tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14294351554019200892024-03-14T18:16:40.985+10:30The Quilt YarnKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.comBlogger877125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-79818608346482607342024-03-13T17:39:00.000+10:302024-03-13T17:39:57.702+10:305 Essential Tips When Wholecloth QuiltingI previously wrote a series of posts about wholecloth quilting starting <a href="https://thequiltyarn.blogspot.com/2018/03/wholecloth-quilting-development-of.html">HERE</a>.<div><br /></div><div>This post is an extension to that. Not having done a wholecloth in some time, I took some photos as I went along and also started to think about all the things that can go wrong when attempting a wholecloth. What follows are 5 critical points where things can get a bit haywire and will affect the outcome of your project.</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Mark the crosshairs!</div><div>This is a really important step as your entire wholecloth is based on those few lines. To do this press your fabric really well and then fold it in half. Press the center line...don't worry about whether this is ever going to come out. It will! Then fold your fabric on the vertical and repeat. Now take these lines and very carefully mark the center lines on your fabric with a fabric marker of your choice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB9J4xja4rc80KyBqZa_V5KPhrwwPKO5tK76uJc3Xl6WQvTWEzhj7IL43Y_8gpShGkRfBssx69-4SWqIJYPDZkY9auVrUkzvbunFn5OIBdSl6uybEvKQSPEGKKC9AVhrmU_pSRT8Yq9gewowpprC7XZgrilr7_Pn_eUkGkIJvOtQPhOJIPvTLNZsQF78/s800/P1040815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB9J4xja4rc80KyBqZa_V5KPhrwwPKO5tK76uJc3Xl6WQvTWEzhj7IL43Y_8gpShGkRfBssx69-4SWqIJYPDZkY9auVrUkzvbunFn5OIBdSl6uybEvKQSPEGKKC9AVhrmU_pSRT8Yq9gewowpprC7XZgrilr7_Pn_eUkGkIJvOtQPhOJIPvTLNZsQF78/s320/P1040815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnAqf8gVMtt8JOSjpkcB_lHnHD-KY9ilKeh00QVB3ltkccVtftLFbRWXNAPCQ7ezZ0mKFZCZiXJd0WPd0ZEzzyJIxwNLJtuw75jR5hbxOCLnlTouE2GBGS6gwbOjnR9euTfj27b72CctRoFmsfRga8z0vPEd-tvaKaf-vTUgio2ezwghCu6T3uOwRPIY/s800/P1040816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnAqf8gVMtt8JOSjpkcB_lHnHD-KY9ilKeh00QVB3ltkccVtftLFbRWXNAPCQ7ezZ0mKFZCZiXJd0WPd0ZEzzyJIxwNLJtuw75jR5hbxOCLnlTouE2GBGS6gwbOjnR9euTfj27b72CctRoFmsfRga8z0vPEd-tvaKaf-vTUgio2ezwghCu6T3uOwRPIY/s320/P1040816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>Take your time with this task. I also then mark in the 45 degree lines using a ruler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTkLFGOS7tYqjpCrpOMKKS9h8nm_DMlKbrD3g69tvH9SLjxnOwZK0TT_pR5izeWV5NE1xcJl7srF1PZRDnczFxUC2Y9zkAjVI1MV84tMCyQAhEBMrvcxVhvPZCcUp1kjXeKihwb2sJg-DPLuAI_j2q_SNt0br_a2lrpLkkWMS3xssm76VezvwjfrA0J8/s800/P1040818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTkLFGOS7tYqjpCrpOMKKS9h8nm_DMlKbrD3g69tvH9SLjxnOwZK0TT_pR5izeWV5NE1xcJl7srF1PZRDnczFxUC2Y9zkAjVI1MV84tMCyQAhEBMrvcxVhvPZCcUp1kjXeKihwb2sJg-DPLuAI_j2q_SNt0br_a2lrpLkkWMS3xssm76VezvwjfrA0J8/s320/P1040818.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Don't worry if your 45 degree lines do not exactly end up in the corners of your fabric. Unless you have been extremely precise in your cutting the lines are likely to be slightly off in the corner but correct in relation to the vertical and horizontal crosshair lines and that is what's important.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Marking</div><div>Test your chosen marker before you start. If you followed my blog you would be aware that I had a bit of a mishap at this stage. I made some mistakes in tracing my design and rinsed it off. To my horror, some of my lines turned brownish and did not come out. I believe that this had to do with my lightbox emitting heat at the edges which set the blue water erasable marker. I ended up buying another piece of fabric and starting again, this time tracing the design without a light box just to be sure.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Equipment</div><div>When designing your wholecloth think about the tools that you are going to use. I obviously forgot about this point for my recent wholecloth having designed center motif circles for which I actually did not have the right ruler. I could have solved this by stitching the circles freehand which I have done in the past however this is extremely challenging as it is super hard to keep it a 100% round and on a wholecloth this is going to be extremely visible. I ended up buying the Echo clips for my Bernina Q20. They just clip on and can be used to extend the size of your ruler. Similarly, I had not thought about my beautiful Amish feathers. To stitch out the spine in that nice rounded way, I also had to use a ruler, but this time use it in a somewhat sliding motion to make the curves as consistent as possible. Definitely had not thought about this before and it took me ages to do that. So planning how you going to tackle stitching out your wholecloth is a definite must. In addition, do a test run of your stitching to get more familiar with your design. Unfortunately with a wholecloth you usually start with the center motif which is also the main thing that your eye focusses on when first looking at it so you want to get that down as clean as possible.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNv_qpqILmcZC3bSjHpQlKcTxQ6OZdd0r7ePEH1WoSwGqQsLWeQDUFHHRsnJ96ONw_tF_ged9l4M7BuJhPlx1J9F6sGEONYIR1sToTFwsy-oWBZuCDdPEIadx2RcJ9vHEGoRpdmyum3eY41LDt2xka9Z5br4hJtZshDEJpbu8W0-nEKQhyphenhyphenyUjVfmAYeg/s800/P1040958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNv_qpqILmcZC3bSjHpQlKcTxQ6OZdd0r7ePEH1WoSwGqQsLWeQDUFHHRsnJ96ONw_tF_ged9l4M7BuJhPlx1J9F6sGEONYIR1sToTFwsy-oWBZuCDdPEIadx2RcJ9vHEGoRpdmyum3eY41LDt2xka9Z5br4hJtZshDEJpbu8W0-nEKQhyphenhyphenyUjVfmAYeg/s320/P1040958.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>3. Basting</div><div>Do not skip on this stage. A wholecloth project has to be basted fairly heavily, I would say every 3-4in in a grid as you are shifting fabric around as you stitch the various sections. You start by stitching out the general frame, starting in the center and moving outwards usually so you going going to have a lot of unquilted loft around which in my case puffed out enormously as I am using a wool batting. The basted grid contains the loft in its own little square and prevents it from shifting over to the next section.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Expect the Unexpected</div><div>In my experience there is always something that goes wrong and usually several unexpected issues pop up. I am used to that by now and do not get overly excited by it anymore. In my current wholecloth I had an interesting issue, almost hilarious after my mishap with the marking. For the first time ever my blue marks were fading. This has never happened before. This is what was left of my grid by the end of one week. Not sure why this happened and whether it has to do with the current heat wave we are in. It is often quite sticky inside the house as we are running an evaporative air conditioner for most of the time. Probably not ideal for a water erasable marker.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NDsXVBmj94H4B-y2hXWE5iyEU_0MREXCzyRfHYHoSXQKUcf1xcIocWt9TwjKO3Psd0udD9D5xpof6CkVz0l8N5lIA4IHySZPMpvRWRqib3kJubgsR43irFuxExO1klpbYSo0Peu5vxtchqV8gL-8uBY_0LQ_gd1A8yns8Z9ySzVjbf1VD7e3yivv58w/s800/P1040965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NDsXVBmj94H4B-y2hXWE5iyEU_0MREXCzyRfHYHoSXQKUcf1xcIocWt9TwjKO3Psd0udD9D5xpof6CkVz0l8N5lIA4IHySZPMpvRWRqib3kJubgsR43irFuxExO1klpbYSo0Peu5vxtchqV8gL-8uBY_0LQ_gd1A8yns8Z9ySzVjbf1VD7e3yivv58w/s320/P1040965.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So this was not the idea but it meant that I had to stitch out my frame plus the feathers literally in that one week and in between reinforce my blue lines (where I needed them most) so that I would not loose them altogether. It was hard core but I managed to get it done. So much for that lovely idea to stitch this out in a relaxed and well thought out way! I was literally stitching every day for several hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxkv24VJg3ZAscmLPXs3en0MsZsXZ4gxe3uA2LOOaNmPsdhm46AnzRr0Zy4ZS-n-eW1hzpsEBK83CWInAD7zJs3xCdYSHSB9FNR-lZXRSVsqVqJN8ajZU2ba2YN-Wg6z0kQo8Vwu0JtmBMWeFQJ317nQwX4P3EP5YngPKI-2SEifSwdUBiXvcFVBsgVo/s800/P1040961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxkv24VJg3ZAscmLPXs3en0MsZsXZ4gxe3uA2LOOaNmPsdhm46AnzRr0Zy4ZS-n-eW1hzpsEBK83CWInAD7zJs3xCdYSHSB9FNR-lZXRSVsqVqJN8ajZU2ba2YN-Wg6z0kQo8Vwu0JtmBMWeFQJ317nQwX4P3EP5YngPKI-2SEifSwdUBiXvcFVBsgVo/s320/P1040961.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>5. Skill level<div>Consider your skill level and the purpose of the quilt. Are you just doing this for your own enjoyment or are you planning a show quilt. I am a relatively sloppy marker which is somewhat surprising as I am also a perfectionist, however as I know my weaknesses I do know that I have to pay attention to this as I stitch. I will usually correct my design as I stitch along. I stitch feather plumes usually very slowly looking ahead and around me to make sure they are angled in a way that makes sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oYDj4MfGcx9m5HPNctDEvIHA1ddd5ZNB_VsRpg3Y2UeLFJ0MStPBVaskCMxIfabA-4rj9iQj8YOsMFAIWKBrCm4LKw_irOgQ5wpYijTpE_dRRzRn-03jNv37xwZzdexg-71LV2EAK3SitcR3r1DUXE9Eo_og-VBQScwwp0Vyhw_q8UlwkQLmOHzuGo4/s800/P1040960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oYDj4MfGcx9m5HPNctDEvIHA1ddd5ZNB_VsRpg3Y2UeLFJ0MStPBVaskCMxIfabA-4rj9iQj8YOsMFAIWKBrCm4LKw_irOgQ5wpYijTpE_dRRzRn-03jNv37xwZzdexg-71LV2EAK3SitcR3r1DUXE9Eo_og-VBQScwwp0Vyhw_q8UlwkQLmOHzuGo4/s320/P1040960.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I don't necessarily follow my lines at all times and have in this picture rounded some of the angles on the inside of the feather plumes a bit more. I was not too concerned about having to do this on most of the curves as I by now have a particular angle and size I stitch my feather plumes with so I was fairly confident to be able to do this in a consistent manner.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUznw7WEangF7aXVUm6TZ5v3Uj81Oa50OvpjoRX9ntmjVEFNUhPOJ3Nna-j1FRkI3i8Xm57tAnmutT3awHHr502iT1E_bCyG3oqpJw-g2EPWWJjTKAtjVIw9Wco8NwX19Ud9JAyqEyaVsUrJYcF7K9_jThL-3m2Jw7u9lc_F_nVJ3d7Lc9ZFn2PhxFBE/s800/P1040959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUznw7WEangF7aXVUm6TZ5v3Uj81Oa50OvpjoRX9ntmjVEFNUhPOJ3Nna-j1FRkI3i8Xm57tAnmutT3awHHr502iT1E_bCyG3oqpJw-g2EPWWJjTKAtjVIw9Wco8NwX19Ud9JAyqEyaVsUrJYcF7K9_jThL-3m2Jw7u9lc_F_nVJ3d7Lc9ZFn2PhxFBE/s320/P1040959.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Another issue which I think people underestimate is the amount of starts and stops and the time it takes to stitch out an intricate design like this. With this Amish feather every curvature is stitched in sections. You could backtrack and absolutely do it all in one hit, but again, that would be very visible and if you are doing a show quilt and probably not recommended. This sort of stitching can become incredibly tedious and frustrating, so something to think about before you start. On top of that I do still bury my threads, so it was after each section, stop...bury the beginning and end, then start again, making sure every stop and start looked good on the front as well as the back. I do remember that people found this extremely annoying when I was teaching my Mini Wholecloth class and most people just backtracked to get things done. That is absolutely fine, however it will show on your project, so you will need to decide beforehand how you want your wholecloth to look and for how much intensity you are prepared.<div><br /></div><div>I did manage to start my grid quilting so I can follow my lines with a ruler, but for now I am having a bit of a break.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the To Do Tuesday list from last week...well, did not do anything else but stitch this wholecloth.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the remainder of the week I am planning </div><div>- to have a break</div><div>- wash some fabric for the Fox quilt, and </div><div>- maybe do a Fox block, but that's it...got a few other things on this week!</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/03/11/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-65/">To Do Tuesday #65</a> over at Quilt Schmilt.</div><div><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin</span></div><br /></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-23833945623002175892024-03-05T21:36:00.005+10:302024-03-05T21:36:55.146+10:30To Do Tuesday #64My list from last week was smallish<div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- pinning, basting and making a start on the wholecloth; backing fabric is ready to go, just needs to be cut and then I will need to make a decision on thread.✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- wash the background fabric for the Fox quilt❌</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- maybe make a Fox block to get started on that project which will be ongoing until I have enough blocks for a quilt.</span>❌</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I made a start (finally) on the wholecloth. I was thinking to do a post in the next few weeks on the trials and tribulations of wholecloth quilting...things never go as expected!</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I started off by testing my new Echo feet attachments for the Bernina Q20. Ended up finally getting those as my wholecloth design incorporates circles for which I do not have the right size rulers (funny that with a draw full of rulers!).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuT7v9M2Dk7VB2JWvmeTy6IpZ4hXD5icTZx_bUDZGqj865sL90Ja8IW4nUoldyyauxgwqI0a3RnEuZ8u3PPuiivM5R4P6HTBZ2S68LuUFr2tsUmHUpt4SQ_tvZhcsH8xcFo1d9o7bBWTLWxxq1Rdq8hyet_wcCmBOZ3dp7fn1P6uI-J4sW-wEUeoRZkk/s800/P1040950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuT7v9M2Dk7VB2JWvmeTy6IpZ4hXD5icTZx_bUDZGqj865sL90Ja8IW4nUoldyyauxgwqI0a3RnEuZ8u3PPuiivM5R4P6HTBZ2S68LuUFr2tsUmHUpt4SQ_tvZhcsH8xcFo1d9o7bBWTLWxxq1Rdq8hyet_wcCmBOZ3dp7fn1P6uI-J4sW-wEUeoRZkk/s320/P1040950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Was a bit worried about these as I had read that they are fiddly to put on and also prone to breakage. Gave them a whirl though and was pleasantly surprised. They do clip on very easily and are also very easy to remove. Had no issues with them at all. Tried them out on a practice piece to get a feel for my design. This is what that looked like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNegSRIoPN2Ts8FFAenH_gVrHFerVR0VXwfsa9pKtIeBkiXiv4X8qO5nlpwO7TgWkK-aOaqx3hB5Kp3m6DRaOBLNR_GbKDIaNqr-levj-lBhBlHkfw3TA-T_9Rmg_AYPlodXyc5akPa-oct3M4AILg9K06CnyuHweBdiZf2k4_ZLI-oxrEhsnbLC9JuGo/s800/P1040949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNegSRIoPN2Ts8FFAenH_gVrHFerVR0VXwfsa9pKtIeBkiXiv4X8qO5nlpwO7TgWkK-aOaqx3hB5Kp3m6DRaOBLNR_GbKDIaNqr-levj-lBhBlHkfw3TA-T_9Rmg_AYPlodXyc5akPa-oct3M4AILg9K06CnyuHweBdiZf2k4_ZLI-oxrEhsnbLC9JuGo/w400-h400/P1040949.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My practice piece turned out nice and I was ready to go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhspZC-bk8ugX7cv4JtjZ3gH4fIYcPnKEgrMnHMXHP65hkyagzWEsmFBr6i0h7W_kpE7ceZQMTkKZgCXxpTzxx8Cd6MBXCINGhG-doXe7q7VKxP2vTGrIUHL7Rowncl8AXsXROs7hUjIlj9VpoKWjgb-Wnl2pK4d7QKZuSwfNJs8AVLp19l21AbuBDlaw/s800/P1040955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhspZC-bk8ugX7cv4JtjZ3gH4fIYcPnKEgrMnHMXHP65hkyagzWEsmFBr6i0h7W_kpE7ceZQMTkKZgCXxpTzxx8Cd6MBXCINGhG-doXe7q7VKxP2vTGrIUHL7Rowncl8AXsXROs7hUjIlj9VpoKWjgb-Wnl2pK4d7QKZuSwfNJs8AVLp19l21AbuBDlaw/w400-h400/P1040955.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Pinned and then basted my wholecloth and as you can see I baste my piece very heavily, approximately every 3 - 4in, always in a grid as it distributes the puff evenly.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMtwQDQwGNC5bXdGFHcqPQ8OR233gl4tMkBSRniy8vAj4XbNG_UWR1aWHN67X0EV1STmikGzQwwKVjUg0Kp8hR4W4TWl1F8c_6Fz2pwlHnvRQIqrHaoiTCXZN8IqcUCImt4coHrZUsAHhtbctAAd5ZALBMtztRukpfk6LCMEpnjKrA_PMvPqUWCK4xZ8/s800/P1040956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMtwQDQwGNC5bXdGFHcqPQ8OR233gl4tMkBSRniy8vAj4XbNG_UWR1aWHN67X0EV1STmikGzQwwKVjUg0Kp8hR4W4TWl1F8c_6Fz2pwlHnvRQIqrHaoiTCXZN8IqcUCImt4coHrZUsAHhtbctAAd5ZALBMtztRukpfk6LCMEpnjKrA_PMvPqUWCK4xZ8/w400-h400/P1040956.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My batting is wool and it is much more puffy than I expected. In the past I have used two lots of batting, wool and cotton, but did not want to go there this time as this is quite a sizable project and quilting with two battings does make the quilt very hard and heavy.<div><br /></div><div>I did have some issues with putting my frames in as the puffiness distorted my lines and I am a tad out of practice. Took me a moment to get a grip on that but eventually got there. After having done the square frames with a ruler I then looked at my feather sprays. Inititally I was going to stitch the spine out on the inner feathers but not the Amish feathers...for those I was going to stitch the spine as I go along. Too easy I thought!</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, when I stitched out my first feather spine I could feel how the puffiness was working against me and I had a little bit of an issue keeping my lines straight. Then looking at my Amish feathers I thought that there is no way I am going to keep that nice and round just going along backtracking to create the spine. Additionally I did consider that Amish feathers depend on their nice roundness to look good and by then my perfectionism had truly started taking over.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Amish feathers in this design are based on a 4in circle, however to fit them into the border the circle had to reach out to touch the next circle, so it was not just a matter of stitching a circle with a ruler. I had to stitch against my ruler moving it along ever so slightly to stay on track. Needless to say, this took ages to do. I used Amanda Murphy's 4in circle ruler for this which has a bit of a maybe not non-slip, but harder to slip backing which makes it easier to handle the ruler. I did not put on a more rough Handiquilter grip strip because I needed the ruler to be able to be gently moved as I went along. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D8WTeSKk7xTFrRNs6-WMM0u4lQgUEnrG8Ojhx25MyR6Cj2wi9cBgEhEGe405HqZDgXSZL79e8TG6BjEHIjP6nKnrs2S3XiSXawVRJZGyalW5LEHtcpaq8_lJgi1rS1boD-HSBDu-rcYXxEUyULqwjtKO3QNZ3RJfzcguC0TQZTKZbRo7Xq78oL6bQuk/s800/P1040958-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D8WTeSKk7xTFrRNs6-WMM0u4lQgUEnrG8Ojhx25MyR6Cj2wi9cBgEhEGe405HqZDgXSZL79e8TG6BjEHIjP6nKnrs2S3XiSXawVRJZGyalW5LEHtcpaq8_lJgi1rS1boD-HSBDu-rcYXxEUyULqwjtKO3QNZ3RJfzcguC0TQZTKZbRo7Xq78oL6bQuk/w400-h400/P1040958-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Also, as the feathers go in opposing directions I had to do each circle element individually, so start and stop, tie off and start again. I have by now finished this and for the most part slowly stitching against the circle ruler worked really well and I am happy with my spines, but promptly encountered a new issue, i.e. my blue markings are fading which is almost funny given that I had a problem with the marker leaving brown marks in the first lot of fabric. So I am forever reinforcing some of my lines, but have also been stitching every day to get the framing done. After that is done it does not matter so much whether the markings are in there or not. I have drawn the feathers so much that I will be able to follow my own stitch path without an issue, just have to make sure that I reinforce where my feathers end in relation to the border and frame. I think it is our weather over here. It has been hot and sticky and the air conditioner is running most of the time. Couple that with sweaty hands which is probably enough to make some of those marks fade.<div><br /></div><div>Anyway, finished the frame and the spines by now and am onto the feathers. I am stitching this with a light yellow Aurifil 50/2 thread which just blends into the fabric. Now wish that I had chosen something a bit darker as it blends a bit too well and is at times a bit hard to see. But so be it, looks great on the patterned backing.</div><div><br /></div><div>So for next week I am planning to </div><div>- continue on the wholecloth by stitching out the feathers (and then probably have a bit of a break from it)</div><div>- <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">wash the background fabric for the Fox quilt</span><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- maybe make a Fox block to get started on that project which will be ongoing until I have enough blocks for a quilt</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- write some instructions for my Mini Wholecloth in order to put that in my Etsy shop.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bit ambitious, but we'll see...</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/03/04/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-64/">To Do Tuesday #64 </a>over at Quilt Schmilt.</span></div><div><div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-28100673452839170052024-02-27T20:39:00.003+10:302024-02-27T20:42:42.011+10:30To Do Tuesday #63 - Slow Going!<span style="font-family: inherit;">It has been a couple of weeks again. My last list was very small:</span><div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- baste and quilt another little charity quilt</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- start the marking of my wholecloth quilt.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I have done two little charity quilts...