tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48124030788967289012024-02-03T09:44:15.032-05:00Stormy DaysDana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-31530838881742502072017-08-10T08:10:00.000-04:002017-08-10T08:10:03.383-04:00Pets on Quilts 2017!<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone and welcome to <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-best-show-ever-pets-on-quilts-2017.html">Pets on Quilts</a>. I'm Maya Grace the Princess half of the Terrible Twins and my brother is Brady Bug, but friends and The Vet just call him Bug. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are here for the Dogs (best puppies in the world) on Quilts category (why does that say Cat?) Dogegory, fixed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom really loves this show and so do we, it's so much fun to show you what perfect models we are. Ready?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dad took this one when Mom showed us our prize for being the BEST PUPPIES IN THE WORLD</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not bad, but Mom wanted us facing the camera</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But Bug was a little too excited about our prize and I'm bored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we decided to do action shots</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were a lot of action shots and laughing and begging until Mom gave up and said we win and can have our prize now, so we're off to collect</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Want to know what we won? Last year we won coconuts, but I hit Bug in the ear with one and broke him, his ear was all puffy and pretty like a flower, but Mom and The Vet weren't happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year a big storm came here and broke our banana tree. Here's what Mom was showing us, we love bananas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost forgot, no harm was done to any quilt that a good washing didn't fix. We didn't even get any banana on it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks so much to <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-best-show-ever-pets-on-quilts-2017.html">Jacque, Padsworth and Dragon Drop over at Lily Pad Quilting</a> for continuing this wonderful tradition. We always have such a great time visiting all of the other Pets and seeing beautiful quilts being abused. Mom says life is probably easier with cats and well-behaved dogs, but we are the Terrible Twins and have a reputation to uphold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know where the time goes, it goes to two family crisis (only in the minds of the people who caused them), one family celebration, company, one animal rescue emergency and I just came back from Key West where I crashed my sister and BIL's anniversary trip, I was going down to spend a day but my BIL called and asked me to come early to surprise my sister :) It was wonderful and we had a great time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I have quilts I've been wanting to show you. When I was visiting Cori and going to QuiltCon, a friend emailed and told me they were expecting their second grandchild, Max their first grandbaby has one of my quilts and she wanted something similar and girly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make "Max's little sister's" quilt I decided to keep the on point, colored sashing and border. I spent a some time on EQ, sent my friend the pictures and she couldn't decide, LOL. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I just started making them, it's good to have goals</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are two more in that theme that haven't been made, then I went off the rails a bit and made these two, same border though and at least it wasn't elephants which is where I usually end up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But when I made it I couldn't find the right yellow so of course I stuck with my white, this one is my favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not a planner, so having a bunch of quilts designed and ready was a new experience for me and I liked it, not that it made a difference since I'm sitting here in the "what's next?" place, which usually leads to taking the terrible twins out rather than cleaning the house :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It turns out Savannah is 2 hours from Cori's new place</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">then Cori took off Friday and Monday so we could run the streets together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How could I resist? It meant driving all day and getting up the next morning for that 2 hour drive</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I went on Thursday I missed seeing some of the "names" that were there, but that's O.K. the quilts left me in awe. I'm home and exhausted, hoping to not drive again for at least a day. </span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-13489093057907461422016-12-29T09:44:00.000-05:002016-12-29T09:44:21.090-05:00Mr. Rex<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone has had a peaceful and wonderful holiday. My favorite gift arrived on Christmas Eve when Cori came home for a week! I couldn't have asked for anything better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of you know we do things a little different here, we've had another successful Christmas and things are calming down. Since South Florida has decided not to participate in winter this year Cori and I have been starting each day with a bike ride, just riding and talking with the occasional stop for her to grab coconuts to take back to all of her dog friends (again with the coconuts for dogs). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so happy that I can finally show the quilt I made for her, I feel like it needs one of those labels that say "this took forever". I was so excited about it I turned me into a five year old who wanted everyone up at 5 A.M. so we could open presents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cori has always loved dinosaurs, all through her years of education when she would feel stressed I would get a call or text that said "I should have been a paleontologist", when she received her doctorate I gave her a small silver triceratops for the "road not taken" and when a T-Rex head popped on in my pinterest for ideas she immediately messaged "for me please". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took the picture and cropped and recropped him down to 42 pieces of computer paper which I put together like a puzzle, then used the sliding glass door (which he was too big for) for a light box to make the individual pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used <a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/">Lara's</a> idea from her book <a href="http://buzzinbumble.bigcartel.com/product/crafted-applique-new-possibilities">Crafted Applique, New Possibilities </a>to treat the pieces so I knew it would last and not fray. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I spent days quilting him, he's mostly pebbled which just about made me lose my mind, make a circle, make another circle, make hundreds of circles, LOL. It turned out awesome and the pebbling was perfect for skin texture. I finished with swirls in the outer blue section. He finished at 50" X 70". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cori loves him, I love him and I'm so glad I followed though with this labor of love. It always feels so good to be able to give the perfect gift, I'm still smiling about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All I need to do today is put simple borders on a commission quilt, not lofty goals, but I'm so stalled. I'm sure it's the holidays and so much going on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plus this little girl hasn't been feeling well</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So imagine my surprise when The Bug came to me and said "Maya's being mean to me". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since Brady usually only fibs about food, (what treat? I didn't get a treat) I went to check it out and found that every time he tried to go out the doggie door, she would pounce on him, when I opened the door she took off and this is what I found when I went after her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think she's feeling better :) She even started throwing coconuts at me, which is a game but they hurt if they hit you. That may sound odd to you, but Key's dogs think that coconuts and palm fronds that magically appear in the yard are the best toys. I have a couple of coconuts put aside for my granddogs for Christmas since they moved out of the land of magic coconuts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our weather is beautiful, a cold front came through and it's in the 70's, so playing with the terrible twins sounds very enticing, but I really need to finish this quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Cori moved and I knew I would be with her for awhile, I ordered a bed and mattress for her spare room, then decided it needed a quilt (of course). I made this quilt in three days, but I had a lot of incentive and nervous energy, which David called losing my mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what do you do when you're stalled? Push through it? Walk away? Go play with coconuts? Write a blog post? Please don't say you clean the house.</span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-33618425973262280772016-11-29T13:17:00.000-05:002016-11-29T17:09:47.320-05:00Let's Book It Nov. 2016 The Final Episode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning <a href="https://catpatches.blogspot.com/2016/11/still-circling.html">Barbara</a> called <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/lets-book-it-november-2016.html">Sharon</a> her Quilting Godmother which made me think of Sharon as one of the cute fairy Godmothers from Sleeping Beauty :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Works for me since her idea of <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/lets-book-it-november-2016.html">Let's Book It</a> has led me to cleaning out a lot of magazines, a few books and some bookmarks, her magic wand helped me make all of these and a few others</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For my last <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/lets-book-it-november-2016.html">"Let's Book It"</a> project I picked a beautiful classic looking quilt from McCall's Quilting May/June 2012, it's the second quilt I've made from this issue, the scattered triangles in the bottom row was the first. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is called Aunt Millie's Legacy by Gerri Robinson, this comes full circle for me since the first quilt I made for <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/lets-book-it-november-2016.html">Let's Book It </a>was by Gerri Robinson and along the way I discovered that I love her quilts and can even understand her directions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Weirdly, I had the tan fabric which I usually don't work with, but it's dog colored so that explains it, but no blue. I dyed the blue to get a nice baby blue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm a little sad to see this all end, but it's time. I'd like to think I'll continue to use up what I have, at the very least I'll grab a magazine or book for the inspiration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/lets-book-it-november-2016.html">Sharon</a>, (cue the applause) your genius idea has led me to so many happy quilts and I've enjoyed watching everyone else discover what's on their shelves. </span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-44673471096069263802016-11-22T08:12:00.000-05:002016-11-22T08:12:48.113-05:00Forgot About This One<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I've been going through my quilt pictures to see what I haven't shared and this one jumped out with a loud "well you completely forgot about me!". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in July <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/">Sarah of Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a> had a <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2016/07/twelve-days-of-christmas-in-july-quilt.html">Christmas quilt-a-long.</a> I loved the quilt and joined in, then missed the link up, I'm so easily distracted. I assume that everyone knows Sarah, but if you don't you really need to follow her. Her blog is filled with so much inspiration, beautiful quilts and lots of tutorials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sarah's quilt was gorgeous in the reds and greens, but it was July so I changed the colors, shrunk the blocks for a baby size quilt and added a few blocks. I love how it turned out and now that Christmas is right around the corner I'm probably going to make it again in those reds and greens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to make one of your own, follow the <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2016/07/twelve-days-of-christmas-in-july-quilt.html">links</a> to the original directions. </span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-63753472485463131222016-11-13T11:45:00.001-05:002016-11-13T11:46:18.251-05:00Scrap Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I've picked myself up, looked around and realized that there are still families out there that need help for their children especially with Christmas right around the corner and abused, neglected and homeless animals still needing homes, so this is not the time to let the fear, anger and frustration rocking our world influence how I live my life. I don't care which side you were on, we're all in this together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That said, let's talk quilts :). <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/10/lets-book-it-oct-2016.html">"Let's Book It"</a> is coming to an end with the last link up at the end of this month, if you've been meaning to join in now's the time and all you need to do is grab a magazine, book or pattern and start it, you don't need to have a finish to join in. Wouldn't it be nice if this wonderful link up ended with a bang?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of my favorite quilts, of course any quilt with stars, secondary patterns and lots of color lands on my favorite quilts list. Plus all of the colors were scraps, bonus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right after I made this one I was asked if I would make it again larger for a throw with black instead of white. Funny, I buy white by the bolt but I didn't even have any black fabric, but when I changed the colors in my EQ I was stunned at how pretty it looked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The original quilt was 45 inches square, the black one is 61" X 63", I'm not sure why there's a 2 inch difference but I suspect it's in the quilting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To increase the size I played with extra rows, but I ended up just making the blocks larger (15") which kept the look really bold and of course with big blocks, it came together really fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Working with black was a learning experience, I really liked the depth it added, but it was harder to work with, I had trouble seeing the edges when sewing two blacks together (could be my aging eyes). I think you'll be seeing black pop up in more of my quilts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently read "when one door closes, just turn the handle and open the door, that's how doors work", LOL. With <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/10/lets-book-it-oct-2016.html">Let's Book It</a> ending I'm hoping to find the time to open the door on my blog and show you more of my quilts. </span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-24071808268206758712016-11-05T15:27:00.000-04:002016-11-05T15:50:01.936-04:00Quilt Show<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">When <a href="http://stitchintherapy.blogspot.com/">Debbie (Stitchin' Therapy)</a> heard where Cori was moving she mentioned that they had a quilt show there and as luck would have it the show was just about the time I would be up there, I stayed extra so I could go :) When I got back and told Debbie I had gone she asked me how overwhelmed I had felt, overwhelmed doesn't even come close, I was awestruck seeing these amazing quilts in person. Here's some of the pictures I took, all blurs, crooked pictures and weird cropping are the fault of the photographer who doesn't usually use her phone as a camera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cats in this one were all thread painting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I saw this one in person and still can't understand how it's a quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one because of the FMQ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt was huge and the cats were all applique. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one literally made me gasp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was looking at this one closely when one of the white glove ladies came up and asked if I wanted a closer look, she showed me how it's all tiny curved log cabins. I told her I loved this one, it was so cute and she told me it was her quilt and I had made her day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So nice to see this one is person, I've seen it many times online and considered making it, but it's a lot of paper piecing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also played on two longarms, which really makes me want one, but David refuses to add a room to the house so I can fit it in. I bought some fabric, but not much, the vendors section was so crowded and I much preferred to get back to the quilts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that's it, I've finally joined the ranks of Quilt Show Sharers, LOL. Can't wait for the next one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took me awhile to get the dust cleared out of here, I missed last month's <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/10/lets-book-it-oct-2016.html">"Let's Book It"</a> even though I started early knowing life was about to get very busy. Since I've been gone Cori moved and I went with her for a few weeks to help her get settled and to help myself feel good about her going, an out of state funeral, Hurricane Matthew knocking on our door, my first ever quilt show :), two commission quilts and a house that I left a man and two dogs in charge of, talk about dust! Remember cobwebs in Oct. are decorations not dust. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I'm back and don't want to miss this again, I do love this "clean it out, do what you want" link up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In August I showed a quilt from a kit and couldn't praise that pattern enough, so clear and easy. I bought two kits and this is the second one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one came from Connecting Threads also, but it wasn't their pattern (sound the doom music).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is a perfect example of why I don't buy patterns, it was hard to follow, it had more than one layout so you were directed to refer to page whatever, the pattern had different fabrics then the ones in the kit, not a problem if the pictures of the original fabrics weren't so tiny you couldn't tell them apart. That white outer part had no length measurement, just cut a strip, sew it on and whack off the excess, LOL. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe it was me, state of mind, need stronger reading glasses or maybe the pattern was really awful, either way I found it hard to like this quilt although the fabrics were lovely. I'm going back to looking at a quilt picture and figuring it out on my own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know we all say "wow, that month flew by" but seriously was August only about two weeks long? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is almost the end of the month and that means it's time for <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/lets-book-it-august-2016.html">Let's Book It, Sharon's</a> genius idea for cleaning out all of those patterns, books, magazines and bookmarks we want to make, just haven't gotten around to yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't buy kits, that said, I made this month's quilt from a kit, I know right? I've liked this quilt since I saw it and when Connecting Threads had it on sale I jumped, the fabric alone was worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Please excuse the picture, our part of the Sunshine State hasn't seen the sun in at least a week so I took this inside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kudo's to <a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/">Connecting Threads</a> for having such a great pattern, it was easy to understand and it was all very visual, even the cutting had diagrams of the fabric and cuts, nice big pictures of the fabric so I wasn't muttering to myself "which blue are they talking about, what are you saying?" </span><span style="font-size: large;">None of the usual cut 50 of the orange then 42 of the other orange, blah, blah, blah. I don't like patterns because they don't make sense to me, this one did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because of the fabric and color the little stars look like snowflakes to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">September could be shorter than August, I'm traveling again, this time to help Cori move into her new home and city. When I get back I'll probably be heading down to Key West for family stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If the terrible twins come on here complaining about Mom leaving them again, pay them no mind David will be holding down the fort and he's been known to break the rules about no scraps after dinner, p</span><span style="font-size: large;">lus they both have a brand new coconut, I gave them the coconuts as their prize from Pet's on Quilts (didn't know you could win coconuts did you?) Remember they will fib for sympathy and treats :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Think about joining in to this wonderful link up at <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/lets-book-it-august-2016.html">Vroomans Quilts</a>, I know you have a bucket list with the pattern already in your sewing room. Nothing to buy, you have it and want to make it. so do it. </span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-17144732048479300992016-08-20T12:56:00.000-04:002016-08-20T14:06:00.095-04:00Pets on Quilts 2016<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi, Maya here</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom left us home alone while she travels with our human sister to find her a place to live, something to do with moooving, I think they're visiting cows. Dad's here but we may as well be alone since he is NOT the giver of treats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my brother Brady Bug, most people just call him Bug, they call me princess because I am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We just found out that Pet's on Quilts is going on and mom says we win every year and she has to go to the store to get our prizes. Stuffed toys and delicious treats are the prizes so we couldn't let this opportunity get away from us. Plus mom says it's the greatest show in the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's Brady doing his best Zoolander</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I told him he looked silly and took the quilt to show him how it's done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And since mom says this is an impossible shot to get we took it to make her proud. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We picked this quilt because mom said it was scrappy and we LOVE scraps, although she must be confused since it didn't taste good and we didn't find it in the trash which is where we find most scraps. Did you know our mom calls us the terrible twins? That's because she loves us so much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are entering as Dogs on Quilts, princess and bug. There are plenty of other pets, quilts and animals to see and enjoy, <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2016/08/pets-on-quilts-2016-its-here.html">Pet's on Quilts</a> really is the best show since it's filled with love. </span><br />
