tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75070388055244318872024-02-19T23:11:33.474-08:00And Another Thing...Me, and things that amuse me.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-77456685799012946062011-02-01T07:19:00.000-08:002011-02-01T07:19:00.616-08:00Ahhh... Organization!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I store most of my fabric in these </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query=antonius">fabulous Ikea drawers</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's worked out well, but I have to admit it's gotten a wee bit out of control.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHWekp4fxlSXTDU2OzBPd5hQr9sgFD882l5N46leImTUWwZd134WKuOYCUvmD5fPK0BwJneCk-zkleZDyZSnzZKJIzOCNWUt0PiSPRZAoZR6B1WkMwg5Gqst8kIy1JhkAjhJlAFrQurdl/s1600/IMG_0531.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHWekp4fxlSXTDU2OzBPd5hQr9sgFD882l5N46leImTUWwZd134WKuOYCUvmD5fPK0BwJneCk-zkleZDyZSnzZKJIzOCNWUt0PiSPRZAoZR6B1WkMwg5Gqst8kIy1JhkAjhJlAFrQurdl/s400/IMG_0531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557396034043234" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I don't have any kind of folding system, I just stuff the drawers to overflowing.<br />One drawer for green, one for blue, etc, etc...<br />So when I couldn't find the PERFECT fabric that I have for the binding on Sweet Baboo's guitar quilt, I started pulling out the drawers and dumping them. THEN I had the brilliant idea to try and fold the fabric and put it back in neatly.<br />Well, neat-ish. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu02kFk6P1dzXt-NT13G2lMQtFKc_7XjaTjyVFZX0NVoR5bX3Wp2IG-0FIwCJQXc-7m1GMMobOCp3O6DvIUdUKWcFUPr1HWaoNExWJIAZ9Epo7a-_QXEXaCXajWE198d_XRMmNAgNPxdE/s1600/IMG_0532.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu02kFk6P1dzXt-NT13G2lMQtFKc_7XjaTjyVFZX0NVoR5bX3Wp2IG-0FIwCJQXc-7m1GMMobOCp3O6DvIUdUKWcFUPr1HWaoNExWJIAZ9Epo7a-_QXEXaCXajWE198d_XRMmNAgNPxdE/s400/IMG_0532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557380596268242" border="0" /></a>I started with my two drawers of novelty fabric, since they were the ones that I couldn't shove back in. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WSYbNSNI0g-PosqKKtOBGIXRb5P8l4Wd5UuxOoy2N9jdj-ScNhF2D21XqulTrw86B1sXMCdbCTExGpOrSMz577ufyB0J00SUqueTDPqqcHpMCp55iAmzzue1PzhxpYBFxm2egUsXUQVG/s1600/IMG_0533.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WSYbNSNI0g-PosqKKtOBGIXRb5P8l4Wd5UuxOoy2N9jdj-ScNhF2D21XqulTrw86B1sXMCdbCTExGpOrSMz577ufyB0J00SUqueTDPqqcHpMCp55iAmzzue1PzhxpYBFxm2egUsXUQVG/s400/IMG_0533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557113077785554" border="0" /></a>Next up was the blue drawer.<br />Yikes.<br />So here's the before,<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzH7rvki5Ci717Xga-GW4Hs9kd2Ow264WvPAt2INOeJJNGm744Y9vPHGy1QqRnlTFEUAcRENP25KzsF7kbeG9Frd2Y8oxQLuJOcyMbFWyQhAqtnia2EycxuY1jzWmySidXEZ-Hmtj46Ny/s1600/IMG_0534.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzH7rvki5Ci717Xga-GW4Hs9kd2Ow264WvPAt2INOeJJNGm744Y9vPHGy1QqRnlTFEUAcRENP25KzsF7kbeG9Frd2Y8oxQLuJOcyMbFWyQhAqtnia2EycxuY1jzWmySidXEZ-Hmtj46Ny/s400/IMG_0534.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557106030817170" border="0" /></a></span>and after!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieda07II4U-iTrRCTsc3RW8AFlOF4NMdbLWlnYsGu8Ah2AYWbFgs7iZ0uwq2-MwEkRnzj1RfAN6oebpXBYwlAa-SF4eCdFhlQkdkb0BWHhkT8c_gFcyXdFEOT06wjUmFxgj8IqSWdsf_3Y/s1600/IMG_0535.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieda07II4U-iTrRCTsc3RW8AFlOF4NMdbLWlnYsGu8Ah2AYWbFgs7iZ0uwq2-MwEkRnzj1RfAN6oebpXBYwlAa-SF4eCdFhlQkdkb0BWHhkT8c_gFcyXdFEOT06wjUmFxgj8IqSWdsf_3Y/s400/IMG_0535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557095254416594" border="0" /></a>Look how much nicer!<br />Tomorrow it looks like I'll need to sort the reds. One drawer per day, and I'll have the whole thing done in two weeks!<br />I still haven't found that binding fabric though!<br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7_KvqUYH1loLyhT7JALELEBSoiCL1BPe2B_3fy9RsM26n8YU6WlkS47F601rgXRKFqsuCGRj1q3TFvCuzI77glW0-oXjJ8QJBLxtHVkUrm1WCUtl42FS_CYTiiEVmK6GrdbD46NAA0jk/s1600/IMG_0536.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7_KvqUYH1loLyhT7JALELEBSoiCL1BPe2B_3fy9RsM26n8YU6WlkS47F601rgXRKFqsuCGRj1q3TFvCuzI77glW0-oXjJ8QJBLxtHVkUrm1WCUtl42FS_CYTiiEVmK6GrdbD46NAA0jk/s400/IMG_0536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557086819160466" border="0" /></a></span>And what's this pile?<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRP_8-L13vzXC6pgS8CF4LysnTDE4jxZJH8D3-hjEm-4Dvo9V-cwNneq2GHi1YYkdQdyka1lqOQy5FXmAJzNeYWtVSuyc-0jYb7sFTBKmnvpjzSZLGORPMI_lBCUOdYozip5WGZoUqI9jh/s1600/IMG_0537.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRP_8-L13vzXC6pgS8CF4LysnTDE4jxZJH8D3-hjEm-4Dvo9V-cwNneq2GHi1YYkdQdyka1lqOQy5FXmAJzNeYWtVSuyc-0jYb7sFTBKmnvpjzSZLGORPMI_lBCUOdYozip5WGZoUqI9jh/s400/IMG_0537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557076525848226" border="0" /></a></span>I started pulling some fabrics for a new baby quilt, since my pseudo - daughter is having a baby!<br />I already have last week's quilt in case it's a girl, now to make a boy version.<br />Or two.<br />Or ten.<br />That's going to be one cozy baby.</span><br /></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-37572355745181986372011-01-29T07:00:00.000-08:002011-01-29T07:00:14.756-08:00The Best Mail Ever!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The new </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">phone books are here!