tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68164450898632674152024-02-19T01:01:51.931-05:00Northern Deb QuiltsNorthern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.comBlogger569125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-23400931024199335142023-03-12T10:28:00.005-04:002023-03-12T10:28:56.941-04:00First quilt finish this year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the first finish of 2023!</div><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/AVvXsEgLc8fJlgV5erCYnKRSkKrFlUyh1FMLUFQCYYCnX77rMxZKtRGCMBeJHgJ0_uCwhNX2ZunBwkfoKo5pIOwElv-S0AyHIYau5kJ0gN1ZQ9wbvcnQBa2VaRYQmwjhtN2nTyKScrteFWonFWfxpXVKe_rGcPEvZ108DgRUQUBFj2g4Nfxasb_TIx9crstfaA/s3923/20230307_171106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3923" data-original-width="3017" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc8fJlgV5erCYnKRSkKrFlUyh1FMLUFQCYYCnX77rMxZKtRGCMBeJHgJ0_uCwhNX2ZunBwkfoKo5pIOwElv-S0AyHIYau5kJ0gN1ZQ9wbvcnQBa2VaRYQmwjhtN2nTyKScrteFWonFWfxpXVKe_rGcPEvZ108DgRUQUBFj2g4Nfxasb_TIx9crstfaA/s320/20230307_171106.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I wanted to get one of two "great niece " quilts finished. The top was made last year as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I did 4 sets last year. One set I gave away, 2 are tops and one is still just blocks. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWl-NyHuOPrsM7nUWEzlUyyFDYNnOB-Nil5NT6GUcxynWb-VFb4RHy4e2GcDLsmqtXHuJ-wtE1P6dkH0KGsYOs_HCorZr3eAEbNXis25WybNoctYKCz0kylwrrDtLofYJwhHG9IIHsACCSEd2d4VSnVbQb3gMSkOsy92ve2Htnmq7iPvYZnvWeFa1OA/s4080/20230304_125656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWl-NyHuOPrsM7nUWEzlUyyFDYNnOB-Nil5NT6GUcxynWb-VFb4RHy4e2GcDLsmqtXHuJ-wtE1P6dkH0KGsYOs_HCorZr3eAEbNXis25WybNoctYKCz0kylwrrDtLofYJwhHG9IIHsACCSEd2d4VSnVbQb3gMSkOsy92ve2Htnmq7iPvYZnvWeFa1OA/s320/20230304_125656.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Basting was pretty quick on this one, but finding batting wasn't. I had to piece together a few smaller white scraps. The only whole batts were cream and those showed through the white background. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNq4lrov_tBNsxQKqn84f0qJVKH5O4jGdayvrx0j__JVVqr8fQQxlewNL_OVVEBsG8VVyCgcOTplY7n0kYwMZDPJYIeeHza2osiURvvXSr0gAmLYCzwpfwwijs-1cUn7TzJpuZHeTBsWsT4FzYlRMXS5bzfcR1MNQCzeaT11PyKtRENGngkcNHo2VgYQ/s4080/20230304_125912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNq4lrov_tBNsxQKqn84f0qJVKH5O4jGdayvrx0j__JVVqr8fQQxlewNL_OVVEBsG8VVyCgcOTplY7n0kYwMZDPJYIeeHza2osiURvvXSr0gAmLYCzwpfwwijs-1cUn7TzJpuZHeTBsWsT4FzYlRMXS5bzfcR1MNQCzeaT11PyKtRENGngkcNHo2VgYQ/s320/20230304_125912.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm using my favorite pinning tool, which I heard isn't being made any longer. It's called the Kwik Klip. If you'd like one, maybe try Ebay or Etsy? </div>So, it took 2 days to quilt the top...I had to work a bit at a time. It's really hard on my shoulders lately (must be getting old).<p></p><p>The backing is a purple and aqua print that my granson, Charlie, thought Evelyn would like. Her favorite color is purple but I couldn't find a matching purple fabric for binding so I used this aqua gingham. It's cut on the bias, just to look cuter. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkzj_y7mMHXqKPWbsxWgEHc5MeDRMyYMTz4oe172d7wr6h2Ejc6rBr3dl1WobrU_ucV0FXrrGhi-1eM3mHw2ll_GSGCfce9jdFVNEePUDzrnbYbpZ308cxSXW_dy9FAuzsQsv6gvCF6g2SUXSdhV7RwgyBfgO_IzGa3O-m1Wi2enr9i_XDWXctdW2ug/s4080/20230307_095747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkzj_y7mMHXqKPWbsxWgEHc5MeDRMyYMTz4oe172d7wr6h2Ejc6rBr3dl1WobrU_ucV0FXrrGhi-1eM3mHw2ll_GSGCfce9jdFVNEePUDzrnbYbpZ308cxSXW_dy9FAuzsQsv6gvCF6g2SUXSdhV7RwgyBfgO_IzGa3O-m1Wi2enr9i_XDWXctdW2ug/s320/20230307_095747.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUalrrQZggUf_rbmqERfk1sAlWnvBdoN-kjkQLX2y7v1WhpPtz7Pntr2w9JRzCT-tmxHdVRrCy87KhG4YKpwMRg65X0NyIRJ4R128w3_fSC2HsUWZSYqvrcd9Pp9NlCyS6bg7WTWbGi8eNjLuxqKavdmmD-_0ocQ5GUmo58m-AaBqkNy3DczI7cCkZnQ/s4080/20230307_095843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUalrrQZggUf_rbmqERfk1sAlWnvBdoN-kjkQLX2y7v1WhpPtz7Pntr2w9JRzCT-tmxHdVRrCy87KhG4YKpwMRg65X0NyIRJ4R128w3_fSC2HsUWZSYqvrcd9Pp9NlCyS6bg7WTWbGi8eNjLuxqKavdmmD-_0ocQ5GUmo58m-AaBqkNy3DczI7cCkZnQ/s320/20230307_095843.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that's a finish! Evelyn's quilt is done...time to baste her sister's quilt.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW99GgM5r64L0BGhc1exS_pv7wJHFcbXVNUeIVqFwRVE7H1ris5SMA-sIShzGp55ChDpT8HPcd-Yykb3RlRK3YV5nL0YCunHrP9xx-4Xoge7tcNBkN-9yAdq-NcU_5TEDP7fhIm77E6mFydUGdEjPswQJS0rjJ18awfzB50G8QIWaByVnstca4QrG3FQ/s3280/20230307_171354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2998" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW99GgM5r64L0BGhc1exS_pv7wJHFcbXVNUeIVqFwRVE7H1ris5SMA-sIShzGp55ChDpT8HPcd-Yykb3RlRK3YV5nL0YCunHrP9xx-4Xoge7tcNBkN-9yAdq-NcU_5TEDP7fhIm77E6mFydUGdEjPswQJS0rjJ18awfzB50G8QIWaByVnstca4QrG3FQ/s320/20230307_171354.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-56027186879532085882023-03-04T18:37:00.006-05:002023-03-04T18:37:49.045-05:00Another block plus basting a rainbow quilt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Block 3 made. Since I'm starting a new quilt, I'm quilting a previous one.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD0ge17ShN3Eu6dWiYqqVOKjsDKJwTB-aukSv4DEn8VIWmHkqoLn0g3dIKVPpzc64yn4AgbyxAlUZdIwe9hoR4MP5tn1peQqcV25ncb1qE_kKoxKWKVKlhctxj0X8tYq8anHrcTrVa36fGUJm96TnTdNZaVf_-lymQ7GP7KPmWYkJn1gSaUEEwEBs3g/s2966/20230304_120918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="2966" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD0ge17ShN3Eu6dWiYqqVOKjsDKJwTB-aukSv4DEn8VIWmHkqoLn0g3dIKVPpzc64yn4AgbyxAlUZdIwe9hoR4MP5tn1peQqcV25ncb1qE_kKoxKWKVKlhctxj0X8tYq8anHrcTrVa36fGUJm96TnTdNZaVf_-lymQ7GP7KPmWYkJn1gSaUEEwEBs3g/s320/20230304_120918.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I basted one of my Rainbow scrap challenge quilts. This one will be for my great niece, Evelyn. I used a purple & blue backing because according to my grandson Charlie, Evie likes purple the best. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnjHm7gFUIvtGcdPxEJpj6-yl60wVY9ZOutF2JckaV7vjtX9eJv0_RI2m1KHoxFVrdV9ayxOL73SeOVylyZ92oxFRJKac9G8vNio_8iluvQCEH5Ul2mW5BY0ZoIRiuEdu6AqkBkKK8Enq3_5YDnipuwPxXgYcBiDz4Vnll8utbNbIhj1RXx44sP27CQ/s3044/20230304_125646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3044" data-original-width="2947" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnjHm7gFUIvtGcdPxEJpj6-yl60wVY9ZOutF2JckaV7vjtX9eJv0_RI2m1KHoxFVrdV9ayxOL73SeOVylyZ92oxFRJKac9G8vNio_8iluvQCEH5Ul2mW5BY0ZoIRiuEdu6AqkBkKK8Enq3_5YDnipuwPxXgYcBiDz4Vnll8utbNbIhj1RXx44sP27CQ/s320/20230304_125646.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>I'll be doing two rainbow quilts...two sisters. I'm going to start FMQing this tomorrow so that I have time to add binding... done by Friday? We'll see.<p></p><p><br /></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-24478779036314876572023-03-03T22:23:00.000-05:002023-03-03T22:25:05.013-05:00Starting a Family Room Quilt <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I go again. Starting a new quilt 😆 My daughter Jenn came over and sorted through my HUGE pile of fabrics I dumped in the family room. I was struggling to choose fabrics that coordinated. She said I had too many so she narrowed them down these.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LZEy0gGGDfiRV6h44_6gCHv7wQkO3WazLR0JiZWSlsRLfxi85gl0sEf9m-SE8VX5Huo2z2w9ju8KbLRRA58zFZ38CC1-g94RvKx86uhmVGyp7H8-677fvfa-vHrUnjwlRL-WN1azoDUpla1Y2Akb-I1Ci9sZGlmYFSSLtQ8TGKYbE_GOo50l5sgEHA/s3004/20230228_145719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2540" data-original-width="3004" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LZEy0gGGDfiRV6h44_6gCHv7wQkO3WazLR0JiZWSlsRLfxi85gl0sEf9m-SE8VX5Huo2z2w9ju8KbLRRA58zFZ38CC1-g94RvKx86uhmVGyp7H8-677fvfa-vHrUnjwlRL-WN1azoDUpla1Y2Akb-I1Ci9sZGlmYFSSLtQ8TGKYbE_GOo50l5sgEHA/s320/20230228_145719.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is her picks on the floor. I like what she chose...they look perfect. </div>I guess paying for that fine arts degree paid off.