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tJRH_3_AliJbKTGO-5CRFIZnmQBb6dCCa_DvPWWAP_aX8aWXfVrQTnxjEblrFvw61f0nbBDdWOr0fHaV63FXIgam1K6FwHJCnesg9u5Mn8iLeo_6zHGVHo8f6TdcG1W1Z43NarPncIrJBcTOL6HiBK78mnmRS1oOl8B5ZA14dBHyeEm5FT8DNdLk9kE/s800/P1040937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tJRH_3_AliJbKTGO-5CRFIZnmQBb6dCCa_DvPWWAP_aX8aWXfVrQTnxjEblrFvw61f0nbBDdWOr0fHaV63FXIgam1K6FwHJCnesg9u5Mn8iLeo_6zHGVHo8f6TdcG1W1Z43NarPncIrJBcTOL6HiBK78mnmRS1oOl8B5ZA14dBHyeEm5FT8DNdLk9kE/w400-h400/P1040937.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Just did an overall stipple on this and the next one as well as I am still struggling with my shoulder. My cortisone shot has only worked for about two months and then I injured the same shoulder again. As it is the right one this time there is not much I can do in terms of resting it so I just have to be super careful. Very much a hassle!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">The next one is a little quilt with a flannel top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWPUv1npnS76nwM8-OvQuyYgPLhffFCqvFnZaDv2aBlRRFmkK2JiUX4wVN-f4rbFPScNOu2G7bphK1FpAD0nFrz4EE0Br7rSLXrh7kba0tQJOswIfJfWr7PacksLkyPQ9lppP2c6jfAc7iorKxDV0Tliq_OzRhfHjWjY4sOmTbfNXmLNKqGfcfm-zjVk/s800/P1040939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWPUv1npnS76nwM8-OvQuyYgPLhffFCqvFnZaDv2aBlRRFmkK2JiUX4wVN-f4rbFPScNOu2G7bphK1FpAD0nFrz4EE0Br7rSLXrh7kba0tQJOswIfJfWr7PacksLkyPQ9lppP2c6jfAc7iorKxDV0Tliq_OzRhfHjWjY4sOmTbfNXmLNKqGfcfm-zjVk/w400-h400/P1040939.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Enjoyed quilting on the flannel...never done this before and was not sure what to expect. Really like the softness of the flannel. Had some slight tension issues in the border but apart from that, no problem. The only thing that I did find was that the stitching was harder to see as it just sunk in which was not helped by the light lavender thread that I was using.</div><div><br /></div><div>So with that done, I tackled my wholecloth. Last time I attempted this I had some marks left on the fabric and also had some inconsistencies when tracing off my design. Went super slow in my preparation for this and took my time. Basically took most of today to trace the whole lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-SF40N1V81FM8nUZH0ixYCz8ueV4OJ34nGfci9c9Yq7V0gwALKhM5I5oOh_l1AzxYzf9mS_DaWqua9Su80hrV846_WS-Q2v-Z7s0CBUTxjxjV2veslMLEOn19shVP1dtGvd9823ydRO59gaCbPraet39qS9tiOL61s495Vx6XOZZ2lEcwUSi2coQriU/s800/P1040945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-SF40N1V81FM8nUZH0ixYCz8ueV4OJ34nGfci9c9Yq7V0gwALKhM5I5oOh_l1AzxYzf9mS_DaWqua9Su80hrV846_WS-Q2v-Z7s0CBUTxjxjV2veslMLEOn19shVP1dtGvd9823ydRO59gaCbPraet39qS9tiOL61s495Vx6XOZZ2lEcwUSi2coQriU/w400-h400/P1040945.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Probably a bit hard to see. The new fabric is 'Shadow Play' from Maywood Studios in a creamy colour. For some unknown reason this turned out quite big and was quite hard to align. Initially I just traced off a quarter of the design, however that did not work that well. Too much movement in the fabric while tracing. This time I traced the entire half off and then flipped and did the other half. That worked quite well, mind you I spent a long time making sure everything aligned. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fG33d42vGSk-ExgtCeBtmbUnBgo2lnoshll15n1hsNMEdzq7vv1xFtNHSPx5vT5pG18CjWeoWtjG5t6qj5jNNCREawHxV3UnXsSqAC6Qem5wAvcEqzDg0bw0cjSCNarwhRhHWyb199E3hLDqLaj5n_QouzqenGlBTCI8BAQquqfyXEq2hrkHu6FeWZk/s800/P1040946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fG33d42vGSk-ExgtCeBtmbUnBgo2lnoshll15n1hsNMEdzq7vv1xFtNHSPx5vT5pG18CjWeoWtjG5t6qj5jNNCREawHxV3UnXsSqAC6Qem5wAvcEqzDg0bw0cjSCNarwhRhHWyb199E3hLDqLaj5n_QouzqenGlBTCI8BAQquqfyXEq2hrkHu6FeWZk/w400-h400/P1040946.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My tracing is a bit untidy in spots as I also corrected a few things here and there as I went along. As I had drawn this design out on the Ipad I was curious to see how that translated into actually drawing it out to scale. Must say that that went really well...the feathers were easy to draw with my particular angle and thickness and I did not have to spent a lot of time making it look pretty as I drew them exactly as I would stitch them. My husband remarked that he thought I was going to stitch this freehand! Yes, I could, but it would not turn out very consistent I would think and as this is a rather involved project. I did not want to risk it. You probably wonder why I drew the pebbles in...this is not so much to stitch them out exactly as they are drawn there, but rather a way to ensure that I end up with a pebble at the end of the row. If it was smaller you could eyeball this but not over the distance that I made that section and there is nothing worse than going along and realising in the last minute that you cannot fill out the corner properly.<div>Thought a lot about the stitching as I went along...did not leave myself enough space at the outer edge and added 1/4in in width and length and also had to correct a few feathers to ensure that there was a gap between the binding and feathers. Also thought about whether to stitch the spine out or stitch the spine as I go along. Both methods are quite fine and I think I will definitely stitch the spine as I go for the Amish feather. Not sure about the other one yet. One annoying thing though...I developed this wholecloth many years ago before I got used to using rulers in my quilting. Would have been easier to stitch if I had designed this around particular rulers to use. Was looking today at various rulers I could use...not sure yet...if I use one of the Pro Echo rulers for the centre frame it will be slightly different. I will wait and see how difficult that is going to be when I get there. For now I just want this stitched out...it has been hanging around for such a long time that it is almost annoying. There are definitely a few things where I thought that I could have done that a bit better, but so be it...there is always next time.</div><div><br /></div><div>My list for next week includes</div><div>- pinning, basting and making a start on the wholecloth; backing fabric is ready to go, just needs to be cut and then I will need to make a decision on thread.</div><div>- wash the background fabric for the Fox quilt</div><div>- maybe make a Fox block to get started on that project which will be ongoing until I have enough blocks for a quilt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/02/26/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-63/">To Do Tuesday #63</a> over at Quilt Schmilt<br /><div><br /><div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin</span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-3075690917177226792024-02-18T16:04:00.001+10:302024-02-18T16:04:13.333+10:30Query re PatternI have been working on cleaning up my Mini Wholecloth design over the last few days. I had it initially drawn in the Procreate program to an approximate measurement. With my new drawing program I tidied this up and made an exact copy of it. Turned out really well...locked all my layers this time and labelled everything as I went along which made the whole process much more enjoyable.<div><br /></div><div>I am now wondering whether quilters might be interested in this pattern as I am thinking about putting it in my Etsy shop. The pattern would come in PDF format and needs to be tiled when printed out and then taped together. The Mini Wholecloth comes out at 18in but can be made smaller by squaring it off to a different size.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPwg5DBYk0vKs65TLafjYkvSOXXnb2iPDy9pnclCLjCQVmca0bk5_yaTZalAC4aNco9Jgxig_FqvgCPJxq_mt_oh2se9A4EG2Sl-q4Q3dQ_dp5TKuNIPLa-XrLKXoqitFtKcq3dwBQiU_zqUSbJiPL3MdDe95Mt5dpAbNYlMoFrLzBK4nrFrdGVrfIf0/s1080/Untitled%20(16).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPwg5DBYk0vKs65TLafjYkvSOXXnb2iPDy9pnclCLjCQVmca0bk5_yaTZalAC4aNco9Jgxig_FqvgCPJxq_mt_oh2se9A4EG2Sl-q4Q3dQ_dp5TKuNIPLa-XrLKXoqitFtKcq3dwBQiU_zqUSbJiPL3MdDe95Mt5dpAbNYlMoFrLzBK4nrFrdGVrfIf0/s320/Untitled%20(16).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>It is intended as a skill builder as you can leave it as it is, put grids in various spaces or FMQ a design of your choice around the design. I used it in a workshop I held last year and people chose various options on how to fill it depending on their skill level. <div><br /></div><div>Would be interested to hear what people think about this idea. Too difficult, too bland or not enough direction to complete this project if I just put the pattern up there?<br /><div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-79666738968654909882024-02-13T20:33:00.001+10:302024-02-13T20:33:35.305+10:30To do Tuesday#61My list from last week was a bit ambitious:<div><br /></div><div><div>- start marking my wholecloth quilt again; the new fabric is washed and ready to go so there really is not any excuse not to go ahead.</div><div>- work on writing the pattern for the little baby quilt above; in terms of time line, that should take no more than 2 weeks</div><div>- baste one more charity quilt</div><div>- look at that online workshop and see where I can build this in...</div><div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /></div></div><div>I did work consistently on writing up my new pattern and it went quite quickly however it does take me a few days to proof-read everything several times and to take good photos for my listing on <a href="https://thequiltyarn.etsy.com">Etsy</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, here it is...the Zig-Zag Baby Quilt...a striking little project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryajpWD3C_XtcvSA_fZIn_BVFxqoVF5VoV6uLG-iZvOdIZt-dpCRseY-sEydVwIjkOrAHAacyao0a21HCAyLu5OvBtirvv57H8Nqm_B556A8_v_v0HGnasi474cWaiHC1iBc_Uma39xo9mbDTeS20wU1N2i54Xl_Kl9Lfyi91faTafSiAG10XyTVCDrk/s800/Zig-Zag%20Quilt-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryajpWD3C_XtcvSA_fZIn_BVFxqoVF5VoV6uLG-iZvOdIZt-dpCRseY-sEydVwIjkOrAHAacyao0a21HCAyLu5OvBtirvv57H8Nqm_B556A8_v_v0HGnasi474cWaiHC1iBc_Uma39xo9mbDTeS20wU1N2i54Xl_Kl9Lfyi91faTafSiAG10XyTVCDrk/w400-h400/Zig-Zag%20Quilt-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I wrote the pattern for two sizes<div>- 30-1/2in x 36-1/2in and</div><div>- 36-1/2in x 42-1/2in<br /><div><br /></div><div>This pattern is partially foundation pieced, however it is not difficult to do if you have a basic knowledge of foundation piecing. I used the Freezer Paper Foundation Piecing method which was completely new to me. You can find detailed tutorials about this method at <a href="https://bryanhousequilts.com/">Bryan House Quilts</a>. Great method, I cannot believe that I have not come across this earlier. The units came together in no time at all, the Freezer Paper method is just fantastic and so quick to do. I think I had more difficulties with squaring up my blocks which is not unusual for me. Then I remembered that I had the Bloc Loc Ruler set (you have to laugh - I cannot even remember the things that I have accumulated over the years). Equipped with that my blocks came out nice and straight. I quilted this little quilt with an overall edge-to-edge design called 'Ginger Snap' from Apricot Moon Designs available through Urban Elementz. Looks great and was fun to do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of my list, I did purchase another online class...the 'Sweet Tooth' class from Bethanne Nemesh at <a href="https://whitearborquilting.com/sweet-tooth/">White Arbor Quilting</a>. I love Bethanne's classes and this one was flagged with a discount in the newsletter that I subscribe to. It is a quick 3 hour class and while I probably can work out how to stitch hearts like that I do really enjoy Bethanne's teaching style and figured that there is always something new that I pick up when doing her classes. I will not quilt this straight away so for now it is sitting in my Teachable-Bethanne Nemesh set up, ready for when I have the time to quilt this little beauty.</div><div><br /></div><div>Apart from this nothing else got done. We are currently exploring kitchen renovations which seems to be a whole world of its own with hundreds of choices one has to make. We are at the quotation stage and it should be interesting to see the differences in costs between companies.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the remainder of the week I am planning to</div><div>- baste and quilt another little charity quilt</div><div>-start the marking of my wholecloth quilt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/02/12/to-do-linky-party-61/">To Do Tuesday #60</a> over at Quilt Schmilt. </div><div>By the way, still having problems with commenting on some sites and not on others. When I go around looking at individual blog posts and comment, some of my comments get through, but others are rejected. For the life of me, I cannot work out what the problem is...I suspect that it is not on my side but who knows. So, please be assured I am not ignoring your blog posts. Chances are that I have tried to comment but cannot for some reason.</div><div><br /></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-27264965809602325592024-02-07T20:33:00.002+10:302024-02-07T20:33:49.510+10:30To Do Tuesday #60Here I am again. Missed the last week and also saw that I again forgot to make a list of what goals I was thinking about. Yep, it's all in my head...and that is probably the reason why I get so confused at times.<div><br /></div><div>I have not continued on my wholecloth following the disaster with the brown lines, however will put that on the list for the following week as I do need to get 'back on the horse' and start the marking otherwise that thing will never be done.</div><div><br /></div><div>Finished my latest pattern</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee3ITVFK-3edAzP72W8W2n8-RhVkmXP3lNGLD412j1k9ZUpOFSz2D38T4sG2F3xCC_U5P3OIwC-f3C_TTwVfIu5hOHoOhV8a4RpVehgMyWRtB7v8xxVr2_nK5CgPCZohDAN6AdcL7iWaueqm2giKItCX3ruiD7_eshvNGZDR38NRwUegqm3TTOZ5BIo0/s800/Zigzag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee3ITVFK-3edAzP72W8W2n8-RhVkmXP3lNGLD412j1k9ZUpOFSz2D38T4sG2F3xCC_U5P3OIwC-f3C_TTwVfIu5hOHoOhV8a4RpVehgMyWRtB7v8xxVr2_nK5CgPCZohDAN6AdcL7iWaueqm2giKItCX3ruiD7_eshvNGZDR38NRwUegqm3TTOZ5BIo0/w400-h400/Zigzag.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Its a cute little quilt that I quilted with an edge-to-edge design again as I just could not face doing all the ditch quilting this would have required. The design is called 'Ginger Snap' from Apricot Moon Designs available through Urban Elementz. The pattern would be suitable for intermediate quilters as it involves some Foundation Piecing. Maybe not the best pattern to put up there however once I had started it I felt compelled to finish it to see what that looked like. It is very bright and I am just in the process of putting the bright blue binding on...a perfect little boy quilt. Then I will have to knuckle down to write up the pattern.</div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of my planning for the year, I am already behind. Will have to get going on the pile of charity quilts that I have sitting there and also have not done a block on my Fox quilt. And already I am being lured by a small online workshop...I think I have to stop looking at the internet, it is just too full of really great ideas.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, for the coming week I will</div><div>- start marking my wholecloth quilt again; the new fabric is washed and ready to go so there really is not any excuse not to go ahead.</div><div>- work on writing the pattern for the little baby quilt above; in terms of time line, that should take no more than 2 weeks</div><div>- baste one more charity quilt</div><div>- look at that online workshop and see where I can build this in...</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/02/06/to-do-linky-party-60/">To Do Tuesday #60</a> over at Quilt Schmilt</div><div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-85499878788087545262024-01-31T23:04:00.001+10:302024-01-31T23:04:18.192+10:30Affinity Designer 2Missing out on a week of the To Do Tuesday Linky as I have not done that much. Finished putting together my new pattern but that can wait to next week.<div><br /></div><div>Instead I wanted to talk a bit about my new drawing program...Affinity Designer 2. If you are following my posts you may remember that I bought the App for my Ipad some time back and was somewhat in two minds whether to purchase the program for the desktop as well. I have got a very old drawing program on the computer from the same maker, called Serif Draw Plus. While it did the job for my pattern writing the new App on the Ipad did open a lot more possibilities however the transfer of my drawings from the Ipad onto the computer was somewhat tedious and the program appealed to me as it is able to be purchased with a one-off payment rather than a subscription service.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I have been playing a bit on the computer with the new program in readiness for writing up my next pattern. I am generally an intuitive learner however I did sit down and watched a number of videos on some of the tools like the pen and the pencil as I was having difficulties controlling that and I wanted to really test this out in terms of drawing directly on the computer. I am thinking of re-drawing my Mini Wholecloth design into the program as I originally had drawn this in the Procreate App on the Ipad.</div><div><br /></div><div>Started with the Mini Wholecloth and the Heart shape</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XbUIkELWO949On4rdkwP4V8Ah0tBHg8eqeXM2Z3kIsaSHyaFZINk0PJ5KjUAVnR_rue0obAk5sz1EK-i0cRqRdNnNQjL7dZjRpOUXsk5xMYtNLzcPlwLgBgM45GxdNreBylMkRCRuHXowBnAc_pu0VhQJ3nbHhWowIc7VOUkWIxQq75McNk5DxRb7a4/s1749/slice1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1749" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XbUIkELWO949On4rdkwP4V8Ah0tBHg8eqeXM2Z3kIsaSHyaFZINk0PJ5KjUAVnR_rue0obAk5sz1EK-i0cRqRdNnNQjL7dZjRpOUXsk5xMYtNLzcPlwLgBgM45GxdNreBylMkRCRuHXowBnAc_pu0VhQJ3nbHhWowIc7VOUkWIxQq75McNk5DxRb7a4/w400-h199/slice1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This took me ages in alignment however got there in the end. Started playing with colours and the various effects that you can apply to your drawings, in this case the beveling effect. The drawing itself will have to be altered as I have not yet worked out all the measurements for sure.<div><br /></div><div>I then watched several videos on using the Pen rather than the Pencil. On the Ipad I draw with the Pencil using the stylus which you can stabilise to give nicely flowing curves but I really wanted to be able to get a grip on how the Pen works once and for all as this allows me to clean up the nodes of the curves as I go along.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9TArbmtpAF0vo2ouxaQGsKfPNKZdc6r3gFv6Uq6b5AzRT6dR2fqStXKDna1iaHzCBpYYRkerOx49LN0xZWaXy-BtfSldY9aEKHdktdcQUROvZ2-W4R9M3LVe9CgD-sNZC-_FDTw6Q0zbr4XlVsCAT2_rkJFlCu6wxP4YuF5ddRr_sQF7DiQnlcDfetPE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2344" data-original-width="2199" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9TArbmtpAF0vo2ouxaQGsKfPNKZdc6r3gFv6Uq6b5AzRT6dR2fqStXKDna1iaHzCBpYYRkerOx49LN0xZWaXy-BtfSldY9aEKHdktdcQUROvZ2-W4R9M3LVe9CgD-sNZC-_FDTw6Q0zbr4XlVsCAT2_rkJFlCu6wxP4YuF5ddRr_sQF7DiQnlcDfetPE=w375-h400" width="375" /></a></div>I traced this from the original design and tried all the different Pen modes on this to work out which one is the best to use. Came out not too bad, just need to get a grip on some alignment points and how they snap to the grid that normally sits underneath. If you were to blow this up you would see that the feather spray and heart point do not exactly meet at the same point. But this was just a trial and I will re-do this to get that exactly right.<div><br /></div><div>To compare, I then drew with the pencil tool on the computer like I normally would on the Ipad (minus the stylus).</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP_O6-7iCfw47mz-zS4CdHnr650O9G2-qKpac9jv_hWFlyCpvrYia_w3KON-Q5haH6KbMPVQiYpriOSMr1P43afhuhn2uzaihNGYHZGZfpHBJSLMaWbif7keLrQdSPBRY4kC-_0B3iHKLf_g0jhN-Y0kymwA0CqB5C9s6AYRTXKs5S7dEuvIDrnyC3FJ0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1219" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP_O6-7iCfw47mz-zS4CdHnr650O9G2-qKpac9jv_hWFlyCpvrYia_w3KON-Q5haH6KbMPVQiYpriOSMr1P43afhuhn2uzaihNGYHZGZfpHBJSLMaWbif7keLrQdSPBRY4kC-_0B3iHKLf_g0jhN-Y0kymwA0CqB5C9s6AYRTXKs5S7dEuvIDrnyC3FJ0=w400-h393" width="400" /></a></div>This is traced off a fretwork design, i.e. I traced one quarter, rotated it to 45 degrees and then mirrored and flipped it over. I did a similar design some years ago although I think this one has additional knobs on it. The tracing was done rather roughly as I just wanted to see how that would work with the mouse button. When using the pencil you can switch on the stabiliser (like on the Ipad) which makes it very easy to follow a line. Felt a bit more clumsy as I am not used to doing it with the mouse however absolutely do-able. Was quite impressed with this as this did not take long at all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Have heaps more work to do in terms of learning but so far I have been quite impressed. Drawing my piecing diagrams for the patterns I do will be so much easier with this new program on the desktop. In terms of the Ipad App...will probably switch between the two depending on the size and purpose of the wholecloth design that I am doing. I did draw my big wholecloth on the Ipad coming out at 38in...no problem. However when I did the Mini Wholecloth trial above I found it very useful to sit in front of the big computer screen. Found that easier in terms of viewing where I was at. <br /><br /><div><div>Interesting few days...