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-36146853989971651532016-07-30T11:03:00.001-04:002016-07-30T11:03:30.540-04:00Let's Book It July 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">July is waving goodbye and August is looming (my birthday month, the party starts on the first and runs all month), so it's time for <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/07/lets-book-it-july-2016.html">Let's Book It over at Vrooman's Quilts</a>. I've raved about this linky so many times, just make something from a magazine, book, pattern or anything that you already own and planned on making and link up. It's a great way to stop collecting and start doing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been dealing with life (it's kicking my butt) so no time to look through magazines for a pattern so I play quilter's roulette, click on a bookmark or download and that's what I make. This month I really won, the winning click was a download from <a href="http://www.accuquilt.com/shop/go-falling-diamonds-quilt-pattern.html">Accuquilt for their Falling Diamonds Quilt.</a> I didn't use my Go! for this, it's HST's and I used the eight at a time method.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a barn raising, but you make blocks to get that diamond thing going on (diamond thing is official terminology) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And I had the best backing for it, I've had this for a while and knew something would come along that it would work with, bonus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday there was so much going on here that my across the street neighbor opened his door and yelled "I'm keeping an eye on you Dana" he's joking, but this morning I'm declaring myself officially overwhelmed, locking the doors, grabbing the terrible twins and heading out back to do nothing, another thing you may want to consider doing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a busy month and I thought I end up doing something simple, but I've also been feeling the urge to do something different and a little challenging. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got back to my stack of magazines and found this, it's Fabric Trends for Quilters, Summer 2007. They don't publish this any longer, the patterns are made from specific fabric lines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went right past this one, it's pretty but has a lot going on. The next to last page had the layout diagram which was so pretty I went back for another look. The blocks got lost in that background fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using white made the blocks stand out and the design takes center stage. I drew the smaller block in EQ and used an app on my Ipad called Blockfab HD which gave me the cutting sizes for the square in a square in a square, EQ dropped the ball on that one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I stippled the whole quilt and finished it yesterday, pictures with the terrible twins today and it's a success :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm happy to have finished it but no finishes are required to join in, just be working on something from a pattern you already have, magazine, book, actual pattern or even web pages you've bookmarked qualify. I love this link up since it gets me moving on that stack of magazines and basically no rules. Check it out at <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/06/lets-book-it-june-2016.html">Vroomans Quilts where Sharon</a> resides, she came up with a great idea with this one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who are friends with <a href="http://stitchintherapy.blogspot.com/2016/06/prayers-needed.html">Debbie (Stitchin Therapy</a>) she's back in the hospital, please keep those prayers and positive thoughts going for her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">David and I went up to Ft. Lauderdale for the big event, his mother came in from N.J. and his sister came from Chicago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stayed right on the beach and had our coffee sitting in the sand watching this the first morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did find an amazing dog sitter who texted me twice a day with pictures of the terrible twins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maya had me rushing back to the Vet with an infection one more time before we left, so seeing that smiling face was a real gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brady found the woman of his dreams and is still wondering if he'd rather have his new friend Marcie here or me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We celebrated, partied and ate and ate and ate, isn't that what family does when they come together like this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The robes were hot, but I got her to wear that impressive hat on for a bit longer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are all back to our homes and playing catch up, but I'm still glowing with pride. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to give you an update on the bleeding quilt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lisa Marie suggested I try Synthrapol, as did many of you, so the next morning I ran north with three possible places to buy it. First place when I couldn't find it I asked for help but the woman spoke no English and my three years of Spanish allows me to ask your name and invite you to my casa. It was almost funny. Next two places no joy either, so I came home empty handed, except for two Hibiscus bushes, I'm not running north and not buying something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile <a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/">Lara</a> sent me this link:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">which I highly recommend you check out. Bottom line, Dawn Pure may work just as well as Synthrapol, may be easier to find and is less expensive, of course my grocery doesn't have it and I didn't want to run north again. So I did the new backing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ironed front and back of the quilt to get it really flat, added the new backing right over the old one then did stitch in the ditch around the squares. I had done straight line quilting in the borders, so after re-ironing I did the straight line right over the original ones, I thought that would look better on the back. It looks a little wrinkly in the picture, but it's not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The front still has all of the original free motion that I did, which I do regret doesn't show on the back, but there's no way I could have followed those stitches. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When the bleed happened there are a few places on the front that have a pink tinge, it blends in so I wasn't worried about it, but I did wash it in Dawn, nothing changed still pink. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thequiltjournal.com/">Debbie at the Quilt Journal</a> told me the secret to having this work is really hot water and a good soak in a tub. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of good advice and hopefully lesson learned. Color catchers are pretty much useless in this situation, I'll still use them in prewashing just to let me know if there is a problem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I would have tried the other options if time had been on my side. I've been playing a responsible adult, booking hotel rooms, coordinating</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They needed to do their annual visit to the Vet, two separate visits since one is a problem child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Vet said Brady Bug is perfect :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maya, who was at the Vet every month from Dec. through April because of allergies had a broken tooth which needed to be extracted immediately. Surgery was scheduled two days later. She's fine now, on medication and soft foods, which both of them are enjoying. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed to find a pet sitter, we've never left them with strangers. So after lots of research and an interview I found someone. She asked if she could put their picture on Facebook, no mention of who they belong to, and I agreed. Now I wonder if I'll lose respect for my dogs after I see what the two of them post. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I messed up and you guys always have good ideas when I do that, so here goes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had finished the last of the sewing for other peoples quilts, threw it in the washer and caught it before the dryer, here's what I saw</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The binding I used bled all over the back of the quilt, you can see how bad it bled along the edge. I immediately rewashed with a color catcher, but no help at all, maybe worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's what I hope will work, I took the binding off and pressed the quilt flat again. I'm thinking of just putting a new back over the old and doing stitch in the ditch around the basic blocks. The original quilting did stitch in the ditch around both frames and outline stitching around the animals. I figure the old back still being there will hold the original quilting in place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you think? will this work? I really don't want to try to requilt all of it and I really really don't want to try to rip out all of the quilting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I saw what had happened I grabbed the offending red, a pink that I knew would bleed and another red that I just didn't trust and threw them all away. Once I calmed down I remembered that I had this</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've used it the way they say to and it's never worked, but this time I poured it right into my washer and threw the red in with it. Then I rewashed the red with a color catcher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It worked so well and I pulled the other two fabrics out of the trash and repeated pouring it into the washer. Worked like a charm, but of course too late for my quilt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what do you think? Will just putting a new back over the old one work? Can I get away with just stitch in the ditch to hold the new one in place? Advice? Sympathy, I'll take anything at this point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for being out there you guys :)</span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-56300605637232861442016-05-31T13:50:00.000-04:002016-06-05T18:04:04.883-04:00Let's Book It May 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">May is in our rear view and that means it's time to show off our <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/05/lets-book-it-may-2016.html">Let's Book It project at Vrooman's Quilts</a>. I've been so busy sewing for other people that I wasn't sure I'd be showing up this month, but I managed to sneak this one in. A few months ago I cut 960 1.5 squares from scraps, they ended up being put in a baggie waiting for me to catch up. I can't tell you how many times I looked at that baggie and wondered what in the world I had been planning, those little squares looked more like something Sharon would love to play with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started going through bookmarks and there it was at <a href="http://fromblankpages.blogspot.com/2012/12/dogood-stitches-candy-land-quilt.html?m=1">From Blank Pages blog.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the scrappy look and all of the colors, it's called Candyland quilt. I have now used all of my white scraps :) the other colors are still out of control. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This came together really fast, for the quilting I just did outline stitching and crosshatch in the larger white areas. The directions were perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's it for May, I love the <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/05/lets-book-it-may-2016.html">Let's Book It</a> party. For anyone who doesn't know about the Let's Book It Party, it's the genius idea of <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/05/lets-book-it-may-2016.html">Sharon at Vrooman's Quilts</a>, make something from a book, magazine or pattern that you already have, you know, the one's you bought that are now gathering dust, make something and link up. It doesn't even have to be a finish, just work on it. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I've been cleaning out old magazines and using mostly scraps, so it's a double clearing out although I still don't seem to have anymore space.</span><span style="font-size: large;">Think about joining in, it's fun, easy, pretty much no rules and you're making something you already had planned to make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">June will be crazy here, this girl is getting her doctorate and we have family coming in from all over. I expect to just explode with pride. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my day of the <a href="http://buzzinbumble.bigcartel.com/product/crafted-applique-new-possibilities">Crafted Applique: New Possibilities</a> Blog Hop! When Lara asked me to be part of the hop and do a review of her new book I was honored but, once I had read the book I was excited. She's come up with an idea for treating fabric so you can applique without worrying about fraying. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So let me tell you about my friend Lara Buccella, the author (I just love saying that), we met through "Pet's on Quilts", it's true you meet the nicest people there. It wasn't until we had discussed pets, rescues, kids and so much of our lives that I found out she was writing a book, that's a good thing since I would have been awestruck, keep your movie stars, I'm impressed with creative people and boy, is she creative. Check out her <a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/">blog</a> and make sure you look at her <a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/p/good-done.html">"Good and Done"</a> page and then look at her "<a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/2016/04/wild-quilting-review.html">imperfect" free motion quilting</a>, I dream of being that imperfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The book was waiting for me when I arrived home after a 2 1/2 hour drive from Key West, yes my life is hard. I thought I'd just skim it, but I ended up reading it cover to cover and became completely lost in the projects. Oh my, those projects! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look at this house, it's a sewing machine cover! The instructions are so clear and detailed I see this in my future, mine will probably have dogs in the flowerbeds and maybe a gremlin or two on the roof. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was biggest problem I had with this review, which project would I want to make first, they're not just patterns, although you can use them that way, they're projects to make some really fun, original things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had an epiphany moment though and dug out my box of "I'll never make these" patterns. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I bought this ages ago and after looking at those tiny pieces and raw edges I knew it couldn't survive in my house, if something can't go through the dishwasher or washing machine it can't live here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently had this happen to one of my quilts that I had satin stitched all around the edges of the applique</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and the last applique I did was orange peels with turned under edges and I'm not fond of how much the iron burned my fingers doing it that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using Lara's method I made my little wall hanging, the prep time is a little longer than just ironing on a fusible, but after getting all the pieces in place I realized I didn't need to sew them down before sandwiching, I would normally spend hours doing a satin stitch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then because I really wanted to see how good this was I threw that wall hanging into the washer and dryer every time I did laundry, he's been washed 6 times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here it is again after all of that washing, I did press it since my poor mama manatee was pretty wrinkled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The book also has a method to back coat fabric to stop that annoying see through when you layer a light applique over something darker, I've had that happen a few times, so on my next run to the mainland I'll be getting what I need so you can't see Santa's jolly red coat through his fluffy beard, so annoying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The no fray and back coating processes are so easy and they won't gum up your machine or needle. I've been sworn to secrecy so don't ask, you can try to bribe me with fabric, that could be fun and a good test of just how strong and trustworthy I am. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lara has generously offered a copy of her book as a giveaway on every stop of the tour, so make sure you hop to each of the other bloggers, the list is below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To win a copy here, just leave a comment about anything by June 4. You can tell me if you like applique or what fabric you would bribe me with :) Please make sure I have an email address for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even if you don't win a copy, this book is amazing and I highly recommend you buy a copy. Amazon is currently sold out (you rock Lara!) with more copies due on May 5th, but you can order a <a href="http://buzzinbumble.bigcartel.com/product/crafted-applique-new-possibilities">signed copy by clicking here</a>. </span></div>
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<b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Crafted Appliqué: New Possibilities Blog Hop</u> - </b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">May 1st to June 5th</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday, May 1 - Introduce the Hop and post the schedule on </span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/" target="_blank">BuzzinBumble</a></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monday, May 2 - Valerie Smith - <u><a href="http://www.pumpkinpatchquilter.com/" target="_blank">Pumpkin Patch Quilter</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, May 3 - Dana Gaffney - <u><a href="http://stormy-daysblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stormy Days</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wednesday, May 4 - Lorna McMahon - <u><a href="http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sew Fresh Quilts</a></u> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thursday, May 5 - Mary S. - <u><a href="http://needledmom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Needled Mom</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, May 6 - Heidi Kuntz - <u><a href="http://redletterquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Red Letter Quilts</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturday, May 7 - Alycia Carmin - <u><a href="http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alycia Quilts</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday, May 8 - Amy DeCesare - <u><a href="http://eamylove.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Amy Made That</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monday, May 9 - Sherri McConnell - <u><a href="http://www.aquiltinglife.com/" target="_blank">A Quilting Life</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, May 10 - Lara Buccella - <u><a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/" target="_blank">Sew Mama Sew</a></u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wednesday, May 11 - Christina Cameli - <u><a href="http://afewscraps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Few Scraps</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thursday, May 12 - Melissa Corry - <u><a href="http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/" target="_blank">Happy Quilting</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, May 13 - Sarah Craig - <u><a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturday, May 14 - Soma Acharya - <a href="http://www.whimsandfancies.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Whims and Fancies</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday, May 15 - Val Reynolds - <u><a href="http://myplvl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Val's Quilting Studio</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monday, May 16 - Angela Pingel - <u><a href="http://www.cuttopieces.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cut to Pieces</a></u></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, May 17 - Sandra Walker - <u><a href="http://www.mmmquilts.com/" target="_blank">Musings of a Menopausal Melon</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wednesday, May 18 - Cheryl Brickey - <u><a href="http://www.meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Meadow Mist Designs</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thursday, May 19 - Judy Murphy - <a href="http://www.quiltparadigm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Quilt Paradigm</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, May 20 - Yvonne Fuchs - <u><a href="http://quiltingjetgirl.com/" target="_blank">Quilting Jetgirl</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturday, May 21 - Cindy Pieters - <u><a href="http://stitchinathome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stitchin' at Home</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday, May 22 - Susie Zlogar - <u><a href="http://www.susiessunroom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Susie's Sunroom</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monday, May 23 - Connie Kresin-Campbell - <u><a href="http://www.conniekresin.com/" target="_blank">Freemotion by the River</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, May 24 - Ruth Bourke - <u><a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">Charly & Ben's Crafty Corner</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wednesday, May 25 - Kaja Zieslar - <u><a href="http://www.sewslowly.com/" target="_blank">Sew Slowly</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thursday, May 26 - Ann Brooks - <u><a href="http://fretnotyourself.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fret Not Yourself</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, May 27 - Cynthia Brunz - <u><a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Quilting is More Fun Than Housework</a></u></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturday, May 28 - </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monday, May 30 ... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Memorial Day Weekend </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in the U.S</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, May 31 - Jenn Trott-Zisserson - <u><a href="http://quarterinchfromtheedge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Quarter Inch From the Edge</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wednesday, June 1 - Paulette Horn - <u><a href="http://thewayisewit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Way I Sew It</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thursday, June 2 - Sandra Jansen - <u><a href="http://sewofcourse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Studio Sew of Course</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, June 3 - Christine Sherman - <u><a href="http://trianglesnsquares.