tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24798092549760409502024-03-21T04:36:31.637-04:00Gigi's RoomRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.comBlogger732125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-74880514416072980092022-11-25T09:46:00.000-05:002022-11-25T09:46:53.018-05:00Change of Plans<p> I never finished the little drawstring bag. I started having problems with my Bernina and it finally just quit. I think it is the cord and I need to borrow a cord to test if that is the problem. I have not had time to do anything about it yet. Taking it in for service is not a short trip and I would not drive it myself. </p><p>The drag around quilt was delivered and here's Jack with his quilt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVeNYW4g8jwILuK_owY_narGUBiIGdVEwWGax96mlYQRnnz9YMkdyTLMxdWZIoM31KnBx8_TkOxQlGg1gjEGQ1lagKAAntHedxx6TdoG9kXNlw4BrId8-agyMnNhNU_bh_DVFEOwXKk_iF4MkS8a4BBtf-xiV9l8gJ2HqXyBu1n1q42jok0oSYHjyyA/s3024/IMG_1912.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3024" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVeNYW4g8jwILuK_owY_narGUBiIGdVEwWGax96mlYQRnnz9YMkdyTLMxdWZIoM31KnBx8_TkOxQlGg1gjEGQ1lagKAAntHedxx6TdoG9kXNlw4BrId8-agyMnNhNU_bh_DVFEOwXKk_iF4MkS8a4BBtf-xiV9l8gJ2HqXyBu1n1q42jok0oSYHjyyA/w449-h435/IMG_1912.jpg" width="449" /></a></div>We had a video phone call yesterday and we could see that Jack is starting to stand up. Before long I expect he will be able to drag his his quilt around.<p></p><p>I remember when his dad was a toddler and he had a drag around quilt. When we were at their house one day his mom called it Grandma's quilt. He started to cry because he thought I was there to take it back.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-71612334001667273382022-10-15T12:27:00.001-04:002022-10-15T12:27:16.655-04:00A Finish<p> Jack's drag around quilt is finished and I am pleased with the way it turned out.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgD9LWAVtrIAffVWEWVCeaMuNb-Zcp1zkgs1lGIEge1seJ3SiGOqLbMF976rEKdDt9HwHdvVG1HLtfZYVYZ2j4uYefgbrxnqIlq60Um5--vYaAe5H_jlP8KILJWT9btgoidvtq8kPs6qe0CQIPsadoHFt48sDhUG3FcrYTso-MXFGuZ33IZKVULZznw/s2301/jipfront%20(2)Save.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2301" data-original-width="2253" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgD9LWAVtrIAffVWEWVCeaMuNb-Zcp1zkgs1lGIEge1seJ3SiGOqLbMF976rEKdDt9HwHdvVG1HLtfZYVYZ2j4uYefgbrxnqIlq60Um5--vYaAe5H_jlP8KILJWT9btgoidvtq8kPs6qe0CQIPsadoHFt48sDhUG3FcrYTso-MXFGuZ33IZKVULZznw/w626-h640/jipfront%20(2)Save.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I stitched in the ditch along all the the colored patches and it was easy moving from top to bottom along the inside seam on each block and the back up the outside seam. I carefully stitched over some seams to avoid ending and restarting. I can't easily use a hand needle to bury threads so I start and end with tiny stitches in the ditch where it is hard to see. The backing on this quilt makes the overstitched lines invisible. I stitched 2 lines corner to corner across each focus fabric square.</p><p>I sewed the binding in my usual way, sewing on the front and turning to the back and fusing the binding with narrow strips of Wonder Under; I am careful to cover the stitching. I sewed the binding on with red thread and it was easy to see and cover on the back. I stitch in the ditch from the front and my stitching catches the edge of the binding on the back. Sometimes the stitches on the back miss the edge a little and I need to do some hand stitching and sometimes the binding on the back is little wider and the stitching is a bit far in from the edge. Because it has become so difficult for me to do any hand sewing, I paid more attention to my quarter inch seam when stitching the binding to the front. It paid off by the edge of the seam on the back falling in the exact place it needed to be. I have been doing my binding this way for a long time and this is the first time <b>ever</b> that the stitches caught the edge of the binding in the <b>perfect place on the edge of the entire perimeter. </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvMys3v88x9k-8mSQ6HioY1HNxa8Hq8IETRNbYccFqwpYT-yMLZAxdcl614-IxPM8OpZ5NuryUH8h-uwyzwBWXmv1lANGvkT9-my0iUc82UqMz9p54Vdei8Yyn_MA-c_7aNuUJJEZXlk9-5tnW6KihZPx86luiQgi20wTXiCB5uuEngJb0jG_TdGa0w/s2665/20221014_100230%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2665" data-original-width="2450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvMys3v88x9k-8mSQ6HioY1HNxa8Hq8IETRNbYccFqwpYT-yMLZAxdcl614-IxPM8OpZ5NuryUH8h-uwyzwBWXmv1lANGvkT9-my0iUc82UqMz9p54Vdei8Yyn_MA-c_7aNuUJJEZXlk9-5tnW6KihZPx86luiQgi20wTXiCB5uuEngJb0jG_TdGa0w/w368-h400/20221014_100230%20(2).jpg" width="368" /></a></div><p></p><p>This is one corner folded back.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2hlVQaiVl-DYstoAJJBSZ_j-A4n3VhU1AaNbEhj6RBcapBu1Iv6SDzeBoPVX2BoCD5s_gFf9xkWTyhaArwd316Hc8xkMa2ZDuMz3CckQCQ_S_Kls7rmFRNhaTMyb-grQlcEaf1ULWAYHAOcZR5E3whCT8RxHmfPXLMJwO5_5RCLNhg89oejeBS1v6w/s2532/jip1%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2300" data-original-width="2532" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2hlVQaiVl-DYstoAJJBSZ_j-A4n3VhU1AaNbEhj6RBcapBu1Iv6SDzeBoPVX2BoCD5s_gFf9xkWTyhaArwd316Hc8xkMa2ZDuMz3CckQCQ_S_Kls7rmFRNhaTMyb-grQlcEaf1ULWAYHAOcZR5E3whCT8RxHmfPXLMJwO5_5RCLNhg89oejeBS1v6w/s320/jip1%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This is what it looks like on he front. probably not he same corner because the photo was an afterthought.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think a rather long time of no quilting and recognizing that arthritis in my hands it here to stay has forced me to develop better habits. Sometimes you have to search hard to find an up side to an unwelcome change in one's life. There it is and I'll take it.</p><p>This quilt will be on it's way next week, along with a little draw string bag of the same fabric for big brother. When they were here Elijah saw the fabric and asked "For me?". Of course, I have to make something to send along for him. The bag is waiting for me to get started.</p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-18794250700270039792022-10-02T13:41:00.004-04:002022-10-02T13:41:36.713-04:00Jack's Drag Around is Almost Finished<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOpVbdXLNaow00uoBMbvtajlKdg707iqVA5nTtePH3fRDjoomx7Dl4czaVWnXqtYU6zRHaPxmL17ax2XfA8QRi6ESYdwRklK_xrg-bn0IkmSXoJ1-j5_MfDMn2S3iY-neNMhRMZKRg1xItxJC-Uh9B5N2Q3snScSgbKprnYAlPf8VMXQfKcNJ0oaI9w/s2470/Jack's%20quilt%20in%20person%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="2416" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOpVbdXLNaow00uoBMbvtajlKdg707iqVA5nTtePH3fRDjoomx7Dl4czaVWnXqtYU6zRHaPxmL17ax2XfA8QRi6ESYdwRklK_xrg-bn0IkmSXoJ1-j5_MfDMn2S3iY-neNMhRMZKRg1xItxJC-Uh9B5N2Q3snScSgbKprnYAlPf8VMXQfKcNJ0oaI9w/w391-h400/Jack's%20quilt%20in%20person%20(2).jpg" width="391" /></a></div> Jack's quilt is almost finished.<div>Once I started working on the blocks it went pretty well. After not doing any quilt sewing for a while I seem to have developed some better habits. I have done more planning before jumping in and starting to cut without a solid plan. </div><div>I knew what I wanted to do before I cut anything and I knew what I needed to shop for. One trip to shop for solid fabrics beforehand was way better than starting and then finding I needed something I didn't have and that I had wasted some to my focus fabric.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I knew that not all of the squares would have one whole recognizable object but I didn't see that as a problem. Partial objects would work if little people where looking for certain things, like signs and wheels and cranes and the shovels on front end loaders. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo5qFWSxs0ee9CGEj1d-x4Se_kixqeRyFOdhCflk1QaLTXo7E3q8nKcVoKMBGBtdIDoJyDLTRaYruFmQj_WSOuwrEUwjvhvCJK8tVlxetaPcf-ZQu8A0yyiZShBFAhQAETUgh0eGCJhVnde-A0JTHIoJBiX87_T8V3gxs4Q9ORamLDqvyonXhYDlcxA/s2281/squares%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2281" data-original-width="2234" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo5qFWSxs0ee9CGEj1d-x4Se_kixqeRyFOdhCflk1QaLTXo7E3q8nKcVoKMBGBtdIDoJyDLTRaYruFmQj_WSOuwrEUwjvhvCJK8tVlxetaPcf-ZQu8A0yyiZShBFAhQAETUgh0eGCJhVnde-A0JTHIoJBiX87_T8V3gxs4Q9ORamLDqvyonXhYDlcxA/w359-h368/squares%20(2).jpg" width="359" /></a>After I cut these 36 squares I tried to sort them but I came to the conclusion that the best way was to put them on a design board in the order they were before cutting. That seemed the best way to avoid the headache of trying to keep from having too many of the same things too close together.</div><div>I started laying the squares out by lining up the squares the way they were cut. That went well for the first few rows but then I started a row that didn't line up perfectly with the row above. I probably got interrupted at some point and maybe misplaced a square or two or maybe a few. I stuck with the plan after only a few shuffles. I knew once I sewed on the solid strips no square was going to line up along the cut lines. I kept all of the squares in this order and started adding the short strips to the correct side, right, left, top or bottom. As I pinned each solid strip I moved it to my design wall.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRw2pOtzn40v19GaRMk2cC0ASJvw0vWv5cH0R71SSPEmsWccDPhbRVU2ZmR8fLmHiyPCTxtqyPxN52l6LKdxjhHLNiR76OArpbFXcmw2zcXnUSTUxjccPbXzZnLWKd-XaxIHE3izsZWMMn2psmaANU9GUsvn_dOaTgUKdn6HY35BOvSTRZheOGjhjmQ/s4128/20220926_091318%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRw2pOtzn40v19GaRMk2cC0ASJvw0vWv5cH0R71SSPEmsWccDPhbRVU2ZmR8fLmHiyPCTxtqyPxN52l6LKdxjhHLNiR76OArpbFXcmw2zcXnUSTUxjccPbXzZnLWKd-XaxIHE3izsZWMMn2psmaANU9GUsvn_dOaTgUKdn6HY35BOvSTRZheOGjhjmQ/s320/20220926_091318%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>This photo is the bottom three rows with the 4 1/2 inch strips pinned to the side where it needed to be sewn on. I saw the pattern of every other strip in the row being in the same position and every other row was the same. I only realized there were 2 only different rows when I got to the third row. I just didn't see it looking at the photo of the whole layout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo5qFWSxs0ee9CGEj1d-x4Se_kixqeRyFOdhCflk1QaLTXo7E3q8nKcVoKMBGBtdIDoJyDLTRaYruFmQj_WSOuwrEUwjvhvCJK8tVlxetaPcf-ZQu8A0yyiZShBFAhQAETUgh0eGCJhVnde-A0JTHIoJBiX87_T8V3gxs4Q9ORamLDqvyonXhYDlcxA/s2281/squares%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H_qeA5YNpkOURuQigJ6A1ekZjl0s3AuBRMKozA1oNsqOZPr8iuvWzFLOJWhI68HAs3UOekbnqvrl99ARy-l2ohlSeOZ26h_ETWdf5ZPJ1ki8NX3e7Kkdclhy0znoHQbE9qdbvI0U4M4NzF_ayb0zaAtNbqATZqdcL9lwlmJYnvHFOfHPCVo-w14ufA/s2973/20220926_185949%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="2613" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H_qeA5YNpkOURuQigJ6A1ekZjl0s3AuBRMKozA1oNsqOZPr8iuvWzFLOJWhI68HAs3UOekbnqvrl99ARy-l2ohlSeOZ26h_ETWdf5ZPJ1ki8NX3e7Kkdclhy0znoHQbE9qdbvI0U4M4NzF_ayb0zaAtNbqATZqdcL9lwlmJYnvHFOfHPCVo-w14ufA/s320/20220926_185949%20(2).jpg" width="281" /></a><br /></div>This is the printout from EQ that I used to layout the short solid strips. I use these little sign holders with a printout or picture of what I am working on. <div>Sometimes I have a printout of the cutting directions</div><div>and sometimes a printout of block construction.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the background you can see some of the mess in my sewing space which is undergoing a redo. Going along slowly but going along. <br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga8_tLnnUIsa_R812266R4eY9WpqQUsXxsBzu38t5ztIYw9ILeY5iafbeu-uelZ8aDa_26ICLCh3_bnsKdkWpqEWMa9BzI0xTFCajH4y4nzYwkoH18H5vqc0oR4Eion16aey1hERIAEWFkVFu89RBt2HFuRhbI1Dlv4TNVeyIHpNQ-BgM0WiLtKU95Q/s4128/20220926_092737.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga8_tLnnUIsa_R812266R4eY9WpqQUsXxsBzu38t5ztIYw9ILeY5iafbeu-uelZ8aDa_26ICLCh3_bnsKdkWpqEWMa9BzI0xTFCajH4y4nzYwkoH18H5vqc0oR4Eion16aey1hERIAEWFkVFu89RBt2HFuRhbI1Dlv4TNVeyIHpNQ-BgM0WiLtKU95Q/s320/20220926_092737.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>This is how I made sure I was looking at the correct row. Masking tape is an essential tool in my sewing room. That square with the short strip pinned on the is the next one that got sewn on. </div><div><br /></div><div>Everything went together without a hitch. Well, after I sewed the very first strip to the wrong side on the very first square..</div><div>After all the short strips were sewn on, the long strips were fast and easy, in spite of many interruptions. </div><div>When I started sewing the rows together I kept them up on the wall until i was ready to sew any particular rows. it seems like with only six rows I could just take them down in pairs and sew them together. I have come to recognize that even with only a few things to keep in order I have mixed up the order, even when there have been no interruptions. I accept my shortcomings. The rows went together with on problem.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the finished top. The borders are different that any of my EQ borders, which I only added in EQ as place holders for size. I never make decisions about borders until the body of the quilt is finished, </div><div>unless some times the border is designed first. </div><div>I knew from the beginning, the focus fabric was not going to work for the size border. I knew I would use solid fabric but I didn't know what I would use until I auditioned the fabric. Yellow seemed the obvious choice. I didn't want the yellow to look chunky in the corners around the yellow blocks. I solved that by adding red strips sewn on at right angles to the yellow border strips. The binding will be red.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It is layered up and pinned and ready to quilt. I am contemplating the options for quilting while I straight up the sewing space. I have learned that I need to have some sort of order around me as I move from one step of the process to the next. Otherwise, I am pushing things out of the way and making another mess that gets in the way of everything I do.