tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75147093302530025952024-03-05T05:46:14.300-05:00Lime Green is a Neutral ColorKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-75060174975147246612013-06-13T23:40:00.002-04:002013-06-13T23:40:54.286-04:00Finish Number Two and Muffins!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's the final week of school here for the kiddos and things are in full frantic mode! So far this week we had a playoff baseball game, daily swim team practice, 5th grade graduation, one birthday boy, one night of volunteer training, and a ton of rain.</div>
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Its Thursday night and guess what? Tomorrow is the last day of school and NO more school lunches to pack! Now that is a real summer perk!</div>
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I managed to get another quilt finished off between all the running around and work.</div>
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This one is a charity quilt too. And to keep up my strength this week, I made these...</div>
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This was a new recipe for me, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. And get this, they use very little sugar and no oil or butter! Let's call them the non-guilty muffin.</div>
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Delish!!!! And I think next time I am going to cut the amount of chocolate chips in half to cut the calories. I think there will still be plenty of chocolate love going on with only half the amount.</div>
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Have a happy Friday everyone and coming up next is my big reveal.....the new and improved sewing room!</div>
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This is just a quickie post.....I've spend the last 6 weeks or so painting, training for my new job, and then starting the new job. And along the way I did some home improvement projects!</div>
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But tonight I finished up a quilt for the Hands2Help Charity Project. And I am going to finish up the other one tomorrow then mail them both off on Monday!</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-10067642217529214302013-04-24T14:20:00.001-04:002013-04-24T14:20:51.990-04:00Spring Cleaning<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been on the warpath with getting the house de-cluttered, organized, and cleaned. This started when I left my full time job at the beginning of March.....its amazing how much gets pushed by the wayside when you are trying to manage a full time job, house, kids, and other obligations. So the house was sorely in need of some mega amounts of TLC.</div>
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Right now, the workmen are downstairs and they are putting a new wall up in my sewing space!!! Horray, I am finally getting rid of the ugly workbench that was in there for years and years. Once that is done, I am going to moving things around and get new lights too. So no more squinty eyes trying to see when I am cutting in there. Yup, its a window less room in the basement with poor lighting but I don't have to share it with the hoards of other people/creatures in this house, so not complaining.</div>
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Maybe, gasp, I will even paint the walls a new color!!!!</div>
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Any suggestions as to what will look good???</div>
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My wooly flowers quilt which I HAND APPLIQUED every darn petal! Shocking I know.</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-73263382217947697612013-04-22T23:25:00.001-04:002013-04-22T23:25:57.029-04:00Where did spring go????<div style="text-align: center;">
If anyone has seen spring, please tell it come back! It's back to feeling like early March here, ugh!</div>
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This past weekend was Cub Scout Spring Camp and it was my last one since both my cubs bridge to boy scouts next winter. Everyone had a great time! </div>
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And we have a lovely fire.</div>
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Before I headed out to camp, I finished up two table topper quilts. Both of these are doing into the charity box and when the right event comes along, these will be donated.</div>
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I like the flying geese and I am thinking of make a quilt with them. Table toppers are pretty useless in my house since they just end up becoming kitty beds. Never mind there is a whole house of things to sit on, the cat just heads to the mini quilt on the table. Sigh.</div>
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Over at <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/">Confessions of a Fabric Addict,</a> Monday is called "Make a List Monday". I thought that was pretty clever so I thought I would make a list on Monday too.</div>
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1. Paint Brad and Mikey's bedroom</div>
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3. Quilt and bind my Jack O'Lantern quilt</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-34552455712370055022013-04-19T09:33:00.001-04:002013-04-19T09:33:06.367-04:00Butterfly Pillow<div style="text-align: center;">
I have all sons.....three of them. So the chance to make them something cute, adorable, and pink ended back when they were like 4 years old.</div>
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But my friend has a little girl named Amy and she's my little buddy. Last summer we all went camping together at Elk Neck State Park. Amy and I made a sand castle and drew on some rocks.</div>
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I love this pillow! When my youngest got home from school, I told him it was going to be for his bed. He looked at me like I had four heads and said " really????". I could see he was trying not to say anything bad about the pillow. So I let him off easy and told him it was for Amy. He was VERY relieved!</div>
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It's Thursday!!!! Where has the week gone????</div>
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I spend most of last night cleaning up and backing up all my docs and pixs on the computer. You have NO idea how long that takes......my eyes are glazing over just thinking reliving the horror.</div>
