tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73345493377596997642024-02-07T20:44:20.341-06:00Dar's Patchwork GardenDarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-87084034613044406902018-12-02T15:29:00.003-06:002018-12-02T15:29:42.544-06:00Times Flies When You Are Having FunIt is impossible to stop the days from flying by so quickly. I absolutely thought it was just a few weeks ago when I last posted, but the calendar says otherwise. Where does the time go? I guess it's true .... the older we get, the faster the days go by!<br />
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During the interim I have kept busy and out of trouble, at least most of the time.<br />
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The QOV group I belong to (QOV Eastern Missouri) has ended the year with more beautiful quilts given to our veterans. We take a break in November and December. Here are a few pics of the last presentations for 2018. Our total quilts presented to veterans since our group started 13 1/2 years ago is <b>over 2,850</b> and most are hand quilted by our group. Of course, we do accept and present many machine quilted quilts too, but those are done outside of our monthly meetings. With over 100 ladies and 12-15 quilt frames set up most months, we get approximately 300-325 hand quilted each year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mother of a female veteran with her granddaughter<br />on her lap. Her daughter had a conflict at the last minute.</td></tr>
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This veteran was wonderful. Although he looks serious in this pose, he was the most humble and interesting man to talk to. He was so proud of his service that he wore his uniform from the days when he served. Can you imagine being able to fit into your same clothes from that long ago!<br />
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The group admiring their quilts and showing them off to their guests.</div>
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Some of my time in Oct/Nov was spent quilting a special quilt that was designed and pieced by my good friend, <a href="http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/">Kevin, The Quilter</a>. He said he made it for me and named it Goodnight Darlene, and asked if I would quilt it. I was honored to be asked to quilt one of his original designs AND that he made it for me! No one has ever made me a quilt! I guess most people think if you are a quilter, you would not love to receive one from another quilter, but I was thrilled! I was a bit nervous to quilt it because I felt it needed custom work, and I am not very skilled at custom quilting. After much worrying, planning and sleepless nights designing possibilities in my head, I started work on it. I love the way it turned out, especially on the pieced backing. Thank you Kevin for having the faith in me to get your wonderful creation quilted and bound. I am pleased with the results and hope Kevin is too.<br />
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The first weekend in November was our Loose Threads Quilt Show. It was a success and there were lots of beautiful quilts on display, over 300. We have over 200 members, and we try to get everyone to participate by entering at least one quilt. I had to hustle to get a couple done in time to qualify. Nothing stellar, but I made the deadline! Oops. sorry the picture is on it's side.<br />
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This brings me to a finish on the knitting scene. I started a pair of socks back in May from a squishy package I received from <a href="http://cherylsteapots2quilting.blogspot.com/">Cheryl </a>at Cheryl's Teapots 2 Quilting. She said she had yarn she'd probably never use for making socks, so sent it to me. I love the way they are looking and am finished with the 2nd sock, just in time for the cold weather. Can't wait to wear them. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHERYL. Picture later.<br />
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This has been a long post and if you made it this far, I thank you for tagging along, I've been working on other UFO's, one is over 20 years old! I only have a month to finish before 2019 gets here. I think that is long enough for it to have marinated, don't you? <br />
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Until next time, have a good week as we countdown to the Christmas season and the end of the year!<br />
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-52156845878797253842018-10-14T13:24:00.000-05:002018-10-14T13:24:21.089-05:00Catching Up From MIA Computer problems and life just got too chaotic to keep my focus on blogging but I really missed hearing from my blogger friends. I have been popping in to read your adventures and accomplishments however, but not taking time to leave many messages. Sorry for that. This post is a test to see if Blogger will let me continue my blog as it was AND that the computer will stay functioning more than a few days.<br />
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It has been a long while since last posting, so I don't know where to begin. I'm still having computer problems with my laptop, which is very disheartening given the cost of the Surface 3; and I'm disgusted with it's lack of performance. I would not recommend this computer although listening to the salesman, they make it sound fabulous being it can be used as a tablet and has full computer functionality in such a small portable package. I was not so impressed with mine. Size and portability is wonderful, but what good is that if it fails to charge and will not turn on. The camera doesn't work right and the desktop screen changes so often I thought there was a devil inside trying to drive me crazy. It almost worked. It was so frustrating I gave up. Screaming didn't even help!<br />
