tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138517230731754522024-03-16T11:52:50.897-07:00Snippets of a QuilterTo share my love of quiltingWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.comBlogger522125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-10087998730564452452016-01-20T20:59:00.002-08:002016-01-20T20:59:58.088-08:00Hearts Everywhere!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are many different versions of hearts showing up all over Instagram. Seeing them got me in the mood to make a little heart quilt. This heart pattern is in the Vintage Farm Girl book, I'm making the larger size heart, I think it finishes at 4". My Farm Girl Vintage quilt is on hold until I get more of the Moda dot background. It's been ordered, hope it won't be long now.<br />
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My Hello Darling layer cake quilt in Bonnie and Camille fabrics is quilted and washed. I love the crinkled looked of a freshly washed quilt. I used Essex white linen in this quilt, the linen frays a bit when piecing but it's manageable.<br />
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A new kit arrived this week. This is from <a href="http://yellowfarmhouse.typepad.com/">Yellowfarmhouse</a> and will make the <a href="http://www.cottagecreekquilts.com/patterns.html">Winter Blessings</a> wallhanging. Look at the sweet little rusty snowflake.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com157tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-27404732013015542622016-01-13T20:06:00.001-08:002016-01-13T20:16:49.059-08:00Farm Girl Vintage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I used the "<a href="http://blog.modafabrics.com/2014/02/spell-it-with-fabric-setting-directions/">Spell it with Fabric</a>" pattern by Moda to make the letters in the Farm Girl Vintage quilt. Since the letters are different size than the blocks I'm still working on the layout and fitting everything together. I'm enjoying playing around with the pretty colours in these blocks. More to come on this quilt.<br />
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A little stitchery from Plum Cute Designs for Buttermilk Basin <a href="http://www.plumcutedesigns.com/?p=1014">Christmas blog hop</a>. The mitten stitchery is a <a href="http://www.plumcutedesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Sweet-Seasons-Winter.pdf">free pattern</a> and the frame I ordered from her website.<br />
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Another redwork stitchery I did before Christmas. I thought the frame was a prefect way to display this piece. The "Snow" pattern is a older one from <a href="http://www.crabapplehillstudio.com/">Crabapple Hill Studio</a>, I love her designs.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-10441346758383418032016-01-06T19:23:00.001-08:002016-01-06T19:23:05.255-08:00Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My first little finish of 2016 is this small wool piece by <a href="http://www.buttermilkbasin.com/shop-online.htm">Buttermilk Basin</a>. I've had the kit for over a year and decided I needed something that would be quick to finish. I might frame this or make a pillow. A sweet little project to sit and stitch on New Years Day.<br />
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A Woodland Christmas by <a href="https://bunnyhilldesigns.com/index.php/patterns/seasonal-patterns/winter/a-woodland-christmas.html">Bunnyhill Designs</a> is still in the works, this is block 9 of 10. The end is not far off. I'm so happy with how this is turning out. I'm using freezer paper and starch method. And I'm so looking forward to having it completed.<br />
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I'm putting the binding on my layer cake quilt. The fabrics are cheery and I'm using a black and white with words on the fabric to bind it.<br />
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Another mini quilt from the Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots Club One. The simple four patches are appealing to me.<br />
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A little hand stitching from a book by Gail Pan called <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Patchwork-Loves-Embroidery-Stitches-Projects/dp/1604683732">Patchwork Loves Embroidery</a>. I really enjoy the hand embroidery. Haven't decided yet what project these blocks will become. I was thinking of somehow incorporating them in a hexagon quilt.<br />
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Another picture from the summer, Boo Boo sitting on the front stairs. He sits out front and greets anyone walking by on the sidewalk.<br />
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Stitched and framed for fall. A little freebie project I finished. I couldn't find the original site for this pattern but you will find a link on this<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/dianereneem/embroidery-designs/"> Pinterest</a> page to a blog with the imagine that can be printed.<br />
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Layer cake quilt using Bonnie and Cammille fabrics called Hello Darling. Fresh and pretty colours in this quilt. Soon to be machine quilted, so I'll post more on this quilt.<br />
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The <a href="https://bunnyhilldesigns.com/">Bunnyhill</a> Christmas Wheels quilt finished and on the wall for 2015. I bought the kit for this quilt which included a jelly roll and charm pack of <a href="https://bunnyhilldesigns.com/">Bunnyhill Designs</a> fabric. It was very disappointing to discover the red fabric bled badly in this line. I did use colour catchers (3 sheets I believe) which wasn't enough. After my disaster by friend used the whole box of colour catchers with good success. I was able to get most of the pink colour out of the white using Oxiclean but unfortunately I think the red faded a bit.<br />
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A mini using Snowmen and snow flake buttons. A kit I bought at <a href="http://folktalesfabricshop.blogspot.ca/">Folktales</a> Quilt Shop open house in Dec. If you are in the area this shop is full of many surprises.<br />