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I received two, TWO quilts back from my fabulous long armer this week!<span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqtHdjIfShAaBFsry0HtEZP6emTyeQowKqiBrMMi5Wb0aB4eaIKUgq7cWweWrlCcSgJ20qFE5tB5cgh5D8PcgMqLrwOhpllpUoD1IrwkT-zO3FXHvd-eJZ4-cJqi9FA9NEtbJ8wLPazko/s1600/IMG_0523.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqtHdjIfShAaBFsry0HtEZP6emTyeQowKqiBrMMi5Wb0aB4eaIKUgq7cWweWrlCcSgJ20qFE5tB5cgh5D8PcgMqLrwOhpllpUoD1IrwkT-zO3FXHvd-eJZ4-cJqi9FA9NEtbJ8wLPazko/s400/IMG_0523.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566669075155568226" border="0" /></a></span>Here they are spilling out of the box. How does she get them in there? Once I pull them out they seem to expand, and they're never going back in.<br />You might recognize the Sweet Baboo's Guitar Hero quilt!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TsE43Hf9I18iznwACzzroh2k1K0SAY9y0jvfk9G_qZFt6-99tx2ktFyUOisskGrOTX_Js8iK9I1EQUnS5FnbLbOPz0j9n-cRnyPzZ499dORqiReUi3nWLlkZ-goqT1qkprqrVZVONL8i/s1600/IMG_0524.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TsE43Hf9I18iznwACzzroh2k1K0SAY9y0jvfk9G_qZFt6-99tx2ktFyUOisskGrOTX_Js8iK9I1EQUnS5FnbLbOPz0j9n-cRnyPzZ499dORqiReUi3nWLlkZ-goqT1qkprqrVZVONL8i/s400/IMG_0524.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566669077085334802" border="0" /></a>It's beautiful, and soft and drapey.<br />She quilted it with this star pattern, because he's such a SUPERSTAR!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_o7RUblVW8jMKgSa_tqrAxFgx99gRiyjlZOTy3_fY9ulUC60AqtLpGr5uod8Tp7N5Su6WCgxM09VGLKtn1il3M4HPoovEb6qWaqnyIA1rxbYgMncP2Hhy_4WIbh4Zg8b76Vm5I7WjzC6/s1600/IMG_0525.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_o7RUblVW8jMKgSa_tqrAxFgx99gRiyjlZOTy3_fY9ulUC60AqtLpGr5uod8Tp7N5Su6WCgxM09VGLKtn1il3M4HPoovEb6qWaqnyIA1rxbYgMncP2Hhy_4WIbh4Zg8b76Vm5I7WjzC6/s400/IMG_0525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566669088834795874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I might like the back even more than the front...</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZj8QGEl1Qh0iluBIVyic9arNLnDNzl3Py0yOb-_B_YDLA5K8sS8dRaMWZHMYYuko6PC43ZdBrscfvhOjepVyw01tfENIo3u1S9uLciL3UzM_E-K4IE7spkoEz41GmjDOnDZ210yIbHD-/s1600/IMG_0527.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZj8QGEl1Qh0iluBIVyic9arNLnDNzl3Py0yOb-_B_YDLA5K8sS8dRaMWZHMYYuko6PC43ZdBrscfvhOjepVyw01tfENIo3u1S9uLciL3UzM_E-K4IE7spkoEz41GmjDOnDZ210yIbHD-/s400/IMG_0527.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566670831918090178" border="0" /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'll have better pictures after I get the bindings on.<br />And here's Atreyu, the never ending quilt!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-hMAelTY6PcMeA024InsXKoEB1LPKgL2fdCiI1vElX0-Hh0DvX9NVonP-idq68XRSDyBSrHgG-jCOEblE0qLhuUShMUMY2mgMhrRdkIP1XC5r4AD70BH3wqbpAA_V9bHQd1cDYjBMfV1/s1600/IMG_0528.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-hMAelTY6PcMeA024InsXKoEB1LPKgL2fdCiI1vElX0-Hh0DvX9NVonP-idq68XRSDyBSrHgG-jCOEblE0qLhuUShMUMY2mgMhrRdkIP1XC5r4AD70BH3wqbpAA_V9bHQd1cDYjBMfV1/s400/IMG_0528.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566669096013040050" border="0" /></a>I think I'll change her name to Cherry Pie, because she's quilted with an adorable cherry pattern.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfooPrIr2p_p09C9urz-k2tAVZEBWZthaimfwYNxgICaTG4GNITcyREK-r2_qy7-tJE5Vt1rEKl1hFHZR-bSQ7HpxELrvNNj_U45M2sYWZSoopddW5ZfeNYVKzy54zrFfd7ZVhouWU_g4V/s1600/IMG_0529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfooPrIr2p_p09C9urz-k2tAVZEBWZthaimfwYNxgICaTG4GNITcyREK-r2_qy7-tJE5Vt1rEKl1hFHZR-bSQ7HpxELrvNNj_U45M2sYWZSoopddW5ZfeNYVKzy54zrFfd7ZVhouWU_g4V/s400/IMG_0529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566669537602552754" border="0" /></a> I worried that the cherry pattern wasn't going to be as cute as I pictured in my head.<br />I have buyer's remorse over most decisions in my life. We'll talk about my commitment phobia at another time.<br />But I love it!<br />I just love it!<br />I do wish I hadn't cheaped out on the backing, because it's a polka dot flannel but it feels really stiff.<br />Oh well, live and learn.<br />It'll look fantastic hanging on my wall for Valentine's Day!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What's next?</span><br /></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-27785965236508803762011-01-27T07:00:00.000-08:002011-01-27T07:00:04.280-08:00What to do... What to do...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">January was Krista's month in our quilting bee. She sent out an eclectic group of fabrics and requested wonky liberated log cabins.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is what I'm sending her! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZjGdHSLNdcTs3fQPjVmIyMIAtnHh2nQ9RnTKuL7vcv4zXTPiIg3fenNS5IN06tVdG_qr0V2UJTf9og0USsS4kSQFnNQYue7bglUQsIKvVWl0OKd6p3QiYs64jphPW7VGZUSq79vWxa_q/s1600/IMG_0521.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZjGdHSLNdcTs3fQPjVmIyMIAtnHh2nQ9RnTKuL7vcv4zXTPiIg3fenNS5IN06tVdG_qr0V2UJTf9og0USsS4kSQFnNQYue7bglUQsIKvVWl0OKd6p3QiYs64jphPW7VGZUSq79vWxa_q/s400/IMG_0521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565743239388936082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQLiE2FJnzpfpqQ6ncMJAY-RNqrJgg7XuP6l3FUTiY8RbaCwP7yKpdSb7a8xqLivd_gw3fQ4pZm1gClzQD4DrKKhrHiPgX1lqoJs3WmvfsQYlyKrzQ4bR-8y8kQKxvXVz0_VzfIF8OQid/s1600/IMG_0522.