tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90223419377497175492024-03-12T10:59:43.079-07:00sunlight in winter quiltsLisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-64561915620978203992020-06-30T06:41:00.001-07:002020-06-30T06:44:27.727-07:00Push Pull Quilt Along<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It's been a long time since I've been here. What started out as computer issues, followed by tendonitis which made it hard to cut fabric, followed by the pandemic has gotten me out of the habit of posting here although I do post on instagram. Now we are into summer and gardening so we will see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I am here today to share my completed top for the Push Pull Quilt Along hosted by Yvonne of quiltingjetgirl. I made the lap sized version of this very striking pattern and I really love the yellows used in this combination of fabrics. I completed the top a while ago but I held off on posting because I was thinking I might quilt it before the end of June. I have made a start but it will be a long while until I am finished. Because we are advised to not spend time indoors with others I have no access to the shared sitdown longarm so I am using my domestic machine. It's going well, but it will be slower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I'm linking this short post up with the<a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2020/06/01/push-pull-quilt-along-final-linkup/" target="_blank">pushpull linkup</a> . I hope you are all keeping well. </span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-30978027131229423902020-02-25T07:54:00.002-08:002020-02-25T07:54:45.968-08:00Improv Triangles<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This month the linkup at Sarah Goer Quilts is show me something with triangles and I have something to share.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I participated in the instagram sew along held by Nicholas Ball of @quiltsintheattic. Here's my finished quilt top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This sew along was a lot of fun and I was able to use up several scraps and left over chunks of fabric as well as learning a couple of new improv techniques. This week our task is to quilt and bind our quilt and I think I can manage that sticking to walking foot quilting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I chose to do a scrappy version with low volume background but many people (maybe most) did colour blocking which is also very interesting and something I may play around with in future.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have had a set back with my tendonitis, which I think is because I did a fair bit of cutting for the Push Pull quilt along. I'm sad to say that I think I am going to have to set aside the rotary cutter for a few weeks to see if things can clear up. This has put me in a bit of a slump along with the fact that it is February. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I am going to have to find a new way to amuse myself and use my creative juices. There is only so much reading I can do and going for walks and going to the gym only take up so much time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> One thing I can do sewing wise, is garment sewing as the scissors don't seem to be as much of a problem. As a matter of fact I am going to Wendy's this afternoon to finish dress number 2 from 100 Acts of Sewing and to cut out a second one. In my case they are tunics. Usually when I go to Wendy's I work on the sit down long arm but my wrist/hand has me avoiding that at the moment as well.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I get to babysit my grandkids on Friday and on Saturday we are having Christmas in February with my sister and her children and grandchildren. There are two new babies to meet! There is lots to look forward to. Linking with the <a href="https://www.sarahgoerquilts.com/2020/02/01/show-me-something-with-triangles-linkup/" target="_blank">Show Me Something with Triangles linkup.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-66787142845289283982020-02-05T09:58:00.000-08:002020-02-05T09:58:02.897-08:00Goals<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Hello there. We were having computer issues again and I am reluctant to say they are all fixed (don't want to jinx anything here)...but I am hoping so. So I missed the link up for the January goal. My goal had been to get half the rows sewn together for the City Harbour quilt. I exceeded the goal well before the end of the month and here are some quick picks I took today of the completed quilt top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am really happy that I chose this goal for January and that the got the quilt top finished as the kit for this quilt has been in my stash for years and years. It feels good to be using some of my stash and not just buying new things for each project that I do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> But on to February. My piecing goal will be to catch up with the Push Pull Quilt Along hosted by<a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2020/02/03/push-pull-quilt-along-piecing-1/" target="_blank"> Yvonne of Quilting Jetgirl</a> and finish piecing one by the end of the month. Due to the computer issue I have not been able to access the cutting instructions so here is a picture of my lovely uncut fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Doesn't all that yellow just make you happy! This will be my one monthly goal for February. I will continue to work on my quilting of the stacked coins quilt if I am able to and I am going to make myself a purple tunic. I'm hoping to get it done this weekend when I have a weekend away with my friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I am not sure how much blogging I will be able to do as I have an inflamed tendon in my right hand and typing is not the best. Linking up with Patty of Elm Street Quilts for the <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2020/02/one-monthly-goal-february-link-up.html" target="_blank">February OMG linkup</a>.</span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-37347907557329578932020-01-22T12:59:00.002-08:002020-01-22T12:59:55.048-08:00Just Past the Midpoint of the Month<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have been sewing quite a bit lately but I'm working on so many things at once that I haven't gotten things to a point where I have much to share. So I thought I would share some progress.