tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341215030108358672024-03-17T20:03:17.642-07:00Crazy Victoriana crazy for quiltsJaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.comBlogger474125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-46839685332866410942024-03-12T12:51:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:53:16.033-07:00Quilt News! Three Coneflowers Medallion with Borders Quilt Top Finish, Spring Flowers Up, Log Cabin Blocks in Housetop Formation<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2gHTTMdn6dCHoYhDKxJnce6L76MXZREDdU3GU4DrFbGQ3kg26HhqfoziLyBYKuyY0Z6_Pn_Gu0lEK-pBwGa6mKC56_Dl3Z1YauekiUE8oUw0qHgoGzgFVLNaolN7IS_4kFcKCaC7oTAotBBgjNSEokyd0w-mNHSi4m4XEvcyl4AMKzhPzbZV12JN2Wc/s2816/2D35D35E-7509-4871-8AF7-2CDF666B3784.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2gHTTMdn6dCHoYhDKxJnce6L76MXZREDdU3GU4DrFbGQ3kg26HhqfoziLyBYKuyY0Z6_Pn_Gu0lEK-pBwGa6mKC56_Dl3Z1YauekiUE8oUw0qHgoGzgFVLNaolN7IS_4kFcKCaC7oTAotBBgjNSEokyd0w-mNHSi4m4XEvcyl4AMKzhPzbZV12JN2Wc/w400-h300/2D35D35E-7509-4871-8AF7-2CDF666B3784.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonquils...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vj40M19CLmEVVrYYJgtU0_NSYkXPHVjbNbgcY2XpUdDrWm1oTe6u4xvDo4ntSD_Hz5d_37Y6W8gtHUV_P34illMFt1gZK-k2kVvIv0KzwfTkB79szlfJjbmYQZvGJRDLtY8mvPgb1UqUdTv9iVOkeWoG9sUccnP9aDneMOB_lS4Po2tlA6EkOY1V7lU/s4000/CD9EE169-CBDF-4293-8DA9-C732235D4668.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vj40M19CLmEVVrYYJgtU0_NSYkXPHVjbNbgcY2XpUdDrWm1oTe6u4xvDo4ntSD_Hz5d_37Y6W8gtHUV_P34illMFt1gZK-k2kVvIv0KzwfTkB79szlfJjbmYQZvGJRDLtY8mvPgb1UqUdTv9iVOkeWoG9sUccnP9aDneMOB_lS4Po2tlA6EkOY1V7lU/w400-h300/CD9EE169-CBDF-4293-8DA9-C732235D4668.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wind Flowers...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzltoFTCotLQRkXgUmqJYcLzlzJX5ntiX61UgcL6Vhqr71SwcdEQWP3RHwadvSnBTLRsTrTNo8_Wl5z5WIYdyQ_bvdZNuX80j-Ts_PT3hnOPsunv1sj-ql0uK3ugI5tV1jHpe_su2u9vVZxDASThzuobnxf4AwMlWE8aVv2rL_D_Z5mmXq-eVGd9VExKg/s4000/D3E25EFE-5B3F-40F4-B5F1-309B3B1AD96E_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzltoFTCotLQRkXgUmqJYcLzlzJX5ntiX61UgcL6Vhqr71SwcdEQWP3RHwadvSnBTLRsTrTNo8_Wl5z5WIYdyQ_bvdZNuX80j-Ts_PT3hnOPsunv1sj-ql0uK3ugI5tV1jHpe_su2u9vVZxDASThzuobnxf4AwMlWE8aVv2rL_D_Z5mmXq-eVGd9VExKg/w400-h300/D3E25EFE-5B3F-40F4-B5F1-309B3B1AD96E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished quilt top, Three Coneflowers with Borders....<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of course spring officially starts on the 20th of March but here locally in Lake Wilderness Arboretum, Jonquils and Windflowers/Anemone are blooming now. Also blooming are Camellia shrubs, Crocus and Hellebore, etc. It is colorful and exciting.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I finished up the top of my Bramble Blooms l QAL project. I call it Three Coneflowers Medallion with Borders. I wanted to keep the outside border dark to contrast with the light border preceding it. I had a difficult time trying to decide how complicated to piece that final border. But finally inspired by Linda at <a href="https://kokaquilts.blogspot.com/">kokaquilts </a>and her housetop logcabin quilts, because they look so fun! I realized that the BBl qal project just had to get finished so I could move onto something else! I tried new techniques (raw edge machine applique) and got some good tips from Audrey at <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/">quiltyfolk</a>. Thank you Audrey.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Now did someone say Log Cabin blocks in housetop formation? Here I come!</p><p style="text-align: center;">What projects are you finishing up?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-24594678448274973582024-03-02T11:38:00.000-08:002024-03-02T11:38:25.246-08:00Quilt News! In Pieces! Piecing Together Blocks for Sunflower Panel Border and Cutting Strips for Improv Borders for 3 Coneflowers Medallion Quilt with Borders BB Challenge.. <p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfR5h-ndxSYl6bUTdTnGav11mbNXJrszo1002b32sIrQ2bfqV4-SGOXJaTjSD5OeSsoRJWHnuNQ7sfSwWl0E53uATIqixZmyEGrvOpObSe9KPcqrBmIwmYzPwkNRu4t_QiIwirkYxcG2hY24QoF9Calr7A6p3YZty6wo5dg0cv9wJOgpmiGRVf53L2Loo/s4000/94E1855F-8E5D-456A-A1DC-40884816FDDD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfR5h-ndxSYl6bUTdTnGav11mbNXJrszo1002b32sIrQ2bfqV4-SGOXJaTjSD5OeSsoRJWHnuNQ7sfSwWl0E53uATIqixZmyEGrvOpObSe9KPcqrBmIwmYzPwkNRu4t_QiIwirkYxcG2hY24QoF9Calr7A6p3YZty6wo5dg0cv9wJOgpmiGRVf53L2Loo/w400-h300/94E1855F-8E5D-456A-A1DC-40884816FDDD.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strips cut for improv borders for my version of <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-2023-quilty-finishes-finally-little.html">Bramble Blooms Challenge.</a>.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPeU8aze7q1cWuXBnmaJPvIrKVVUzPUv6Ibz2KdXVLK9FEGH3bEIoWaB5pmbMzoS8HYe27fXCkzv-GBvLYEG22plGb9Lf5GFWiNXAeslJCNpkxQpA9w9hm8H08i_6VYwqtNJpD5xaRWRwr3IvLF3I77PkLrIwOYKJ56YrpJ2PhKtBnreJqwwW18XCNw8/s4000/B1FED5A5-1671-4A28-93E3-D1372482A3AD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPeU8aze7q1cWuXBnmaJPvIrKVVUzPUv6Ibz2KdXVLK9FEGH3bEIoWaB5pmbMzoS8HYe27fXCkzv-GBvLYEG22plGb9Lf5GFWiNXAeslJCNpkxQpA9w9hm8H08i_6VYwqtNJpD5xaRWRwr3IvLF3I77PkLrIwOYKJ56YrpJ2PhKtBnreJqwwW18XCNw8/w400-h300/B1FED5A5-1671-4A28-93E3-D1372482A3AD.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These blocks are for two different projects, maybe more, I tend to 'over' piece.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Hello Quilt Friends!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy March! busy month with spring right around the corner and Easter at the end of the month, not to mention lots of family birthdays! Whew, but it's exciting.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I've been piecing and pressing fabric and blocks for different projects. I like to have strips of fabric and blocks ready for experimenting and interviewing before final design decisions in my projects. I find that having a good neutral fabric handy really calms the color hysteria that can happen in the design process. Because I am rapacious when it comes to color!</p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the news from the valley where we have sun/clouds and Daffodils are beginning to bloom.</p><p style="text-align: center;">What progress have you made this week?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-88857053885694525022024-02-22T12:12:00.000-08:002024-02-22T12:12:52.959-08:00Quilt News! 3 Coneflowers Medallion with Borders Quilt Challenge Update and Progress, Second Border and Counting....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHvyxs1mBqZFxhnyogX4LzWn8CT9AYastjsBB94-BsU-pSFwmmhAxAA_4R7EcRuc_JmTq1qX8_BucRP0xhEpBmFlwR5Y4lojpqz9VfOUQ9ZJQqxjOzy-N0AZc2zC5q8IzzkFtv4CAmCve83tgcjEFk8lIKtmWIBL1mGhTTggHtLSlQ7IEYSUZpBAXy64/s4000/B21C25F9-B4EF-4B8B-826C-5E5200D6B89A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHvyxs1mBqZFxhnyogX4LzWn8CT9AYastjsBB94-BsU-pSFwmmhAxAA_4R7EcRuc_JmTq1qX8_BucRP0xhEpBmFlwR5Y4lojpqz9VfOUQ9ZJQqxjOzy-N0AZc2zC5q8IzzkFtv4CAmCve83tgcjEFk8lIKtmWIBL1mGhTTggHtLSlQ7IEYSUZpBAXy64/w400-h300/B21C25F9-B4EF-4B8B-826C-5E5200D6B89A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Border, dark half square triangles all around.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno8XCqmDLPCI3V7Ax-NYqRvnkK0_FNvEXHo2nW1QbMbbjjZWU98zwPOLYShHW4yllZb2_rp0F68uIhi4b1x6O0IUDv7BXQUTnzhCrADf-VgIYDaT2Xx0ZG7xFDmzGYRpFwJ3ghZVZLRUTu6W7e5sqTUJw-zGmKYwM3I471WR-mR2d1mbI5hB-SXgpCXc/s4000/E58112E3-F305-4111-B9BA-653ACF97F57B.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno8XCqmDLPCI3V7Ax-NYqRvnkK0_FNvEXHo2nW1QbMbbjjZWU98zwPOLYShHW4yllZb2_rp0F68uIhi4b1x6O0IUDv7BXQUTnzhCrADf-VgIYDaT2Xx0ZG7xFDmzGYRpFwJ3ghZVZLRUTu6W7e5sqTUJw-zGmKYwM3I471WR-mR2d1mbI5hB-SXgpCXc/w400-h300/E58112E3-F305-4111-B9BA-653ACF97F57B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Second Border, light.... there will be more!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sun mixed in with clouds this morning. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And I'm reporting my progress on 3 Coneflowers Medallion Challenge Quilt in the way of two added borders. Visit Audrey @ <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-2023-quilty-finishes-finally-little.html">quiltyfolk</a> to check out the Bramble Blooms challenge prompts. I'm using the prompts as a general guideline that's how I work.</p><p style="text-align: center;">A lot of my inspiration comes from Gwen Marston's books. Her book <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/8763-liberated-medallion-quilts.html">Liberated Medallion Quilts</a> is packed with great design ideas in the 'liberated' way. </p><p style="text-align: center;">That's the update from the valley where more design, piecing and progress will be forthcoming soon!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-18936728084599197662024-02-16T11:20:00.000-08:002024-02-16T11:20:57.662-08:00Quilt News! Bramble Blooms Challenge Progress on 3 Coneflowers Medallion Quilt, First Border Half Square Triangles Piecing, Happy Friday!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa0jGqJISipfybbROR9_sbKGDLvleteTjdvMs2K1V5RqiuiMzcVoP4nqkvQhQtYu-gGdaUYBfj_O4JWLVR3CcfI3pPA88UIxOxeSGEdi2liaQ93glKw0ogIp5PMysbXZM04yzcrk5nYBK36-2Gxuzuj7ZIqyvKYb45cqMNLanYUTbx30PWg22sB_cq5c/s4000/8A5FE6DA-406A-4547-B1BD-9E32DAB7D56A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa0jGqJISipfybbROR9_sbKGDLvleteTjdvMs2K1V5RqiuiMzcVoP4nqkvQhQtYu-gGdaUYBfj_O4JWLVR3CcfI3pPA88UIxOxeSGEdi2liaQ93glKw0ogIp5PMysbXZM04yzcrk5nYBK36-2Gxuzuj7ZIqyvKYb45cqMNLanYUTbx30PWg22sB_cq5c/w400-h300/8A5FE6DA-406A-4547-B1BD-9E32DAB7D56A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First border of half square triangles laid out around center medallion<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjyWBAdu-M6-o5CtMBrmmn-gm8_ThnuVzXPncId-lQv49YktC5HHU1FZnKjJB4OM-3CXsAqpwpT4U-uk7sDpI6IrTbicVaxNqhoH_TRjzSQ8h8liOZrxppiU1i9qpkUIzRG_GgRqe_YoY_Tzcd2aDkKu8Q53ruH29dj_KX6EJ2DfQP8ftvNWDhvCoaFo/s4000/FE287C9C-FD64-41A6-8E3C-29ABD82D9E75.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjyWBAdu-M6-o5CtMBrmmn-gm8_ThnuVzXPncId-lQv49YktC5HHU1FZnKjJB4OM-3CXsAqpwpT4U-uk7sDpI6IrTbicVaxNqhoH_TRjzSQ8h8liOZrxppiU1i9qpkUIzRG_GgRqe_YoY_Tzcd2aDkKu8Q53ruH29dj_KX6EJ2DfQP8ftvNWDhvCoaFo/w400-h300/FE287C9C-FD64-41A6-8E3C-29ABD82D9E75.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Border piecing in progress...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello quilt friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">This a quick update on piecing progress on my 3 Coneflowers Medallion Quilt started as I joined in the Bramble Blooms challenge by Audrey @ <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-2023-quilty-finishes-finally-little.html">quiltyfolk</a>. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I decided the first border would be 1/2 square triangles and the piecing has begun. Other projects are being moved foward but news on those later.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today the sun is out and I must get out and walk in it!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hope you enjoy your Friday too and find a place to relax. I'll be by to visit!<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-62947488807154427502024-02-05T11:38:00.000-08:002024-02-06T17:56:25.269-08:00Quilt News! Bramble Blooms QAL Progress, 3 Coneflowers Medallion, Machine Applique, Raw Edge....<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Dw9ObJHVU4xtqSHk5drUgjpwS73PZIRw4fksJZZdqmdspqIw4cSmPEroN9JafAoaaXO8GvZJTkZYqaZ9WgCdRlugjFzvgTs4fQKVmfu14Zy9u3K1CHTBCVsnHME2l_YHwpJK3CjYBeQvl8bz2FkVQCMQmBauJ1TDuiBVP8F9fWb1DQSysYNTiFWgA7Q/s4000/83A1A247-2404-4EB4-97FB-B8E9550A1C6A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Dw9ObJHVU4xtqSHk5drUgjpwS73PZIRw4fksJZZdqmdspqIw4cSmPEroN9JafAoaaXO8GvZJTkZYqaZ9WgCdRlugjFzvgTs4fQKVmfu14Zy9u3K1CHTBCVsnHME2l_YHwpJK3CjYBeQvl8bz2FkVQCMQmBauJ1TDuiBVP8F9fWb1DQSysYNTiFWgA7Q/w400-h300/83A1A247-2404-4EB4-97FB-B8E9550A1C6A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers and stems auditioning...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtuILb1tD_8U2BW6_LAG31TaOMmvYN_v7aWJ-eLSWaLWmBeAzx1kcNjIlJvWp1E1SWa21hyphenhyphenBmM6Z683QLrizGls0nYqjxJ2bNhgNIErhtpM4POhjk6d7cJb_Do2SM4JFvC57-v4JHp0fwYyCfJ3Un7WUaJ5xClwmSzwAUxdXVpuLG2YLtNA_F78a-RNY/s4000/845AA551-7559-4852-A12C-52E95B9A0290.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtuILb1tD_8U2BW6_LAG31TaOMmvYN_v7aWJ-eLSWaLWmBeAzx1kcNjIlJvWp1E1SWa21hyphenhyphenBmM6Z683QLrizGls0nYqjxJ2bNhgNIErhtpM4POhjk6d7cJb_Do2SM4JFvC57-v4JHp0fwYyCfJ3Un7WUaJ5xClwmSzwAUxdXVpuLG2YLtNA_F78a-RNY/w400-h300/845AA551-7559-4852-A12C-52E95B9A0290.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Started sewing pieces down ...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLW81HsfQ6UOkbIeZqL3c9mY6D76u3EJS0HOXH7VRtPwWJvdCqS6ZoSWs2bK5HajujNceP-_qII_68MAxqgShTy8-IhCYq1Mt79eiiSOAftl7zC9_7exhVmIv4Ag8B0NGrjxRl7JfkfsIiBkv1ehX49f7bo8CD3UDgpFqw8VzadL-LQyUWEnlTp6aoj8/s4000/EA264178-F543-44A4-9578-8BFC2A200A4E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLW81HsfQ6UOkbIeZqL3c9mY6D76u3EJS0HOXH7VRtPwWJvdCqS6ZoSWs2bK5HajujNceP-_qII_68MAxqgShTy8-IhCYq1Mt79eiiSOAftl7zC9_7exhVmIv4Ag8B0NGrjxRl7JfkfsIiBkv1ehX49f7bo8CD3UDgpFqw8VzadL-LQyUWEnlTp6aoj8/w400-h300/EA264178-F543-44A4-9578-8BFC2A200A4E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now onto the first border....<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I wanted to post my Bramble quilt along project, 3 Coneflowers, progress. The colors came together as I remembered one of my favorite art coaches saying, 'Light, dark, light, dark' and that helps me when choosing what color to lay down where. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Then I found a few 'raw edge' machine applique tutorials that made sense to me and I was brave and sewed the pieces down! Next onto cutting out and piecing the first border.</p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/">Bramble QAL</a> news from the valley!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Have you made any choices or progress on any projects, that's half the fun isn't it?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit. And Linda @ <a href="https://kokaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/want-some-colour-today.html">Koka Quilts</a> says and I quote, "May the usual creative chaos continue!"<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-56790174633045320032024-02-02T11:21:00.000-08:002024-02-02T11:21:46.827-08:00Quilt News! Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Configuration Finish! My Barn Raising Medallion with Borders Quilt Top Ready for Big Stitch Hand Quilting, Koka Quilts for Color Pop Inspiration!