tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48275670232962090692024-03-05T00:49:12.471-08:00KwiltKeyesLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-9646193329416984022024-02-21T14:02:00.000-08:002024-02-21T17:15:05.512-08:002023 year in Summary and Whats New in 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRD8pNXXN38ZLLmIe_h3sBkavb4jpgptURA56_qNHAc4fCSOWP6riOIxT0weoUl3bpI7zErZT-jP0IGd7rXgNui5paG_c0nU6uMz1AR5aLaXBWVegLLi80Nq7uI5OJ675Lhk9_dzpOgmbWnWew72JHVtLkDh9DZfh_Ft7F1DKvHvaOqu_2t3hcv4RWtU/s2880/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRD8pNXXN38ZLLmIe_h3sBkavb4jpgptURA56_qNHAc4fCSOWP6riOIxT0weoUl3bpI7zErZT-jP0IGd7rXgNui5paG_c0nU6uMz1AR5aLaXBWVegLLi80Nq7uI5OJ675Lhk9_dzpOgmbWnWew72JHVtLkDh9DZfh_Ft7F1DKvHvaOqu_2t3hcv4RWtU/w640-h426/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What have I been Doing Since Completing My Book?</b></div></b><p></p><p>Just about a year ago I finished up my Scrap Book of Quilts - 40 quilted pages of projects/techniques I had tried out, memories of life events and my love of quilt history. You can read about that project at: http://quiltpapers.blogspot.com/2023/02/louises-scrap-book-of-quilts.html</p><p>There are posts prior and after that show techniques, materials, inspirations and process of making the book.</p><p>Then it was on to class preparation for Quilting By the Lake. I signed up to make a quilted coat with Rachel Clark in July 2023. I decided to use the geometric elements that Gustav Klimt used for textures in his paintings. I opted to use straight-line elements, in multiples of 1.5-inches. I went through my stash and picked out my favorite colors. I did purchase some Cherryword solids to compliment my choices - all the rest was stash. Using my Design Sofa, I laid out my selections and started making elements. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGwI_An2DAlU5qzT-sgm0l2D2Dao8PpN1jQiq8uGKPbtnX0tCiUjnOwYged6MxCercxBpsOTVXtoeKn8eGHh-WnJn3qGHyB8p_QjcnaR851xo7g4K03lsA-zYngwRzyLNp1UauS5C8Os1t3nuBSCxoQAUth1n4d1LFeG4TYXePAWupODU5cjqZqVwB6M/s2880/Slide2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGwI_An2DAlU5qzT-sgm0l2D2Dao8PpN1jQiq8uGKPbtnX0tCiUjnOwYged6MxCercxBpsOTVXtoeKn8eGHh-WnJn3qGHyB8p_QjcnaR851xo7g4K03lsA-zYngwRzyLNp1UauS5C8Os1t3nuBSCxoQAUth1n4d1LFeG4TYXePAWupODU5cjqZqVwB6M/w640-h426/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Making of The Elements of Klimt - A Quilted Coat</b></div></b><div><br /></div><div>Armed with all my elements, it was time for the class at QBL with Rachel. We spent the first day or so making our muslin base. By making sure that it fitted properly, it was time to start designing! During the class time, I was able to get the front sections just about completed, and the back started. I would need to make more elements to finish off the back and make the sleeves. At several sew days at the Chenango Bridge Town Hall and a few days at the Broome County Public Library - the pieces were completed. Border and Collar Triangles were next. All was going well, then New Zealand happened.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46xl3FUb7h5WQ1at-tClNfbsJZ_otxzJWGwlhVS2oiaGuaNXDYzD7MB-yT4H4Drn_LtAmlMJfS9TwwtWX9-B_w2Hk5g2OfdV8o7LFLb7HQKj8WInARIY1bTO14BED3wrTev5Z6HNa811bqaH0ycfr3c-VxzsjEVGzV2Vdqa8f1D_xTiBbhkqX5eTrV9s/s2880/Slide3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46xl3FUb7h5WQ1at-tClNfbsJZ_otxzJWGwlhVS2oiaGuaNXDYzD7MB-yT4H4Drn_LtAmlMJfS9TwwtWX9-B_w2Hk5g2OfdV8o7LFLb7HQKj8WInARIY1bTO14BED3wrTev5Z6HNa811bqaH0ycfr3c-VxzsjEVGzV2Vdqa8f1D_xTiBbhkqX5eTrV9s/w640-h426/Slide3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The New Zealand Kiwi Bird Quilt</b></div></b></div><div><br /></div><div>In preparation for our trip, I made a batik zip bag to carry my hand sewing project, Hexagon Patchwork Pictures, along with me. I started working on the embroideries in March 2020. They are based on the Priscilla M. Warner book Pictures and Patchwork. You can read about it here: https://kwiltkeyes.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-embroidered-pictures-for-patchwork.html and https://kwiltkeyes.blogspot.com/2020/03/hexagon-quilts-cot-cover-pictures-and.html</div><div><br /></div><div>I have only one more motif from the book left to do. I created eight additional ones using other illustrations by Priscilla - there will be 48 embroidered pictures in total..</div><div><br /></div><div>While in New Zealand, I was able to stop at a couple of quilt shops for a few moments: Fox's Cottage Quilting and Wool in Foxton and Annie's Country Quilt Store in Ashburton.</div><div><br /></div><div>After designing my kiwi pattern, I started making them - 51 in total of various sizes. I added some free-styled leaves into the design to represent the concerted effort New Zealanders make in conserving their native plant and animal species. The birds are surrounded by pathways. </div><div><br /></div><div>While visiting several kiwi encounters - in the dark since they are nocturnal birds, it took me a long time for my eyes to adjust. I found that if I saw a kiwi at a particular place, they would eventually return along that path and I would get to see them again, rather than looking all over to find them elsewhere. </div><div><br /></div><div>My Kiwi Quilt top is all pressed and ready for backing and batting. I should be able to pin baste it at at future Sew Day and will machine quilt it on a domestic machine if all goes according to plan.