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> One of my goals this year is to play more and it is my intention to spend some time each Wednesday playing with fabric and exploring something for myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have been wanting to play around with log cabins for a while and I made this piece improvisationally, meaning I figured out what I was doing as I went along. I chose to work with my purple scraps so I could share my work with Sarah Goer's new link up Show Me Something....which for this month is <a href="https://www.sarahgoerquilts.com/2020/01/01/show-me-something-kickoff-and-show-me-something-purple-linkup/" target="_blank">Show Me Something Purple</a>. I'll see if I get the project a little farther along before I link it up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Showing up for Creative Play on Wednesdays has been an interesting and insightful process. When I work with improvisation I work really slowly, thinking about each piece as I cut and place it. It puts me in a different zone and I really love it. You would think that I would jump at the chance to do this. But no I have to push my self to start and then I love it. There is a part of me that just wants to finish up those other routine projects that are waiting in the wings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I also have to make sure that I take that time for me and that I don't give it up. One week I gave up the time to get some housework done before my husbands cousin came to stay with us. I told myself I would have plenty of time to work the creative play into the weekend, but things came up and it didn't happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> And this lovely pile represents my progress on my One Monthly Goal . I've actually exceeded the goal and I think I can get the whole quilt top done before the end of the month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This project is City Harbour and it is from the book City Quilts,by Cheri House.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have no photos to share but I have been working on free motion quilting the stacked Coins Quilt and making slow but steady progress. Although at the rate I am going it will take me forever to get it done so I may need to work out some extra time on Sweet 16 into my schedule. I have been practising using the ruler for straight lines and going over several repeating motifs in the coins. I'll try to remember to bring something I can take a good picture with when I go to Wendy's next Tuesday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> So that's my progress for now. I hope to have at least some completed quilt tops to share for next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lisa</span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-14619083603341262922020-01-05T15:59:00.000-08:002020-01-05T15:59:00.389-08:00January Goal<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It's time for me to choose a goal for January and I have decided to borrow something Rebecca Grace is doing on her blog <a href="https://cheekycognoscenti.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cheeky Cognoscenti</a>. She gives herself one piecing goal, one quilting goal and one garment making goal. I am going to give myself a goal in each of these areas as well, but I will choose one to be my OMG.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My quilting goal will be to make headway on my stacked coins quilt. My garment making goal is to cut out the pattern pieces for the Emerson Pants and my piecing goal which will be my OMG for January is to cut out the pieces for the City Harbour Quilt and sew 1/2 the rows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This may not seem like a big goal but there are several other projects keeping me busy this month as well and I am scheduled to work one Saturday which eats up one whole day of sewing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> One reason for choosing this project for my goal is that I am trying to use up more of my stash. As I just ordered fabric for Yvonne's <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2019/11/18/push-pull-quilt-along-pre-sales-open/" target="_blank">Push Pull Quilt Along</a> and for the Quilters Planner Quilt Along, I decided I better jump into making something from the stash. I want to set up good habits early in the year. Making up this quilt seems like a good start and I think it will come together quickly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This past weekend I put together two quilt backs entirely from stash and I am using some fabric from my stash for the Planner quilt but the fabric buying is higher than the fabric used so far.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Speaking of habits, I am also using my planner to pencil in times during my week for doing specific things. I can see how spending most of my Tuesday afternoons working on the sit down long arm has improved my quilting skills and confidence so I am planning creative play time on Wednesday mornings and a time on Friday mornings to make myself healthy snacks. Time will tell If I can stick to these plans or if I need to work out something else.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm linking my post to the <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2020/01/one-monthly-goal-january-link-up.html" target="_blank">January OMG linkup</a> over at Patty's blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> There are so many things I love about this quilt. I love the balance of colours and I love that the background is a mixture of low volume neutrals, white, cream and grey. I also love that my quilting is improving and that my enjoyment of the quilting process has moved from fear to confidence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll be linking this finish up to <a href="http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/2020/01/love-boldly-beauties-pageant-63.html" target="_blank">Brag about your Beauties</a>, to TGIFF which is hosted at <a href="https://www.devotedquilter.com/2020/01/tgiff-can-you-hold-my-phone.html" target="_blank">Devoted Quilter</a> this week, and I think it qualifies for the <a href="https://www.sarahgoerquilts.com/2020/01/01/2019-finish-a-long-quarter-4-finishes-link-up/" target="_blank">4th quarter FAL</a> so I'll link up with Sarah Goer Quilts as well. But if it doesn't, no worries. The original post is<a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/10/fal-4th-quarter-list.html" target="_blank"> here.