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The FWS Pony Club Quilt-Along Wk 29 Minnesota & Maud's Album Quilt Photo Page
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I don't know what to say except that I tried like heck to get Minnesota done by tonight ...guess what...I didn't...it is 3/4 done...I am glad I did Maud's Album Quilt months ago..so here it is.
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Love it; it does look familiar. I had a good PC trail rider send me the print that looks like that and I used it too. Will post tomorrow. Loved the ease of doing this block...no Y seams!!
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I just finished my blocks for this week. Love your blocks Honchey, great fabrics. I'm with you QNS, a sigh of relief with no Y seams..
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Honchey--great fussy cutting, what a fun block!
Mirabelle--pretty blocks as always the dark blue in the center really pops! |
I guess I start here and work backward submitting photos: Minnesota..."Heads, I win, Tails you lose" center is a fly fishing lure because Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes...yikes anyone have a count on mosquitoes?? Now what not load... try, try again.
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Ok, lets try this again, hopefully it will load now...[ATTACH=CONFIG]351278[/ATTACH]"Heads I win, Tails you lose!" Fishing in Minnesota's 10,000 lakes...
And the delightful Maud's Album Quilt, no Y seams!![ATTACH=CONFIG]351279[/ATTACH]Thanks, PC rider for the fabric!! |
Awe, sew cute!
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Honchey, Mirabelle, QNSue...great jobs. This weeks wasn't so difficult but I'm almost to the point of swearing off of PP too. It is so time consuming even when there really is no other easy way to do the block and the reversing always gets me. I think I got the triangles reversed but I didn't notice it until I sewed the last strip together and couldn't see undoing the entire block Here's mine for the week. Seems like the pony ride has been decimated by summer fun. Just for the record, I'm current with all of the blocks even when I post them every other week like I have been. My computer needs attention so getting it to upload the photos is a maybe thing. Today it worked. |
GG, like your blocks; so glad you are current. I am not, still have three challenges: ice cream bowl, lucky star, and jewel to finish or sub blocks for those. I have a new computer that works its own way, or I have done something the programmers never thought of!! Daughter is coming in early September, so maybe she can figure out what is going on then.
Back is easing in pain so back to the kitchen and make more nectarine jam, and work up the tomatoes. Life goes on. Oh, we got a 2 inch rain last night, but the main body of the storm moved South of us. Its cooler at least today. Trip to Des Moines, Iowa, cancelled until next week. |
How different these blocks look with the different fabrics!
QNS--great use of the novelties. GGal--like the purple and green; two of my favorite colors. :) |
I just took a break from ripping out the triangles I sewed in the wrong place...I takes me 1-2 days to get a block done unless I'm very lucky...I just wish for blocks that don't have to be mirror imaged..that's what messes me up most times...then I go and pick fabric that I end up fussy cutting...it seems I just can't cut thru a piece of fabric cutting across the design/pattern...I have to leave it intact. It's difficult for me to cut thru the horse's belly,legs,head...I feel like a butcher...yuck..oh well, back to the machine to sew the triangles in the right place. H.
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GG you are also our Hero! I can't tell ya what (for those o' ya'll that are caught up) it means to me ta know that I will git done. It's also comfortin' ta know that I'm not the only behind. This Pony ride is so awesome!
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Hey Honchey and QNS--those "poster boy" cowboys look pretty neat in their settings. I wish I had sent you some mosquito fabric for the 10,000 Lakes block!
mirabelle-what else do I say, but AHHH. The purple and green is so striking, GGal; and such a lovely blue fabric in the NO Y SEAMS block. Keep them coming folks. |
Oh man everybody's blocks are gorgeous! I'm playin' my game again & so far I recognized everybody's blocks. I hold my hand over the avitars & try ta guess who made which blocks.
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Lovely blocks! I thought I made at least one of these but all I did was picking fabric :(
I'm trying to catch up but that's hard because I'm still 12 blocks behind! So Bev, no, you're not the only one :D |
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I finally finished Minnesota and here it is...Sometimes even with the pping one section or more just doesn't fit and I will remove the paper from the back and resew it ...then it fits! I cannot figure out why that happens...anyone know??? H.
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Honchey I always remove the paper before sewing the sections together, I find that the fabric will move and the paper holds steadfast and you can end up with little pleats. If I need to I will mark my seam allowance on the fabric but most of the time I don't. Hope this helps
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Oh and I find it is easier to pin the sections together without the paper and line up my seams... forgot to say this before:o
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Honchey...good job. You got your triangles going the right direction too.
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We are heading home today from Whidbey Island, WA. I've got about three weeks of blocks done, so won't be too far behind when I get there. We will miss our good friends here, but I'm anxious to see my sewing room again. I have so many quilts to finish up. I'm getting antsy! LOL
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Safe travels, JeanieG.
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Happy trails, JeanieG. Enjoy. Treasure the memories.
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Safe journey home JeanieG.
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Ladies, thank you for all your kind words and condolences. It means a lot to me that you've all been so kind during this difficult time. I'm trying to get caught up on emails, PMs, etc., but just know that you've brought me a lot of comfort.
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Beautiful blocks, Jan. It's nice to know we can be a place of comfort for you.