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But it's done and now I can actually find things! Horray!!</div>
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Remember I went to the Farmers Market on Sunday? Here's the jam I picked up.....so pretty!!</div>
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Then on Sunday afternoon, I went to the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild meeting. We were having a tote bag swap, and oh, how I love bags!!!</div>
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But I had this awesome bunny fabric that I wanted to use!</div>
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Mushrooms and bunnies, what more can you want!!!</div>
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I threw in some red, whites, and blacks and got this!</div>
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And that my friends, illustrates just how much difference it makes to a pattern when you change the colors.</div>
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I added a giant button and some pretty beads too. The green one made me think of a four leaf clover.</div>
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You know how when you cut off the corners for boxing in a bag you get those little leftover squares?? Well, I loved the fabric too much to just toss them in the scraps pile so I stitched them up into these.</div>
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They would make great baby toys! My friend Lisa said I should add a squeaker inside. Now how great would that be! Heck. then my dogs would want to play with them too.</div>
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At first I was weirded out by the handles and then I realized it does this!</div>
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And becomes the perfect snack bag to take along to baseball games, swim meets, scout camp, swim practice, field trips, more swim practice.......yes, its almost summer swim season so guess who will be spending quality time at the pool.</div>
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The Baltimore Farmer's Market opened up last weekend for the season. It's under the highway in downtown Baltimore so you get to hear the cars driving over your head while you shop. </div>
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This is the biggest farmer's market in the state and there is literally tons of thing you can buy there. Fresh produce, cheese, eggs, milk, meats, and breads. Plus lots of ethnic prepared foods and a whole section of craft vendors too. I could literally spend the morning there eating. But I have to set an example and show some restraint for the kids. Being the grown up stinks sometimes!</div>
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So we shared a bag of fresh, hot donuts and I only ate two.</div>
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Then we visited the Jamaican beef patty lady, the bean buns lady, the baked goods family, and we wanted to go to the pickle people but that line was like 20 deep so we decided to wait to go there until next time. I really wanted to go to the red beans and rice guy too but hey, I gotta show some restraint right?</div>
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There's not much in the way of produce this early in the season but we did get to pick up some apples, our favorite sausages, and stock up on homemade jams. </div>
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Then we headed to the hula hoop guy. He has tons of hoops for you to just play around with and its free. </div>
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I used to get the magazine, "Cloth, Paper, Scissors" and I LOVED the altered books. They just seemed so cool to me. I even collected a few old board books so I could make an altered book but never got around to it. So when I found out that the American Visionary Art Museum was having a workshop, I jumped at the chance to go.</div>
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If you are ever in Baltimore, you have to go to<a href="http://www.avam.org/"> AVAM</a>. All the work they display is created by self taught artists. It is really different than what you find in a regular museum. This guy greeted me when I was on my way to the workshop.</div>
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We learned all different ways to alter a book. Here's some of my pages.</div>
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We used clear packaging tape to transfer images from magazines. Now that was a neat trick!</div>
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The book I used was an old Wonderful World of Disney. It was from a educational series and mine was about transportation. I cut out a few images I liked and used them on altered pages. Note the google eye on my shark. I love google eyes.</div>
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This was my favorite page. I made a stamp and did the bottom layer and then painted on black swirls by hand. I use those swirls all the time when I quilt. I call them "death spirals" because when I first started doing them I was reading a book about salt water crocs in Australia and they were always talking about the death roll in the book so some how it stuck in my mind and this quilting pattern became death spirals. </div>
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Then we glued lots of pages together and cut out a hole. By pure luck, the image in mine ended up being this plane. I thought that was pretty neat-o so I left it. And I really liked painting over the book pages. That was a really fun thing to do. Add colors, patterns, etc with paint......I even tried some finger painting.</div>
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This week, the kids are off school so we went to Hershey, PA. Here's a thought for you......Hershey bills itself as the sweetest place on earth AND swimsuit season starts in two months. Hmmmm....now that's a bit of a internal conflict. Naturally chocolate won out for me!! Yay chocolate!<br />
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I saw this quote on a sign while I was there, "Chocolate doesn't ask questions, Chocolate understands". Now those are words that deserve to be in a quilt!<br />