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers, Louise<br /></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-65755401392554349612024-01-14T09:56:00.000-08:002024-01-14T09:59:13.987-08:00Mom, Dad - What are you doing in November?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxn7epmWUbasx2JTUNmfIyNrEfvxr0krCOV0zEucjdFM_xSRWWl2H4rjDjE-UyKEO4UeoXwnd__AHm5T0vIrZvbTCO3v5Hkhxxt9CfhjL01hFHXGA70fnzWKs35A2wC61-Hi2KxxvAudFdWtt8yFV01PMV2SxEdX9eUOKuwj1u8J6cvcZyySE9KQ1JP8/s960/New%20Zealand%20Collages.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxn7epmWUbasx2JTUNmfIyNrEfvxr0krCOV0zEucjdFM_xSRWWl2H4rjDjE-UyKEO4UeoXwnd__AHm5T0vIrZvbTCO3v5Hkhxxt9CfhjL01hFHXGA70fnzWKs35A2wC61-Hi2KxxvAudFdWtt8yFV01PMV2SxEdX9eUOKuwj1u8J6cvcZyySE9KQ1JP8/w640-h480/New%20Zealand%20Collages.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mom, Dad - What are you doing in November?</b></div></b><p></p><p>This was the question asked by our son back in June 2023. As you can guess, we ended up going to New Zealand for November! </p><p>Being a quilter, I wanted to make a quilt commemorating our trip. I was able to get a bit of NZ themed fabric while there - two 10 minute jumps from the car into a shop while the boys waited ... not patiently I might add.</p><p>I did see some sidewalk pavers in Otorohanga in the shape of a Kiwi. I even drafted a pattern the day after I got home. The pavers were 9" x 7". By reducing to a third, the pavers became 3" x 2.5" in size - a doable quilt pattern.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVjHtTfhLRVk-G9LVM1_7rrfuTxw6fMIizXjK3gNc5EeEXL6WYVyw6hDXypdYZI3kyR_d4ZtHzOceKZRH-YEizVfGLQLuShMkI2Jobqu85Chw5bU8ibwqPcBsJ2lxu6J3r22AzQTo6mNQjShKXDS1C0H0xEOjdEh32OBlpUmHYlmzPjqoxGS0kYqvhao/s2315/Kiwi%20Patchwork.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2315" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVjHtTfhLRVk-G9LVM1_7rrfuTxw6fMIizXjK3gNc5EeEXL6WYVyw6hDXypdYZI3kyR_d4ZtHzOceKZRH-YEizVfGLQLuShMkI2Jobqu85Chw5bU8ibwqPcBsJ2lxu6J3r22AzQTo6mNQjShKXDS1C0H0xEOjdEh32OBlpUmHYlmzPjqoxGS0kYqvhao/w400-h331/Kiwi%20Patchwork.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Otorohanga Street Pavers as a Patchwork Kiwi</b></div></b><p></p><p>I decided that the block size would be too big - but maybe I will revisit as a wall hanging at a later date.</p><p>I was still searching for a kiwi pattern and only came up with a very complicated paper piece design and an applique one. That is until I saw a patchwork chick and somehow I saw kiwi!</p><p>I rotated it and made a long beak. A quilter in New Zealand tried out the design. http://stitchingfarmgirl.blogspot.com/ It was still not quite there, so I chopped off the 'squared off ' backside and made the beak longer and my New Zealand Kiwi Bird pattern was finally getting there and worked out a paper pieced pattern.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6rjfQDDtathUFl3z8s5tfwKWf_qNbsGStSdzbA_Pb2QDsoeKi9tnSPhfdOIcFdsknYj1BQ0hrvDOZLW_YvP7wKzLvsHMq_TDwiDFrjbt1TiyLhV292RIN26YXiF1cyRaDdhHfjDQetYTC1MORbeJRimdKg75SS90zxNNQQKdpN7qQP5i93Y0HNvCI-M/s815/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="815" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6rjfQDDtathUFl3z8s5tfwKWf_qNbsGStSdzbA_Pb2QDsoeKi9tnSPhfdOIcFdsknYj1BQ0hrvDOZLW_YvP7wKzLvsHMq_TDwiDFrjbt1TiyLhV292RIN26YXiF1cyRaDdhHfjDQetYTC1MORbeJRimdKg75SS90zxNNQQKdpN7qQP5i93Y0HNvCI-M/w400-h354/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Working out the Kiwi Pattern</b></div><div><br /></div>I shared the Paper Pieced New Zealand Kiwi Pattern with a group of quilt stitchers and bloggers - the Chookshed Stitchers hosted by ChookyBlue. https://chookyblue.blogspot.com/ <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2KEApk2U57cQ68gfmkGSK-8TbkcD4pSNINxSeibUUi5990vavDAMXD5TAo_jVEvTnGG64EzTTdj1RsyIio8vIvEKZpGT7mgYEofNKu_Y-9DTmlUoU1mxZxsfQc6hyphenhyphen2zS9TFNCOYz_YclQiZ9mwIiqrIacFeP6iESdMZKGiUoISJlcOsalSnJ1ULgXh4/s2698/IMG_2613.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="2698" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2KEApk2U57cQ68gfmkGSK-8TbkcD4pSNINxSeibUUi5990vavDAMXD5TAo_jVEvTnGG64EzTTdj1RsyIio8vIvEKZpGT7mgYEofNKu_Y-9DTmlUoU1mxZxsfQc6hyphenhyphen2zS9TFNCOYz_YclQiZ9mwIiqrIacFeP6iESdMZKGiUoISJlcOsalSnJ1ULgXh4/w400-h238/IMG_2613.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My Flock of Kiwi ... so far...</b></div></b><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here is the paper pieced pattern - one for each direction - enjoy. Cheers, Louise</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwO5T39y0Yg38EhqZrjXhyphenhyphenzQibasfgwy81AfbPyN0ziYSCNwFMqQ2AtFLijGh7yh8ml05mcv8bjtiiuZ2mjFAjBYn1CuteS-iUODhHqzw9ZT9-V0URY60JTyfmsYQdp1U52UHCKr0cp_8j052D1XVamOqzyr4cgHCPlW89wqwUwnsj97iGsLGxqWEBmoE/s960/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwO5T39y0Yg38EhqZrjXhyphenhyphenzQibasfgwy81AfbPyN0ziYSCNwFMqQ2AtFLijGh7yh8ml05mcv8bjtiiuZ2mjFAjBYn1CuteS-iUODhHqzw9ZT9-V0URY60JTyfmsYQdp1U52UHCKr0cp_8j052D1XVamOqzyr4cgHCPlW89wqwUwnsj97iGsLGxqWEBmoE/w640-h480/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><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/AVvXsEiB4KSld-m7dmSBd49t0HKCaEjIJYi_eA1xDcs6grmrldrGUKQyCkBtGtfWIrQo1YgJQM-w1s-FUz0CRRvkjlB2m_lRHe9NhaD6I_TaLGN2g84wGmtRz4GT-8DwagVjd5ji5qWOHCi_XecHwMRTu0-8zXcs3hwoeXXRNgK3HHlRnKRmdlwPyEzfp8rPAI8/s960/Slide2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4KSld-m7dmSBd49t0HKCaEjIJYi_eA1xDcs6grmrldrGUKQyCkBtGtfWIrQo1YgJQM-w1s-FUz0CRRvkjlB2m_lRHe9NhaD6I_TaLGN2g84wGmtRz4GT-8DwagVjd5ji5qWOHCi_XecHwMRTu0-8zXcs3hwoeXXRNgK3HHlRnKRmdlwPyEzfp8rPAI8/w640-h480/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-30786901484641664702021-09-06T10:46:00.000-07:002021-09-06T10:46:08.220-07:00Musical