tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84430618429379081962024-03-13T00:16:11.241-04:00Scraps-and-Quilts.Blogspot.comScrapbooking, Quilting, Baking and Reading Mysteries.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-20512922537391213212017-04-11T20:04:00.000-04:002017-04-11T20:04:14.323-04:00Kindred SpiritsThe April 15 meeting of the Kindred Spirits quilt club went very well, lots of good show and tell, and a challenging project (with options!) was presented.<br />
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Chera wins the prize for the most creative adaption to our monthly pattern (below).<br />
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This original project is called the "Pink and Brown Nine Patch" and it's from Kathleen Tracy's book "Small and Scrappy."<br />
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We had some other great show and tell as well.<br />
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Darlene wowed us with the lamb she made. She has a little dress made of French linen, and of course her coat is wool. The 2 little white buttons actually look like sheep. Great job, Darlene! Ewe get the most fun project award for this month!</div>
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Some wonderful churn dashes, and some blocks from a block of the month club. Below is Carol's January and her February projects. She didn't join us until March but was able to get caught up with the group.<br />
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Our project for the month of April, due May 13, is a bit of a challenge. It is a 9-patch strippy quilt, with 9-patches that finish at 1.5" square. I get them 2 other options to consider, by upsizing that little 9-patch to one that finishes at 3" square. Stay tuned to find out what the group did!</div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-82419499835948700002017-03-05T20:36:00.002-05:002017-03-05T20:36:48.282-05:00Kathleen Tracy<span style="font-size: large;">Kathleen Tracy is issuing a monthly challenge on her facebook group "Small Quilt Lover's." The January 1 challenge was to make the 8 inch square house, which was not as easy as you would think! A lot of us had trouble getting the templates to print out to the correct size. I finally drafted the block in EQ, and forgot that when you paper piece, the block turns out facing the opposite direction. The January 15 challenge was to add the half square triangles around the block. The February 1 challenge was to make 8 square in a square blocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The February 15 challenge is to add a border to the house block, and make 8 more square in a square blocks. I'm off to do that next!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've never posted a photo of myself here on my blog, and thought I needed to update my "selfie." I'm sitting at my desk at work, I made the quilt behind me a few years back. The blocks measure 4 inches square. On another note, I had my beautician dye my hair blond on Oct. 28 and haven't had it colored since then. I'm letting my natural color grow out. Guess I am mostly gray and white now! So what you see is 4 months of no new coloring. Looks like I'll have another 4 months before the blond gets all cut off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are a few more Disappearing Four-Patch projects from our Kindred Spirits group. Chera, above, made her cuts a different size, so her center block is a bit larger than our other projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And lastly, is Pam's project, above, that looks like Anne's Disappearing Nine-Patch, only Pam used charm squares and just assembled the quilt as normal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have a very creative group and it's fun to see how one pattern can be changed-up by each person that makes that pattern into something slightly different. That, to me, is one of the main reasons I enjoy sharing projects and time with other quilters. It's encouraging to see their creative take on a project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Kindred Spirits group met at Stitch by Stitch Quilt Shop Saturday, Feb. 11. Our first project of the year was a very simple, little table topper. Finished it will measure about 7 x 16 inches. The blue one below is the one I made for our teaching sample. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Celestia is our purple-loving girl, and how special are these two cuties that she made? I love that she bound them in purple also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This project was our first of the year in Kathy Tracy's new book, Small and Scrappy. The project appears on page 42. The book is published by Martingale, and Kathy is one of favorite quilt designers. You can also follow her blog at sentimentalquilter.blospot.com and her facebook page, Kathleen Tracy's small quilt lovers. She frequently posts free patterns. We are also doing a small sampler quilt this year....see the files section of her facebook page.