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Wow Libster, those violets certainly do like the exposure from that window!
Worked on a block yesterday just to warm up until the F8's are returned back to us. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607371[/ATTACH] |
Originally Posted by Cheesehead
(Post 8199754)
Wow Libster, those violets certainly do like the exposure from that window!
Worked on a block yesterday just to warm up until the F8's are returned back to us. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607371[/ATTACH] |
Wow! That is beautiful!!
Originally Posted by Cheesehead
(Post 8199754)
Wow Libster, those violets certainly do like the exposure from that window!
Worked on a block yesterday just to warm up until the F8's are returned back to us. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607371[/ATTACH] |
Thanks Janice for letting us know... biting nails waiting to know mine arrived :D
Originally Posted by Janice McC
(Post 8199533)
Quick FYI. I believe the bad weather in various parts of the country is wreaking havoc with package delivery. Only half of those due in today have made it to my town and those are out for delivery. I know the others will show up sooner or later. (Yes, I said it!) Anyway, I’ll post as they roll in.
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Hey, vikkim, don't panic over slow delivery yet. My finished blocks once took a detour to Puerto Rico between Ga and NC! Everything was addressed perfectly correct and everything....I guess they just needed a little tropical vacation before becoming a quilt.
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If you kept the tracking number, you can see where it is at each step at USPS.com. It’s on the way here, delayed only. May arrive today as it left Atlanta at 2:26 this morning for my town. Most of the packages are experiencing delays. As Libster said, packages do take side trips occasionally but they have always made it here sooner or later. :). No worries allowed! Save that for something urgent, like no chocolate in the house. :).
Originally Posted by vikkim
(Post 8199974)
Thanks Janice for letting us know... biting nails waiting to know mine arrived :D
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Hi all..my f-8's are finally on the way. Beautiful block Cheesehead, what is the name of that block??? I love AV, one of the only plants that I don't kill, and that is a beauty!
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Oh Cheesehead, I am in love with the paisley material. Please be forewarned, there may be drool marks on it!!
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Originally Posted by NanaKathy55
(Post 8200115)
Hi all..my f-8's are finally on the way. Beautiful block Cheesehead, what is the name of that block??? I love AV, one of the only plants that I don't kill, and that is a beauty!
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Originally Posted by joanelizbay
(Post 8199587)
Ive wondered about that quilt ALOT...The Abbey Road guys were SO cute...Id love to have a block like that!! Not sure who put it together but I don't think Ive ever seen it finished!! Ive seen a "premade" hippie quilt on line but you can tell they are factory line made..not individually hand made. I thought about buying one then taking the sewing out of it and using the "panels" to make my own design...not sure I have the patience though! If anyone runs across fabric that has "hippy" panels or what would make a good hippy quilt please send me a link for it!! :) Im about out of the hippy era and into old age era!! :)
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Originally Posted by Cheesehead
(Post 8200188)
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Here is the picture she is referring to, it's my all time favorite! This incredible quilt block was made by Kass several booms ago (before my time). Kass, hope you don't mind that I posted your picture once again but it's the greatest! |
Funny Libster! Thanks :D
Originally Posted by Libster
(Post 8200033)
Hey, vikkim, don't panic over slow delivery yet. My finished blocks once took a detour to Puerto Rico between Ga and NC! Everything was addressed perfectly correct and everything....I guess they just needed a little tropical vacation before becoming a quilt.
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Beautiful Blocks
Seeing all of these gorgeous blocks makes me so excited for the F8’s to arrive! I feel like a little girl waiting for Santa!
Cheesehead, your block and fabrics are beautiful and Kass’ block too! Ladies, you all have so much talent :) I can’t wait to participate with and learn from y’all! Happy Saturday! |
Kass do you know if the quilt was ever finished? Id LOVE to see it...that is my ALL time favorite for any swap Ive been in. You are SO talented!!!