Love Birds<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8pf_mWOYxQqAqWOen9GtWmVumk-JQZzea2X9cxfO8YX4C-KNRMy6hTIOI48-MZZM3SCTeFvRz267cgujbo9cSdOll8kTXsERYTn7LKqxyxmwteiWkEcyHWYpRq5hVL7vyR6HiR6kWvc/s1440/Musical+Love+Birds+1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8pf_mWOYxQqAqWOen9GtWmVumk-JQZzea2X9cxfO8YX4C-KNRMy6hTIOI48-MZZM3SCTeFvRz267cgujbo9cSdOll8kTXsERYTn7LKqxyxmwteiWkEcyHWYpRq5hVL7vyR6HiR6kWvc/w640-h426/Musical+Love+Birds+1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Musical Love Birds </span></b></div></b><p></p><p>A daughter of one of our friends was getting married after
postponing for a year due to covid. We
have known her for most of her life and watched her romance blossom for many
years. She is a music teacher, and so
was her husband-to-be. I knew I wanted
to make them a unique gift and began my
search for inspiration.</p><p>Over the past couple of years I have been researching a
design motif found on crazy quilts of a rooster blowing a horn, which led me to
discovering frakturs, illuminated folk
art drawings made by the Pennsylvania Dutch to commemorate life events (births,
baptism, marriage), house blessings and student merits.</p><p>Just recently, while doing research on quilt
maker / designer Velma Mackay Paul of York, PA, I was drawn back into PA Dutch
design motifs and frakturs. Since frakturs were also used to decorate song or tune
books – they would provide the inspiration to make the perfect gift for a
couple of music teachers!</p><p>I knew the
background would be music themed and started my search for the perfect
fabrics. Thank goodness for PJ shopping
on the internet! I was able to get what
I wanted after a few weeks of searching. With the remaining fabric, I made them some market bags
and face masks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDLhgOKVyz6N28pE2oysxld4qVC1_w-skvBkXjUwq67CFr4cUXwUCUJOmtrVfHXpuQRu8ofg9wpRnIIuoKi6r7RoRdaPCTL6uHSfm0ka4pztw7Q7sSvrI7S9YNqVNXGMQvuwYr-3lS4Q/s1440/Musical+Love+Birds+2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDLhgOKVyz6N28pE2oysxld4qVC1_w-skvBkXjUwq67CFr4cUXwUCUJOmtrVfHXpuQRu8ofg9wpRnIIuoKi6r7RoRdaPCTL6uHSfm0ka4pztw7Q7sSvrI7S9YNqVNXGMQvuwYr-3lS4Q/w640-h426/Musical+Love+Birds+2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Design Inspiration</span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been making quilted pictures of birds (and an
angler fish) using embroidered applique for many years now (a combination of
raw edge applique and crazy quilt stitches to “embroider” the motifs in place).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">In
my various searches on Velma Mackay Pay, Baltimore Album Quilts, Frakturs,
Pecolia Warner, I came across an ad in the Spring 1993 Folk Art magazine for a
baptismal certificate signed by Daniel Peterman dated</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">May 4, 1857.</span><span style="text-align: left;">
</span><span style="text-align: left;">I liked the layout of the birds with the drooping flowers, and combined it with elements from other frakturs – heart, flowers and birds – to come up with
an original design for the piece.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Selected sources:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://issuu.com/american_folk_art_museum/docs/folkart_18_1_spr1993">https</a><a href="https://issuu.com/american_folk_art_museum/docs/folkart_18_1_spr1993">://issuu.com/american_folk_art_museum/docs/folkart_18_1_spr1993</a></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Page 60 – ad for a baptismal certificate signed by Daniel
Peterman dated</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">May 4, 1857 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/6366" style="text-align: left;">https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/6366</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Drawing (Bird of Paradise and Butterfly) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">To View some frakturs: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/collection/fraktur" style="text-align: left;">https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/collection/fraktur</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Pennsylvania German Fraktur and Manuscripts</span></div></blockquote>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-1587759457508360512021-04-10T06:24:00.001-07:002021-04-10T06:25:53.877-07:00Embroidered Applique<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgCosHJhbz7DdZf4z9hKpiIgtyaHMi46DAemE3tmP77Tfp0GJUHNAsxQFft3X5zOYxpgJcelWhe8jcfZ79EYPuYK6EXtXJh6BrQW1dRmJ14TuIK-UUNtkVIyUMxMPnDUiWgyF_jFwPf0/s920/Rose+and+Lyle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="920" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgCosHJhbz7DdZf4z9hKpiIgtyaHMi46DAemE3tmP77Tfp0GJUHNAsxQFft3X5zOYxpgJcelWhe8jcfZ79EYPuYK6EXtXJh6BrQW1dRmJ14TuIK-UUNtkVIyUMxMPnDUiWgyF_jFwPf0/w640-h504/Rose+and+Lyle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Embroidered Applique</b></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Here is my latest project, a wedding gift for a co-worker, in the unframed stage, 11x14-inches. The background was made by placing random scraps on a craft felt base and stitching into place. I used 2 bobbin's worth of thread with a couple of top thread colors to complete the background.