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Remember my Woodland Creatures Quilt? This this man has been enjoying it for the past year! Isn't he just adorable? He's my family doctor's little one! Boy did I ever miss her while she was gone, but she sure had a good reason! I don't think I'd want to come back to work either after having this little bundle of joy! So happy she's back, but I get it .... How can you leave this little guy behind? I'm so happy that he's still using it! The greatest gift to a quilter is to report back that the quilt's been loved to pieces! Little "F" will be sure to use this quilt for years to come!</div>
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I've had quite a go of it! The sewing has been pretty much a standstill with my left hand having trouble. Two years later....I still can't open doors, jars... it's actually worse than what it was before I picked surgery. If any of you out there are 'thinking' of having hand surgery for your thumb - please reconsider.<br />
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I do a lot of browsing! Not much quilting - but hopefully I will be getting back to it. Little bits and pieces. My time limit now is about 1/2 hour a day. Then I have to take a few days off to recover. My hand just aches. Thank goodness for Morgan, who helps cut. I think the last time I actually sewed on my machine was about 3 months ago! I think that was when I discovered how to put on buttons! My knitting is zero now as I can't hold the needles. My pinch is limited as my thumb is painful after [that means holding my hexies to hand sew is pretty much impossible!] The only thing that really works well is having my hands flat on the bed of the sewing machine to just guide fabric through.<br />
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My doc, has been great at keeping me sane! {as was her replacement when she was on maternity leave!} If you ever have a chance to visit <a href="http://oquilts.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Grandma O'Quilts</a> , she is a force to be reckoned with! With my doc and Grandma O'Quilts blog, I've been living vicariously through her! Diane has been an amazing inspiration to me. She's had hip trouble, knee trouble, shoulder trouble...and she's also raising her 3 grandchildren on her own, to mention just a few of the challenges she has gone through. I honestly having nothing to whine about in comparison. I have been encouraged by her blog that one day I will be back to quilting and sewing! She is my hero in so many ways! Please visit her blog and drop her a line saying that Margo from Quilting Momma & The Youngest sent you! You won't be disappointed!<br />
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Happy Quilting All! Drop me a comment and let me know what you all have been doing! I would love to hear all about your projects, your challenges and of course your WIP's {works in progress}!<br />
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MargoMargohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973917244686254154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840065948685777426.post-77795890797110365982017-06-17T11:55:00.000-06:002017-06-17T11:57:10.713-06:00Heritage Park Quilt Festival 2O17 - QUILTER OF DISTINCTION Trudy Cowan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow! Lots to show and tell! I'll start [Quilting Momma]! We had the wonderful opportunity of meeting Trudy Cowan! Now let you give you MY take on why I believe she is the Quilter of Distinction! </div>
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1. She is personable and loves talking quilts!</div>
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2. She talks to you like you've been a friend for years and shares her journey with you!</div>
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3. She welcomes you with open arms and encourages you to ask questions!</div>
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4. I don't think she even knows what "Quilt Police" means! ha ha!</div>
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5. she is AWE-INSPIRING! [I secretly want to have her talents!]</div>
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Here's Trudy.....isn't she beautiful! and her quilt is too!</div>
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I asked her to pose in front of her favorite quilt! Now every quilt in there was stunning, so she suggested a photo in front of the room as you enter. It is 3D and there are no words to describe how amazing it is! The detail just blows you away! You want to reach out and touch [don't worry! I did NOT touch....but I wanted to just to see how it was done!] You would laugh as I was inches away looking at the details. Most of the time the expression on my face displayed pure awe! </div>
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The shock? Take a look at this quilt..... now look at the photo below:</div>
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the 'branches' are all thread! Honest to goodness it looks like the leaves/needles were picked and freshly plunked on the quilt! Believe me it's all fibre! </div>
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The Train quilt photo does NOT show the true beauty of this piece. The steam is layers of fabric, tulle and organza! It seems as though the steam and snow is coming right off the quilt! Just amazing! She based this quilt on a photo that she took at Heritage Park with the REAL live deal! It's just incredible!</div>
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Trudy read an article about the Smoke Jumpers....those firefighters that parachute into the line of fire to battle these blazes! You can feel the flames coming off this piece! Hearing Trudy talk about it to us made us feel like we were right there in the plane waiting for them to jump!</div>
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I could have spent the whole afternoon talking with her! Trudy Cowan....thank you so much for your time and patience with us as we drilled you with questions! You are truly an amazing artist extraordinaire! Thank you, thank you, thank you!</div>
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PS..... Trudy will have a book coming out in the next year or two that she is illustrating with quilts! It's all about a little grey mouse....who lives in a world quite drab......until she walks into a quilt shop!!! We got to see some of the works in progress! Let's just say you HAVE TO GET HER BOOK!!!! I can hardly wait to share it with the wee one's in our family!</div>