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Triangles and Squares</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturday, June 4 - Darlene Simmons - <u><a href="http://quiltshopgal.com/" target="_blank">Quilt Shop Gal</a></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday, June 5 - Announce <u><a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/" target="_blank">BuzzinBumble</a></u> Giveaway Winners - Lara Buccella</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Dana</span>Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-70052672870100601422016-04-28T09:51:00.002-04:002016-04-28T09:51:48.154-04:00Let's Book It April 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The end of the month and it's time for my favorite link up, <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/04/lets-book-it-april-2016.html">Sharon's "Let's Book It" over at Vrooman's Quilts</a>. We all buy those patterns, magazines and books, then too often they sit there. I've been going through old magazines and passing them on finally, but this month I dug up a pattern that's been waiting patiently to be made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you're on Pinterest, you've seen the Sea Glass Quilt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pattern is from <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/home-decor/sea-glass-baby-quilt/54473?_ctp=54473&_ct=iuqhsx-kdyluhiqb-huikbj-fqjjuhd&NAVIGATION_PAGE_CONTEXT_ATTR=PATTERN">Talk of the Town and it's available on Craftsy</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one's been on my bucket list for a long time so when I was asked to make a baby quilt with this pattern, how could I say no? Force me to make a beautiful quilt I've wanted to make for a long time :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We discussed colors and we were sticking close to the original colors with a little pink or Coral (Key's girl Cori's real name) thrown in, when she told me she wanted to pull colors from the quilt to plan the nursery. Stop everything, what!? That was a lot of pressure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I pulled out the big guns</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, 96 not a wimpy 64 and yes I labeled them since Cori and I colored a lot together and she would "borrow" my crayons. Mom note: coloring after school together got me more conversation then the usual "nothing went on at school today". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this quilt as does the mom, I think it's possibly the prettiest quilt I've ever made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quilting was outlining with petals quilted into the open white spaces. I found the perfect backing of similar flowers, you can't really see it in the picture, but there's touches of pink and lilac there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Huge success and I can use it for my <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/04/lets-book-it-april-2016.html">Let's Book It</a>, bonus! Please jump over and visit <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/04/lets-book-it-april-2016.html">Sharon and all of the other linkers </a>(linkyers?). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make all of those petals, I turned under the edges, lots of burned fingers from the iron even using my stick thing. I had just finished this when I received my friend Lara's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crafted-Applique-Possibilities-Lara-Buccella/dp/1604603984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461851014&sr=8-1&keywords=crafted+applique+new+possibilities">Crafted Applique - New Possibilities</a>. Lara blogs at <a href="http://www.buzzinbumble.com/">BuzzinBumble</a> and she came up with a new idea for doing applique which doesn't fray. I'll be part of her blog hop on May 3 to review the book, but right now I can tell you I'll be doing this quilt again without burned fingers using Lara's method. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to think before I typed in March since that doesn't seem possible, but yep, it's true we are at the end of March and it's time for the end of the month <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/03/lets-book-it-march-2016.html">Let's Book It</a> link up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel like I may have cheated this month, but really this link up doesn't have any rules, if it's on your bucket list than you're good to go. I've been getting rid of tons of magazines, but this month I wandered off and did a <a href="http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/2012/06/double-dresden-delight-ez-dresden.html">tutorial from Happy Quilting blog</a>, it's also a free pattern on Craftsy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is <a href="http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/2012/06/double-dresden-delight-ez-dresden.html">Melissa Corry's Double Dredsen</a>. If you're on pinterest I'm sure you've seen it tons of times, it's one of those pins that resurfaces and makes the rounds over and over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love Dresden's, but I'm not crazy about the big centers that happen if you use shorter blades, that giant circle in the center leaves me cold, so when I saw what Melissa did with these centers I had to make them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a fat quarter pack of candy colored fabrics and floated the Dresdens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The center was so easy to do and really changed the look without the big glob of color you usually see in Dresdens, even using a white center wouldn't have made them as pretty as these turned out. I'm thinking now that putting a color under the Dresden and finishing it this way could be pretty too and I may try that in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please visit the other people joining <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/03/lets-book-it-march-2016.html">Let's Book It</a> and think about joining in yourself, it's your bucket list, as easy as that. </span></div>
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-91757264730598918872016-03-13T12:55:00.000-04:002016-03-13T12:55:01.798-04:00Problem with Scraps? Maybe<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: large;">First <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2016/03/i-have-problem-you-may-have-same-one.html">Sarah</a> started talking about her scrap problem and she shared pictures of her scraps in tubs. O.K. maybe I need tubs to hide them. I don't, I have an old zippered bag that a store bought quilt comes in that I haven't been able to zipper in years and the overflow goes into reusable store bags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I found some of my scraps in the yard which means they're falling on the floor and getting mixed with dog toys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks Mom, we love new toys! Am I in trouble? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to start using up some of those scraps, before I could even get started <a href="http://stitchintherapy.blogspot.com/2016/03/friday-finds-triangles-for-march.html">Debbie posted her wonky star and a link to the tutorial from Missouri Quilt Co</a>., perfect timing and I was off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First I planned on using the plain white blocks like the tutorial, but adding color is always my way, plus use more scraps, so I framed all of the white squares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I laid it out for sandwiching I decided maybe just a touch more color was needed, so I added the border, more color and more scraps used. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quilting was just outlining the stars and these swirly thingys (that's the official name, I swear) in each of the white spaces, they were fun to make</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel like it was a group effort, <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2016/03/i-have-problem-you-may-have-same-one.html">Sarah</a> made me aware and <a href="http://stitchintherapy.blogspot.com/2016/03/friday-finds-triangles-for-march.html">Debbie</a> sent me in the right direction, so thanks you two, I wouldn't have done it without you. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt didn't even make a dent in the scrap piles so I'll be searching for more fun and interesting ideas. I know there's always log cabins and strings. Oddly, the two books I have for scrap quilts have quilts made from an entire line of fabrics, huh, I wish I had scraps like that :)</span><br />