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Jan--pretty blocks. I really like the small sprays of flowers in the MN block. I assume you used a border stripe for Maud's Album? That is a good idea. :)
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Oh wow Jan, those are really beautiful. Hope you are hanging in there. It seems to take forever to get everything in order. You are in my thoughts and prayers during this trying time.
Now that I am home, I need to get my blocks I've completed pressed and take a photo of them. I've worked on the house and yard all day today, so that much is done. |
Wow Jan! Another beautiful set o' blocks!:thumbup:
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Like Carrie, I thought you've used a border fabric--perfect place for it, Jan. The light fabric in the MN block reminds me of the type of house dresses and aprons my mom would sew in the 60's. She never wore slacks let alone jeans until the late 60's, early 70's.
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Jeanie - I bet ya had a great time on vacation. Welcome back.:)
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Jan, beautiful blocks!
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Thank you, ladies, for the compliments. I really should take the paper off and press, trim, neaten them up before posting. I'm just so excited to be back on the trail. I did use border fabric (thank you, QNS).
OKSewglad, that's funny about your mom not wearing slacks. My mother would have been 90 in October and the first time she wore pants was in the nursing home. She always wore "house dresses". I, on the other hand, don't own a dress LOL. |
I am in my early 30s and were skirts the majority of the time...I find them more comfortable than jeans/pants I do wear pants/capris when exercising and when we're in the woods, but that's about it. I didn't even own jeans for about 10yrs, then we moved to our current property and the bugs were so bad I couldn't be in the woods without getting eaten up so bought a couple pairs.
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JanRN, you are welcome and the rose border looks great. Please PM me your address again; I found a small piece of fabric I want to send to you to make you smile. Somehow, despite my best efforts, I lose PC members addresses that have been kind even to Pm me with them...so you all, please PM addresses to me again...who knows what might appear for the trail ride next...from QNS.
I was so happy when I could wear "dress pants' to work and not have to wear nylons. And they called it the 'good olde days' gone by. Looking at your "rosie' group...have Quilt in a day book on the forties (born in '42). The war years that changed the way women were viewed, the years they joined the work force and have never quit...creating new horizons for women on the job site... women did not serve on the jury in Texas until 1954. It was after Roe vs. Wade that a woman could apply for a credit card in Texas...I could not in 1968-9 without dh signature even though I was the major wage maker. dh was in the Air Force in Alaska. |
In the summer I wear sleeveless dressed that are mid shin length or ankle length. They breath better. Way too hot ta wear jeans! DH likes me in jeans & I like ta wear 'em in the winter. I'm 51.
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We've come a long way baby! I have seen lots of changes of life as a farm woman from my mother's time to my DIL's. My mom rarely helped outside (I did very often in the barn and field), but we both took care of bookwork. My DIL AI's heifers and cows and was general contractor for the new calf barn she designed last year. Yes a long way!
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A long way, and in someways, I think that we've lost something too. I've worked with young women that finally realized that their biological clock was running out and started their families in their mid to late thirties and then juggled their lives to be Mom, wife, and stay on the promotion track. Maybe life really wasn't that bad when Mom wore dresses and cobbler aprons. We've added a lot of stress to our lives. Don't mean to step on anyone's toes. I've been on both sides of the equation and for me personally, it was hard to keep a balance. BTW...shorts or jeans are my daily uniform and I know there is no going back. Just being reflective for a moment. I'm 68 for another month.
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Thought provoking, Ggal. Nice discussion. I wonder if life is all about keeping in balance whether it was our pioneer foremothers, our mid century moms, ourselves or our 21st century daughters and GD's. Stress comes in many forms and from many sources. Life was very stressful for my mom who started her post WWII family when she was 30, washed diapers in a wringer washing machine and had to heat water before she could begin the laundry. Equally stressful it must have been for her immigrant mother struggling to live a life with a new language and limited family support. Through it all we survive and we are able to make many decisions women at the turn of the last century couldn't.
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It was the brave and hardy pioneer woman who survived the struggle to exist and feed her family and work at the side of her husband...modern conveniences simplified housework. Now its a concrete jungle, four to ten lane highways instead of the blazed trails..
Yes, we have lost to gain progress. People work to leave the mule and 5 acres behind only to seek it out in later years. More international now, job seekers, families seeking their 'comfort' zones is not limited to a country's border. The whole generation of families in one place in a lifetime is rare; average youth of today will move more than seven times and change careers from three to five times. Often it boils down to, are we happier or know when we hold it in our hands??? Is it advancement in the work force, money or family that brings in the happiness and gives us goals to work for? I think, as quilters, we find satisfaction in the quilts we create; watch for happiness in the eyes of the beholder as we 'gift' them. Or just pieces of fabric can bring smiles to our faces... seeing a quilt show, going on a FART trip...sharing our love of quilting with friends and family..and QB FW Pony Club. |
WOW ... a lot of beautiful blocks that really hit the mark here!
An interesting discussion you've been having ..... The times they are a changin'!!! :) And Change never stops, does it. While the simpler life seems so endearing, there was a lot of hardships. Then now, different hardships and stressors as OKSGlad mentioned. Which life was better? It's all about perspective .... though I think I'd much prefer the modern day conveniences that we have in our lives! :) (even with the negatives they bring to our lives!) |
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