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Cheers!</div>
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HERITAGE PARK QUILT FESTIVAL - 2017</div>
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This quilt is based off of the 4 elements (Fire, Water, Earth & Air) and each corner of the quilt<br />
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Stand back and watch this design pop. This pixelated puppy quilt was very creative.</div>
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We had to take a picture of this one. It was made in honour of Canada's 150th birthday. </div>
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My Mom later surprised me with the panel that the "Fredericton & Charlottetown" came from.</div>
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I am very excited to make my very own "Canadian" quilt.</div>
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This is the quilt I made for my Mom and my 2nd quilt entry. This quilt is usually hung in my Moms living room. It was from a quilt kit that my she got for me many moons ago and it was my first and so far only attempt at Y-Seams. </div>
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These two really nice ladies were deep in discussion looking at my 2nd quilt entry. We wandered over and found out they were trying to figure out a way how NOT to do the Y-seams ha-ha.</div>
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My Mom spilled the beans and told them that this was my quilt entry.</div>
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Both of them entered quilts as well, they each made a "One Block Wonder" quilt.</div>
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This was the first time I had heard about this quilt pattern and it couldn't be any more fantastic.</div>
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I love how these quilts look as if you were staring into a kaleidoscope.</div>
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They also shared a great website with us where you can enter in an image of your fabric and it will show you what that fabric may look like as a "One Block Wonder"</div>
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*Warning* This Design helper is addicting.</div>
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<a href="http://oneblockwonder.com/design-helper/" target="_blank">One Block Wonder - Design Helper</a> </div>
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One Block Wonder Quilt - This is now on my "to do " list</div>
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Alright so the below picture is of B and I at our grade 9 Grad which so happened to be at Heritage Park. This is one of those classic pictures that seems to pop up every now and then. We thought heck why not try to re-create this picture.</div>
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Mom and I are starting something of a tradition of going to the Heritage Park Quilt Festival.</div>
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I truly enjoy walking around the grounds and looking at all the projects. It is so inspiring to see the different patterns and colour combinations of other quilters.</div>
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I always leave with a goodie bag full of new projects, fabrics, gadgets, and so much more.</div>
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This year two of my good friends joined us at the festival. Both are new to sewing and are very talented. I am sure they have "whipped up" more than 10 quilts between them and they both only started quilting towards the end of 2016. How fantastic, I do believe the quilt bug has bit them. </div>
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Many say quilting is a lost art and that it is slowly dieing out. Especially when it is so easy to go to the big box stores and buy a factory made quilt for a fraction of the price.</div>
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Now it may be less popular and geared to a different generation however Mom and I are doing our best to entice as many people as we can to give quilting a try. </div>
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All the girls from Moms Irish Chain Quilt class pitched in and got her a cute thank you present.</div>
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She opened this before we went down to the grounds. This was a good way to start our day.</div>
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What an excellent way to spend a Saturday. I am always elated when I get to spend my day dedicated to sewing. Even better when you get to do this in the company of others.</div>
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Our Mystery quilt day went from 9AM- 5PM. The MQ was put on by one of our local guilds and was held at our local town museum. For those who joined us from the city some were shocked we even had a museum ha ha. Honestly whats a hometown without a little museum =D</div>
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I can sum up the day into a few words ... Laughter ... Coffee ... and Surprise.</div>
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I think I brought my entire sewing room with me!</div>
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<b>AND WERE OFF ... LISTENING TO THE HUM OF THE MACHINES </b></div>
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This weekend coming up a few of us ladies are participating in a sew day where we will be putting together a Mystery Quilt.</div>
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Two of the ladies participating are new to quilting and joined us for our Irish Chain Class a few months back. One is my Moms good friend <b>C </b>and the other is my best Friend <b>B</b>. </div>
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Check us out below after a long day of cutting fabric for the Mystery Quilt </div>
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What is a Mystery Quilt you ask, well its actually a great idea. You simply create a series of quilt blocks without knowing what the final pattern will be. The fantastic ladies running the Mystery Quilt day lead you though the instructions and techniques needed to make the Mystery Quilt. They are also an excellent resource and help when it comes to making your fabric selections.<br />
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Trust me its harder than you would think to pick fabrics when you don't know what the final quilt will look like, especially for a "Type A" person like myself. All in all I am so happy with my final fabric selections. (Thanks Michelle for all the help!)<br />