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxd6vbB5kK5m9K-8gighUONqGde71ku2aa5peTUJGS4CUbaWjCKZYXGsC6YWOYRlYc6zR9un9XQ3fEO8XOa9CA7KvUtWN4dBDalQYk0D4-z3y0RCr3ssMq1mPYaFZzW7pgMDc9HamhrNHjBDaov3cEeEqXmbxdFzgTLdtZKza7ofP1ESsi2yW7r9HtQ/s2470/Jack's%20quilt%20in%20person%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="2416" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxd6vbB5kK5m9K-8gighUONqGde71ku2aa5peTUJGS4CUbaWjCKZYXGsC6YWOYRlYc6zR9un9XQ3fEO8XOa9CA7KvUtWN4dBDalQYk0D4-z3y0RCr3ssMq1mPYaFZzW7pgMDc9HamhrNHjBDaov3cEeEqXmbxdFzgTLdtZKza7ofP1ESsi2yW7r9HtQ/w626-h640/Jack's%20quilt%20in%20person%20(2).jpg" width="626" /></a></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-18386903307613043672022-09-24T13:33:00.013-04:002022-10-02T15:56:32.714-04:00Jack's Drag Around Quilt<p><br /> I have made a small start on great grandson Jack's drag around quilt. <i> I </i>thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do so I worked out the borders in EQ. Thankfully I did not do any cutting. I thought I wanted a 30 inch square in the center surrounded by pinwheel blocks. I thought I would quilt around the construction objects in the square but when I looked at the size of the square and the number and placement of the objects I quickly discarded that idea.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd_BXNMC6PwkB0yv7-yUZQFLeDuZ7UuI_7tO1Ymi-wceaVLVRBIK8PMe68Kw_LstW-IBSyJdj7bF5t6UoSGtUMxVkRmc0utweOWiXeqpXmGksr-78OAGHUnYndgnM0VlP3PwQ_d5yyhd9yPcIiVp-oMVHmX3QDTw7eHmiKOrfDVXrgb1diAefwU1WZg/s485/Jack%20EQoption%201.BMP" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="485" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd_BXNMC6PwkB0yv7-yUZQFLeDuZ7UuI_7tO1Ymi-wceaVLVRBIK8PMe68Kw_LstW-IBSyJdj7bF5t6UoSGtUMxVkRmc0utweOWiXeqpXmGksr-78OAGHUnYndgnM0VlP3PwQ_d5yyhd9yPcIiVp-oMVHmX3QDTw7eHmiKOrfDVXrgb1diAefwU1WZg/s320/Jack%20EQoption%201.BMP" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This is the EQ version with the scanned fabric in the center. For the border, I decided that I would cut 6 1/2 inch squares and alternate them with pinwheels, <b>maybe!</b></p><p>Discarded that idea and went on to doing other things while keeping the possibilities in the back of my mind.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOu611SP1yRKV7anVNt9UcG0IN-6UkZE_-jeG4-Anwuw6LWz5ya9eGp4hcVkuMRFXmMXgTGCldwiSIhZLXhkZzMIYDCGroRZhzexEI53d_aw4oHZEEx_FNrMmksEWR6NvqFAMTrXSXBSgQorlVlo8KPiNyS3jlAhJe-swWlJt1FTxA20cQ1u3rBf-R3g/s3373/018.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3373" data-original-width="3034" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOu611SP1yRKV7anVNt9UcG0IN-6UkZE_-jeG4-Anwuw6LWz5ya9eGp4hcVkuMRFXmMXgTGCldwiSIhZLXhkZzMIYDCGroRZhzexEI53d_aw4oHZEEx_FNrMmksEWR6NvqFAMTrXSXBSgQorlVlo8KPiNyS3jlAhJe-swWlJt1FTxA20cQ1u3rBf-R3g/s320/018.JPG" width="288" /></a></div>I remembered this "Tumbling Charms" quilt that I made from a Missouri Star Quilts video.<div>Instead of Charms I use "made fabric" squares.</div><div>Click <a href="https://gigisroom-ruth.blogspot.com/2014/03/signs-of-spring-and-finish.html">here</a> for another quilt from the same pattern.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORi-fh8qIYUuD6RywrBm43dsTV3mW7LzCGiRlpVoGgLIcB4gGqJ2p_WOWc9xYDAzTvi6aZvudkF90MoixPF5-TeXzi2h8PoxDh8aBDAnYVyP3IDSs6xv50K7R-oIDxnh8zLSBiv1-GYUn33g9w1SEyCSKJiyMgmb5_9_lwQxysDdvsGzH5-jex3EqWw/s1200/option2.BMP" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORi-fh8qIYUuD6RywrBm43dsTV3mW7LzCGiRlpVoGgLIcB4gGqJ2p_WOWc9xYDAzTvi6aZvudkF90MoixPF5-TeXzi2h8PoxDh8aBDAnYVyP3IDSs6xv50K7R-oIDxnh8zLSBiv1-GYUn33g9w1SEyCSKJiyMgmb5_9_lwQxysDdvsGzH5-jex3EqWw/s320/option2.BMP" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Vu7wKBgZl3XLrUnIODKZm05_z5PY56WXbRgI-LZ6oUh6wvGjrsvruJu8nQcF_pFemdq7ntD6fRhDKvC7gfLqbYRGQ0wZh8a2CPQ9EqPyRoIE7gc0XyY6IdgIKavBKWGUO-1C3UnOuyXiv-qOLPtRvIqiUrIjc4St3xL5N1Jg-JYbDqp_1NVg4LbM6w/s470/Jack%20final%20option.BMP" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="469" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Vu7wKBgZl3XLrUnIODKZm05_z5PY56WXbRgI-LZ6oUh6wvGjrsvruJu8nQcF_pFemdq7ntD6fRhDKvC7gfLqbYRGQ0wZh8a2CPQ9EqPyRoIE7gc0XyY6IdgIKavBKWGUO-1C3UnOuyXiv-qOLPtRvIqiUrIjc4St3xL5N1Jg-JYbDqp_1NVg4LbM6w/s320/Jack%20final%20option.BMP" width="319" /></a>This is my EQ version of the original tumbling Charms layout using solid colors, pulled from the construction fabric for strips on 2 sides of the print squares. I thought this would be the quilt layout. However....................................</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I recolored the strips and played with this version in EQ for a few days. I discarded this after another recolor in EQ.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LCTZjcH00CuBfQ08R2cvBSYZKEc4VShPP4Z0OVwovvt5Bn4Y-hCAyHnUxYRnp6kn_ppzTNGYvjuxXx-nKkw2cj1Bppi1jfaGFeqL7AZ6y3KrBggC9S8bNouDMmiaIJtcD1wsDDyhRw1Z0RGxKL0JNDRrZOGpgcrvk8PsUVWuZhlc2nSM4kvcl5wo8g/s1200/Jacky3.BMP" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LCTZjcH00CuBfQ08R2cvBSYZKEc4VShPP4Z0OVwovvt5Bn4Y-hCAyHnUxYRnp6kn_ppzTNGYvjuxXx-nKkw2cj1Bppi1jfaGFeqL7AZ6y3KrBggC9S8bNouDMmiaIJtcD1wsDDyhRw1Z0RGxKL0JNDRrZOGpgcrvk8PsUVWuZhlc2nSM4kvcl5wo8g/s320/Jacky3.BMP" width="320" /></a></div><div>This was the next version in EQ after discarding the yellow strips in each block and making each block with short and long strips of he same color. </div><div>I really thought this would be the final version.</div><div><br /></div><div>However i decided to play with the Symmetry tool. It flips and rotates all the blocks at once in different patterns. I think it changes to about 17 different layouts before going back to the original. I went through them all as it only took one click to turn the whole layout</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU8IdSmHv_tM_03m4BbLqrPayScae55hE8RZ3EjUiaPbkLDPAzLuTutJbV9w32Hwq-rKtsfeQjGI0ZYN5slkAJV1TBpwS8PN3GO4I4AjksYuPZKnWK_T3PzU4CAXc2MJycfnw5o2XGj-LG_bbsXt_TXZmIlEa2VsZZqnF88AN5U0oWJFv3MSs5oqd5g/s464/option%20final.BMP" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="464" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU8IdSmHv_tM_03m4BbLqrPayScae55hE8RZ3EjUiaPbkLDPAzLuTutJbV9w32Hwq-rKtsfeQjGI0ZYN5slkAJV1TBpwS8PN3GO4I4AjksYuPZKnWK_T3PzU4CAXc2MJycfnw5o2XGj-LG_bbsXt_TXZmIlEa2VsZZqnF88AN5U0oWJFv3MSs5oqd5g/s320/option%20final.BMP" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This is the final version after going through all the options and making some changes without the Symmetry tool. I discarded all the other layouts after thinking about them for a few days.</div><div><br /></div><div>I like this kind of jumbled up layout because it isn't so predictable and static.</div><div>This is going to require a little more attention to the placement of the solid strips on the correct sides of the print square. The print is directional and I want all of the print squares in the same direction. There are many elements in the print that would be fun for little people to look for and count. I believe that the scale of the print would make that harder as well as giving the quilt a disorderly appearance if the direction of the squares were mixed up.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have printed the layout in color, and by using EQ for the layout I should be able to sew the solid strips in the correct position for each block. <i> </i>I<i> </i>have not yet decided whether the strips will finish 1 1/2 or 2 inches. That is a decision for the design wall. I will start out with 2 1/2 inch cut strips and see how it like it. If I don't like the way it looks I can cut them down to finish at 1 1/2 inches and cut the rest of the strips 2 inches. </div><div><br /></div><div>All I have to do now is find the time to work on this. I never really appreciated what a blessing it was to have all the time I needed to do whatever I wanted to do. We'll see how it goes.</div><div><p></p></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-26006972031515473382022-09-10T11:04:00.000-04:002022-09-10T11:11:35.997-04:00Finally........I have a finish, FINALLY. It has been a long time since I have even started something, let alone finish it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQaymyIA80Mc2q6xutMaskdf-ENVzWQfWOZrYUQiEp4V78U-NPMitrt-cbpym5E7cUDbbGepvLuCBGGU8blVJbq_FBvgrfGyPCNOqs1fa-y_VLTPlN041iPH67Dpsyn01NE35q6_ofr56GI7PMSCBtqUG8t7YFfypiIZa8omJa2bDKzYoRHN2Dbyz0g/s3139/kp%20quilt%203%20(3).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3139" data-original-width="2885" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQaymyIA80Mc2q6xutMaskdf-ENVzWQfWOZrYUQiEp4V78U-NPMitrt-cbpym5E7cUDbbGepvLuCBGGU8blVJbq_FBvgrfGyPCNOqs1fa-y_VLTPlN041iPH67Dpsyn01NE35q6_ofr56GI7PMSCBtqUG8t7YFfypiIZa8omJa2bDKzYoRHN2Dbyz0g/s320/kp%20quilt%203%20(3).jpg" width="294" /></a></div>This is the finished quilt. It is 35 x 35 and is what I call a drag round quilt, A drag around quilt is one that gets used for laying on the floor, or a coverup in the car seat or on Mom or Dad's lap, for a doll quilt, or a tea party tablecloth or just a little comfort quilt. A versatile little quilt that is easy to drag around. They are usually well used, well loved and used up.<div>I used the all over kitty print as a background, as usual, I started with my Electric Quilt program.</div><div>I scan my fabric and put in the fabric library and select the blocks I am considering. Then I experiment in EQ to see how much fabric i need. In this case I wanted to see if I had enough fabric for what I had in mind. I did not have enough of the kitty print to use it in both the 4 inch squares and the pinwheels. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't even remember where I ordered the fabric so that wasn't an option. A trip to the fabric shop resulted in backing fabric but not much help for the top. I decided on orange and yellow pinwheels. </div><div>I pulled out boxes of fabric and odd blocks and I found some blocks left over from another quilt and I tried them out and planned around them but after trying them out on the wall and then scanning them and putting them in the quilt in EQ, I discard that idea. I found some left over fabric from a cat panel and decide to use a few of the squares. At first I was only going to use one orange cat but after making pinwheels and putting everything on the wall I cut more cats in the other colors.</div><div><br /></div><div>Make all my decisions on he wall with the actual blocks and fabric squares but my EQ program allows me to explore many options that would wear me out if I had to rearrange everything over and over to see them all. I had six different viable EQ options from start to finish. Some I did not pursue because of limited yardage. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sJO1do23_z4ZQ4BKzvIfuV2bhPy2Nas3UN9WkmgndflndwWd3tArgSFZepBZapNaECNX1yGiAt7r7rMQu9V-aG4oBSkktjgd7pDt75EdIoqUTyQWycb1S__37QzrZmtVhMAuUt5dyndnhNVsO_cZLyEG0R71_QgSsVs1_5WIRg2N6FXdFthdilPn9Q/s2706/big%20sis%20doll%20quilt1%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="2706" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sJO1do23_z4ZQ4BKzvIfuV2bhPy2Nas3UN9WkmgndflndwWd3tArgSFZepBZapNaECNX1yGiAt7r7rMQu9V-aG4oBSkktjgd7pDt75EdIoqUTyQWycb1S__37QzrZmtVhMAuUt5dyndnhNVsO_cZLyEG0R71_QgSsVs1_5WIRg2N6FXdFthdilPn9Q/s320/big%20sis%20doll%20quilt1%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div> With left over fabric, I made a small doll quilt for Big Sister. This one is 11 x 11 inches. She has many dolls of all different sizes, so I know this one will fit one of them. </div><div>I have more of the allover kitty print left and I suggested that Big Sister, who is 4 years old, might like to come and help make another doll quilt. That is the age I started to teach my two oldest great grand children to use the sewing machine.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of the oldest great grand children...........................</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFlySH0Tye0FjAYvKU2HamnDz1DMN99sFTMqkoT4QzCM8zSRQaXE4929xNJk-4RJjgWTr4iG6R9kkfI3vTF63dUw5YFdKDQVpLJcwdppcOee4jm4c93Zsew4uNagMsHNd31GzrATYeiUiknEKivakiBijhSpRzqA7Yzi76Aynt0KSn-jSgXY9-cjdHQ/s4128/Ethan%20and%20Grace%208%2014%202022.jpg%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFlySH0Tye0FjAYvKU2HamnDz1DMN99sFTMqkoT4QzCM8zSRQaXE4929xNJk-4RJjgWTr4iG6R9kkfI3vTF63dUw5YFdKDQVpLJcwdppcOee4jm4c93Zsew4uNagMsHNd31GzrATYeiUiknEKivakiBijhSpRzqA7Yzi76Aynt0KSn-jSgXY9-cjdHQ/s320/Ethan%20and%20Grace%208%2014%202022.jpg%205.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Jack and I started started baby sitting one day a week, all day, with these two great grand children when they were 1 and 2 years old. They kept us busy for a few years before they moved to another state. They are both in college now.<div><br /></div><div>They came to visit us recently and I had them each select a quilt form the lager quilts residing in my cedar chest. Grace chose a Disappearing 9 Patch, she said the quilt would match her college dorm room colors. Ethan chose the Jellyroll Race quilt.</div><div>The JR Race quilt was not a bed size so I told him to pick out one more.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wanted this photo of them with their quilts. All too often the quilts go to someone and I don't have a photo and after a time I forget who has what.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpSJq8G927C6H-mFHc_3hG8BpuMvxOBrRGVUsK-gBQr2RWoNcxwybxnBwR9rbCEMm8dngv7wQ0BxKyNmdh06cxOcsCmbP1x1KPBl3pDA7Ara10YTIf_VEneZ4wKOLZYROreOocjyoO0nINFEgXnWAwipJC4N05_gcAbXFrOH-3GFkEhQXs_QGSbdIVw/s4128/Ethan%20and%20Grace%208%2014%202022.jpg%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpSJq8G927C6H-mFHc_3hG8BpuMvxOBrRGVUsK-gBQr2RWoNcxwybxnBwR9rbCEMm8dngv7wQ0BxKyNmdh06cxOcsCmbP1x1KPBl3pDA7Ara10YTIf_VEneZ4wKOLZYROreOocjyoO0nINFEgXnWAwipJC4N05_gcAbXFrOH-3GFkEhQXs_QGSbdIVw/s320/Ethan%20and%20Grace%208%2014%202022.jpg%206.