</div><div><br /></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-63784736961884444222024-01-25T16:40:00.001+10:302024-01-25T16:40:40.844+10:30To Do Tuesday #58The weeks are going very fast again. Have been sort of productive however it seems things are not working out the way I want them to.<div>My list from last week included:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- start the new pattern with the block from above✅</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- start the marking of the wholecloth and maybe</span>✅</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- do a little bit more knitting </span>❌</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- baste another charity quilt </span>❌</div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;">It was not for lack of trying!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;">I started the marking of my wholecloth quilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mHeeXw9kKYdoLbOlbYmpCChtqF40OcX_P9mQsOF_jur1Hgafg5cwpxafGsoYAlLJrXeePct-mKV1rjx1-lLLKtBJxFcFXx86V6bFJ4rsKIf2k5uxYS64F2OCi03xShyEPddi6K3Xb7QsP3W-tHAvtTOLquMy8r5fKvdPFjdU0lpiVgSjIBFh31GZ1pA/s800/P1040822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="800" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mHeeXw9kKYdoLbOlbYmpCChtqF40OcX_P9mQsOF_jur1Hgafg5cwpxafGsoYAlLJrXeePct-mKV1rjx1-lLLKtBJxFcFXx86V6bFJ4rsKIf2k5uxYS64F2OCi03xShyEPddi6K3Xb7QsP3W-tHAvtTOLquMy8r5fKvdPFjdU0lpiVgSjIBFh31GZ1pA/s320/P1040822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>All was well until I noticed some parts not lining up. I did trace this in quarters and thought that this would work, but I am dealing with movable fabric, so of course that did not work out that well. Rinsed this out with a lot of cursing and taped my two quarters together to make that easier and also remembered that I could just have drawn my frame in from the measurements. Not entirely sure why I did not do this.<div>The next day I ironed the fabric again and just when I went to put my cross hair lines in I discovered the</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BROWN LINES</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">of part of the center motif. How did this happen? I used a brandnew marking pen, I did not iron my blue lines in...I was flabberghasted and it threw me right back to last year when I finished a wholecloth table runner and had brown lines in some places when I rinsed it out. </div><div style="text-align: left;">First I tried to get the brown lines out...followed all sorts of suggestions I got in a FB group of what one could use, but I think deep down I knew it would not come out as brown lines only appear when it is heat set. Suspected the harsh Australian sun, so the next day did all sorts of tests, hanging fabric out in direct sun, ironed fabric to heat set some lines and no, all my tests came out clear. The fabric I used for my wholecloth was spoiled. I did wash it a couple of more times and I got it faint enough to use for maybe another table runner project.</div><div style="text-align: left;">All the while I was cracking my brain as to what could cause this. My latest suspicion is my light box. I have got a very fancy LED lightbox that I have had for years. Never really had a problem with this. I did notice that the edges of the light box were quite warm when I was doing the tracing of my wholecloth (which took several hours) and wondered whether this could cause some of the marks to be heat set into the fabric. That would explain why it is only in very random places, i.e. maybe were I rested my arm for tracing or where the motif for example was resting for quite a long while on the edge while I was tracing the feathers around the edges (my wholecloth fabric extends the size of the light box so I have to shift the fabric over to do the various sections). Never really paid attention to this and it certainly has not been a problem in previous years but I cannot remember whether the heat has been an issue previously as it has been a while since I have done a bigger wholecloth. Interestingly enough, I also had this issue on the table runner, also close to the center section which I would have moved over to trace a feather border around the edges. The tracing area of the lightbox itself does not get hot, it is just around the edges, I think.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, I have bought new fabric and will try again. In order to test this out we will put some blocks of wood around the light box and put some glass on this, using the light box as the light source that way. This will ensure that the fabric does not touch the lightbox edges and if that does not work...I don't know.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;">Also discovered that my center motif is 3-1/2in and 4-1/2in in diameter. What was I thinking? I have not got half circles rulers I can use to stitch that out and would have to do this freehand. While possible it never comes out as clean as to when you use a ruler. No way was I going to change my design again...instead I went out and bought the echo clips you can get for the Bernina feet. A very expensive and frustrating week!</div><div>I did start on my new pattern by making my triangle units using the Freezer Paper Foundation Piecing method. Made about 10 units before I had to replace the foundation. Really like this method as it goes very fast and without much fuss and bonus, you do not use a lot of freezer paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9-zREu3SNKY7z_aho82OBZc_GkUl0oqB6g87P4quz1hZL3QKEquCYKufmydNu7j1-yq9RiinhwWJqCSq3rPQfoCISgK4n6LtzuxaUlg-RVAOzgfxxlLJAV1HNbnM27nKJYMKXd77jjkeDEKsYijvVWlZE4HvuOl3uRH4XMGlo8NOK0w-dFbwb0YasYM/s800/P1040824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9-zREu3SNKY7z_aho82OBZc_GkUl0oqB6g87P4quz1hZL3QKEquCYKufmydNu7j1-yq9RiinhwWJqCSq3rPQfoCISgK4n6LtzuxaUlg-RVAOzgfxxlLJAV1HNbnM27nKJYMKXd77jjkeDEKsYijvVWlZE4HvuOl3uRH4XMGlo8NOK0w-dFbwb0YasYM/w400-h400/P1040824.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>And that's all I did. Frustration levels are high, not helped by the weather. It is 41 degrees today and I was going to piece a bit more today but that has not happened. With this sort of weather you can really only sit around without breaking out in sweat, even with the air conditioner running.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hoping that other quilters had a better week. Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/01/23/to-do-linky-party-58/">To Do Tuesday #58</a> over at Quilt Schmilt.<br /><div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-87035403066348458652024-01-17T16:45:00.004+10:302024-01-17T16:45:25.225+10:30To Do Tuesday #57Hi there!<div><br /></div><div>I have had an interesting week. My goals for the week were:</div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- make a test block of the new pattern (and take some notes this time!)</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- put my plan for the next 3 months on paper starting with the wholecloth quilt (which is still waiting to be printed)</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue on my sock</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- pull out the fabric for a new Fox quilt and get ready to tackle that.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I did sit down and did some major planning...too many projects in my head. I lost count after the 13th project. No wonder I was getting so confused! Carefully went month by month and really thought about what I can and cannot achieve. Split some tasks across the months and also build in the charity quilts which do take on average 2 days to complete. Used my Goodnotes App on the Ipad for this and spread out the projects over the year...will be interesting to look back on what I did and did not complete. Hoping that some projects will take less time as there are a few other things which are not even in there, but we shall see. Feel less out of control with what's going on in my head 😂</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, started off with making a test block for a pattern I am looking at doing for my Etsy shop. Posted about it <a href="https://thequiltyarn.blogspot.com/2024/01/making-test-block.html">HERE</a>. Well, after I thought that I had it all worked out I went ahead starting to make the blocks.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGCn0kabMFfFq5R7VAt8SOw6ztOOBoZJHVW0SPub8rX_6epUxxGhxRPqegSvhaw7XK0qqHQ5RiRARRWNvc2zPApyZVMybvjuJPynaYSafEumDS3bgbaqTqR0-M6f64CLp6TXWpv9kmB2r8piGu5kwlc9LExUs9dOcCXKqt-3ejD_IBAhkDinUMjzs8tg/s1422/IMG_5765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1422" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGCn0kabMFfFq5R7VAt8SOw6ztOOBoZJHVW0SPub8rX_6epUxxGhxRPqegSvhaw7XK0qqHQ5RiRARRWNvc2zPApyZVMybvjuJPynaYSafEumDS3bgbaqTqR0-M6f64CLp6TXWpv9kmB2r8piGu5kwlc9LExUs9dOcCXKqt-3ejD_IBAhkDinUMjzs8tg/w200-h200/IMG_5765.JPG" width="200" /></a>It is a simple block that really should not have given me a lot of trouble, but after yesterday I thought that I might have to go back to Quilting School. I started off on the premise that I could actually piece this starting with two Square in Square blocks, cutting them into into quarters and using this to construct the unit. That worked and I arrived at a measurement of 6-1/4in for the finished block. Went with that as I had spent hours calculating this through. Also checked this with EQ8 and yes, this seemed to have been correct.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yesterday I did piece a few blocks using the Freezer Paper Piecing method for those coloured units and started to have problems with squaring off the block. When I checked my measurement I seemed to be ever so slightly off when I measured those squares of the block. Checked my foundation print out...also off by a few thread widths. Now, this got my attention as the EQ8 program is never off! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Went through the printer settings...did I inadvertently change something on there? But no, all was as it was supposed to be, so I went back to the EQ8 program.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, learned a few things! I still got the older EQ manuals in book format, so started searching and ended up in a section which talks about 'How to avoid rounding mistakes in rotary cutting. In essence, EQ8 applies conventional quilters wisdom to its measurements, i.e. it adds 1-1/4in to the finished size of quarter square triangles for cutting, just like you would when working it out yourself. The inaccuracy produced by rounding of to 1/8 or 1/16 however can become significant when the size of the finished patch cannot be easily measured on a common ruler. Had another look at my block...my setting was set to rounding of to the nearest 1/8. When I went deeper though and rounded of to the nearest 1/16 and to 'no rounding' at all it showed me that my square was in fact uneven, meaning that I had a block that did not easily fit into a grid of any kind and the unfinished block was somewhere a bit less than 6-3/4in which explained why I had such difficulty squaring this up. In short, my amazing calculations were wrong somewhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did test this further and made my block 6in...checking this on EQ8 produced a consistent value of the square, rounded to the nearest 1/8, 1/16 and with no rounding at all, coming out at 2-1/8in in the finished block. Checked my foundation print out...yep, all correct and sewed the block.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeVNgJrNh0Kq02UNLV0jazB7D6khHlDxmSw8r-LmLUW2jMDyIe9qtPDt7x3QYK31sbYzMaPcRQz0S_pEU84MOsWtA_FHOVI3yYGbjBEOV2XhNEMDkyahl8hfTIa8H0wkAYH2fFXisfy7Uigs0tJ_N2I17dkq7senxQhq2lwOsxw_mg_yCQaOr87n5YEo/s800/P1040811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeVNgJrNh0Kq02UNLV0jazB7D6khHlDxmSw8r-LmLUW2jMDyIe9qtPDt7x3QYK31sbYzMaPcRQz0S_pEU84MOsWtA_FHOVI3yYGbjBEOV2XhNEMDkyahl8hfTIa8H0wkAYH2fFXisfy7Uigs0tJ_N2I17dkq7senxQhq2lwOsxw_mg_yCQaOr87n5YEo/w314-h320/P1040811.jpg" width="314" /></a>The block came out perfectly and the problem with squaring up had disappeared. Who would have thought that such a simple block would give me so much trouble. My work space looked like this which shows you what was going on in my head...total chaos!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquZJEdZSQ2iROC9CDmnxPpl-3kxdZ3761YBgHERS4Wy-D0VM0Xp09FMMKdsqYoas3OEc0H8iscAriWd-wh3T9squ-2FprdNTVNcew0ve1KurjyRytpFxbNzSkU2bEhQjoTycDhJLazAKMISKJD1jpV23NLA-5jK6XjThTqje3QcAl6op0JiqnKy3E9cU/s800/P1040810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquZJEdZSQ2iROC9CDmnxPpl-3kxdZ3761YBgHERS4Wy-D0VM0Xp09FMMKdsqYoas3OEc0H8iscAriWd-wh3T9squ-2FprdNTVNcew0ve1KurjyRytpFxbNzSkU2bEhQjoTycDhJLazAKMISKJD1jpV23NLA-5jK6XjThTqje3QcAl6op0JiqnKy3E9cU/s320/P1040810.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This has taken so much longer than it should have but it just goes to show how important it is to spent the time on making a test block, for any project really.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also spent some time printing my revised version of my wholecloth and spending a bit of time with the Affinity Designer program again. Good fun...did a few more lessons as I am still thinking about purchasing the program for the desktop. It is a one-off payment which is more attractive than the Adobe Illustrator subscription service. At the moment I am still working on the Ipad which is great but when it comes to printing I need to export my drawing, then get it onto the desktop as I need to print the thing as a poster, i.e. spread the design over multiple pages to get a 100% copy of my drawing which is somewhere around 35in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spent some time sticky taping this together...always painful as you get slight inaccuracies on the home printer but we got there in the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwU-DD9SMcZ3NDQB2BwLc0o4LaELiy3T-z9HY6-MhwpL1pkic8MjWcg1_grE-Zkuy722fUYPCaBJUO1yPahJdKpDGJ5ZzyNvgRaySq290_BlZijCK6zKgxRRnWUWF39IgnbueTFJ_3uhsvF-f56FwkZSksrpML0J9Q3QK8Uf3Dl5NgjiaHsZissKMkTM/s800/P1040808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="796" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwU-DD9SMcZ3NDQB2BwLc0o4LaELiy3T-z9HY6-MhwpL1pkic8MjWcg1_grE-Zkuy722fUYPCaBJUO1yPahJdKpDGJ5ZzyNvgRaySq290_BlZijCK6zKgxRRnWUWF39IgnbueTFJ_3uhsvF-f56FwkZSksrpML0J9Q3QK8Uf3Dl5NgjiaHsZissKMkTM/w398-h400/P1040808.jpg" width="398" /></a></div>Looks crooked, but is actually a perfect square. So now I am ready to mark this onto the fabric and think through some of the elements...its been a while since I looked at this, so some of the things might change. Happy with my measurements though and the revisions I made.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this week I am planning to:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- start the new pattern with the block from above</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- start the marking of the wholecloth and maybe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- do a little bit more knitting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- baste another charity quilt </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's probably enough...we are in summer down here and the weekend will be uncomfortably hot, so I might just fade out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/01/15/to-do-linky-party-57/">To Do Tuesday #57</a> over at Quilt Schmilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-1284287369332054822024-01-12T14:16:00.000+10:302024-01-12T14:16:13.780+10:30Making a Test BlockI spent a few days on looking at new patterns and set out to do a test block for one of them. Certainly looked simple enough if I could figure out the math for this block.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZObdCJDNMFGWp4D4RJ3fU6gdIWs4C2CPSr7mu5P_Ijf0J_r2bYng-YDnkJK7PT36MCp2CVM3Za6i03DxW3BNSuscMqN9i2wlP-1JLp8tNDeKk2ZGkK_wTsXO3d0zBdOyTyuvsmdfhKrAasXIG-itpS7nTvFUyR87jB74FAvLvQvEv43w62JVP4BZ6uI/s3000/Checkerboard.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZObdCJDNMFGWp4D4RJ3fU6gdIWs4C2CPSr7mu5P_Ijf0J_r2bYng-YDnkJK7PT36MCp2CVM3Za6i03DxW3BNSuscMqN9i2wlP-1JLp8tNDeKk2ZGkK_wTsXO3d0zBdOyTyuvsmdfhKrAasXIG-itpS7nTvFUyR87jB74FAvLvQvEv43w62JVP4BZ6uI/w200-h200/Checkerboard.JPG" width="200" /></a>Wow, what an adventure...I have the EQ8 program which of course gives me the precise measurements which (after many attempts of mucking around) were at 6 1/4in:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3_7jGK2QJ13JTwtbCrDB9G7k6PQWiq7qvljXqRLWpGUAUsyuUgi570l1746OHlmD0RjqVgvnxQFF6K5E5hirc5SCJGaFN5COMAAYdCWkkdxs7FcSdZeKVP_vcnEMzQxMGcURf5fXN-7Ne1yiDbv-gSk0GPaLKV3b94Bzoj7ZfawCW8j2n1LapmVIVlQ/s668/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20111114.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="668" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3_7jGK2QJ13JTwtbCrDB9G7k6PQWiq7qvljXqRLWpGUAUsyuUgi570l1746OHlmD0RjqVgvnxQFF6K5E5hirc5SCJGaFN5COMAAYdCWkkdxs7FcSdZeKVP_vcnEMzQxMGcURf5fXN-7Ne1yiDbv-gSk0GPaLKV3b94Bzoj7ZfawCW8j2n1LapmVIVlQ/w400-h314/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20111114.png" width="400" /></a></div>Now, nobody is going to piece that with those measurements. How did I even get there. When thinking this through I tried to figure out the math for this block but it got very hairy as I tried to work out a simpler way of piecing this starting with a simple square in a square block and cutting that into quarters. My head hurt trying to work out what measurement I had to start with and in the end I had to sit down and piece this multiple times to think this through.</div><div>First attempt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_QQQLE3es8K_mWd8ZGP_QDnqXXWsLQ5Y9PimtDBIP1etKPMvSk1wHfKWaJkrMDM_gzgnDO9OAig0qohDFg3k43XWguflO94p8v-g5vqUD9Kbt6anuy5xHzky9Z4mnRBOyrExx76rlBVivcIC7t6GPS66rYdTa1X4yPET4y8m0w9Z6yOt9D789hd3nJo/s800/P1040788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_QQQLE3es8K_mWd8ZGP_QDnqXXWsLQ5Y9PimtDBIP1etKPMvSk1wHfKWaJkrMDM_gzgnDO9OAig0qohDFg3k43XWguflO94p8v-g5vqUD9Kbt6anuy5xHzky9Z4mnRBOyrExx76rlBVivcIC7t6GPS66rYdTa1X4yPET4y8m0w9Z6yOt9D789hd3nJo/s320/P1040788.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Fail...my seam allowance was cut off. Next attempt:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbUFOodvgIMAe3IUJ4FIoGX5BK8lSvfrz1sXGMKVrHh249mITDSAF9aFYTz-BM2jH-TAvH4sWd8wbDOX70xqFZCMIAAokRhyphenhyphenUGmQFi3vX9Jf-YBsOqWIKCQ9pYF6E4bTmKssGC6w7Lf7FXivCSph07YcjqEL3wZlye24abz-r61GBjVwN8gRyusmejvg/s800/P1040791.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbUFOodvgIMAe3IUJ4FIoGX5BK8lSvfrz1sXGMKVrHh249mITDSAF9aFYTz-BM2jH-TAvH4sWd8wbDOX70xqFZCMIAAokRhyphenhyphenUGmQFi3vX9Jf-YBsOqWIKCQ9pYF6E4bTmKssGC6w7Lf7FXivCSph07YcjqEL3wZlye24abz-r61GBjVwN8gRyusmejvg/s320/P1040791.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Nice, but completely different measurement to what I thought it should be! Back to the drawing board...in order to piece this, I had to understand the math of the measurements. I was sitting there for ages doing all sorts of calculations with fractions until I worked that out and realised where I had gone wrong. I have a few more samples that I have not included here of my attempts to get that right. It was actually a bit hilarious.<div><br /></div><div>So here it is, the final attempt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8eYzLjYyJfQWImFnBWFLT4v85-0DPqX2IpW7MTzBsfjQeFiLXVlfAJHyxs0f51bq32oNFCaidtVYLxq5GWGgPzlMOs2a6A_KCXGVLSjAXhjTqD-IOuBiX7NbC22AFyrY5XoCzUierXwkJA58qijNOAxmkgzg522xveAfljetk8oA_9NuOe20d3EpO4U/s800/P1040794.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="800" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8eYzLjYyJfQWImFnBWFLT4v85-0DPqX2IpW7MTzBsfjQeFiLXVlfAJHyxs0f51bq32oNFCaidtVYLxq5GWGgPzlMOs2a6A_KCXGVLSjAXhjTqD-IOuBiX7NbC22AFyrY5XoCzUierXwkJA58qijNOAxmkgzg522xveAfljetk8oA_9NuOe20d3EpO4U/w400-h271/P1040794.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Two Square in Square blocks (who would have thought that they can be so tricky in terms of their measurements). I cut those into quarters and arrived at my block<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ57fj5avzusFX2_e0Dd7bU-Iwg56MjJgPM2Ze1iweJUAqgtWk1Xaq9HF8UQjE53mAe3DQM0eQ6eMr6xXPFXIiVeopDKzEJ-ArXiaWBKNsVfKnzJYONnx3mfAbcDOmhTbDkKZrtPRfUk4HIOEzoV_n7vz4nfjxcECQ7Q-BgZB_dwwCKRV7uomml2CgBs/s800/P1040795.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="800" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ57fj5avzusFX2_e0Dd7bU-Iwg56MjJgPM2Ze1iweJUAqgtWk1Xaq9HF8UQjE53mAe3DQM0eQ6eMr6xXPFXIiVeopDKzEJ-ArXiaWBKNsVfKnzJYONnx3mfAbcDOmhTbDkKZrtPRfUk4HIOEzoV_n7vz4nfjxcECQ7Q-BgZB_dwwCKRV7uomml2CgBs/w400-h278/P1040795.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Not too bad but I thought that this is a very convoluted way of doing this and while piecing this is ok, you are dealing with a lot of bias edges and the likelihood of distortion and erosion of seam allowance is high.<div><br /></div><div>So then I tried the Freezer Paper Piecing method. That was something I was going to try in the New Year when a friend alerted me to the possibility of this last year. Never heard of it...went over to <a href="https://bryanhousequilts.com/2023/02/freezer-paper-piecing-tutorial-3/">Bryan House Quilts</a> and read through a tutorial on this. It is basically foundation piecing without actually stitching through the paper. And bonus...you can use your template again and again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gave that a go...easy-peasy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeuSlE9UzFT1RQIjJduSHXTXvMNIci3hxnDdUfNjv4fqPAmSk2TLn1Dfo7lcNr58GkjiQZFUl0iaOQfTpCE1bPuQ-dbf3vD1f29xqG-Ipiw6x9XvhfD_uYo2Bxae7X0uPBe5tJcARIQy9E1ReT9s34PPa_tzqpJnlgZSIwdmYZpL4PyE1eeTWuH37T78/s800/P1040798.