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<b>Quilt #1 [The Youngest] </b></div>
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<i>"Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise."</i></div>
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I must have a short attention span because I have to constantly switch up my projects and take on more and more and more.</div>
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My WIPs (work in progress) are getting a bit out of hand. Does anyone else have this problem? This was my latest WIP however I have motored along and got this one completed.</div>
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I love looking at Pinterest and getting new ideas and I came along a picture of a very simple snowflake design. These days I am determined to only use my stash! So I dug through my messy fabric stash drawer seeing if I had any fabric that would work for the "Snowflake".</div>
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Fast forward through all the digging and it turns out I was in luck. I had all the right fabric colours, turns out most of the fabric I picked was from <a href="https://fridaysoff.ca/collections/all-fabric" target="_blank">Fridays Off</a>. Now all I needed was some guidance from my all knowing "Mom". I have never attempted applique before and you know "Mom knows best".</div>
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My amazing Husband was gracious enough to hold up the quilt top for me =D</div>
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Next was the basting. My mom read about a new technique called board basting and she thought I would be the perfect student to test it out.<br />
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It worked perfect and I easily basted the entire quilt MYSELF - yay! Usually it helps with a second set of hands for basting but seeing that my Mom is out of commission I was out of luck.<br />
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Usually I have my quilts professionally machine quilted but it was decided that I should do this one from start to finish. I am a BIG NEWBIE when it comes to machine quilting and was laughing uncontrollably and at the same time thinking "What have I done" HAHA </div>
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This quilts new home will be for an adorable baby boy who was born in January. A blue snowflake quilt for a beautiful winter baby.</div>
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- The Youngest-</div>
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Our wedding day was everything we imagined and more.</div>
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I have a birthday sooooooooo close to Christmas! I ask for fabric all the time, for any event and I was thrilled with the selections I got at Christmas and my birthday! Chef got me an amazing cake that I got to share with my loved ones too! I love ANYTHING lemon! The cake was absolutely amazing and I got $ to spend on MORE fabric yet! How great is that!</div>
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Below is what I got from my beautiful oldest who is NOT a quilter! She has great taste! The baby prints were picked by my grandson who convinced his Momma that "Nana" needs to make some baby quilts! Hmmmmm I wonder if that was a hint to ME or to his Momma? 💗<br />
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Look at all the lovely choices she made! You can't tell by the photo - but the purples have a silver sheen! Silver bling! I love it! I am anxious to see how that works up!</div>
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My birthday arrived and look what I got in the mail? The Youngest signed me up for a subscription from <a href="http://fridaysoff.ca/" target="_blank">Fridays Off</a> ! For the next three months there will be surprises showing up at my door! I love it when I get fabric from other people because it challenges me! I'm so "matchy-matchy" as The Youngest says - I need to use more of my right-brain and pick different colors and fabrics!</div>
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Who doesn't love a fat quarter in a card? This was a surprise fabric I received! Isn't it lovely? I'm thinking of cutting out those triangles and making some tree's out of them! Just a thought!</div>
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I decided one of the projects I would do -- AFTER I finish The Youngest and her husband's wedding quilt that is: is a block of the month from Craftsy for their <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/kits/2017-blazing-star-block-of-the-month/457837" target="_blank">2017 Blazing Star Block of the Month</a>. I used all of my gift $'s to pay for the fabric for this quilt. I am stoked! Now I know those non-quilters are out there going WHAT!!! For me, I brought the fabric home and just drooled! The colors are exact to the Craftsy class with the exception of the white - the pattern called for a light tan and I went with a white. Now, tips for anyone thinking about fabrics for these classes - go with Craftsy kits. They are way cheaper than buying on your own! Lesson learned for me! They buy in such vast quantities they are able to pass on savings for those kits directly to their members. </div>
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Remember, <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/?regMessageId=31&cr_linkid=SEM_G_Brand_PrimaryCategory_Quilt_34860935023&cr_maid=96171&kclid=2bc47593-bd9a-495d-97f8-2e5364274611&gclid=CjwKEAiAtefDBRDTnbDnvM735xISJABlvGOvOScj35-MWWUrflUrfFfWgf9bIluRijDb4CPsZ9N-VxoCrxTw_wcB" target="_blank">Craftsy </a>has so many other classes too! Baking, painting, woodworking, cooking, knitting, etc. Many of those classes are free and the instructors are amazing. It doesn't cost anything to join and there are many classes that are FREE! Like the one I am taking. You can't take a class outside of your home for most of the costs for these online classes. Check them out!</div>
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If you have any ideas of the things I can make - let me know! I love reading your comments and better yet, getting more ideas for more things to make!</div>
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I am an avid reader and there is nothing better than snuggling up with a good book. I usually have a few books on the go and am always looking for my next new read.</div>