</span></div>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-5822919457763097512017-01-15T10:58:00.002-05:002017-01-15T10:58:59.387-05:00Kindred Spirits Group<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our small quilt group met for the first meeting of 2017 on Saturday, Jan. 14 at Stitch by Stitch Quilt Shop in Chesterfield, Virginia. Since Pam was not at our Christmas Tea, she opened her gift from her Secret Santa--Celestia. Celestia made her this adorable wallhanging, "The Yellow Rose of Texas" featuring Pam's dog, Maggie Moo. The adorable skirt is a handkerchief! Pam is planning on moving back to Texas this year, and this will make a lovely memento of quilting buddies back in Virginia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our first project starts with a disappearing 4-patch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for my demo, I cut 4 5"squares of fabric, two blue, and two background pieces. Sew them together to make a 4-patch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Place the 1" line of your ruler on the center seam line. Cut at the 1" mark. You just made a vertical cut. Move the ruler 90 degrees (a small movable mat is especially helpful) and slice with the 1" mark on the seam line. This time you are making a horizontal cut. Turn the mat 180 degrees and repeat the two cutting steps. You wind up with 4 squares in the corners, a square in the center (it measures 2" square) and 4 rectangular pieces at the north, south, east and west parts of the block. Now turn the rectangular pieces 180 degrees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You have a block that looks like this (above). Now seam the block together to create your "Disappearing 4-Patch." Clever, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little table runner above starts with squares of fabric that measure 3 inches square. Making just 3 blocks, your little mat/runner will measure about 6 inches x 17 inches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We love options in our group! So Anne demonstrated what fun you can have with a Disappearing 9-patch. She started with 5" squares (see the two blocks at the top of the design wall.) Cutting again just like you did with the 4-patch, you create 4 different pieces, each with a small gold square in the corner. The three blocks on the bottom of the design wall are just three separate options for different ways to set your blocks together. One of the beauties of this design and the Disappearing 4-patch, is that NO fabric is wasted. These are great projects for those charm squares you've been saving. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If you need more of a tutorial, go to YouTube and search for Missouri Star Quilt Tutorials. They are soooo helpful!</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Anne (photo above), Pam (photo below) and myself (the blue/white photos) sewed along with Merry Mayhem and her Mystery Quilt project on January 1. We each ended the day with 4 large blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made 5 more blocks to create a lap-size quilt (above). Each block measures 16 inches square, a HUGE block for us mini quilt lovers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vickie is working along with Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt "En Provence." She brought in a block that she has finished (above). Great job, Vickie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took a few other photos at our group Saturday, but alas, I can't find them! </span><span style="font-size: large;">I'm still learning how to use my iphone. Perhaps there is an </span><span style="font-size: large;">"IPhone for Dummies" book out there! </span></div>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-6511053412358397132017-01-02T19:42:00.001-05:002017-01-02T19:42:34.341-05:00Another Mystery for the New Year!Happy New Year, friends!<br />
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I wish you good health, happiness, peace, and lots of love from family and friends!</div>
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I started my new year working on the Merry Mayhem mystery quilt, which I have done for several years now. This year Pam and Anne joined me. You may still download the mystery if you hurry and go to <a href="http://merrymayhem.com/newyearsday.html">http://merrymayhem.com/newyearsday.html</a><br />
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This is Pam's block (above). She used Civil War repro scraps--a very scrappy block, turned out fabulous, don't you think?!</div>
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This is Anne's block (above). She chose 3 fabrics from her stash--a no buy project! A black solid, a white solid, and a pink and black print. Very fun!</div>
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Here's my block (above and below). My choice was to pick lots of blue fabrics from my stash. I did buy 3 yards for the background fabric. </div>
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We each made 4 blocks during the day. All three of us decided not to set our blocks the way Merry Mayhem had them set. We felt there was too much of the background fabrics--a very "Modern Quilt" setting, which none of us are modern quilts. So we discussed how we could set the blocks differently. I think Anne wants to finish her 4 blocks as a small baby or lap quilt. Pam and I both are thinking about making 5 more blocks and setting them with a 2" finished sashing. This will make a nice lap size quilt. The block as shown measures 16" square.<br />
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Today, January 2, I worked on our first group project for our Kindred Spirits quilt group. I will demonstrate this little quilt, from Kathy Tracy's new book, "Small and Scrappy" from Martingale. This is the "Disappearing Four-Patch Runner" which will measure when finished, 6 inches x 17 inches. A tiny quilt indeed!<br />
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January Quilt Project Goals:<br />
