tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88287521466465150172024-03-28T12:53:55.339-07:00DianeLoves2QuiltDianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.comBlogger646125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-13172030693479541442024-02-29T19:46:00.000-08:002024-02-29T19:46:28.271-08:00Alligator Burp Cloths<p>My grandson's teacher is looking forward to becoming a grandmother for the first time. My eight-year-old grandson asked if I would make some burp cloths for her and her new grandson. (I have a reputation for producing copious quantities of burp cloths.) He picked out this alligator print himself and my daughter said he was very, very excited about his choice. After googling the pattern, I learned it is <i>Oasis Collection, Alligators Navy Flannel 446311</i>. The alligators are about 5" wide. I paired it with a green stripe flannel from my stash</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHEkhc2dtGO7AcKlIs6OKRLRUnfNXNb7Xt9TQUboArECP3qiWYH52wzL7benUMXDGAgmKex1sk5TgX59bijusmOemMeJmg4-7DCoCUfHfhYGVR4XudWDoTRtKNMIFua4iZxfPQyVEpvZpIHUhNTUNZeZSzVzVqazgJ8x5MYIgZiQZKhbSp8tYTG8TYpE/s2880/IMG_4753.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2880" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHEkhc2dtGO7AcKlIs6OKRLRUnfNXNb7Xt9TQUboArECP3qiWYH52wzL7benUMXDGAgmKex1sk5TgX59bijusmOemMeJmg4-7DCoCUfHfhYGVR4XudWDoTRtKNMIFua4iZxfPQyVEpvZpIHUhNTUNZeZSzVzVqazgJ8x5MYIgZiQZKhbSp8tYTG8TYpE/w640-h326/IMG_4753.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p>One yard of each flannel was enough to make up into four burp cloths in two complementary configurations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeXYUiYpo5_BW-RlFlXU6PZTTthw62CvFtPPp8DwkZdgwu5zRtg_Ls8VAadV5ZCoCDvzGJvv7A7_YdeK8nB2giS5JKk2QybvcmdhJbQ8qObChSbcqj-AOvJ17m3Rx5mgQ0-WEJHToZYl3itZORDyaw3-Z6oe59dfO4OMbjhQA3T0JHyQEteogDOltT1Y/s3470/IMG_4755.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="3470" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeXYUiYpo5_BW-RlFlXU6PZTTthw62CvFtPPp8DwkZdgwu5zRtg_Ls8VAadV5ZCoCDvzGJvv7A7_YdeK8nB2giS5JKk2QybvcmdhJbQ8qObChSbcqj-AOvJ17m3Rx5mgQ0-WEJHToZYl3itZORDyaw3-Z6oe59dfO4OMbjhQA3T0JHyQEteogDOltT1Y/w640-h446/IMG_4755.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCOAf0z6pN7rsI84-0tc2SmUzmwaQjtoLrIix_3DpxVFhrDLxc_UCJQ8xr6Mxcg3i7D5QaK9ZT22PtKUgQETd8f7lh3M3wj1G-iF5P5rAmsROP2T3vmIWtIypYcLv649RHVeRnc36azCLvlOdTGN02Jp4wUl0W7JAc4bMzzN9h29n8Mq_aF-fgF3sd2Q/s3024/IMG_4754.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2871" data-original-width="3024" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCOAf0z6pN7rsI84-0tc2SmUzmwaQjtoLrIix_3DpxVFhrDLxc_UCJQ8xr6Mxcg3i7D5QaK9ZT22PtKUgQETd8f7lh3M3wj1G-iF5P5rAmsROP2T3vmIWtIypYcLv649RHVeRnc36azCLvlOdTGN02Jp4wUl0W7JAc4bMzzN9h29n8Mq_aF-fgF3sd2Q/w640-h608/IMG_4754.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Isaiah will enjoy giving them to his teacher. I hope she likes them. My tutorial for these burp cloths can be found in <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2014/06/wip-burp-cloths-and-instructions.html">my post for 6/18/2014</a>. Yes, I have been churning these out for over a decade. I have six grandchildren of my own!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd2O_xBC-3GnrHpuFgM7JOLKEV_Y0Ml4bLiTRFIfOk7O7uGB3WrA3Fw0HU3zGNJCDdAwVHk95jnDp1M-THTdCvAwKV2nPGF46XasXSTisNpZ_ajrj2OPW23kR8a683TN-V9RXlpfPMR56pofIVyD7EGBUYvR0-DLtFAVCVb-ggFnprjzgs6eD5Syf4ec/s5712/IMG_2013.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd2O_xBC-3GnrHpuFgM7JOLKEV_Y0Ml4bLiTRFIfOk7O7uGB3WrA3Fw0HU3zGNJCDdAwVHk95jnDp1M-THTdCvAwKV2nPGF46XasXSTisNpZ_ajrj2OPW23kR8a683TN-V9RXlpfPMR56pofIVyD7EGBUYvR0-DLtFAVCVb-ggFnprjzgs6eD5Syf4ec/w640-h480/IMG_2013.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-77165845533685556332024-02-28T10:21:00.000-08:002024-02-28T10:21:55.017-08:00Six Swedish Folk Art Ornaments<p>When I titled this post I could not decide what kind of artwork was on these ornaments. Was it Swedish or was it Scandinavian? I was hoping or Swedish since that is a shorter word. Off I go, googling down the rabbit hole to find out for sure.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Mt-MraGTI-PfRkBAPjF6_dPIc9udYano1Zb6hOt7KDae6nP7IbuquQhdMOeJpRFYvgudlqOSJCR2n6TLs9jL990UnLwuZ_zWvJIl10_mklcMeAxYy6jUIZnC7n0YVHWxpBZLMT_ivQfSFOUVkDJMteIKIYicA4pC7x6k48Z6TCLHXKJdTJleWMuvRz4/s3841/IMG_4746.jpeg" style="font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2794" data-original-width="3841" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Mt-MraGTI-PfRkBAPjF6_dPIc9udYano1Zb6hOt7KDae6nP7IbuquQhdMOeJpRFYvgudlqOSJCR2n6TLs9jL990UnLwuZ_zWvJIl10_mklcMeAxYy6jUIZnC7n0YVHWxpBZLMT_ivQfSFOUVkDJMteIKIYicA4pC7x6k48Z6TCLHXKJdTJleWMuvRz4/w640-h466/IMG_4746.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><div>I googled how Sweden and Scandinavian were related, and learned that Scandinavia denotes Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; therefore, Sweden is subset of Scandinavia. Scandinavia is not considered an ethnicity nor a race or even a nationality. The term Norden refers to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, thus adding Finland and Iceland to the Scandinavian mix.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yYVGzAPXdT6VunTKS5XhXFdotIhVi4fPOaDy6gsirncCtlRHYBsY0mNTzu4p3L-LtWfj2QRGIp_qL7IPZDZqh8yFEA7J8J8_W4FEKJZlX5NKTURwQLLwErNR7mJfRX2IJSx6uOaa6EoAUJylaxVLRh8BhkNZubeNTNfZ0mRPudEN4E3FrbrFblnY_ZQ/s2046/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-26%20at%20%20Feb%2026,%202.13.30%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="2046" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yYVGzAPXdT6VunTKS5XhXFdotIhVi4fPOaDy6gsirncCtlRHYBsY0mNTzu4p3L-LtWfj2QRGIp_qL7IPZDZqh8yFEA7J8J8_W4FEKJZlX5NKTURwQLLwErNR7mJfRX2IJSx6uOaa6EoAUJylaxVLRh8BhkNZubeNTNfZ0mRPudEN4E3FrbrFblnY_ZQ/w640-h268/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-26%20at%20%20Feb%2026,%202.13.30%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>From this<a href="https://www.routesnorth.com/scandinavia/what-is-scandinavian-folk-art-and-where-can-you-see-it/"> interesting site about Scandinavian folk art</a> I learned that Scandinavian folk art has similar themes aspect particular to the country of origin. <blockquote><i>Scandinavian folk art is quite particular in the sense that there are similar themes displayed in the pieces. Common elements of Scandinavian folk art include:</i><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Geometric designs and patterns, lines, dots, circles, stars, and diamonds</i></li><li><i>Nature motifs, such as flowers, leaves and animals, particularly horses, birds and fish</i></li><li><i>Bright, contrasting colours</i></li><li><i>Symbols from folklore and mythologies</i></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><div>But there are distinct features that typify the folk art of each of the Scandinavian countries. Swedish folk art is known for its bright colors and whimsical designs so my best guess is that these ornaments are Swedish.</div><div><br /></div><div>The stylized design on these six ornaments could have a name, one which I could not recall. Is it tole? No. Not correct. When I googled <i>tole</i> I found on <a href="https://www.marthastewart.com/1126615/tole-painting-collectible-folk-art-treasures#:~:text=The%20word%20%22tole%22%20is%20derived,commonly%20see%20on%20tin%20antiques.">this Martha Stewart site</a></div><div><blockquote><i>The word "tole" is derived from the French term "tole peinte de lac," which means painted tin. Historically, tole painting is a folk art that refers to the decorative painting you commonly see on tin antiques.</i></blockquote><p>These are Swedish folk art, plain and simple. I spent probably as much time researching this terminology as I did making these ornaments. But they are bright and cheerful and I learned something in the process. I am happy to add these to my growing collection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJpoiR7JU8BkK7afqEV2xYw_NvsOMMKgrHeACj603FumFS7xubURYo0SUbAFB1uVfMKmqT7QqIy6Wcyo4fVm7PivhG6tzsuuTPUIx1vZl0zQ_uLwhrNsXAg13PvUgC_pZMvrjRiX5Wh-JoHniUVGMhfBgAeTMAqcxL0pmnl_LpcOenZgdj-fCkkmEyBw/s3015/IMG_4747%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3015" data-original-width="2978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJpoiR7JU8BkK7afqEV2xYw_NvsOMMKgrHeACj603FumFS7xubURYo0SUbAFB1uVfMKmqT7QqIy6Wcyo4fVm7PivhG6tzsuuTPUIx1vZl0zQ_uLwhrNsXAg13PvUgC_pZMvrjRiX5Wh-JoHniUVGMhfBgAeTMAqcxL0pmnl_LpcOenZgdj-fCkkmEyBw/w632-h640/IMG_4747%202.jpeg" width="632" /></a></div><p>These six Swedish folk art renditions of a cat, tree, angel, stocking, partridge, and heart are added to the angels <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-begins-with-fun.html">(1/5/24 post)</a>, houses <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/christmas-house-ornaments.html">(1/17/24 post)</a>, Strawberry Shortcake <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/strawberry-shortcake-ornaments.html">(1/25/24 post)</a>, critters <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/random-enjoyable-days.html">(2/7/24 post)</a>, nativity scene <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/round-nativity-stuffed-ornaments.html">(2/17/24)</a>, and Christmas symbols <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/half-dozen-xmas-symbols.html" target="_blank">2/23/24</a> ornaments I made earlier this year.</p></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-70602187254572645112024-02-27T20:14:00.000-08:002024-02-27T20:14:38.931-08:00Bin Blocks Progress<p>As I sandwiched my quilt top with my typical 100% bamboo batting and spray basted it, I thought about what the name should be. I am leaning toward naming it "Bin There Done That" or some permutation of that play on words. I would like to pay homage to the fact that this is a resurrected bin project that really had no plan when I made the blocks. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43ZVKposPXSIkroPyOuqiq6DbM30k6RaYl80V_3VwjGHE81-r8myyHntnsFH3eQ5KfyRziij7GCixTeSX2EMsVH3ciNUNcww3hM7blTG33asK0Evn2V_fv9gk6pZBc9qP8CoW3nNnjUoVMYCNs5ewLte563RuRGSMe34LP76BDfJnORCrGfvI8DXR9Pw/s2860/IMG_4737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="2860" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43ZVKposPXSIkroPyOuqiq6DbM30k6RaYl80V_3VwjGHE81-r8myyHntnsFH3eQ5KfyRziij7GCixTeSX2EMsVH3ciNUNcww3hM7blTG33asK0Evn2V_fv9gk6pZBc9qP8CoW3nNnjUoVMYCNs5ewLte563RuRGSMe34LP76BDfJnORCrGfvI8DXR9Pw/w640-h608/IMG_4737.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p>I also pondered the quilting pattern. While it was spread out and available for my scrutiny, I noticed that each block was either a 2x2 array or a 3x3 array of smaller units. They may have not been assembled that way, but arrays are the basic structures. I labeled the arrays in the next photo to remind myself. There are nine 2x2's and seven 3x3's.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdYCBwWm1oziktIqeQ5ZT1HKgrrwqc5FV3Ibqc0g4Lxm9_g7zGwwoGcxdD7s27GGhjD040A9TBpkjBP7aEMdTUh35GDUkec0KxQXZT12CWbUC_sXgXd-Mcy_yGwILxjIXNpCfE3mA3LDrtRHSD0CZbgCciNVQqD8cUey_kITnv7aQKNl3na5DO4TOKL4/s2146/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-23%20at%20%20Feb%2023,%2012.18.51%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2146" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdYCBwWm1oziktIqeQ5ZT1HKgrrwqc5FV3Ibqc0g4Lxm9_g7zGwwoGcxdD7s27GGhjD040A9TBpkjBP7aEMdTUh35GDUkec0KxQXZT12CWbUC_sXgXd-Mcy_yGwILxjIXNpCfE3mA3LDrtRHSD0CZbgCciNVQqD8cUey_kITnv7aQKNl3na5DO4TOKL4/w640-h606/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-23%20at%20%20Feb%2023,%2012.18.51%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A favorite go-to quilting pattern of mine is from Angela Walters' book <i>Shape by Shape</i> book with free-motion quilting suggestions. In particular I like Square 7, especially when the squares are butted end-to- end and create a secondary pattern. I decided to use this basic motif in the units of the arrays.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8r_xwe4sQdsuGELUkmNGfY4JG_JthOhbzTCY03odIKZ2r0j9on7DxYwj_YMwhW91I2Nt_o0OTUQAQ5kjeYcmYSZ9Q1X0lIFO6nsCuiGWaDQxqzDb25VxrBI8J1r3IZyGmuFD5oddkZxc5eJ8EjrCang_N-sFRSMBL0vd7mDXP109kEBKNWeYJ26AMRk/s838/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%20%20Feb%2027,%205.43.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8r_xwe4sQdsuGELUkmNGfY4JG_JthOhbzTCY03odIKZ2r0j9on7DxYwj_YMwhW91I2Nt_o0OTUQAQ5kjeYcmYSZ9Q1X0lIFO6nsCuiGWaDQxqzDb25VxrBI8J1r3IZyGmuFD5oddkZxc5eJ8EjrCang_N-sFRSMBL0vd7mDXP109kEBKNWeYJ26AMRk/w514-h640/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%20%20Feb%2027,%205.43.39%20PM.png" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpf8tkdfG0NKiJxKOKBijnlYuOSE5gmVYA7NgLITBaw_-whv-rZcgRPlugXOv1BnlPtCuNOr-PxXyTKJqIA8tNMscNp9mhzwqCnenXgAHcVJwizOdIjdnfI4q2v1kw0xDzcrfJVMS-DEQqDJ_RzBRrycNf9vuqW-7shYOlkzfh2jChYvvAc0wDaI0KDM/s3663/IMG_4743.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3663" data-original-width="2689" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpf8tkdfG0NKiJxKOKBijnlYuOSE5gmVYA7NgLITBaw_-whv-rZcgRPlugXOv1BnlPtCuNOr-PxXyTKJqIA8tNMscNp9mhzwqCnenXgAHcVJwizOdIjdnfI4q2v1kw0xDzcrfJVMS-DEQqDJ_RzBRrycNf9vuqW-7shYOlkzfh2jChYvvAc0wDaI0KDM/w470-h640/IMG_4743.jpeg" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The 2x2 arrays have larger base unit sizes and so I might add the proposed variation and echo another curved bracket outside the petals. I am holding off until I see the 3x3's next to the 2x2's and see if those added fill-in curves are needed for the quilting to look balanced. Alternately, I may be sick of FMQing this quilt at that point and forgo the added stitching. The <a href="https://www.winlinetextiles.com/winline-100bamboo-s/145.htm" target="_blank">Winline 100% bamboo batting</a> will allow stitching as far apart as 8". <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdVSP6e_e-x2TPY3XuW9owZJE0Gv1D3YjFtspIJtg9NL_LTw8Qx_fNMGMGGZxqeLzFzTJB9Mk91ZBUrkrxB8osoF6W-9lchm8XDRWADoCKiYwAXls0LekUglLau8T-jiONfvH4VGYoUV9SfHsCRxlUPWZPTpzLU5HY7SAbSxhKkfyK6NZ9hr1du6q05Q/s2954/IMG_4749.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="2954" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdVSP6e_e-x2TPY3XuW9owZJE0Gv1D3YjFtspIJtg9NL_LTw8Qx_fNMGMGGZxqeLzFzTJB9Mk91ZBUrkrxB8osoF6W-9lchm8XDRWADoCKiYwAXls0LekUglLau8T-jiONfvH4VGYoUV9SfHsCRxlUPWZPTpzLU5HY7SAbSxhKkfyK6NZ9hr1du6q05Q/w640-h640/IMG_4749.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here is the Square 7 pattern in the 3x3 array. I does have a bit denser appearance. Although the thread blending in with the color of the background in the 2x2 array may create an optical illusion. There are other 2x2 arrays so I will just have to wait and see the overall picture.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibhzuwPh5yjg4UBheExQRuNXeA4zhVK066DcnQ2CUgDhycZ-oWrtCxTQoUJ0VJXmcdela18eA5CM3d3MkdxBS3ccBeaLUD1y9F7wcVF8li5uN5k4K7-1fkDG-H9wvl5PMxw4rsLLDFWYVcTPU8ck4JWm1TNwO8AscsTXDeeHL6mPeS3ueeo2STB4M2EI/s2974/IMG_4750.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2974" data-original-width="2974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibhzuwPh5yjg4UBheExQRuNXeA4zhVK066DcnQ2CUgDhycZ-oWrtCxTQoUJ0VJXmcdela18eA5CM3d3MkdxBS3ccBeaLUD1y9F7wcVF8li5uN5k4K7-1fkDG-H9wvl5PMxw4rsLLDFWYVcTPU8ck4JWm1TNwO8AscsTXDeeHL6mPeS3ueeo2STB4M2EI/w640-h640/IMG_4750.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So now I have eight more 2x2 arrays and six more 3x3 arrays to quilt. What to do in the sashing is another question. When a 2x2 array butts next to a 3x3 array does the sashing need to play mediator? Or does the sashing assume a role wearing blinders at the borders, and ignore the potential conflict? Pebbles is a potential solution I would like, especially with the dotted brown fabric; but I am terrible at quilting uniform pebbles. Maybe a meander? That is not a smooth, strong skill of mine either. Then again the sashing is only 1" wide so it will not need much. Sashing treatment remains to be determined. Stay tuned.</div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-23062486845797842612024-02-23T17:20:00.000-08:002024-02-23T17:20:42.653-08:00Half Dozen Xmas Symbols<p>I snuck in making a half dozen more Christmas stuffed ornaments while in the middle of <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/empty-bin-incentive.html" target="_blank">a bin quilt project (2/19/24)</a>. These six are a bit larger than previous ornaments and so I cut the ribbon loops at 6" rather than 4½ ". The red, green, and yellow colorway invited the choice of soft yellow for the ribbon loops. The wreath was a bit more challenging to sew closed the opening on the inside circle, since that concave edge had to be slashed before closing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwB4ckti5EQ78EAzhrcHiV8t1qMAkPi7j42UHxBBT4F_Ib_6wD7PiNuhiMvf_PZl9dXNo7sq5eD7lV1phAckz13_E1LpT815dUe5vfp5P8LnqGcgj71FP9ej-x9UuKUS_125raD2yC4W-Xcohva5XddoSQLISEfMqRG1rEM2Pdd26ZcU2XoRso0cIdxc/s4032/IMG_4739.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwB4ckti5EQ78EAzhrcHiV8t1qMAkPi7j42UHxBBT4F_Ib_6wD7PiNuhiMvf_PZl9dXNo7sq5eD7lV1phAckz13_E1LpT815dUe5vfp5P8LnqGcgj71FP9ej-x9UuKUS_125raD2yC4W-Xcohva5XddoSQLISEfMqRG1rEM2Pdd26ZcU2XoRso0cIdxc/w640-h480/IMG_4739.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>They all came out cute and cheerful. These six Christmas symbols of a partridge, wreath, angel, stocking, candy cane, and toy soldier are added to the angels <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-begins-with-fun.html">(1/5/24 post)</a>, houses <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/christmas-house-ornaments.html">(1/17/24 post)</a>, Strawberry Shortcake <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/strawberry-shortcake-ornaments.html">(1/25/24 post)</a>, critters <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/random-enjoyable-days.html">(2/7/24 post)</a>, and nativity scene <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/round-nativity-stuffed-ornaments.html">(2/17/24)</a> ornaments I made earlier this year.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5F6zMJGD-LdlN8TH_jw3FDtADmWQCXOpqOR9FyV8rM8Q9lYFhof6HEQc6kR8NkdyY5PPhg73ZPtw78GZPdUxIaRjl8rG91LlMa6d4nx037A2LK1pOHJyZpGSlOwb-NlvKJ_oqkEJjKehBCnv4c4eTXcJiGo-wro1v7oyk6uGV8y-ij14vXndncAIZrE/s3917/IMG_4740.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2159" data-original-width="3917" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5F6zMJGD-LdlN8TH_jw3FDtADmWQCXOpqOR9FyV8rM8Q9lYFhof6HEQc6kR8NkdyY5PPhg73ZPtw78GZPdUxIaRjl8rG91LlMa6d4nx037A2LK1pOHJyZpGSlOwb-NlvKJ_oqkEJjKehBCnv4c4eTXcJiGo-wro1v7oyk6uGV8y-ij14vXndncAIZrE/w640-h352/IMG_4740.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-85098628178740179952024-02-19T21:46:00.000-08:002024-02-27T18:26:07.431-08:00Empty Bin Incentive<p>In tidying my sewing room to have a quilt friend over, I peeked in a plastic bin and found 16 blocks I'd assembled from the 2006 JoAnn Block of the Month series, called Spice Meadows. I'd collected a scattering of random block kits from the clearance section for $1 per block kit. Each block measured 12½ inches square. The colors are dated and rather blah (in my opinion), but 16 was enough to assemble into a decent size quilt. Why not join the blocks together now and have an empty bin available for other projects? The challenge would be to use only fabrics from my stash.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUQHHBwDZjBL0xOB_wwPSwQP_XoKYVU2TRFTKhyBlvn124wWO7UOtBIeJXiG136A8aAcSjf6em47VkKTEDztjPcT1yN9dK2GY8w_tN1UwCxrP5M_6GHqN5z0A2-qu8fTmAGWQgXpOO-Lq6Lie5JuD4CKpQ1J14MLHTz06d0eRp9iTy9jVOfiOKv6tABA/s4032/IMG_4660.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUQHHBwDZjBL0xOB_wwPSwQP_XoKYVU2TRFTKhyBlvn124wWO7UOtBIeJXiG136A8aAcSjf6em47VkKTEDztjPcT1yN9dK2GY8w_tN1UwCxrP5M_6GHqN5z0A2-qu8fTmAGWQgXpOO-Lq6Lie5JuD4CKpQ1J14MLHTz06d0eRp9iTy9jVOfiOKv6tABA/w480-h640/IMG_4660.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p>This is not the first time emptying a bin has been my incentive for working on a long forgotten project. Other bin projects having had their rebirth after a prolonged time period neglected, dwelling, and taking up space in a plastic box. For example, in <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/04/unanticipated-project-completion.html">my 4/10/23 blog post</a> for my Pieces of Blue quilt:<div><blockquote><i>I typically store the components – pattern, fabric, specialty rulers, magazines, etc. – for my ongoing-projects or dream projects-to-be in these 12"x12" plastic bins designed mainly for scrapbookers. I own fifteen of these bins, as many that will store five across and three high on one of my shelves. The following photo shows nine bins. I have a self imposed limit of fifteen on this number of bins. If I need another for a new project, I constrain myself to 1) finishing a project in one of the bins or 2) giving up on a dream project and disseminating the components to free a bin.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYTP77cpE7QyV20hlwAcjF2wkXGk5B4QnWY7IaOZEos_2csv4FDl2s4sJLqDEPq9Idb7h98DJZ_z9Dfbjd4EuLmCREzVJT81N2XANJkxAbDz6vVRbWYiz7IkMi1Os2vmDes_e3yBmFBHHH8p8iCa1CAgZgd0_ifyEBVYOGBU3MWWLyjVV8DfbaAYIiqU/s3638/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-19%20at%20%20Feb%2019,%2010.16.37%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="3638" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYTP77cpE7QyV20hlwAcjF2wkXGk5B4QnWY7IaOZEos_2csv4FDl2s4sJLqDEPq9Idb7h98DJZ_z9Dfbjd4EuLmCREzVJT81N2XANJkxAbDz6vVRbWYiz7IkMi1Os2vmDes_e3yBmFBHHH8p8iCa1CAgZgd0_ifyEBVYOGBU3MWWLyjVV8DfbaAYIiqU/w640-h150/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-19%20at%20%20Feb%2019,%2010.16.37%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />I did not have all twelve advertised kits from 2006 JoAnn Spice Meadows series, nor the finishing set, but each block kit was an opportunity to sew up a block only for amusement. I was missing blocks 9 and 12, but since I had duplicates of others, I could substitute to create a layout of four by four blocks.