tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65889057438174035632024-02-18T19:17:42.173-08:00TALK IS CHEAP QUILTSLori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger441125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-87893929252421993652023-03-17T04:49:00.000-07:002023-03-17T04:49:11.090-07:00Sorry, sorry, sorry!<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been devoting all my blog time to the<b> "cottonfieldsnc"</b> blog, the one attached to my quilt shop, Cotton Fields Quilt Shop, Washington, NC.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">During the lockdown in 2020, I discovered the Improv Triangle Sew-Along and Nicholas Ball .... that led me to a new Instagram experience, look for me there at <b>loririchardsonquilts</b>! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I took a ZOOM class from Sujata Shah and learned to make kwandi quilts:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkulROd6YNVvMz8yHouU5Pa6kLflXu1KvTsK2Bx87RWbvuVQY2QLaa47Om-8l5VlHj8Trdkg19qeg2KA1bF4TPesGx890gheh9zmON3HE0hn2a239rFgYcqhQILCtKRgB4hUOlPF_kEjMr3TxeyWDuIz356fzRvxQkD9dCG6ZC9maeWrQm0mMISZT5_g/s284/IMG_1526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="240" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkulROd6YNVvMz8yHouU5Pa6kLflXu1KvTsK2Bx87RWbvuVQY2QLaa47Om-8l5VlHj8Trdkg19qeg2KA1bF4TPesGx890gheh9zmON3HE0hn2a239rFgYcqhQILCtKRgB4hUOlPF_kEjMr3TxeyWDuIz356fzRvxQkD9dCG6ZC9maeWrQm0mMISZT5_g/s1600/IMG_1526.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I played around with all kinds of scraps!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO-J5ZhOh12clNqpg8HFJ53qPUK4lCAfeW4uQ-A0IIGhLC84mCaPuBv0ueGb5PLSOTeqLptdmo2Z8K6twTUoOKAGW_kegIw3eHB-IE2_iqDb9epv4-92MT2HngCJxd4XdTH87CaxU6Jb9uM5wBtvKgYKwfri2pVvhxEl9VQSnGaqopL6WG3vAbQa7Xg/s370/pinkie%202%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="367" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO-J5ZhOh12clNqpg8HFJ53qPUK4lCAfeW4uQ-A0IIGhLC84mCaPuBv0ueGb5PLSOTeqLptdmo2Z8K6twTUoOKAGW_kegIw3eHB-IE2_iqDb9epv4-92MT2HngCJxd4XdTH87CaxU6Jb9uM5wBtvKgYKwfri2pVvhxEl9VQSnGaqopL6WG3vAbQa7Xg/s320/pinkie%202%20(2).jpg" width="317" /></span></a></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> There's so much more, but, like I said, it's over on the Instagram account, check that out if you're curious.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihO-J5ZhOh12clNqpg8HFJ53qPUK4lCAfeW4uQ-A0IIGhLC84mCaPuBv0ueGb5PLSOTeqLptdmo2Z8K6twTUoOKAGW_kegIw3eHB-IE2_iqDb9epv4-92MT2HngCJxd4XdTH87CaxU6Jb9uM5wBtvKgYKwfri2pVvhxEl9VQSnGaqopL6WG3vAbQa7Xg/s370/pinkie%202%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Something led me to this old blog the other day and I found all of the other blogs I used to follow and find inspirational. So, I'll try to check in more often!!!</span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-10708009085676150942020-06-25T11:37:00.000-07:002020-06-26T05:03:31.349-07:00Quilters Trek 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To order any of the above, call Lori at Cotton Fields Quilt Shop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started by big stitching parallel lines that lined up with the print, to add detail and also to stabilize the base of the piece. I also wanted to add curves to play against the straight lines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used felted wool and wool felt for the "moon" shaped piece. Some brown ribbon was added to emphasize some horizontal lines. I kept moving those small circles around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The piece is coming together. Yarn was couched around the edges of the curves. Cross stitches cover the seams in the "moon". I'm experimenting with some polymer clay buttons I made on an earlier occasion. They're just the right color! Notice I've folded the bottom under, making the piece more square than rectangular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The dangers of teaching quilting are apparent. I start things for the shop, I start things for myself, I start things to demo. This is probably one of the latter. It's small and so far along that I can probably add the finishing touches fairly quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And here's another <b>BIG</b> reward. Last weekend I attended the quilt show presented by the Crystal Coast Quilters Guild in Morehead City, NC. There were two spiral wall hangings on display, made by people who had come to the store for a spiral lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to look back to 2017 to find the post where I first showed this little idea. I talked about no matter how much fabric you own, it is always fun to play with somebody else's scraps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was unearthed the other day, along with the little spiral that I finished up last week. Here it is, ta da!!!!</span></div>
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<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-68626674448742090792019-04-27T04:46:00.002-07:002019-04-27T04:46:32.594-07:00Lost and Found<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's kind of scary how many unfinished projects I have. Last weekend I ran across a small spiral, just started, stored away with extra strips and matching finishing fabric. I sat right down and finished it off. This week I machine quilted it and yesterday I added the facing. It's only 15" square but it is FINISHED. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where things stood in mid-January. I had some family business that took me away for a while. I'm back now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quilted and bound, this little quilt was all lines. It needed some CURVES! And so I added a curvy line of buttons. Serendipity - in my large collection of buttons, I just happened to have some from a garment factory in two colors and three sizes that complimented my little quilt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many apologies for being absent so long. Busy year, not all of it good. But here is another recently completed quilt top, 44" x 44". I saw a quilt on the internet that I liked and drew it up on EQ8. I don't know the original pattern name or quilter but I am calling mine "Serpentine".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the class and demonstration, I had another spiral started. So, I forged ahead and finished it in record time. 18" x 21".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Pamlico River Quilters Guild will present their quilt show "Stars Over the Pamlico" on Sept. 28 and 29. Members are encouraged to make a small (18" or less) predominantly blue quilt for the challenge "The Sky's the Limit". I just finished mine:</span></div>