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQLiE2FJnzpfpqQ6ncMJAY-RNqrJgg7XuP6l3FUTiY8RbaCwP7yKpdSb7a8xqLivd_gw3fQ4pZm1gClzQD4DrKKhrHiPgX1lqoJs3WmvfsQYlyKrzQ4bR-8y8kQKxvXVz0_VzfIF8OQid/s400/IMG_0522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565743249183298802" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span>It's not as easy as you might think to do random, wonky piecing. I tend to over- think things. My OCD comes back in spades.<br />She's going to be cutting them up into quarters, bento box style, like this:</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4649798465_cdd3c612f0.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 485px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4649798465_cdd3c612f0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> That should make for a very colorful quilt!<br />So that means that we have February, which is Skye's month, and then MINE!!!<br />My month is March!<br />Woo hoo!<br />I'm having the hardest time deciding what to have my hivemates make for me.<br />Again, I might be over-thinking it.<br />I'm definitely thinking about making a Day of the Dead quilt.<br />Why?<br />Because I have a plan to have quilts for every holiday, but I hate Halloween.<br />That makes sense, right?<br />So you see, I'd never make a Halloween quilt on my own, in fact I don't even really want to own a Halloween quilt. But a Day of the Dead quilt?<br />That's a different kettle of fish.<br />So I can get D of the D fabric easily enough, but what pattern?<br />There's the pickle.<br />I might be hungry, I'm talking a lot of food suddenly.<br />I could go with a liberated star...<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3273060133_c9f4afcbdf_m.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3273060133_c9f4afcbdf_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Or maybe a string quilt?<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/3885812329_75d6c46b5a_m.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 135px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/3885812329_75d6c46b5a_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I have less than a month to decide!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any advice?</span><br /></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-73276381558466383802011-01-25T08:04:00.000-08:002011-01-25T08:04:00.206-08:00Zippers Are a Gateway Drug<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Is this how it starts? </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've called myself a quilter for so long, and whenever someone says "Oh! You sew?" with that gleam in their eye that tells you that they're about to ask you for the most complicated dress/shirt/pants, I'm quick to correct them.<br />No! I don't SEW. I sew straight lines, putting straight pieces of fabric together.<br />I'm a quilter.<br />But my friend asked me for some pillow cases to match what she already had, so I made her some pillow cases.<br />WITH ZIPPERS!<span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br />And I was hooked.<br />Then my daughter-in-law got a Nook for Christmas, and needed a case for it.<br />So what's a girl to do?<br />I made her a case.<br />With, are you sitting down? With a ZIPPER!<br />Thaaaat's right.<br />Then I became OBSESSED with zipper</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">s.<br />Everything must have zippers!<span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br />I made a case with a zipper that went around the corner.<br />Yeah, it wasn't good.<span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br />Then I started with the bags.<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGlptQz6vUVKt5D-SA0kO-fWyookxZkPkVi1JFKbgKBjqGsQv47Ew1PzN0TBkWRYy9mpH0z4UMGp5hDIR5OxEJj_BFWJlWVU_E56KxCuEG8b66cULHukfqSyPttdBnzptccaJ5yZAG7F4/s1600/IMG_0506.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGlptQz6vUVKt5D-SA0kO-fWyookxZkPkVi1JFKbgKBjqGsQv47Ew1PzN0TBkWRYy9mpH0z4UMGp5hDIR5OxEJj_BFWJlWVU_E56KxCuEG8b66cULHukfqSyPttdBnzptccaJ5yZAG7F4/s400/IMG_0506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565521300585242482" border="0" /></a></span></span>My friend Lisa and I bought this fabric to make totes and bags and coin purses and such.<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp9nUzl44_LWSIXmxiw9THsTRAJkkdSzqUQwrZJEtxvK3Nww7hryZQbzgKKxg8Owz68XIV863RE8LwGQAb-h3AXDHurAqgTj2fTYAppHHeHib09MyiTr2L3y5yUDvIb_y3lZ1EKaJvxIn/s1600/IMG_0504.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp9nUzl44_LWSIXmxiw9THsTRAJkkdSzqUQwrZJEtxvK3Nww7hryZQbzgKKxg8Owz68XIV863RE8LwGQAb-h3AXDHurAqgTj2fTYAppHHeHib09MyiTr2L3y5yUDvIb_y3lZ1EKaJvxIn/s400/IMG_0504.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565521296793126530" border="0" /></a></span></span>And damned if that leftover pillow fabric didn't match perfectly!<br />So yeah, it's a strange size, and it definitely isn't my best work, but check out those box corners! <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoF8FLiBQCgPWDcJqm-SzXoINBAGkRHAc9TF05jD7EigBNnXAyOK382tnF-XBrHf4boCEEgrx5utNwmO6ksy3RZOfKWQupISG2fQVWrLkbVqoh5m03TxkpasRSarC0KtF686reTLirCZu/s1600/IMG_0508.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoF8FLiBQCgPWDcJqm-SzXoINBAGkRHAc9TF05jD7EigBNnXAyOK382tnF-XBrHf4boCEEgrx5utNwmO6ksy3RZOfKWQupISG2fQVWrLkbVqoh5m03TxkpasRSarC0KtF686reTLirCZu/s400/IMG_0508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565521305919219490" border="0" /></a></span></span>Yeah, Baby.<br />That's sexy!