<p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T4zpi-SG9Q0jeWc1ZoZs46qs2WhVmfRkSIdXmf8_OgT20cEGkEY4hzQUDoNdVcSCdSt14oLBFZKz2lhax4mlKkwj2UhBZZZOhUcMZSJg6Q64d6mvMCeuepQpUg4kmkHIoYmRMF1hM0taff3VRvh-NsQo1_dQelOImMFtglUVLFhfA3ug8Gmdpt094Y4/s4000/6462529D-2A19-456F-8CF9-0942967F7C70_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T4zpi-SG9Q0jeWc1ZoZs46qs2WhVmfRkSIdXmf8_OgT20cEGkEY4hzQUDoNdVcSCdSt14oLBFZKz2lhax4mlKkwj2UhBZZZOhUcMZSJg6Q64d6mvMCeuepQpUg4kmkHIoYmRMF1hM0taff3VRvh-NsQo1_dQelOImMFtglUVLFhfA3ug8Gmdpt094Y4/w400-h300/6462529D-2A19-456F-8CF9-0942967F7C70_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Batting cut out for Barn Raising Medallion with Borders quilt top, 56"x 56".</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJZUUhWpDjdiw2gDP4xLQdJpsfrlHU3cyIdZE5etfkYmi7zvrTUh5ji-3u2wxadhDcIXQ5TvArNEolAjh2FfgQJLp_ZFZl3a0P2T4XZgnFtFr1RkduzBxpYy05XYJH4dE_ScJbPtyJTuCBKuq4_ShvO8pskETv7ZtGqNAP3i73_R4hqiCWOFL16pYOwI/s4000/3A332BED-6737-43EC-908D-3EE4249D133D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJZUUhWpDjdiw2gDP4xLQdJpsfrlHU3cyIdZE5etfkYmi7zvrTUh5ji-3u2wxadhDcIXQ5TvArNEolAjh2FfgQJLp_ZFZl3a0P2T4XZgnFtFr1RkduzBxpYy05XYJH4dE_ScJbPtyJTuCBKuq4_ShvO8pskETv7ZtGqNAP3i73_R4hqiCWOFL16pYOwI/w400-h300/3A332BED-6737-43EC-908D-3EE4249D133D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilt backing pieced for my Barn Raising Medallion quilt top.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCCG7cYWpd2JICZaE9qnUIzgc7rGba7OnXtbk4M2SSD8EtwLNhTTzWc98WEL7dwcL1ANePg_xnnnw2MmFMftjKmoz152xFwSlEZMBB-g_TEqESHfSelfst6cbT8WAdRXF_I0kGHc6bZW8-RJroRhUnbPCJXxUiGPdJXlfAWGlUU9XvtadH96XwOL5Wt0/s4000/C835B833-B490-4649-A6E9-F2BED08C36A7_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCCG7cYWpd2JICZaE9qnUIzgc7rGba7OnXtbk4M2SSD8EtwLNhTTzWc98WEL7dwcL1ANePg_xnnnw2MmFMftjKmoz152xFwSlEZMBB-g_TEqESHfSelfst6cbT8WAdRXF_I0kGHc6bZW8-RJroRhUnbPCJXxUiGPdJXlfAWGlUU9XvtadH96XwOL5Wt0/w400-h300/C835B833-B490-4649-A6E9-F2BED08C36A7_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Configuration, 43 x 43" finished!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends from the valley where we are enjoying warmer temperatures and projects are being moved forward and finishes are happening!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I finished sewing the binding down onto my Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Configuration, it's hand quilted with #8 Perle cotton in Topaz, and measures 43" x 43". This one will be a gift.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Then I bravely pulled out my quilt top Barn Raising Medallion with Borders, started about 5 yr.s ago. I was studying Gwen Marston's books <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Liberated-Quiltmaking-II-Gwen-Marston/dp/1574326538">Liberated Quiltmaking ll</a> and Liberated Medallion Quilts, published by AQS, and working on 1/2 square triangles and borders. Borders add lots of color and design interest right? I measured/cut out batting and pieced a backing for my Barn Raising Medallion quilt top last week. Next will be pin basting and starting on hand quilting.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Then after all the hard work, I was ready for relaxation and inspiration, which I found in abundance at Linda's <a href="https://kokaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/want-some-colour-today.html">Koka Quilts</a>. I got my color fix and tons of inspiration and technique tips, thank you Linda!</p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is the news from the compound, where life is good! </p><p style="text-align: center;">What are you moving forward or finishing this week?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-71167347620738244202024-01-18T13:00:00.000-08:002024-01-18T13:00:44.269-08:00Quilt News! Hand Sewn Rice Bag with Sashiko Stitches Finish! Improv Log Cabin in Furrow Formation Binding Finish! Temperatures Warmed up a Little Here, Yey!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyk6Gach4zFdYVPYpzbx6ALtEzLIj_MsBUzyQNYkry1uTVTjCJtBjhHiYbFMo7sn2EW85KHN4t_vF3HEQEO4dv1BVaZ1tbwlgYkVRINeS2HXCz3-VaSDro5nRWO4W9GuOG2v8W4tV4Rm0ay1O1_84FrvalIYe0dMPT_Uoxcjm19c-1ddPg8CvGRuZQ4pg/s4000/33BD3187-74E6-422A-B957-FE89D4A2A80E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyk6Gach4zFdYVPYpzbx6ALtEzLIj_MsBUzyQNYkry1uTVTjCJtBjhHiYbFMo7sn2EW85KHN4t_vF3HEQEO4dv1BVaZ1tbwlgYkVRINeS2HXCz3-VaSDro5nRWO4W9GuOG2v8W4tV4Rm0ay1O1_84FrvalIYe0dMPT_Uoxcjm19c-1ddPg8CvGRuZQ4pg/w400-h300/33BD3187-74E6-422A-B957-FE89D4A2A80E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Rice Bag finished @ 3.5" Sq. sides and bottom @ 4" Sq. , it's lined.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XsrKQ1-GOczSba1BqqFPcA1tpQa8jRt_VoBiL6AHlKw2FSYgZiuP9FXiyxHWgXqZzRUyPzirz-6RZMTeAe34JTpkQ8oqmk2SwBqJnZJeHMMm5ae-l_ZCrJjk77YpZ_mnrHIoXB_e9syqQY9xcAieYQj0xlz2IeN4WdVJkZmCwrDhPik4aZzHMSpHTdo/s4000/79436E86-A650-4EF2-99A0-33A9C737C4E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XsrKQ1-GOczSba1BqqFPcA1tpQa8jRt_VoBiL6AHlKw2FSYgZiuP9FXiyxHWgXqZzRUyPzirz-6RZMTeAe34JTpkQ8oqmk2SwBqJnZJeHMMm5ae-l_ZCrJjk77YpZ_mnrHIoXB_e9syqQY9xcAieYQj0xlz2IeN4WdVJkZmCwrDhPik4aZzHMSpHTdo/w400-h300/79436E86-A650-4EF2-99A0-33A9C737C4E4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was inspired by several different patterns; mixed and matched, to get to this finish.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF894GABBKPZD_UuGbPkwknMqBQ0F2FkPCAc5V4H5voPrIF896BFY6okl2NqU_6QhX8TOQwWGRFo-Zg8yCglmEpQ0hEnQX6J_TkJWqE_bEj5wnSgTdbNQgyn9OYFY4_y4IGyqqVSJoZcdzlNXjeswycst7VLRRkMfJwE4cOHMR0QvVDfsK3jhTi6al5g/s4000/EB99C397-56B9-45D4-839F-423960F8811E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF894GABBKPZD_UuGbPkwknMqBQ0F2FkPCAc5V4H5voPrIF896BFY6okl2NqU_6QhX8TOQwWGRFo-Zg8yCglmEpQ0hEnQX6J_TkJWqE_bEj5wnSgTdbNQgyn9OYFY4_y4IGyqqVSJoZcdzlNXjeswycst7VLRRkMfJwE4cOHMR0QvVDfsK3jhTi6al5g/w400-h300/EB99C397-56B9-45D4-839F-423960F8811E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Amaryllis flamboyantly blooming in my kitchen window, it now has four blossoms opened.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">The temperatures have warmed up a few degrees and the frozen rain on the ground is starting to thaw here. I braved a walk to the mail box and was very careful to avoid the slippery spots. I made it back safely. It was good to get out for a walk. Last post I said I was glad that there had been no snow yet. Well now there has been snow and frozen rain plus wind, but as I said it's now warming up and thawing a little. I'm thankful.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And I've finished my Rice Bag project. I wanted to make one up so I researched different patterns and tutorials. I decided the first one was going to be small because I wanted to hand stitch it. I did stitch most of the seams by hand but finished around the top and tabs with machine because I figured they would get more wear and I think machine stitching is a bit sturdier. I used scraps and improv piecing for the sides and used Sashiko Stitches for embellishment. Fun project, I will make more in different sizes. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBvu4TFy9I">Jean Wells </a>has interesting tutorials on her rice bag pattern and it's worth a watch!</p><p style="text-align: center;">My Red Amaryllis now has four blooms open and what a treat to see on a dark stormy morning. They will grow and thrive out in the yard in a protected spot (from the heat) in S CA. As my daughter-in-law said, "O those, my dad grows those in his back yard." Wonderful for him. Here in the PNW the bulbs have to brought in for the winter of course.</p><p style="text-align: center;">My Improv Log Cabin in Furrow Formation, 42" x 42" is done! I finished the binding last week. I was inspired by Temecula Quilt Co.'s quilt pattern Down Home Darling. And that quilt was inspired by a vintage quilt Sheryl Johnson, owner of <a href="https://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/2020/09/down-home-darling.html">Temecula Quilt Co. </a> found. My blocks were a different size than the blocks in Down Home Darling and I made the starting red square different sizes to add challenge and interest in piecing, thus the 'improv'. Next post I'll have photos of the finish.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the quilt news from the valley where projects are getting finished and I'm dreaming up more!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit!<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-91759627163410510362024-01-06T11:22:00.000-08:002024-01-06T11:22:34.997-08:00Quilt News! Color for the New Year by Tula Pink, Improv Log Cabin Blocks Progress Inspired by Mary Hogan's Book, Log Cabin Improv, Applique Center Medallion Challenge Design Process<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1s2iYh9Imit40MzfczfokNdL1OZJjAstaAM7eMxg5lPUbJWQKSMxydB-PxSLgvhTOQyD0apL112s4VtAGy_MymSmEpgm4R-GcDbhNOGge1XK4tRVMn2pF8R1jHmOfO4p_Hes1Y-KwpO7V3COcFRH2yfx-GXOZ0zzOsJx05cfhoVq2mlfuiopfOdn_LY8/s4000/17409F47-F821-4A95-94CE-5C23FDC4CA9E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1s2iYh9Imit40MzfczfokNdL1OZJjAstaAM7eMxg5lPUbJWQKSMxydB-PxSLgvhTOQyD0apL112s4VtAGy_MymSmEpgm4R-GcDbhNOGge1XK4tRVMn2pF8R1jHmOfO4p_Hes1Y-KwpO7V3COcFRH2yfx-GXOZ0zzOsJx05cfhoVq2mlfuiopfOdn_LY8/w400-h300/17409F47-F821-4A95-94CE-5C23FDC4CA9E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Improv Log Cabin blocks, 12 blocks, approx 11" x 11" ea.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_C9_lDTnylSmxN4vqHFeXB7-ozjUUUIhxlGOsyMPYUQdfGKj_w1duDBw4pj9tk6755uS5q6yFWWGUtgX9KU0uzpzwrOZ-fZ3T-r7r8D-TEEx6MOxkkXh6GzCMlH_OP5fK0gTRo7Fzofveu7sCSNxZNkUoZWwtkc9ZlbyljdcMpuQSeu1bFCWtUFc96M/s4000/93184BEA-6AA9-4A2E-91B9-7E2E4D84A0CF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_C9_lDTnylSmxN4vqHFeXB7-ozjUUUIhxlGOsyMPYUQdfGKj_w1duDBw4pj9tk6755uS5q6yFWWGUtgX9KU0uzpzwrOZ-fZ3T-r7r8D-TEEx6MOxkkXh6GzCMlH_OP5fK0gTRo7Fzofveu7sCSNxZNkUoZWwtkc9ZlbyljdcMpuQSeu1bFCWtUFc96M/w400-h300/93184BEA-6AA9-4A2E-91B9-7E2E4D84A0CF.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solid colors by Tula Pink, half yard ea. with a stack of similar batiks to the left.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0qEqd-9x6FSBklbcjJEl2-3Xi6eQ-emDlIg9F9r7IGAjDQvJa3-QdBUZthVXN_aqtNC9kVArLaNH0mpSWa0UNhNeJx5q40i8qCkGEMOp6ApPxNUtQ25SiC7INswe0J-qn5FjHzKgGBEcTOwFq8ggmNB3YAakZ6pAQqTwrRvS-kL-KTgS9J3zKk8KJeQ/s4000/DFD5F811-11C0-43E4-9438-77BDF1E47DBA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0qEqd-9x6FSBklbcjJEl2-3Xi6eQ-emDlIg9F9r7IGAjDQvJa3-QdBUZthVXN_aqtNC9kVArLaNH0mpSWa0UNhNeJx5q40i8qCkGEMOp6ApPxNUtQ25SiC7INswe0J-qn5FjHzKgGBEcTOwFq8ggmNB3YAakZ6pAQqTwrRvS-kL-KTgS9J3zKk8KJeQ/w400-h300/DFD5F811-11C0-43E4-9438-77BDF1E47DBA.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where I'm at with the Applique Medallion Challenge project, slow and easy does it.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Hello Quilt Friends, Happy New Year!</p><p style="text-align: center;">And prayers for our friends in Japan suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake. Life can be tough at times, if anyone tells you different they are lying.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have decided on a color theme for the start of this year and it centers around my half yard solids by <a href="https://www.tulapink.com/">Tula Pink</a>. Tula's way with color is energizing and speaks right to my heart. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I took some time to piece additions to my Improv Log Cabin blocks, 12 of them and they will all soon measure 11" square each. I'm still debating whether to add borders. If I do add borders they will be wonky/improv style. These blocks were inspired by the book by Mary Hogan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Log-Cabin-Improv-Quilts-Tradition-ebook/dp/B0B2F9XBYC">Log Cabin Improv </a>Quilts with a Twist on Tradition. Mary's book is full of great ideas, tutorials and color choices.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And I have made design choices on my Applique Center Medallion Challenge project. The challenge is by Audrey @ <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/">quiltyfolk</a>. I'm a slow stitcher and in absolutely no hurry on this project. But some small decisions have been made, that's what I tell myself.</p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the quilt news from the valley where we've had rain and no snow yet, and I am thankful. Snow is beautiful but I can live without it.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy New Year, I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-18210287514348312972023-12-03T11:39:00.000-08:002023-12-03T11:39:43.244-08:00Quilt News, Happy Holidays! Four Small Scrappy Quilts Finished with Yellow/Brown Sunflower Batik and Burnt Orange Print Binding! Spreading Holiday Cheer One Cookie at a Time!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYBeQwBUXBtky_A1ahsRjuRFqnjNHYUexZa1UY9ql-xTlsXFYsLmwpWkDo9DAwpEqEB5sy9UMdHmGcwFw497Im1QDxLjvVQR27DP-qqXrCNKkE6F5l2LQKSvDKIZlZx9bYl3hk1Ga4V8fqEQHMOmco09WUHyGZZEYzhMPhoDzOQerjloQGioHH_A9XI4/s4000/4AED2D20-80F6-4BCB-A385-4EFC3FA52A96.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYBeQwBUXBtky_A1ahsRjuRFqnjNHYUexZa1UY9ql-xTlsXFYsLmwpWkDo9DAwpEqEB5sy9UMdHmGcwFw497Im1QDxLjvVQR27DP-qqXrCNKkE6F5l2LQKSvDKIZlZx9bYl3hk1Ga4V8fqEQHMOmco09WUHyGZZEYzhMPhoDzOQerjloQGioHH_A9XI4/w400-h300/4AED2D20-80F6-4BCB-A385-4EFC3FA52A96.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A scrappy table/hot mat with Burnt Orange print binding finish for a gift.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhn-FoOs1ZgmJLqLx5crsuTwJj6AmTZTP21XQAQT5UU7deCCFvSlMiYx1-G2VY-CX6MYmfFNSGX12CuNNHcYIqhUvm7QPKQUgwlrKQKgpM6z1AgMiLzdxMIQTStCpLf5MNfDwErIFqex7HrSAAuFhUOCKQ2N_KfanHbPXvMirl5DwPk1PLz1Mnwvw_RA/s4000/7D5AC8E5-602C-41E2-9B17-D6BA760FED6B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhn-FoOs1ZgmJLqLx5crsuTwJj6AmTZTP21XQAQT5UU7deCCFvSlMiYx1-G2VY-CX6MYmfFNSGX12CuNNHcYIqhUvm7QPKQUgwlrKQKgpM6z1AgMiLzdxMIQTStCpLf5MNfDwErIFqex7HrSAAuFhUOCKQ2N_KfanHbPXvMirl5DwPk1PLz1Mnwvw_RA/w400-h300/7D5AC8E5-602C-41E2-9B17-D6BA760FED6B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another finish, Two Hour Glass Blocks and a Wonky Flying Geese Border with Sunflower Batik binding.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCNjL0WLChSgbvORp9Vl4R56RRe4hoSW_aH4Ln3STqQTTjdkKv9vKLH7eTDEuh-FjfrVEExq214q2N42zsWKFC46rb4AANXn_OrOSzBJRxYWvn0B-P4CisfAXhnEUED2uu-4bj-qeogxjY-lBWCMWfpJV8zxMp6oRIp3ww5JcMn0bLZyle2dSkO3Flvk/s4000/058077E0-A5B5-43C2-8859-E5C741FF6BA1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCNjL0WLChSgbvORp9Vl4R56RRe4hoSW_aH4Ln3STqQTTjdkKv9vKLH7eTDEuh-FjfrVEExq214q2N42zsWKFC46rb4AANXn_OrOSzBJRxYWvn0B-P4CisfAXhnEUED2uu-4bj-qeogxjY-lBWCMWfpJV8zxMp6oRIp3ww5JcMn0bLZyle2dSkO3Flvk/w400-h300/058077E0-A5B5-43C2-8859-E5C741FF6BA1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I changed the binding on this small quilt from a solid purple to a Sunflower Batik in yellow/brown.