to sew it.) ... along with whatever else I found in the 2" drawer that wasn't 2" anymore.  In the crumb department, the bigger pieces (that aren't big at all) are sometimes cut up to make more crumbs.  Some scrap has little to work with, but I managed to cut some good pieces from this one.  Crumb blocks 8.5" X 6.5" and 6.5" square. Not yet trimm ..read more
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Moda Mauve
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1w ago
This block is from the Moda Free Pattern page. Moda calls it "Love". (See webpage here.) (PDF Pattern here.) It's a nice name, but I don't see the love in there. It is so versatile in the sense that depending on where the values are, you can change the look of the block and quilters love that.  So, I searched for another name. Spent a lot of time with Google and some translation websites, trying all the possibilities with Star, Nova, Comet, Shining, Rising, Morning, Praising, etc.   It finally boiled down to two options: Rock Star ... or ...  ... Double Halo Star. Whi ..read more
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Simple Purple
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2w ago
A busy week with lots of cleaning tried to keep me away from my sewing machine. I persisted in sewing something anyway. Ha! On Tuesday, at the Artisanat meeting, I received a big bag of scraps. (Sorry, no picture) Of course, I didn't say "No, thanks!" (See this post for the beginning of that story.) There was a lot of black fabric ... so much black! I cut some up already to make more Stained Glass blocks, trying to salvage as much as possible.  Purple Stained Glass and crumb block. A lighter purple Stained Glass will be assembled this weekend.  On the "Free" table at the meeti ..read more
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New Month. New Colour! New Project?
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3w ago
It's the end of the red month. I didn't accomplish as much as I was hoping for but I'm happy with my progress. Can I say it was a squirrel week?  Another Stained Glass block in red was made and the black borders were added to all the blocks done so far. Accompanied by a crumb red block.  Shoreline grew somewhat from 38 to 74 blocks (36 more blocks). Only 182 blocks missing. Haha. Can I say "long-term project" if I work on it only once a year?  While searching for something, I came upon a gifted box that hadn't been processed yet. It came from Anne back in December. Oh ..read more
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Weekend at the Retreat
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1M ago
NOT! Due to my financial situation, I didn't go to the retreat with the girls. We still sew together via FB. The saddest part is that I'm not the only one missing out on the fun. ? So, what am I working on during my In-Home Retreat?  Shoreline, of course. I said that I would attempt to double the number of blocks already done. I changed my mind when I counted the blocks: 38 blocks done so far. I'll just do my best to do as many as possible all the while keeping in mind that I need 128 of each block. ? It's a good thing that February has one more day this year. ? Shoreline Assembl ..read more
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Working with Red
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1M ago
I finished the Moda block in red and guess what? I didn't run out of white but ran out of the red. Life is funny sometimes. So, one of these quarts doesn't have the same red as the others. Can you spot which one?  I'll have to study how to properly press all those seams. At the moment, it is a hot mess back there, lol.  My personal Rainbow-UFO Challenge for February is Shoreline (see last post for a picture of the blocks together). I counted the blocks made so far and the total is way more than I thought; 38 blocks. I don't think I will be able to double that (my initial intent ..read more
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Up To No Good ... Again
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1M ago
What have I done this week?  I'm almost ashamed to say not much once again. I did play with fabric but it didn't amount to much. Let's see.  I got more bags of scrap.  I opened the box first and was having fun when I thought: "Oh! Photos!" so I just threw everything back into the box.  Then I sorted the scraps by colour.  This is my living room floor every single day this week, and I am still not done. That's a lot of scraps.  On Wednesday, I went to see the girls quilting. I used to belong to this group but I was working and had to use a vacation day eve ..read more
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Catch 22?
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1M ago
I work and work, but I'm getting nowhere. Ever got that feeling?  There were, in the past two weeks, a good number of job postings up my alley. Out of all the applications I sent, only one turned into an interview. None of the applications came to fruition. I have another interview on Monday morning. I know I will get this job just because it isn't a job I want. It will help to pay the bills while I keep searching though. The quilting group and I are going up to the cottage at the end of February for a weekend of quilting. I don't want hubby to pay for MY vacation. Hence, the (desperate ..read more
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Table Scrap Challenge ... Finally Done!
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2M ago
It took a long time to do this challenge because I had some lessons to learn along the way. This was the preview of my work for the Table Scrap Challenge as shown in my January 12th post. It looks pretty straight to me.  It was still straight when it was done. I'm so in love with it.  So, on with the quilting ... and things started to go sideways ... a lot.  Maybe, because I hadn't pinned it enough, or because I quilted one side always from top to bottom and the other side of the middle from bottom to top, the fabric got dragged and things started to look crooked. Oh ..read more
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Not Much
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2M ago
I didn't sew much this week. I couldn't focus on anything and ended up all over the place. I blame the storms. We got our fair share of the 10 inches of snow they were predicting. (No snowman this time.) The storm system sent me into a frenzy of cleaning. (Seriously! Cleaning?  What was that all about?) All I could think of was cleaning the house. That was weird! Anywho! Some tidying-up found the white borders for the Hole in the Barn Door quilt.  Hole in the Barn Door scrappy quilt Yay! It isn't sewn because it needs a good ironing session. It was somehow put back with ..read more
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