</span><br /></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-25794858495058977482011-01-23T14:35:00.000-08:002011-01-23T14:58:37.456-08:00Some Sewing Got Done!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;">So I've had <a href="http://www.country-schoolhouse.com/twister_tool.htm">this template</a> for, like, EVER.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;">Never used it, but I saw it on someone's blog the other day, and that prompted me to bust it out and give it a try.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidW8NyaxzgluzdEI2kH_SH8DyJWvrdmMDZql-_WljUb6xuhBpAmOZDpaTWbLef_KTvfdgMaQ-q77XRDF_KZGgIJAZHz8OUCi3hyyjirGznr_q6FTqTz9fpntR6KEBwkGXPowKU_lxSUxm_/s1600/IMG_0513.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidW8NyaxzgluzdEI2kH_SH8DyJWvrdmMDZql-_WljUb6xuhBpAmOZDpaTWbLef_KTvfdgMaQ-q77XRDF_KZGgIJAZHz8OUCi3hyyjirGznr_q6FTqTz9fpntR6KEBwkGXPowKU_lxSUxm_/s400/IMG_0513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565514338519548322" border="0" /></a>I'm not going to say it's the easiest thing in the world, but I made this little baby quilt in ONE AFTERNOON.<br />So I guess it works ok!<br />Now, if you're afraid of bias edges, this might not be for you, but I ain't skerred of no biases, so I just starched the ever loving heck out of it and cut away. How starched is it? It can stand up on it's own.<br />See?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA0Hj1g-hxYKaoazf329BTWk-G04c4N7ATExM2yH9zaD2H8DhOqfl17lKO5NirHSDkq1mkTzTs4-t4y75KOp7n-4dLpdXyIgpJW1RfxttFhKMv4eoERfX7rvHlVdOERsupSJKg_PcEsK0/s1600/IMG_0515.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA0Hj1g-hxYKaoazf329BTWk-G04c4N7ATExM2yH9zaD2H8DhOqfl17lKO5NirHSDkq1mkTzTs4-t4y75KOp7n-4dLpdXyIgpJW1RfxttFhKMv4eoERfX7rvHlVdOERsupSJKg_PcEsK0/s400/IMG_0515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565514359999591522" border="0" /></a>That's a lot of starch.<br />Now, I know, this Hunky Dory fabric isn't the best choice. Something with more contrast would work better, but I had this charm pack and had never done anything with it, and I just wanted to play, so...<br />It's about 30" by 26. It shrinks up a lot in the cutting and resewing.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwGyh38FzctayjWwpuQC_CBhpRVR_ovVAN9DDHsMkFxdvu9JpjDCRzeW6fRXzcO82dJUAxTiYSa6jNf1TgOGlT8genTYWcY7oPGRFZ72IvEK2nL6GZWwmjLC1dNrhQupABfmEkbixqL4B/s1600/IMG_0514.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwGyh38FzctayjWwpuQC_CBhpRVR_ovVAN9DDHsMkFxdvu9JpjDCRzeW6fRXzcO82dJUAxTiYSa6jNf1TgOGlT8genTYWcY7oPGRFZ72IvEK2nL6GZWwmjLC1dNrhQupABfmEkbixqL4B/s400/IMG_0514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565518868503469042" border="0" /></a>Now I just need someone to have a baby girl, and I'm all set!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuzgq3yaJFLkmZ1i0HJnHZLleCMYPt_GKCfYqPk7NLiDct1HGBpCR_qJf1eANOAwclvP2N2UNOOlsJVqwI48yLr7kOtugBzuKKkXq0VJ3JW6y6WYpc5UH-IQuluchQuqBkD8YzpGw60vn/s1600/IMG_0519.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuzgq3yaJFLkmZ1i0HJnHZLleCMYPt_GKCfYqPk7NLiDct1HGBpCR_qJf1eANOAwclvP2N2UNOOlsJVqwI48yLr7kOtugBzuKKkXq0VJ3JW6y6WYpc5UH-IQuluchQuqBkD8YzpGw60vn/s400/IMG_0519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565514549908772050" border="0" /></a></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-29969693214849980032010-11-06T15:40:00.000-07:002010-11-06T15:55:05.734-07:00At Least I've Never Attacked a Rabbit With an Oar...<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">My name is Janice, and I have lusted in my heart.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I have wanted this fabric, "Flower Sugar" for over a year. When the Fat Quarter Shop sent me that email that it had finally arrived, I bought every single speck of it that very day. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Rll4mZQtoSQiUo5pOfJ1pckdb1jVtkoA9a5ZMSqZnYUVl1RPZ1QXCcodv_PEBZHScpn6wMM6Y38hBut89pFAeLavGswReUTVOcT0BhtXtTk8khfE2KnTcO3IVQIphM6MC1bC7da4JCiu/s1600/IMG_0426.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Rll4mZQtoSQiUo5pOfJ1pckdb1jVtkoA9a5ZMSqZnYUVl1RPZ1QXCcodv_PEBZHScpn6wMM6Y38hBut89pFAeLavGswReUTVOcT0BhtXtTk8khfE2KnTcO3IVQIphM6MC1bC7da4JCiu/s400/IMG_0426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570538303769298" border="0" /></a></span></span>Love.<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7z7FEv6IvwroqQrVkDtb4jRvgt3meNgVP1qZ8DtTIAttVsbJ-1HvBHnROElwvqZxdIhcfbMu9acluf1JbFBP5KJkhHB5mCwh1n7q1wrxlT_LHlen4fMaWS4ygcNF-k5nG8TnnRi2HNB-/s1600/IMG_0429.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7z7FEv6IvwroqQrVkDtb4jRvgt3meNgVP1qZ8DtTIAttVsbJ-1HvBHnROElwvqZxdIhcfbMu9acluf1JbFBP5KJkhHB5mCwh1n7q1wrxlT_LHlen4fMaWS4ygcNF-k5nG8TnnRi2HNB-/s400/IMG_0429.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570558423430354" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Love, love, love.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxONxxEmfUPYHwrKxBiLOEg9Ryb12YoKVwV1Le6NswRz2MXKjlKzOfrbV1JyAFoxd5WKLpG_zc890KYVKKYn8m8hOs61keeLhdII8kDpFkx9yCQ0ahU5vUiAsbu4IWJkj4VvSbMkOIVFj/s1600/IMG_0428.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxONxxEmfUPYHwrKxBiLOEg9Ryb12YoKVwV1Le6NswRz2MXKjlKzOfrbV1JyAFoxd5WKLpG_zc890KYVKKYn8m8hOs61keeLhdII8kDpFkx9yCQ0ahU5vUiAsbu4IWJkj4VvSbMkOIVFj/s400/IMG_0428.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570553445147506" border="0" /></a>It came out a while back, and I loved it then, but it had a weird stripe, and a multi-colored polka dot that I wasn't crazy about. Then they re-released it without the very prints that I didn't like!