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<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-27381609050001549262018-05-17T16:35:00.000-07:002018-05-17T16:35:12.506-07:00Who Spilled the Buttons?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It started as a color study at a meeting of Artrageous Quilters here at <b>Cotton Fields Quilt Shop</b> on May 5. Finished tonight - unless I decide it needs more buttons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Instead of studying color wheel and color schemes, we approached color from a more intuitive direction, noting what we liked about different combinations: contrast, light vs. dark, etc. It was interesting to note that, even though the center squares are all 2" and the next squares 4", their sizes seem to shift, depending on their backgrounds. The three black accents were added both to add a little interest and also to provide more contrast in their respective blocks.</span></div>
Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-51293026717839006622017-11-11T05:55:00.002-08:002017-11-11T05:55:43.387-08:00Another Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prompted by an activity at "Artrageous Quilters". We were instructed to use paints, stamps, stencils to create just the impression of something. Simple, lots of fun, only 13" wide and 10" tall.</span></div>
<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-24676722832164327512017-10-19T14:05:00.001-07:002017-10-19T14:08:17.697-07:00Scattered<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I feel like my attention has been scattered in a lot of different directions!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've been asked to teach a class on collage animals. The patterns by Laura Heine (Fiberworks) have been very popular in this area. So I had to give it a try. It is not on a background or quilted yet, but my collage cat is together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next up is what I call "playing with Grandma's scraps". I have a box full of scraps that came from my grandmother. A while back I came across them and wondered what I was saving them for? I have a love of free-form scrappy blocks, so, with inspiration from Victoria Findlay Wolfe's <u>15 Minutes of Play,</u> I made </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">four propeller blocks. First it had a much brighter yellow border. I was stuck for a while, then changed to the gold shown here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last item in today's SHOW-AND-TELL is a fidget mat that I made for my neighbor. Her mother is an Alzheimer's patient and nurses had suggested this. It was my first try, but I think it turned out OK. It was kind of fun to find a variety of textures and baubles and sew them on VERY SECURELY. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First I found a pendant that I had started. Some wire wrapped around a (shell?) disc. It was pretty plain and the wire wasn't stabilized very well. I added some wraps with finer gauge wire and also added the dangles at the bottom. I think it looks better now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next, I found a zip-lock baggie of brass "rice" beads. I had to go to 22 gauge wire to get through the beads. I made this dainty little bracelet. As I was cleaning up, I came across the little turtle charm, so I made a jump ring and added him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also found a bracelet that I had started a while back, with green glass beads. It didn't take too long to finish, but I'm not 100% certain that I used the same gauge wire. Next time I won't leave an unfinished project for so long, or I will at least make a note! </span></div>
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Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-38669911998727803692017-10-05T08:12:00.002-07:002017-10-05T08:12:40.129-07:00Inpiration<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found the inspiration that I mentioned in the last post. It was on my phone, not on the other computer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw this at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when I visited NYC last April. Epic fail - I failed to note the artist. It was in the area of Picasso and other 20th century artists. If you can provide me with a name, I'd appreciate it.</span></div>
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<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-32665712939996422982017-09-24T11:59:00.006-07:002017-09-24T11:59:49.260-07:00Somebody Else's Scraps<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've all done it. No matter how wonderful our own fabric is, we love looking at what everyone else has. I've started a new idea today, using my play scraps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I started sewing strip sets. Some strips were too wide so I trimmed. Nothing is over 1".</span></div>
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<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-13569852235788581002017-08-30T10:31:00.002-07:002017-08-30T10:31:19.913-07:00It's a Struggle<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teaching an old dog new tricks. Here I am, trying to import a picture from the old camera to a new computer. You have to save it in a different place. You have to crop it a different way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last time I posted, I showed the Fat Quarter of Sharpie tie dye.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously, I finally found it. Wish the detail showed a little more clearly. It's another big stitch quilting project. The circles were hand appliqued with the freezer paper method. I like it, let me know if you like it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's my Sharpie tie dye fat quarter. I auditioned it with other fabric and found a pretty intense aqua that worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I cut four 9" squares from each and used the instructions for "Peppermint Pinwheel" in <u><b>Cultural Fusion Quilts</b></u> to make two blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm probably going to put them together the same way I used two blocks made with a leaf print fat quarter back in 2015.</span></div>
