tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85800188276586378512024-03-18T21:51:59.677-04:00Institches with BonnieBonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1646125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-23604493138598142372024-03-17T22:26:00.001-04:002024-03-18T09:14:37.028-04:00Monday Meanderings 3 - 18 - 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We celebrated St. Patrick's Day in style. Did you? See below for pictures of the high tea for the ladies upstairs and other food for the men in the basement rec room hosted by Rochelle and Darren. But first let's look at goals.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3/10/2024</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅Knit socks -- the first sock is done. <span> </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅Finish last border of Malted Mystery -- Malted Mystery is a finished top!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅✅Load and quilt two of my quilts -- two done! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Start cleaning off cutting area 2 -- a large group of fabric was put away and my sewing buddy could even tell the difference! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Yep, it was definitely a good week for me. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">First sock with wool from Germany is finished. The label is Superba Bamboo Superwash. It 50% virgin wool, 25% </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">polyamide, and 25% viscose. I had to do a little research to find out polyamide refers to several different forms of fibers </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); letter-spacing: -0.063px;">made from strings of polyamide monomers, in other words a fiber made with petroleum. Most of us know of it through nylon. In yarn it provides elasticity and silkiness. (If you have yoga pants they probably have polyamide in them.) The vicose in this yarn is bamboo based. (Or that is my conjecture.) Viscose is made from the cellulose material of bamboo. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">This material is dissolved in a chemical solution to produce a pulpy viscous substance, which is then spun into fibres that can then be made into threads. (This info came from </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://goodonyou.eco/category/made-from/">https://goodonyou.eco/category/made-from/</a>. It </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> promotes choosing fashions that are sustainable.) OKAY! Way more than you wanted to know but it is pretty interesting. On to the </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">picture!</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5q8IZCqLneik4557FL3hIONyN6miXOplrIqRwZruAmmgFES3qy6axyIo3hqoYi8UmDKGaS5N94fdt_u6pFyL0kslqa4fCSTeDpKLfSgeaM9TJTpdR8nwLJvK5ogkNqQhuRLMMyyWIWFRXBZ3Llt3MDt3RC-DpaiK8RZdsUmwpr8YhWHD-6-WUKg0xixsQ/s3496/318%20Sock%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3496" data-original-width="2209" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5q8IZCqLneik4557FL3hIONyN6miXOplrIqRwZruAmmgFES3qy6axyIo3hqoYi8UmDKGaS5N94fdt_u6pFyL0kslqa4fCSTeDpKLfSgeaM9TJTpdR8nwLJvK5ogkNqQhuRLMMyyWIWFRXBZ3Llt3MDt3RC-DpaiK8RZdsUmwpr8YhWHD-6-WUKg0xixsQ/w253-h400/318%20Sock%201.jpeg" width="253" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I love the color and the softness. The design of the sock is tolerated. Who really wants to reknit the whole foot of the sock? Not me. So I'll make a note on the pattern to not use it again. That is unless the second sock comes out looking better, I might have made some mistakes... I'll keep you posted. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here's my finished Malted Mystery top. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzLPKPUEe0juL6Xj1UQzbM-aeksLbbHqy2nI6bGDfB0zvSexRN4H2ZLeHBqDixzLrnlUXzZ8G-QfvffE2b9xKDCVnFK2Vpft7O3fZv3OvPt2eg7KcSrUcAWPxnhI2DGkHrjHEb8UWqv3N7qOL_2YAGObeEfzbX9wJNMug9hfFDSKYS5FKP6aL5D6WaSll/s2262/318%20Malted%20Mystery%20top.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2262" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzLPKPUEe0juL6Xj1UQzbM-aeksLbbHqy2nI6bGDfB0zvSexRN4H2ZLeHBqDixzLrnlUXzZ8G-QfvffE2b9xKDCVnFK2Vpft7O3fZv3OvPt2eg7KcSrUcAWPxnhI2DGkHrjHEb8UWqv3N7qOL_2YAGObeEfzbX9wJNMug9hfFDSKYS5FKP6aL5D6WaSll/w640-h610/318%20Malted%20Mystery%20top.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The very dark borders is purple. It has a small design in it but you sure can't see it in these purples. I really like my finish since that dark purple doesn't look as intense in person. It has been hung in the to-be-quilted closet. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOeGUgRvcPA_FLgZSSZYnGiEcZ7FeH5yYjPurcdMhs-acGLUvDe0VGa2hbgwM7d3cMUXfKYD6ge-hGZZGQnAvTU98J66OX3fDFTyXoz95pxY2GJX9Z3eS4fws5lGxHLG5z9AHzbrIp4Lro_WumTr9ghyphenhyphenJ0AfqWVDqzwk188ZuwVJFnHSVJPSV9twxAWhR/s4032/318%2016%20patch%20stars.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="4032" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOeGUgRvcPA_FLgZSSZYnGiEcZ7FeH5yYjPurcdMhs-acGLUvDe0VGa2hbgwM7d3cMUXfKYD6ge-hGZZGQnAvTU98J66OX3fDFTyXoz95pxY2GJX9Z3eS4fws5lGxHLG5z9AHzbrIp4Lro_WumTr9ghyphenhyphenJ0AfqWVDqzwk188ZuwVJFnHSVJPSV9twxAWhR/w640-h400/318%2016%20patch%20stars.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">First top quilted this week: 16 patch with stars. The 16 patches came from the FCQ Equilters years ago. (This may be the second top I made from them...) Quilting design is Fanfare. I "think" this is a navy or red So Fine. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPyyZ0_AP0ZwWfBJqCZpQ9pvzczCVe09QEzdnKVcjzAG7vust5-1hCQypqz1dhE64a2JdQ65c6_heTZ_wH8Zslhylpfv9Q3BH85te_oEIGEvrhA5-8YJ-rGf6_G1Paoj5iqMq8lg88jIuB2DN0basUDEb6pkDJ4lKSHWEkwHUgHsd3-dIlml8GM3UKkhV/s4032/318%20Old%20Zigzag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2957" data-original-width="4032" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPyyZ0_AP0ZwWfBJqCZpQ9pvzczCVe09QEzdnKVcjzAG7vust5-1hCQypqz1dhE64a2JdQ65c6_heTZ_wH8Zslhylpfv9Q3BH85te_oEIGEvrhA5-8YJ-rGf6_G1Paoj5iqMq8lg88jIuB2DN0basUDEb6pkDJ4lKSHWEkwHUgHsd3-dIlml8GM3UKkhV/w640-h470/318%20Old%20Zigzag.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'm calling this one Old Zigzag. I do not remember when I made it. I know it is at least 8 years old because I didn't make it since we've lived here. The HSTs are 2" finished. (I think I might have been a bit crazy when I made this. Or I had a really big leader ender project going on.) Quilting design is Random Clams. This thread is a grey Omni. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I should have taken a before and after picture of cutting area 2. The left side of the table top is clear to the cutting mat! I still need to do something with the stuff all over the rest of the mat. I'll try working on it again this week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here's what I've got planned for this week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3/18/2024</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Finish another loom hat</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bind Spider Web quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bind 16 patch r,w,b quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bind Zigzag quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Work on needlepoint scissors case</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So, back to high tea... Rochelle, our pianist for the Spotsylanians community chorus, invites the whole chorus to come to high tea at her house on St. Patrick's Day. She goes all out to feed and entertain us. I didn't get pictures before the tea began but here are a few pictures from the during the event. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge57iWqOwa-p8bftLcUWhT8JCwYyKTnPmKacP9G5eSm5NNQozscqUwHDei0ZYktpj8P9Uidgik4L3Eeg1Wldw-9_q8jOkXkcbxG_WOOWUpOlGFfgsU6oLxq9wvIiTB1hLco2EpRjd4lzTgLkSMG-Ru0rUKcbNUuvXlyd6fLG1uTkLDidaKfOTNpMSKS5ny/s3986/317%20St%20Patty's%20day%20tea.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3986" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge57iWqOwa-p8bftLcUWhT8JCwYyKTnPmKacP9G5eSm5NNQozscqUwHDei0ZYktpj8P9Uidgik4L3Eeg1Wldw-9_q8jOkXkcbxG_WOOWUpOlGFfgsU6oLxq9wvIiTB1hLco2EpRjd4lzTgLkSMG-Ru0rUKcbNUuvXlyd6fLG1uTkLDidaKfOTNpMSKS5ny/w486-h640/317%20St%20Patty's%20day%20tea.jpeg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She has a collection of different tea pots, plates, cups and saucers. She has a multitude of tiered serving dishes to put sandwiches, scones and cookies on. And all sorts of additional dishes for serving clotted cream, jam, an sugar and cream. It was a beautiful with 3 separate tables available. I have had high tea at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC and several times on cruise ships. Rochelle's was as wonderful. The company was fun (especially since we don't have a lot of chatting time during rehearsals.) </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS1xldNzBgv90TNNgowOXrn2SLbiXpfFFdK_qO5o67k0pEvwDf8x0WvW9hV_FX607QuFbD7oG9f4SzuM96fslnGRm8Jg9I5YrauYUiGav623DUblzxo9o_X91rfg6jMl7XLvdbzbLRl8suuoUBUvW28p6BoBjMIaujlu_69dstiaBHN4OlxSyDA3fH8Lt/s2884/317n%20strawberries%20and%20lemon%20balls.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2831" data-original-width="2884" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS1xldNzBgv90TNNgowOXrn2SLbiXpfFFdK_qO5o67k0pEvwDf8x0WvW9hV_FX607QuFbD7oG9f4SzuM96fslnGRm8Jg9I5YrauYUiGav623DUblzxo9o_X91rfg6jMl7XLvdbzbLRl8suuoUBUvW28p6BoBjMIaujlu_69dstiaBHN4OlxSyDA3fH8Lt/w400-h393/317n%20strawberries%20and%20lemon%20balls.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lemon balls and fresh strawberries.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And, honestly, this group will sing anywhere. So here some of us are singing Irish songs. (I was taking the pictures so I'm not shown.) </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO-WmDgD60i4zmXk755CQSf1maN2WOVpzdTKfUPuEqiqdi-CUNh5BHQCHJefkNtn3nLQeFYy4H_6_LIOdhFOer0hikfaIF3HtRoURuuqE2ad2S-L9UeSqN-BkxhqbPqLMupjyWe8pO7ijXBGjyMoZWEJosHhuc_Ijkhg_L5Q4fxGTec3Lx0mmtE3Qo9Hb/s3322/317%20and%20singing.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3322" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO-WmDgD60i4zmXk755CQSf1maN2WOVpzdTKfUPuEqiqdi-CUNh5BHQCHJefkNtn3nLQeFYy4H_6_LIOdhFOer0hikfaIF3HtRoURuuqE2ad2S-L9UeSqN-BkxhqbPqLMupjyWe8pO7ijXBGjyMoZWEJosHhuc_Ijkhg_L5Q4fxGTec3Lx0mmtE3Qo9Hb/w640-h512/317%20and%20singing.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">People were definitely wearing the green....</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The men are invited to spend time in the basement recreation room and their spread included chicken wings and brownies. Probably more food but I didn't notice as I only went down after the party had been over for at least an hour. Usually there is cigar smoking for those who enjoy it but they are invited outdoors. I don't know if there was whisky this year or not. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I volunteered to help clean up and started in washing all the tea cups, silverware and some of the smaller glass containers for the Vanilla Bean Yogurt/Lemon Lime Curd/Blueberries. Maddie was drying and continued washing when it was time for us to leave. I'd say we all had a great time. I'm hoping she continues this tradition. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It was another great stitching week. Everyday I spent at least 15 minutes in my studio, many days it was much longer. My success rate is increasing.... will it creep up to, say, 99% this week? </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AKtcsHi0oGfp1UJ7DvlU8QlM4X_TZ8y68g0aI2czVHszTDrpSTMhYOnaJMoJ6qF8Nb6lb-ybTlHsAdBM9ZUiE79MEE2HKqcOeG_BnGlwKOiayVa0hZcS9hyphenhyphen9qUT91VkC-TYTNBH7GB88F-Ra_6LBE1HAzybs_Kv9L3VC1lsaIXrj_G-myURbzYK0w_p2/s842/15%20Minutes%20to%20Stitch%202024.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="840" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AKtcsHi0oGfp1UJ7DvlU8QlM4X_TZ8y68g0aI2czVHszTDrpSTMhYOnaJMoJ6qF8Nb6lb-ybTlHsAdBM9ZUiE79MEE2HKqcOeG_BnGlwKOiayVa0hZcS9hyphenhyphen9qUT91VkC-TYTNBH7GB88F-Ra_6LBE1HAzybs_Kv9L3VC1lsaIXrj_G-myURbzYK0w_p2/w199-h200/15%20Minutes%20to%20Stitch%202024.png" width="199" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><ul><li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-Ihbi2iqav6mmSONZmE1eX831_PItM-kPxuzfgTThpr3xdGlkOJP331QcEJCra9CD8o0ZL4MATYkpgSDY0OIcj_98BsTQD5ztaQk5NmlW2r3OSNPDhTJ3J5RnvujWYLZHNGx3u3RKH3WBbwE_CW687M8CSueqsQXBZVTNwNwIoqb6DW8zNmkleZOrIx7/s842/15%20Minutes%20to%20Stitch%202024.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #353535;"> </span></span></a></div></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15 minute days/March = 17/17 days </span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15 minute days/2024 = 76/77days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Success rate = 98.7%</span></span></li></ul><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'm ready to call it a night. so Please take a look at these Linky parties. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/03/oh-scrap-string-blocks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-11-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/03/design-wall-monday-march-18-2023.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-3-18-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musing</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-59807797388346734972024-03-16T17:30:00.000-04:002024-03-16T17:30:02.820-04:00And the Winner Is <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After forgetting all about the drawings I needed to do I finally figured out I should get the random number generator busy. There were 19 people who qualified for the two drawings on my March 6th posting for Preeti's new pattern, Rainbow Parade. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpp4LLx9Nu0UuVQw2R0FLN_AkbVsllcoChR66NTxW-PLhTJp9sJ87urF8HnGbExxHwxwt2t5zu_fU6ZteSZKr1JZR3ViVadQ1Di6KldpoGLC0D9jotrbQsA5YkdwAx-dQIkfukrhAxOdSMdTpK1sF_Ojfoiuro0cZpPWyuRrhdfdklnCrlegAcY7LAopd/s444/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%205.09.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="340" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpp4LLx9Nu0UuVQw2R0FLN_AkbVsllcoChR66NTxW-PLhTJp9sJ87urF8HnGbExxHwxwt2t5zu_fU6ZteSZKr1JZR3ViVadQ1Di6KldpoGLC0D9jotrbQsA5YkdwAx-dQIkfukrhAxOdSMdTpK1sF_Ojfoiuro0cZpPWyuRrhdfdklnCrlegAcY7LAopd/w153-h200/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%205.09.13%20PM.png" width="153" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first drawing was for the hand dyed fat quarters. Congratulations to Julie who blogs at <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/">https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/</a>. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufuZKGryZzQs7spbQSbiUxVuDkO6Hy89I1yXK5r5Ny8xkn_TzwhQBMdWNoI55zPLjQ4DuthFDQNmhWqQ8oeB5CGds9uUY1j4R-WxBqNmCezrIcG1jEJI6KCWrMpFSP4_YJTbnAxjoXwBLIUDwNJwakH6i2SyaKQ7zetvX1F3yCuDAKLFvMks2Oha29D_7/s440/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%205.12.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="370" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufuZKGryZzQs7spbQSbiUxVuDkO6Hy89I1yXK5r5Ny8xkn_TzwhQBMdWNoI55zPLjQ4DuthFDQNmhWqQ8oeB5CGds9uUY1j4R-WxBqNmCezrIcG1jEJI6KCWrMpFSP4_YJTbnAxjoXwBLIUDwNJwakH6i2SyaKQ7zetvX1F3yCuDAKLFvMks2Oha29D_7/w168-h200/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%205.12.09%20PM.png" width="168" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The second drawing was for a free digital copy of Preeti's Rainbow Parade pattern. Congratulations go to Sara who blogs at <a href="http://mysewingroomsara.blogspot.com/">http://mysewingroomsara.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for reading my blog and helping get the word out about Rainbow Parade. Just a reminder, here's a pic of my version. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_GIWFwpeZDSKD7dEQofRg92zSpwGIdc5FFdDGzFWBfrEdUFimcdFeupW9BRGE0g_K5n4ofjkmYblIh2XM2bxn-nBVnRFWJmmpUD2cBrXoM9B17T8nN2DvubtLDyKTmn575wOFaJOoS8S-zJMFsNUOy-zLNVa5sFgzttIiFgQw8h0P80Ulbact-PsD0m_/s3986/36%20Full%20Quilt%20on%20rail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3986" data-original-width="2875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_GIWFwpeZDSKD7dEQofRg92zSpwGIdc5FFdDGzFWBfrEdUFimcdFeupW9BRGE0g_K5n4ofjkmYblIh2XM2bxn-nBVnRFWJmmpUD2cBrXoM9B17T8nN2DvubtLDyKTmn575wOFaJOoS8S-zJMFsNUOy-zLNVa5sFgzttIiFgQw8h0P80Ulbact-PsD0m_/w462-h640/36%20Full%20Quilt%20on%20rail.jpeg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div><p><br /></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-85171463495500786972024-03-10T22:55:00.002-04:002024-03-11T09:32:36.112-04:00Monday Meanderings 3 - 11 - 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Did you see the new pattern I tested for Preeti? Check my post about Rainbow Parade <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2024/03/say-hello-to-rainbow-parade.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I also posted the March Mysteries and Quilt Alongs this weekend. Check that listing <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-mysteries-quilt-alongs-and-little.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And, now on to my goals last week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3/4/2024</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅Knit on socks — Progress made, <i>time to knit the toe</i>.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅Find fabric for appliqué blocks — 3 <i>new fabrics have taken up residence in my stash.</i> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅Mail package to FCQ Equilter from last round — <i>finally sent the blocks off. </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">✅Border Green, blacks, and white top — <i>done</i>. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Start customer quilt — <i>started and finished.</i> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyXHYhCV6PaVHLibQbj-w3Oxhtw47ymNu9Io5uSkeXXLdecBcO_RvIifmJhQw8-Sx4dxf-X_SQ_5qK_Yzir-JSN5W5YwpXyiCIxvjydTAF1gDwW44rVV1Lgq0pSVIdaAq3MfiK13ZpgvThdjY18azGEH6ATw2y2rMQ6HvVtozRA0cpg1fQXZyIVydStgD/s3777/311%20Green%20Flowers%20black%20&%20white.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3777" data-original-width="2907" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyXHYhCV6PaVHLibQbj-w3Oxhtw47ymNu9Io5uSkeXXLdecBcO_RvIifmJhQw8-Sx4dxf-X_SQ_5qK_Yzir-JSN5W5YwpXyiCIxvjydTAF1gDwW44rVV1Lgq0pSVIdaAq3MfiK13ZpgvThdjY18azGEH6ATw2y2rMQ6HvVtozRA0cpg1fQXZyIVydStgD/w492-h640/311%20Green%20Flowers%20black%20&%20white.jpeg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Oops -- the chartreuse green doesn't go as well as I thought it did. At least not in this photo. It's better in person. I didn't have a lot of the green floral fabric so I decided to scatter it across the quilt -- mostly randomly. I don't think my drawing had 2 flower squares on the bottom row. Oh well.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My friend (and customer) Karen made this very cute Texas Quilt and asked that I quilt it. I really like what she did. There are quite a few of these 10" appliqué block with hand embroidery for the details. Stars are the other blocks. I need to get a picture of the whole thing to share. Those blue tape pieces are my marks for where the next row needs to be lined up. (Note to self, check that all blue tape has been removed.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLXnxmLnbi2LXCvIAVvslu6Cfdqm1WLaJwr7vY9R7X7vhz8EZ3tvQUFGN-ZWoRHJRhuHFdnIj8iS0HGE7doItjdLB9XTK7iE0reWxEw7Bb74RzHQZSNH-eNaZjPLUn30ZEvM9F7RwBuXAkvs3mnjrH0Kb0-_rypy2XdKZ6WX-TnBk-h3FtRTsp45zv6rh/s4032/311%20Texas%20quilt%20blocks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLXnxmLnbi2LXCvIAVvslu6Cfdqm1WLaJwr7vY9R7X7vhz8EZ3tvQUFGN-ZWoRHJRhuHFdnIj8iS0HGE7doItjdLB9XTK7iE0reWxEw7Bb74RzHQZSNH-eNaZjPLUn30ZEvM9F7RwBuXAkvs3mnjrH0Kb0-_rypy2XdKZ6WX-TnBk-h3FtRTsp45zv6rh/w400-h300/311%20Texas%20quilt%20blocks.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What I forgot to put on my list last week was to finish my Malted Mystery. My friend Sharon and I FaceTimed and sewed each month. This month she finished hers while we were chatting but I still need to get the last small border on it. Here's what it looks like so far. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9RJTxkba4kwZ9BhSdrq0SJ81WCPAXNGFb2kV1v5OEq2-S4QV4fGvuox_N7GR74XQ0gPiX_uAlWHYjvPPduRWvmlzKcoBZ3pVmubiRgq6TZs51rkJDwiM5MTpDYN0KZIsI6sCeLJiefxsHU0AStrBNbHG8A1J85lSTArNACn5q19BbBpyIeuhVUOHW6ZP/s2911/311%20Malted%20Mystery%20almost%20done.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2911" data-original-width="2833" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9RJTxkba4kwZ9BhSdrq0SJ81WCPAXNGFb2kV1v5OEq2-S4QV4fGvuox_N7GR74XQ0gPiX_uAlWHYjvPPduRWvmlzKcoBZ3pVmubiRgq6TZs51rkJDwiM5MTpDYN0KZIsI6sCeLJiefxsHU0AStrBNbHG8A1J85lSTArNACn5q19BbBpyIeuhVUOHW6ZP/w389-h400/311%20Malted%20Mystery%20almost%20done.jpeg" width="389" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I know the dark fabric looks like black but it really is a deep purple (with a bit of a print on it!) One day I'll get a good picture of this with the colors correct. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">T</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">his is what I plan to do this week.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3/10/2024</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Knit on socks </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Finish last border of Malted Mystery</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Load and quilt two of my quilts </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Start cleaning off cutting area 2</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I am trying to get some of my tops cleared out of my to-be-quilted closet. Although I keep making new tops so I probably won't be making all that much progress. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0pcjtYIWwsgmR2o8CJkV1Nkt-6cHboD3j7-g9OPAz-8vZw7VvEjL2QeZiraA4tYPN-AWSnSA2ZuFSPNPfndwEIcaDhHZjXpdObEYCDjXXm4SVDmghGNnbhM62ZCCCP9ogUEgQryYc9syoz-hZ2CqUPE5GZyv830oUVIiLU4U1T9504705BY_yJYT6BXo_" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="840" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0pcjtYIWwsgmR2o8CJkV1Nkt-6cHboD3j7-g9OPAz-8vZw7VvEjL2QeZiraA4tYPN-AWSnSA2ZuFSPNPfndwEIcaDhHZjXpdObEYCDjXXm4SVDmghGNnbhM62ZCCCP9ogUEgQryYc9syoz-hZ2CqUPE5GZyv830oUVIiLU4U1T9504705BY_yJYT6BXo_" width="239" /></a></span></div><p></p><ul>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15 minute days/March 10/10 days </span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15 minute days/2024 = 69/70 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Success rate = 98%</span></span></li>