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaHdLiWdZby8SNgZNTERUuQAu6hfpDapN5XBSItx1jJAsmIR04semDo3iElfvTQZqxmy51ozxuoAA_-UxGzYwwtYREMSa0iUdD5-zLXGPLPEL9YHD51rOO40vsgqLnnJbD4htmsr9SJ5JJX5fRS4u49wzL_VyRlj1cd8LjIKn_WQE14LGBTk4bqmZMwQ/s3900/IMG_4706%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="3900" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaHdLiWdZby8SNgZNTERUuQAu6hfpDapN5XBSItx1jJAsmIR04semDo3iElfvTQZqxmy51ozxuoAA_-UxGzYwwtYREMSa0iUdD5-zLXGPLPEL9YHD51rOO40vsgqLnnJbD4htmsr9SJ5JJX5fRS4u49wzL_VyRlj1cd8LjIKn_WQE14LGBTk4bqmZMwQ/w640-h268/IMG_4706%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPhVIMxbjVjxjTXXOtrtVl8Od1oCEKFuv7qB2_yY0qqBWUdgYyETh7WfbGavS9jN5ltyh__A40d8ZWzC_lN1n41wAzoO22trfU_f7lhPpjDzc9gFxLu-rhDINbR51192sUoyW4x4R507oWpjTpKEpKiatPZ8hyphenhyphenfufpTd17gYnC0BkcbdCmhGVS_SvP38/s1566/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-12%20at%20%20Feb%2012,%2010.05.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1566" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPhVIMxbjVjxjTXXOtrtVl8Od1oCEKFuv7qB2_yY0qqBWUdgYyETh7WfbGavS9jN5ltyh__A40d8ZWzC_lN1n41wAzoO22trfU_f7lhPpjDzc9gFxLu-rhDINbR51192sUoyW4x4R507oWpjTpKEpKiatPZ8hyphenhyphenfufpTd17gYnC0BkcbdCmhGVS_SvP38/w640-h310/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-12%20at%20%20Feb%2012,%2010.05.16%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For those curious, here are the Blocks 9 and 12 that I did not have. Block 9 was a cute star named <i>Mosaic Star</i>. Block 12 was the central appliqué block, called <i>Bouquet</i>. Skipping Block 12 was perfectly fine with me. I prefer piecing far beyond appliqué. Many of these blocks can be found to buy on eBay, but certainly not for the bargain price of $1 that I paid.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvCVvkAdrYkVmSzzX4U-0p6MqfXzmHBIj0ICg6_GMoNOzaj2AQkRdLRJrQ_B_R0nBTelFOKZ88FJbHA_qbrhwLqgIBhP4Hdg2_TceDAhyYeBZmMV-1J7TSeNpbaNQzdHlt6HCkXONJ4tiN06pNtIv4JFcl40X-AWrAMaiwCeFdRTl4SaJcmaJdPS90v4/s996/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-19%20at%20%20Feb%2019,%2010.52.56%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="996" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvCVvkAdrYkVmSzzX4U-0p6MqfXzmHBIj0ICg6_GMoNOzaj2AQkRdLRJrQ_B_R0nBTelFOKZ88FJbHA_qbrhwLqgIBhP4Hdg2_TceDAhyYeBZmMV-1J7TSeNpbaNQzdHlt6HCkXONJ4tiN06pNtIv4JFcl40X-AWrAMaiwCeFdRTl4SaJcmaJdPS90v4/w640-h328/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-19%20at%20%20Feb%2019,%2010.52.56%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />My friend and I dug through my stash to find sashing and cornerstone fabrics. We came up with this brown speckle for the sashing and soft red for the cornerstones. Both seemed to go with the common tone of golden beige of the block backgrounds. But how wide to make the sashings? Simple. As wide as my one yard of brown speckle would allow. I cut 2" strips that would finish as 1½" sashings. At the outer edges, I widened it to 2½" strips so the binding would not cover up a disproportionate width of the outer edge. I only had ½ - ¾ yard of the soft red, but it was enough for cornerstones and binding. The resultant top assembly seemed a bit brighter with the rivers of brown and the splashes of red. Here is how my friend and I collaborated to arrange the blocks. Where I could manage it, there is some symmetry in the block placements.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdeE3jm1LOATAUgx95UFTx_crv3es1HDXlnp6kj4EV6Ofie3F5yxJoYQH2w1DmSRg6h2WlKl1R1VadCXbytm736PFhObX5960KmaPFBCk2XoRQD7S2Bzy-eEbapqjwu5mrN0Ld9QcgHneMT9SrLXKQM7xae3poyhyphenhyphen5ayTWejdkzUiAInG7EIFGtG5mMo/s4032/IMG_4707.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdeE3jm1LOATAUgx95UFTx_crv3es1HDXlnp6kj4EV6Ofie3F5yxJoYQH2w1DmSRg6h2WlKl1R1VadCXbytm736PFhObX5960KmaPFBCk2XoRQD7S2Bzy-eEbapqjwu5mrN0Ld9QcgHneMT9SrLXKQM7xae3poyhyphenhyphen5ayTWejdkzUiAInG7EIFGtG5mMo/w640-h480/IMG_4707.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAaVkYw4gf2unI1bqsmt3PGrORQqIDPYSNT9pQ5fQ31uHwUrJ1wsNBAK5fuMAPoMDvnLDXhHSIawvBYI9JKHFgBM1YlMUdaibzBXcm3B2h0iNkcoVgN0g6TG6Pmkcbhgv_sP3WgCd8Fyh1TNu-iCCVgjHSX_eMNlGDmns_MJfn8s7JMEGZGq_GiRaIQ0/s2948/IMG_4661%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="2948" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAaVkYw4gf2unI1bqsmt3PGrORQqIDPYSNT9pQ5fQ31uHwUrJ1wsNBAK5fuMAPoMDvnLDXhHSIawvBYI9JKHFgBM1YlMUdaibzBXcm3B2h0iNkcoVgN0g6TG6Pmkcbhgv_sP3WgCd8Fyh1TNu-iCCVgjHSX_eMNlGDmns_MJfn8s7JMEGZGq_GiRaIQ0/w640-h638/IMG_4661%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Next up for decision was the backing. I found this Noah's Ark stripe in my stash. The hight of the animal bands are about 2". Except for blue instead of purple, the fabric reflected the colors and tonality of the top quite well. The whimsy of the print also cheers up the somewhat somber nature of the top. I had three yards, which I calculated was enough area for the 57" x 57" top. I just had to figure out if I could cut and seam the Noah's Ark while preserving and matching the stripes.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>TOP:</b> 57in x 57in = 3249 sq.in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BACKING:</b> 3 yds x 36"/yd x 40" WOF = 4320 sq.in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMYvMwXSLdBax8Fyzmn0CAme3sdGIO4Po7QPXjSDCI56ex4siUvbAd5xXp0G1yJYy8cI6cKgnzdOndUNmOEcZ9BPvjjNoWGvmVHGibNl5B15a2Wc98wsPvXkRYk7cl3jT3mVJ3gJbZwZ_h1w2JVFwxQGlQ8FJM-cUcNmFa8QytYbrm4TzD0QhM7VlnDw/s3036/IMG_4708%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2993" data-original-width="3036" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMYvMwXSLdBax8Fyzmn0CAme3sdGIO4Po7QPXjSDCI56ex4siUvbAd5xXp0G1yJYy8cI6cKgnzdOndUNmOEcZ9BPvjjNoWGvmVHGibNl5B15a2Wc98wsPvXkRYk7cl3jT3mVJ3gJbZwZ_h1w2JVFwxQGlQ8FJM-cUcNmFa8QytYbrm4TzD0QhM7VlnDw/w640-h630/IMG_4708%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I did mange to seam the backing fabric quasi-invisibly with one entire width horizontal seam, and one short partial height vertical seam. The vertical seam is shown in the following photo where the tip of the scissors are pointing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViU6wHDGYTW2PNUYrsvl1_brWFWJ6I1a46C8qHFkpqy-TDfddzwqvYa1F8rqkwDjt8p_3ZEKiyphojZPdEQaXwV5_Pvqd_oD4ZWmaWU6fhmPwMWrae_4OifE79RMlXWJsNoOCKgvtkSSiYn1mQWqLN8ICT_vFbk76Y4fyCMnjmxVwchU0yU9Zy5JfDEQ/s4032/IMG_4730.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViU6wHDGYTW2PNUYrsvl1_brWFWJ6I1a46C8qHFkpqy-TDfddzwqvYa1F8rqkwDjt8p_3ZEKiyphojZPdEQaXwV5_Pvqd_oD4ZWmaWU6fhmPwMWrae_4OifE79RMlXWJsNoOCKgvtkSSiYn1mQWqLN8ICT_vFbk76Y4fyCMnjmxVwchU0yU9Zy5JfDEQ/w480-h640/IMG_4730.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I have enough leftover Noah's Ark fabric to make another quilt. I could cut the fabric into squares and alternate it with patchwork blocks of another pattern such as nine-patch or pinwheels or rail fence. In the photo below the fabric is folded in a double thickness. Or I could use the longer pieces as the borders of a smaller quilt. Whatever I do, I am <i>not</i> storing this back away in the bin I just emptied!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbwbr7bpKcGwrqA96jDWdowUkIQpOlTRMzcI7CXkCMLDhV1PRauXd6rSh2ayELe7WkHciQIjhQKPrAktSKNBmBUyMa_9fijVmTVOd73X0_jEvybLvX4dyrOLLmq5qDL2fa-PfGuNqNVuglkHCqIDet8U3hVfATrAS6xgxQ_wFlcmFzXB4PlGEBQugl70/s1884/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-19%20at%20%20Feb%2019,%209.06.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1884" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbwbr7bpKcGwrqA96jDWdowUkIQpOlTRMzcI7CXkCMLDhV1PRauXd6rSh2ayELe7WkHciQIjhQKPrAktSKNBmBUyMa_9fijVmTVOd73X0_jEvybLvX4dyrOLLmq5qDL2fa-PfGuNqNVuglkHCqIDet8U3hVfATrAS6xgxQ_wFlcmFzXB4PlGEBQugl70/w640-h208/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-19%20at%20%20Feb%2019,%209.06.46%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6N5flBynr81oZ0-wKPRNjTbmyE8-vpX8HP48UDQjxwcJ9aUosh6Fq6OCnioUbwNJxONU5ksCvHlc2UrLTIN7HfjY6G2TD7ZtH7AxLBGLbhAe6SJfhSzYsltuhEMPmnJz-OZgZlVNYS1DICLnVOWDepnu1m1z6eQZBMaQeFNV0PBywsbK1dyyovdni2A/s4032/IMG_4733.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6N5flBynr81oZ0-wKPRNjTbmyE8-vpX8HP48UDQjxwcJ9aUosh6Fq6OCnioUbwNJxONU5ksCvHlc2UrLTIN7HfjY6G2TD7ZtH7AxLBGLbhAe6SJfhSzYsltuhEMPmnJz-OZgZlVNYS1DICLnVOWDepnu1m1z6eQZBMaQeFNV0PBywsbK1dyyovdni2A/w640-h480/IMG_4733.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My binding is all made from the red fabric. Next up is sandwiching this top and backing with batting, and then quilting it. Those activities are the subject of another post.</div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-79975909171462724502024-02-17T16:01:00.000-08:002024-02-17T16:01:09.308-08:00Round Nativity Stuffed Ornaments<p>In keeping with my self-imposed goal of sewing up my panels of Christmas ornaments, I completed these six blue orbs with nativity scenes. I used blue ribbons in keeping with the serene hue of the ornaments. The ornaments did not have a marked seam allowance; the source panel merely instructed to sew ¼" from the edge. Not having a change of color at the seam allowance interface was easier, and did not result in glimpses of white along the seams if the sewing line strayed a bit. Also, not having ins and outs or places that needed to be clipped made these ornaments super easy to sew. These orbs tell the Christmas story in six scenes:</p><p></p><ul><li>The Angel telling Mary to expect a child</li><li>Mary and Joseph and the donkey making the trek to Bethlehem</li><li>The city of Bethlehem</li><li>Jesus after birth lying in a manger with the star above</li><li>Shepherds visiting from the fields, guided by the star</li><li>The Three Kings arriving after following the star from afar</li></ul><p></p><p>Here are the nativity rounds before stuffing. Hand whipstitching the curved opening after stuffing took a bit more care, but nothing unmanageable. I did thumbnail crease the edges before stitching to make it easier. Even so, the curve was not as smooth as I would have liked. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3JknZIug2nlT5fUmJTOcASLcWIuv68q0NxIR7C4ctcW-RovTJUCwJt1ecjv4qTNmM6kTKIJvSOqqZL5Hw13OE-hpH8xbxsW1tE7ETmbWZekCYcAUJWiDOEFwbLYS8ikB7AXWRYdKseCG7EfCCm_M9EvvwbpsAp2yp8bbieNQeNRp2v94Hdu03IgmpU8/s2944/IMG_4715.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="2944" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3JknZIug2nlT5fUmJTOcASLcWIuv68q0NxIR7C4ctcW-RovTJUCwJt1ecjv4qTNmM6kTKIJvSOqqZL5Hw13OE-hpH8xbxsW1tE7ETmbWZekCYcAUJWiDOEFwbLYS8ikB7AXWRYdKseCG7EfCCm_M9EvvwbpsAp2yp8bbieNQeNRp2v94Hdu03IgmpU8/w640-h594/IMG_4715.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The first one I did, with Mary and the angel, had a flat spot in the whip-stitched section. The second one I did, with Joseph, Mary, and the donkey, had a jagged bottom, not a smooth curve, but the I told myself that since the trio was traveling a rocky road, it was OK.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_Y8uavYm96r7l6e9bogm08-2ZeVTR3dBmO1UEnct85YGe1zchsey-5J4btRS4imlIXPy_IBzrxQS8-zWz0mEiyzyk0E3_bXzuogXNZlYSIYwzlTFoScmr-oPfR_vRoHi2MFWglvo0x-JtUJOyqoAZt1mnbTUtc-p78I2LiCFCwYyfJVnR2UequB8FR4/s3339/IMG_4720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="3339" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_Y8uavYm96r7l6e9bogm08-2ZeVTR3dBmO1UEnct85YGe1zchsey-5J4btRS4imlIXPy_IBzrxQS8-zWz0mEiyzyk0E3_bXzuogXNZlYSIYwzlTFoScmr-oPfR_vRoHi2MFWglvo0x-JtUJOyqoAZt1mnbTUtc-p78I2LiCFCwYyfJVnR2UequB8FR4/w640-h390/IMG_4720.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then I started using <a href="https://clover-usa.com/products/wonder-clips-assortment-50-pcs" target="_blank">Clover Wonder Clips</a>® to keep the seam allowance uniform and not sliding inward unequally as I stitched. The clips also helped keep the opening from collapsing while I pushed in the poly-fill stuffing. This little trick worked, even better than straight pins, and by the third ornament, I was a pro at keeping the whip-stitched area as round as the machine-stitched portions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjtAs2WAmqjHcyExDXqNrN1bix-o8VnrYMRKubhJGrExceY0ieCZ7t1L63YSQUB6Lq-rYt9ORq9x3o9D7n07OyM4D69uMLfmhC2oTW7KgiSHCA-UgmK6Ky7w5N3FbvaznE4fZFvhbcNi_orzSk2ykABgTKCeppmNJnpup3ejPhx-jk9HSXg3bVz6Lv3s/s4032/IMG_4717.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjtAs2WAmqjHcyExDXqNrN1bix-o8VnrYMRKubhJGrExceY0ieCZ7t1L63YSQUB6Lq-rYt9ORq9x3o9D7n07OyM4D69uMLfmhC2oTW7KgiSHCA-UgmK6Ky7w5N3FbvaznE4fZFvhbcNi_orzSk2ykABgTKCeppmNJnpup3ejPhx-jk9HSXg3bVz6Lv3s/w480-h640/IMG_4717.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcldwnvctvESYy2CjGzZvk5zmtGNhhngy6unC2J3Fwx9LirMHhDMurbdVlOvYIYXh84UMGD1BZJ33dypb0Mm7dM7MMWHE_ve3uzR54d184LcN9D9O9cOA3znc0xOtRfnKif8cCqL_59JTNP92h0aBOIuQ5I9mSch9QjkWkZiJz0-Uyjo2B6LNZ-ON4Dw/s3178/IMG_4721.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2374" data-original-width="3178" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcldwnvctvESYy2CjGzZvk5zmtGNhhngy6unC2J3Fwx9LirMHhDMurbdVlOvYIYXh84UMGD1BZJ33dypb0Mm7dM7MMWHE_ve3uzR54d184LcN9D9O9cOA3znc0xOtRfnKif8cCqL_59JTNP92h0aBOIuQ5I9mSch9QjkWkZiJz0-Uyjo2B6LNZ-ON4Dw/w640-h478/IMG_4721.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Here is the set of six stuffed ornaments. These nativity scene ornaments are added to the angels <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-begins-with-fun.html">(1/5/24 post)</a>, houses <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/christmas-house-ornaments.html">(1/17/24 post)</a>, Strawberry Shortcake <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/strawberry-shortcake-ornaments.html">(1/25/24 post)</a>, and <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/02/random-enjoyable-days.html">critters (2/7/24 post)</a> ornaments I made earlier this year. How many more panels do I have stashed away? Who knows? I keep finding them. They are fun fill-in projects that give a sense of accomplishment in a short period of time.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFTMSXy4dNcovEHtLzhStaCu1ik-xokeXxt1lHaTBmB_82IGHc6k-Klup413K59lpdzMCIiIdgeUipw_rVq0tOboIM0CZgYFpQYgIS7wvLp8-YUSDDx_S3ofkdWpMliPpo8I9Z1si25unt2LNdxEtILGhYipNXxFC4OVXJJrruCOO3pM4vegnH1EhIxs/s2962/IMG_4718.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2875" data-original-width="2962" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFTMSXy4dNcovEHtLzhStaCu1ik-xokeXxt1lHaTBmB_82IGHc6k-Klup413K59lpdzMCIiIdgeUipw_rVq0tOboIM0CZgYFpQYgIS7wvLp8-YUSDDx_S3ofkdWpMliPpo8I9Z1si25unt2LNdxEtILGhYipNXxFC4OVXJJrruCOO3pM4vegnH1EhIxs/w640-h622/IMG_4718.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-78587302481910767502024-02-07T21:26:00.000-08:002024-02-12T16:42:54.364-08:00Random Enjoyable Days<p>Today, Feb 7th, was a day when the rain poured down relentlessly outside our home in California. Per the weather man, we are currently experiencing an "atmospheric river". It was a good day to stay in my sewing room tidying up and dabbling with random small projects. I'd had a quilting friend over yesterday and we dragged out a bunch of kits and fabrics to look at and audition. I leisurely took the time today to put that stuff away, also, refreshing my memory and becoming re-inspired as I did so.</p><p>I continued my dedication to my ongoing project of completing Christmas stuffed ornaments. I found two more angels to round out the set of six that was my first project of 2024. These two were cut out and tucked away amidst other Christmas fabrics. Take heart. UFOs never go away; they just vanish to an undisclosed location to resurface at a later time. I sewed up and stuffed those two angels. Based on their hair, my guess is that they are African and Native American. Four of the set had been made with red ribbon loops and two with green ribbon loops so I chose green for these additional two to balance out the octet. I like that the green picks up of the wreath of the angel on the left and pick ups the tree of the angel on the right. Following the photo of the pair I sewed and stuffed today, I've repeated a picture of the other six from <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-begins-with-fun.html" target="_blank">my post at the start of 2024</a>. They are such a bright and cheerful lot, especially spirit-lifting on such a dreary day!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPqFPGcOKLubHo9Z5NTpJOo8NNsOsLQfOOPApiit8W6UDFOSyuNQ5lAZWn-yxpDnRVH2uwsRykeb-XzpzQoEgUVlIAiKiV_EDmpkzqwRACkZSdeuGTYBV7OsBfhGHyu8ak1eRZ0Fd2goLlYKTci5vZR1cG6y0ulnEw0C2szrz2GtIU9TZD7Q8T_TXQgU/s4032/IMG_4657.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPqFPGcOKLubHo9Z5NTpJOo8NNsOsLQfOOPApiit8W6UDFOSyuNQ5lAZWn-yxpDnRVH2uwsRykeb-XzpzQoEgUVlIAiKiV_EDmpkzqwRACkZSdeuGTYBV7OsBfhGHyu8ak1eRZ0Fd2goLlYKTci5vZR1cG6y0ulnEw0C2szrz2GtIU9TZD7Q8T_TXQgU/w640-h480/IMG_4657.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUVfHXI_VlVSr8WorOn5QLsU9tcMLCCk4Ohfdpp4ruqyz7Et_qyLtEdD5NHuBb7XBZBrEa9GBrl4HmKaFwi0dN2olPsfst811QeO8Wk6_1odCjU5P2a56Jokaw7kJX8pO9t4SP_j2KnjEWnhU-JUfXBAnqgxTMDz7FMURymQvcVfBNE6VVBzmB73nPqo/s1530/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-07%20at%20%20Feb%207,%207.58.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1530" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUVfHXI_VlVSr8WorOn5QLsU9tcMLCCk4Ohfdpp4ruqyz7Et_qyLtEdD5NHuBb7XBZBrEa9GBrl4HmKaFwi0dN2olPsfst811QeO8Wk6_1odCjU5P2a56Jokaw7kJX8pO9t4SP_j2KnjEWnhU-JUfXBAnqgxTMDz7FMURymQvcVfBNE6VVBzmB73nPqo/w640-h460/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-07%20at%20%20Feb%207,%207.58.43%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also found nestled among the panels of fabrics two forgotten critters, a lion cub holding a poinsettia and a kitten with a Christmas ball. They were already cut out and just needed to be stitched and stuffed. I obliged. I suspect other members of the set are packed away with Christmas ornaments that had been displayed this past Christmas 2023, but there are no guarantees. Those other critter ornaments may pop up from some secret mysterious location, awaiting completion. Unusual among these type of ornaments, the kitten was labeled to be stitched at the side back rather than at the bottom. I wish I had ignored those markings, since the whip stitch closure is more visible on the side than it would have been on the uneven bottom. Oh well, what's done is done.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuuxmw3uuBep4h82vEVPCdw4KJj52ELEJnu-5OsxVCE83PDmNWgzOLzyTVBzGI-AxGyzFIyXexMgJpz668-VR3gyLA-vya1QbWtJSe9eox2hr8Rh5BuEh8hQkGwbW1ysAg50vMkzTZrbG103ep5xq2m48KFIMtu0svrIlnlI8-pa_Jy_puSvb0f7cGek/s3625/IMG_4654.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="3625" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuuxmw3uuBep4h82vEVPCdw4KJj52ELEJnu-5OsxVCE83PDmNWgzOLzyTVBzGI-AxGyzFIyXexMgJpz668-VR3gyLA-vya1QbWtJSe9eox2hr8Rh5BuEh8hQkGwbW1ysAg50vMkzTZrbG103ep5xq2m48KFIMtu0svrIlnlI8-pa_Jy_puSvb0f7cGek/w640-h508/IMG_4654.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>During my sewing room browsing (cleansing?) I came across a plastic scrapbook type bin with sixteen completed blocks and seven pinwheels. These had been made from block of the month packets from JoAnn Fabrics that I'd bought in clearance at $1 each. The block of the month kit was called <i>Spice Meadows</i> and was originally available through April 2006. The colors are kind of a give away. I have an incomplete assortment of assembled blocks with duplicates of some. Yesterday, I became re-inspired to assemble the blocks into a quilt. My friend helped me pick out some spotted brown fabrics from my stash that I may use as sashing. There were some fabric scraps in the bin so today I sewed up an eighth ~2" pinwheel. More details will follow when I actually work on this quilt but I least have the intention to do it in 2024. My real incentive is to free up that plastic bin. I have a self-imposed upper limit of 15 of these bins.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupZ-8A1V6_Bal1CVgJnJel0wCOiTWiATXqGX3CtiN3_kcm4paSI3Ki6G7cq82tctZZ3zz12FU7qNhpDlBkaPcxHBSrjUpnYhhkrlAebqSQk5n6etgM7RP55wCu6Wn60Ht4l0h-ciWCMSwlTcze2tFhxK3wnoAI1Qagl-ryUdCBZ2O5oPJ4_Qo9jlL1Oc/s4032/IMG_4658.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupZ-8A1V6_Bal1CVgJnJel0wCOiTWiATXqGX3CtiN3_kcm4paSI3Ki6G7cq82tctZZ3zz12FU7qNhpDlBkaPcxHBSrjUpnYhhkrlAebqSQk5n6etgM7RP55wCu6Wn60Ht4l0h-ciWCMSwlTcze2tFhxK3wnoAI1Qagl-ryUdCBZ2O5oPJ4_Qo9jlL1Oc/w640-h480/IMG_4658.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYG0HXwYMBbc0eI2BshrdrBpyWi2pPKwZ_ZG5gXlwW5Pz7EEERbdNgEDoFoZ6K16mZ4sHv3QrJlodtt9xFXLJFs6Gu9Z94mCKt94Ssix_0fGYRpOWCsVrikJ4XWr00rWT99Eurg8la8Bx-0FVMm-MQmfTyK0jy7KJONJcpcgeqU8wL54zxZWwQxKbO4-w/s3806/IMG_4653.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="3806" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYG0HXwYMBbc0eI2BshrdrBpyWi2pPKwZ_ZG5gXlwW5Pz7EEERbdNgEDoFoZ6K16mZ4sHv3QrJlodtt9xFXLJFs6Gu9Z94mCKt94Ssix_0fGYRpOWCsVrikJ4XWr00rWT99Eurg8la8Bx-0FVMm-MQmfTyK0jy7KJONJcpcgeqU8wL54zxZWwQxKbO4-w/w640-h310/IMG_4653.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The colors of the previous set of blocks are very muted and not my normal preferred palette. I dragged out a kit title <i>Harvest Home</i> that I'd bought at a show (©2006 pattern included within) purely because of its clearance bargain price (~75% off!) thinking to possibly raid it for completion fabrics. Instead, when taking it out of the package and really looking at it, I became re-enamored with the kit and now want to work on it, too, as designed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNt0V6Sp6QaAZ13-Rnt0NS-ZIpExQvllO1hwnxoOjGfzBp3UfTUG4l41VFGPb3aJXYhtLUD-hOYL9_BZsk6T9LK9f0vonoZEF-ccNoSXX5lqKdElj4BpdV2qwt9ahEIPQA9e5C-czadG4Zn0hEM26KrxnHRkHUL4FILzz3utzmPg8hx_ZZbcR71WfaVg/s1004/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-07%20at%20%20Feb%207,%207.46.21%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNt0V6Sp6QaAZ13-Rnt0NS-ZIpExQvllO1hwnxoOjGfzBp3UfTUG4l41VFGPb3aJXYhtLUD-hOYL9_BZsk6T9LK9f0vonoZEF-ccNoSXX5lqKdElj4BpdV2qwt9ahEIPQA9e5C-czadG4Zn0hEM26KrxnHRkHUL4FILzz3utzmPg8hx_ZZbcR71WfaVg/w500-h640/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-07%20at%20%20Feb%207,%207.46.21%20PM.png" width="500" /></a></div><br />All in all, today was an enjoyable day of indulgent dabbles and foibles indoors, heedless of the puddles and dribbles outdoors.