tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49751772472897069252024-03-14T07:25:31.582-05:00Take Me There Totes TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-87440020085283177982016-03-21T09:01:00.001-05:002016-03-21T09:01:14.659-05:00Quilty Circle Project Bag Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I have just returned from a wonderful family fun ski trip in Colorado. I needed to take a gift for my creative sister-in-law with whom I was staying. Her primary hobby is oil painting but she does do some quilting projects from time to time. I have enjoyed making the <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2016/02/march-quilty-365-linkup.html">Quilty 365 Circles introduced to the quilting blog world by Audry</a> in various holiday themes so I based my gift on that idea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember my <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/february-wrap-up.html">Valentine Circle Quilt?</a> That table sized quilt had 32 scrappy circles sewn to 32 scrappy five inch squares. These circles are simple and fun. My relative enjoys decorating for the Christmas holidays so I used my stash of Christmas fabrics to make up a scrappy variety of over 32 squares for her to choose to make a scrappy Christmas circle quilt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I called this idea the <b>Quilty 32...</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, I made a project bag. I searched through Pinterest and Google for vinyl project bag ideas. I just winged my bag design loosely on this <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2008/09/vinyl-front-zipper-pouch.html">tutorial</a> but more like this<a href="http://www.thimbleanna.com/vinyl-project-bag/"> tutorial</a>. I love this Echino deer and dot print and I knew she would too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">TA DA! Quilty 32 project bag created!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next I made a <a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-design-board-tutorial.html">project board based on Lori Holt's design</a>. I used batting on the front of the board and I glued a sheet of sandpaper on the back. This is so you can draw circles anywhere even while riding in the car without the fabric slipping. These design boards are great because the batting holds everything, fabric, pins, needles, without moving around. I have made several for me and now I cannot sew without them. Finish off with some binding around the edges. (That cool melt glue gun got the best of my pretty binding but oh well you get the idea)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, I cut out four different sets of 5 inch background squares for her to use. I also had some old, old labels that I included for her finished quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut out a generous selection of Christmas prints from my Christmas fabric stash. I cut two sizes of a circle pattern for her to choose which size she was most comfortable with. One 4 inch and one 3.5 inch from a heavy weight Pellon for her to trace her circle pattern from each of the fabric print squares. I even included some leftover Christmas trees from making last year's mug mats that I did not use. As you can see in the photo I traced and cut one circle leaving 1/4 inch allowance for needle turn. This gave her an idea of what she would be working on. She chose the 3.5 circle which left a nice sized edge on the 5 inch background square after her circle was stitched down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also made her a mini pin cushion from selvage strips using this <a href="http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2013/06/mini-9-patch-pin-cushion-tutorial.html">tutorial</a> by Crazy Mom Quilts. I also included in her Quilty 32 project bag some needles and thread and a Frixon pen for tracing. She was completely set up to make her Quilty Circle quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My SIL liked her gift very much. She and I happily stitched circles while it was snowing in Colorado this past week. The sight of all that snow was magical to this native Texas girl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you give this idea a try the next time you need a gift for a stitching friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">February was a great month for stitching around here. Each of these projects deserves a post all of its own but I will briefly highlight them here because I was super productive and there are quite a few to show this month. I had one finish and several starts. This is the turning into the year for hand stitching and mini quilts. It wasn't planned. It just seems to have happened. I usually get more time to stitch in the winter months. Springtime is just around the corner with beautiful sunny days here in south east Texas so the yard and garden will be competing for more time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished my Valentine Quilty Circle. It is just as cute as it can be. Hand quilted and hand stitched binding. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There are more photos at the end of this post. </span><a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Audrey at Quilty Folk</a><span style="font-size: large;"> started this </span><a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2015/11/quilty-365-year-long-quilting-journey.html" style="font-size: x-large;">circle a day</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and her idea has taken the heart of hundreds of quilters and circles are being stitched around the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The backing is pieced using several older fun prints. This quilt barely made a dent in my Valentine fabric box. I may have to make another one next year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started the Circa 2016 being offered <a href="http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/2016/02/circa-2016_12.html">Temecula Quilt Company</a>. This is so much fun. The instructions are perfect. Everything went together so precise and so fast. I made most all of this quilt in one day. I am using some ancient scraps. I have saved a bag of small bits for years (1996) and I am so excited to use them in this mini quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Quilty Circles </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I am hooked on making these seasonal mini circles... I made this mini for July Fourth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. <a href="http://sentimentalstitches.net/free-stuff/block-of-the-month-quilt-designs/the-1857-album-quilt/">1857 Album Quilt.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished the last of the February blocks. See all of my blocks <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-1857-album-quilt.html">here</a>. I am looking forward to the March blocks which should be posted tomorrow. <a href="http://entimentalstitches.net/">Sentimental Stitches</a> is offering these blocks free on her website. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this little Valentine project in Quiltmaker Magazine Jan/Feb 2014 No 155 Page 32. Pattern is called Love Blooms Here by Paula Stoddard. I am thinking about using this as a center medallion and making surrounding blocks based on <a href="http://patchworkonstonleigh.typepad.com/patchwork-on-stonleigh/2014/01/stonefields.html">The Stonefields Quilt by Susan Smith.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made all five blocks of The Splendid Sampler over the weekend. I wasn't super interested in this one until I saw the <a href="http://www.thesplendidsampler.com/2016/02/25/block-4-happy-happy/">Happy Happy block by Jen Kingwell.