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Not much stitching getting done in the past few days with Easter and the trip to Hershey BUT I did manage to have fun painting with melted chocolate!<br />
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That's right, they let you play with food at Hershey.<br />
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The little red dishes held marshmallow fluff and melted chocolate so I could make a s'more. Oh yum! And I had lots of fun making the chocolate flower painting.<br />
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<br />Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-80351233545236431302013-04-01T09:14:00.001-04:002013-04-01T09:14:59.019-04:00I'm backThe last time I posted was in May 2011.....almost two years ago. The road I traveled since that time has been pretty dark. I stopped blogging, reading blogs, and pretty much sewing too. In June 2011, conventional treatments had failed to put my dad's cancer into remission and it was necessary to take a much more radical approach. Much of my free time over the next year and half was spend visiting and providing emotional support. Along the way, death knocked on my family's door again and again......Quint the cat, Brad's 10 year old classmate, Pepper the dog, my co-worker... On the first day of school in August 2012, my son's high school had an active shooter in the cafeteria. He was in locked down mode for three hours before his class was escorted by the SWAT from the building. That day, an angel was watching over the kids in that school. Only one student was shot and he recovered. Teachers were able to overpower the shooter before he got off more than one round. It was a miracle no one else was hurt.....<div>
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By October 2012, my father was rapidly failing from the cancer. He and my mom took a short trip to Florida for a respite from the hospitals, the treatments, the endless tests. On the third day of their trip, I got a phone call....my dad had taken a very bad turn for the worst. I was on a plane within hours. He died two days later. By then Hurricane Sandy was off the coast of Florida and was beginning its northwards trek. Words can not explain the next two weeks....racing home ahead of Sandy to prepare my home then heading northwards to New Jersey to prepare my parent's home. Sitting through the storm, no power, cell lines all jammed up, bailing water, no gas, the amount of damage......and in the amid all this, trying to bury my dad. </div>
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We ended up just burying him......me, my oldest son, my mom, brother and sister in law. There was no power, no gas......and was too unsafe for people to attempt to come for a funeral. My husband and two younger children had remained behind in Maryland to ride out Sandy there and take care of our home. They wanted so much to come for the burial, but it was so unsafe to travel.....</div>
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On October 29, 2012, I took this flag down before Sandy struck.......on March 29th, five months later, I hung the flag again. It has been a very long road traveled. Spring is coming to this part of the country, a time for rebirth, regrowth, and longer days. Things are finally taking a turn for the better......and I am slowly coming back.</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-83769856277043348962011-05-19T09:36:00.001-04:002011-05-19T09:38:12.458-04:00Out and about<div style="text-align: center;">Another rainy day here in Maryland but that's ok. I just planted my garden this week and I am hoping all this rain makes things grow!!! Especially the pumpkins! The boys wanted to try growing pumpkins this year so I figured why.....will see what happens.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two weeks ago I went to the <a href="http://www.avam.org/">American Visionary Art Museum's Kinetic Sculpture Race</a>. It was alot of fun and the entries are so cool to look at. The sculptures are human powered for 15 miles through the downtown area and face a water test as well as an obstacle course. We went to see the water test....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">the human element to Lucky.....pedal harder!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The catepillar takes to the water.....it was really funny watching some of the entries hit the water.....they had to go around the pier and back out again. Not all of them made it.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Part of the fun for the day is to dress up......when I saw this costume, I knew I had to get a shot....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, those are thread spools she is wearing.....and I love the tutu!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then last week it was off the <a href="http://www.artbma.org/">BMA</a> for textile day. They had lots of hands on activities for people to try.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys tried out screening printing....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">While they were in line waiting a turn.....I saw this on the back wall.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vincent's Starry Night done up in mixed media by kids......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVE this!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks like clay decorations, glitter, felt......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This would be so fun to try out.....a play day project!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's what's great about doing projects with kids. They have no "rules" in their minds about art yet and just do what feels right.....try going fabric shopping for a project with a kid sometime. They have some interesting choices than can really make a project "bloom".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw this table in the museum.....it is over 150 years old. The craftmanship is amazing.....and it was all done in a time when there were no power tools, computers, etc etc.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it's a circle with wedges.....imagine if it was an off center circle with wedges. Now that would have been interesting......I wonder if they tried things like that back then or stuck to the tried and true....