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Originally Posted by dublb
(Post 5127807)
Oh Jeanie, It's lovely. If ya git a chance we would like ta see that back. I bet it feels great ta git 'er' done. :)
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Originally Posted by JeanieG
(Post 5133641)
We arrived in Phoenix yesterday, so won't be able to take a photo of the back until I get home. Will do that for you! Will probably be a little over a week. Seven month old grandson is at such a cute age! There are also two granddaughters ages 5 and 7.
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Nope, having a great time!
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what I did this weekend
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I didn't have much time to sew this week....just got one block done, but was able to get lots of papers cut and fabric for a few more blocks.
Yesterday I has a sewing day with some ladies at a restaurant in a nearby small town...the owner is a quilter so it works out well. :) I think there were 16 of us there! Some of us learned how to make chenille potholders. I haven't washed them yet so they aren't quite as "shaggy" as they will be after washing, but I thought I would share. The other thing I did was one of the March BOM from the free Craftsy BOM class...I am doing this with 3 friends (we all have different fabrics). We got together in Feb and did Jan/Feb blocks. The potholder took us longer than we thought so didn't get the Mar/Apr done as planned...oh well we had fun. :) I can take pics of the other blocks too if anyone wants to see them. :) Hope all have had a great weekend. Carrie |
Lovely!! Sounds like you all had fun!!! Show us all!!
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Carrie, Those are darlin'. I'd love ta see the other blocks. A question. Did ya use any batting for the potholders, or is the chenille enough?
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Bev--for the potholders we used insul-brite batting, 4 layers of flannel on the top and then one on the bottom. The lady who taught us said if you were to do chenille on the top and bottom you wouldn't need batting. Carrie
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craftsy BOM Jan/Feb blocks
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Each month there is a new technique and two ways to do it. These colors (black with all the bright colors) are not normally something I would choose, but thought I would go out of the box since I had no idea what the finished quilt would look like anyways. :) The solids are all "bright suedes" by P&B Textiles. These are my new favorite blenders.
I haven't squared any of these up yet...I wanted to wait until all the blocks are done in case something ends up being smaller than the other. Carrie |
Carrie, thanks for the info about the pot holders. I have the chenille cutter & I really like ta make potholders. Your BOMs are very bright & pretty. They make me smile!
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I love your color choices, carriem. Indeed, very bright, but very pretty. Enough to brighten up any new day.
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Carrie...those BOM blocks are neat. I've been downloading and saving the patterns but don't know when I'll ever get to it. So many things to sew!!!
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CarrieM ... yea for you for stepping outside the box! Sometimes we just need the nudge, to try something different ... and then lo and behold, we discover that we have missed out on something fantastic for a long time!
DublB ... I have that cutter too. Got it at the CreativFestival show a few years back. One of the prettiest chenilled pieces I saw done, was a baby quilt, with panels (regular, not flannelette) layered one on top of each other, and then chenilled. |
after one wash
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Hi!
I just got my new potholders out of the dryer so thought I would share an "after" picture. :) I would like to try this with regular fabric. I saw it done with flannel baby panels in a shop a few weeks ago. |
Oh, Wow! Even prettier!:thumbup:
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Imagine that ... cuddly potholders!! :)
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It is Spring!!![ATTACH=CONFIG]329279[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]329280[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]329281[/ATTACH]Ducks & turkeys one week old. Barnyard mixture of whatever they grabbed and put in the box. 8 little ducks and 6 turkeys.
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Oh Lordy, how cute are those little critters!
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"Chicks, and ducks and geese better scurry...." Aren't they cute? Thanks for sharing QNS.
You got some pretty wild blocks going there Carrie. This will make a striking quilt for sure. Yeah I got 2 more PC blocks done--plodding along. |
Such cute little babies! Yes, Spring has Sprung!
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Cute ducks, my grandfather used to raise ducks and I remember my brothers and I fighting over who got to eat the duck eggs for breakfast, but most of the time my grandmother would make her sponge cakes with the duck eggs. Yum, brings back lots of memories
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QNSue ... Oh so cute! bet you have them all named too!
OKSGlad ... Yeaaaaaa for two more!!! *mumble mutter grumble" slowly progressing on D+D ... and have been thinking of some other D words!!! :) |
Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 5158595)
QNSue ... Oh so cute! bet you have them all named too!
OKSGlad ... Yeaaaaaa for two more!!! *mumble mutter grumble" slowly progressing on D+D ... and have been thinking of some other D words!!! :) |
QuiltE, you guessed Deputy Dawg's last name that starts with D. Smile, ggal, its just ONE block out of ninety and it too shall pass. And you will have one more perfect block! So will QuiltE's.
Sorry, you lost a good tree, QuiltE. The people in Creston, Iowa, after the tornado hit there and destroyed their entire home, would say you are a lucky gal. No warning, it just dipped down and back up again. Killed six in OK, and blew on down through Texas to the Gulf at Corpus Christi. Several were injured as it paced through the mid-section of America, but only ones killed was in Ok. One guy had everything destroyed in South Africa, so he came to college in Creston, and had his whole apartment and everything in it destroyed...losing all his things again. That's rough. |
QNS, what adorable little chicks, ducks and turkeys! Sometimes I hatch my own but not this year. I usually wind up with too many roosters.