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DQ8EWudArcfMB9txI9ItJ4Tro90qfxgwOexQDdWy5d50-NYXBu4W9xagVeY6oFFFT04FhN0LCrrL6bV1nYx2DC7icIMsu3_nHxPoXs7lzqiE5I5LjHgsKoFQHQCTQm3aeUa1Xau-iHgKu5-tPgdOCrpplZ17ZPS0kE1HnDXzYsu14hZAx_TVoaR2lA/s4000/20230228_145810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3022" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DQ8EWudArcfMB9txI9ItJ4Tro90qfxgwOexQDdWy5d50-NYXBu4W9xagVeY6oFFFT04FhN0LCrrL6bV1nYx2DC7icIMsu3_nHxPoXs7lzqiE5I5LjHgsKoFQHQCTQm3aeUa1Xau-iHgKu5-tPgdOCrpplZ17ZPS0kE1HnDXzYsu14hZAx_TVoaR2lA/s320/20230228_145810.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last few days I've gone through a bunch of patterns trying to decide what kind of quilt I wanted. I was thinking something simple. Also, I wanted stars. </div>So here's what I picked...an Ohio Star block. These will be the main part of the quilt...20 blocks, I think. The sashing might be dark or it might be scrappy...flying geese or 1/2 square triangles?..I'll figure that out later. There's even a possibility that I'll skip sashing and just alternate dark and light stars. Still deciding...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihik6Y_hyfKzas0R4b7jvifJT0dYGPXfTAhQVwp03OZnZZN0rAyb0G-qA9Lij_uuwdeQufJBvy1dQ6Bix1MTkkYoo7oxP-236IWFI_EOUXnYw9jyxwsi6MKiHmaS8EhYadK4ORCxYbKwVPjy9MSO6_mXgW6K8qR4UNS46qq-JO-njlpXGXYW_aI2ffAQ/s3054/20230303_204322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3054" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihik6Y_hyfKzas0R4b7jvifJT0dYGPXfTAhQVwp03OZnZZN0rAyb0G-qA9Lij_uuwdeQufJBvy1dQ6Bix1MTkkYoo7oxP-236IWFI_EOUXnYw9jyxwsi6MKiHmaS8EhYadK4ORCxYbKwVPjy9MSO6_mXgW6K8qR4UNS46qq-JO-njlpXGXYW_aI2ffAQ/s320/20230303_204322.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So right now, I'm putting the third block together. I'm using a pattern I found in a vintage magazine. It's easy cutting and so far fast sewing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswJjwLG97W2QE2uWIJ3utGzfDEEaZu3KtxIXfON31G2A-kEOoS8Z-j_cyo9cV8ZlDSMRyzfl9I78QaZjaGH9LAifrngaywjro7MIrV0RUs8io3rmZTeYPb-kH4PjR6Tf-xrSUpNjpd3PyWA2WRYRJSTsyymsdcFTPHul5D_yI-XPxgD6Ar2KwoAsg0Q/s3042/20230303_204326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2346" data-original-width="3042" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswJjwLG97W2QE2uWIJ3utGzfDEEaZu3KtxIXfON31G2A-kEOoS8Z-j_cyo9cV8ZlDSMRyzfl9I78QaZjaGH9LAifrngaywjro7MIrV0RUs8io3rmZTeYPb-kH4PjR6Tf-xrSUpNjpd3PyWA2WRYRJSTsyymsdcFTPHul5D_yI-XPxgD6Ar2KwoAsg0Q/s320/20230303_204326.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-4318415202797196152023-02-27T09:47:00.000-05:002023-02-27T11:25:35.651-05:00My SEWJO is back<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finished a top! This is super thrilling for me since lately I just haven't felt like sewing. I lost my SEWJO in January and just couldn't get it back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, this past weekend we met up with family. I met a niece for the first time and her two adorable little girls. I have tops made for the little ones but just haven't had the ambition to quilt them. But now I do! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First I figured I'd get this top off the floor and onto the "to be quilted" pile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S0Be0hXuC560-pnK_Q3QA4w_BXcsKDLOxNgs6brSJE1LyqCNiKOGdF4KkSj4PxD1bXBnPXxg0PyIYalKpOtkNZGZ78UWe_tIoyXiDB8JucexgSYdkUz5u5PxfqCv0Fie22DY6TWKDJ3EKuzGAu78nKUA0PwOAT5FiQuJG6Ytlz9jeCbWQCEvX62zww/s3334/20230227_084155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3334" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S0Be0hXuC560-pnK_Q3QA4w_BXcsKDLOxNgs6brSJE1LyqCNiKOGdF4KkSj4PxD1bXBnPXxg0PyIYalKpOtkNZGZ78UWe_tIoyXiDB8JucexgSYdkUz5u5PxfqCv0Fie22DY6TWKDJ3EKuzGAu78nKUA0PwOAT5FiQuJG6Ytlz9jeCbWQCEvX62zww/s320/20230227_084155.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I woke up early, started doing laundry and then decided to go down to the sewing room and, at least, finish the friendship stars...maybe add them to the header and footer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3hVq8mcGFCsNVrSFJbZTVQKRrVZ72_J3nW1EHgjQgGlYqVjB9bhXB8jpI9P0xi8UE-IrRH2nhbklqt_WmR5jHrf4PdJomDRlHfX-_-b1doziZR_FLl3YMF0eb7xnXgy4QI75UWHdq9HW1mctZVba4W51AgOeMCmhDMZGOp4FA14IHRQJJH8m_gzD6w/s3952/20230227_084627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3952" data-original-width="3055" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3hVq8mcGFCsNVrSFJbZTVQKRrVZ72_J3nW1EHgjQgGlYqVjB9bhXB8jpI9P0xi8UE-IrRH2nhbklqt_WmR5jHrf4PdJomDRlHfX-_-b1doziZR_FLl3YMF0eb7xnXgy4QI75UWHdq9HW1mctZVba4W51AgOeMCmhDMZGOp4FA14IHRQJJH8m_gzD6w/s320/20230227_084627.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did that and forced myself to finish...put it all together. There really wasnt that much to do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it's done! It's a top. And I think I have my sewjo back because, as I was having a cup of coffee, staring at my new ottoman, I decided I need a new quilt for this room.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmN2juRvklbjP4mBKK4xb1hTYQ-pgvn2LBuzL7EgcXchHSP5vnkO8bQutCccBP2K8QcddMvuGdK5wckCdTOKPHbXuIx9brZU4e6v0WgP0OvEhgNUGfBEbjt5V7zjJETXX_fMAcqK-9TfzUvqiBazEOJqFZ6pCbz10kHR0qKrIOhRI9U0E0fnSYcHJ-lA/s3969/20230227_092309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3969" data-original-width="2977" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmN2juRvklbjP4mBKK4xb1hTYQ-pgvn2LBuzL7EgcXchHSP5vnkO8bQutCccBP2K8QcddMvuGdK5wckCdTOKPHbXuIx9brZU4e6v0WgP0OvEhgNUGfBEbjt5V7zjJETXX_fMAcqK-9TfzUvqiBazEOJqFZ6pCbz10kHR0qKrIOhRI9U0E0fnSYcHJ-lA/s320/20230227_092309.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have mostly blue, gray and white in the upstairs. I needed some warmth so last fall I ordered a new "coffee table". Actually, I found this cute leather ottoman and a tray to serve as a coffee table we can put our feet on. The leather picks up the warm tones in the rug and in my fish picture. </div><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/AVvXsEgzB85sPBOsECBibIfc-h21RjLqvRmwi85BFftbyD8SFL4R9vSD55heP2DY5CMa8SPDNe4Al2jmA3CFdJjtEaXc-ZESueXrNcbsKKUCYlgme_2BMJoT6vnDMCjKBgg_RTwmz1Vebc33d99O8QmLXBXHoiYdm1TDoaBLpU_7h58gMguFnBtB0Ln22oE4Gw/s3884/20230227_094512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3884" data-original-width="2989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB85sPBOsECBibIfc-h21RjLqvRmwi85BFftbyD8SFL4R9vSD55heP2DY5CMa8SPDNe4Al2jmA3CFdJjtEaXc-ZESueXrNcbsKKUCYlgme_2BMJoT6vnDMCjKBgg_RTwmz1Vebc33d99O8QmLXBXHoiYdm1TDoaBLpU_7h58gMguFnBtB0Ln22oE4Gw/s320/20230227_094512.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I need a quilt that matches better. I pulled out my Autumn/Halloween quilt for now. But I'm thinking gray beige, blue, and a bit of orange/rust might be nice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I guess I back😁 Time to get working on more quilts!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-72675902222956416772023-01-03T22:26:00.001-05:002023-01-03T22:28:05.499-05:00Quilting in 2023<p> It's 2023, the year to get my tops quilted! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzrojA1QEuE_WHESKZYcWyqerszXtT_WHS9cTZjWd9r8y2nUy7xmogFjmgnVoYu051wtlKMo_XlFv_5GVJFBdhTGyYfLl_fCb0AEaZ4LVunTsmO6esplz676gwkV2ERmfFwTDq2qUA9stfHlcZllHoZle7KUtTR_Hpmv0uwePllSK22E3I4Oe4WW5og/s595/Screenshot_20230103-222015_Instagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="595" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzrojA1QEuE_WHESKZYcWyqerszXtT_WHS9cTZjWd9r8y2nUy7xmogFjmgnVoYu051wtlKMo_XlFv_5GVJFBdhTGyYfLl_fCb0AEaZ4LVunTsmO6esplz676gwkV2ERmfFwTDq2qUA9stfHlcZllHoZle7KUtTR_Hpmv0uwePllSK22E3I4Oe4WW5og/s320/Screenshot_20230103-222015_Instagram.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I've decided to join @allpeoplequilt on Instagram doing a monthly UFO challenge. We picked 12 UFOs and number them 1 to 12. All People Quilt will pick a number each month...that's the project to work on and HOPEFULLY finish it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3TPFHM_ctUtVJOUb8_XQJyeb_bkenMoIZFJXSgi5DabGTDit61vJviudDv1rRlgSv1G6MQksLWJF9cdgO9aHTB-vyrrT_TXb9BOYU7s1K9o3ZmsVGFQK2mD9jV_Vgy8TfcTWijPSGCs_2GHRkYffl0bObw-UW2YdGmUHsJ0yzJqa2ZnZciiQywvCJA/s3442/20230101_172422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3442" data-original-width="2629" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3TPFHM_ctUtVJOUb8_XQJyeb_bkenMoIZFJXSgi5DabGTDit61vJviudDv1rRlgSv1G6MQksLWJF9cdgO9aHTB-vyrrT_TXb9BOYU7s1K9o3ZmsVGFQK2mD9jV_Vgy8TfcTWijPSGCs_2GHRkYffl0bObw-UW2YdGmUHsJ0yzJqa2ZnZciiQywvCJA/s320/20230101_172422.