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="800" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeuSlE9UzFT1RQIjJduSHXTXvMNIci3hxnDdUfNjv4fqPAmSk2TLn1Dfo7lcNr58GkjiQZFUl0iaOQfTpCE1bPuQ-dbf3vD1f29xqG-Ipiw6x9XvhfD_uYo2Bxae7X0uPBe5tJcARIQy9E1ReT9s34PPa_tzqpJnlgZSIwdmYZpL4PyE1eeTWuH37T78/w400-h261/P1040798.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Here is my first finished unit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXPBaTCYzCbrte3wUI3TsNrHF3qhAPVoZKKs3IZAQ6Jxh8IpPk-Go2VMldVYM_OQztzEk3GAnvylpJMohV6iBxZu35F4q44zf2PuL7Rc-KjuNkixNbr8Acl4iH-5t6bGiQLcGKSqwKVokAiTNOTKh73ndEwIWd2Bgvh6A-JApbmzN4bRlYhzx6vG_9vk/s800/P1040799.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="800" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXPBaTCYzCbrte3wUI3TsNrHF3qhAPVoZKKs3IZAQ6Jxh8IpPk-Go2VMldVYM_OQztzEk3GAnvylpJMohV6iBxZu35F4q44zf2PuL7Rc-KjuNkixNbr8Acl4iH-5t6bGiQLcGKSqwKVokAiTNOTKh73ndEwIWd2Bgvh6A-JApbmzN4bRlYhzx6vG_9vk/w400-h272/P1040799.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It is a small unit so that went very quickly and without any great hassle apart from me being a bit rusty in foundation piecing (i.e. making sure to cover each piece). Peeled off the paper from the back and made the second unit and then sewed them together and attached the big white triangle.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d6U4xTxj28jXBrtwcKIooTUFDJ89PY2ijzNE8_WEVPGyaMDVnoQtCEX2LXif-5hwzT0t_xB9ZXA4j8Ayo7WHvUYCOzEs2Q6BQOCw90eYSDybRNG2ewjlu2ctNJNgDG4HiE50dXNeB9SLiw1qlQjNs9fmWGeT87EvI9rqUlGLaFtJ-tFg9XOURvOkBp0/s800/P1040805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d6U4xTxj28jXBrtwcKIooTUFDJ89PY2ijzNE8_WEVPGyaMDVnoQtCEX2LXif-5hwzT0t_xB9ZXA4j8Ayo7WHvUYCOzEs2Q6BQOCw90eYSDybRNG2ewjlu2ctNJNgDG4HiE50dXNeB9SLiw1qlQjNs9fmWGeT87EvI9rqUlGLaFtJ-tFg9XOURvOkBp0/w400-h400/P1040805.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Can't beat that in terms of accuracy and the stability of the block. While still dealing with some bias edges the distortion was noticeably less. It also means I can make this block bigger, in fact I could make it any size I want without any great hassles. Piecing this from starting with a Square in a Square block really only gives you two measurements that you can work with if you are not into cutting pieces in 1/8 increments, so that was very limiting. <br /><div><br /><div>Learned a lot over the last few days! Not sure whether I am going to pursue this pattern...it is sitting there looking at me saying 'make me!' but I am not sure whether people are that interested in foundation piecing. Mind you, these are only very small sections to make, so that could work for some people. Will ponder on this for a moment. In the meantime my mind is again going sideways already thinking of the possibilities...I have got several other designs sitting there where the freezer paper method could be a real game changer. Almost thinking to make this year the year of 'challenge'.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-67158913066180995322024-01-10T11:03:00.006+10:302024-01-10T11:03:46.274+10:30To Do Tuesday #56My goals for the last week were<div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- complete the dinosaur charity quilt using the edge-to-edge design from above.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue knitting my brown sock</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- developing a plan of attack in terms of projects for the coming months. I know that I do want to start my wholecloth but also need to be working on some patterns for my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheQuiltYarn?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" style="color: #38b6ff; text-decoration-line: none;">Etsy shop</a>, so that needs to be thought through a bit.</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I finished the dinosaur charity quilt and it came out really beautiful. I used an edge-to-edge design called 'Happy Times' by Hermione Agee available through <a href="https://www.urbanelementz.com/quilting-designs.html">Urban Elementz</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ht0wxWq-vKWfcCC05F6iGUhhOY0BiBny14aLJvWy19UkxvUeBVSxjAInhatLHELVTdRMwEmgQb3aGfll4N-etckblLkEgKfJAEuASZU3kBpwqzuzUocFnPOQlBx5RRRYqCvrl1pzyuDNCvSl29Xaa_FlByio1lODbsjLV8USIvqomFNlRAN9fqHHbdM/s800/P1040767.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ht0wxWq-vKWfcCC05F6iGUhhOY0BiBny14aLJvWy19UkxvUeBVSxjAInhatLHELVTdRMwEmgQb3aGfll4N-etckblLkEgKfJAEuASZU3kBpwqzuzUocFnPOQlBx5RRRYqCvrl1pzyuDNCvSl29Xaa_FlByio1lODbsjLV8USIvqomFNlRAN9fqHHbdM/s320/P1040767.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5T3J3p-JuvTAkpR1dNlNa1YKNR-SUGsG8eRCgis790JqAPPNX0GC73kVKGVUDZ00pAEROvkfC1MFwM-I4GOx1owhoq7hwyNAZAuAc-ouqDqsqDD0U2Yh2ekL00S9FAmomKyQymiRsfwDMt40lWEzRnZEzihDNx-DeS2Le5UXUxTfaL2RjperJ3xf2Oo/s800/P1040771.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5T3J3p-JuvTAkpR1dNlNa1YKNR-SUGsG8eRCgis790JqAPPNX0GC73kVKGVUDZ00pAEROvkfC1MFwM-I4GOx1owhoq7hwyNAZAuAc-ouqDqsqDD0U2Yh2ekL00S9FAmomKyQymiRsfwDMt40lWEzRnZEzihDNx-DeS2Le5UXUxTfaL2RjperJ3xf2Oo/w400-h400/P1040771.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It is the cutest thing. The design is new to me and comes with 2 rows printed out so I wanted to see how that goes on the sitdown longarm.<div><br /></div><div>Starting off...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNIq3qdyZ6wkFnq30LBoEBpgvUTtHlt3Nb5EG2TyMV_NUZ1s1l8v7QB6EgCW9NQWKV_RPP3_CVU3ZdVVTowots2UfctF4fzqy0y_Z4nEAX5j5Npqnp9duCzR1rtvBQBlFlyLXjbXc5au8UjE4fn7DtlDNqNmbdc7xH8itPLCDosSANo_piQ7wrieAGIc/s800/P1040769.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNIq3qdyZ6wkFnq30LBoEBpgvUTtHlt3Nb5EG2TyMV_NUZ1s1l8v7QB6EgCW9NQWKV_RPP3_CVU3ZdVVTowots2UfctF4fzqy0y_Z4nEAX5j5Npqnp9duCzR1rtvBQBlFlyLXjbXc5au8UjE4fn7DtlDNqNmbdc7xH8itPLCDosSANo_piQ7wrieAGIc/w400-h400/P1040769.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Going very well but I am astutely aware that I am spending a lot of time on this. Not that I think these charity quilts don't deserve that but when I started quilting for the local charity group I did consider that I need to keep the quilting fuss free and relatively quick unless like in this case I do want to try out something specific. For this quilt also, when I do look at them closely and see the work and commitment that has gone into it, I often feel that they deserve the best. This quilt is a panel and the group just sewed two small borders around it. However, the batting...somebody has sat down and sewed batting strips together at about 3-4in width for the entire batting. Was very impressed by this.</div><div>Anyway, to speed up the process, I traced my next row of design and then placed 5 more rows behind and sewed through this with an unthreaded machine, so that I now had 5 stenciled rows ready to go. Normally I trace all my rows however wanted this to go a bit quicker and also try it out again.</div><div>Well, it was very hard to see (maybe should have used a bigger needle!) as you can see in the picture below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyKRfJfnchXwhN9Cb1cHVhnjKPPVHiPuFgZRpO3wWb8K61WrO5B8Gr7GC-8pLCBEMohTzTqeGih2BjdTCoCM78XVMot1Wb9q7sgOI0rtKJauz4t5qbQtPywGfWhyYblyoT-G5JoKvd6ypbWaiEGigOveZ54Bv3Q91OTW1y6KJuFCdhl22I2ROHNJvwIo/s800/P1040770.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyKRfJfnchXwhN9Cb1cHVhnjKPPVHiPuFgZRpO3wWb8K61WrO5B8Gr7GC-8pLCBEMohTzTqeGih2BjdTCoCM78XVMot1Wb9q7sgOI0rtKJauz4t5qbQtPywGfWhyYblyoT-G5JoKvd6ypbWaiEGigOveZ54Bv3Q91OTW1y6KJuFCdhl22I2ROHNJvwIo/w400-h400/P1040770.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Given that the design was really quite easy to stitch out, I managed with the extra light from the machine and completed the quilt quite quickly. However, for the future I probably go back to tracing row by row as this was more difficult to manage.<div>However look at the bottom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQUoe_DmdxlVpAmU9uC2ZA-0Ch_TeoXYZHg-CJMDjtlREOVuSGumXeEUjr8_Ycv78PBlVONwKUgIxVJI0DG4lEUiXmLJyDJif75ws3To2ecze1JbN0GGuBSWfPJTojLBk9kW1o-VKtKtKA9HINtgt3pWgV4iIyV-wRQyxiG6B_r-fbimkLwxd5XFaDxo/s800/P1040775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQUoe_DmdxlVpAmU9uC2ZA-0Ch_TeoXYZHg-CJMDjtlREOVuSGumXeEUjr8_Ycv78PBlVONwKUgIxVJI0DG4lEUiXmLJyDJif75ws3To2ecze1JbN0GGuBSWfPJTojLBk9kW1o-VKtKtKA9HINtgt3pWgV4iIyV-wRQyxiG6B_r-fbimkLwxd5XFaDxo/w400-h400/P1040775.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Was impressed with how straight this turned out.<div><br /></div><div>Close up of the design</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBfV8HXuAxjtvhwgH7Q4fcJcRBqkGrMm8HG1eNuPU-NViLh0Bi5HsKtAY4UTKj81rYxmrPw676ULnqi7-cQUwxiMcMAs_SVKGLEPQinvpi06NcwEDODjgKf2hGeOYOpoPLW_QxvsEy6lRNoH42uVPMsV28adAZKZKeIzDWtTQR1TfcALtrUnF0NxKcco/s800/P1040780.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBfV8HXuAxjtvhwgH7Q4fcJcRBqkGrMm8HG1eNuPU-NViLh0Bi5HsKtAY4UTKj81rYxmrPw676ULnqi7-cQUwxiMcMAs_SVKGLEPQinvpi06NcwEDODjgKf2hGeOYOpoPLW_QxvsEy6lRNoH42uVPMsV28adAZKZKeIzDWtTQR1TfcALtrUnF0NxKcco/w266-h400/P1040780.jpg" width="266" /></a>Great design, definitely will use this again. Came out really cute and suits this panel.</div><div><br /></div><div>So what else did I manage? I did not continue my knitting however spent a lot of time on the computer looking at new patterns and while I was at it, cleaned up my EQ8 program a bit. Have several possibilities of new patterns and have been spending the last few days on trying to work out one particular pattern in terms of math to make it more user friendly. Will have to do a test block to see whether my calculations are correct, will probably start on that pattern. Apart from this I did spent a lot of time in my head trying to work out a plan for the next 3 months or so, but have not written that down as yet, as I am constantly side tracked with new ideas. Definitely need to develop that plan to stay on track.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the next week I am planning to</div><div>- make a test block of the new pattern (and take some notes this time!)</div><div>- put my plan for the next 3 months on paper starting with the wholecloth quilt (which is still waiting to be printed)</div><div>- continue on my sock</div><div>- pull out the fabric for a new Fox quilt and get ready to tackle that.</div><div><br /><div><div><div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/01/08/to-do-linky-party-56/">To Do Tuesday #56</a> over at Quilt Schmilt</div><div><br /></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-42745014721052347802024-01-02T19:47:00.001+10:302024-01-02T19:47:27.936+10:30To Do Tuesday #55 - Re-Emerging!<div>Wishing everybody a Happy New Year!</div><div><br /></div><div>The last few weeks have been incredibly busy and I really felt that Christmas had become just that little bit more frantic and labour intensive than in previous years. But we made it...lots of good food, good company and generally a very nice time. Spent today putting all the Christmas decorations away...thought about sorting them out a bit for about a second, but nah...just stuffed them back in their boxes. That task can wait to next Christmas 😏</div><div><br /></div><div>I did manage to finish one more charity quilt off just before Christmas. It was a scrappy little thing with a very thin batting...I think it was a cotton/poly mix...perfect for doing a quick clamshell once over. Never fails.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaxzRHm0qvgOPiqQECwBVLdU9IKfiP6je6Okpg79SdlVZM9tGYJancrYpa-7poNxKKj4KWqL7OO493pbgWAGP5EA0SBXM59yCJKdWSh0ijLGEpiNHuAd2hbVum6MeM3Rdi8rFA9hfi8Es5MHMc0zQCBoBITmueecszSNqYT8MxGKUNeksRNK4S6KMW4k/s800/P1040763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaxzRHm0qvgOPiqQECwBVLdU9IKfiP6je6Okpg79SdlVZM9tGYJancrYpa-7poNxKKj4KWqL7OO493pbgWAGP5EA0SBXM59yCJKdWSh0ijLGEpiNHuAd2hbVum6MeM3Rdi8rFA9hfi8Es5MHMc0zQCBoBITmueecszSNqYT8MxGKUNeksRNK4S6KMW4k/w400-h400/P1040763.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>In the last few days I had a look at what else I picked up from the charity group (the Orange Tree Quilters) and came across this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfQi0Psbry1MZeRnQqzUxwreyYIsCh9s3PawKsdfkCYDZMYTHoslfUAteqwMYc4wxa6BlQZDWMZEHqdQBRK3UwuI4_OIXwVHCkkje7YzQ16yycJy__Ci6xj1_mEHAk8Efuuyd3CQnap8-WjvwhVH8LnNS7l51F4wrPSZ_KLvf0smwVPcwrTqaUkWK-WM/s800/P1040764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfQi0Psbry1MZeRnQqzUxwreyYIsCh9s3PawKsdfkCYDZMYTHoslfUAteqwMYc4wxa6BlQZDWMZEHqdQBRK3UwuI4_OIXwVHCkkje7YzQ16yycJy__Ci6xj1_mEHAk8Efuuyd3CQnap8-WjvwhVH8LnNS7l51F4wrPSZ_KLvf0smwVPcwrTqaUkWK-WM/w400-h400/P1040764.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>That is really cute and I basted this today, ready to be quilted. I will do another edge-to-edge design over it to try out a new design that I bought from <a href="https://www.urbanelementz.com/">Urban Elementz</a> a couple of weeks ago. It is titled 'Happy Times', measuring 5-1/4in wide by Hermione Agee.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIqIk096Rvq_DtpH7DGihyISCC5461Yd1xiVkpyKYde5JKyJhhhhepZLK3g3zz_4Pg_7wx8DqtkgOubhOxyUnwlQsKgGyjO8Js7sBZjQuziLowL7Om4s3X6HoEjc0d7dra37pmRKEEqiM12mTTQSMR-00as-OJ8SwjM0MEOLNvCXL7_N4HGnrbI4K7qs/s800/P1040767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIqIk096Rvq_DtpH7DGihyISCC5461Yd1xiVkpyKYde5JKyJhhhhepZLK3g3zz_4Pg_7wx8DqtkgOubhOxyUnwlQsKgGyjO8Js7sBZjQuziLowL7Om4s3X6HoEjc0d7dra37pmRKEEqiM12mTTQSMR-00as-OJ8SwjM0MEOLNvCXL7_N4HGnrbI4K7qs/w400-h400/P1040767.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I bought this especially for little baby quilts. It is a nice and open design which should be easy to stitch out and to remove the paper. I enlarged this ever so slightly to 5-1/2in and have printed out multiple copies, ready to be sticky-taped together.<div><br /></div><div>Apart from this I also started a new sock!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKi-t4eFR4_QteV5KeQ5_MSBTthyrjvDSP0CnIuJxcDdHR8yG68Vp2Bhv-I9QUWS7NlTmF3dneRwhiK6AP3Den27H8CN5mrZt4z7Vvqax75q13osZp2ejykorAWOQqmFOgVwhzzZSRfUNzyzFYayfbpa5Kh4Uhqm5MCzWG5EcAIQ2a4y57gTHhz7OHtI/s800/P1040766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKi-t4eFR4_QteV5KeQ5_MSBTthyrjvDSP0CnIuJxcDdHR8yG68Vp2Bhv-I9QUWS7NlTmF3dneRwhiK6AP3Den27H8CN5mrZt4z7Vvqax75q13osZp2ejykorAWOQqmFOgVwhzzZSRfUNzyzFYayfbpa5Kh4Uhqm5MCzWG5EcAIQ2a4y57gTHhz7OHtI/w400-h400/P1040766.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This will be for my daughter. When I first started to get into the sock knitting, I bought a few balls of wool and this now has to be used up before I start anything new.<div><br /></div><div>But wait...I got some new wool for Christmas...also for socks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJImNRD7vcNLINiGUvDgX6YERZqNLtkiW9qo3VA48tCCo3fpG5u6hDcKJYT3jeHHWEMRFcT0w8tQ-6FtlWgCsKqCvP2X6sg4HwApAdCrNByRXFjs-IxAHdAsqciq_nEUuiYQmQjBoUgc3AG_QgMqIyKLmUxOXsJDxADO8YVYxmHrV93MWMLEpDZS-ZSX8/s800/P1040768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJImNRD7vcNLINiGUvDgX6YERZqNLtkiW9qo3VA48tCCo3fpG5u6hDcKJYT3jeHHWEMRFcT0w8tQ-6FtlWgCsKqCvP2X6sg4HwApAdCrNByRXFjs-IxAHdAsqciq_nEUuiYQmQjBoUgc3AG_QgMqIyKLmUxOXsJDxADO8YVYxmHrV93MWMLEpDZS-ZSX8/w400-h400/P1040768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This is a skein of wool that we had seen on one of our many outings to the wool shop. Just gorgeous! So that will be the next pair of socks for me for winter.<br /><div><br /><div>For this week I am planning to </div><div>- complete the dinosaur charity quilt using the edge-to-edge design from above.</div><div>- continue knitting my brown sock</div><div>- developing a plan of attack in terms of projects for the coming months. I know that I do want to start my wholecloth but also need to be working on some patterns for my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheQuiltYarn?ref=seller-platform-mcnav">Etsy shop</a>, so that needs to be thought through a bit.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2024/01/01/to-do-linky-party-55/">To Do Tuesday #55 </a>over at Quilt Schmilt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, just to let people know. I am having some problems not with leaving comments on other blogs but with the comment notification that people would get once I left a comment. On some blogs it works but on many I am now getting the emails rejected. Had a look at that with my husband over Christmas and worked out that this has to do with the authentication of emails, however we have been unable to fix this from our end. It is really quite weird as I am able to respond to emails from other blog users as I did test that out with one kind reader the other day. Also noticed that this happens on the desk top but did not happen the other day from the Ipad, so will try to leave my comments using the Ipad and see whether this works consistently. Interested to hear whether other people have encountered this problem. <br /><div><div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-13947591746133981172023-12-31T14:22:00.007+10:302023-12-31T14:23:55.107+10:30New Year Sale in Etsy ShopTo welcome the New Year and hopefully clear out some of the quilts, I am having a sale in my Etsy shop starting on the 1/1/24 and lasting for 1 week.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKhxcvnZ2nkrjHQa1nh24SFNw6Mg2uW2D68y-U6fg0H2rE4DhUXcJ1h_J1WmgYdfbFSDMoPwcVEWalbAyQILUprU_2Vgt5yp9I5ggH9Wuv9azy1U44vVM7QwiCS7-yMXrzbPFl537oKiIN14tv55KWr3ZbcRbkmLQro4D6b4wqUlmMWYnbJrpLf21v8o/s1080/Sale%20copy%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKhxcvnZ2nkrjHQa1nh24SFNw6Mg2uW2D68y-U6fg0H2rE4DhUXcJ1h_J1WmgYdfbFSDMoPwcVEWalbAyQILUprU_2Vgt5yp9I5ggH9Wuv9azy1U44vVM7QwiCS7-yMXrzbPFl537oKiIN14tv55KWr3ZbcRbkmLQro4D6b4wqUlmMWYnbJrpLf21v8o/w400-h400/Sale%20copy%20(1).png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">In addition I am also offering a one-off 10% discount on all handmade quilts.</b></div><div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div><div>If you had your eye on one of my patterns or quilts, head over to the <a href="https://thequiltyarn.etsy.com">ETSY shop </a>to take advantage of the offer.</div><div><br /></div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-69614209924429385952023-12-27T13:48:00.003+10:302023-12-27T13:48:46.478+10:30Best of 2023 Linky Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfjueAELxAbYDTRRtu4NxX4SSPw08IQS_77_QAe3pF2v7V1AVKyKe6u7yp5bnoSsHoDrlI8aStjjK3yu_f9H14O9187p5xEdpFiMCBTm2M1CmztfWGcd5LIQQcqfiBXJNtDWSvgH7W0byLvJc52tJFoe9xFRTR4G6pHv0bYXFTbICOfE26-wfOaNWsgrQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfjueAELxAbYDTRRtu4NxX4SSPw08IQS_77_QAe3pF2v7V1AVKyKe6u7yp5bnoSsHoDrlI8aStjjK3yu_f9H14O9187p5xEdpFiMCBTm2M1CmztfWGcd5LIQQcqfiBXJNtDWSvgH7W0byLvJc52tJFoe9xFRTR4G6pHv0bYXFTbICOfE26-wfOaNWsgrQ=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div>It's the Best of 2023 Linky Party hosted by Meadow Mist Designs...seems to come around quicker and quicker every year.<div><br /></div><div>I decided to focus in on my favourite finishes for the year. Really hard to choose only just a few!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>1. Most favourite charity quilt </b>that I quilted all year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNG58jwRHkQOlPXJa4tzRtSKp0CBd71ONP6sLhke_sBHCiBPQsJmTTcJKzZAbC687tnFE6gHWpXxpg9Sfghs_uhulgQsiveZsWmWPwKo4tmYFBraDchsDiTvtCRHe5UVnsPyQ7sX3LE9fHSCFl3Ks08nMdzmYzNnX2dkKIRpvl4jINaYS17yU6A4x-dw/s871/P1030897.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="871" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNG58jwRHkQOlPXJa4tzRtSKp0CBd71ONP6sLhke_sBHCiBPQsJmTTcJKzZAbC687tnFE6gHWpXxpg9Sfghs_uhulgQsiveZsWmWPwKo4tmYFBraDchsDiTvtCRHe5UVnsPyQ7sX3LE9fHSCFl3Ks08nMdzmYzNnX2dkKIRpvl4jINaYS17yU6A4x-dw/w400-h368/P1030897.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzFlMzdj6XnGc7MxuswTl0ZfFrbYedmL_kXfvu-WZjSmaGPnEOnXiDlK7TgQ-uYIvUsMfac2eZjN8Khx0wyYnf9MppVmefYCizO-Xpq_9-cMy9_WCMxbu5RbnOQ62QGPHHvpsPR8nGpz6SZ4_nBStqFLPe7fgw0A6qwH2I1wfU5i_EPaYWmWx4spQaVA/s1067/P1030900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzFlMzdj6XnGc7MxuswTl0ZfFrbYedmL_kXfvu-WZjSmaGPnEOnXiDlK7TgQ-uYIvUsMfac2eZjN8Khx0wyYnf9MppVmefYCizO-Xpq_9-cMy9_WCMxbu5RbnOQ62QGPHHvpsPR8nGpz6SZ4_nBStqFLPe7fgw0A6qwH2I1wfU5i_EPaYWmWx4spQaVA/w400-h300/P1030900.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I do some quilting for one of the local charity groups 'The Orange Tree Quilters'. While all the quilt tops are pretty nice, once in a while I do come across that 'special' quilt. Not sure what it was about this quilt but I absolutely fell in love with it. There was something so special about it...really weird. Loved the colouring and the simple arrangement of the blocks and went ahead and did a floral edge-to-edge design over it (not something I usually do for the charity quilts, but I felt that this quilt needed something a bit special). The photo really does not do it justice...it looked fantastic and I reluctantly gave it back to the group to gift to someone special.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><b>2. Another Charity quilt</b></div><div>Also one of my favourites but for a different reason</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL14Yey7n58AeiEaFDxXbqF5lcVS95ljQFirAU91y4TSIVLYoaCChpg_381OH7gWqg9G-YXv7ccuZT6EIu5WGi9Pcb559vrmz5KRlC4ZzLuePmmRnLMi8dhCtUNyCexYtmzOcqOrKq7CmgYR2fyzlAdipVCwjkimrbW-xvYWz0XBOqz2FhxRxzBA3gfU/s800/P1040028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="800" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL14Yey7n58AeiEaFDxXbqF5lcVS95ljQFirAU91y4TSIVLYoaCChpg_381OH7gWqg9G-YXv7ccuZT6EIu5WGi9Pcb559vrmz5KRlC4ZzLuePmmRnLMi8dhCtUNyCexYtmzOcqOrKq7CmgYR2fyzlAdipVCwjkimrbW-xvYWz0XBOqz2FhxRxzBA3gfU/w400-h330/P1040028.