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Dana Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812403078896728901.post-56767840216593711062016-02-28T11:21:00.000-05:002016-02-28T11:21:41.443-05:00Let's Book It Feb. 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not only does <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/02/lets-book-it-feb-2016.html">Sharon's Let's Book It</a> party help me clean out old magazines and patterns, it also tells me another month is coming to an end. February being "the little guy" really crept up on me, surprise it's over. It's been crazy busy around here the last few months, we both have new to us vehicles, mine tried to kill me after I had it two months (that was fun), lots of trips to the Vet, Maya has developed some allergies which the Vet can't figure out and the amazing daughter flew all over the country to interview for her post doc, residency, fellow (pick your terminology they're all basically the same). Stressful for me but wonderful for her, she saw snow in Wisconsin which she hasn't seen since her first time when she was four and discovered it's cold, this time she learned it's slippery, LOL. In a few months she and I will be traveling to find her a place to live, not in Wisconsin, but no longer two hours away, sad but exciting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With all that I forgot that I pretty much avoid new quilt magazines since the goal is to get rid of the ones I have and I found myself in front of an array of magazines and this one caught my eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just look at that cover quilt, how could I resist, it's so bright and beautiful! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cover says Just 3 Fabrics, but I never noticed that, I was just so in love with that quilt. The 3 fabrics were Ombre which I don't have in my stash and wasn't about to buy, but it was easy to switch it out to solids and the quilt is still beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The blocks were a log cabin style and came together perfectly. I finished it with awkward feather flowers (Debbie please don't look) which were fun but.... well, awkward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt was just the color jolt I needed, next will be Dresden's for the March Let's Book It and hopefully my mojo will come back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please visit <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/02/lets-book-it-feb-2016.html">Sharon at Vrooman's Quilts</a> to see all of the other projects, remember there are no rules, no finishes required just make something you already planned on making, how easy is that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/lets-book-it-linky-january-2016.html">Let's Book It</a> is back for 2016! I was so happy when <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/lets-book-it-linky-january-2016.html">Sharon</a> at <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/lets-book-it-linky-january-2016.html">Vrooman's Quilts</a> said she was continuing, I'm more than half way through my stack of magazines so 2016 is going to be my year to reclaim that shelf space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been sewing for other people since the beginning of December, being responsible and whining ever so slightly about wanting to play. So the responsible thing to do is not miss the first link up, right? The first magazine in the stack had the perfect quilt, lots of color and really fast piecing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't it just too much fun, bright and graphic. I left off the borders because....well I'll blame <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/lets-book-it-linky-january-2016.html">Sharon</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The quilting was just stitch in the ditch and an outline, not a straight line anywhere because wonky is just fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had it done in just a few days and settled back down to the repair quilt. If your interested, I did take the back off, ditched the very thin old batting, replaced the torn blocks and used a really light fusible stabilizer on the remaining original blocks (they all had holes in the centers from the ties). New batting and a stitch in the ditch and it was done. I did not tie it again, my niece is starting to quilt and I think if it's important to her she can add the ties. It came out feeling nice and solid again and I'm hoping she uses it, I don't want that much loved quilt sitting on a shelf in the closet, that's just sad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please join us for <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/lets-book-it-linky-january-2016.html">Let's Book It</a>, it's something you know you want to do, meaning it's a quilt you already have the directions or pattern for, plus there's an adorable little car as incentive. Change that to Bob Barker's voice and say "and a new car!!!" LOL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent most of December working on a custom quilt that I happily put in the mail right after New Year's, huge and not my usual colors but interesting to make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry about the pictures, the sunshine state is not living up to it's name and Brady is right behind that quilt waiting to burst through. The woman I made it for has a bunch of my smaller quilts that she uses for table covers when she has garden parties. She asked me about making a large one for her dining room, 60" X 80" with the design in the center and the colors matching her carpet. I sent her three ideas and she picked this one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the center which is 40" X 60". It was pretty interesting and challenging, and the best part is done, in the mail and on it's way overseas. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have one more project to do before I can play my way, although I did whip up a colorful quick quilt for this months Let's Book It, I really needed to play with some brights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my niece's quilt, her mother sent it to me asking me to repair it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, no sun so I took the pictures inside. It's twin size and pretty basic, large blocks and tied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The backing is a sheet with the sides turned up to make the binding, most of the ties are gone and some of the seams are separating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At first I was going to hand sew new blocks to replace the old and no idea about the seams. It would have to be done carefully since it couldn't show on the back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I wonder if I can take the backing off, it's hand sewn at the binding, but nothing except a few ties is really holding it and with the backing off I can replace and repair, probably replace the batting, put it back together and retie it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does anyone see anything wrong with this idea? I don't want to dismantle and find out it was a huge mistake. It seems logical to me, but well... logic and I are not the best of friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ideas, tips, prayers are all accepted, throwing it in the trash or just sending it back are NOT an option. </span></div>
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