</ul><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I was able to spend at least 15 minutes in the studio every day this week. Generally I spent much more time. I'm happy I am able to keep up the 15 minutes a day plan. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There's not much else going on on the quilting and stitching front. So please spend some time visiting these blog parties. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/03/oh-scrap-from-leftovers.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-10-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces: Stitching Stuff</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/03/design-wall-monday-march-11-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-3-4-24-2/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Monday Musin</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">g</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That's it for me tonight. I'm worn out. A big thank you goes out to Nann for recommending <u>The Thursday Murder Club</u> by Richard Osman. I found it engaging and funny. Now to see what other books have been written in this series. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-5876792406138529042024-03-10T09:39:00.001-04:002024-03-10T09:39:58.333-04:00March Mysteries, Quilt Alongs, and Little Gifts<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's what I've been able to find this month. Take a look at the mysteries, sew alongs and little gifts. If I don't list your favorites please feel free to let me know in the comments. I do a web search every month but not all new mysteries and quilt alongs show up. I do keep track of gifts all month if I see something interesting while I'm surfing the internet. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every year the Fat Quarter Shop runs a fundraiser Quilt Along to benefit Make a Wish Central & South Texas. The fundraiser works by offering the Moonbeams patterns as FREE downloads during the event for a suggested donation of $10 each to Make a Wish. Alternately you can make a larger, one-time donation of $50. From March to September they will publish a new block pattern on the blog on the first Friday of each month. <a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-moonbeams-charity-quilt-along/">https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-moonbeams-charity-quilt-along/</a>. $</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nicole Moore of So Much Moore in Store is sponsoring a quilt along using her Churn Chain pattern. The quilt along will start March 7 and run until April 25. Pattern purchase required. <a href="https://www.sewmuchmoore.com/join-the-churn-chain-qal/">https://www.sewmuchmoore.com/join-the-churn-chain-qal/</a> $</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Heart of the Home Quilt Along started Feb 29 and will continue to 4/24. American Patchwork and Quilting published Sherri McConnell’s Heart of the Home quilt in the April issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. Read more about it: <a href="https://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quiltalong/heart-of-the-home-quilt-along-2024">https://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quiltalong/heart-of-the-home-quilt-along-2024</a> $</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Fat Quarter Shop is running a Quilty Fun Row Along using Lori Holt’s book, Quilty Fun. The row along will run from March 2024 to February 2025. Find more about it here: <a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-quilty-fun-row-along/">https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-quilty-fun-row-along/</a> $</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another Fat Quarter Shop quilt along will be running from March ’24 to February ’25. The Piece and Quilt Sampler Along will use the book Celebrate with Quilts. <a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-piece-and-quilt-sampler-quilt-along/">https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-piece-and-quilt-sampler-quilt-along/</a> $</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pat Sloan is offering a free quilt pattern to use while participating in her block a day quilt along starting March 1. For more information and a link to her free pattern: <a href="https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/march-block-a-day-2024.html">https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/march-block-a-day-2024.html</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Check out Moda’s Pouch Club. There are currently 10 pouch patterns available. <a href="https://modafabrics.com/tags/pouch-club">https://modafabrics.com/tags/pouch-club</a>. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-J4QrLSff_s1nVlQqgrpb3xx1OKt2-gsKI9KFUxMiZ4BuvlSSTT5vFHa5PlCw-IXb4qZWd03SA5IBM4AUdybti9bDP5-xAhLkSVn8tiDT-s13XWr028jyR_Lx9hHHl6VVDcNpvbTs_dc1lB5XHUWKTLYZUUGeM3qPeq4BbCXhLCESjelndQNC3p8HKUYA/s1118/310%20Tiny%20Tulips%20Pouch%20.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1118" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-J4QrLSff_s1nVlQqgrpb3xx1OKt2-gsKI9KFUxMiZ4BuvlSSTT5vFHa5PlCw-IXb4qZWd03SA5IBM4AUdybti9bDP5-xAhLkSVn8tiDT-s13XWr028jyR_Lx9hHHl6VVDcNpvbTs_dc1lB5XHUWKTLYZUUGeM3qPeq4BbCXhLCESjelndQNC3p8HKUYA/s320/310%20Tiny%20Tulips%20Pouch%20.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tiny Tulip Pouch is the February pouch at Moda's Pouch Club.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here’s a cute DIY Easter Egg Holder for 2, 3, or 4 eggs or candy. The patterns are beginner friendly. <a href="https://sewingtimes.net/diy-easter-egg-holder-for-beginner/">https://sewingtimes.net/diy-easter-egg-holder-for-beginner/</a> </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you need a bucket hat this spring? <a href="https://sewingtimes.net/how-to-sew-a-bucket-hat/">https://sewingtimes.net/how-to-sew-a-bucket-hat/</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know I won't be on time for the April Mysteries, Quilt Alongs, and Little Gifts. But keep checking the link above to see when I finally get it posted! Yep, I am definitely time challenged! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! </span></p></div><div><br /></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-53967685068365022472024-03-06T06:00:00.028-05:002024-03-10T09:43:29.508-04:00Say Hello to Rainbow Parade! <p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Remember all that secret sewing I was doing a week or so ago? It's time to unveil it. And, boy-howdy! I'm excited about it. I had so much fun working on this quilt. It currently is hanging with pride in the entry way of our house. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQ1jm6062UQEBVon0rB3VoArF9urmuOkkvRRSFHtKUZWPnWAi4sINlTdM2myL47ePgH__Yx6XW4paa7weBKyMXyGBLY6Q-bhRYeniXLq_PxxnIUka2PFkezxAN5XyBUWVKdn_HFEcQEiWhBK5w2V3lYNMvas-J-z5sVQ-sH_6fkg_2_J_RBVP3h10s1WC/s3986/36%20Full%20Quilt%20on%20rail.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3986" data-original-width="2875" height="744" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQ1jm6062UQEBVon0rB3VoArF9urmuOkkvRRSFHtKUZWPnWAi4sINlTdM2myL47ePgH__Yx6XW4paa7weBKyMXyGBLY6Q-bhRYeniXLq_PxxnIUka2PFkezxAN5XyBUWVKdn_HFEcQEiWhBK5w2V3lYNMvas-J-z5sVQ-sH_6fkg_2_J_RBVP3h10s1WC/w537-h744/36%20Full%20Quilt%20on%20rail.jpeg" width="537" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Isn't it gorgeous? (Ok I'm am totally biased but I love it.) The design is by Preeti Harris who blogs at <a href="https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Sew Preeti Quilts</a>. She called me to see if I would test a pattern and share it with the world through my blog. Well why not. I've made several tops that she has designed so I knew it would be well written. (See Synergy I tested for her in April 2022 <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2022/04/synergy-my-way.html" target="_blank">here</a>.) </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When I first saw the pattern I realized it was a perfect pattern to use some fabric I had hand dyed years ago. It was, with one little issue... I didn't trust it not to bleed. And, I was right. So every fabric had a long, leisurely bath in my bathroom sink. Several times. Eventually they all were dry and ready to be ironed and find a place in the quilt. You might notice what Preeti designed was bigger and used more colors</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">than mine</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. I worked with a very limited collection of fabrics and many were barely half yard pieces. So I improvised. And, this pattern definitely is easy to improvise.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qHg27D6RdU4Uxgr3wgbxLdJ3XP-z_WfB2xwu55Za-2RnLJp6Du-BHE4GIXJHl-TVCE1AKCvKsRAGFajRWjsrbNxzPgy5P29seGr3V8rWS1hAgBc_jfaJjf6mKFUfukB9avfiW2gM0NeuHvY_rPXy4HvEt8bsuuTPG-S8f9MMa_cejeH46OxIlqQlk3QU/s3888/36%20redpurple.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2916" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qHg27D6RdU4Uxgr3wgbxLdJ3XP-z_WfB2xwu55Za-2RnLJp6Du-BHE4GIXJHl-TVCE1AKCvKsRAGFajRWjsrbNxzPgy5P29seGr3V8rWS1hAgBc_jfaJjf6mKFUfukB9avfiW2gM0NeuHvY_rPXy4HvEt8bsuuTPG-S8f9MMa_cejeH46OxIlqQlk3QU/w480-h640/36%20redpurple.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I chose a light silver grey Kona solid. I wanted the colors to be the main focus. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I had a hard time deciding which quilting pattern I would use on my Rainbow Parade. Finally, it dawned on me that I didn't want the quilting to take precedence over the wonderful design and colors. I used a stipple pattern that was included with my robotics. It was perfect for letting the design and colors shine. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistxQsi8RwAiicG-gc0KUin1kxzNSz2HOazd8_UM-XFMGPEG7l8APiLaotY_Zg6qBiFnnj_pFA1ZcHeAzW2Rz18be64I5F8nWvhsFlqxmhbdqV38q5WSIx_w8qaSyBbiXDYk_mVdgnQllWwT_iLNuuSHaRXgXL0B4Cq7y1wUkaUipLVQVQSZ1xvRIdSihP/s3507/36%20yellow%20and%20orange%20color.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3507" data-original-width="2541" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistxQsi8RwAiicG-gc0KUin1kxzNSz2HOazd8_UM-XFMGPEG7l8APiLaotY_Zg6qBiFnnj_pFA1ZcHeAzW2Rz18be64I5F8nWvhsFlqxmhbdqV38q5WSIx_w8qaSyBbiXDYk_mVdgnQllWwT_iLNuuSHaRXgXL0B4Cq7y1wUkaUipLVQVQSZ1xvRIdSihP/w464-h640/36%20yellow%20and%20orange%20color.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A few more thoughts on this pattern -- it is easy to make. The blocks are 13" finished so you don't need lots to have a decent size quilt. Mine is about 44.5" x 57" and is set 3 x 4. The pattern is set 4 x 5 and measures 57" x 70". </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Preeti did a great job with detailing what you need to make this rainbow quilt. She wrote it so each color is repeated in the next diagonal row. My lack of lots of fabric made it impossible for me to do it that way. But, it worked out just fine any way. Talk about versatile! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I would like to make it again using a print fabric where the darker fabric is in my version. I make a lot of kid centric quilts and this pattern could highlight a cute novelty fabric really well. I could use one color for all of the light parts or use a rainbow of fabrics again. I could also see this as a patriotic fabric using the same concepts as for the novelty fabric. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Have you started thinking about what fabric you want to use to make this pattern? Rainbow Parade is in Preeti's Etsy shop now. And, even better, it will be 20% off until March 12. Check it out here: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sewpreetiquilts.etsy.com/listing/1690533725/rainbow-parade-quilt-pattern-beginner&source=gmail&ust=1709778969542000&usg=AOvVaw1-sitxjYclnnmGY0oE2N1R" href="https://sewpreetiquilts.etsy.com/listing/1690533725/rainbow-parade-quilt-pattern-beginner" jslog="32272; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWY6MTc5MjY5NDg1ODczNTk5Mjc5OCJd; 4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc5MjY5NDg1ODczNTk5Mjc5OCJd" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://sewpreetiquilts.etsy.<wbr></wbr>com/listing/1690533725/<wbr></wbr>rainbow-parade-quilt-pattern-<wbr></wbr>beginner</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Would you like to win a digital copy of this pattern? One lucky commenter will win. Make sure you add an email address if you don't have it attached to your name. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPCBiLaI-4OyhwDEYQBEHeHGOcEmju-J5h7C4Y6XoTsLOvBdiqcH9ytLhMU1giIuDg3el86AJUHnkd8wRCginZifkYelpoVyO8ryI8W_kaOpCsA9jwh0t3_w7v5WeZQoRU1ha-X1b9hks7qCGEKyVmg1JmDWnlmowaleMT1q3fENqMIsDV2MNEp9Kg9ms/s3811/36%20revised%20hand%20dyes.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="3811" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPCBiLaI-4OyhwDEYQBEHeHGOcEmju-J5h7C4Y6XoTsLOvBdiqcH9ytLhMU1giIuDg3el86AJUHnkd8wRCginZifkYelpoVyO8ryI8W_kaOpCsA9jwh0t3_w7v5WeZQoRU1ha-X1b9hks7qCGEKyVmg1JmDWnlmowaleMT1q3fENqMIsDV2MNEp9Kg9ms/w400-h204/36%20revised%20hand%20dyes.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More accurate colors </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNPSDQxt3XQ-LQxkCKhKb1eycjb5WwnCIbi6tWFrMMIcU00GnYHzxu38Lu0wyLleFbjA0IRP0op3KskDsUVGHgd1yy5jzepXqNDPaXZKq2KSkc8thy6lHsFeT86TRRm7GK8ZHSVhU1QZIamiLrU1zEMS_eHCtMP9axmorZAjHDOaWEjTNtzUezSyanG_5/s2821/36%20Hand%20dyes.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="2230" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNPSDQxt3XQ-LQxkCKhKb1eycjb5WwnCIbi6tWFrMMIcU00GnYHzxu38Lu0wyLleFbjA0IRP0op3KskDsUVGHgd1yy5jzepXqNDPaXZKq2KSkc8thy6lHsFeT86TRRm7GK8ZHSVhU1QZIamiLrU1zEMS_eHCtMP9axmorZAjHDOaWEjTNtzUezSyanG_5/w158-h200/36%20Hand%20dyes.jpeg" width="158" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Would you like some hand dyes to play with yourself? I'm offering a give away of 4 fat quarters of fabric I hand dyed. I promise they will all have a spa day in my bathroom sink until the </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">dye </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">quits rinsing out. Limited to the US. One comment will get you a chance at both the hand dye and the Rainbow Parade pattern. Again, make sure your email is attached to your name. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here are the hand dyes I'll be sending out. <strike>Hum, it isn't smart to try to take pictures in the middle of the night and expect the colors to come out correctly. The top one is a slightly blue green. The second one is actually what I'd call flamingo pink. The next one is a medium blue - not a grey blue. And the last is mauve.</strike> (I might have purchased that piece as it isn't the same greige goods.) Update -- the bigger picture is more accurate but I think the colors are a bit brighter. I left the night picture in just to show the contrast. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1JDXMZyrtCcCnnfMPBdoFIsi0-xQd6bVWbZMuwMnksxGOBhKPbGpj9OPfB_xLfqxuTBGUxrAiNMh35qSk8JVFTveucBzPQ0HohW4bN4BLe1EBEFrFxHkxgPuTUzkbYxVpUgWMvNZCT4JncxfwIHVru5fyuCcupdKdt_cgbwxOYw1nv9PMWJxbIJycxZ1/s2973/36%20back.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="2490" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1JDXMZyrtCcCnnfMPBdoFIsi0-xQd6bVWbZMuwMnksxGOBhKPbGpj9OPfB_xLfqxuTBGUxrAiNMh35qSk8JVFTveucBzPQ0HohW4bN4BLe1EBEFrFxHkxgPuTUzkbYxVpUgWMvNZCT4JncxfwIHVru5fyuCcupdKdt_cgbwxOYw1nv9PMWJxbIJycxZ1/w536-h640/36%20back.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The other thing that happened to my great surprise and happiness is I had a leftover backing that worked well with the rainbow concept. I actually had loaded this backing and was going to put another top on it when I realized it would work for Rainbow Parade. Kismet! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Want to see more versions of Rainbow Parade? Preeti lined up an international group of quilters to help her out. Check out these blogs to see more Rainbow Parade quilts. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://cathyscrazybydesign.blogspot.com/">https://cathyscrazybydesign.blogspot.com/</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://dipteaquilts.wordpress.com/">https://dipteaquilts.wordpress.com/</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'll be linking with the following Linky parties (when they come on line.) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2024/03/midweek-makers-425.html" target="_blank">Midweek Makers</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2024/03/06/wednesday-wait-loss-370" target="_blank">Wednesday Wait Loss </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/2024/03/a-finished-class-sample-and-ntt.html" target="_blank">Needle and Thread Thursday (Thursday</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2024/03/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-unusual-week.html" target="_blank">Can I Get a Whoop! Whoop! (Friday)</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One last look at my Rainbow Parade. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rjuaakeCVIsjeoRTLaKeY2kWPdngBgAVdGPYtPH_pZ2NdO1zB0AZCCgqNCtA_u9IZgM-0h7ZbhUdm6-VNCOjrm4WXp_IQXN0Lsup4WhfEaQWfshzX-3sS2PFKu91b0GWF6JiJPePrBcxJgaI0-rJqCsToRObCwi9hPMcIO8G3iBg24cnmI8aHVEi0lQl/s3826/36%20front%20rail.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3826" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rjuaakeCVIsjeoRTLaKeY2kWPdngBgAVdGPYtPH_pZ2NdO1zB0AZCCgqNCtA_u9IZgM-0h7ZbhUdm6-VNCOjrm4WXp_IQXN0Lsup4WhfEaQWfshzX-3sS2PFKu91b0GWF6JiJPePrBcxJgaI0-rJqCsToRObCwi9hPMcIO8G3iBg24cnmI8aHVEi0lQl/w506-h640/36%20front%20rail.jpeg" width="506" /></a></div><br />Hum...all through making this quilt I thought of the red/pink block as being the top. And here I hung this one upside down! (Or not!) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-51917124798011830582024-03-03T22:54:00.003-05:002024-03-04T08:53:21.165-05:00Monday Meanderings 3 - 4 - 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What a busy week. Did any of you get to either Quilt Con or Mid-Atlantic Quilt show over the past two weeks? Pat and I made it to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt show Thursday morning. We had about 2 hours to see some quilts, hit a few vendors, and then get on to Nags Head, NC. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">First, here is my friend Michele's quilt. She designed the quilt for Colchester Mills Fabric and Quilting a few years ago as a mystery quilt. Michele designs one yearly for Colchester. This one was spectacular. A new mystery started at the beginning of February. Check it out at </span><a href="https://colchestermillfabricsandquilting.com/products/marvelous-mystery-quilt-program-2024?_pos=1&_sid=99cee3721&_ss=r" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Marvelous Mystery</a>. <span style="font-family: verdana;">My friend Sharon is her tester and she made air in Christmas fabrics. I am pretty sure this one fits on a king size bed. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJOPCFrEg25hn4HfVbPp7jfFkvd_MY5mkxOCZAzf8vfyF_-TI54oJVX-P0Qz8tLxB4gClObbFC7qnrZ_DufV4ybyq7BphiKK2aVGdlDH_kPQmUHKaM0ep94SrNd4fZpQ5Hnh1ithGjwUpygIN7R7H9EY0GnIqrkTwqqSsZw4nhP-IRds5wEchARVI18eB/s2970/34%20Michele's%20Quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="2904" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJOPCFrEg25hn4HfVbPp7jfFkvd_MY5mkxOCZAzf8vfyF_-TI54oJVX-P0Qz8tLxB4gClObbFC7qnrZ_DufV4ybyq7BphiKK2aVGdlDH_kPQmUHKaM0ep94SrNd4fZpQ5Hnh1ithGjwUpygIN7R7H9EY0GnIqrkTwqqSsZw4nhP-IRds5wEchARVI18eB/w391-h400/34%20Michele's%20Quilt.jpeg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also got to see several friends from several different places I've lived. Pat snapped a photo of Mary Beth and I. We both lived in Maryland for years and were (heck, are still) members of Faithful Circle Quilters. She moved to Florida so we don't see each other very often... it's been almost 2 years now. We were on such a tight time frame we really only had a few minutes to chat and get a hug. (That's me on the right.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBTveD-ObzGN-xcR4bt8zW1MJHb3OCNlI6DFkAZmVuFokEhTyz0ZtiLg9d7F1TnjAUfhgaS2glEvSKtxGpBBJLMYoaYd_VmhsZTuh7uhqM8qPSqbAi4cDaYDzQtg3ETFbo_cVZFmZaNsWFI5VVJkaHaRjTzl_nZt-MKM2Dfg-V07ua5wqY2phNeCVem9n/s3085/34%20%20MB%20and%20Me.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3085" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBTveD-ObzGN-xcR4bt8zW1MJHb3OCNlI6DFkAZmVuFokEhTyz0ZtiLg9d7F1TnjAUfhgaS2glEvSKtxGpBBJLMYoaYd_VmhsZTuh7uhqM8qPSqbAi4cDaYDzQtg3ETFbo_cVZFmZaNsWFI5VVJkaHaRjTzl_nZt-MKM2Dfg-V07ua5wqY2phNeCVem9n/w400-h318/34%20%20MB%20and%20Me.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite our travels I was able to get all my goals done this week. Or maybe it was because of our travels. I almost always take my featherweight down to the beach house with me and work on some projects. This mess was me making string blocks on telephone book pages. I was amazed how many I got done since every string I sewed had to be ironed and cut. I also put together the green, blacks, and white to top stage that I'll show when the border is done. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwni3DNvPr0seWGzX8gxWHwZCRuzEdKfSFaPmHRZ9AemQrHEv0gbkGM6p5HyURvDXJ3_SKiyy9M-Jh_aLP8aOiRzNlY-5d_GrlTPgS_u7KGBxJLdqEUspjMUDSxcX4A_c6w8vtrm85sDrd3A0coTi0EinI-26Qr18HeHcqvfftpYuIJMIy2vC9mp8hMlz/s4032/34%20Strip%20blocks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwni3DNvPr0seWGzX8gxWHwZCRuzEdKfSFaPmHRZ9AemQrHEv0gbkGM6p5HyURvDXJ3_SKiyy9M-Jh_aLP8aOiRzNlY-5d_GrlTPgS_u7KGBxJLdqEUspjMUDSxcX4A_c6w8vtrm85sDrd3A0coTi0EinI-26Qr18HeHcqvfftpYuIJMIy2vC9mp8hMlz/w300-h400/34%20Strip%20blocks.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's what the goals list looks like from last week. Not bad! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2/26/24</p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">✅Bind Picket Fence Quilt<i> - Done!</i></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">✅Bind secret project - <i>Done! Come back Wednesday, 3/6/24 to see it. </i></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">✅Make some more FCQ Equilter blocks - <i>Some done, more needed. </i></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">✅Attend the Mid Atlantic Quilt Show - <i>Attended a short time. </i></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Sew the green, blacks, & white 3 yard quilt - <i>Center together, borders next.</i></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Here's a corner of the Picket Star top being quilted. Since it is done I need to take it on a photo shoot soon. I chose Random Clams quilting design. The block was designed by Preeti who blogs at Sew Preeti Quilts. Here are the <a href="https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/2020/04/picket-star-quilt-block.html" target="_blank">directions for the block</a>. </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sCUlkMWUPCBcF3aD20wD6SiA966K6ksywiyq_kEbpfF7juFqhVdi_EZnwcQUp9mSrzVZmRWjFzL-IED9DSyBgzW8QZ_lx6Q3EAdc3pTQfbFleSPuw3VaTWYP3xJwEL3HWmgRJqOyv4GEUjawNzdA3rssHNH96T8I2QEvBqk31b5rMtbOEWjVL9NFpu1Z/s3748/34%20Picket%20Fence%20quilting.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="3748" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sCUlkMWUPCBcF3aD20wD6SiA966K6ksywiyq_kEbpfF7juFqhVdi_EZnwcQUp9mSrzVZmRWjFzL-IED9DSyBgzW8QZ_lx6Q3EAdc3pTQfbFleSPuw3VaTWYP3xJwEL3HWmgRJqOyv4GEUjawNzdA3rssHNH96T8I2QEvBqk31b5rMtbOEWjVL9NFpu1Z/w400-h308/34%20Picket%20Fence%20quilting.