Category Archive: quilts

2014
10/06

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4th “I Spy” quilt top finished

We started by doing some garage cleaning. It is absolutely amazing what a garage can collect. Now we have more collection room, ut no photos of that mess.

Are you tired of these “I spy” quilt tops? Thank you for your patience . This is the fourth one and I am through making this pattern top and ready to move on to something different. I finished this one today and am going to watch a video for the rest of the evening.

2014
10/05

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Garden
Life
quilts
Sewing

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The end of a beautiful day

We cleaned what we wanted out of the garden beds. Now the areas between the beds will be finished by the hoof stock and chickens this week, then we will put cardboard on the beds for the winter, That is the end of the gardens except for the greenhouse. I think I’ll just put the garlic in pots for the winter.

In addition to the gardens, I canned another 10 pints of tomato sauce and did a good amount of sewing. Another red “I Spy” quilt top is finished and now hanging in the waiting to be quilted closet. It is amazing what can be accomplished when the car doesn’t move out of the garage.

2014
10/04

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Life
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Red quilt

All 88 blocks are now ready to put on the wall and arrange for permanent placement.

2014
10/01

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quilts

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It’s October!

Another month is here and that means I need to evaluate last month’s goals and set new ones for this month.

We went for a long drive today since it was so beautiful and checked out fall scenery. Yes, the leaves have started to change color and drop.

Another month means that much closer to the holiday times and I don’t want to be “last minute sewing”. Today it was suggested I make 4 stockings to hang by the fireplace and was left on my own with that. I’ll have to figure out how tall to make them, what design etc.

I did start another quilt. Here I have the sashing piece on the blocks.

This is how I do the side pieces. I sew the piece that will become the cornerstones to the sashing piece.

After pressing, I pull out my June Tailer cutting guide,

line it up and cut in the proper grooves. This makes it so much eaiser to cut a straight line.

Now the next time I get sewing time, I will sew the side sashing and cornerstone all as one piece, which makes my life easier.

2014
09/29

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quilts

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“I Spy” II finished top

I have to keep plugging away to get these done by the end of the year. Here are some rows put together. It looks blue because the white is actually a very pale blue.

Putting the blocks into rows is pretty straight forward. Accuracy at every step is really important, because after the blocks are put into rows, those rows will have to match each other to make the quilt top. After the rows are all together, the border is fairly easy to measure and attach.

2014
09/28

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quilts

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I Spy quilt

As you can see, the 88 blocks now have one side sashing with cornerstone and the bottom sashing on them. After I arrange them, they should go together quite rapidly.

Fortunately, the sun was shining and there were no emergencies or strange interferences this weekend.

2014
09/26

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Life
quilts

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I spy quilt and toenails

Little by little is the way I often get quilts done. I spent a couple hours and did get the bottom on all of these quilt pieces.

Then I sewed the cornerstones (Indigo color to light blue) to the side pieces so they will be ready to sew on as a unit

Oh, and no photo here, I did have to have two curling nails removed on one foot, so was told to stay mostly off that foot for the weekend and soak often. The Dr. says they will grown back in 5-6 months, but it’s only the first 3 days that I need to be extra careful. So I came home, had lunch and took a nap. I’ll be good and lazy so I can soon get back to normal.

2014
09/24

Category:
Foods
quilts

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BANANAS and quilts

The bananas were ripe and ready for processing this morning. It took about 1.5 hours to peel and put them on trays in the freezer. 3 banana boxes produced 10 trays in the freezer

and 8.5 trays on the dehydrator

We moved them from the freezer to bags this afternoon and put the bags in the freezer. The dehydrating ones aren’t done, but will make delicious sweet pieces this winter.

Then it was off to the sewing room where I chose and cut fabrics for 3 twin size “I spy” quilts.

2014
09/22

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Back to mitten making

Denise Russert has a block of month going called “A Knitter’s Gifts” on which I have been working. This month was paper piecing which I find very challenging. Here is her drawing of the finish.

I finished the other 4 mittens today as follows:

Here are the blocks I have finished so far. Yes, I am up to date and will wait until mid October for the next update

2014
09/21

Category:
Foods
Garden
quilts

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More food and Pat Sloan quilt bom

It seems during the summer that the week starts in the garden – most likely because we didn’t check on it the previous day. We went to the garden with the intention of picking tomatoes, however, 17 of these personal sized cantaloupes filled the 5 gallon bucket. They are incredible sweet and juicy.