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Here are my two fabrics. The orangey one is a repeat with an extra purple fabric to go with it. 15 of you will get that. The second fabric is the wild one on the left, four of you will get that.
anyone else besides Kass like to work with repeats? I can make sure you get the repeat. I put Kassaundras name on one of them as I bought the fabric with her in mind. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607399[/ATTACH] Im looking forward to getting my hands on your fabric. Here are are the two blocks I made with the fabric: [ATTACH=CONFIG]607400[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]607401[/ATTACH] |
Re the hippie quilt: It was Moonwork42029’s fabric, in Boom 17 topaz. I can not locate a final picture of the quilt so I don’t know if she ever completed it. The blocks were wonderful and her fabrics were perfect! Kass’s Block was terrific but there were several others that stood out as well. The two VW bugs and the woman in silhouette, made by Seasaw2mch. What wonderful blocks she made! Still miss her.
If you want to sift through the swap posts, you’ll find it here: https://www.quiltingboard.com/member...280963-79.html Edited to add: I just opened up the Boom 17 Topaz gallery if anyone is interested in the blocks all together. Enjoy. |
Thanks for opening up boom 17 gallery. As a newbie it’s interesting to see the blocks from a previous boom. Lots more applique in that boom. I love applique, I need to work on becoming a better appliquer.
Originally Posted by Janice McC
(Post 8200367)
Re the hippie quilt: It was Moonwork42029’s fabric, in Boom 17 topaz. I can not locate a final picture of the quilt so I don’t know if she ever completed it. The blocks were wonderful and her fabrics were perfect! Kass’s Block was terrific but there were several others that stood out as well. The two VW bugs and the woman in silhouette, made by Seasaw2mch. What wonderful blocks she made! Still miss her.
If you want to sift through the swap posts, you’ll find it here: https://www.quiltingboard.com/member...280963-79.html Edited to add: I just opened up the Boom 17 Topaz gallery if anyone is interested in the blocks all together. Enjoy. |
Directing fabric!
For those of you planning to direct a fabric to a specific person, please make it impossible for me to miss the person’s name. I can tell you just go through the f8s in the order in which they come out of the bag. I do not look at each one to find names. Separate them in some way, make them stand out or they will not get to the person for whom you intend them!
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I had to clean up my quilting area today and basically close it down. New windows go in throughout the house beginning Monday and I had to move everything near the windows to protect the items. That includes my sewing cabinet and many related items. After that, I went through some old stash, in particular a bunch of Christmas fabrics I “inherited” from my former boss’s wife a decade ago. I have no idea what I’ll do with the blocks (table runners maybe?) but I’m pretty sure that’s what I’ll send. Decision finally made. Whew!
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I really love how the Abby Road block turned out, and Janice is absolutely right Boomers went above and beyond on those blocks specifically, some really amazing work went into those blocks by everyone, you can tell we had fun w/ that theme. I have not seen any pics of it completed.
MJP, awesome I will have fun w/ those fussy cuts. CH I never mind when people post pics of any of my blocks, I am not "territorial" about them at all, I love sharing them as much as making them. |
Thank you Janice for opening up the Topaz gallery, there are such beautiful quilt blocks, many of which I haven't seen before. Seasaw2mch made you a darling block with the bonnet filled with pansies, never in a million years would I have come up with such an original idea.
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I have received many wonderful blocks through the years. Many. But that one is the most special to me. She was so creative. I think of her regularly. It’ll be two years in June since she died. :(
Originally Posted by Cheesehead
(Post 8200417)
Thank you Janice for opening up the Topaz gallery, there are such beautiful quilt blocks, many of which I haven't seen before. Seasaw2mch made you a darling block with the bonnet filled with pansies, never in a million years would I have come up with such an original idea.
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Wow MJP that is some pretty orange fabric!! The block you made is perfectly matched with a color!! Im not good at repeating fabric :(
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Today I received F8s from TravellingGramma, Vikkim and The MerkleFamily. I Previously received F8s from Bibliostone, Cheesehead, Kassaundra, Libster, Jaba, and Marcialee.
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Oh what memory lane Topaz is. It was such a fun swap - and everyone's fabric was super unique and we all had fun!! That is what it is all about.!
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Greetings Later gaters,
Here is a pic of my fabric, which is on its way to Janice. Everyone is getting a little piece of the dark grey and one solid color. Asking for black or black on black.... going for a stained glass look. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607420[/ATTACH] |
Oh goodie! I love doing stained glass :)
Originally Posted by JayneW
(Post 8200518)
Greetings Later gaters,
Here is a pic of my fabric, which is on its way to Janice. Everyone is getting a little piece of the dark grey and one solid color. Asking for black or black on black.... going for a stained glass look. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607420[/ATTACH] |
Originally Posted by Janice McC
(Post 8200481)
Today I received F8s from TravellingGramma, Vikkim and The MerkleFamily. I Previously received F8s from Bibliostone, Cheesehead, Kassaundra, Libster, Jaba, and Marcialee.