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A8eqzSAqGEOmlrygNP9YJbMKm2at9ISdmBzG0BZgpxr6dNJ6i55VDPo5lAe0ssJ-MfaozUP-AXZZxoP-h6o2PHJWLKohqesYJvh2CKDPYhyphenhyphennEwdth2OOPCp2MJCEPxA8ycBvCXno_K0bAqKDP5DD_GQxAcfwGUlH26r08qklwGy8GblRNaJ3WNUBjZc/s4000/A0A1A5F0-6976-4799-9E97-2F3166EB689E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A8eqzSAqGEOmlrygNP9YJbMKm2at9ISdmBzG0BZgpxr6dNJ6i55VDPo5lAe0ssJ-MfaozUP-AXZZxoP-h6o2PHJWLKohqesYJvh2CKDPYhyphenhyphennEwdth2OOPCp2MJCEPxA8ycBvCXno_K0bAqKDP5DD_GQxAcfwGUlH26r08qklwGy8GblRNaJ3WNUBjZc/w400-h300/A0A1A5F0-6976-4799-9E97-2F3166EB689E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Binding finish here in Burnt Orange and Brown Print.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Holidays Quilt Friends! from the valley where we have rain and clouds.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have been baking Gingerbread cookies and Oatmeal cookies to share around the neighborhood. Nothing like a good cookie to spread holiday cheer!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I finished my four table mat quilts last week for gifts, yes! I found a beautiful Sunflower Batik at the local JoAnn Fabric and I knew that would work for a cheerful binding on a couple of my table mat projects. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I had sewn a purple binding down onto the front of one of them, ( you can see it in my previous post ) but wasn't happy with the solid purple. So I unpicked it and sewed on the Sunflower Batik instead for binding, a lot better for a bright look for the kitchen.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is my quilt project finishes. I'll see you in January!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-47115884234302965082023-11-19T15:00:00.000-08:002023-11-19T15:00:30.258-08:00Improv Log Cabin Blocks Hotmat with Borders Almost Finished, Fabric Choices for New Sunflower Medallion Quilt, Improv Hourglass/Flying Geese Hotmat with Borders Now Quilted <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbJ7VfY2zqKinmVd_4DKZXcd3y0UV-AD34l2BxSN1JPyUyVb8CIfTc2VWSDvubRBy9AJbIasWK1i-aOyXHTAKW9R_QPotRk1rEwX-brgdO2L9BDSMNT9haSNZOahaJKMWk162FPh0tdjTb_RDaq2ESoASm3R2bs6lg0ddJ7xMqFyCkqa66tPrb2SjjFs/s4000/7F707C0C-FF5D-409D-81E4-E1F9830B410B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXo-4zMHDe4ZaOvcR67UL7jpGRxd7ZDYqu5EZn1QKz74ZnXrN7h2MnHcykIWkNGF_xt8h78vhJtabnfjZithLcwJNtoeG5ZSoq9R2zkVDGmT6rkERMLieZtxuddlCPWLlinEhX4dPLY7-nfrNrT5pXlkJeVybzEQnGiGu6KSe6ffs3_OfmhFX1BNTbPs/s4000/AD9FE1C6-9767-419C-9262-CEAE6BDA4433.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXo-4zMHDe4ZaOvcR67UL7jpGRxd7ZDYqu5EZn1QKz74ZnXrN7h2MnHcykIWkNGF_xt8h78vhJtabnfjZithLcwJNtoeG5ZSoq9R2zkVDGmT6rkERMLieZtxuddlCPWLlinEhX4dPLY7-nfrNrT5pXlkJeVybzEQnGiGu6KSe6ffs3_OfmhFX1BNTbPs/w400-h300/AD9FE1C6-9767-419C-9262-CEAE6BDA4433.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabric for Sunflower Medallion Quilt Borders.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbJ7VfY2zqKinmVd_4DKZXcd3y0UV-AD34l2BxSN1JPyUyVb8CIfTc2VWSDvubRBy9AJbIasWK1i-aOyXHTAKW9R_QPotRk1rEwX-brgdO2L9BDSMNT9haSNZOahaJKMWk162FPh0tdjTb_RDaq2ESoASm3R2bs6lg0ddJ7xMqFyCkqa66tPrb2SjjFs/w400-h300/7F707C0C-FF5D-409D-81E4-E1F9830B410B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilting done, back and binding on my Hotmat project.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYoGcnVe9kdQbPMezDj3qvWEkvLq7pF-iiE8O4qjIuLBzZULYlD6fxGmEG8vUtCitg2nSK_Nmgw7G2ciAAZRJAh3I2P67S5wyd5N70QGffOjgGEIhm16thp8wKCdwJit2FRkAjskFwqlQ6SkP9Co5PJeFKEmPWfx0ebJtv-un9tSxnIYU9aeFVSi9AaI/s4000/C9B33FD8-C24E-41EE-84E7-D1263C040EAD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYoGcnVe9kdQbPMezDj3qvWEkvLq7pF-iiE8O4qjIuLBzZULYlD6fxGmEG8vUtCitg2nSK_Nmgw7G2ciAAZRJAh3I2P67S5wyd5N70QGffOjgGEIhm16thp8wKCdwJit2FRkAjskFwqlQ6SkP9Co5PJeFKEmPWfx0ebJtv-un9tSxnIYU9aeFVSi9AaI/w400-h300/C9B33FD8-C24E-41EE-84E7-D1263C040EAD.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hotmat Improv Logcabin Blocks with Borders, binding pinned down on back.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzEFYwymMBOjqxVePziUSNfKsE0xVvhJW7XJgLa0krumdpETjXbibck10emols_qKU4C5MFoPoQUvjaSMjjiyP1hcT9xmmzG7tf8PNatThi8rdS5WKt2nlOt8FFYBtyg-7Ydb385tnqu1HXUH6vCzlDT4EtgsQxR8RWvYCCaBT62a5PHEz-1y3y-svfw/s4000/EEA1E069-72FD-456A-8852-F992B2E78EEE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzEFYwymMBOjqxVePziUSNfKsE0xVvhJW7XJgLa0krumdpETjXbibck10emols_qKU4C5MFoPoQUvjaSMjjiyP1hcT9xmmzG7tf8PNatThi8rdS5WKt2nlOt8FFYBtyg-7Ydb385tnqu1HXUH6vCzlDT4EtgsQxR8RWvYCCaBT62a5PHEz-1y3y-svfw/w400-h300/EEA1E069-72FD-456A-8852-F992B2E78EEE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improv Hourglass/Flying Geese with Borders now quilted, binding next.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends, it's almost Thanksgiving! </p><p style="text-align: center;">We do have a lot to be thankful for don't we?</p><p style="text-align: center;">Last couple of days I've quilted two of my hotmat projects, Improv Logcabin Blocks with borders and Improv Hourglass/Flying Geese with borders. The binding is now sewn down onto the back of the Improv Logcabin Blocks hotmat. I'm using one layer Insul Bright and one layer cotton batting for the inside. Three more are waiting to be quilted and finished for gifts.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And I've been adding to the stack of fabrics that will go into the borders for my New Sunflower Medallion Quilt. As I choose the colors and lay them next to each other I begin to see new possibilities for new projects. Always moving forward, right?</p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the quilt news here in the valley where I'm looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with good food, family and friends. Please pass the Pecan Pie!</p><p style="text-align: center;">What colors are inspiring you lately? I'll be by to visit.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-67651436855774667002023-11-05T18:29:00.001-08:002023-11-05T18:29:37.265-08:00Quilt News! Sunflower Fabric Panel for New Medallion Quilt, Piecing Quilted Hot Mat Project, Quilty Folk's Bramble Blooms QAL started and Sharing Fall Colors....<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupwZZZd9ZCF4yitl8fcRZCNTr32YxW5OXvFwdp4lZsxTJoXRNxACLW4VAj7DI9Jl8ByOBtLrGNmcWjJmnh40AH2F8FuIINn5VhOJux7oRcycYEb4tK0mquts3G9AN-rCid4nzL8gMUXXOprWqalrxXHPwNRr_VvGJ7hT7RwLF9m4wl2YjF6YtUIs6f30/s4000/7A36C5A1-2E9B-42F6-9E64-EFEDC26A326C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupwZZZd9ZCF4yitl8fcRZCNTr32YxW5OXvFwdp4lZsxTJoXRNxACLW4VAj7DI9Jl8ByOBtLrGNmcWjJmnh40AH2F8FuIINn5VhOJux7oRcycYEb4tK0mquts3G9AN-rCid4nzL8gMUXXOprWqalrxXHPwNRr_VvGJ7hT7RwLF9m4wl2YjF6YtUIs6f30/w400-h300/7A36C5A1-2E9B-42F6-9E64-EFEDC26A326C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall colors on the dogwood tree in our back yard.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPyS8tf-85GLP6hWRUfmvasqDHFVz5VkuvNWr9MHpzJYRZrYGr4ksfDfDfOcuQUVzc7EftVdY0yQlE48lgZIlpyWDXXBeYxW7M1SUGgYojkF941jpFqTA8e280e1aebgMiJhhCoEtDp5GdIgFkNGU9WzsobPMWO1-gKypnyg1kA3NwyQ4ss384LVD5I8/s4000/9F28C3A5-6AE1-4E41-BE4F-BBF39BDA06F9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPyS8tf-85GLP6hWRUfmvasqDHFVz5VkuvNWr9MHpzJYRZrYGr4ksfDfDfOcuQUVzc7EftVdY0yQlE48lgZIlpyWDXXBeYxW7M1SUGgYojkF941jpFqTA8e280e1aebgMiJhhCoEtDp5GdIgFkNGU9WzsobPMWO1-gKypnyg1kA3NwyQ4ss384LVD5I8/w400-h300/9F28C3A5-6AE1-4E41-BE4F-BBF39BDA06F9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I pieced the applique center piece for Audrey's Bramble Blooms QAL.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJgbGZHHzwJPIqImsMoOBef1_4xftPuOj5IYIUWHl6A2phx7SRxask3txIgUawOxN0zfNnq1eUAbOzaaoAt_9KarLgZ6BgnoR978gK9ggHLYfKqnpV7xFFDA_eL_o3oEaqhpbOjOxu3wOCxSf-QZ4UC4MXLEms41OD9lx3tXYzLEc3qd2P08BcKmpyK4/s4000/AE0EFF4D-4D3D-400C-AA34-B3CA2C51CBB8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJgbGZHHzwJPIqImsMoOBef1_4xftPuOj5IYIUWHl6A2phx7SRxask3txIgUawOxN0zfNnq1eUAbOzaaoAt_9KarLgZ6BgnoR978gK9ggHLYfKqnpV7xFFDA_eL_o3oEaqhpbOjOxu3wOCxSf-QZ4UC4MXLEms41OD9lx3tXYzLEc3qd2P08BcKmpyK4/w400-h300/AE0EFF4D-4D3D-400C-AA34-B3CA2C51CBB8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solid colors added to my stash for borders around the sunflower panel.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslpXFbO9zsAvrOuViDVhLFEPHQ-itip7UQhOjxTjiXR5lVod4MEWrpzvdvvKvL3pr8ZuOtBVZ0n3RKfmQN16A7E0pplYMK3TuiQUByrUye5wT0epbQiK5f5ts1AMEYQUtjkeyPiaMKFKCLz-wXd-_6jFt-OQ5wvbjvCu0UigIJLKupd70PJnWng6uAL8/s4000/E8CB04CE-5F0B-4F98-9125-7D6C8550CEF0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslpXFbO9zsAvrOuViDVhLFEPHQ-itip7UQhOjxTjiXR5lVod4MEWrpzvdvvKvL3pr8ZuOtBVZ0n3RKfmQN16A7E0pplYMK3TuiQUByrUye5wT0epbQiK5f5ts1AMEYQUtjkeyPiaMKFKCLz-wXd-_6jFt-OQ5wvbjvCu0UigIJLKupd70PJnWng6uAL8/w400-h300/E8CB04CE-5F0B-4F98-9125-7D6C8550CEF0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunflower fabric panel, approx. 44" x 22", bought at the Quilt Barn in Puyallup, WA.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuhQLjFMq0HPsuJx8oozXIHdv9pyMNSwGctBrPeDshxK667_-pbNeZu-MhgFu8xZbw4HZuUVBAFIxZ_srhfzIJ92-qqr7XS2Xl_8ytFInfMI6RvvRDf4R24_8SttHH7W12jIx-ZouxPmr8_s_xFUwsaMMeIksOOQtP0XAQDmNT7Jw3XmutIa_-UZ7SIE/s4000/AFF0AA11-A1FC-49DC-9602-0C2238CC8287.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuhQLjFMq0HPsuJx8oozXIHdv9pyMNSwGctBrPeDshxK667_-pbNeZu-MhgFu8xZbw4HZuUVBAFIxZ_srhfzIJ92-qqr7XS2Xl_8ytFInfMI6RvvRDf4R24_8SttHH7W12jIx-ZouxPmr8_s_xFUwsaMMeIksOOQtP0XAQDmNT7Jw3XmutIa_-UZ7SIE/w400-h300/AFF0AA11-A1FC-49DC-9602-0C2238CC8287.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piecing progress on one of my hot mat projects, red violet strips added.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy November Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Fall leaves, pumpkins/squash at the local markets and shorter days are here! I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving and I'm sure you are too.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I visited the <a href="http://www.quiltbarn.com/">Quilt Barn</a> in Puyallup WA and found a beautiful fabric panel of sunflowers. I also snapped up a few solids to mix with my stash for adding pizzaz to the borders of my new Medallion Sunflower Quilt I envisioned right there! Fall colors are my inspiration.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Also last week I found time to add two red violet strips to the borders of one of my Hot Mat projects. I'm piecing several at the same time for holiday gifts. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Audrey at Quilty Folk is hosting <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/">Bramble Blooms </a> QAL. I'm in! She emphasized the relaxed spirit of the QAL so that sounded like a winner. I pieced the applique center with 'obscure' neutral fabrics from my stash. Maybe I should have pieced it a little more wonky but I used my ruler and it will have to do. See, here I am over thinking it already. Next will be designing the flowers to be appliqued.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And the dogwood tree in the backyard looks so gorgeous in fall colors I had to share a photo of it. Orange, red, yellow, yellow green, green....</p><p style="text-align: center;">That's the quilt news from the valley where for me color inspiration is in the fall leaves. What fall projects are you working on? What color inspiration are you looking at?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-19679317340291431552023-10-14T14:40:00.000-07:002023-10-14T14:40:01.083-07:00Quilt News! Hand Quilting Wonky Squares in Purple Finished, Sashiko Bookbag Finish, #4 in Liberated Small Quilt Series Final Border<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwBjRaAjcEQbiqz72g5TPhO5fjAiKHdRP5IodhSh-J9Zi7i3eCFLqA5xfQsAjyZl2SrUomVvdflATiY7JN6nq_V05yVXwAtKlENygGQV2jKgri_lAvHjRj_Nf3oq6q6IkqP_PoIyIThY-FjxFezZLJedAFLXVBtZ-dkNLzP2rPA_FvSdFHyypwy6c4XY/s4000/600E1814-1DCF-4FE9-B972-5F6E9E205DD4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwBjRaAjcEQbiqz72g5TPhO5fjAiKHdRP5IodhSh-J9Zi7i3eCFLqA5xfQsAjyZl2SrUomVvdflATiY7JN6nq_V05yVXwAtKlENygGQV2jKgri_lAvHjRj_Nf3oq6q6IkqP_PoIyIThY-FjxFezZLJedAFLXVBtZ-dkNLzP2rPA_FvSdFHyypwy6c4XY/w400-h300/600E1814-1DCF-4FE9-B972-5F6E9E205DD4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">44"x 12.5" Wonky Squares in Purple runner hand quilted, binding in progress.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jI1_GgEWqHkDOMit6GzZWPbOCWzn1GAolCcH05vhA4qpOsphMNcAEC7pjCWvNnXAfForKZ5hz-NRoVMbdpzNOHh2BaLINtIGzQYjGZGQXURMUOgD-qxJttycchpcn61XVHYOLPoY2rsWxCgnCaMTN0OzNbbmNnPPCB-OD0SiNRA9Fc9rP3-b3OtQ4_k/s4000/F63DF160-98BB-4C96-93FA-67640756714E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jI1_GgEWqHkDOMit6GzZWPbOCWzn1GAolCcH05vhA4qpOsphMNcAEC7pjCWvNnXAfForKZ5hz-NRoVMbdpzNOHh2BaLINtIGzQYjGZGQXURMUOgD-qxJttycchpcn61XVHYOLPoY2rsWxCgnCaMTN0OzNbbmNnPPCB-OD0SiNRA9Fc9rP3-b3OtQ4_k/w400-h300/F63DF160-98BB-4C96-93FA-67640756714E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Binding has been machine sewn onto the front and I'll hand sew it down on the back.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZWocfab7YkaDdxes81-9TK74-v0ijLlB0nyl2J1ls7yZB6J4t-icc9ZtnIJ5V3mLAtLMiCar9kKPA7zqVUi1h316r-MCbD6k-ijKcF2MAvWf4hzQYNSqA1G7bVotz9O9kT7fTlpURETrYtkOlLDolSsAMranoR0S5iL2louRHGJJHHi1PTLWskOOOcU/s4000/5CEDAE47-6E2E-4DC7-A5D9-FB09A7805E0F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZWocfab7YkaDdxes81-9TK74-v0ijLlB0nyl2J1ls7yZB6J4t-icc9ZtnIJ5V3mLAtLMiCar9kKPA7zqVUi1h316r-MCbD6k-ijKcF2MAvWf4hzQYNSqA1G7bVotz9O9kT7fTlpURETrYtkOlLDolSsAMranoR0S5iL2louRHGJJHHi1PTLWskOOOcU/w400-h300/5CEDAE47-6E2E-4DC7-A5D9-FB09A7805E0F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sashiko/Boro bookbag is finished! Approx. 16" x 15".<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQkJeaNd7i8ftLmyqWN0bWY9NWLgybWZm-RrIlUgY8twCmNjeAGimu3VlEQe-eJpA94Yem3nDZXVedmSr20PkLR4Qx10CH5UGlQchHy7aNz0RXn4FsaEFNoDvls-zbXfBYSq5fmjdnQQTbgGdtCWg2d3NmrjyK53gZUmd6x3DDuXqQl0AW8cU4uYKObc/s4000/A4CD0EAE-EA06-410A-A37E-00B0DF266617.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQkJeaNd7i8ftLmyqWN0bWY9NWLgybWZm-RrIlUgY8twCmNjeAGimu3VlEQe-eJpA94Yem3nDZXVedmSr20PkLR4Qx10CH5UGlQchHy7aNz0RXn4FsaEFNoDvls-zbXfBYSq5fmjdnQQTbgGdtCWg2d3NmrjyK53gZUmd6x3DDuXqQl0AW8cU4uYKObc/w400-h300/A4CD0EAE-EA06-410A-A37E-00B0DF266617.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally #4 in my Liberated Small Quilt Series has its final border sewn on. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends from the valley where glorious fall colors are showing up everywhere!</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I finished hand quilting my Wonky Squares in Purple Quilt runner and sewed the binding on the front and started hand sewing it down onto the back. It measures about 44" x 12.5". I was inspired to make Wonky Squares in Purple by Debbie @ <a href="https://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/search?q=Albersesque">aquilterstable</a> when she posted about one of her Bee Sewcial challenges called Albersesque. The challenge called for designing quilt blocks with the artwork of Josef Albers in mind.