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>This photo is Grace with a little quilt she made when she visited us when she was about 10. Ethan is showing his second quilt.<div> Ethan said it didn't matter that all of the fabrics in his second quilt were not strongly masculine "as long as it was made by Gigi".</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a wonderful visit sharing many memories of our "adventures". Nice to know those are memories are good ones for them too.<br /><br />I hope we will be making good memories with our youngest great grands.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-1029927552754772082022-06-25T09:56:00.006-04:002022-06-25T09:56:54.466-04:00At a Standstill<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJe-aef8apGNzyWkEuZ3uFs3ZB7wVbSQUT0mqUh56kgLYg7OVK_TAFfB-ZUwQRHQ72TYFqV1RvTOzn9GxrPCTJw7WOVjY327rPoQf-YgvMUMD9TEaporNrbxnkfGCjCQXwRp18Hf1JNS6BPqgTDePQdEsERUP3wfMMURK1i6aufRRiJ27Z2nxSWMe5Q/s1712/quilt%20squares%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="1712" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJe-aef8apGNzyWkEuZ3uFs3ZB7wVbSQUT0mqUh56kgLYg7OVK_TAFfB-ZUwQRHQ72TYFqV1RvTOzn9GxrPCTJw7WOVjY327rPoQf-YgvMUMD9TEaporNrbxnkfGCjCQXwRp18Hf1JNS6BPqgTDePQdEsERUP3wfMMURK1i6aufRRiJ27Z2nxSWMe5Q/s320/quilt%20squares%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> My 2 baby quilt projects are going nowhere.<br /><p></p><p>This is as far as I got. I cut away the sashing and decided on the 9 squares I want to use and that was it! This photo looks brighter than the actual fabric which is much more drab looking. I will use this for something but not the baby quilt I had in mind.</p><p>The allover kitty print I ordered is a much smaller scale than I anticipated; only the construction print is suitable for what I want to do. I am not motivated enough to proceed for several reasons,</p><p>First of all anything I am considering requires some fabric shopping. Lately that is getting to be a problem just getting the time.</p><p>Because I have not been sewing, everything that needs to be put away keeps finding its way to my sewing space and limiting available working space.</p><p>Arthritis in my hands has made every aspect of sewing more difficult. Everything just takes longer and I really need to be excited about what I am making.</p><p>This week I was motivated to make a lanyard for my mailbox key after having to call our apartment management twice in 2 weeks for a new key. I had an electronic key finder on both of the keys I lost so I know it is not in our apartment. I think I must have dropped the keys when my hands were full of junk mailbox. I decided I need to wear it around my neck when I go to get the mail. I made it long so it reaches to mailbox without having to stand on my tiptoes. I was going to put it on the purple lanyard with my whistle but that was too short. It should have taken 20 minutes, at the most, to make this but every single thing I did was cumbersome. Picking up the thread to thread the needle, inserting the bobbin case, pins and binding clips and even pulling my chair up to the machine were all awkward. I am not giving up on quilting yet but I will really need to be excited about what I am making.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVLLp6LA_3ddwv_lIkxfCeJI_ZSeKbEew8rCgjcw8jp8gLiwaSX-ShiKI1EeE_bSMEm7fkZSTY2UFYqwuf1xWV01A3IbZ6_YjZWSIkWOjZ3RPOGf0EZFoCf_s_prMu1Xv-_efI919zCeT_WSPDDKy2CaKYSJRX35CuX3FthtM_-6n3JuwBKlma7DXuA/s4128/MB%20Key%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="4128" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVLLp6LA_3ddwv_lIkxfCeJI_ZSeKbEew8rCgjcw8jp8gLiwaSX-ShiKI1EeE_bSMEm7fkZSTY2UFYqwuf1xWV01A3IbZ6_YjZWSIkWOjZ3RPOGf0EZFoCf_s_prMu1Xv-_efI919zCeT_WSPDDKy2CaKYSJRX35CuX3FthtM_-6n3JuwBKlma7DXuA/w491-h176/MB%20Key%20(2).jpg" width="491" /></a></div><p></p><p> If you wonder why I have a whistle, it is for walking in the park. I use a hiking stick when I walk and feel pretty secure but if I tripped and fell I might need help. I do carry my phone but the whistle is just an extra bit if security.</p><p>I have cleared my sewing room of all the things that don't belong there and I am ready to get to work again after a trip to the local fabric shop. It will take a while. We'll see how it goes!</p><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-72844931267450431602022-05-01T22:50:00.002-04:002022-05-01T22:50:47.825-04:00Well Hello!<p> Hello. It's been a while and I'm not sure anyone is still checking to see what's going on here in Gigi's Room. After I finished 2 grandchildren quilts and made a couple of blocks for our church group my sewing room was pretty much a "no sewing" room.</p><p>I finally moved all of the things that I was giving away out of my room and on to new homes.. That freed up some space in the closet and quite a few bins and boxes. I never got around to rearranging my room or even getting it in any optimal working order. Now and again I got things straightened up so it looked presentable; that usually resulted in things that needed to be sorted out from shoving the mess in the closet.</p><p>Life got in the way. Jack was in the hospital in November. It should have been a two or three day stay but end up being ten days and then almost 3 weeks in rehab to get him moving again after 10 days either in bed or a chair. He came home just when omicron was surging in early December. After that things quieted down and we stayed home for the most part. We saw some of our family at Christmas; anyone who was out and about stayed away from us, even though they were fully vaccinated. We saw our grandson and his family who were here from Washington state and another grandson and his family. Then in January we had a a new great grand daughter and in April a new great grandson.</p><p>So... now I have 2 more baby quilts to make. I ordered fabric online after a trip to the local quilt shop was unsuccessful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ovXPuEvUsNFu758glJTZlXn3Y_CQoNXMHWKHpGmNLlP_SiD0VapFI83lkUb6HTauczd1DIz6IwsBwxE19LySrijyB1NNvCQLBIv-PZAcXp-fMvxAR-KkWLg34uTKhYgtiinhvmwlPqpUWycrcjjQrd4C60f6TXcHbTrnm-7DPl1PU3eVhKdJ4Bth5w/s2783/cat%20panel%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="1600" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ovXPuEvUsNFu758glJTZlXn3Y_CQoNXMHWKHpGmNLlP_SiD0VapFI83lkUb6HTauczd1DIz6IwsBwxE19LySrijyB1NNvCQLBIv-PZAcXp-fMvxAR-KkWLg34uTKhYgtiinhvmwlPqpUWycrcjjQrd4C60f6TXcHbTrnm-7DPl1PU3eVhKdJ4Bth5w/w354-h614/cat%20panel%20(2).jpg" width="354" /></a></div><p></p>The squares in this panel are 6 1/2 inches and they ae nearly perfectly square so I will have no problems using them. I plan to cut out the squares and add a brighter fabric and some pieced strips between the squares. No definite plans yet.<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I picked this fabric because the baby girls family members are cat people. I may not use it for the quilt I am going to make now . The print is small and busy, maybe you can see the dime I placed on the right below a yellow heart. I love this print but I thought it would be a larger scale. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkEgFGO5q95v9ViYbUmTogxM-BEX3yC4G59Ym41frdsygR7veStamf5DNvj3Kv5DkDp_ue3JW33iC-KzOQizbr3dpjlMPEgguZpBG6CCc-K5_ACC239l2rcqNOmYsIWQA7VyeQYlY2O16qEmASzqO98y6zVzSUWL8zYAqOORm7ukOT7v5-e1kJITslQ/s3096/It's%20raining%20cats%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3096" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkEgFGO5q95v9ViYbUmTogxM-BEX3yC4G59Ym41frdsygR7veStamf5DNvj3Kv5DkDp_ue3JW33iC-KzOQizbr3dpjlMPEgguZpBG6CCc-K5_ACC239l2rcqNOmYsIWQA7VyeQYlY2O16qEmASzqO98y6zVzSUWL8zYAqOORm7ukOT7v5-e1kJITslQ/w548-h504/It's%20raining%20cats%20(2).jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This print is for the new grandson. It is a nice scale for both of the options I have in mind. The dime shows up here a little better on the right side next to the stop sign.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoekqiMqDrw2iTZZr39ch-oenwpMIB3Yoavw6VrzvNAeyPZ982fmKEl35SGfL6w73PKvSPGHIWS1PGTYaAK0UzP6vOtkPDZzYSSfAMu2rbyyPrQ-fuL2gEg06CBssuFImLIvIWHEala5ZOyeHDZpFguZtrQOsHLP80AXwMMq0e2cB_06pw1z1-3QM_jg/s2949/Construction%20machines%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2692" data-original-width="2949" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoekqiMqDrw2iTZZr39ch-oenwpMIB3Yoavw6VrzvNAeyPZ982fmKEl35SGfL6w73PKvSPGHIWS1PGTYaAK0UzP6vOtkPDZzYSSfAMu2rbyyPrQ-fuL2gEg06CBssuFImLIvIWHEala5ZOyeHDZpFguZtrQOsHLP80AXwMMq0e2cB_06pw1z1-3QM_jg/w424-h387/Construction%20machines%20(3).jpg" width="424" /></a></div>The dark areas on both the prints are my shadow. LOL I am still now much of a photographer.<div><br /></div><div>I am looking forward to making these 2 quilts even though my room has not been rearranged to he way I had hoped. I have to remind myself that when I started quilting I didn't even have a sewing room or even a designated space. Also,</div><div>I did not have a design wall, I used the floor or I spread a sheet on my bed and laid out my blocks and then covered them with tissue paper to keep everything in place and rolled the whole thing up when we went to bed.</div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-36410012775178500552021-08-31T13:26:00.000-04:002021-08-31T13:26:40.127-04:00Almost There<p> I still have things to move out of my sewing room but at least they are sorted and ready to go. Whatever I am keeping is sorted and ready to use. I do not have things all back in order but I did set up my sewing machine and I did some mending. I really hate mending, especially when it involves taking out seams. However, it was the first thing I did when I got my machine set up and it is good to have it out of the way.</p><p>Although thing are not back in order, I have cleared a space that is orderly enough to work. I made 2 blocks for an Underground Railroad quilt that our church group is making. They were pretty fast and easy to make. When I work with triangles I usually press the seams open but I followed the instructions and pressed to the dark and I have lumpy intersections and grumbled a lot.</p><p>These colors are pretty true, maybe a little darker in the photo. Not the colors I usually choose to use but they are true to the era the quilt represents.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbxXGMCeMkMDACHQqoyp4ulHJQdjCnabF6g2UCzeXQYJ9mIC3MLPyK49yAoTUlU7QscWZLIrwtFcSurg8K-lwqjY-cbIpx_kOo4yvSbhGn7SqVQw-DXGXfvgKJxVhAgLKK7PWOJwsDNFU/s2424/Bow+tie+blocks+%25282%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2424" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbxXGMCeMkMDACHQqoyp4ulHJQdjCnabF6g2UCzeXQYJ9mIC3MLPyK49yAoTUlU7QscWZLIrwtFcSurg8K-lwqjY-cbIpx_kOo4yvSbhGn7SqVQw-DXGXfvgKJxVhAgLKK7PWOJwsDNFU/w640-h333/Bow+tie+blocks+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><p>I have 2 other blocks to make from the same fabric pool but a different block. After I finish them I hope I can complete the job of putting my room in order. I am looking forward to using some of the things that I had forgotten. I have a few things I was all fired up about but life got in the way and they were put out of sight and out of mind.</p><p>Life is still getting in the way but I need to find the time for the joy of creativity and accomplishment.</p><p>That's what keeps the cranky pants in the closet. </p></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-23858760101367012072021-08-16T11:02:00.000-04:002021-08-16T11:02:28.097-04:00Stalled<p> It seems as though I have been working at purging and organizing for months and making no progress with organizing. July came and went and nothing to post about. In an effort to make my sewing space more <strike>cheerful</strike> (an area I don't want to avoid) I hung some of my older pieces on the design wall. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVKh_UIIvwqFxDd0Zu0rd9jsQbCNIXIA-htkufJSVYWUdIk0jprcyDk8R8OXBJWvh9WsIQqH2WMn6Kts7k5JnCQrHDWjbE3UzdjepwQm6GGsu3O-E2ag2A6VD9XK6g_s0WwG3LrI8x9r5/s1301/Summertime+in+Oz+%25282%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1301" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVKh_UIIvwqFxDd0Zu0rd9jsQbCNIXIA-htkufJSVYWUdIk0jprcyDk8R8OXBJWvh9WsIQqH2WMn6Kts7k5JnCQrHDWjbE3UzdjepwQm6GGsu3O-E2ag2A6VD9XK6g_s0WwG3LrI8x9r5/w400-h333/Summertime+in+Oz+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>This is Summertime in the Land of OZ. It is from a class with Lorraine Torrence . It looks a little dull here but is really light and bright.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd8gE65Wx7DbvYYzCeTea4Ij0KM0uNnNW0BgAZoJSlhQ8eLeEYbVhkvrxFiqgFT0ihtT3I6GoyuiNEXcvGc57RfJlEn4dmB_ou6kJ0WmtqxIEMe2hVIGMLiXc0VplEUbSEDMY2fuYJ7IV/s1186/spider+web.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1185" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd8gE65Wx7DbvYYzCeTea4Ij0KM0uNnNW0BgAZoJSlhQ8eLeEYbVhkvrxFiqgFT0ihtT3I6GoyuiNEXcvGc57RfJlEn4dmB_ou6kJ0WmtqxIEMe2hVIGMLiXc0VplEUbSEDMY2fuYJ7IV/s320/spider+web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is spider web from a pattern on Bonnie Hunters blog. this were made years apart but my color choices were pretty much the same.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UfQ6X8Q_dE0jbJopRbpqgp9YliqGZ2Wps-ZH9lY1M2WzLdb7gXNXojpAK1bcm4ESc2OheDYPQ_c-SsSUkI9MyvQYjt0b9jM5cW9mylFpho5YLzkUeKMNG3Qm4kmI0mCKPfkhQ13CKg3d/s1517/br+quilt+1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1517" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UfQ6X8Q_dE0jbJopRbpqgp9YliqGZ2Wps-ZH9lY1M2WzLdb7gXNXojpAK1bcm4ESc2OheDYPQ_c-SsSUkI9MyvQYjt0b9jM5cW9mylFpho5YLzkUeKMNG3Qm4kmI0mCKPfkhQ13CKg3d/s320/br+quilt+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>This is a wall hanging I made for our bathroom before our last move and it now resides in my sewing room closet along with the three banners below, which hung beside and between the mirrors above the countertop with 2 sinks.