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1. Complete 9 blocks to make Merry Mayhem Mystery Quilt.<br />
2. Complete (quilt and bind) mini Disappearing 4-Patch Runner.<br />
3. Complete sewing Bob's birthday quilt and get it to the long-arm quilter.<br />
4. Create list for February Beach Quilt Retreat projects.<br />
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Till next time, enjoy your new year, much joy to you ahead, and hopefully lots of time to do some needlework!<br />
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Happy Quilting,<br />
Mary in Richmond VAMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-62434496236231510872016-12-17T12:01:00.000-05:002016-12-17T12:01:27.446-05:00Christmas Tea Party at the Cozy CottageI have the best group of quilting buddies! Every year we have a wonderful Christmas party, and this year it was at my Cozy Cottage. To start the party off, we had a very fun gift exchange. Our criteria was to spend about $15, and it had to be handmade--not necessarily by you. I didn't get pictures of everyone's gifts, but these are some of them:<br />
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That's Celestia holding the redwork pillow that Linda made for her. Second photo is Chera holding the pansy wallhanging that Pam made. Third photo is Gerri (great smile, Gerri!) holding the tablerunner that Pat made.<br />
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A very fun time was had by all! We decided we need to do this twice a year, not just once a year!<br />
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Anne wins the prize for best leggings!</div>
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Tammy is holding the tote/purse that Darlene made for her. Fannie made Vicki a Christmas tabletopper with a hexie design. That's my beautiful tote/with separate small "pocket" made my Anne--in my favorite color combo--blue and yellow. I LOVE it, Anne! </div>
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I thought I'd start out by showing you the November project for our Kindred Spirits quilt club. We are going to make the "Flower Baskets" quilt by Jill Shaulis. The quilt is layered and ready for me to machine quilt. It will measure about 22 x 19 inches when finished. The floral design is machine appliqued.<br />
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And here are a few more Halloween inspired projects. The "Spooktacular" quilt is made from a panel, and I still have 2 more large blocks to add to it. I made this in an all-day workshop with friends...such a delightful way to spend a Saturday! Thank you, Lisa Adams, for hosting us. I even won a door prize of some more fabrics AND the backing fabric to go with it. What a surprise!</div>
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The American Girl doll is on loan from my friend Pat Haines; she just wanted to join the party! That's a Kimberbell project with the witches shoes pillow. I made the cover as a slipcover, so I can change it out by seasons. </div>
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The next 2 photos are of my coffee table. I enjoy collecting childen's books for Christmas, so I thought I would add a few for Halloween. Mary Engelbreit is a favorite of mine, I really do miss her colorful magazine. We lived in St. Louis for years, so how could I not be a fan of hers?! As you can see, I had fun celebrating Halloween at the Cozy Cottage this year.</div>
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I was at a quilt retreat in September and we realized that 4 of us were wearing some of our Pandora charms. That's me on the left with the start of my "Irish<br />Eyes are Smiling" bracelet, Tammy is below, Pam is to her right, and I've forgotten who the one on top is! Pam just got started with a red polka dot charm (she loves polka dots!), a puppy love charm, and a Texas charm. If you know who my charming mystery lady is, please let me know so I can label her. We do have a little fun with our Pandora charms!</div>
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I'm so ready for fall weather to be here! So I thought maybe sewing up some Halloween-inspired designs might help me to cool off. The first three are Kimberbell designs. The top one "Too Faboolous" is a pillow about 16" x 13", from her book "Oh the Possibilities...For Halloween." The green glittery spider is from JoAnns.<br />
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I'm saving this design here just because I think I should make this one too!<br />
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This square table-topper is about 23" square. It's ready for me to do some quilting. The border fabric is something I've had for years, and it's one of my all-time favorite Halloween designs.<br />
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This mini quilt is 15" x 17". It's made with 2 of the little mini charm packs (they measure 2.5" square). It will go on my coffee table, with perhaps an orange pumpkin.</div>
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The Kimberbell bench pillow is about half quilted. When the quilting is finished, I'll add some black buttons to the center of the two candy-corn flowers, and add the rick rack leaves to the big flower on the right. </div>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-25981295629015470132016-07-10T21:00:00.002-04:002016-11-05T11:03:09.623-04:00June Kindred Spirits MeetingI've managed to fall behind with my Kindred Spirit posts, so I will attempt to get caught up this week. We had a great show-n-tell in June for our meeting, and I will let the photos speak for themselves.<br />