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Loved the kaleidoscope design and nearly went off and started a new project...however, restrained myself and concentrated on the quilting. Did an overall medium swirly design on it which turned out just right for this quilt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDvU4F62x9fwOtdd3j3HSRZt9MnIUkB1z5Ok1gcaQlGmbAnuTjPjuXxKIwCPm580NbzBl7JSNRsIjQAuSooGbrs8ABX4NYVdfRcvazcfF72wUs0KuyT3vfYUYrrMD-bRppe9oncuUjyHpG7t2q-jYP8N_5W3XBIF-hGLl1KR_CDPwuyohoIIyETlSink/s800/P1040029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDvU4F62x9fwOtdd3j3HSRZt9MnIUkB1z5Ok1gcaQlGmbAnuTjPjuXxKIwCPm580NbzBl7JSNRsIjQAuSooGbrs8ABX4NYVdfRcvazcfF72wUs0KuyT3vfYUYrrMD-bRppe9oncuUjyHpG7t2q-jYP8N_5W3XBIF-hGLl1KR_CDPwuyohoIIyETlSink/w400-h300/P1040029.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">3. In March my new <b>Baptist Fan Ruler Set</b> from <a href="https://michaelquilts.com/">Michael Quilts</a> arrived...easy to use, fantastic fun and lots of the charity quilts got an allover fan design following this. Highly recommended!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvWJUvz6QOsuyNCVcFfsjH7m5H1nUDKM6L42yoOeFMqmtjCZBlgHSdRMDrz3tNs2RZ00Uc7FiFF5rU_7FgcfJLMM0nruCBnSnMawwWpqJBo0nzKcAkopiFedittcys2QrYoJGfasXvoW24UEKJVn-VdgUn9kEZytJvMJbgvm4LOJ-AvfCrNDYr9Y2xe0/s800/P1040056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="800" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvWJUvz6QOsuyNCVcFfsjH7m5H1nUDKM6L42yoOeFMqmtjCZBlgHSdRMDrz3tNs2RZ00Uc7FiFF5rU_7FgcfJLMM0nruCBnSnMawwWpqJBo0nzKcAkopiFedittcys2QrYoJGfasXvoW24UEKJVn-VdgUn9kEZytJvMJbgvm4LOJ-AvfCrNDYr9Y2xe0/w400-h343/P1040056.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b>4. My Organic Table Runner</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did this design for a class that I ran later in the year. Good fun and relatively easy to do once you break it all down into smaller more manageable parts. The participants of the workshop managed this well and were able to mostly finish it by the end of the class.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33DnAka5dmw79A-M4Bo_BztVWFks8a2G9G2ppy69kUrQ-9nqhiwVcL_peGZi4qwSrNmnvy4JPYqlUOdLDe5bAp3pt2gGJdDHNOczVDtYe9z70GPpKcSQSu-FBD1A4nP-6yS5JPT0vy3C9NHC5BdGTgKZaYxXhOWMViaYbM_yZXQUq2TAPsWQR5nIA63Q/s1067/P1040356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33DnAka5dmw79A-M4Bo_BztVWFks8a2G9G2ppy69kUrQ-9nqhiwVcL_peGZi4qwSrNmnvy4JPYqlUOdLDe5bAp3pt2gGJdDHNOczVDtYe9z70GPpKcSQSu-FBD1A4nP-6yS5JPT0vy3C9NHC5BdGTgKZaYxXhOWMViaYbM_yZXQUq2TAPsWQR5nIA63Q/w400-h300/P1040356.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>5. My Scrap Quilts</b><br /><div>Half way through the year I got side tracked by the alarming accumulation of scrap fabrics and set out to tackle this. I made two scrap quilts out of strips in alternating arrangements.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHabxL8BtgyrdWiSdUUzGIw0zEqyrC3RK0hyphenhyphenEu7RYayzkjwFrrO0lRNZJXpLglJBAqNnPxveKnzffB98kopNF_a2kPH-oJb8U3QA1T6jOaSsmORZBSH-B8FeOSRWwzWFzh69VilQRr468sxW5_vgoFq4zrchrf6skygYyB2V4ke8WuOKXar2fl0itZXDo/s800/P1040339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHabxL8BtgyrdWiSdUUzGIw0zEqyrC3RK0hyphenhyphenEu7RYayzkjwFrrO0lRNZJXpLglJBAqNnPxveKnzffB98kopNF_a2kPH-oJb8U3QA1T6jOaSsmORZBSH-B8FeOSRWwzWFzh69VilQRr468sxW5_vgoFq4zrchrf6skygYyB2V4ke8WuOKXar2fl0itZXDo/s320/P1040339.jpg" width="306" /></a>These were supposed to be quick throw together projects...took me quite a while to finish this of as they got bigger and bigger as I went along. However I was really pleased with my efforts as I only used scraps to complete the quilt tops and fabric from my stash to construct the backings. Even pieced together some wadding for one of them, so absolutely no money spent on these quilts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS3XLV9qzzPx-7oQCQdbst7b5cSGmvzKqRQsHSln-PXLWBh9YzSAK6B2ibwUyk_faka4F3oA5zPiLH_29ACisRaQGBDbXVsjYSVfbYQ9iWZGz2ZTNPNUBUC1mtQ_rHx9IJDYZsRorrc-GEAsnrFpDo42oAZh1_F3Kb1wcSfNqc2f9EWUpXZTlfN-dQHKI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="400" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS3XLV9qzzPx-7oQCQdbst7b5cSGmvzKqRQsHSln-PXLWBh9YzSAK6B2ibwUyk_faka4F3oA5zPiLH_29ACisRaQGBDbXVsjYSVfbYQ9iWZGz2ZTNPNUBUC1mtQ_rHx9IJDYZsRorrc-GEAsnrFpDo42oAZh1_F3Kb1wcSfNqc2f9EWUpXZTlfN-dQHKI=w400-h389" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>6. <b>My absolute, 100% favourite</b> for the year...fresh off the press</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVPFd9UsAqETuEw7N9pcGe1ZufXVpss99Zd3v0s0af11OcS8OhrQxe3wNQJXOVMAcXTWDt-DvsHUaHRmvTKrn8DjraToN4tEJQxgzFZJI5WTHUPYYcCRf8SPn4-VVadCQIzo-c5_IF1mL-k2GaCeISojSVjeGDzYg6g5eCimdCiyuyiJet3Fd1WusK-4/s800/P1040745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVPFd9UsAqETuEw7N9pcGe1ZufXVpss99Zd3v0s0af11OcS8OhrQxe3wNQJXOVMAcXTWDt-DvsHUaHRmvTKrn8DjraToN4tEJQxgzFZJI5WTHUPYYcCRf8SPn4-VVadCQIzo-c5_IF1mL-k2GaCeISojSVjeGDzYg6g5eCimdCiyuyiJet3Fd1WusK-4/w640-h640/P1040745.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I love Elizabeth Hartmann patterns and I had started this quilt some years ago, made a few blocks and then obviously moved on to something different. With the help of another linky ' To Do Tuesday' I was able to find the necessary discipline to continue this quilt and actually finish it off. It turned out super cute and was a lot of fun to complete and to quilt.<br /><div><br /><div>Linking up to Meadow Mist Designs for the <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/">Best of 2023 Linky Party</a><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-72424717309287441442023-12-13T21:03:00.005+10:302024-01-20T12:06:24.022+10:30To Do Tuesday #52Looking for my list for this week I realised that I forgot to put up a new list up on my post last week. Well, never mind, I did work on finishing off my cat quilt.<div><br /></div><div>For the cat quilt I decided to do an edge-to-edge design over it. I am doing this on a sitdown longarm machine and I have talked about this on my blog several times on how I do this (for example, <a href="https://thequiltyarn.blogspot.com/2022/03/edge-to-edge-quilting-on-sit-down.html">HERE</a>). I purchased the Ginger Paw design from Urban Elementz designed by Melonie J. Caldwell and Apricot Moon Designs and went to work. The design is 8-1/4in wide so first of all I had to reduce it a little bit as I was not sure how I would go with such a wide design. I made mine 7-3/4in, printed out multiple copies and sticky taped this together into one long row.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcwKjMAkjEOEegcyJO_LkaXZYLfmpz8VJOfnrNpgBUM7e8NkdqXEP5NNeSNKCDxfur7TME8kwhkolNtv7OJugu-VC4pBWw8AtszRJiVxk0ug_HDtrfgo7asAahvx437I_vdQdjXdiHgq4vC3MhOkv5jXhMn2RKe58s21Hr8wUw59r5KTKkn3t2miL3uk/s800/P1040644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcwKjMAkjEOEegcyJO_LkaXZYLfmpz8VJOfnrNpgBUM7e8NkdqXEP5NNeSNKCDxfur7TME8kwhkolNtv7OJugu-VC4pBWw8AtszRJiVxk0ug_HDtrfgo7asAahvx437I_vdQdjXdiHgq4vC3MhOkv5jXhMn2RKe58s21Hr8wUw59r5KTKkn3t2miL3uk/w400-h225/P1040644.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The quilt measures 56.5in x 66.5in and I was unsure whether I could pull this off with using paper over the entire width of the quilt. Normally I do little baby quilts with this method which works really well, however they are usually not bigger than 36in. Was quite nervous about it, but if you never try, you'll never know. Took my time with aligning my row and used both pins and sticky dots to hold the paper on the quilt. This is what this looked like at the machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoCmr7PShRzEouodlpcJYv0Xrw7OjqcYJuI_gMYOyutjdCYXeIPty2iK7BZpTavvtA_SuNEtLLiFT0K7czsKVJg5hyxIrDi1YFYrBGvZQ6qWar7Yr99GpJKeNiZFmgrVG-Ghq1BlGEDurK8j7C6hSkp8iUeaA5fyMlq-1TBjW5gJJinS7lzpysW0Cm4k/s800/P1040718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoCmr7PShRzEouodlpcJYv0Xrw7OjqcYJuI_gMYOyutjdCYXeIPty2iK7BZpTavvtA_SuNEtLLiFT0K7czsKVJg5hyxIrDi1YFYrBGvZQ6qWar7Yr99GpJKeNiZFmgrVG-Ghq1BlGEDurK8j7C6hSkp8iUeaA5fyMlq-1TBjW5gJJinS7lzpysW0Cm4k/w400-h400/P1040718.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I have a Bernina Q20 with the very large Koala table, but still needed to crunch this up a fair bit so that it did not hang off the table. Starting it was a bit of a nightmare as I was struggling against the weight of the quilt. In addition, the weather over here was incredibly humid and I think that affected how easily my quilt was gliding around on the table. Sometimes I used gloves to hold it but sometimes I was doing better without gloves. It got easier after the first row, however then I started struggling with those little toe pads in the design. Funny enough the width of the design did not give me any problems and I found that I could do the long sweeping curves with ease and some tempo. However then doing the little paws with those pads was really quite difficult.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexJBynd3PayZTquCn09T0rCfwGc_dXJ-hm4XL5XZBVd06w-wmdGupNeJedUfJBdeNorUadQH9i7cIkFRqzD_ySR0abYBzE6bCqcruzJuWuREGAwqaD_1YMU3yLS97dD77D9uHjXAWRxeT7cHEdee6zRgghw1_l8nR1J_bYs0OtERGUo-URpTGpC4ZoK4/s800/P1040716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexJBynd3PayZTquCn09T0rCfwGc_dXJ-hm4XL5XZBVd06w-wmdGupNeJedUfJBdeNorUadQH9i7cIkFRqzD_ySR0abYBzE6bCqcruzJuWuREGAwqaD_1YMU3yLS97dD77D9uHjXAWRxeT7cHEdee6zRgghw1_l8nR1J_bYs0OtERGUo-URpTGpC4ZoK4/w400-h400/P1040716.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It got better as I moved along. I do trace every row...this helps me to familiarise myself with the design and cement that muscle memory of the design, however I can honestly say coming to the end of it I am utterly sick of tracing the same thing over and over again. I do take the paper out as I go along, only leaving the bottom bit in as it has part of the next row on it which is used for alignment. I do trace with the blue water erasable pen...this is to avoid getting any pencil marks or similar onto the quilt. Not that I ever tried to do it with a pencil, but I am just a bit paranoid.<div>Moving along</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHstF7Wbu253z57-AhDFrDE_Osez84p8pWcW73GwcOf6E4m8AF62DN3lSTebbU3AIj37mZxEigZz1mXFda1dribDqeRFuoAxET64U82UxvZFcPtCJFFswPu5u-XyRnvL0-ovD-FSKqBg-34Y_b6ozEyjAx7SGuRs5zOl_L0TR9aLdtxKsKzWbyEv-NLQ/s800/P1040721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHstF7Wbu253z57-AhDFrDE_Osez84p8pWcW73GwcOf6E4m8AF62DN3lSTebbU3AIj37mZxEigZz1mXFda1dribDqeRFuoAxET64U82UxvZFcPtCJFFswPu5u-XyRnvL0-ovD-FSKqBg-34Y_b6ozEyjAx7SGuRs5zOl_L0TR9aLdtxKsKzWbyEv-NLQ/w400-h400/P1040721.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I did two rows per day and took my time both with the alignment and the stitching of the rows. I am not going to say this was easy-peasy. At this width (of the quilt and the design itself) it was actually quite hard to do and I definitely have a few wobbles here and there. I used a different thread this time...So Fine (50/3wt) in a brown tone (both in the top and bottom) and I was grateful that this blended in so nicely. Curiously enough, my curves are nice and sweeping, the wobbles usually occurred in the little cat paw, but with this thread this is not that noticeable.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpJTrerbkQCBRIqxdH3hQZs9ZDabFlagHbG3xfVfFa4qaoowbE6UI6jH6Qh2AFmmmVj3df49QBbbiw_B1aYzp4X3fUn-UU9O1y3NnCtbLJJA_gSL9ATYm_N5v69Iem5KrwRfmWZctep8ubKkMkTLltl_hVPiN45RzdvIJGeKq-AEFjRK6nNPzcyQzJm8/s800/P1040723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpJTrerbkQCBRIqxdH3hQZs9ZDabFlagHbG3xfVfFa4qaoowbE6UI6jH6Qh2AFmmmVj3df49QBbbiw_B1aYzp4X3fUn-UU9O1y3NnCtbLJJA_gSL9ATYm_N5v69Iem5KrwRfmWZctep8ubKkMkTLltl_hVPiN45RzdvIJGeKq-AEFjRK6nNPzcyQzJm8/w400-h400/P1040723.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>And it's done! Happy to report that my rows were absolutely dead straight as I hit the bottom in line with the edge of my paper row. Always relieved at that. Both sides are also nice and consistent in the way the design sits...on one or two rows maybe out by about 1/8in but that does not matter at all as the binding will take care of that.<div>Currently doing the binding. This quilt will go to my daughter who loves everything brown and she is already very excited to have this quilt on her bed. Can honestly say that this linky party is partly the reason for finally getting this quilt done. Putting it on your list week by week adds that subtle pressure to actually do it, so big 'thank you' to the linky party...one UFO conquered!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, for next week I will need to keep it simple as I there is Christmas planning and shopping to be done. However, I am planning to </div><div>- finish the binding on the cat quilt.</div><div>- finish attaching the hanging sleeve to my background filler project.<br /><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>Joining the <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/12/11/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-52/">To Do Tuesday #52 Linky Party</a> over at Quilt Schmilt.</div><div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-23943707945781009922023-12-06T18:42:00.000+10:302023-12-06T18:42:00.461+10:30To do Tuesday #51My list was smallish for this week<div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- try to finish 6 cat blocks and cut out the sashing ready to go.✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- sew on the hanging sleeve to my background filler project❌</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- take some photos of my Christmas quilt. I think I will put that in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheQuiltYarn" style="color: #38b6ff; text-decoration-line: none;">Etsy shop</a> for sale even though it is a bit late now...well, there's always next year.✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The last bit of the cat quilt went quicker as I could see the end. I chain pieced along saying the names of the individual cats as I was sewing along so I would not get confused. Must have been really focussed as I did not mix up their faces 😂</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ran into a bit of trouble as I thought I had oodles of background fabric. Well, as it turned out it was just enough. Had a mild suspicion when I started to cut out the sashings. I have a table which tells me how many pieces I can get out of one strip. for the sashing it was 4, 10-1/2in pieces per strip but as I was starting to cut I noticed that I was only yielding 3 pieces!</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I then cut my outside borders as well of which I needed 8, 4in strips so that ate up a lot of fabric. In the end I had to cut some off some length from my border strips to make the sashings go the distance. A few anxious moments there and I thought that in the future I will put my background fabric away with the UFO. As years pass I do forget what I am working on or better said what I have stuffed away somewhere and it is just too easy to cut into your background fabric when you actually need it. Lesson learnt.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the completed quilt top</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCG6JhSD7lhiJVmgjfVsFPQlxYuekIFXHi5sRtwFYwGPAGVFVM8SkQ0qcgf3DvRTht8gof0rv5O4tCsC54twwf1RCgNLqQqCxsN-_HHItQPTJp00Ti4_pd7Vl0NZ0iwLWXbrXtvqZKAirQrvnLpVS8DqIDlWH4WyUC6Lh87ORkH1TT-akAzs7SVUjOPU/s800/P1040707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCG6JhSD7lhiJVmgjfVsFPQlxYuekIFXHi5sRtwFYwGPAGVFVM8SkQ0qcgf3DvRTht8gof0rv5O4tCsC54twwf1RCgNLqQqCxsN-_HHItQPTJp00Ti4_pd7Vl0NZ0iwLWXbrXtvqZKAirQrvnLpVS8DqIDlWH4WyUC6Lh87ORkH1TT-akAzs7SVUjOPU/w400-h400/P1040707.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It turned out so pretty, just like I had envisaged it. The quilt will measure about 57in x 66in. Had to go yesterday to look for some backing and batting and spent half a fortune acquiring it. Washed the backing and now just have to find some spare time to put it all together. Looking forward to quilting this.</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">Today then I finally put up my Christmas quilt in my <a href="http://thequiltyarn.etsy.com">Etsy shop</a>. It is a bit late but what can you do. There is always next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmULKYrX1_0f3sYyNX2mkcYQl46l2ESlKoIv2TOdSnATHZFUaObAN-NDuRmG5lwSuEa1MApVkCh7RHCwpTHSlesXWxvfRqYQQDos9f0ny9p7l25aegLY9kKwVByrlh3efkpBL372L8cQ72mWGdLIusZleX61pQrjVDcSIq8iRkUU3CmENSARO5EPleX0/s800/Quilt%20on%20Wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmULKYrX1_0f3sYyNX2mkcYQl46l2ESlKoIv2TOdSnATHZFUaObAN-NDuRmG5lwSuEa1MApVkCh7RHCwpTHSlesXWxvfRqYQQDos9f0ny9p7l25aegLY9kKwVByrlh3efkpBL372L8cQ72mWGdLIusZleX61pQrjVDcSIq8iRkUU3CmENSARO5EPleX0/w400-h400/Quilt%20on%20Wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Its a pretty little quilt. I used wool batting which makes this nicely soft and a little bit puffy. The quilt measures 32-5/8in x 47-1/2in, so a good size for a bit of a fun festive wall hanging to adorn the halls. Glad this is done so that I now can concentrate on other projects. Again, planning is the magic word rather than jumping around all over the place which I have been doing over the last few months. <br /><div style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/12/04/to-do-tuesday-51/">To Do Tuesday #51 </a>over at Quilt Schmilt.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-50195183168129537202023-11-29T21:49:00.002+10:302023-11-29T21:49:49.666+10:30To Do Tuesday #50 Well, I had quite a list a few weeks ago (can't believe I missed that many):<div><br /><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- finish hand stitching the binding on the backfiller project.</span>✅- <i>currently working on the hanging sleeve</i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- cut and prepare the binding for the Christmas quilt and attach it to the quilt.</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- (OMG) finish that sock!</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- make another 3-4 cat blocks</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- decide which project to tackle next (this could be dangerous...definitely do not start another project before finishing what's on the list!)</span>❌</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- get back to my Etsy shop and prepare for Black Friday sales as well as thinking about a new pattern.-<i>started</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I did finish a few things over the weeks even though it was a fairly busy time. However, then when I really wanted to make a dent in my list, I got Covid...again! Very annoying ...apparently we are facing another wave over here so I suppose it was inevitable. And I just had been to the doctor recently and we did talk about another booster. I was going to have a look when I had my last one...haha, here I am. Good news though is I now do not need a booster for another 6 mths. Like last time Covid was difficult but it did not seem to incapacitate for that long this time. I did a test on Sunday and today already feel much better.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, progress...I did do a couple of things</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finished a few more cat blocks and now only have 6 more to do (of a total of 25 blocks)</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uqxfzo424JA98dI6DwkdA3aV5YxVpb0HHv09K-58IyMWSI9l7nS2_p8_V4s62Jsh4jztZQb5LeEIUwxDZgY3A8UzFH34kh4Bequ0lA8i3iGXLqc-AFvxEVAbsZc3a2iAqQVNlsa0uorifIpDsr2i3qUgeo2Mid5JFB87hL5dnAWYHj5eAzm277BxBvY/s800/P1040643.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uqxfzo424JA98dI6DwkdA3aV5YxVpb0HHv09K-58IyMWSI9l7nS2_p8_V4s62Jsh4jztZQb5LeEIUwxDZgY3A8UzFH34kh4Bequ0lA8i3iGXLqc-AFvxEVAbsZc3a2iAqQVNlsa0uorifIpDsr2i3qUgeo2Mid5JFB87hL5dnAWYHj5eAzm277BxBvY/s320/P1040643.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Would have had one more if it was not for that inexplicable 1/2in missing on one block. Absolutely no idea how that happened other that it was around the time when the brain fog was starting to set in.</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">Finally also finished my second sock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnaGi9yvXgUrQugVAkphDEoKeqdxQ8gPsq01uB8rol4WCBGpOEcCcPf0fGVPYnECEyFcxxrds0t8eC_UmFg52B6W-YCz1YCKWvjoxmKFw_1nFZUuBUyeokPp1HZLIdzM4WSKog_Lymk3reuBpVFf_B6lw0KT-LEmQmBRFREVnR9LatG4B5dXMa3Hf4SQ/s800/P1040639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnaGi9yvXgUrQugVAkphDEoKeqdxQ8gPsq01uB8rol4WCBGpOEcCcPf0fGVPYnECEyFcxxrds0t8eC_UmFg52B6W-YCz1YCKWvjoxmKFw_1nFZUuBUyeokPp1HZLIdzM4WSKog_Lymk3reuBpVFf_B6lw0KT-LEmQmBRFREVnR9LatG4B5dXMa3Hf4SQ/w400-h400/P1040639.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Only had about 5 rows to go before shaping the toe, so I was able to do that over the last few days. The socks fit perfectly. I really like this wool...Signature 4ply from the West Yorkshire Spinners. Feels very nice against the skin.</div><div><br /></div><div>For readers who follow my blog I showed a picture of a design last time that I want to use for my cat quilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBd4YQFnlrJIOnCh9j-hP0glVfS9h2V6gTEyU_r7KCIVWeufWlYMs5JpXc0lERg_Ep3yIZWsYAkucmaPNq7jQzP80CFaZ3fVeCQlzWYKyZg5mpYG-tKY8ehKQ0QrPCLFyrOlUaElD1XQOzxn7DUudydnmdmMyLge-TneQiXKL3OC3FOKqglBKilM9y5s/s3888/P1040634.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBd4YQFnlrJIOnCh9j-hP0glVfS9h2V6gTEyU_r7KCIVWeufWlYMs5JpXc0lERg_Ep3yIZWsYAkucmaPNq7jQzP80CFaZ3fVeCQlzWYKyZg5mpYG-tKY8ehKQ0QrPCLFyrOlUaElD1XQOzxn7DUudydnmdmMyLge-TneQiXKL3OC3FOKqglBKilM9y5s/s320/P1040634.