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My Sashiko/Boro bookbag also got finished up and it's just perfect for transporting books to and from the library, very useful. I used some trimmed scrap corners from one of my quilt projects, they were too colorful to just throw out, and I boro/sashiko stitched them down on the front. The back is just as beautiful with a pocket done in rice stitch. The pattern is from one of my many Sashiko project books.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">#4 in My Liberated Small Quilt Series has its final border pieced on. I think fall colors have influenced my color choices because I see a lot of orange, yellow and green in that quilt.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is the quilt news from the compound.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you're breathing in the fresh fall air and enjoying the color like I am.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit!<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-68355583949356984372023-09-29T08:39:00.002-07:002023-09-30T20:03:14.610-07:00Quilt News! Improv/Wonky or Liberated Small Quilt Border Piecing Progress, And a Quick Look Back Paying Homage to Quilter Gwen Marston, Happy Fall!<div><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvv328J5876Rq4rq44zqs-MZg_LeCG4TXZqNnUwAqW0SWw3vBYU55iJB6EMMnO0ONhzSb4-NmKaIijD4jxst4q79vIIChMthG8Be2CKYKlv2lJY-hrFIbkc152UjdyExEx9k753dAVTn_V_j4yV9pbm3MNAd7VxdoMFnX9poUTZO0dFjDro-xxkbYuZiY/s4000/6E667822-D468-4BEA-A466-D9C04956B044.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvv328J5876Rq4rq44zqs-MZg_LeCG4TXZqNnUwAqW0SWw3vBYU55iJB6EMMnO0ONhzSb4-NmKaIijD4jxst4q79vIIChMthG8Be2CKYKlv2lJY-hrFIbkc152UjdyExEx9k753dAVTn_V_j4yV9pbm3MNAd7VxdoMFnX9poUTZO0dFjDro-xxkbYuZiY/w400-h300/6E667822-D468-4BEA-A466-D9C04956B044.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple strip on the left new, plus yellow/green border all around.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEIvcUeC8gBD0j1L65cja8vVAjoHgbWHf-VdqOX92p2Sw6_TEv-_jJO9e1yQWS1hkatY8lEwIYBaeRkeg8QhCZvK4Wck3X9jWECQ0tyEyjhMBMPeLocsAYDPd7_A8d9Wmm4dkMF5QMfQYnYHv2Uh9Pbx31u2Vkem-3ooR82gBDjlFdFDHiOpOBi2_paw/s4000/A7103B21-3B41-459A-855A-777719DA7845.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEIvcUeC8gBD0j1L65cja8vVAjoHgbWHf-VdqOX92p2Sw6_TEv-_jJO9e1yQWS1hkatY8lEwIYBaeRkeg8QhCZvK4Wck3X9jWECQ0tyEyjhMBMPeLocsAYDPd7_A8d9Wmm4dkMF5QMfQYnYHv2Uh9Pbx31u2Vkem-3ooR82gBDjlFdFDHiOpOBi2_paw/w400-h300/A7103B21-3B41-459A-855A-777719DA7845.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New improv/wonky Flying Geese border on the right.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3TxMqvOB9Z38nwa4gzilmbpARZInpmNQ-C20jxOKSH3HUflMV4Ld5q0UuGQbs-K8I8vkGIbu5skjGt5xVOqvl12EZBAF2vlhd6KxOhH98_b3SM68l1LjtRksHlPx7DNoz8oaCiSKHaPFEY0ooP0v0okkewbOBIUpWyepuE4WoMr5mSlDs67-LDpaBcM/s4000/45EA5787-85DE-47DF-84FA-9EB436E9AA29.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3TxMqvOB9Z38nwa4gzilmbpARZInpmNQ-C20jxOKSH3HUflMV4Ld5q0UuGQbs-K8I8vkGIbu5skjGt5xVOqvl12EZBAF2vlhd6KxOhH98_b3SM68l1LjtRksHlPx7DNoz8oaCiSKHaPFEY0ooP0v0okkewbOBIUpWyepuE4WoMr5mSlDs67-LDpaBcM/w400-h300/45EA5787-85DE-47DF-84FA-9EB436E9AA29.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Border in solids added all around.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlOc2daD-hSMvGFSkQU8x0OE95aMXZ6RKohPaE8AbAO0Y01qrlD8gSfqmIiSX5OqqIfEaTCvdRAVv-RBQSJt1rOXCHSGdmG64Sue9xWUkymAwsc4bfAzXq_pJweQ71MF5OGOb_EFV9JUiBfo16D9NBJvmBvO1uFRRDHf_MJmnnTUZCoqbvQO-5zqIYjI/s4000/98537DBE-FA56-415F-9734-FDDBDB509A1F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlOc2daD-hSMvGFSkQU8x0OE95aMXZ6RKohPaE8AbAO0Y01qrlD8gSfqmIiSX5OqqIfEaTCvdRAVv-RBQSJt1rOXCHSGdmG64Sue9xWUkymAwsc4bfAzXq_pJweQ71MF5OGOb_EFV9JUiBfo16D9NBJvmBvO1uFRRDHf_MJmnnTUZCoqbvQO-5zqIYjI/w400-h300/98537DBE-FA56-415F-9734-FDDBDB509A1F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four rows of small improv blocks with yellow/green strips between blocks from this to....<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmfXcFA1ub_ZtDI6_gpRp7-qoGECllUUMJw_GQB6gsM2KmrRjYF0OQrX9LYyziBv9VSEIsfWZsfTCjgqwz4qj6vgt-_1aQnQwWFcWyMpL3Sh1Tir_3BSLPIVWYvNkriqY_PF8GvCz7eDIi9zkeAQI37RV63l4USjhMmwtTuDIWbFmbTDfHzn5Wl3pK5M/s4000/DE1975E3-03B6-4CE4-9B1C-930DF8E7F779.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmfXcFA1ub_ZtDI6_gpRp7-qoGECllUUMJw_GQB6gsM2KmrRjYF0OQrX9LYyziBv9VSEIsfWZsfTCjgqwz4qj6vgt-_1aQnQwWFcWyMpL3Sh1Tir_3BSLPIVWYvNkriqY_PF8GvCz7eDIi9zkeAQI37RV63l4USjhMmwtTuDIWbFmbTDfHzn5Wl3pK5M/w400-h300/DE1975E3-03B6-4CE4-9B1C-930DF8E7F779.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...this, strips of yellow/green between each row.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! Happy fall! The rain has cleared and we are off to a sunny fall day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some progress to report on my small quilts to be used as table toppers, mug rugs etc. for gifts for the up coming holidays.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm having fun piecing improv/wonky/liberated borders. Many quilters prefer to use the word wonky or liberated instead of improv and I can understand that. Some improv quilters have made improv to be a very complicated process maybe because they are trying to sell their book as well as their particular method of improv.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is just fine but it can add a little confusion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gwen Marston in her books, Liberated Quiltmaking ll and Liberated Medallion Quilts, both published by American Quilters Society, cuts through the fog and explains that liberated quilt making has actually been going on for a long time and it's not as difficult as you might be led to believe. Gwen left us with many excellent quilts and books to document her thinking and we are all indebted to her. Thank you Gwen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Also visit <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/">Audrey</a> to see her fabulous liberated piecing projects. A couple of her quilts were chosen to be on display at the <a href="https://www.neqm.org/">New England Quilt Museum</a> now showing a fine selection of Gwen Marston Quilts. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now back to liberated scrappy, piecing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a wonderful day and I'll be by to visit.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-92117359793561031142023-09-13T16:31:00.001-07:002023-09-14T11:58:42.227-07:00Quilt News! Improv Saw Tooth Border Tutorial, Log Cabin Improv Quilt Pin Basted, Hand Quilting Progress, Zinnia Needle Point Project Finish!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37IaJTkGV3wFLikFSRFVqUzdZDVEE5n35ILMKhFpZMQ9yvT_h5FgelMqyMYzDvb5_qG9tih6l8cQ3exOuyqiMw030yw36257pgjNuT06JiUhZ-MQoTjoPO-QfIMbLQ_TvKQ0lKUTqY7bLszed_RMi5E7p3VYOM3b0OksbkBz8YhtPbxMLaVO9qAbF5z4/s1600/315EF519-8A1F-406F-9E8D-0F20421DABE7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37IaJTkGV3wFLikFSRFVqUzdZDVEE5n35ILMKhFpZMQ9yvT_h5FgelMqyMYzDvb5_qG9tih6l8cQ3exOuyqiMw030yw36257pgjNuT06JiUhZ-MQoTjoPO-QfIMbLQ_TvKQ0lKUTqY7bLszed_RMi5E7p3VYOM3b0OksbkBz8YhtPbxMLaVO9qAbF5z4/w400-h300/315EF519-8A1F-406F-9E8D-0F20421DABE7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improv Saw Tooth Border tutorial #1, cut two contrasting fabrics the same length and width.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIetNvPfsLGb9bIaEoMta9Nwl3ozPnB3GCzpIUcvKTJDRI-fcCJv8Sj_9s4yt31KD1hSW9tCpl6OeRcPT9sN5auPuCFlbsqERTe2s4cnk1jyJw82tE4tu9fVGsTLqjCCRtl3IC3P5aKWxWsXHAVJSTjLdeFrW9VOqR20GJXnAgkS1V_kEfxOJ0cSYpvXg/s1600/E708DFC4-6DD1-4A19-ABCF-DE0706A03432.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIetNvPfsLGb9bIaEoMta9Nwl3ozPnB3GCzpIUcvKTJDRI-fcCJv8Sj_9s4yt31KD1hSW9tCpl6OeRcPT9sN5auPuCFlbsqERTe2s4cnk1jyJw82tE4tu9fVGsTLqjCCRtl3IC3P5aKWxWsXHAVJSTjLdeFrW9VOqR20GJXnAgkS1V_kEfxOJ0cSYpvXg/w400-h300/E708DFC4-6DD1-4A19-ABCF-DE0706A03432.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improv Saw Tooth Border tutorial #2; layer fabrics right sides facing up.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2fq1BAco-118jR8nG-p9TUhSnTN63PvDJT2puKvdX4Ok9L7Nn2MMxOEy6RMyBJ7cbtPIj2KI3UPq4P2Gb60IOghyN1-0-qFqm5RtbtiFuAk8BBkriQq1cnXul2Uz6tPdqwQY6tHpGlC1rSndpgKPxLSBABjWlDgzSOx4ABb71J1kjFMe9waZWUJ9nC0/s1600/C0430754-2D0E-4FFB-942E-C9919A409720.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2fq1BAco-118jR8nG-p9TUhSnTN63PvDJT2puKvdX4Ok9L7Nn2MMxOEy6RMyBJ7cbtPIj2KI3UPq4P2Gb60IOghyN1-0-qFqm5RtbtiFuAk8BBkriQq1cnXul2Uz6tPdqwQY6tHpGlC1rSndpgKPxLSBABjWlDgzSOx4ABb71J1kjFMe9waZWUJ9nC0/w400-h300/C0430754-2D0E-4FFB-942E-C9919A409720.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improv Saw Tooth Border tutorial #3; slice with gentle angles, slip bottom fabric on top every other 'tooth.'<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AS_j2TvT_tKbxSzOmHwu61bWu7OW33qSl7gP45Ew16hdAOEGOZqNocWw9leq_lR1x6xo53aW354qeF9m0r91u9Zz4wMwDVC2tuz5XrrDOasVZInoHov7fgGS_frZmNyW_sAuPn7otBXARkg3KBvHv_grN7SKUdoCFR5zCsBGv9MO438Nfr0nVqkY9hM/s1600/2E64CD61-9855-467F-B845-E6E0146C15A8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AS_j2TvT_tKbxSzOmHwu61bWu7OW33qSl7gP45Ew16hdAOEGOZqNocWw9leq_lR1x6xo53aW354qeF9m0r91u9Zz4wMwDVC2tuz5XrrDOasVZInoHov7fgGS_frZmNyW_sAuPn7otBXARkg3KBvHv_grN7SKUdoCFR5zCsBGv9MO438Nfr0nVqkY9hM/w400-h300/2E64CD61-9855-467F-B845-E6E0146C15A8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improv Saw Tooth Border tutorial #4; with right sides together sew 'teeth' together with 1/4" seam, continue until all 'teeth' are sewn together then press seams to one side.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn8QujzPoLNTTfND5aZEDX9kn4bRXqBKCM8lNKDlhXwGnLPwGky_7wTJSDl1i_PaeSAUTiJU3FqOV4c5wRtQXYsvcg1Ad11VpWkHUaOctbvQqaS12WfxSsJwFwT5d0ecWjRtwA_kRl47g18b_ErzsCZeLYYjR13OhAFZTLPvdvZIwoyBvsz4r0_bBUDs/s1600/1584C298-49A5-4AEF-891D-7EB482A6A3D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn8QujzPoLNTTfND5aZEDX9kn4bRXqBKCM8lNKDlhXwGnLPwGky_7wTJSDl1i_PaeSAUTiJU3FqOV4c5wRtQXYsvcg1Ad11VpWkHUaOctbvQqaS12WfxSsJwFwT5d0ecWjRtwA_kRl47g18b_ErzsCZeLYYjR13OhAFZTLPvdvZIwoyBvsz4r0_bBUDs/w400-h300/1584C298-49A5-4AEF-891D-7EB482A6A3D2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Log Cabin Improv quilt pieced back view.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEich5FiNFrmEz-71sLyNdhsK2QYNEBZAVvyDWoHIRPPXTNuLPHw432T_ynN84H4RtJnK-EX_tauZj1jnPY2qboKRnI7hxLXIM37GIE4ZxK8y09vVNnTlgKK1HthIu5SA27_xny5Xe9HWCRkifwcUjncOTCiWQPM-mhkryuWgxO2tNZVsHjp5beO_7TgTLM/s1600/B7ABBB62-E048-4726-87EE-75E2246F697D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEich5FiNFrmEz-71sLyNdhsK2QYNEBZAVvyDWoHIRPPXTNuLPHw432T_ynN84H4RtJnK-EX_tauZj1jnPY2qboKRnI7hxLXIM37GIE4ZxK8y09vVNnTlgKK1HthIu5SA27_xny5Xe9HWCRkifwcUjncOTCiWQPM-mhkryuWgxO2tNZVsHjp5beO_7TgTLM/w400-h300/B7ABBB62-E048-4726-87EE-75E2246F697D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm hand quilting my Log Cabin Improv quilt with Pearl Cotton #8.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBqbUbbp8z3e0Ji0VxvApYWky7VSO3HTt3QlxYmzF--1_pLwgxPMNE4XN8yS_0sd99BtS7-5NrikAjvEXTNimDDa1Nkhc9K-689-LhTYM6ozmgxPMhuyBGPxRaBqbOtUaUi1GiqmE3t035zi5VTAub6oFGkHFjtXkEsQg-QhF7k1zI6OIpgoquYZ2XLE/s1600/C12A0258-8B5F-441D-A15D-50FD0DF95610.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBqbUbbp8z3e0Ji0VxvApYWky7VSO3HTt3QlxYmzF--1_pLwgxPMNE4XN8yS_0sd99BtS7-5NrikAjvEXTNimDDa1Nkhc9K-689-LhTYM6ozmgxPMhuyBGPxRaBqbOtUaUi1GiqmE3t035zi5VTAub6oFGkHFjtXkEsQg-QhF7k1zI6OIpgoquYZ2XLE/w400-h300/C12A0258-8B5F-441D-A15D-50FD0DF95610.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zinnia needle point project is finished, 5 x 5"!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Fall is right around the corner, exciting right? I enjoy the seeing the pumpkins and squash at the local markets and farmer's markets. Our family's fall birthdays are coming right up too.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I'm working on hand quilting my Log Cabin Improv quilt. I'm using Cotton Pearl #8 in Topaz. And in my last post I wrote that I was going to hand baste it but I did not! I pin basted it and that works out fine too.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm starting to piece together new Improv Saw Tooth borders for my small quilt mug rugs and table/kitchen mats as you see in the brief tutorial above. I'll have them finished for gifts for the holidays soon. I think they'll be colorful and useful.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And I finished my Zinnia needle point project. Needle Point is like a color puzzle to me and I enjoy the challenge. I think mindset has everything to do with hand work. I'll block it and tack it to a 5 x 5" frame. I don't put my pieces under glass, just preference. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is the news from the valley where soon fall colors will blaze the landscape.</p><p style="text-align: center;">What fall projects are you working on? I'll be by to visit!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br />Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-86592197758366131132023-08-30T13:50:00.002-07:002023-08-30T13:50:41.473-07:00Quilt News! Cannon Beach, Oregon Vacation, My Log Cabin in Furrow Variation Quilt Now Basting by Hand.... September is Almost here!<div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg897p8QGokMCsva8gjKdbnxtTnT2ecB0P2eX6_woSULZPMXIkE0TWiNsqV12Vms7on9Bzi8BnJJGjdMMC4hb3he7ue8ytNCZmBtap1eTvrDl6FsZ8cECKjqtNK6EKpMAyqaFKXRkGSXsAFrPyWzAtQQeBXtb9FqkMQWP6i1ps13uX3aFnFI7dVIh0eOh0/s1600/9CB2A9BA-DB30-4CA3-BCA7-5A0CDACF1839.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg897p8QGokMCsva8gjKdbnxtTnT2ecB0P2eX6_woSULZPMXIkE0TWiNsqV12Vms7on9Bzi8BnJJGjdMMC4hb3he7ue8ytNCZmBtap1eTvrDl6FsZ8cECKjqtNK6EKpMAyqaFKXRkGSXsAFrPyWzAtQQeBXtb9FqkMQWP6i1ps13uX3aFnFI7dVIh0eOh0/w400-h300/9CB2A9BA-DB30-4CA3-BCA7-5A0CDACF1839.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vacation house we stayed in at Cannon Beach, Oregon.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup9quFvX3DM2E5Xvl3GpxVpzZSqUGv6UWSK6B-smMiGHjjekFdVl4RJDRh7vQoM02gk3YkfdUo5jQ2FOZDPeQEtgrBnHpMYG6VWRhtnWOakZNPyAoXXtt9fuYEYzPA8n8Y9VYHQhWGcWtGF5P5TTeD-r0KUMENqYBFMu5vDhLVzspEALVlCnNQ-spME4/s1600/58E0A822-C23C-48CF-B9B4-FFF795564871.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup9quFvX3DM2E5Xvl3GpxVpzZSqUGv6UWSK6B-smMiGHjjekFdVl4RJDRh7vQoM02gk3YkfdUo5jQ2FOZDPeQEtgrBnHpMYG6VWRhtnWOakZNPyAoXXtt9fuYEYzPA8n8Y9VYHQhWGcWtGF5P5TTeD-r0KUMENqYBFMu5vDhLVzspEALVlCnNQ-spME4/w400-h300/58E0A822-C23C-48CF-B9B4-FFF795564871.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hydrangeas, lace cup variation, in Cannon Beach garden.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DwR2Smd-DSmA8FD5jVj4H1rrtfhD-BSl48kY5imk7x0ZDcKXF6mbV-hz0pQOCFHSbpD7R54euEzw3nKL5-oMrXzjBYws8MZwjzo6WYj9rIVJkfKu_CGPrqRfXWcTGKr6837by5Rb_nlHLAZqN5Vc4XMQ0yRbPgmqDIIOvCkUxWyX4x_ttO6x_2FnW1I/s1600/92C28F0A-471E-4D7B-9A70-1D8796304301.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DwR2Smd-DSmA8FD5jVj4H1rrtfhD-BSl48kY5imk7x0ZDcKXF6mbV-hz0pQOCFHSbpD7R54euEzw3nKL5-oMrXzjBYws8MZwjzo6WYj9rIVJkfKu_CGPrqRfXWcTGKr6837by5Rb_nlHLAZqN5Vc4XMQ0yRbPgmqDIIOvCkUxWyX4x_ttO6x_2FnW1I/w400-h300/92C28F0A-471E-4D7B-9A70-1D8796304301.