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The photo above is Celestia's row-by-row "Strawberries" done in purple 30s fabrics, and the next row called "pinwheels". Our new project will be a 2-month quilt called "Two Way Street." I've laid my rows out on the green fabric that will be the borders. (My quilt will measure about 16 x 18 inches) Anne super-sized her blocks and made them out of multiple blue fabrics. I love it, Anne! Nice job!<br />
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Tammy made a special quilt for a special co-worker who is retiring. She loves to can her garden produce, so Tammy's choice is wonderfully appropriate. I feel very strongly about signing our quilts, so wanted you to see her label on the back. Easy to do, yet it documents the who, the why and the when. Simply use a pen that is safe for fabrics, and include the information on a label on the back of your quilt.</div>
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Fannie showed off a beautiful pillow she made using French General fabrics. Nice job, Fannie.</div>
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A double 4-patch in red fabrics made by Pat, a great flag quilt made by Charlotte, Pat, is that your sheep? I can't remember! And I'm sorry, I didn't write down who made the landscape quilt....let me know please!</div>
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And last but not least, one of my favorite quilt patterns, ever! I was going to pass this pattern onto someone because I thought I'd never get to it, so Pam took it on as a project, and I just love what she did with it. I have put it back onto my "must do someday" list. Great job, Pam!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by, and till next time, keep stitchin!<br />
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Followed by a Chasing Friends upsized by Tammy.</div>
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We have some Orange Peel rows coming together. Charlotte's has puppy paws fabric, and Celestia's is made of all purple 30's fabrics. Great job, ladies!</div>
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Our next row will be a row of Posies. They will alternate a strip of fabric either above the posie or below it. So cute!</div>
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Pam's double 4-patch is made with lots of polka dots </div>
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Chera brought a commissioned quilt she made out of some ties (above),</div>
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And here are some walker bags I made for my 96-year old mom. </div>
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I'm so proud of her! She's doing great, and her walker bags are excellent conversation starters at her retirement home. The top one is made with </div>
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Here's the EQ drawing of our Double 4-Patch.</div>
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This quilt is designed to be made with charm packs or mini charm packs.</div>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-60505012081808148432016-05-01T13:29:00.000-04:002016-05-01T13:29:01.503-04:00Having fun at the Cozy Cottage<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been in my "new" condo (aka, The Cozy Cottage) for almost 2 years. I was ready to downsize, so I sold the 4-bedroom, 3 bathroom house and found a darling 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo, much closer to work--with a 2-car garage! what a find! I've always preferred small and cozy to big and rambling (especially when it comes time to pay the electric bill). So I packed my bags, carted some things off to the Goodwill, and relocated. </div>
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This was the living room, before, with a "Colonial Williamsburg" feel: </div>
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darker stained pine furniture, rich warm colors, pewter and pottery. The quilt on the wall rack is called "Road to St. Louis." (We lived there for 19 years and loved it!)</div>
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This was the beginning of my coffee bar (above and below) shortly after I moved in. Note the black shelving unit hanging on the wall. (Love my Keurig for when I'm feeling lazy, love my French Press when I can take the time to do it properly).</div>
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I decided to lighten up the Cottage and go more "Shabby Chic at Grandma's Cottage." My son was in need of some furniture, so I gave him the loveseat</div>
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To see a sample, click here: <a href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.2cabinetgirls.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DSCF3217.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.2cabinetgirls.com/portfolio/snowbound-black-glaze/&h=3456&w=4608&tbnid=rXPgrI7kEqLQmM:&docid=DxA9csz92aMmPM&ei=vp3fVsrcL4KyesqIq9AO&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwjKs4Hm2bLLAhUCmR4KHUrECuoQMwgdKAAwAA">SNOWBOUND</a> (my dream kitchen)</div>
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Here's my coffee station after I painted with Snowbound:</div>