So a second trip to the garden brought in some of the tomatoes. I canned 7 quarts. Now here is the problem: with all the jars of beans, salsa, jam etc which was well over 150 jars, I only had 2 that didn’t seal. With these tomatoes, out of 7, 3 did not seal (yet) and I don’t know why. They will get a chance to go back into the canner tomorrow.

Did you know Safeway delivers? After a two unsuccessful attempts to use my personal special price they emailed to me, in the store, I called their delivery customer service rep. She was very patient and we got it all set up and the first delivery is free. After that there is a small charge – she thought about $6. The driver arrived with the bananas just as the tomatoes started boiling and brought them into the house where l ‘ll be working on them – probably Wednesday as they are green. The reason I wanted this many bananas was because we use at least 2 daily. I wanted to be able to freeze some and dehydrate some for snacks. It was also good I checked the bill as they had charged me $1.09/# instead of the .69, I was supposed to be charge. When I called it to their attention, the fellow was really sweet about it and refunded the difference, saying he didn’t understand how it happened in the first place. I met two lovely people on the phone and have the organic bananas that I want at the good price. All worked out in the end.

I was tired by now, but this blog is supposed to keep my fiber adventures motivated so, I put together this September block from the Pat Sloan Trip around the World BOM.

This is the placement photo. We are now done with the large X interior block and all the small ones around it. So we will probably beginning the sashing between the blocks next month.

Category Archive: quilts

4th “I Spy” quilt top finished

The end of a beautiful day

In addition to the gardens, I canned another 10 pints of tomato sauce and did a good amount of sewing. Another red “I Spy” quilt top is finished and now hanging in the waiting to be quilted closet. It is amazing what can be accomplished when the car doesn’t move out of the garage.

Red quilt

All 88 blocks are now ready to put on the wall and arrange for permanent placement.

It’s October!

Another month is here and that means I need to evaluate last month’s goals and set new ones for this month.

We went for a long drive today since it was so beautiful and checked out fall scenery. Yes, the leaves have started to change color and drop.

Another month means that much closer to the holiday times and I don’t want to be “last minute sewing”. Today it was suggested I make 4 stockings to hang by the fireplace and was left on my own with that. I’ll have to figure out how tall to make them, what design etc.

I did start another quilt. Here I have the sashing piece on the blocks.

This is how I do the side pieces. I sew the piece that will become the cornerstones to the sashing piece.

After pressing, I pull out my June Tailer cutting guide,

line it up and cut in the proper grooves. This makes it so much eaiser to cut a straight line.

Now the next time I get sewing time, I will sew the side sashing and cornerstone all as one piece, which makes my life easier.

“I Spy” II finished top

I have to keep plugging away to get these done by the end of the year. Here are some rows put together. It looks blue because the white is actually a very pale blue.

Putting the blocks into rows is pretty straight forward. Accuracy at every step is really important, because after the blocks are put into rows, those rows will have to match each other to make the quilt top. After the rows are all together, the border is fairly easy to measure and attach.

I Spy quilt

As you can see, the 88 blocks now have one side sashing with cornerstone and the bottom sashing on them. After I arrange them, they should go together quite rapidly.

Fortunately, the sun was shining and there were no emergencies or strange interferences this weekend.

I spy quilt and toenails

Little by little is the way I often get quilts done. I spent a couple hours and did get the bottom on all of these quilt pieces.

Then I sewed the cornerstones (Indigo color to light blue) to the side pieces so they will be ready to sew on as a unit

BANANAS and quilts

The bananas were ripe and ready for processing this morning. It took about 1.5 hours to peel and put them on trays in the freezer. 3 banana boxes produced 10 trays in the freezer

and 8.5 trays on the dehydrator

We moved them from the freezer to bags this afternoon and put the bags in the freezer. The dehydrating ones aren’t done, but will make delicious sweet pieces this winter.

Then it was off to the sewing room where I chose and cut fabrics for 3 twin size “I spy” quilts.

Back to mitten making

Denise Russert has a block of month going called “A Knitter’s Gifts” on which I have been working. This month was paper piecing which I find very challenging. Here is her drawing of the finish.

I finished the other 4 mittens today as follows:

Here are the blocks I have finished so far. Yes, I am up to date and will wait until mid October for the next update

More food and Pat Sloan quilt bom

I was tired by now, but this blog is supposed to keep my fiber adventures motivated so, I put together this September block from the Pat Sloan Trip around the World BOM.

This is the placement photo. We are now done with the large X interior block and all the small ones around it. So we will probably beginning the sashing between the blocks next month.

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