</a>..I was hooked. Everything she designs makes me want it. This is another project using older scraps. This is a mixture of some Robin Pandolph pastel scraps and other fabrics I have kept in a shoe box left over from several quilts made around 2006. I am really excited to be using them in this project. I still have the stems to embroider on the flowers. Every one's block is so cute. I just could not resist this block. This should be a fun quilt and I am glad I joined in with all of the others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the moment I am working on this. I drew this pattern from a photo in the April 2009 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. There is a great article about Robin Pandolph. I have admired this her design for several years. I decided to make this one for my mom for her spring "door" quilt. This is also using more of the shoe box scraps. I have many of the same fabrics Robin used in her quilt. I also want to make that Easter Egg mini. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have decided I need to make a Quilty Circle quilt for most every holiday. That is only if I have fabric in my stash for it. I already have some Halloween fabrics circles cut out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with Audrey and some other circle makers over at <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2016/02/march-quilty-365-linkup.html">Quilty Folk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such a simple sentence but with such a creative journey behind it. For me, the search for designs to make is part of the fun of making the quilt. These days, I am trying to find patterns with challenge and depth. Skill and thoughtfulness. History and art. Something I think is wonderful. That process sometimes takes me a while....but when I find it...well, I have to make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of this new year I read through many blogs, searched Pinterest, thumbed through the stacks of my old and new magazines and saved catalogues. I needed something new to work on. Nothing grabbed me like this one. It is called The 1857 Album Quilt being offered by Gay at</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://sentimentalstitches.net/free-stuff/block-of-the-month-quilt-designs/the-1857-album-quilt/" style="font-size: x-large;">Sentimental Stitches.</a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> Patterns are free during the month they are being offered. It is a wonderful antique quilt. The patterns are not too complicated. The block size is 10 inches and easy on my hands. There is wonderful and mysterious history to be discovered behind each block. The quilt was made by the friends of Laura R Ackerman. It is her wedding quilt. Gay at Sentimental Stitches is researching the signed blocks and is sharing what she learns about each maker from time to time on this wonderful blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided that rather than buying a lot more fabric of the type and period that was used in this quilt, I would use the hefty stash of Kaffe Fassett fabrics that I already own. I really put some thought into the background of this quilt and I ended up buying only the background fabric. I am using Simple Marks Pattern 23209 by Malka Dubrawsky for Moda Fabrics. It is a brilliant but understated brown green gold with quirky red dots. I think it is a perfect setting for all of the colorful Kaffe fabrics. I thought it would not diminish this wonderful old quilt if I was to jazz up this 1857 Album Quilt. So here goes....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Block Seven is a heart and orange peel combination and I will be working on the prep and stitching today while <a href="http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2016/02/slow-sunday-stitching-february.html">joining others at Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am totally on the <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-little-bit-of-stitching.html">Quilty Circle </a>bandwagon. Maybe a little obsessed even! <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/12/quilty-circles.html">I wanted a purpose for all the circles</a> so I began preparing them around a Happy Valentine's day theme. I used part of a 5 inch charm pack from Kiss Kiss by Moda and part of a Red and White charm pack. Both were purchased last year from Missouri Star Quilt Company. I have had SUCH A GOOD TIME prepping and sewing these circles. Working on these happy circles have gotten me through the blahs of January. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut out a big red heart and stitched around it, just because it seemed to be what I should do with that big red heart. I pretty much exhausted my stash of Valentine's prints so I started adding prints I like. Subjects I like, i.e. birds, cats and dogs. Bicycles and butterflies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could have gone bigger but this will make a nice sized table runner. I just need to get back to sewing and get it finished by the 14th!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's a Scaredy Cat charm pack from Minick and Simpson from a few years ago. I think this circle project will be a good project to feature those prints using them in Halloween circles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And I am working on stash circles too! As I was squaring up ragged ends of my stash for organization purposes, I cut circles, squares and strips to work on the mood circles/squares. I haven't done the circle a day as Audrey intended. I prepare them in no certain order and no theme and I work on them in the evening. I am calling them Final Rounds. I am using fabric bits and pieces that I want to get rid of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am linking up with the February Circle group over at <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2016/01/february-quilty-365-linkup.html">Quilty Folk</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have made a few pieces for Valentine's this month. I saw this design in a magazine or catalogue, somewhere. It has been flagged with a post-it note for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is made with some of my collected pink and brown prints. I have quite a few of those and that plaid in the border is also a leftover piece. The hearts are fused with Heat and Bond Lite and I used a zig zag to stitch around the edge. I hand quilted with the last of my Presencia #8 pink perle thread. Must get more as I love using that to hand quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up is a piece for my Mom. She likes little quilts to hang by her door at her apartment. She hasn't seen this one yet...I will take it tomorrow and she is going to love it. I used the technique of outlining with black thread as shown in the <a href="http://www.shopmartingale.com/sweet-tweets.html">Sweet Tweets book</a> by Erin Cox. I did stitch around one heart a few times but ended up ripping it out. Somehow I like the single outline stitch the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is completely my original design. I cut hearts and leaves and used bits and pieces of leftover fabric. Rummaged through the button jar and found the perfect buttons still on the card. All fused with Heat and Bond Lite. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I have been working on my Quilty Circles a la Valentine's theme. I have a post coming up with more on this project soon. It is so cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with Esther on her <a href="http://estheraliu.blogspot.com/2016/01/wow-hazel-moving-with-times.html">Esther's Quilt Blog</a>. </span></div>
TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-67660883823375479072016-01-26T09:37:00.001-06:002016-01-26T09:37:29.383-06:002016 Sewing Resolutions<span style="font-size: large;">January 2016 is almost over....and I will not be too sad to see it go. It has been dull and boring and pretty much filled negative energy. My word for the new year has been "unsettled". I hope I can say I will have another word come February. Recovering from surgery. Nursing a cold and trying to stay well. Some minor disappointments. Searching for a project to jump start the new year of creative sewing. Lots of cleaning and clearing out the "Layers of Clutter". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I normally don't make resolutions in the New Year. I am not a stickler for rules. I follow the rules but I don't like to make them. But I have resolved to do a better job with my sewing projects from this day forward.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. I am going to buy less fabric. But I want to buy quality fabrics. I vow to spend less time in the Big Box fabric store. I want more quality in my projects. (Since I wrote this back in late December, my LQS has decided to close their doors this Saturday. I am so sad about this. It was a great shop.) <i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. I am going to change my rotary cutter blade more than say three times per year. Nothing is better than a sharp blade.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. I am determined to improve my quarter inch sewing stitch.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. I am determined to improve my pressing. More starch. More steam. Better fabric. I don't know, something is missing. I am going to try putting heavy books on top of the blocks after I iron them. (Suggestion from Bonnie of Bonnie and Camille.) I don't know. Something has to work. Maybe new ironing pad. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5. I sew for me this year. Etsy was a big disappointment for me this past year. So was my first craft show. I felt I made a huge effort for Etsy , financial and in sewing, and I somehow got lost in the crowd. I don't do much with social media or basically self promote. It is the way I have always been but it is not the way to do business in today's marketing world . My small circle of friends Keep me going. I thank them for continuing to ask me to sew their gifts: pouches, quilts, and bibs and burps.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">6. I am going to destash some of the fabric that no longer brings me JOY. I listened to the audiobook and while I can't follow all of her ideas, JOY in my fabric stash is something I can relate to.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">7. I absolutely, absolutely must finish some old projects. I made some headway on this in 2015 but I now must finish before I can start new projects. I stopped counting at 20 uncompleted projects. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">8. I am going to change my machine sewing needle. I want to use the proper size rather than putting in the next needle in the random package at hand.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">9. I hope to use up those expensive those cones of Aurifil thread and not fall for any more "oh it's the greatest. Your stitching seams press so flat." Mine don't. My Juki thread cutter misses cutting the bobbin thread about half the time. And when I am hand sewing, it knots if I don't' run it through some beeswax. Argh!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">10. I will not buy any (Ha!)/ fewer quilt books and magazines. I am sorry but there is so much inspiration online that I need to hold back on that expense.<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea is more quality and less expense. I hope to hold myself accountable to these resolutions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A while back <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2015/11/quilty-365-year-long-quilting-journey.html">Audrey of QuiltyFolk</a> had an idea to sew a circle a day for the next 365 days. Her vision <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2015/11/quilty-365-year-long-quilting-journey.html">Quilty365</a> was to make a circle block each day according to your mood of the day. I signed up to sew along as well as lots and lots of blogging friends. <a href="http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2015/12/quilty-365-december-linkup.html">Check out the first linkup</a> on December 1, 2015. The more you make the better it gets. So much personality in those little circles. I love how everyone has put their unique ideas to their circles and shapes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A mood of the day circle didn't inspire me like I thought it would. I made about six of those mood circles and they left me feeling like where am I going with this? What am I going to with this??? A bit like improv quilting...it's not for me. I have to have some kind of plan if I am going to spend my time on a project. I like a theme or to sew for a season. I began to toy with a Christmas print a day to end of up with a nice wall hanging. I like the idea of a scrappy circle Christmas print table topper. Maybe a nice amount of 25 prints, 5 by 5. Then I got sick and I got behind. I needed a stress free quiet project and it was too much to pull out the bin of Christmas fabrics. I still wanted to do some slow and peaceful stitching while I was recovering. Therefore, I decided I would do a Valentine's circle. I have a small plastic box of Valentine themed fabrics that is easily manageable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a nice amount of <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/detail/27257/moda-fabrics/abi-hall/kiss-kiss-charm-pack">KissKiss by Abi Hall for Moda charm squares</a> left from last year's Valentine mini. They are still available at Missouri Star Quilt Company where I got mine. </span><span style="font-size: large;">So this has been one of my recovery projects. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8F1YNR9J8fUqwvtCyrvaKByQf17ZOJxTcj_UFpJLvxeaDZrL2PyZUQry6Fx25RyltYFEFubsNDYbLNVsbARDJHaaxcclTiPqyi5Zd0K-b_WHIr22zFBtYlnZZv_i97Jvp5Unod_5zFM/s640/blogger-image--1779736281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8F1YNR9J8fUqwvtCyrvaKByQf17ZOJxTcj_UFpJLvxeaDZrL2PyZUQry6Fx25RyltYFEFubsNDYbLNVsbARDJHaaxcclTiPqyi5Zd0K-b_WHIr22zFBtYlnZZv_i97Jvp5Unod_5zFM/s640/blogger-image--1779736281.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">I made this simple snowball table topper last year. It is finished now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are my circles to date. I have pulled polka dots and hearts from my valentine box and from my stash in general. I like to make a project with lots of variety. Happy! Happy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The charm squares are already cut at five inches. I traced around a random jar top to make a four inch circle. I think using pinking shears allows for some easier needle turn. I tuck under about 1/4 inch seam allowance and hand stitch all around. The idea is to eyeball the circle, nothing precise. Do not over-complicate the process. It doesn't take long while watching TV to make about two, three or four. I prepped quite a few at one time. I plan to do a few hearts and I can see some buttons and some lace. I put in a few dogs and cats because I "heart" them too and they make me happy. I also love prints with tiny birds. I will add a few of those. For me it is has become a joyful project during recovery from surgery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just noticed the date of my last post was the day I wasn't feeling very good. I told my mom that morning I was feeling a bit sick at my stomach. By Friday I thought I must have food poisoning. By Saturday I was at the ER. By Monday I was having surgery. Cholesectomy. What's that you say? I had to have my gall bladder removed because of a golf ball sized stone blocking my liver. My liver was spewing bile in my body and man was I some kind of sick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the sewing timeline. Thursday, I finished the Christmas Cactus top. Friday, I had pulled out the completed Fair Isle blocks and I was making some good progress on putting those blocks together until about noon, and then all sewing ceased as you might imagine. I am so much better now that two weeks have passed. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I spent some time during recovery working toward finishing the <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/fair-isle-quilt-reindeer.html">Fair Isle Christmas quilt</a>. I had started this quilt in November,2014. It was my first sew along of choice and it is a fun one. The pattern is by <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2014/09/fair-isle-christmas-quilt-my-new-pattern.html">Freshly Pieced found here</a> and there is an Instagram #FairIsleQuilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I downsized the pattern just because two of those Reindeer were enough for me. I am making the middle. It is the best part, like pie filling. I am making the rest fit accordingly. Quilts with white backgrounds are a cause for disaster in my household. One muddy dog print and it will be all over. This will definitely be a show quilt. Also I haven't had much luck with that red Kona not bleeding when washed. But I don't mean to go off on the negative. It is a fantastic design. The colors are fresh and cheery. I do like this quilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes these photos are not the greatest. Yes, it is a wrinkly mess. Yes, the edges need trimming but I just wanted to show you that I have my FairIsle quilt top together and I am really happy to have another project top finished.</span></div>