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<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-5756379368602092882017-07-06T07:00:00.000-07:002017-07-06T07:00:41.081-07:00My New Big Ugly Bag<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">True confessions. <b>YEARS</b> ago (5-6) I happened to pick these up FREE in NYC while visiting my sister. A chunk of pre-quilted fabric (yes, it looks a lot like a moving van blanket) and a roll of wide tape. I thought I'd make a tote bag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't get around to it. For a while they lived in my attic. Then they made it back into my sewing room. Recently, I was packing up a box for Goodwill and they almost went in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was the day!!! I set out to make a big tote bag. I referred to another bag to figure out handle length. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not the most beautiful bag, but it's big and soft, about 19" wide and 20" deep. You can never have too many tote bags!</span></div>
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Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-47787436110833081012017-07-04T18:48:00.000-07:002017-07-04T18:48:12.735-07:00Sharpie Tie-Dye<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Short and sweet, this is what we all did on Saturday at our monthly meeting of <b>Artrageous Quilters</b>. First, we ironed fabric onto freezer paper. Then we drew on the fabric using colored Sharpies. Some decorated scarves, some experimented with different effects. I drew flowery pop art shapes with curling lines of dots winding through them. The next step was to drip, dribble or spray alcohol to make the Sharpie ink run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the ink and alcohol were dry, the freezer paper was removed and the design heat set by ironing or in the clothes dryer (I used the iron). My colors really spread out so I chose to enhance the blurry shapes by adding more to the drawings with black Sharpies in two widths. It was FUN!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All I did with the colorful paper pieced blocks this week was move them around. I'm leaning toward the pinwheel arrangement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not least, I've cut pieces for another quilt. It will serve as class and shop sample but I think I'll enjoy it in these colors. Batik fun!!! </span></div>
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Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-90583728243381385022017-06-18T11:33:00.001-07:002017-06-18T11:33:29.862-07:00What I did with my weekend <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I went upstairs to the playroom this afternoon. It's not fancy enough to call it a STUDIO. Across from the sewing area, on the opposite wall, I have a smaller table set up with an Ott light and my beads. Copper wire in 4 different sizes and tools. It had been a while, and I was rusty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not the greatest photography, taken with the phone, not my nice camera. Now I think it's time to head for that easy chair and a pair of socks that are almost finished.</span></div>
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Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-73945431652227935862017-06-16T18:46:00.000-07:002017-06-16T18:46:12.612-07:00Playtime<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll start with the little idea I found on the internet, searching for "turtles", believe it or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I drew it out on EQ4 and printed 15 copies, thinking that I would make 3 columns of 5 blocks. Just as I was finishing the 15th block, it dawned on me that because it takes 2 columns to form the pattern, I would need 5 more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I might need to think about that for a while. It's a good thing I have 99 other projects waiting for me! I've gotten started on my <u><b>Splendid</b></u> <b><u>Sampler</u></b> blocks by making the first three in the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've put the hourglass quilt aside for just a bit. I have another hand quilting project that I've worked on sporadically for a WHILE. Now that I've reached the borders, I want to concentrate on getting it finished. It's one of my Cotton Fields patterns called "Crooked on Purpose".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I challenged myself to quilt it with no markings. The only guide I gave myself was to score lines with my stiletto in the side triangles to keep myself even. I used the stiletto and a 1" ruler because, who knows where my hera marker is?!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<br />Lori R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186092404883985796noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588905743817403563.post-3457896041793741332017-06-08T04:59:00.001-07:002017-06-08T04:59:19.170-07:00Progress<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I'm working on about four different things this week, so progress is slow on each but it <b>IS</b> progress. I had a chance to start the quilting on the hourglass quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've also had time to play around a little with the quilt idea I found on the internet while looking for something else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm making a quilt along side my beginner class <b>AND</b> starting the blocks for the "Splendid Sampler". There's a SAMPLER support group meeting for the first time at the shop on July 15. So, I'd better get back to the machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I almost stopped after the plain gold border. But, it was PLAIN.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I didn't have enough of any of the gold left to work with, so I found some off-white instead. I used what I had of the leftover browns and added a couple more. Then I made 40 curved half-square triangles.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>36" square - it will be my next hand quilting project.</b></span></div>
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