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Where did Spring and Summer go? I know it was just a few weeks ago, right?<br />
When I last posted it was cold and winter-like and today it is cold and rainy -- the same weather again. Maybe I imagined that it's been a very long time between posts and just fell asleep and dreamed it all.<br />
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I am still keeping very busy with sewing projects and making quilts to donate to Quilts of Valor, kid's charities and special family occasions. This Spring and Summer I put out a medium size vegetable garden and grew tomatoes, green peppers, kale, cucumbers, zucchini, beets, watermelon and cantaloupes. Had success with everything except the cantaloupes. They didn't make it at all, but the watermelons outdid themselves.<br />
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A post without pictures is not a good test. So here is a UFO that is waiting to be finished.<br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-57224313800245827252018-03-11T22:24:00.002-05:002018-03-19T12:18:51.181-05:00Sunday Stash and QOV Flimsy <br />
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This was a productive week for me. I finished quilting the QOV quilt from last month and started hand stitching the binding down today while the snow was coming down. It was so beautiful. Lots of large, fluffy, wet snow clouds.<br />
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I searched through my stash and came up with the perfect binding fabric. This is not a good picture, but it's red, white and blue stripes. I'll get a better picture when the the binding is finished.<br />
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Because I wanted to get my design wall cleared a little, I finished the Twin Sisters blocks and added sashings and cornerstones. Now I have a small baby quilt top ready for quilting. It measures 36" x 43" which is smaller than I normally make, but this was just an excuse to play with this block. Thanks Sharon, it was fun and turned out real cute, I think.</div>
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On Wednesday, we presented 5 quilts to veterans who have served in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. Some brought their family to be a part of the presentation too. One young man (the 2nd picture) had served 3 tours and is now a recruiter for the Air Force in a city near St. Charles. He was so honored by the gift of a quilt. He had never heard of the Quilts of Valor organization, and could not believe we would make him one not even knowing him. I missed getting a picture of one veteran.<br />
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I also took time to finish this QoV with the addition of a few borders to make it larger and made with a pillowcase and binding to match. It will now be ready for the group to hand quilt. The center is an embroidery that we have used on Honor Flight quilts too. You can see it bigger if you click on the 2nd picture.<br />
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<u>Stash Report as of 3/11/18</u><br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-12050090092165108012018-02-25T11:27:00.000-06:002018-02-26T11:02:55.565-06:00Stash Report and Design WallLife has been chaotic and very busy these last few weeks. I have managed to do some sewing, but nothing major. It was more just making string blocks or cutting fabric for future projects, just to get my mind off of stressing things. I did see a cute tutorial from Sharon at <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "unkempt";"><a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Unkempt;" target="_blank">Vrooman's Quilts</a> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "unkempt";">and I pulled some fabric and started making a few of her Twin Sister blocks. They are a bit addictive. I have 20 pairs of contrasting strips sewed together and ready to make more blocks.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "unkempt";"> </span><br />
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-22240480380072432472018-02-04T15:37:00.000-06:002018-02-04T15:37:06.275-06:00Scrappy String Blocks and Stash ReportThis week found me playing in my strings trying to use some of my overflowing baskets of strings to make scrappy string blocks for <b><a href="http://katandcatquilts.blogspot.com/p/covered-in-love.html">Covered in Love</a>.</b> Here is a look at a few of what I pieced and they are all in the mail to Kat and Cat in Texas. It was fun sitting and sewing these strings, and I could have continued longer if the quantity strings were the determining factor, but other matters called. There are still too many strings occupying space in my sewing room, so more work is needed in this area throughout the year as an ongoing goal to use them all. Ha, who am I kidding .... in my lifetime?? No way!<br />
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If you are in the St. Louis area the weekend of <b>March 17 - March 18</b> at Queeny Park in Ballwin, MO. <a href="https://www.suzannequilts.com/">Suzanne Marshall</a> will be our Featured Artist. She is an internationally acclaimed quilter. You can find more information about the show at the link above. </div>