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good Thursday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-74986332564418921222011-05-16T07:11:00.000-04:002011-05-16T07:11:23.797-04:00The circle in nature<div style="text-align: center;">My friend Amy has been on the hunt for circles lately. Man hole covers, clocks, portholes, you get the idea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I have always had a fondness for circles. Hence my interest in the New York Beauty block. I always am cutting out the curvy and spiky patterns when I see them in magazines. But I also reallllllly like organic forms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The uneven edges, the irregularity, those things add a level of movement and excitement to an organic design. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So when I was talking my dog for a walk this spring, I thought I would be on the lookout for circles in nature.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And they are really hard to find!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I came up with these......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kinda of a circle with spikey edges....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A real irregular circle within a circle with the tree stump....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet another circle but this time with ruffles edges....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now this one is closest to perfect circle.....but the edges are still off a bit....if I could fold it in half, both sides would NOT be equal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was really hard to find circles in nature.......interesting.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are they a mostly man made shape? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Do we humans find circles so pleasing for the regular perfect edges they give us?</div><div style="text-align: center;">If two pictures were made up of same colors and design but one had perfectly round circles and the other had organic circles would each invoke different feelings?</div><div style="text-align: center;">What would those feelings be?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think this would be interesting for me to explore more.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My faithful dog enjoyed our walk.....but sometimes got in the way of my photo taking....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Poor flower.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I leave with with circles on the brain.....have a good Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-88244287699298546842011-05-05T07:46:00.000-04:002011-05-05T07:46:40.797-04:00Charm Pack Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">I joined the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild a few months ago and we are doing a <a href="http://www.swatchandstitch.com/home_page/2011/3/11/the-modern-quilt-guild.html">Charm Pack Challenge </a>sponsored by Robert Kaufman Fabrics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a month to do the challenge. The rules are pretty simple:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Must use some of each color</div><div style="text-align: center;">Must use a new technique that is new to you</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can only add solid fabrics<br />
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Now I've been thinking about this and I want to go with either <a href="http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-curved-geese.html">Curvy Flying Gees</a>e or <a href="http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2011/04/snakes.html">Snakes</a>.....<br />
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I actually really want to try both.....hmmmmm, maybe make two mini quilts for the challenge????<br />
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What do you think?<br />
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My good friend<a href="http://funfromatoz.blogspot.com/"> Amy</a> is in the BMQG too.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's very talented.....that apple she's about to take a bite out of? Its fake, she made it with wool....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Impressive huh!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a good day!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">kathy</div><br />
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</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-51281828372200271692011-05-02T11:19:00.000-04:002011-05-02T11:19:12.712-04:00Glass making Fun<div style="text-align: center;">I recently set up a glass making workshop for our cub scout pack at <a href="http://www.mcfaddenartglass.com/home">McFadden's Art Glass</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">His stuff is amazing!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's an example.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How fun is that!!! I want this sink in my bathroom!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They offer all kinds of glass making workshops for the general public so if you are ever in the Baltimore area, be sure to make this is stop on your must see list. I made a pumpkin and glass ball before, so fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> There is a gallery and restaurant on site too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys had a great time make glass pendants or marbles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even my 14 year old had fun and he wants to go back for more in depth instruction. That says something if your teenager wants to go for more!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">While wandering around, I saw these.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My kind of flowers.....yep, those are some random dandy lions mixed with glass flowers. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a fun Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-29539708238986667402011-04-26T21:19:00.000-04:002011-04-26T21:19:32.781-04:00Post Easter<div style="text-align: center;">I love Easter.....the chocolate bunnies, the colored eggs, the daffodils.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite cupcake store <a href="http://www.flavorcupcakery.com/">" A Flavor Cupcakery</a>" made these for Easter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Too cute for words!!!! And bunnies, being bunnies, multiplied!