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One of these days, the lower cabinet is going to get some "Snowbound" slapped on it! Do you like the little high chair next to the coffee bar? It was my husband's when he was a little boy. His mother kept it near the dining room and put her shoes on it! So I gave it an upgrade and put it in the kitchen with some of my favorite cookbooks. I've also succumbed to QVC's charming David Venable and have been watching In the Kitchen with David on Sundays. Yes, I've bought some blue and yellow Temptations. Blue and yellow are my favorite colors, after all. The other blue and white dishes on the wall shelf are "Liberty Blue" which was produced in 1976 to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. </div>
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I'll leave you with this project make-over. The quilt holder was originally a dark stained pine. I redid it in a dark blue satin (see first photo) and loved it for many years! Then I decided to put some Snowbound on it, too. Those are my Jim Shore angels on top, with my Dear Jane flimsy in 30's fabrics. I don't think it's going to grow anymore. I just can't face doing more of those triangles (I've done 3/4 of the triangles for my Civil War Jane.)</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my progress on our Trifle Dish quilt (below). For some reason, I just didn't like the row of hearts, so I substituted a block that EQ calls "Frayed Four Patch." (top row) That block measures 8" square. I have to sew that row together, and add the sashing strips.</span><br />
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Here are our "Chasing Friends" quilts from our March Show and Tell of the Kindred Spirits Quilt Club. The star in the center of the block is called a Friendship Star, and the flying geese do seem to be chasing each other around the block! What a clever name for this pattern combination.<br />
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The two quilts below are mine. I made the pattern as described, which resulted in the bottom small wall hanging. I liked the pattern so much, I made one for my mother. The block is larger and set longer rather than square to make a table runner. Mom has moved to a retirement home (she just had her 96th Birthday!) and has a small dropleaf table. This table runner reverses to a beautiful fall fabric. I love 2-for-1 projects, don't you! Several years ago, I made her a Christmas table runner that reverses to a beautiful fabric with sea shells all over it (Mom lives in Florida).<br />
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I liked the floral table runner so much I had to make one for myself.</div>
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Beautiful soft florals---especially with blue are some of my favorite fabrics; <br />
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The Kindred Spirits Quilt Club had their monthly meeting at Stitch by Stitch Quilt Shop in Chesterfield Virginia. The gals really went all out with projects and show and tell this month! Here's a sampling of what was shown:</div>
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This project is called "Pinwheel Puzzle." </div>
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The pattern came in two different sizes, and we had a sampling of both of them. Pam, our director in charge of creativity, made a tote bag out of a large block. This pattern was featured in Quilts and More magazine.</div>
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More in a few days!<br />
Till then, Keep Stitchin!<br />
Mary in Virginia</div>
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Here's another project from Beach Week 2016. I am upset with myself because I cannot remember who showed this quilt. She had just gotten it back from the longarm quilter. There is a blue and white quilt on my bucket list, and I just thought this one was fabulous!<br />
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Here's my completed table runner from the Kindred Spirits club. It's called "Split Decision." This is our demo for our March meeting. It's a Courthouse Steps block sewn to 9" square (using a 3" square center and 1.5 inch strips). Then you slice it in half vertically and horizontally. You insert the sashing and tiny cornerstone (which is cut at 1 inch square).<br />
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Here's an individual block done in the "Simple Joys" line from Penny Rose Fabrics. You can't have too many Christmas quilts, can you?<br />
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Here is a Courthouse Steps quilt from a Jo Morton design.</div>
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Pinwheels make a simple but charming little quilt.</div>
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That's some of my Liberty Blue tea set posing for you.</div>
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Hot tea is my favorite beverage.</div>
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Here they are together.</div>
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You can never have too many miniature quilts!</div>
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The pattern on the front door is called "Charming Coins."</div>
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It's a great use of little scraps.</div>
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These pieces are cut 1.5 inches by 2.5 inches.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed the miniature quilt show today!<br />
Till next time, keep stitchin!<br />
Mary in VirginiaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-27391324481468816792016-02-15T17:21:00.000-05:002016-03-07T13:25:26.529-05:00Sewing at the BeachI spent last week at Nags Head, North Carolina with some friends at a quilting retreat. We had lots of fun sewing, eating, shopping, watching tv and relaxing.<br />