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I stumbled upon a post on <a href="https://christaquilts.com/" target="_blank">Christa Quilts</a> blog about a book called "Birds in the Air by Frances O'Roark Dowell" Christina has an excerpt from the Author describing the book and it is was enough to entice me. This book merges my passion for quilting with reading, it's bound to be a page turner.</div>
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I encourage you to read Christina's blog post:</div>
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Check out and learn a little bit about the author <a href="http://offkilterquilt.com/thanks-for-stopping-by/" target="_blank">Frances O'Roark Dowell</a> I know I did and while you're at it have a listen to some of Frances' pod casts full of quilting goodness.<br />
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I'm getting my mom and myself a copy of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31692560-birds-in-the-air" target="_blank">Birds in the Air</a> to read together. I wonder if I have any other takers to read this book with us? PS. [Mom] I already bought the book for you.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840065948685777426.post-18458036140491232682016-12-30T13:22:00.000-07:002017-01-01T06:41:30.375-07:00Sneak Peek - Black Birds QuiltWell I have a few WIPs (work in progress) on the go. Two are in the final stages (Quilting & Binding) so as a kudos for near completion I started a new project! Not entirely sure if that logic makes sense... but it does to me<br />
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As you know I love the quilt designs of Lorna with <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sew Fresh Quilts</a>. I just recently finished her <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/p/dog-gone-cute.html" target="_blank">Dog Gone Cute</a> quilt and was eager to start her <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2016/04/black-birds-baby-quilt.html" target="_blank">Black Birds</a> pattern. I am way to excited to wait until I have more completed on this quilt, I just had to share.<br />
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I finally made my way into the city to pick out the fabric for the Black Birds quilt. I was visiting my grandmother who just so happens to live one block away from my favorite quilt shop. You know what they say "When in Rome" ... you buy fabric ha-ha.<br />
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With out further adieu here is a sneak peek of my new project. I hope you are as excited about it as I am!!! <br />
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I felt like a princess at the fabric store. I had my own personal fabric specialist help me pick out my colours for the quilt. The entire store was mine, it was a great day of retail therapy.<br />
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I have all my fabric cut and ready to go! Instructions to the left and fabric to the right (what can go wrong). I honestly have to say the cutting for this project really was a breeze. I did it on Christmas Day while my Hubby and Brother relaxed by the fire drinking hot chocolate.<br />
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Don't look too close this was the very first birdy I made, they have gotten progressively better the more I make.<br />
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Seeing that I am so eager to share my new project with everyone I have linked up this post to the <a href="http://fortworthfabricstudio.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Fort Worth Fabric Studio</a> and <a href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Busy Hands Quilts</a> link party. It's always nice to find gracious link up party hosts. <br />
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Have a look at the Link ups, there are some fantastic projects there to spark your inspiration.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Momma here....Morgan's friends have been asking her for-eeevver to teach them to quilt!</span></i><br />
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People were showing such an interest in quilting that "Quilting Momma" decided to host a quilting class at her house!!! KUDOS Mom... I just came along for the ride. <br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">....and I jumped at the chance to bring some new peeps into our fold! Hee hee...to join the "Crazy" fabricadabra spell that Quilter's fall under!</span></i><br />
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My very first quilt I ever made was an Irish Chain quilt, my mother registered me into a quilting class on the weekends when I was ... I think 14 (can't really remember exactly) It was around the time that we moved to the big city and I had <u>zero</u> friends and <u>nothing</u> to do on the weekends!!! In all honesty I think my Mom registered me into the class because I was driving her crazy.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">...oh be still my heart my Youngest! I never once felt you driving me crazy, but to be honest, you really did need something to do! You were soooo little....so teeny...even the gym teacher thought you were too much of a risk to have in any gym groups {picture Morgan, the size of a kid in Grade 4, with the kids in Grade 7 - playing any team sport...she would have been squished!} so, "Hey Morgan, what do you think about making a quilt for yourself?" PS..it wasn't too long after this that she made some amazing friends [ Britt...her bestie and recent Maid of Honor, was one of the first to want to learn how to quilt!]</span></i><br />
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I knew absolutely nothing about quilting asides from watching my Mom, so this was a challenge. I remember walking into the classroom with my mom seeing all these well versed ladies sitting at their stations. I think half of them welcomed my Mom to the class where she corrected them stating it was actually me who had registered. Bit of an awkward start ha-ha.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Those very same ladies were so eager to help her! God Bless Anne of My Sewing Room, here in Calgary, that took Morgan under her wing and taught her. I can bet there are a lot of you out there that know exactly what it is like trying to teach your child something that they really are not too keen on when they are 13 or so! Every one of those ladies were in awe of Morgan week after week as she had all her homework done and was ready for the next step!</span></i><br />