</a></span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-26258927875723329832019-12-27T16:02:00.001-08:002019-12-27T16:02:43.718-08:002019 Top Five <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's time to pick my top five for Cheryl's end of the year linkup. It's a bit of a difficult task for me this year as I didn't manage as many finishes this year. Cheryl leaves it up to us to pick what we want to share. So here goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I made this quilt quickly for my friend and previous co worker Katrina when I got back from Quilt Con. I heard that she had pancreatic cancer and I wanted to quickly wrap her in a quilty hug. Katrina loved her quilt and I managed to visit with her twice before she passed away taking a couple of my co workers with me. I feel blessed that I was able to share this quilt with her to give her some comfort in her last days and I hope that it is giving comfort to one of her relatives now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. I really like the process in making this <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/june-goal-done.html" target="_blank">Charlie Harper Runner </a>for my boss. It's simple but I put it together slowly and improvisationally....my favourite method.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. Last year my two friends and I bought a sit down long arm ( or midarm depending on who you are) and I have been having a blast working through some of my backlog of quilts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the first of my personal quilts ( not the guilds) that I quilted on the machine. It's a quilt that I really love and it is on the bed in the spare room. The pattern is <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-friday-finish-in-june.html" target="_blank">Grande Scrappy Tiles by Cheryl Brickey.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I hope to make a few more in the new year along with the Modern Boro zipper pouch and the project bag. It was fun using up items in the stash and learning a few new tricks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I am linking up with Cheryl for the <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/12/best-of-2019-linky-party.html" target="_blank">Best of 2019 linky </a>and I am wishing us all lots of fun and sewing success in the New Year.</span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-19017848746264530502019-12-26T13:37:00.001-08:002019-12-27T16:36:34.966-08:00December's Goal is Done <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bet you are wondering if I managed to get all my projects done for December. Well of course I did. They were all presents after all. Even though some of them won't be gifted until later in the week I finished them up on Christmas Eve.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I'll start with the projects for the boys which were gifted on December 21. I was asked by their mother if I could make them super hero capes. She thought they would really like them and that it would be a good idea to put their initials on them. So I set about looking for a pattern and found this <a href="http://www.threadridinghood.com/wordpress/made-by-me-monday-super-hero-cape-pattern-tutorial/" target="_blank">one here</a> at Thread Riding Hood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Red is Gabriel's favourite colour and I had wanted to make his cape red with blue lining but I could not find a bright red when I was looking for fabric so I settled on this orange. It's interesting to me that to everyone else in my family this is red. Elisha's cape is blue on the outside, lined with orange. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The capes have velcro closures which I have never used before and the initials and circles are made from flannel. I found the free applique letters at<a href="https://www.rebeccamaedesigns.com/" target="_blank"> Rebecca Mae Designs</a> and even if you are looking for the alphabet it is worth checking her website out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The boys love their capes and can be found leaping about and twirling in them on a daily basis. Would you like to know what some of their super powers are? Gabriel's super power is his imagination. He is often in another world. His other super power is his smile. He just beams with excitement. As for Elisha singing is one of his super powers. I like to think this comes from the Welsh side of the family, but the Mennonite singers probably beg to differ. He is also really good with his hands and loves to play with play dough and finger paints.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> As for the other gifts. I made extra's. I wrote about the first bags <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/12/two-down-and-four-or-so-to-go.html" target="_blank">here</a>. That left the SweetPea Pods for Leana. I forgot that when you make the bags you get two the same. I wanted to give her two bags, but I wanted them to be different so I made four. I'm giving the other two to Pauline. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Leana's favourite colour is orange and I thought the blue linen looked really nice with it. My daughter told me Leana has too much stuff so if I gave her something it had to be something she could put stuff in. So, two little bags for some small stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll be linking this up with the <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/12/one-monthly-goal-december-finish-link-up.html" target="_blank">OMG link up</a> at Elm Street Quilts, and I'll be linking with Michelle, From Bolt to Beauty for her <a href="http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/2019/12/pageant-highlight-reel-beauties-pageant.html" target="_blank">beauties pageant</a> for the week as well as the TGIFF linkup hosted this week by <a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/12/tgiff-island-batik-ambassador-3d.html" target="_blank">Anja at Anja quilts</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2019 has been for me, a year of transition. In June I gave up co chairing the community outreach committee of my traditional guild. I'm still involved in the committee and spend a fair bit of time sewing quilt backs together, but have less organizational stress. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In late September I turned 65 and cut my work hours to 2 days a week. I have more time on my hands and more space in my head and I am still working my way through what this all means for me. I also have less money so that is another consideration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> A few weeks ago something happened with the computer account and I wasn't able to use it for a while. This was a different kind of stress and transition. Thanks to my friend Scott things seem to be working properly now, but for a while there I as thinking of giving up blogging all together. These weeks of forced separation from the blogging world was an eye opener for me as I realized how much time I was spending on the internet and the reasons for that which include missing my more active life, and boredom. This is the context I bring to my goal setting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Looking back to my goals for 2019 I have to laugh, because I always think I can do more than any reasonable person could. I did however make progress in two of my goals. My machine quilting is getting much better, thanks to regular sessions on the sitdown long arm this fall and I have tried my hand at a couple of creative challenges, with one of my mini quilts being published in Curated Quilts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Continue working on my machine quilting every Tuesday afternoon and sometimes additional days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Continue participating in creative challenges as they arise and spike my interest. Examples are Curated quilts, Canadian Quilters Association and dare I say Quilt Con?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. Aim for one blog post a week, and unless I'm sick in bed limit blog reading and writing to a couple of times a week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. Start using up the stash in a more aggressive manner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. Continue working my way through the great backlog of projects I already have. (see goal 1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">6. Work play and experimentation into my quilting life a bit more. ( Figure out a regular time to do this)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. On non working days go for a 30 to 40 minute walk, during the winter do this close to noon, in the summer when it's less hot.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. Arrange to do things with other folks who are home during the week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">9. Be flexible, keep singing silly songs with the grandkids and have fun! Linking up with Yvonne of Quilting JetGirl and the <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2019/12/15/2020planningparty/" target="_blank">2020 goal planning party.</a></span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-30751385386955770682019-12-10T06:56:00.002-08:002019-12-10T07:38:26.204-08:00Two Down and Four or So to Go.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It's been a bit like Santa's workshop here as I work on some last minute holiday gifts. Getting these small projects done is my goal for the month and I have two done and ready to share. They are two of a kind: twins, fraternal, definitely <u>not</u> identical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The pattern is the Modern Japanese Rice Pouch by KZStevens and you can purchase it <a href="https://www.kzstevens.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. I came across this pattern on the Karen Lewis instagram feed @karinlewistextiles and I immediately fell in love with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kaliesha, my recipient is a funky very stylish lover of herbals and flowers and all things handmade so I knew she would love this fussy cut deer from Wandering with Doe which is from the Open Road Collection by Bonnie Christine, Art Gallery Fabrics. I paired it with linen and Japanese fabrics from my scrap stash. Here's a look at some of the other fabrics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> We have a limit of $10 for our gift so I had to use stash fabrics but fortunately there is no shortage there! I used Suede lacing for the closures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The fraternal twin is to be gifted at the Grand River Modern Guilds Holiday Party on Thursday. The crowd there generally likes bolds and brights like Allison Glass, Tula Pink and Giucy Giuce so I used a little of each in this bag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The pattern was easy to follow, the only tricky bit being sewing the bag sides which are a tube to the bottom, which is square. I googled the technique and found <a href="https://sew4home.com/tips-resources/sewing-tips-tricks/how-insert-rectangular-base-tube" target="_blank">this tutorial</a> on the Sew4Home website which simplified the step for me. I'll be linking up my finish with <a href="http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bragg About Your Beauties</a> and with TGIFF. Now I'm off to work on some capes for Super Heros!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Virtual Cookie Exchange blog hop which is hosted by Carol of <a href="https://www.justletmequilt.com/2019/12/virtual-cookie-exchange-day-two.html" target="_blank">Just Let Me Quilt</a>. Christmas is for many of us a family time. This year for us this means seeing relatives and friends who come up from the United States and also seeing some aunts and uncles on my husbands side of the family. Spending this time with folks we don't see that much makes the season special and having children in the mix once again makes the season magical! My side of the family is welcoming two babies this month so we get a repeat in February when the babies are a bit older!