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Variation , 44" x 44", ready for hand basting.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOVO-8fUezZR7AiVRhlmUpalAv-aQkHEtCekInn7xWaf9NJQIGg4pMxDFULroWBqRrQmtJNC4RBgk0bEP2VGo6lN1Ob-nSgAJMxQJqILHHplUSVzSJZl1f60BiOCU-EBj64c76DXySy7Li5CgMAEM5FgtU6w7bpiyWjNN6xmlE3dgQC1osxdfKrbE27w/s1600/394010A0-EEB4-444C-89A9-AB6C5F040F7F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOVO-8fUezZR7AiVRhlmUpalAv-aQkHEtCekInn7xWaf9NJQIGg4pMxDFULroWBqRrQmtJNC4RBgk0bEP2VGo6lN1Ob-nSgAJMxQJqILHHplUSVzSJZl1f60BiOCU-EBj64c76DXySy7Li5CgMAEM5FgtU6w7bpiyWjNN6xmlE3dgQC1osxdfKrbE27w/w400-h300/394010A0-EEB4-444C-89A9-AB6C5F040F7F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock, looking out onto the Pacific Ocean.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWXElmcWOLquNcdx07SbVQX11Cq9g-91towGjp7RavIrxPDZLpxqxClPtmvBXus-j31mo-oayPIMzByx8GmenVtSmsuHXSBV4lK2AVDK-T2EH0d7XTwvBy0R9dq7pdNWhNFjTvUuf6O2oMzXlkHbtH2mw294ZDgFxXvXWqqtBpssA8czqyNouJ1ii-Uk/s1600/5977646D-3CB2-4724-9655-70D2C3640A4F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWXElmcWOLquNcdx07SbVQX11Cq9g-91towGjp7RavIrxPDZLpxqxClPtmvBXus-j31mo-oayPIMzByx8GmenVtSmsuHXSBV4lK2AVDK-T2EH0d7XTwvBy0R9dq7pdNWhNFjTvUuf6O2oMzXlkHbtH2mw294ZDgFxXvXWqqtBpssA8czqyNouJ1ii-Uk/w400-h300/5977646D-3CB2-4724-9655-70D2C3640A4F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More gorgeous gardens, Crocosmia, Hydrangea, Jupiter's Beard etc....<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OMtdj-5KjX-2Q0HW_LXW-Y-dXFsWHbigTkutfAOyY4B5hCxB0oJ180-rz7XnoGi9E-zx4D9SJlMEhPSy6HaZW_bq4THAREyZb_jQ57wbK4K7gsnqgKjLmeLbPw65KX5aZwxKGsWorYGf5euwv3EeF2heXkaPBFPfJLjj66125LTraWQ9rph5t2qNiDs/s1600/AFE4A6E7-D46B-41E2-A9DF-0712C3B78F27.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OMtdj-5KjX-2Q0HW_LXW-Y-dXFsWHbigTkutfAOyY4B5hCxB0oJ180-rz7XnoGi9E-zx4D9SJlMEhPSy6HaZW_bq4THAREyZb_jQ57wbK4K7gsnqgKjLmeLbPw65KX5aZwxKGsWorYGf5euwv3EeF2heXkaPBFPfJLjj66125LTraWQ9rph5t2qNiDs/w400-h300/AFE4A6E7-D46B-41E2-A9DF-0712C3B78F27.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asters are superb this time of the year, in Cannon Beach garden.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm back from our family vacation in Cannon Beach, Oregon and recovering!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.cannonbeach.org/">Cannon Beach </a>is a vacation town and the gardens and vacation rentals are kept up nicely. The beach is huge and majestic, the weather was mostly sunny with a little wind making it just about everything you could wish for. So aside from a bit of sunburn and glare headache it was great! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I cleared off my work table for hand basting my Log Cabin in Furrow Formation quilt top, 44" x 44". The blocks are approx 5 x 5". I have another quilt top that I might get hand basted while I have my work table cleared. Something different to get focused on right? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And that is the quilt news from the valley where I'm getting back into the swing of things. What do you do to recover from vacations? Have you started on new projects for fall yet?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.....<br /></div><p></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-4762748910989033952023-08-12T09:40:00.001-07:002023-08-12T09:40:45.433-07:00Quilt News, Scrappy Heaven, Four Patch on Point Quilt Top Finish, Bar-B-Que at Lake Wilderness, Color in Nature is the Muse for Today....<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD88l6R27iljXZYBpHJhJa2IRT4C8qjSoEIvMEyJ8BXSQvsHpP51882e_vEAUKoKP7_N2ltQ4FNsXIHMOE_NHKGhq_Y5qHiUp8yA7mTIaA5X67KltSt7epWwg0k7N7D_ECffmO77DWhHudksvQV1XD4CywndeIknRgdwUGKBr33gQyfDlrh_9ny9nEhu0/s1600/3F5B9A68-8054-4369-8A3C-4EB778DC98F4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD88l6R27iljXZYBpHJhJa2IRT4C8qjSoEIvMEyJ8BXSQvsHpP51882e_vEAUKoKP7_N2ltQ4FNsXIHMOE_NHKGhq_Y5qHiUp8yA7mTIaA5X67KltSt7epWwg0k7N7D_ECffmO77DWhHudksvQV1XD4CywndeIknRgdwUGKBr33gQyfDlrh_9ny9nEhu0/w400-h300/3F5B9A68-8054-4369-8A3C-4EB778DC98F4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Lake Wilderness, bar-b-que coals burning down, almost ready...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOev-eLIRX9FpbMtV409L5_mPMcZwdwXxV_SKpR_vGn8ux5YGgYIyKKTOeAtHpTGh31YxZ9Bk60KSPKWa2RcMdZ_gEWTVyu312dnL0rgjddqSAwseCpOA4Rleqh00J3_4YQcYalGupuKsYUi96wThhuzePg_6jvQieIdGfI0VA97C8RFuVzBpGmqRVKo/s1600/23BB2A17-7576-45C0-9CEF-229A878D48FD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOev-eLIRX9FpbMtV409L5_mPMcZwdwXxV_SKpR_vGn8ux5YGgYIyKKTOeAtHpTGh31YxZ9Bk60KSPKWa2RcMdZ_gEWTVyu312dnL0rgjddqSAwseCpOA4Rleqh00J3_4YQcYalGupuKsYUi96wThhuzePg_6jvQieIdGfI0VA97C8RFuVzBpGmqRVKo/w400-h300/23BB2A17-7576-45C0-9CEF-229A878D48FD.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four Patch on Point blocks in piecing process.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqTzMbCzt2A0tF5R2DiXHXhIu6gPvFaAWCOOBKMu4zcpvBN6I6bfLdOp84KsaMds2hEY3bO-kkBs4MEh43pGn2QOfq9koaAPQ0Rq2BfCAUZL7FczvD3Bq9P1aREKASRELt68u1O4vZyn0mjrZS-jHjQoBhoWxTkpCtScMe5o8vlKnJ1kz32t0l8m4xnc/s1600/051E0EBC-9F53-4290-8CEF-50C9B7E7451E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqTzMbCzt2A0tF5R2DiXHXhIu6gPvFaAWCOOBKMu4zcpvBN6I6bfLdOp84KsaMds2hEY3bO-kkBs4MEh43pGn2QOfq9koaAPQ0Rq2BfCAUZL7FczvD3Bq9P1aREKASRELt68u1O4vZyn0mjrZS-jHjQoBhoWxTkpCtScMe5o8vlKnJ1kz32t0l8m4xnc/w400-h300/051E0EBC-9F53-4290-8CEF-50C9B7E7451E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackberries are getting ripe.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidC2glKWwmgZtmr4vsnr1zM-CK-EyECHwL3WgU8khJljfulsM9bnRYhPVJML8PmYUxdxDVcuaxJ8wEI1at6oh3MPaixYFBgfegcpFjberbdvv7-8Mazf47WxET_0QEEtiIqcCkM_3Q2ASvVmlSoFzyV7_XeYqwy9sfW0xMu4a0SYESOtWepxpWtLKyUho/s1600/0251B7A6-5A55-405D-A8B9-9C626A6E5880.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidC2glKWwmgZtmr4vsnr1zM-CK-EyECHwL3WgU8khJljfulsM9bnRYhPVJML8PmYUxdxDVcuaxJ8wEI1at6oh3MPaixYFBgfegcpFjberbdvv7-8Mazf47WxET_0QEEtiIqcCkM_3Q2ASvVmlSoFzyV7_XeYqwy9sfW0xMu4a0SYESOtWepxpWtLKyUho/w400-h300/0251B7A6-5A55-405D-A8B9-9C626A6E5880.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know its name but the flowers and colors are beautiful.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfL69ikV5-Oo_EDY472ztJdJT49u6x1Nhrn-0bIb_TLrz2ywRaLzIevKPYpGv3mERdSxropMo5_2N7ylk_PzXf46tiM6TtF25SJIH8NaClX9oDFOXJ2V5EsLcjauoI525dhBek6SzRWxjraGCrmzflMC4aZ3gH5Pj-Pjh8NHo4fmDGDiLSN-GsN8s-Ok/s1600/293CA814-48BD-488D-A111-B6FD892D739A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfL69ikV5-Oo_EDY472ztJdJT49u6x1Nhrn-0bIb_TLrz2ywRaLzIevKPYpGv3mERdSxropMo5_2N7ylk_PzXf46tiM6TtF25SJIH8NaClX9oDFOXJ2V5EsLcjauoI525dhBek6SzRWxjraGCrmzflMC4aZ3gH5Pj-Pjh8NHo4fmDGDiLSN-GsN8s-Ok/w400-h300/293CA814-48BD-488D-A111-B6FD892D739A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oregon Grape grows wild in the PacNW.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBo2FpRFnvjcMiABuT9X7fKtW7X2rMLc5XbhL5zLTrQVtQIEJGw74kYrphsjr3UHdEhBE9bNyXXmkbkeo1DZNlvC2ykv5t1YU0HdYYOj1gTPnfnLgtkY32HgJLYAntrD6y2dXnDOjEzXVnTcXyizg9ePR2nAY0CbsHuYbqt6EkYvQ7ynJAgNsBvTL6VQ/s1600/1849D97E-C26C-4D59-A04F-E0F41784A88A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBo2FpRFnvjcMiABuT9X7fKtW7X2rMLc5XbhL5zLTrQVtQIEJGw74kYrphsjr3UHdEhBE9bNyXXmkbkeo1DZNlvC2ykv5t1YU0HdYYOj1gTPnfnLgtkY32HgJLYAntrD6y2dXnDOjEzXVnTcXyizg9ePR2nAY0CbsHuYbqt6EkYvQ7ynJAgNsBvTL6VQ/w400-h300/1849D97E-C26C-4D59-A04F-E0F41784A88A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Currant also grows wild...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwvJnQuqe0VdklQWfv0G_0w27RhDVRVBXKgoldNXrjWszQBnbnTdCo_FjEgVwBQMbBGzFJA0U8uIocklrTwKSw0cIgBarlimSHyIldHC8cIeKoOesUYSUsW8nt1Am57zFYVWf9rK2DV1IhS-YdEJveo0eJCEpb7fI0U2hD-jqPIW5c46rdNHPFYXS04o/s1600/65256E1C-E184-47EE-88BC-E96F69842AAE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwvJnQuqe0VdklQWfv0G_0w27RhDVRVBXKgoldNXrjWszQBnbnTdCo_FjEgVwBQMbBGzFJA0U8uIocklrTwKSw0cIgBarlimSHyIldHC8cIeKoOesUYSUsW8nt1Am57zFYVWf9rK2DV1IhS-YdEJveo0eJCEpb7fI0U2hD-jqPIW5c46rdNHPFYXS04o/w400-h300/65256E1C-E184-47EE-88BC-E96F69842AAE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Four Patch on Point top pieced with border, 48" x 54".<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZPGG4Ee57chjjeeICV0wCUrI1iPsPIEp-LndNOmi-OUX-IsYB6dQiHw6FJkWsHOGYx0jYb22xq3R9AYwQ-cg8tzJ7JLcugweR_tJ94VH--w8gwO37sXIxRm63hXgxdGXDinvMolj2HfJ4KwMQe0qimIJd7Uu3hK0XbwxLLybHol-K1NMWyzdLzbUqr4/s1600/A31A7246-3B83-4609-B69A-94657B634F3E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZPGG4Ee57chjjeeICV0wCUrI1iPsPIEp-LndNOmi-OUX-IsYB6dQiHw6FJkWsHOGYx0jYb22xq3R9AYwQ-cg8tzJ7JLcugweR_tJ94VH--w8gwO37sXIxRm63hXgxdGXDinvMolj2HfJ4KwMQe0qimIJd7Uu3hK0XbwxLLybHol-K1NMWyzdLzbUqr4/w400-h300/A31A7246-3B83-4609-B69A-94657B634F3E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger Lily at Wilderness Lake Arboretum<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZhfOe0iYvQ-cGiaTe4P6eZKXxr6D4KF8bwos5KYCdC2WS-VX43ZVGp1MSmNYpT5SI0VvX2aPMPteNI8k8OfaDdIV8QVbRrKCp_rqN_4dNWL8df-RLrJ-UtnnA_6ERVLaOS_lV2ZJ1xFuW_OsoGIf98NmfQAvTPWVDVKHhWQxULyG15oqByuegQMFZKE/s1600/E7D918E9-8ECD-401D-904D-726E8EA80D91.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZhfOe0iYvQ-cGiaTe4P6eZKXxr6D4KF8bwos5KYCdC2WS-VX43ZVGp1MSmNYpT5SI0VvX2aPMPteNI8k8OfaDdIV8QVbRrKCp_rqN_4dNWL8df-RLrJ-UtnnA_6ERVLaOS_lV2ZJ1xFuW_OsoGIf98NmfQAvTPWVDVKHhWQxULyG15oqByuegQMFZKE/w400-h300/E7D918E9-8ECD-401D-904D-726E8EA80D91.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my scrappy art quilts, Three Pinwheels, showing why I like white/neutral borders.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends!</p><p style="text-align: center;">From the valley where summer weather is easy living. Walks in the park and through Lake Wilderness Arboretum are on the daily schedule. Blackberries are ripe and we're picking them for freezing for winter treats, pies, cobblers, a little jam, etc.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And I finished piecing my Scrappy Four Patch on Point quilt top and added borders, done at 48" x 54". Beth at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMoHvhc9kI&t=119s">Four Patch Fourways!</a> has a good tutorial on ways to finish Fourpatch blocks that helped me in deciding the finish for my Fourpatch blocks. Thankyou, Beth, great inspiration!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thinking of color inspiration and color in nature? ...which is easy this time of the year, visit Jean Wells at her blog, <a href="https://stitchinpost.com/blogs/stitchin-post-blog/an-invitation-from-nature-dreaming-in-color-with-jean-wells">Dreaming in Color, an Invitation From Nature </a> for her inspiration and beautiful photos on texture, line and color.</p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the quilt news from the valley, where I'm remembering to be thankful and helping out when I can. Are you enjoying summer's bounty, what's your favorite wild fruit? Or favorite fruit at the Farmer's Market?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-60930381151163216562023-07-15T12:22:00.000-07:002023-07-15T12:22:26.741-07:00Quilt News! Log Cabin Improv Quilt Progress, Day Trip to West Seattle in Search of Rare Book, Four Patch in a Square Blocks Final Arrangement<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7qdsXgQOOgBJn0z1oruuAOju3_15WNPWKYasqTw6Lb8AbyAdWgA68pDGkViwNZ3RP_iU6LakjyzY433O8ne3xFNMKlL-EzZAFNoYh9y8b97WgVcxE4VbtwSjmDPIEjFLPMectdNeGfhNjMNQsNBT3CkMSRIg_eqqeJfyabSk2ZDtWRxDkKq1140rgcs/s1600/4B91B05D-B1AB-4D05-B28A-9CF762FEC2A6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7qdsXgQOOgBJn0z1oruuAOju3_15WNPWKYasqTw6Lb8AbyAdWgA68pDGkViwNZ3RP_iU6LakjyzY433O8ne3xFNMKlL-EzZAFNoYh9y8b97WgVcxE4VbtwSjmDPIEjFLPMectdNeGfhNjMNQsNBT3CkMSRIg_eqqeJfyabSk2ZDtWRxDkKq1140rgcs/w400-h300/4B91B05D-B1AB-4D05-B28A-9CF762FEC2A6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lincoln Park, West Seattle, I'm next to one of many Redwood trees.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuMPO39IBSyZMTvixeaOYUScRS5J4CU_kAG_f1tVKKZuw7q-7cxtM2au2bag8TS9t3zMKOwC-mkKTf7ppEo8SIxE9Ot30lkTNpNVE0t_yGvFNFCKAUcQV9YmdQvfiSoB8J31TX0IcnMHmo16S4BDouUDtuGLmjyJB5deyW7VZOLaD08Bdsf9slQk4eL0/s640/94F44CA9-4CD6-46D9-9737-5357A46CA998.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuMPO39IBSyZMTvixeaOYUScRS5J4CU_kAG_f1tVKKZuw7q-7cxtM2au2bag8TS9t3zMKOwC-mkKTf7ppEo8SIxE9Ot30lkTNpNVE0t_yGvFNFCKAUcQV9YmdQvfiSoB8J31TX0IcnMHmo16S4BDouUDtuGLmjyJB5deyW7VZOLaD08Bdsf9slQk4eL0/w400-h300/94F44CA9-4CD6-46D9-9737-5357A46CA998.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alki Beach, West Seattle, we waded and got warm in the sun.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwULO3NafvARnpGgiR2ltC5Tl8BAi6GpddBiPMBp2dGY5_iWf1LuvXzJpzPtKtQVgsmRZjRY-VBXhEWkHLvdmJFn-UyBOu1QmcJjW6aHe8GvujthvQbV37SDSlHnFgv5BqRIfrqgxjUPKNjYQZlUK6goDiGqEPl-A5crMUIkwxJ0-dz8b3gHKHCiKgtjg/s1600/97767BD7-7213-442B-A325-EA6C6A7F2105.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwULO3NafvARnpGgiR2ltC5Tl8BAi6GpddBiPMBp2dGY5_iWf1LuvXzJpzPtKtQVgsmRZjRY-VBXhEWkHLvdmJFn-UyBOu1QmcJjW6aHe8GvujthvQbV37SDSlHnFgv5BqRIfrqgxjUPKNjYQZlUK6goDiGqEPl-A5crMUIkwxJ0-dz8b3gHKHCiKgtjg/w400-h300/97767BD7-7213-442B-A325-EA6C6A7F2105.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spud Fish and Chips restaurant across from Alki Beach has been here since before WW2.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbzYj0lQ0aWN2nZ76k1ozu0hXvw4Rm6q9t_ComiDudrZjJKg_uRk0NfhEfalP9qUmhATHVn8KNztxaPqYlNgEJAk-oxHk6NGvBkQV4HBXmLX8UgjjvtRe4GTV2_4DUHvL1tMLtcb9QrX6SHr7pIMi2CCI-N-Nj1kjc67OtnuUkPAwgrUsVS0QPPLP4zc/s1600/A552C50B-9033-4BBC-8E3D-695B3DCC149E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbzYj0lQ0aWN2nZ76k1ozu0hXvw4Rm6q9t_ComiDudrZjJKg_uRk0NfhEfalP9qUmhATHVn8KNztxaPqYlNgEJAk-oxHk6NGvBkQV4HBXmLX8UgjjvtRe4GTV2_4DUHvL1tMLtcb9QrX6SHr7pIMi2CCI-N-Nj1kjc67OtnuUkPAwgrUsVS0QPPLP4zc/w400-h300/A552C50B-9033-4BBC-8E3D-695B3DCC149E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final arrangement for my Four Patch in a Square quilt blocks, 42" x 48".<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViWkJj-PLm91iz9fkDOeUidlCiuE_nXsT4k2da7sYh77LiZO5Fj7fypiDB2oX6JPXJZaCFn-gqL4Wrh_AuoE4Svq35wYKkHt2VjzvKV3ojHqraxFhjdGlabY9TcMzX6z_0kmMqqjGYoV6qSIADvBVt3f6WFnDym9nY4F7ybLzX7OsZBF6jMoFb9pgl2I/s1600/A46845B2-D3DB-4168-A63B-EDCBD0BF9FF7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViWkJj-PLm91iz9fkDOeUidlCiuE_nXsT4k2da7sYh77LiZO5Fj7fypiDB2oX6JPXJZaCFn-gqL4Wrh_AuoE4Svq35wYKkHt2VjzvKV3ojHqraxFhjdGlabY9TcMzX6z_0kmMqqjGYoV6qSIADvBVt3f6WFnDym9nY4F7ybLzX7OsZBF6jMoFb9pgl2I/w400-h300/A46845B2-D3DB-4168-A63B-EDCBD0BF9FF7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More 'logs' have been added to blocks in my newest Improv Log Cabin quilt.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">The summer sun has been heating things up around here this last week. The nights cool off so that's good! I hope you're all managing to find cool places and remembering to keep the ice trays full.