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Design Wall: Waiting for Background Fabric
A medium grey textured fabric is on its way. That leaves me a couple of days to continue to look at this and rearrange and make changes. Input is welcome.
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Today's Observations About Totes, Duffels, Kits
I bought a kit to make this Cargo Duffle, designed by Noodlehead. The kit came with some Robert Kaufman canvas. In fact, it came with too much. The black and white diamond fabric was the suggested...
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Whole Lot of Sewin' Goin' On...
Using scraps for a tote bag, I am testing out some vinyl covered fabric. I used this vinyl previously but gave the bag away and I need to see how this product actually wears.The pattern for this bag...
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So Fiddly...But Perhaps Worth It
This cross-body purse has 10 pattern pieces. And I didn't have a finished product in front of me. So it's been a frustrating day of sewing. QFF Wayne told me about the Sew Powerful Purse Project....
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Today in the Studio
I finished two more of these purses for Sew Powerful. And now that I get how the pattern works, I am getting fonder of it and the variations that can be achieved with different fabrics. What is so...
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Two Items Leaving the Studio
My super-duper extra-special sister will be 63 soon, and I am giving her her choice of bags. She has agreed to test this one out and see how the vinyl on the bottom works - she thinks the vinyl is a...
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Getting Ready for Studio Guests
This quilt is too big for the design wall, so it's on the floor as I connect the various blocks and rows. But I'm short of background fabric and must wait for the rest to come in. Don't get me...
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The Chicago MQG Holiday Gift Swap
The Chicago Modern Quilt Guild holiday gift-swap party was yesterday, and I didn't go. My cold and germs just did not need to be a part of the holiday spirit. Using a set of Japanese fabrics I received...
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My Third Hand-Quilted Finish
This napping quilt is 60" x 70", and I've been puttering away at it for a few months. Let me define what hand-quilting is for me: it's using a 8 weight Perle cotton and using a Sashiko technique of...
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Trying to be patient...
Like so many of my Chicago Modern Quilt Guildsters, I submitted 2 quilts for QuiltCon 2016 in Sacramento. Under the "group" category is the quilt my quilty buddies made in honor of my mom after she...
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A Wonderful Christmas Present
My involvement with the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild has created some wonderful and deep friendships. One of my newer friends, Mary R, knits ( a real Renaissance woman who knits, quilts, sews, cooks,...
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Holiday Distraction
It's not that I'm distracted by the holidays. Rather, I am distracted by the studio. Instead of finishing a quilt top, I start finding fabrics that I have to touch and iron and think about what I...
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End of the Year Odds and Ends
Out of the pile of fabrics I had to touch last week, one fabric called loudly. And so I turned it into a tote. But wait - it gets better. This is the tote that turns into a duffel bag.Here's the...
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Gratitude
Petite Stitched Purse by Indygo JunctionI'm so thankful for so much - my husband, my family, myfriends (even those who don't quilt), my Chicago Modern Quilt Guild, and loving what I do so much that I...
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Lunacy vs Madness
The lunacy is me thinking I am going to make clothes. I do this - or at least think it - periodically. The last time was when my dad was dying. I decided then I needed to make an outfit for his...
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No Quilter's Angst with This Quilt!
Quilters fall in and out of love with projects. It's par for the design and execution process. But this quilt? I have loved every step of the process - from the six paper-pieced blocks to figuring...
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"Thou Hast It All..." *
In Act III, scene 1 of Macbeth, after Macbeth and his wife have murdered King Duncan and Macbeth is now in line to become king, Banquo says to him: "Thou hast it now - King, Cawdor, Glamis - all as...
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"My Answer is Yes"
"My Answer is Yes" is my first big finish of 2016 - it is 96" x 108". I started it in October when my Chicago Modern Quilt Guild had young modern quilt author Amy Garro as our speaker. Her book is...
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Two-Week Old To-Do List: a picture-heavy post
One of the many perks of finishing a big quilt, like "My Answer is Yes," is the freedom to work on lots and lots of smaller projects. This list was made on January 7th in preparation for a sewing...
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