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Carol gave us a lot of leeway in what we could share in the post. I am not much of a baker so there are no cookies here just quilting projects. Two of them. I signed up for the hop in hopes that it would give me the push I needed to get these two projects done by the beginning of December. I am happy to say it did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It's not usual for me to make seasonal quilts so I surprised myself when I saw this quilt kit at Creative Sisters and I just had to make it. But I shouldn't be surprised because I am a Nana now to two toddlers who are pretty fond of their stuffed animals. When I saw the fabric panel with cute penguins, moose, bears and tigers sporting reindeer antlers I pictured my boys snuggling under it on the couch. Truth be told they are more likely to use it as a roof for a fort! I also liked that it doesn't scream Christmas but has a winter theme that might extend its use a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It was a easy pattern,with the top coming together quickly but I did have a few issues with the quilting. I applied the spray basting outside on the back porch on a clear cold day and maybe because of the cold weather it didn't seem to stick very well on the top. This didn't give me major problems however. I worked from the middle out and I didn't get a lot of puckering. I used our sit down long arm machine for quilting and Wendy gave me a part spool of 40 weight King Tut white thread called Linen to use for the quilting. Unfortunately the thread ran out with about 1/3 of the quilting left. None of the Stores in our area had this thread so I had to order it from Cotton Mill Thread Works. To spread out the cost of shipping I ordered more thread of course. I guess that was an early Christmas present for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When our kids where small we always had advent calendars which we used to count down the days to Christmas. It added a lot of fun to the season and a feeling of expectation. It seemed with the boys being 3 and 2 this Christmas, that it would be a good year to pass this tradition down to them and give them a calendar of their own. Here's a picture of the boys calendar with a few of the things I tucked into the pockets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I also picked this up at Creative Sisters. There were no kits left so I bought the store sample which mean't I didn't have to sew the pockets on. I quilted this one was with the walking foot on my domestic machine. A simple treatment which suits it well. The main challenge here was finding enough small treasures to squish into the small pockets as a lot of tiny things would not be suitable for the 2 year old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> As the days get closer to Christmas they will be finding some quarters for their piggy banks, some kitty stickers,some small ornaments, some candy. A few things wouldn't fit in the pockets ( socks, play dough with sparkles) so they are in paper bags and a note is in the pocket. You have to know here that the three year old is obsessed with Christmas socks and wears them year round, the two year old loves putting money in his piggy bank, and both boys are in love with kitties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The last pocket holds my favourite treasure. It is a baby Jesus ornament made with a bead, some scraps of fabric and a half walnut shell. Their father made this cute little ornament at his after school babysitters when he was about seven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This quilt is my 1st finish for Quarter 4 of the FAL, the original list is <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/10/fal-4th-quarter-list.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-77686735039097669422019-12-02T05:31:00.002-08:002019-12-02T05:31:27.377-08:00Hello December<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have been spending less time on social media lately. It's not for any reason like thinking I spend too much time here or anything. I have just been chugging along with my projects and my sewing is taking priority. The picture above is of the December blocks for my Modern Guild. I thought I should show you something I have been working on, as I have been particularly focussed on a couple of projects for the grand boys. I'll be sharing those on Wednesday as part of the Virtual Cookie Exchange hosted by Carol of <a href="https://www.justletmequilt.com/2019/12/virtual-cookie-exchange-2019.html" target="_blank">Just Let Me Quilt. </a> You can hop over there to see the list of quilters participating for today and tomorrow. I have a very busy day today so I will be checking out both days tomorrow morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I did not complete my goal for November. Not even one stitch. I am not going to roll the goal over to this month however because I have several little projects to accomplish this month. There completion will be my goal for December. The crunch is on so wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The boys mom asked me to make Super Hero capes for their Christmas presents. I'll be using the fabrics above to make them. I'm not big on Applique but there was a request to put their initials on them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This last grouping is for some pouches for Leanna to store her stuff. So these are my goals for December. I'm linking them up with Patty of Elm Street Quilts <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/12/one-monthly-goal-december-link-up.html" target="_blank">OMG for December</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Long time no see. I'm popping in to let you know that I am still alive. Yes I did come down with a nasty virus three plus weeks ago but my energy levels are finally getting back to normal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> And yes I have been working on things quilting related in big and small ways. Not all these things can be shared at this point but eventually. Here are some things I can share.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a bee day at the local guild and I worked on cutting some kits prior to bee day. Then just before bee day the chair of the outreach committee came down with the same virus I had so as she was on the downward spiral and I was on the upward spiral I ran bee day which was super easy because all the committee members know what they are doing and pretty much did everything. Here are some of the quilts tops that where created.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and here are some more. There are more quilts that others have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have put together about 8 quilt backings and these will be kitted up with backing for guild members to quilt after which they will be donated to the local sexual assault/domestic violence unit in our town. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Since Wendy, Cyndy and I got our sitdown longarm we have been doing some of the quilting for the guild ourselves. My practice has been to quilt one of my own quilts and then one for the guild. Here is a closeup of the latest guild quilt I quilted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I was practicing wavy lines and curls. I can definitely see progress in my quilting. When I was sick I watched a lot of quilting videos and I like to think I learned something from them. Over all I'm finding that I really enjoy using the machine and things are getting much smoother. I'm not sure how many gazillions of hours I will have to spend before my stitch length gets consistent but I'm not entering these quilts into shows.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I got three quarters of the way through my current project when I ran out of thread. I was wanting to use a 40 weight thread because it worked so well for me on the frog and turtle panel above so Wendy gave me a King Tut thread she had. I was doubtful that there was enough on the spool to get through the quilt and I was right. Now I have to wait for our local supplier to get it back in stock before I can order it. It's a good thing I have a couple of weeks before my deadline. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I guess I will get to spend some time working on my other projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I've managed to get the odd easy quilting related thing done. I trimmed up this quilt to get it ready for binding and I have been working a bit on get quilt kits ready for our guild bee day which is on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> But now it's time to think of a goal for November. Because I have a lot to do I've decided to pick a fairly small goal for the month. In the summer I started the 2019 Summer Sampler but I found it overwhelming to work on while I was still working full time, so I set it aside. I've decided to pick it up again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I guess what! I won the pattern Three Dogs and One Sassy Cat designed by Mary Hertel which was the pattern prize for the October Goal. It's a perfect pattern for little kids and there are a lot of them in my extended family now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have been getting in quite a bit of sewing time. Maybe not as much as I expected to, but quite a bit non the less. After having a great Thanksgiving weekend I got together with Wendy for a marathon sewing day, where we put the rows together into a quilt top for the Quilt Con Charity quilt for our modern guild. I'm not sharing pictures here as it is a group quilt and I think the guild should show them first. Maybe I'll share them in February. Here's something I can share though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Here are eighty 1/2 square triangles. I have to trim them still but getting them finished goes a long way towards completing the quilt top so I am still confident that I will get the goal done by the end of the month. Before I head back to the sewing room to work some more on this quilt I'm heading over to Chery'ls blog to link up with the Mosaic Mystery <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/10/mosaic-mystery-quilt-october-square-in.html" target="_blank">linkup</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. The penny patch quilt. I just managed to finish quilting it but I couldn't manage to bind it in time to squeeze it in to the 3rd quarter finishes. But that's o.k. It will get done quickly enough, and I'll have a finish at the beginning of quarter 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. The second quilt on the list is this Christmas themed kit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a rule I don't make holiday quilts but I think my grandsons will love the little animals in the panel. I'm hoping to have it quilted up and ready to give to them at he beginning of December. the fabrics are cut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Linking with Leanne of She Can Quilt for the<a href="https://www.shecanquilt.ca/2019/10/hello-everyone-it-is-time-for-quarter-4.html" target="_blank"> 4th Quarter FAL linkup.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> There is a mini challenge for each issue of Curated Quilts. So far I have participated in two of them. I had an idea for the Black and White Issue but no time to execute it. I'm looking forward to further challenges in the future. Have you made any quilts for the Curated Quilts challenges?</span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-45338472114728716022019-10-06T18:29:00.000-07:002019-10-06T18:29:05.266-07:00Octobers Goal<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> As a rule I don't make Holiday themed quilts, but I'm a nana now to two little boys who just love cute animal stuffies. So when I saw this kit at Creative Sisters i just had to pick it up to make for the boys and their parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I just know that Gabriel and Eli will love the tigers and penguins and bears on the panel, but they won't be young forever ( they are three and two at the moment) so I think I have to put it together quickly. I'm hoping to give it to them at the beginning of December. My goal is to finish the quilt top by the end of the month, which gives me the month of November to quilt the quilt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Of course it's not the only thing I'll be working on this month so we will see how I do. I'm linking up with Patty for the <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/10/one-monthly-goal-october-link-up.html" target="_blank">OMG for October linkup</a>.</span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-68958481552764742772019-09-30T05:12:00.002-07:002019-10-02T05:13:39.243-07:00Septembers Goal is Done!