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The bird, branch, leaf, flower and heart shapes are raw edge cut fabric and hand sewn into place using various embroidery stitches - similar to stitches found on crazy quilts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8TOpqW9tPKG5i6Ne-5hbN0qBwqHmeQGjaxxtAh0FLqfv-EnB0ERvQHJNEU-oG4GcuG3srHcDBA9xsCyG5w8QSng81SiFpuF1ymf4P2U7s2M6Z2-pXEn5h8PoqGueg9dIh3B5tnpjjIg/s960/Rose+and+Lyle+Framed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="960" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8TOpqW9tPKG5i6Ne-5hbN0qBwqHmeQGjaxxtAh0FLqfv-EnB0ERvQHJNEU-oG4GcuG3srHcDBA9xsCyG5w8QSng81SiFpuF1ymf4P2U7s2M6Z2-pXEn5h8PoqGueg9dIh3B5tnpjjIg/w640-h512/Rose+and+Lyle+Framed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-72486594423585656632020-08-30T09:23:00.003-07:002020-08-30T09:30:48.813-07:00My What-Not Bag and Bog Coat<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ruvkvUcExTNXhVV2bMuHlXZ6hx27RYN8ZXngAlK6ocqqZhz_GevS2ypgXWkYI9M3pqMn8TtmXVYvKaGQAZV6jOGgWDYWIrDwaWuWcbRzWZJrN091qRDD39wUgHRoLJJ7LisYIz9-MJk/s2048/My+What-Not+Wallet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ruvkvUcExTNXhVV2bMuHlXZ6hx27RYN8ZXngAlK6ocqqZhz_GevS2ypgXWkYI9M3pqMn8TtmXVYvKaGQAZV6jOGgWDYWIrDwaWuWcbRzWZJrN091qRDD39wUgHRoLJJ7LisYIz9-MJk/w1000-h668/My+What-Not+Wallet.jpg" width="1000" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My What-Not Bag and Bog Coat </b></div><br />About 20 years ago I saw Rachel Clark (<a href="http://www.rdkc.com/">http://www.rdkc.com/</a>) on Simply Quilts and was inspired by her sense of design, quirkiness and humor. So inspired, I made a quilted coat, using the Bog Coat method. It won first place in a local quilt show in the wearable category. I remember finishing up the binding the morning of show set up. Later, during the show, someone offered me $300 for it – I of course said no – it was made for me, and I had not even worn it yet. I did for years – constantly, until it started showing signs of wear, now it comes out only for quilt shows and the local philharmonic concerts.<p></p><p>These past few weeks, Quilting Arts has featured Rachel Clark on our local PBS station – and once again she inspired me. In one of the episodes, she showed how to make a What-Not Wallet. I grabbed my pen and paper and started sketching along, writing down all the measurements. Luckily for me, Quilting Daily of Quilting Arts TV posted a pdf file of the instructions <a href="https://www.quiltingdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2512-1_CLARK.pdf">https://www.quiltingdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2512-1_CLARK.pdf</a> . <br /><br />I had picked up several bags of fabric scraps at Sew Creative down in Maryland on my trip to DC last fall (<a href="https://sewcreativeshop.com/">https://sewcreativeshop.com/</a>) where they have a great selection of African print fabrics. I am making a Wonky Hex quilt with them, with a charcoal gray velvet center. It’s based on an antique quilt top I have - more on that another time. <br /><br />Anyway, the pieces, that were too small for that quilt, were sewn together ‘crazy patch’ style until they met the dimensions needed for my What-Not Wallet. <br /><br />It’s a really fun project, and a great way to use up those bits of fabric you can’t bear to part with. If I have fabric left over from the Wonky Hex quilt, I may just have to make another jacket to match my wallet! <br /><br />Another web site on Rachel: <a href="https://suzyquilts.com/meet-a-fabulous-fiber-artist-rachel-clark/">https://suzyquilts.com/meet-a-fabulous-fiber-artist-rachel-clark/</a> <br /><br />Rachel’s Blog – Whatnot Wallet: <a href="http://www.rdkc.com/2016/11/whatnot-wallet/">http://www.rdkc.com/2016/11/whatnot-wallet/</a> <br /><br />Image Key: Front of Salt Walter Bog Coat, made in 2009, Back of Coat, Right Sleeve, Left Sleeve, Coat Label, Whatnot Wallet - Closed, Whatnot Lining, Whatnot Exterior, Whatnot Inside - Opened, Whatnot Wallet Outside - Opened. </p>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-34661002512699275352020-08-08T12:21:00.003-07:002020-08-08T12:39:34.349-07:00My Embroidered Pictures for Patchwork<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2A3udDYasmSfhAj61cyJ4ZFhSIIKDG08xiKgp_TezZI5Nk-Trnb6DQexAXDf2Ezj53qT79wmZKsLY3v8RDYKkCdYe-Agdvok51jNGcNwomtLYUXhHVKHPVLoXntJqv0NmwUZxN5rxHTw/s2048/Slide1.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2A3udDYasmSfhAj61cyJ4ZFhSIIKDG08xiKgp_TezZI5Nk-Trnb6DQexAXDf2Ezj53qT79wmZKsLY3v8RDYKkCdYe-Agdvok51jNGcNwomtLYUXhHVKHPVLoXntJqv0NmwUZxN5rxHTw/w800-h534/Slide1.JPG" width="800" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Embroidery Mary by Priscilla M Warner</b></div></span></div><p></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;">Embroidery Mary by Priscilla M. Warner,
published in 1948 by George G. Harrap.