<p></p>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-6534415878507652962024-01-25T16:18:00.000-08:002024-01-25T16:18:59.037-08:00Strawberry Shortcake Ornaments<p>In my ongoing determination to sew up all my panels of Christmas ornaments, I came across eight of Strawberry Shortcake ornaments, two in each of these four designs, already cut out and ready to sew up. <span style="text-align: center;">Each design, as well as having a duplicate, had a mirror image of itself. </span>My daughter, was a fan of Strawberry Shortcake in her childhood years. The selvage of the panel reads <i><b>©1980 American Greetings Corporation © Spring Mills Inc. Pattern 5714</b></i> so this panel had been in my stash for about four decades. Yikes! <span style="text-align: center;">The iconic Christmas symbols are quite fitting: a wreath, a snowman, a candy cane, and a stocking.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOPK2GQkod-2fQsmuch_ssrDpWMCGFcS43yBQJCgNezVj6qOc0dawuxMHrCNOKouhUjQ3RKd86ZwUGL35EvcmTr-HLnI6oYDeuvutD4u1sotB9h6hd-K-ffesT1yFUwKyJBI4ft0S9CIkmDKh3dYx2BiIS_OD-pFT8IfrccV2nuhxkKh5xttBTigd5iE/s3024/IMG_4583.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOPK2GQkod-2fQsmuch_ssrDpWMCGFcS43yBQJCgNezVj6qOc0dawuxMHrCNOKouhUjQ3RKd86ZwUGL35EvcmTr-HLnI6oYDeuvutD4u1sotB9h6hd-K-ffesT1yFUwKyJBI4ft0S9CIkmDKh3dYx2BiIS_OD-pFT8IfrccV2nuhxkKh5xttBTigd5iE/w640-h640/IMG_4583.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lhi5tk6CW1GBLBVVLuXazNKZmMSrQKR1Yxtpmwt8XrYH330m7QYUBirohOldzatqQ_v1oynwPtw1aZ9cxOhSWmqWpaTm66A57VHCWwtTS5zyXGqV4YFF1q9lrMfh2kfn_zPKpb5v6wdOtXXj0hCFSqJy5nir_Xw-lQBkvpFtUapt7Dkd5PP-qKLkOsU/s1817/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%209.05.45%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1817" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lhi5tk6CW1GBLBVVLuXazNKZmMSrQKR1Yxtpmwt8XrYH330m7QYUBirohOldzatqQ_v1oynwPtw1aZ9cxOhSWmqWpaTm66A57VHCWwtTS5zyXGqV4YFF1q9lrMfh2kfn_zPKpb5v6wdOtXXj0hCFSqJy5nir_Xw-lQBkvpFtUapt7Dkd5PP-qKLkOsU/w640-h234/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%209.05.45%20PM.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Who is Strawberry Shortcake? Per <a href="https://www.strawberryshortcake.com/characters/vintage-strawberry-shortcake/strawberry-shortcake-and-custard#:~:text=Strawberry%20Shortcake%20is%20a%20bright,Custard%20normally%20by%20her%20side." target="_blank">a vintage Strawberry Shortcake site</a>:<div><i><blockquote>Strawberry Shortcake is a bright and energetic little girl with red hair and freckles with a big, adorable smile. Strawberry is kind, resourceful, and always ready to help a friend in need. With her pet cat named Custard normally by her side. She usually wears a sweet, red dress with a white pinafore, and a pink bonnet decorated with strawberries. In her earliest adventures, Strawberry's home was a shortcake surrounded by well-tended strawberry vines, in 1983 she moved into her "Berry Happy Home", a large and ornate home.</blockquote></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XG4tn-j1kbMphesJCK72goMt7jK8RRl_zMAdvf6XMO-tBRE06dQNiA-vCUh8AZ8FJTGLV8eKF8AG_Qgnejyl3ilGhBKsqUaN24Q_HnTEP3UwIl6FZFqt8qSI-6SL1dFpshb1h-u5xD8B4v2Ymh1XplRF83uW0i8OhHRG0Pe8Kxx9zzi7OFOyoc23SZ8/s2106/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%2012.59.20%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="2106" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XG4tn-j1kbMphesJCK72goMt7jK8RRl_zMAdvf6XMO-tBRE06dQNiA-vCUh8AZ8FJTGLV8eKF8AG_Qgnejyl3ilGhBKsqUaN24Q_HnTEP3UwIl6FZFqt8qSI-6SL1dFpshb1h-u5xD8B4v2Ymh1XplRF83uW0i8OhHRG0Pe8Kxx9zzi7OFOyoc23SZ8/w640-h406/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%2012.59.20%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It took me three weeks to get an order of pink grosgrain ribbon from Amazon. I have become so spoiled by the normally quick turn around, so I suspect this order must have been from a second party seller. I waited, impatiently, because pink just <i>had</i> to be the color of choice for the loops due to <i>Strawberry's</i> bonnet and her cat <i>Custard</i>. I suppose I could have used red or green ribbon but, nah. My stubborn streak held firm, and the loop <i>had</i> to be pink. Here are the eight ornaments with <i>pink</i> loops. I chose to put the mirror image on each back. Although she faces the same way in the photo, the cat in the stocking also has a mirror image on the back. I did not flip the ornament to the other side because I wasn't paying enough attention when I set up the photo.<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rneeef89a5hIopjBaXMG5kORnfXGxxmPNddS7tveatiudursCe6P3KUMu9ELaU5m8-otyLwWWTJOftsKgzVc9_jKbaq5iagGh104e4z-FvQ2pKi5GeTejQLk-ezIAjlFUtPRH_FGzF8TXiWZ31nzKvftK1kX44fk5qfx-nSsAmvho4fNjQuRTqkc_5U/s4032/IMG_4632.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rneeef89a5hIopjBaXMG5kORnfXGxxmPNddS7tveatiudursCe6P3KUMu9ELaU5m8-otyLwWWTJOftsKgzVc9_jKbaq5iagGh104e4z-FvQ2pKi5GeTejQLk-ezIAjlFUtPRH_FGzF8TXiWZ31nzKvftK1kX44fk5qfx-nSsAmvho4fNjQuRTqkc_5U/w480-h640/IMG_4632.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpozFHWBF_2y1KTumcYK6km5P7ge7dApshioqCgG6ICPuHGrLxQw4OAnnXvsbFToB9z4FzwhniAqJsYHdLY9_LPJdpvONyP5tLU8MTnuuknXxnyff6a_LeSfzuxBfx85BCxzad-WOX6r04aoE1DkG-Crb5ItZdpL-TKeuoMtffR4BbxEqzRmuwphGfXys/s3288/IMG_4633.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3288" data-original-width="2989" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpozFHWBF_2y1KTumcYK6km5P7ge7dApshioqCgG6ICPuHGrLxQw4OAnnXvsbFToB9z4FzwhniAqJsYHdLY9_LPJdpvONyP5tLU8MTnuuknXxnyff6a_LeSfzuxBfx85BCxzad-WOX6r04aoE1DkG-Crb5ItZdpL-TKeuoMtffR4BbxEqzRmuwphGfXys/w582-h640/IMG_4633.jpeg" width="582" /></a></div></div><br />A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/business/media/11cartoons.html">New York Times business article in 2008</a> commented that<p></p><blockquote><i>The 1980s Strawberry Shortcake has been updated to spend her time chatting on a cell phone instead of brushing her calico cat, Custard. </i></blockquote><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp4DWo6NHmofSWXOLZ69FHON1ma2cfgu3UF49TzQ59lA8LTHkygPml0dr0UdcyhVQiI7E89UZSOEtq_97oiaWZdvWsw6VqStWwyzUxeD4TyxRy_dgaiP_w-yqzuj3aLGHTHbXXyDMUVKT-HGJArcLC2LEWC6RMNUx94ZAnjOFdNM9fgC7JtK2zLyWfTU/s1168/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%2012.54.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1168" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp4DWo6NHmofSWXOLZ69FHON1ma2cfgu3UF49TzQ59lA8LTHkygPml0dr0UdcyhVQiI7E89UZSOEtq_97oiaWZdvWsw6VqStWwyzUxeD4TyxRy_dgaiP_w-yqzuj3aLGHTHbXXyDMUVKT-HGJArcLC2LEWC6RMNUx94ZAnjOFdNM9fgC7JtK2zLyWfTU/w640-h410/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%2012.54.39%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></p><p>I captured this poster of the continuing evolution of Strawberry Shortcake from the <a href="https://www.fivelittlediamonds.co.uk/blogs/news/all-about-strawberry-shortcake">UK blog Five Little Diamonds</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHPWXgYQD8yt_pHcKlGvH6OrCyqOHlLMgpQZ4FyWrh_cFHuq6hR-0pCsbfYgx1asndt0P9w_VSD-8243ep2PVjnSn0kPxwSGa-Idc1D7Xq84nd40icvkYlB0vRI9mZkynW-0-xjPcoLf1izxDL70CbgiWJSyugVm7TEag7ZE1M7UpC69BZOWCyVKGrz4/s1142/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%2010.34.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1076" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHPWXgYQD8yt_pHcKlGvH6OrCyqOHlLMgpQZ4FyWrh_cFHuq6hR-0pCsbfYgx1asndt0P9w_VSD-8243ep2PVjnSn0kPxwSGa-Idc1D7Xq84nd40icvkYlB0vRI9mZkynW-0-xjPcoLf1izxDL70CbgiWJSyugVm7TEag7ZE1M7UpC69BZOWCyVKGrz4/w604-h640/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-19%20at%20%20Jan%2019,%2010.34.51%20AM.png" width="604" /></a></div><p>Interestingly, Strawberry Shortcake started out as an image from a Hallmark greeting card. In <a href="https://strawberryshortcake.fandom.com/wiki/Strawberry_Shortcake_(character)" target="_blank">a Strawberry Shortcake fandom site</a>, there are more details of Strawberry's evolution through the years. Notice, I said <i>evolution</i>, not <i>aging</i>. Strawberry Shortcake still remains young. Only the interpretation and portrayal of "hip" continually changes to be contemporary or trendy. My favorite portrayal of Strawberry Shortcake is from the 1980's. What would she look like today if she really was in her 40s? Would she be slender and fit in her leggings and sports bra from her pilates and exercising? Or would she be pleasantly plump as a mother in her mom jeans from sampling and enjoying all her baking?</p></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-24666874827812372182024-01-22T23:26:00.000-08:002024-01-22T23:26:05.672-08:00Crocheting Strawberry the Axolotl<p>One of my 2024 goals was to knit or crochet at least one item since, to my surprise, I had done neither of those crafts in 2023. Coincidentally my grandson had developed a liking for small amigurumi figures he had seen, so I decided to crochet him one, thus checking off my goal and making him happy. Per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigurumi" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p><blockquote><i>Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures. The word is a compound of the Japanese words ami, meaning "crocheted or knitted", and kurumi, literally "wrapping", as in nuigurumi "(sewn) stuffed doll". Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look.</i></blockquote>There is a popular line of kits called <a href="https://thewoobles.com/" target="_blank">Woobles</a> advertised as "learn to crochet kits for beginners". The Wooble figure Isaiah wanted was <i>Strawberry the Axolotl</i>. My preferred craft is knitting, but I do know how to crochet. Even so, I found the tutorial that came with this kit exceptional and I learned a few things and understand a lot of other things better. I thought the kit was overpriced but hey, it was for my grandson, and it really did come with absolutely everything I needed, and a learning experience to boot. One thing I definitely did not know... what is an <b>Axolotl</b>?<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM11Hp8ZKjstGSOCdieJnsRn8Id0vUL_5a8AlNEYUpizxeAq3KH13kievhvnbdWo3iA8yLgDuCgTcanbx0sNBjSc7rzL9Lgt-i1XHqzGhYZ3gtK_wDwhjLnF6Op-0A4TghkqIRyXKbp1DyDWc9iL7dmoclnZSA_14ugQC0VNnK_ge9RDo9RLE4t_mqss/s3162/IMG_4628%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3162" data-original-width="2947" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM11Hp8ZKjstGSOCdieJnsRn8Id0vUL_5a8AlNEYUpizxeAq3KH13kievhvnbdWo3iA8yLgDuCgTcanbx0sNBjSc7rzL9Lgt-i1XHqzGhYZ3gtK_wDwhjLnF6Op-0A4TghkqIRyXKbp1DyDWc9iL7dmoclnZSA_14ugQC0VNnK_ge9RDo9RLE4t_mqss/w596-h640/IMG_4628%202.jpeg" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>An axolotl is an amphibian creature that never outgrows it tadpole stage of life. I tend to think of it as the Peter Pan of the animal kingdom since <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/axolotls-amphibians-that-never-grow-up.html">it never grows up</a>. For more detail about the following facts, check out <a href="https://www.thefactsite.com/axolotl-facts/">https://www.thefactsite.com/axolotl-facts/</a>.<br /><ol><li>Axolotls are native to one place in the world.</li><li>They never show signs of aging!</li><li>Axolotls are carnivores.</li><li>This curious creature comes in a variety of colors.</li><li>Axolotls were first brought to Europe in 1864.</li><li>Finding a mate involves dancing.</li><li>Axolotls can regenerate new body parts.</li><li>The axolotl is the Aztec god of fire and lightning.</li><li>They are an endangered species.</li><li>Axolotls are banned as pets in some US States and Canadian Provinces.</li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWF4Prj8y3bmRzy3WR3qRCjYdNe4vT5Xv2i6HAHBxGzxV52N0PIaRAwlyTgfi9-svsuWIK3MonEAGR_FF4AZHuKRS6wsZFtRNnlkIQ8qrm-pcW4A_gKJKgDg95BKGewk4kaFdxZUFR1QNDVcfXlGxEDxF_HcfmOOeEPnfzLkIFU3crfr6h03StWpiTjPQ/s753/axolotl-pink-captive-bred-two-column.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="753" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWF4Prj8y3bmRzy3WR3qRCjYdNe4vT5Xv2i6HAHBxGzxV52N0PIaRAwlyTgfi9-svsuWIK3MonEAGR_FF4AZHuKRS6wsZFtRNnlkIQ8qrm-pcW4A_gKJKgDg95BKGewk4kaFdxZUFR1QNDVcfXlGxEDxF_HcfmOOeEPnfzLkIFU3crfr6h03StWpiTjPQ/w640-h370/axolotl-pink-captive-bred-two-column.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0_MlpTfONHCXtwvIvz6p29MCiR2YPlQkm9SX2VLOuiIqisX7sUocz0Lx-GtfsIT3BQb6MjNIkmr-7Zl2ckyHpOJLnmBzsu9iaXOeRJ_C2252aDNqh42HSQ5uc8_pD5LUqY5Dz_iP3pNGubQL7vC3EEslYR8SWKuX9nULrUP5L-H8oF26T48PqEpB0v4/s740/axolotls-facts-740x370.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0_MlpTfONHCXtwvIvz6p29MCiR2YPlQkm9SX2VLOuiIqisX7sUocz0Lx-GtfsIT3BQb6MjNIkmr-7Zl2ckyHpOJLnmBzsu9iaXOeRJ_C2252aDNqh42HSQ5uc8_pD5LUqY5Dz_iP3pNGubQL7vC3EEslYR8SWKuX9nULrUP5L-H8oF26T48PqEpB0v4/w640-h320/axolotls-facts-740x370.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The axolotl is of great value in medical research and the facts surrounding it are unique. Per the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl" target="_blank">Wikipedia article <i>Axolotl</i></a><i><blockquote>Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due to their ability to regenerate limbs, gills and parts of their eyes and brains. Notably, their ability to regenerate declines with age, but it does not disappear. Axolotls keep modestly growing throughout their life and some consider this trait to be a direct contributor to their regenerative abilities. Further research has been conducted to examine their heart as a model of human single ventricle and excessive trabeculation (i.e. heart wall anomalies).</blockquote></i>But I digress. Back to crocheting. Each Wooble comes with an instruction card and a log in site with password where directions are in written form, verbal form, as well as illustrated in great detail, step by step, in a series of short videos. Everything you need is in the kit: yarn (conveniently the non-splitting type), crochet hook, stitch markers, safety eyes, stuffing, and a yarn needle.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0TN49HYhM203RNH_bQMnQxNKd_MWvn6X4YvlCqZoAt4AAvLZqh00zqAkmgkG4DPu33hGrDVwntZZbnCSpEvxrHUo22Qb-ShIBQCrPoy0EucygzpDZB74SNMzrK8RL6bRuQ3fkfMjNGdFztktgN7z1af_shzWfLewdqIiMny-26Wc4jZxAiO5m9FGYR0/s2702/IMG_4588.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2673" data-original-width="2702" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0TN49HYhM203RNH_bQMnQxNKd_MWvn6X4YvlCqZoAt4AAvLZqh00zqAkmgkG4DPu33hGrDVwntZZbnCSpEvxrHUo22Qb-ShIBQCrPoy0EucygzpDZB74SNMzrK8RL6bRuQ3fkfMjNGdFztktgN7z1af_shzWfLewdqIiMny-26Wc4jZxAiO5m9FGYR0/w640-h634/IMG_4588.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the following three photos are my Axolotl body in stages 1) with eyes inserted and belly along side, 2) with belly and ears attached, and 3) finally with his happy smile embroidered.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAd0HmiRcTqTPPbLqTxCsfG5M2odYeXzYDH4VPzj7-cRoYAmO8H0spiuSAmPdi1cayCwoIWWbpCrY-_714xz2ciy6W7HWrPIyjz0jIcgnvA2e36q5kagMSmzycgzUAzLizj_NmosXz4U1LoEfR5f1qoyt9wdPsJ4-kDoO0ltro9rlhRFCaK0B2rqhZGOg/s3846/IMG_4589.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2843" data-original-width="3846" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAd0HmiRcTqTPPbLqTxCsfG5M2odYeXzYDH4VPzj7-cRoYAmO8H0spiuSAmPdi1cayCwoIWWbpCrY-_714xz2ciy6W7HWrPIyjz0jIcgnvA2e36q5kagMSmzycgzUAzLizj_NmosXz4U1LoEfR5f1qoyt9wdPsJ4-kDoO0ltro9rlhRFCaK0B2rqhZGOg/w640-h474/IMG_4589.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh829RJ6OXAgaatuZ9Kncu1nI_p2HA-sYJ_4V_0Uz3ando_2h_BiczrOEDd7es554kAv3aNalpBtcwyiSMFl-7BEW1Q16dyCP2gT6kIc28MLbWQzI6TEc14O6Otnx-JjLqrGGroT8Rivfidr-XuIar-Qtl21WhwNxDc4WtdjG-yCwR7DP4kL9RS-aQtflE/s4032/IMG_4624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh829RJ6OXAgaatuZ9Kncu1nI_p2HA-sYJ_4V_0Uz3ando_2h_BiczrOEDd7es554kAv3aNalpBtcwyiSMFl-7BEW1Q16dyCP2gT6kIc28MLbWQzI6TEc14O6Otnx-JjLqrGGroT8Rivfidr-XuIar-Qtl21WhwNxDc4WtdjG-yCwR7DP4kL9RS-aQtflE/w480-h640/IMG_4624.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF3_kzgtXKmD7nGP5Alwk8g72Vqj9oZ6LfDlIc-YTtVAXi-82cVHcahw2ZJKC4dm_kGmY1Sd4wozKa1vd7QvNZ3cm4wtA1itNqDPe_qiiTDtCmWZREoh2xxaBxfOFZAyQLmKeGnLNFcEVOSJHi7bJHZQWBlTX1ZkLjjXB10mFXkZYuqeWDAn458yxzQg/s4032/IMG_4626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF3_kzgtXKmD7nGP5Alwk8g72Vqj9oZ6LfDlIc-YTtVAXi-82cVHcahw2ZJKC4dm_kGmY1Sd4wozKa1vd7QvNZ3cm4wtA1itNqDPe_qiiTDtCmWZREoh2xxaBxfOFZAyQLmKeGnLNFcEVOSJHi7bJHZQWBlTX1ZkLjjXB10mFXkZYuqeWDAn458yxzQg/w480-h640/IMG_4626.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />In two sittings, I crocheted the pink body and stuffed it. In a third sitting I crocheted and attached the round white belly and the orange ears/gills. I took my time and enjoyed the process. I sure hope my grandson will like his <b>axolotl</b>.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Amigurami can be knitted or crocheted. I came across this interesting YouTube video, <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYtALrWuto" target="_blank">Differences in knitting and crocheting amigurami</a>,</i> that explained well the pros and cons of each technique. Now that I see the comparison, I wonder if I <i>ever</i> will get around to knitting the animals that are in these two books that I just <i>had</i> to buy! Those critters truly are cute but they are certainly much more work.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKJUTVkiqXaAZprOKc3N5JxIL86S5duAaZqoWkSQDRYpG-pA1KDPwbIBOY22WS5YHYJd3Uy9Tx31qtubqGnax2Junj4nF4JEQWBHd7cmhH6SGamTED5YEx9cWPi8hPocB67THpNauCxG8hbcAdNRCrBG2C6fsj3kyJ9-HS6fList9iIcZ8yKk7I093fA/s1588/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-22%20at%20%20Jan%2022,%2010.47.21%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1588" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKJUTVkiqXaAZprOKc3N5JxIL86S5duAaZqoWkSQDRYpG-pA1KDPwbIBOY22WS5YHYJd3Uy9Tx31qtubqGnax2Junj4nF4JEQWBHd7cmhH6SGamTED5YEx9cWPi8hPocB67THpNauCxG8hbcAdNRCrBG2C6fsj3kyJ9-HS6fList9iIcZ8yKk7I093fA/w640-h406/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-22%20at%20%20Jan%2022,%2010.47.21%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-29180751519431760082024-01-20T14:22:00.000-08:002024-01-20T14:22:41.039-08:00My DL2Q Blog Book - Vol. 20<p>When <a href="https://www.blog2print.com/">Blog2Print</a> had a 50% off sale I seized the opportunity to publish my 20th DL2Q blog book. The site has sales often enough that I rarely, if ever, pay full price. </p><p>Here are two pair of pages from inside the book. The first page pair is images from the Oklahoma Quilt Show where my daughter had entered three quilts. The second page pair is at the Long Beach International Quilt Festival where my two granddaughters Vivian and Lillian were fascinated by the embroidery machines.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAi07j4zrCCERtREVB7NGzeLhDbUyvOEtSQ_rFNGjB3E8HpTCmt0-L06XlpgSWUUj-4dI8zwBlJkKwqVfcUiBHSSmVK5kSWmlkXfVCxMANSCc1QdhaxQv703cyFVRuecnPB2q6aZl__8Micb_lrwBFd3W7e_yjo-yi1id98QQMOuC49TxHhGXU2lohc4/s4032/IMG_4585.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAi07j4zrCCERtREVB7NGzeLhDbUyvOEtSQ_rFNGjB3E8HpTCmt0-L06XlpgSWUUj-4dI8zwBlJkKwqVfcUiBHSSmVK5kSWmlkXfVCxMANSCc1QdhaxQv703cyFVRuecnPB2q6aZl__8Micb_lrwBFd3W7e_yjo-yi1id98QQMOuC49TxHhGXU2lohc4/w640-h480/IMG_4585.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrj_XTLaCsjt4gTGecmcpgjFdNwH5lahEuJTxt1kekPIobbZcdP6IJJCrRy5zknkmGyqNvJOQcuj48GuKG0o3aBWGEw8dRSA4ezP-1RK6NA-gsH1BNuSQYml1b1Kt-2m0HV-qUH58XKQqjjrCh5gpqZ9SdmmuPIiehoWvKG4iYN9pFSO7ZjiTMUEYPLY/s3538/IMG_4586.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="3538" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrj_XTLaCsjt4gTGecmcpgjFdNwH5lahEuJTxt1kekPIobbZcdP6IJJCrRy5zknkmGyqNvJOQcuj48GuKG0o3aBWGEw8dRSA4ezP-1RK6NA-gsH1BNuSQYml1b1Kt-2m0HV-qUH58XKQqjjrCh5gpqZ9SdmmuPIiehoWvKG4iYN9pFSO7ZjiTMUEYPLY/w640-h478/IMG_4586.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Those glossy pages seem to enhance everything. <a href="https://www.blog2print.com/">Blog2Print</a> really does a nice job. I am always pleased with the finished bound hardcover book.<p></p><p><b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 20<span>: June 16, 2023 - Jan 4, 2024</span><br /></b>Volume 20 contains <span>253</span> pages over a time period of nearly 7 months in <span>21</span> posts. I am finally settled down into a comfortable number of posts and pages that I can generate each volume with a minimum of trial and error and the creation goes rather quickly. Picking the cover front and back photos and writing the dedication takes the most time. For this volume, <span>I picked a cover design, Blue Swirls, that blended with the background at the entrance to the Long Beach International Quilt Festival quilt on the front and complemented all the blues of my daughter's quilt entry <i>Story of the Sky</i> on the back.</span></p><p><span style="color: red;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGam8XsChWjYi4eaPzv6TjXWogNvFAOqT18kgX7NxAgXhBgda4mas5vcMTD-IpN_rF0k37eS0vzQUZEHTKuEbxR2xCxfhdoPqBGA_6-WJhxqO-yWAcETw7dvlc9WQ85YuzgUuK8DUAI85g68AddidQsOUnCrF8BNlbtdnlGl03Ewb1kHmW5wgJ1nFurs/s2148/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-06%20at%20%20Jan%206,%208.12.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="2148" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGam8XsChWjYi4eaPzv6TjXWogNvFAOqT18kgX7NxAgXhBgda4mas5vcMTD-IpN_rF0k37eS0vzQUZEHTKuEbxR2xCxfhdoPqBGA_6-WJhxqO-yWAcETw7dvlc9WQ85YuzgUuK8DUAI85g68AddidQsOUnCrF8BNlbtdnlGl03Ewb1kHmW5wgJ1nFurs/w640-h424/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-06%20at%20%20Jan%206,%208.12.41%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>The <b>Dedication</b> for <b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 20</b> and the subsequent <b>Table of Contents</b> read as follows:</p><div><i><blockquote>Vol. 20 has quilt viewing at three shows: in Long Beach, CA, in Brentwood, CA, and in Oklahoma City, OK. I took my two granddaughters to the Long Beach show (their first). My daughter displayed three quilts of her own at the OK show. In this half-year I made one quilt and showed two previously made quilts at the couty fair.