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMJAhmp373sh4NaI8eWVp370VGD2nhSX8dx3JsWqP8wOCZav30Y_MtMY8rl8V9_HIidGKxg1qqMoGXyA2Wc0d0ZxSGRvpU3m0TzJobSWKigvjroR44J3Y02j17iXK2bQ_dh2YDMcCU4cI/s1074/br+banners+x+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1074" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMJAhmp373sh4NaI8eWVp370VGD2nhSX8dx3JsWqP8wOCZav30Y_MtMY8rl8V9_HIidGKxg1qqMoGXyA2Wc0d0ZxSGRvpU3m0TzJobSWKigvjroR44J3Y02j17iXK2bQ_dh2YDMcCU4cI/s320/br+banners+x+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had finally resorted to drastic measures and took my sewing machine out of the sewing table and folded up the table and put it away. I kept coming across things that distracted me. Instead of sorting to give away I found myself putting together little packs of things that looked good together to make <span style="background-color: white;"><i>something.</i> </span>I even sewed some blocks together and quilted a couple of things for which I have no use and don't know anyone else who would want them. That is when I put the machine away and rearranged furniture to make a sorting area that is not conducive to any sort of work involved with sewing. I think I have finally tackled every box, drawer, basket, bin or stack of trays. I gave some things away and have some boxes ready to go, SOMEWHERE. I am not ready yet to get my room back to sewing/quilting mode. When I moved a chest from my bedroom to newly freed up space in my sewing room closet I found a drawer of old paperwork that needed to be shredded and disposed of and then 2 drawers of the same in Jack's dresser. He has always kept things very organized but paperwork going pack to 1980 is just over the top too much. Four very large bags of shredded paper later, there are three drawers freed up but I am still stalled.</p><p>So...... here I am with boxes and bags finally ready to move out but not yet gone. I'm feeling ready to sew again but my room needs to be put back in order and my machine put back in the table. I am going to get help to move everything again. After moving everything around to make a better working area I was exhausted and aching. I hope I will be back to "normal?" soon. We'll see!</p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-32084787062574455282021-06-28T20:51:00.002-04:002021-06-28T20:54:18.995-04:00Still here I am still here and about all I have been able to get around to on the computer is to check my email, my bank debit and credit cards, and the blogs that I follow. The daily life stuff seems to have a longer list and it all takes me longer to accomplish. <div> When I have time I am in my sewing room making more chaos out of chaos. That is not to say I haven't accomplished anything. I gave my grandson's wife some things and I hope that now that I have more things sorted out she will choose some scraps for improv piecing. I have an over abundance of those. </div><div><br /></div><div>Restoring order to my sewing room faces 2 big obstacles, interruptions and me getting sidetracked by something I find in the stuff I am sort. The interruptions cause me to lose focus and to lose track of where I left off.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmAho6cA0GZy62r77pXx2woXDMwvv5wfht2PSU7g1MTkMuI7GhE7-RQob3RPFYCUFNHVa3nG_7CRtvSoxvVARx_t-2bjJgoHUePHdPYwLb4z5yi_zJFXzZOCyMRfr1h-Jy-rocGM6NQV9/s2048/all+the+wall-28.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="2048" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmAho6cA0GZy62r77pXx2woXDMwvv5wfht2PSU7g1MTkMuI7GhE7-RQob3RPFYCUFNHVa3nG_7CRtvSoxvVARx_t-2bjJgoHUePHdPYwLb4z5yi_zJFXzZOCyMRfr1h-Jy-rocGM6NQV9/w310-h195/all+the+wall-28.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>This is my design wall as it was this morning. In the past several weeks I stuck things up on the wall that caught my interest as I went through my boxes. Some of my odd blocks are up there and some are in my parts department box. The parts department category is borrowed from "Collaborative Quilts" book by Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran. There are also some pieces of fabric that I picked up from someone else's scraps and one pink improv block which proved to be a distraction as I combed through the smallish pink scraps (that I was sorting) and began to audition pieces for another pink block. I kind of solved the distraction problem by keeping the door to my room open and pushed tight against the wall so it covered those blocks.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz_pZ_TwBpiNKBO0DHEug_9L3Fq9rgwUNaSIKGoY9CBt-T-qmLl4J9Qikm1vCeuDVJklhMYDMScid8-wDR9QAiILJTs9d0vQYMOzaIdwv5EoXV-OEgXMgP_hIZ3sTsEqtoKNjbiTL5e24/s2000/design+wall+6-28+%25282%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz_pZ_TwBpiNKBO0DHEug_9L3Fq9rgwUNaSIKGoY9CBt-T-qmLl4J9Qikm1vCeuDVJklhMYDMScid8-wDR9QAiILJTs9d0vQYMOzaIdwv5EoXV-OEgXMgP_hIZ3sTsEqtoKNjbiTL5e24/s320/design+wall+6-28+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I found this 12 block piece that was a leftover from my wall quilt for my boring, everything all white, bathroom. I have no plans to use this or do anything with it, I gave the first BR quilt away when we moved and it no longer fit, I had blocks left from the quilt and I made a four piece set of small wall hangings to fit that bathroom. After we moved again I put them on a hanger and they hang in a closet with a bunch of seasonal wall hangings.<div><div>You can see my first bathroom wall quilt and my 4 piece set of bathroom quilt pieces<a href="https://gigisroom-ruth.blogspot.com/search/label/Bathroom%20quilt"> here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>So even though I have no plans for this I became fixated on a block that had a center that looked all wrong, It was too pale and washed out. I made the mistake of sticking it on the wall where it was not out of sight or forgotten. Then I spent 3 days fussing with it on and off. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRf_c7PM8QbOIJm7Nmtnkr0AYU8w3jHulcHXm_6d0pPwliu6VXNUVeo5C26sX-VuSxgoapPIkBrOrfoOE2XllAvmWDP7a9uYTY8_TVVhiN-1f2B7EqJCq8E2c2yZtzSFIk7iKUvrTbjhU/s1448/fixed+block.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRf_c7PM8QbOIJm7Nmtnkr0AYU8w3jHulcHXm_6d0pPwliu6VXNUVeo5C26sX-VuSxgoapPIkBrOrfoOE2XllAvmWDP7a9uYTY8_TVVhiN-1f2B7EqJCq8E2c2yZtzSFIk7iKUvrTbjhU/s320/fixed+block.jpg" /></a></div></div>This is what it looks like now. Retrofitting the center of a improv block isn't the easies thing to do. First, I messed around with pulling fabrics from already sorted and packed scraps. Then I removed the offending center and stitched a rectangle and fussed around with the orientation. When I got it the way I thought I wanted it, I cut it to fit and stitched it in. That meant opening up parts of seams to allow me to stitch the new seams. Then I had to fix the seams I opened. I hope I got them all.</div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQUIrsGVGVvxWFRvxqK14BBbmVXADFwmkyVEM0zsaZE41S_SiAIkoH08FdK5b5dPKT5s6XqUc94chmOGMYSmc4iHt387R1xsm-9ablusoDCQ3Wrewr_DS-pHdMw82wqJuf2dKSII_ahxL/s946/fixed+block+%25282%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQUIrsGVGVvxWFRvxqK14BBbmVXADFwmkyVEM0zsaZE41S_SiAIkoH08FdK5b5dPKT5s6XqUc94chmOGMYSmc4iHt387R1xsm-9ablusoDCQ3Wrewr_DS-pHdMw82wqJuf2dKSII_ahxL/s320/fixed+block+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br />This is the new center. I don't have a photo of the old one because I lost it and I surely hope it is not going to pop up and ask to put into something else. I hope it is in the dog bed scraps. Though I have no plans for this 12 block piece I am satisfied to have fixed it, please don't anyone ask me why. I am putting it out of sight and I will be getting back to sorting and clearing out. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have made some progress and though the end is not in sight I can look at some empty boxes and some boxes that have organized strips and small pieces organized by color. There is a box or partial impro blocks and a box with sets of things that go together in some way. </div><div><br /></div><div>I can see a way to move forward. As I go long I am becoming more and more inclined to pass most of this stuff on to someone else.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-21177119476806053042021-05-11T10:07:00.002-04:002021-05-11T10:07:42.029-04:00Finished<p style="text-align: center;">Alphabet quilt is finished </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYflsix4GqT7xgP0G8OrSVRCm0_VV5A4j11CLHvDqOhWSAHW3dFoofOT6y68clsXmSTAjQ6AbNrvts8m70cM3Lr_6hNETb9BHx8bCZydUnBp5_njUYx8zqyxwuZu6BNwqArCuGVXXcabf/s1181/finished+quilt+%25283%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1089" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYflsix4GqT7xgP0G8OrSVRCm0_VV5A4j11CLHvDqOhWSAHW3dFoofOT6y68clsXmSTAjQ6AbNrvts8m70cM3Lr_6hNETb9BHx8bCZydUnBp5_njUYx8zqyxwuZu6BNwqArCuGVXXcabf/w590-h640/finished+quilt+%25283%2529.jpeg" width="590" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The quilting went well as I quilted in the ditch along the sashing but after that, not so much. Every block had to be free motion quilted differently. I had to change thread colors several times and determine where to start and stop stitching in order to minimize the number of thread tails to bury. My fingers have been especially troublesome during this quilting process so there were some days I just skipped working on the quilt. Who would ever think that picking up thread to thread a needle would be painful? When your thumb and index finger don't meet properly, your pinch is inadequate and that makes you press them together harder and that causes pain in the joint. Free motion quilting is also a joint stressor. As I went along, I was not pleased with the quilting but after the center of the quilt was finished and the border quilted and the binding finished, I like it.... a lot.</p><p>My daughter stopped for a visit last Friday and took the quilt with her to give to the new parents. It was after she left that I realized that I had no photo of the finished quilt. I texted her to take photos of the front and back but I have only one of the front. That's OK the back doesn't look different than the flimsy except for the binding.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-45812615425786526012021-05-03T10:54:00.006-04:002021-05-03T10:54:43.600-04:00Still working on the second alphabet Quilt.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGzl4iuswYW-5w1h-aROQK2I3ngtXYeQZIx3EKxjDKTFKUHxB_jR6TvAiMJtNzWNkDmL5SplTY7DcdACqeAc9H5lQ3vL15Xs-BYifs7bvC9AvXhyphenhyphenNAr5wBJeNX_vWVabIZGv4aH_Z1izS/s2048/20210416_070329.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1686" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGzl4iuswYW-5w1h-aROQK2I3ngtXYeQZIx3EKxjDKTFKUHxB_jR6TvAiMJtNzWNkDmL5SplTY7DcdACqeAc9H5lQ3vL15Xs-BYifs7bvC9AvXhyphenhyphenNAr5wBJeNX_vWVabIZGv4aH_Z1izS/w367-h447/20210416_070329.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><br /></div> The back for the second alphabet quilt has been finished after many pauses to take care of all the little things that make up my days. And I am almost finished quilting the blocks on the front.<div>It has been a slow process free motion quilting. Each block is different and I have to determine where to start and stop as I loosely quilt around the words ad the animals and then bury the tread tails. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdr-biwCUohFKuI2Tj4fpXfnzTFE0pnRyE-wHH-anS0XmlvC7THBi9veKnfm0jsXJieFdWdySAG27i_IyUmsTkx6NA_e_owHVHD4SiXsMmNvdaYH1U9V8Oeb7WxcfzmO4wnDvkpNYnoD5/s1520/numbers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1478" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdr-biwCUohFKuI2Tj4fpXfnzTFE0pnRyE-wHH-anS0XmlvC7THBi9veKnfm0jsXJieFdWdySAG27i_IyUmsTkx6NA_e_owHVHD4SiXsMmNvdaYH1U9V8Oeb7WxcfzmO4wnDvkpNYnoD5/s320/numbers.jpg" /></a></div>I had purchased this fabric for the back at the time I bought the panel. I knew I would be piecing the back and I thought this would be a good choice. When I started working on the pinwheel blocks I was dissatisfied about the colors. I wished it had some yellow. I decided to color the white numbers with my Derwent Inktense yellow pencil and see how it worked out.<div><br /></div><div>I colored the numbers in a 12 inch section and then wet the colored numbers with a paint bush and let the fabric dry. I washed it with detergent (Tide) and let it dry and ironed it and color was good and stable.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLze1O9vNCOGdk2lbidA3qoVDWgit1bGzzwsRAN7swUch9UFjCvgn3R-xMNpa-cuL5yXhB-kpfJbGSGguiDeK0p6STSZaTQlFdJF-JMurue1avcT2RL2L4YHguviSDGjqV1ASkqUXq2nTt/s1890/20210415_153913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="1890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLze1O9vNCOGdk2lbidA3qoVDWgit1bGzzwsRAN7swUch9UFjCvgn3R-xMNpa-cuL5yXhB-kpfJbGSGguiDeK0p6STSZaTQlFdJF-JMurue1avcT2RL2L4YHguviSDGjqV1ASkqUXq2nTt/s320/20210415_153913.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The other colors are really the same but my photo makes everything else look darker. I seem to have a problem photographing yellow. Maybe I just have a problem with photography.</div><div><br /></div><div>I bought the Inktense pencils a few years ago when I was playing with adding some color to my small Zentangle inspired pieces. </div><div><br /></div><div>When you wet the colored areas the color turns to ink and it is supposed to be permanent. So far that has bee true for everything for which I have used the pencils.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I should have a finished quilt soon as there are only 5 more blocks to quilt and the borders will be easy and fast. The arthritis in my hands has become more troublesome and any hand work, like burying the threads, has become somewhat difficult and painful. Working on a couple of blocks at a time works out pretty well and I have been using compression gloves which help a little. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is for a child that my grandson and his wife are in the process of adopting a child from the Ukraine. He is about the same age as their 3 year old and he has arthrogryposis the same genetic disorder as their child. They are expecting to travel to the Ukraine soon to bring him home. If you are a praying person, keep them in your prayers for a safe and uneventful journey there and back.</div><div><p></p></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-48718923336184799312021-04-12T13:28:00.001-04:002021-04-12T13:28:24.881-04:00Another Alphabet Quilt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsln0Y3rcCZdR1W7ITKbah9-Iqv7tNF0sSC-aCMcNgcaltjeIofMz3J-7NI0RgTk4V8rZVc3lgSC1CqT5q-jisK4_udpPVQ_6P-SlgR8sfh36gQH-e5j2jy0vNbIufrxLUHDdXocfrgF5/s2048/alphabet+412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1769" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsln0Y3rcCZdR1W7ITKbah9-Iqv7tNF0sSC-aCMcNgcaltjeIofMz3J-7NI0RgTk4V8rZVc3lgSC1CqT5q-jisK4_udpPVQ_6P-SlgR8sfh36gQH-e5j2jy0vNbIufrxLUHDdXocfrgF5/w382-h443/alphabet+412.jpg" width="382" /></a></div> I started another alphabet quilt from a panel. This is what I have so far.<p></p><p>This one was printed lengthwise on the fabric so in my mind it was not useable without cutting it apart. I cut all the squares and of course they were not exactly square. I cut them all square by cutting a bit less than 1/4 inch into the printed "sashing" between the squares . It worked out well but it gave me 5 3/4 inch squares to work with, kind of an odd size. I cut my sashing strips 1 1/2 inches from red fabric which was almost exactly the same shade as the printed sashing.</p><p>In addition to the lettered squares there are 2 squares with several of the animals in the square and no letters. That made 28 squares and setting the squares 5 to a row and 6 rows, I needed 2 more squares.</p><p>I thought of pinwheels but 2 or even 3 colors in a pinwheels seemed be lacking. I found some 16 patch leftover blocks that had all the colors in the quilt and I took the rows apart from 2 of them and added the rows to 2 other blocks and made 25 patch blocks that fit the corners exactly. So.... there they are and I am not certain they are the best choice. In person they are much brighter and the colors are a good fit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZtnZdUaNV9GVomuDCObmaHXrtThdsBCGz5x1UTpTdEICSGSr_PqNnHgk_qgAGBbCODvhC6VY5O-C5wOE2auqi19odJm62xVNLaqM39b1_5B_XEZWiLjoPxDcFO6GkNf1srsrNzJUwfAn/s2548/ble+border.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="2548" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZtnZdUaNV9GVomuDCObmaHXrtThdsBCGz5x1UTpTdEICSGSr_PqNnHgk_qgAGBbCODvhC6VY5O-C5wOE2auqi19odJm62xVNLaqM39b1_5B_XEZWiLjoPxDcFO6GkNf1srsrNzJUwfAn/w492-h149/ble+border.jpg" width="492" /></a></div></div><p>I am ready to add a bright blue speckled fabric for the borders and the backing will be the same. <span style="text-align: center;"> If I have to piece the backing, I might make pinwheels. We'll See. </span></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-89873468020740079162021-04-06T12:33:00.002-04:002021-04-09T17:05:44.295-04:00Cat Quilts<p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> I have been cleaning and sorting and purging and making a ever enlarging mess. I do have a plan in mind but until I can move some of my sorted things along, I am not making a lot of progress. </span></span></p><p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sometimes you just have to sew, even in the middle of the chaos. I have a lot of cat fabric and as I have mentioned before A LOT of scraps. My new neighbor has 2 young cats who have no quilts. I can fix that. The cat who received the quilt I made last month was pleased with his quilt so I am encouraged to make more. Cat quilts are fun to make and I have a number of cats in mind to be the recipients. I have plenty of raw material for making quilts and they will hopefully use up a respectable amount of fabric and batting. I will also be able to keep on sorting and purging and when I need a break I can make cat quilts. </span></span></p><p></p><p>This is front and back of a previously made quilt. It is about 24 inches square. I had used odd shaped scraps of assorted cat fabric and a lot of short strips. I quilted in the ditch around the strips.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3tVfwFshz0AmctL9jZ-oi456vNq2cqPYVgmWehvMUhxuAfH8nLZ7xzlm3GrVNlW3UHqDU0eJGcS5AGWemhD0KB5XMsZUzLm5DW7j48akDvkKqTF0spdrrEgGd8VO1r2QpOzy-xfO-mM2/s2519/emmas+cats+collagea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2519" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3tVfwFshz0AmctL9jZ-oi456vNq2cqPYVgmWehvMUhxuAfH8nLZ7xzlm3GrVNlW3UHqDU0eJGcS5AGWemhD0KB5XMsZUzLm5DW7j48akDvkKqTF0spdrrEgGd8VO1r2QpOzy-xfO-mM2/w640-h318/emmas+cats+collagea.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Below, is the quilt I just made. It is also about 24 inches square and it was a panel so it just needed a border. I quilted around the squares and around the individual cats. I am using only what I have so although I would have liked to use a print on the back to hide my quilting stop and start knots, I used a plain allover print. That's what is nice about cats they won't care.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT6rBpPcX3Mm-xrIG0-tbCUL6nykKSGp-63AYtxtz0-CTrIixwZ3TzCURtvj40H69f8AiPbzxT-Xwr_3Wo5z5OvphiSNKnDNBh5GoHlqpYbHnFYXQWGnMocMAsPBWPwvMYEQ2Q_ko1Dbc/s2510/another+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT6rBpPcX3Mm-xrIG0-tbCUL6nykKSGp-63AYtxtz0-CTrIixwZ3TzCURtvj40H69f8AiPbzxT-Xwr_3Wo5z5OvphiSNKnDNBh5GoHlqpYbHnFYXQWGnMocMAsPBWPwvMYEQ2Q_ko1Dbc/w640-h320/another+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I am working on another child's alphabet quilt from a different panel than the last one. More about that another time. I do need to get it finished quickly so I have organized the current mess in my sewing room in a way that will give me space to work and space to sort.<div><br /></div><div>My plan is to work my way through each bag or box at a time and put away or dispose of everything in each one before I drag out another box or bag. No more opening another one because there are things in different places that go together.</div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-4819149486892678522021-02-17T22:03:00.009-05:002021-04-09T17:07:25.674-04:00Bonus Quilt<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboTbX89y9rAijBwe345QJ1ogl_Y0mptDXAuTkGMmSRmlWyyWSNI8mgLkSYephyphenhyphenhwbFISSjsnjhj6i-xw290pK4u3aN3MkXx1J2Ood2WVqPR1U3fJ8Y0KZ2KK7tpjAE5oCp4DNiF9G7Mwb/s2048/catfor+cueno.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboTbX89y9rAijBwe345QJ1ogl_Y0mptDXAuTkGMmSRmlWyyWSNI8mgLkSYephyphenhyphenhwbFISSjsnjhj6i-xw290pK4u3aN3MkXx1J2Ood2WVqPR1U3fJ8Y0KZ2KK7tpjAE5oCp4DNiF9G7Mwb/s320/catfor+cueno.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Some of us call them free quilts but, as my husband pointed out to me, they are not really free. However a bonus is just as good as free. There are leftovers from the Alphabet quilt and I do not want to add any more scraps to my overwhelming collection of scraps. This is the bonus quilt made with the Alphabet leftovers and a block from my leftover blocks box and a piece of flannel for backing that was leftover from making flannel board for a kids activity at church. </div><div style="text-align: left;">It is 26 inches square.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROmZK4pkAsMu898YobPuYjXd3tPnCqc0J_ralub81e_EvVJD_ZBTw74556sVOOx6PEKlLS5IHGeKS4S4pjRRZPHR8PCachMtfSFw8K_yYIYrqeE0AVR6lhrqmLGFwv_jxk9VJQnSENmgz/s1165/LB+cats2+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1162" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROmZK4pkAsMu898YobPuYjXd3tPnCqc0J_ralub81e_EvVJD_ZBTw74556sVOOx6PEKlLS5IHGeKS4S4pjRRZPHR8PCachMtfSFw8K_yYIYrqeE0AVR6lhrqmLGFwv_jxk9VJQnSENmgz/s320/LB+cats2+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">At one time, I asked The Friendship group for 12 inch Anvil blocks with improv centers and bright color HST's. I think I made a top and sent it to Victoria Findlay Wolfe. On her blog, she had asked for Anvil blocks with blue backgrounds to make quilts for cancer patients.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> I found three leftover Anvil blocks in my block box. Days earlier, I had found an extra large zip lock bag with a bunch of leftover pieces of various Laurel Burch fabrics, I wanted to use the block and the LB cat fabric and the HST"s and the striped fabric were perfect together. So I replaced the center improv pieced square with the LB cat fabric. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I've had fun with this, I didn't obsess over every little thing and my workmanship is pretty good but not perfect, after all, THIS IS FOR A CAT AND I HOPE HE LIKES IT.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As I started putting things away, I found three more boxes of scraps that are unsorted. This is what happens when when I need to clean up my sewing space in a hurry. I stuff things in boxes and then never get back to it. Who would believe that when I finished my first bed quilt in 1985 I thought that was the only quilt I would ever make? And who would ever think that I would have accumulated so much stuff?</div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-61664349852030479162021-02-04T14:29:00.004-05:002021-04-09T17:08:55.853-04:00Finished!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I finished the Alphabet quilt on Tuesday. I woke up early and that gave me a big chunk of time to sew the binding. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G-aLzxWcTHE73d6ujIUceFy0rbUZvS4Dq5CfV20oQ038SOc-1pB_HwXIIMwpmwP0H7i_aytVS3JanPKrFdMo_qo5BGgxFe0GUWgmQ-GFPJnC4XG80lx8QIrgq_ifL5OjZlTc1tCG4WdQ/s2048/finished+quilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G-aLzxWcTHE73d6ujIUceFy0rbUZvS4Dq5CfV20oQ038SOc-1pB_HwXIIMwpmwP0H7i_aytVS3JanPKrFdMo_qo5BGgxFe0GUWgmQ-GFPJnC4XG80lx8QIrgq_ifL5OjZlTc1tCG4WdQ/w452-h640/finished+quilt.jpg" width="452" /></a></div> I altered my technique for fusing the binding on the back before I stitch it down from the front. Today I left the paper on the 1/4 inch strips of fusible web and ironed them on the edge of the binding. After it cooled I removed all the paper and folded the binding to cover the stitches and fused the binding. I was easier than folding and pressing and then tucking the almost invisible fusible under the folded binding. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided that using my walking foot was really a bad idea for the kind of quilting I was doing on the panel. iItwas not only tedious but my hands hurt from turning and twisting and stuffing the quilt under the arm of the machine. I set up my machine for free motion and hoped for the best. It turned out OK. My stitches were not always consistent but they were within the acceptable range and I improved as I went along. As I started each letter and animal I planned what i intended to do and it worked out OK most of the time. There were a few times that I got lost and ended up where I had to end my stitching and start again in another place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS5bMcU4phxTlfmR1dC_XU7TElHlcGignvSrP_F0w27wkSZrKBQkNLOsgzUPe0O7eM0BuzbPuwIJjuyVQCtryQ2C3nRlVbteOAnlWmA7WYSWy-J3MLACy81OPhiv-t2JqSRxpGMBkX2wz/s2048/collage+fish+and+toucan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1408" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS5bMcU4phxTlfmR1dC_XU7TElHlcGignvSrP_F0w27wkSZrKBQkNLOsgzUPe0O7eM0BuzbPuwIJjuyVQCtryQ2C3nRlVbteOAnlWmA7WYSWy-J3MLACy81OPhiv-t2JqSRxpGMBkX2wz/w440-h640/collage+fish+and+toucan.jpg" width="440" /></a></div>These two sections turned out to different to stitch than I expected. I thought the branches and leaves would give me a problem working out the direction to meander around them. It was intuitive easy after all. I though the fish would be easy but I got lost and had to take out some of the stitching. It is not perfect but I am happy with it nonetheless. I guess free motion quilting is still an option for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overall the density of the stitching over the entire quilt is consistent. The quilt is nice and flat and would hang well though I hope it will be used and not hung on a wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have learned that I can adjust to my changing abilities and to all the things that have altered the amount of sewing/playing time I have,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did have another big frustration. When I was free motion quilting the foot control quit working again. This time I didn't pitch a fit over it. I just turned off the machine and folded up the quilt and went and did some housekeeping chores. I considered that maybe I should just buy a new machine. I was also thinking about what I was doing before it happened. Just as the first time, I had taken a break <i>after I had wound some bobbins. </i>I looked at the bobbin winding switch and it looked like it was switched for winding the bobbin. I turned the machine on, flipped the switch and guess what. It worked. This is not the first time this happened but it has been a long time since it did. That is probably why I didn't think of it. The problems with my original l foot pedal were because my cat had chewed the cord. I guess I was still in the mindset that there was something wrong with the wiring on the new foot pedal. I am trying to let myself off the hook for being such a dunce. At any rate I am so relieved that I don't have to buy another foot pedal or worse yet another machine. </div><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-53591151775193429982021-01-27T11:37:00.003-05:002021-01-27T11:40:23.071-05:00Sigh..............<p> Sometimes it seems as though nothing is going to be quick and easy.</p><p>After I finished basting the center panel of the Alphabet quilt, I stitched 2 more letter sections. I went much easier than removing pins <b>but</b> all the turning I had to do using the walking foot turned out to be a huge struggle, much more than I expected it to be. I came to the conclusion that it could not be any worse to do it free motion and it might be better, and it was. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHj07D_jB_MTn2-d0q52xFUcVxoJb8Q-qlarDRhmHhBkseMvSws_mwEKzyLsqn1nHJwFwQSgsE96eAqfTOZWIfzsn2xuy90ilfhR1X1-QM11jpBCcWH9YCQZnNvgibBE7jluPC7mIJn71/s2048/20210127_101152.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1739" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHj07D_jB_MTn2-d0q52xFUcVxoJb8Q-qlarDRhmHhBkseMvSws_mwEKzyLsqn1nHJwFwQSgsE96eAqfTOZWIfzsn2xuy90ilfhR1X1-QM11jpBCcWH9YCQZnNvgibBE7jluPC7mIJn71/w340-h400/20210127_101152.jpg" width="340" /></a></div>The numbat and octopus were done with the walking foot and the reindeer and the sheep were done free motion. I had a little less control that I wanted but it was no harder on my hands than with the walking foot. From that point the quilting process moved along much faster.<p></p><p>I took a break to do something and when I returned to my machine the foot control would not work. I checked everything, it was plugged in, I could move the needle up and down manually by turning the wheel ,the machine turned on and off the way it always does, there was nothing that appeared to obstruct the full compression of the pedal. This pedal is not a genuine Bernina but it was half as much less than the cost of the Bernina and all the reviews on amazon were good. It worked perfectly from the day I started using it until that day. I was completely frustrated and needed to consider what to do next. I moved furniture and set up my other machine for quilting. I have never used this machine for quilting and though it was far from ideal, I thought it would work. It did not. I could not get a decent stitch.</p><p>I asked my friends for help and one of them was going to let me try her foot pedal to see if the problem was my machine or my foot pedal. I go my Bernina up on the tale again and just on the off chance that the foot pedal would work I tried it and it worked.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedtsloOeODfweoPqrc6VVl_JYcWe2Y20XrmMLI3pZUsdJCLHBgKn6Ew3FE_nfrt4xq5iH8Lk3l99xl0SkWGmtS3lgm-tbRI3HKlXEpXhgSfbHzUGgGsD8opVENmM9IajqyKYCYuaYfD-a/s2048/wrapping+paper.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1591" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedtsloOeODfweoPqrc6VVl_JYcWe2Y20XrmMLI3pZUsdJCLHBgKn6Ew3FE_nfrt4xq5iH8Lk3l99xl0SkWGmtS3lgm-tbRI3HKlXEpXhgSfbHzUGgGsD8opVENmM9IajqyKYCYuaYfD-a/w311-h400/wrapping+paper.jpg" width="311" /></a></div>So..... back to work. I had about an hour to sew and I got ready and found this on the back of the quilt.<p></p><p>Somehow a sheet of wrapping paper found its way onto the table next to my machine. There it is, stitched right on to the back of the quilt. I started to cut it away but looked at the stitches and saw that they needed to be removed. I have no idea where that wrapping paper came from. I don't remember seeing it in the last 15 years. The 4 foot table next to my machine is right inside my sewing room door and often I will set things there that I need to put away somewhere else. I had been digging in my hall closet for something and that is probably where the wrapping paper was hiding before it flew across the hall onto my table.</p><p>Well, the wrapping paper stitching is gone and I have another hour or so to quilt. I may not finish this quilt this month but I might.</p><p>We'll See.</p><br /><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-44470167102843939952021-01-17T22:09:00.003-05:002021-01-17T22:09:28.787-05:00Sometimes the long way is the shortest route!<p>My bright idea with the 1/2 inch applique pins wasn't such a good idea after all. The first motif, the numbat, was really easy but the octopus was not! I had to reposition the quilt many times while quilting the octopus and the little pins kept slipping out. There was not as much twisting and turning and stuffing the quilt under the arm of the machine with the numbat. I did some more quilting on the pinwheel border while I thought about what to do. Removing the safety pins as I quilted was really hard at times for my old fingers so I decided the easiest/fastest option was to baste the panel. It is taking a long time but I know it is going to work out better/faster in the long run.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazsa-jAL8coY0cgiBqWM7eddjjmAda7PAmtsX0dqiuAnxT4v4LMlljNpgQaVbRe39STQOW-iLp6HMYZV4_K-zpwa7hMr2hFSYM_VLBEV-xIaAOj_RT8-lSpUsYEebkLBUBLaQMUkoC2__/s2048/basting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1822" data-original-width="2048" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazsa-jAL8coY0cgiBqWM7eddjjmAda7PAmtsX0dqiuAnxT4v4LMlljNpgQaVbRe39STQOW-iLp6HMYZV4_K-zpwa7hMr2hFSYM_VLBEV-xIaAOj_RT8-lSpUsYEebkLBUBLaQMUkoC2__/w640-h569/basting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The numbat and the octopus are quilted. Below them, you can see my basting and the 3 1/2 inch needle I am using. I have some long needles from making cloth dolls and they are fairly easy for me to hold. However, it has taken me over a week to <i>almost </i>finish basting the panel. There have been too many interruptions and not enough "getting back" to the task at hand. </p><p>I am not so sure I will finish by the end of the month; who knows how many more times I will need to do something I hadn't planned on or how any hours I will have to sit waiting "on hold" during a necessary phone call. I am going to set my timer for 15 minutes when I can't have a big chuck of time and I will get it finished. We'll see how that works.</p><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-64614878499209411022021-01-01T11:43:00.000-05:002021-01-01T11:43:59.903-05:00Tedium Awaits<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQq46g8g_7sIJ7ZMW3G5AeOTdjq9Pp-2yXdxHqaHbC9srLRC81Ci6-99aW3QdjDOfsqU0v0anlrOlCwkoSui2xQoQ2FOqttwKA6vS6oUTfvPwvF-0lgrm4AizGXS649CyCQbvPrA3sGqH/s2048/fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQq46g8g_7sIJ7ZMW3G5AeOTdjq9Pp-2yXdxHqaHbC9srLRC81Ci6-99aW3QdjDOfsqU0v0anlrOlCwkoSui2xQoQ2FOqttwKA6vS6oUTfvPwvF-0lgrm4AizGXS649CyCQbvPrA3sGqH/w480-h640/fish.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> I knew quilting the Alphabet panel would be tedious but I think I underestimated just how much that would be. I have stabilized the borders and quilted the pinwheels in the top and bottom borders. I decided to quilt around one or two of the animal sections to see how it was going to work.<p></p><p>This photo is the somewhat unorganized pin basting. I had pinned all over the panel to flatten out any bubbles and wrinkles. I knew I would do a little more pinning when I started to quilt.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDq4WJH80lRUaQX0bJSURZX5bmZ0Dq-G3MPbqNWeoMUDIB3kf2va4XAxGX2zr-x-ceMhJsEZVJhGm-_I3YrAGn_YnKNIfS1GG-PWfzeq_bimfZobNcL_lYX7LOVD6hYCGsYvnnNxURmv1/s2048/numbat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDq4WJH80lRUaQX0bJSURZX5bmZ0Dq-G3MPbqNWeoMUDIB3kf2va4XAxGX2zr-x-ceMhJsEZVJhGm-_I3YrAGn_YnKNIfS1GG-PWfzeq_bimfZobNcL_lYX7LOVD6hYCGsYvnnNxURmv1/w400-h300/numbat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This is the one section I quilted. I knew right away that the safety pins were gong to be a problem. Using the walking foot requires lot of turning and repositioning of the quilt and the safety pins kept getting hung up on the foot. I had already ruled out free motion quilting. A little might be OK but not this much and not so close around the various small elements. I need to have more control than my fingers can manage.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzlVZRGlLSRzaY8gaeeH9PHK9YzMvZuzzFeuDn7Ib4YSz2ULclJkZ0Zg6ibvVJHLbnTQd8Rk4_xQ1QBJb8Alt409ABOzNTLLymdIFr8nwHTTSI0E5YZ_TDhVpxN4Bj1YinHyDGLH1-Q89/s2048/octopus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzlVZRGlLSRzaY8gaeeH9PHK9YzMvZuzzFeuDn7Ib4YSz2ULclJkZ0Zg6ibvVJHLbnTQd8Rk4_xQ1QBJb8Alt409ABOzNTLLymdIFr8nwHTTSI0E5YZ_TDhVpxN4Bj1YinHyDGLH1-Q89/w480-h640/octopus.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>This is my solution. As I start on each new letter, with all the little bits around the animal, I will replace the safety pins with 1/2 inch applique pins. I was able to work around the pins without taking them out and there wasn't any problem with getting stabbed by the little pins.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is not going to be fast and stitching a few stitches and turning and repositioning the quilt is gong o be tiresome. I think I can manage two letters/animals a day. I will work on the rest of the pinwheels as I go along. Small pinwheels have gotten pretty tiresome too. </div><div><br /></div><div>I like this quilt enough to stick with it. Maybe I can get it finished in a month. </div><div><br /></div><div> We'll see!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-12331378512759730792020-12-29T12:44:00.000-05:002020-12-29T12:44:36.407-05:002020 Almost Gone<p><br /> Well 2020 is almost gone and it is almost time to take down the Christmas tree and put away all of the Christmas quilts and various Christmas items.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSGkH-pMg7_7f0TUx9hUK9qXH95xUonI93IAqboEwKxPnfhh3OqgCAhCn83Etz80uQEKRMMmtCagoLK77NPQfXFn2A3pOtLXfA2g91VTYMpxqrgFjlyYybk_vfD1Qdh1Mzeowu9pRtElC/s800/IMG_1651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSGkH-pMg7_7f0TUx9hUK9qXH95xUonI93IAqboEwKxPnfhh3OqgCAhCn83Etz80uQEKRMMmtCagoLK77NPQfXFn2A3pOtLXfA2g91VTYMpxqrgFjlyYybk_vfD1Qdh1Mzeowu9pRtElC/w480-h640/IMG_1651.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>in November, I started a post when I got out all the Quilts and table toppers, Christmas linens, dishes and all the things that I have from years past. But life got in the way and I never finished it.<p></p><p> I usually get a few new Christmas items each year but I tend to keep everything and get it all out and use it. Jack and I both like to look at the tree and remember who gave us each ornament and where or why we bought things. Of course there are homemade items from our children, grandchildren great grandchildren and friends. This year we got a new artificial tree, much smaller than our last one but much fuller and with more lights. I won't show all my Christmas quilts and table toppers etc but this is the tree with many of the things that bring back good memories.</p><p>We have enjoyed looking at it but we will enjoy the unobstructed view of the birds that come to the feeder outside our window and the squirrels who come for peanuts on the window sill.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOj4K6LczQQSS0eW-WtWGoB83eFEthYeUDl1P6-k_anBCfbF-kqhNoi7Wts2VWvzl8jjKJY43nAKoD0oQxK32niukbYZ8Pi4TGsOii8FIS5e6W8MdzMZXU-PtfhOL3cmgX3qKIiZGe0aj_/s800/IMG_1652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOj4K6LczQQSS0eW-WtWGoB83eFEthYeUDl1P6-k_anBCfbF-kqhNoi7Wts2VWvzl8jjKJY43nAKoD0oQxK32niukbYZ8Pi4TGsOii8FIS5e6W8MdzMZXU-PtfhOL3cmgX3qKIiZGe0aj_/s16000/IMG_1652.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ApOMwYsJRpwy5tgYSUW67ZYB5YJ7vIwRoReL1t5xLiSKvQ8IAkdvqR5GpenPi3_PKEhNscUmTL3J7dBshQKQBV_zM8s2XRm6xuNSn6zp1hYrQZrmyiF0j44_RsS_qbKb8V6ikklrBn5n/s2048/Amaryllis+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ApOMwYsJRpwy5tgYSUW67ZYB5YJ7vIwRoReL1t5xLiSKvQ8IAkdvqR5GpenPi3_PKEhNscUmTL3J7dBshQKQBV_zM8s2XRm6xuNSn6zp1hYrQZrmyiF0j44_RsS_qbKb8V6ikklrBn5n/w366-h640/Amaryllis+2.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div>We will still have this amaryllis to look at for a short time. This is the first time I have ever had an amaryllis so I don't know how long the blossoms last but it has been fun watching it grow each day. I plan on taking care of it according to the instructions and having it next year. We'll see!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>My little Christmas cactus did not fare so well. It had a lot of blossoms and buds ready to open and one by one they fell off. Each leaf had little red/pink pinheads that I assume were buds but they never materialized.</div><div>This is the second time I have had a nice Christmas cactus that didn't do well for me.</div><div>This one still looks health and I will try to keep it. We'll see about that too!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfSbsz06U4bJOAIRm9ZrGXTjzLUmbR3BSc6uTWY33PQkknkuskJs4zcdhYTh5EbYADML-eZ6Y7GHmGgr0SxjphQyOOseoB1ctNXykLgIWoyD79R6BzgZzu6uCocir1ETmhp6PolxrwDUl/s2560/IMG_1679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfSbsz06U4bJOAIRm9ZrGXTjzLUmbR3BSc6uTWY33PQkknkuskJs4zcdhYTh5EbYADML-eZ6Y7GHmGgr0SxjphQyOOseoB1ctNXykLgIWoyD79R6BzgZzu6uCocir1ETmhp6PolxrwDUl/w400-h300/IMG_1679.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>On the quilting front. I have made progress on the alphabet quilt. I finished the back and layered the quilt and have started quilting it.<br /></div><div>I quilted in the ditch around the outside of the inner border and between the blocks all around the border. On the bottom border I quilted the pinwheels. This is as far as I got. </div><div>I started with the borders because I didn't know what I wanted to do for the alphabet panel.</div><div>I asked a friend how she quilted her panel and I think I will do what she did. She replied that she did <span style="color: #3d85c6;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">a very erratic loose stipple and went around each letter and outlined each animal figure. It seemed </span></i></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to make the letters and the animals pop out!</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "</span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </i></span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> That sounds good to me. I will do it with my walking foot as it is hard for me to do much free motion quilting. My old hands have a hard time moving the quilt for free motion. It won't be fast but I will get it done.