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pink cupcake? That's a raspberry lemonade cupcake. Perfect for a hot summer day, you can bet I'll get more of those!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then little egg dying action....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aren't they pretty!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I finished a t-shirt quilt up Easter weekend too for a client. Her daughter is graduating from college in May and she wanted a quilt made from her favorite t-shirts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It turned out really good!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a fun day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-22518611737914190082011-04-18T14:35:00.000-04:002011-04-18T14:35:42.499-04:00Spring Break<div style="text-align: center;">School's out for the whole week! No packing lunches, no 6:30am trips to the bus stop, no homework to review, horray!!!!! I think moms like spring break more than the kids!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sitting out here on the front lawn on a cloudy day watching three small boys attempt to climb up a tree with a rope......and they created a pop up RV with a wagon and some old cushions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The past month I did some traveling......headed to NYC to see the red and white quilt exhibit and three days later flew to Florida for my hubby's 40th birthday. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The red and white exhibit was impressive! Over 500 red and white quilts....hanging everywhere! You can get a free app for Iphone with pictures of all the quilts. Its called "Infinite Variety". </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are my faves from the show......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The interlocking design really intrigues me.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I was looking at this and realized that its a unicorn!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My all time favorite from the show......the circles! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we took in some sites!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's me and Janine at Time Square!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So hard to photos oneself with a jiggly hand!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chris taking a break from walking....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The view looking up from the ground....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The view from the chair I was sitting in.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember that red and white circle quilt I said my favorite from the show?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I was on the subway, I saw this.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmmmmm......I think its a sign I should do something with arcs within circles, what do you think?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I even own a wedge ruler that I was going to get rid of until I saw these and the possibilities enter my mind.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good day and if you are in Minnesota, get your shovel ready. I heard you are in for more snow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-30048066453746950552011-03-24T21:59:00.000-04:002011-03-24T21:59:46.027-04:00Aprons<div style="text-align: center;">I just finished an apron for my friend Kate at work. She is taking it to a bridal shower today. So cute!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And while waiting at the checkout line to purchase the needed apron items, I saw this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aprons Gone Wild!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course I bought it to feast my eyes on all things apron......now I need to whip a few more up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mikey got creative with this ice cream sundae.He gave new meaning to the word overloaded....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There IS ice cream in there somewhere!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-12141241600426986882011-03-20T16:47:00.000-04:002011-03-20T16:47:03.373-04:00Southern Comforters<div style="text-align: center;">This is not a new drink nor is it related to Southern Comfort Whiskey.....its a quilt guild located in Bowie, Maryland. Though I <u style="font-weight: bold;">do</u> wonder if the gals that started this guild up had a fondness for Southern Comfort. Hmmmm.......interesting question to research!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did my very first trunk show with them in February and it was so much fun!!!!!! They are a fantastic group of ladies!!!! Thanks for having me come ladies!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I came back and did a workshop with them......we did the Triple Star quilt.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it was so much fun!!!! Everyone had such interesting colors and I can't wait to see how they turn out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I forgot to take photos of people's blocks, I'm such a yogurt brain.....so Southern Comforter ladies, if you send me photos of your blocks, I can post them here to share with everyone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did take photos of the crazy things that happened during the class though. Figures huh....I always go for the weirdness......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take lunch for example....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Potato Chips on a Stick</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now how odd is that???? They were VERY tasty!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then there was the bunny incident.....you know bunnies are.....first there were two bunnies in my M and M bowl. Then I turned my head and this happened....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Geez, I thought I was going to need a bigger bowl the way things were going......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But then......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that took care of the bunny population!