tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60604822009-07-04T00:58:29.643-05:00Stitching, Quilting, Crochet... my little hobby worldlissylainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11898346649374980299noreply@blogger.comBlogger874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060482.post-77948937982578769052009-07-03T21:47:00.002-05:002009-07-03T21:48:34.920-05:00

My button order came in this week, so I've attached them now. Here's an updated picture!

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Fortunately while my primary sewing machine has been in for service, I've been working on some paper piecing, which just requires you to sew on the lines, no worry about quarter-inch seams (because my backup machine doesn't have anything closely resembling a quarter-inch foot).I have to make 8 of these sunburst wedges (they'll get quarter-circles of a different fabric added late to finish them),

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I have been working on The Sun Sets exclusively (as my cross stitch project anyway) since the last time I posted a progress picture, and now I can happily say that, except for the buttons, it is finished! I stopped by my LNS Friday and ordered the ones it calls for, so hopefully they'll come in pretty quickly so I can put this project in the "ready for framing" category.I'm still working on my

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For this week's lesson in my online quilting class, we finally get to the appliqué part of the appliqué blocks!First up, Dresden plate - stitched with monofilament (invisible) thread, using a blind hem stitch. The photos show the finished block and a closeup of it.Next is the Honeybee block - stitched with a thread matching the bee body and wings fairly closely, using a blanket stitch.Finally is

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Maple leaf block, finishedHoneybee block, prepared for appliqué, not finishedCrossed roses block, part 1, nearly prepared for appliquéI've also got my Dresden plate prepared for appliqué. We are learning 3 different methods for machine appliqué in this class, one technique per block. This week we'll get to finish the appliqué blocks and then next week we tackle paper piecing!In cross stitching, I

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Here is a new update on the grapes pillow, which I'd estimate is over ¾ doneI'm working on it again tonight. I've cut out my fabrics for the next two quilt class blocks, and my background fabric came in the mail, so I'm good to go for tomorrow night!

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Quilt top without bordersQuilt top finished with bordersCloseup of the bordersI spent most of the day today working on Tori's Hexagon Beads quilt top, and the great news is that it's done! Now I just need to piece together the backing fabric and drop it off with my quilter at our guild meeting. I was having a little trouble figuring out the border fabrics, when C came in to have a look. He

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So, here are the results of Lesson 2, my Dresden Plate. It isn't yet appliquéd to the background fabric, because we will be doing that in Lesson 5, but the plate itself is pieced!The hardest part was arranging the pieces to get a pleasing value result in the plate. Basically our instructions were to try to get it arranged so that the lightest fabrics were in a Y formation and the darkest fabrics

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Thanks to another quilting friend who made me aware of it, I am now signed up for an online quilting class, The Quilter's Palette with Annie Smith, who also has a great podcast, Annie's Quilting Stash.Although I know I don't need yet another project, I just couldn't pass up this opportunity to learn some techniques I haven't tried yet, like paper piecing. First lesson is picking out fabrics for

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I've finished the cluster of grapes in the center of the design, and now I've moved on to the grapes in the upper right corner. When I step back and look at it from afar, I love the way the grapes and leaves look. When I'm working on it up close, it kind of all runs together. :)I'm just so glad it's the weekend! We saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine last weekend (excellent!), and we're planning to

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This month's block is a Churn Dash variation.I used 3 of the Marti Michell Perfect Patchwork templates to make this block, and this is what it looked like with the pieces all cut out.Piecing the cornersCorner piecedWhat I love about these templates is that the corners are die-cut perfect so that when you cut out your fabrics, you trim the corners. Then when you sew the pieces together, they fit

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Here is my latest progress on the grapes pillow. I've finished the left side and started working on the middle and upper left section.I've also worked on my Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt a little lately, and I have 3 more rows pieced.I've been piecing some of the hexagons on Tori's quilt, but don't really have enough to take a new picture.When I went for my yearly eye exam, I chatted with my