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TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-31805885082620723192015-12-03T17:09:00.002-06:002015-12-03T17:09:41.885-06:00Christmas Cactus is a FlimsyThe borders are on and I am liking it. I am calling it Christmas Cactus but you may see Poinsettia's and that is what you are supposed to see. So either way, it is good!<br />
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I could fret over the mismatched petals but it isn't worth the fuss. I think it is lovely! Very striking and vivid. And that's all that matters. The <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">rose floral is lovely in this border setting. It is called Hollywood & Vines by 3 Sisters for Moda. I have been saving it in my stash for just the right quilt. I have enough to use on the back with some of the dark green. I have the perfect holiday edge to edge pattern for quilting the quilt with my long arm. I hope to finish this one over the weekend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The credits were given <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/11/poinsettia-or-christmas-cactus.html">here</a> in my last post. So please go check it out. The pattern is Poinsettia's Allure by Judy Blok. I hope she likes it too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever received a quilt magazine and found a pattern that you just can't get off your mind? You just gotta make it! That is how I have felt for quite a while about this pattern Poinsettia's Allure by Designer Judy Blok featured in the December 2013 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. I have been seriously eyeing this pattern for about a year. I had some of the colors in my stash and I have been collecting the remaining appropriate fabrics. A good solid red tone on tone and I needed a good cream. I had some greens in my stash that I thought I could use. I have a floral that is appropriate for the border in my stash as well. So I set out to make this one yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a striking red. white and green Poinsettia. A big 20 inch square block. It is for advanced level quilters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the strong red and green. It is not a pattern design for everyone's taste. No sugar sparkle candy cane colors here. It makes a bold statement in rich holiday colors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here is my first sample block made. Humm. It is big! I don't know about making nine blocks, maybe four is big enough for a sofa size. Hummm. I am not quite sure about the dark green floral. But I have three yards of that in my stash so it is in the quilt. Hummmmm...I cannot seem to get those pointy petals to match for a smooth poinsettia petal. I don't think I have ever cut that wedge angle and for sure never matched it with a corner triangle like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of components for one block....a challenge but fun nevertheless. Lots of measurements and angles. I am not fastidious with measurements and angles. But I am at the advanced level, right? I have 30 years of quilting and sewing on my resume.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I have done block #2 and I am now well into block #3. I have ripped out and ripped out those petal seams. I just cannot get them to match smoothly. I am stumped. I am leaving them alone. I am now calling my version of this pattern Christmas Cactus's Allure. It works!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will be joining up with WIP Wednesday link ups with <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2015/11/wip-wednesday-starry-skies.html">Freshly Pieced Modern </a>and <a href="http://estheraliu.blogspot.com/2015/11/wow-working-on-nelke.html">Esther's Blog</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our party of six took a road trip last week. Our purpose was to visit my husband's family and meet up with the nieces and cousins and let all the grandkids meet each other and play. My personal goal was to participate in my first craft show and sell my handmade quilts, pouches and other stitched items along side my sisters-in-law who were also selling their oil paintings and a book about their dad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were packed in safely three adults and three children. Lots of movies, fruit snacks and goldfish crackers. Chocolate, cookies and cashews for the adults. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We arrived safely in Jackson, MS for our first stop and visit. The big bag on top held all my craft inventory for the craft show. Having that bag on top of the car made a buzzing noise for us passengers inside of the car. Eleven hours in a car that sounded like we were in a bee hive. You will notice our driver above with head phones. It was very nerve wracking and none of us could hear each other talk. Frazzled is a good word to describe it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We continued on our journey to Starkville, MS and made another stop and had a great visit with brother-in-law and spouse. The cousins and their kids that we came to see were sick with a stomach bug so sadly we never had the meet up we had planned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On to Vardaman, MS and the 42nd Annual Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival. Vardaman is a small town in north Mississippi. It has grown in popularity over the years and has become known as the Sweet Potato Capital of the World. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got a tour of the town the day before the festival. These old tractors are a huge hit with my four year old grandson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was told there is sometimes 20,000 people in town for the Festival. So I was prepared for my first craft show. I made all kinds of bibs and burps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of great things. If I may say so about my things! I was excited and proud of all I had made for this event!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What we weren't prepared for was the lack of crowds. Few shoppers. I sold three items. THREE Items! I passed out business cards for my Etsy store. There was no 20,000 people. More brave people did come out later in the day but no bus loads. Some of my things stayed dry because they were in plastic bags. Some were damp and some were down right soggy. We packed up the booth early. Then we packed our suitcases in the car and started for home a day early. We did this because I had to get home to wash and make sure to dry all my quilts. We did not put that bag back on top of the car. We did tie the bag on the back but when we were on the road in Louisiana a nice trucker said our bag was flying by a strap in the breeze. We decided to load that bag in the car along with all of its wet contents. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am happy to say all quilts are dry and most all of the items are just fine. There were only a few Christmas mug mat items with red dye in the fabric that were damaged. All flannel rag quilts were washed and are in great shape. I feel really lucky to have my things survive the weather. With time, we will forget what a pain that bag was and how we were crammed inside with wet bags of fabric items. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all it was great fun to see the kinfolks. All in all the craft show was fun in spite of the the rain and cold. It was a learning lesson in craft show set up and display. I am not discouraged. I will try again, maybe at an inside venue. It is probably too late in the year to book another show. I know my party of six will go on another big adventure with their crazy mother and mother in law. If anything, we learned how to pack and unpack the car with many overnight stops along the way. </span></div>