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">During the class, Amy was fabric dancing again......so I dared her to race through the parking lot with her ribbons of pieces. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Things got a little tangled in the end....the sacrifices we make for art.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally a new cool way to keep everything in order and together for the trip home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Great idea that I am going to go share at all my classes!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am teaching this class again at <a href="http://www.maqonline.org/">MAQ</a> if you want to join in on the fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-35578494939508588162011-03-14T07:46:00.000-04:002011-03-14T07:46:51.264-04:00Blue Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">Next up I finished and bound this one! Here's the back.....</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ready for the front????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't that cute? Course Christmas is LONGGGGGG gone but there is always next year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to be lazy and not stitch down the edges of the applique. Just fused them in place and then I quilted it up with metallic thread. Which gave me a little trouble so I had to play around with tension, needles etc but it all worked and I think it was worth it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I quilted what I thought looked like blowing snow......see?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I opted not to do swirls since I always make those....or maybe these look more like clouds......hmmmmm. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I stitched over the lettering too to keep it all in place.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now to wait for next Christmas and get this baby on the wall next to my Blue Christmas Tree quilt, which was done in honor of the King. As in Elvis.....maybe I need to get a blue Christmas tree to go with it. Now that would be fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My current fave Crocs......debating my spring Croc color.....yellow, pink, red????? What you think about it??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a fun day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-58454690767881542992011-03-12T08:02:00.001-05:002011-03-12T08:10:19.428-05:00Snowflake<div style="text-align: center;">No, there are no snowflakes falling here......actually the daffodils are starting to come up. I think spring just might be on its way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I did finish my snowflake quilt! Remember this back?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, here's the front all quilted and bound!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even found some leftover snow to photograph it on.....next year this is going to be my lucky snow quilt. When I hear we might be getting snow, I am gong to whip this baby out and sleep with it. Kinda like how the kids throw ice cubes out the door, sleep with PJ's on inside out and put a spoon under the pillow so they can get a snow day. I don't remember doing any of that when I was a kid, so times have changed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's the snow ritual in your area? Does it vary by region? Hmmmm,. questions to ponder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">kathy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-48184664979200481872011-02-13T10:39:00.000-05:002011-02-13T10:39:11.903-05:00More Wonky Churn Dash Blocks<div style="text-align: center;">I made a couple more of these wonky blocks! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out how they vary from block to block.....and so easy to make!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now go make some and send me photos to post of your blocks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-2438587488274598782011-02-11T07:40:00.000-05:002011-02-11T07:40:26.974-05:00Happy Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;">Today is my birthday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday to me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday to me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday dear Kathy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday to me!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">For my birthday I am heading here this afternoon....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The cupcakes are to die for!!! It just opened up a month ago in Bel Air, Maryland.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So if you're in town, be sure to stop by!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out their <a href="http://www.flavorcupcakery.com/Menu.html">menu</a>.......so far my two personal favorites are the red velvet cupcake with cream cheese icing and the key lime cupcake......or is it the double chocolate cupcake and the luscious lemon???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmmmmmm, I might need to do a taste test!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For my birthday, I asked my hubby if I could go see this......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a special exhibit of over 600 red and white quilts from a private collection......imagine that, owning over 600 quilts in two colors! How do you even store them????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The exhibit is for 6 days only and is sponsored by the American Folk Art Museum in NYC.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the copy.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">For six days in March, the American Folk Art Museum will dramatically transform the Park Avenue Armory’s historic 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall with the installation of 650 red and white American quilts, all of which are on loan from the collection of Joanna S. Rose. It will be the largest exhibition of quilts ever held in the city. As an extraordinary gift to the public, entry to this unprecedented event is free. A café and a book and gift shop will be open during show hours.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">Cool huh!!!! And even better, I am going to stay overnight and catch some shopping and sites in the city!