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Let's take a look at this week's list. </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">3/3/4/2024</p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Knit on socks </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Find fabric for appliqué blocks</p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mail package to FCQ Equilter from last round </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Border green, blacks, and white top</p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Quilt customer top </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Quilt one of my tops </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hum, should be doable. All of a sudden I have 4 customer quilts waiting to be quilted. I hope to get one done this week. I should get one of mine on and done this week too. The others aren't as time sensitive. </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We were working on our beach house in Nags Head. The master bathroom is being updated but more importantly Pat needed to replace some windows. I was his trusty assistant. My job was to hold the window while Pat pulled a cord and attached it to the top of the window. (I have no clue what it was called but it wasn't a one person job!) After he got the cords installed on each window I was free to go back to quilting. It meant I was running up and down stairs a bit too often but I did get a lot of piecing done. Here's a window on the way out... We had to take them to the transfer station rather than leave them in our regular trash. Nine were replaced and more need to be done soon.</p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOH5ZONR8xZ2Gp1AaYBydvXUcQBnrrpsYPVj8qTug6JJ96lU__4-HaZthE9x_Q_NwJ-qvrNY2J4fVsvz2UGnuC9WTDlFb9fFpRqXoga43JRbxgnRi5XeR1jYP3dfJmqeFZyY6XeJmS5ESMTsCQWlG3D0-pFEHrdIttuyF-swdXtH6vDhFVXJ7NLGcqZWgB/s1936/34%20window%20install%20and%20trash.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOH5ZONR8xZ2Gp1AaYBydvXUcQBnrrpsYPVj8qTug6JJ96lU__4-HaZthE9x_Q_NwJ-qvrNY2J4fVsvz2UGnuC9WTDlFb9fFpRqXoga43JRbxgnRi5XeR1jYP3dfJmqeFZyY6XeJmS5ESMTsCQWlG3D0-pFEHrdIttuyF-swdXtH6vDhFVXJ7NLGcqZWgB/w400-h400/34%20window%20install%20and%20trash.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is a good thing we went down, as it turns out something is wrong with the heater. It was taking a long time to warm the house up 5 degrees when we arrived. And then the thermostat went off twice. Sunday morning we woke up early to a cold house. So we left around 7am to have breakfast at Stack Em High and to drive back to Virginia. Pat will have to go down to replace more windows in a month or so. Hopefully he can get our son to go with him. It was hard work for the "old folks." </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I knew it wouldn't last. I was unable to sew the day we went to the quilt show and drove to the beach house. So I missed the 29th. But I was right back at it including spending an hour or so on putting things away and finding some more strips for my strip quilting project this afternoon after getting home. I'm happy with the 98%. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="color: #353535; font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/Feb = 28/29 days</span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/March 3/3 days </span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/2024 = 62/63 days</span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Success rate = 98%</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the Linky parties I participate with. Please take a look at some of the blogs listed. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="15 minute days/week = 7/7 days 15 minute days/Feb = 28/29 days 15 minute days/March 3/3 days 15 minute days/2024 = 62/63 days Success rate = 98%" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-9-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces: Stitching Stuff</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/03/design-wall-monday-march-4-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-3-4-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musing </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.daysfilledwithjoy.com/2024/03/04/monday-this-and-that-4th-march-2024/" target="_blank">This and That </a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hopefully this week I'll remember to link up to all the parties I list here. I was pretty focused on quilting and being down at the beach house. I hardly looked at the internet over the last week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-87488001655579209682024-02-25T21:56:00.001-05:002024-02-26T09:02:57.255-05:00Monday Meanderings 2 - 26 -2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello All! I've got way too much to squeeze into this blog post but I'm going to try to keep it a reasonable length. Just a note -- I went to the Univ. of Southern California School of Journalism. I started in straight journalism but ended up with a degree in Public Relations. I like to write. Although I go back and edit my blog posts to tighten them up, I have been known to carry on (and on.) Ok, moving right along to goals.</span> </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/19/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Quilt and bind two baby quilts — <i>I turned over these two quilts to binding elves. </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Make some FCQ Equilter blocks -- <i>2 are started, none are done. </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Work on Happy Blocks -- <i>Yep, made some more of various sizes.</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Finish Feb Malted Mystery clue -- <i>Done! </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Update Accuquilt Dies in app and online -- <i>Came up with a list but didn't update anything. </i></span></p><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's my Malted Mystery top all up to date!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetX1MBjfBCQfpk0Dfj_olICcR_UMWg4gv524so2XuvegdLkqtszKD3tIJcKlys57bTW8878HyIwdqJp5DXyeO6PffV2Kzfajl9pU95yTjBzPS1oA9Tq4oZfRu908yJnxekQjIkvx2HAjbgWifGOU66mbpuFea45PeKddf9mGqUNirzxidGoigtHkCEwyp/s2741/226%20Malted%20Mystery%20Feb..jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2741" data-original-width="2739" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetX1MBjfBCQfpk0Dfj_olICcR_UMWg4gv524so2XuvegdLkqtszKD3tIJcKlys57bTW8878HyIwdqJp5DXyeO6PffV2Kzfajl9pU95yTjBzPS1oA9Tq4oZfRu908yJnxekQjIkvx2HAjbgWifGOU66mbpuFea45PeKddf9mGqUNirzxidGoigtHkCEwyp/w400-h400/226%20Malted%20Mystery%20Feb..jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bummer. The color is much more pleasing than this shows. What looks like black is actually a dark purple.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two baby quilts were quilted. Most of the fabrics were reproduction 30s fabrics that were given to the guild. Remember me talking about washing fabric? I pulled out all the pink 30s repro animal prints and cut them up into bricks. (I used my 3.5" x 6.5" brick die and cut them all on the Accuquilt.) There were enough bricks for 2 quilts. My friend Karen sewed the blocks together. Then I quilted both of them using more 30s repo fabric for the back. I turned them into the guild on Wednesday night and they will be given off to binding elves to finish up. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7aU07b5ExF9uk5AKNYDYt6VWCNI5mE61bEuybm1un-gN3UGK7jiQyigO1Ab-iphNmjLSp3Vty83J2yK6-mJII3U7UwZat17cRTrHGJJpJHjvpiwXgwi_nD8bRaGLnh4Ptsy7BL90Waeg4Lr_6szZlj6yjmokfXmpKgmdep0xedjVdMj30VwNf4DRtPk0/s3184/226%20Pink%20baby%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3184" data-original-width="2675" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7aU07b5ExF9uk5AKNYDYt6VWCNI5mE61bEuybm1un-gN3UGK7jiQyigO1Ab-iphNmjLSp3Vty83J2yK6-mJII3U7UwZat17cRTrHGJJpJHjvpiwXgwi_nD8bRaGLnh4Ptsy7BL90Waeg4Lr_6szZlj6yjmokfXmpKgmdep0xedjVdMj30VwNf4DRtPk0/w336-h400/226%20Pink%20baby%20quilt.jpeg" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now, here's what I will be doing this week. </span></div><br /></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/26/24</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bind Picket Fence Quilt</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bind secret project (Look for the reveal on Wed. March 6.) </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make some more FCQ Equilter blocks</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Attend the Mid Atlantic Quilt Show </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sew the green, blacks, & white 3 yard quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Update the Accuquilt online and app</span></p></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did have one big off list project this week. Sunday I spent the day quilting the Picket Fence top that I finished in 2022. Late last year I bought a bunch of backing fabrics including a nice teal backing for the Picket Fence top. (You can see the finished top <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2022/09/progress-being-made.html" target="_blank">here</a>.) I will post the finished quilt soon. (Unless I forget!) </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoMFqOBWl6hk1bdeVGgAXCkph8koxkpS9GVlwO65MyfxVqXo8zmwuh5zSaFK8lJO9iFKxRU65GFGwWs10Ey0eFsohBoMbd1PfvGoBmBKIH0j-LOW85pcd5zNsga0AgPp9cqQoNxGdNk35n-d6SVh-7yecshY0zimltAt1qmiLbpwrPN_jA7Bxh7whYpCQ/s842/15%20Minutes%20to%20Stitch%202024.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoMFqOBWl6hk1bdeVGgAXCkph8koxkpS9GVlwO65MyfxVqXo8zmwuh5zSaFK8lJO9iFKxRU65GFGwWs10Ey0eFsohBoMbd1PfvGoBmBKIH0j-LOW85pcd5zNsga0AgPp9cqQoNxGdNk35n-d6SVh-7yecshY0zimltAt1qmiLbpwrPN_jA7Bxh7whYpCQ/s320/15%20Minutes%20to%20Stitch%202024.png" width="319" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In an effort to lessen the unfinished top collection I have, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I am going to try to quilt a couple tops a month. I know I have at least 7 (probably more) with backings and some with batting. So hopefully I'll get another couple done in March. I guess I need to stop finishing tops too. (😬 right!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On to 15 Minutes to Stitch. Not bad! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><ul>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Feb = 25/25 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 56/56 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%<br /></span></span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;">It's ridiculously late but here are my stashbusting statistics for January. Last year I decided I wouldn't keep track of fabric in and out. Eventually, I realized I did better knowing whether I was using up fabric or just endlessly adding to my fabric stash. I don't particularly like figuring out the fabric I use but at least I'll know whether I am using up the stash. Here's January's results. Not bad. I hope I finish a bit more in February. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 65px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">2023</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 65px; padding: 4px; width: 57px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Fabric In Month</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 65px; padding: 4px; width: 62px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Fabric In Year</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 65px; padding: 4px; width: 66px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Fabric Out </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Month</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 65px; padding: 4px; width: 66px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Fabric Out Year</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 65px; padding: 4px; width: 67px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #282828; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Total </span><span style="color: #f6000b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">In</span><span style="color: #282828; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> or Out Year</span></span></p><p style="color: #282828; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Jan</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 57px;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">5.5</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 62px;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">5.5</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 66px;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">11.625</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 66px;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">6.125</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; height: 16px; padding: 4px; width: 67px;" valign="top"><p align="right" style="margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #42464d; font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">6.125</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So far I haven't purchased any fabric in February. I suspect that will change when we go to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt show. Maybe I can have strong March finishes with no purchases. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later this week I hope to post a new month of Mysteries, Quilt Alongs, and Little Gifts. I thought I'd mention one freebie you might want to check out now. Fabric Cafe has been releasing a </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">free </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">quilt pattern. I haven't figured out how often they've done it so I just check back every month. However, I just checked and they have 3 of their early 3 Yard Quilt patterns available free now. Here's the link to the </span><a href="https://www.fabriccafe.com/Free-Patterns-s/2014.htm" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">free patterns.</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> One thing to know if you haven't used any 3 yard patterns: They allow for an "economy" binding so it isn't double fold. If you prefer a double fold binding buy more fabric or use something from your stash. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You might want to look over the other info Fabric Cafe has available there too. I was particularly interested in the sheet listing how much double fold binding you need to make for various sizes of 3 yard quilts. Note -- they base the totals on 2.25" binding. Have fun checking out their videos too. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm ready to finish reading my latest novel -- I'm about 75% done and I'd like to finish it tonight. Here are the Linky parties I post to. Please go check out some other blogs. You'll come away with lots of great ideas. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-turquoise.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-8-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces: Stitching Stuff</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-26-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday Musings</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div><br /></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-26892797701570845312024-02-18T22:59:00.003-05:002024-02-19T09:15:35.091-05:00Monday Meandering -- 2/19/2024 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4uQPrz-m1kvp8BcZ6pLGdJPzoi-9z612QKh6kfMYbxJUfrMd-vRZHmv7Y631DM4RySdDwaE3BcCu4EuOxELGqMlSfx9z3Wy9UmyGx6uV7OX0f5_kYy81fm1iTc1bKLshOAg47rB0BClOsm9qeG2DYcYygjUHx7vvAHSQJZCgY0Zk6RnwrNYA0R4i2cpd/s2546/219%20Cupcakes.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2313" data-original-width="2546" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4uQPrz-m1kvp8BcZ6pLGdJPzoi-9z612QKh6kfMYbxJUfrMd-vRZHmv7Y631DM4RySdDwaE3BcCu4EuOxELGqMlSfx9z3Wy9UmyGx6uV7OX0f5_kYy81fm1iTc1bKLshOAg47rB0BClOsm9qeG2DYcYygjUHx7vvAHSQJZCgY0Zk6RnwrNYA0R4i2cpd/w400-h364/219%20Cupcakes.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Presidents Day Cupcakes! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or at least that is what I'm calling them. I'm taking some to my regular Monday stitching group. We don't plan for treats but almost every week someone (or several someones) bring something. I'll see if anyone else brings something too. And, whether I will have any leftovers! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's last week's list. I got most of the items done. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/12/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: normal;">✅Work on Malted Mystery Feb Clue — </span><i>just need to add three small borders.</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: normal;">👎🏼Trim appliqué blocks; pick fabric for setting the blocks — </span><i>nope. Stashed them away and can’t find them! They will turn up one of these days. </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Cut out green, black floral, & black and white 3 yard quilt -- Done but not as originally planned. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: normal;">✅Make a couple of placemats -- </span><i>finished two more.</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Look at star quilt —</span><i> I have a plan! </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the fabrics<i> </i>I used for my 3 yard quilt. I had planned to use one of Fabric Cafe's pattern but I didn't read it carefully so I changed my plans a bit. I'll be sewing this in a few weeks. Nann, who blogs at <a href="https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com" target="_blank">With Strings Attached</a> , sent me a surprise package of fabric including the big floral print. Hum, that chartreuse Kona is not as yellow as it shows here. I'll be sharing the finished top in a few weeks. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVzdFIvOs_Zd9OCGf3SbAvsrhzMK5WXMJN0vfdEDYzOwJTjkHemVfzn9F4h6lz9-Gtf-O7R4vufQW6IeZLr1RrLXiunFUznuwoUzHYjBOIlCXgqnVnSBSzanZ68i-Wj_neZIBzmInn7BiuHoEaVYziMn2BeKTP2vSFZJTLXmqUFiLQz1vGgnVOf_4G0HO/s2617/219%20bright%20fabric.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="2617" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVzdFIvOs_Zd9OCGf3SbAvsrhzMK5WXMJN0vfdEDYzOwJTjkHemVfzn9F4h6lz9-Gtf-O7R4vufQW6IeZLr1RrLXiunFUznuwoUzHYjBOIlCXgqnVnSBSzanZ68i-Wj_neZIBzmInn7BiuHoEaVYziMn2BeKTP2vSFZJTLXmqUFiLQz1vGgnVOf_4G0HO/w400-h355/219%20bright%20fabric.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I was happy to figure out I can use some decorator fabric for the placemats I'm making. This piece is actually an upholstery fabric that I dipped in hot water to try to soften it up a bit. I've cut walker bags from the fabric and this was a left over piece. The backing fabric is another one from Nann. It was a perfect fit for the front. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm5uX82ok4xFdNOSP-0VJo-cthkBUuKmrmuedg6kSVtZUAxk5MN4aIXbGrVPxKgSso6AM1G_RUxsKzI0e0Q5NvUCG74IwKcRPB34ahbe1l1WISoh1jwQk857UZb8y4eJdXW65SFbiI5lhaUvB04iHoS5Pv8wRis0txiFq_n2kgLxGso1OMUywanPUsFjG/s3944/219%20upholstry%20placemat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3944" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm5uX82ok4xFdNOSP-0VJo-cthkBUuKmrmuedg6kSVtZUAxk5MN4aIXbGrVPxKgSso6AM1G_RUxsKzI0e0Q5NvUCG74IwKcRPB34ahbe1l1WISoh1jwQk857UZb8y4eJdXW65SFbiI5lhaUvB04iHoS5Pv8wRis0txiFq_n2kgLxGso1OMUywanPUsFjG/w400-h294/219%20upholstry%20placemat.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's what I'll be working on this week. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/19/24</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt and bind two baby quilts</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make some FCQ Equilter blocks</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work on Happy Blocks</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish Feb Malted Mystery clue</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Update Accuquilt Dies in app and online </span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I did get another block made for the Dec/January Equilter. Pat asked for Disappearing 9 Patches. I made most of the blocks several weeks ago. But I wanted one more and kept postponing making it. So this afternoon I got it done and I'll be shipping them out to her in the next few days. (Not Monday -- it's a federal holiday.) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFXrV2EyUWQsCDZaTB273szoqAEdpBG32_-FZ6ezzkAdhggGH8LGs6aM6bZh3XPNxraHqnJL6iXafNLq2QVuSwgQjSSccX7fqF8chEyr7PQOzFDGXqXwiSR3xR-aPLO9nZiHnKrHZnFtsQCVPiDZACkGJP1vNr7KpAL6mQua5QiOo1YcANRvy7cRuoEes/s2973/219%20Disappearing%209%20patch.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="2841" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFXrV2EyUWQsCDZaTB273szoqAEdpBG32_-FZ6ezzkAdhggGH8LGs6aM6bZh3XPNxraHqnJL6iXafNLq2QVuSwgQjSSccX7fqF8chEyr7PQOzFDGXqXwiSR3xR-aPLO9nZiHnKrHZnFtsQCVPiDZACkGJP1vNr7KpAL6mQua5QiOo1YcANRvy7cRuoEes/w383-h400/219%20Disappearing%209%20patch.jpeg" width="383" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My 15 Minutes to Stitch has been going very well. Most days I get a lot more time than just the 15 minutes. </span></p><ul><li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Feb = 11/29 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 49/49 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%</span></span></li></ul><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will confess to getting a lot of reading time too. I've just started the audio version of <u>Canary Girls</u> by Jennifer Chiaverini. Two hours in and I'm hooked on it. I would recommend it to readers (or listeners) who enjoy historical fiction. I'm looking forward to spending some more time with it.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please check out these Linky parties:</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-orphan-blocks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-7-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces Stitching Stuff</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-19-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-2-19-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had a good time last week reading blogs. It's fun to see what people are working on these days. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-67559869621186982722024-02-15T21:04:00.002-05:002024-02-17T08:59:14.958-05:00All-Star Sampler <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently, I read on someone's blog that she didn't think anyone would be interested in finishing a project. Guess what! People do finish other people's unfinished projects. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Virginia Star Quilters received a plastic box with several finished blocks, extra fabric, a couple of sample blocks, a ruler, and a book, All-Star Sampler. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Community Outreach chair person passed it on to me to see if I would finish it -- or at least do something with it. There were 9 blocks finished and one nearly finished. I looked in the box soon after I got it and freaked out. The blocks were beautiful star blocks. There were two settings both with feathered star blocks. The project had been a block of the month project from a store according to a note </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the quilter left</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. She said she started it in 1999. The piecing is exquisite. Take a look at the blocks she's finished.