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This is a variation of the 'Ginger Snap' edge-to-edge design where I inserted a cat paw instead of the circles that were there.</div><div>To make this workable I would have had to invest a few more hours of mucking around with my design to make that truly work. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the end I emailed <a href="https://www.urbanelementz.com/">Urban Elementz</a> asking whether the designer could make me a design like this as it would mean they could just erase the circles out of their design and insert a paw. I am sure it was not that easy but I thought it does not hurt to ask.</div><div><br /></div><div>About a week later they emailed back with the finished design. They were able to work with designer Melonie J. Caldwell and Apricot Moon Design to create the new 'Ginger Paw' design! How is that for great customer service!!!</div><div>Here is the new design</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGozsBAujLm1GUj9FGJkT4rbY3fcdHN_F1KBcWETnDUinGfkzJzzeHSlg0gnR5FQG0OM2NytZZjlZWa5uFrOEogshOmIOWbXj7ztbIegsGZu3H7nW3K44AZSaNRkVj6EW5hLhqWDCEEz-Nx0Odnk7JSa8_79qPoJQPjYOV9wXPwfU3q7SqMH0VmygDgc/s800/P1040644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGozsBAujLm1GUj9FGJkT4rbY3fcdHN_F1KBcWETnDUinGfkzJzzeHSlg0gnR5FQG0OM2NytZZjlZWa5uFrOEogshOmIOWbXj7ztbIegsGZu3H7nW3K44AZSaNRkVj6EW5hLhqWDCEEz-Nx0Odnk7JSa8_79qPoJQPjYOV9wXPwfU3q7SqMH0VmygDgc/w400-h225/P1040644.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This has saved me hours of tracing and trying different sizes for the paw and the little claws are just in the right spot for effortlessly sewing around (mine were a bit crooked). I am over the moon...this will look great.<div>Well, and then there was Black Friday and they had a great sale on so I got another design called "happy Times' by Hermione Agee. Was looking for another playful swirly design.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mfOiVnESGkNaR4wKT_HAKRCzD6bjjZifIKQHqcSi_1tbf2X-o60c_h39foSDxqrR4FeQmHe4t-7_mRVTqSpBI53QwdLKO1OcnVPaMCx1nPB3H6UtTyPy6xviw1UlE4PWlxvEOGdELRia4rCqUDZbITBjRu4BYikpYGDhtusxvWF1PtsXTnRsHgm9TGo/s800/P1040645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mfOiVnESGkNaR4wKT_HAKRCzD6bjjZifIKQHqcSi_1tbf2X-o60c_h39foSDxqrR4FeQmHe4t-7_mRVTqSpBI53QwdLKO1OcnVPaMCx1nPB3H6UtTyPy6xviw1UlE4PWlxvEOGdELRia4rCqUDZbITBjRu4BYikpYGDhtusxvWF1PtsXTnRsHgm9TGo/s320/P1040645.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The last few days I literally spent in the recliner chair...drawing! I have been looking at an old wholecloth design that I still have not stitched out and worked out what was bothering me about which meant the design had to re-jigged. I am using the Affinity Design 2 program which is brilliant but also quite challenging. The drawings I do on the program are usually fairly involved with hundreds of elements all on different layers. It was near to impossible to alter the original drawing as things were grouped together at different points and I had been particularly slack with naming my layers properly, so often could not find things, In the end I decided to draw it again, copying some groups but this time systematically labelling everything I was doing, so that any alterations in the future would be easier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f2l0zruhK6bac5tnTGbo7XszPtLQRvgazaHHLI_0QwPJuJrUfYXMe6Uf72HsKUXD6O1XQVIImNiOd4IRE9zNBXeUpHPdfwmcF2TEZFnq01qZ05muN1O9lq4eKsMrZJC2w5AghPOXwqD691P-M9mIkj7BdL2PVOFjeXd7H67vTXk9rm3jO_moP9lO6Y4/s1067/IMG_5755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f2l0zruhK6bac5tnTGbo7XszPtLQRvgazaHHLI_0QwPJuJrUfYXMe6Uf72HsKUXD6O1XQVIImNiOd4IRE9zNBXeUpHPdfwmcF2TEZFnq01qZ05muN1O9lq4eKsMrZJC2w5AghPOXwqD691P-M9mIkj7BdL2PVOFjeXd7H67vTXk9rm3jO_moP9lO6Y4/w400-h300/IMG_5755.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It was horrendous. The main layers are on the right side (all nicely labelled this time)...each of them opens to reveal elements, groups and underneath that every single stroke, so as soon as you open one layer you scroll for ages to try to find what you are looking for. I am actually quite bored with this wholecloth by now, however do want to stitch it out as a reminder of a class that I did many years ago with Cindy Needham. The Amish Curling Feather was a more recent addition and I struggled with that...in the end I decided that I would have them curling around the corners as well rather than have the feathers start from both corners because that would have meant that I would have ended up with the feather going the wrong way approaching the next corner and the piece is not big enough to do a 'meet in the middle of the border scenario for another decorative element. Please with my efforts, everything is locked down, all my measurements are correct, so hopefully this is it! The whole thing will come out about 38in square.<br /><div><br /></div><div>So, this was my week. What am I planning?</div><div>- try to finish 6 cat blocks and cut out the sashing ready to go.</div><div>- sew on the hanging sleeve to my background filler project</div><div>- take some photos of my Christmas quilt. I think I will put that in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheQuiltYarn">Etsy shop</a> for sale even though it is a bit late now...well, there's always next year.</div><div><br /></div><div>...and I think, that's it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/11/28/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-50/">To Do Tuesday #50</a> over at Quilt Schmilt<br /><div><br /><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin</span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-5775000479160594812023-11-14T20:58:00.003+10:302023-11-15T12:28:03.598+10:30To Do Tuesday #45 - Christmas Quilt Panel<div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My goals from last week</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- hand-sew the binding to the backfiller project and create a hanging sleeve (otherwise this will end up in the cupboard) - <i>almost done!</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- finish the sock!❌</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- pin and baste the Australian christmas quilt.✅</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Not super productive this week, but some learning occurred! Also finished another three cat blocks which for some reason was not on my list.</div><div><br /></div><div>I pinned, basted and quilted that blasted Christmas Panel quilt. The panel is called 'Bush Celebration' design #DV5394 in the Devonstone Collection. I bought a new pantograph design from Urban Elementz called 'Ginger Snap' by Apricot Moon Designs. The design is large (8in) , so I mucked around with reducing it in size to a level that was comfortable to do on a sitdown machine. You absolutely can asked Urban Elementz for a different size for a small additional fee, however I absolutely had no idea what size to go for and also wanted this design for another quilt, so possibly was looking at a number of sizes. In addition, I am a very visual person and needed to see the different sizes.</div><div>Not necessarily great for a Christmas quilt, but I did not want to get a Christmas design which I would only use once or twice and the Ginger Snap appealed to me as I can use that on many different types of quilts. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I made a start with the design reduced to about 6 in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlf8JPj1WjrDXqO_W-8zyaL-1kdKBH-Q4IofXsx02Cr0q7WWCdrx6Y-vnnVEXQWIuwexcswDcLRoHB3BdlvXUtovk4W0UwjTqIJzNj4HE1svvFOJv4ZCz12dhhe65NJAZZMDCV_pL0Ru6CVjUWNWXYwJMsKVtgfIQt4sWXRtSLw_uR8lngVeb34AnyW8/s800/P1040631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="800" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlf8JPj1WjrDXqO_W-8zyaL-1kdKBH-Q4IofXsx02Cr0q7WWCdrx6Y-vnnVEXQWIuwexcswDcLRoHB3BdlvXUtovk4W0UwjTqIJzNj4HE1svvFOJv4ZCz12dhhe65NJAZZMDCV_pL0Ru6CVjUWNWXYwJMsKVtgfIQt4sWXRtSLw_uR8lngVeb34AnyW8/w400-h256/P1040631.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>As I suspected, not that easy to keep consistently round even though I am following a drawn line. I possibly could go a little big bigger but definitely not 8in. I think I would start to struggle to keep going on those drawn lines. Loved the look of this and got excited about it, however...<div><br /></div><div>...did not like it on that christmas quilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhYrAY7ZURQk1gOLrF6JTGLc9uZ-Gi1Zd60S6ehUfuSp5gtf4j3By1deJPc9NCi84azTLFpXpfwvW_jTBPqMi73CHJnKvDQ9VWn2fBDfX_IOo-RvaBsi3dM2POzH6V5gg3eCHeAtWlf2yuOCnLW5AYvQSJ9o1QW9-vtJs99UhGFWRfFrN8zHyY3t_Nrw/s800/P1040630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="780" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhYrAY7ZURQk1gOLrF6JTGLc9uZ-Gi1Zd60S6ehUfuSp5gtf4j3By1deJPc9NCi84azTLFpXpfwvW_jTBPqMi73CHJnKvDQ9VWn2fBDfX_IOo-RvaBsi3dM2POzH6V5gg3eCHeAtWlf2yuOCnLW5AYvQSJ9o1QW9-vtJs99UhGFWRfFrN8zHyY3t_Nrw/w390-h400/P1040630.jpg" width="390" /></a></div>As you can see took me a while to get a really good picture of that and I was ho-humming for a while whether to continue or not. In the end I decided to take it out. Just was not the right design. I felt that the playful design created additional busy-ness and was somewhat just wrong.<div>So I took it all out which took hours! Then I steamed that section to get rid of the stitching marks and lo and behold the iron spat out some brown gunk all over the section! Lucky for me all that rinsed out with cold water and also helped with making those stitching lines virtually disappear. I noticed that I got rid of my basting and put that back in once it was dry. Not ideal and I did make a mental note not to remove basting stitches in the future until I am definitely finished (as this caused some additional problems in the end).</div><div>In terms of design I was by now over it. Knew that I needed a calm repetitive pattern, so went with the clamshell design and finished this today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08LyqW1V_iXA9EPhxr5JYaMb0n7oIpHTEZBa4Za3GmIXFnurs4U0wPgTMhp6tQVTKq157QnY1WfG1vY-1gxipg5fUEPa-sW3FChddVR6jy44HTpE6B-qbaO6ckb2SB-uG33fM0EuMQRXgXFkrevVKAsF71qYlmgpTp8tZjymJasIQx1CrjoNAoEssoXk/s800/P1040636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="584" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08LyqW1V_iXA9EPhxr5JYaMb0n7oIpHTEZBa4Za3GmIXFnurs4U0wPgTMhp6tQVTKq157QnY1WfG1vY-1gxipg5fUEPa-sW3FChddVR6jy44HTpE6B-qbaO6ckb2SB-uG33fM0EuMQRXgXFkrevVKAsF71qYlmgpTp8tZjymJasIQx1CrjoNAoEssoXk/w293-h400/P1040636.jpg" width="293" /></a></div>This was not as easy going as it usually is. The batting is wool, so fairly soft and a little bit puffy. Had some issues staying on track as this panel does not give you a lot of points where you can gauge your alignment. Felt like I was going a bit blind and am actually a bit surprised that this looks fine as I was definitely out of alignment a number of times. Then when I had finished my last row, I flipped it over and wow...two clams had puckered in the last row and another clam had a pucker in the row below. I reckon this was the result of me re-basting it after I had rinsed it. Well, undid the last row and the pucker underneath, took my edge stitch out and re-did all that and finally finished this! What a saga! Looks good though with a calmer design.<div><br /></div><div>On a more positive note, I did play around with the ' Ginger Snap' design in the week as I want to use that for my emerging cat quilt. I did look for cat related designs, however many of them are fairly involved, i.e. have lots of smaller elements which would be too tedious as I am stitching this out with the use of Golden Threads paper. I needed something simple that makes it easy to remove the paper. The Ginger Snap design also comes with different elements inserted, like flowers, hearts, stars (then called Ginger Flowers/Hearts/Stars etc) so I decided to insert a cat paw into it. Spent some time drawing out a decent cat paw in one of my drawing programs, then substituted the circle of the design with the cat paw at an angle. Stitched out (a bit roughly) two different sizes, one at 6-1/2in and one at 5-1/2in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesewJUsb2VlJhOXJv0RMwtslNgjhWYkhChsijFX5P7ZDLNkKWY5MoYnghO6aLRgEPcz2WburL796MbeJUhCyR7gZqt6jINIETfVhgkVIzjn7YHQz35j40WNfmxry7FiwqRSzdpj-_Hj2kY6aBgtT2PbHL6491yHzajdV1aW7PuSPoONWhrWkKtWHdhqI/s800/P1040634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="621" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesewJUsb2VlJhOXJv0RMwtslNgjhWYkhChsijFX5P7ZDLNkKWY5MoYnghO6aLRgEPcz2WburL796MbeJUhCyR7gZqt6jINIETfVhgkVIzjn7YHQz35j40WNfmxry7FiwqRSzdpj-_Hj2kY6aBgtT2PbHL6491yHzajdV1aW7PuSPoONWhrWkKtWHdhqI/w310-h400/P1040634.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>Stitched out really well and actually was easier than doing the circle. I reckon I probably can go a bit larger in this as I do not have to be so consistently roundish. Really cute and will be great for the cat quilt. Now I only have to fine tune this a bit in terms of size and my drawing (I think one of my claws is angled a bit weirdly), but definitely do-able.<br /><div><br /><div>So for the remainder of the week I am planning to</div><div>- finish hand stitching the binding on the backfiller project.</div><div>- cut and prepare the binding for the Christmas quilt and attach it to the quilt.</div><div>- (OMG) finish that sock!</div><div>- make another 3-4 cat blocks</div><div>- decide which project to tackle next (this could be dangerous...definitely do not start another project before finishing what's on the list!)</div><div>- get back to my Etsy shop and prepare for Black Friday sales as well as thinking about a new pattern.</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/11/14/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-45/">To Do Tuesday #45</a> over at Quilt Schmilt.<br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin</span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-35404480495037222802023-11-07T21:56:00.001+10:302023-11-07T21:56:49.218+10:30To Do Tuesday #44 - Playing Around With Shapes My list from last week included:<div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue on my freemotionquilting project✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue and hopefully finish my sock❌</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- make another cat block or two✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- re-think my Australian Christmas tree quilt. It is ready to be pinned and basted but I am now thinking of maybe just doing a pantograph over it rather than doing an involved backfiller as I am not really sure what I am going to do with that quilt. As I got other projects to finish I am thinking that this will just hold me up unnecessarily.</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- deliver the charity quilts and pick up a new lot.</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I finished my backfiller project! Just have the handstitching of the binding to do...</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rDPE-NBBUjRt5tvX6CeAyYSDZrDqcReN3Mt-tU3yHPXGsVF3uWfEYUgaCpYZah3PoXT1GSCCk7IZjbr22einCHZ10PRcW4jWR9CiXUykBBWRapm5mbaEp0Ba_Tred7vIeGk5uB6OfQAzaMqypXaoTCb9wrywuavzRdVPvVz-a6h57bKmTgWPtFUgVx0/s800/P1040621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="800" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rDPE-NBBUjRt5tvX6CeAyYSDZrDqcReN3Mt-tU3yHPXGsVF3uWfEYUgaCpYZah3PoXT1GSCCk7IZjbr22einCHZ10PRcW4jWR9CiXUykBBWRapm5mbaEp0Ba_Tred7vIeGk5uB6OfQAzaMqypXaoTCb9wrywuavzRdVPvVz-a6h57bKmTgWPtFUgVx0/w640-h630/P1040621.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some close ups...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1Z3O6AEPYI2Ir40CurrpyBTdTN8op1oNirMUbKE34Jau_2-4PiqS40ACNdpZVs68dnZ5GCT8Xl0ws_dTRU0OG9BsX5Ajt27gJ-ADJKyxxlmQWUJaqlvYR447sRSaIPzOefoKqXpzIhU3g08gXNnOTE_Y9UTz49fJYRDpTl8JmZlyEpKFdD-TTiTDORE/s800/P1040624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1Z3O6AEPYI2Ir40CurrpyBTdTN8op1oNirMUbKE34Jau_2-4PiqS40ACNdpZVs68dnZ5GCT8Xl0ws_dTRU0OG9BsX5Ajt27gJ-ADJKyxxlmQWUJaqlvYR447sRSaIPzOefoKqXpzIhU3g08gXNnOTE_Y9UTz49fJYRDpTl8JmZlyEpKFdD-TTiTDORE/w400-h400/P1040624.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOKOCVE_5pDCQgOoBBZ24etoP8xM8IJRTG5iBiUuIoMwbrTDLmMcm0ygGfgMe2wnW1A_k22SgHXwrkOEKcgdh0_YZcfSlIHDgtCgKRhZ0nzmVBGwTAJOXdQ5s5INaVutEZZNvWJDLBRi9f7LVU4n1BpO5Ljb1kLKbTcsjH97xr_85AtfV6XBhYTikOpI/s800/P1040623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOKOCVE_5pDCQgOoBBZ24etoP8xM8IJRTG5iBiUuIoMwbrTDLmMcm0ygGfgMe2wnW1A_k22SgHXwrkOEKcgdh0_YZcfSlIHDgtCgKRhZ0nzmVBGwTAJOXdQ5s5INaVutEZZNvWJDLBRi9f7LVU4n1BpO5Ljb1kLKbTcsjH97xr_85AtfV6XBhYTikOpI/w400-h400/P1040623.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE33Ny-YtvzWNLklyEupiqTkPbesBuKdzznhRUtwrDo447ffZY9CTmi8Yvo_kjDCnfyxL1IL22gfGaO34zx7F95sZvZM3mFAOb1W7oI5KYMnpfOVpW0GnC0xyebRVFwAXEVEQrPOxLM3h8QHUek3MkQfO-yxwUX8g4QUyFJTqM1DGjEw7fedF9lod1dY/s800/P1040622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE33Ny-YtvzWNLklyEupiqTkPbesBuKdzznhRUtwrDo447ffZY9CTmi8Yvo_kjDCnfyxL1IL22gfGaO34zx7F95sZvZM3mFAOb1W7oI5KYMnpfOVpW0GnC0xyebRVFwAXEVEQrPOxLM3h8QHUek3MkQfO-yxwUX8g4QUyFJTqM1DGjEw7fedF9lod1dY/w400-h400/P1040622.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Very happy with the end result even though I had a few problems with it. I stitched this with 100wt Invisafil and had some tension issues which was annoying as well as unusual. I put it down to using a small orange spool which kept on getting stuck at the top of the spool. For a while then I put the small spool on the horizontal spool holder but that also did something to the tension. So all in all there are some unsightly tension issues on the back particularly in the orange sections which in the end I decided to overlook. A first for me!</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I did stretch myself a little bit with this piece and deliberately tried designs that I had not done before. I cannot remember exactly how many designs we went through in Bethanne Nemesh' Breaking Boundaries class but there were many...ok, just looked it up...over a 100, so as you can imagine, you do not really practice all of them in one go. I remember trying most of them, but then discovered pretty quickly some favourites which I then started concentrating on. So going back over the class I chose a few that I had not done that much before and some where I had some problems with so this whole project became a bit of a practice piece. Attaching the binding was a joy as there was so much to look at...I could see some of the designs that I executed really well and some of the others where I was a bit challenged. Some designs were a surprise like the white right corner in the second photo. The design is called tree rings and looked interesting so I gave that a whirl and stitched it out on a diamond grid. If I was to do it again I would stitch the grid first and then do the rings but in this piece I did everything in one hit so it is a bit more wonky in places. I really like the look of that...just very interesting if you include a little pocket like that. I think had I stitched the grid beforehand I could have concentrated more on where I start my rings as sometimes they just melted into each other. But still, good fun and easy to do.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After this I had a bit of a break, but managed to make a few more cats</span></div><div style="background-color: white;">I am determined to get this done! Have actually one more cat, so all told 13 blocks so far. Just need to continue to put one day per week aside for just making cat blocks. Undecided at the moment whether to go for 20 or 30 blocks. We shall see...</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBvmtyeRRU-dJQeqoe_zGoBM6x0uUb3L7qvRAKr2gV7Jqmrs79GB2JYPhtGz1WKqrS86AVslomqfdILfPuMfc9FqpXZSuLRCeiWZyf3lmIBM1tpruJKUkKa2XAoZKZnhrBmQf4a9vPaBoCGkkjCVImray-Cg3dyjosZKOg4C8YGb3BLo2ZQ-zPhHG8QY/s800/P1040618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="800" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBvmtyeRRU-dJQeqoe_zGoBM6x0uUb3L7qvRAKr2gV7Jqmrs79GB2JYPhtGz1WKqrS86AVslomqfdILfPuMfc9FqpXZSuLRCeiWZyf3lmIBM1tpruJKUkKa2XAoZKZnhrBmQf4a9vPaBoCGkkjCVImray-Cg3dyjosZKOg4C8YGb3BLo2ZQ-zPhHG8QY/w400-h365/P1040618.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Spent also some time thinking about the Christmas quilt and started looking for an allover design I could do on that. Spent countless hours on the internet looking over my favourite shop <a href="https://www.urbanelementz.com/">'Urban Elementz'</a> for a suitable pantograph. Still looking...also thought I could just do a larger scale swirly design on it, but just a bit undecided at the moment.</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">While looking around on the internet, I came across <a href="https://elizabethhartman.com/cats-in-pajamas">Elizabeth Hartmann's new pattern 'Cats in Pajamas'.</a> Very cute indeed, but what really caught my attention was the allover quilting design. <span style="color: #444444; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her quilts were quilted by Emily Hoppe of So Sunny Quilts using Julie Hirt’s 60s Mod Butterfly. Went all over the internet to find that design but could not find it in a format where I can self print this as it is for longarm machines where you load the pattern into the machine. </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinLK7dEvODSGVyqHeAvbmcy3ZqYmBUtBDXUI3XSwPErOfNlpZ6KDUQEp0aAd4dyOOtoTC1Ltb_pZrCCLYLPSIBr5whq5-4Vus6bBN7pLE_E4V_b14-irYbseLpfjV82MbOW7wLEVKls_bN5Y-fYUkAEiT0jLgtnNIZjANSKUOMiMbnvR3dloWcnBm3Fuw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinLK7dEvODSGVyqHeAvbmcy3ZqYmBUtBDXUI3XSwPErOfNlpZ6KDUQEp0aAd4dyOOtoTC1Ltb_pZrCCLYLPSIBr5whq5-4Vus6bBN7pLE_E4V_b14-irYbseLpfjV82MbOW7wLEVKls_bN5Y-fYUkAEiT0jLgtnNIZjANSKUOMiMbnvR3dloWcnBm3Fuw" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">However that sent me into exploring my rulers, so today I played all day with stitching out something similar with the HQ Petal Pusher Ruler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6EKM8gGAOwm7DijNVQpKIbEMAhe-BDH_J-WGgwZb-2KRfVtRpA6ssqrIZLbTAamr2GV5nhlmYnaJ7ogxpG_ptu7ij9kRgRF0DC8Opl9sjsGJfh9nrXGvPzYMctAZ_HObvjZFp6W4aKtICXmRwdAr4pmXUbVWC9HSZ_ETU0wz7ru3C6nQymJE_v4xiL4/s800/P1040629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6EKM8gGAOwm7DijNVQpKIbEMAhe-BDH_J-WGgwZb-2KRfVtRpA6ssqrIZLbTAamr2GV5nhlmYnaJ7ogxpG_ptu7ij9kRgRF0DC8Opl9sjsGJfh9nrXGvPzYMctAZ_HObvjZFp6W4aKtICXmRwdAr4pmXUbVWC9HSZ_ETU0wz7ru3C6nQymJE_v4xiL4/s320/P1040629.