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br />This is my list. Two of my projects aren't quilts, just sewing that needs to be done. I have an ottoman in the basement family room that has seen it's best days. It needs to be reupholstered desperately. I've had the fabric to do it for over a year. Maybe doing this challenge will be the push I need to do it.<p></p><p>I also put recovering two living pillows as a UFO. This is an easy thing to do but I just keep putting it off. </p><p><br /></p><p>So for January APQ picked #3. That's this one, my gray star quilt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0RbnUQXOVfzcos8TSyC5KF-tPpjz5FmmVraJDBghfYpSfTNn8vkrYRWXOLbZyKLgmRU0VFCJeiBVJa8ASimkfDSvZBPBqhURmA0nO0B7H6XRkT5YliuoFJpfF88I8KJSP8u_wCYt3Fj51VO1Sc0PVAfaTuT-NIb3u5RKbPAyUWI4LqAH4lIO4NTAdg/s709/Screenshot_20230101-235442_Instagram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="709" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0RbnUQXOVfzcos8TSyC5KF-tPpjz5FmmVraJDBghfYpSfTNn8vkrYRWXOLbZyKLgmRU0VFCJeiBVJa8ASimkfDSvZBPBqhURmA0nO0B7H6XRkT5YliuoFJpfF88I8KJSP8u_wCYt3Fj51VO1Sc0PVAfaTuT-NIb3u5RKbPAyUWI4LqAH4lIO4NTAdg/s320/Screenshot_20230101-235442_Instagram.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The quilting has been started but I stopped when I got really frustrated. I wanted it machine and hand quilted. We'll, as I finished up a section of hand work, I thought I'd put in a bit of fancy free-motion quilting. I did feathers in four corners. But, I used too light of a thread and it looked TERRIBLE. I knew I'd never be happy with how it looked so decided to remove all those stitches. It took FOREVER and that's when I shelved it. It's ready to be worked on again I just need motivation. 😩 Maybe I should start with some hand quilting. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-42565219492512142342022-12-31T08:35:00.001-05:002022-12-31T08:40:15.731-05:00End of 2022<p> The year is at a close. It seems like a good time to look at what I've accomplished and what I plan to do in 2023.</p><p>Plenty of tops were finished off, some of them started over 10 years ago. There's one final top that I'd like to add to the list and that's the #lonestarquilt I'm currently working on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOK0695lt2W0n2aAX9MrOLsVRq6vIMfi7A7fAyd0r9VTHGD2zh1HARQOOiM-o4AfglpIo-RVMmPT8fJuAon7paS-brp3PaTFD9dLKH8auEYdInDV6l_hzZDMlLxGElm9g-d13MBMoUJq23_vJE9jeYuplRke2vWAeiEpKSmhTX7LzCBYWLH2toxZGSQ/s2560/1220221226b_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOK0695lt2W0n2aAX9MrOLsVRq6vIMfi7A7fAyd0r9VTHGD2zh1HARQOOiM-o4AfglpIo-RVMmPT8fJuAon7paS-brp3PaTFD9dLKH8auEYdInDV6l_hzZDMlLxGElm9g-d13MBMoUJq23_vJE9jeYuplRke2vWAeiEpKSmhTX7LzCBYWLH2toxZGSQ/s320/1220221226b_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>This top has been challenging. It was supposed to be a 9 patch lone star (9 lone star blocks sewn as a huge 9-patch). I made 4 blocks about 12 years ago then went to make a 5th block more recently. The fifth block ended up smaller. I'm not sure why. So rather than make 8 more stars of the smaller size (I just wanted this UFO done!), I decided to make it a 4-patch and use the odd block separately. The 4-patch idea worked well...love how it looks with the sashing and checkerboard cornerstones. What I didnt like was the size, 59 inches square. I prefer a more "usable" size. So then, with the help of IG friends, I came up with a header and footer to this quilt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7jCpocue6uzgDSXfMOGDy4EOfQVPcO30NFAu4fWkQOqF_Uee8d4Ja8SnnrJhWWTjC2J3Kc7X-gjtObjH20_yBRmbZkeOyowccvtMvs4WJ1SkiGex2tYS2JNkF7Mc1iGC3sdT--a2emzCXn75e7FJ21yvCokoArNKmbFpJmi9YfykApPDl5s9iOzHaw/s2560/1229221707_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7jCpocue6uzgDSXfMOGDy4EOfQVPcO30NFAu4fWkQOqF_Uee8d4Ja8SnnrJhWWTjC2J3Kc7X-gjtObjH20_yBRmbZkeOyowccvtMvs4WJ1SkiGex2tYS2JNkF7Mc1iGC3sdT--a2emzCXn75e7FJ21yvCokoArNKmbFpJmi9YfykApPDl5s9iOzHaw/s320/1229221707_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The 5th #lonestar was split and added top and bottom. I made stars out of leftovers to flank the 1/2 star. Today I need to make 7 more friendship stars to finish this top. </p><p>I'd LOVE to have it done in 2022!</p><p>So besides working on this top, I've finished up 2 more grandniece/nephew quilts:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6smcM7lKFhuK2w91O60KuxOY-4BTttBZdCAKMPbdSm5BC0S9uO1r5w34yQi94ASR9-bErA22IiMOXw15UtifvpK_ainsvNFTopRMKKcUzGHclCeTblMt1MqnMgI7kWB_P6EWaYHYc3BEwoxMfa_xng3IePemLlF0fFbsBIEgtv0HCdrg3PFYIHYsFw/s1280/Screenshot_2022-12-31-08-01-42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6smcM7lKFhuK2w91O60KuxOY-4BTttBZdCAKMPbdSm5BC0S9uO1r5w34yQi94ASR9-bErA22IiMOXw15UtifvpK_ainsvNFTopRMKKcUzGHclCeTblMt1MqnMgI7kWB_P6EWaYHYc3BEwoxMfa_xng3IePemLlF0fFbsBIEgtv0HCdrg3PFYIHYsFw/s320/Screenshot_2022-12-31-08-01-42.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygG7PwelGdVRhjdjHZv0Y5VY_0guBjSDTabB2WkgeMyC0W5cFwMVUp_6iMFIYAY4yDYp7qlRRyB_4o0gFofQLcZh9OnLmvRXwm7DwbCK9qz_G6RVtQ-TKeK_rofRfHCrjm9bJGPrqFAwUItWifZYehradUDXZuVKTBmN50p7-nsRBt5JZyKax86Uf9A/s1280/Screenshot_2022-12-31-08-04-47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygG7PwelGdVRhjdjHZv0Y5VY_0guBjSDTabB2WkgeMyC0W5cFwMVUp_6iMFIYAY4yDYp7qlRRyB_4o0gFofQLcZh9OnLmvRXwm7DwbCK9qz_G6RVtQ-TKeK_rofRfHCrjm9bJGPrqFAwUItWifZYehradUDXZuVKTBmN50p7-nsRBt5JZyKax86Uf9A/s320/Screenshot_2022-12-31-08-04-47.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p>Della's and Lewis's quilts were completed and sent to them. I still have more greatnieces to make quilts for and with any luck those will get completed this year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOjuJRjxQB1AJRiCnJ4_OcmbBrKdmNRShd5E9iWuYOAAmg6YwHfOSC2wEny9aLam0NBgq1GHBbemXB1IZWjwGwEnJpjZq0sm24WIR-GPrGqRMiLu4lFEwunT1txzD2PQgEkbPxn0VxxQuPmYPdWgqYFi5z3yUrNIR6_uR1wiWR1gyQM0oz-x4JVvBwA/s720/Screenshot_2022-12-31-08-05-49.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="720" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOjuJRjxQB1AJRiCnJ4_OcmbBrKdmNRShd5E9iWuYOAAmg6YwHfOSC2wEny9aLam0NBgq1GHBbemXB1IZWjwGwEnJpjZq0sm24WIR-GPrGqRMiLu4lFEwunT1txzD2PQgEkbPxn0VxxQuPmYPdWgqYFi5z3yUrNIR6_uR1wiWR1gyQM0oz-x4JVvBwA/s320/Screenshot_2022-12-31-08-05-49.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This #rainbowscrapchallengequilt will be going to a great neice. I've made quite a few rainbow quilts through the years. We start them in January (yes, I'll be doing it again this year) by sorting out scraps into color piles, boxes or baggies. Then each month a color is chosen and we make a block or two (or 10😂) out of that color. Do any block you want and as many as you want. </p><p>The rainbow quilt above is from a few years ago. This past year I completed two rainbow tops, gave away one set of blocks and kept the final set to add to in 2023. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjn-98BZSZnS5sReQoihl9fSuxqHHo9SKTwNv8uV2T8hOoXKMQOg4Nx3Y-kr1w1FzyUu0eAUKieO22Hn5qf9uQfZe4-Nf3ovyOrXPWTyXSMGcOc1hk4xGY0mcg4eYl1PM6m6Li-Zb9HEF1nCXw6SnKVaD6IIXWyRJS5InZAdr9Stn2hngG-qLwPu_Sw/s1280/Screenshot_2022-12-31-07-58-52.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjn-98BZSZnS5sReQoihl9fSuxqHHo9SKTwNv8uV2T8hOoXKMQOg4Nx3Y-kr1w1FzyUu0eAUKieO22Hn5qf9uQfZe4-Nf3ovyOrXPWTyXSMGcOc1hk4xGY0mcg4eYl1PM6m6Li-Zb9HEF1nCXw6SnKVaD6IIXWyRJS5InZAdr9Stn2hngG-qLwPu_Sw/s320/Screenshot_2022-12-31-07-58-52.