tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42105801200669462312024-02-20T13:15:39.102-05:00Suzy's Quilting RoomAdventures in the life of a quilterSuzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-12239228837605432892018-11-27T13:33:00.000-05:002018-11-27T13:33:08.845-05:00Itty Bitty Whacky Wonky Christmas Trees<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Been working on Christmas gifts the past couple weeks. Here's one all done. I call it "Itty Bitty Whacky Wonky Christmas Trees." It measures 16" square and is such a fun little quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-80435258846787461632018-11-02T14:05:00.002-04:002018-11-02T14:05:58.872-04:00A "Mini" Retreat<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There once were 25 quilters who gathered for a four-day quilt retreat at a camp . . . And what happens at the Quilt Retreat stays at the Quilt Retreat. LOL! 😜</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I CAN show you one of the results from my fun and productive four days...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is "Sunset Flight", at least that's what I'm calling it for now. After working on it on and off for about a year and a half (or more), I managed to finish it up at the Retreat. And get this . . . it measures 17" square! Yes, those are itty bitty geese -- made out of teeny tiny scraps of batik fabrics. Yes, I know. I'm crazy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now to quilt it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-17238282392800290842018-11-02T13:53:00.001-04:002018-11-02T13:53:41.501-04:00If Friends Were Flowers . . .<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Guild recently had a challenge where we swapped 5" charm squares and were challenged to make a one-patch quilt. We cut 50 5" charm squares from yardage (all the same fabric), and then brought those 50 charms in to swap with other participants and went home with 50 different charm squares. I chose to do two, for a total of 100 charm squares. I figured I wouldn't be able to do too much with just 50 squares without adding too much of my own stash, so 100 it was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the result of my challenge:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used all 100 squares and cut them into a tumbler shape (using my Accuquilt GO!) and half of them I made into dresden "petals" and the other half I used as the border. The finished quilt measures 34" square. I had made a "test" dresden flower to see how wide the center would be and if it would even work. I used my scraps for the test flower because I didn't want to take a chance with the swapped charms. I actually had an Accuquilt GO! die big enough to use for the centers, so that made my life easier. I put the "test" dresden on the back as the label. :o) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a bonus, the backing fabric I used was one of the two yardages I used when I swapped my charms. I named my quilt "If Friends Were Flowers..." because it reminds me of all my quilty Guild friends each time I see their fabric in the quilt. I quilted this one myself, as it was on the smaller side and manageable. :o)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-73883429200139065132018-11-02T13:32:00.000-04:002018-11-02T13:32:50.901-04:00Petal Play<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been awhile, huh? Trust me, I've been keeping very busy. I wanted to share a quilt I recently designed and finished for a class I will be teaching in February. I'm currently working on writing the pattern/directions. I call it "Petal Play." The petals and center circles are made using Accuquilt GO! dies and my students will be able to use them in the class if they choose not to use the pattern templates to cut their petals and circles by hand prior to class. I think it will be a fun, fun class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The quilt measures approximately 30" and I actually quilted this one myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So very blessed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-63212773169198872852018-04-09T15:46:00.003-04:002018-04-09T15:50:17.868-04:00MIA and Serious Sewing Withdrawals<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I realize it's been quite awhile since I've blogged, but didn't realize it's been almost 4-1/2 months worth of awhile! Time is flying -- fun or no fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Fun</i></b> - choosing new master bath shower reno stuff, flooring, paint, furniture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Not Fun</i></b> - The mess involved in the removal and installation of said master bath shower, flooring and dealing with lazy painters and roofers who are always late and leave early, thus not putting in a full days work and doubling the time needed to paint or roof.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Fun</i></b> - Arrival of said furniture and adding decor items to make my house a home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Not Fun (Torture Even)</i></b> - Not being able to sew a stitch (FOR THE PAST 5 MONTHS!) as everything sewing-related is still packed away and I still need to decide on new furniture for the sewing room(s). Am leaning toward actually getting a Koala sewing cabinet for my monster Baby Lock Ellisimo Gold, as well as white shelving units (open and enclosed) and a large design wall. Plus am trying find something like a half-shelving unit that can house my multitude of Accuquilt dies and my Electric GO on top of it so I don't have to set it up when I want to use it - it will always be there ready for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Fun</i></b> - Yes, ROOMSSSS! I will now have two designated sewing rooms for my creative pleasure! They are right next to each other with a jack and jill bath in between.