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-80502587443792326462018-01-21T14:39:00.003-06:002018-01-21T14:57:11.607-06:00Stash Report - Week 3 and Slow KnittingThe stash is leaving my shelves slowly and nothing new has taken it's place this week. There was lots of sewing every single day, but not all from my stash. All that I can count this week is 3 pillowcases for upcoming QOV's quilts and helping out a friend who needed a couple yards of flannel for a backing on a baby quilt.<br />
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Since this is a slow stitching Sunday and I don't have any handwork in my hoops to work on, it will be a slow Sunday <i>knitting day instead.</i> You all know how slow I am when it comes to finishing my socks. Maybe I'll get the second sock done soon before the summer heat arrives. lol </div>
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Linking up with <a href="https://kathysquilts.blogspot.ca/2018/01/slow-sunday-stitching-photo-challenge-1.html">Slow Sunday Stitching</a>, <a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/sunday-stash-january-21-2">quilt,paint,ceate</a> and<a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2018/01/15-minutes-to-stitch-week-3-of-2018.html?showComment=1516568109631#c9113535350999120105"> Life in Pieces</a>. </div>
Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-66314831196626562892018-01-19T23:56:00.001-06:002018-01-21T23:26:40.051-06:00Friday Party Can you believe it's Friday already? This week has just flown by so quickly. With Monday being a holiday it made the work week a bit shorter, so maybe that explains it.<br />
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We had our first QOV sewing day on Monday and we were a little short of our usual numbers because of snow and freezing temperatures. The sturdy soles that made it were treated to a wonderful lunch of creamy cheddar soup that had broccoli, cauliflower and potatoes in it. It was delicious. They also spoiled us with dozens of homemade pies. Since they cooked for 100 people, and we had so few, we all had seconds on everything! Didn't want that good food to go to waste, right?</div>
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We were honored to be able to present a beautiful quilt each to three veterans and their family that came. </div>
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Tuesday found me at our monthly meeting with some good friends and two of our members WOW'd us with their beautiful quilts.</div>
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On Wednesday I loaded a customer quilt, cut out blocks for my piecing group, and helped a friend decide how to quilt her baby quilt. Thursday four of us got together and pieced a complete top for our QOV group to hand quilt.</div>
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And that brings me to today. I worked on picking out fabric for 3 QOV pillowcases and will finish them up tomorrow. I am ready to jump on over and do a little Whooping and Dancing with Sarah at <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2018/01/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-memories.html">Confessions of a Fabric Addict.</a> and Myra at <a href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2018/01/true-colors-brick-lap-quilt-finished-or.html">Finished or not Friday.</a></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-48616027507966344622018-01-14T15:33:00.001-06:002018-01-14T15:33:35.636-06:00A Snowy Sunday for StitchingHere we are in the 2nd week of 2018 already and it's starting to snow here. What do you do when it's so cold outside your nose freezes just sticking your head outside the door? For me, it's putting on warm sweats and wool sweaters and playing in my sewing room. That doesn't always means I'm sewing, though. lol<br />
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No fabric was added this week, but a little fabric went out--a bowl cozy and two fabric gift bags for wrapping presents. This is a great way to use a little stash and it can be reused by the recipient too.<br />
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Linking up with <a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/sunday-stash-january-14-2018/">quilt,paint,create</a> for the Sunday Stash report.Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-67640411478648790522018-01-07T19:38:00.000-06:002018-01-07T19:38:25.134-06:00Stash Report - Week #1We continue to have cold, icy weather, so I was very glad to stay inside in my sewing studio where it was much warmer. There was nothing earth shattering but I did put a couple borders on one QOV quilt along with a coordinating pillowcase and binding, from my first finish <a href="http://darspatchworkgarden.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-friday-finishes-for-2018.html">HERE</a>. <br />
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Linking up to <a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/stash-report-january-7-2018/">quiltpaintcreate</a>, where you can see how others have started out their stash busting.<br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-85432142442150857062018-01-05T21:41:00.001-06:002018-01-05T21:41:18.349-06:00OMG for JanuaryAfter looking through my UFO list, I've decided to work on my Sapphire Stars flimsy for the January One Monthly Goal challenge. It should be fun to pull fabrics from my stash to piece the backing and hopefully will find time to quilt, bind and label it before the end of the month. <br />
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I'm linking to <a href="http://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2018/01/one-monthly-goal-january-goal-setting.html">One Monthly Goal</a> to start the ball rolling. You can checkout what others are committed to work on this month.<br />