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bDC4aqYXIYwRLLCPpvJ5A2YDzKzDLvqR-oVkT8WKgzyBaKlVw9mixCcNvWs1t6-GOmiLzw7qnLq59MCofLQLAAf_KFpUREWKGiMbCQ9mhNW6jKVknIegsp3T2S5fw8UP7aqb3su8k26pisnzR8ndwG6zLtWoHQR-L9MUwJS1-XLg2vle16g7gCO4IQ/s1280/Screenshot_2022-12-31-07-59-18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bDC4aqYXIYwRLLCPpvJ5A2YDzKzDLvqR-oVkT8WKgzyBaKlVw9mixCcNvWs1t6-GOmiLzw7qnLq59MCofLQLAAf_KFpUREWKGiMbCQ9mhNW6jKVknIegsp3T2S5fw8UP7aqb3su8k26pisnzR8ndwG6zLtWoHQR-L9MUwJS1-XLg2vle16g7gCO4IQ/s320/Screenshot_2022-12-31-07-59-18.png" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two #rainbowquilttops were completed and now need quilting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So! For 2023, I'm going to concentrate on quilting tops. The pile of "to be quilted" is high....maybe 20 tops? It's a lot! I'd like to see how many can get completed this year. It may not be all.... Well, we know it wont be all...but 5 to 10 of them would be a good goal. And even that may be reaching because Al and I plan to sell our house and build next door😱. So I'm also designing a house, drawing the plans up, packing, moving into a rental, building (which includes us laying our own wood floor, painting, landscaping....)....well, you get it. It'll be a busy year! Sound like too much? Yup!😀 Let's see what the year brings🎉</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-8507592582508566382022-10-20T02:19:00.001-04:002022-10-20T02:19:16.572-04:00Quilt tops everywhere!<p> I'm working on quilt top number 19? I think. The stack of tops is huge...almost overwhelming. But my thought is, get the started quilts all made into tops then slowly quilt them next year. This current one is a #rainbowscrapchallenge quilt. I'm just finishing up a few blocks then I'll sew it together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPW6W7FCOW1wj1BbRR9rekWD6i5evXs08mTAbPIP7YBeNcx9jGlLZoCo5PbBR8zKgHCU3Jz1Tv_znKNeKTIO58YA70vvXnmb44kg7JVJr2oVtTtpFgQZxUFN8t-Szqc4I8QAuNsvf6aghJkn-AbS5nYMJBmAGcCWIHC8t9AO3d9lMhz-ODerond62CQ/s2189/1018221225_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2189" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPW6W7FCOW1wj1BbRR9rekWD6i5evXs08mTAbPIP7YBeNcx9jGlLZoCo5PbBR8zKgHCU3Jz1Tv_znKNeKTIO58YA70vvXnmb44kg7JVJr2oVtTtpFgQZxUFN8t-Szqc4I8QAuNsvf6aghJkn-AbS5nYMJBmAGcCWIHC8t9AO3d9lMhz-ODerond62CQ/s320/1018221225_HDR.jpg" width="281" /></a></div>I make the block oversize then trim it to a perfect 8-1/2".<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCb6mfQx1DTU8BWx6PEEd75Q1yUAlAnH0iSnauR61btCQUvHv4ckCEbixlDGDS8dwrKkJpiv5xDs9Yv1suDVhMb7XdkMESwWFY_JjhCAhOI_SD6zxNAoo6FSalqjfLtxazFqH0VMwipuBhqaZ-GViq-Nk8_fGLlADrpJib-Uh79gDsaNF_AaVO2BoWQ/s2260/1018221224_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2260" data-original-width="1874" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCb6mfQx1DTU8BWx6PEEd75Q1yUAlAnH0iSnauR61btCQUvHv4ckCEbixlDGDS8dwrKkJpiv5xDs9Yv1suDVhMb7XdkMESwWFY_JjhCAhOI_SD6zxNAoo6FSalqjfLtxazFqH0VMwipuBhqaZ-GViq-Nk8_fGLlADrpJib-Uh79gDsaNF_AaVO2BoWQ/s320/1018221224_HDR.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>The strips are all scraps that were sorted into color piles earlier in the year. I didn't really have a plan with these but then I laid them out in rainbow order and loved it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrdutCE9sKLZ-NYTxa8PdUGvBbbqSiK2to-gAaACS17uQXM3_FUGjQHF68FD1bPVJwPOfSb-uyIQ4HvfC_XX8ovLYnZGpiToKZV-eqeX73h1d2ysQThPrxnTemKcqlDM9hdqIZ3icgz0lbq0OTdoX9jsV9BqfgXNZAvHs8wmusQdb-Whpdvk0pNo0Vg/s2560/1017221627a_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrdutCE9sKLZ-NYTxa8PdUGvBbbqSiK2to-gAaACS17uQXM3_FUGjQHF68FD1bPVJwPOfSb-uyIQ4HvfC_XX8ovLYnZGpiToKZV-eqeX73h1d2ysQThPrxnTemKcqlDM9hdqIZ3icgz0lbq0OTdoX9jsV9BqfgXNZAvHs8wmusQdb-Whpdvk0pNo0Vg/s320/1017221627a_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And now I want to add a border to each side. I thought a fringe looking border might be cute but as I look at the pictures I'm changing my mind. I may cut large half square triangle blocks instead. We'll see....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_Mj61szsL6zqgrTpVR3kYb77-YvdKox1OH-TPjaUcV7s4XtRPQWLftVhT4GDIAnmz0derUfT3GK9loKjtrgRvNe6Al-Vide1n4NqKVavL5zunYDXDxPUpq3z5l_iPp9_zMJ_T6YayhMwcIqTvM7dEvZpp8L5-c57v3PCOo_nQBVwyr2O93_-A-DP_g/s2278/1018221419_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="1811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_Mj61szsL6zqgrTpVR3kYb77-YvdKox1OH-TPjaUcV7s4XtRPQWLftVhT4GDIAnmz0derUfT3GK9loKjtrgRvNe6Al-Vide1n4NqKVavL5zunYDXDxPUpq3z5l_iPp9_zMJ_T6YayhMwcIqTvM7dEvZpp8L5-c57v3PCOo_nQBVwyr2O93_-A-DP_g/s320/1018221419_HDR.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTp1RAXFkqSh_mCCFlWu-dvgeuYrQlorwe_rXNg4QN6lVTY5Kr_0o6SxXB3Ogwdvh2cbaBiBgfA8o_GnUJUZWNc-RdZ4BRnCNPDssOaAuSzmibpExvtKvi5Kry3xrrCSUNJHcln-57DkTTUce-3-TiXbcxF7pRmpZ83Ph5xmGYZHMD1cUddSrKJuUSA/s2560/1016221601a_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTp1RAXFkqSh_mCCFlWu-dvgeuYrQlorwe_rXNg4QN6lVTY5Kr_0o6SxXB3Ogwdvh2cbaBiBgfA8o_GnUJUZWNc-RdZ4BRnCNPDssOaAuSzmibpExvtKvi5Kry3xrrCSUNJHcln-57DkTTUce-3-TiXbcxF7pRmpZ83Ph5xmGYZHMD1cUddSrKJuUSA/s320/1016221601a_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is my pile of tops. Eighteen here...one more almost done. Three more partial tops on my sewing table. I think next year I'll be donating some quilts to the hospital. Plenty to go around! 😱😁<p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-32462444307810256082022-09-30T08:44:00.003-04:002022-09-30T21:42:16.288-04:00Aqua Dresden blocks<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So another UFO will become a top. It's about halfway sewn. I'm keeping the 9 patch blocks but changed up the sashing color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaN9z9y8RulVt0INM4CL4WdCOFyUl_-1wh8QwUcZuu8sfDTjjZUOCaWWTZ2EfKWrzEYwpY0Gh5eLYJMm1KdL9uUyscdEBWtRvrNSx_1L3vqL5e5cJmMfi06PJIvw8inOXNoLX12GjdBDnvuiQacJxVLlwpzkTkmK02OlIzadpUkW9PuxYkCsBpa3C9g/s2560/0929221527a_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaN9z9y8RulVt0INM4CL4WdCOFyUl_-1wh8QwUcZuu8sfDTjjZUOCaWWTZ2EfKWrzEYwpY0Gh5eLYJMm1KdL9uUyscdEBWtRvrNSx_1L3vqL5e5cJmMfi06PJIvw8inOXNoLX12GjdBDnvuiQacJxVLlwpzkTkmK02OlIzadpUkW9PuxYkCsBpa3C9g/s320/0929221527a_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Im just glad to be getting this done. These blocks were started in 2011...I KNOW! So many old unfinished projects at my house😱 Well, this one was always in the back of my mind. I had loads of different ideas over the years of how to set the aqua blocks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbl_U0SVG8XBHE7T9f3r1vNkaz1n72a5SOJk13SjS-YHHP3AAGAJ81XADLaH3gKkIxEhlRb0NWjw7soY_IaqkyempTckGMBA4Q3i_rkzFvSTYhWE1caoZN_yC3v0jQazcEhdFdrhqHwWom1ZW7ICaUIUkYmfDTf-7HYe5Ke6Vr2dmCURajB77yz2x1w/s2560/0929221528a_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbl_U0SVG8XBHE7T9f3r1vNkaz1n72a5SOJk13SjS-YHHP3AAGAJ81XADLaH3gKkIxEhlRb0NWjw7soY_IaqkyempTckGMBA4Q3i_rkzFvSTYhWE1caoZN_yC3v0jQazcEhdFdrhqHwWom1ZW7ICaUIUkYmfDTf-7HYe5Ke6Vr2dmCURajB77yz2x1w/s320/0929221528a_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few days ago I decided that it was prettiest with red. I had made the nine patches (nine 3-1/2" squares to make a 9-1/2" block )...my sister said keep them so I am. But I'm glad I switched the sashing color. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1TysvIZfQv29xZiWx5b4Tc_e59nQykKLoi18ZcVZOeEmRU3z29AdIt2yKiEt_2om02T4XwhY-d2c0iRuv5k129YblXzXGY1BXNphkFgkRuSz6bCkhzIZ2v4JzypAf3FOY3OzWUJAChn0y-_rHX0m1F2fJQfInfYacdqp5vyG5TrIKxsSRm3lwvMnFQ/s2560/0929221531_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1TysvIZfQv29xZiWx5b4Tc_e59nQykKLoi18ZcVZOeEmRU3z29AdIt2yKiEt_2om02T4XwhY-d2c0iRuv5k129YblXzXGY1BXNphkFgkRuSz6bCkhzIZ2v4JzypAf3FOY3OzWUJAChn0y-_rHX0m1F2fJQfInfYacdqp5vyG5TrIKxsSRm3lwvMnFQ/s320/0929221531_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the dresdens and I feel like they're taking a backseat in this quilt...but I really dont want to start over-thinking this...otherwise this will end up back in the box for more years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One thing I'm happy I did was cut the back away from the dresdens...it cuts out some of the bulk. When it comes time to quilt it, it'll be much easier. I used papers from PaperPieces.com to make the dresdens. AND the papers were left in as I appliqued to make it easy to cut away the back without cutting the dresden flower. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyP3-kmnVE4geZBFeBE44MLV6PP1R1kl89qkI1qwjeuYN8qpNdOwOg8-stYZf2i8-yKFwfefqLniQDvAk2C4q2lFg5dRsHHrFVV5WpaZvaFdJ41SYtmyGwWl6jTT_LWQLJohKcj_PF7DlHnVvd9Ge3UFCWTwXDvLHBBre-mRTvtueVzxJTU8SLZLxMg/s2560/0929221532_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyP3-kmnVE4geZBFeBE44MLV6PP1R1kl89qkI1qwjeuYN8qpNdOwOg8-stYZf2i8-yKFwfefqLniQDvAk2C4q2lFg5dRsHHrFVV5WpaZvaFdJ41SYtmyGwWl6jTT_LWQLJohKcj_PF7DlHnVvd9Ge3UFCWTwXDvLHBBre-mRTvtueVzxJTU8SLZLxMg/s320/0929221532_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the sashing, I cut white, red, dark blue, yellow and medium blue and tested them all out. The yellow and white were just too boring. The red and dark blue made the sashing jump out too much. The medium blue was perfect. So now I'm putting this together as a top.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRokvlJjYOyG-H7vvnKkaRZyNn4uxUmuGQp_Vkmygc7FsbvOLU2QqJd2fxBqtSgX2ev2fuEaKdPDf9e2JrB4lfsmsIbVzGS5AlgqJvMO8e3si0SqZDFoGQHyVZX2GritILbyvyA-oXZVDN6J_z1J3II6-3Qaga_fMb9YuN1WIKlltdq-oy1OxSfNWQwA/s2560/0929221532a_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRokvlJjYOyG-H7vvnKkaRZyNn4uxUmuGQp_Vkmygc7FsbvOLU2QqJd2fxBqtSgX2ev2fuEaKdPDf9e2JrB4lfsmsIbVzGS5AlgqJvMO8e3si0SqZDFoGQHyVZX2GritILbyvyA-oXZVDN6J_z1J3II6-3Qaga_fMb9YuN1WIKlltdq-oy1OxSfNWQwA/s320/0929221532a_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After 11 years, it feels good to be working towards a finish. This will probably just get put on top of the QUILT TOPS pile but thats progress. Next year I can concentrate on quilting tops👍😁</div><br /> <p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-55896917363464359732022-09-27T00:05:00.003-04:002022-09-27T00:08:12.985-04:00Ocean Waves<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I had a chance to work on two quilts. This #OceanWavesQuilt top is finished. I put the final rows on then dug around for a scrap of white for the border. The perfect piece was on I picked up at a thrift store not long ago. This was a really fun top to make. It used up quite a few pretty scraps and lots of different whites. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0awQzytGWHfX-s1217dK7gyWeNJwv4X1x8q1Cgkj-JchnpR3YsU8j1ZPVZTyNX8yPgdIaOXrCrNjvyiUZZMThNhipuZ4t26h0HN5qqa5BzR3AWOpvcKHB-cFbxJEjqHacYRBb9M4AHC5A4ZITIipAS8AtAM_sdoHQ8evI86mPrUnhYc7FRKp-OWRZg/s2560/0926221640_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0awQzytGWHfX-s1217dK7gyWeNJwv4X1x8q1Cgkj-JchnpR3YsU8j1ZPVZTyNX8yPgdIaOXrCrNjvyiUZZMThNhipuZ4t26h0HN5qqa5BzR3AWOpvcKHB-cFbxJEjqHacYRBb9M4AHC5A4ZITIipAS8AtAM_sdoHQ8evI86mPrUnhYc7FRKp-OWRZg/s320/0926221640_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The #rainbowscrapchallenge was the perfect excuse to try out the Ocean Wave pattern. And making it 7 blocks at a time (7 per month) made it painless. I think I'd like to make one more but this time in the traditional blue & white.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv2UwILCHQoONN7iGPFX-6M694-ttZdtNX9--TouQ7TY1V6e-PpemvPF2CnFGGFHl0tLIKezw2nE1WSnqBBNT2K7823GY3GdKbTWQXMV8ln0DcgEppqWoqtFJS2szf1ro8NuAuj0Xyt7j7yb-qzcRqEYs8AN1ftMROVpSKLLAiXl5ptVCFZZdsK6HBg/s2560/0925221523_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTv2UwILCHQoONN7iGPFX-6M694-ttZdtNX9--TouQ7TY1V6e-PpemvPF2CnFGGFHl0tLIKezw2nE1WSnqBBNT2K7823GY3GdKbTWQXMV8ln0DcgEppqWoqtFJS2szf1ro8NuAuj0Xyt7j7yb-qzcRqEYs8AN1ftMROVpSKLLAiXl5ptVCFZZdsK6HBg/s320/0925221523_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> So after finishing up that top, I spent a little time trying to decide on how to set these dresden blocks. They've been packed away for years and really need to be put into a quilt. I'm still not sure the above setting works for the aqua blocks. The red seems to strong and takes away from the dresdens. So I might not use them...anyone have any ideas or opinions? I only have 16 dresdens. I know I want them on point...just not sure what colors are the best to use with the aqua. My sister says keep it as it is. If I do and dont like the finished product, she'll be the new owner😂<p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-35987162778819486932022-09-20T19:03:00.001-04:002022-09-20T19:05:32.058-04:00September blocks<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The color for September (for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge) is blue but since I had already made blue blocks, I decided I'd do brown. I know, I said I don't really care for brown but I needed one more color in this quilt. It was between gray, brown and black. Black seemed to intense and gray not strong enough so I did warm browns. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtwdEN2G1HbqTIwnGQ--M5nWKAuphllIoSy41qXdWDE4Rr4qpeI5S32sbH08nNtPxhyyi8UPIU_pgHKouf8ehHL_YZJUqYFJCcm02G1a7TrtAK9n9TCgrDCazqwMoNFrRLXCRN9M3-zZ18fgHF9XYETWi68VEIXYu-VWg1H78VaSHkTrurnouI3VZaA/s2560/0919221446_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtwdEN2G1HbqTIwnGQ--M5nWKAuphllIoSy41qXdWDE4Rr4qpeI5S32sbH08nNtPxhyyi8UPIU_pgHKouf8ehHL_YZJUqYFJCcm02G1a7TrtAK9n9TCgrDCazqwMoNFrRLXCRN9M3-zZ18fgHF9XYETWi68VEIXYu-VWg1H78VaSHkTrurnouI3VZaA/s320/0919221446_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also made one more of green, orange and pink. That gave me enough blocks for a small quilt. I'm going to sew the blocks together now then give it a nice wide white border and then.. ? ...Maybe one more border after that of HSTs.... Or maybe just a bright binding. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjV8Z1Ls2U0bA8aXx-DaS2QA0HWAF98Ox70QamgCpqTrmEfgCfaWkfzV3VItu5S4E74LFRq0sl-WwrNuz0ALxJ_Nw57wGmnHlyXFXZo79GdHbx7IDCCNi-5VHyzafZLIuIOKzhv-HHfKS-qCB88dGnqRrY-MPpUXH7mAoloj6s3cbYORdKugZi2x-LA/s1352/0919221439_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1298" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjV8Z1Ls2U0bA8aXx-DaS2QA0HWAF98Ox70QamgCpqTrmEfgCfaWkfzV3VItu5S4E74LFRq0sl-WwrNuz0ALxJ_Nw57wGmnHlyXFXZo79GdHbx7IDCCNi-5VHyzafZLIuIOKzhv-HHfKS-qCB88dGnqRrY-MPpUXH7mAoloj6s3cbYORdKugZi2x-LA/s320/0919221439_HDR.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>I also made one brown "Building Blocks" block and one in gray. I have a total of 10 of those. They're getting packed away until January. Next year I'll do 10 more, then set them on point for another rainbow quilt. I'm getting quite a collection of rainbow quilts. One is going to a great neice (one already did) and one is for me to keep. No idea what I'll do with the rest. They're just such bright and fun tops to make. <p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-64084829389702278212022-09-14T09:11:00.003-04:002022-09-17T06:37:07.606-04:00Sewing on the road<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Al and I are on our way to my brother's farm in the U.P. of Michigan. They called us to say they needed help with the harvest...which means they've canned all they are able to and would like us to haul tomatoes and other stuff back home. I usually can tomatoes into sauce each year because my husband (being Italian) requests spagetti about once a week. We go through a LOT of sauce!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So yesterday I dug through my 30's for scraps to for the tumbling blocks quilt so that I could work on it as we travel.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNuHie-D0oOeg8BPemcLDYM2H8fWQczctpf9X0fu1i9BhE_8VQVlivcZJEhkvLO0OKZr-BLQbzQB9XF9prd6thGeEhH43qie2yWsJy8G7ycANeap0_sEeZ6zfnRS-X2APWjZ_iRrcHse5hNZo3Bj_GneYQWwRtloR-SByAgXcfiRK9UaAv-b-AMI8GA/s2560/0913221311a_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNuHie-D0oOeg8BPemcLDYM2H8fWQczctpf9X0fu1i9BhE_8VQVlivcZJEhkvLO0OKZr-BLQbzQB9XF9prd6thGeEhH43qie2yWsJy8G7ycANeap0_sEeZ6zfnRS-X2APWjZ_iRrcHse5hNZo3Bj_GneYQWwRtloR-SByAgXcfiRK9UaAv-b-AMI8GA/s320/0913221311a_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have quite a few 30's reproductions and originals, that I've collected over 20 years or so. I'm trying to use up all the small pieces in this quilt. And if I need some color that isn't a scrap, I'm cutting one. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4NAbsO0xL5KmLJmv4g5iMx9uY2jZzq4ypkuEetvLn9Xu8M1bW5BvedRuTN1ehxFqTb61l11_rdfONxu5B37568Tk6sR1zjanstzrIlcza6NL6O3MRHStIOizK4rHs7zPHjN___vOD_vfvezLQgnZx74e_jghAm5O_o6RK4dKchOtWuZjr-zX9AwFRZw/s2560/0913221314_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4NAbsO0xL5KmLJmv4g5iMx9uY2jZzq4ypkuEetvLn9Xu8M1bW5BvedRuTN1ehxFqTb61l11_rdfONxu5B37568Tk6sR1zjanstzrIlcza6NL6O3MRHStIOizK4rHs7zPHjN___vOD_vfvezLQgnZx74e_jghAm5O_o6RK4dKchOtWuZjr-zX9AwFRZw/s320/0913221314_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having these papers cut and pinned to fabric makes basting so much quicker. I prepped about 25 of these diamonds then grabbed a stack of scraps so that I'm not bored in the evening up there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWOHN1DzSDaZqnSPXunMw7wEHwtkHahkTum0SxZmLQ0bCAyJLzZrm5D98r6DCR0-3g8Iu-FHLHbjAUjB3NTysw-FC63QwgxdIugX5y8CYnhldDIixPRY9tosDZ09eThP-Aps4IFX0_mrv5PoPc5fXyDkAsusDuGkEw5kmURZCA-H3Lc1AMfFpWgsGVQ/s2560/0914220856_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWOHN1DzSDaZqnSPXunMw7wEHwtkHahkTum0SxZmLQ0bCAyJLzZrm5D98r6DCR0-3g8Iu-FHLHbjAUjB3NTysw-FC63QwgxdIugX5y8CYnhldDIixPRY9tosDZ09eThP-Aps4IFX0_mrv5PoPc5fXyDkAsusDuGkEw5kmURZCA-H3Lc1AMfFpWgsGVQ/s320/0914220856_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are on the road, I'm sewing, he's driving...both of us doing what we love best!</div><br /> <p></p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-72644626360901213812022-09-12T12:12:00.004-04:002022-09-12T12:20:13.428-04:00September Sewing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather has been a little cooler and overcast, so I've been in the sewing room working on my four #rainbowscrapchallenge quilts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwBhNAGjR4t47UfUbWq8OTjHnsrFAdrfPlRLQvYGxur8P-75vv1IH6CTTq-5bAYWwb0MzlodSKFZadjAE-cxAZ-tXjDHSJd-FEnwdOk3cgcD0fZ4dC6vUmSR0fHgtV_6Gh_5PQcHEtbKnSUXLalgk6uQWIgDBVxEZPLbpDhBY0iXgTLcFOLvc0Q4Jvw/s2560/0910221618_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwBhNAGjR4t47UfUbWq8OTjHnsrFAdrfPlRLQvYGxur8P-75vv1IH6CTTq-5bAYWwb0MzlodSKFZadjAE-cxAZ-tXjDHSJd-FEnwdOk3cgcD0fZ4dC6vUmSR0fHgtV_6Gh_5PQcHEtbKnSUXLalgk6uQWIgDBVxEZPLbpDhBY0iXgTLcFOLvc0Q4Jvw/s320/0910221618_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This "Ocean Waves" quilt top is just about done. I'm sewing the last few rows on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZ3GuEEj0qMzXBBD00KU3z_Lmem37xSIKZ2qt4QV8LTm3bSQFw7IXW2TnuHp3Q9no3afuucBqtdW1onVzjr7cxH78wyeIXEvi5RHjnyFumfEoyjevVapfu8MB7JjpuY2zvgEssi2jrSTIUnYUkjGMvfXQXpuEoC9UWKXTYTlWEgaXl7QonHlqu2By0g/s2560/0910221626_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZ3GuEEj0qMzXBBD00KU3z_Lmem37xSIKZ2qt4QV8LTm3bSQFw7IXW2TnuHp3Q9no3afuucBqtdW1onVzjr7cxH78wyeIXEvi5RHjnyFumfEoyjevVapfu8MB7JjpuY2zvgEssi2jrSTIUnYUkjGMvfXQXpuEoC9UWKXTYTlWEgaXl7QonHlqu2By0g/s320/0910221626_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The Birds in the Air blocks are on the floor. I realized I need more of them for a decent quilt so I'm making a few extras. I'd like it at least large enough to use as a toddler quilt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_iaCH5oLo9cCpRz6bVU-m_Ku4hcqp2KXRSAENMr5piyVQyWF-iiAZva8g0kMpuwKqoGNOj9_FN6KsJrZHDJOc-YMDaSJxpMXQN2fZQ5cwNy1qd9OOY6JAs-mFLef4tMkz4s92-5xMiwD9C8pxv62YPgz8XZQdKJjQTxoYbnlkD-YCW7PFNkZfvjNohg/s2560/0910221627b_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_iaCH5oLo9cCpRz6bVU-m_Ku4hcqp2KXRSAENMr5piyVQyWF-iiAZva8g0kMpuwKqoGNOj9_FN6KsJrZHDJOc-YMDaSJxpMXQN2fZQ5cwNy1qd9OOY6JAs-mFLef4tMkz4s92-5xMiwD9C8pxv62YPgz8XZQdKJjQTxoYbnlkD-YCW7PFNkZfvjNohg/s320/0910221627b_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See those log cabin blocks on the wall? That's there to remind me to do a bit of work on it each day. It's a VERY old UFO and needs to be finished. The center was from a lone star quilt I started then changed my mind about. I like it much better in the center of these blocks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't touched it yet this week...it's so hard to switch to dreary colors after playing with all these brights. </div>But I'm planning on sewing some today...after I make a few more HST blocks.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRAjCPfyu_Q_A743xCKzs4t2I0EXWUNBIxFD_vrjhDyRue5jcvbTL3BOUUex7FMvBCtny2IeWYDkllgUHReNDSlj2790ApP_qzsAGf3tyQPOpaPP5Sg74kgJ-X8gGJHFim2FL6mRPg4uMWEZFWex-U0Or3oGPP5msldW95xApNMN-lbXZHWwiahDrSA/s2560/0911221516_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRAjCPfyu_Q_A743xCKzs4t2I0EXWUNBIxFD_vrjhDyRue5jcvbTL3BOUUex7FMvBCtny2IeWYDkllgUHReNDSlj2790ApP_qzsAGf3tyQPOpaPP5Sg74kgJ-X8gGJHFim2FL6mRPg4uMWEZFWex-U0Or3oGPP5msldW95xApNMN-lbXZHWwiahDrSA/s320/0911221516_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The "Building Blocks", below, are going to be set on-point. I only made one each month so I think I'll put these away for the start of the next Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2023. I'd like to have 20 blocks so 10 this year, 10 next. Looks like I need to make a gray block before I pack it up.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNJnESdyvbI_L503efIjC2MdrB2TF6gyoY06CJ-lOGu2fADrDnDpigfMZEO6aidgj_Kh691CssrbGQCsMTr2ajLh8ZRyvQpxTfl9E18uiyYPDbqHiuzJUTRlAg0Cebkzol6662o-QNpJPJkTZpo-iWVDHlZ1VyLpogg0CMh8r44G5DPgrtxpz_VunNg/s2124/0911221519b_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2124" data-original-width="1904" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNJnESdyvbI_L503efIjC2MdrB2TF6gyoY06CJ-lOGu2fADrDnDpigfMZEO6aidgj_Kh691CssrbGQCsMTr2ajLh8ZRyvQpxTfl9E18uiyYPDbqHiuzJUTRlAg0Cebkzol6662o-QNpJPJkTZpo-iWVDHlZ1VyLpogg0CMh8r44G5DPgrtxpz_VunNg/s320/0911221519b_HDR.jpg" width="287" /></a></div></div><p>Well, that's where I'm at right now. Still doing my hand quilting everyday (most days) and piecing the tumbling blocks EPP quilt top.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEix9VkmcHoWK5tTNp5ieC6Y2EwtUD_Oqny3H1c3TzHyZ7v5l4mTnPEEOV0mmDS8AyUYLD4Oqj139QPbVG5_VEVx0KHSgFOESvRXbZWOgWoFRd0nIZ2Flx0Esx9I09z48HLddYRsBWRzijIQad3aDLQGBWkNI3o7T42LvrQtISsK4npYdJav4mw-gEHw/s2560/0912221213_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEix9VkmcHoWK5tTNp5ieC6Y2EwtUD_Oqny3H1c3TzHyZ7v5l4mTnPEEOV0mmDS8AyUYLD4Oqj139QPbVG5_VEVx0KHSgFOESvRXbZWOgWoFRd0nIZ2Flx0Esx9I09z48HLddYRsBWRzijIQad3aDLQGBWkNI3o7T42LvrQtISsK4npYdJav4mw-gEHw/s320/0912221213_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMduAxnXpCo-oMOEpjNXZlUWnb_5BAJCALHdl25YwEIPUs0YqJ6cKfxzXslwN0OHNTAQhBNzixZvmmt70_ULOaKuOhJZsqSK4TnfUgM0VcwSe59LSwGqYQNRGBAxMEDLg8ssBjVAtjL7lqYvbUJ-xa8pV_x_fNerb8w5hIjoswXy7OGYzRgH5qGQndNw/s2560/0912221214_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMduAxnXpCo-oMOEpjNXZlUWnb_5BAJCALHdl25YwEIPUs0YqJ6cKfxzXslwN0OHNTAQhBNzixZvmmt70_ULOaKuOhJZsqSK4TnfUgM0VcwSe59LSwGqYQNRGBAxMEDLg8ssBjVAtjL7lqYvbUJ-xa8pV_x_fNerb8w5hIjoswXy7OGYzRgH5qGQndNw/s320/0912221214_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /> </p>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-53965637946965480532022-09-03T06:50:00.002-04:002022-09-03T17:18:45.427-04:00August orange blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANgLo6hy178_icvpqh-4EgDFzewqkK3rURJwdv5RUSqGHIieO2Lq9Ed3bIQh1anQ5sOnuCQSHDvavXkwQy9_6RAr1ETVvMq105JKCWMK3ajtGdLIp4CM-UKGFia46YFfpuOPX1AH6mb3OnnHaB-pZ87jHOXv9QEoQdoP-QOWGtL2Pbj_vfTvaKp032A/s2560/0902221035a_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANgLo6hy178_icvpqh-4EgDFzewqkK3rURJwdv5RUSqGHIieO2Lq9Ed3bIQh1anQ5sOnuCQSHDvavXkwQy9_6RAr1ETVvMq105JKCWMK3ajtGdLIp4CM-UKGFia46YFfpuOPX1AH6mb3OnnHaB-pZ87jHOXv9QEoQdoP-QOWGtL2Pbj_vfTvaKp032A/s320/0902221035a_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
This is the start of ORANGE blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I've been running behind since getting sick in July. Last week I finished up the purple blocks and now I'm rushing to get orange ones done. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7vpBCfCFtDx0tOGm0u9HJvLw8Y7icnqZ7T5w6a9X7-YyeaPYm2INrq-e46A6YeMpuWzDt3gAYmc_e4cfRp5D18U6KVGf3GTdtmjt2ZeV4ywJadXyKizSYLzMroXZq3OPGpneajMkrP358k02eqDd07Pzfe3wP0kv2dmHA92AnEtRJtLkjzYgmkmS4Q/s1920/0903221502_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="1920" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7vpBCfCFtDx0tOGm0u9HJvLw8Y7icnqZ7T5w6a9X7-YyeaPYm2INrq-e46A6YeMpuWzDt3gAYmc_e4cfRp5D18U6KVGf3GTdtmjt2ZeV4ywJadXyKizSYLzMroXZq3OPGpneajMkrP358k02eqDd07Pzfe3wP0kv2dmHA92AnEtRJtLkjzYgmkmS4Q/s320/0903221502_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div> Summer has been super busy with good and bad things going on. But now that fall is on the horizon, it's"catch-up" time.