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvowKjqlWIX2JBaKjEMcrs5utu2_mLlWMenH1PEn3Fspi52yvT0nIf5hRPfNRZCXy8t8twVmc05KLBrw5jGpGLtEtFk6lJl1NF_M8sFyuH5B0vUBkp-t6uko1h_b1eQtjr3y0VCoaiwppY/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvowKjqlWIX2JBaKjEMcrs5utu2_mLlWMenH1PEn3Fspi52yvT0nIf5hRPfNRZCXy8t8twVmc05KLBrw5jGpGLtEtFk6lJl1NF_M8sFyuH5B0vUBkp-t6uko1h_b1eQtjr3y0VCoaiwppY/s400/IMG_0427.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570544777538194" border="0" /></a>They read my mind.<br />So I have it all, and I can't wait to turn it into the most beautiful quilt ever. Something a little old fashioned, but still jaw dropping.<br />Isn't it gorgeous?<br />It's 40's fabulous. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfc-Zc0zfET9WRdNV03H38MMAQ8Ci6qmblCVHoKzEgz9FtLZWmqx2JD1JTVvMH30hZyEtXwHSYR-K78VsrguIQeJrsHQ9JPPm3JWH73WS_gBQBczV_PnNEVvkhtbkD1IyYyxF6kpm0rrS/s1600/IMG_0430.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfc-Zc0zfET9WRdNV03H38MMAQ8Ci6qmblCVHoKzEgz9FtLZWmqx2JD1JTVvMH30hZyEtXwHSYR-K78VsrguIQeJrsHQ9JPPm3JWH73WS_gBQBczV_PnNEVvkhtbkD1IyYyxF6kpm0rrS/s400/IMG_0430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570563680930818" border="0" /></a>I'm thinking it might need a touch of black in there, to cut the sweetness.<br />We'll see.<br />And the following will only make sense if your name is Lisa.<br />See Lisa?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeTnheKbpzmsG0R_pys7zjsKBEJKFkEYs8W3HXALH0U-gnUDUp4UfWhIw3swlT94G308mx6RX2muh6BsuPTLFycFDaMKp0J9FQKRST-64fR3h6QsRNq90GQ43edDG25xxaq1EgbIPP4bB/s1600/IMG_0431.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeTnheKbpzmsG0R_pys7zjsKBEJKFkEYs8W3HXALH0U-gnUDUp4UfWhIw3swlT94G308mx6RX2muh6BsuPTLFycFDaMKp0J9FQKRST-64fR3h6QsRNq90GQ43edDG25xxaq1EgbIPP4bB/s400/IMG_0431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570730251400130" border="0" /></a>How cool is that?<br />We're on our way, Sista!<br /></span></span></div><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9QWiDmoAV7QgqW4dYtWQnlCRGSoSDF-7eXk7Tsa69FRYzqkcoyFy7_f4WWthwvyV9hVOJlJ7sgYgl1pavHl8iugW6fXj9cX21j5L2gry8hvXAHkif3DUANE7iww3lenbOIbu_riSuO4Y/s1600/IMG_0432.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9QWiDmoAV7QgqW4dYtWQnlCRGSoSDF-7eXk7Tsa69FRYzqkcoyFy7_f4WWthwvyV9hVOJlJ7sgYgl1pavHl8iugW6fXj9cX21j5L2gry8hvXAHkif3DUANE7iww3lenbOIbu_riSuO4Y/s400/IMG_0432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536570733113000354" border="0" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-12888586190994884302010-10-26T11:59:00.000-07:002010-10-26T12:39:02.141-07:00And Another Thing...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">What's new? It's been a while, here's what I've been up to.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I made some pillows, that match a quilt made with "Fandango" that a friend made.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1-_V-1gppDF0aCJXLeDum8wBD67uwIT6gtYwGYdrGQNEPpriYJn9hPi46KgBHsd4KJh9P1bPE6aMKK2XkXFHDqDdFi1fF2o3ynQcmO6d2a5O6yutvLRP5sOwJn5neXm_xKMi6TpcBCA1/s400/IMG_0300.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432271811027138" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnHpmO4mW9uqh5334IP1sxioLURv3GOUSJrZWxfJZHbPoP7S_o0iCnPgxCiN7ZVVXjsr7-gValhlA1dBjw1uj-5pLdSK2P8U4FTpmL_ayPnMI5TfL3oHP_b2ndHLgeDTOneHj_urTFzaB/s400/IMG_0304.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432275023480786" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I made some Bee blocks, here's September, based on "</span></span><a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2009/07/map-of-the-states-blocks.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Map of the States</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" by Oh Fransson.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwqfswdFaxENOgIJUjIwEpc6pDMipD7symniAM0r79z-GR8nALrmm-c28HgeyrixEuw8ZszE2iDMOgEbs53VCqRM1ti-VJdBnrglaAH5VAqbyuoZvaOd65JbPEZXUfNWHa03IhUqE84WL/s400/IMG_0306.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532433132850330114" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I love the screen printed bird fabric that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/sewfun2/">Lauree</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"> sent!</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXkMNxDj9rYiFXUaX1SiCrAC63QxEAqRVhd_gdo94xD2kJd7MLH1LacZiCAf7zwdlGGkfXj2OoJSprOwLBWAG2ZlSM8t0kfSzVJmsTvLFMobwxulnrqUbdhDk0TcM7uh_nYPG9yy8ctwc/s400/IMG_0307.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532433126665560418" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">And here's a house block that Heather requested. </span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0hYV3QmTPfv9Aif4WF0Yd5JdquvhUsDlOWc90JHmAOjpaSsXrikWTNMD0VAtDU0Q2lpEJ3qvZ3SK3mU2JwiZ4p2IXNIqGvwfhE12qk3xYDcnWBXJvc6HXx82tiLw2jyq1o84JYBEUP9w/s400/IMG_0415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432677659700002" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Houses are hard!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I have been humbled by the house block. They are definitely harder than they look. This is about my sixth attempt. There were a lot of remodels before the final result.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQuv91h1Jq-0klCPxSnXIVn5tXZ-21SjmXcx3PJ9Vb3gq7lCDy9EMAluK3_9u2auMjHu3YA1KWr6wRlnjU3Ujjmzz8Qk1UQz8H0nTrakmJiyThAxLWOHSiY5z1o_38lQukgfCdNeoZgze/s400/IMG_0419.