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One of Nancy's projects (above) is the Jamestown Sampler. It was a block of the month at our LQS several years back. Nancy is piecing it and it will be a raffle quilt for the Richmond Area Quilt Guild.<br />
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Here's the view from our great room! We had a few days of bad storms (including some snow), but it did clear up in enough time for us to view the dolphins playing one afternoon. They are such beautiful animals!<br />
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This is the Kindred Spirits project for March. It's called "Split Decision" and is a tablerunner about 15 inches by 45 inches. I used mostly Jo Morton fabrics. I have machine quilted and bound it. </div>
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I made a new walker bag for my mom who lives in Florida. This is a free pattern I downloaded from Etsy. She will be 96 in 3 weeks! And she is doing amazing well.<br />
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My friend Pam and I are making the Trifle Dish Row-by-Row quilt that is a free pattern at ModaBakeShop. This is row 1--Pam's on the bottom, mine are on the top. It's called Spinning Spools.</div>
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Carmen is working on the Vintage Farm Girl quilt(s). She's making 12 inch and 6 inch blocks. These are a few of the ones she made this week. I thought I took a photo of her adorable red flowered tractor--but I don't see it! Rats!</div>
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First up is the project for this month--"Chasing Friends." The little quilt measures 22 inches square, each block finishes to about 7.5 inches square. That's the "Friendship Star" block in the middle of the flying geese blocks. One of my sewing goals this year is to learn to machine quilt, and I am reading Leah Day's wonderful tutorials to help me out. I used her pattern called "Elongated Rainbows (quilting pattern #7) to quilt this little project. It was easy-peasy </div>
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The first row we are making is called "Cherry Spools and Lady /Fingers." Join us if you would like to, we'd love to see some of your work, too! Pam is making her quilt using fabrics from her scrap bag. I have a pile of luscious sherbet colored fabrics that I think I will be using for my row-by-row. This row measures </div>
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We don't typically have a lot of show and tell for our first group meeting (our groups run from January to December), since we are all recovering from the Christmas season. But Anne Wright showed several projects she had made while enjoying a 3-week Christmas vacation--a casserole cover and a cute tote/purse.</div>
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Anne started our pinwheel quilt already. The pattern has instructions to make it in two sizes; Anne is making the larger size in reds and greens as she would like to have a Christmas quilt to display next Christmas! Anne also told us about another group she is in. They are participating in a friendship quilt project this year. Each participant puts some fabric and their pattern in a shoe box and swaps with another member. You have a month to complete the block, and then pass it on the next month. I have participated in a project like this several times in my quilt guild in St. Charles, Missouri, and now that I live in Virginia, they have become my favorite quilts. I look at each block and remember the person that made it for me! It's a wonderful treasured memory!</div>
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Pam has been working on Bonnie Hunter's current mystery quilt, "Allietare." She brought her current progress to show us. The red fabrics have chickens on them, so of course, she had to make a coordinating chicken pincushion to go along with her quilt. You can see some wonderful Allietare mystery quilts on Bonnie Hunter's blog at the following link:</div>
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Our Little Women group is working through Lori Smith's Fat Quarter quilting. The January challenge is the Baskets 30s style quilt above. I'm thinking red and white fabrics?</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been away from my blogging world for several months and will explain all in an upcoming post. In the meantime, I am aghast that my blog wallpaper has disappeared and just went to check in with Lee Lou Blogs...seems they all went away in November while I was having a life crises. Suffice to say I am trying to figure out how to get a new background for you all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been collecting some quilting-related photos and will get back to you as soon as possible. I have truly missed being a part of all of your lives, and look forward to sharing some more of mine with you asap. In the meantime, our Little Women group has started a new year with Lori Smith's book "Fat Quarter Quilting." She has a really big fan on pinterest, you can check out some of her quilts here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's good "to be back" and I look forward to being with you again soon.</span><br />