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Lula is looking annoyed at getting her picture taken. So that's it for 2015 in review. Many more pictures can be seen on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/threadtales/">Threadtales</a> Instagram site. Or the blue button at the top left corner of this blog.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-50218359146376507992015-12-29T19:26:00.000-08:002015-12-29T19:26:46.166-08:00Year In Review Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm back as promised with more highlights of 2015. I think this quilt by Laundry Basket Quilts is my biggest accomplishment for the year. The blocks are pieced using templates, the applique is machine stitched and I did a all over heavy quilting design of leaves and flowers. I'm so pleased with how this one turned out.<br />
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My favourite picture of Fonz on a hot summer day. He is my daughters dog.<br />
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Fat Quarter Shop BOM still in progress. It's using a fabric line by Laundry Basket Quilts called <a href="http://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/snowbird.html">Snowbird</a>. It's a very pretty line with a variety of blues.<br />
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My Cotton and Steel quilt using the <a href="http://sewkindofwonderful.com/">Quick Curve Ruler</a>. I first made the pinwheel blocks and then used the QCR to cut and make the blocks. It's more of a wallhanging size quilt. I used a lot of different Cotton and Steel fabric in this quilt. The machine quilting is freemotion.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-90203568904978981622015-12-28T20:36:00.000-08:002015-12-28T20:36:03.816-08:00Year In Review Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Where have I been this year? Well truth be told, I discovered Instagram! What can I say, Instagram made me lazy. It's so simple, just take picture, say a couple of words and share, it all takes less than 30 seconds to post about my projects. I was hooked instantly on the ease of posting. Well that's pretty much my only excuse, being lazy, I had good intentions for blogging but life happens and I never got around to it. I hope to make next year a bit different and do more posting here.<br />
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I'm going to share a few highlights from 2015 in a couple posts. It's taking me a bit to remember how to use blogger. Forgive me, I will do my best to work through how to post again.<br />
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I started the year with making a heart quilt, which I really love and enjoyed every minute of making (see previous post). Next came the jelly roll quilt. This is a free pattern on Moda Bake shop, check out the website, I think it's called Simply Woven Quilt. I did a modern machine quilting of lines going back and forth. This was a first for me. It was inspired by the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bits-Quilting-Bee-Quarters/dp/0811877302">Little Bits Quilting Bee</a> by <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/world/asia/australia-road-trip-tragedy/">Kathreen Ricketson</a>. She passed away tragically on a family trip, her story is very touching. She did this method of machine quilting in her book.<br />
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The Fat Quarter Mystery BOM Quilt blocks are still a work in progress. I hope in 2016 this will become a finished quilt. I have all the blocks ready, now need to start on the finishing layout, which involves a pieced border and I wanted to make it a little bigger which complicates getting it finished.</div>
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A little mini quilt using some 1 1/2" brights strips. I did some big stitch quilting in red around the blocks. A fun little project.<br />
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-89199736974207396122015-01-28T20:00:00.001-08:002015-01-28T20:00:48.941-08:00Jan Finishes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is my second little quilt finish of the Simple Whatnots Club 1. Didn't sign up for Club 2 because I still have four little quilt patterns to do from the first club. I've got one started and hope to have it finished next month.<br />
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Time to catch up on the first couple weeks of the year. My first finish for 2015, Candy Hearts is a flimsy. I had so much fun making these hearts, it will be ready for Feb, my favourite month.<br />
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And then I took a class taught by a good friend, as if I needed to start a new project. Log cabin blocks done in Red and White, haven't decided how big this quilt will be yet.<br />
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-81986025804706983672014-12-26T11:11:00.000-08:002014-12-26T11:11:55.609-08:00Dec Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Time to catch up for the month of Dec. It's always harder when everything I'm making is a gift and I can't show for fear of giving it away. I almost finished the Wish Quilt, it didn't get quilted in time and I wasn't about to stress about it. There's always next year!<br />
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I did finish this little Cheri Payne pattern. I had so much fun making the trees, I made a smaller 12" hanging to fit the frame stands, that one was given as a gift and then I had to make one for myself as well as the bigger version.<br />
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Close up of the applique.<br />
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I stitched a few ornaments for friends, gave these with a bag of cookies.<br />
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Went to the Christmas Vintage Market, Totally forgot what I came home with, Should have bought the Noel sign...now regretting I didn't.<br />
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Baked a lot of cookies, ginger snaps are my favourite.<br />
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Sweet little gift from my friend Linda.<br />