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I was a bit intimidated by all these ladies who had amazing sewing machines, beautiful fabric, and a general air of knowing. I was experiencing so many new things lately since we moved to the big city, it felt like I had a constant swarm of butterflies in my stomach.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I kept my mouth shut when she choose her fabrics! They were NOTHING like I would choose, but...I had to let that go! This was HERS and hers alone! She had to LOVE what she was working with!</span></i><br />
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There was no turning back so as the saying goes I "Jumped in with both feet". This was one of those key moments where my passion for sewing ignited.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Thank goodness I learned to keep my mouth shut at that time. It was a good lesson for me too, because I didn't want her to be turned off of quilting. She was a natural!</span></i><br />
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When my mom sent me her syllabus for the lesson and the Irish Chain quilt was the project I was immediately on board (yes she had a syllabus). My mom has always been diligent and patient with me as I expand my knowledge of sewing. She's is an amazing teacher, just comes natural to her. You could see the passion exude from her as she was teaching her class.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Awwww... thanks honey! I do LOVE it. One thing that you taught ME was to be patient and to wait for my students to ask ME questions rather than budge in! Trust me....that part is still a work in progress!</span></i><br />
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One of the best parts is seeing all the progress updates pour in from the new quilters. They are all eager and determined. It honestly is shocking how fast they have put their tops together and with such accuracy!<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I am seriously proud of all of our students. We had ONE...read it...ONE class. There was a flurry of information and I am sure their heads were spinning the very first class! I am hoping they will continue to grow in their quilting and not take this one class as the FIRST and ONLY! After the first day was over, I was thinking they would have given up.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">lovely new fabric - beautiful stitching, cutting and of course supplies!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">See that quilt behind me? That was MY first quilt that I STARTED in 1996</span></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840065948685777426.post-69688342534794226162016-12-04T07:57:00.004-07:002016-12-04T08:01:50.439-07:00Rising Star QuiltI love my job and the company I work for, I am so lucky to have met so many great people and life long friends through work. One of those friends announced they were expecting a baby. I love anything "baby" and was over the moon when hearing this news. <br />
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... and so the quilting began. I have about a gazillion quilts I want to do and have them stowed away for the right time. I am sure every quilter can relate to the "wish list" of quilts they want to create.<br />
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I had a jelly roll and did not know what to do with it (very normal for me, I tend to purchase any jelly roll that spikes my interest... no matter if I have a project or not.) When I stumbled upon the tutorial from Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Company I knew this lost jelly roll would now find a home.<br />
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I think my motto should be KISS "Keep it Simple Silly". The reason being: keeping it simple is the main criteria I use when selecting a quilt project. This quilt definitely upheld the KISS motto, seriously check out the tutorial to see for yourself how simple it was. <a href="https://youtu.be/dCGg70m_0yg" target="_blank">Rising Star - Tutorial</a><br />
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*Drum Roll* Here is the final product and the introduction of the CUTEST baby ever !!!<br />
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The Youngest had her bachelorette planned, then the date got changed [to the day before our nuptials!] We were sad that The Youngest and my oldest daughter and her son [our grandson] couldn't make it but the rest of our kids and their partners did! Despite it all we really did have a perfect day!<br />
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Chef and I wanted to focus on our promises to each other. We both love the mountains and try to get there when we can. We found an absolutely breathtaking spot in Canmore, Alberta at Quarry Lake.<br />
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Our elopement was simple and relaxed! My best friend, a retired judge, was there to marry us! We will remember it forever and have a very special day in our hearts!<br />
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How could we NOT have a quilt with us? LOL... This is the quilt that my lovely husband encouraged me to finish when he gifted me with my Baby Lock shortly after we met! This is one of the "fun" photo's! We had such a great time on "our" day!</div>
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It's like he's hanging on for dear life!What better way to do therapy than quilting!<br />
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It's been a year since my surgery and I am back at it. Albeit, not in huge chunks of time, but smaller bits -- spread out over days, weeks and months! The biggest challenge I have now is furry lips!<br />
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Seriously! How can you resist a guy like this?<br />
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I tell him to move and he looks at me like this!<br />
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"I'm not in your way honest!"<br />
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I am sure that he wants to make sure that I am doing all this right!<br />
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It's very sloooooooooooooow stitching. My bad hand is flat, which is a great thing! I just have to guide the fabric around and stitch the outside.<br />
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I could feel him purr while he was resting on my arm.<br />
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He finally gets off me and just lays next to me as close as possible so that he can touch me a bit. <br />