This is a precursor to the instructional books Pictures and Patchwork
(1950) and Embroidered Pictures and Patchwork (1960, 1964) published by Dryad
Press.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Mary Grant, age 12, visits her Aunt Helen
and Uncle George in </span><span>Tolton</span><span> </span><span>for
vacation with her little dog Hamish.</span><span>
</span><span>Candy, the friendly cat lives on the farm.</span><span> </span><span>Aunt Helen teaches her niece and her friends
how to embroider and sew useful objects.</span><span>
</span><span>Stitch diagrams and project illustrations are woven throughout the story
as they enjoy their visit.</span><span> </span><span>There is even
a bit of math involved as they measure fabric needed and </span>draw hexagons.<span> </span><span>Mary turns 13 while there and receives a
hexagon patchwork quilt, and then plans to make a doll-sized one for her little
sister Penny.</span><span> </span><span>It is a very endearing
story and the projects are designed for beginners – both sewing and
embroidering.</span></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;">Earlier this spring, I started making the
embroidered hexagons from</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">Pictures and
Patchwork.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">I traced out 48 hexagons on a
piece of muslin and began stitching.</span><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><span style="font-family: times;">There are only 40 designs in the book, but I am going to incorporate
images from Embroidery Mary and Dryad Leaflets 136. Embroidered Dresses for
Children and 141. Embroidery for the Nursery – both by P.M. Warner.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">Here is my work in progress.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5vcD-t1f7WGcNpaqmQ8cp22UNI5f3XS7X6KXAFpcZKTjsU_-vdTmdcGIXogaY8N2TgtECLYV5vPdVP6qSpStB-73ORSVz0hlP8kmGyy4joP9yW-tQHXUgA5f8mjSpAC2j-aIoWO0rIQ/s1920/Slide2.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1435" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5vcD-t1f7WGcNpaqmQ8cp22UNI5f3XS7X6KXAFpcZKTjsU_-vdTmdcGIXogaY8N2TgtECLYV5vPdVP6qSpStB-73ORSVz0hlP8kmGyy4joP9yW-tQHXUgA5f8mjSpAC2j-aIoWO0rIQ/w598-h800/Slide2.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><p></p>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-66665021209295478532020-03-22T07:41:00.001-07:002020-03-22T08:16:08.156-07:00Hexagon Quilts (Cot Cover) – Pictures and Patchwork<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY53vPjQ7A1ADNk26rkdtARckXIUwZrDmXjvGDUQRShWR9UGw74nOBFMuX-Nfa6UXknNFxbUolCuB7ssq8L2caQH6rQ0JjWPgjjWpX9pOIp6-52fIsozp2NAtsIa4NiaHhDbe67JMIS6Y/s1600/Pictures+Patchwork+Warner+1950+1963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY53vPjQ7A1ADNk26rkdtARckXIUwZrDmXjvGDUQRShWR9UGw74nOBFMuX-Nfa6UXknNFxbUolCuB7ssq8L2caQH6rQ0JjWPgjjWpX9pOIp6-52fIsozp2NAtsIa4NiaHhDbe67JMIS6Y/s640/Pictures+Patchwork+Warner+1950+1963.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Embroidered Pictures & Patchwork Cot Cover</strong></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1950, Priscilla M. Warner wrote and
illustrated a book called Pictures and Patchwork, published by the Dryad Press
Leicester, and by 1964 the third edition was published, under the name
Embroidered Pictures & Patchwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The latter version has a slightly larger format, and the crucial
difference is the “eye” of the squirrel motif is added (not sure if this was
corrected in the second printing, as I do not have that version). </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1950 version has a colored image of
the project on the covers, along with a black and white photo/illustration in
the book. The 1964 version has a graphic
of the pattern on the front. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've done some measuring, and the motifs in the book fit nicely in the 5-inch wide hexagon fabric die cutter by AccuQuilt (2.5-inch sides) - though I will probably hand-cut my embroidered blocks to size, rather than process through the machine - I would be nervous about shifting, centering, etc. The fabric hexagons, on the other hand, I am going to die cut. You could make a twisted hexagon block, by cutting the die-cut hexagons in half and surrounding the embroidered hex. This is probably what I am going to do, I might even add some setting triangles, like on the quilt top I just recently received. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can see that vintage hexagon quilt top, done with embroidered centers at: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; 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<strong>Meeting Some Quilters in Maryland</strong></div>
This past week my friend and I went to a quilt conference at the DAR Museum in Washington, DC. While there, we were invited to attend a meeting of a local quilt guild, the Uhuru Quilters Guild in Lanham, MD. The guild is celebrating 25 years as a guild and a wonderful display of their quilts is on exhibit at the Prince Georges African American Museum and Cultural Center in North Brentwood, MD until the end of January 2020. More information on the guild and the show can be found at:<br />
<a href="http://www.uhuruquiltersguild.org/">http://www.uhuruquiltersguild.org/</a><br />
<a href="https://pgaamcc.org/">https://pgaamcc.org/</a><br />
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<strong>SHOW AND TELL at the quilt show opening.</strong></div>
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<strong>2019 Home for the Holidays at the Roberson - Binghamton, NY</strong></div>
Once again our trees are up at the Roberson, brimming with hand made ornaments from local quilters and fiber artists. I added photos of some other whimsical trees - Dr. Seuss and Peanuts were my favorites. The image on the left show my latest needle felted star, we had a workshop at the November Lamb to Loom meeting, hosted by Ann Merriwether. I added a bit of blue roving for eye make-up and added some stitched eye lashes - she's my "Fallen Star." There are several examples of back-strap weaving - Santa garland and other needle felted gnomes. The Stepping Stones quilt guild tree is showcased in front of one of the member's quilt on the wall behind it. There are numerous quilts on loan from the guild throughout the exhibit. Both groups will be giving demos this year at the Roberson. <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><a href="https://www.roberson.org/event/stepping-stones-quilt-guild/"><strong>https://www.roberson.org/event/stepping-stones-quilt-guild/</strong></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;">Stepping Stones Quilt Guild - <span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;">December 8 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Stepping </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Stones Quilt Guild will be putting on a
demonstration of their amazing craft on the first floor of the Museum</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><a href="https://www.roberson.org/event/lamb-to-loom/">https://www.roberson.org/event/lamb-to-loom/</a><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;">Lamb to Loom - <span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;">December 15 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Lamb </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">to Loom will be putting on a
demonstration of their amazing craft within Roberson’s halls. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-11906585505567978432019-08-31T15:57:00.000-07:002019-08-31T15:57:17.535-07:00Are You Crazy? Don’t Splash Receives an Honorable Mention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Are You Crazy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t Splash Receives an Honorable Mention</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span><div style="-ms-word-break: normal; direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">My submission to the 2019 QCNYS </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Challenge:
Still Crazy After All These </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Years has been chosen to be a part of the
Traveling Exhibit (12 quilts in total), which will tour </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">the
State </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">of
New York for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">the
next two years</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are You Crazy? Don’t Splash received an
Honorable Mention.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">The </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Still Crazy After All These Years Exhibit
will be unveiled at the Best of NY Quilt Show, September 20th & 21st, 10AM
– 5PM, at Watson Homestead Conference Center, 9620 Dry Run Rd, Painted Post, NY
14870.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I will be at the show giving a