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This isn't a secret project but one that I started a few years ago. I've brought out the <a href="http://www.red-brolly.com/2012/09/free-red-brolly-redwork-pattern-the-wish-patchwork-christmas-quilt/">Wish quilt</a> AGAIN!. Maybe I can finally get it finished. This stitched block isn't officially part of the <a href="http://www.red-brolly.com/2012/09/free-red-brolly-redwork-pattern-the-wish-patchwork-christmas-quilt/">Wish quilt</a> but it will be part of my version. The Wish Quilt is a <a href="http://www.red-brolly.com/2012/09/free-red-brolly-redwork-pattern-the-wish-patchwork-christmas-quilt/">free pattern</a> from <a href="http://www.red-brolly.com/">Red Brolly</a>.<br />
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I made this into a 6" star block, I changed the stitchery in this block.<br />
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This little wallhanging is the first of two secret projects. I've given this to my Secret Sister, I should make a second one for me. Soon I can reveal the other project.</div>
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I love this time of year when the leaves change to fall colours and the pumpkins come out. Here is a little fall decorating around my house. The Boo blocks I bought at <a href="http://folktalesfabricshop.blogspot.ca/">Folktales</a> in Lynden, Wash. This shop is a must see if you are in the area.<br />
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The pumpkin and crow quilt is from Need'l Love book called <a href="http://www.needllove.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Q3">Autumn Threads</a>. It's on the front cover.<br />
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The borders are added, quilted and ready for gift giving. It's a queen size quilt and will be a gift for my daughter, haven't decided if it will be Christmas gift or birthday. The <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/Moda-Love-Layer-Cake-Quilt.pdf">free pattern</a> is from Moda and they've included 3 sizes using pre-cuts. This was a very quick quilt to make and I'm happy with how it turned out.<br />
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The second little quilt in the <a href="http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?Shopper_id=60621072327306062&Store_id=597&Page_id=17&categ_id=100&parent_ids=0&name=Simple+Whatnots+Club">Simple Whatnots club</a>, I've sewed the flying geese on the sides, just not in this picture.<br />
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This quilt went together very fast using a layercake. The pattern is <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/Moda-Love-Layer-Cake-Quilt.pdf">free</a> and called <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/Moda-Love-Layer-Cake-Quilt.pdf">Moda Love</a>. I'm going to add a small inner border and then a 4" outer border. My oldest daughter will love this quilt.<br />
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The Countryside Quilt Show was a big success. More people came to see the quilts than we ever imagined. Our little group of 27 members showed over 400 quilts of our work. There is a <b><a href="http://youtu.be/OR_A6qWwmS4">VIDEO</a></b> if you want to see a portion of the show. The bed turning had a big turn out for each time slot we offered, You'll see the bed turning in the video.<br />
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Time for some fall decorating. I love this little wool wallhanging from my secret sister at Countryside Quilters. I might see how this looks on my old widow display. </div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-50962386000533234972014-09-13T09:20:00.002-07:002014-09-13T09:20:15.939-07:00Simple Whatnots Club<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I finished the first little quilt in the Simple Whatnots club by Kim Diehl. This one is called Hopscotch and also has a pieced version if you don't like applique. I signed up for the club at <a href="http://www.littlequilts.com/">Little Quilts Shop</a>, I like how they offered a starter kit up front and then get the patterns each month. This allows me to add a few fabrics from my stash and is budget friendly.<br />
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I can't believe how much canning I'm doing. Three of us are working together to get all this canning done. We've finished tomatoes, peaches, cherries, pickles, peach chutney, cucumber relish, salsa, pepper jelly and beets. The peach chutney and tomatoes are shown in this picture. The weather has been great and we are able to do most of the canning outside. One more day of canning and that's it, we are done for the year. Back to quilting soon. </div>
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If you are local, the quilt group I belong to <b><u>Countryside Quilters</u></b> is having it's first quilt show.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-33320071186704869652014-09-01T20:23:00.000-07:002014-09-01T20:23:21.057-07:00Welcome Sept<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This quilt has been a flimsie for longer than I'd like to think about. It's Sept already and fall is just around the corner. I'm so happy to have this one quilted, bound and washed. I did free motion quilting and found the black on black the most difficult, it's not easy to see the black thread on black fabric.<br />
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The pattern is from <a href="http://www.countryquilts.ca/catalog.php?category=4">Country Quilts</a> book, At Home with Country Quilts.<br />
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Now I'm on to the Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots club, this is the center for the first little quilt in the club. </div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-91635565467513605362014-08-19T18:29:00.000-07:002014-08-19T18:29:09.388-07:00Catch Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've finished a couple quilts which I forgot to post here, too busy posting on Instagram and neglecting my poor blog. This quilt is called Ruby from a BOM a couple years ago, all finished and washed, I think it looks fresh and pretty.<br />
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This is a gift for a birthday coming up soon. My vision was for it to give a beach or ocean feel, I love the soft blue tones in this quilt.<br />