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Yes.....that's the same piece I am working on! Trust me, I'm stitching super slow!<br />
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I love this little beaver! There's a raccoon, fox, rabbit, owl, bear to name a few!<br />
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I signed up for a Craftsy Class called "Fusible Applique Made Easy" by Wendi Gratz.<br />
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I LOVE it! She is such a great instructor and this little quilt is so adorable with the cartoon outlining. Very simple and perfect for this project!<br />
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It has really given me a chance to try out some fusible's that I was a little apprehensive about. I feel more confident now that I have had this class and Wendi Gratz makes all of it so simple that any beginner can tackle this class!<br />
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You can't see it too well in these photo's, but all the squares are pre-quilted. It allowed me to practice my free-motion stitching [which again I need more practice with!] That again, is something that Wendi will walk you through in the class!<br />
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I love how the blocks are turning out!<br />
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The best thing is that it's already quilted, so it should be a quick job to put together!<br />
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This quilt is for our family doctor who is having her first baby! I was so excited for her! She has been key to helping me get back to quilting, so I think it couldn't be better timing to show her how happy I am for the new arrival!<br />
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I'll post the whole quilt once I have it completed!<br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/" target="_blank">Craftsy</a>! It's the best bargain for classes and you can view the lessons over and over again! Which in this day and age is pretty spectacular!<br />
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Here is the final project! I am dropping it off with my doctor on Wednesday! I hope she loves it as much as I do!<br />
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I believe I started this back in November 2015. I stumbled
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completed projects. <a href="http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2015/11/dog-gone-cute-linky-party.html" target="_blank">Dog Gone Cute - Link up party blog post - By Sew Fresh Quilts</a><br />
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I love Lorna's Sew Fresh Quilts blog her creativity is
inspiring. When I tell people I am a quilter a majority of the people assume I
make boring "grandma" quilts. As I am just learning most of my quilts
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I have decided that since I have put so much work into this quilt I will be keeping it for myself. There are so many options for backing I will be taking my time selecting the perfect one, possibly a cute modern print. Enough with my rambling check out my Dong Gone Cute topper. </div>
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As we were wandering through the vast tents we come up to a display with all these cute mini charm packs. Lately I have been sewing things that use smaller and smaller pieces, so naturally these tiny squares grabbed my attention. On this display they had a bright table runner, very summery. </div>
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I always head to my Moms with a small tote of all my WIPs, and when I get there I grab the first thing in the tote that strikes my fancy. On this particular day it was the winter themed mini charm packs.<br />
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We spray basted the top and used some left over black script fabric for the back. This was my second time doing the quilting. This was made worlds easier by my Moms amazing sewing machine. I chose to do a nice wave pattern running lengthwise. <br />
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This next project was a bit of an experiment. A good friend of mine asked if I could make a Bag for her daughters Highland Dance practice swords. This was a first, I think I can safely say that I have never made a sword bag before. </div>
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As usual Tigger always comes to help. He was my cheerleader for this project.</div>
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The instructions were pretty simple. The bag had to hold the swords and close that was it ☺ Alright I think I can handle that. I went through my stash and found some fabric I thought would work well and still look relatively cute. The last thing I wanted was this bag to look like a mish-mash of left over fabric.</div>
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I ended up using the black script fabric from the quilt I made my mom and the flannel tartan fabric I had from the Christmas infinity scarfs. Also my Mom was kind enough to gift me some muslin fabric for the lining.<br />
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To make sure the bag and its strap worked I give it a little test drive☺<br />
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Here is a project I have had hidden in my drawer for sometime. I think it goes back to 2011- 2012.</div>
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I have quite a few friends from the east coast and they always had these amazing quilts with hand drawn pictures of things that reminded them of home. I have always admired the hard work and thought it took to draw out all the pictures. Being one who likes a challenge I thought I would try my hand at creating one of these East Coast Quilts.</div>
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Sadly I was not blessed with the ability to draw, the extent of my drawing skills is limited to stick men. I cannot take credit for the designs below. I found east coast inspired pictures online and used them as my template for the blocks. I taped the outline of the pictures to the window and placed my blank block over top. I then traced the picture with a fine pencil and coloured it in as saw fit with crayons.</div>
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To set the newly coloured block I placed a scarp piece on fabric over top the block and heat set the crayon design with the iron. The excess wax from the crayons transferred to the scarp piece of fabric and I was left with a nicely set picture block.</div>