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVMpQJvYwjJ3PWkArX4WzEAIyoeChkRT6atW3YuoSGcprjYIPk1K4E1CoqAUP37OSQk2KoIuyUp4x1hzHDglbjVSNFexwfea9e8peOulAPXV7sr-Y0eRoi7OBEujqvnSFAF1phHUGFQArvC_GrV9hyjRmJIBDugRQYSDLWCBaP7rmo7aUmXDcPLImi4eb/s3675/215%20Star%20blocks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3675" data-original-width="2799" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVMpQJvYwjJ3PWkArX4WzEAIyoeChkRT6atW3YuoSGcprjYIPk1K4E1CoqAUP37OSQk2KoIuyUp4x1hzHDglbjVSNFexwfea9e8peOulAPXV7sr-Y0eRoi7OBEujqvnSFAF1phHUGFQArvC_GrV9hyjRmJIBDugRQYSDLWCBaP7rmo7aUmXDcPLImi4eb/w488-h640/215%20Star%20blocks.jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I originally thought I'd finish another block that is nearly done. And, maybe make one more so there will be 12 blocks. Um, er, I don't make complicated blocks for the most part. Most, if not all, of these have set in seams. My plan now is to pull out my trusty <u>Circle of Nine</u> book and choose a setting. No doubt any of them in that book would be easier than the settings in the book, <u>All Star Sampler</u> by Roxanne Carter. You know I'm not making a feathered star block -- although I have and I actually could. But, no, not for this. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4i685sZXQdXDPCuUzR9djSrvuPUAwblTkdtGX3eyzIfcUglBUli87qR5lK_yw9NFqrOJG142HsfaS7R46j7KdudSCdCcSiN7XtfFMQKtrziiB-T7p_zTfymTmCXVpgQgtq1wov-D5n-hR4V6-9mqk5DWeKrZYo7pq6gv_nwkXPswxuOIIQslq97rNAkdW/s3300/215%20All-Star%20Sampler%20book.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2641" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4i685sZXQdXDPCuUzR9djSrvuPUAwblTkdtGX3eyzIfcUglBUli87qR5lK_yw9NFqrOJG142HsfaS7R46j7KdudSCdCcSiN7XtfFMQKtrziiB-T7p_zTfymTmCXVpgQgtq1wov-D5n-hR4V6-9mqk5DWeKrZYo7pq6gv_nwkXPswxuOIIQslq97rNAkdW/w512-h640/215%20All-Star%20Sampler%20book.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After texting back and forth with Nancy, the Community Outreach person, we decided one of the Circle of Nine quilts would work. We think the finished quilt might be a raffle quilt, or possibly donate to another organization to use as a fund raiser. Here's what the design will (hopefully) look like. As shown it would be 68" square. The blocks are 12" and the outside border is 8.5". I'm not sure it will end up that big but it's what we're thinking about. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did an inventory of all the fabric that was included. The multicolor print on black ground has a whole bunch of fabric already cut at 6.5". Other fabrics have 2 yards or less. If I remember correctly the "F" rectangles need about 2 yards. Hum, I just noticed the light background squares "D". There isn't a lot of background left -- hopefully just enough. If we're lucky, the only fabric that will be purchased is the backing. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D75YzIe8Y42J0FLlRZfKwcll50umpuOq3eF7rNdNzXFjPkuOIblXbGtwW1-Y6g68zcGxVBuHPh-SnsP3xeOdQstcQZXi9dgMoHzb82V9MOjtrxwVewctqZXgpKdewxNSyj2tTQMALjoCybNyE4AKQK2TzO-_0bjCb5xpT8Elv7drukg9x1TUbw-AtFj6/s3258/215%20Circle%20of%20Nine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3258" data-original-width="2569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D75YzIe8Y42J0FLlRZfKwcll50umpuOq3eF7rNdNzXFjPkuOIblXbGtwW1-Y6g68zcGxVBuHPh-SnsP3xeOdQstcQZXi9dgMoHzb82V9MOjtrxwVewctqZXgpKdewxNSyj2tTQMALjoCybNyE4AKQK2TzO-_0bjCb5xpT8Elv7drukg9x1TUbw-AtFj6/w504-h640/215%20Circle%20of%20Nine.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll keep you posted as I begin to work through this challenge. I doubt it will be high on my list to complete soon but I should be able to finish it if I work on it off and on over the next few months. Part of my issue is I'm trying to finish a lot of my UFOs and quilt some of the many tops I have. And, a surprise group of quilts for a customer. I'll be busy. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you decided what you will do with your stash, sewing machines, UFO's and finished quilts? I mean, when you are either not around or unable to keep working on them? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have a plan -- my daughter will be responsible for moving out my sewing supplies. She's a quilter but she has a tiny little sewing space so she's not going to be able to keep most of what I have. (Remember, books, rulers, threads, long arm, old projects -- the list just keeps on going.) I will try to leave some ideas of where she can donate quilts and supplies to that will benefit others. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">She rolls her eyes at me when I tell her I've gotten rid of things. A while ago I gave away a big bag of paper </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">panto</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> patterns for long arm quilting. *eye roll* I was happy to pass it on to a lady who had a fairly new long arm and was thrilled to take them. (I'm also working on my yarn collection making frame knit hats.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am continuing to move UFOs into tops. I've cut back on fabric buying -- except for specific projects or backing. I think in the last 2 or 3 years I've only gotten a 3 or 4 books. I sporadically sell some of my supplies or give them away on the free table at the guild. So I am trying. But I hope to never give up on quilting. If I have any luck sewing through my fabric collection it would be some what easier. Have you put any thought into your quilting supplies? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/2024/02/memory-ornaments-and-ntt.html" target="_blank">Needle and Thread Thursday</a> at My Quilt Infatuation, Alycia's <a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/qov-all-around-is-done-and-finished-or.html" target="_blank">Finished or Not Friday</a>, Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">at </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Confessions of a Fabric Addict</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">, and </span><a href="https://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/2024/02/six-sleep-until-quiltcon-beauties.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Beauties Pageant</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at From Bolt to Beauty. Take some time to visit. A lot is going on with quilters around the world. I'll be back to link up the other posts on Friday -- if I remember... UGH! Saturday morning and I finally remembered! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie</span></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-38487263339065106832024-02-12T10:17:00.001-05:002024-02-12T10:21:36.103-05:00Monday Meanderings 2 - 12 - 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, darn. I had hoped that the 49ers would win the Super Bowl last night. Tough loss as they were winning most of the game. Did I really care? Not so much but I was hoping the Chiefs would lose since they beat the Ravens, a team I've known since their inception in 1996. Sigh. Although I didn't see all the ads I wasn't impressed with most. We know we are not the audience the advertisers are seeking. On the other hand, with rare exception I couldn't tell you what was being advertised. Did you have a favorite ad? Did any seem really funny? Let me know what you thought of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last week I put 4 goals on my list. I'm happy to report I completed them all and some off list items.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/5/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Put binding on Strippy quilt -- <i>Done! </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Work on UFO #9 -- <i>Done until time to quilt it!</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Finish secret project top -- <i>Done!</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Finish cutting out 2nd brick quilt kit -- <i>Done! </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2c5alfvG9hOgrDmZLYb-KevMiYDGytnl3tPwUzXgivE8MQ7UAeGUnc4dWMbFCQcSMNogywLy98t9bLrGCD7lMgDnqswp0YcJ7Mgy0OlLtVPQ5tfTvv3O4SFeyH5L7FWIiLVHe8XlN2b6rd0gfAHJnEsAvt8nheI7pnS75MwoDFk6WDDo2kFI7ptGwmjVn/s3234/212%202022%20RSC%20top.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3234" data-original-width="2463" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2c5alfvG9hOgrDmZLYb-KevMiYDGytnl3tPwUzXgivE8MQ7UAeGUnc4dWMbFCQcSMNogywLy98t9bLrGCD7lMgDnqswp0YcJ7Mgy0OlLtVPQ5tfTvv3O4SFeyH5L7FWIiLVHe8XlN2b6rd0gfAHJnEsAvt8nheI7pnS75MwoDFk6WDDo2kFI7ptGwmjVn/w305-h400/212%202022%20RSC%20top.jpeg" width="305" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />UFO #9 was my Rainbow Scrap Challenge Blocks from 2022. I remember I wasn't very happy making them because they used a lot of fabric so I couldn't use scraps very often. I have to say I really like this top. I'm probably going to put a small white border around it and then use either a multicolored binding or make one. It may be pulled out again this month so I can add the border. It's doubtful if it will get quilted anytime soon as I have a large number of tops, with backing, waiting. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't always put ongoing block making on my goals list. Nonetheless, I spent time making some RSC bowtie blocks in red this week. In fact I probably won't make anymore this month. (Note to self -- figure out how many green blocks you made...) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVkgOX9x_0Be_IQJC3q48oxq5iH_dgrKwUVRNM8isXZmUgeHcIj1YgU_yfnKNmExYM5u9iT_XG1X9b9_RnD88Hhlj5UicdfLXQ1xseu4e36JSx5s38BFdWRns6W5Uw-dnZl7aMHeS8svqQadVFSfjUWrpRvT4hiEWVoDKdGwq3wAAAY1XgHT2CkyOcvFS/s4032/212%20On%20my%20design%20wall.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1893" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVkgOX9x_0Be_IQJC3q48oxq5iH_dgrKwUVRNM8isXZmUgeHcIj1YgU_yfnKNmExYM5u9iT_XG1X9b9_RnD88Hhlj5UicdfLXQ1xseu4e36JSx5s38BFdWRns6W5Uw-dnZl7aMHeS8svqQadVFSfjUWrpRvT4hiEWVoDKdGwq3wAAAY1XgHT2CkyOcvFS/w300-h640/212%20On%20my%20design%20wall.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's what one section of my design wall looked this past weekend. I am a huge fan of Happy Blocks -- if you've read this blog for any length of time you've seen lots of different Happy Blocks with links to directions. Here are 4 of my latest blocks. Yes, the Mickey Mouse block is larger than the rest. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was gathering all the blocks I have already made and realized I have 3 different sizes in progress. Good Grief! (And I bet I have a couple unquilted tops in my closet too!) Last week I shared Happy Blocks that started with 6" centers. Mickey is a 5" center and the rest are 4.5" centers. Don't ask how I got 3 different sizes going. I've been cutting various size blocks so I can get enough to finish these three different quilts. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hum, looking at the picture of the bow tie blocks -- I might have gotten too many with the same color value. I need to take a look and see if there are some other reds that might lighten up these blocks. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now on to my goals for this week. I went a little wild on them so I'll see what I can get done. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/12/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work on Malted Mystery Feb Clue</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trim appliqué blocks; pick fabric for setting the blocks</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cut out green, black, & white 3 yard quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make a couple of placemats</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look at star quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are my 15 minutes of stitching results for this past week. Another great week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><ul>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Jan = 31/31 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Feb = 11/29 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 42/42 days</span></span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%</span></span></li>
</ul><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's time to get on with my Monday. I usually write and post my blog Sunday evening... you know what I was doing instead... darn football game! Ok, truth told I was only looking up every once in a while as I was starting a new book. I really could have written this last night but... </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Take some time to check out blogs across the world. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-string-blocks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-6-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces Stitching Stuff</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-12-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-5-12-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for today. Have a great week and a Happy Valentine's Day. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-81592680562757837082024-02-04T22:48:00.001-05:002024-02-05T08:54:32.995-05:00Monday Meandering 2 - 5 - 2024<span style="font-family: verdana;">February -- it snuck up on me but here it is. A bunch of different ground hogs saw their shadows this week. Supposedly we'll have an early spring. We haven't had that many really cold days here so maybe the ground hogs will be right. I spent most of the week in my studio. I've made some progress quilt-wise but I also kept my reading up. Nothing I would recommend so I'll move right on to the goals lists. </span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/29/24</span></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s2">✅</span><span class="s1">Work on secret project — </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">progress is being made.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s2">✅</span><span class="s1">Make more blocks for FCQ Equilter of the month — </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">a few more done</span><span class="s1">. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1">Finish January Malted Mystery Clue — </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">still need to put the last little border on.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s2">✅</span><span class="s1">Make a few more RSC Bow Tie blocks — </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">finished the greens and started on reds.</span><span class="s1"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s2">✅</span><span class="s1">Finish cutting out brick quilt — </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">one done, one left to kit up</span><span class="s1">. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1">Here are the bowties I've finished so far. The blocks are only 6" so I figure I'll need a lot of them. Looking at the greens I realize there are a lot of different shades of green. I also made 2 of the February reds. I've pulled out fabric for a few more. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcchzbNzBgq5xV2HLdf22Lqewse12OoLEAHAgkOHEwfCBaKxI1eRw6YyQBNFZg9BlZP_V5AeyfCT2OznDHJJ-r0f7s6iYwTmn7Z2X5SQrsIcxwVk57aT2Y2WxfJf4iPzuEvAC__X5QapV4acGM6gbE8m8UyKPYN0jJInPOc2kQ0MkaXsjjwL1-Ef6lqWD/s3717/25%20greenred%20bowties.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3717" data-original-width="2668" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcchzbNzBgq5xV2HLdf22Lqewse12OoLEAHAgkOHEwfCBaKxI1eRw6YyQBNFZg9BlZP_V5AeyfCT2OznDHJJ-r0f7s6iYwTmn7Z2X5SQrsIcxwVk57aT2Y2WxfJf4iPzuEvAC__X5QapV4acGM6gbE8m8UyKPYN0jJInPOc2kQ0MkaXsjjwL1-Ef6lqWD/w330-h458/25%20greenred%20bowties.jpeg" width="330" /></a></span></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I cut a slew of bricks ((3.5 x 6.5") of pink 30s fabric from the box of donated fabrics I washed for the quilt guild. I used any pink fabric that had animals on it. There were all sorts of animals: cats, dogs, ducks, elephants, lambs and bunnies. I grabbed a blue check from my stash to give a little contrast to all the pink along with the cream solid squares that provide the offset.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzvy4uL_tGUr5ICzqb55ES7UQ7rgRWU4Gx2Tv5TvU4lsg_xPiOZm1Q8lBMFRrJ-5RoWo8-89R5QlZOiJL9_t7_gvj8QLSckUYCWqidcPqvtlSnHt2zewODlYBIKkxkyQRuqqkl6WZ_0-lcPBsDY8gC5adma5Cp70gKUZB8B0EHelV7BZ9CyJapHGEC6B-/s3340/25%2030s%20fab%20brick%20top.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3340" data-original-width="2870" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzvy4uL_tGUr5ICzqb55ES7UQ7rgRWU4Gx2Tv5TvU4lsg_xPiOZm1Q8lBMFRrJ-5RoWo8-89R5QlZOiJL9_t7_gvj8QLSckUYCWqidcPqvtlSnHt2zewODlYBIKkxkyQRuqqkl6WZ_0-lcPBsDY8gC5adma5Cp70gKUZB8B0EHelV7BZ9CyJapHGEC6B-/w344-h400/25%2030s%20fab%20brick%20top.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I put these into a kit for a friend to sew together for Virginia Star Quilters. I think I have enough to make another kit. (Hum, I wonder if I can talk my friend into making it too?) I hope to be able to quilt and bind both. They will be about 36" square when done and will be donated to a local NICU. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are this week's goals. Four items doesn't seem enough but I always have other items I can pull out. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/5/24</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Put binding on Strippy quilt</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work on UFO #9 </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish secret project top</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish cutting out 2nd brick quilt kit</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span class="s1">I did work on an off-list project. I have a few 10" Happy Blocks leftover from a top so I decided to make enough additional blocks to make another top. I'm aiming for a 4 x 5 setting. My modus operandi is pulling out all sorts of fabrics for the centers and then find the frames. I've had the centers pulled for a couple of weeks. It's time to get them cut out so I can put the mess away! I'm picking prints that work for boys and girls. I need to find some lighter frame fabric as this looks really dark to me. What do </span>you think? So far I have a train, dogs, rubber ducks, monkeys, elephants and other wild animals, a helicopter, fighter jets and some dinosaurs. I have quite a few more to make. (If you want to make some too: 1 - 6" center square, 2 - 2.5 x 6" strips, and 2 - 2.5 x 10" strips.) I try to have several cut out next to my machine as leader enders so when I'm sewing something else these blocks are still being made.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymDJ3CgFL-Q3v8TAm2qKYZ5XnrHsS-ugrOpmbxS2WugmzPMXNu1JetXy70JMy14NhERTMeszpEVUfLlPxuHV6za77flGx7ICAov9s4cEk02pEvg6NyBLQjOZOWbS4M0SzlCg9eEWaAyX6aI1V5Y-bNddcVm6cUc9mlhA4c-wfKVTNQFs3NS4xRGnwx8ta/s2952/25%20Happy%20Blocks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="2790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymDJ3CgFL-Q3v8TAm2qKYZ5XnrHsS-ugrOpmbxS2WugmzPMXNu1JetXy70JMy14NhERTMeszpEVUfLlPxuHV6za77flGx7ICAov9s4cEk02pEvg6NyBLQjOZOWbS4M0SzlCg9eEWaAyX6aI1V5Y-bNddcVm6cUc9mlhA4c-wfKVTNQFs3NS4xRGnwx8ta/w605-h640/25%20Happy%20Blocks.jpeg" width="605" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't have much going on this week so I should be able to make some headway on all of my goals and continue on block making. And continue to sew a little (if not several hours) all week. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><ul>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></li><li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/Feb = 4/4</span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/Jan = 31/31</span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">15 minute days/2024 = 35/35 days</span></li>
<li style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Success rate = 100%</span></li>