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I had a blast at the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah on Wednesday, and was thoroughly exhausted by mid-afternoon. The quilts were gorgeous, as always, and I managed to pick up a few things to add to my quilting stash. First picture is fat quarters from The Fat Quarter Queen - honestly, with packaging like this, who could resist?Next is templates, patterns, a book on Machine Quilting in Sections (which

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I came down with a sinus infection Friday night, and it had me down most of the weekend. I was finally able to take some pictures today, so I can update progress on two projects.My Grapes Pillow is coming along really nicely. It's not quite half-way, but almost! Oh, and yes, Julie, I believe it is the same designer as the one your mom model-stitched the hydrangea pillow in JCS. She's also got

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I have made some more progress on the grapes pillow. It's about all I've been working on lately. I just can't seem to put it down.And yesterday I picked up my block of the month for April. It's named Quack, and I finished it today.CC and I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. playing RE5 again. I figure that at the rate we're going, we'll probably finish it next weekend. It's been a lot of fun so far,

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As I just posted on my FB page, I have GOT to get into my craft room and put some things away so I can actually DO something in there. I have the Quilter's Attic block of the month to pick up (and probably put together) tomorrow. And I would like to get started on Tori's quilt!It turns out that my quilt guild is chartering a bus for a day trip to the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah on the same day I

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Mom and I weathered the storms last night on the way to our last sewing machine feet class, and we ended up with quite a bit of free time before it was to start. So we decided to just have a look around Joann's. I don't think either one of us really needed anything, so we just began walking around. Of course, we ambled back to the quilt fabrics area (she's not a quilter, but she is a quilt

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That's the name of the series of classes my mom and I've been taking over the past few weeks. And here are the feet I've played with and decided to purchase so far. From left to right, knit-edge (aka pearls and piping), open-toe (appliqué), narrow-edge (esp. good for attaching lace), stitch-in-the-ditch (quilting), and quarter-inch-with-guide:We have one more class to go this Thursday night, and

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I have finally gotten around to taking a few pictures (and I finally finished my block of the month for March, plus a freebie from Moonlight Stitch), so here they are!First up is my new set of potholders from a class I took last Thursday at my quilt guild's Sit n Sew. These are for me, and we've already started using them. :)Next, March's SSS 2009 quilt block of the month, Windy Day.At the

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Yes, you read that right, I'm taking 4 classes on optional sewing machine feet for my machine and how to use them. Mom and I took the first class last Thursday night (the classes are called "Feet, feet, feet"), and the first two feet were the knit-edge (or pearls and piping) and the open-toe. I knew I wanted to buy an open-toe foot because every time I appliqué a piece of fabric, I look for

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Here is Chatelaine's Waterlily Pond Quilt square 5!I also worked on Dragon Ride recently, so I'm starting to see some border progress, and the backstitching of the dragon's head and the rider is complete now.

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It's been a while since I last posted, and I have a very good reason. I've been kidnapped by vampires, the Cullens in particular. :) Okay, I WISH. :)I've been resisting the whole Twilight mania and hype (why, I really have no idea), but I succumbed to starting the first book a little over a week ago. I've read New Moon and Eclipse, and now I'm starting Breaking Dawn and her unfinished

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I finished it this afternoon!I also took a new progress picture of Cherry Blossom Waterfall, which has seen some of my attention this month (hard to believe it's nearly March!).I'm paying a little attention to Dragon Ride now. :)

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Thursday I went to my quilt guild's Sit n Sew because they were teaching a class on French Braid runners. I picked fabrics from my stash for two and got them both pieced in the class (most everyone else did one, and quilted it there). I quilted one of mine today, and here are the results.I still have the other one to quilt (it's a little shorter than this one), hopefully I'll get it done in the

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Except that this time it wasn't me. On Friday night, C's tooth (which is scheduled for a root canal) became abscessed. I don't believe I have ever seen him more miserable, and we ended up having to take him to the emergency room Sunday morning. Then he reacted to the pain medication, and we've had a terrible time getting him over that. It's a hard thing to watch someone be miserable and not

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