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I have 6 F8s of each of these fabrics all prepped.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]607450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]607451[/ATTACH] You can see the scale compared to the bobbins in the lower left. Both fabrics are directional. I’ll decide on final F8s on Sunday. |
Originally Posted by Cheesehead
(Post 8200188)
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Here is the picture she is referring to, it's my all time favorite! This incredible quilt block was made by Kass several booms ago (before my time). Kass, hope you don't mind that I posted your picture once again but it's the greatest! I love that block, my sister, who collects Albums(records), would love this block. |
I went to the post office on Saturday to mail my F8's and there was a pipe to bust in the lobby of our post office, needless to say I could not mail. I plan on stopping by on Monday Morning. Fabric will go out then.
I then went to our local Salvation Army. Someone had donated their entire Fabric stash. Lots of bags of fabric, Mostly yardage and fat quarters. I was in heaven. There were lots of civil war fabrics. I bought two bags full. $4.00 a piece. I would have bought more but I only brought a little cash with me. I hope to go back during the week to see if there is any left. I would buy it all. |
Too bad about the shipping but early next week will be fine.
Score on the fabric!!!
Originally Posted by Lstew2212
(Post 8200706)
I went to the post office on Saturday to mail my F8's and there was a pipe to bust in the lobby of our post office, needless to say I could not mail. I plan on stopping by on Monday Morning. Fabric will go out then.
I then went to our local Salvation Army. Someone had donated their entire Fabric stash. Lots of bags of fabric, Mostly yardage and fat quarters. I was in heaven. There were lots of civil war fabrics. I bought two bags full. $4.00 a piece. I would have bought more but I only brought a little cash with me. I hope to go back during the week to see if there is any left. I would buy it all. |
Janice I love making Christmas blocks, can’t wait to work on yours.
Letsew, just dropped off several bags of mt fabric to our local second hand store. Hope who ever buys them appreciates them as much as you do yours. |
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Here are the two I made for myself.
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While waiting for the BOOM fabric to arrive, I decided to do FatCat's Hen Party Quilt. Here are my first 3 blocks.
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I so hope I get that wild one. My mind is going a mile a minute on what I can do with that!
Originally Posted by mjpEncinitas
(Post 8200364)
Here are my two fabrics. The orangey one is a repeat with an extra purple fabric to go with it. 15 of you will get that. The second fabric is the wild one on the left, four of you will get that.
anyone else besides Kass like to work with repeats? I can make sure you get the repeat. I put Kassaundras name on one of them as I bought the fabric with her in mind. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607399[/ATTACH] Im looking forward to getting my hands on your fabric. Here are are the two blocks I made with the fabric: [ATTACH=CONFIG]607400[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]607401[/ATTACH] |
Posting finished blocks
Gallery is up for both groups. Those who have made blocks already will find their blocks in there. It's very important, especially in the beginning, that you post your blocks to the correct group and post the fabric owner's name with every single block. I'll eventually learn everyone's fabrics but right now, I honestly don't have a clue! Some people will edit the photo with that info directly on the pic. It's not necessary for me but having the block owner's name with the picture will help me immensely. And don't forget to keep pic size to 200 kb or smaller. Thanks!
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have4boys - The Hen Party is so much fun! Every one of those hens just make me want to giggle :D
Love all of the color in your blocks too! I'm paying close attention to those that have made blocks from their own fabrics.. I really like 3+ fabrics as it seems to really bring the focus fabric alive! |
Here's where we stand after today's deliveries. I've received from those whose names are in bold print.
AnnieQuilts Bibliostone Cheesehead Darcyshannon Hav4Boys Jaba Janice McC JayneW Kassaundra Klaws Libster Lstew2212 Marcialee mjpEncinitas NanaKathy55 PamelaOry Terriamn TheMerkleFamily TravelingGramma VikkiM Thank you! |
The Hen party blocks are so fun. Love the bright colors and they sure do make you giggle.
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