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161616907762241275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443061842937908196.post-85529657630921497832013-10-03T20:36:00.000-04:002013-10-03T20:36:47.628-04:00Quilters Retreat-More PhotosI have a few more photos to share with you of our Happy Quilters Retreat. Barbara Murray's beautiful 30s applique/pieced quilt was, I think, my favorite! She has been working on this for several years, and I commend you, Barbara, for sticking with it and completing it. It truly is lovely! Here it is laid out on a sheet. Everyone came to a consensus and agreed that a few of the larger patches were too bright, so Barbara replaced them with a lighter fabric. Well done, Barbara!<br />
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This is Kay, below, with one of her small quilts. Kay finished this little guy while on retreat, including the binding. Very soft and sweet, Kay!<br />
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That's Janet, below, with her pieced "Shells" top. It has beautiful shells and starfish on it. Perfect for taking to Virginia Beach on quilters retreat, I might add. Nicely done, Janet!<br />
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The 2 photos below are of Deanna's little Featherweight and her pink and green quilt. I'm so sorry I neglected to get a photo of her pieced blocks. It's going to be gorgeous Deanna! You've inspired me to start collecting pink and green fabrics for my own pink/green quilt. </div>
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We had a nice big room that is a community room adjoining a beautiful subdivision pool. It has two wonderful walls of glass, perfect light for a group of quilters. And on the ride home, I had two different encounters with deer on the road. Not that I hit them, but they crossed the road in front of me. They are such beautiful animals! Good friends, good food, a little fresh air, and lots of sewing...what's not to love!</div>
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So in the spirit of true confessions, I'm going to borrow this theme from another blogging friend, Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. (You can visit her blog at <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/">http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/</a> ). I really like the idea of being organized, and I TRY to be organized, but it certainly can be a challenge, can't it! I once read that every morning you should write down the top 3 things you want to accomplish that day, and if you accomplish those 3 things, you're doing great! I sometimes do this, but my problem is I'm not really consist with it. So, in the effort to get myself more organized, I'll share my list with you on Mondays. And obviously, it won't only consist of quilting and sewing things! And I'm only going to list 1 item for each day. So, here is my 1st Make a List Monday!<br />
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1. Download photos from Happy Quilters retreat and blog at least twice with them. (that's Pam and her gorgeous flower garden quilt....she's binding it! Oh happy day!)<br />
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2. Decide on setting fabric and put together "Double Hourglass Quilt" from Kathleen Tracy's book "Civil War Sewing Circle." (no photo)<br />
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3. Trace applique pattern and begin applique templates/pieces for "Pinwheels in My Garden" from Fat Quarter Quilting by Lori Smith (probably the book our group will be working from in 2014).<br />
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4. Find a recipe for blackberry cobbler AND apple strudel and make them both. Add them to my "Christmas Cookbook Journal" if they are keepers. Photo them for the book? Blog about them on my Rudy Day News blog?<br />
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5. Complete a lesson for my new Bernina 820QE. Specifically, learn how to get my machine to accept my 37 foot (for you non-Bernina folks out there, that's the quarter inch foot. A MUST have!)<br />
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6. Choose another small quilt to hand quilt, layer it, and begin quilting it.<br />
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7. Write up 3 commendations for the hospital staff at Johnston Willis Hospital (Midlothian, Virginia). One tireless nurse in Neuroscience ICU literally helped to save his life! Two other nurses went above and beyond to keep him comfortable in the days following his surgery. By the way, 2 of them were female, 1 was a male nurse. I cannot tell you how special these people are in my book! <br />
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We'll see how I do with checking things off my list, keeping in mind that I work full time! I'm also the personality type that can research something to death and NEVER actually get around to doing it! So hopefully that won't happen--especially with my recipe ideas. I had the blackberry cobbler at Cracker Barrel this summer and it was delicious, and I've been thinking about making it ever since then! That's almost 3 months of dreaming, and no doing! Am I the only one that does that?<br />
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Twice a year I get to go on a fun weekend retreat with the Chesterfield Happy Quilters. And this was the weekend! It's such fun to spend time with friends who share a common interest with you.<br />
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That's Kay's quilt above, I forget the name of it. I believe those are 1.5 inch squares!</div>
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That's Deanna's Tumbler quilt, above. Deanna's "Vintage Valentine" was one of my favorites. I took a close up of her signature block for you to see also.<br />