</ul></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please take some time to check out these Linky parties. It's fun to see what folks are working on this week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-few-pinks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-5-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces Stitching Stuff</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-5-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-2-5-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musing</a> </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm done for tonight. It's time to get to bed so I can spend tomorrow stitching! </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div><p></p></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-73761439141553807532024-01-31T13:30:00.000-05:002024-01-31T13:30:22.253-05:00February Mysteries, Quilt Alongs, and Little Gifts<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you succumbed to any of the mysteries or quilt alongs this year? I want to but I have so many block sets, unfinished blocks/tops and way too many tops just waiting to be quilted and bound. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Millie’s Dresses QAL runs February 22 to July 24. Fat Quarter Shop is using Lori Holt’s pattern Millie’s Dresses. <a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-millies-dresses-quilt-along/">https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-millies-dresses-quilt-along/</a> $ </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Free Hen Party Block of the Month from Jacquelynne Steves. It starts in March and runs through October. You must sign up for it to receive the information. There is a paid option which gives you access to a VIP Workshop. <a href="https://jacquelynnesteves.com/hen-party-block-of-the-month/">https://jacquelynnesteves.com/hen-party-block-of-the-month/</a> $ optional</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt Along for a Mint Inspired Year sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop. This will be a casual QAL compared to what they usually do. Find out more about it: </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/quilt-along-for-a-mint-inspired-year/"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://blog.fatquartershop.com/quilt-along-for-a-mint-inspired-year/</span></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fat Quarter Shop is also sponsoring the Stronger Together Quilt Along in honor of Ruby Bridges and to support UNCF. It will run Feb 1 to 29th. Although this is a free QAL, they are asking people to make a donation to the United Negro College Fund. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-2024-stronger-together-quilt-along/">https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-2024-stronger-together-quilt-along/</a> $</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are directions for a cute little basket on You Tube from My DIY Style. Just an added note — these directions are done completely with pictures, no words. <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsFSQlOd7M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsFSQlOd7M</a></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mardi Gras Glam Zip Pouch Sewing Pattern from Robert Kaufman fabrics. <a href="https://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/glam_zip_pouch/">https://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/glam_zip_pouch/</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another purse idea: a Pyramid Purse Pattern. (Although I can’t see it as a purse but more as a cool pouch.) <a href="https://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/pyramid-purse-project/">https://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/pyramid-purse-project/</a> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How about some Quilt As You Go Placemats? Check out these directions from All People Quilt. <a href="https://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-patterns/table-runners/quilt-you-go-place-mat-pattern">https://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-patterns/table-runners/quilt-you-go-place-mat-pattern</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><p> </p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-49704244170672444862024-01-28T20:58:00.001-05:002024-01-29T08:58:53.827-05:00Monday Meanderings 1 -- 29 -- 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not really much of a football fan but I do end up watching some of the teams from where we used to live. (Actually, it's generally Pat who watches and I look up every once and a while...) We were both disappointed that the Baltimore Ravens didn't win AFC championship. Bummer! I actually turned the game on in my studio but turned off the sound. Maybe next year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At least I was working on one of my goals during the game. Here's what I got done. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/22/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Work on secret project — <i>a couple of more blocks finished</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Start on Malted Mystery January clue — <i>almost done, need to correct a triangle and sew small borders on </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Continue appliqué quilt —<i> all 9 blocks now have triangles on</i>.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish cutting out brick quilt — <i>nothing done! </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Make more RSC Bow Tie blocks </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">— 2 more done</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I'll be repeating a lot of these items.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/29/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work on secret project</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more blocks for FCQ Equilter of the months</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish January Malted Mystery Clue</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make a few more RSC Bow Tie blocks </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish cutting out brick quilt</span></p><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sharon and I FaceTimed today while we worked on the January Malted Mystery clue. The clue was to put the center section together. I ran into a couple of problems and didn't finish the whole clue. Do you see my mistake? I've got a safety pin near the triangle I have to fix. Then I need to sew on two narrow borders. Hopefully I'll get it done this week. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3R_c0GkATX-8HgIqmYMpchl6x8s8AY9r68i-0edwUw7O2Sx1jRJLGh0pv654HbUPsXonteSjtxHqPbjcjXgg0xbJfTOb0ALgrcU2AafSycjSrPskfDPZGxx8prxKXvbIg85NyrNDjG57JUMEOFQk7wHG3Co019nit_iFuzOZdhaS3THtY4B3WVCGaJwI/s3077/129%20Malted%20Mystery%20Oops.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3077" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3R_c0GkATX-8HgIqmYMpchl6x8s8AY9r68i-0edwUw7O2Sx1jRJLGh0pv654HbUPsXonteSjtxHqPbjcjXgg0xbJfTOb0ALgrcU2AafSycjSrPskfDPZGxx8prxKXvbIg85NyrNDjG57JUMEOFQk7wHG3Co019nit_iFuzOZdhaS3THtY4B3WVCGaJwI/w393-h400/129%20Malted%20Mystery%20Oops.jpeg" width="393" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are my green bow tie blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I've already picked out a couple more greens for more bowties. As of February red will be the color. I guess I'll look for some red fabrics too. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxujqwRLy_MRlOP7QV35H8SfmroaR3fmbADZY2JJrrYApFDQrZ2n06QEU7gK8qwcC0Cn3BDibhu5n28jQNud-NPked31E8pKb7caf91pr7X6biP_KYjQUcf1m7CkgDmfIu9wcAxbmcBi0Gnr8GJU13VFMesDmgNrYTJJFKV3EtXRM_4w9QCAV6dITovN_/s3024/129%203%20green%20bowtie%20blocks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3024" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxujqwRLy_MRlOP7QV35H8SfmroaR3fmbADZY2JJrrYApFDQrZ2n06QEU7gK8qwcC0Cn3BDibhu5n28jQNud-NPked31E8pKb7caf91pr7X6biP_KYjQUcf1m7CkgDmfIu9wcAxbmcBi0Gnr8GJU13VFMesDmgNrYTJJFKV3EtXRM_4w9QCAV6dITovN_/s320/129%203%20green%20bowtie%20blocks.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite having several days with lots of non-sewing activities I've continued my 15 minutes of stitching every day. I should be able to continue my 15 minutes every day for several more weeks. But, maybe not vacation days coming up in March. </span></div><div><ul>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Jan = 28/28 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 28/28 days</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #353535; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3.9px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);">We spent a lot of time at a car dealership this week. My poor 10 year old car was unreliable. We replaced the battery three times over the last year. But when Pat charged it to 100% and two days later it was at zero, we decided it was time to get me a new one. We did look at an electric vehicle but I didn't want something that "complicated." We already have a hybrid but I just couldn't see myself having to stop at a charging station when I drove to retreats or to friend's houses out of state. </span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;">In the end we decided on a Subaru Forester. (My old car was an Outback.) Technology just keeps moving a head. My old car had quite a bit of technology but the new one has even more. Luckily, the dealership hires someone to teach us about all of that technology. Hopefully I can remember it. Next week I'll let you know anything that seems really out there to me. </span></div><div><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;">You know the drill: please go check out some of these Linky parties to see what quilters are up to this week. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/01/oh-scrap-pink-scraps.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-4-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/design-wall-monday-january-29-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musing-1-29-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musing </a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm ready to do some net surfing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie <br /><br /></span></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-57250294942970989162024-01-21T21:00:00.003-05:002024-01-22T09:02:23.604-05:00Monday Meanderings 1 - 22 - 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm surprised we are already 2/3rds through January. Are you? I've been keeping busy either reading or playing in the studio. I know I've worked on quilty things this week but I only have photos from a previously finished item. First I'll show my goals from this past week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/15/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Bind 30 Something & Strippy quilt - Strippy still needs to be bound. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Load and quilt another quilt — didn’t happen! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Work on Appliqué quilt — decided on setting and began sewing.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Make more Bow Tie blocks - one more finished! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Start ripping out row of Ombre quilt — done.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Cut out a bricks quilt — lots of bricks cut out but not planned yet.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did start a new project that will remain a secret for the time being. I've included it in my goals for this coming week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/22/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work on secret project</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start on Malted Mystery January clue</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Continue appliqué quilt </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish cutting out and planning brick quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more green RSC Bow Tie blocks</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the second to the last quilt I've finished -- our grand, E, is being my quilt holder for these pictures taken last weekend. I am a big fan of Happy Blocks as shared by MaryQuilts.com. She has several sizes -- I just pick one size and cut the framing pieces to fit the center. You can find her directions <a href="https://maryquilts.com/happy-blocks-from-charms/" target="_blank">here</a>. Look on the side listing for more Happy Block sizes and ideas. I generally use multiple fabrics for the centers and frames. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ88qDNvhtqRCi6_4KS-PE1xTI95F8sgwKYb3xTyoagXql2-pvhTv9sxpMmMloeJUMc0RPv-Mf7dLQor-J24ashfqKRZSaMl-w46zjVq7MbhE_5jZW5HZGyqb7pzrrm1slzkF_TtaVrwsoaxpjEKMTDSfzwBLNLiASaussAN7cuQNxo1eZbzrJT5-0UX2/s3858/122%20E%20and%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3858" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ88qDNvhtqRCi6_4KS-PE1xTI95F8sgwKYb3xTyoagXql2-pvhTv9sxpMmMloeJUMc0RPv-Mf7dLQor-J24ashfqKRZSaMl-w46zjVq7MbhE_5jZW5HZGyqb7pzrrm1slzkF_TtaVrwsoaxpjEKMTDSfzwBLNLiASaussAN7cuQNxo1eZbzrJT5-0UX2/w502-h640/122%20E%20and%20quilt.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDe7HVWI1C4qzgDRAhQ-0PpZchnwfqp9XSScY5viiUrLcSg1NX8dhscb3SG5GFcbzTpB_Z9l4XcQ_fpqsOotFWi1pnTct6rRu0yTQfa4M5M2Ss2sJ5YqL1HzOl5AyKyqRY8v7tVVb24i5VgIFPKuBoffTSx9TmzpHMtFFSm3ZNGjVtkfELncvZdhMY9zb/s4032/122E%20Chewy%20and%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDe7HVWI1C4qzgDRAhQ-0PpZchnwfqp9XSScY5viiUrLcSg1NX8dhscb3SG5GFcbzTpB_Z9l4XcQ_fpqsOotFWi1pnTct6rRu0yTQfa4M5M2Ss2sJ5YqL1HzOl5AyKyqRY8v7tVVb24i5VgIFPKuBoffTSx9TmzpHMtFFSm3ZNGjVtkfELncvZdhMY9zb/w440-h640/122E%20Chewy%20and%20quilt.jpeg" width="440" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nothing like adding a cute pup to draw attention to my quilt. Meet Chewy. He lives with my son's family. But we get to visit him every once in a while. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbDutZeJLdSAVNpDO5TCJaArjNN4S806aNG9s5Q6Tz9H1YSfY-y8lCu9AXZkAFwfkMHRXLBbm0qCT58ELumtRed9wl2B0yekc_qR8FXehqPhcEs33mbrEFc7csOmLBlAPPQzNCxOYa2oGGrVVloDNM0IH6-XzfOL8DxvdyujibKjVTnF3GmsNqXLqyKms/s4032/122%20quiltback.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbDutZeJLdSAVNpDO5TCJaArjNN4S806aNG9s5Q6Tz9H1YSfY-y8lCu9AXZkAFwfkMHRXLBbm0qCT58ELumtRed9wl2B0yekc_qR8FXehqPhcEs33mbrEFc7csOmLBlAPPQzNCxOYa2oGGrVVloDNM0IH6-XzfOL8DxvdyujibKjVTnF3GmsNqXLqyKms/w480-h640/122%20quiltback.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">I bound this quilt with a magenta and black stripe fabric. The backing is an older Hoffman fabrics floral. Most of these blocks came from my FCQ Equilter group. I was very happy to find a decent backing and binding in my stash -- especially since I've had both fabrics for quite a while. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I was looking for the directions on Mary's web site I had to take a look at a couple of other quilt instructions. I don't really need additional ideas for quilts but I did see one or two that would use some of the things I have -- like half square triangles and hearts. Nothing is going to happen on these for quite a while though. (If ever!) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-3-of-2024.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXPMaGzKcCEra01QwJbpreh-VcSLtRSOTl9i0s3adHICErVLEOlfxuaNK1OR9mopVHfOP1vwL01GjR1lSZrgCH8-mkcdQkMPE-uT_GcDUJdCMNV-cw_g8UB4BmGOT_0Y1qvZPcNCGdW1cvVVqnwxlaliMEf_qCOFm669SVwcmi8GxxdcDAhyphenhyphenzbcaDLJTp/s320/15%20Minutes%20to%20Stitch%202024.png" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had another successful week of 15 Minutes to Stitch. I think the snow and cold made me stay inside a lot! I know this isn't going to continue but I'm enjoying it now. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Jan = 21/21days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 21/21 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%</span></li></ul><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for me today. I hope you spend some time surfing the internet to see what quilters are working on across the world. Try these Linky parties to do some blog hopping. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/01/oh-scrap-more-green.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-3-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/design-wall-monday-january-22-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday </a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-1-22-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musing</a> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are you looking for Mystery Quilts and Quilt Alongs? Check this <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-mysteries-quilt-alongs-and.html" target="_blank">post for the January listing</a>. (Yep, I was really late getting it done but there are several interesting events going on.) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-28338531378784032862024-01-16T17:43:00.002-05:002024-01-31T13:31:16.770-05:00January Mysteries, Quilt Alongs and Small Projects <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mysteries and Sew Alongs are being announced for 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Join Moda Fabrics and Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Design for a quilt along starting on January 25, 2024. It will use Doug's new pattern book <u>Chatsworth</u>. Find out more here: </span><a href="https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/chatsworth-quilt-along-coming-soon" style="font-family: verdana;">https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/chatsworth-quilt-along-coming-soon</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> $</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Stay At Home Round Robin (SARHH) has started. Gail started SAHRR during the pandemic to give everyone something to work on and engage with others. This link takes you to general info on SAHRR <a href="https://quiltinggail.com/2023/12/20/announcing-the-2024-sahrr/">https://quiltinggail.com/2023/12/20/announcing-the-2024-sahrr/</a>. takes. It's time to get your center block made and then share it at Gail's Linky party. <a href="https://quiltinggail.com/2024/01/15/sahrr-24-centre-block/">https://quiltinggail.com/2024/01/15/sahrr-24-centre-block/</a>.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Quilting Life is starting their year-long mystery quilt <a href="https://www.aquiltinglife.com/a-quilting-life-2024-block-of-the-month/"><span style="color: #dca10d;">https://www.aquiltinglife.com/a-quilting-life-2024-block-of-the-month/</span></a>. The blocks will be released on the first Monday each month. This year the block sizes will be 8” and 16” with a setting for each size quilt. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mystery Quilt for Military starts Jan. 5 with fabric requirements. This is going to be a scrappy quilt. If you join the Mystery Quilts 4 Military at <a href="https://groups.io/g/MysteryQuilts4Military/">https://groups.io/g/MysteryQuilts4Military/</a> you can get the clues and pre-clue info. Fabric requirements came out 1/5/24. First clue comes out 1/17/24 but check message 1929 for some hints about it. Alycia, who writes the mysteries, blogs at </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/">https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/</a></span>. She does plan to upload the mystery files to her blog.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“What’s in Your Closet?” Sew along with Pat Sloan. Jan 24, 2024 to May 15,2024. There will be one block shared each week. Supply List and Layout are already available. <a href="https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/2023/12/block-wed-getting-things-done-day-2-.html"><span style="color: #dca10d;">https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/2023/12/block-wed-getting-things-done-day-2-.html</span></a>. Scroll down to find the link to sign up for Pat’s videos or/and her weekly announcement.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Check out My Quilting Beehive for the new Colchester Mill Marvelous Mystery Quilt. For more information and a link to the sign up page go to <a href="https://www.myquiltingbeehive.com/">https://www.myquiltingbeehive.com/</a>. The mystery starts in February on the first Friday of the month through November. Cost is $25 and includes a Facebook group and videos from designer Michele Holt. I've seen several of Michelle's mysteries over the years and they are amazing. <a href="https://www.myquiltingbeehive.com/">https://www.myquiltingbeehive.com/</a> $</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And some little gift ideas ---</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here’s a free download for creating a folded star hot pad/trivet. <a href="https://www.sharonhollanddesigns.com/freebies/folded-star-pdf">https://www.sharonhollanddesigns.com/freebies/folded-star-pdf</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*Do you need a Tea Towel scarf? What’s that you ask? Go check it out. <a href="https://www.stacey-lee.com/2021/12/10/how-to-make-a-tea-towel-scarf/">https://www.stacey-lee.com/2021/12/10/how-to-make-a-tea-towel-scarf/</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*How about making a clear vinyl, pouch? <a href="https://www.stacey-lee.com/2022/05/13/vinyl-zipper-pouch-with-flat-bottom-tutorial/">https://www.stacey-lee.com/2022/05/13/vinyl-zipper-pouch-with-flat-bottom-tutorial/</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*These two take you to a web page which gives supply list and some information but you’ll need to watch the videos to learn how to make the items.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Enjoy checking these mysteries, sew alongs and little gifts. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p><br /></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p> </p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-83955111935195163442024-01-14T23:05:00.001-05:002024-01-15T09:29:47.347-05:00Monday Meanderings 1 - 15 - 24<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We finally were able to meet up with both of our kids and all the grandkids this weekend. We celebrated with our daughter's family on Christmas Day. We all ended up at our son's house on Saturday afternoon for present swapping, chatting, and simple food. That means I can finally show some of the Christmas presents I made last year. But first let's look at the goals' list from last week. It was a good week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/8/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Finish 3 yard quilt top — done.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make ✅backing for and ✅quilt small strippy quilt.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start on UFO appliqué block — Started but realized I didn’t want to make more blocks. The plan is to use a setting from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Circle of Nines</span> book. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bind 30 Something quilt and strippy — neither got done! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Iron one or <span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>two backing fabrics -- done and sewn together.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was happy with what I got done. I did get the last box of fabrics washed, dried, and folded. It will be going back to the guild Wednesday so it can be used in more quilts for our community projects. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's what I'll be working on this week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/15/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bind 30 Something and Strippy quilts</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Load and quilt another quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work on Appliqué quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more Bow Tie blocks, start blocks for FCQ Equilter </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start ripping out row of Ombre quilt </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cut out a bricks quilt </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, I decided I'm taking one of the rows out of the Ombre quilt. It shouldn't take that long to rip out the stitches. But I'll have to move the setting triangles too. This quilt isn't on the top of my to do list but I will start ripping out the stitches during my weekly hand stitching group. The group is always entertaining and ripping stitches will get done fairly quickly. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of the grand's ornaments I can now share all of them. First up is all four together. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRf20I8kX9OgKSnnLl57OB1MJKIkzYqhPlMgjDnM_r60_wWJQHl4RuR0luQ6uU5wuRhOCEkXFt6igFUOolCoGo-ACcsSKQHaOPbIm8AxcNKUykszPbK0F9Ft4Wmiu94nkinyvHeDw_klRAY7QWPu9Wvein0EHGTu1uGnVe-9ECs3Cok4nDomCtzMCu2lq/s3864/115%204%20mittens.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="2738" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRf20I8kX9OgKSnnLl57OB1MJKIkzYqhPlMgjDnM_r60_wWJQHl4RuR0luQ6uU5wuRhOCEkXFt6igFUOolCoGo-ACcsSKQHaOPbIm8AxcNKUykszPbK0F9Ft4Wmiu94nkinyvHeDw_klRAY7QWPu9Wvein0EHGTu1uGnVe-9ECs3Cok4nDomCtzMCu2lq/w454-h640/115%204%20mittens.jpeg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">These were from a kit by Rachel's of Greenfield. I changed up some of the designs by adding buttons on the cuffs rather than embroidering snowflakes along with other things. I also swapped out some of the felt with other colors. Here are each of the designs up close. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLfzUPGI6J_5usLMwaJ2iBAmovNIY7duGcMEFJP3sjNS22ga8_gC9p7lLfI1PLe4IowbTcG-7xMjU6ncMGEGA3mt6HTgUmr53Co9LpGTX6vRsjSWk9N74fmVh728qzSpmRsbBH30ri3uxjJfiaS6aTEXkJMq3eWPpDtYuARmRCeNW3Mh4_3w2wsd7RN99/s3330/115%20Ornament%20Gnome.