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Below are some of the blocks I have done to date. I think they look half decent! When they are all sewn together with a nice tartan fabric in between I think it look great.</div>
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The quilt will be comprised of (12) 12" x 12" blocks - (3) across (4) down with tartan fabric for the sashing and borders.</div>
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I have (9) blocks down and only 3 more to go. So close to the finish line ... with that said it may take a couple more years ha-ha.</div>
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Back in February, when I was still majorly depressed about my difficulty sewing -- lookie what arrived in the mail. Being limited in using my hands, I would enter a few giveaways and I fell in love with this adorable line!<br />
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Can you believe it! I won this fat quarter bundle of Flying Colors by Momo!<br />
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The fabric is just adorable! It brought me back to when I was pregnant with my oldest and her dad and I were wallpapering the nursery! At that time we almost got a divorce fighting over putting up wallpaper while I was on a chair 9+ months pregnant trying to hang it! Lo and behold we got the wallpaper up on the one wall! It was beautiful! It wasn't until the week later when I was showing off the nursery to my sister. She asked me, "Why are the rainbows upside down?" GASP! They were! The fabric is an exact replica of those rainbows with the exception that the wallpaper background was yellow instead of the blue!<br />
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You can take a look at the fat quarter bundle <a href="http://www.fabricworm.com/flying-colors-fq.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I think this is going to make a perfect lap-quilt for my oldest -- she can then have the rainbows any which way she wants!<br />
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On the homefront -- I am healing, albeit a bit slow. I am able to do a bit of stitching, as tolerated [which isn't much]. I am wearing splints on both hands now as my dominant right hand has been overworked! Tomorrow I see a neurologist to see what we can do about pain control. In June, I will be going for an MRI for the surgery hand as I still continue have pain. I am hoping to head back to work in the next couple of weeks {crossing my fingers and praying!}. I work for an amazing company that is helping me come back without causing further damage. I have had a rehab specialist, a kinesiologist, hand specialist, surgeon, family doctor, and of course equipment set up to help. Thankfully for Canada, I am able to have all this. Without it, I honestly don't know what I would do.<br />
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My new nifty keyboard! The components are meant to be in odd positions, including hanging off a bit off the tray. They are very solid and heavy and will not be moving. The ergonomic specialist set this up for me last week.</div>
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My surgery hand [left] is still troubling me. The base of my thumb is drawing into my palm, but splinting and exercises are sure to continue to help [I am hoping!] Otherwise, my left [with the ring] is looking really great!</div>
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1st up is my Mom's quilt. This quilt has been a labour of love for her. More labour than love ha-ha. I say more labour as it took her over a year to complete as a result of her hand surgery. This Scrappy half square triangle quilt is for my moms best friend the retired judge. This year she is celebrating her 70th Birthday<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">☺</span>A big driver for my mom to have this quilt completed. </div>
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Lucky for my Mom she had the top ready to go before her surgery. All that was left to do was the machine quilting and binding. I shouldn't say "all that was left" because the end sometimes is the hardest and most tedious part. She is more adventurous than me and usually machine quilts the top herself however in lieu of her hand not doing so well I dropped it off to be quilted for her.</div>
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Once she got it back from being machine quilted it took her over a week to do the binding, little bits at a time. Usually she can have the binding done in no time .... I know this because I used to always pawn off my quilts on her to bind (still not my favorite part). The funniest part is that even with my mom basically using one hand to do the binding it still looks professional and with invisible stitches. HA mine look more like a kids 1st sewing project.</div>
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HOPEFULLY next up for Mom is a Wedding Quilt for her FAVORITE DAUGHTER</div>
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Below is my moms Scrappy Half Triangle Quilt Enjoy! </div>
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Mom's best friend and then Mom - they both look pretty happy!<br />
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2nd is my latest quilt. This quilt started out as a kit my Mom bought me about 5-6 years ago. I have been slowly picking away at it. I started putting it together 2 years ago at one of the quilting retreats. </div>
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With this quilt I had to use You Tube a little as the instructions that came with the quilt were basically in another language. This was the first time I have ever attempted a Y seam. My mom "seams" (ha-ha sewing joke) to think that me doing Y seams is impressive. Honestly I did not find them very difficult, I had a couple seam ripper moments but that is normal in any project. You Tube really was a big help.</div>
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This pattern made small windmills however I decided not to match up the fabric to form noticeable windmills. The reasoning was that I did not like the look of the defined windmills. When it was all laid out the windmills ended up very asymmetrical and not evenly distributed. I just felt that it would look better more evenly distributed. If you look close you can still make out Red and Black windmills. They are still there just less defined. All in all I like how this quilt turned out.</div>