<br />- Diane I. Chambers</blockquote></i><blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="font-style: normal; text-align: start;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTvXUo80aVKey9bZrZY1SzZtVVMXArhN6DuAHz4iRRrZhOFq5rCY7ZnbJCErxYYjiXK_LDUP8s0bTIaxGQLMhwj9jB7AQvuZlN5kdeVshbNEteBtG-EP_peUcmwbp3ZZ4-4lc9jhxWJU5kzfRBTroe7giyoYUxzj-NVdhKyjMuCOkOD_p_u1kxg3tkfI/s1144/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-06%20at%20%20Jan%206,%204.30.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="876" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTvXUo80aVKey9bZrZY1SzZtVVMXArhN6DuAHz4iRRrZhOFq5rCY7ZnbJCErxYYjiXK_LDUP8s0bTIaxGQLMhwj9jB7AQvuZlN5kdeVshbNEteBtG-EP_peUcmwbp3ZZ4-4lc9jhxWJU5kzfRBTroe7giyoYUxzj-NVdhKyjMuCOkOD_p_u1kxg3tkfI/w490-h640/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-06%20at%20%20Jan%206,%204.30.35%20PM.png" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have added Volume 20 stats of number of pages and posts to my ongoing chart of Blog Books. I've learned the following rules of thumb:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>200-250 pages is a comfortable thickness for holding and browsing</li><li>the number of months covered depends on how long the posts are; I aim for 6-8 months</li><li>24 posts makes a one-page table of contents</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK5VaJtORV1HH1c3_D8AWUxnLTRoOQJsknQ1PCWyrNtoDwWqFh_aUbZStjbDLeVmVeaUkYWn3cSdxYbK0mXdzxilR9NpgW3WA5wMZ65L8abOQkRb77YSV-aM0tqKrhC2XBdTHBj9f_GYZgI76OZrcIO7HmIATaosXTL359Q7OI_VqfTIoqdq9DKAFXyE/s1890/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-20%20at%20%20Jan%2020,%202.05.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1890" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK5VaJtORV1HH1c3_D8AWUxnLTRoOQJsknQ1PCWyrNtoDwWqFh_aUbZStjbDLeVmVeaUkYWn3cSdxYbK0mXdzxilR9NpgW3WA5wMZ65L8abOQkRb77YSV-aM0tqKrhC2XBdTHBj9f_GYZgI76OZrcIO7HmIATaosXTL359Q7OI_VqfTIoqdq9DKAFXyE/w640-h450/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-20%20at%20%20Jan%2020,%202.05.31%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>These are links to previous volumes and reminders to what covers I selected. Volume 12 has the best, most complete, selection of hints. The <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/11/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-19.html" target="_blank">post for Volume 19</a> has a cumulative overview of the previous 19 volumes.</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>DL2Q Volume 20 posted 01/20/2024 cover choice Blue Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 19 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/11/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-19.html">11/12/2023</a> cover choice Mini Print Beige</li><li>DL2Q Volume 18 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-18.html">01/25/2023</a> cover choice Polka Dots - yellow</li><li>DL2Q Volume 17 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2022/07/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-17.html">07/05/2022</a> cover choice Red Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 16 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2022/01/my-dl2q-blog-books-vol-1516.html">01/29/2022</a> cover choice Strawberry Chocolate</li><li>DL2Q Volume 15 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2022/01/my-dl2q-blog-books-vol-1516.html">01/29/2022</a> cover choice Orange Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 14 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2020/12/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-14.html">12/28/2020</a> cover choice Red Hearts</li><li>DL2Q Volume 13 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-13.html">04/24/2020</a> cover choice Solid Green</li><li>DL2Q Volume 12 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-12.html">02/23/2020</a> cover choice Waves-N-Whirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 11 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2019/03/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-11.html">03/04/2019</a> cover choice Tree</li><li>DL2Q Volume 10 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-10.html">07/05/2018</a> cover choice Brown Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 9 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-dl2q-blog-book-volume-9.html">06/22/2018</a> cover choice Polka Dots - green</li><li>DL2Q Volume 8 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2017/06/my-dl2q-blog-books-volumes-6-7-and-8.html">06/27/2017</a> cover choice Polka Dots - blue</li><li>DL2Q Volume 7 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2017/06/my-dl2q-blog-books-volumes-6-7-and-8.html">06/27/2017</a> cover choice Polka Dots - pink</li><li>DL2Q Volume 6 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2017/06/my-dl2q-blog-books-volumes-6-7-and-8.html">06/27/2017</a> cover choice Red Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 5 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2015/12/volume-5-blog-book-arrives.html">12/16/2015</a> cover choice Green Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 4 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2015/03/yay-my-blog-books-arrived.html">03/18/2015</a> cover choice Plum Flowers</li><li>DL2Q Volume 3 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2015/03/yay-my-blog-books-arrived.html">03/18/2015</a> cover choice Flowers - yellow</li><li>DL2Q Volume 2 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2014/04/second-volume-of-blog-books-and.html">04/14/2014</a> cover choice Flowers - pink</li><li>DL2Q Volume 1 posted <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">04/17/2013</a> cover choice Blue Swirls</li></ul><blockquote></blockquote></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-974291425654851922024-01-17T21:06:00.000-08:002024-01-17T21:06:01.635-08:00Christmas House Ornaments<p>Over the years, I have collected many Christmas ornament panels. These panels are not made anymore, although eBay often has some vintage ones. I also have picked up many from bargain tables at quilt guild sales. Even though it is past Christmas, I am determined to make up my backlog of panels throughout 2024 so I am not caught by surprise with them still undone next Christmas. <br /><br />Each day I aim to complete a stage or two on one or more ornaments. The stages are 1) cut out, 2) pin, 3) sew, 4) turn, 5) stuff, or 6) stitch closed. It gets me in my sewing room for at least a few minutes each day, so days do not go by where I never quite make it in there. I intersperse these ornaments with other projects I may have in progress. I began this post in early January. This post is about the three house panels I had in my stash. Let's see how I progress throughout 2024 with other panels.</p><p><b>January 7th</b>: <br />The panel runs the full width of fabric and looks like this before cutting out and yields 8 houses: three red, three yellow and two blue. The back side of each house is not shown but each is basically the mirror image of the front. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ML-kMh7Uzhv6rsnoyN67qdh_cOnK2KZLyOIn9_cCaWzhL12UnH6Er3BpsL3FHxB6rEMByg5Z3ZUKRxmFHPqVZhrZf19LRClOZe_zqTyhu2a_J6eFCXjlmDMQB5exLJSHHXnEFfiCzHyfXjF2lpgvG82Beqowd9rONDZaS_Xn7rI6WLPsKzo03y_ufdQ/s3883/IMG_4530.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1601" data-original-width="3883" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ML-kMh7Uzhv6rsnoyN67qdh_cOnK2KZLyOIn9_cCaWzhL12UnH6Er3BpsL3FHxB6rEMByg5Z3ZUKRxmFHPqVZhrZf19LRClOZe_zqTyhu2a_J6eFCXjlmDMQB5exLJSHHXnEFfiCzHyfXjF2lpgvG82Beqowd9rONDZaS_Xn7rI6WLPsKzo03y_ufdQ/w640-h264/IMG_4530.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichgiBNX6QV_qvGzSCF5W0dXeBnCChyDg3WV7AgmFS5Pt0VXdXWbxjzRbFUjiEZPX1rYnvufn0Grn2mL-KLuKzY_cJCbZ0TbPfwNA__il_T0ewhUzbquGDl6HcwObj18lNC-rPS06kPvga98tbqdW_1gP57RFufuKCUoVV9OrljxhPmZKyj3FROsc3i8I/s3891/IMG_4531.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="3891" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichgiBNX6QV_qvGzSCF5W0dXeBnCChyDg3WV7AgmFS5Pt0VXdXWbxjzRbFUjiEZPX1rYnvufn0Grn2mL-KLuKzY_cJCbZ0TbPfwNA__il_T0ewhUzbquGDl6HcwObj18lNC-rPS06kPvga98tbqdW_1gP57RFufuKCUoVV9OrljxhPmZKyj3FROsc3i8I/w640-h202/IMG_4531.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>First up, 1) I cut out and 2) pinned top with ribbon loop inserted. I use 4½" of ⅜" wide grosgrain ribbon for each loop, basically 8 to one yard of ribbon. I chose yellow for the loop since it not only goes with the yellow houses but also picks up yellow accents of the window glow or trim of the red and blue houses. All but two houses have yellow in them. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMS6IIMrBSbM1Zzs5yHP92z1RbS_BFD8itGn5fQmGd51FKndS8QwGaE8XcQga5PsGqAUD_4qrCbU-DfgAisQ_nQGfoRAO-FE9pcPM6xDgmkt1LNPvw6R4Ord7PytwzOsP8YznU7qkBAuItOCA99rZQt6EkTY_bD9pqwbs9mh57nTPXJZTcp7WzwxIuXA/s4032/IMG_4559.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMS6IIMrBSbM1Zzs5yHP92z1RbS_BFD8itGn5fQmGd51FKndS8QwGaE8XcQga5PsGqAUD_4qrCbU-DfgAisQ_nQGfoRAO-FE9pcPM6xDgmkt1LNPvw6R4Ord7PytwzOsP8YznU7qkBAuItOCA99rZQt6EkTY_bD9pqwbs9mh57nTPXJZTcp7WzwxIuXA/w640-h480/IMG_4559.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>At this stage the red houses are 3) sewn and 4) turned right side out.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbUs8loMFzX_SwWXp62rFOoLhU38n6Vu0GFYuIQA3wwYTZl5bc4f8RQGvp_riwGh_ViL3GmYLp3QEnpubsdNWkaZCN461DqoLHmBoDp0fIOkDfPfldL1ZY8M6IyqqObjpff0B8EnPqlqCVgcxgz8Ke-sLjiRClwvUsA-gaobPZWg7YGNmc-LyiU64tv0/s3299/IMG_4561.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2474" data-original-width="3299" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbUs8loMFzX_SwWXp62rFOoLhU38n6Vu0GFYuIQA3wwYTZl5bc4f8RQGvp_riwGh_ViL3GmYLp3QEnpubsdNWkaZCN461DqoLHmBoDp0fIOkDfPfldL1ZY8M6IyqqObjpff0B8EnPqlqCVgcxgz8Ke-sLjiRClwvUsA-gaobPZWg7YGNmc-LyiU64tv0/w640-h480/IMG_4561.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now the two blue houses have been 5) stuffed. As a reminder to myself, if I iron or finger crease the seam allowance at the opening where the stuffing goes in, it is easier to stitch the opening closed.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-hPlQE9L84u8n-jaWxo78xVxtmTKlWEC6OCtSGfdsz_HOzPJOXeR1b87IBOzjxOtJUQadL0QCloVHxtzse44c53671gBsIjdTHqW96nEqNdJFSqKJCYf3sX0XY5QCYPRn_cvtEZFIgAV5UDEVW4_rSTP2XMnp9z6MFeQT6PL7_iNMuAzw0J6zQb_GFM/s4032/IMG_4562.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-hPlQE9L84u8n-jaWxo78xVxtmTKlWEC6OCtSGfdsz_HOzPJOXeR1b87IBOzjxOtJUQadL0QCloVHxtzse44c53671gBsIjdTHqW96nEqNdJFSqKJCYf3sX0XY5QCYPRn_cvtEZFIgAV5UDEVW4_rSTP2XMnp9z6MFeQT6PL7_iNMuAzw0J6zQb_GFM/w640-h480/IMG_4562.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGrjskmUCZWTi-RpV8t5KgRH-9a-1Kd2VavI1EQmll34ZwBtXgACbXdtSiapsSrEuRWJXpXgLqYpSYzKjyX_zdsTKQ8T1ioh5lx00b7LZsNJ0EWnQQc1TscqObl7bHimElkqno6XmLKim4sWI2Nzb7iItDolGXoa6nVPkoNIjOXKBziHKY0yvB4gGoXk/s4032/IMG_4563.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGrjskmUCZWTi-RpV8t5KgRH-9a-1Kd2VavI1EQmll34ZwBtXgACbXdtSiapsSrEuRWJXpXgLqYpSYzKjyX_zdsTKQ8T1ioh5lx00b7LZsNJ0EWnQQc1TscqObl7bHimElkqno6XmLKim4sWI2Nzb7iItDolGXoa6nVPkoNIjOXKBziHKY0yvB4gGoXk/w640-h480/IMG_4563.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><p><b>January 9th</b>:<br />All eight <b>yellow-ribbon-looped</b> houses are 6) stitched closed on the bottom and are now complete.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYs-TB9loJZGeHJCZC7jy8CRvLCld8O9-5tZhYnQ45v_PwZae9ENSU0qFMH6LqmvCZxOnZJOgOmHrfuSriDSZc9es_pifz1r2rWIu6K_AqvYsX4vlJ505rPeSUp9zbxVSFaQJeFliqLHU1E85zhm6AVsZlwwoTbuFfP0AUeFL3GWEQMeUNZDS78k6a9dQ/s3024/IMG_4569.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2636" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYs-TB9loJZGeHJCZC7jy8CRvLCld8O9-5tZhYnQ45v_PwZae9ENSU0qFMH6LqmvCZxOnZJOgOmHrfuSriDSZc9es_pifz1r2rWIu6K_AqvYsX4vlJ505rPeSUp9zbxVSFaQJeFliqLHU1E85zhm6AVsZlwwoTbuFfP0AUeFL3GWEQMeUNZDS78k6a9dQ/w558-h640/IMG_4569.jpeg" width="558" /></a></div><p><b>January 14th</b>:<br />I completed a second 8-house set from another panel but this time with <b>red ribbon loops</b>. I learned that straight pins are difficult to push through the grosgrain ribbon. Clips are easier for holding the ribbon in place until sewn. Here is the completed set with red loops.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnEGYOkCSd7Svdgj7PWav1ACbjQOEGALPXjb_TVQ_vyqN1-ujOFPkaQPTWsjyNq8tVf-2y8IhyphenhyphenhmBn3Wt13EpJuR2y9IIY7Dh9ziKrxPmunsPy78IXkGs7XGfk7V7Z0dqPMU5p8NmLnChi0YYO5t-93-20doKMwmPbctuxGQyvHuvQh0LHZNsb2mXLzE/s3893/IMG_4574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="3893" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnEGYOkCSd7Svdgj7PWav1ACbjQOEGALPXjb_TVQ_vyqN1-ujOFPkaQPTWsjyNq8tVf-2y8IhyphenhyphenhmBn3Wt13EpJuR2y9IIY7Dh9ziKrxPmunsPy78IXkGs7XGfk7V7Z0dqPMU5p8NmLnChi0YYO5t-93-20doKMwmPbctuxGQyvHuvQh0LHZNsb2mXLzE/w640-h306/IMG_4574.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwJxu4lzKuNEEBH6fLdte1X9kC-vUUR0v_QCWbCs7LaQ3EOFYRNb1y5vi3IdCnibnMi1AyG4uHxj1yF8yUkL9APENEfgbRPt8wSGYlV-zifo0UOCxzSvgZWVnR4U-ZrPkSpnVCLLUcNdu-BGh6eeMOEwJnLVWzVA1t1MjLedexAhSTTwV-RbJyys0l8s/s3802/IMG_4572.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3802" data-original-width="3006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwJxu4lzKuNEEBH6fLdte1X9kC-vUUR0v_QCWbCs7LaQ3EOFYRNb1y5vi3IdCnibnMi1AyG4uHxj1yF8yUkL9APENEfgbRPt8wSGYlV-zifo0UOCxzSvgZWVnR4U-ZrPkSpnVCLLUcNdu-BGh6eeMOEwJnLVWzVA1t1MjLedexAhSTTwV-RbJyys0l8s/w506-h640/IMG_4572.jpeg" width="506" /></a></div><p><b>January 17th</b>:<br />I made a third 8-house set from another panel but this time with <b>black ribbon loops</b>. All houses have black in them and, although not necessarily a festive color choice, black goes well with the houses and distinguishes this set from the other two sets. I did not think that I would, but I like the black looped set best.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqdJg6ChaQY-w-GyyTPclqS_b80ekHO18mMyHQtj7H7UFs0aTIZgHbKWBlIbaiuUiLUQbylOjFRnT6QDcqh62mSEtwV3t-H7mRgLdQ_lBIr0KW4esgS8poc693gKM-DQcyzpIEtuJ8cLnkoI2PN4-RS6LqPZcdEq-u58NKFzpdEARmG185QkRv_B1olI/s3821/IMG_4573.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="3821" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqdJg6ChaQY-w-GyyTPclqS_b80ekHO18mMyHQtj7H7UFs0aTIZgHbKWBlIbaiuUiLUQbylOjFRnT6QDcqh62mSEtwV3t-H7mRgLdQ_lBIr0KW4esgS8poc693gKM-DQcyzpIEtuJ8cLnkoI2PN4-RS6LqPZcdEq-u58NKFzpdEARmG185QkRv_B1olI/w640-h480/IMG_4573.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEpEMofFdT4DkeFy6lZPqojJE_Z43IOb1cuyLPCVgLhzA1Og28HfuH6MBNIlrYLjHmjJHGNIzFqHp6R6pLPgNc3BLOnYC2r4U6gVzTnw15oxyR938NeYk2xpz4xkLn8SwDh85YDAbVsXOvxFGTBWA2xNN_4NFDYxjrPK6PEn2bamQ1SZA1L2pF36XTwc/s2863/IMG_4580.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="2863" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEpEMofFdT4DkeFy6lZPqojJE_Z43IOb1cuyLPCVgLhzA1Og28HfuH6MBNIlrYLjHmjJHGNIzFqHp6R6pLPgNc3BLOnYC2r4U6gVzTnw15oxyR938NeYk2xpz4xkLn8SwDh85YDAbVsXOvxFGTBWA2xNN_4NFDYxjrPK6PEn2bamQ1SZA1L2pF36XTwc/w640-h618/IMG_4580.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p>With the completion of this third set I have sewn up all the house ornament panels that I have. I can add <b>24 ornaments</b> to the count of the others I have made over the years.<p></p></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-85540529043149024932024-01-08T00:31:00.000-08:002024-01-08T00:31:36.090-08:002024 Quilting Goals<p>I was loathe to set out tasks for myself and not in the mood to write goals for <b>2024</b>. Note that <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-begins-with-fun.html" target="_blank">my first post for <b>2024</b></a> was not about goals, but about having fun. In 2020 I had moved to overarching goals of having fun, growing, and gaining satisfaction with accomplishments. I plan to keep that same model.</p><p>I told myself to stop procrastinating and to just knuckle down and write the #$%^& goals. But if a quilting goal is to "have fun" and I was not having fun writing goals, wouldn't that be kind self-defeatist from the start? Then I further told myself <b>"do not reinvent the wheel"</b>; just use your <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/01/2023-quilting-goals.html" target="_blank">goals from 2023</a> with minor edits if needed <span style="color: red;"><b>(in red)</b></span>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmgL5W_YxA5gGymplKS40-3RRpshEzuAH_5z704AJlXtpU0ISrU_B1aA7ocwLV8GTZ51vhNCPbQ5noJOgi1jhJ2Yyi5k8lb2-due9MLVhcSgKvfGBuvlymxDPE5rzqOKBeCYxoMtjyjcxWL0Rm5mO4qSf5x5_ryUs7iHyCwiFZl_QTAQnc1kyOWZhDrQ/s1474/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-08%20at%20%20Jan%208,%2012.00.33%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1474" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmgL5W_YxA5gGymplKS40-3RRpshEzuAH_5z704AJlXtpU0ISrU_B1aA7ocwLV8GTZ51vhNCPbQ5noJOgi1jhJ2Yyi5k8lb2-due9MLVhcSgKvfGBuvlymxDPE5rzqOKBeCYxoMtjyjcxWL0Rm5mO4qSf5x5_ryUs7iHyCwiFZl_QTAQnc1kyOWZhDrQ/w640-h454/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-08%20at%20%20Jan%208,%2012.00.33%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>For the past <span style="color: red;"><b>three</b></span> years, <b>2021</b> and <b>2022 <span style="color: red;">and 2023</span></b><span style="color: red;">,</span> my "closet quilter"goals were to 1) work from my stash, 2) utilize tools I have bought, and 3) interface in some way with other quilters. For<span style="color: red;"><b> 2024</b></span>, I am keeping these <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/01/2023-quilting-goals.html" target="_blank">goals from 2023</a>. The following indented guidelines give means to measure my <span style="color: red;"><b>2024 </b></span>goals.</p><ul><li>1) Work from my stash</li><ul><li>assess kits to keep or make or repurpose</li><li>make at least one kit, hopefully two, to reduce quantity</li><li>consolidate/control scraps</li><li>restrict purchases of more kits to no more than the number I make</li></ul><li>2) Utilize tools I have and learn how to use new ones</li><ul><li>be willing and curious to new tools</li><li>donate/discard under utilized tools (gimmicks)</li><li>assess and watch online classes – free or previously paid for</li></ul><li>3) Interface with other quilters</li><ul><li>continue to blog</li><li>continue publishing my blog books</li><li>attend guild meetings</li><li>perhaps take a class (for growth)</li><li>attend quilt shows</li></ul><li>4) Intersperse small projects just for fun, growth, satisfaction</li><ul><li>uses up stash and scraps</li><li>provides opportunity to try new tools or skills on reduced scale</li><li>can yield small personal gifts</li></ul></ul><p></p><div>I do have two additions for <b>2024</b> based on 2023 shortfalls that slightly bugged me:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It was disappointing to realize I had not knit or crocheted anything in 2023.<br />I aim to <b>knit or crochet at least one item in 2024</b>.<br /></li><li>My inventory of kits in my stash did not decrease at all in 2023. <br />I aim to <b>reduce my stash by at least one kit in 2024.</b></li></ul></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-10791174630353638672024-01-05T16:03:00.000-08:002024-02-07T20:05:21.355-08:002024 Begins with Fun<p>If I were more disciplined, I would constrain myself to writing the first traditional blog entry of 2024, i.e., the annual post of my goals for the new year. Instead, I decided to share the happiness of my first quick completion. There will be plenty of time for generating goals later.</p><p>After big projects — and Christmas certainly counts as a big project — I need some short quick finishes to "cleanse my palette", so to speak. Here are six puffy ornaments of angels from different countries that I sewed up just for fun. Their happy faces make me smile. I use ⅜" wide grosgrain ribbon for the hanging loops. At 4½" each, eight loops per yard, they are not too big, not too small, but <i>just</i> right.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXukrcbikCECVDL2SdaI9EY9pU5lV8dGNwewkjFMNLDGRCM2ILcuV5ZPNAz_sq6bAhVBmx2D8TT-mJcpwKg48skNFCBfDZjMoNJS1mHerAksKS8aZ0tiyFKYaR9jLSwG20u2qKUYEQAEo0pBEhH4f4sSQBXtAfvfKLe1r0XM8UjbxdQ8wqKE4dlU8ed1c/s4032/IMG_4550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXukrcbikCECVDL2SdaI9EY9pU5lV8dGNwewkjFMNLDGRCM2ILcuV5ZPNAz_sq6bAhVBmx2D8TT-mJcpwKg48skNFCBfDZjMoNJS1mHerAksKS8aZ0tiyFKYaR9jLSwG20u2qKUYEQAEo0pBEhH4f4sSQBXtAfvfKLe1r0XM8UjbxdQ8wqKE4dlU8ed1c/w640-h480/IMG_4550.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I certainly do not need any more of these stuffed trinkets. I have made well over 100 of them, in many, many styles, over the years, enlisting the help of my kids to stuff them. I hang them about the house at Christmas... on the curtain rods, up the stairwell, on the grandfather clock, on garlands, on the piano, on door pulls, on each hutch... sometimes (<i>gasp!</i>) even on the tree. For variety, and not because I did not have enough, I did not hang any on the tree this year.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrrIIPWVbAJRPm_A-Guaw8XZ4FQpwO9m5gvz-XT3v5GFGFKD-Q4l2Oz_hvt43K4F6ac8yqoBBiNem0Z-Bro4CzZlyVOETDBOfX6wpji971Co3x241V17BMgLbT1awPW0YS-QUom_4M4pYqNI9MjN6aIoA3ZB4Nqs2gvzLtA0yL3AnV_y-5abvjAGWs1M/s2562/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-05%20at%20%20Jan%205,%203.25.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="2562" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrrIIPWVbAJRPm_A-Guaw8XZ4FQpwO9m5gvz-XT3v5GFGFKD-Q4l2Oz_hvt43K4F6ac8yqoBBiNem0Z-Bro4CzZlyVOETDBOfX6wpji971Co3x241V17BMgLbT1awPW0YS-QUom_4M4pYqNI9MjN6aIoA3ZB4Nqs2gvzLtA0yL3AnV_y-5abvjAGWs1M/w640-h364/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-05%20at%20%20Jan%205,%203.25.57%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Making many more of these ornaments is in my future; but for now, <br />what a <b>FUN</b> way to start out 2024! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!