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Since it's been so freezing cold here and it's not conducive to being outside much, I've gotten a good start on my goals list. Staying in the sewing room more does wonders for finishing up things.<br />
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My first QOV top is done -- totally from scraps. One down and 9 more to go.<br />
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The pillowcase in which to present the quilt after it has been hand quilted by our QOV Eastern MO group.<br />
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And there has been a little more done on my scrappy sock using leftover yarns from previous finished pairs. They are not the most beautiful, but very functional and warm; anyway, no one will see these much. They will be hidden in my boots on those cold snowy days.<br />
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Now if I can drag myself to the cold, cold basement, maybe I can get busy quilting on one of the UFOs. Wish me luck.<br />
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I am linking up with: <br />
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Finish it Up Friday @ <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/">Crazy Mom Quilts</a><br />
<a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.ca/2018/01/tgiff-splash-of-colour-quilt-along.html">TGIFF @ Anja Quilts</a><br />
<a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2018/01/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-im-still-alive.html?showComment=1515214118190#c165066322816214017">Confessions of A Fabric Addict</a><br />
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-61503814930396843692017-12-31T15:16:00.003-06:002017-12-31T21:51:40.662-06:002017 Wrap UP & 2018 GoalsI don't know about you, but this year has flown by so quickly for me. It amazes me that it is almost 2018 tomorrow! In looking back at what I accomplished on my goals for the year, I find that it was not as stellar as wished, but I did manage to finish up some of my long list of UFOs. Here is my Excel spread sheet of my UFOs from last year minus the 6 that I did finish. Now there are only 70 to go. This list started out with 160 projects over 10 years ago when I started keeping track of them. There has been progress, but I hope to step it up in 2018.<br />
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A recap of sewing goals for 2017.</div>
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Use 200 yards of fabric from stash --- used 155.18 yards</div>
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Finish 1 UFO per month --- finished quilting 7 </div>
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Not buy any fabric --- bought 1/2 yd. and was gifted 3 fat quarters</div>
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Make 5 QOV - made 8 (3 quilted, 5 tops to be hand quilted by our QOV </div>
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I also made 20 bowl cozies for gifts, a few kennel quilts for animals of the fires in California, pillowcases for charity and QOV, 3 baby quilts not on the UFO list and several group quilts with friends for QOV. In addition to quilting, I finished several pairs of knitted socks .</div>
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I'm happy with the results for the year, but hope to use more from my stash and lower my UFO list by 12 or more.</div>
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Fabric Added YTD- 1.25 yds</div>
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Fabric Used YTD - 155.18 yds</div>
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-- Using 200 yards of stash fabric</div>
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Thank you all for sticking with me through 2017 and being there when I needed encouragement and advice. Although I don't mention it often, I really do love reading your comments when I post and hope to get more involved in blogging activities again. Happy New Year to all. I'm going to welcome in the new year with some knitting and hand mending. Take care and stay healthy. </div>
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Linking up to <a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/sunday-stash-december-31-2017/#comment-2235">quilt, paint, create</a> for stash reports, <a href="http://www.patchworktimes.com/2018-ufo-challenge/">Patchwork Times for UFO</a>s, <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2017/12/15/2018planningparty/">QuiltingJetGirl, planning party</a> and <a href="https://kathysquilts.blogspot.ca/">Slow Stitching Sunday.</a></div>
Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-43801092072303591022017-12-24T13:30:00.004-06:002017-12-24T13:30:46.520-06:00Nearing end of Stash usage for 2017Well, it's almost the end of the year and that means the end of stash reduction for 2017 is getting very close. I've been busy trying to get those numbers closer to my goal, but may fall a bit short this year.<br />
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December has found me trying keep up with Christmas luncheons, parties with all my quilting groups (4 of those), shopping for gifts, replacing a bathroom toilet, having roof inspected for hail damage, putting up inside and outside decorations, cooking and baking for hosting a Christmas party/luncheon. Of course there was some major house cleaning going on at the same time. Whew! I'm ready for the calm between Christmas and New Year's Day. How about you? :)<br />