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week we drove to West Seattle to the library there in search of and to check out, a rare textile art book, Ayako Miyawaki, The Art of Japanese Applique', published by The Asahi Shimbun and The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1991. As you may know textile art is one of my fascinations. I found out about this book by reading <a href="https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/jp-book-list">Okan Arts </a> blog post on Patricia Belyea's favorite Japanese art/design books. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">While there we had to stop by Lincoln Park and Alki Beach, and eat at Spuds Fish and Chips, where the best fish and chips anywhere are served up. I grew up in West Seattle and I still enjoy visiting there. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is the quilt news from the valley, where I'm remembering to be thankful and progress is being made, slow but steady.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll stop by to visit!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-36898725649953552362023-07-09T14:57:00.000-07:002023-07-09T14:57:11.434-07:00Quilt News! New Log Cabin/Court House Steps Improv Blocks, Sashiko/Boro and Traditional Hand Embroidery Projects<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrsPr9KgCDqHzt-aimydasgkLfTkbRnyy2nIr19nPbD50UeLyE-vPbzj9_35F2QPCYccZxXsYg-KX3OX1sMvVreMjKw7P1T-YTSeacsIeR8cjuy3p9c_XQcIEl5t2mp2vZR4IvkwTIB9swTjcvGbHIFuSvaTrcOttobHossQpEBnQFiX6Mf249NKs4Mc/s1600/2EF3D794-6A8F-4B2D-821B-C3C688EFD44F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrsPr9KgCDqHzt-aimydasgkLfTkbRnyy2nIr19nPbD50UeLyE-vPbzj9_35F2QPCYccZxXsYg-KX3OX1sMvVreMjKw7P1T-YTSeacsIeR8cjuy3p9c_XQcIEl5t2mp2vZR4IvkwTIB9swTjcvGbHIFuSvaTrcOttobHossQpEBnQFiX6Mf249NKs4Mc/w400-h300/2EF3D794-6A8F-4B2D-821B-C3C688EFD44F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finished another 'tray cloth' for my kitchen with Traditional and Sashiko stitching.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP99B3kDTySEPHxJRoa3XK7m3MsdUvvQvWQDZnxqJ0v3Vhb0py8kp7MsfBvf2jlONSlb_WSkZFDXXAfJZr_pH85UCSpQklvqA0qtrEFYq_bmDZcr6w1I950nUBVmxzqPBKKRzfAOLj-VTp-BApsEdWG3P_n1IEg-EKiftkYGk5JEGMg1IGaCxtUE_WYJ4/s640/A4AA7DB5-E7F4-480F-B995-F7A7474D9985.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP99B3kDTySEPHxJRoa3XK7m3MsdUvvQvWQDZnxqJ0v3Vhb0py8kp7MsfBvf2jlONSlb_WSkZFDXXAfJZr_pH85UCSpQklvqA0qtrEFYq_bmDZcr6w1I950nUBVmxzqPBKKRzfAOLj-VTp-BApsEdWG3P_n1IEg-EKiftkYGk5JEGMg1IGaCxtUE_WYJ4/w400-h300/A4AA7DB5-E7F4-480F-B995-F7A7474D9985.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boro Stitching on the front piece of my new book/shopping bag.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUi20Z0JIBmL-hSwSFrRGUABSV7QVxC5RYfvMeyZNeco4OuJmOzyRSGXcVyb03uWxn3rCQlbxyRPXo3pnRW4VHWf3kQfPTdhl_7-TdCLwVqdfRtWg_rDPxTIcgTy0uMN2QcUDTdbJodFSjVVgU6xwmuFaekq0-Gp2JUd1AW1tIxYhtFxpNtWiHPltFhk/s1600/D97F198F-17D3-4074-8BC4-041443F53E8B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUi20Z0JIBmL-hSwSFrRGUABSV7QVxC5RYfvMeyZNeco4OuJmOzyRSGXcVyb03uWxn3rCQlbxyRPXo3pnRW4VHWf3kQfPTdhl_7-TdCLwVqdfRtWg_rDPxTIcgTy0uMN2QcUDTdbJodFSjVVgU6xwmuFaekq0-Gp2JUd1AW1tIxYhtFxpNtWiHPltFhk/w400-h300/D97F198F-17D3-4074-8BC4-041443F53E8B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New project, Log Cabin improv blocks being 'interviewed'.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">News from the valley where we are enjoying the summer breezes making everything feel fine!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I finished my latest 'tray cloth' or glass drying towel with Traditional Hand Embroidery and Sashiko Stitches. They work well together. The fact that it's useful is a big plus with me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And another new, useful project is my book/shopping bag, it will measure approx. 18" x 17". I had some leftover triangle pieces trimmed off another project and they were too colorful to throw out so I'm stitching them onto the front piece with boro stitches which is also called Japanese Running Stitch. One of my favorite books on Boro is by Harumi Horiuchi, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mending-Boro-Japanese-Patching-Techniques/dp/0804856044">Mending with Boro, Japanese Running Stitch & Patching Techniques</a>. Harumi's book is beautiful and she writes about stitching and mending with your own unique style as an art form. Yes to that!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My new Scrappy Log Cabin/Court House Steps Improv Blocks are going to be about 10" square, most of them are there now. I'm deciding on the final layout. I do seem to favor log cabin blocks, I know. Mary Hogan's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cabin-Improv-Beginner-Friendly-Step-Step/dp/1947163892/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">Log Cabin Improv: Quilts with a Twist on Tradition</a>, has been a great inspiration for me. </p><p style="text-align: center;">That Quilt Friends is the news from my sewing room to yours. And what new projects are you working on and what summer adventures are you planning?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-35157651943151668492023-06-19T15:21:00.005-07:002023-06-22T17:01:18.480-07:00Quilt News! 2023 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show! Log Cabin Quilt Top in Furrow Variation Ready for Basting, 56 Four Patch in a Square Blocks Finished Piecing Today, Quilting by Hand by Riane Elise Book Review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopgV6qGWncx2M98CancW3C54_yMxJ8MDNfUlDmeCOf9ZxIlt9eUf6ZZWxj5J6ymOlVZZ51vRPb00jvl5HPZWJMcxE-ap_leg__mfe_WK7UrvMJ-HFwsfFC81htm0IR3i-uoVF-F7MMQrgSkmDzRfPZ1VTw440hcKrkAd32DOCZ2pOE9uCvnbUD-ErxfA/s1600/1D86A560-9396-4CF9-BFF3-203B0A569221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopgV6qGWncx2M98CancW3C54_yMxJ8MDNfUlDmeCOf9ZxIlt9eUf6ZZWxj5J6ymOlVZZ51vRPb00jvl5HPZWJMcxE-ap_leg__mfe_WK7UrvMJ-HFwsfFC81htm0IR3i-uoVF-F7MMQrgSkmDzRfPZ1VTw440hcKrkAd32DOCZ2pOE9uCvnbUD-ErxfA/w400-h300/1D86A560-9396-4CF9-BFF3-203B0A569221.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Log Cabin Quilt top with batting and backing ready to be basted.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsi5cB0x1yAT1B_JnR_0pEivc34EaA500LmXY-CnE47Uta49CdUax2tzN_zZeqETN5Ov0bgXeVMUn0tmbmOJFrNjHSzBySJSIz_pjwDsGtjCe6B_xMBFF-DtGn1be3HzfCjnm51ZP39P7Q3WoFRa_78i6vhXj_h5osrwmAcb9ezZ8K5tzH2RWOxaLN9g/s1600/14FB5496-590B-4810-9060-1DD916032B5B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsi5cB0x1yAT1B_JnR_0pEivc34EaA500LmXY-CnE47Uta49CdUax2tzN_zZeqETN5Ov0bgXeVMUn0tmbmOJFrNjHSzBySJSIz_pjwDsGtjCe6B_xMBFF-DtGn1be3HzfCjnm51ZP39P7Q3WoFRa_78i6vhXj_h5osrwmAcb9ezZ8K5tzH2RWOxaLN9g/w400-h300/14FB5496-590B-4810-9060-1DD916032B5B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sisters, Oregon is a beautiful scenic town and the quilt show is fun.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj011A-ry8FnQpuNAzvB_rtZ1yoT0-jTHu_nupIxDd724b4wLAm-MnhGDl5O-OzXd3P1tqoCm7LAJ_3tAmJjzzkEGzcvoOwSsPVGzNmWKmUjUFTmInPbaJjHo6yNTfHbGVRG6i6ZPqzXknacGcV8Em8DRz-VR2h1HSZUMomr5N0hv0KkU7vPwDvTQcyplw/s1600/D34FB44B-4B55-4AFF-A626-DA02F1554B3E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj011A-ry8FnQpuNAzvB_rtZ1yoT0-jTHu_nupIxDd724b4wLAm-MnhGDl5O-OzXd3P1tqoCm7LAJ_3tAmJjzzkEGzcvoOwSsPVGzNmWKmUjUFTmInPbaJjHo6yNTfHbGVRG6i6ZPqzXknacGcV8Em8DRz-VR2h1HSZUMomr5N0hv0KkU7vPwDvTQcyplw/w400-h300/D34FB44B-4B55-4AFF-A626-DA02F1554B3E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This morning 5 more Four Patch in a Square blocks in process.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Zsvj20d8qXqrY7ICT4Cjdc07kwP9e8PGE3ICD2l41CwXUk9rf-F7b58nbX_fq2ZuIBpQA9nTeQpLtD0tq7KaFW_UfX3z2tOBgHm2MUMv9BSksPhaEsrYuF5Iz2qB5lfOaFrAo47uOAOdEajP6q2txX5OcljKv4oK5jBaMmkryHDzWeWL_nAWYzHbkf8/s1600/E1FAA938-E9BE-42CB-9E99-6FB6D05801A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Zsvj20d8qXqrY7ICT4Cjdc07kwP9e8PGE3ICD2l41CwXUk9rf-F7b58nbX_fq2ZuIBpQA9nTeQpLtD0tq7KaFW_UfX3z2tOBgHm2MUMv9BSksPhaEsrYuF5Iz2qB5lfOaFrAo47uOAOdEajP6q2txX5OcljKv4oK5jBaMmkryHDzWeWL_nAWYzHbkf8/w400-h300/E1FAA938-E9BE-42CB-9E99-6FB6D05801A7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2023 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show poster up on my wall.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKU4ZzHfSxxCDirEIashPOSZ1GwuYCi-10rr1kK61Ti_n8UOPcu6Go3fmzfrxtourL5xXWAKX7nDdnZ-z7NaPqVysP_lDtr7uOBPlVz3B6oL_REJNhZVkCFblKrSEYg2ZmLOoSJqSqihdhKYeXywAZiPz7bwApT-yVOeOEuuJw-T4ZECEr2zR1swT3w4w/s1600/F29F97BC-35E8-45B5-B7D7-98F9132F9E43.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKU4ZzHfSxxCDirEIashPOSZ1GwuYCi-10rr1kK61Ti_n8UOPcu6Go3fmzfrxtourL5xXWAKX7nDdnZ-z7NaPqVysP_lDtr7uOBPlVz3B6oL_REJNhZVkCFblKrSEYg2ZmLOoSJqSqihdhKYeXywAZiPz7bwApT-yVOeOEuuJw-T4ZECEr2zR1swT3w4w/w400-h300/F29F97BC-35E8-45B5-B7D7-98F9132F9E43.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">56 Four Patch in a Square Blocks, finished piecing the last 5 this afternoon.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! Summer officially starts this month. The birds are already there.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I finished piecing the backing for my Log Cabin Improv quilt top in Furrow Variation and cut out the batting. Now on to basting them together for hand quilting. It will measure 44" x 44".</p><p style="text-align: center;">Speaking about hand quilting I found a great book at my library, <a href="https://www.riane-elise.com/quilting-by-hand">Quilting by Hand</a> by Riane Elise from Quadrille Publishing 2021. It's a classic with clear instruction on piecing and hand quilting designs. It's a beauty in every way.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Just today I finished piecing the last five Four Patch in a Square blocks to make 56 blocks in all. The blocks will measure 6.5 square when trimmed and the top will measure 42" x 48". I haven't decided to add a border yet, must think about it....</p><p style="text-align: center;">And the <a href="https://www.soqs.org/">Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show</a> is coming right up, second Saturday in July. Will you be there? I'm thinking that I might like to go, now to talk my driver into it! </p><p style="text-align: center;"> And that is the news from the valley where progress is being made and I might be out of town soon, viewing volcanoes and quilts. There's a good coffee shop in Sisters too I remember. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hope you're making plans for vacationing and making progress on your projects.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-78926024147152073412023-06-12T14:05:00.000-07:002023-06-12T14:05:12.873-07:00Quilt News! Hourglass Medallion #1with Sawtooth Borders finish! Improv Log Cabin Quilt top Finish, Sashiko Projects Progress, Delightful June!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlXLBx7zgDQqDj1eclvRCIid8YFuJVpYll0Dg66ok-gNgosrFkMWjgsnLbjxRnmq67Tw91qFWuqmoFd-tCuu-5ccXmVPn3mOFly6VsdPWhEwnN1JvKMmWo9T3lOevb5rvYObGFajIwutp6_NbisAP2QYQ4X5pogrEMk7QPcUh78yEYTFneIZYpQjj/w400-h300/43000CFA-C42B-415A-8EF7-1191C12B9DE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Log Cabin block Improv quilt top, getting the batting and backing measured.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlXLBx7zgDQqDj1eclvRCIid8YFuJVpYll0Dg66ok-gNgosrFkMWjgsnLbjxRnmq67Tw91qFWuqmoFd-tCuu-5ccXmVPn3mOFly6VsdPWhEwnN1JvKMmWo9T3lOevb5rvYObGFajIwutp6_NbisAP2QYQ4X5pogrEMk7QPcUh78yEYTFneIZYpQjj/s1600/43000CFA-C42B-415A-8EF7-1191C12B9DE4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlXLBx7zgDQqDj1eclvRCIid8YFuJVpYll0Dg66ok-gNgosrFkMWjgsnLbjxRnmq67Tw91qFWuqmoFd-tCuu-5ccXmVPn3mOFly6VsdPWhEwnN1JvKMmWo9T3lOevb5rvYObGFajIwutp6_NbisAP2QYQ4X5pogrEMk7QPcUh78yEYTFneIZYpQjj/s1600/43000CFA-C42B-415A-8EF7-1191C12B9DE4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA-uEmqupqF_nUGsfO0RAIMRw7ayml-a2zGz-rfa4wdzm2k87Y3tNuTz95DM0Xweh3Z_2CDkpLvW8rAWFGypf4XcHlI9DVozqathWKAAMFNl6oWfSG5Jzp96B_ZXNXfL8u0R2qfUL0YYrh5rNsDox-7fabuRYwd3a7RaVMswzUZObioZ59__ctN9k/s1600/7B20CB22-0B23-403D-BB19-AB16002AFCE5.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA-uEmqupqF_nUGsfO0RAIMRw7ayml-a2zGz-rfa4wdzm2k87Y3tNuTz95DM0Xweh3Z_2CDkpLvW8rAWFGypf4XcHlI9DVozqathWKAAMFNl6oWfSG5Jzp96B_ZXNXfL8u0R2qfUL0YYrh5rNsDox-7fabuRYwd3a7RaVMswzUZObioZ59__ctN9k/w400-h300/7B20CB22-0B23-403D-BB19-AB16002AFCE5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Hourglass Medallion Quilt #1 with Sawtooth Borders binding just finished.<br /></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp9isovgQWUae59B6ne9D9i8bgXdIknzEY39KbjrP84u8WSEq7EN8Pqwu0kHXMcwbtf79lznQPZ9lsOIPOPdFp9s33MKqshE-b7l8r-VSo7przM1pwQxyuCcNkres53ZwrwfVNbdWgd6vI9upEXEnyPiH52l8mMKaBKOenxFN4mp04u7eCV2QHo8F/s2816/629866B8-0F37-4561-BC9C-9A29492B6FE9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp9isovgQWUae59B6ne9D9i8bgXdIknzEY39KbjrP84u8WSEq7EN8Pqwu0kHXMcwbtf79lznQPZ9lsOIPOPdFp9s33MKqshE-b7l8r-VSo7przM1pwQxyuCcNkres53ZwrwfVNbdWgd6vI9upEXEnyPiH52l8mMKaBKOenxFN4mp04u7eCV2QHo8F/w400-h300/629866B8-0F37-4561-BC9C-9A29492B6FE9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finished this first, Hourglass Medallion Quilt #2.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApk7fZxwi5NXs_qG0RVVzq75hiiVpUb8QA_sAtKturcNAJxHNqaEFfoZnFxdhUDJzVwpVLEo4ppRaMv5nU2Un7BxrjcmNBtatZSvYMzxp9vCobXpC74LKncil5tG3xIil6Py5jpWFFInXLLBEkfjT5VhAvdqel8tK_VeB6jLa5cP7Wfs15Vm9Jxjo/s2816/CFE3AAC8-A5C3-4419-BB9E-CC29707DD5CC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApk7fZxwi5NXs_qG0RVVzq75hiiVpUb8QA_sAtKturcNAJxHNqaEFfoZnFxdhUDJzVwpVLEo4ppRaMv5nU2Un7BxrjcmNBtatZSvYMzxp9vCobXpC74LKncil5tG3xIil6Py5jpWFFInXLLBEkfjT5VhAvdqel8tK_VeB6jLa5cP7Wfs15Vm9Jxjo/w400-h300/CFE3AAC8-A5C3-4419-BB9E-CC29707DD5CC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took a trip to Kanasket State Park to see the Cedar River.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgmNndSVvC4-N8tq7wcUerFox4ipb5LvvKfOBumQJd6hkMdkGCxxzdJrpoi3Z0z9g9nPdy9H-igbIMbaIxOz0y09ZrRg7ocK6d0lmoGwMPXQrPlRDJUY40m80d5YmH7AJadMCxWdGS3JQkfEcM7PvJwZJppc4YVKPDByJ_P9kFPqpCRgdLnFUmyBB/s1600/E479ADFA-4D84-4C3F-BBFD-35C3AB8B6390.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgmNndSVvC4-N8tq7wcUerFox4ipb5LvvKfOBumQJd6hkMdkGCxxzdJrpoi3Z0z9g9nPdy9H-igbIMbaIxOz0y09ZrRg7ocK6d0lmoGwMPXQrPlRDJUY40m80d5YmH7AJadMCxWdGS3JQkfEcM7PvJwZJppc4YVKPDByJ_P9kFPqpCRgdLnFUmyBB/w400-h300/E479ADFA-4D84-4C3F-BBFD-35C3AB8B6390.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sashiko Projects. I added buttons and ribbon for closing my pouch.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Hello Quilt Friends, Happy June! This is the month where summer kicks in and Swallowtail Butterflies are everywhere. Roses are blooming and wild rabbits are enjoying the warm weather here in the valley.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I sewed the binding on my #1 Hourglass Medallion Quilt with Sawtooth borders. I made 2 small quilts to work on piecing sawtooth borders using Mary Hogan's technique in her excellent book, Improv Log Cabin Quilts. I enjoyed the process and highly recommend her book.