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432543347552482" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">She wanted bright, and I would absolutely live in a hot pink house. With a flower petal roof. And a pink flamingo in the yard.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Who wouldn't?</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoNcZrPGkDWtDNOgmFGUQmLF092N_CmmYPW3Mg327uIoO6YRgVFqd_FWJ5ZeOIdhjurI5Ki3dkmkoAHaWX_PZzqMf2Yra7Dlm225_GDqhjGa3r6YARd8_O4eTMqOgoMshxp2jKpSdtxuC/s400/IMG_0416.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432683987649250" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">What else? I saw Kathy Griffin.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdptXWedOYeB5Y50Gz48l764Nhu9vd0xTW5me_zxJ6X9S1tcQ-inw_Fm_hnVMfwah6Glyj7YA73oEqbZ8lHrZl6W0YX4_bWWdQL_4mtKqvaY7k_R2H3DF-eNFRQOsKyoxyFU5BH4RYvZ5L/s400/IMG_0411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432538964769250" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">She's a tiny little pocket person, and never took a breath the whole time she was on stage.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Fabulous.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">And I went to the Pacific International Quilt Festival with my dear, dear friend.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I fell in love with this one, by <a href="http://www.caroltaylorquilts.com/">Carol Taylor</a>.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgtvgi3U1BhMW-m6WyXUqD-DDNEub5A41Igb1YoTzUvEMCawUT05Ax2VluTBKuc-knZstDG9ApEsHxPbzMJRfPiZ95H00LSUaBH3m1P_dezmefmdh2_ASxYKWyTUdA1zfBzS5SeGCZTbt/s400/IMG_0402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432538252901378" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I seem to remember falling in love with another of her quilts last year at the show. I think I might be in love with Carol Taylor. I just Googled her and found out that she's going to be teaching locally in January. I need to take me some classes! I don't think it's stalking if you pay to see someone, right?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I didn't catch who made this quilt, but it's awe inspiring.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2gsYoCIq-z3jAX-ywXnWdfHb6KKc0-1dxMT6bkYo9-mNjw_-eX79yZ2_zwAv8YwwthjHm-7xBlkUm4BYllPxO6kpKa9xJv1OeNCDUHsNaUw3M7KLAAkj6nX23xZ2ICiGy8fk8xnlzLWE/s400/IMG_0383.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432530655786898" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I can't begin to imagine how someone made it.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvROuRNoLmdetMiV51lq4iulUegEDCvDDCy2tuXky9HTP_ElSQkOVwn-lahDW39SMOLhnxtM2OxByL1lJl7MHW7SlDwhGuW2AKRR1WZcc1AY_jtHbgcg3ZQ404-CAVnoKSPPstwkpuEmZ/s400/IMG_0384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532439740398010242" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">My brain doesn't work that way.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_Vt8tnSXsXIIN32Jt8eEklw-Phzr_50EoOa3DujMGdjXQw1veCbZWkFA4qglavTSJQyQqj-22yZ4VYan8PN8mXgw0gbdKLcIIX5f6rZkMyZm5v007J5JrJ4VchCefo-Yv_7x9DdyWUZi/s400/IMG_0385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532439748640105106" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">And what else?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I finished the binding on the Sultry quilt.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhPktcwXf6N_PVV1FjCXz3gp4_bhMd7I8K3BGOUJE6JAa_R9pTQOCSgc4fvHxajxdQpyg8eWOygRQw65niSvkEpBACzeoZ8oSa1bVUn9ALgPc17jjBHr_QYtnWkKgiBgaFqmf-1wp8Ecn/s400/IMG_0315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432530029339106" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">And I started a triangle quilt out of Origins.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4-N_4L4WRdn5k8aBrsueAwiDYbRT_nq8WBSeBVPyp7EIPaIX1OL9bTVFmNW949u8OF1HktUcG7njn92mF_rgFrBwjgI81QoGslAmuhieaO4II-I3ADcBv5DUbL9lRkfq1eZZrxCzTkJM/s400/IMG_0311.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532432291400483890" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I love me some Origins. It looks really yellow in this picture, but it is a yellow background, so maybe it's closer than I think.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I used the very scientific "SIAH" process to pick the background of Bella Butter fabric; Stuff I Already Had. I think it works.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">You'd think I'd have more things to share, it's been so long, but I don't. I'm a pretty boring person at heart. I watch a lot of TV, I try to make my dog snuggle with me, I work full time. Today IS the Sweet Baboo's birthday though, THAT'S exciting! We're meeting friends at a Fondue restaurant tonight. Should be tons of fun.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I'll let you know.</span></span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-58767272098523089022010-08-01T15:39:00.000-07:002010-08-01T16:08:28.959-07:00Hellllllllo August!<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wF2Eu-bvgSD0AIlcggDRCepCL5Yj2WFhvgWyXFpZnzzBE9sJVVpd4k1xThYmLHDj9L05VSUNZi-tLBahdkSrvmT-hSv3M1IF5LwsOAp9bZo2GzOrE2VWWoXLBaKyCfrvY1ey0l3hyphenhyphenOdp/s400/IMG_0285.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500575311060502434" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">Where did July go?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I swear, I'm going to blink and be 95. I have no idea how the time gets away from me so easily.