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However, I did find some time to get in a little sewing this month. First the Cave Quilters finished the snake quilt and doing the happy dance. <br />
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I made 15 bowl cozies for friends and family for stocking stuffers.<br />
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(<i>forgot to take pictures of the rest before giving away)</i>,<br />
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a couple of pillowcases and a few kennel quilts for a humane society in California helping with the fires. These are the small sizes they requested and I used some scraps and leftover blocks.<br />
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and a QOV top <br />
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Also lots of blocks for another QOV top to be finished in 2018. I did use some of my stash, but there is still one more week left to reach my goal of 200 yards. I still can't see any difference in my shelves yet.<br />
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Fabric Added this week - 0<br />
Fabric Added YTD - 1.25 yds. (none was bought, but I was gifted or won fat qtrs at various times.)<br />
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Fabric Used since last report - 11+ yds<br />
Fabric Used in 2017 - 150.68 yds<br />
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How are you doing using your stash? We still have a week to go, you know, so keep on sewing.<br />
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We are getting a beautiful soft snowfall today and it looks like a picture postcard out my sewing room window. This year will be a white Christmas for sure<br />
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Here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.<br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-47225745521197999892017-12-04T00:01:00.003-06:002017-12-04T00:01:45.412-06:00A UFO Finish and Stash Busting CountdownCeltic Solstice is all finished! I'm happy to say I found a fabric for the last border in my stash that worked, even though I was leaning toward green or blue. The backing is pieced, it's quilted and it's even bound. Now it only needs the label and a hanging sleeve and it will be ready to be entered into a local quilt show next year. Yay!!<br />
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Here is the backing pieced from some leftovers fabrics that were used on the front. I still need to hand stitch the hanging sleeve down at the top.<br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-39304855521463154702017-11-14T01:59:00.001-06:002017-12-03T23:24:28.679-06:00A Finish and Stash ReportThe last week of October found me at a retreat in Illinois at Kinderhook Lodge. It was so much fun and I even made progress on some of my UFO's. Celtic Solstice only needs one more border. I had to wait until I got home to decide on a color for the last border. It will all depend on what's available in the stash.<br />
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Since Halloween fell during retreat, we had unexpected treats waiting for us on Tuesday morning. Two of the ladies planned this little surprise. A mug rug from Ree and all kinds of "spooky" items in the black pail from Jeanne. The black pot had a skeleton bone = stiletto, a mini ghost seam ripper, ghostly candies on a necklace and other candy treats to enjoy. Jeanne even dressed up as the Grim Seam Ripper. </div>
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One night we played Halloween Bingo, which I've never heard of before. I was a lucky winner of one of the games and my prize was Beelzebub's Witch's Brew (<i>Mary Ellen's Best Press</i>). Have you ever seen this before? Too cute. I have never seen Best Press packaged for special occasions, but leave it to Jeanne to find it if it's out there!!<br />
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Another clever idea from our resident Party Planner was this Witch's Hand. Do you see a pattern here??<br />
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They said they were "giving me a hand" for organizing this retreat. I sure hope that was the real reason and not because they think I'm a witch.!! This was popcorn in a plastic glove with candy corn for fingernails. And of course a witch would be sporting a spider ring. </div>
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Now do you understand why I didn't get a whole lot done.!lol But we had Fun, Fun Fun. We played Left, Right, Center for Fat Qtrs, after dinner a couple nights and Jeanne was the winner of all the batiks for <b>both nights</b>. She should have enough Fall colored fat quarters to make a nice size quilt. We will be expecting to see that quilt by next year's retreat.! </div>
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To bring my Stash numbers up-to-date:<br />
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-26713808633111191002017-10-22T12:04:00.001-05:002017-10-24T00:21:20.277-05:00Stash Report and Flimsies Oct. 22, 2017This week was a good one for finishing up two flimsies. First up is a small 16-patch challenge for <a href="http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/2017/10/sapphire-stars-conclusion.html">Kevin The Quilter's</a> Scrap Club. We could make a small or large 16 patch. I chose the smaller one to be used as a baby quilt or perhaps an Honor Flight since the size is what they require.<br />