</b></span></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-20236338904664283742024-01-02T15:47:00.000-08:002024-01-02T15:54:20.308-08:002023 In Review<p>Here are my accomplishments for 2023, followed by pictures and headings only. Details are in my past posts as indicated by a clickable completion date after each name. My own assessment of how well I met my 2023 goals is after the pictures of completions. </p><div><b>2023 COMPLETIONS:</b><br /><ul><li><b><span>4</span></b> quilts</li><li><b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: black;">6</b> </span></b>quilt shows + <b>3</b> shop hops</li><li><span><b>3</b></span> toys / cloth books </li><li><b>8</b> burp cloths</li><li><b>2</b> blog books</li><li><b>8</b><b style="color: red;"> </b>home decor</li><li><b>3</b> vests twice</li><li><b>2</b> tote bags</li><li><b>0</b> crocheted or knitted items</li></ul><div><div><b><span>3</span><span> </span>QUILTS</b><br /></div><p><i>1) <span>Pieces of Blue</span> </i>(<a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/04/unanticipated-project-completion.html" target="_blank">4/10/2023</a>) ~ 38" x 49"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqrg9QgLlMF_pglJZp0uH00fBBB1vpW5fl7zP264yEpl_f3ZgwqQ2twlIAJE5zb6g_qw7Hy8hNcHgBRMn99yndtSLKxS_Lj8O-mz_k3mnC4XqgGmAzcmeeDlWEaRvljVSv8ypwo7xA1Rn7PwkWIqJ3ozQuz3_PJNr_LWNm1vqBzUQOFVxcb6u2t-g/s4032/IMG_2587.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqrg9QgLlMF_pglJZp0uH00fBBB1vpW5fl7zP264yEpl_f3ZgwqQ2twlIAJE5zb6g_qw7Hy8hNcHgBRMn99yndtSLKxS_Lj8O-mz_k3mnC4XqgGmAzcmeeDlWEaRvljVSv8ypwo7xA1Rn7PwkWIqJ3ozQuz3_PJNr_LWNm1vqBzUQOFVxcb6u2t-g/w300-h400/IMG_2587.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>2) <i>Popsicles</i> (<a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/04/popsicles.html" target="_blank">4/17/2023</a>) ~ 19" x 18"</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh44B5jea_tVLf5dkO0QEGlCHtwPREk950x1HNMI-4Ht8OvZVS3kn4dmzsTRAhTdXX_5IEz8i7A20k111svJnAbLckX9Y86DlOOM9eZ8ShBCofcuqZRgwgLfiN259LdTcaDYDK7SoKIpPxSSAHp-PwAEzjg4Gh_pyu3ELCgTsse1DfQ1fpHnqiEma/s3106/IMG_2606D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="3106" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh44B5jea_tVLf5dkO0QEGlCHtwPREk950x1HNMI-4Ht8OvZVS3kn4dmzsTRAhTdXX_5IEz8i7A20k111svJnAbLckX9Y86DlOOM9eZ8ShBCofcuqZRgwgLfiN259LdTcaDYDK7SoKIpPxSSAHp-PwAEzjg4Gh_pyu3ELCgTsse1DfQ1fpHnqiEma/w400-h356/IMG_2606D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3) <i>Tipus and Treetops </i>(<a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/09/tipus-and-treetops-completion.html" target="_blank">9/4/2023</a>) 48" x 48"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHPwHuhk5fh3E4g0TKAB_h3_qkDuIytZ8mEW118KG8LSAcyBkqO1Dryiuv3631kb59-IOTvzQgKmAraTyK9sJK1ciDOpit94UfQlYb4tUunxNg435RL4Sez2fPHtEsAj26XjEr9509SgUZeeexyQ-4WhvzZuABmtuIEBySpcgoyqUesajfT7zvP0QL50/s2666/IMG_3336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2594" data-original-width="2666" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHPwHuhk5fh3E4g0TKAB_h3_qkDuIytZ8mEW118KG8LSAcyBkqO1Dryiuv3631kb59-IOTvzQgKmAraTyK9sJK1ciDOpit94UfQlYb4tUunxNg435RL4Sez2fPHtEsAj26XjEr9509SgUZeeexyQ-4WhvzZuABmtuIEBySpcgoyqUesajfT7zvP0QL50/s320/IMG_3336.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />4) Community Gift Quilt (<a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/12/cut-ups-community-quilt.html" target="_blank">12/23/23</a>) 54" x 72" ... block contributions from Cut Ups quilt group</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSCal0MgXkOZZvjVufWnVEf0k4Fg-nh2JwIQuwA2tFailqSx0mfmzfucOmQMmdOF2RIVzcNiZCR3hudj80pr-U87UYqibGaV4rCp9c2m755TV9VAtM9j9mOcytSC4cvYl4hIgYQE9t-ETycLDXDsXNUkPk3bb94zC9gZTbrwpCo2g9pF3C7q7s9ME9Gk/s3817/IMG_4460.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="2771" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSCal0MgXkOZZvjVufWnVEf0k4Fg-nh2JwIQuwA2tFailqSx0mfmzfucOmQMmdOF2RIVzcNiZCR3hudj80pr-U87UYqibGaV4rCp9c2m755TV9VAtM9j9mOcytSC4cvYl4hIgYQE9t-ETycLDXDsXNUkPk3bb94zC9gZTbrwpCo2g9pF3C7q7s9ME9Gk/w290-h400/IMG_4460.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>6 QUILT SHOWS + 3 SHOP HOPS</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Shop Hop with my Daughter (<a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/01/quilt-shop-visits-with-my-daughter.html" target="_blank">1/3/2023</a>)</div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3ANC6eZtv-RQeI1vhakyfnCGjhUEubIDzMu_IpbsDfsiGGu9tSVJkuznetVR0gA0pSV6NzscBN8tTGneZ786y_IhfEsIZM06OBnW5O1ORBQlEPsESrAnJgE9HKJNGelFYNp4TtCqEoP-5_OxDg4HD_9jpLqF-XW_MvFEtJ4c4In9A4KXWFdKt6Au/w640-h192/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-08%20at%20%20Mar%208,%2010.15.37%20PM.png" /></div>Sacramento quilt show (<a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/03/sacramento-show.html" target="_blank">3/26/2023</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pOcSb9mwVv-rWCDj9LxIxH5_AyeFoe_RdxG01UpV_xf7ipwQ4QocXUqCm9wpDfvHYEoOQr0sixgZ98A1VDfBOspFJNQgxK_coggvLe1lohPGuU6WzONMG_ahu_qx5rmTZ2COUOt8Hrfw5En3QH3XVmbvhtrcV5D2oWtcLbEtsexzRCBqhiVPbScxTAs/s2222/IMG_7674%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="2222" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pOcSb9mwVv-rWCDj9LxIxH5_AyeFoe_RdxG01UpV_xf7ipwQ4QocXUqCm9wpDfvHYEoOQr0sixgZ98A1VDfBOspFJNQgxK_coggvLe1lohPGuU6WzONMG_ahu_qx5rmTZ2COUOt8Hrfw5En3QH3XVmbvhtrcV5D2oWtcLbEtsexzRCBqhiVPbScxTAs/w400-h353/IMG_7674%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>REVIEW OF GOALS</b><div><b><br /></b>A condensed summary of <b><a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/01/2023-quilting-goals.html" target="_blank">my 2023 goals (1/16/23 post)</a></b> is:<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>1) Work from my stash ✓</div><i> ......any little I bought new, I used up immediately</i> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>2<span> </span>) Utilize tools I have and learn how to use new ones ✓</div><div> ......<i>got practice with wavy rulers</i></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>3) Interface with other quilters ✓ </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>.......<i>joined small group, blogged, attended zoom meetings, went to shows</i></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>4) Intersperse small projects just for fun, growth, satisfaction ✓ </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">.......<i>yup, sure did</i></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></blockquote><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I did pretty good on the <u>intent</u> of each goal, but I made no dent whatsoever in using up any of the kits from my stash. I really would like to start nibbling down those kits that are languishing in my stash. Hurray, though. I did not buy any more kits either.<br /><br /></li><li>Other than the small wall hangings, anything I made I gave away, so in essence there is a fabric volume reduction in my home.<br /><br /></li><li>Alas, I did not knit or crochet anything in 2023, which I was surprised to reveal to myself. I think a key aim for 2024 is to get better at writing goals that I will be pleased to have accomplished. Or else I might just sit back and let the "scraps" fall where they may. After all, this is my hobby, and not my livelihood.</li></ul></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-8140630460690671562023-12-23T13:55:00.000-08:002023-12-23T13:55:11.711-08:00Cut Ups Community Quilt<p>I belong to a small twelve-person sub-group of the Amador Valley Quilters called the Cut Ups. We gather monthly and, at each meeting, one member proposes a block pattern and fabric selections. Members each make one or more blocks. Once gathered, assembled, sandwiched, and quilted, the finished quilt is donated to charity. September was my month and I picked a block pair from the <a href="https://www.materialgirlfriendsshop.com/product/open-options/29?cs=true&cst=custom" target="_blank"><i>Open Options</i> </a>quilt pattern by <a href="https://materialgirlfriends.com/" target="_blank">Material Girlfriends</a>. Each member made two pair of blocks. There were twelve colors choices from a fat quarter bundle, paired with white. Here is an example of four blocks, two complementary pairs, in one of the twelve colors.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1IsyCcShzELjUppcsX6Ilsyh52CyWHfzsqV4ZCFRU1ek1yUU8rhROJErTEiCuV7v-Y8CWax6RVoseS4TCrk5u7-GUr7G0Ie3ypzJat09XemaG1VTbFGGEOemyKyICZ4bDLUN-9q6OxCI2noZwnXaQR9T7QvLVJQpNX0K8HLHYtjvKBg998enq4FTInI/s3024/IMG_4019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1IsyCcShzELjUppcsX6Ilsyh52CyWHfzsqV4ZCFRU1ek1yUU8rhROJErTEiCuV7v-Y8CWax6RVoseS4TCrk5u7-GUr7G0Ie3ypzJat09XemaG1VTbFGGEOemyKyICZ4bDLUN-9q6OxCI2noZwnXaQR9T7QvLVJQpNX0K8HLHYtjvKBg998enq4FTInI/w640-h640/IMG_4019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After playing around with the forty-eight blocks on my design wall, this was the decided arrangement.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFnxKYZu_FrOXFSS83CoECVQsL4XFNpLOMs_REyP7Qi-U7bgxWeFcsXhbSi4e_9Nwax_41tFG33YMwH1NQ7si4-mZzRDVo0HAdbNGG189sp-S4tIfYxp7ULkcl40dinwnRIlS5BTGcx7Dsn89Rmev8Id90q_NemttnHStDZ6XULHmH3vwBW_Tda4EpEU/s3705/IMG_4045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3705" data-original-width="2447" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFnxKYZu_FrOXFSS83CoECVQsL4XFNpLOMs_REyP7Qi-U7bgxWeFcsXhbSi4e_9Nwax_41tFG33YMwH1NQ7si4-mZzRDVo0HAdbNGG189sp-S4tIfYxp7ULkcl40dinwnRIlS5BTGcx7Dsn89Rmev8Id90q_NemttnHStDZ6XULHmH3vwBW_Tda4EpEU/w422-h640/IMG_4045.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The backing was a deep royal blue and the quilting pattern was one of diagonal waves. Quilted with white thread, the wavy lines show up best on the back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KZU8Gjoiu9e6NoTh2pDiX0xzK917GScUukoLcgswc4w-_qfkXWXzZ3oNhwDa65ZufrnNet4MsfgjmRRZxrNJK4bZdVf1HVYt9J4l-AF8t0XM4UHoaiSshLmG7WlaaqjBQHpd03lZrL225Blq-hJTBSULT9TWFMnX6d3vVDAtXrVLe3OQgav6OdIF0N0/s3024/IMG_4464.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KZU8Gjoiu9e6NoTh2pDiX0xzK917GScUukoLcgswc4w-_qfkXWXzZ3oNhwDa65ZufrnNet4MsfgjmRRZxrNJK4bZdVf1HVYt9J4l-AF8t0XM4UHoaiSshLmG7WlaaqjBQHpd03lZrL225Blq-hJTBSULT9TWFMnX6d3vVDAtXrVLe3OQgav6OdIF0N0/w640-h640/IMG_4464.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div>It was bound with a blue binding, accented with red piping. Labels were added on one back corner.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-nkh2hGsX_jpAcPKYkRe92Kv_1DNxGtMNHkpAS77u2uw9vl_XhKOMr9CL97zgBSxsB2qRWBVcCnLDrZfwjdJtNa91fhmJ15ayP1KPyTPBfe9JbKV1ZUJUR0YSfYA_2NkU3x16iFRecNm9y9WSkCg0wSQv19U2SFnRCQt2QN8DlbVivAXYoubCrdp7-g/s3024/IMG_4463.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-nkh2hGsX_jpAcPKYkRe92Kv_1DNxGtMNHkpAS77u2uw9vl_XhKOMr9CL97zgBSxsB2qRWBVcCnLDrZfwjdJtNa91fhmJ15ayP1KPyTPBfe9JbKV1ZUJUR0YSfYA_2NkU3x16iFRecNm9y9WSkCg0wSQv19U2SFnRCQt2QN8DlbVivAXYoubCrdp7-g/w640-h640/IMG_4463.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCCVxBE-GraAWc9JvdEN0Nj8ulYZzyuVyLOSE_kzX5XZcARr-g_xpEq-AMV42h-sTRLCEdT0rrZPlWcXlUFErTthGeXutNa9moneqYIQIAnl8wy5IKZQ62GA7zo54Wn_tvihwbzD3s5eRjQmvJ8A08E6E09zUbGLpmrVZzHEr-YljRUuwkKOS-Rt83jg/s3024/IMG_4462.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCCVxBE-GraAWc9JvdEN0Nj8ulYZzyuVyLOSE_kzX5XZcARr-g_xpEq-AMV42h-sTRLCEdT0rrZPlWcXlUFErTthGeXutNa9moneqYIQIAnl8wy5IKZQ62GA7zo54Wn_tvihwbzD3s5eRjQmvJ8A08E6E09zUbGLpmrVZzHEr-YljRUuwkKOS-Rt83jg/w640-h640/IMG_4462.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>This quilt will be ready to be give away to a community charity after a quick washing. The washing with <a href="https://www.jacquardproducts.com/synthrapol" target="_blank">Synthrapol</a>® and <a href="https://www.shoutitout.com/en-us/products/color-catcher-dye-trapping-sheet" target="_blank">Color Catchers</a>® are a must to preserve that white fabric from discoloration from the dark blue. This quilt has no name. The new owner can decide that. <span style="text-align: center;">Here is the finished quilt. It measures 54" wide by 72" tall.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLV2bqSyK6qjnTZfrNtmyAAVRLTrvSXJxngCLnWID5c9QM3h5Lmouwf-C5vADM9eyyAPFLBfPWwa9DzuOyT_AZR-hUVI5FDHGKKRO329_dUDkUh6mimYnGg6JvNcx_0S2WN-EvFVoqrblIlyQuUgFr2JWCcASI92MIpGhAtNmjuDtvT49mUjbvTHwti-c/s3817/IMG_4460.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="2771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLV2bqSyK6qjnTZfrNtmyAAVRLTrvSXJxngCLnWID5c9QM3h5Lmouwf-C5vADM9eyyAPFLBfPWwa9DzuOyT_AZR-hUVI5FDHGKKRO329_dUDkUh6mimYnGg6JvNcx_0S2WN-EvFVoqrblIlyQuUgFr2JWCcASI92MIpGhAtNmjuDtvT49mUjbvTHwti-c/w464-h640/IMG_4460.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-50299140832057345702023-12-18T15:37:00.000-08:002024-01-06T16:31:52.853-08:00Boudoir Bathing Tote<p>As a quick gift for a friend recently having surgery I whipped up this tote bag. It is the second one I have made. The first one, in a knitting theme focus fabric, was for my sister and is shown in <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/09/visit-to-back-porch-fabrics.html" target="_blank">my post for 9/30/23</a>. The pattern I used was <i>Turn It Into a Tote</i>, a one-page set of instructions designed by the shop owner of Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove, CA. The pattern takes only ½ yard of a theme fabric and 1 yard of another coordinate. It is fast becoming one of my go-to patterns especially for gifting.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pOcSb9mwVv-rWCDj9LxIxH5_AyeFoe_RdxG01UpV_xf7ipwQ4QocXUqCm9wpDfvHYEoOQr0sixgZ98A1VDfBOspFJNQgxK_coggvLe1lohPGuU6WzONMG_ahu_qx5rmTZ2COUOt8Hrfw5En3QH3XVmbvhtrcV5D2oWtcLbEtsexzRCBqhiVPbScxTAs/s2222/IMG_7674%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="2222" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pOcSb9mwVv-rWCDj9LxIxH5_AyeFoe_RdxG01UpV_xf7ipwQ4QocXUqCm9wpDfvHYEoOQr0sixgZ98A1VDfBOspFJNQgxK_coggvLe1lohPGuU6WzONMG_ahu_qx5rmTZ2COUOt8Hrfw5En3QH3XVmbvhtrcV5D2oWtcLbEtsexzRCBqhiVPbScxTAs/w640-h564/IMG_7674%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bathing beauties of the theme fabric are so outrageously self-indulgent they seem to evoke a smile, just as one should be when pampering oneself after surgery. I chose the lining and strap fabric in a cool tone color combination of mint and aqua. The shapes reminded me of the flagstone flooring you might find in an upscale luxurious bathroom ensuite. I included the extra fabric with the tote to display the other ladies. One can never get enough of relaxing in bubble baths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8_It1WG-osaZlr-aEhO85F0IuTyYqvVTtXJ6HIZDThEuUykn5uqjQxGtvW_O6wm58vD29yt3sXIG-zVBLYw4LXR-BXXLzWjwBerVjXgf9loIlQ_tWbpMw7G_7cx1tw2-5-XjNPfVMiIGVKODP_4p9K6u0y9g20xQGCdlbSmksw8XHkCf5Bu2on-fDDY/s4032/IMG_7673.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8_It1WG-osaZlr-aEhO85F0IuTyYqvVTtXJ6HIZDThEuUykn5uqjQxGtvW_O6wm58vD29yt3sXIG-zVBLYw4LXR-BXXLzWjwBerVjXgf9loIlQ_tWbpMw7G_7cx1tw2-5-XjNPfVMiIGVKODP_4p9K6u0y9g20xQGCdlbSmksw8XHkCf5Bu2on-fDDY/w640-h480/IMG_7673.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-75493257484417121462023-11-24T16:22:00.000-08:002023-11-24T18:01:43.287-08:00Mickey Mouse Pillow<p>When I attended the <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/08/long-beach-international-quilt-festival.html" target="_blank">Long Beach International Quilt Festival</a> with my two granddaughters last July, they were fascinated by an embroidery machine that was stitching an image of Minnie Mouse. The previous day, when we were not there, the demo embroidery sample had been Mickey Mouse and we got to take that sample home with us. It has about a 4" border on all four sides of Mickey before trimming. I promised the girls I would make Mickey into a pillow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO6y_1ZIuEYoh2HDKlT9G0o6fAmg1pbSZMsYBLTZPaWfm-9c1qLA1CJTyhxm2CDlR4fk5dGhJEATKWd0_avEIH_yOvtnlJ-BIJC0CjqH1xVcLpwTjOp8GCEiXv6xIrRDYW_rCRSRDUgZovSHgFaorpxNZU2xwSwbfu3GC_w1nfm_tYywpM_y8MsN7BZs/s3593/IMG_3272.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3593" data-original-width="2695" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO6y_1ZIuEYoh2HDKlT9G0o6fAmg1pbSZMsYBLTZPaWfm-9c1qLA1CJTyhxm2CDlR4fk5dGhJEATKWd0_avEIH_yOvtnlJ-BIJC0CjqH1xVcLpwTjOp8GCEiXv6xIrRDYW_rCRSRDUgZovSHgFaorpxNZU2xwSwbfu3GC_w1nfm_tYywpM_y8MsN7BZs/w480-h640/IMG_3272.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>These embroidered images take literally hours to stitch completely. We had to leave before Minnie was finished but the girls were thrilled that we had Micky Mouse as a souvenir.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1or86-Sj9zU7iUjUDCGtWD_LDX5GGU1-FtGyKF6WvpcMtX6GUM0YGK3yMHaSXu4ak0ZMHqMJkMONNUN9jX845aEEXeReJl87nLgIIQbRZVOYasZczouOhVkZ_vv28qQcFyNTkTK9ZYro4CF56HHljOe0qqM1VB3yw95KWKuzw_6hqCvos9rp3gyuZQs/s2852/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-13%20at%20%20Nov%2013,%201.10.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="2852" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1or86-Sj9zU7iUjUDCGtWD_LDX5GGU1-FtGyKF6WvpcMtX6GUM0YGK3yMHaSXu4ak0ZMHqMJkMONNUN9jX845aEEXeReJl87nLgIIQbRZVOYasZczouOhVkZ_vv28qQcFyNTkTK9ZYro4CF56HHljOe0qqM1VB3yw95KWKuzw_6hqCvos9rp3gyuZQs/w640-h360/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-13%20at%20%20Nov%2013,%201.10.16%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLjT8CwuWalj0Q5LGRhc9g2-dMuhUNR4U5kn_alUM9dSSvjWeiGHWGr7cZ77omTmPn_n-CUD4AubeTzhZsljW9ep35ySmEI2nKgNIqQBggXaDHZ1bhmEdLVkhjDRA2S-XspKx2_kEHnAUCYQCNCM-tVyuE97Ven4dW9kekOVHFZ4ky-uTk8A-1yUu3ak/s4032/IMG_2981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLjT8CwuWalj0Q5LGRhc9g2-dMuhUNR4U5kn_alUM9dSSvjWeiGHWGr7cZ77omTmPn_n-CUD4AubeTzhZsljW9ep35ySmEI2nKgNIqQBggXaDHZ1bhmEdLVkhjDRA2S-XspKx2_kEHnAUCYQCNCM-tVyuE97Ven4dW9kekOVHFZ4ky-uTk8A-1yUu3ak/w480-h640/IMG_2981.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Based on the rectangular shape of Mickey Mouse, the pillow would be a non-standard shape. Even if I could, I would be unable to buy an appropriately sized pillow form. I had stowed away an old worn and and torn white bed sheet which I'd cut up, planning to use it as a base for a strip quilt. Cutting a piece of that sheet to the correct size, I used it and a bag of polyester stuffing to make my own pillow form. <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8zsLSsd55J4d3M0RjlUSht4QIbtPgZoO1IA6p-Zqjf4vkdCd_oZB7YdchQSqcyikOxC5yXvwBwNN2icdeGLu1XmwIZgNNBs0MMojYAl9dI-DznALXObV4GlvtGbXKZocwrKd-78scsU8U8SNJHdnUNruSs6OY1emkNHczz0xiH286cxnZSHVZ3wb-nk/s3024/IMG_4249%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8zsLSsd55J4d3M0RjlUSht4QIbtPgZoO1IA6p-Zqjf4vkdCd_oZB7YdchQSqcyikOxC5yXvwBwNN2icdeGLu1XmwIZgNNBs0MMojYAl9dI-DznALXObV4GlvtGbXKZocwrKd-78scsU8U8SNJHdnUNruSs6OY1emkNHczz0xiH286cxnZSHVZ3wb-nk/w640-h640/IMG_4249%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>All the light blue swirls in the embroidered background fill reminded me I had the perfect fabric in my stash for the pillow backing. There was enough that I could make a generous ruffle all around as well. Since I thought it was unwise to deal with a zipper next to all that bulk of the ruffle, I made an overlapping envelope back instead.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWPRRioKjA7czsJxrCAZP1lXWzy338i2Mk3nBU89l6ejqd7k5TiNKQCL04G4rQmMKbgqh0mHSsc2h_GoJ_CHfefrfBLc6eN2O51D-xuKwUdUPRDQ-9QR9gL2898ixYKbydi25Yc-9-0uUkPVs36WXddYGeUHb0cVgsrLeSOMkqkQPADIYWXMJXhyphenhyphenUsew/s4032/IMG_4244.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWPRRioKjA7czsJxrCAZP1lXWzy338i2Mk3nBU89l6ejqd7k5TiNKQCL04G4rQmMKbgqh0mHSsc2h_GoJ_CHfefrfBLc6eN2O51D-xuKwUdUPRDQ-9QR9gL2898ixYKbydi25Yc-9-0uUkPVs36WXddYGeUHb0cVgsrLeSOMkqkQPADIYWXMJXhyphenhyphenUsew/w480-h640/IMG_4244.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aDrj89LERtO8sz4jLWO5nzpdNXOdNHRBZOR45OYe2qjbpBiatNwz46QUlZ0yoGAcv6pa6VJG8zXQVPaUpXiQg5_Yv1ddUlKghuchNudFHarto6NkH7Y3ULugNkNjBw6bqJrw8S0CZ5S4QX3qUy2hQ_P-iEmzxJPIO_0HZ2fcLdfLSZtuurRpXYSx210/s4032/IMG_4241.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aDrj89LERtO8sz4jLWO5nzpdNXOdNHRBZOR45OYe2qjbpBiatNwz46QUlZ0yoGAcv6pa6VJG8zXQVPaUpXiQg5_Yv1ddUlKghuchNudFHarto6NkH7Y3ULugNkNjBw6bqJrw8S0CZ5S4QX3qUy2hQ_P-iEmzxJPIO_0HZ2fcLdfLSZtuurRpXYSx210/w480-h640/IMG_4241.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Mickey Mouse embroidered section measures 10½" wide by 15¾" and I added a 2⅜" wide ruffle all around. The pillow is very plump and, taking that into account, the pillow measures approximately 15" wide and 19" tall. I can't wait to give Mickey to the girls when they visit at Thanksgiving. Yes, they liked it!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEy9UF-OjeW5et96v-sFcloprCQRS_M6QMKmXR5rQy6jS1zEXp2sbWh3BVb2-oQ6BLxDwxqe_FDfd0uxGLV_wCab4FDrzXMfrFdD52979PSNGzXLKUhToj3e70xCFEYP0Rie39jSshZtKMXl84ekYEZxtFBKhVc2qDwOhhBaL4Pl6CQwBzkLb3FDr4O4/s4032/IMG_4287.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEy9UF-OjeW5et96v-sFcloprCQRS_M6QMKmXR5rQy6jS1zEXp2sbWh3BVb2-oQ6BLxDwxqe_FDfd0uxGLV_wCab4FDrzXMfrFdD52979PSNGzXLKUhToj3e70xCFEYP0Rie39jSshZtKMXl84ekYEZxtFBKhVc2qDwOhhBaL4Pl6CQwBzkLb3FDr4O4/w640-h480/IMG_4287.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-35688655123832613382023-11-12T13:22:00.000-08:002023-11-12T13:22:53.933-08:00My DL2Q Blog Book - Vol. 19<p>When <a href="https://www.blog2print.com/">Blog2Print</a> had a 35% off sale I seized the opportunity to publish my 19th DL2Q blog book. The site has sales often enough that I rarely, if ever, pay full price. Here are two pair of pages from inside the book. The first pair is images of my "Third Saturday of the Month" outdoor quilt displays. The second pair is my daughter, visiting from Oklahoma, sandwiching her <i>Story of the Sky</i> creation to quilt on my Sweet Sixteen Handi-Quilter. Those glossy pages seem to enhance everything. <a href="https://www.blog2print.com/">Blog2Print</a> really does a nice job. I am always pleased with the finished bound hardcover book.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqBUHkqWDm35_tXxicOPTnu-5R-oEswCOI-jIn7rdt0dkyuE_9asKGJ2aH_WjAa1bAzZP-AWwFQakeXMqEb89uwcNoq_i5p8dJd3aQwPNvTY7lqgyCJ6Z2n3r_-VgNgzWrPUzHvmcEZYFaya752rYZHDVOLMQezwX9OyJgvKDDAZXhyphenhyphenEdeAFlukVjTK8/s4032/IMG_4220.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqBUHkqWDm35_tXxicOPTnu-5R-oEswCOI-jIn7rdt0dkyuE_9asKGJ2aH_WjAa1bAzZP-AWwFQakeXMqEb89uwcNoq_i5p8dJd3aQwPNvTY7lqgyCJ6Z2n3r_-VgNgzWrPUzHvmcEZYFaya752rYZHDVOLMQezwX9OyJgvKDDAZXhyphenhyphenEdeAFlukVjTK8/w640-h480/IMG_4220.