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="2602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLfzUPGI6J_5usLMwaJ2iBAmovNIY7duGcMEFJP3sjNS22ga8_gC9p7lLfI1PLe4IowbTcG-7xMjU6ncMGEGA3mt6HTgUmr53Co9LpGTX6vRsjSWk9N74fmVh728qzSpmRsbBH30ri3uxjJfiaS6aTEXkJMq3eWPpDtYuARmRCeNW3Mh4_3w2wsd7RN99/w313-h400/115%20Ornament%20Gnome.jpeg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsGpqmEtJpmBzbCE4Hk2fIxifPfwQVof7EPoND1UMn3JYBMsrtNqylBopfKoswKMFCUK6R5D9B_xGl4I3ZEaDwm7yHJMSJuVdyZWLgVWJtvLL3vJJsiFNsMG-plcwPheDon9Te0vlc7aFrGS4UKXreIx6x03lb4J06T_FjND7_Y9PdXtdgBzEaTqNx8eV/s3142/115%20Bell%20ringer%20Gnome.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3142" data-original-width="2733" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsGpqmEtJpmBzbCE4Hk2fIxifPfwQVof7EPoND1UMn3JYBMsrtNqylBopfKoswKMFCUK6R5D9B_xGl4I3ZEaDwm7yHJMSJuVdyZWLgVWJtvLL3vJJsiFNsMG-plcwPheDon9Te0vlc7aFrGS4UKXreIx6x03lb4J06T_FjND7_Y9PdXtdgBzEaTqNx8eV/w348-h400/115%20Bell%20ringer%20Gnome.jpeg" width="348" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-kIBVAbaSYo5S1pDo4jXh9ORm7WetE5T714QASJiCYOthEfrD0o-w5WV3TCIdN76q7dEqEoRUeZNRdHj3OmOflU3Mp8AbFvVqED1WYNd79NKHNHh7laenFguXu00Kz9pL-ml9yQpAtekuUWtLOhII0ILhXgScMDwr8ezvAwFdaNIkzzkvwTj004lo0xI/s3157/115%20Lantern%20Gnome.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3157" data-original-width="2629" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-kIBVAbaSYo5S1pDo4jXh9ORm7WetE5T714QASJiCYOthEfrD0o-w5WV3TCIdN76q7dEqEoRUeZNRdHj3OmOflU3Mp8AbFvVqED1WYNd79NKHNHh7laenFguXu00Kz9pL-ml9yQpAtekuUWtLOhII0ILhXgScMDwr8ezvAwFdaNIkzzkvwTj004lo0xI/w333-h400/115%20Lantern%20Gnome.jpeg" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aqXKYvLVF9AqEiVrvU6-PZ3Z5fzdr45z0bggdXTZkqRSDy3OiI2MHrBKYBQvqdgTsTjLH_tOehvQow0mEgYx5-YX1bQgtSNkPqp_RxQscL78FOuqpU-KyOUItwChZ5_k8FkRDd-JIJkPn8dn_EkbC_GmnXU98QpN_0gLmaPihXYTKIocMSvABfND1nYD/s3622/115%20Present%20Gnome.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3622" data-original-width="2702" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aqXKYvLVF9AqEiVrvU6-PZ3Z5fzdr45z0bggdXTZkqRSDy3OiI2MHrBKYBQvqdgTsTjLH_tOehvQow0mEgYx5-YX1bQgtSNkPqp_RxQscL78FOuqpU-KyOUItwChZ5_k8FkRDd-JIJkPn8dn_EkbC_GmnXU98QpN_0gLmaPihXYTKIocMSvABfND1nYD/w299-h400/115%20Present%20Gnome.jpeg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thought on the ornaments for 2024 is to do something machine embroidered. Although, I may change my mind before I actually start on them later in the year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The big homemade gift for this year went to our son, Kevin. Years ago he gave me two big bags of t shirts. No ideas were given on which t shirts were the most important. What he might like color wise, etc. I let them sit in the quilt closet for years. I made our son-in-law his quilt. Someone paid me to make another t shirt quilt. I waited a bit more and finally, this year, I decided it was time to do it. I don't particularly like making t shirt quilts although the recipients generally love them. He had totally forgotten about them. (Or maybe he lost hope that I would use them!) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's his first look in the gift bag. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIS8U5OAv_dw6SnePJZwCZPbt5VuKVFJvES3YS4iXlDMgT0SWGrSz1kWOfjJ4MX1HOokICjl2G2Cj1Bc-iotU0A5RotYF6eCsFlxIfRkd1sege5Slda5SJ2axKNvpnmHXET4G3VwaV_LJQZ2TyG0gkt35EXGw_yHMiGLbi9fLlsTMUGSV1NV15mo7h_Li/s4032/115%20First%20look%20at%20T%20shirt%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2826" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIS8U5OAv_dw6SnePJZwCZPbt5VuKVFJvES3YS4iXlDMgT0SWGrSz1kWOfjJ4MX1HOokICjl2G2Cj1Bc-iotU0A5RotYF6eCsFlxIfRkd1sege5Slda5SJ2axKNvpnmHXET4G3VwaV_LJQZ2TyG0gkt35EXGw_yHMiGLbi9fLlsTMUGSV1NV15mo7h_Li/w448-h640/115%20First%20look%20at%20T%20shirt%20quilt.jpeg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then he was taken with the first shirts he really noticed. Yea, he was really touched about the whole thing. But he really liked the two white shirts center front. They were from his wedding day 5K. Yep, we all did a 5K the morning of his wedding. One shirt says "Aimee and Kevin's wedding day 5K." Then there is a picture of his dog, Cassie and the words "Cassie Sponsored." The one below that was from the back of the shirt and has a picture of Homer and the words "Homer Approved!" Homer was Aimee's dog. They both loved them included in the quilt.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSciWM1ojxMrzXcOHHNHa9SWM3PBPGhBd7u2B-SWRc7WMGVsHSq6rRQk2e4N6_NStGaOWXYZnUhTnfxZCznD5D-rsd8c1TWwmn-7dHuGIRdrnov6k_8eSae4LsN3Wf1fmB_VJxs8hSuA29tatMpfyxMwybG4PLVwuIQ3SzcpQ6ue8F20Ve5KeNdo2-PI_/s3490/115%20checking%20out%20a%20t%20shirt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3490" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSciWM1ojxMrzXcOHHNHa9SWM3PBPGhBd7u2B-SWRc7WMGVsHSq6rRQk2e4N6_NStGaOWXYZnUhTnfxZCznD5D-rsd8c1TWwmn-7dHuGIRdrnov6k_8eSae4LsN3Wf1fmB_VJxs8hSuA29tatMpfyxMwybG4PLVwuIQ3SzcpQ6ue8F20Ve5KeNdo2-PI_/w554-h640/115%20checking%20out%20a%20t%20shirt.jpeg" width="554" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now for the full quilt picture. Hum, their daughter was peeking out and has her tongue out for some reason. (Almost every picture I took of her this weekend that tongue is hanging out! What??) There were a lot of shirts for races (running and biking), some from rowing in college and one from the music school in college. Sorry this one isn't the best picture. You can see the shirts better in the next one which was taken while I was working on it. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ftrmhdT-qrVbgXDrM4kAktURwXWynlk5PkMYjm80X9xG8XfwFEz329phI4RF6Ju9Q6gVQSr5AwUTf168m_af5mdWQCcyNka2Slcf7vG17jXHdyYSCs3C8oxejphgG5QaeOt0cimcfhQ73-7os54LhA1ImH5KD9BBPP9osewTKl3z-Ev1VyneQW2GJ6l1/s3833/115%20full%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3833" data-original-width="2934" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ftrmhdT-qrVbgXDrM4kAktURwXWynlk5PkMYjm80X9xG8XfwFEz329phI4RF6Ju9Q6gVQSr5AwUTf168m_af5mdWQCcyNka2Slcf7vG17jXHdyYSCs3C8oxejphgG5QaeOt0cimcfhQ73-7os54LhA1ImH5KD9BBPP9osewTKl3z-Ev1VyneQW2GJ6l1/w490-h640/115%20full%20quilt.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The backing was the same as the border. The binding was the same blue grunge used in the quilt. The quilting pattern is Rhapsody E2E with Puppy Paws from My Creative Stitches. Kevin and family are all great dog fans hence the Puppy Paws in the quilting design. </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzve3xck2p6540SWdi1JksmE3LnsZMOY_yHpo9muPD0p7EWrzO7sNxciXTt0qhArWxHp5U-GCzzqHrFgSER7Y_7irQyYZaaXDEXKRbDfL-JTQaFtaePR3yC7d0GPpLx1sxFOpRNRWzIVEbQdj0JzAmLcIHTiS0u3GOMyCNV9oDpDaiMbpTLhm1vrVSUBvf/s3569/115%20T%20shirt%20quilt%20in%20the%20works....jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3569" data-original-width="2726" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzve3xck2p6540SWdi1JksmE3LnsZMOY_yHpo9muPD0p7EWrzO7sNxciXTt0qhArWxHp5U-GCzzqHrFgSER7Y_7irQyYZaaXDEXKRbDfL-JTQaFtaePR3yC7d0GPpLx1sxFOpRNRWzIVEbQdj0JzAmLcIHTiS0u3GOMyCNV9oDpDaiMbpTLhm1vrVSUBvf/w488-h640/115%20T%20shirt%20quilt%20in%20the%20works....jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did really well with 15 Minutes to Stitch this week. Even the day we went for our family Christmas get together I was able to get 45 minutes of stitching in before we left! Here are my results. I'm really happy. But I know there will be some days I won't get any time but in the meantime I'm in the stitching zone! </span></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Jan = 14/14 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 14/14 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%</span></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's time to move on to the Linky Parties. Let's check out what's happening with quilters by using these links. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/01/oh-scrap-green.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-2-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/design-wall-monday-january-15-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-1-15-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's time to get to bed! Morning comes early and there might be snow! If it isn't there first thing in the am there's a continued chance during the afternoon and evening. I can't decide if I like that or not but I have plenty of things to do to keep busy! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-74802568177537737602024-01-12T22:20:00.002-05:002024-01-12T22:20:15.566-05:00A Finish or Two! <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Between Christmas and now I've quilted 4 quilts. Today I'm showing two of them. <strike>The third one hasn't been bound yet</strike>. Um, yes it has I just forgot to take pictures! So it will wait. The fourth one hasn't been bound yet! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">First up Snoopy and Charlie Brown. I found the Charlie and Snoopy squares in a box marked squares (!) a few months ago. I don't remember how or where I got them but it was time to put them to use. I found some red and blue 4 patches and the fabric that went with them to help make the quilt. I took the supplies to the October retreat and put it together there. Want to see some of the steps in getting this one to a quilt? Check out these posts: <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2023/10/monday-meanderings-10-2-2023.html" target="_blank">10/2</a> and <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2023/10/monday-meanderings-10-9-2023.html" target="_blank">10/9</a>. Here it is just coming off the long arm.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0w7cRd-6q78mbNYEO74iOTGO02EXPNe-HvOsWsCCvu82jy0If8xtIQdm0JG4CPdcv5-LyJ5kNJ93tZrrofNs_fyyIWHnzCQxQk_ScRLvTp716W-Nc4bNwDfbvLzlW3aKWX466-Qgk-9gSwzuu24XKZZg3FG8oea748ZSPQDtzcknbWBrUVFLLEn7INKN/s3608/113%20Snoopy%20and%20CB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2911" data-original-width="3608" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0w7cRd-6q78mbNYEO74iOTGO02EXPNe-HvOsWsCCvu82jy0If8xtIQdm0JG4CPdcv5-LyJ5kNJ93tZrrofNs_fyyIWHnzCQxQk_ScRLvTp716W-Nc4bNwDfbvLzlW3aKWX466-Qgk-9gSwzuu24XKZZg3FG8oea748ZSPQDtzcknbWBrUVFLLEn7INKN/w400-h323/113%20Snoopy%20and%20CB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The quilting pattern is Rhapsody Leaf by My Creative Stitches. The design also comes with puppy paws which you'll see later this month. </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;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEe9-pE-h5nhm6_yagF4ywE4P9BKYPZhiweHWIpiOHJkzw7w-lS8Qn3D9HoehadcK6wkRujOft8fhH30OauP3oVttRBFas6fYJvd0_1AR4mg60KVsr_rmqZ9O3Iy6fMXet1my6SGo6Oa1zhVyYmxDBNjfk20aKk4IfrqQaHE-ZeoDLtP-7IXQoWMsA4Xw/s2630/13Snoopy%20and%20Charlie.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2579" data-original-width="2630" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEe9-pE-h5nhm6_yagF4ywE4P9BKYPZhiweHWIpiOHJkzw7w-lS8Qn3D9HoehadcK6wkRujOft8fhH30OauP3oVttRBFas6fYJvd0_1AR4mg60KVsr_rmqZ9O3Iy6fMXet1my6SGo6Oa1zhVyYmxDBNjfk20aKk4IfrqQaHE-ZeoDLtP-7IXQoWMsA4Xw/w640-h628/13Snoopy%20and%20Charlie.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up is Coffee Break. I like to let a fun fabric do the hard work of making a great quilt. And this crazy coffee fabric fit that bill. So I added some "loud" fabric and came up with this one. </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMAKNyadOK-ucdW3JwwJ58_-4zDQhy05Bkl0dvDCNk0uNUHnapEGmrn-I3yXTIlITPXmyvm2Xqc1y-I89FpONBTxdjElUz5WLXqO5Eh2Q0VvRKoOj7X5PoSCF7NyLvXisxZocY0Laxf_00uG29UsK8nD6FePjOar4Ba0Q56i6bSul_VO_qFbFSUir8bwo/s2966/113%20Coffee%20Break.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2966" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMAKNyadOK-ucdW3JwwJ58_-4zDQhy05Bkl0dvDCNk0uNUHnapEGmrn-I3yXTIlITPXmyvm2Xqc1y-I89FpONBTxdjElUz5WLXqO5Eh2Q0VvRKoOj7X5PoSCF7NyLvXisxZocY0Laxf_00uG29UsK8nD6FePjOar4Ba0Q56i6bSul_VO_qFbFSUir8bwo/w528-h640/113%20Coffee%20Break.jpeg" width="528" /></a></div><br />I used a computerized stipple called Classic Stipple by Apricot Moon. The picture below shows a little closeup of the quilt and the bird house Pat made last summer. We haven't noticed any birds living in it yet. Hopefully we'll have some this coming spring and summer. </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This quilt will also be donated through Virginia Star Quilt Guild but it will be going to our local senior center. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAf1vmasFvTKlHudyF3LGCwVTNaW6XvjFJReBcenrkfmA0FO3C3wWkd-XSHmjvkSKbOzJESwiju31islvjYaBFbcZg1bWHuKVK9IvMaohO6jDDAqViri3oPJ1Q_Sq3njWRt7ieKUM-3NKB9DZQZWmp4ku31KUIlmE1iSnq5QshZMVhMWcw7ipcKff0tMr/s3024/113%20Quilt%20with%20bird%20house.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="3024" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAf1vmasFvTKlHudyF3LGCwVTNaW6XvjFJReBcenrkfmA0FO3C3wWkd-XSHmjvkSKbOzJESwiju31islvjYaBFbcZg1bWHuKVK9IvMaohO6jDDAqViri3oPJ1Q_Sq3njWRt7ieKUM-3NKB9DZQZWmp4ku31KUIlmE1iSnq5QshZMVhMWcw7ipcKff0tMr/w640-h413/113%20Quilt%20with%20bird%20house.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When we took these pictures this afternoon I forgot the third quilt I've finished. So one of these days I'll get a picture of it and share. And, another quilt is on the long arm. I have 9 or 10 quilts lined up with backing so there will be a lot more finishes over the next few months. But I keep making new tops so there will be more than those finished this year. </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please visit these Linky parties to see what quilters from around the world are working on now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2024/01/midweek-makers-417.html" target="_blank">Midweek Makers</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/2024/01/happy-2024.html" target="_blank">Needle and Thread Thursday</a></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/hawaii-gingham-giveaway-3-and-finished.html" target="_blank">Finished or Not Friday </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beauties Pageant</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are hoping to be able to celebrate Christmas with our son's family Saturday. We'll see whether we can as both he and I have been exposed to Covid this week. I tested negative on Thursday and I'll test again Saturday morning. Fun times, eh? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I realized that I failed to post my Mysteries and Stitch Alongs. I'll try to get that finished on Sunday. There are quite a few good opportunities if you are looking for something new to make. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-55247052805821318292024-01-07T22:49:00.006-05:002024-01-08T11:18:50.408-05:00Monday Meanderings 1 - 8 - 2024<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Lobster; font-size: x-large;">Happy New Year</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lobster; font-size: x-large;">2024</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now we are a week into 2024 I'm back at my blog. I decided to take a one week blogging break. It turned out that I got a bunch of things done in the studio. I cleaned up some of the horizontal surfaces. A new Accucut Big came into the studio and some sewing was completed. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the results of my goals dated January 1, 2024.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/1/24</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Bind small quilt or 2 — 1 quilt bound.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Wash, dry and fold some fabric — one load done.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Finalize UFO list & quilts I’d like to make in 2024 — still need quilts-to-make list.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅✅✅</span>Make 3 or 4 walker bag kits — made many kits to take to guild. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">Here's </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">what I hope to do this week. I can't figure out if these are enough items or whether more should be added. I generally try to pick goals that I can actually complete during the week. Hopefully all of these will get done. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/8/24</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish 3 yard quilt top</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make backing for and quilt small strippy quilt</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start on UFO appliqué block </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bind 30 Something quilt and strippy</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Iron one or two backing fabrics</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wash, dry and fold the last of the red fabrics</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The washing, drying, and folding of fabric took a hiatus for most of this past week. I think all I have left can be washed in one load. One of things I've been doing with each load is throwing in some Color Catchers™ and Color Grabbers™. I've used Color Catchers™ for years and find they do absorb color from the wash water. For these loads I've been throwing in lots of them. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNVNiZLXbmeNTFCzllTcviTf2oc8K9KEBjwqZa9nRe-ReaVLvDVUNnlzpXYuNbez-bjIg4M0UfjQCX6uLBj0bNMWRiYMQnmurDvGK3dVfbm4_CpSD_HMj1Dpy3TuS4rH8-MtMuSGf7f5AXT6pyc05fLoNE_mGKXihqIRiR5KF5Vp4qJ1lfMw0Vay_3ZaD/s3762/18%20Reds%20w%20purple.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2349" data-original-width="3762" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNVNiZLXbmeNTFCzllTcviTf2oc8K9KEBjwqZa9nRe-ReaVLvDVUNnlzpXYuNbez-bjIg4M0UfjQCX6uLBj0bNMWRiYMQnmurDvGK3dVfbm4_CpSD_HMj1Dpy3TuS4rH8-MtMuSGf7f5AXT6pyc05fLoNE_mGKXihqIRiR5KF5Vp4qJ1lfMw0Vay_3ZaD/w400-h250/18%20Reds%20w%20purple.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the results from my last fabric load that was reds and one piece of purple. I tend to reuse the sheets but most of these were new for this wash. The small ones are Color Grabbers™ and the larger ones are Color Catchers™. From what I remember the prices are similar. I prefer the Color Catchers as they are bigger and I assume they will absorb more color. Do you use any form of color controller when you wash your fabrics or your quilts? I've gotten in the habit of washing all fabrics when they come into the house. That way I don't worry about shrinkage nor bleeding. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqR4SAx7CtmmlmaNduxjU6JtYH7IXyY5459Z_CtMYFTn8GfqK56OQvWrWg4IbQRHytnTh7k72Wd3pDZHdei50LmhLYCIbWl_D9Y18r9c733Xo5ZR5b-C4-kkJM9zh2qCzSPgOr1F8a5cp6_8TXUqyCpN1AsIpTOs_ECOqZnpWzJ50n_D8vvUdtWNJhHlt9/s3772/18%20color%20catchers-grabbers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="3772" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqR4SAx7CtmmlmaNduxjU6JtYH7IXyY5459Z_CtMYFTn8GfqK56OQvWrWg4IbQRHytnTh7k72Wd3pDZHdei50LmhLYCIbWl_D9Y18r9c733Xo5ZR5b-C4-kkJM9zh2qCzSPgOr1F8a5cp6_8TXUqyCpN1AsIpTOs_ECOqZnpWzJ50n_D8vvUdtWNJhHlt9/w400-h241/18%20color%20catchers-grabbers.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyj6LCWChZW4H7YqBi7seQ2PIVrghmyOwfU9P5BfxFfd-X704pZFe1qaN_wuh8vOg8Dxi3kK5czc27pK69HMsGPqNEPSp0eTqjswbveQCzyL95t151jFvAiL4l4Y9DGqp3Nzo2RqGfWch4dbw9o2WFR0DJXc_X470PF0-BZDtXCR54FJzhg1QD1qFnBet/s3439/18%20Color%20boxes.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="3439" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyj6LCWChZW4H7YqBi7seQ2PIVrghmyOwfU9P5BfxFfd-X704pZFe1qaN_wuh8vOg8Dxi3kK5czc27pK69HMsGPqNEPSp0eTqjswbveQCzyL95t151jFvAiL4l4Y9DGqp3Nzo2RqGfWch4dbw9o2WFR0DJXc_X470PF0-BZDtXCR54FJzhg1QD1qFnBet/s320/18%20Color%20boxes.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been using Shout Color Catcher™ for years. I tried Carbona Color Grabber ™ when I saw it recently at my local grocery store. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkiCh-2m8zLy7VoUK3CiMogkG1lDYfEvUnzQK94sKQUYf0NdRfjuzGgjIfs21jMQntN8E9A5akOLI61sSDJ3yhqNVKhuQhUHJiIpJ9MZiz0jdd-vZsOAM_FOMrG5_nRTrcP2AlAdJnB5Z0NEKKKMTJiTgKgq1_hvpHLc4xtlEbte_u2UbCIjTydE-gudx/s2720/18%20Strippy%20Quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="2616" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkiCh-2m8zLy7VoUK3CiMogkG1lDYfEvUnzQK94sKQUYf0NdRfjuzGgjIfs21jMQntN8E9A5akOLI61sSDJ3yhqNVKhuQhUHJiIpJ9MZiz0jdd-vZsOAM_FOMrG5_nRTrcP2AlAdJnB5Z0NEKKKMTJiTgKgq1_hvpHLc4xtlEbte_u2UbCIjTydE-gudx/w385-h400/18%20Strippy%20Quilt.jpeg" width="385" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the little strippy quilt I made. The dark strip is actually a teal that blends with the cat and dog fabrics. Whoops! Just noticed the cats are smaller than the dogs. Except for the teal strip the rest of the fabrics came from fabrics I've been washing for my local quilt guild. Hopefully I'll have it quilted and bound by the next meeting. If you'd like some basic instructions for a strippy quilt check out Mary Quilts. Here's a direct link to her <a href="https://maryquilts.com/quick-strippie/" target="_blank">Quick Strippie pattern</a>. I've made several over the years but generally divvy up my fabric based on how much I have of each. You might guess that I had very little of the teal for the above top! I actually like how Mary's examples have the cute print fabric do the majority of the work. Unfortunately I had very little of the dog and the cat fabric so I used the bright yellow to make it big enough to give to one of the charities.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, for my last photo of this post -- here's a pic of all the spools I emptied in 2023. Honestly, this was a pretty sparse year for me. Lowest year: 7. Highest year: 30. This year's 12 isn't great. I do know I have at least 3 almost empty</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> long arm </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">cones. Hopefully 2024 will see more spools used up. The average since I started keeping track (2012) is 19.25. Do you keep count of the cones and spools you use? </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5AvN3LHR3s_N1O1nr3m7MplChh3Cbs9slyrrb3AtiMRsp_lVfjsdk6ntUM4LgXZ05j2sHlgBd58FTFMCBnZApZqZZ3v_I5Bcv9A9HqiohHkxZtU-sWX17M6oQYMSGVXGUBe80Os2_RXd74lEVP0Ps8N5Wy4PzEdVEzd76gMHhAIFs2PgnfDfUH3zXqiK/s3813/18%20Spools%20;used.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="3813" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5AvN3LHR3s_N1O1nr3m7MplChh3Cbs9slyrrb3AtiMRsp_lVfjsdk6ntUM4LgXZ05j2sHlgBd58FTFMCBnZApZqZZ3v_I5Bcv9A9HqiohHkxZtU-sWX17M6oQYMSGVXGUBe80Os2_RXd74lEVP0Ps8N5Wy4PzEdVEzd76gMHhAIFs2PgnfDfUH3zXqiK/w400-h288/18%20Spools%20;used.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm joining in with Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch for 2024. Visit her blog <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-1-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Life in Pieces</a> to see how she did and other folks also trying for at least 15 minutes a day. Here are my first week results. </span><p></p><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/week = 7/7 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/Jan = 7/7 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 minute days/2024 = 7/7 days</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate = 100%</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Boy that makes me look so successful! And, considering I did sew every day I guess I was successful! Since I try to blog on Sunday evening I'm showing my week from Mondays to Sundays. My goal is to be successful 80% of the time. We'll see how I do on this new endeavor. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with my regular Linky Parties. I hope to do a bit of internet surfing this week. I've been so focused on my sewing I just haven't been reading other blogs for the last week or two. Join me surfing the internet with these Linky parties. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/01/oh-scrap-something-new.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href=" https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-1-of-2024.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff at Life in Pieces</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/design-wall-monday-january-8-2024.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-1-8-24/" target="_blank">Sew and Tell </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's hoping we all have a great 2024. Think of all the quilts we can make this year. And for those of us working on UFOs -- won't it be fabulous to move some along and maybe finish some? </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-15642131113746372112023-12-27T13:24:00.008-05:002023-12-27T13:32:08.296-05:00Goals and a Few Finishes<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had a great Christmas but not the celebration we thought we were having. Christmas Eve day our son called to tell us his wife had come down with Covid. He wasn't feeling all that great and also worried about the kids. But the gist of the conversation was they couldn't host Christmas for us or his in-laws. We all enjoy the opportunity to catch up with everyone while having room for the 17 of us to fit in the house or play in the yard. Bummer. Our daughter and her husband came up with a meal at their house really fast. (Hum, what does it say about me when I'm concerned about the meal?) We were trying to figure out if a 6 lb. turkey breast would feed 7. They came up with a meal before we could figure that out! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I thought I'd share some of the presents I made and ones I received after I do the normal goals post. As you can see below I did pretty well on the goals. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/18/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Sing at Mall and a private gig — <i>done until mid January</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt a small quilt — <i>the back is loaded ... but no sewing done</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Wrap presents — <i>finished with a day to spare!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Attend guild dinner — <i>Had a wonderful time — so much fun</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Make more placemats —<i> turned in 6!</i> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-style: normal; white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Wash, dry and fold some more fabric — <i>3 of 4 boxes done and returned, 1 to go</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-variant-caps: normal;">The </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">gals who plan our quilt guild holiday party go all out. It was a beautiful scene and we had a lot of fun. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvRQjS0DP9qDw72SlRLW9rWuNtsaApE43ZrCN3qIMdI9cCCR62vBOtw1xmreCRcELJ5J7ZrUE_252Gs2V-ghaIkJfZ1I8K1AOWn6vJ4F0NwtXUWVEeUc6x3DM9rjZcRwFsTy2aU1kYbsThDFbVpzPsXahjmwdWI_pNv_9JYIwE5xxLWd2FOc4eBQPNSL_/s4032/1227%20table%20decorations.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="4032" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvRQjS0DP9qDw72SlRLW9rWuNtsaApE43ZrCN3qIMdI9cCCR62vBOtw1xmreCRcELJ5J7ZrUE_252Gs2V-ghaIkJfZ1I8K1AOWn6vJ4F0NwtXUWVEeUc6x3DM9rjZcRwFsTy2aU1kYbsThDFbVpzPsXahjmwdWI_pNv_9JYIwE5xxLWd2FOc4eBQPNSL_/w640-h312/1227%20table%20decorations.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So far this week I have been taking things easy. I did think about skipping goals but decided to go ahead and make a list. I may not get them done but that's ok.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/26/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt a small quilt or two </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clean up several horizontal surfaces in studio </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pick something fun and easy and make a quilt top</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish Dec. Clue for Malted Mystery</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Relax, read, and have fun </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">Since some of the Christmas presents I made have been given away I'm including photos of two of my grands in their presents. Remember the goals to embroider two sweatshirts? Several months ago <a href="https://www.urbanthreads.com" target="_blank">Urban Threads</a> had a sale on some designs just right for sweatshirts. I sent emails to both grands and asked them to pick the design they would like. Sophie, the oldest, picked out several and asked me to surprise them. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Argh! How to make that decision as they were very different. I finally chose the first one listed. And, luckily they really liked it -- thought it was cool. (I liked it because it had only 4 thread colors and only 4 thread changes. Yipee!) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5adINgwJXNiRSiOGkGMBWfu8KcNs1-5PD7CsmtJhWACYzT6yOfB1xB4EHVpcxZ-93BQAuthb9agaqnD2gmJlgGP6RJ_gKhtb3b9_f9bupH3gGAYrtUlg9eBjn7M_1lt3tlwD7Q-nQGHqd9bDHYUyXMJIjQ9Xwkj3EsT_vCXZZN1kSGclvBftH8paaWHn/s3276/1127%20Sophie%20and%20swallows.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3276" data-original-width="2436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5adINgwJXNiRSiOGkGMBWfu8KcNs1-5PD7CsmtJhWACYzT6yOfB1xB4EHVpcxZ-93BQAuthb9agaqnD2gmJlgGP6RJ_gKhtb3b9_f9bupH3gGAYrtUlg9eBjn7M_1lt3tlwD7Q-nQGHqd9bDHYUyXMJIjQ9Xwkj3EsT_vCXZZN1kSGclvBftH8paaWHn/w298-h400/1127%20Sophie%20and%20swallows.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Natalie chose one after some prodding from her mom. And, evidently totally forgot about it. (She mentioned that to me Christmas Day which was nice that it was a surprise.) Unfortunately I bought the wrong size sweatshirt and didn't realize it until after I'd embroidered it. That went to my good friend's granddaughter who was tickled to get it. This design used 8 colors and 11 color changes. What was neat about both of them is I didn't have to buy any threads -- I used what I have. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyYSe8sCyqd66qjWGnY4LzkgbvsX5QifC9ecP_tevfMnKaSmQt-udK7pYUJYKfahHwq2XUnUzZtq6p1aD6SOBlrY3esubvCUVQToq_pWYBC1i2bo7C9NB56Y9NXCDTUJR1Be9VSkxaxfyxmVV43SXp5W8-won0oY0o8mYtpEwIbJKLsE0mp_8MS0Bs5vL/s3378/1227%20Natalie%20Dragon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3378" data-original-width="2258" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyYSe8sCyqd66qjWGnY4LzkgbvsX5QifC9ecP_tevfMnKaSmQt-udK7pYUJYKfahHwq2XUnUzZtq6p1aD6SOBlrY3esubvCUVQToq_pWYBC1i2bo7C9NB56Y9NXCDTUJR1Be9VSkxaxfyxmVV43SXp5W8-won0oY0o8mYtpEwIbJKLsE0mp_8MS0Bs5vL/w268-h400/1227%20Natalie%20Dragon.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's been quite a while since I last did any embroidery. There was a learning curve to remember (or look up) how to do things but I think there might be some more embroidering in my future. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hubby got me two great Christmas presents. One was a new sweatshirt. I relate to this pile of books. Needless to say it hit the wash and I started wearing it right away. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x0-fw4EuyNSiz-vS2Zn-khK0rWK5PlVrUSAynRhSySUWwIgZE7r5dCoXZlRt_CUKex3-3cWPbZHgAfKYw_REqE_vVwlBQ4a4m9rYCIjsEdKxlwYh-P0kil9ac-MYdzPqQsNFGH4-TxmbX8_2kcMIfJn1rXrgwZq1lSeSgDuC2IXK5eQY7PYWRrqivvaS/s966/1227%20Bonnie's%20OK.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x0-fw4EuyNSiz-vS2Zn-khK0rWK5PlVrUSAynRhSySUWwIgZE7r5dCoXZlRt_CUKex3-3cWPbZHgAfKYw_REqE_vVwlBQ4a4m9rYCIjsEdKxlwYh-P0kil9ac-MYdzPqQsNFGH4-TxmbX8_2kcMIfJn1rXrgwZq1lSeSgDuC2IXK5eQY7PYWRrqivvaS/w304-h400/1227%20Bonnie's%20OK.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">My other present hubby made for me after I sent him the idea. Have you been using wooden blocks to help make your blocks/seams lie flatter? I had the opportunity to use some at two of the retreats this year and decided I liked the bigger size rather than smaller ones. I heard a lot of cutting, sanding and such from his workshop but didn't know what he was working on although I was hoping. I was really happy to see this 10" block. If you don't know about using wood blocks they started out in tailoring as clampers. Someone decided it might work well to make quilt seams lie flat and they were right. I always use steam with my iron as it doesn't seem to do well without it. Now I steam my units and/or my finished block and pop this wood block on it. It seems to pull out the heat and moisture leaving a very flat seam. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDXs45HzX5lPnAGsQPwlvJX7RXrNqo5A9J6WLA6uFQILhd_5k0vZsMYnxEdVj5ZBH_UgJBbgTFRGd52aVuZT4tuZTrz2WtVCq6bD4oBFUn9DL7Zt32ZicNWfLNwMEi4eqwtMdBfHG9ETFUYk6L7wk_5E2aOywshbFBSEoNQ69nYYeYWIFXUFikrosFrNO/s2864/1227%20Wooden%20weight.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="2864" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDXs45HzX5lPnAGsQPwlvJX7RXrNqo5A9J6WLA6uFQILhd_5k0vZsMYnxEdVj5ZBH_UgJBbgTFRGd52aVuZT4tuZTrz2WtVCq6bD4oBFUn9DL7Zt32ZicNWfLNwMEi4eqwtMdBfHG9ETFUYk6L7wk_5E2aOywshbFBSEoNQ69nYYeYWIFXUFikrosFrNO/s320/1227%20Wooden%20weight.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used this while working on some Happy Blocks and some of the blocks for Malted Mystery. I was very happy with the results. I chose a 10" block because I have the 9" (fin) Accuquilt Cube so I tend to make a lot of 9.5" unfinished blocks. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part of what's left of this week I need to decide on which UFOs I'll put on the APQ 2024 challenge. I might also list the quilts and other items I've finished this year. I have decided I'm going back to keeping fabric usage and purchases again. I've done it for many years and for some reason decided I didn't want to this year. I wish I had so I'm going back to keeping that info. I'm not sure what new projects I'll start but might I admit to having a dresser drawer full of fabric and some patterns I pulled to use together. I need to stop pulling and start using that fabric. I keep planning quilts but haven't work on new ones since before October. I also plan to participate in the 15 minutes of sewing every day at <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Life in Pieces</a>. Although I do tend to sew every day, I am going to include time spent cutting fabrics, or cleaning up the cutting table and the like. It all goes into the mix and counts toward sewing time. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's enough for today. Here's some different blogs that I'll be linking with. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2023/12/midweek-makers-415.html" target="_blank">Midweek Makers</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2023/12/27/wednesday-wait-loss-360" target="_blank">Wednesday Wait Loss</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Im hoping to spend some time surfing the Internet. I really don't need more ideas, but it is fun to see what is going on with quilters around the world. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-22121808010938354672023-12-25T09:13:00.004-05:002023-12-25T09:13:38.754-05:00Merry Christmas<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bonbon; font-size: x-large;"><b> Here's wishing everyone a </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bonbon; font-size: x-large;"><b>Merry Christmas. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Bonbon; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-pbuLUVqaBWKHO3YdCisrBQLpCakg7WlmhAgSQ0RdG7pcZsp0vhjHS12t2qrlF50Ialnj_BM3y499xjmnniXaxjcMj7G3rx_9FNbr-xiX2Cc8tkfzJOm5nSbcaW5ILBUTAU9Mt8guBqt7WCnG14FMCFz2dAfLp8AheiNgeITFdfsgApJdvX4KihuMhke/s4032/1225%20Reindeer%20at%20Mall.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-pbuLUVqaBWKHO3YdCisrBQLpCakg7WlmhAgSQ0RdG7pcZsp0vhjHS12t2qrlF50Ialnj_BM3y499xjmnniXaxjcMj7G3rx_9FNbr-xiX2Cc8tkfzJOm5nSbcaW5ILBUTAU9Mt8guBqt7WCnG14FMCFz2dAfLp8AheiNgeITFdfsgApJdvX4KihuMhke/w408-h640/1225%20Reindeer%20at%20Mall.jpeg" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Bonbon; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These reindeer looked cute at the Mall last week. But, I bet the real reindeer are relaxing after their long journey yesterday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'll be back tomorrow (or maybe Wednesday) with my normal post. In the meantime I'm getting ready to go to a Christmas Day that is different than planned but it's going to be fun for sure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div><p></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-74544492967131549462023-12-17T21:17:00.001-05:002023-12-18T09:05:45.909-05:00Monday Meandering 12 - 18 - 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you checked out a book today with a two week check out period? I haven't yet but I know what the due date will be: Jan 1, 2024. Yes, we are 2 weeks from next year! That doesn't mean I am completely ready for Christmas, a week away; but I think my plans will get me to the big day with little problems. Let's go straight to the goals lists. First last week's list. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/11/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Quilt and bind small quilt — no binding yet.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Sing with carol group - done. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Quilt customer top - done and returned. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish ornament(s?) — I stitched a little on the one left to finish.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Wash, dry and fold some fabric — several batches were done but I agreed to take two more boxes. And returned a box. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Make more placemats — at least 2 were done.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more happy blocks — oops. Didn’t get anymore done.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not a bad week. Mostly this week was spent quilting. First up was finishing up one of my small quilts. It's pretty wild. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyuhylFlHS5v-5IPhTKMBOc7xhbvM4z7fsDutxFZd9qLYFFENEZyNZbYMDCWE1SgL4wxcNAFRqZ0ew5F32heTHtKYo-qn_sqDrrs796Z93Plb2W31MThJhO1OkQ_Rl7qeLuooawXD9O4VPDllDdPGek3QM_MbR7IzJ5xqwsR-6bdyZl67Up7NZXor6Wx5/s3183/1218%20Caffe%20Quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3183" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyuhylFlHS5v-5IPhTKMBOc7xhbvM4z7fsDutxFZd9qLYFFENEZyNZbYMDCWE1SgL4wxcNAFRqZ0ew5F32heTHtKYo-qn_sqDrrs796Z93Plb2W31MThJhO1OkQ_Rl7qeLuooawXD9O4VPDllDdPGek3QM_MbR7IzJ5xqwsR-6bdyZl67Up7NZXor6Wx5/w380-h400/1218%20Caffe%20Quilt.jpeg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't remember where I got this fabric from. I think it must be from a group of fabrics I purchased used from a quilter. I think I used a built in stipple to quilt it. As soon as it was off the frame I put on Nancy's quilt. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZJUxAYioYEodrTZ_Kl_QiU_ZeDO1KndvjOeoUr-6YCIGstFgX9vjG5Lq_gQBuiJ741pd46NYmiP1M9BOnXoLh5ledAFbKXjoHJOmeFjuGRuqMo7nnQigVxqCb66eHuwthKzgA3lyYgS3CZ5c60UbExjYw1b0Eh1TVKfY_-brhrISLmur1KDMEJf9JEIQ/s4032/1218%20Nancy's%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZJUxAYioYEodrTZ_Kl_QiU_ZeDO1KndvjOeoUr-6YCIGstFgX9vjG5Lq_gQBuiJ741pd46NYmiP1M9BOnXoLh5ledAFbKXjoHJOmeFjuGRuqMo7nnQigVxqCb66eHuwthKzgA3lyYgS3CZ5c60UbExjYw1b0Eh1TVKfY_-brhrISLmur1KDMEJf9JEIQ/w400-h300/1218%20Nancy's%20quilt.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">She made one similar to this one using some of the same fabrics with the cute alphabet. She chose Squiggle Wiggle for the quilting design. It adds to the fun of the animals. I forgot to take a pic of the full quilt. If I'm lucky she'll bring it to the quilt guild meeting this week so I'll get a picture of the finished quilt. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up are pics of some of the placemats I've made recently. These will be turned in at the meeting also. First up is one I made from a new pattern -- Easy Mitered Placemats by Karen Montgomery of The Quilt Company. It worked really well and is easy so more will be coming. (There is a specific ruler to make it really easy but I was able to figure it out using my Olfa ruler.) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZh0bzWZTocmlr4gpJb2pTyccELBbU4dEm16pjaN2gy8LaysYp9AvPbNbaNMwt__BEOoAqIXQ9ZOX2RIEArEjX659s26CL_Y30-cTwDIS2RHDF-Nyq6LHXwir7hWJBouJZJrJIxBLyWPP3KLBxX75TdsueYlGQNmKNRPiyusONvf_alWGW6F99te_Hk23h/s3024/1218%20Food%20placemat%20Mitered%20corners.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2468" data-original-width="3024" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZh0bzWZTocmlr4gpJb2pTyccELBbU4dEm16pjaN2gy8LaysYp9AvPbNbaNMwt__BEOoAqIXQ9ZOX2RIEArEjX659s26CL_Y30-cTwDIS2RHDF-Nyq6LHXwir7hWJBouJZJrJIxBLyWPP3KLBxX75TdsueYlGQNmKNRPiyusONvf_alWGW6F99te_Hk23h/w400-h326/1218%20Food%20placemat%20Mitered%20corners.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And I finally made the companion to the snowman mat shown <a href="https://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2023/11/monday-meanderings-11-20-2023.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Here's the penguin. Darn he is cute. Maybe I should make two for my youngest grands? </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPsb8ZoefDUDwP8EXmI7LQDcL4Zv5RIxKlIaYbhusWkHpPqO7uL3as2I8WRLpTVIEJ2r-WWeQ2NKxiSymJpfBAVLwwPSgG9R9dhM4MvTwk-leAHsyZ17nvL9X3igoEdgOPiY2F2OuiiuWPyuU_Ib2SChUbXD8V6QViRGfZPzJsQklYMSfqIlI5wrNhdWB/s3344/1218%20Penguin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2510" data-original-width="3344" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPsb8ZoefDUDwP8EXmI7LQDcL4Zv5RIxKlIaYbhusWkHpPqO7uL3as2I8WRLpTVIEJ2r-WWeQ2NKxiSymJpfBAVLwwPSgG9R9dhM4MvTwk-leAHsyZ17nvL9X3igoEdgOPiY2F2OuiiuWPyuU_Ib2SChUbXD8V6QViRGfZPzJsQklYMSfqIlI5wrNhdWB/w400-h300/1218%20Penguin.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, now, here's what I hope to do this week. (Some I better do or they won't be ready for gifting next Monday!)</span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/18/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sing at Mall and a private gig Friday</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more placemats</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Attend guild dinner </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wrap presents</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wash, dry and fold some more fabric</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt a small quilt</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yep, a smaller group of Spotsylvanians are still singing this week. Much of the music will come from our show but we'll also being doing some sing alongs at each gig. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm still trying to get more of my own tops done. I went wild buying fabric in November so it's time to use it. Most likely I can get a small one done but preparing for Christmas comes first. I've been so focused on getting things done in my studio I haven't been reading quite as much. Yep, I'm still getting a half hour in every day though. I've read 608 days in a row according to my Kindle. And, wait there's more! I've read every week for 282 weeks! Let's see what that is in years? It's 5.4 years. Yep, I am a dedicated reader! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the Linky parties links. Go check them out! </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2023/12/oh-scrap-time-savers.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2023/12/stitching-stuff-week-50-of-2023.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff at Life in Pieces</a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/design-wall-monday-december-18-2023.html" target="_blank"><span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Design Wal</span></span><span>l Monday</span></a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-12-18-23/" target="_blank">Sew and Tell</a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="text-align: start;" /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll be surfing the Web a bit over the next few days. But Christmas prep has to take priority. And, I've been thinking about what I'll be doing in 2024. I know I'm going to try the 15 Minutes Stitching every day. I'm debating whether I'll continue the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I enjoy making the blocks especially if I pick an easy one. I'll be thinking about what else I want to do during 2024. What are you planning on doing? </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-20994007511949344512023-12-11T16:59:00.003-05:002023-12-11T17:33:01.755-05:00Monday Meanderings 12 - 11 - 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What a week! I normally write my blog Sunday evenings although I date it with Monday's date. Today I'm way behind and it's nearly <strike>noon</strike> 5:00 pm on Monday as I type. It was concert weekend. Set up and tech rehearsal was Friday night. We dragged in nearly 6 hours after we left the house. Pat and I generally help with getting equipment from our rehearsal location to our concert space. That amounts to a lot of the extra time. Rehearsal went well. We tried to rest up on Saturday and Sunday to save energy for the concert. I can now show you one of the things I've been working on in secret. (I know, you wouldn't have told anyone.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The surprise act for the show was "Sister Act" from White Christmas, the 1954 holiday movie starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. The set up in the movie was Bing and Danny took the place of sisters Rosemary and Vera-Ellen for one show. (I forget why the girls couldn't go on.) Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zplgmh8ga78" target="_blank">link</a> to their version. And, here's the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iStjVGSWKs" target="_blank">link</a> to Bing and Danny's version. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was asked to make some aprons that could stand in as dresses. I hit my back closet and happened to have some slinky turquoise fabric. (Best part is I picked it up at the guild's free table!) I realized the slinky fabric would just fall straight down. So the closet coughed up a decent piece of netting that I could put under the aprons. After a full day of sewing I had two of these done.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh9q7ydQGZ9vZWTQKvLhmKDnWq7RQxpjVxa5VPXqpzd66sy3OxsQgo2vi2EOc7f-mY6PsM0nRGjYKpwoJQ19d2hH3HZUBYsk5cnvCdaQgchRrSkfhpDs8oRXVgEVecmYXLd8ncYhUh5zVa1D1ut9MyMYM231Y6RUZBlQLjMMJmYibH1iDtdvUaDwZVCTn/s2933/1211%20One%20apron-costume.