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZB6HQL-5gJoHQp4pfBoHLl3AZgdM98LT7HUngnFLgXdBAlc2PSaJ_X1OtHLYPkFnkPEvtFEGfBQvrqU41JHlqjlozxF0JuXKlV3xsu65vhbPGV-B3fig_WXbU3uEyz66fXW6rg1-NWxm8AA83hbH6q887cNDo_LMoNYmP_BTmIcPIVJ149uCxFD_TvXA/s800/P1040626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZB6HQL-5gJoHQp4pfBoHLl3AZgdM98LT7HUngnFLgXdBAlc2PSaJ_X1OtHLYPkFnkPEvtFEGfBQvrqU41JHlqjlozxF0JuXKlV3xsu65vhbPGV-B3fig_WXbU3uEyz66fXW6rg1-NWxm8AA83hbH6q887cNDo_LMoNYmP_BTmIcPIVJ149uCxFD_TvXA/w400-h400/P1040626.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Obviously not the same, but could look really nice on a little baby quilt. I offset my petals just for the fun of it and marked a grid on my fabric and literally just stitched out the vertical lines and then went over it putting the petals in. Such a simple idea and looks quite nice.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Also tried the other shape</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia04LqkFcZZX1ZlcWYv7nkyJnyovHgaun6-y6VbuXTtNa9xjSmrUOOhIyQMUpICh6365ajGSuKD9NGc5TGF17yF1Qn3gWrm8SWul_i7c9xWOfq5_aotHfaQNyEs1TKW1JxKb8k2-4Z5yauBqe_0gvrJjgvjaEYbXtbAaDG_O1NYo7kKSffv78pgfDH1r8/s800/P1040627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia04LqkFcZZX1ZlcWYv7nkyJnyovHgaun6-y6VbuXTtNa9xjSmrUOOhIyQMUpICh6365ajGSuKD9NGc5TGF17yF1Qn3gWrm8SWul_i7c9xWOfq5_aotHfaQNyEs1TKW1JxKb8k2-4Z5yauBqe_0gvrJjgvjaEYbXtbAaDG_O1NYo7kKSffv78pgfDH1r8/w400-h400/P1040627.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">My grid was too large which I only realised once I had already started. After that got out the star rulers and started playing around with that and so the day went, just playing around. I am always looking for new ways to use my rulers particularly doing allover designs. Not sure with this as there is some marking involved obviously, but for a smaller piece, that could work. I did deliver all my charity quilts last week and picked up a new stack. If there is a very small baby quilt amongst that lot, I might give that a try.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So this was my week. I am always very disorientated once I finish a more involved project and it takes me days to settle down to do something else, so for the coming week I will keep my list as modest as I can.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- hand-sew the binding to the backfiller project and create a hanging sleeve (otherwise this will end up in the cupboard)</div><div style="text-align: left;">- finish the sock!</div><div style="text-align: left;">- pin and baste the Australian christmas quilt.</div></div><br />Heading over to Quilt Schmilt for the <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/11/06/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-44/">To Do Tuesday Linky Party #44</a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-45813604630568241202023-10-26T12:35:00.002+10:302023-11-02T17:57:04.375+10:30To Do Tuesday #43 - Making ProgressHere we are again...another week has flown by. My list from last week:<div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue to fill my current freemotion-quilting project. I want to take my time with this a bit to really try a few unfamiliar designs in order to just practice and hopefully commit them to muscle memory.✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue on my knitting projects ( I did continue in the week and I will show you my new socks once they are completed...have about 30 rows to go)</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue on the cat quilt, maybe do just one more cat block.</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">Whoa! Stuck to my plan, that is a first!</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">So I continued on my freemotionquilting project. Got quite a bit done but was a bit dismayed at not being better at it. Always humbling to see that you still have a lot of learning to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuFSW-CJb_xoM6aTc_L2GSaVfTU4yCgNKajQIrR9WocdBO7PKXjzndF6Ps2vnBqxcmuPfQYEKRtpveN8NRXcOJkPDtO144GsDnHJOdyyoMDiAWiSsEBoBgYGoVc8Lvl2G2SWrn5CmZAFmjtyaDOpYEWwb9Tbp0aJicwPRIabcy-1dQclAYaega5QmVDo/s800/P1040605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuFSW-CJb_xoM6aTc_L2GSaVfTU4yCgNKajQIrR9WocdBO7PKXjzndF6Ps2vnBqxcmuPfQYEKRtpveN8NRXcOJkPDtO144GsDnHJOdyyoMDiAWiSsEBoBgYGoVc8Lvl2G2SWrn5CmZAFmjtyaDOpYEWwb9Tbp0aJicwPRIabcy-1dQclAYaega5QmVDo/w400-h400/P1040605.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />My 'splat design in the upper part worked fine and flowed really well. Combined this with some filler elements and pebbles. As so often I do get carried away with the pebbles and had to make a conscious effort to do other little floral elements to break that up. Not that I like pebbles better, but once I get going I can just pebble along for a really long time. It's almost hypnotic!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lvLn0-_xSCP8wZHY8Xd_uSQlz8DTSlSF5m4hp48qNGU4GcV1fFI8YDSAY6W8bJV9Dyja2hKcJ1TcmzCCaPh2MewTC2IkIchMsP0en7s49H7xG40b-mUXfLO-d9J26F52cD5rPgam_FTeRK_9Fl47Dw5BB3nvT5dC1j09O7SpghWEDGw2N7K41DjTJ1w/s800/P1040607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lvLn0-_xSCP8wZHY8Xd_uSQlz8DTSlSF5m4hp48qNGU4GcV1fFI8YDSAY6W8bJV9Dyja2hKcJ1TcmzCCaPh2MewTC2IkIchMsP0en7s49H7xG40b-mUXfLO-d9J26F52cD5rPgam_FTeRK_9Fl47Dw5BB3nvT5dC1j09O7SpghWEDGw2N7K41DjTJ1w/w400-h400/P1040607.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Then I quilted that rainbow design. Had trouble with that when I first tried it in the workshop (Bethanne Nemesh' Breaking Boundaries workshop) and lo and behold, found this very troublesome again. Not sure what this is...it is such a simple design but my brain just does not want to follow along it seems. As I had started on it, I persevered as it was going to 'eat' up a whole chunk of area when combined with some straight lines. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStU_kdqFmb5sgW_f34H5feKJVkaweCKZN7tey4hqHAioqPWQc86q8Nt9_0WMtAkWKpbZ2MRrgzpFiVSgIBAwDT8BJD8Orm7PEyzmZGKxB7C1gGP-zSfyqorupjQ55syaeasgGcuMglIAmHs4KWgdLwtHUY7DvZzI_ilIxdte_cGOy4wFPCg6C8V7kkZ8/s800/P1040606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStU_kdqFmb5sgW_f34H5feKJVkaweCKZN7tey4hqHAioqPWQc86q8Nt9_0WMtAkWKpbZ2MRrgzpFiVSgIBAwDT8BJD8Orm7PEyzmZGKxB7C1gGP-zSfyqorupjQ55syaeasgGcuMglIAmHs4KWgdLwtHUY7DvZzI_ilIxdte_cGOy4wFPCg6C8V7kkZ8/w400-h400/P1040606.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Not really that happy with it but I am leaving it and put it down to a learning experience. Found that I had to really think this through and make a conscious effort to make them look behind and in front. Then on the side I obviously got sick of it and made them somewhat bigger which does not look good. So what did I learn:</div><div>- need to keep the rainbows at a manageable scale</div><div>- need to build on them rather than quilting rainbows in a row</div><div>- need to watch the spacing between the lines.</div><div><br /></div><div>On a positive note though, when combined with straight lines you can fill a vast amount of area very quickly, so overall a really effective backfiller.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did a bit more knitting in the evening but the sock is not yet finished, so I will show a photo in the next few weeks. However, I also continued on my cat quilt. I love Elizabeth Hartman designs and started that cat quilt some years ago using a range of predominantly brown fabrics that matched our cat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrfi77O7IEklzf69vfR3fIqP5oztbS6EjTKtb52Kbvj1cNVqMljg-weYCge_Vx5N6NBXOT8RXz4Sry4Ly3I0z5EeYAaEblWZMS3n4nQAu670I3USMqrdGZh87p9p9puV-91xhelT8EwHfYScg4aBgvLWxEDlHu53683gHIkj4258RACyTAc9gUKkkuOQ/s800/P1010151-3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="800" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrfi77O7IEklzf69vfR3fIqP5oztbS6EjTKtb52Kbvj1cNVqMljg-weYCge_Vx5N6NBXOT8RXz4Sry4Ly3I0z5EeYAaEblWZMS3n4nQAu670I3USMqrdGZh87p9p9puV-91xhelT8EwHfYScg4aBgvLWxEDlHu53683gHIkj4258RACyTAc9gUKkkuOQ/s320/P1010151-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>She has got such nice colouring and I just had the perfect fabric to match that.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>When I looked at what I had done I just thought that it was ridiculous that I have had this sitting around for years as a UFO and just sat down to make a few more blocks. They are not difficult to do, it is just a bit of a hassle to cut out all the pieces. The actual sewing is quite effortless. Made three blocks in one sitting and thought if I devote one day per week to make 3-4 blocks I <i>will</i> get this done! It is just a matter of doing it rather than sitting there thinking about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tNkv4IOZhhUbIq6XP1ES7TqopwsMycH6KAQYWiXdu9z65fb7Ly4KUWj_7Ou1AXq9NJ2Nj_RTSmJXD8oR6g0b-82iLzFosCW9b9XBXc2ir1iGfy8dTeXWLm_rcDnbx-SV-HUSFFsQyEfNL5PsRCLmdFMvzMMX7wA5I7KGxihS-PO0doHI-RYzltV3dic/s800/P1040612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tNkv4IOZhhUbIq6XP1ES7TqopwsMycH6KAQYWiXdu9z65fb7Ly4KUWj_7Ou1AXq9NJ2Nj_RTSmJXD8oR6g0b-82iLzFosCW9b9XBXc2ir1iGfy8dTeXWLm_rcDnbx-SV-HUSFFsQyEfNL5PsRCLmdFMvzMMX7wA5I7KGxihS-PO0doHI-RYzltV3dic/s320/P1040612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFXAdPFwSCY42nMlw5A6xtziguO-IUWdoVLa-FL5Ds9G2FhJ6AfSVjvbiMDhznf-g3Qb8WjC0RezFCeqNnnc1DNA-hQKtNsPBbp1SS-hJvFExnYewuLgWzed6gRWjlRKBLo1XX_ADDBE9mVYR49FljfO4BS2AdADFgYvofHM3vFAwSCTWlZHKnC-Um08/s800/P1040613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFXAdPFwSCY42nMlw5A6xtziguO-IUWdoVLa-FL5Ds9G2FhJ6AfSVjvbiMDhznf-g3Qb8WjC0RezFCeqNnnc1DNA-hQKtNsPBbp1SS-hJvFExnYewuLgWzed6gRWjlRKBLo1XX_ADDBE9mVYR49FljfO4BS2AdADFgYvofHM3vFAwSCTWlZHKnC-Um08/w400-h400/P1040613.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Apart from this also bought some new fabric when visiting a newly opened shop in the area...just could not resist as it was on special!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k7SYT72yyi3arkmLNAGjEEEGlu9uDPqUkHobkCuJLicY5HZA3MXK614NJoNARNI1xhSHeVQStnZiUW-kQTrzL6lNq6nPWlFrqDBptHHD7PVTPX1WCoQLtsJGurB5VlAoAVLiWhg9FIw2Y9yWkE4bd2kcXMe-KCUUri2sNuy9zAxfES0gveQQHLnHvOo/s800/P1040609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k7SYT72yyi3arkmLNAGjEEEGlu9uDPqUkHobkCuJLicY5HZA3MXK614NJoNARNI1xhSHeVQStnZiUW-kQTrzL6lNq6nPWlFrqDBptHHD7PVTPX1WCoQLtsJGurB5VlAoAVLiWhg9FIw2Y9yWkE4bd2kcXMe-KCUUri2sNuy9zAxfES0gveQQHLnHvOo/w400-h400/P1040609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ducks in rows! Too cute...the fabric is 'Ducky Tales by Lucie Crovatto for Studio E Fabrics. Almost got sidetracked again into starting something new, but eventually put it in the drawer for another day. This would lend itself to some fussy cutting of a four ducks charm square and then matching the fabric with some alternate blocks. That would be rather cute. <div><br /></div><div>So for the remainder of the week I will</div><div>- continue on my freemotionquilting project</div><div>- continue and hopefully finish my sock</div><div>- make another cat block or two</div><div>- re-think my Australian Christmas tree quilt. It is ready to be pinned and basted but I am now thinking of maybe just doing a pantograph over it rather than doing an involved backfiller as I am not really sure what I am going to do with that quilt. As I got other projects to finish I am thinking that this will just hold me up unnecessarily.</div><div>- deliver the charity quilts and pick up a new lot.</div><div><br /><div>Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/10/31/to-do-tuesday-linky-party-43/">To Do Tuesday #43 </a>over at Quilt Schmilt <br /><div>Also linking up to:</div><div><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2023/10/midweek-makers-406.html">Midweek Makers </a>over at Quilt Fabrication</div><div><a href="http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/2023/10/funkytown-santa-and-ntt.html">My Quilt Infatuation</a><br /> <br /><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-2916014374690621992023-10-19T20:59:00.006+10:302023-10-19T20:59:57.426+10:30To Do Tuesday #42 - Making a StartWell, let's see how we went. This is what I had on my list<br /><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- once my thread arrives make a start on the filling of the quilt above once I worked out a bit of a plan on how to go about that✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- baste another little charity quilt and hopefully start the quilting on that ...maybe another clamshell allover</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- cut the pieces for a couple more cat blocks </span>❌</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue on my knitting projects</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I was waiting for my thread, I completed the last two (of the four I was given) of the charity quilts. The first one was a little scrappy baby quilt which I again did a simple clamshell design over it. Still love doing this, particularly for little baby quilts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAS4eUGOCUBqk2tMhIZ2sR9NdZoIW3lprBSQOToWjakvjYvCp0w0JCnM_vlXVmUgIhxaIbQKWVuRznIAR24Ay7kyq0pWwiqo-haZo-MArGVufBM-C4fHDro7qkVclHRGmDBfU22TeUerhnNclauwT7MWJgB1Om3rF5bABkEALQuguxPtYV7epSRfNsPE/s915/P1040594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAS4eUGOCUBqk2tMhIZ2sR9NdZoIW3lprBSQOToWjakvjYvCp0w0JCnM_vlXVmUgIhxaIbQKWVuRznIAR24Ay7kyq0pWwiqo-haZo-MArGVufBM-C4fHDro7qkVclHRGmDBfU22TeUerhnNclauwT7MWJgB1Om3rF5bABkEALQuguxPtYV7epSRfNsPE/w350-h400/P1040594.jpg" width="350" /></a></div>The second quilt was a very bright 'Crazy' quilt which I ended up just doing an allover meander over it. This ensured that I caught some of the fullness in some of the blocks and bonus, also almost straightened out some wonky sashings. Win-win!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vx-VQ8fz9m787jnO-gu8bwFfaHWrvM9eyU0-YwTUINxgOjlcY3L4cZS_qj3NRl1b62Nx9f6OdrXb6xwpRry7zA0igc_6_qN2vSrhl2nZu5MEqayT2sfXNxfwBUNefRYR0lTiEXVENy-0nufTr224-mZxqb8rJR5iVSGlZPKGb5C1bH_utwFsNXMkaL8/s855/P1040597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="855" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vx-VQ8fz9m787jnO-gu8bwFfaHWrvM9eyU0-YwTUINxgOjlcY3L4cZS_qj3NRl1b62Nx9f6OdrXb6xwpRry7zA0igc_6_qN2vSrhl2nZu5MEqayT2sfXNxfwBUNefRYR0lTiEXVENy-0nufTr224-mZxqb8rJR5iVSGlZPKGb5C1bH_utwFsNXMkaL8/w400-h374/P1040597.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>My thread arrived yesterday. I ordered a pastel grey 100wt Invisafil for my Indigenous looking quilt in the hope that I would be able to just use one thread colour to go over the whole lot. So far I tried white, several tan colours, peach and now the grey. The grey turned out not too bad...definitely could get away with that but due to the frequent and heavy backtracking that I am planning to do, not really my cup of tea. It blends in just fine on both the white and the orange, but as soon as you backtrack the grey does become a bit more visible. I actually preferred the white thread in the end on the orange.<div><br /></div><div>So today, after all this mucking around and indecision, I looked at my project again and decided that I would change colours in the white and burnt orange sections. The Indigenous fabric is multicolour and I can comfortably just continue to stitch with the white colour over it as long as I do not do a huge amount of backtracking. So in terms of colour changes this should not be too bad.</div><div><br /></div><div>Made a start on this today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxrDAO24tjcEEN5kI_W9NF82Vq1yrZP2Wqk8Jdx4BXE3QRAHKPlb6lLyMdtpz3qwrdFRSKvX5I5Y45DmE1IYuLQZSQgieTOb-GftMRxj4A8Erm50V23cZrIpPZFNhOB8wddA5BCgqcs5csJIhflnvE994gYjgUYqNeKHNT0h6k55PVJImhIcVfFQtf5U/s800/P1040600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxrDAO24tjcEEN5kI_W9NF82Vq1yrZP2Wqk8Jdx4BXE3QRAHKPlb6lLyMdtpz3qwrdFRSKvX5I5Y45DmE1IYuLQZSQgieTOb-GftMRxj4A8Erm50V23cZrIpPZFNhOB8wddA5BCgqcs5csJIhflnvE994gYjgUYqNeKHNT0h6k55PVJImhIcVfFQtf5U/w400-h400/P1040600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This is quilted with a strong Invisafil orange colour and I do like the look of it. As the whole piece will be heavily quilted, given the thin 100wt thread will hopefully not overpower it. This should be very interesting. The idea is to fill all the different areas with different designs. Initially I was going to plan this out, however today I just went with the flow and started with a design that was not even on my list. Felt like doing this particular design, so just made a start and am now looking for a design that will go into the white area...needs something with lines so I need to have a bit of a think about that. After this I will section off another area and choose another few different designs. Good fun...<div><br /></div><div>Also started yet another project that was not on the list...an Australian Christmas Panel!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTVU-qNjWCYpdVskhxGjHcVqQ35KUF9_ruZJ9P5tTfERaDdLp55RyU9fiufWWE0qhi0bIv8Bl5ciuGZbhYkJ0G4UOAr57MQEiD4kpD74ihIQ4zud8dIQd5uXvOQtUqq0Mbz5jwRVpMMISwcnRQC1h_VlQzON2N3Rj0efO6D04bgv60vg61pOQ29u_aEE/s950/P1040599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTVU-qNjWCYpdVskhxGjHcVqQ35KUF9_ruZJ9P5tTfERaDdLp55RyU9fiufWWE0qhi0bIv8Bl5ciuGZbhYkJ0G4UOAr57MQEiD4kpD74ihIQ4zud8dIQd5uXvOQtUqq0Mbz5jwRVpMMISwcnRQC1h_VlQzON2N3Rj0efO6D04bgv60vg61pOQ29u_aEE/w336-h400/P1040599.jpg" width="336" /></a></div>Picked this panel up a while ago from our local sewing shop. It is called 'Bush Celebration' from the Devonstone Collection. Acquired some backing and more wadding the other day and attached the borders today. What is the idea here? Not entirely sure yet but am thinking to use this as another practice piece for some Nemeshing (this was demonstrated in Bethanne Nemesh' class 'Feather Faster'). Maybe a bit of a variation of that, i.e. instead of a lot of feathery type plumes, maybe go for a leafy type arrangement. We shall see...the grey Invisafil thread that just arrived is just right for this and will blend right in which will be handy as I will have to outline some of the animals that make up the Christmas tree.<br /><div><br /></div><div>So my list is constantly changing as I keep jumping from one thing to the other. For the remainder of the week I will</div><div>- continue to fill my current freemotion-quilting project. I want to take my time with this a bit to really try a few unfamiliar designs in order to just practice and hopefully commit them to muscle memory.</div><div>- continue on my knitting projects ( I did continue in the week and I will show you my new socks once they are completed...have about 30 rows to go)</div><div>- continue on the cat quilt, maybe do just one more cat block.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That's it...I know that I will not do anything else as my passion is with the freemotion filler project at the moment.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/10/17/to-do-tuesday-42/">'To Do Tuesday #42' </a>over at Quilt Schmilt.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-11259602575341131102023-10-16T14:22:00.006+10:302023-10-16T14:22:47.948+10:30Charity quiltsFinished the last two of my charity quilts before delivering them to the Orange Tree Quilters Group. These have been hanging around for a while so I used a production line set up...basting in one hit and using the same thread to finish them off.<div><br /></div><div>First one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxLVswNqg0yV8TmQew2SHxMgzq-5Mn0tvAYJwDiecW2Y5_l1UtqX4TDYpZpof2vyvk-uVg00z5XQKCCv53GOChZh-d_vmnVnC_5b3MKeRqlu_55fVLnckCrvDGkGXgNMkgko91g5dVh6BZURTq_jVwIGOi_UIkjAT8acam1iMNOPuH5Ve28QxYi9kznk/s915/P1040594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxLVswNqg0yV8TmQew2SHxMgzq-5Mn0tvAYJwDiecW2Y5_l1UtqX4TDYpZpof2vyvk-uVg00z5XQKCCv53GOChZh-d_vmnVnC_5b3MKeRqlu_55fVLnckCrvDGkGXgNMkgko91g5dVh6BZURTq_jVwIGOi_UIkjAT8acam1iMNOPuH5Ve28QxYi9kznk/w350-h400/P1040594.jpg" width="350" /></a></div>Cute little baby quilt...can't go wrong with clamshells. If you are interested in the process of quilting this with the Multi Clamshell ruler on a sitdown longarm machine, I have spoken about it a number of times on this blog and in a little bit more detail <a href="https://thequiltyarn.blogspot.com/2023/06/clamshell-quilting.html">HERE</a>.<div>Came out near perfect again as you can see at the top, my clamshells remained straight and nicely in line at the edges. Does that mean they are all perfectly the same...definitely not, there was a bit of fudging going on here and there which is not visible in the overall look of the design. That's why I like this as a quick allover design. Quilted this with a yellow Rasant thread (TEX25 which is close to 40wt) on a wool batting which made it nice and puffy. </div><div><br /></div><div>Straight onto the next one which was a very bright and cheerful 'Crazy Quilt'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqh1raqiCuFagSPUrTBTWbER3CGp9xgutxiNWI-NgwVmJQTl3Pvaep0cgobffEO79X1YkWrSR_QNFVg29DaaU9MlKtbYPfwRu3qOpwF75ZQPefu6KzRb6hV8xyQTFxeqIHxjFY5tsmrA7sfNJUkpPnEAs7vqmaJeRwxHzUuRzmELQAmlQZYIgnNz0IoY/s855/P1040597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="855" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqh1raqiCuFagSPUrTBTWbER3CGp9xgutxiNWI-NgwVmJQTl3Pvaep0cgobffEO79X1YkWrSR_QNFVg29DaaU9MlKtbYPfwRu3qOpwF75ZQPefu6KzRb6hV8xyQTFxeqIHxjFY5tsmrA7sfNJUkpPnEAs7vqmaJeRwxHzUuRzmELQAmlQZYIgnNz0IoY/w400-h374/P1040597.