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">What great birthday present!!! Thanks hubby Ed, you're the best!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">Have a great day!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span></div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-53834747522401909642011-02-09T00:33:00.000-05:002011-02-09T00:33:02.210-05:00A breath of spring<div style="text-align: center;">I was out food shopping on Sunday and it was a balmy 42 degrees. I might have to break out the flip flops and shorts!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I saw these at the food store.......I had to have them....their scent beckoned me.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are now down in the sewing room right next to the machine and smell great!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I brought the flowers down, I found this on the ironing board.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Think he has the winter time blues????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm working on my wooly flowers and I am down to the final color, orange!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Made four this past weekend and hope to get a few done tonight. Getting excited about seeing them all together!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-33379085160717516452011-02-07T07:31:00.000-05:002011-02-07T07:31:00.857-05:00Wonky Churndash<div style="text-align: center;">I was playing around and decided to have a go at making a wonky churn dash.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I followed the instructions in Gwen and Freddy's book, "Collaborative Quilting" except I changed the size of the finish block. My block is 9 1/2 inches......here's what I did....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">First I cut out my fabric.....I cut:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Five 3 1/2 inch squares of the background fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I cut:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two 4 inch squares of the churn dash fabric. I cut it again on the diagonal to give me four half triangles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I cut out:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two 3 by 18 inch strips- one from the background and one from the churn dash.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was time to sew!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Place your churn dash triangle on the corner of the background square like so.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is no specific points to line up....the whole point is that is looks wonky!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stitch using the triangle edge as your guide using a 1/4 inch seam.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Press the triangle towards the background square. It should completely cover the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Flip the square over and it looks like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Use the edges of the square as a guide and cut off the extra churn dash fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make a total of four of these and set aside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then sew the two long strips together. Press the seam, it does not matter which way you press it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it's time to cut again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Angle your ruler like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Again exact placement is not important here, you are just going for the general idea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After the first cut, it looks like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now cut four pieces that are 3 1/2 inches wide. They look like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If the last one is a little short, that's ok......see mine was!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now flip the section like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Square up one side of the shape like so:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Turn and cut the other side so the unit measure 3 1/2 inches square.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now lay out all the pieces......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And sew them together.......you made a wonky churn dash!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to make a few more of these tonight and then post them so you can see how none of them turn out the same way. That's the charm to this technique!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514709330253002595.post-51399096446282055942011-01-28T21:50:00.000-05:002011-01-28T21:50:17.700-05:00Wild Wednesday Snow<div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday morning I woke up to quite a surprise......let's call it four inches of snow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kids got off school but I still had to go to work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then in the afternoon I got an email from the hubby......let's call it heavy snow, up to 12 inches, during the evening rush hour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmmmmm, guess who left early that day! And glad I did cuz when that snow hit, it came down with a vengence! It took some folks 6 plus hours to make the commute home......and some just abandoned their cars in the snowdrifts and walked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the next day, the sun shone for a few hours and it was pretty.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The dogs had a load of fun in the snow.....see them trying to catch snowflakes on their tongues??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The butterfly bush did not have so much fun....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I even had a little time to get some quilting done.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love quilting leaves and vines......its very soothing to me and its really hard to mess up too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tonight I am going to quilt my snowflake top in honor of Wild Wednesday and to get ready for the next round of snow moving through the area.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">kathy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.com1