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I used the same colors as Kevin suggested because I have a large supply of red, white and blue scraps due to all the Quilts of Valor tops I make. This might be a tad too big for hand quilting with our Eastern Missouri group, but I know I can find a deserving veteran who would love to have it after I quilt it on my longarm.<br />
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Fabric Used Year to date - 103.43<br />
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Linking up <a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/sunday-stash-october-15-2017/">quilt,paint,create </a>and on Monday with <a href="http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/2017/10/boms-away-sapphire-stars-clue-5.html">BOM's Away</a>.</div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-86410567730202384152017-10-15T23:58:00.000-05:002017-10-20T01:12:43.157-05:00Melon Party and Stash Report.<br />
I've been keeping track of my stash on a spreadsheet for years, and continued even though Judy stopped her Sunday Stash reporting. Having something to show does give me a needed incentive to keep using my stash.<br />
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I finished this quilt during the summer and it has a flannel backing. Why there was a bolt of this flannel in my stash is anyone's guess. It must have been a steal on price or I was planning to make lots of baby quilts. It is so cuddly on baby quilts.<br />
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Here's what I recorded since I last posted. The backing and scrappy binding for Melon Party, bindings for 4 Honor Flight quilts, a few of pillowcases and some borders here and there on WIPs.<br />
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Fabric Added - 1/2 yd<br />
Fabric Used - 11.5 yds<br />
YTD Added - 1.25 yds<br />
YTD Used - 89.18 yds.<br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-61961526361295082492017-10-13T23:41:00.001-05:002017-10-13T23:41:19.065-05:00I'm....b-a-c-k I'm back after falling off the blogging wagon for a spell . I'm sure you know how life sometimes gets in the way of doing what you want?) I just didn't realize it had been so long.<br />
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I'm not sure where the time has gone since going to the quilt show in Paducah in April, but it does seem like forever since I've posted. I'm still quilting, attending quilt shows, taking day trips with friends to quilt shops in the area. It hasn't all been fun and games. I experienced some downtime due to an eye surgery and there is the never ending chores of trying to keep up with yard duties (<i>weeding </i><i>and mowing grass, trimming trees and bushes</i>). My commitment to the Quilts of Valor Eastern Missouri has also keep me very busy this summer too. I know you understand how time flies when you are having fun and living life to the fullest, right?? Now it's time to get organized again and see if I can maintain some sense of "normalcy" the rest of the year.<br />
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Since I last posted, I've gotten a year older (<i>maybe that's why it is taking me longer to do things lol).</i> For my birthday, a friend treated me to a day of fun, which included a shopping spree at the big <i><b>Ikea </b></i>store that opened here last year. There was a lot of walking and beautiful room displays plus many items to organize everything in your house, your sewing room included. If you are just starting to set up a sewing room, they have great ideas; but after 30 years, my room is pretty much set the way it will be. We also had a nice lunch (<i>a much needed break from all the walking</i>) and we topped off the day with an ice cream sundae on the way home! I did pick up a few more plastic storage bins for sorting my scraps. lol<br />
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June found me on a 2-day bus trip to attend the <a href="http://kcrqf.com/festival-info/2017-quilt-show-winners/"><b><i>Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival</i></b>,</a> in Overland Park, KS. <i>(click on link to see winners</i>) The quilts on display were of the caliber in Paducah, but spread out more and you could move more easily between the aisles to view them. All the major vendors were represented like other major shows, but less crowded and people were so friendly and unrushed. Such a nice change from the major shows I've been to over the last few years. I think this was their third year for this show. I highly recommend it next year if you want a good experience of a big show without the hassle of crowds and the parking was easy with very little walking. The KC Show was followed by a day at <b><i>Missouri Star in Hamilton. </i></b>! what can I say about this. If you've ever been, you know it was OVERLOAD by the end of the day! But it was a lot of fun.<br />
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Changing themes on the next day trip, found me in Hermann, MO which is known for wineries and good German foods and meats. We had to sample their wines and homemade meats. One stop was at the <a href="https://www.swissmeats.com/">Swiss Meat</a>s Market where we sampled 12 different homemade sausages, bacon and hams and dips. One was better than the next. Let's just say I bought more food products in this area than I did fabric at Mo. Star and KC show put together. What can I say, I like to eat! :)<br />
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Now that my internet service is fixed and my computer seems to be working properly (keeping my fingers crossed on both counts), I hope to post some pictures next time to bring you up-to-date on my quilting projects and other happens around here.<br />