demonstration on crazy quilts on Friday, September 20, 2019 from 1-3pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be bringing several antique crazy
quilts, along with the one I am working on, The Velvet Hex.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Top Left photo shows a cute little
flower fairy from the front of the quilt, where as the backing fabric is a
crazy quilt “cheater” fabric.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span></span></span><div style="-ms-word-break: normal; direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Bottom Left is the center medallion
of the crazy quilt I am making, called the Velvet Hex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the embroidery and seam stitches are done
by hand, and are English Paper Pieced together.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Bottom Center is a lovely crazy quilt
that has several Kate Greenaway motifs, along with Japanese Fans and Peacock
Feathers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Top Center (right of show
information) is another are on this quilt showing the traditional spider and
web design found on many, many crazy quilts of the Victorian era.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Bottom Right is my entry into the
Challenge, and will be on display at the show, along with all the other
entries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hand embroidered, English
Paper Pieced, and hand quilted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
border is done in red hand crochet trim.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Top Right is a crazy quilt using many
motifs from The Art Amateur (1880, 1881) and Harper’s Bazar (1881) magazines.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In the Center, are some owl ornaments,
made from silk tie scraps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are cute
and fun to make if you just want to try some foundation piecing and a bit of
ornamental stitching.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-60743546387367645122019-06-23T12:14:00.000-07:002019-06-23T12:14:21.839-07:00"Are You Crazy? Don't Splash"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>"Are You Crazy? Don't Splash"</strong></div>
All submitted to the Quilter's Consortium 2019 Challenge! There should be between 20-30 other quilts from consortium members. They will be unveiled at the September 19-20, 2019 consortium meeting and Best of New York State Quilt Show, held at the Watson Homestead near Painted Post, NY. <br />
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My husband took photos of the original 1885-86 splasher and I had them printed on the travel bag I made for my quilt. In staying with the tradition of lace edgings on splashers, I crocheted a lace trim on the edge of mine.<br />
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This was a fun journey from start to finish - when I first saw the antique splasher, to doing the research on all the motifs (and in many cases, finding the original source), to creating and finishing my quilt. All the time working on it, I felt a connection to the original makers A.E.M and A.E.T. - thinking about what was happening in their lives, and why they chose the motifs they did. I couldn't help but wonder if a mother/daughter or grandmother/granddaughter team made the 1885-6 splasher. The motifs they used come from pre-civil war sources (1858) to 1886 - almost a 30 year range. Plus, I was remembering my mom, on how she taught me how to embroider when I was a little girl of 6, and how she would crochet the edges of the pillowcases we made.<br />
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Now I have to get back to working on The Velvet Hex - my crazy quilt I started a while ago....<br />
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Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-42714537550532323752019-04-07T13:07:00.003-07:002019-04-07T13:16:34.092-07:00Are You Crazy? Then and Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Are You Crazy? Then and Now : 1885-6 and 2018-9</strong></div>
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Here's an update on my Quilter's Consortium of NYS entry for this year's challenge. I just trimmed it down to size and 'knife' finished the edge. I will be adding a crochet lace border to the piece, once the edge blocks are quilted and seams embellished. All the while during the making and researching for this, I kept thinking about the makers - possibly a mother/daughter or grandmother/granddaughter or ??? What were their lives like and why they picked the images they did. The sources range from the 1850s to the 1880s, and was clearly made to be used - hence the cottons versus 'fancy' materials crazy quilts were typically made of - silks, plushes, brocades, etc. Plus the fact that there are 'tack' marks on the top corners where it was tacked to a wall or wash stand. The backing on my piece is one big label. In the interior of each quilted block is the design source or inspiration for the corresponding motif on the front of the piece. I had considered binding the piece in a traditional quilt fashion, but thought of my mom and how she taught me to embroider when I was 6 and how she would crochet little borders on the pillowcases we made, so in keeping with the tradition of splashers, there will be a crocheted edge. Thanks to my hubby Kris who took the photos for me.</div>
Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-67934844317642889962018-11-29T08:50:00.002-08:002018-11-29T08:52:03.211-08:00Wait For Me Girls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Wait For Me Girls Completed</strong></div>
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I just finished the "Wait for me" girls motif from the Manual of Fancywork, by New York publisher A.L. Burt. Only 7 more to go. The completed needlework is prepped and ready for English Paper Piecing and will start once all the designs are done.<br />
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In the upper corner is the pattern used - sized to the block shape, then transferred to the 'back side' of the fabric using a pencil and light box. I have chosen to use the 'back side' of the fabrics in most cases since it looks more worn, and has a less jarring effect (ie more muted effect) if there is a printed design on the front of the fabric. You can see what I mean in the Front and Back photos of the motif.<br />
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You can see the original 1885-1886 piece and design sources at <a href="http://quiltpapers.blogspot.com/">http://quiltpapers.blogspot.com/</a>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-33995274407232854102018-11-10T09:20:00.002-08:002018-11-10T09:20:16.458-08:00Are You Crazy? Don't Splash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Are You Crazy? Don't Splash</strong></div>
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I am currently working on my submission to the 2018-2019 QCNYS Quilt Challenge: Still Crazy After All These Years. It is based on an 1885-1886 splasher I found and purchased earlier this year. As I am stitching the motifs, I am researching the design sources. It has (and still is) a great project to work on. You can see the original piece and the information I have found at <a href="https://quiltpapers.blogspot.com/2018/11/1885-1886-out-line-embroidery-splasher.html">https://quiltpapers.blogspot.com/2018/11/1885-1886-out-line-embroidery-splasher.html</a><br />
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The plan is to English Paper Piecing the motifs together and then embellish the seams with various crazy quilt stitch designs. 12 weight Sulky cotton thread (red and blue) and 12 weight crochet cotton (black) is being used for the embroidery.<br />
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More information regarding the challenge can be found at <a href="https://www.qcnys.org/challenge/index.htm">https://www.qcnys.org/challenge/index.htm</a>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-15649644890458894422018-11-10T07:47:00.000-08:002018-11-10T07:47:56.195-08:00Home for the Holidays at the Roberson, Binghamton, NY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>2018 Home for the Holidays at the Roberson, Binghamton, NY</strong></div>
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New this year a trio silk owls. In the past 9-10 years, I have been making ornaments to decorate the Stepping Stones Quilt Guild tree for the Roberson's annual Home for the Holidays event, November 14, 2018 to January 7, 2019. (more information can be found at: <a href="https://www.roberson.org/event/home-for-the-holidays/">https://www.roberson.org/event/home-for-the-holidays/</a> )<br />
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There are quilt batting snowmen, yo-yo angels, folded fabric stars, yo-yo trees, gingerbread men, a pennant flag garland and many more.<br />
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Also new this year is a tree decorated by the fiber arts group Lamb-to-Loom. There are some wonderful needle felted ornaments, tablet woven garlands, and so much more. <br />