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">July was filled with working and vacationing, and searching for the perfect fish tacos, and camping and napping and panic attacks and a small bit of sewing and cleaning and movie watching and lunching on the wharf and more work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This is one of the only pictures I took while camping in <a href="http://www.pismobeach.org/">Pismo</a><a href="http://www.pismobeach.org/"> Beach</a>, showing just how cold it was the whole time we were there.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOwgrDdUUC4wMRxX8Rah4HQpM0GqKQbZg_9hqjZ5MIPYttlV6r-doje2jkug8eaUGE_Tnf2Dx5KX69gcTSLkXCNVSAtg2WLyOwkWoAsOteVQ40UWDI-k-lAegwE7bZOOBoxJBCUX0OBM3/s400/IMG_0284.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500575305794928786" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And this is a Christmas quilt I'm making for my sister-in-law (I don't think she reads my blog...) from the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/oldredbarncoquiltalong2009/">Old Red Barn Co quilt along</a>.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LcFZY3_EAZ7ugcsqBt0J6aN2opJNsOZdubtPvpwyy0TiLpjFErXGvfcRVmsIH_fot7AbHf4LvAsGCGMJobpDuwme8_Th-_BGsJW6bCrBP8txEIukGtt7-IuHZJzsy7KvaBjv4DUO4HLh/s400/IMG_0292.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500575318862495330" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I'm not in love with it yet. It's made with "At Home for the Holidays" fabric, which I think will suit my SIL just fine. I deliberately don't have any red pieces on the outside edges so that I can add on a red border and then maybe a piano key border of all the leftover fabrics. I'm not sure though, it's pretty big already. I'd like to find a nice flannel for the back, without spending a fortune. Don't you hate when you get to the backing and it costs more than the whole top? Or maybe it just because we don't buy a giant four yard piece all at once. It's easier to ignore the cost if only see it in small bites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">"$2 for a fat quarter? I'll take five! $10 a yard? Ridiculous!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The fabrics are nice though.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I added in a couple others just because.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2ruKYLj7kI7hltyfIW1tube4yv9Bq9e30guyEkUIT_KWs4_jCZiG1SWg8kDfDp9YM7Gup8IL_xsYvGuK5i9-Xb9OyeoQWsZHQ1SN-g7wD_FsWzoEbvsDPiPQ_xU5bz_rH3MKNvZcmbAN/s400/IMG_0293.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500575320440545122" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I had to order one more yard for the border, and also a border for this quilt...</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSrCKoHeITLd3_3ctLa9bcte2tHobrtZvHCmSvPELx5V3ww6tX9_oBO1iZmhcwbG-0XL-lAm_mDNrMaV-uQSgR6JpBr2aNkEzVuoWtq5iwvL85txCI1XzaGuD_cQrdN0txwD36kj7N4e7/s400/IMG_0193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500580384102354162" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I've got it all pieced together now, and I'm waiting (searching? pining?) for inspiration for a border. I don't want to just slap a plain piece of fabric on it, but it should be something that reflects what's going on in the quilt. You know? You know? I know you know. <a href="http://cupcakesndaisies.blogspot.com/2010/06/la-mode.html">This woman</a> ruined me. I LOVED her quilt as it was, and then she went and added on the most amazing border! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Dang it! Always someone upping the ante!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Any ideas?</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-34028555141909137432010-07-05T10:38:00.000-07:002010-07-05T10:58:58.025-07:00SewFun2<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">Man, talk about addictive!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">Chelsea requested wonky quarter log cabin blocks for her July pick in our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/sewfun2/">quilting bee. </a></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgDYRyb27N8G-P_FVvrG7TrOb8IIV4rrAzfq9MgzKNIRvaR1RFOjY2lN2Tkjr5aXVfook5XYQR7IcycLyDb7bBWW7a3gl7IUirq57BKFhkdXb1qumHPaKgNoxIDnHH5iLsNykZCX4gF3j/s400/IMG_0279.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490478403454632370" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">I could make these things for DAYS!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">I might have to start my own quilt with them!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJNxjp8riXIPR0Ba-Xy0buQM2AmDi0PjZe7fs7DjY-b0T14ClQ5dm1rSsG1CNIyhLkQB_KEgSNUKFIyFeoRWPRTl1vXLBS2Gg7udTs2YCMHY3IKZAb0sWq8vfku-4pG8fTMKimAx66kyb/s400/IMG_0282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490478441815940162" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">I was so impressed when I got her fabric, because I don't think I could have put these fabrics together in a million years, but it works!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKkA70SI3pd9CzVvmIGkf-w77VVjg4iiH0zdyUbqsUcNsrBoqhQqRiFnpQsaUFBUY9MzeqOYb4NBEt44De5mPtZ0xPQXR373irfpiHCJwwl_pra7_vBWvrlheNSopKuMZJhMU0s22u5nW/s400/IMG_0280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490478412666825490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">I definitely need to push myself in my color choices. Get away from the precuts and fabric bundles. Mix it up!