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I pulled out my Log Cabin Improv Quilt top from the closet and unpicked the previous borders I had sewed on. The borders were the wrong color and did not work for me. The new borders fit with the colors in the blocks and are a better width. So I have cut the batting and backing to fit and onto getting it quilted. I was inspired by Temecula Quilt Co.'s <a href="https://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/2020/09/down-home-darling.html">Down Home Darling </a> design. I didn't follow the design perfectly but used my own colors and made the centers 2 different sizes instead of just one size. I figured that would add interest and it did! Temecula Quilt Co is full of color and design ideas. </p><p style="text-align: center;">My Sashiko projects are fun for me, I like the stitching process. I embroider traditional style and I have been big stitch hand quilting, Sashiko fits right in with those. The emphasis on Sashiko/Boro stitches is practical and of course looking beautiful at the same time. I get that! I finished my sashiko stitched pouch with mother of pearl buttons and a silk ribbon to tie closed.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Last week we drove to Kanasket State Park to see the wilderness and Cedar River up close. The Swallowtail butterflies were making a good appearance and loved the bushes along the river in bloom. The wild roses were also blooming, fabulous.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is the quilt news, what spring/summer delights are you enjoying? What are you working on?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-20813222838771708562023-05-30T13:50:00.001-07:002023-05-31T11:22:45.958-07:00Quilt News! Pineapple Block Piecing, Big Stitch Quilting Finish on my #1 Hourglass Medallion Quilt , Lake Wilderness Arboretum is Blooming, Hello June!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzB4UneAE09W4jbVID1nlpPzrL7oqMA6ssezAp8YNCikbRaHoH0L6sFjq42ocqpl2_0t9puNzNvdNSfGD3f2mObd0rXO3GlMwThgj27Y1QpTuRtM1vvbgCjEHSd53edJgyBPvHqMgXYM9kj_uShStbBA9qlGjjfXFzPd33qre5BYQNUNcuU60LFCF/s2816/0D771DDB-C25E-47B2-A889-2633E0133A8B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzB4UneAE09W4jbVID1nlpPzrL7oqMA6ssezAp8YNCikbRaHoH0L6sFjq42ocqpl2_0t9puNzNvdNSfGD3f2mObd0rXO3GlMwThgj27Y1QpTuRtM1vvbgCjEHSd53edJgyBPvHqMgXYM9kj_uShStbBA9qlGjjfXFzPd33qre5BYQNUNcuU60LFCF/w400-h300/0D771DDB-C25E-47B2-A889-2633E0133A8B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spectacular orange Poppies at the arboretum.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMqJNse705GO7csnrtWmqIYPZIDMwT_mF6wBb6WaVrnC3CT5HxAtLCy5bXi5k0biy4fuA894dd3ZFFByXex7ZBNtzmr_FeME3yp-cT4A0tAXcuR5zm6clT1rfwPb5uI5EHQsKk1pYadrKT3eA7GLMEZvM4x9SthzQDSSVX2vP-jVmErslXi2fwOSw/s2816/7AE11E63-0101-479A-8247-A29EE197E2C7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMqJNse705GO7csnrtWmqIYPZIDMwT_mF6wBb6WaVrnC3CT5HxAtLCy5bXi5k0biy4fuA894dd3ZFFByXex7ZBNtzmr_FeME3yp-cT4A0tAXcuR5zm6clT1rfwPb5uI5EHQsKk1pYadrKT3eA7GLMEZvM4x9SthzQDSSVX2vP-jVmErslXi2fwOSw/w400-h300/7AE11E63-0101-479A-8247-A29EE197E2C7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Iris and blue Columbine.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzRZz2KKgkqIHkUBeghyu4K2YIx5DttN_QFJ4oJ-hj16BpRC22IduUaAh7cWeFgMcNSBTJ9_iYpD8R9VJ3F_hS__F3r-YlurCtbjZh99WVJy6U4EN4xbyzswBHwSWlznvjPfZoFqr__2ek_uNFWGB_9qAo7Tmdt_wL1GJQ1sllOJJxmB0x9vt7Wqm/s2816/C964BCFC-941B-4C88-86F9-21EB90AFC205.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzRZz2KKgkqIHkUBeghyu4K2YIx5DttN_QFJ4oJ-hj16BpRC22IduUaAh7cWeFgMcNSBTJ9_iYpD8R9VJ3F_hS__F3r-YlurCtbjZh99WVJy6U4EN4xbyzswBHwSWlznvjPfZoFqr__2ek_uNFWGB_9qAo7Tmdt_wL1GJQ1sllOJJxmB0x9vt7Wqm/w400-h300/C964BCFC-941B-4C88-86F9-21EB90AFC205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Pineapple Block so far.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6QB-X0v9ejfBkco8uJjA1cnsQN-r2dCvMiNq3R3HV_qT9YTYPLY5jb5duLzQwWjQdgqqikYrsqmTZ-OUC9izoP0ihTb5_R9gmmtPKdqMoZuyQg3SW8b0v2bijXammU4YigBHNSrFNlmbppR56zDj8MeE0xysRxE_OrbcJtgNp0uCnW8B_NwSW4UI/s2816/C72523EA-F54E-43BC-9D7E-DF8685F2B51C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6QB-X0v9ejfBkco8uJjA1cnsQN-r2dCvMiNq3R3HV_qT9YTYPLY5jb5duLzQwWjQdgqqikYrsqmTZ-OUC9izoP0ihTb5_R9gmmtPKdqMoZuyQg3SW8b0v2bijXammU4YigBHNSrFNlmbppR56zDj8MeE0xysRxE_OrbcJtgNp0uCnW8B_NwSW4UI/w400-h300/C72523EA-F54E-43BC-9D7E-DF8685F2B51C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Stitch hand quilting done, ready for binding now.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uSR6OF4PU2bl_VnyCZxvE5edM3lppAF6OOUFcQ3K_zGWlqsyNhjecei8ZwZ1rW8ORbgEl9EPXvN4tSLyzrrrm8S4DY4_jfWp5uVJV0vtQIjZEylItMRg-thYN68RcY3rgLgtpiIQNvw3BTUVJQPAYOMORp-R3gILv2f7rfgqOmigw1A2Mu7TCeWP/s2816/D9D76071-BF52-4B06-AB0F-F1BFE2E21BA0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uSR6OF4PU2bl_VnyCZxvE5edM3lppAF6OOUFcQ3K_zGWlqsyNhjecei8ZwZ1rW8ORbgEl9EPXvN4tSLyzrrrm8S4DY4_jfWp5uVJV0vtQIjZEylItMRg-thYN68RcY3rgLgtpiIQNvw3BTUVJQPAYOMORp-R3gILv2f7rfgqOmigw1A2Mu7TCeWP/w400-h300/D9D76071-BF52-4B06-AB0F-F1BFE2E21BA0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Wilderness, with yellow Iris.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Warm spring weather with a large side of blossoms here, please. We've been walking by the lake and enjoying the burst of blossoms and new green.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I finished up big stitch hand quilting my #1 Hourglass Medallion Quilt with Sawtooth Borders, 30" x 30". I hand quilted it using #8 perle cotton. Now onto the binding then it's done.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> I have other projects I'm currently working on and I do read a lot of books on textile art, quilting and history. And with daily walks there is always something going on, that's why my projects don't get done super fast.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Also I have to add, I just read a super interesting book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Hidden-History-Material-World/dp/1639363904/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Y799WZ5R98ME&keywords=Fabric+history&qid=1685478852&s=books&sprefix=fabric+history%2Cstripbooks%2C157&sr=1-1">Fabric The Hidden History of the Material World</a> by Victoria Finley. History and Fabric, a fascinating read! I couldn't put it down until I was finished.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My first Pineapple block has progressed and I like it. Pineapple blocks devour a lot of scraps which is a good thing. It also takes practice to get comfortable with Improv Pineapple block piecing. Mary Hogan's book <a href="Log Cabin Improv Quilts ">Log Cabin Improv Quilts </a> has excellent tutorials on Pineapple Block quilts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And that Quilt Friends is the news from the valley. I hope you're enjoying spring blossoms and reading some good books. What's your favorite blossom this time of year? Poppy, Iris, Peony?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-66563233826848310032023-05-12T13:44:00.000-07:002023-05-12T13:44:17.392-07:00Quilt News! Big Stitch Quilt Finish, Two Scrappy New Improv Quilts Started, More Four Patch in a Square Blocks Pieced, Happy Mother's Day!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKyzckXMdx1zGHfHYyCbDqh0XwIx2qTY1shVf3ESw7MYu4gT15zixvCtqxKIK9Ot8nUELas5ZyP0SY-M2HqwoIQiZ4yiZjjnRNsaCUZPmO7hVGFFqd-BNJgOX_zsAfQkxNLnOexK7kOr_fjSzEcYiKUNBPyOC4p2ibjVCpD378mUPbXU3IBJyua2i/s2816/60BE8100-4209-49B1-88B1-D92005BD66C7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKyzckXMdx1zGHfHYyCbDqh0XwIx2qTY1shVf3ESw7MYu4gT15zixvCtqxKIK9Ot8nUELas5ZyP0SY-M2HqwoIQiZ4yiZjjnRNsaCUZPmO7hVGFFqd-BNJgOX_zsAfQkxNLnOexK7kOr_fjSzEcYiKUNBPyOC4p2ibjVCpD378mUPbXU3IBJyua2i/w400-h300/60BE8100-4209-49B1-88B1-D92005BD66C7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Log Cabin/Pineapple Improv blocks started, using lots of scraps.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBq75paad2VNpmwcF9bteoJx1qwmyMbUg7S8EeSy2h7uTEqXKvI0b_8t2DpB5yUTOdZWgoclOZadqlNHfSf41njEsCWjWRaSeufHBLFZgOWU_lb4R1jzOYlmpoH1FoqHVpECGyHHpJssZV471aFRhfSo34SZpiKKxrL8amnDfFZiAwIFyQwIxA6JY/s2816/341F2549-E218-47DF-A3D8-DD7E1B6CCAC1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBq75paad2VNpmwcF9bteoJx1qwmyMbUg7S8EeSy2h7uTEqXKvI0b_8t2DpB5yUTOdZWgoclOZadqlNHfSf41njEsCWjWRaSeufHBLFZgOWU_lb4R1jzOYlmpoH1FoqHVpECGyHHpJssZV471aFRhfSo34SZpiKKxrL8amnDfFZiAwIFyQwIxA6JY/w400-h300/341F2549-E218-47DF-A3D8-DD7E1B6CCAC1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another scrappy start with left over Hour Glass blocks in the center.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wti9-I6jMCfzQqfnxuFG1PsxpGog4kBFoLJXYz-KZHHUtZHcMArQ5hux1rjiZ7xlm4seeGszVBkn1gbkN-1w5wecpk9EobKcA48m61yWujq1cGvBW6AEwTFuL2di0l43nCvDHc0L1XwU2vA2DrqXZsH2-Msv1PQ_klsoZUoOGiTVcMDr0tNordyc/s2816/6337D561-654F-4DD7-9E47-F3D7C5235300.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wti9-I6jMCfzQqfnxuFG1PsxpGog4kBFoLJXYz-KZHHUtZHcMArQ5hux1rjiZ7xlm4seeGszVBkn1gbkN-1w5wecpk9EobKcA48m61yWujq1cGvBW6AEwTFuL2di0l43nCvDHc0L1XwU2vA2DrqXZsH2-Msv1PQ_klsoZUoOGiTVcMDr0tNordyc/w400-h300/6337D561-654F-4DD7-9E47-F3D7C5235300.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Hourglass Medallion #2 w' big stitch hand quilting.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJvvqOkb5AFv-tmZ3GGs_b9KhHLlg2W54GY4DmHj6vK8Q1CqSamrAIsGv3WlEHyUgYgVdLEAMUyvZfmOvT4RxvsP-63Z81S_u3CQUGS4ZC-efYCR7UX9ncMLtuqjVWngJIfLc6NVYo4xxQDc-sFZQMLAPGqaBFwVCWyQygH0M34jFeCM5PeTi-2xM/s2816/8018C54E-8E1C-4AC9-880D-FC8D04BEADDB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJvvqOkb5AFv-tmZ3GGs_b9KhHLlg2W54GY4DmHj6vK8Q1CqSamrAIsGv3WlEHyUgYgVdLEAMUyvZfmOvT4RxvsP-63Z81S_u3CQUGS4ZC-efYCR7UX9ncMLtuqjVWngJIfLc6NVYo4xxQDc-sFZQMLAPGqaBFwVCWyQygH0M34jFeCM5PeTi-2xM/w400-h300/8018C54E-8E1C-4AC9-880D-FC8D04BEADDB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fourpatch in a Square blocks number 48. Unfinished blocks 6.5".<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoz_Bog6Xt7YXXy35A-7GB_DlSOJRe0uibqlcnI4UX4FG05pPwkw7qz0Mx3A2GWsQLLAB4eSUKHRhzudtHuDU9XpHUCYqRfAGu4fec2DuEi9qOPm0UQ7NRnrPbqd37WkmOfvxx5xbr16zowl7ZXZ9sQDuRXsUsV6GnWyDXWnmgd0HeU8aUthwYcU8/s2816/629866B8-0F37-4561-BC9C-9A29492B6FE9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoz_Bog6Xt7YXXy35A-7GB_DlSOJRe0uibqlcnI4UX4FG05pPwkw7qz0Mx3A2GWsQLLAB4eSUKHRhzudtHuDU9XpHUCYqRfAGu4fec2DuEi9qOPm0UQ7NRnrPbqd37WkmOfvxx5xbr16zowl7ZXZ9sQDuRXsUsV6GnWyDXWnmgd0HeU8aUthwYcU8/w400-h300/629866B8-0F37-4561-BC9C-9A29492B6FE9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished ! Hourglass Medallion #2, 30" x 30".<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends, Happy Friday!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And it's almost Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day to all moms. I hope you enjoy the day and the spring weather.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This last week I have been busy with piecing scraps together for two new projects and finishing big stitch hand quilting and binding my Hourglass Medallion #2 quilt. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I was influenced to start big stitch hand quilting by reading this excellent book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Stitch-Quilting-practical-quilting-ebook/dp/B094NSLWYF">Big Stitch Quilting</a> by Carolyn Forster. Carolyn's tutorials and photography are the best.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cabin-Improv-Beginner-Friendly-Step-Step/dp/1947163892/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">Log Cabin Improv</a> by Mary Hogan, another excellent book, encouraged me to piece Sawtooth borders for my Hourglass Medallion #2. Her directions and photography are clear and precise.</p><p style="text-align: center;">With tutorials from <a href="https://susies-scraps.com/">Susies-scraps</a> and Log Cabin Improv I've started piecing one of my newest projects, Scrappy Logcabin/Pineapple blocks. I have the logcabin centers pieced and will start the 'pineapple' process in the next round or so, Improv!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I also have to mention that I pieced a few more Fourpatch in a Square blocks
for a total of 48. I'm taking my time and I plan to get up to 56 blocks
for a quilt 42" x 48".</p><p style="text-align: center;">That is the news from the valley where warm sun is a treat after spring showers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Have you started any new Improv projects? I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-20109988539496543952023-04-25T11:05:00.000-07:002023-04-25T11:05:46.293-07:00Quilt News! What's on Your Sewing Table? Log Cabin Blocks Runner, Four Patch in a Square Blocks a Sashiko Project and Scrappy Pineapple Blocks at Susies-Scraps<div><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcMYfe40vl7IKIZoLF6kXBbPRabOk56bgcEdljy5MTgPcMwg18-U0M-unj2bMBUOz-RYd_l-e2AHeovtQUu61hU6Mm7N3_z4FkH3gIrCXheBFICjm5KV2ghAWr-dtszE4Ce_32g4yJTw8wlCjSrEEtm_qf5p_XQHU5DIIbA4CHaaKVfzLrvkr5DaQ/s2816/7FDD6189-20DA-42F3-B5E5-BFB187F63EB2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcMYfe40vl7IKIZoLF6kXBbPRabOk56bgcEdljy5MTgPcMwg18-U0M-unj2bMBUOz-RYd_l-e2AHeovtQUu61hU6Mm7N3_z4FkH3gIrCXheBFICjm5KV2ghAWr-dtszE4Ce_32g4yJTw8wlCjSrEEtm_qf5p_XQHU5DIIbA4CHaaKVfzLrvkr5DaQ/w400-h300/7FDD6189-20DA-42F3-B5E5-BFB187F63EB2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sashiko Rice Stitch wallet/purse project.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySyyJiRZFh_ck-tqjw8RJ6zaTIqaH8D_-u0qeArTzAaYQ3Q63hK1YFATqKpRRdGey-cybhQpLGE1HGltXR8m6du52fBxPV_7bA_RvaGDCpY9aV-K-PnG3BGzpjmns5Jjfnp6PWRp1WKxXxcilIcttJo7F4464-xukSoQVhKMrRjgsykQeFpsffT16/s2816/0B021376-E1A8-40B0-B504-3C77DDA79C61.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySyyJiRZFh_ck-tqjw8RJ6zaTIqaH8D_-u0qeArTzAaYQ3Q63hK1YFATqKpRRdGey-cybhQpLGE1HGltXR8m6du52fBxPV_7bA_RvaGDCpY9aV-K-PnG3BGzpjmns5Jjfnp6PWRp1WKxXxcilIcttJo7F4464-xukSoQVhKMrRjgsykQeFpsffT16/w400-h300/0B021376-E1A8-40B0-B504-3C77DDA79C61.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lining is a silky Liberty print, 5" x 6.5" closed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEqOcGpTfvGj1YcDulxR6A_2IoOVw-16m26X9YiUPRAVMCM2ifKPHYy7YaDZwoI_3RPT8M0oYdm7Wlb8BaDvLJIc9weghEjpNDa2k7WIt1JuHH1NpatVJDrunN7TC_7yKckxbq-YEd36Y29fVjCDRzZuzH5d4ITXJqN3EyoEngbjCZs6vc1BjS33Z/s2816/57101870-2E78-4D72-AC08-A53FC07840BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEqOcGpTfvGj1YcDulxR6A_2IoOVw-16m26X9YiUPRAVMCM2ifKPHYy7YaDZwoI_3RPT8M0oYdm7Wlb8BaDvLJIc9weghEjpNDa2k7WIt1JuHH1NpatVJDrunN7TC_7yKckxbq-YEd36Y29fVjCDRzZuzH5d4ITXJqN3EyoEngbjCZs6vc1BjS33Z/w400-h300/57101870-2E78-4D72-AC08-A53FC07840BE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Albersesque' 9" Log Cabin blocks with 1 1/2" borders as a runner.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAZ0DbtvYlzmZMyftyMGt-Jw0-5lYnkTMWDeH8ro5LdgQT3-XVJHdRJRxmbBD-xoebm_srMmQFiKg3XE-7xXlhWPrunQmhO_PInchY55pn_Z_Nk29aDjq7QDkClcDXDhGoo70gBbbaEys-6vJop76AGWgAPK3znJD7w3D5MkqHc-B-r7NCxfgtVHK/s2816/A7DEF7D6-D14C-44A1-8836-509962482826.