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Won't it be wonderful once it's quilted! I have lots more photos and will post them over the next few days. As for me, I worked on advancing 3 particular projects and don't really have anything to show yet. I did have a terrific conversation with Paula, who I discovered owns the same machine I do. (Bernina 820QE) I still have so much to learn about it, but I did pick up a few simple pointers from her. That was worth the price of admission! ;-)</div>
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If you've read my blog before, you've probably caught that I'm a big Jo Morton fan. She has posted some wonderful photos of her quilts on her blog. I thought you might enjoy seeing some of them. The quilt above is a Courthouse Steps, made with logs cut at 1 inch wide.<br />
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This quilt is called her "S'More's Quilts" and was featured in American Patchwork and Quilting. Not sure, but I think the Dec. 2012 issue. <br />
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You can get to her blog by clicking on this link: <a href="http://jomortonquilts.com/jos_journal/">http://jomortonquilts.com/jos_journal/</a><br />
She has some great photos under "decorating" including some of her Christmas decorations.<br />
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Till next time, keep stitchin!<br />
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Once a month, my local quilt shop "JoJo's" in Chesterfield, hosts a "Girls Night Out." A group of us get together to stitch by hand or machine, share a little supper and get caught up with what's happening in everyone's life. These little outings always inspire me...to add a few more blocks...to sew a few rows together...to complete a project! Thanks, friends, for your inspiration! </div>
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This first photo is a project that Joann is working on--she is doing beautiful machine applique on these adorable bright colored fabric flowers. I believe the pattern is called "Stitcher's Garden."</div>
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Barbara is making a darling "free" project that she found online. I took a photo of her handout so I had the website, but alas, the photo didn't turn out! Barbara is also doing a beautiful job with her machine applique. Don't you love her darling Sunbonnet Sues?<br />
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You probably can't see the wonderful detail in these blocks, but Barbara has hand colored and hand lettered the words. They are from the Book of Proverbs, and have to do with the words we speak. <br />
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Deanna gets the gold star award for most progress with her projects this month. She pieced these darling "Drunkard's Path" blocks above. She's not sure how she'll set them together. This (below) is her folk art summer quilt. Is this a Liberty Star or Jan Patek pattern? We weren't sure.</div>
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Joann brought her cute quilt featuring these adorable puppies and kitties. Some of the ears are floppy! How cute is this!</div>
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Deanna also finished her Romantic Valentine quilt. The applique is just wonderful! Great job Deanna! This is what I would call "An Heirloom Quilt." It takes hours and hours to create this kind of beautiful art with fabric. Nicely done, Deanna.</div>
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Carol was late showing up but she had a great excuse....she had to stop at her longarm quilter's to pickup this patriotic beauty. It is a gift she is giving to her sister-in-law who is in the service. This was a quilt she adapted from our "Shared Nine-Patch" pattern. I helped her by designing the layout for her on EQ. <br />
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This was Pam's project, below. It's actually for our Thimbleberries group meeting for November/December. She used a little creative license and didn't use Thimbleberries fabrics. Very cute snowmen, Pam!<br />
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And ha ha, I didn't photograph Ann, the shop owner, who was working on the shop website. Come visit it at <a href="http://jojosquiltshop.com/">http://jojosquiltshop.com</a> . And I didn't photo my project, I had brought a small top that I almost finished hand quilting. Guess I'll have to post that in an upcoming bloggie post.<br />
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It's been a delightful day. I slept with the window open last night and the cool air felt wonderful. I spent several hours today sewing on a blue and white project either, which I'll post about soon. I have a pot roast in the oven...it's one of those cooking bag easy-peasy dinners. Add stew meat, potatoes, carrots, and packaged spices to a cooking bag, put in a 13x9x2 pan and pop in the oven. It's starting to smell heavenly in here! I ordered a Christmas gift for someone in the family and it arrived today. I also received a delightful Susan Branch calendar/planner that I will use next year. If you haven't discovered her delightful artwork, go visit her at <a href="http://susanbranch.com/">http://susanbranch.com</a> . <br />
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I think I'll finish my little bit of hand quilting on last night's project. Then I can bind it tomorrow. Another finish in sight! Have a great day, and till next time, keep stitchin!<br />
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