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBiYlOBI3ZvdB5im_fDGdZOinfM91in8HSvKiCGm_n7WXcrqDhgebDkbjgZ1n0fVO9G9uECxlchi94nVMifpbNnDKiekbZs9vmNsPHj4a1jviOJlwxI8ENhGsf1Cl7TrhNy_m2ldxNs7IDGa1W1zeIaDtz3TEVC3FmgAkUfquL9RcnecKVFFS5HKrMnI/s3609/IMG_4221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="3609" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBiYlOBI3ZvdB5im_fDGdZOinfM91in8HSvKiCGm_n7WXcrqDhgebDkbjgZ1n0fVO9G9uECxlchi94nVMifpbNnDKiekbZs9vmNsPHj4a1jviOJlwxI8ENhGsf1Cl7TrhNy_m2ldxNs7IDGa1W1zeIaDtz3TEVC3FmgAkUfquL9RcnecKVFFS5HKrMnI/w640-h480/IMG_4221.jpeg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p><b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 1<span>9: October 20, 2022 - June 15. 2023</span><br /></b>Volume 19 contains <span>248</span> pages over a time period of nearly 8 months in <span>23</span> posts. <span>I picked a cover design, Mini Print - beige, that blended with the gray Christmas Cars quilt and complemented all the blues of my daughter's quilt <i>Story of the Sky</i>.</span></p><p><span style="color: red;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo87E1MZjfBT1hBXHD9VQIQYlEYSvhnSG5B_bFAnoQnj3NV9-LtPbXynP5XZ5r9ca2lmWRaLM9I-ivXk6MqPcC7oFqTWCDcPOyNWAgRRlBxdsXYwjNSR4PXBeZHoSw6mFkHJKfFuyL3fr4YDDwVZCIr3wDa0FNAFoGCfgbzL2fYcN2kmybgt8xkmqAhrA/s1656/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-10%20at%20%20Nov%2010,%204.53.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1656" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo87E1MZjfBT1hBXHD9VQIQYlEYSvhnSG5B_bFAnoQnj3NV9-LtPbXynP5XZ5r9ca2lmWRaLM9I-ivXk6MqPcC7oFqTWCDcPOyNWAgRRlBxdsXYwjNSR4PXBeZHoSw6mFkHJKfFuyL3fr4YDDwVZCIr3wDa0FNAFoGCfgbzL2fYcN2kmybgt8xkmqAhrA/w640-h428/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-10%20at%20%20Nov%2010,%204.53.02%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><p></p>The <b>Dedication</b> for <b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 1<span>9</span></b> and the subsequent <b>Table of Contents</b> read as follows:<div><i><blockquote>Spectating at the Houston International Quilt Festival starts off Vol. 19: participation in the Stir Crazy Museum Show closes it. In the intervening pages are visits with my daughter and grandkids, sharing sewing and quilting with them. A crocheted cardigan is included, tucked away among small sewing projects and finished UFOs.<br />- Diane Chambers</blockquote></i><blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><blockquote style="font-style: normal; text-align: start;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lREb5LCFarfwH6j1fGZyad4Ev8Nb5QUUlCp5ZVgyp1r7crK602QylsvY8_kyRKaet8d7EvDEFWl7ZY3aKuk9w5rXm80H7j9FUy2EP7Ct2Qa3q96aAqCCfO2JhVUmiPnyokUtVrVq4OeuZokEe0MP6oEh2_zZPRTUhM3KgpoZP-BTdyU3F1wsFPaFMYM/s1242/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-10%20at%20%20Nov%2010,%204.48.47%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="959" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lREb5LCFarfwH6j1fGZyad4Ev8Nb5QUUlCp5ZVgyp1r7crK602QylsvY8_kyRKaet8d7EvDEFWl7ZY3aKuk9w5rXm80H7j9FUy2EP7Ct2Qa3q96aAqCCfO2JhVUmiPnyokUtVrVq4OeuZokEe0MP6oEh2_zZPRTUhM3KgpoZP-BTdyU3F1wsFPaFMYM/w494-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-10%20at%20%20Nov%2010,%204.48.47%20PM.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">I added <b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 19</b> (far right, beige) to my shelf with the others. They all look relatively the same thickness, but are not, really. <b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 8</b> (middle, medium blue) and <b>DianeLoves2Quilt - Vol. 9</b> (middle, sage green) are the thickest at 429 and 355 pages respectively. This number of pages is actually a bit awkward to handle when holding the book and browsing through it so I like to keep it to between 200 and 250 pages. The number of pages and number of posts do not necessarily track with each other chart. The nerd in me cannot be suppressed as I show this lack of correlation in the following chart of number of pages in blue columns and the number of posts in a red line.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMP-z3XRd9E2tkC0Ds0lCWlwEsb3PeD1l9hXeWT-vQlkh5OfW3qwi5V5gzdIUX0yWxNdPWxloANOW2dXfWZrFHMJrSG4PJPRm-6Ttpp6efGEXHvV-nCyUuQdQTeT9p2aSYNqkLwCbE6n95ZXEVzfk4aNigPjIBxOOEDroyWygBXdMeZBSiNJg1v4Z6Ac/s3823/IMG_4223.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="3823" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMP-z3XRd9E2tkC0Ds0lCWlwEsb3PeD1l9hXeWT-vQlkh5OfW3qwi5V5gzdIUX0yWxNdPWxloANOW2dXfWZrFHMJrSG4PJPRm-6Ttpp6efGEXHvV-nCyUuQdQTeT9p2aSYNqkLwCbE6n95ZXEVzfk4aNigPjIBxOOEDroyWygBXdMeZBSiNJg1v4Z6Ac/w640-h374/IMG_4223.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8pCy5QAV0tuzeDmOayIxaGE5odR8fV67pJ8ry6NbwtdOU-eq1VbI3YB3pIuy20ixn_7nLLVs-6QdTD-c11WCCs-vL-c6dbmq8UNNb_7_uD0cntu0ryYTUWNmA0xPAjHcS5aruWqTnz1BH-pSFZ7SrOR_wznXdMGiyDwdd21y4fzosgFwHx3N6KTbt14/s1888/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-12%20at%20%20Nov%2012,%2012.28.05%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1888" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8pCy5QAV0tuzeDmOayIxaGE5odR8fV67pJ8ry6NbwtdOU-eq1VbI3YB3pIuy20ixn_7nLLVs-6QdTD-c11WCCs-vL-c6dbmq8UNNb_7_uD0cntu0ryYTUWNmA0xPAjHcS5aruWqTnz1BH-pSFZ7SrOR_wznXdMGiyDwdd21y4fzosgFwHx3N6KTbt14/w640-h438/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-12%20at%20%20Nov%2012,%2012.28.05%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The number of pages also does not reflect the time period covered. The thickest books do not necessarily cover the longest time period. In the following chart, the red line of "months covered" do not directly follow the blue columns of "number of pages". When I just started blogging, it took me almost a year and a half (17.8 months) to build up enough posts for a 228 page book. Mostly I get these books printed about twice a year. For any of my readers who want to try these books, for me and my post style/length/photos I've learned the following rules of thumb:</div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>200-250 pages is a comfortable thickness for holding and browsing</li><li>the number of months covered depends on how long the posts are; I aim for 6-8 months</li><li>24 posts makes a one-page table of contents</li><li>keeping track of cover colors gives me variety when displayed on the shelf; in my humble opinion, consistent colors are not as exciting and also run the risk of a style or pattern being discontinued</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0Gpl2eCTzzKgBzoJ9sgSG9WlYN2koktMMXMvBao9_qynkLUvM6w886uye60OPSTxnJd0gSIziHRE0ZNFABWkPhN9gA1G0NpXwkKRhOQr6FKNJ97YaB6wSAmKD1B6SbuMuypuyeBgybQgeI0ue0DQN-5SwkuZa1gFtfcm6YgMRsmAs0g_Mk8v_Homn0o/s1742/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-12%20at%20%20Nov%2012,%201.06.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1742" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0Gpl2eCTzzKgBzoJ9sgSG9WlYN2koktMMXMvBao9_qynkLUvM6w886uye60OPSTxnJd0gSIziHRE0ZNFABWkPhN9gA1G0NpXwkKRhOQr6FKNJ97YaB6wSAmKD1B6SbuMuypuyeBgybQgeI0ue0DQN-5SwkuZa1gFtfcm6YgMRsmAs0g_Mk8v_Homn0o/w640-h474/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-12%20at%20%20Nov%2012,%201.06.46%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These are links to previous volumes and reminders to what covers I selected. Volume 12 has the best, most complete, selection of hints.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>DL2Q Volume 19 posted 11/12/2023 cover choice Mini Print Beige</li><li>DL2Q Volume 18 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-18.html">01/25/2023</a> cover choice Polka Dots - yellow</li><li>DL2Q Volume 17 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2022/07/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-17.html">07/05/2022</a> cover choice Red Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 16 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2022/01/my-dl2q-blog-books-vol-1516.html">01/29/2022</a> cover choice Strawberry Chocolate</li><li>DL2Q Volume 15 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2022/01/my-dl2q-blog-books-vol-1516.html">01/29/2022</a> cover choice Orange Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 14 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2020/12/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-14.html">12/28/2020</a> cover choice Red Hearts</li><li>DL2Q Volume 13 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-13.html">04/24/2020</a> cover choice Solid Green</li><li>DL2Q Volume 12 posted <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-12.html">02/23/2020</a> cover choice Waves-N-Whirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 11 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2019/03/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-11.html">03/04/2019</a> cover choice Tree</li><li>DL2Q Volume 10 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-dl2q-blog-book-vol-10.html">07/05/2018</a> cover choice Brown Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 9 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-dl2q-blog-book-volume-9.html">06/22/2018</a> cover choice Polka Dots - green</li><li>DL2Q Volume 8 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2017/06/my-dl2q-blog-books-volumes-6-7-and-8.html">06/27/2017</a> cover choice Polka Dots - blue</li><li>DL2Q Volume 7 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2017/06/my-dl2q-blog-books-volumes-6-7-and-8.html">06/27/2017</a> cover choice Polka Dots - pink</li><li>DL2Q Volume 6 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2017/06/my-dl2q-blog-books-volumes-6-7-and-8.html">06/27/2017</a> cover choice Red Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 5 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2015/12/volume-5-blog-book-arrives.html">12/16/2015</a> cover choice Green Swirls</li><li>DL2Q Volume 4 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2015/03/yay-my-blog-books-arrived.html">03/18/2015</a> cover choice Plum Flowers</li><li>DL2Q Volume 3 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2015/03/yay-my-blog-books-arrived.html">03/18/2015</a> cover choice Flowers - yellow</li><li>DL2Q Volume 2 posted <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2014/04/second-volume-of-blog-books-and.html">04/14/2014</a> cover choice Flowers - pink</li><li>DL2Q Volume 1 posted <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">04/17/2013</a> cover choice Blue Swirls</li></ul></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-43337600221134625122023-11-01T22:36:00.000-07:002023-11-01T22:36:26.416-07:00Pumpkin Pleasures at Wooden Gate<p>I got an email from <a href="https://www.woodengatequilts.com/" target="_blank">Wooden Gate Quilts</a> that they were having a sale on Fall fabrics. This pumpkin print caught my eye since I like to collect pumpkins of different materials and patterns and sizes. I bought online and paid for 1¼ yards to make two 22" square pillows, planning to make the trip to the store nineteen miles away a couple days later to pick it up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyOjlNmKTP5cLfHiC-EJroEeu40ykUwF_EJhgV_Eqn598imL5GDRcflSIwJFlDx932gehdC-kydBs__daiJqHB3YHKTq_04GPSDFGu_COAY8S0wrKDgngddbDVg5GeICTYVx5BclDpjeB967HWtkWI62MpxO903Q1VPPutnGzy1eTYhs8tBgzCLs-Lbs/s1118/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-29%20at%20%20Oct%2029,%208.35.31%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1118" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyOjlNmKTP5cLfHiC-EJroEeu40ykUwF_EJhgV_Eqn598imL5GDRcflSIwJFlDx932gehdC-kydBs__daiJqHB3YHKTq_04GPSDFGu_COAY8S0wrKDgngddbDVg5GeICTYVx5BclDpjeB967HWtkWI62MpxO903Q1VPPutnGzy1eTYhs8tBgzCLs-Lbs/w640-h638/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-29%20at%20%20Oct%2029,%208.35.31%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWhr9rl_flB6lOTWOiOMKtK9ZPQtU5oPDH_ZM1HCvpiLXZWxnH5czdSXvOkuADdfmRxYg5ZfZpVoLTX7xoJpCdtehUz0YnP4OVYmGva3yLV1H1tEInnwutkNVWAU__aENZHcdYKjO4A9HLNzF-34dlHSBdijarQhza-euBpNulC1_Yj2bjb-OPh8oIq4/s3985/IMG_4184.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="3985" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWhr9rl_flB6lOTWOiOMKtK9ZPQtU5oPDH_ZM1HCvpiLXZWxnH5czdSXvOkuADdfmRxYg5ZfZpVoLTX7xoJpCdtehUz0YnP4OVYmGva3yLV1H1tEInnwutkNVWAU__aENZHcdYKjO4A9HLNzF-34dlHSBdijarQhza-euBpNulC1_Yj2bjb-OPh8oIq4/w640-h140/IMG_4184.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Wouldn't you know it, the day I went to pick up my fabric there was a trick or treat Halloween event at the Danville Livery Shopping Center where the quilt shop is. It was a zoo and parking was a challenge but it was kind of cute to see all the kiddos meandering around in costumes. As a fuddy-duddy, I would not have chosen to go on that day; but thrown into the situation, it was a pleasant diversion I most likely would have tried to avoid. The horse team got priority over my parking spot.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_096uyt6AxS1wb4jf2DszCDPCc6rowcOc-1tQUHjgPC_qoVy940UXJekn7tuU82agqQCStwwPR_PhJXoP9N33MboOzeytcBqtwl84DtgfbPUC_vgakj1MvUcKjjM-SMcrYWDTqpWCTBRigFUQ_xsUjGTb-NuSmT0ijcKu7A0NrTjXZVWwXAphC1RD3D4/s4032/IMG_4167.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_096uyt6AxS1wb4jf2DszCDPCc6rowcOc-1tQUHjgPC_qoVy940UXJekn7tuU82agqQCStwwPR_PhJXoP9N33MboOzeytcBqtwl84DtgfbPUC_vgakj1MvUcKjjM-SMcrYWDTqpWCTBRigFUQ_xsUjGTb-NuSmT0ijcKu7A0NrTjXZVWwXAphC1RD3D4/w640-h480/IMG_4167.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Browsing the store I got a couple more items other than the yardage I had pre-paid for. This book, <i>Modern Halloween</i> ©2107 attracted my interest and was included in the fall sale so I bought a copy. The prelude read <br /><blockquote><i>Halloween isn't meant to be cute. Leave that for the Easter Bunny. Or at least Halloween for adults doesn't have to be cute. There will be no smiling bats wearing pink hair bows here. Halloween is the one time of the year to embrace the spookier, scarier side of things. The designs in this book are for the modern and mature Halloween enthusiast (doesn't that sound official?) Really, these are projects that can add a unique seasonal touch to your home without making it seem like you have decorated the place for a preschool party.</i></blockquote>I am happy with smiling and whimsical pumpkins that can do dual purpose for Halloween and Thanksgiving, even as a grandma. I paged through the book and did like the clean lines of some of the patterns. I was going to get a second copy for my daughter but decided instead to hold off until I saw her at Thanksgiving and see if she wanted a copy. As I browsed Amazon to get a screen grab image for this post, Amazon informed me I had purchased this book before. I immediately felt guilty and careless if I'd already purchased it and stashed it away, forgetting about it. Then I checked the detail of the order and realized I had sent it directly to my adult daughter in Oklahoma in June 2019. She, her husband, and kids are into the ghoulish and zombie type of Halloween. My daughter and I laughed about the book over the phone today, and she was going to look for it first thing when she got home. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jDSmYgfxTIWGeFAHTT_9fD10oJggMkoY3hcjuNs1XB0YjphaQ1i4Qids4TALN7xEwVUosTBwJJmnbOveoSo0m09rV0xT4geDNhg0HGLpiV8LaHoc7wgc54RenFsk-Tk8CChFEoQvREECcVtbXTbgpI1KSoGJnRlkGUyZZMiTXHhojicggfoJOXLRT-8/s1436/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-29%20at%20%20Oct%2029,%206.53.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1106" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jDSmYgfxTIWGeFAHTT_9fD10oJggMkoY3hcjuNs1XB0YjphaQ1i4Qids4TALN7xEwVUosTBwJJmnbOveoSo0m09rV0xT4geDNhg0HGLpiV8LaHoc7wgc54RenFsk-Tk8CChFEoQvREECcVtbXTbgpI1KSoGJnRlkGUyZZMiTXHhojicggfoJOXLRT-8/w492-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-29%20at%20%20Oct%2029,%206.53.45%20PM.png" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>At Wooden Gate's fall sale I also picked up a plush, squishy, fuzzy, pumpkin in a peachy orange. It is the one in the foreground of the next image. I added it to my collection already on the hearth. In the image after that, I typically turn those two jack o' lantern pumpkins on the far right around to face the wall so they do double duty at Thanksgiving. I hope their feelings are not hurt but I would think they would prefer an extended stay on the hearth to plastic bin time in the attic.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZXHAbO_pNqqXYrHcNSkWncZ7eXnjVDpgKuJ0CaELvEPjqGf2B7dcn233KAPo0nzKLTKPDKDr4yRylaiQo2Ogn0AtbvE9ajJHlz41vJc0jfR7l4oHcMD4CeSMo90bsnt5OISrJN0voOHEpNYzCJoQpSiZzuA9jUqSgJvb_i_qwTmqPJSjxGgJZnPncXo/s4032/IMG_4182.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZXHAbO_pNqqXYrHcNSkWncZ7eXnjVDpgKuJ0CaELvEPjqGf2B7dcn233KAPo0nzKLTKPDKDr4yRylaiQo2Ogn0AtbvE9ajJHlz41vJc0jfR7l4oHcMD4CeSMo90bsnt5OISrJN0voOHEpNYzCJoQpSiZzuA9jUqSgJvb_i_qwTmqPJSjxGgJZnPncXo/w480-h640/IMG_4182.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNnLL27yCOey3Nan8WYwivq66JVjxcD5a_CyzH6ergLZNq9szab8R-cOnjUmfZCE0NNmsgLcH44GzlUyTyZ4WbpKUHmpafFE-UZFpljCinfZOfrVy7xEr5-EfEPI8K2VzZ88OSW2MeYfbw6jUnTjKgll8LEShGq0hgp2BuuVt36A3jPOpOgMPgYNfoKU/s3942/IMG_4183%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="3942" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNnLL27yCOey3Nan8WYwivq66JVjxcD5a_CyzH6ergLZNq9szab8R-cOnjUmfZCE0NNmsgLcH44GzlUyTyZ4WbpKUHmpafFE-UZFpljCinfZOfrVy7xEr5-EfEPI8K2VzZ88OSW2MeYfbw6jUnTjKgll8LEShGq0hgp2BuuVt36A3jPOpOgMPgYNfoKU/w640-h222/IMG_4183%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Determined not to stash away the pumpkin fabric and forget about it, I order two 22" pillow forms from Amazon. I already had two 18" zippers so I was all set to make up those pillows right away. There would be little waste or leftover scraps since I'd gotten just the right amount of fabric. But I thought the selvages were so cute with the row of itty bitty pumpkins that I did not want to throw them away. I was able to salvage two rows and decided to place them diagonally across the top corner of each pillow. I cut ¼ " away from the white section of the selvage and used that as a seam allowance. Then I flipped over the strip and stitched very close to the edge with white thread, below the dotted black line, leaving the bit of fuzzy fringe intact.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq6qhyphenhyphenzndqCsV7UoUunZahuaCIBuhDnvpYKqge1TE7QXvIz6bxA7x6VNWW0rnmq5OZMpUuzdR7K2dWJ79cHgZouoo27NUq09-PxHW5GecOZFiDDw_srbUMB0dpt50ik2Qg9ogOmJ9x-fQL0D2yoPC0f3V7gkX1NyhYRzzjm-tPclF9-9g4UNNOsBoHP0/s3854/IMG_4185.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="3854" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq6qhyphenhyphenzndqCsV7UoUunZahuaCIBuhDnvpYKqge1TE7QXvIz6bxA7x6VNWW0rnmq5OZMpUuzdR7K2dWJ79cHgZouoo27NUq09-PxHW5GecOZFiDDw_srbUMB0dpt50ik2Qg9ogOmJ9x-fQL0D2yoPC0f3V7gkX1NyhYRzzjm-tPclF9-9g4UNNOsBoHP0/w640-h136/IMG_4185.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9X64MoZvGhcwxAdG3dLjFeMuUz2aG6WLtO2BWeFno1JFOGUQP6CxahMkXSMCxCP_mBW47nLaVEuD81h3p3VG7OGqesgEKMQkfC4xQGeN1RzY4QmtzROSkDALFUOCi5nCl9ryMFndyHdYW9V-mg0ioCYtWm-sRUHw7KWOGQcptj8Jkx4dKO3r8sOKeFc/s4032/IMG_4190.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9X64MoZvGhcwxAdG3dLjFeMuUz2aG6WLtO2BWeFno1JFOGUQP6CxahMkXSMCxCP_mBW47nLaVEuD81h3p3VG7OGqesgEKMQkfC4xQGeN1RzY4QmtzROSkDALFUOCi5nCl9ryMFndyHdYW9V-mg0ioCYtWm-sRUHw7KWOGQcptj8Jkx4dKO3r8sOKeFc/w480-h640/IMG_4190.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWfkDHc5okgucY8MFsRmuKB0KoLrtmqJQWE4BLnwcIwPERllLi8Al9G2DYF3bd7nX5RumGEo7jYVbsBYLhficpTqYqYu25ZQYAfnA4D78BomqIbCwcct4wDlj1fIXAiV9RcBr3W5OSP-gI4lh7K7YYLg24K2Ex_kuNL6_2LZ_ENYzj4b4J-oaNWAcc74/s4032/IMG_4191.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWfkDHc5okgucY8MFsRmuKB0KoLrtmqJQWE4BLnwcIwPERllLi8Al9G2DYF3bd7nX5RumGEo7jYVbsBYLhficpTqYqYu25ZQYAfnA4D78BomqIbCwcct4wDlj1fIXAiV9RcBr3W5OSP-gI4lh7K7YYLg24K2Ex_kuNL6_2LZ_ENYzj4b4J-oaNWAcc74/w480-h640/IMG_4191.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilRBQ_F16R9s7UdVIxg5OzGKsAcRjCkbpMB0e9_JQNvZFylI6XxX2cDLS1V9fOhOeDM-lVXIP5DP5RSQmO5A_T7WEbldlgnDk0G1qrm1Pv2IlN6IRRW6a5hNoQ56XO7Ye_aQ86gloMGteuCBdfR9llykG28_JohSgQpk08-BmLFsEWME4mri1rbV0sWk/s4032/IMG_4192.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilRBQ_F16R9s7UdVIxg5OzGKsAcRjCkbpMB0e9_JQNvZFylI6XxX2cDLS1V9fOhOeDM-lVXIP5DP5RSQmO5A_T7WEbldlgnDk0G1qrm1Pv2IlN6IRRW6a5hNoQ56XO7Ye_aQ86gloMGteuCBdfR9llykG28_JohSgQpk08-BmLFsEWME4mri1rbV0sWk/w480-h640/IMG_4192.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The diagonal selvage bands came out cute but small relative to the entire pillow. Next time I do this I will cut a longer strip of selvage, even if the text shows, so it will be farther down from the pillow corner and more visible.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF7SyhT-5bp6Df2C3LfXr0y0UY3hwEWin5b5Bi7yfAb-K9bWKfGjSYXiFquclgv8K2e8o-8hJjNncfKdd8P3WTD1z3uhgDBaIxSQw-JcbCeaR2ny9wrpc9TGRJ7fLZYFnXZqPXNLH2ze9bOgP1cQ6RGw0me1lqR4EmvnDuIsz15exZ4En3teyOca7GWg/s4032/IMG_4193.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF7SyhT-5bp6Df2C3LfXr0y0UY3hwEWin5b5Bi7yfAb-K9bWKfGjSYXiFquclgv8K2e8o-8hJjNncfKdd8P3WTD1z3uhgDBaIxSQw-JcbCeaR2ny9wrpc9TGRJ7fLZYFnXZqPXNLH2ze9bOgP1cQ6RGw0me1lqR4EmvnDuIsz15exZ4En3teyOca7GWg/w480-h640/IMG_4193.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUXuVW15YheALp8hLX4C-V2ajkRwNdNKUMs6LrcX0pdlvrWow6EecJxl2hoCTLu5TJULrQImUDfC-IzukKv4Kq_ebq3UhAx4huSFVgfK_8wMVfquzNPLCYX2sai2MRi_GfmcBiK03EjqnemlEKitzR-MwU8czSi_NpDWfpbDsmywj7k4t2gGsoKjMBuQ/s4032/IMG_4194.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUXuVW15YheALp8hLX4C-V2ajkRwNdNKUMs6LrcX0pdlvrWow6EecJxl2hoCTLu5TJULrQImUDfC-IzukKv4Kq_ebq3UhAx4huSFVgfK_8wMVfquzNPLCYX2sai2MRi_GfmcBiK03EjqnemlEKitzR-MwU8czSi_NpDWfpbDsmywj7k4t2gGsoKjMBuQ/w640-h480/IMG_4194.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The two pillows are now deployed on either side of my hearth. I expected the pale gray to play a larger role. But the dark gray is dominant enough that the pillows have more of an orange/black Halloween vibe. I do love the plaid of the pumpkins, though.