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAZ0DbtvYlzmZMyftyMGt-Jw0-5lYnkTMWDeH8ro5LdgQT3-XVJHdRJRxmbBD-xoebm_srMmQFiKg3XE-7xXlhWPrunQmhO_PInchY55pn_Z_Nk29aDjq7QDkClcDXDhGoo70gBbbaEys-6vJop76AGWgAPK3znJD7w3D5MkqHc-B-r7NCxfgtVHK/w400-h300/A7DEF7D6-D14C-44A1-8836-509962482826.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FourPatch in a Square blocks 6" finished, number 38 now.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrP2zhYHLmaXE2srhAMpGwAVCZ-M0TpdgXaeCqsPyVnIM7EpmyMP9pbt9Nz5tKzqAZaaqlZGUA8olNbGzyzy5_s3uV5-bhMgIq-Osrj9w8IOnyseuljCdxCMHMvaGjNESURzp1WqleUZAgOTP_MNLrcTwS81nH9gD0RdTxYbHMox--KdsSZTgcSSl8/s2816/E08E0B32-F40D-43E0-BF69-7124BBD81D1C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrP2zhYHLmaXE2srhAMpGwAVCZ-M0TpdgXaeCqsPyVnIM7EpmyMP9pbt9Nz5tKzqAZaaqlZGUA8olNbGzyzy5_s3uV5-bhMgIq-Osrj9w8IOnyseuljCdxCMHMvaGjNESURzp1WqleUZAgOTP_MNLrcTwS81nH9gD0RdTxYbHMox--KdsSZTgcSSl8/w400-h300/E08E0B32-F40D-43E0-BF69-7124BBD81D1C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished Sawtooth scrap pieces as a sampler to remember the process.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends! April showers bring May flowers the saying goes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What's on your sewing table? My sewing table has some finished and some in progress projects on it. And also a Peter Rabbit children's book, great colors and to celebrate spring.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I finished piecing into a sampler my Sawtooth border scraps left overs from my finished quilt top, Mostly Green. Big stitch quilting and binding in Kona Zucchini made it a done deal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I finished stitching my Sashiko project, a small wallet/purse in pink linen, lined with a silky Liberty fabric, stitched in rice stitch using #8 perle cotton in indigo blue. I'm still deciding how I want it to close, maybe with a ribbon or buttons. I found the inspiration in one of my library books written by Karen Kim Matsunaga, Japanese Country Quilting; Sashiko Patterns, published 2012. Amazon is selling her book at a high price, that's why I check it out from my library. I wish it would go into reprint then the price would probably come down.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And why do I think Karen's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Country-Quilting-Patterns-Beginners/dp/1568364954">Japanese Country Quilting</a> is one of the best for Sashiko? Because Karen is Japanese and writes an excellent history/background of Sashiko and Japanese design. There is a well known European author on Sashiko and her ideas and methods are fine for what she is trying to do, but I feel she doesn't address the very important soul of the art. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I decided to make a runner out of the four 9" Log Cabin blocks made from being inspired by Debbie Jeske's post and challenge of <a href="https://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/2023/04/albersesque.html">'Albersesque'</a> blocks. Her idea of course was inspired by Josef Albers, an influencial modern artist specializing in the relativity of color. And so my runner top is finished.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My FourPatch in a Square blocks, scrappy, now total 38. My inspiration is from Beth Shibley's YouTube video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMoHvhc9kI&t=644s">Four Ways </a>to Finish FourPatch Blocks. Beth has good ideas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Susie @ <a href="https://susies-scraps.com/">Susies-Scraps</a> has a great idea and tutorial in her last post, Scrappy Pineapple Blocks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm ready to dive into another project! Oh wait! I have to sit down and plan it out in my notebook first.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I take the time to do that the project suddenly becomes doable; just a little planning really helps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And that Quilt Friends is the quilt news from the valley.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></div><p></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-18346576372075649522023-04-05T12:38:00.001-07:002023-05-31T11:22:06.605-07:00Quilt News! New Block Challenge, 'Albersesque' by Debbie Jeske, Saw Tooth Border Scraps, Four Patch in a Square Blocks Increase, April Calendar Page <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkh4W_KcSxlh_De7GjP4jKQU-MbvkNXLHcE6NniRzsRa2vJEWhL0u0bZWOhIfxJWwF_-PQFzLd_JzcvWRTh1lGu_mHCfpOFHtv9xw0tacy6EiRZ7mBJ7H6OLaTzOcvGXgY9Lz6f8gEzn4JUPcqXlN7qzteJDO_3pSS10epT6clSbO5wk-RQM52Q6L/s2816/7DDB3ABB-4A25-4F7C-8AC8-906171DBEC2C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkh4W_KcSxlh_De7GjP4jKQU-MbvkNXLHcE6NniRzsRa2vJEWhL0u0bZWOhIfxJWwF_-PQFzLd_JzcvWRTh1lGu_mHCfpOFHtv9xw0tacy6EiRZ7mBJ7H6OLaTzOcvGXgY9Lz6f8gEzn4JUPcqXlN7qzteJDO_3pSS10epT6clSbO5wk-RQM52Q6L/s320/7DDB3ABB-4A25-4F7C-8AC8-906171DBEC2C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Albersesque' blocks, 9.5" my rendition..<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGesAFFaoknnSJ_4Gr5sqkVwhoc2IVdOdxSw3Z11iMroBDTC2XdzGfIRPqNxrv1iGjptwiDjiZc9qBCwnzKXOXHgqBeEAEoPzpEb5hFBKRf9bMO8gd3GM24hZZBa6frIx7OCy4i25aX1MsN1W93d6cP1J54DD8zqLA9IUwiQuvW3ieXS2V5t3ymtNi/s2816/63A988BA-7B90-42E7-8D91-0045C397ABAD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGesAFFaoknnSJ_4Gr5sqkVwhoc2IVdOdxSw3Z11iMroBDTC2XdzGfIRPqNxrv1iGjptwiDjiZc9qBCwnzKXOXHgqBeEAEoPzpEb5hFBKRf9bMO8gd3GM24hZZBa6frIx7OCy4i25aX1MsN1W93d6cP1J54DD8zqLA9IUwiQuvW3ieXS2V5t3ymtNi/s320/63A988BA-7B90-42E7-8D91-0045C397ABAD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Four Patch in a Square blocks increase!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyUCGJt43wutqzaPHfm32tc_0Ed8DNMJXa_r6o4wKFaau6hi-8YnuECexod7AbummZkyixbFJ3FPrODg2SrJz4J0wflCyABvLyIc1gT2hIeHJz6LPOGlfMGgUPkBJmfG4tZMZaRI0S0KQJeGb7BlTqit1OrOrLFr75TpferjzS2avNuWNsYL-3slj/s2816/76A26DF4-3F81-4538-A2B4-B84462EC89AD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyUCGJt43wutqzaPHfm32tc_0Ed8DNMJXa_r6o4wKFaau6hi-8YnuECexod7AbummZkyixbFJ3FPrODg2SrJz4J0wflCyABvLyIc1gT2hIeHJz6LPOGlfMGgUPkBJmfG4tZMZaRI0S0KQJeGb7BlTqit1OrOrLFr75TpferjzS2avNuWNsYL-3slj/s320/76A26DF4-3F81-4538-A2B4-B84462EC89AD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color samples I keep around for inspiration.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l8mgN0_fi3V-rgkInDU8SwO-XKcS0PRVgv6FklNT_9yyDzI5UoK-A8WGrKomjT3Efp7igTtJM9DIPp_m2gS4zMCldNOiExdBxqH6UnCGUXJVkudjgyqbyQ1BlJ7_g__MXcTawBl6XmnDg62GrJTbkqwA1YsrgzwJd-47n61paO0gw13xtpVgW70Y/s2816/186CE4FD-176F-4FB9-8DD8-6C51A646C6B3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l8mgN0_fi3V-rgkInDU8SwO-XKcS0PRVgv6FklNT_9yyDzI5UoK-A8WGrKomjT3Efp7igTtJM9DIPp_m2gS4zMCldNOiExdBxqH6UnCGUXJVkudjgyqbyQ1BlJ7_g__MXcTawBl6XmnDg62GrJTbkqwA1YsrgzwJd-47n61paO0gw13xtpVgW70Y/s320/186CE4FD-176F-4FB9-8DD8-6C51A646C6B3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My April calendar page, look at those colors!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFAEISmMkVTxyI9TP7TF4r8kqJmul6mNHilMYCBAARQZfOKYKyPeafdAshUY3pWJ4T0460h_n2Tl32Wbav0Yf1tRvTUv0Ux5I9Oi787EfFurNK9O9cyOw8rV86h_6w1offQgOwl57pF-V-3fC_QjtZaCFdVh7UDItTuEB265Fhb71oCZsfA-b75Gj/s2816/B93D030D-7555-48A4-8D07-24E9B3602A7B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFAEISmMkVTxyI9TP7TF4r8kqJmul6mNHilMYCBAARQZfOKYKyPeafdAshUY3pWJ4T0460h_n2Tl32Wbav0Yf1tRvTUv0Ux5I9Oi787EfFurNK9O9cyOw8rV86h_6w1offQgOwl57pF-V-3fC_QjtZaCFdVh7UDItTuEB265Fhb71oCZsfA-b75Gj/s320/B93D030D-7555-48A4-8D07-24E9B3602A7B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand quilting progress on my #1 Hour Glass Medallion Quilt.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FuK9RO2vgDL4L7GYzVklo8-qSm8RFMLFlrqBsb7NCt-NCzYq4g_8Cpg_ht7iXG1Lww2YYVtv15co-3VpwvmqYwximFdqjIh2ogk4ig4NTA-ny5fajm_KrXTmTrgaRcl6v-HvJNuhzpevuWA-ZoGhWVkEm5ivH7v8jf1u1roSXe98oL25-gd7S4f9/s2816/B037268A-3C20-4125-9930-BAF6D562DDD2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FuK9RO2vgDL4L7GYzVklo8-qSm8RFMLFlrqBsb7NCt-NCzYq4g_8Cpg_ht7iXG1Lww2YYVtv15co-3VpwvmqYwximFdqjIh2ogk4ig4NTA-ny5fajm_KrXTmTrgaRcl6v-HvJNuhzpevuWA-ZoGhWVkEm5ivH7v8jf1u1roSXe98oL25-gd7S4f9/s320/B037268A-3C20-4125-9930-BAF6D562DDD2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I pieced together sawtooth border scraps into a small sampler.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello Quilt Friends!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Tulips and camellias are blooming and birds are singing in the early morning.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I pieced more of my Four Patch Squares together. I have 20 blocks @ 7"x7" now. My goal is 42 blocks. Little bit at a time.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And <a href="https://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2023-04-03T09:43:00-07:00&max-results=1&start=1&by-date=false">Debbie Jeske</a> has a new challenge for one of her quilt groups and she is calling it Albersesque in honor of <a href="https://www.theartstory.org/artist/albers-josef/">Josef Albers</a>, his work and theories on color. One of the ideas he had was that color is relative, he used geometric shapes to show his ideas. Well I got inspired to whip up a couple of blocks 9.5" square in the liberated style, showing how colors can look as though they are receding or advancing. I'm not sure where that will lead but I'm considering the possibilities.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hand quilting progress is moving forward. Like Audrey at <a href="https://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/">Quilty Folk</a> says it is important to hand quilt regular if you're going to commit to it, because then your hand stays supple and in shape. I wear my quilt gloves too and that makes a difference, the warmth.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Saw Tooth border scraps got pieced together as a sampler to remind me of what I've done. It will have binding in the Kona Zucchini, the yellow/green in the lower right of the photo.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My April Butterfly Calendar page is gorgeous with saturated color I had to share it! </p><p style="text-align: center;">And that is the quilt news from the valley, where spring is in the air and allergens too.... it's all beautiful.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit!<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734121503010835867.post-34369103629846783142023-03-23T19:44:00.000-07:002023-03-23T19:44:09.912-07:00Quilt News! Hand Quilting Hourglass with Sawtooth Borders Quilt, More Fourpatch in a Square Blocks, Spring Blossoms, New Batiks Washed and Pressed<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkST4t6uQp_jZrhUZcM5NHD7Ypztu7XqfVh1n_o8mtgDWssPBp1_gA84oRJC8EW8VpMl6oiEVhQ0qubReBEu7FJ55BZFzo9JnjJaR_pHzesqpNA4Bh0U8AFIc8e9Hgj5sWcfm2RBfYhVixAWBh55exIBBT3-s9mxSIK3hBPIDGj70U9DbdpqMm1vti/s2816/37CCE32F-EDD7-4DA1-A804-B6B774924021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkST4t6uQp_jZrhUZcM5NHD7Ypztu7XqfVh1n_o8mtgDWssPBp1_gA84oRJC8EW8VpMl6oiEVhQ0qubReBEu7FJ55BZFzo9JnjJaR_pHzesqpNA4Bh0U8AFIc8e9Hgj5sWcfm2RBfYhVixAWBh55exIBBT3-s9mxSIK3hBPIDGj70U9DbdpqMm1vti/w400-h300/37CCE32F-EDD7-4DA1-A804-B6B774924021.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piecing more Four-Patch in a Square blocks.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUazKORPw6WB63WRP9Hw9DsBNtVNN4Ovn5QZCl1Lpjv6ISKFFQywaKJW_kBFh3a0V5G40RuTVpXSG2gqIyTO-v53k4TnYotJNLkmFVDPRvT0voTixhVWZD51ux-6_9rGuQKbeSQxCFLUZmVlXjvvp3k8pFloYzdYk1Z3ptPGQWqxXr5NpbGPvI4ZG/s2816/467F1FF7-8BA1-4D8C-968A-95820E795BF2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUazKORPw6WB63WRP9Hw9DsBNtVNN4Ovn5QZCl1Lpjv6ISKFFQywaKJW_kBFh3a0V5G40RuTVpXSG2gqIyTO-v53k4TnYotJNLkmFVDPRvT0voTixhVWZD51ux-6_9rGuQKbeSQxCFLUZmVlXjvvp3k8pFloYzdYk1Z3ptPGQWqxXr5NpbGPvI4ZG/w400-h300/467F1FF7-8BA1-4D8C-968A-95820E795BF2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big stitch hand quilting with #8 perle cotton, Topaz.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc56cpknz4gDBKrkkgFKPfDuPBFKnnyQgeZEurjlKXog2NlaFdiJR76cQduiYvUHl_m3nfbaTcJzMZPSuKWSk9D4cn07I37nHlkHCGh8Wh0rw7fS8bT21u9-eiFUC1XpvxkXzhvMwnc_axKpNAHbfVJr1r8JRssstX_CgoJclWDir-QYkSi1Gg-Go/s2816/8443B513-54E5-4262-AAE4-1A2E83145379.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc56cpknz4gDBKrkkgFKPfDuPBFKnnyQgeZEurjlKXog2NlaFdiJR76cQduiYvUHl_m3nfbaTcJzMZPSuKWSk9D4cn07I37nHlkHCGh8Wh0rw7fS8bT21u9-eiFUC1XpvxkXzhvMwnc_axKpNAHbfVJr1r8JRssstX_CgoJclWDir-QYkSi1Gg-Go/w400-h300/8443B513-54E5-4262-AAE4-1A2E83145379.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring blossoms in our backyard.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73shzRJAtN2B7ExHISGg1Ih0wZTEIqqW79yEDtx8YG4AZUNgpBrbsSUAEWItAXw7bTZwinVHNkVzusySzcsDkSRSbR41FLI67_JeaJ_JkmJ_WVnwjPCJCr7lKsQ4AvwiUu_AlYXquYFdF2WNRs5L91DJPZPaxtjvHKiMWvqapWxBcoZiEs_HBLHTd/s2816/AE39CE42-9570-4A09-9F9D-6B0C906E19C7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73shzRJAtN2B7ExHISGg1Ih0wZTEIqqW79yEDtx8YG4AZUNgpBrbsSUAEWItAXw7bTZwinVHNkVzusySzcsDkSRSbR41FLI67_JeaJ_JkmJ_WVnwjPCJCr7lKsQ4AvwiUu_AlYXquYFdF2WNRs5L91DJPZPaxtjvHKiMWvqapWxBcoZiEs_HBLHTd/w400-h300/AE39CE42-9570-4A09-9F9D-6B0C906E19C7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washed and pressed 10" batik squares with a hot iron to 'set' the color.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello quilt friends, Happy Spring!</p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I've been hand quilting my #1 Hourglass with Sawtooth Borders small quilt and will be finished soon to start hand quilting my #2 version of Hourglass with Sawtooth Borders small quilt. Why two? you might be thinking. Because I was on a roll and I wanted to use slightly different colors and it's fun working a series when you're inspired.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And more Four-patch in a Square blocks have been pieced, coral, turquoise and yellow are a match made in heaven. I was inspired to set my Four-Patch blocks in a square by watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMoHvhc9kI">Beth Shibley's </a> tutorial on Four Ways to finish a Four-Patch Block.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Also got around to washing and pressing with a hot iron my stack of 10" square red batiks. I usually don't pre-wash any fabric but red batiks are known to lose color 'all over town.' Red is a good color to have on hand because it can be tucked in among other colors to add a sense of direction.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That's the quilt news from the valley, where spring rains and blossoms are showering us.</p><p style="text-align: center;">What spring projects have you started and Easter is almost here already! Do you believe it?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be by to visit.<br /></p>Janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.com3