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Since this blog post is all about "gifted" quilts I should probably tell you where this quilts new home is. I decided since my Mom was so impressed with my Y seams that I would finish this quilt and give it to her for Christmas.</div>
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I played a little trick on my Mom to throw her off. I am a big supporter and volunteer for the United Way and my original plan was to complete this quilt for our 2015 campaign and have it raffled off. HOWEVER ... time managed to get away from me and I was no where close to having it completed in time for the end of the campaign. So I decided to complete it for Christmas and present it to my Mom. (I knew she would love and cherish it)</div>
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The funny part is I never let mom in on the little fact that I was no longer doing the quilt for United Way. She would ask me how the quilts coming along and when can she buy raffle tickets. I may have even told her at one point I got her raffle tickets and not to worry. (a little white lie, but I think it was necessary).</div>
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Check out the great quilted swirls. Really adds depth - and possibly a little bit of the twilight zone. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">☺</span></div>
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So I am told this quilt will be living on the living room wall in Mom and Chef's house. That makes me a tad bit nervous, reasoning being now people will REALLY be looking at it. Hopefully no quilt police come around! They might just get kindly kicked out of the house ha-ha Just Joking.</div>
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You all know that I normally don't write about designers - but you all have to check out Shannon Brinkley! She is new on the block to designing fabric and I love the direction this is going!<br />
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Just take a look at her beautiful collection -- along with corresponding Aurifil threads! Yeah!<br />
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<img src="http://www.thebottletree.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Book-Cover3-e1396568381475.jpg" height="163" width="200" /> This young woman just put out her first fabric line. She is so adorable! Check out her blog and the blog hop that is going on right now. I think this new designer really knocked this out of the park! I just love the rich colors and so down to earth! I'd love to showcase a quilt with these fabrics -- now if only I can get my hand to cooperate!<br />
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<a href="http://shannon-brinkley-studio.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Shannon Brinkley Studio</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thebottletree.net/blog/" target="_blank">Shannon Brinkley's blog</a><br />
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Miss you all and thank God for all these blogs! I am so inspired with ideas and so thrilled with new fabric lines!<br />
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Margohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973917244686254154noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840065948685777426.post-27155614243791999202016-01-22T16:05:00.002-07:002016-01-22T16:05:39.142-07:00Start a little bit at a time!My hand therapist is going to be thrilled with me! I got some old straggling blocks and decided I would quilt it for a small zipper bag I want to make! I can keep my left hand flat-ish and guide the fabric. This block is about 12" square. Thus far it has taken me about 7 days to get this far. I can do about 3 lines before my hand needs a rest believe it or not! I don't want to push it and be put back weeks. I have a hard enough time typing - but, my physiotherapist says that I must do things that may be a wee bit uncomfortable! My time is limited as I have to take morphine for the nerve pain - thus operating any machinery would not be a good idea! With my luck I would probably sew my other hand to the block!<br />
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"It's been a long time coming, but my brother got his "30th birthday" quilt from Mom! She did this before her surgery and kept it under wraps until my brothers birthday on January 1st!</div>
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Mr. Motorcycle being the gentleman he is offered to do a small photo shoot with his bike prior to starting a day of Ice Racing. The pictures turned out amazing.</div>
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The quilt is "motorcycle" proof. Mom wanted a quilt that he would use camping to cover up with around the fire, or if needed in the back of his car/truck. Hopefully he will use it until it's nicely worn in and super soft.</div>
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I am jealous that this is my brothers quilt. I love the pops of colour and the history of each patch. I even think there are some fabrics in there from my old projects, probably a couple of my jeans as well ha-ha.</div>
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Update on Mom - she is unfortunately still off work and will hopefully be back soon. Its always hard when the only thing you want is to be back to "normal" but your body lets you down. I can't imagine how frustrating that would be.</div>
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My step dad has done an excellent job taking care of her. She's been doing better with her hand and has movement in her thumb but has developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as a result of the surgery. Some days are good and some not so good. I got her out for a Mani/Pedi and she had a sleepover at our place when I made the infinity scarves just before Christmas. This was one of the highlights of my Holidays.</div>
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Oh and...... another highlight from the Holidays was my engagement. <span style="font-size: large;">☺</span> My love proposed to me just before Christmas. We had to work over the Holidays so we celebrated Christmas on the 19th, he was a sneaky bugger and hide the ring in my stocking. </div>
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I am so blessed to have found such a great man who makes me laugh and smile everyday. I can not wait to spend the rest of my life with him. Now for the wedding planning (stay tuned for updates)</div>
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