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I am ready to say goodbye to 2020 it has certainly been a challenge. I am feeling cautiously optimistic and praying for healing for our country and for our planet. I am trusting that God is in control.</span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Happy New Year</span></span></h1><div><p></p></div></div></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-79093056433102287282020-11-21T22:02:00.000-05:002020-11-21T22:02:00.460-05:00A Flimsey<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="1523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbOZIC8pI7Sg1UH9T24pJgHWNHvTkbEWliw1FtVJQmvltvQcppxW2ui4WmpCjETOXJ7fil3mxqXQiDP3096vQxbXG1DsNlYGmAIK5uRf0kTOnIIjfV9Raq8xeOf6lO8HzAD2I1Z73azJF/w454-h640/IMG_1578+%25282%2529.JPG" width="454" /></div></div><p></p>The Alphabet Animal quilt is a Flimsy. <p></p><p>It feels good to have this top finished. It has taken me a while to get it finished due to interruptions. However, there was another reason it took so long. I didn't have a solid plan for this quilt. I changed my mind more than once as I went along and all along the way I had to make decisions about what to do. When I bought the fabric I was going to use the striped fabric for the borders and the music note background for the back, very simple. By the time I got home I had already decided I would make a few pinwheels with the solid fabric. The solids stash has turned into a pretty hearty supply after my purchases for the Framed 9 patch and this was a good way to use some of it. I think I went back to the shop and bought more of the music fabric a few days later.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw574JlRVWJq0oFrsJw9mWEdHb6HiRW4Hf4MwKECVS_mUdwsimTFv9RyWTHeyUWnrBCprqbDXZDpjsoTv566op9kVHjTuoBOvGHNAKT3YZpXtlYFIPd9rdMum4LrQtyWCCxi45nGUhlBpJ/s760/IMG_1597+%25282%2529.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw574JlRVWJq0oFrsJw9mWEdHb6HiRW4Hf4MwKECVS_mUdwsimTFv9RyWTHeyUWnrBCprqbDXZDpjsoTv566op9kVHjTuoBOvGHNAKT3YZpXtlYFIPd9rdMum4LrQtyWCCxi45nGUhlBpJ/s320/IMG_1597+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />My few pinwheels turned into 40 pinwheel blocks for the side borders. This is a 6 inch pinwheel block and 7 blocks fit perfectly for the side borders, after I fixed my mistake with the inner border.<p></p><p>All the time I was working on the border blocks my mind was working on the top and bottom borders. It was like a program running in the background. </p><p>I made four corner blocks with the striped striped fabric pinwheels on point and worked out the size to cut the corner triangles to make the blocks six inches. All the while I was taking care of other things that I had to do and this was running around in my mind. I was running out of background and I knew if I made a mistake in estimating the size to cut for what I had in mind I would not have enough. I called the shop and they still had some of the fabric. I picked it up the yesterday and knowing I would have enough fabric even if I changed my mind or made a mistake, I forged ahead.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOojQRlms9KFwnsPk22bUCpuIYis1XidkSx8fg0geSJrDd8XBxoiWc83jGZcNwZ9Z8Hx5Cpb670QOLkgPtEwaS1M30iGYa5J1V38wz9OwNKo3vHQ8bwdSNcPeEYWgvZH93vG6ozrHmApd/s1460/IMG_1579+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1460" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOojQRlms9KFwnsPk22bUCpuIYis1XidkSx8fg0geSJrDd8XBxoiWc83jGZcNwZ9Z8Hx5Cpb670QOLkgPtEwaS1M30iGYa5J1V38wz9OwNKo3vHQ8bwdSNcPeEYWgvZH93vG6ozrHmApd/w382-h174/IMG_1579+%25283%2529.JPG" width="382" /></a></div><br />I decided to make the borders with the striped pinwheels on the ends and a 9 inch section, with one 6 inch block and one 3 inch half pinwheel block, on each side of a center striped on point pinwheel block. I measured every thing and made the center blocks with oversize triangles then cut the block 6 high by eight inches wide and it fit. I breathed a huge sigh of relief.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-xUqJW0-C1MMz4WwnEhcAHYWks89vmWneTkz49z749NdmUKud08rTXu0j3KrzK9nlR77V8QuZdZ9Ra-_YXagvR52BU1shIhMn5CB3DjI4rPsZkoT4kKOYRSgptqye3B-rAGgPBYgZrZi/s1524/IMG_1579+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1524" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-xUqJW0-C1MMz4WwnEhcAHYWks89vmWneTkz49z749NdmUKud08rTXu0j3KrzK9nlR77V8QuZdZ9Ra-_YXagvR52BU1shIhMn5CB3DjI4rPsZkoT4kKOYRSgptqye3B-rAGgPBYgZrZi/w376-h174/IMG_1579+%25284%2529.JPG" width="376" /></a></div>Because the side borders are 7 blocks the corners were different. You can see here what I did, On the top I had the small pinwheels cornerwise or turning the corner. On the bottom I had the background squares turning the corners. To me it makes sense.<br /><p></p><p>I have made a few quilts with panels and if the borders are simple it is easy. If you make blocks and the panel doesn't give you any excess fabric to trim away without trimming away something you want to keep, there is math involved. This panel had a row of blue scallops at the top and bottom that I trimmed away. That made the sides easy but I had to work to get the top and bottom right. In the end it wasn't hard and I'm happy with it. There is also a little something fun to hunt for. Three of the pinwheels seem to have caught the wind from a different direction. It must have been those high winds we had last week.</p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-88204355644234403162020-11-18T00:43:00.011-05:002020-11-18T22:30:20.117-05:00Alphabet Panel<p>The last time I went to the quilt shop for more green fabric to finish the second Framed 9 Patch quilt, I bought an Alphabet animals panel and some fabric to go with it. That kept me on track to finish the F9P so I could start the alphabet quilt. There have been delays and interruptions but I have made some progress. However those interruptions frequently lead to problems. When I am undecided about how to proceed I usually have more than one idea about what to do next. When I come back to the project after the interruption I somethings pick up on an idea that I have discarded and go ahead with it.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1sQDv8u2b5NliwQ8NDsnh2DHPvDaQ5d0gzi4dmsuIq9QdY5lwfLFUwXNgEaqfC8uEYEqM7v6o1pNtIrFUxDWTypm0EiKVGwPOUYQiiyELLEIqtg_RVFwHsxU0c0qrFEY4KIyVkpi-N1q/s1784/Alpabet+panel.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="1784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1sQDv8u2b5NliwQ8NDsnh2DHPvDaQ5d0gzi4dmsuIq9QdY5lwfLFUwXNgEaqfC8uEYEqM7v6o1pNtIrFUxDWTypm0EiKVGwPOUYQiiyELLEIqtg_RVFwHsxU0c0qrFEY4KIyVkpi-N1q/s320/Alpabet+panel.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p><br />These photos are the top and the bottom of the panel with the 2 side inner and outer pinwheel borders. This is an example of what happens when I am interrupted. I meant to sew on all 4 inner borders before the pinwheel borders. There was a strip of blue scallops on the top like the one on the bottom. After I added the pinwheel borders to the sides I was in a quandary over what to do next. after looking at it for a while I realized the I had meant to cut off the scalloped strips. I undid the stitches for a few inches where the inner borders were stitched to the panel and cut away the strip, added the inner border strip and re-stitched the inner borders to the panel. At the top left, you can see where I have not yet stitched the end of the inner border to the panel. It wasn't hard to do and it was a lot easier to do than anything I might had done if I had proceeded without fixing my mistake.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoA0nTI5AR0_LetzmvWwnYNX6MzAdKvTtRIdRKshcE_oIpcbWlQMyYF5CUpHwN99ezD4u6ZDfeQ3-3BT0B8FdDvyusA-JF4YO1lCWlwwnCybqBoG_ccxA_N29jx9LVEDEf8wK1AKvTsb1b/s1679/IMG_1570+%25283%2529.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1679" data-original-width="1473" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoA0nTI5AR0_LetzmvWwnYNX6MzAdKvTtRIdRKshcE_oIpcbWlQMyYF5CUpHwN99ezD4u6ZDfeQ3-3BT0B8FdDvyusA-JF4YO1lCWlwwnCybqBoG_ccxA_N29jx9LVEDEf8wK1AKvTsb1b/w343-h390/IMG_1570+%25283%2529.JPG" width="343" /></a></p>This is the panel with the 4 inner borders and the pinwheel side borders.<p></p><p>I need to decide what to do for the top and bottom borders .Each border block is a 6 inch four patch with 2 pinwheels and 2 background squares. The space between the corner block is 25 inches. I will figure it out so it looks OK.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4WCbfq0JIkOgR_xl1R8KpJetoqOLk-yJnhob_FmJcVeAU9XpTdF97Q0tk8ZvV_HDjsrti4Ws0d-q4tbkMX-WOzGQejzRb-2Bp7bOb_CkXWT2r6-G1wAnDQowD2F54Xm2WTmqvevG2Rw0/s2224/IMG_1570+%25282%2529.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2224" data-original-width="1708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4WCbfq0JIkOgR_xl1R8KpJetoqOLk-yJnhob_FmJcVeAU9XpTdF97Q0tk8ZvV_HDjsrti4Ws0d-q4tbkMX-WOzGQejzRb-2Bp7bOb_CkXWT2r6-G1wAnDQowD2F54Xm2WTmqvevG2Rw0/s320/IMG_1570+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a></div>The corner blocks will be 6 inches pinwheels on point (or pinwheels in a square) I need to add the corner triangles of background corner triangles after I figure what size I need o cut. The corner pinwheels are the same striped fabric as the inner border. that stripe will also be the binding.<p></p><p>So this is where I am now. I am going to make more of the 4 patch pinwheel blocks and I am not sure what I will do next. I may not get back to this for a few days. I want to do it when I know I can work without interruptions. That may be a while.</p><p>I feel <strike>slightly</strike> over whelmed with everything. I have an appointment Friday to get our healthcare squared away. That is almost finished but I need to make sure that Jack's pharmacy insurance will cover all his meds. </p><p>My curbside grocery pickup order drives me crazy every time I place an order. The website keeps changing, They seem to be doing something <u>every single time </u>to make something "better". It is never better.</p><p>As if I didn't have enough to confuse me, I got a new "smart" phone. I have really lagged behind on technology. I thought all I ever wanted to do with my phone was make and receive calls. Then I was pushed into texting so I could get in touch with my grandchildren. For all the curbside pickups, I found I needed apps to make it easy. My old phone was so out of date I couldn't download apps. I ordered my phone and managed to get it set up. With the the help of some You Tube tutorials, I am learning. I connected my phone to Bluetooth in my car and downloaded some apps. Yesterday and today I had video phone calls with my grandson and 18 month old great grandson. I said Hi to Elijah and his Dad told him to say "Hi to Gigi" and <b>he did</b>. That was special; it makes all the fuss of learning to use my new phone worth the effort.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-50261664642457659572020-10-28T14:23:00.001-04:002020-10-28T18:36:38.860-04:00A Finish<p>I have finished the second Framed 9 Patch. This one is smaller than the first one by 2 blocks in each direction. F9P 1 is 9 x11 blocks and F9P 2 is 7 x 9 blocks. This one was a little easier to handle physically. </p><p>This is the back of the quilt and I was happy to see that the pattern of the floral stripes worked out the way I planned. The pattern is symmetrical and straight along the sides and where the quilted sections are joined. It was quite an effort to get it layered up straight. After the first section I gave up trying to do it in my sewing room on the plastic top Lifetime tables and put another leaf in my dining table and put my big cutting mat on the table and used my bulldog clams on the ends to get the backing taut and smooth and I used masking tape along the sides to tape it where the sections were too narrow to reach the sides of the table. I could move my cutting mat to protect the table under the whole layered section when I was pinning. It was frustrating but it was worth the effort to make the floral strips work. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7__MGOVmd6CsEEIwUnD2GRR_EBc2L953G5rJ0dZwxvow-88NCb9JGwzErlZ7RyGnyz0nL_taSyC7hzmn3Im1NkLCE5MhK5Noqy0GH2-08EvR-CsMwyOo2aLwPdQRiyMJpnMB3ucD414L/s2317/IMG_1530+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2317" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7__MGOVmd6CsEEIwUnD2GRR_EBc2L953G5rJ0dZwxvow-88NCb9JGwzErlZ7RyGnyz0nL_taSyC7hzmn3Im1NkLCE5MhK5Noqy0GH2-08EvR-CsMwyOo2aLwPdQRiyMJpnMB3ucD414L/w520-h281/IMG_1530+%25282%2529.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I cut the inner border fabric 2 1/2 inches wide so it finished 2 inches and I like the 1 1/2 inch better on the first quilt. It seems to me the narrower looks better when the quilting is in the ditch. I made 5 inch Nine Patch blocks for the corners using the green from the inner border and four of the prints that have a white/light background. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNn6K5LetnhO4Hy-wNJuJIsW0sanaQlg-GrRrdBipAsBxYryEksFK_B72J9vLnuFh9vxpiHTVvdp9ftgldYB1CrGZZbtuLtmzw0YG8gsJSrexfmS-3B03XRAnDOrMkavnSAJkByImS6qJR/s2560/IMG_1553.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNn6K5LetnhO4Hy-wNJuJIsW0sanaQlg-GrRrdBipAsBxYryEksFK_B72J9vLnuFh9vxpiHTVvdp9ftgldYB1CrGZZbtuLtmzw0YG8gsJSrexfmS-3B03XRAnDOrMkavnSAJkByImS6qJR/w400-h300/IMG_1553.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I thought I made all the corner blocks the same. I had cut the strips at the same time even though I didn't make them all at the same time. I never notice there was anything wrong when I layered up the borders. I had concentrated on having the length of the piano keys exactly the right length because the corner blocks had to line up with end of the inner border to which I added a 2 1/2 inch wide strip which would appear to be part of the side border. I measured and measured again and then again before adding the piano keys to the inner border. It all looked good and I proceeded to layer it up and quilt it. The first end border was good. The second end border had a block the was a half inch too big.