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I put the last stitches in the binding last night, which let me just squeeze this finish in before the end of the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to admit there were times this month that I didn't think I would manage to get it done. Like that week I had a virus and just couldn't bring myself to do anything in the evenings. But it's done and I couldn't be happier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used three strands of Aurifil embroidery thread. I chose a light ivory colour to fade into the background. I seem to prefer to have the quilting play a more supportive role to the piecing, although as my quilting improves I may change that preference. If you are interested in purchasing the pattern for this cute paper pieced block you can pick it up at <a href="https://happysewlucky.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Happy Sew Lucky.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Linking with Patty of Elm Street Quilts for the <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/09/one-monthly-goal-september-finish-link.html" target="_blank">OMG linkup </a>and with the <a href="https://www.shecanquilt.ca/2019/10/q3-fal-time-to-link-up-your-finishes.html" target="_blank">3rd quarter 2019 FAL</a>. The original post is <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/07/2019-finish-along-third-quarter-list.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Here are my "house" blocks for the Mosaic Mystery hosted by Cheryl of Meadowmist Designs. I think they are looking very much like a mosaic tile floor! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Last weekend I celebrated a birthday, and since that birthday I have started to work just two days a week. I managed to sew up these blocks on Wednesday afternoon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some of my free time has been filled with catch up medical appointments and some of it has been filled up with time with the boys, but I am hoping to continue to squeeze in more sewing time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Can you see it? It's the dogwood pattern. I'm working with a 50 weight Aurifil pink thread. It's a pretty big quilt and I am almost 1/2 done. I am continuing to quilt fairly sparsely which is fine for me at the moment. I suspect I'll quilt more densely as time goes on. My plan for quilting is to alternate working on one of my own quilts with working on a quilt for the guild.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The coming week brings a couple of Dwight's aunts to stay at our place as they visit a friend who is not well, followed by a visit by our daughter. We will see how the quilting goes with this much activity in the house. I do have to make sure the Modern Guild charity quilt is at a point where we can move on with it at our sew in next weekend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I'm linking up with the September Mosaic Mystery <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/09/mosaic-mystery-quilt-september-house.html" target="_blank">Linkup</a>. Will I see you there?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I finished the quilting on the jelly roll waves quilt at the beginning of the month but I didn't manage to get around to the binding till this last weekend. Here she is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When I was on my knees pin basting the quilt and looking at the starburst pattern that turns up in a lot of the prints I remembered the sparkler quilting design I had seen on Leanne's blog Devoted Quilter. You can see it <a href="https://www.devotedquilter.com/2019/08/beat-heat-blog-hop-blue-sparkler.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I quilted this quilt on my domestic sewing machine using white 50weight aurifil thread. The pattern for the quilt is Jelly Roll Waves by Myra of Busy Hands Quilts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I'm not sure what the batting is or the background fabric of colourful dots. I got each of these from our guild stash as I'm donating this quilt to our outreach program. This is my third finish for the 3rd quarter of the 2019 finish along. The original list is <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/07/2019-finish-along-third-quarter-list.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm linking up with the<a href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2019/08/jelly-roll-waves-quilt-along-finished.html" target="_blank"> Jelly Roll Waves Quilt Along</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">on Myra's Blog and with <a href="http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bragg About Your Beauties</a> later in the week. I'm also linking with the <a href="https://www.shecanquilt.ca/2019/10/q3-fal-time-to-link-up-your-finishes.html" target="_blank">3rd Q FAL</a> at She Can Quilt.</span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-48490712039755818032019-09-06T12:32:00.000-07:002019-09-06T12:34:07.967-07:00September Goal<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have a confession to make. My August goal which I thought would be on the difficult side was so easy I got it done the day after I made the goal.....so I didn't bother to link it up to the finishes link up. My goal was to sew the sisterhood blocks into a quilt top. After giving up on perfection, it came together very nicely and I have been big stitch quilting it here and there over the last few weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> My goal for September is to finish the hand quilting and bind this little beauty. You can see that I am using 3/4" painters tape to mark by stitching lines.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I'm also hoping to finish free motion quilting my Jelly Roll Waves quilt. I'm half way done. I'd also like to get my blocks done for the Mosaic Mystery. There are a lot of them and September is a busy month. Do I say this every month?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Linking up with Patty of Elm Street Quilts for the September <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/09/one-monthly-goal-september-link-up.html" target="_blank">OMG linkup.</a></span>Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-406667394053001572019-09-03T04:00:00.000-07:002019-09-03T05:25:21.978-07:002019 Online Quilters Meet and Greet <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Hello there! Welcome to my stop on the 2019 Online Quilters Meet and Great. I'm glad you are here. As you are here I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Lisa and I live with my husband Dwight and our cat Bennie in a medium sized city, in southwestern Ontario Canada. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have two adult children and two young grand children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I belong to two guilds. The local traditional guild, where for several years most of my energy has gone into making donation quilts. I also belong to the local modern guild where guess what, I am currently organizing the making of the charity quilt for Quilt Con 2020. This group really likes working collaboratively so the work is spread amongst many, and things are moving along nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This is a quilt I made for my great niece Charlotte. I designed the block for the 2015 Fabri Quilt block challenge and the block pattern was featured in the first Quilter's Planner. You can read about this quilt <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2016/12/when-charlotte-burst-into-world.html" target="_blank">here</a> and the block design <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2015/09/fabri-quilt-block-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This star quilt is one of my all time favourites. I made it for my co workers son Rory using fun animal prints and co-ordinating bright Swe Swe fabrics. You can read about it <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2018/05/wish-upon-star.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This one is the 2018 Quilter's Planner quilt along quilt designed by Cheryl Brickey, and the corresponding blog post is <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2018/10/well-we-finally-got-little-sunshine-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I gave this quilt to my nephew and his wife in the summer of 2018 as a gift for their wedding. His older sister got married this summer but that quilt is still in the planning stages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> You can see from these quilts that I am attracted to bright colourful fabrics and that I enjoy the challenge of trying to design my own blocks and quilts. I am hoping to work more on my own designs as time allows. One way I have participated in challenges is through the Curated Quilts Challenges. So far I have managed to complete two challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Houses and Stars with their posts <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2018/08/curated-quilts-houses-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/curated-quilts-star-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I love working on these challenges as they give me a time line and framework for working on my own designs. In addition to making quilts </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also enjoy making clothing and from time to time I share my clothing makes here as well. I made the top I am wearing in the photo of myself above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I have come to the end of my post. Thanks for visiting with me today. This blog hop is continuing for the whole month of September and you can find the list of the other hop participants by clicking the button at the top of the post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> And don't forget the prizes. There is a prize of oodles of fabric. You can enter this draw by clicking on the button below. Each time you visit one of the bloggers and click on the button you get one entry into the draw. So enjoy your visits with all the bloggers and good luck with the draw. Thanks to Benita of <a href="https://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.com/VictorianaQuilters/FeedbackLinks/QuiltingBlogRoll.htm" target="_blank">Victoriana Quilt Designs</a> for organizing the hop.</span></div>
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Lisa J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367339236614679822noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022341937749717549.post-56539831853623633172019-08-30T12:47:00.001-07:002019-10-02T05:17:10.369-07:00Some progress and some plans<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Are you quilting along with Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs. I love Cheryl's quilt alongs because they have a nice slow pace. If you fall behind you have plenty of time to catch up. I have finished cutting my fabric for the Mosaic Mystery which is the current project. The cutting seemed to take forever which I guess is what happens when you are trying to do it at night after work. But now it's done and I am ready to move on to the sewing when we get the first set of directions next week. I'm still loving the fabric selection and I am hopeful that I can manage this particular quilt along without falling behind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> A couple of weeks ago Wendy and I went to Spool and Spindle in Waterloo. One of my co workers fills in there occasionally and we went to visit her. It was our first time at the shop and we were not disappointed. They have so many patterns and fabrics for clothing making. I picked up a teal bamboo knit that I am going to use to make the Ebony Tunic. You can see the beautiful version of the Ebony tunic that Anja made <a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/2018/06/tgiff-ebony-top.html" target="_blank">here</a> . I also picked up two patterns: the Emerson pants and the Uniform tunic. I'm not sure when I will make any of these projects but a girl can dream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When I got home after visiting the store I dug around in my fabric closet and found these. When we were at the Spool and Spindle I had said that I thought I should have a more streamlined wardrobe that was basically all blue and it looks like I have been collecting for it already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> It's my second finish of the 3rd Quarter FAL . The original list is <a href="https://sunlightinwinterquilts.blogspot.com/2019/07/2019-finish-along-third-quarter-list.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The pattern is the Scout Tee but made in a stretch fabric instead of the woven fabric the pattern calls for. What this means is you get a nice roomy comfy T shirt. I'm linking with the Mosaic Mystery <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/08/mosaic-mystery-quilt-august-cutting.html" target="_blank">August linkup</a> and when the time comes with the<a href="https://www.shecanquilt.ca/2019/10/q3-fal-time-to-link-up-your-finishes.html" target="_blank"> 3rd Quarter FAL link up</a>.</span><br />
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