Al and I are hoping to take a trip back up north to visit my brothers on the farm. They called to say the veggies are in ...lots of tomatoes for canning. Fall usually starts with canning tomatoes for pasta sauce and this year will be the same. Al loves his pasta dinners! I'd also like to can some apple pie filling and some Jalepeno relish. We're both watching our sugar consumption but a little treat here and there wont hurt (jam and relishes are included in the treat category).
Al's sugar is too high and my inflammation was getting bad so that's the reason for the diet change. It's definitely helping.
Well, that's it for now❤</div></div>Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-40401313543419741892022-05-03T20:43:00.002-04:002022-05-04T07:22:57.246-04:00Handquilting<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFnjEp7rHw-mu-HavTBTBVb_eoofaBlCKuB8KcKVE3maSBfO99SPl1467sLkbgkGdXP2ng1gaymkKK54ZuDybNmL1sqXoh7B7fQikOW3ZXOO-PBsVdzyXDztYEURdw29K3UVXP_3Bmhf8hB9YAsZniJx0YF9fbObfqKpNmVhfhyBK0cxArLNzXh6L2g/s2560/0503221912_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFnjEp7rHw-mu-HavTBTBVb_eoofaBlCKuB8KcKVE3maSBfO99SPl1467sLkbgkGdXP2ng1gaymkKK54ZuDybNmL1sqXoh7B7fQikOW3ZXOO-PBsVdzyXDztYEURdw29K3UVXP_3Bmhf8hB9YAsZniJx0YF9fbObfqKpNmVhfhyBK0cxArLNzXh6L2g/s320/0503221912_HDR.jpg"/></a></div>
So this has been worked on every day, 3 rows across. That takes me 1-1/2 hours. I know I won't be able to keep up this pace once the weather warms...I'll be working on the garden...but for now, while it's cool and rainy, I'm putting in as much time as I can.
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I'm spacing my lines 1 inch apart because thats the easiest way to do the quilting. I'm sewing through the centers of the 9-patch blocks and using a hera marker to mark the other parts. I started using masking tape, but I didn't like sewing next to it. It's too stiff and I need the fabric to give a little as I stitch.
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I've added to this quilt too. It's probably about 1/4 of the way completed. It's not going to be huge, maybe a lap quilt. That's all the sewing for now. I'm cutting up green scraps to get ready for the May #rainbowscrapchallenge blocks. I'll work on those next week, I hope.
Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-20148181855190193892022-05-01T09:23:00.003-04:002022-05-01T09:24:44.981-04:00April's projects<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvHC16IypLNN7gyjRBh1SvqbIQzOvAC92NO6AoHGuPP28bX0j275YcjkPVhgzXPRPpE1PAG5ajinIZzVImXt6qakJSweRjDwa_Li1vSOuKe1o14jXIXDZ7sf-OpgNl1_1APuLbPxJV4hTfU5-rj9XQ8qlhqbAeBeetMhOFfInjo49eFfBTyC5_QHMHw/s720/Screenshot_2022-05-01-07-53-00.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvHC16IypLNN7gyjRBh1SvqbIQzOvAC92NO6AoHGuPP28bX0j275YcjkPVhgzXPRPpE1PAG5ajinIZzVImXt6qakJSweRjDwa_Li1vSOuKe1o14jXIXDZ7sf-OpgNl1_1APuLbPxJV4hTfU5-rj9XQ8qlhqbAeBeetMhOFfInjo49eFfBTyC5_QHMHw/s320/Screenshot_2022-05-01-07-53-00.png"/></a></div>I'm doing the #rsc2022 this year to help me get my scraps under control. So far I've done RED, AQUA, YELLOW/GOLD, and this past month (April) was PINK. Im following along with Angela's blog and the #RainbowScrapChallenge ...she's on Instagram also
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I'm making FOUR of the RAINBOW SCRAP QUILTS... An ocean wave quilt, birds in the air, a quilt using scrap strips on a diagonal and a quilt using a "builders block". So those are done for April...not sure what color May will be yet. Since I finished up the 6-point star quilt, I needed a new hand quilting project. I picked this vintage style quilt. It's a copy of a quilt pictured in a magazine (no pattern was available). I used EQ to come up with one then used scraps of shirtings and pieces of old 80's and 90's fabrics along with some newer 1800 reproduction prints. It's on my quilting frame now. Hopefully I can stick to a schedule of three rows a day of quilting. I'd like to get this quilted in a month
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And of course I'm still working on this EPP "tumbling blocks" quilt. It goes with me EVERYWHERE...car rides, dentist appointments, doctors...anywhere I'm sitting for a bit.
Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-55169140215333279772022-04-26T23:01:00.001-04:002022-04-27T07:10:01.024-04:00English Paper Pieced Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS9c6Hd4bqlfrn2Gk71tA44S13s34yn0PMD8fqCXPQMoPdwnitHrcBg0dsrt0u0d8Qvh3rp_G7SU3a9BhY2OAlHH-ts-aLqSuE1UHGCOZy6A3VBAEL9QkUCnd1xeAJ25gJbIlNiH9N-6ImOrta1yfdDIwlSXN-eo9vH2UB50y4xtywVvCoE0gO4A4CQ/s2273/0425221411_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2273" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS9c6Hd4bqlfrn2Gk71tA44S13s34yn0PMD8fqCXPQMoPdwnitHrcBg0dsrt0u0d8Qvh3rp_G7SU3a9BhY2OAlHH-ts-aLqSuE1UHGCOZy6A3VBAEL9QkUCnd1xeAJ25gJbIlNiH9N-6ImOrta1yfdDIwlSXN-eo9vH2UB50y4xtywVvCoE0gO4A4CQ/s320/0425221411_HDR.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi1-ex_uI36vI942NxaQrh-CMRTd88W1X-N_-HuKCqS4zKpXRyvWnPYxccS3dbbYrVKxpxPnfR8OHm8xvmIakk_uBx_rd723zZcXMWbM6MdrX3c_rY-GA9PWosPZy6Ugm2piLxBhs6J9Bi8Ak5WuUCq_QFSWdtynwtWyhCswqDPhgxZwSyWcKT2jZrQ/s2560/0425221430_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi1-ex_uI36vI942NxaQrh-CMRTd88W1X-N_-HuKCqS4zKpXRyvWnPYxccS3dbbYrVKxpxPnfR8OHm8xvmIakk_uBx_rd723zZcXMWbM6MdrX3c_rY-GA9PWosPZy6Ugm2piLxBhs6J9Bi8Ak5WuUCq_QFSWdtynwtWyhCswqDPhgxZwSyWcKT2jZrQ/s320/0425221430_HDR.jpg"/></a></div>
After more than 10 years, this English paper pieced quilt is finished! In 2014 I wrote a blog post about this quilt. At the time I figured I was 50% done (more like 30%). The post states that I had been working on this project for about 5 years. That means I started this in 2009...13 years ago! Wow! That's a long UFO!
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The hand quilting was finished a few weeks ago and the binding was attached and sewn down this week. Now it's off to my daughter. She was promised this quilt as her wedding quilt (she was married about 6 years ago). Better late than never!Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-20980975931824164492022-04-16T07:43:00.001-04:002022-04-16T07:46:51.074-04:00A finish!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY0kYr3c4eQQdCuK_PXW7Q1NFh-xlHYnMnDVBr_GDJ18uEx5ANMNfyXAnFUm_fLypQSCdpsofCcZDBzH-9-54jUZDgleLcK6ZZTdnpYMRF-mioR1RlUHNIy0bfS1aSY1KXUUxOipsJeV1FGWz0-1QhBt-LZEeyt2gmTTily-9B31CFLdtBgnrjXBZ3A/s2142/0413221425a_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2142" data-original-width="1910" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY0kYr3c4eQQdCuK_PXW7Q1NFh-xlHYnMnDVBr_GDJ18uEx5ANMNfyXAnFUm_fLypQSCdpsofCcZDBzH-9-54jUZDgleLcK6ZZTdnpYMRF-mioR1RlUHNIy0bfS1aSY1KXUUxOipsJeV1FGWz0-1QhBt-LZEeyt2gmTTily-9B31CFLdtBgnrjXBZ3A/s320/0413221425a_HDR.jpg"/></a></div>
The toddler I-Spy quilt I was making for my great-neice, Della, is finished. The one for her brother Lewis, was finished up a while ago so they are both being packed up and mailed. Della's quilt, like her brother's quilt, is made with shirting I-Spy blocks. If you follow me on Instagram, you'll see a quick little block tutorial under my highlights. I'm @northerndebquilts
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I used a bit brighter and lighter shirtings (and other fabrics) to surround her I-Spy, novelty centers. The I-Spy fabrics were animals, toys, household objects, bugs, book characters...etc. I tried to use at least two of the same type of item (like two different balls, two different bugs, etc) so that the quilt could be a learning tool also. How many balls can you find? How many animals or bugs? It should be fun! My hope is that it will be well used... dragged through the house, used for fort building, taken to the beach and on picnics, and tossed on the floor for tea parties and lego building. This is how we use my quilts at our house. Use them and use them up! I have VERY FEW "precious" quilts.
But on that topic, here's one:
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I guess I would classify this EPP quilt as precious, or an heirloom quilt. It was completely hand pieced, took 7 years to complete the top and then almost 3 months to hand quilt. I'm putting the binding on now. I used quite a few vintage fabrics in it...some are quite delicate. My daughter Lisa will be the owner of it when it's finished. She's a quilter and knows the value of this one. I'm sure it will be well cared for and passed down through the family in the future.
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Besides finishing up the two quilts, I've been taking this #tumblingblocks quilt with me on car trips and dentist/doctor appointments. I'm making progress on it. It definitely wont take 7 years to complete like the 6-point star quilt did!
Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-15682379793025152252022-04-03T16:59:00.005-04:002022-04-03T17:02:08.196-04:00Little I-Spies in everythingI love to tuck little "surprises" into my quilts...unexpected characters or animals peeking out of a block. This TUMBLING BLOCK quilt is no exception.... Can you find the surprise character I added for the grandsons to find?
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Clue: I was going to wait until the 4th of May to put him in.
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I was able to get quite a few tumbling blocks made this morning. We went out to breakfast and stopped to get groceries...lots of sewing time as Al drove. And now, I have a chicken roasting in the oven so I think I can get a bit more stitching in. Have a nice Sunday all!