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I hope there are still a few friends out there to see them. lol See you soon.<br />
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Happy Weekend to you all.<br />
<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-39780088210889294012017-04-30T20:29:00.002-05:002017-04-30T20:29:45.729-05:00Stash Report - April 30, 2017<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There wasn't much sewing accomplished this week at my house. I did finish quilting my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW62f9dZi9bjz6pIoSfEj8R2m6sT5gA0ie7ZRoCyZcVzmP0e6oWJZRuTcU8V2rDQCRWCjfxgtPLCa0EtmJ-a5W4iXr2FC7LNaQ1aYIb0pzo4B-ODwnyZ8BpS7o4gpIrckoSXlB-y_3hY/s400/WIN_20170408_10_21_45_Pro.jpg">Rail Fence QOV</a> and made the binding and a pillowcase to go with it. This is not much, but considering I went to the AQS show in Paducah, it was some what of a miracle that no fabric came home with me to increase the stash. I did bring home other goodies to play with though.</span><br />
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-70316981850173766912017-04-23T13:30:00.002-05:002017-04-23T13:30:47.355-05:00Using More Stash Here it is Sunday already and time to take accounting of my fabric usage this week. I did finish up a big quilt, but the fabric had been counted already. My only other usage wqas a pillowcase to go with the <a href="http://darspatchworkgarden.blogspot.com/2017/04/another-ufo-bites-dust.html">Tilted Stars QOV</a> and a couple 'bowl buddies' for a friend and me. Her's turned out so cute with a FQ she gave me, I had enough left to make one for myself. I used yellow for the reverse side of her bowl and mine naturally is purple. (<i>no surprise, right?</i>). The colors match the flowers on the inside of the bowl. I forgot to take a picture of hers before I gave it to her.<br />
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I use these bowl potholders in the microwave almost daily either for hot cereal, soup or warming up any leftovers that fit into a medium large bowl. They work so nicely, it's a mystery how I got along without one before.<br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-81825362677501767702017-04-21T15:19:00.001-05:002017-04-23T22:31:13.256-05:00Another UFO Bites the DustI'm rolling along this month knocking out another of those dusty UFOs that have been mellowing over the years. This one goes back a long, L-O--N--G time ago. Way back in 2000 I was making blocks for our BOM drawings. I won 7 blocks of these Tilted Stars in a half log cabin setting. At that time I was not involved with QOV, so these 7 blocks sat in a box with many other unfinished things for a few years. Finally I decided to make more blocks so I would have enough to make a decent sized quilt.<br />
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Fast forward maybe 10 years, when I ran across them again and then finished piecing the middle section, but had no idea what I wanted for a border. So they lay another few years hidden under stacks of UFOs and other things. As I became more involved with QoV, it crossed my mind this would make a good quilt to donate to a veteran, so I finished the top, added half log cabin borders to mimic the block setting and pieced a backing. Now like a good wine or cheese, mellowing improves the final product, right? Well I left this to mellow on a hanger near my quilting machine for a few more years (<i>you see I was trying to decide how I was going to custom quilt it</i>). Then out of the blue, our first quilting day of this year was cancelled because of weather, but we all wanted to get together and quilt. So I invited a bunch of ladies over and pulled this off the hanger to put in a quilting frame and now it is totally finished with hand quilting instead of me having to decide how to custom quilt it. I love it when things work out so well, even if it took 16 years. I sure hope there are not too many more quilts "mellowing" this long in the closet or on the shelves. <br />
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On the knitting front, a little more progress was made on my socks. A few more rows and it will be heel flap time.<br />
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And, I pulled out this diagonal cowl again and did a few rows to be sure I don't forget how to do the pattern.<br />
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You know as we get older, they say our short term memories are not as sharp. This may be a reason not to have more than one project on a needle at a time. My next goal for knitting. I do not want to have as many UFOs in yarn as I do in quilting things.,<br />
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Linking up with <a href="http://www.patchworktimes.com/2017/04/21/on-the-needles-april-21-2017/">Patchwork Times</a>, <a href="http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/">Whoop, Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a>, <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/04/noodlehead-pencil-pouch.html">Finish It Up Friday,</a>Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-90710469315422515632017-04-09T13:52:00.001-05:002017-04-11T22:56:47.602-05:00Another finished UFO plus Fabric ReportI'm a happy camper this week. Lots of good things always happen in April, my favorite month of the year. First up I finished my mystery quilt,<b> "</b>Coming Home" which was started in January 2016 as a project in Scrap Club with <a href="http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/">Kevin</a>. I used all kinds of scraps from Christmas to children's prints. It has string piecing, old, old fabrics; and one of my least favorite colors, brown. Linda at <a href="http://flourishingpalms.blogspot.com/">Flourishing Palms</a> called it her 'ick' color and I have to agree it's not one of my favorites either. Although, after having said that, I do think it looks pretty good with the teals and/turquoise in this quilt. There was still a bunch of the browns left and a few orphan blocks, so they found their way to the back, along with some ancient pieces that needed to see the light of day.<br />