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This antique grandmothers flower garden was made by my husband's great grandma Emma. She would have made this about the 1930's when she organized the quilting group in her home town. I love the red flowers scattered around. </div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-50564043686579293052014-08-06T21:23:00.002-07:002014-08-06T21:23:49.660-07:00Summer Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was a super fast and fun small quilt to make. I used mostly K. Fassett fabrics for the flowers. The pattern can be found on the Cloud 9 Fabrics free patterns page, it's called Amsterdam Quilt.<br />
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I'm making a Christmas gift for my daughter, I'm hoping this tablerunner will look good on her black table. I used Gigi's Thimble quilt pattern.<br />
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This little quilt was a gift from Mary at <a href="http://www.quilthollow.com/">Quilt Hollow</a>, we've done a few swaps and exchanged gifts over the years. I sure love this small quilt and Mary's quilting is always outstanding.</div>
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I've been working on the Primitive Gatherings sew along. The wool applique center is the first part and the pieced border is the second part. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for this project.<br />
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Found this little antique quilt at the local Vintage Market. It's worn and tattered and has vintage buttons and lace sewn on by the person I bought it from. I love the pink fabric in this quilt. </div>
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The local quilt shop where I work has a new name <a href="http://stitchandbobbin.com/">"Stitch and Bobbin"</a> and a new owner "Stephanie". I'm beyond excited and I get to keep my job! This is so exciting, I'm looking forward to what changes are yet to come.<br />
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I finished this little quilt from the book <a href="http://www.itssewemma.com/simply-fat-quarters-book">Simply Fat Quarters</a>. The blocks are very easy and the fabrics make a nice statement in the kitchen.<br />
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I've also been busy doing a bit of painting, I wish I took a before picture. The paint is called <a href="http://cottagepaint.com/">Cottage Paint </a>and doesn't need sanding or any kind of prep before painting. This piece still needs a light coat of wax.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-49927497753212077612014-06-24T20:18:00.000-07:002014-06-24T20:18:25.474-07:00Quilt Finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It seems blogging has been sporadic for me. I've been using <a href="http://instagram.com/threadtales">Instagram</a> much more lately, simply because it's EASY. There is also a button on my sidebar, so I'll see you here and over there!<br />
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The quilt I've been working on is from one of Kim Diehl's books (I love all her books), off hand I'm not sure which one this pattern is from. I love how Kim combines her fabric choices, hopefully I've accomplished something similar in this quilt. Cats and quilts just seem to go together, Boo is showing his approval.<br />
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I was undecided about the orange border but I think it's growing on me now. Just need to figure out how to quilt this one.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-31614842338210301202014-06-12T20:58:00.002-07:002014-06-12T20:58:31.184-07:00Stitching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Not much to share this week. I finished this blue bird stitchery potholder. I wanted it to look almost vintage and I think it does kinda look from the 50's. I made it like a oven mitt where your hand can go inside. Probably won't use it right away, just use it for decoration for a little while. The embroidery was a free pattern I found on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/456974693412465788/">Pinterest</a> and I made up the ovenmitt pattern.<br />
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-39973570415523238832014-05-26T10:11:00.001-07:002014-05-30T20:59:06.375-07:00Sew Along's<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fyojy7fx5zY/U4N1wr_KnBI/AAAAAAAAEgs/7zXbUpsYqbQ/s640/blogger-image-1704526575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fyojy7fx5zY/U4N1wr_KnBI/AAAAAAAAEgs/7zXbUpsYqbQ/s640/blogger-image-1704526575.jpg"></a></div>I've quilted the Pam Buda sew along quilt from last fall. Just working on the binding. These blocks are all HST's. So easy and fun. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_EWW6fnX9Zk/U4N1vD-yjZI/AAAAAAAAEgk/sG8LFDNURek/s640/blogger-image--215378725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_EWW6fnX9Zk/U4N1vD-yjZI/AAAAAAAAEgk/sG8LFDNURek/s640/blogger-image--215378725.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I can't believe I got these blocks finished. I'm going to add a border to have it big enough for my queen bed. After all that work, I'm putting this on my bed. This was in the Feb 2014 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Quilting!</div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413851723073175452.post-42844072494803242362014-05-17T09:20:00.001-07:002014-05-18T09:02:09.665-07:00Le Jardin<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K8iu-pwHzvE/U3eMYwCsbwI/AAAAAAAAEgQ/FgYoUjyBLGY/s640/blogger-image--67223429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K8iu-pwHzvE/U3eMYwCsbwI/AAAAAAAAEgQ/FgYoUjyBLGY/s640/blogger-image--67223429.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's been a long time working on these blocks. I loved every minute, almost sad I won't be working on the bunnies, baskets, flowers and pretty things. It's the French General fabrics that really make this quilt. The borders still need to go on and then how to quilt this one. I've never hand quilted but looking at this quilt gives me the urge to start. Haven't made up my mind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Quilting. </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854012098533662222noreply@blogger.com18