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Just did an overall larger scale meander over it which was supposed to have some loops in there but somehow I settled on the meander while I was stitching this. This was the right decision for this quilt as it allowed me to gather some fullness in individual blocks and distribute that out to the sides a bit. Also seemed to have gotten rid of some crooked sashing sections which is handy. Attached a bright orange binding to the quilt yesterday...almost too much for the eyes, but the whole quilt looks just great and will no doubt cheer somebody up.<div><br /></div><div>With that done, I just bought some more wadding to immerse myself back into some of my own project (of which there are many).<br /><div><br /><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-21147042911076621172023-10-10T21:20:00.009+10:302023-10-11T21:09:32.569+10:30To Do Tuesday #41Another week has gone by. I have not been doing much after my recent workshop finished. The group I had was really quite talented...they picked up the feather quilting very quickly and while not everyone finished the table runner during the sessions, we were able to go through all the fillers so that they can finish it at home. <div><br /></div><div>My list for this week was</div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- bind the charity quilt✅</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- baste the class sample from above and work out the quilting design, path and thread</span>✅</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- cut the pieces for a couple more cat blocks (no piecing at the moment as I am taking my machine to the workshop and leave it un-connected in between sessions)</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- maybe baste another of the little charity quilts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;">Well, I got two things done at least. I did baste the Indigenous looking quilt top and then got side tracked into trying to figure out which thread to use. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpkgDNE_ZDRjDlNXuN9FDhWSHb1Epbylir5wv4tEUrSx2s_SrvMsLyVYn6f5eLhY9U9oRs4SCwCdfiU_HjqtljxeTNLui6EOH8cqrde8fRNm23p5QxrGJw_A71IIKzh_Y6wpwXL8CBnVUsvDFVXJFBOU7R0oKe4D6JPgtCMmK2uNU5OIpj0YqV-0B81o/s1067/P1040586.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpkgDNE_ZDRjDlNXuN9FDhWSHb1Epbylir5wv4tEUrSx2s_SrvMsLyVYn6f5eLhY9U9oRs4SCwCdfiU_HjqtljxeTNLui6EOH8cqrde8fRNm23p5QxrGJw_A71IIKzh_Y6wpwXL8CBnVUsvDFVXJFBOU7R0oKe4D6JPgtCMmK2uNU5OIpj0YqV-0B81o/w400-h300/P1040586.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Also re-visited the course I did with Bethanne Nemesh in 2021 'Breaking Boundaries' to re-acquaint myself with some of the design options. Bethanne's classes are available on 'Teachable' when you purchase the course. While it is running, you can watch the sessions on FB live but afterwards Bethanne puts them on Teachable so that you have lifetime access. I watched a couple of sessions again to refresh my memory of some of the designs and the different ideas on how to combine them.</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">Then I trialed my thread. I decided to use 100wt Invisafil and will try to use a colour that blends across the burnt orange and white. Invisafil from Wonderfil has got the weird ability to just blend into the colour that it is on, its just a matter of finding the right match. Did a bit of testing on the various threads that I already have.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Lb63VbCKJsT-vgjreYv1qDyC1VcNWuEANXaHS-x4Nwrr4_r5q6e6ZZ2TTvzFNReXLQtqJ_Wya3k5qESqHa8xmWyouNf71jtjRSdXEE1SSBtP2zMVDm9MW2Tkz_uzAcnu3C-VYFZ1YvFHWjKZbyDm6DoF-xN_90Xf3p8I_nA3Mwgg02ktJkG49iS_r6I/s1034/P1040583.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Lb63VbCKJsT-vgjreYv1qDyC1VcNWuEANXaHS-x4Nwrr4_r5q6e6ZZ2TTvzFNReXLQtqJ_Wya3k5qESqHa8xmWyouNf71jtjRSdXEE1SSBtP2zMVDm9MW2Tkz_uzAcnu3C-VYFZ1YvFHWjKZbyDm6DoF-xN_90Xf3p8I_nA3Mwgg02ktJkG49iS_r6I/w310-h400/P1040583.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>Not that you can see much on here...started off with my trusted tan colour (464) which was great in the orange section but slightly too dark on the white. Tried the Antique White colour which of course was great on the white and almost fine on the orange. Then used a peach colour and another darker tan...all almost there but not quite.</div><div>I now ordered a pastel grey, hoping that that will blend into the white as well as the orange. We shall see! If not, I might use the white colour to stitch across. If you are interested in this thread I also came across a great <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF69R7kP7Xk">educational video</a> on You Tube from Wonderfil explaining the many uses of this thread.</div><div><br /></div><div>While I was at it, I stitched in the ditch around the seams with my trusted tan colour. I have been using Invisafil for a while now when stitching in the ditch but I am always amazed again at how well that blends in.</div><div><br /></div><div>Close up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLWAccFNVi9bQ7c99QpBfaRqeKEq5hRdIDI1xLQMPh_V3Wpog20AgUw3dXuTipd4VCvvcFqzZlEtYRtAHqoeNryyc-orCXk4ogSG9Wb-DBy73VUYfJv5qQ9t2qLsZaIIO8fHq-GXbGb7_3ElFhf75uohflLb3b5hU0oajMLJELHHRLHNcpqf2LZUqbDA/s1067/P1040589.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLWAccFNVi9bQ7c99QpBfaRqeKEq5hRdIDI1xLQMPh_V3Wpog20AgUw3dXuTipd4VCvvcFqzZlEtYRtAHqoeNryyc-orCXk4ogSG9Wb-DBy73VUYfJv5qQ9t2qLsZaIIO8fHq-GXbGb7_3ElFhf75uohflLb3b5hU0oajMLJELHHRLHNcpqf2LZUqbDA/w400-h300/P1040589.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Stitching in the ditch on the orange fabric with my tan coloured thread...just about invisible.</div><div><br /></div><div>And on the other colours...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfutis9QvK7QlRjfoYmkWmtwY1HzExFncZbaN160eREarKIDzIQYTSKkOPwnsZCzYMxbiAJm5v4_ojxE14paIWgbmsvRJFNSVGSvLqsco0psTLPSaBivdgcZBFn5LDaywxtp5tCNWRXy1_kVwBb30iSJZKa9Y0p4X_A10ZyH7a1QLLafE1TI2rNdgaj4/s1067/P1040593.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfutis9QvK7QlRjfoYmkWmtwY1HzExFncZbaN160eREarKIDzIQYTSKkOPwnsZCzYMxbiAJm5v4_ojxE14paIWgbmsvRJFNSVGSvLqsco0psTLPSaBivdgcZBFn5LDaywxtp5tCNWRXy1_kVwBb30iSJZKa9Y0p4X_A10ZyH7a1QLLafE1TI2rNdgaj4/w400-h300/P1040593.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Amazing thread!<br /><div><br /></div><div>So that's done, now I am just waiting for the grey colour to arrive to start with the filling of this project. should be interesting. all this is in preparation for another of these quilts which is a bit bigger and different in design.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, for next week my list looks as follows</div><div>- once my thread arrives make a start on the filling of the quilt above once I worked out a bit of a plan on how to go about that</div><div>- baste another little charity quilt and hopefully start the quilting on that ...maybe another clamshell allover</div><div>- <span style="background-color: white;">cut the pieces for a couple more cat blocks</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div><div>- continue on my knitting projects<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white;">Linking up to <a href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/2023/10/10/to-do-tuesday-41/">To Do Tuesday #41</a>over at Quilt Schmilt </div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-8621846387603473882023-09-27T20:23:00.009+09:302023-09-27T20:23:53.583+09:30To Do Tuesday #39My goals from last week were modest<div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- finish the handstitching of the binding on the scrap quilt</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- baste one of the little charity quilts ready to be quilted, </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- maybe continue on my cat quilt from ages ago, and </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- continue on my knitting projects in the evenings.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finished my scrap quilt, i.e. handstitched the binding over a couple of days</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRm_0B67SShhtfSALB-Jgygk5KrQkav88VMed4aQSVg46sdcFdD4Ca8UsB0RkqE8ESVIIHgEemML6JtvMhg9zBqj3RHiEQhp_j36ZEREEX5Y4nei9NgOOXQyafoIe-jpJE_5Js-VtfeVRHDnIJ7GZUsvCemGkVlAnJ-fIh-Ivlg5OxmuOJcqRSgWg52k/s975/P1040577.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="975" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRm_0B67SShhtfSALB-Jgygk5KrQkav88VMed4aQSVg46sdcFdD4Ca8UsB0RkqE8ESVIIHgEemML6JtvMhg9zBqj3RHiEQhp_j36ZEREEX5Y4nei9NgOOXQyafoIe-jpJE_5Js-VtfeVRHDnIJ7GZUsvCemGkVlAnJ-fIh-Ivlg5OxmuOJcqRSgWg52k/w400-h329/P1040577.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div>As I did my shoulder in a couple of weeks ago, had to take it easy, however I did manage to baste one of the charity quilts. In order to go easy on the shoulders, I noodled all over it today, so it is now ready for binding</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpYQBjYdcZmz2l26rr4ESUsA048SkSmifERss3bcvAVFUCVsX2EWayQKE0S2-P-9wyosTp8TKr0g1Uvfa1Xx-xhsTXhhhOTsNdSui8omg0hVtZgh4DeUc5v1ecY5whl7Mxxtg7baXNlJqOnuPRnqotNHAXu-NrLH9g3FnwMjf8sJvymT-v4zq4y_crp0/s899/P1040580.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpYQBjYdcZmz2l26rr4ESUsA048SkSmifERss3bcvAVFUCVsX2EWayQKE0S2-P-9wyosTp8TKr0g1Uvfa1Xx-xhsTXhhhOTsNdSui8omg0hVtZgh4DeUc5v1ecY5whl7Mxxtg7baXNlJqOnuPRnqotNHAXu-NrLH9g3FnwMjf8sJvymT-v4zq4y_crp0/w356-h400/P1040580.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white;">Looks cute and with the meander over it is very cuddly. This took no time at all, I reckon about half an hour as it is only a small little quilt. Two more to go!</div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">Did not continue on my cat quilt, but had a look at it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka4GKHjmB8GdwtPCXdISZzjcKB4NAp_cM8vfuzEZXZeqXU2PQ3ZVfe1j1IAgP_4TUfSyg62nw7dXfaOSyxAoW56W5c_NyNHbyPb3vkbLJ3yrMp2hNNhYtD6xz9hKXuvlbK5iZA4QY8tvklT4kwc2UNCovkvldTYMyr1ANDqWC_DJsmeIStXhNHyu70hs/s3888/P1030512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3771" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka4GKHjmB8GdwtPCXdISZzjcKB4NAp_cM8vfuzEZXZeqXU2PQ3ZVfe1j1IAgP_4TUfSyg62nw7dXfaOSyxAoW56W5c_NyNHbyPb3vkbLJ3yrMp2hNNhYtD6xz9hKXuvlbK5iZA4QY8tvklT4kwc2UNCovkvldTYMyr1ANDqWC_DJsmeIStXhNHyu70hs/s320/P1030512.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>Have six completed blocks, so quite a while to go yet. </div><div><br /></div><div>Apart from this I did a lot of relaxing and also some planning in terms of quilting. It's funny how quickly projects become UFOs. I did a freemotion-quilting course with Bethanne Nemesh some time ago (maybe 1-1/2yrs ago). For this course we pieced together 5 improvisational pieces. Well, have not quilted any of them so also had a look at that. Decided to make a start on one of them, however that is how far that took me. Mind you, at least I am feeling clearer on what to do next...just have to follow my plans and eventually I will get there.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyS6_fS1BIAWXELdn8TrnED3V7XuRTrhxEDYK_iMVTtGHQzenTB8A-pqO6VJpX8SP5kYMITpbo0zzWhwzliJl_QtKj-05ZL6c_n1Hms6OOTpp76cfRJf0pezpM3cUP1gg3eeJp1nggzQELWT6P_d3FhaFCF9yH145nVkwQjlYNOLAaCDrENRu7XD7waI/s800/P1020516.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyS6_fS1BIAWXELdn8TrnED3V7XuRTrhxEDYK_iMVTtGHQzenTB8A-pqO6VJpX8SP5kYMITpbo0zzWhwzliJl_QtKj-05ZL6c_n1Hms6OOTpp76cfRJf0pezpM3cUP1gg3eeJp1nggzQELWT6P_d3FhaFCF9yH145nVkwQjlYNOLAaCDrENRu7XD7waI/w334-h400/P1020516.JPG" width="334" /></a></div>This quilt which is my own design will need some careful planning in terms of how to quilt that and what designs I will use. It will be dense and varied so I will need some time to figure out how many and what designs to choose. Took a photo of it and will play around a bit with that on the Ipad. The different bright colours seemed a good idea at the time but now I am also wondering about thread colours. Maybe I should do the class sample first to do a trial...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-Rm35RSUkKjk7xgjvZu7v7FV8N7s1gG0aS0aSHeTl5MQgmRU-d1U_fv4CW3Hw4iDM8UpFlYNWDMT9wzdbsUM1YzJMwVcrWh8jBG6OwMOrxWGhftFteB0HmPoN8-gIZIpTl3kNexU7P6E8W-AvryQHlmZY0dsLr6VwbN2a0idq10yYSZYuRQT8lzbvzU/s800/P1020522.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="798" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-Rm35RSUkKjk7xgjvZu7v7FV8N7s1gG0aS0aSHeTl5MQgmRU-d1U_fv4CW3Hw4iDM8UpFlYNWDMT9wzdbsUM1YzJMwVcrWh8jBG6OwMOrxWGhftFteB0HmPoN8-gIZIpTl3kNexU7P6E8W-AvryQHlmZY0dsLr6VwbN2a0idq10yYSZYuRQT8lzbvzU/w399-h400/P1020522.JPG" width="399" /></a></div>Actually, now that I said that, that is probably a good idea as that will definitely clarify the thread choice but also could be useful in design choice. Hmm...<br /><div><br /></div><div>So, as you can see a lot of planning going on over here with somewhat limited action. However, I am happy with my progress. At least I have got some clarity as to what to tackle next.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, my list for next week is as follows</div><div>- bind the charity quilt</div><div>- baste the class sample from above and work out the quilting design, path and thread</div><div>- cut the pieces for a couple more cat blocks (no piecing at the moment as I am taking my machine to the workshop and leave it un-connected in between sessions)</div><div>- maybe baste another of the little charity quilts.</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll see how far I get.</div><div><br /></div><div>Linking up to Quilt Schmilt for the To Do Tuesday #39</div><div><br /><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Karin</span></div></div>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686641496335692071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429435155401920089.post-74127418842574975322023-09-22T22:32:00.001+09:302023-09-22T22:32:00.153+09:30Practice, Practice, Practice...I am sure you heard that before. What makes good practice when it comes to freemotionquilting.<div><br /></div><div>I have been thinking about this when I sat down to practice a little bit the other day after a few weeks of not quilting.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is what my practice piece looked like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQg4JjXGYVs02qymunYBEErZyFxuMEZL7tDktgM2tMnLhNS2Wtjqn-Z0a0-7FR0EV3PFx_wsRFEIGUvL89KnqnyEgJ9OD60UN0glPXhutImtHiJskwDT-XppTmLKzswuKhLrFrG---YwzpMui0UMo-u4mwakbtc8GWC05oCe0-JQb9y13dBuiZJNLtqlM/s1419/P1040565.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1419" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQg4JjXGYVs02qymunYBEErZyFxuMEZL7tDktgM2tMnLhNS2Wtjqn-Z0a0-7FR0EV3PFx_wsRFEIGUvL89KnqnyEgJ9OD60UN0glPXhutImtHiJskwDT-XppTmLKzswuKhLrFrG---YwzpMui0UMo-u4mwakbtc8GWC05oCe0-JQb9y13dBuiZJNLtqlM/w640-h360/P1040565.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Looks random but it actually is not. In order to get the most out of freemotionquilting practice it is important to:<div>1. Decide what you want to get out of your practice, i.e.</div><div>- preparation for a particular design you might want to use on a quilt, i.e. an allover design or a particular motif</div><div>- trialing a new design that you have seen and would like to try out</div><div>- improving your muscle memory concentrating on the quilting path of designs that you already know</div><div>- improving your stitch quality</div><div>- trialing a new thread combination</div><div>- concentrating on a particular machine function like for example the use of the stitch regulator or a particular speed or even ruler quilting.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the above example I started with a particular design, i.e. the swirls. Had seen a little video on IG and thought I give that a whirl. As I am not looking to quilt this on a quilt any time soon, I then continued with my usual practice which has the purpose of strengthening muscle memory.</div><div>2. Working on muscle memory</div><div>This can involve working on a design where you might feel that you need to get better at or just going through your repertoire of designs to reinforce the quilting paths. As you can see I did a lot of feathers in all sorts of direction because I have got a workshop coming up where I will have to demonstrate some feathers. In going around the perimeter I practiced different shapes and sizes and different ways of stitching the plumes. Sometimes I used a continuous feather and other times I used the heirloom feather. Some sizes were too big or too long, I then practiced building groups of feather plumes to manage not getting too big and also did the dragon fin feather for a bit of fun. In doing this I stitched very deliberately, not necessarily nicely but really thinking about the shape and sizes I was stitching and making a mental note of when the plume just got too big and started to look wonky. Started echoing around some of the shapes and moved onto backfillers.</div><div>3. Working on auditioning different backfillers, looking at density and transitioning</div><div>Once I get going there are usually areas that are empty and lend themselves to filling. I usually do some pebbling or stacked swirls, just moving around and concentrating on the speed that I am quilting the pebbles with. I quilt them in manual mode and often need to start a bit slower until I can into the swing of it. As I am pebbling along I start incorporating other fillers into my arrangement which is a good way to manage transitioning from one design to another and finding out where you might struggle.</div><div>Moving on from the pebbles, I did little swirls, some flower arrangements, little swirls and a fern which completely went under and clearly did not fit that arangement. </div><div><br /></div><div>Preparing for quilting an allover design onto a quilt, I usually do the following:</div><div>- practice the design on a smaller scale by drawing on my Ipad until I feel that I got a quilting path worked out</div><div>- draw the design on paper and have it sitting next to my machine so I can glance at it from time to time to remind myself which way I am going</div><div>- prepare a large practice sandwich so that I can practice the design to the scale that it needs to be for the quilt that I am about to quilt</div><div>- quilt the design out following my drawn design</div><div>- repeat the process, sometimes a few times depending on the difficulty level of the allover design.</div><div>- once I feel comfortable with the scale and the path, go on the quilt...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RTesduNspvXvjDwh2jdH8wDlqQDWj3eDvjrHTbXrKaKyFP9H0j_ook3CAAgNv6ZcvRXp9ZGZnO9hXWVeyyiKO22AkXBXq7aq-CUqaypDoReXR9lfThvqOdFNtofYhtHttOHoCGHRRoC9anMq3jJzKa9GNaHzKWDs0fRXEc5BKu1Ckuxtqogewk5TQxQ/s800/P1040029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RTesduNspvXvjDwh2jdH8wDlqQDWj3eDvjrHTbXrKaKyFP9H0j_ook3CAAgNv6ZcvRXp9ZGZnO9hXWVeyyiKO22AkXBXq7aq-CUqaypDoReXR9lfThvqOdFNtofYhtHttOHoCGHRRoC9anMq3jJzKa9GNaHzKWDs0fRXEc5BKu1Ckuxtqogewk5TQxQ/w400-h300/P1040029.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Sometimes I practice particular motifs that I might want to use in a quilt like the Amish feathers in the picture below. For some reason I could not get that together in drawing it and found it easier to stitch it out. This clarified the way I had to draw them into a wholecloth design.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7fwJde7tWOr1G1h5oeDV34PCWRf6BaWNJ4Um47C4J2CXZlA9wCKPBrF8_1ZOM7AA6Sdh6GCkdUHCqIzLERhQx_IVFl-Cb_6AdPQOGpTdAR6Kfp8utMKAnWufkl3tvbsNuIOS0DlbCCJDBGN7mEcdiCBMtpq0xDORJYcoipOMWTPkOPz-xTWncy5cTmg/s800/P1040027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="800" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7fwJde7tWOr1G1h5oeDV34PCWRf6BaWNJ4Um47C4J2CXZlA9wCKPBrF8_1ZOM7AA6Sdh6GCkdUHCqIzLERhQx_IVFl-Cb_6AdPQOGpTdAR6Kfp8utMKAnWufkl3tvbsNuIOS0DlbCCJDBGN7mEcdiCBMtpq0xDORJYcoipOMWTPkOPz-xTWncy5cTmg/w400-h375/P1040027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Similarly when I want to quilt with a ruler, I usually practice on a scrap piece first to familiarize myself with how the ruler sits in my hand, whether it slips and where it might need a sticky grip thingy on the back. <div>This is the piece I quilted when I got Bethanne Nemesh' heart ruler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AY-4fEQumdec0PoVNgQRh-yanfR-ntfFvvK2nwXpJcux8tWLnDzv8rzhB7cxMDJbweIAKVLY7ZNd6WFiiXMt7pfYnmtv-VTdBrJN0W4aQ2_G6gqLOSDWYvE3n8iQZw1lqBoB1I1ieqdBJRiNA3FqbZtUsP3ucdleYoiAF1F6240Foxo2Aba4lSrvC6Y/s800/P1040036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="800" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AY-4fEQumdec0PoVNgQRh-yanfR-ntfFvvK2nwXpJcux8tWLnDzv8rzhB7cxMDJbweIAKVLY7ZNd6WFiiXMt7pfYnmtv-VTdBrJN0W4aQ2_G6gqLOSDWYvE3n8iQZw1lqBoB1I1ieqdBJRiNA3FqbZtUsP3ucdleYoiAF1F6240Foxo2Aba4lSrvC6Y/w400-h319/P1040036.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>So, all in all, I guess what I am saying is to practice with purpose rather than doodling, although at times I also just doodle for the fun of it. But I think if you want to get better at FMQ practicing with a distinct purpose is more beneficila.<div><br /></div><div>Karin<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br />
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