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Here is what I have been making during September and through this part of October. I have decided to be in a craft show in November and visit the relatives at the same time. I have been making pouches. Hope I sell them all because where I live Texas A & M reigns supreme! Gig Em Aggies and Whoop!</div>
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This is my Miss Kate charm pack and fabric turned into quilt. Just needs binding. Love it.</div>
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I stopped all sewing projects one weekend to make this quilt super cute quilt. Sometimes you need a break to create. I used two charm packs of <a href="http://www.adornit.com/scrapbooking/scrapbooking-collections/timberland-critters/">Timberland Critters from AdornIt</a>. Pattern inspiration is <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/07/school-days-charm-quilt.html">School Days Charm Quilt by Cindy Sharp on the Moda Bake Shop </a> </div>
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I love the little foxes and the twirling orange pinwheels remind me of fall breeze and falling leaves. Such a cute quilt. </div>
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And this is the back. More foxes. So cute. Waiting to be bound and finished.</div>
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This is my Spooky Snowball quilt. I haven't shown you my two Flowering Snowball quilts. I made them last April. I loved them and they went together so fast. I hand quilted them both. I just need to bind this one.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsGnTAqo8IxNe_XbSqZjmbBiLPoUts5X2l2vi9Die4OeOc5nxlgC4he1JbpSUmEfZMsvg_GCkmu8TPBagKBC2ZVEWzvKJUuV5lAkb66PyKzDSImqiI4RaC4mVt-M9539wAVK9I6zsrxI/s640/blogger-image-2026104557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsGnTAqo8IxNe_XbSqZjmbBiLPoUts5X2l2vi9Die4OeOc5nxlgC4he1JbpSUmEfZMsvg_GCkmu8TPBagKBC2ZVEWzvKJUuV5lAkb66PyKzDSImqiI4RaC4mVt-M9539wAVK9I6zsrxI/s640/blogger-image-2026104557.jpg" /></a></div>
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And I have been working on my Spring Fever in Zella's Garden in between all of the other activities of the month.</div>
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You are now caught up with my projects. I have another quilt I want to start. I have begun to collect fabrics for this beauty. The magazine is on the floor by my bed and it speaks to me every night as I drift off to sleep.<br />
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TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-70684665752713071692015-10-14T09:28:00.001-05:002015-10-14T16:13:28.097-05:00Spring Fever QAL. Bats or Butterflies<div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are those things? Bats? That's what my son asked during last week's family time show and tell They are supposed to be butterflies. Jen Kingwell's look like butterflies. Hummmmm! My mind gears are twirling at the mention of bats! Another quilt to make?...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Really I was thinking they looked more like turkeys but I didn't tell him that! Gobble Gobble Gobble!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I Love It! Love it! Love It! I almost have the four half rectangle appliqué sections done. I couldn't be happier with how it is coming together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is not as big as the original. I am still debating on the scallop edging. I believe it is essential to the quilt. I guess I am trying to simplify the process. This quilt has a story. Every quilt has a story. Read about it <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/08/quilt-long-planning.html">here</a> and <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-butterflies-spring-fever-progress.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out all the other quilters who are doing the JenKingwell QAL over at <a href="http://liningupmystitches.blogspot.com/2015/10/some-fast-stitching-turned-slow.html#links">Lining Up My Stitches</a>. And check out all the projects over at <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2015/10/wip-wednesday-geese-everywhere.html">Freshly Pieced </a>this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by. Happy Wednesday and Happy Fall to one and all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is me working outside this lovely morning. The morning temperature was so unseasonably cool and we had our morning coffee and oatmeal on the deck while I tuned in to the "quilt show" on public television. It is my Saturday ritual while my DH moves out back to his tractors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/08/quilt-long-planning.html">Earlier this week</a> I previewed some of the pattern possibilities I was considering for the <a href="http://liningupmystitches.blogspot.com/2015/08/lets-have-quilt-along.html">Jen Kingwell Quilt Along</a> I am participating in. I supposed I have settled on Spring Fever as the "one" because I have done a considerable amount of prep work on that quilt at this point for me to set it aside. I have become totally involved with the box of scraps and making vases and butterflies from the old fabrics. I have had to add a few fabrics from my stash for stems and butterfly bodies. If I follow Ms. JenK's philosophy of using 110 different fabrics, I will have to go outside of the box of scraps but so far I have been true to the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The box of scraps story is this. I was gifted two boxes of scraps from a dear elderly quilter at my church way back in the late 1980's/early 1990's. The boxes have been on a shelf for all this time. Waiting for "someday." Since I am tired of making scrap quilts from my own scraps, I pulled out the box of scraps and have found lovely treasures that I have been using in this quilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a polyester green and white polka dot that has blossomed into a lovely butterfly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The box of scraps has lots of brown fabrics. I haven't worked with many browns. So this is fun to be using the brown tiny floral prints and plaid taffetas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving every minute of this quilt so far. I have set aside <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/08/gtsb-progress-update.html">GTSBs</a> for the moment. I have Spring Fever as the season is moving into autumn here in Texas. This quilt is quickly becoming Zella's Flower Garden honoring the memory of my sweet quilter friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few weeks ago I serendipitiously found a Jen Kingwell Quilt Along being organized by <a href="http://liningupmystitches.blogspot.com/">LiningUpMyStitches</a>. Read about it <a href="http://liningupmystitches.blogspot.com/2015/08/lets-have-quilt-along.html">here </a>and <a href="http://liningupmystitches.blogspot.com/2015/08/how-jen-kingwell-quilt-along-came-to-be.html">here</a>. I asked to play along. My name has been entered in the box on the right hand side of her blog under the JenKingwellQuiltAlong badge so now I really have to be accountable for my actions. Also #JenKingwellQAL has been added to Instagram. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There is some pattern prep going on for the projects. Start date will be Sept 5. No big rules, just fun stitching and inspiration. You do have to start a new Jen Kingwell quilt pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can tell I am in a Jen Kingwell state of mind at the moment. My last post was a progress report of my GTSB and I have shown some of my current blocks on #Takemetheretotes. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I am currently making Green Tea and Sweet Beans. It is so much fun. It is a variety of all types of blocks with just enough hand piecing, hand applique and machine piecing to keep my interest. I do get bored and that's bad because I will start another project and I do not need another project. But I start them anyway....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought the Jen Kingwell Quilt Lovely book this month and I also treated myself to her Gardenvale Layer Cake. So I HAVE to pick a pattern from the book for this quilt along. It would not make sense to splurge on more patterns at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For starters, I prepped five Daisy Do's. Who wouldn't love a quilt that looks like that. Isn't that the cutest little flower pattern on the book cover!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are four of the five. Three hand pieced, the navy and red one is machine pieced. Got one more to do. Nah, can't do it. They are darling of course even without their center circle. But I do not have the patience to work on those daisies. I drew out the templates. I added the 1/4 inch seam allowance. They aren't coming out accurate. They are figidty. I starched the fabric with Mary Ellen's. I am discovering that I don't want to take the time to develop the EPP or hand piecing or template piecing technique right now. And that is okay. I stitch for happiness and that was not making me happy. Movin' on. </span><span style="font-size: large;">They will be added somewhere on Green Tea and Sweet Beans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up is Spring Fever. Jen Kingwell said this pattern was developed as a follow up to Green Tea and Sweet Beans. Her GTSB fans requested another pattern. The style is very similar and I do love to make the pots of flowers. I can make a circle or an oval template and nothing needs to match up while stitching. Win! Win! I haven't tried the butterfly yet. My plan is to machine piece the wings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This maroon stripe is the back of one of my husband's old shirts, Yes, I have been saving those too. The flowers are a mix of old and new scraps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally, I will eventually make the Bonnie Lass from the Gardenvale layer cake. There should be plenty left over to make another quilt. I might consider making this one along with Spring Fever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if you are still with me, I am going to tell you that I am tired of my fabrics at the moment. I have made quite a few scrap quilts over the past year and they all have the same fabrics in some form or fashion. I just didn't want to make my Jen Kingwell patterns in my same fabrics. I don't want to buy any more fabric. I am pretty much making myself stay away from fabric stores. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in the late 80's or early 90's, a dear elderly quilting saint at my church knew that I too was a young enthusiastic quilter and she gifted me two boxes of scrap fabrics. I have had them stashed on a shelf just waiting for the day. On the weekend, I pulled those boxes off the shelf and took them outside to see what treasures I might have. I found some gems. There are cottons, poly cotton blends, and 100% poly. Ms. JenK says she uses all kinds of fabrics in her quilts and I thought "So can I." I washed and ironed some of those nifty fabrics and this is what I am using for Spring Fever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of woven gingham checks and plaids. Lots of brown and peach. I have an "anything goes attitude" (almost). I am certainly having fun going through the scraps and finding the odd ball pieces. It feels liberating to be breaking the 100% cotton rules. It is devious to have teal stems and brown check flowers. Thank you Miss Zella. I think those scraps will be just the right thing for my Spring Fever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you find some time to stitch today. Thanks for stopping by.</span>TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-67371467051636702652015-08-03T10:09:00.001-05:002015-08-03T10:09:19.273-05:00GTSB Progress Update <div>
<span style="font-size: large;">GTSB stands for <a href="http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2015/08/slow-sunday-stitching-tribe.html">Green Tea and Sweet Beans the joyful pattern by Jen Kingwell. </a> This is an absolutely fun fun hot summer project. It moves fast. Not too much repetion. Not too complicated. Lots of creativity and color play with fabrics. I am having a ball with this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I may have gone a little too bold on my colors. Only time will tell. The great thing about this quilt is each block can stand alone in a mini quilt. So all is not lost if a block just doesn't work in the big quilt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut the background a little too large so I added that last flower on the right. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I used some leftover quilt binding I had cut on the bias for the stems. Looks like a candy land flower garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Baby Carriage Flower block is almost finished. The stem corner will have a half square triangle inset. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And these are most of my bigger blocks so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was thinking there were 31 hexagons. The pattern calls for 38, so I have a few more to go. I may incorporate a bold color or two to blend with these stronger colors I am using.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Berry Basket. What fun! I can see a whole quilt made of blueberries, blackberries, cherries, raspberries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Igloos. I made a Sunflower. So appropriate for July and August. The pattern calls for two of these Igloos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is really a fun block. Something I have never done before. Fussy cutting the five shapes. It is supposed to be a pieced flower and stems but I chose to applique the leaves and stem. The pattern calls for three Flower Blocks. I am already looking through my stash for the next fabric to fussy cut those flower petals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got my pattern <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/214936966/green-tea-and-sweet-beans-quilt-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=green%2Btea%2Band%2Bsweet%2Bbeans">here</a> in the US. Jen Kingwell is an awesome Australian quilt maker but thankfully you can find her patterns in the US to save a bundle on international shipping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more free tutorials from Jen Kingwell and other designers check out Fat Quarter Shop's YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC545XVmRhNmi3UBJ7RYid9g">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching this week over at <a href="http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2015/08/slow-sunday-stitching-tribe.html">Kathy's Quilts. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will I have all of these quilts bound by Friday, July 31, the last day of the month? No, but this was sufficient incentive to get all of these UFOs backed, basted and in some cases binding sewn on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a previous post, I told you the story of my love for all things sunflower <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/07/sunflowers.html">here</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I got in gear and finished this one. Hand quilted and all! Isn't she a cutie?!! So for the binding blitz I do have one finish I'm calling Sunflower Picnic to show off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my Sunflower post I talked about this little mini sunflower primitive. I got it hand quilted as well and the binding is waiting to be hand stitched. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you tell I am in a hand quilting kind of mood this summer??? I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little Valentine snowball has been waiting to be bound for a few weeks now. I have used the wonder clips gifted to me. This is my first time using the wonder clips. I am on the fence if I will convert to clips over pins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And since this year has become the Year of the Scrap Quilts, I have finished and bound my Scrappy Trip Around the World. These quilts are popping up finished around the blog world this summer. I was determined to finished mine too. Now I just need to stitch the binding and it will be done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scrappy Trips is a <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/">Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville Quips</a> free quilt pattern. <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html">You can find the instructions here</a>. This is one fun quilt to make. If you don't know Bonnie, start by getting to know her by reading her blog. It's like having your best friend come over for an afternoon of fun scrappy sewing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I worked on these two string quilts back in the spring. I wrote about them <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2015/04/sorting-and-sewing.html">here</a>. I've really made a dent in my scrap bins with all the scrap projects since last summer. However, scraps have a way of collecting in my bins again every time I sew another quilt or pouch. Which is all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just for the record, I</span><span style="font-size: large;"> am just not a huge fan of making hexagons. I enjoy looking at everyone else's projects. I've tried a few for fun as there seems to be a hexagon movement taking place at the moment. I make a few and then applique them to something. That is what I have done on this one.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Just enough for an accent. And I like the hexagon on this project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had two "happy sewing days" this week and I am so happy to get all of these projects lined up for hand sewing. It is too hot to be outside so I am whittling away at some projects that have needed to be finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I received an order for ten pouches. Most will be for teenaged girls. Some will be gifted. So I made many bright, cheerful colors and used some girly themed fabrics. I know one of the girls loves horses so I was sure to make two in the Cotton and Steel horse fabric. Some mod and some traditional. I will let her pick the ten she likes best and then I will have some left to gift or sell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Credits: I use the tutorial with permission by Debbie at <a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/2012/08/triple-zip-pouch-tutorial.html">AQuiltersTable</a>. She is a very talented quilter and you must check out her <a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for lots of inspiration. Also there is a very helpful update to this tutorial by MarciGirlDesigns <a href="http://www.marcigirldesigns.com/blog/triple-zip-pouch-an-alternate-ending-tutorial">here</a>. I have used the internet to find many free tutorials to make pouches and each one has helped to improve my final design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do sell my pouches in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TakeMeThereTotes?ref=hdr_shop_menu">Etsy</a> store. If you are interested in a special order let me know and I will be happy to make one for you. But I do encourage you to try making one for yourself! </span><br />
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<br />TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-77493680017490857252015-07-22T07:33:00.000-05:002015-07-31T07:57:02.181-05:00My Birthday Present to Myself<span style="font-size: large;">July is my birthday month. As all good quilters will do, I treated myself with something I have had my eye on for a few months. I have admired Australian Quilter <a href="http://jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com/">Jen Kingwell's quilts</a> around the internet. There are a whole bunch of bloggers working on her patterns. There have been quilt-a-longs for several of her other designs. She is quite a talent in the quilt world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything about her style appeals to me. It is the simple applique. It is the use of many scrappy colorful fabrics. She uses color and low volume background in very clever ways. Lots of polka dots and stripes. It is a lot about making one block and moving on. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It is a challenging combination of applique and piecing. It is a sampler quilt. I have never made a sampler style quilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She has published several patterns and books but I chose her </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/214936966/green-tea-and-sweet-beans-quilt-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=green%2Btea%2Band%2Bsweet%2Bbeans" style="font-size: x-large;">Green Tea and Sweet Beans. </a><span style="font-size: large;">I got mine </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/214936966/green-tea-and-sweet-beans-quilt-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=green%2Btea%2Band%2Bsweet%2Bbeans" style="font-size: x-large;">here</a><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of these little oval flowers are scattered throughout the pattern. I adapted this flower basket to make a mini quilt for my mom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt will develop your quilting skills no matter what level you are. The pattern looks delightfully simple. But there is a lot going on here. Creativity. Color and texture applied to design. Hand piecing. Template making. Hand quilting. These are skills I have been concentrating on improving in 2015. Check out Pinterest for progress on other Green Tea and Sweet Bean quilts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the summer heat starts cranking up (like it is now), I bring out the sunflowers. I like these big sunflowers and decorate with other sunflower themed items. Bears and birdhouses to name a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My love for sunflowers is not new thing. I have been collecting sunflower themed cuties for years. Here are just a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out this October 2000 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting by Better Homes and Gardens Issue 46 Vol 8 No 5. Inside is this darling little hexagon sunflower quilt by Jill Reber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started this quilt sometime after 2000. It seems every summer about this time I bring out the sunflower project bag with this issue folded open to this page with the unfinished quilt top. I get warm fuzzys when I see this bag of unfinished sunflower projects. I look at this little mini quilt with love. I make a few stitches. I press it. But I don't know why I have never finished it. One year I trimmed the edges because I had decided I didn't want to make the full size. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See I have it pin basted and I am ready to start hand quilting. But when I was making this photograph of my actual quilt along with the magazine article, I notice that I still have to add the leaves. I am going to get on that tonight. Got to finish this one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another year I started this applique sunflower mini quilt. For several years I have worked on this one only to get side tracked by something else and it gets put back in the bag with the other one. Unfinished. Yesterday, I added the black bird and the center circle. I hand quilted around the background squares with a matching thread and did accent hand quilting with black on the sunflowers. I am determined to get this one finished as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am a little bit proud of this one. It is my own design. I didn't have a pattern. I brought together ideas from other projects like using the pieced background of neutral scraps. I took inspiration from vintage applique for the circular floral design. I drew the bird freehand and placed him on a rather oddly long branch. Sometime it takes years for a project to come together. Quilters do have patience! All that is left for this one is the binding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another year I started these little sunflower appliques. Again I worked on them for a little while and then they ended up back in the project bag with those other two quilts. At the moment I don't know how I want this one to finish so it may go back in the project bag. I am giving myself permission to set this one aside until I receive the inspiration needed to complete it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a couple of zipper bags I made to sell in my Etsy store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay cool! It is getting really hot and dry in south Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Note: The big sunflowers are from Hobby Lobby! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've gotten into making little mini quilts. I never really had a place to display minis but now that my mom has moved to a retirement apartment, she decorates her wall shelf by her door with different displays. She likes flowers and she likes my quilts. So I am making more minis for her little decorating spot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made two of these little scrappy tumbler flags shortly before Memorial Day. One for me and one for her. She decorated for Memorial Day and she will be able to display hers again this week for July 4th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She chose this vintage style flag with muted reds and beige tones. The button stars are vintage and random. She has received many compliments from friends and guests. A nice conversation starter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both were backed in this cute little patriotic print. I machine quilted wavy lines. Simple, quick and <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">happy to see and celebrate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my version of the Sew Together Bag. I made mine with the Retro Morocco fabric line I blogged about <a href="http://takemetheretotes.blogspot.com/2014/10/starting-new-quilt-churn-dash.html">here</a>. I am truly amazed at the genius of the pattern designer, <a href="https://sewdemented.wordpress.com/">SewDemented</a>. So very clever to combine all those zippers and pockets into this cute little bag. The pattern is the <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/sewing/accessory/sew-together-bag/36309">Sew Together Bag by Sew Demented.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dozens and dozens of these clever bags have been made and blogged about. I really, really like to make pouches so I had to give this one a try. I know I will make more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Credits: It is the <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/sewing/accessory/sew-together-bag/36309">Sew Together Bag by Sew Demented.</a> The pattern is a little daunting but there is a helpful sew-a-long and there are several great tutorials and tips to assist with sewing like these: <a href="http://quiltbarn.blogspot.com/2014/03/sew-long.html">The Quilt Barn Sew-A-Long</a> and <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/sew-together-bag-with-modifications.html">Crazy Mom Quilts</a>. </span></div>
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TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-77544423508595135432015-05-14T14:10:00.002-05:002015-05-14T14:10:22.488-05:00Hillside Houses<span style="font-size: large;">It's another rainy day here in southeast Texas, so setting aside all the things I need to be doing, I have jumped on the Hillside Houses quilt along wagon to sew a mini version of the <a href="http://prettylittlequilts.blogspot.co.uk/p/hillside-houses-quilt-long.html">Hillside Houses by Pretty Little Quilts.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is tedious cutting and sewing but so exciting to see them finish. The little blocks are supposed to finish at 5-1/2 inches (before sewn together.) I really need to perfect accurate piecing and pressing. There are imperfections, but once I "square them up" they it all look so good. I am very happy with them. I haven't done many mini quilts. I want to do more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still raining, so I guess I better get back to blocks four and five. Then I will be caught up. Check out this fellow Texan at her blog, <a href="http://prettylittlequilts.blogspot.com/">Pretty Little Quilts</a>. She designed the fantastic <a href="http://prettylittlequilts.blogspot.co.uk/p/texas-roadtrip-qal.html">Texas Road Trip QAL</a> that I definitely will be doing one of these days.</span></div>
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TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-86573113548497698832015-04-20T08:04:00.000-05:002015-04-20T08:04:17.542-05:00Spring Chicks<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed a little gift for a sewing friend. So I made her a pin cushion and, of course, a few for me too. One might say they are Texas chicks with their big hair. They are really cute all posed together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have had the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyvomCiN9Oo">chicken pin cushion</a> on my list of things to make for a while. One is stuffed with the lizard litter (ground walnut shells) and most are stuffed with a combination of polyester fiber stuffing and lizard litter. You need that poly to shape the points. Really they need to be a bit smaller to be a pin cushion or the needles will get buried in all their fluffiness. I will happily make a few more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This guy crashed the photo shoot! Glad they aren't the real thing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I followed this tutorial by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyvomCiN9Oo">Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Company</a>.</span></div>
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TakeMeThereToteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141341863434414454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975177247289706925.post-76757318304971493392015-04-16T11:23:00.000-05:002015-04-20T08:04:55.720-05:00Sorting and Sewing<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a few pictures of what I have been sewing over the last few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have done some incredible scrap busting this past year. I was determined to get down to the bottom of the bins on these two projects. I would sew the long strips on the string squares and then use the shorter pieces left over on the Spiderweb blocks. I am using the foundation papers </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/detail/11805/msqc/-/10-paper-piecing-squares">here</a> and <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/detail/5733/msqc/-/wacky-web-paper-refills">here</a> from Missouri Star Quilt Company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully I will get them sewn together sooner rather than several years later. I have set them aside for the moment because I have started another project. I am super excited about making some <a href="http://www.mollyflanders.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-summer-of-flowering-snowball.html">Flowering Snowball blocks.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with other Scrappy Stitchers at <a href="http://www.shecanquilt.ca/2015/04/scraptastic-tuesday-april-link-and-my.html">She Can Quilt's Scraptastic Tuesday.</a></span><br />
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