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Chicks are coming in the middle of May. Rhode Island Reds & Dark Cornish pullets. All in the photo are turkeys & ducks. If I call "chick, chick" my ducks will line up in row. Every one needs or has a turkey or two; not always a fowl one.:p
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GGal + QNSue ... for some strange reason your D's were not THE ones that came to my mind!
QNSue ... it is not one block of 90 ... TWO "D" ones this week. I'm hoping that the ones next week, are gentler to use! Yes, the tree loss in minor compared to those who have faced tornadic damage. Thankfully, I've never gone thru one ... know too many who have, and thankfully have lived to tell their story. Although, when the winds get up, I oft wonder if this living on the edge of a bush, is such a good idea. So far, so good ... and I've been told many times, that the trees will fall "in" the bush, not out of and onto my house! I hope they continue to be right. And if it's ever a tornado ... I know it has its own mind, as to what it does! |
I know that spring break is over, but I wanted ta post this link, somewhere, so ya'll can see what I did. This is what I finished this week.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ml#post5167400 |
Wow dublb, those are great quilts!
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dublb---very nice quilts! Thanks for sharing. Is the 2nd one a QAYG? It looks like a pattern I have made a couple times called the "6-hr Quilt" by Kaye Woods (I think that was her last name).
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Originally Posted by dublb
(Post 5167445)
I know that spring break is over, but I wanted ta post this link, somewhere, so ya'll can see what I did. This is what I finished this week.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ml#post5167400 |
Dubib...such nice quilts. Did you FMQ the dragonflies?
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dublb, oh what beautiful quilts! My favorite is the first one, such nice bright colors. Someone will be very happy to receive them.
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Originally Posted by Honchey
(Post 5130740)
I hope this helps anyone that has a problem with this type of joining. I only remove the paper in the area of the seam I am sewing. that helps with keeping the bulk down and I also press seams open when they won't cooperate.
With right sides together place pin thru point of the square to the closed "V" of the main section align the corner points and sides to make sure they are squared and straight.. stitch from the outside edge to the end of the line do not go over it...pivot around...sew a few stitches...remove from machine. Clip the seam at the "V" to where you ended the stitching on an angle to just inside the point leaving one or two threads... Do NOT go past it. finger press the seam open...swing the square around so that you can align the other side for sewing...pin the points then fold the piece so it lays flat and you can see where the other seam ended. sew from the outside edge to the ended seam then pivot around sew a few more stitches remove from machine...finger press the seam ...turn the piece over and it should be nice and flat. |
Originally Posted by carriem
(Post 5167488)
dublb---very nice quilts! Thanks for sharing. Is the 2nd one a QAYG? It looks like a pattern I have made a couple times called the "6-hr Quilt" by Kaye Woods (I think that was her last name).
Originally Posted by gardnergal970
(Post 5167981)
Dubib...such nice quilts. Did you FMQ the dragonflies?
Thanks Ya'll
Originally Posted by Honchey
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Maybe this will also have the photos..
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Tomorrow I'm heading over to my friend Elaine's house to get some perenials. Like quilters, gardners are so generous. As a thank you she's going to get this little 6 x 20 wall hanging for her kitchen/dining room. The pattern is from "Patchabilites" a designer from Iowa not too far from where I live. Julie didn't have the birdhouse in. I thought it looked a little drab so put the birdhouse in amongst the hollyhocks. There's a couple of little bee buttons on the flowers in case you can't see them.[ATTACH=CONFIG]332114[/ATTACH]
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Originally Posted by oksewglad
(Post 5184429)
Tomorrow I'm heading over to my friend Elaine's house to get some perenials. Like quilters, gardners are so generous. As a thank you she's going to get this little 6 x 20 wall hanging for her kitchen/dining room. The pattern is from "Patchabilites" a designer from Iowa not too far from where I live. Julie didn't have the birdhouse in. I thought it looked a little drab so put the birdhouse in amongst the hollyhocks. There's a couple of little bee buttons on the flowers in case you can't see them.[ATTACH=CONFIG]332114[/ATTACH]
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Oksewglad...it's wonderful to share with friends. Every time you walk by her plants you will think of her and that wall hanging will be a constant reminder to her of you.
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Oh OKSGlad ... that's a charming little quilt/wall hanging! I'm drooling over the hollyhocks and ITA the birdhouse just sets it off beautifully. Do hope that one or both of you have some hollyhocks to enjoy!!! They just go with farms!!! :)
Plant trading can be oh so much fun ... and woudln't we all love to sneak in and steal from QNSue's gardens??? |
I like the addition of the birdhouse and bee buttons...what a nice friend you are. :)
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If some one would want a start of my garden flowers, I would probably "gift" them as I have in the past. And as other gardeners have gifted me.
Even Susan, although her dh mows them off or throws them away. This he has done repeatedly. I have been having fun doing the "fabhopshop" every month since last August; have won $10.00 from three different shops in different months and a yard each of four different fabrics last month (March). Did not look at the search until last night so score was lower than usual. It passes time by in my room, Love to see all the quilt shops and their latest thing they are doing. Wishing I had the extra $$$$$ to spend. Oh, well, I can live without it and try to use what I need to do in my quilt room. |
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