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I was also a Giveaway Winner too this week!! Didn't I tell you that April is a special month? I am anxiously waiting for some Printed Treasures sheets which were a giveaway win over at Linda's blog. They are really going to come in handy this month, with 3 anticipated finishes that will need labels. Thanks so much Linda. It's like an early birthday present!<br />
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Also completed this week was the backing to my Patriotic Rail Fence QOV. You can find the pattern information and details on an earlier post. <br />
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-16661752165661329712017-04-07T23:24:00.002-05:002017-04-07T23:24:39.234-05:00On The NeedlesNot much has been happening on my needles for quite some time. Way back on March 10th I showed this sock which was started using a long circular needle and trying to learn the Magic Loop method. Well, that did not go so well. After dropping stitches, forgetting which way I was going (after putting it down for a week or two), and having to rip back at least 3 times, I said enough was enough.<br />
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So I started over from the beginning earlier this week on my trusty dpns, and this is where I am today. Just about the same place as a month ago. Not much progress on these needles either, but I've only had a few minutes here and there to do any knitting,<br />
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On a happier note though, I received these beautiful socks from Michelle of <a href="http://mychellem.blogspot.com/">Michelle's Romantic Tangle</a>. She heard I loved purple and I so admired these fabulous beauties when she posted them (she called them 'ugly' can you imagine)!. They fit perfectly and feel so soft and wonderful on my feet and you should see the fancy pattern she used on them. Michelle took much better pictures when she posted them about the particulars of yarn and pattern <a href="http://mychellem.blogspot.com/search?q=purple+socks">HERE</a>.</div>
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<b>Thank you SO MUCH Michelle! I love them!</b> They go with several of my sweaters and are getting good use. Everyone compliments me when I wear them too. They of course think I knitted them myself, Then when they see the fancy cable section, they know I didn't. lol</div>
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-21310786736195206922017-03-26T12:25:00.003-05:002017-03-26T12:25:46.986-05:00A Finished Top and Stash ReportThis was a very busy week with tax preparations, QoV quilting day, several quilt meetings and Springtime garden cleanup. But here it is Sunday and I'm still kicking.! I'm happy with all the chores I finished even though not all of them involved sewing and quilting. I did finished the top for our rail fence challenge project for <a href="http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/">Kevin's </a>Scrap Club. This is a very simple pattern (from the free patterns at <a href="http://www.maryquilts.com/">www.maryquilts.com</a>) and I used mostly what I already had cut in my string drawers. That was the motivation why I chose to use this pattern. The stars at the top are orphan blocks leftover from a project about 4 years ago. I was so glad to get them out of the drawer and into another quilt. The rest of the stars will find their way to the back of the quilt and they will be all gone. yay. This coming week I hope to find time to work on piecing a backing and getting it quilted. We'll see how that goes.<br />
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I will be donating this as a finished quilt to our local QOV Eastern Missouri group. <br />
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334549337759699764.post-32435798120583278662017-03-20T00:05:00.000-05:002017-03-20T00:05:19.894-05:00Design Wall and Fabric Stash Report<br />
Since I'm late with reporting the Stash Report, I'm going to include it here along with what's on the Design Wall. First, here's what is on my design wall. We have been given a challenge at our Scraps Club from <a href="http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/">Kevin</a>, to make a quilt using a rail fence block in any way we want and a choice of two sizes. I decided to make a red, white, and blue large quilt with a simple setting and will donate the finished quilt to Quilts of Valor, Eastern MO. Here's what I've gotten done so far and they are all scraps from my scrappy patriotic bins.<br />
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I was busy in the sewing room this week and I made one of those bowl shaped potholders for a gift, pieced two blocks for our block exchange group, and more rail fence blocks in gray and maroon for a donation quilt to a church as a thank you. I got a big boost from gifting a big pile of juvenile fabrics to a blogger friend to help her add more variety to her stash for making charity baby quilts and gave a yard to another friend for making a binding on her last quilt. So my numbers look pretty good this week.<br />
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