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2933" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh9q7ydQGZ9vZWTQKvLhmKDnWq7RQxpjVxa5VPXqpzd66sy3OxsQgo2vi2EOc7f-mY6PsM0nRGjYKpwoJQ19d2hH3HZUBYsk5cnvCdaQgchRrSkfhpDs8oRXVgEVecmYXLd8ncYhUh5zVa1D1ut9MyMYM231Y6RUZBlQLjMMJmYibH1iDtdvUaDwZVCTn/w400-h398/1211%20One%20apron-costume.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Our director was able to borrow some feather fans. One of the wives found some outrageous hats at a thrift shop. Voila! Here's one of our "Sisters." </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTPu7SSb6o7OUaUXP_wmSkF_VtjpITK6QOdpHQIO3lLwT2h2X1vXE_Vrzz6MmxQ18IUGJumf_opUEd1qVHZBZAd7B2opQAzj0iKJucKaM_-3-7ADnU6LcAKaXv7NvJehGAqTQH0Fr-c8TBcLl__twTLWZbABD3fu9hdFOMvQ-2RxLrFtl8YoUC3399sBg/s1322/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2011.14.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTPu7SSb6o7OUaUXP_wmSkF_VtjpITK6QOdpHQIO3lLwT2h2X1vXE_Vrzz6MmxQ18IUGJumf_opUEd1qVHZBZAd7B2opQAzj0iKJucKaM_-3-7ADnU6LcAKaXv7NvJehGAqTQH0Fr-c8TBcLl__twTLWZbABD3fu9hdFOMvQ-2RxLrFtl8YoUC3399sBg/w312-h640/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2011.14.52%20AM.png" width="312" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And how about seeing both of them? </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWgp17HL6KHswP4InyyjOBFlZW5ziIUmSXx3m_zmSJsb4zxLolxW5msZbOeH3D781gkhZ9lXNOLpuFn4KiL4ZmohwWCMAvrsLeI4MGxs06I74NVKWqqzGdX65dKFxm1JNq7f0-x8jopb8u7MDcR5bYHiyry8CEjQrrArQFjEy5z4ACl_h1JvHKKTe-B-w/s2523/1211%20pair%20of%20sisters.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2523" data-original-width="2512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWgp17HL6KHswP4InyyjOBFlZW5ziIUmSXx3m_zmSJsb4zxLolxW5msZbOeH3D781gkhZ9lXNOLpuFn4KiL4ZmohwWCMAvrsLeI4MGxs06I74NVKWqqzGdX65dKFxm1JNq7f0-x8jopb8u7MDcR5bYHiyry8CEjQrrArQFjEy5z4ACl_h1JvHKKTe-B-w/w399-h400/1211%20pair%20of%20sisters.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And a candid of a group of sopranos. I'm the one with the silver hair....</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs737NtQFGH53woHchEyNfo82EEcRM3sLhiXHx0b4jPeSy2gdbOjGprxCg38goYwIWtF9tFW_AYJ3Ff3Wkv0HtYnGmPU_IibQFzdO8pckWwqb4cL434iwCg41S64NyrzCa7jkKCRb6oReF087CZ2jeYBUq3s935aPT90K8aIKyesPyr2m1TIg3WJ8StJYf/s1252/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2011.14.10%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1216" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs737NtQFGH53woHchEyNfo82EEcRM3sLhiXHx0b4jPeSy2gdbOjGprxCg38goYwIWtF9tFW_AYJ3Ff3Wkv0HtYnGmPU_IibQFzdO8pckWwqb4cL434iwCg41S64NyrzCa7jkKCRb6oReF087CZ2jeYBUq3s935aPT90K8aIKyesPyr2m1TIg3WJ8StJYf/w389-h400/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2011.14.10%20AM.png" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I imagine parts of the show will show up on Facebook and YouTube eventually -- Look for Spotsylvanians 2023 Concert. </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moving right along -- Here's last week's goals. </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;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/4/23</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Bind Christmas present - done! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Sew on ornaments ✅✅</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">3 of 4 are done…Wow!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more placemats — didn’t do anything on this.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt small quilt — the backing is loaded, the batting is seamed, next load top & quilt.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Wash, dry and fold some fabrics — 1 box done; 1 to go</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (see pictures below).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Concert Weekend: </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Fri rehearsal,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Sat nite and</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Sunday afternoon show </span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yea, except not a lot of sewing got done. I've got a lot going this week too although most of it isn't really time consuming. Here's this week's list... </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/11/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt and, maybe, bind small quilt </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sing with carol group</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt customer top</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish last ornament </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wash, dry, and fold some fabric</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more placemats</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more happy blocks </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regarding those boxes of fabric here's what I've already done. You can't really see the size of the box, but it's generally called a banker's box.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPpTJlILNrolCme86lnAdEddomE9ltqqnURxiGao2FdIZwoa2mh7gMNSTajsTDj4Be_2wuPlBWJLTw9tqRMgufcLk_mRs4hUCoRYnsSP5ZGkmDYiYg668x8OmA1l-7lw73XHKM_cUXirMWC-E5FOBJSnffJMaNxvqUecZbJsedGAcJEkP_ic2icnGLFxo/s4032/1211%20Finished%20box.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPpTJlILNrolCme86lnAdEddomE9ltqqnURxiGao2FdIZwoa2mh7gMNSTajsTDj4Be_2wuPlBWJLTw9tqRMgufcLk_mRs4hUCoRYnsSP5ZGkmDYiYg668x8OmA1l-7lw73XHKM_cUXirMWC-E5FOBJSnffJMaNxvqUecZbJsedGAcJEkP_ic2icnGLFxo/w300-h400/1211%20Finished%20box.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">One box of low volume fabric that's been washed and folded. It was fun to see what fabric was in the box. Most pieces were less than 1 yard or fat quarters. Surprisingly most pieces had a square cut out of them. There were a lot of what looked to me to be 30s fabrics. Many of the fabrics were small animals with a little geometric figure. Most were blue and cream. They'll be great as a background. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My next box is reds and pinks. Here's what it currently looks like on the guest room bed. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiApAcHz_u_ROzePBkJfFThSwT6OCcZdhjRAcoIA6iSSmHjJSF6n6whKU5TJwcwxTxchJomj_GmK1ylAqXhs4GSUWeT8tw8IP0SksWa64ssSS45p1pAm46FhuoF5e04Utw8k4MmX8bXX7Z2Al6Ayz8_wB09KBXm_Da9_2MjU66cLiCw7w1T0BYwDmVI3I9/s4032/1211%20reds%20and%20pinks%20started.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiApAcHz_u_ROzePBkJfFThSwT6OCcZdhjRAcoIA6iSSmHjJSF6n6whKU5TJwcwxTxchJomj_GmK1ylAqXhs4GSUWeT8tw8IP0SksWa64ssSS45p1pAm46FhuoF5e04Utw8k4MmX8bXX7Z2Al6Ayz8_wB09KBXm_Da9_2MjU66cLiCw7w1T0BYwDmVI3I9/w300-h400/1211%20reds%20and%20pinks%20started.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the front are the pieces I've already washed and folded. The background is a jumble of fabric. I try to open each piece all the way and trim any longer threads hanging off. I've been throwing in several Color Catchers and Color Grabbers with each load. Before throwing the washed fabrics in the drier the loose threads get trimmed again. I'm trying to prevent a lot of extra wrinkles. After drying I try to get the warm fabric smoothed out on the counter so I can fold it once it is cooler. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It'll be fun to see what charity quilts we can make with all of this new-to-us fabric. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you're doing presents this Christmas are you ready? We have been making donations in the name of some family members and asking the same in return. But we still give our kids and grands presents. I'm slowly finding gifts and getting them purchased. Hopefully everything will be in hand by the end of the week. Then there is the wrapping! Sigh... It's time to get back to work on present finding. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with the following Linky parties this week. Hope you have time to check some of the blogs out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2023/12/oh-scrap-two-bit-blocks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2023/12/nothing-on-design-wall.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff at Life in Pieces</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/design-wall-monday-december-11-2023.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-12-11-23/" target="_blank">Monday Musing</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm hoping I get a lot more stitching time this week. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-34796289813814411362023-12-05T18:37:00.009-05:002023-12-05T18:59:15.496-05:00December Mysteries, Sew Alongs, and Small Projects <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Mysteries and Sew Alongs are being announced for 2024. First up is Merry Mayhem’s New Year’s Day Mystery called Twist and Shout. Fabric requirements and some cutting info is out now. There are sizes from crib to queen. Plan to stop back at the the same page on 12/25 but before Jan 1, 2024 to get further directions. Clues will be released for making the quilt on the first of Jan. The directions will be taken down on January 3.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href=" https://www.merrymayhem.com/uploads/b/a2b41b50-4c44-11eb-b36d-23f31e41b4e3/Case148NYD-01.pdf" target="_blank"> https://www.merrymayhem.com/uploads/b/a2b41b50-4c44-11eb-b36d-23f31e41b4e3/Case148NYD-01.pdf</a></span><div><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">QCNYS (Quilters Consortium of New York State) is offering the 4 & 20 Mystery Quilt. The first clue comes out in January. You can choose your own rulers or use Studio 180 rulers. <a href=" https://qcnys.org/mysteryquilt/" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #dca10d;">https://qcnys.org/mysteryquilt/</span></a> $</span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Starting in January, 2024 is the newest Murder Mystery Quilt “Murder in Greece.” “This is a monthly subscription club that reads along together and stitches up a quilt to find the clues and solve the mystery.” <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://murdermysteryquilt.com" target="_blank">https://murdermysteryquilt.com</a></span> $$</span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Here are a few small projects to tempt you. </span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Do it Yourself Picture Frame Ornament. The video shows it made with Christmas fabric but I can definitely see it in really bright fabrics or pastels. </span><span style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><a href="https://www.shabbyfabrics.com/free-downloads-and-video/339/diy-no-sew-quilted-picture-frame-ornament?cid=74" target="_blank">https://www.shabbyfabrics.com/free-downloads-and-video/339/diy-no-sew-quilted-picture-frame-ornament?cid=74</a></span></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Very cute gift bags — they aren’t just for Christmas! </span><a href="https://justjude-designs.com/gift-bag-tutorial/" target="_blank">https://justjude-designs.com/gift-bag-tutorial/</a></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Make your own potholders — <a href="https://www.allfreesewing.com/Video-Tutorials/How-to-Make-a-Quilted-Potholder-Video-NSM2019" target="_blank">https://www.allfreesewing.com/Video-Tutorials/How-to-Make-a-Quilted-Potholder-Video-NSM2019</a></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hanging Kitchen Towel Pattern and Video Tutorial — <a href="https://www.allfreesewing.com/Dining-and-Kitchen/Sewn-Hanging-Dish-Towel-Pattern-NSM2021" target="_blank">https://www.allfreesewing.com/Dining-and-Kitchen/Sewn-Hanging-Dish-Towel-Pattern-NSM2021</a></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">How about a cloth jewelry pouch with 8 pockets? <a href="https://mindymakes.com/drawstring-jewelry-pouch/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span>https://mindymakes.com/drawstring-jewelry-pouch/</a></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Enjoy checking out these opportunities! </p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </p><p></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><p> </p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-88576403090315260102023-12-03T22:15:00.003-05:002023-12-04T08:47:39.557-05:00Monday Meanderings 12 - 4 - 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome December! You sure came fast this year! I'm surprised that I feel pretty good about the gifts I'm making this year. I see the end in site probably by the beginning of next week. The purchased gifts? It's panic time! I'm hoping to start in on the purchased gifts soon... if folks will tell me what they want! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the meantime I did a good job on my list this week! And there were a few off list items that spoke up and got done. Check out my successes.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11/27/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Quilt Christmas present -- done! Yipee! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish 1 of 4 ornaments (or more!) -- I made process but none are done yet! Yikes!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt one small quilt -- the backing is loaded.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Finish Nov. clue for Malted Mystery -- ready for the next clue coming Thursday.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Make more maple leaf and basket blocks -- at least one of each were made.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Off List: more placemats; work on costumes -- both done.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I added Off List to remind myself that sometimes I choose to do things off list and sometimes I forget to put items on the list. I made two aprons to be used in a number for the concerts this weekend.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sharon and I got together on FaceTime for our monthly clue sewing date. We each succeeded in finishing the October clue. Come on December clue! (Which probably won't get done until the end of the month.) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8QrJjl_-n_jPXVeMCemG6oFmXmWiniuf2dAGTtOurO4yoUlUEP1pOJO7X-N4KJuRBb9IG_SmZsbUYL8O_b_tnzYmPEf5vjKs654HGq2XrepIWJs-KBVEXK0QlAFRhnAXmTwBk8UlapmkFVOWF2olebpPn818pBrH013F5UoPU19GoS_ZqA2rEbuhPd3U/s3229/124%20Malted%20Mystery%20Clue%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3229" data-original-width="2944" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8QrJjl_-n_jPXVeMCemG6oFmXmWiniuf2dAGTtOurO4yoUlUEP1pOJO7X-N4KJuRBb9IG_SmZsbUYL8O_b_tnzYmPEf5vjKs654HGq2XrepIWJs-KBVEXK0QlAFRhnAXmTwBk8UlapmkFVOWF2olebpPn818pBrH013F5UoPU19GoS_ZqA2rEbuhPd3U/w365-h400/124%20Malted%20Mystery%20Clue%205.jpeg" width="365" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here's what's going to happen this week. (Or at least I hope it happens!) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/4/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bind Christmas present </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sew on ornaments</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more placemats</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt small quilt </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wash, dry and fold some fabrics* </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Concert Weekend: Fri night rehearsal, Sat night, and Sunday afternoon shows</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* My local quilt guild was given the fabric stashes from 2 ladies. We received about 10 boxes of fabrics. Before storing it we are washing, drying and folding it. I've volunteered to do several of the boxes. I'm starting with low volume and reds. My plan is to wash one load a day. My guess is it will take about a week or more to do each box. It's fun to mentally plan quilts to use the new-to-us fabric. Hopefully we'll be making a lot of wonderful charity quilts with it. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hopefully next week I'll be able to get more pictures to share. This week things got done but only the one picture to share. So, it's time to say please check out these Linky parties to see what quilters are doing around the world. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2023/12/oh-scrap-heart-quilt.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2023/12/stitching-stuff-week-47-of-2023.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff at Life in Pieces</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/design-wall-monday-december-4-2023.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-12-4-23/" target="_blank">Monday Musing</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's hoping you are getting all your projects moved forward and enjoying yourself while you sew. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Quilting All! Bonnie </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580018827658637851.post-1695264946383928722023-11-26T21:56:00.004-05:002023-11-27T09:10:36.398-05:00Monday Meanderings 11 - 27 - 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The race is on toward Christmas and all the other December holidays. I have a distinct feeling I'll be highly successful finishing the few projects I've got to finish by Christmas. We had a nice Thanksgiving up at our daughter's house. There were 7 of us. Food was good and company was better. Our son and his family were celebrating with his wife's family. Both families will be together for Christmas and will have much wonderful food and company!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've had a really good week on the sewing front. Here's what last week's goal list looks like.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11/20/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Sew on ornaments -- <i>Several of the 4 ornaments are close to being finished.</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅Add borders to Christmas present quilt -- <i>Done, plus backing fabric is ready to load. </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅✅Put borders on Flower song quilt -- Two borders are on. This is ready for quilting once I get a backing.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">✅ Stitch one sweatshirt — <i>First one done! </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✅</span>Work on the Nov. clue for Malted Mystery -- <i>All of the HSTs are sewn and trimmed. </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfdVOhzCKoOgVbrCOHMyC_ErjLJZ8yQrkBOhIJDWzX05zxgyji8KXO6IN0SIZPXbMUGhQ8rTYUBPBZpeF3GVWMmyXEJss8bBu4vs2oVnUxWk9BUO69tLLkUVWM4RYUzMDw0c8ANrA8fPNmRebVoS_YzLizcXJ9zVgBKYLFFdVaVhZ2_Or8soXeibbml-R/s3652/1127%20Flower%20Song%20top.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3652" data-original-width="2620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfdVOhzCKoOgVbrCOHMyC_ErjLJZ8yQrkBOhIJDWzX05zxgyji8KXO6IN0SIZPXbMUGhQ8rTYUBPBZpeF3GVWMmyXEJss8bBu4vs2oVnUxWk9BUO69tLLkUVWM4RYUzMDw0c8ANrA8fPNmRebVoS_YzLizcXJ9zVgBKYLFFdVaVhZ2_Or8soXeibbml-R/w461-h640/1127%20Flower%20Song%20top.jpeg" width="461" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was so happy to finish this top this week. Last week I had the center done and now the top is finished with two borders and corner stones. This one has been in the work for years. It may be years before it is quilted but I'm happy to have the top done. Notice the card on the bottom left? It is an old library catalog card. I kept a big box of these cards to use for notes. This one lists info about the quilt and the size. </span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you look at my web address on the above picture behind it you'll see the Christmas present quilt. It's ready to quilt. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By the way, I had all of this done by Saturday afternoon! Wow. I spent Sunday making two more placemats. Here's what I'll be working on this week. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11/27/23</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt Christmas present top</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish 1 of 4 ornaments (or more!)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quilt one small quilt</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finish Nov. clue for Malted Mystery </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more maple leaf, basket, and happy blocks</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, yes, I did do some fabric shopping last week. In fact, I went over to JoAnns on Wednesday <i>and</i> Friday. I bought 8 yards for backing 3 quilts on Wednesday. Then on Friday I decided the prices were so good I wanted to get some more backings. So another 10 yards for 3 more quilts came home. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm a "washer" before adding fabric to my stash. So I cut the fabric into pieces I would need to sew together for the backings and washed and dried them. Over the next week or so I hope to piece the backings as needed. I may not get the tops quilted for a while but I'll be ready to throw them on Ruthie when I have the time. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKOliOj_IptAdzligFYM6kBhcXdEY7J5Z14MTz5ao96VOt0YIV0yQi7FKxzF5PnHJOrU9hD80J1SX9Wfl56Lo6pWyz3jLY-9tbVvQxVNL2BVetO1piVC32LhXzhTvMjSHXx5sma5SRxmOHTM_8qsty4Iw2UHiSXeSsmjCtFhJUVt2SCg59VT_Qf_O8MJr/s4032/1127%20New%20fabric!.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="4032" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKOliOj_IptAdzligFYM6kBhcXdEY7J5Z14MTz5ao96VOt0YIV0yQi7FKxzF5PnHJOrU9hD80J1SX9Wfl56Lo6pWyz3jLY-9tbVvQxVNL2BVetO1piVC32LhXzhTvMjSHXx5sma5SRxmOHTM_8qsty4Iw2UHiSXeSsmjCtFhJUVt2SCg59VT_Qf_O8MJr/w400-h206/1127%20New%20fabric!.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Needless to say I've got a lot of quilting ahead of me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; 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;">Please take a look at these Linky parties to see what quilters are doing this week. </span></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2023/11/oh-scrap-rsc-finish.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2023/11/stitching-stuff-week-46-of-2023.html" target="_blank">Stitching Stuff at Life in Pieces</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2023/11/design-wall-monday-november-27-2023.html" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday </a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-11-27-23/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://melvalovesscraps.blogspot.com/2023/11/new-week-new-quilt-sew-tell-112723.html" target="_blank">Sew and Tell</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">It's about time for me to continue reading my novel. I haven't read any today and I want to keep up my reading days on Kindle. I'm up to 586 consecutive days of reading. I've read every week for 278 weeks in a row. (That's more than 5 years.) Yep, I am a voracious reader. And, I often listen to audio books while I'm stitching even though the time isn't included in the Kindle stats. May you too find some quiet reading time during this busy month.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 15.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">Happy Quilting and Reading! Bonnie </p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.com9