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If you are in the area, stop by and see some wonderful hand-made decorations by local needlework and fiber enthusiasts.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-66561727504380259502018-11-10T07:10:00.002-08:002018-11-10T07:10:50.756-08:00Completed Love Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Love Birds - Embroidered Applique</strong></div>
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Well here it is - the final piece. It was gifted to the bride an groom at their wedding.</div>
Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-44689712528825765392018-05-20T19:29:00.000-07:002018-05-20T19:29:40.493-07:00Embroidered Applique – Love Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I have been asked by several people to
teach my method of Embroidered Applique Art, but as I work 2 jobs already – one
FT, the other PT, there is just not enough of me to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am currently working on my larger pieces as
a wedding gift for my niece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually
just free-form cut my applique figures from fabric scraps, but I wanted this to
be more defined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had the idea of what
I wanted to use as the design starting point – more on that later -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I wanted to ensure the design would fit a
standard frame and mat size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This really
cuts down on the expense and frustration when completing a piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I settled on a gray frame with a charcoal
mat, so I did the background ‘blank’ in grays and silvers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cut a piece of craft felt 1-2 inches larger on each side that the
finished size.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Arrange scraps of fabric<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the
felt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in any desired fashion, making sure
none of the felt backing shows through – I overlap a quarter to half inch on
the pieces.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can either pin in place or use a glue stick to hold the fabric in
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should mention, this is a raw
edge technique, without any fuse medium to hold the fabric<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>down,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use a fuse or spray basting, but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I makes the hand embroidery harder to do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 4:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Randomly stitch the fabric in place using several colors of coordinating
thread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I used 2 shades of
gray, an off-white, and some silver metallic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For a piece this size, 12 x 16, I used about 4 bobbins – 1
per color to stitch the base.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Step 5:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Determine the boundaries of your design by setting your mat over the
base and pin-mark the size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an 8x10 mat, for
a 5x7 photo will have an opening<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this is
only 4.5 x 6.5!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So that is your design
area and plan accordingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Live in learn
from my mistakes!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 6:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Start auditioning colors for your project and cut out the shapes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 7:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pin in place, keeping in mind the mat size opening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Step 8:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pick out your floss colors and start stitching!</span></span></div>
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using<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the bird design from a</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">n
1860-ish Red & Green Appliqué Quilt having Pomegranate Plants, with a Bird
Border.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original quilt was made by
the family of Pat </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Birchall</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">, of
Endicott, NY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She inherited it from her
mother-in-law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quilt was part of the
New York Quilt Project 1988-89, an effort organized by the American Folk Art
Museum in which more than six thousand quilts made before 1940 were documented.
Forty-five “quilt days” were held throughout the state over a twenty-one month
period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This quilt was documented on
9/21/1989, with the notation OWE-84.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pat
lent the quilt for a vintage quilts exhibit I curated for the 23rd annual
Binghamton </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Sertoma</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">
Million Dollar Antique Show held in 2005 at the Binghamton University Event
Center.</span></span></span><br />
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a small 1885-86 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">redwork</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">
crazy patchwork piece in my collection, I came across a Tidy in Crochet in
Peterson’s September 1876 Magazine .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Their names and wedding date will be
embroidered on the branch the birds will be resting on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also making one for myself to celebrate
my marriage, back in 1995, to my husband Kris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The finished pieces will be posted once<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>they are complet</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">e.</span></span></span>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-1409143467300067642018-03-31T10:49:00.000-07:002018-04-01T08:30:31.155-07:00Artfully Squared - Orange Crested Blue Bird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here is my submission to the 2018 Artfully Squared collaborative art exhibition supporting the Tioga County Council of Arts in Owego, NY. The opening is First Friday, April 6, 2018 - come see all the art, and for $20 this or others could be yours! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Originally posted 3/31/18, then on April 1st - known as Aprils Fool's Day - is when I noticed an error in my ways...I put a single letter in each of the tiled squares (ie spell check would not catch any spelling errors)...Squared is not spelled correctly! Oh well, such is life - it happens when you are under a time limit! Cheers anyway, Louise</span></div>
Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-74897035348925775182017-10-13T15:44:00.001-07:002017-10-13T15:45:11.822-07:00Wool Fiber Dying, Visitors and Drying<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wool Fiber Dying with the Southern Tier Lamb to Loom Fiber Arts Guild</div>
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This past summer my fiber arts guild met at one of the member's farm to do some fiber dying. I am not a spinner, but I like to do needle felting. I wanted lots of colors - but didn't need vast quantities of any one color. I chose to do a rainbow in some of my mom's old canning jars. While watching my pot simmer (not boil), I thought I was alone in the barn, much to my surprise I heard noises from behind and saw that I had a visitor! A couple of furry ladies also peeked in to see what I was up to. After waiting 24 hours and some gentle rinsing, I hung out my roving to dry on my front trees.</div>
Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-2113223818664380062017-09-26T18:54:00.000-07:002017-09-26T18:54:24.386-07:00The Apple Blossoms from the Same Tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Grandma Ruth and Granddaughter Louise - Same Family Tree</div>
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a few towns over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hadn’t seen my
cousin in a few years and wanted to show her my crazy quilt, The Velvet Hex and
some of my hand embroidered fabric collages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As we sat around the table show each other our latest projects – me my
stitching; my aunt Lydia her wool woven scarves; and my cousin Katie her ‘ceramic