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My house is coming along. All the repairs are done - new roof, new floors, entire interior painted. Now I am in the middle of putting things together. Some rooms are more put together than others, and I am patiently (impatiently?) awaiting my new Plantation Shutters. Oh, I can hardly wait for those! I'm so sick of nothing, nada, zip on my windows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have completely changed the color-scheme in my home. Instead of reds, oranges, golds and browns (with builder beige walls and tan carpet/tile) , I have gone to teals, yellows, whites, grays and browns (with yellow walls and waterproof luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout the whole house).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are some pics of where I'm at so far...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, this! This is my favorite purchase! It holds ALL my quilts. All 30+ of them! Well, except for two oversized queen quilts that I sometimes use on cold Florida nights in the winter. Those are in my master closet. But there is still room in there for a few MORE! Woohoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Still have my Office to finish decorating, and of course, the two sewing rooms, as well as the J&J Bath, my Dad's bath and his bedroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can't wait to get back to normal,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just thought I'd share my past year of quilt finishes. Not as many as the previous year, but it is what it is. I will say there were many more starts than finishes. LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, here they are...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Six quilts that fall into the "Finished in 2017" category. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Three were charity quilts, one is a donation quilt for our Guild's upcoming Quilt Show's small quilt raffle, one was the Opportunity Quilt for our upcoming Quilt Show that is currently being raffled off, and then there's my published quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe next year I'll be more productive ... especially if I concentrate on finishing some of my UFOs instead of creating new ones. *grin*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fingers crossed,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I can show you what I just finished quilting and binding. I made this cute little quilt (15" square) for our Guild's Small Quilt Raffle that will be held at our Quilt Show in late February. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Feels good to finally get some quality time with my machine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I must apologize for neglecting my blog for so long. I have had some damage from Hurricane Irma and have been working behind the scenes with insurance companies, claims adjusters, repair peeps, etc. It has been an ongoing cycle. Sometimes I feel I'm running around in circles, and then other times I feel like a manatee out of water. But I refuse to complain too much because there are so many others who fared much, much worse than I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To top it all off, I'm still trying to keep up with my Guild's Mystery Quilt/Clue of the Month that I committed to spearheading. Clue 5 goes live next week, and I've just finished putting my center together, not including borders. I really needed to get it to that point so that I knew for sure all my Clue instructions were correct. Even though I had a friend do the same, I wanted to be certain first-hand. I can breathe much easier now knowing that all is well and everything is as it should be. Now to assemble the borders and get the entire top complete before my house is torn apart and repairs begin and I won't be able to sew for who knows how long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No, don't worry -- my sewing room is intact. However, I had water damage in my master bedroom, my office, as well as a front bedroom and bathroom. Lots of drywall work, carpet removal, flooring replacement, painting and a new roof will make for a new "hurricane," with boxing up ALL rooms, and furniture being moved and re-moved hither and yon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To top it all off, I had previous plans to attend the Houston Quilt Festival with several friends, so I won't be home for a week from 10/30-11/6. So things have been on hold for a bit until I return and the upheaval can commence. Meanwhile, I have had my bedroom dresser, nightstand and jewelry chest in the living room, and my office stuff has taken over the dining room since the storm hit in early September. But the current chaos is nothing compared to what's to come. LOL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At least I can kinda laugh about it now. At the time, I was a wreck. Thank heavens for insurance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for understanding,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The giveaway winner of the magazine is...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">#6 - Ady!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yay, Ady!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you could contact me via my email, I'll get it right off to you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks everyone, for reading my blog and for entering!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-60700219144605729812017-09-30T13:03:00.000-04:002017-09-30T13:09:08.292-04:00Giveaway! Giveaway! Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As previously mentioned, I am giving away the extra copy of McCall's Quilting Magazine - Nov/Dec 2017 issue that they sent me featuring my quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you would like an opportunity to win, just leave me a comment below. I would also be tickled if you hit the "Follow" button for my blog, located on the right sidebar. It's not mandatory to win or anything, just hoping to reach that elusive 100 Followers mark. I'm so close... :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will draw a name around 7pm EST tomorrow evening (Sunday), and the giveaway is open to all my blog readers, not just the US. Be sure to check back around then, because if you're the winner, I will need a way to contact you to mail you the magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Good luck and thanks for reading my blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Keepsake Quilting has made my quilt design, "The Night Before Christmas," into a pattern for sale on their website!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-60954975878101261082017-09-20T18:21:00.000-04:002017-09-20T18:21:43.044-04:00"The Night Before Christmas"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnb4xBgn_fcNo2bzpLmvm65bKA-EjVT503n6wMZ4ObwdoTQk8d-HkJMcOkuCTMGdnoUZ6eIe9t4FTr7ZMr-8wAYI3DDv1_VoJrM6L5bYPT3yIGfjOaWU4Drs1-skExTdzX8QUB6_aj7VM/s1600/IMG_4528+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1163" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnb4xBgn_fcNo2bzpLmvm65bKA-EjVT503n6wMZ4ObwdoTQk8d-HkJMcOkuCTMGdnoUZ6eIe9t4FTr7ZMr-8wAYI3DDv1_VoJrM6L5bYPT3yIGfjOaWU4Drs1-skExTdzX8QUB6_aj7VM/s400/IMG_4528+%25281%2529.jpg" width="290" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have some more exciting news that I can now share. A quilt I designed is featured in the November/December 2017 issue of McCall's Quilting Magazine. It officially hits newsstands on September 26, but mailed subscriptions are already arriving in mailboxes. I can hardly contain myself!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I called the quilt "Christmas Sparkle," but they named it "The Night Before Christmas" in the magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Opportunity Quilt for my Guild, Seaside Piecemakers, is finally complete and was up for display at our Guild meeting today. I did all the piecing and assembly, another member, Priscilla, did the applique, and another member and close friend, Laurel, did the quilting. I'm so proud of the finished product. We used a Linda Hahn design from her book "Rock That Quilt Block - Hourglass" (with her permission -- she is also a member of our Guild), but I was asked to change up the border by the Quilt Committee, as they wanted to go in a bit different route. So I played around in my trusty EQ7 program for awhile, and this is the result. I sure hope we sell lots of raffle tickets. Our charity this year is Deveraux.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-87599975203719922332017-06-19T15:17:00.000-04:002017-06-19T15:17:33.641-04:00More Finished Charity Quilts<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are now three more charity quilts to add to the finished list. I pieced them and my quilter friend finished them up and brought them to our recent Board Meeting to give to Community Service for distribution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-25078266866673451552017-06-18T13:03:00.001-04:002017-06-18T13:04:14.111-04:00Kids Quilt Camp 2017<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a fun, yet exhausting, time this past week volunteering at Kids Quilt Camp. One week every June we have approximately 40 students descend upon us eager to get their hands on sewing machines and make their very own quilt. We split them into groups based on sewing experience -- beginners (1st year), intermediate (2nd year), advanced (3rd year) and T-Shirt Quilts (3rd year or better). At noon on Friday, we hold a "show and tell" with parents present, and each child shows off their masterpiece, which are amazingly all completed (including labels). Some are tied, and others actually quilted using a serpentine stitch either diagonally or across some rows, as time allows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beginners are one-on-one with a quilt volunteer, while later year students are 2-1 or even 3-1 and we make our rounds to make sure everyone is comfortable with what they are doing in the process. I was with the intermediate kids this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have quite a lot of pictures that were taken throughout the course of the week and you can see by the happy, yet concentrated, faces, that the volunteers get just as much out of the week as the kids do. I must really be showing my age now, because by the time I got home each day, I was beat! Don't know how I held a full time job before I retired 9 years ago. LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-44914610558773990312017-06-08T12:34:00.002-04:002017-06-08T12:34:51.906-04:00Helping Our Community . . . One Quilt At A Time<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday was our Guild's monthly Community Service day. The weather was terrible (thunderstorms and downpours), but what better way to spend it than with your quilty friends making quilts for needy children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not a formal pattern, but the pages as I printed them from my EQ7 software file. I think it's pretty straightforward to figure out. I have a few too many irons in the fire right now to take the time needed to make a professional pattern, especially since I am providing it as a free download.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just make sure when you print it, you are at 100%. This is especially important for the fusible appliqued Star.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Memorial Day!