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMuIYE9TkuGrULWR_yCCVpE2cfrZSieIu3bfBLrmSx4sx_GWK7QJtzz0YigC1sJJcCtV70MCqP6d7hypYGbiYWAZjCL_SLGkq_7ShUi4o47f1EWQpwUlmym9__UkpXwLRGrAMCdPcah0lnw0ctMGQZo7I8fIPKAsBYVd45gwhYA2hPyq2gWjYZ1HM1rw/s4032/IMG_4195.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMuIYE9TkuGrULWR_yCCVpE2cfrZSieIu3bfBLrmSx4sx_GWK7QJtzz0YigC1sJJcCtV70MCqP6d7hypYGbiYWAZjCL_SLGkq_7ShUi4o47f1EWQpwUlmym9__UkpXwLRGrAMCdPcah0lnw0ctMGQZo7I8fIPKAsBYVd45gwhYA2hPyq2gWjYZ1HM1rw/w640-h480/IMG_4195.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S1a4z0Xds52I3cpUmEkduMbVr6Ewu2XsE4hcyFey2g2khhmi1it2dwdNPZKmXKdX9BwEx6L68okjrJNLVN0x-RwdthwoRPzO7Jq0AU7YPwtpgZVCWmyrnoBZ08F7PNKZexMWNTH5GBhZVoIvyPiOdbR6KI-tCWYcHHzQBrbpYFcw-pCg5rHGqAAvuB0/s4032/IMG_4196.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S1a4z0Xds52I3cpUmEkduMbVr6Ewu2XsE4hcyFey2g2khhmi1it2dwdNPZKmXKdX9BwEx6L68okjrJNLVN0x-RwdthwoRPzO7Jq0AU7YPwtpgZVCWmyrnoBZ08F7PNKZexMWNTH5GBhZVoIvyPiOdbR6KI-tCWYcHHzQBrbpYFcw-pCg5rHGqAAvuB0/w640-h480/IMG_4196.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Oh, by the way, I did buy two patterns from Etsy, one for sewn pumpkins (Kim Kruzich) and one for knitted pumpkins. (Marie Mayhew). Oh, well. Maybe I'll get to them next year. They look like fun.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEARYSvd7CmzFbzreElWCKa0w9jcBIJ-j3v34rnZAtSaFLuCTStLCpoI7tnSF34-c7y9aPkhmSlMFhz4HS9QnxsQHldQ0BkKWHw4xb7r4N9AgXazvTbhhOYcZfHN59eTJ9mII_CwozEn-QGjXFlrB3dhEv8GQMO6C6H0BbrFrrHiStm3MPFII6WJTWpk/s1762/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-01%20at%20%20Nov%201,%2010.20.56%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1762" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEARYSvd7CmzFbzreElWCKa0w9jcBIJ-j3v34rnZAtSaFLuCTStLCpoI7tnSF34-c7y9aPkhmSlMFhz4HS9QnxsQHldQ0BkKWHw4xb7r4N9AgXazvTbhhOYcZfHN59eTJ9mII_CwozEn-QGjXFlrB3dhEv8GQMO6C6H0BbrFrrHiStm3MPFII6WJTWpk/w640-h422/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-01%20at%20%20Nov%201,%2010.20.56%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-1907730959357810962023-10-25T14:58:00.000-07:002023-10-28T20:14:15.544-07:00Mini Pillows from Extra Blocks<p>While working on a community quilt with some of my quilty friends, I had two sets of a four block quad leftover from the quilt pattern <a href="https://www.materialgirlfriendsshop.com/product/open-options/29" target="_blank">Open Options by Material Girlfriends</a>. I could have made one two-sided pillow but it would have been rather large. Instead, I had two pillow forms that were each approximately half the square size of a four block quad. By placing a form on the diagonal and folding the quad block corners in to the center I could make two mini-pillows. I would remove half of one block and insert a zipper in that seam, carefully, since it was a bias seam and could stretch. Then there would be an access side to insert the pillow form.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWwYI9VMdabq9iHcg6G0ruRLeC_5SN-RmwTf1KN_9W-SfYc-ZwImB_r3N2PtPu6I1ejB1RTzxyCluBRJpKa2czDcNsuoGOT9JCDBy7mvJFRy7cjuEqKq8VBmHDSgv6U0BJT3LKqjxGJZXokZtAWGnGIJVOh7QZFVdd9v2BARnfDKEE5_ul10TluOv8d4/s3024/IMG_4144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWwYI9VMdabq9iHcg6G0ruRLeC_5SN-RmwTf1KN_9W-SfYc-ZwImB_r3N2PtPu6I1ejB1RTzxyCluBRJpKa2czDcNsuoGOT9JCDBy7mvJFRy7cjuEqKq8VBmHDSgv6U0BJT3LKqjxGJZXokZtAWGnGIJVOh7QZFVdd9v2BARnfDKEE5_ul10TluOv8d4/w640-h640/IMG_4144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftEN9vYkiKV03jTrllHBqbME3aXp-qBmUKTzGcrB967bR_tDXPmJKb5DpJFkt0ld7pQcpJvb_22ofzLQ7Bw7YoFXpEZS5KbalIWhL-yMlaCKyf1XwGpq6RlYkpHgxgq_6H3918vzYBBgzYX9LapOWfHeXZJJXXFlt-kzk8QXwoMpqKZLupMm9ZnfVyqA/s2950/IMG_4145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2950" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftEN9vYkiKV03jTrllHBqbME3aXp-qBmUKTzGcrB967bR_tDXPmJKb5DpJFkt0ld7pQcpJvb_22ofzLQ7Bw7YoFXpEZS5KbalIWhL-yMlaCKyf1XwGpq6RlYkpHgxgq_6H3918vzYBBgzYX9LapOWfHeXZJJXXFlt-kzk8QXwoMpqKZLupMm9ZnfVyqA/w640-h428/IMG_4145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I spent WAY too much time on this supposedly quick project intended to use up extra blocks, spare pillow forms, and short zippers -- all items already in my stash. I will not blog about it in detail, especially since I took minimal photos of my goofs to illustrate this trivial pillow task. In summary these are the mistakes I made:<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I thought I needed to add a strip to give more seam allowance and supply more fabric for overlap at the zipper. I did not. I wound up ripping it off.</li><li>I underestimated the seam allowance size needed to make the pillow cover fit the form snugly. I re-seamed three times going from ¼" to ½" to ¾" before saying this is good enough. It could have been tighter still, but I wanted to declare this "quick" project done!</li><li>I took the first zipper, the one in the aqua pillow, out twice and inserted it a third time due to the seam allowance change. You can guess how this warped that bias edge and how difficult it was to pick out stitches from the zipper tape. I had learned by the second grey pillow; I only inserted the 9" zipper once using the largest seam allowance.</li><li>I should not have used zippers at all and just stitched the opening closed. These pillows are small enough at under 11" to be just tossed in the wash as is, without removing the covers.</li></ol><div>When completed though, I liked the diagonal block wrap idea and was pleased at the way the edges of the pillows look with contrasting triangles peeking out.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatkbQyL-qpQJbr04a_5QPmtXUlrHGDWVHAD2RBjigyThtIezlE4a_stnJ6ljjFRBseJWxRHHcODbaKzUHvUARYsZYYgQ0sxGFfooDbNgXdJTwgcrP61zo14IxZvyqsNbZszRG2Oz4taDw-VqsOVPryYShCQ94R8-xeFrFzWmfc1YXZ0TWh8-wFV0DvXI/s3024/IMG_4154.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatkbQyL-qpQJbr04a_5QPmtXUlrHGDWVHAD2RBjigyThtIezlE4a_stnJ6ljjFRBseJWxRHHcODbaKzUHvUARYsZYYgQ0sxGFfooDbNgXdJTwgcrP61zo14IxZvyqsNbZszRG2Oz4taDw-VqsOVPryYShCQ94R8-xeFrFzWmfc1YXZ0TWh8-wFV0DvXI/w640-h640/IMG_4154.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Those triangles peek out differently for the front and the back of each pillow. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2XkVqewyMXWEm2sKfaolCLCVg4qMB5d0j9zLWdP9hIUpU3XDaztbTbSjG8sWePFA-klY47_e3uI40Ja2dkAtSB3FDF0szB08x55D6Rs2gweNq_ruw4BaHE2BMJYbqSqCyk_w-WlnYBMwrFAAQJ3Kc8G2Vz94Bo27FHREw0C7HMHTys9bTgZV46N3kU0/s4032/IMG_4158.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2XkVqewyMXWEm2sKfaolCLCVg4qMB5d0j9zLWdP9hIUpU3XDaztbTbSjG8sWePFA-klY47_e3uI40Ja2dkAtSB3FDF0szB08x55D6Rs2gweNq_ruw4BaHE2BMJYbqSqCyk_w-WlnYBMwrFAAQJ3Kc8G2Vz94Bo27FHREw0C7HMHTys9bTgZV46N3kU0/w640-h480/IMG_4158.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTIB6mNC930Zq_1LXfKAvILGZOdeEs7aWuPS1REw7FVN_l0mAPHDXDHCBZsFKwLclzGTVaKPKxP7Pq4P9I5xM0r261VDhU1vo4lBgRIozMIIQShUjgMKALQKklya7_92_Dnc_odMODr5UR5iQtn8bwM8PkmcJebxPqMds1rdB8qZbKph7snCEcUZzNSE/s4032/IMG_4157.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTIB6mNC930Zq_1LXfKAvILGZOdeEs7aWuPS1REw7FVN_l0mAPHDXDHCBZsFKwLclzGTVaKPKxP7Pq4P9I5xM0r261VDhU1vo4lBgRIozMIIQShUjgMKALQKklya7_92_Dnc_odMODr5UR5iQtn8bwM8PkmcJebxPqMds1rdB8qZbKph7snCEcUZzNSE/w640-h480/IMG_4157.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also liked the four patch block effect on the pillow corners.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3S5-8pJmn2vaRUDMwylTH80rBapBbLj-qXYV9iUnjfPcPYNPVzv-5cFTn87G9rKyvOSaj5a-NIaYlqrGHdZE1sDWWNRxl95YicY3WHWil16ts4miPhuwjwc1tHBX-tIz6UCptJs9Nm5ovKqtOul7jQGOexf8SxIosZGfld33YEJ2wWezRT_77k040hyphenhyphenQ/s4032/IMG_4159.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2401" data-original-width="4032" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3S5-8pJmn2vaRUDMwylTH80rBapBbLj-qXYV9iUnjfPcPYNPVzv-5cFTn87G9rKyvOSaj5a-NIaYlqrGHdZE1sDWWNRxl95YicY3WHWil16ts4miPhuwjwc1tHBX-tIz6UCptJs9Nm5ovKqtOul7jQGOexf8SxIosZGfld33YEJ2wWezRT_77k040hyphenhyphenQ/w640-h382/IMG_4159.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I still think this is a cute idea for leftover blocks. Remember the old adage, "Measure twice, cut once"? I need a new adage. "Measure once to avoid sewing three times!"DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-23338518906369482792023-10-17T22:59:00.000-07:002023-10-28T20:14:05.190-07:00House Pillowcases<p>My friend Kathie and I get together once a month to sew a project or try a new technique. In October I was going to demonstrate, and she was going to learn, the burrito method of making pillowcases. <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2019/05/pillowcase-sewing-tips.html" target="_blank">My 5/27/19 blog post</a> has a brief tutorial on the sewing portion of how I make these. She made one pillowcase at my house with my fabric selections and me coaching her. I just love that house fabric! I waffled between orange and brown as the color for the accent strip and then decided the brown would bring out the tree trunks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMVQa_TLlfXCpVFaww7GgbQRK7JkET9VqRzglXD1lCc1wN5yzVTJ6grrq6_Dx5Z_UGfdeGjq5hNeNeGoks8RvH2k22kKnE_eLYXhuumd-F0NvJ0rKC6g0V7JjWfS0fsoUExER9-nf8pcU29s_fVlu7L6-GFwSed6P2r2GB7dcmsWsjSbcFdJra1MquFg/s3774/IMG_4143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3774" data-original-width="2830" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMVQa_TLlfXCpVFaww7GgbQRK7JkET9VqRzglXD1lCc1wN5yzVTJ6grrq6_Dx5Z_UGfdeGjq5hNeNeGoks8RvH2k22kKnE_eLYXhuumd-F0NvJ0rKC6g0V7JjWfS0fsoUExER9-nf8pcU29s_fVlu7L6-GFwSed6P2r2GB7dcmsWsjSbcFdJra1MquFg/w480-h640/IMG_4143.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kathie loved the magic of how these come out and liked the additional bonus of making French seams. She went home that night and made a pillowcase of her own, adding a touch of decorative stitching to the accent strip. I liked that idea and added some itty bitty decor on my accent band, also. I first tried to find the correct brown color thread in my stash but was unsuccessful, having only brown options that were too dark (almost black) and brown choices that were too light (almost beige). Necessity being the mother of invention, I found instead a bright green like the border and used it to make decorative leaves. I like the way the "foliage" echoes the trees.<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ROkKZBD6kajkr0sLKqf6T2UjAkgeRupDUpRS8_3Sb2AnJjyeDjJG8aZrvv-iLII8r1kYryURPbNKMdUpHSEbB0OF1rk4bXMFzJhojuMT25V1qh79zGsqX5zDS1lk96ppCrKx3Th05411YN8_-u8-oeupyhlSCqLbj39y31BoD_SJLRF9ryRgB3S-vdo/s4032/IMG_4141.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ROkKZBD6kajkr0sLKqf6T2UjAkgeRupDUpRS8_3Sb2AnJjyeDjJG8aZrvv-iLII8r1kYryURPbNKMdUpHSEbB0OF1rk4bXMFzJhojuMT25V1qh79zGsqX5zDS1lk96ppCrKx3Th05411YN8_-u8-oeupyhlSCqLbj39y31BoD_SJLRF9ryRgB3S-vdo/w480-h640/IMG_4141.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>A couple days later, I got out my fabrics again to make the complementary partner to the king size pillowcase we had made that day as a learning tool. I had assured Kathie that after she'd made a few pillowcases and the technique was no longer new, she could whip out a pillowcase in 20-30 minutes. Confident I knew what I was doing, I sewed my second pillowcase up in short order, being careful enough to reverse the polarity of the band side. Then I went to photograph the pair for my blog and ... whoops! They were different widths. So much for cocky self confidence. At least I discovered this faux pas before deploying them on the bed.</p><div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKLEtzt_bYopFQV-7eUOIkaE3ddpFlHT9jsaYThVs1xPGomB_OkhepVUiVjPpQnSlEaNARIzdIt-jmGphPuboLKr4mF3BZ339-NLJXzbfLJHgc2Axxpa0Hz1TEjhS4AJFpR3SOPXUiw-3kRVKYU8HD3_hriw1QBcpbVhu-YdX6Dac4G3lgkcML6zJ090/s3137/IMG_4138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3137" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKLEtzt_bYopFQV-7eUOIkaE3ddpFlHT9jsaYThVs1xPGomB_OkhepVUiVjPpQnSlEaNARIzdIt-jmGphPuboLKr4mF3BZ339-NLJXzbfLJHgc2Axxpa0Hz1TEjhS4AJFpR3SOPXUiw-3kRVKYU8HD3_hriw1QBcpbVhu-YdX6Dac4G3lgkcML6zJ090/w640-h588/IMG_4138.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>In <a href="https://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2019/05/themed-pillowcases.html" target="_blank">my blog post for 5/11/19</a> I had stated cutting instruction for standard, queen, and king size pillowcases for directional and non-directional fabric. I quote here, highlighting where I had goofed. </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"></p><blockquote><i>With directional fabric for a king size pillow (20" x 36"):<br /><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Cut</span> the main body 41"along the grain x <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">37" slightly less than the WOF</span>. The 41" wraps around the pillow with only one seam along the length. Main body needs 1¼ yards to accommodate the 41".</i></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><p style="background-color: white;"></p></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"></p>I had absent-mindedly left out the step of cutting the 37" width<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">. </span></span>No harm, no foul. I simply cut off the excess width from the completed pillowcase, leaving a ½" for the new French seam at the far end from the opening, and sewed the seam again.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14EwgraNjxBBu_v0ahHVmOI7PBIqjGLwVEam3h6EaRph8-f1SebhPBchDw8eM8-P3yopcjM22fU3GKh5QiLah0zm2WlXtz3J4GoJDYb7tsMCbvwm18vStlw3PtPND6oJq7XN-7TjI_drfQIJ3CaooMM-h_BytTGQfYLklXrIAOw945d9gdcreE7NqHY4/w640-h434/IMG_4140.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><br /></div><div>Here is the finished pair of cases. They are folded for storage in my linen closet -- in half, and then thirds; but trust me, yes, the two pillowcases are indeed the same size now.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNO-VRQHFJuLq-Gi4skPTuDQAqAJiQbyWt-daRsh91fF4G6_3LvpLV_GXzWbSUWi0ajlvFhcb5EgUMoLIMCjVjTPHUWNTr5Vop5v3GyLxcy_aAkUe2dWtJd1Nr4swclVuL7LRGcqGQapRPFFmD3zvNoiSRK-9BLs4HL7CfYItRpn1ZTeN31wfH7dpfqk/w640-h480/IMG_4142.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-83761708258008885372023-10-12T18:11:00.002-07:002023-10-28T20:13:54.069-07:00Just a Pillow<p>This is "just a pillow" but it has a story behind it. It all started with a fat quarter I bought on sale at a neighboring guild's fabric sale. Although I do not normally tend toward a neutral palette, I loved the intricate line drawing in this architectural themed fabric. What to do with it? I know. I will make a pillow. I will find a coordinating fabric in my stash for the back.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rs_-bLhvCDdfUPhTWtYuCvpWzSuruuWkDW3Uz_1DYHC8GxAXl31WL6qR2NWvmbaTLwZcbdSx0NbGB8BDzocksoo_LNH2IlST6r_Kj19JDcjpArnxjXSjwakJyjs_YjoOIyq-anx1u_xn86lieIiL_B-pL3oR-gOOCY4p9VaPh75DmIcFgFew4JlZ38Y/s3816/IMG_3817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3816" data-original-width="1775" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rs_-bLhvCDdfUPhTWtYuCvpWzSuruuWkDW3Uz_1DYHC8GxAXl31WL6qR2NWvmbaTLwZcbdSx0NbGB8BDzocksoo_LNH2IlST6r_Kj19JDcjpArnxjXSjwakJyjs_YjoOIyq-anx1u_xn86lieIiL_B-pL3oR-gOOCY4p9VaPh75DmIcFgFew4JlZ38Y/w298-h640/IMG_3817.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><p></p><p>If I sew ½" seams around two 18" fabric squares, the cover will fit snugly on an 18" pillow form. I have to buy a pillow form. Wouldn't the pillow look cute with black fringe trim around it? I have to buy black fringe trim. Off I go on a commando raid to the fabric store. This phenomenon is called scope creep and budget exceedance; both are always possible with even the simplest of projects. </p><p>I trekked over to the trim department and the cheapest fringe I could find was $7.99 per yard. I needed two yards and a bit to turn corners so I was looking at over $16 + tax. I decided the fabric was striking enough. Fringe would only detract. This project, after all, had started with the piddly $1 for a fat quarter. </p><p>Bins at the fabric store for 14", 16", and 22" pillow forms were full but the 18" bin was empty (of course). I finally located an 18" square pillow form but there was no price on it. "How much could it be?", I scoffed. Up to the register I go. When I was told the price was a mere $27.99, I let out a resounding "Yikes"! The clerk pointed out to me that the form was for indoor/outdoor weather conditions and therefore more pricey. She called for another clerk to meet me back at the pillow forms and the second clerk did locate one final remaining non-specialized 18" form at almost half the price and also on sale at 25% off. Whew! That's more like it! They had been sold out of the "basic" forms but I was willing to spring $11.99 for a "premium" form, especially after dodging that $27.99 cost. </p><p>I did have a perfectly coordinating fabric in my stash, black and white dots on a background that was the exact beige of the focal print. It looked like the two were made for each other. I also happened to already have 16" zipper that I could insert in the bottom seam.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFEY3bF75tz6neHe25zEEMJrVE5QwosrrQOeOhKdTuALTGZikbZrGi-1kEIWJTz7gfzprPUfb8N1rstlSAd0be16GzZ5dX2JCA3YNXrSrr5TW-t9IlF5laIp6z8tff2W_8CVCtPawI6p4XUwJJUBKuaZymxXjK9exry_UsXTvUIkUTuhtkeOOVqv3XyM/s4032/IMG_4050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFEY3bF75tz6neHe25zEEMJrVE5QwosrrQOeOhKdTuALTGZikbZrGi-1kEIWJTz7gfzprPUfb8N1rstlSAd0be16GzZ5dX2JCA3YNXrSrr5TW-t9IlF5laIp6z8tff2W_8CVCtPawI6p4XUwJJUBKuaZymxXjK9exry_UsXTvUIkUTuhtkeOOVqv3XyM/w480-h640/IMG_4050.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>Here is the front and back of the completed pillow. It took me less time to make the pillow than it did to buy the form, decide against fringe, find the zipper, and write this blog post.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_W1CJ0bml8AEg-bAxZKClnqsEfcBfo2dU5i0q_oDDXH4D554tK57pwbnDuF2jaiUUxHRqOTnIrl8ch84uZWgIm386woID6n3lK27jKqcpLgMfRH4GN4NkntVPRTbn1RNTznIgd4jckfr5NB8qJM59lz3aZVbF-Bw7PxO4K8XWX-4cuQlAV2wYgCau9Hk/s3024/IMG_4053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_W1CJ0bml8AEg-bAxZKClnqsEfcBfo2dU5i0q_oDDXH4D554tK57pwbnDuF2jaiUUxHRqOTnIrl8ch84uZWgIm386woID6n3lK27jKqcpLgMfRH4GN4NkntVPRTbn1RNTznIgd4jckfr5NB8qJM59lz3aZVbF-Bw7PxO4K8XWX-4cuQlAV2wYgCau9Hk/w640-h640/IMG_4053.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFNhk0-W_ppIla1LpfgF9Q3hRLkDIftAXaBUFAlEl2p4PcwNvvNPa-5RYVcLHxEjCf4L3MyRlHTEpgTGkbimRaVsnpAF15PLRW7IsRF5xnTvKwJ11S3CH47X8KyooyEdFAr8ooeH0FS7AQPhM9WcBHguB_PQ99eJpdqrcZRHIiArwjTcbm6rtt16vlUk/s3024/IMG_4048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFNhk0-W_ppIla1LpfgF9Q3hRLkDIftAXaBUFAlEl2p4PcwNvvNPa-5RYVcLHxEjCf4L3MyRlHTEpgTGkbimRaVsnpAF15PLRW7IsRF5xnTvKwJ11S3CH47X8KyooyEdFAr8ooeH0FS7AQPhM9WcBHguB_PQ99eJpdqrcZRHIiArwjTcbm6rtt16vlUk/w640-h640/IMG_4048.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It goes great on my husband's recliner. It is kind of manly, too. However, it is still "just a pillow". And to think... it all started with a $1 "bargain".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07vLG9BZJTyGlGUJ6rkrEIk8H7ZdgRJB-8BJtRDT1sKw70XcQ7F0ujoRHo9Wv_nhfRZ72493b5iTy1cmdDH7x0euhFKS8M71DEY4I8zzOgzmuW2zY_igmqb2_0SfpNcwgpwF2weF8G3sle1P_GFnM7XDv5EljHUzBEjqm2fIKcdR-2fvu94faKmRUXGE/s3024/IMG_4054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07vLG9BZJTyGlGUJ6rkrEIk8H7ZdgRJB-8BJtRDT1sKw70XcQ7F0ujoRHo9Wv_nhfRZ72493b5iTy1cmdDH7x0euhFKS8M71DEY4I8zzOgzmuW2zY_igmqb2_0SfpNcwgpwF2weF8G3sle1P_GFnM7XDv5EljHUzBEjqm2fIKcdR-2fvu94faKmRUXGE/w640-h640/IMG_4054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-10254696158149210882023-09-30T21:49:00.000-07:002023-10-28T20:13:43.937-07:00Visit to Back Porch Fabrics<p>For our 48th wedding anniversary, my husband and I spent two nights in Pacific Grove at the <a href="https://thesevengablesinn.com/" target="_blank">Seven Gables Inn</a> with a scenic view out onto Monterey Bay. Within a few blocks, walking distance, is <a href="https://www.backporchfabrics.com/" target="_blank">Back Porch Fabrics</a>. Frank knows what keeps me happy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2V9SnIIwZLICF-s-mINKHtfAjf6tckmBkQuEKQrtgr43OEXY-gS3QbbPUFCvdb-bj9FZcv7ritm60eD3JbBqlQQ_nyxtLSKhOo2yxKTDaJEib4iZ4CO64gY7L-xmUJLJo9L6CqYSqTgOFK8Nd0aO1G81b2OdPl5RDFR28wObCN-LIOraTjnXOYtvvc0/w640-h276/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-29%20at%20%20Sep%2029,%201.42.26%20PM.png" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtVd9A0uWPdQW1RS78kj4-DGyITAA_z5iHmELGqYvPVIE-ET7mQSI834TPHO3oEImOEkgbrsasFxscZgFnebv3NSRO-Jhltshrpu95RxjRcCTsB3ygpq0vne6LN4kyF3CgRa46NGWlNw2DIxiGQMSjxx_bTwdLr4euElWzHhZ7wSUCBgu5nyVrUcy46o/w640-h238/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-29%20at%20%20Sep%2029,%201.18.35%20PM.png" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We went there first thing the first morning after breakfast and drove the short distance. Frank rationalized driving rather than walking by, "What if you have a lot of fabrics to carry back?" Here are my purchases; I was well behaved. Upon entering, I immediately saw a fabric panel displayed on the counter, and I fell in love with it instantly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYCgFRNKsWZ-iwQ8D6ckdiNx_Sa6ocIZHZtiO-h9ylgbITlC4_xwAFhv90xkhmG8YLa_7w8m8aKHK3VxgUKGKbTfck3WxJMERlOwGNZoq3qZ_PNedAMNMDaO4ONB9tn8tA5xaCEQ01-fK7XVs6Ld_WHs3TRtzcThW8i0-_AhZRuMfQn-A6J72ALntry0/w640-h328/IMG_4007.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Out of habit I visited the sales table first and picked up two fat quarter bundles, basically at half price. They were made up of a majority of solids and so I feel confident that I can put them to good use. I try to steer away from novelties to rein in my stash size.