I-spy: Darth Vader (may the force be with you)Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-55298583918551551022022-04-02T19:17:00.005-04:002022-04-02T19:23:58.333-04:00Saturday night sewingWe have a quick spring snowstorm that's moving into northern Michigan for a few hours this evening so instead of taking a walk, I'm sewing.
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The Tumbling Blocks are coming along... About a 1/6 of the way done. When we're out for a drive, I bring this along so I'm not bored.
Al likes to hit resale shops here and there and a lot of the time I wait in the car. Its nice to have something to do. Although, this week I went into one with him and found a lot of cute fabrics. They were mostly darker ones but they'll be perfect to add into my Pyramid quilt and my log cabin quilt. I also found a couple of cute plaid shirts that I cut up.
They were only 50 cents...not bad for almost a yard of fabric.
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The other great find was a stool
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It opens up to hold my hand sewing. I needed an ottoman by my chair and this one works perfectly.
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I'm keeping my fabric scraps for the tumbling blocks quilt in it and my thread basted diamonds. When I have a few minutes to spare, everything is there ready to piece another section.
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And this hand quilting project is just about done. Im finishing up the last few stars then I'll pull it off the frame and doquilt the edge triangles. I haven't decided what design I'm doing there yet. Probably something simple. Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-27724541198723818222022-03-27T18:55:00.001-04:002022-03-28T23:55:06.319-04:00Current projects<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eQtFvnSSP6BpyM88RAXG4vCaPuxSwwzYcSBQ41wJa51gOARKSJPuFyJvjMzSlnO8EUPmFsFHXkVl26oo2tcg8hH6VxY-93NsUcVkVZLJKesxr2Lj9Y9fENednlHQMj5ZpDl0kyOGm4Bc7RanNEAy_nBJCw9sFW-1bRrlt81A6rYmjnoiAi-bEyjqfw/s2560/0322221244_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eQtFvnSSP6BpyM88RAXG4vCaPuxSwwzYcSBQ41wJa51gOARKSJPuFyJvjMzSlnO8EUPmFsFHXkVl26oo2tcg8hH6VxY-93NsUcVkVZLJKesxr2Lj9Y9fENednlHQMj5ZpDl0kyOGm4Bc7RanNEAy_nBJCw9sFW-1bRrlt81A6rYmjnoiAi-bEyjqfw/s320/0322221244_HDR.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTyqV725CaC4gfQFZ62KH1PPcQ-X0MVwp-91HRJgCMqKYtQHCjai-DVoeRtCarxXP6NHbKxK26wYoicvUYrHZef4_yyGn6RlLOi_ajCeYkymB6JZarKz6vvf57FHYiwKZ9JTLhMzg4vWAaqVgOkTU23Iv8hmqDrmYuUYuJi8U5tadytfK0O3Sgs8dNg/s2560/0323221055a_HDR.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTyqV725CaC4gfQFZ62KH1PPcQ-X0MVwp-91HRJgCMqKYtQHCjai-DVoeRtCarxXP6NHbKxK26wYoicvUYrHZef4_yyGn6RlLOi_ajCeYkymB6JZarKz6vvf57FHYiwKZ9JTLhMzg4vWAaqVgOkTU23Iv8hmqDrmYuUYuJi8U5tadytfK0O3Sgs8dNg/s320/0323221055a_HDR.jpg"/></a></div>
This is my newest quilt start. It's long term ...a hand sewing ( #epp ) project. My last English paper piecing quilt top took 7 years to make and it's taking about 6 months to hand quilt then bind. This one will be faster since it wont be just worked on during car rides and doc appts. I'm doing some blocks each evening. I've hauled out my bin of 30s reproduction prints and vintage fabrics and am sorting in color order. Then I have daughter Jenn finding coordinating light/medium/dark sets for the blocks.
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Also, in the evenings or early morning, I'm putting in a bit of time on that first EPP quilt, my 6-point diamond stars. It's getting to the end. This week I flipped the quilt frame around so that I can quilt the last few rows. It should be finished some time in April.
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I tried a new thread last week ...supposed to be wonderful for machine quilting...FMQ.
Well, my machine ate it! It broke it off and wound it around some inside parts and it seized up. Yesterday, when I picked up my machine, the repairman told me I probably won't be able to finish the quilt with that thread! What?!
I can't use two different threads! So, I'm going to put something different in the bobbin but keep the problem thread on top...and proceed SLOWLY.
But in the meantime I've been doing some hand sewing.
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I started a new English paper piecing project. This is "Tumbling Blocks". I'm going to make the quilt out of 30's reproduction prints, actual vintage fabrics and shirtings. This quilt will take years, I'm sure. My last EPP quilt took 7 years for the top...it's the one I'm hand quilting right now. I hope this doesn't take THAT long but it won't be quick. It'll be something to keep me busy on the road, at sporting events, doctor appts, etc
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Of all the papers and patterns, I keep coming back to the 60° diamonds. They're so easy to work with. Before starting this, I searched epp patterns to see what was new or different. There really are a lot to choose from. One that I really like the looks of is Lucy Boston but it seems like a lot of fussy cutting and that's not something I enjoy. I also like the looks of Grandmothers Flower Garden which uses hexagon papers. I've had my fill of hexagons lately and I'm still making an occasional hexie flower for daughter Jenn's quilt. She's very slowly collecting/making those. Another epp pattern I considered was the apple core...really cute finished but maybe a bit harder to join together? So diamonds won out.
Anyways, that's what's been happening here the past week. Now I need to finish FMQuilting that great neice quilt
Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-14585431844172469952022-03-06T14:19:00.000-05:002022-03-06T14:19:30.118-05:00Sunday sewingToday's weather is pretty warm but very rainy and very windy. It's a perfect spring day to stay in and sew...at least until the rain stops.
I've been sewing a few different things lately. One project I finished up for this month is my YELLOW blocks for the #rsc2022 which is the rainbow scrap challenge I'm doing.
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My other project is a daily dose of hand quilting on this quilt:
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I'm "trying" to do #300daysofhandquilting along with some Instagram quilters. So far I've been at it about 15 days.
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Also, I've made some more log cabin blocks and added them to my wall...I think I have 25 or so to make. And as I'm sorting and cutting for the log cabins, I also cut drunkard path pieces and pyramid pieces. I was planning to start machine quilting a child's quilt this week but just wasnt up to it. Maybe later today.Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-47668182091426699822022-02-27T05:41:00.001-05:002022-02-27T13:45:14.546-05:00Almost MarchIt seems like February just started and now it's almost March. Spring is on the way! Of course, here in Michigan we still have a chance of snow until May. Almost every year around Easter, we will get hit with a huge snowstorm. Hopefully not this year.
With spring right around the corner I thought I would do some spring cleaning... in my sewing room.
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It was a disaster before this. I'm piecing 3 or 4 quilts right now. The main two are on the floor and on the wall. I found old log cabin blocks as I was digging for Civil war fabrics, so I added those to my wall along with a star I had started years ago.
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The corners needed to be added to the lone star and then a a border to bring it up to 24-1/2" so that I could insert it in the middle of my log cabin quilt. The two were originally going to be 2 separate quilts but I changed my plan. These old UFOs need to be completed...
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This was another UFO that needed some work. Over the last year or so, I've been making hexie flowers...these I applique onto a background square to use as a border on this quilt. I finished up the last hexie flower this past week so I've attached the border and used random leftover blocks as corners. The corner blocks were designed YEARS ago for a quilt that I never made. I loved them and wanted to use them somehow. In the future I may release a pattern using the blocks.
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So that's what I'm piecing (along with my monthly rainbow scrap blocks). This is my machine quilting project. I'll be FMQuilting it on my Pfaff....probably starting Monday.
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And of course, this gets a litte attention every day. On Instagram, I joined the ladies that are doing #300daysofhandquilting ...This will help keep me working on it a bit all through the spring. Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-26548929396887957842022-02-19T20:21:00.003-05:002022-02-20T17:52:01.993-05:00Working on 3 or 4 quilts at onceIt's no surprise to anyone that knows me that I'm working on multiple quilts. I get bored VERY easily. I love to spend a little time on each quilt every day.
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I'm currently working on piecing my Pyramid quilt, basting a quilt for a grandniece, hand quilting on Lisa's quilt and just finishing up a vintage looking quilt that uses old fabrics.
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This is Lisa's. It's all hand pieced (epp). It took me over 7 years to piece so I felt it needed to be hand quilted.
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Below are some of my vintage fabrics that were cut up for the vintage-style quilt. I wanted all "older" fabrics so that I would get a true vintage feel.
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I'm cutting the squares 4" and using 20 squares per block. Im not really doing any coordinating, just putting a darker one next to a lighter so they set each other off.
Here's my completed top...
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This would be cute done with all 30's reproductions or all civil wars style fabrics, or anything bright...but I think using a variety of old fabrics gives it an olf look. It looks like many that I see in antique stores.
Anyways, if you'd like to stitch one up, this is what I did:
Cut:
(240) 4" sqs from assorted fabrics
(16) 3-1/2" x 18" from solid blue for vertical sashing
(15) 3-1/2" x 14-1/2" from solid blue for horizontal sashing
(20) 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" red print for cornerstones
Layout 20 squares in a 4x5 grid. Sew 4 squares per row...5 rows per block. Make 12 blocks.
Sash blocks using blue strips and red cornerstones.
Quilt will finish at 65"x 71-1/2"
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These blocks were easier to put together if they were laid out next to my machine. I could have just randomly grabbed pieces but I wanted to alternate darker and lighter or busier with plainer pieces. It didnt always work out that way but I'm happy enough with the results. Northern Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882346525667660683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816445089863267415.post-32249579289832597822022-02-14T07:52:00.002-05:002022-10-01T13:07:18.001-04:00Early morning sewing and memoriesIt's 8am and I'm just finishing up some early morning sewing. If I cant sleep in, like Al, I head downstairs to sew for a few hours. Today was no exception. I worked on cutting pieces for two quilts.
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The first quilt is the #pyramidquilt ....lots of little trianges need to be cut (12 of them) and one main triangle for each pyramid block...then the plum or aubergine setting triangles. Sewing these up goes quickly but coordinating fabrics then cutting, is slow.
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As I was digging through my Civil War reproduction fabrics, I found a green fabric with a tag on it. It's from a quilter friend that died years ago. She lived in Canada and liked to trade fabrics with her U.S. friends. I guess getting certain fabrics like our Civil War ones, was difficult. We met on a quilting forum.... that is a thing of the past, shut down years ago, called Block Central. Many of us worked on each other's quilts through world wide round robins and traded projects like pincushions.
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Finding this little piece of fabric with her note on it, sent me down memory lane. I'm cutting some of her fabric and putting it in this quilt. I know I'll think of her when I see that block.
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