</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Suzy</span></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-28901545853901696232017-05-21T20:59:00.000-04:002017-05-21T20:59:09.470-04:00Quilt of Valor Top<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our guild has a few women who own longarms and volunteer their time quilting tops for Quilts of Valor. So I was playing in EQ not long ago and designed this quick to make top. I'll bring it to our meeting on Wednesday and "pass the baton." It's always fun to see something I designed on the computer "come to life."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I worked on my Razzle Dazzle quilt which was already in progress, and managed to finish all the colored blocks and am halfway done with the alternate gray blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The wonderfully colorful floral fabric with the gray background is earmarked for the outer border. I'll have more pictures later as the quilt top progresses. :o)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope you get some quilty time in today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess you can look at it a few different ways: (1) I need an intervention. (2) I'd better get my butt sewing. (3) I'm one lucky quilter.</span> 😋<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It took me two whole days to sort, sift and organize my scraps. I really had to cram some of those scraps into the bins. As it was, I had to use two bins for the blues and three bins for the neutrals. Luckily, my dog is very well trained and doesn't bother with anything I leave laying around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Scrappiness is happiness,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Suzy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/67/76AF24D6BADF21718CA977FE5A996628.png" /></a></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14424722555542636294noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210580120066946231.post-17533858466091653452017-03-21T13:50:00.002-04:002017-03-21T13:54:08.813-04:00It's A Juggling Act<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Life's a juggling act ... and sometimes a ball is dropped. Well, my blogging is one of those balls. Sorry about that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I've been juggling lots of other fun stuff in the meantime and will catch you up on some of the goings on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">First, I finished my "Christmas Sparkle" quilt and it is now in the hands of McCall's Quilting Magazine. It will be in the September/October 2017 issue, which will hit newsstands on July 25. I'm so tickled! McCall's will now do their professional photo shoot of my quilt and said they will send me some pictures that I can post on my blog. They will also be sending me a couple complementary copies of the magazine as well, and I will be having a giveaway once that happens. Wheeee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've also started working on my "Razzle Dazzle" Bonnie Hunter quilt that was supposed to be the project during our Mediterranean Cruise in August but didn't happen because the company that was to supply the machines went belly-up. We worked on hand projects instead. I'll have more on my "Razzle Dazzle" quilt progress in a future post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do have something to share here now, though. I've done my first ever Bargello quilt. We had a Quilt Gathering in early March and several classes were given. The Bargello quilt was one of them, so I was in. It was fun and I liked it a lot, but I think if I didn't have other irons in the fire, I would have made my quilt wider. Just looks too long and narrow to me. But not bad for a first go-round. Lots (did I say "lots") of seams! Now to quilt it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On another note, I've been approached by several members of my Guild to head-up the Block-of-the-Month this coming year (May-April). They wore me down... Well, since I'm in charge, I've decided to make it a Mystery Quilt and have a Clue-of-the-Month instead. I've run the idea past several people, and everyone I've spoken with thinks it will be a ton of fun. My main goal is to have as many people as possible participate, so I wanted to make the finished quilt eye-catching but with easy-to-assemble units so that it is also beginner-friendly. I also wanted to make it so that it will look good in many different colorways -- that way participants can make it in their preferred color scheme, just substituting the color I reference with an alternate color of their choice, although there will be lights and darks that will need to stay the same value in order to achieve the final effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So far I've designed the quilt and broken it down into parts to make it easier to write the clues. Still in the midst of actually writing the intro and preparing the actual clues. I still also have to make it myself, and I also have a helper who is also going to make it following the clues I provide in advance, just to double-check for errors (hey, they happen). I would share a picture of the quilt here, but there are a few people from my Guild who read my blog, so I don't want to ruin it. Only two people know what the finished product will look like -- the Guild President and my assistant. They both are really excited with the finished product and I believe that if the participants (especially beginners) looked at the finished product, they would think it was beyond their skills. But it's not! It's completely made of squares, half-square triangles and corner-square triangles!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All that said, would any of you out there in cyberspace be interested in following along on the Mystery Quilt? I could always post the monthly clues here on my blog so you can join in on the monthly fun... Let me know. :o)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Juggling is another art form,</span><br />
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