tile’ tent she was planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1920s, and Katie was using her designs as inspiration for her tile motifs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple of Ruth’s sketch books were at the
table, so my son and I flipped through them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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things I would have sketched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had just
shown my angler fish applique (which my son Walter has claimed once completed)
and could not believe how similar her subject matter was to mine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we continued – more drawings showed
similarities!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The funny chicken had me laughing – I have several on my
quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rabbit on my quilt was seen on
the crazy quilt in Hawaii, at the palace where the queen stitched it while
under house arrest in the late 1800s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The little dragon-like creature was the first motif I stitched for my CQ
background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As they say, the apple doesn’t fall from the tree – in this
case, so true!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost 100 years ago my
grandmother sketched things she found interesting. Today, I am stitching motifs
I find amusing – and they just happen to be the same!</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-55780599561458815052017-09-24T06:35:00.000-07:002017-09-24T06:35:55.396-07:00Duo of Birds Plus an Owl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago, my friend returned to work and I presented her with two of the framed birds (the third one was done, but not framed yet). I had to laugh, on her first day back, she wore her owl shirt - the one her husband was quoted as saying "Advertising?" when she showed it to him. When I saw what she was wearing, I literally ran to the car and got out the owl I had just finished the day before, and was going to call just that! So the Trio of Birds is split up, and an owl is taking it's place. Welcome back!Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-4498195361422407672017-08-13T04:45:00.000-07:002017-08-13T04:47:10.267-07:00A Trio of Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here are some birds I embroidered for a friend of mine who needed some cheering up. They are free-form cut and raw edge appliqued, to a machine stitched fabric collage, using DMC embroidery floss. They are approximately 5x7-inch in size.</span>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-49994380961830065702017-01-28T12:42:00.000-08:002017-01-28T12:42:42.884-08:00Valentine's Crazy Quilt Postcards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are the postcards I made for the 2017 Valentine Postcard swap hosted by the Crazy Quilt International Yahoo Group. I made two, one to swap (top) and one to keep (bottom). I always regret sending in something for a swap, since what you made is gone forever - but by making two, I have one to share and one to keep, so everybody wins! These were done almost entirely by hand, as my machine of 16 years made its last stitch as I was making the base of these postcards. I only got one piece stitched on, when the motor died....oh well, I have another one to replace it - I just have to take it out of the box.</div>
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I have included two fabrics that hold special memories. First being the white with gold threads - it was used when my son Walter was in grade school for the Odyssey of the Mind competition costumes and the second being the red sequins that was used for making a tuxedo jacket for one of his high school marching band performances. </div>
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Oh, and I just noticed a third significant fabric - the cotton with gold hearts - it was used in Walter's Mojo Doll - see my 2010 post on Meet the Mojos.</div>
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The top one is headed off to the Netherlands on Monday.</div>
<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183370556388892962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827567023296209069.post-59259718269718620522016-04-03T08:38:00.000-07:002016-04-03T08:38:03.000-07:00Center Medallion of the Velvet Hex<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a snap of my Crazy Quilt Journal Project (CQJP) that I started designing in February of 2012, when I first found the CQJP 2012 on-line. I joined the CQJP 2013 and CQJP 2014 to make the 13 hexes, 6 half-hexes and 24 triangles. I finished making all the medallion blocks and pieced the center 7 hexes in 2015 using the English Paper-Piecing method. During my medical leave from work, I worked on the embroidery for seam embellishment. In the spring of 2016 I added the center border triangles with the black velvet to complete the center medallion. I joined the CQJP 2016 to work on the border triangles, I need 56 of them in all. I still have to embellish the seams on the next row of hexes and half-hexes - it make take a while, since it is too big to bring to work - so I bring the border triangles. This snap was taken in Elk Lake, PA by fellow quilter Debbie C. of Binghamton, NY. I am behind the CQ holding it up for show and tell at the National Quilt Day Celebration, sponsored by A Stich in Time quilt club of Montrose, PA.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I have been
busy these past few days making folded fabric trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all started innocently enough when my
quilting group, Stepping Stones (of Binghamton, NY) had our annual quilting
demonstration at the Roberson Museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For the past few years we have had a ‘make and take’ demo when visitors
to the Home for the Holidays event can make on ornament and take it with
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year was folded fabric trees –
and I was hooked!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I had a stash
of Christmas motif fabrics and decided to make some from each of design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, several hours later of tracing an
8-inch lunch plate on each fabric (2 layers) and then cutting out along the
line, I had enough for 76 trees! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Each circle was
cut in half, and matched with a second half-circle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were sewn together, with right sides
together; leaving a 1.5-2 inch opening for turning on the straight edge of the
half-circle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Press and clip corners, being
careful not to cut into the thread.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Using a hemostat
clamping tool, I turned each of the half-circle right-side out and pressed flat
[you can hand sew the opening closed now if you want].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fold the fabric from the curved edge to the
straight edge – making the sections of the tree ‘branches’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ornaments pictured have 4 folds, but 3
work well too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have directional
fabric, sometimes you have to fold from the other side to make sure the motifs are
upright.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Next I sewed a
loop of 1/8-inch ribbon, knotted at one end, into a fold of the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be hidden inside once the tree is
completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now it’s time to embellish!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Decorate the
trees with trims, buttons, etc. prior to tacking the sides down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will hide the sewing inside the tree and
won’t show on the back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you are
happy with your little tree, tack the sides with blind stitches and matching
tread. [If you didn’t close the half-circle opening yet, this is the time to
stitch it closed.]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put the star buttons on top once the other
decorations were added – saves from getting your thread all tangled up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now I have LOTS
more trees to decorate – will likely spill into next year too!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">P.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Stepping Stone Quilt Club decorates a
tree every year at the Roberson’s Home for the Holiday’s event with handmade
ornaments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Members of the group also loan
quilts to decorate the walls and hallways – it makes a really warm and cozy
feel to the event.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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