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the two corners on the second border. I just trimmed it square so it fit and sewed the binding on. Because the border was already quilted and sewn on to the quilt, I decided I can live with it.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEcvJGNAefj1AQu3LYJN1tq4VKU9TLDKQS1Q1TzoFf-Hii4aq6uMVyxu04OrqgWFolpzOMlCHq3wCdxwm_-dlCKIaruK5sOvwfhK6sCKu-k6vj-FHWlRYd5-F-IwM5lwkz9ep0gKbX6Pg/s1787/IMG_1535+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1787" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEcvJGNAefj1AQu3LYJN1tq4VKU9TLDKQS1Q1TzoFf-Hii4aq6uMVyxu04OrqgWFolpzOMlCHq3wCdxwm_-dlCKIaruK5sOvwfhK6sCKu-k6vj-FHWlRYd5-F-IwM5lwkz9ep0gKbX6Pg/w400-h198/IMG_1535+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I like this quilt and I am keeping it. I don't mind that there are similar solid colors close together. I didn't pay much attention to that aspect. I laid it out alternating light and dark blocks. That checkerboard pattern is not so apparent because the value range is somewhat narrow. There is not any really high contrast.</div><div>For the most part I relied on contrast between size and density of the prints for contrast.</div><div><br /></div><div>This shows two of the darkest blocks and they do not really appear dark except in the photo.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpG7ffUijK-EMt5FRckRkPFQjWQNkOgzy7OJxlqvMj-mfmIm0HyATaZ9oCMj9nfKzu_1brVGBEtHu5HwLG9sOZ9Zon5jHnrOTAwdN9THjIKg6lBgSg1XgRf1CP3xSCGWsrID1z0gEc91Z/s2560/IMG_1549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpG7ffUijK-EMt5FRckRkPFQjWQNkOgzy7OJxlqvMj-mfmIm0HyATaZ9oCMj9nfKzu_1brVGBEtHu5HwLG9sOZ9Zon5jHnrOTAwdN9THjIKg6lBgSg1XgRf1CP3xSCGWsrID1z0gEc91Z/w400-h300/IMG_1549.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The areas where similar colors are close or lumped together don't bother me. I did spend some time arranging the blocks but I didn't agonize over each decision. I only wanted each block, in some way, to related to the adjacent block. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr4piC65QcX7kRnR8ZNCBWpyauYdwPp42pQJoA1Qdb5Q0KhHszVvSIMub1b7ORL6qfZPoeiW4m_N5zg8Vb5rkLIANebfnlcBBBpRaNhxwX9l1cPslgd2XuKUoS3TwO5N7fjsWG9N3x76k/s2560/IMG_1508.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr4piC65QcX7kRnR8ZNCBWpyauYdwPp42pQJoA1Qdb5Q0KhHszVvSIMub1b7ORL6qfZPoeiW4m_N5zg8Vb5rkLIANebfnlcBBBpRaNhxwX9l1cPslgd2XuKUoS3TwO5N7fjsWG9N3x76k/w400-h300/IMG_1508.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgS5w7ISMajHpxS-xfnIcbhI58lNGi0WVriBU9WV7fun4ptr2Bg2dXUbBA2AB_0U4avigzBorMTuOCZGXUELcWJ4mwOKuEip6fa1T1cwsRQJa8rW7u7mK_dcMZo0ORgX9PmBbtqfpsKAOO/s2560/IMG_1509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgS5w7ISMajHpxS-xfnIcbhI58lNGi0WVriBU9WV7fun4ptr2Bg2dXUbBA2AB_0U4avigzBorMTuOCZGXUELcWJ4mwOKuEip6fa1T1cwsRQJa8rW7u7mK_dcMZo0ORgX9PmBbtqfpsKAOO/w400-h300/IMG_1509.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I wanted light, bright and cheerful and that is what it looks like to me. There are a few other issues, like that corner block, and the binding is folded over a little too wide on the back in a couple of places. Overall the workmanship is good and I make no apologies for the things that didn't turn or quite right.</div><div>As I was nearing completion of this quilt I knew it would be the last large quilt I would ever make. I had to push myself to work on it. From now on, I will not make anything larger than a baby quilt. I will make only things that do not require moving furniture to accommodate each step of the process. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am scaling back on the amount to supplies I need to keep on hand. I am still paring down my scrap stash. <i>After all, you have to make sure the people who receive your scraps will use them well.</i> As I write this I am laughing at myself. I have never given a second thought to what has happened to what I have given away. I love seeing how someone has used my leftovers but I never worry or wonder about them once they are no longer mine.</div><div><br /></div><div>I do have something in the works now. I needed thread and I went to the quilt shop and saw an alphabet panel and some coordinating fabrics and they came home with me. I almost walked out of the shop without my thread. So I will still be quilting for a while but only the small stuff and only when I feel excited to make it.</div><div><br /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-18395039534883574972020-10-04T20:02:00.002-04:002020-10-04T20:09:09.109-04:00What happened to September?<p>Here it is October and I'm still here but something seems to have happened to September. I'm not sure how I missed a whole month without posting. Well, I suppose it is because there was no quilting to post about. I did get all three sections layered up and quilted. There were a few roadblocks along the way. I didn't have the color thread I wanted to use for the quilting and I had to order it from Superior Threads. It really wasn't a long wait till it arrived but it was an interruption and I didn't get started on the quilting right away. When I got started it did not go smoothly. My foot pedal quit working on and off. My sweet cat, Lucy, had chewed the cord a couple of years ago ( I did forgive her because she was a sweet cat). Jack had spliced the wires together and it worked well for a long time. Several months ago the pedal quit working and I tackled the job of fixing it because Jack can't see well enough now to do it. It took me a few tries to get it right. The foot pedal worked well until I started quilting the FNP. It worked on and off but then it quit. I could see there were other places that looked like Lucy had chewed and I could see cracks in the covering. Probably with the foot pedal moving all over the place the wires cracked. I ordered a new foot pedal and all was well ......... until my tension was a problem. I cleaned the machine and changed the needle and it was OK on and off. I changed the needle again but the stich balance was still not really OK. I went to the quilt shop and got different thread. Finally, everything was good to go.</p><p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I trimmed up the edges where the sections joined and I sewed the three sections together.</span></span></span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpIPLwhhUU-rWYWXXM31NkioPbmHTDmgz_nOeSwdwFvlLMZNUeaWG9kqi86k0peOX6eoSzcLeyw4xBRgnQzaQdsL1_7IY11feoMVJHi4q5PIxVmFowJeXqtZ9dIamKt3gR3Yx_R3zTgAC/s1902/IMG_1496+%25283%2529.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1902" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpIPLwhhUU-rWYWXXM31NkioPbmHTDmgz_nOeSwdwFvlLMZNUeaWG9kqi86k0peOX6eoSzcLeyw4xBRgnQzaQdsL1_7IY11feoMVJHi4q5PIxVmFowJeXqtZ9dIamKt3gR3Yx_R3zTgAC/w548-h301/IMG_1496+%25283%2529.JPG" width="548" /></a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">This is the back where I sewed 2 sections together. After I stitched the front together I turned it over and made sure the batting butted together along the whole length of the seam. I carefully pinned the backing edge over the stitching line on the back and pressed it then removed the pins and fused the back edge down with 3/8 inch fusible web. You can see the seam here where I have stitched in the ditch from the front. I don't sew by hand anymore because my hands are too arthritic.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">This is the same section form a different angle. I had planned to have the sections joined in the wider stripes where it would not be so noticeable if they were not perfectly aligned. I am happy with that decision. Getting the front and back lined up was a pain in the neck but it was worth the effort.</span></span></span></span></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="1938" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RDc81CytPU2SkvDWL3J5te-QB_QkyFTM96ac6E1YjFHrwrz15HOajGLbC7lv4Yst6-SfRM1LhoThkgmoIebKG4FCxe3pohPCaesA1lxc67IQvB1mAeu_3TkLDWYiEQ-INl5CXHHt5a5A/w472-h451/IMG_1500+%25282%2529.JPG" width="472" /></p><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">These next 2 photos are shots from different angles of the quilt thrown across my bed. I didn't worry too much about the center nine patch color placement. The blocks a light and dark checkerboard. That is not so apparent because there is not high value contrast. I wanted this quilt to be light and bright.</span></span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgyyZ6R_pYwEF85gDvAEdQR5iYy49RkHYaFCDTznSiFoVqPniC7Qa3Xd4E718OTfwIeMJq4OEShBeWYSVkF29_zD0WjA5J0m-ev_lOluQaOZOQ1Ia5WV6yVQRKgjzRBISHimufMikicqL/s2560/IMG_1504.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgyyZ6R_pYwEF85gDvAEdQR5iYy49RkHYaFCDTznSiFoVqPniC7Qa3Xd4E718OTfwIeMJq4OEShBeWYSVkF29_zD0WjA5J0m-ev_lOluQaOZOQ1Ia5WV6yVQRKgjzRBISHimufMikicqL/s320/IMG_1504.JPG" width="320" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgXHs6KB0ME7M7iNtljMAwRCgRPYmceuHHYVk_Um6nbLTlkCyZi2BtSdKadsHAYW8L5mHSO9bU20vZG9Tayx6CSOrCXfRD0DdWtprc04njAv8kgCEQj9yxJC6zyO0f2JEHNZV4HhYDWQO/w320-h240/IMG_1501.JPG" style="text-align: left;" width="320" /></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> I am starting to sew the piano key borders for the top and bottom. I was going to use foundation paper piecing and when I finally fund my Carol Doak paper I found that the whole package of paper had blocks printed on it. I have no idea why I printed those blocks; they don't look like anything I remember planning to sew. Anyway I cut them into 5 inch wide x 11 inches and used them as foundations without lines and stitched on the front and it works fine to make the 5 inch width I want. I hope I can finish this quilt this week.</span></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I wonder if there is anyone who is happy with the changes in Blogger. </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p> </p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479809254976040950.post-88035047613222349522020-08-31T18:16:00.002-04:002020-08-31T18:17:21.433-04:00Slowly Moving Along<p style="text-align: left;"> I have finally arrived at the layering up stage but it is going very very slow. I am quilting this in sections and it is usually easier to layer up sections than the whole quilt, but not this time. I ordered wide backing because I didn't have anything I wanted to piece together for these backing sections and I didn't want to spend time figuring out the backing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CnsXSbXOxz34-3_lO48Ha9ysX8Ch-BWyuKi8RMigTTvvmG2WrzAYNDW2P9H_alKGuXR2s4Xm8BqmvOr4dwQ5D_gC59nWcOZdEu7bepjkph6r8UIjz3KuAl7HL3oUDZpFSq1-jCJo_VJI/s1356/IMG_1479+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CnsXSbXOxz34-3_lO48Ha9ysX8Ch-BWyuKi8RMigTTvvmG2WrzAYNDW2P9H_alKGuXR2s4Xm8BqmvOr4dwQ5D_gC59nWcOZdEu7bepjkph6r8UIjz3KuAl7HL3oUDZpFSq1-jCJo_VJI/s640/IMG_1479+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a></div>When I ordered the fabric I saw a 6 inch square and I did no know that this is what a 24 inch wide section would look like. Oh well, that should not be a problem. Well, it was! working with a 108 inches x 72 inches piece of fabric was not easy in my user unfriendly space. To start with, I wasn't sure how to handle the "stripes". I wanted to avid having to match any thing across the backing so I decided on the pattern running lengthwise. I decided to center the pattern so the seam would be in the wide stripes where I would not have to think about matching anything. Because the sections will be quilted when they are joined the backing seam will be what ever it is after matching the block seams on the front.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I moved chairs and other stuff that has landed in my sewing room to my bed room. I needed to move my two 24 x 48 inch tables together to layer up the sections. the Lifetime tables are slippery and it was one frustration after another to finally get the fabric cut and get all the layers smoothed out and pinned together. I have one section done. The next 2 sections should be a little easier because at least I won't be dealing with 108 inches of width. Second thought, <b>it probably won't be easier</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Jack wondered if we were going to be able to go to bed but I did manage to get everything back in my sewing room. It looks like a tornado came through the sewing room but the bedroom is in neat and clean. We slept well.</p><p style="text-align: left;">When I took a break from frustration yesterday, I wandered over to a new post on Annie's blog, <a href="http://freezeframe03.blogspot.com">freezeframe03.blogspot.com</a>/, She made piano key borders for a wall hanging and she used paper piecing. 💡 Why have I not thought of that ? I can do that, I can draw the foundation blocks in EQ, I can print them in my computer, I have the paper for it <i>somewhere</i>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMQA78Ra8xnAFi8DB_vjSMMWY7hLojecv8XzF2kOLJsjHJIX9Go6Mlj4PbDW7QbvjgrBKuXiq4NLVRjEmsm8-bvGr0tChWjaGHC4OgMxeCZXE9z1Beduj9yY7IwN3EYGMtJqeXskY_rJm/s725/piano+Key+borderfoundation+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="725" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMQA78Ra8xnAFi8DB_vjSMMWY7hLojecv8XzF2kOLJsjHJIX9Go6Mlj4PbDW7QbvjgrBKuXiq4NLVRjEmsm8-bvGr0tChWjaGHC4OgMxeCZXE9z1Beduj9yY7IwN3EYGMtJqeXskY_rJm/s640/piano+Key+borderfoundation+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is what I printed on a sheet of printer paper. I will play with it little more before I print them on piecing paper but now I know I can print and paper piece 5 inch x 10 inch sections. I can work on a few at a time and decide on the order for putting them together. I still have the two end borders to make and I am looking forward to trying paper piecing again. <i><span style="font-family: georgia;">I never thought I would say that</span>.</i><br /><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438689262084152248noreply@blogger.com1