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxG9R2eFZ8GChhx2TWM3Oj9SYAfzR0tJbNdcoXfUnJ0_UYax8jUZIR4qmcNQ9QTrlZEM_-YN8buVaRLbaGZ2dGwgHv_IGJwZRCrr3NvM9xhqCZCfNL1tYi4DG04PTVDqGeXfl0Jam9GYYPuHknPC85ek9vFF6c2PqSCu-DEeB0C_efupDDsAg6NAOii0/s3238/IMG_4010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="3238" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxG9R2eFZ8GChhx2TWM3Oj9SYAfzR0tJbNdcoXfUnJ0_UYax8jUZIR4qmcNQ9QTrlZEM_-YN8buVaRLbaGZ2dGwgHv_IGJwZRCrr3NvM9xhqCZCfNL1tYi4DG04PTVDqGeXfl0Jam9GYYPuHknPC85ek9vFF6c2PqSCu-DEeB0C_efupDDsAg6NAOii0/w640-h364/IMG_4010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The two fat quarters on the left of the first bundle and the one chili peppers fat quarter on the right of the second bundle may be tricky to use up but the rest are solids or low volumes that easily read as solids.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDqQg6kWsQ1VjyO6Ra8rJlvzfoLq9Mxaepn9CyRA9sVSCbr9Ckmp2Z4yDc3ONvcSMJamApLHi_BZoHhk9YbW3zFDN8YZ25EjNZPghDpp1vScyr-Zj-SwSHigTrPSJvNIHb1E-4wHo54oTx-CDkISOTgUnz1TPHQ2CEdgrqndd6ETpSq5sfM1Yl3phjyk/s3792/IMG_4005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="3792" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDqQg6kWsQ1VjyO6Ra8rJlvzfoLq9Mxaepn9CyRA9sVSCbr9Ckmp2Z4yDc3ONvcSMJamApLHi_BZoHhk9YbW3zFDN8YZ25EjNZPghDpp1vScyr-Zj-SwSHigTrPSJvNIHb1E-4wHo54oTx-CDkISOTgUnz1TPHQ2CEdgrqndd6ETpSq5sfM1Yl3phjyk/w640-h480/IMG_4005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJBYc1I70SHcBh0WmrdDa9fXmas2q172ImB79bwBY175dPQvZKg8AD74bhCWiCXRX4Zc8bLXGstOJr4Er4UO8EJAjdtZouFV3EneGkX7cSSIvMbPa-cJTkt2sq5RzInyTD2sG67ezWMnCIpJS8efeLtLhNnaG0R29HJVnllV5GR72fRvwvIe0ofhFwuk/s3920/IMG_4006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="3920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJBYc1I70SHcBh0WmrdDa9fXmas2q172ImB79bwBY175dPQvZKg8AD74bhCWiCXRX4Zc8bLXGstOJr4Er4UO8EJAjdtZouFV3EneGkX7cSSIvMbPa-cJTkt2sq5RzInyTD2sG67ezWMnCIpJS8efeLtLhNnaG0R29HJVnllV5GR72fRvwvIe0ofhFwuk/w640-h268/IMG_4006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also spotted a novelty fat quarter with a knitting theme. My sister is an avid knitter. Then one of the clerks pointed out to me they the shop had that print in yardage. I bought 1¼ yards, reasoning I could make a large square pillow. The sayings are so cute..."If I'm sitting 💓 I'm knitting", "Knitting is the New Yoga", "100 rows a day keeps the shrink away", etc. Look closely for more witticisms. Also note in the selvage that there are 18 different colors in this fabric. My coordinating possibilities are nearly endless!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepM5tAqKwNdbwahmg2RCf7-DHJAJ2RczC9uijo22f_4WmBOO2_7RKyg4GmHG1g3eD2vYKAUg2F2NOQoM6mr0cm2F2QV6B5RZwBPf1rQ2n3XGm2Nwech6rjL_2ay0vBFik46NC5jRLvc2oh5_AXiuUV7_75EEcuDX7CKbxGzi6om3c7JyOiYQOtp_VPGc/s3731/IMG_4008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="3731" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepM5tAqKwNdbwahmg2RCf7-DHJAJ2RczC9uijo22f_4WmBOO2_7RKyg4GmHG1g3eD2vYKAUg2F2NOQoM6mr0cm2F2QV6B5RZwBPf1rQ2n3XGm2Nwech6rjL_2ay0vBFik46NC5jRLvc2oh5_AXiuUV7_75EEcuDX7CKbxGzi6om3c7JyOiYQOtp_VPGc/w640-h434/IMG_4008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Once I got home I used ½ yard of the knitting fabric combined with a pink stripe from my stash to make a tote bag for knitting. It worked up really fast. The inside lining is the pink stripe so it will be nice and light for looking inside. I still have ¾ yard of the knitting theme fabric so maybe I will make a pillowcase for sleeping - perhaps to use when not knitting?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrkJJp09XRu2y7nPAGFFfGOqswHLB4RhuiRMYn2bBG61wjjcqkrUhAVdVxfFjwBhvl1yDSN_YOT-RrpvInFFDOU90wxrif0k-OZeUss9-Lw2NWKfXVZYsYBwxVCyLWawpzSmpwCPVUM1SXEhCzJBETe1HxdCUjdotmZ8pPffkmr3swVO9Mxs9XdMtzU4/s4032/IMG_4011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrkJJp09XRu2y7nPAGFFfGOqswHLB4RhuiRMYn2bBG61wjjcqkrUhAVdVxfFjwBhvl1yDSN_YOT-RrpvInFFDOU90wxrif0k-OZeUss9-Lw2NWKfXVZYsYBwxVCyLWawpzSmpwCPVUM1SXEhCzJBETe1HxdCUjdotmZ8pPffkmr3swVO9Mxs9XdMtzU4/w480-h640/IMG_4011.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The pattern I used I also bought at <i>Back Porch Fabrics</i>. Called <i>Turn It Into a Tote,</i> the one-page set of instructions was designed by the shop owner and takes only ½ yard of the theme fabric and 1 yard of another coordinate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_E16upTTrogTi8NjPzcKcjic0tqk8Qc5U2QpWML5MDZGf9-OCe7EqLyiXS7K0Ed8vp83thO9072w9TSQD8jVdpZ1YdNsawl3IRlh0Ah4bAYaD_rr_CMcydfGtphahoYTDFwcCIYWMmKFhthF5lHOK1DQpqtxg7zlsUOVqbwhuFQy7-94_se2zzBXLoZM/s4032/IMG_4009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_E16upTTrogTi8NjPzcKcjic0tqk8Qc5U2QpWML5MDZGf9-OCe7EqLyiXS7K0Ed8vp83thO9072w9TSQD8jVdpZ1YdNsawl3IRlh0Ah4bAYaD_rr_CMcydfGtphahoYTDFwcCIYWMmKFhthF5lHOK1DQpqtxg7zlsUOVqbwhuFQy7-94_se2zzBXLoZM/w480-h640/IMG_4009.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also bought a pattern called Magic Block, also designed by the shop owner. It is quite easy to piece but the assortment of assembly options were quite clever. I always like to reward a designer's creativity by supporting them with a purchase. The quilt on the wall made from the pattern was one of the options I was very drawn to. It looks like the quilt top takes only one fabric combined with a contrasting background assortment. This pattern could work well for using up many of my novelties.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOSrhCmrD6ulK94Zc0SX5I1u72g3J2hgquqjZk_Bq1tjTY44HVJhCgkTZyLiuAdfomf8uOt4xXmEW1acCqHpklhz-Z4Aihxt-FegTA-h05GI-Bij5BD80UsGG3t8sCONuzt_U_yjOVI9ZbGrT76cSlviczkRHLWcoaWeDhHxlFMA_F5JCKTY5tUQTo2w/s4032/IMG_3944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOSrhCmrD6ulK94Zc0SX5I1u72g3J2hgquqjZk_Bq1tjTY44HVJhCgkTZyLiuAdfomf8uOt4xXmEW1acCqHpklhz-Z4Aihxt-FegTA-h05GI-Bij5BD80UsGG3t8sCONuzt_U_yjOVI9ZbGrT76cSlviczkRHLWcoaWeDhHxlFMA_F5JCKTY5tUQTo2w/w480-h640/IMG_3944.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />The shopping expedition was fun, but fabric is not the <i>only</i> mighty fine thing to look at!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sbpki-FF7jk6fqXKudAUDFrYlDRT6feVO0BPkA2uB8FD6eHmzhWg2XeU3LZbZ8pLwUQdFAHf011o9yLx96o4CV3LZSGsHCmXXSpWrG3cXzmyeQjA-DwR3hO0O5NKiDYgm7VzX8fxg8ShXC-NvmNr0xKHOpBCOqVWU0GO8_svtc7ELZ5HEZs36ysNqRA/s3494/IMG_3927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2620" data-original-width="3494" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sbpki-FF7jk6fqXKudAUDFrYlDRT6feVO0BPkA2uB8FD6eHmzhWg2XeU3LZbZ8pLwUQdFAHf011o9yLx96o4CV3LZSGsHCmXXSpWrG3cXzmyeQjA-DwR3hO0O5NKiDYgm7VzX8fxg8ShXC-NvmNr0xKHOpBCOqVWU0GO8_svtc7ELZ5HEZs36ysNqRA/w640-h480/IMG_3927.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-82237178242501303522023-09-23T20:17:00.000-07:002023-10-28T20:13:33.875-07:00Fabric Follies <p>Today I went with my quilty friend Kathie to the Fabric Follies about 20 miles away sponsored by <a href="https://www.diablovalleyquilters.org/">Diablo Valley Quilters</a>. All fabrics were $3/yd and fat quarters were $1. What a bargain! If only someone would sell me storage space as well, since my stash continues to grow faster than I use it up. Here is what I bought... and sort of why.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NOC51hmO9oyE6EcNk8U467UJ4-UEexo1S4pd7iGV7HKckBgBr4hPdK_gprCHBkQaXNbpI3i6ZynMmEpJE0QHZkSC8WJP-XU_mFOC57nEbeCUj-B2dVHFmAV7B6XF4qnmYjBafcjtvyS8KU3bDCW2rymX7LseLaTA2RM2wnSpMjteY7V6PBnCh45Rzm4/s906/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-23%20at%20%20Sep%2023,%206.13.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="906" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NOC51hmO9oyE6EcNk8U467UJ4-UEexo1S4pd7iGV7HKckBgBr4hPdK_gprCHBkQaXNbpI3i6ZynMmEpJE0QHZkSC8WJP-XU_mFOC57nEbeCUj-B2dVHFmAV7B6XF4qnmYjBafcjtvyS8KU3bDCW2rymX7LseLaTA2RM2wnSpMjteY7V6PBnCh45Rzm4/w400-h371/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-23%20at%20%20Sep%2023,%206.13.55%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />I love the color and texture of these striated solids. They will most certainly get used. They totaled 2¼ yards.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm75_0FpKku5naX9tNK_gkMB4_wyC1by_RNgWMZp9U0NknJPVcYPlYXDKY4t968yrIou1bvNaBnub0ZBy1SWbL0IvR7ssiBJLBSF3F5Xl642qECy0vCcLTjA5Htspbi3DlTCkpjUOt3wAI1XOP9rRo-MYw_jy0pdXkwJWJd-W7hcbKy78bp_jHlRjFh58/s4032/IMG_3811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm75_0FpKku5naX9tNK_gkMB4_wyC1by_RNgWMZp9U0NknJPVcYPlYXDKY4t968yrIou1bvNaBnub0ZBy1SWbL0IvR7ssiBJLBSF3F5Xl642qECy0vCcLTjA5Htspbi3DlTCkpjUOt3wAI1XOP9rRo-MYw_jy0pdXkwJWJd-W7hcbKy78bp_jHlRjFh58/w480-h640/IMG_3811.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>This stack of 9 fat quarters with a red/white blue nautical theme caught my eye. I actually put it back twice since I have no further need of fat quarters. But I finally could not pass up that sharp, coordinated, graphic look for $9, $1 per fat quarter. These can make a small quilt or a set of placemats I told myself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYb-S8dofnTip0nx9Xx2BdfNPeEBV5dVqsKlebpQ5OdzGDt3wn9_hclCOlQbfAZyz2hg_KIYGNK4rEljbgoU7y1PAEG_gGk1gK0YUYIZaXH4iKS9Sr5PMdNW7a5L3x3ez5paEe-SHgRGF-2ltsr4jBloFuUvdCVDSM4dvuGxlc-pC4b4GMdgQ2TLXUGs/s4032/IMG_3812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYb-S8dofnTip0nx9Xx2BdfNPeEBV5dVqsKlebpQ5OdzGDt3wn9_hclCOlQbfAZyz2hg_KIYGNK4rEljbgoU7y1PAEG_gGk1gK0YUYIZaXH4iKS9Sr5PMdNW7a5L3x3ez5paEe-SHgRGF-2ltsr4jBloFuUvdCVDSM4dvuGxlc-pC4b4GMdgQ2TLXUGs/w480-h640/IMG_3812.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>This horse print is intended for my horse crazy granddaughter. Will I make pillowcases or back a quilt? I do not know but I have 3 yards of it. I told my husband this fabric does not count because it is not for me. He laughed. "Right..." he chuckled. "But who's counting?" he added.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVIVlBr8uPgxmm_NVbd_QedsdT5XcI7fxk-hDxp2l4XeWfzLFdqnuMnFzhbLSaI7p3eZ9PnHYZXWCfpNUaV4boRrO6qDC0km2FI6fyKOoUZ7P0TiI3ra0Ga890MyBDGM-ahWmh-FvwhAPb0O612LV-FbdjL6UqEMYwjkyFc8-3EhegLKVPd51EgYCbp4/w640-h480/IMG_3822.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>This lighthouse fabric is a seaside theme my husband really likes. I told him this fabric does not count either since it is for him. This will most likely become king size pillowcases. He just nodded and smiled. I have 3¼ yards.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGpZ3nW6kZ_2f7w_E1GC1DOZn1_xnUMS9z1nKyB_cutubWiNZZpOdpzFXY4-yTF-BkK7JhUNO3ChBOk-QxGQnpThmczQ5ANgRLMwlKkF7ogNoxAMMpIFf0X3UYgLriY5_auOEig5y9AOr_uqK_Dilh-cplMT71Cmn28bIzqwJBKTnBo4voIDLzOchgYU/s4032/IMG_3824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGpZ3nW6kZ_2f7w_E1GC1DOZn1_xnUMS9z1nKyB_cutubWiNZZpOdpzFXY4-yTF-BkK7JhUNO3ChBOk-QxGQnpThmczQ5ANgRLMwlKkF7ogNoxAMMpIFf0X3UYgLriY5_auOEig5y9AOr_uqK_Dilh-cplMT71Cmn28bIzqwJBKTnBo4voIDLzOchgYU/w640-h480/IMG_3824.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p></div><p>I know it sounds a little backwards but I have 6¼ yards of this lovely cardinal fabric in my stash, so I bought 1 yard of this cardinal fabric to go with it.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjDLRPHSCvsZISVvcu65lVCa0pFHWiEF9nud4ixA-67r1oqDjxtPfeWTjGyHGTetvhy8PFKEQBsQWHQ9U4xa0y8o-L8j0ld0keLf_nhqRdXAZDqqeVfrHimNRcVbjA0mRyrzzenEdKWNTRsSdkn8gQyLkFqzYydoGCOgSplkR6opHrAIj6t2XA72e-A4/s4032/IMG_3818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjDLRPHSCvsZISVvcu65lVCa0pFHWiEF9nud4ixA-67r1oqDjxtPfeWTjGyHGTetvhy8PFKEQBsQWHQ9U4xa0y8o-L8j0ld0keLf_nhqRdXAZDqqeVfrHimNRcVbjA0mRyrzzenEdKWNTRsSdkn8gQyLkFqzYydoGCOgSplkR6opHrAIj6t2XA72e-A4/w640-h480/IMG_3818.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>I have been collecting oranges for a pumpkin pattern I want to sew up. This ½ yard will work nicely with the others fabric and it is strikingly different.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMC8H-HzAmFomUtmTrilwITDULtf3cONDQZzSV46xxclxrNta0N3eSolSKZnjm5ZAoW3gfbhoG-0oziIP1PPHHvE3zdrBTzAUl76gh-SSSRnO8NKaC1vx1YkmCtFcYGbGhN0mGsBjG8GPa4qLYJx-ujM8xyOB5v8OMAV5gTk1UXfY4FPxU7YOeRplNHVY/w640-h244/IMG_3821.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></p>OK. Enough of the fabrics I could explain away. The rest of these I bought honestly for no good reason other than that I liked them. But I maintain that a reason of just liking them is a good enough reason. I counted eight different vegetables before this yardage repeats itself. Each color is strikingly bold in and of itself. I am also a sucker for black and white checks. With 2 yards of this I can make eight placemats or a border on a quilt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDz5-02OgUqL7ze_GgcXPhgaTwZMVP18dfBGANuIPQWZ5af8oPmY5MJKbNvwQ8y9xhWhhGzgBl9IEQg3RD_XDBW4bBH6_2iJlO4kYjurXRqV6RAy_ThRgud14AHTYL4LIQ_9bUGlFEADvZVeGxSIOgb9ei9RcdyEdU8qP1uwiDTjdWGVW9T2P6QYnsNE/s4032/IMG_3816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDz5-02OgUqL7ze_GgcXPhgaTwZMVP18dfBGANuIPQWZ5af8oPmY5MJKbNvwQ8y9xhWhhGzgBl9IEQg3RD_XDBW4bBH6_2iJlO4kYjurXRqV6RAy_ThRgud14AHTYL4LIQ_9bUGlFEADvZVeGxSIOgb9ei9RcdyEdU8qP1uwiDTjdWGVW9T2P6QYnsNE/w480-h640/IMG_3816.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These next two small pieces called to me but for different reasons. I had the clear green fabric on the left with the milk bottles and used it up on placemats for the <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2018/12/twelve-cats-of-christmas.html" target="_blank">Twelve Cats of Christmas (12/6/2018 post)</a>. It reads like a solid but has enough whimsy to brighten up that green even a bit more. I was an eensy-weensy bit sorry to see it go, so this is a partial replacement. As for the gray/beige tones on the right, I liked the intricate details of the stone buildings. It is only a fat quarter but I think it would make a classy, classic pillow for a gray/beige/neutral room or to contrast well on a bright colored couch.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWbhtyQ7Dc6PRU7xdK44KpDJBtqXHnC4cnt0VD6zr4Rr5jvl0kEmwqGeDB0IIFfuw9JJm_PQvq4USoWvLDoKtUBmQeQl_HQnqdBoPIo0SkawQxVh30FWPJu6T40IAouOIhHnvRLCSXgiRgY7MQApMir17VDc6mpK1tzy5q44omY5yOPX2n4pc5CZh_a0/s4032/IMG_3817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWbhtyQ7Dc6PRU7xdK44KpDJBtqXHnC4cnt0VD6zr4Rr5jvl0kEmwqGeDB0IIFfuw9JJm_PQvq4USoWvLDoKtUBmQeQl_HQnqdBoPIo0SkawQxVh30FWPJu6T40IAouOIhHnvRLCSXgiRgY7MQApMir17VDc6mpK1tzy5q44omY5yOPX2n4pc5CZh_a0/w480-h640/IMG_3817.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRDeHXvaDz1NZCa5D14CHSWJtUDJxRzaxmv_5kFdj9ATcSEdgw4ERlUdhXnXZMKQ2pV9FpFwBa4Ppn44ceJgIl4kS906r0bRbiV1wZBq6yQc0kTulmurJt7bFEtO92Orrd2l1VILxQU4NTbmXvhGLOanQov8nC5slZjuq7kvyG-toYIs1EC9YuQP3dlU/s2048/IMG_1889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRDeHXvaDz1NZCa5D14CHSWJtUDJxRzaxmv_5kFdj9ATcSEdgw4ERlUdhXnXZMKQ2pV9FpFwBa4Ppn44ceJgIl4kS906r0bRbiV1wZBq6yQc0kTulmurJt7bFEtO92Orrd2l1VILxQU4NTbmXvhGLOanQov8nC5slZjuq7kvyG-toYIs1EC9YuQP3dlU/w640-h480/IMG_1889.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These next two fabrics are so bright and fun I could not pass them up. The first is many different animals and the second is many different vehicles. I have 1⅓ yard of the animals and only a ½ yard of the vehicles, but with each, the segregated individual squares will make them easy to expand to a quilt for a child.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokB1C6Hbrq2UCcUy2vHChFnQH0lu8fbPei-jhMgnI-Ot91VND10YtYW4-S5s_aHcvsTrcFIhLppzL_mC8kbk8lman9zdWfJ9mNPUqKOgwBpXZt7vJ9StF2M1QiMr5tKOJwhN1lnaPkO_UHBnHIGCxyvEYt8YZ_2x_Aiey2MRvoJK1kmdKexjf23g_mb8/s4032/IMG_3819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokB1C6Hbrq2UCcUy2vHChFnQH0lu8fbPei-jhMgnI-Ot91VND10YtYW4-S5s_aHcvsTrcFIhLppzL_mC8kbk8lman9zdWfJ9mNPUqKOgwBpXZt7vJ9StF2M1QiMr5tKOJwhN1lnaPkO_UHBnHIGCxyvEYt8YZ_2x_Aiey2MRvoJK1kmdKexjf23g_mb8/w480-h640/IMG_3819.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7n1OmzsqTHRJh1ze7X-AsxhNcNpw5gajKjIq1MQwNAF1x-fLrTQ8sCV1MLs80MqMg_UeQ4kCC-VDK_ctQzpmvkkDGCDKNO8Vbzb3dTO6VDFiGvdCrEF2vnSudRDIV-Og9dq0R2U1MePqo5iU75w6zRYnP48n5RVrKMbjk6dXKuPElpWb0ssbq7SeCDKk/w640-h480/IMG_3827.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Final fabric tally was:</b><br /> 1 + ¾ + ½ + 3 + 3¼ + 1 + ½ + 2 + 1⅓ + ½ = <b>13⅚ yards</b> and <b>11 fat quarters</b>.<p></p></div><div>I had a fun couple hours with my friend and we went out to lunch afterward. That is a win-win situation for sure. Now I get to stroke the fabric it, refold it, and put it away.</div>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828752146646515017.post-9549244045634016802023-09-06T17:33:00.001-07:002023-10-28T20:13:21.458-07:00Savage Quilter with My Daughter<p>After the <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/08/oklahoma-quilt-show.html" target="_blank">Quilt Show in Oklahoma at the end of July 2023</a>, Robin and I did a quick mini Shop Hop to one of her neighborhood stores that I like to visit whenever I travel out to visit her from California. It is called <i><a href="https://www.savagequilter.com/" target="_blank">Savage Quilter</a> </i>and is a well organized shop with color walls by hue around the perimeter for convenient fabric browsing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNpmx8XSBFeNyHNY2Zs209SMuI8t8vUImjWkA-jQvlaYEGBJU6ymCEQViCD4E9wCZcc2afVByMjsLnbZkvtCpsxhJitmw_ieHaauQ4T9GugAv2gcQSOSjTo57E5B6QsoRw07A6QwNtpGyAS9X0g96m_tG-nun6gYit4vSIwhNMUi6sok4L0miLCR0F6w/s1198/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-06%20at%20%20Sep%206,%205.17.51%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1198" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNpmx8XSBFeNyHNY2Zs209SMuI8t8vUImjWkA-jQvlaYEGBJU6ymCEQViCD4E9wCZcc2afVByMjsLnbZkvtCpsxhJitmw_ieHaauQ4T9GugAv2gcQSOSjTo57E5B6QsoRw07A6QwNtpGyAS9X0g96m_tG-nun6gYit4vSIwhNMUi6sok4L0miLCR0F6w/w640-h460/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-06%20at%20%20Sep%206,%205.17.51%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-Qp8HhBHDbKpRTY_nH17tLp9nCR29LHWKkr4M5F2BZdXoi_8b9sxaUDL2cQin6Ez1F91vmEs51iEYEaWDaGs2f3qrw321oA0m34KHuVv7haCtd4nkw7hcmAfmVuMIg78PRTSbSeE32B_qd0r1TTJv2aAoIxlSIodNuo8J6ylTYr3TvTELNZMRyKVblc/s992/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-06%20at%20%20Sep%206,%205.20.06%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="992" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-Qp8HhBHDbKpRTY_nH17tLp9nCR29LHWKkr4M5F2BZdXoi_8b9sxaUDL2cQin6Ez1F91vmEs51iEYEaWDaGs2f3qrw321oA0m34KHuVv7haCtd4nkw7hcmAfmVuMIg78PRTSbSeE32B_qd0r1TTJv2aAoIxlSIodNuo8J6ylTYr3TvTELNZMRyKVblc/w400-h121/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-06%20at%20%20Sep%206,%205.20.06%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>I needed to curb my purchases to the limits of my suitcase but I did indulge in some retail therapy. I bought a few fat quarters in an attempt to quench out my orange binging. I also added a couple patterns and a panel. I seem to have a penchant for pumpkins and red pickup trucks with trees. These pumpkins have that peeled back rounded technique of <i><a href="https://www.southwindquilts.com/" target="_blank">Southwind Designs</a></i> that I enjoy. These trucks are slightly more unique since they are carrying gifts and not trees.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68yqczvfk6XyCQfN3MQGEPdGOC75Oq3KfHSjaFzvgE6jokwHzpKGABhTzmHsuJ64DnVdfIhERfhfFecVYle8AA3H2vpEH0AvuryhaF3u5RMrLrOol1kjvu9WKba8pmqyReK3KOkPGGL5M8c17fvh7zhVrgt4ilJANr31wBLFnQeKfmyP-E_6bYOATHWQ/s4032/IMG_3179.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68yqczvfk6XyCQfN3MQGEPdGOC75Oq3KfHSjaFzvgE6jokwHzpKGABhTzmHsuJ64DnVdfIhERfhfFecVYle8AA3H2vpEH0AvuryhaF3u5RMrLrOol1kjvu9WKba8pmqyReK3KOkPGGL5M8c17fvh7zhVrgt4ilJANr31wBLFnQeKfmyP-E_6bYOATHWQ/w480-h640/IMG_3179.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9L1owt63y5i2CQOSMPRJf-Gs_wEvnYUFVR2RMVsoPOC_dqZ5y2LKUkHv1LScojNKr1Bb9CkSUwEMKeNy8dQa2Zt43oxvlAWOxE2acIiUgMFzSo31nxQYbpxx2FFNO0bQROaVX-ZjmL4nZlDBBIya1LkLdiTqv0s-LT7-M3Eu4AmFLLsA_z1tX1W4qS8w/s2898/IMG_3283.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="2898" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9L1owt63y5i2CQOSMPRJf-Gs_wEvnYUFVR2RMVsoPOC_dqZ5y2LKUkHv1LScojNKr1Bb9CkSUwEMKeNy8dQa2Zt43oxvlAWOxE2acIiUgMFzSo31nxQYbpxx2FFNO0bQROaVX-ZjmL4nZlDBBIya1LkLdiTqv0s-LT7-M3Eu4AmFLLsA_z1tX1W4qS8w/w640-h466/IMG_3283.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The panel just seemed to call to me even though I have a drawer full of them. When I bought it, I reasoned with myself that I could use it on the back of a holiday quilt. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB8qxsy2jfdVr3xXYTvWkXWEfYndQAiDGHur1dbIOpgoGEPgC215p5ZXYSsVYcCjvBL9lYsrC7gOcDaZt7o32WyMVHRgv-rE5G_lOWAXevD8SQk_QlHZ9pG9YTeDzHAjdnePSh7Zculrf0u9H_12INN30_tex2NSNFyaxYLhuro1bGEz8X5Qio1yDpW4/s3024/IMG_3281.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB8qxsy2jfdVr3xXYTvWkXWEfYndQAiDGHur1dbIOpgoGEPgC215p5ZXYSsVYcCjvBL9lYsrC7gOcDaZt7o32WyMVHRgv-rE5G_lOWAXevD8SQk_QlHZ9pG9YTeDzHAjdnePSh7Zculrf0u9H_12INN30_tex2NSNFyaxYLhuro1bGEz8X5Qio1yDpW4/w640-h640/IMG_3281.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>But now, after having seen this treatment for a panel at the <a href="http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2023/09/brentwood-quilt-show.html">Brentwood Quilt Show in September 2023</a>, I am wondering if I could be a bit more creative with a judicious choice of fabric in just the perfect colorway. I enjoy pinwheel blocks and they could help put a cute "spin" on this panel. Picking the right fabrics in pink, aqua, and gray-brown, for a winter scene, would be a real blast! It is, after all, a winter scene, but not necessarily Christmas.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4eGs6yeSYEesyCHNazESnVwT5fSj3iBe8ajDOMoGE6JN9BfxRN6jEOCDZ4Zhn5vygX9DdauZ1Ejod8CPuIr1YNuyr_VwZ4P1HshtqD3J_-bZnI9A6-IwlLrTGo7tFbOJt4Axnn7BF_Wqm4TkXaHk5kdzAyNpm9zKoeGzqeq4Kco6fWMgPw_Dx8Zzteg/s4032/IMG_3315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4eGs6yeSYEesyCHNazESnVwT5fSj3iBe8ajDOMoGE6JN9BfxRN6jEOCDZ4Zhn5vygX9DdauZ1Ejod8CPuIr1YNuyr_VwZ4P1HshtqD3J_-bZnI9A6-IwlLrTGo7tFbOJt4Axnn7BF_Wqm4TkXaHk5kdzAyNpm9zKoeGzqeq4Kco6fWMgPw_Dx8Zzteg/w480-h640/IMG_3315.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>That's all for now. My list of want-to-do's keeps growing but is is so much easier to just dream and blog about it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>DianeLoves2Quilthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704655734477952685noreply@blogger.com1