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCso26dIpsQScCtuUvF4fcbRMoGdAyY4JPVXY1JvjbS__bWCcNkLVPpC1ruSo0bzpYy35Yvm_kRyiVPw7vCfaHIrAOdhU2BT_9TLfXHrBkwMC_lcqgUvDWdKwfila1xNZcc1DfWv39j0d/s400/IMG_0281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490478424097360114" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">My first two blocks looked too much alike for me, (it's the angles and placement of the dark brown) so I had to squeak out the third block.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I hope she likes it!</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-5244985490828881402010-07-03T16:51:00.000-07:002010-07-03T16:56:00.273-07:00Just so you know...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><a href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-79735239299518_2107_4758245">Fabric.com</a> is having a sale. I just got 18 half yard cuts of Anna Marie Horner's Good Folks line, with a little Tina Givens thrown in for $28. Free shipping on orders over $35, PLUS 20-25% off the sale prices! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">Get in there and get you some!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 674px;" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-79735239299518_2107_4758245" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(photo stolen from Anna Marie Horner's blog)</span></span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-5040692895140438732010-06-30T19:57:00.000-07:002010-06-30T20:34:26.602-07:00Chickens and Lizards and Bindings OH MY!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">Soooooo... ummm...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Remember when I said I did all my bindings on the sewing machine? Remember how I said I would never, but NEVER attempt a binding BY HAND? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Remember when I was so smug about those who would attempt it, and how I rolled my eyes and quietly called them freaks under my breath?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ok, I might have done that last one in private.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But now I'm rolling my eyes at myself, which is just very hard to do and will give you a migraine, because here I am, me, smug bastard that I am, DOING A BINDING BY HAND!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">What has the world come to?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And what's more?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I LIKE IT!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">So here's the Kitchen Chicken quilt. I took pictures of it and shared it with you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And in looking at the pictures, I was struck by the yellow chickens.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeeKlJ6I5DZ1GZ7pu4f2jMt7LOFKc3KmN1ykkL_rqf2uXVCk-W4bFB2E9753Q9ykjwbZT93BIQJyazEStuYmkfLZoEzbYIkLZBFimfXmWnDQOh_v9dshvdJFJiByyj1ig1HjdibYXLJ3a/s400/IMG_0240.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488770000551773474" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">They looked a little lost. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A little disjointed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And there's nothing sadder than a disjointed, lost chicken.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I had to give them somewhere to roost.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">So when putting the binding on, I included a little flange of yellow chicken fabric.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9N0vROceVO89nrM8Q_u0AjlvT7urvSbD6Mm2gu2vIWgN0tllKbJryynCdTGkWlZDtP13IKO1Wf-F7xLfn_y1SxPa7kNiF34LaQXA2YuRog5VVamHa2hUyB7wpgG64i89Nc7dlw-P9VRm/s400/IMG_0275.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488771813148097154" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Like piping, without the pipe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I tried to cut all the red out of the fabric, because the Metro Market fabric with the yellow background has red and black chickens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I missed one tiny spot, this little guy looking out from the corner. </span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6hn4c97nIH2pQj2b_NFvlhZb0L_H3I67_2cuQxlekhMIRtgo6BQc2apLQlSYnU3HTqz-tgy7ZnpSFoxExtxUBy310edTcsiBau0fssHl4AnGRBafXqJW-d0TwWejpioeG8wLJ5ppqFL4/s400/IMG_0266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488766941856800162" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">How cute is that? Completely spontaneous, I didn't try to land him there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But I love him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">So because I did the fancy pipeless-piping on the front, I didn't want to ruin the look by machine stitching the binding.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">So there I was.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Quilt across my lap.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">HAND SEWING the binding to the back.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Who woulda thunk it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And the more I sewed, the more I loved the look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I have no idea if I did it correctly, and it may all come out with the first tug, but I did it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCRxRS_bYg8ywJPdDghhnYul1cEVFBxtKdksDdREbPr9ej-r1IIv-gjI8qn2OsXK0KuVpPstyhmOhZANBdYCwHeMVDaMu9wrip1pX7XwPNVwIJOdIrnjr7KS5zCAt4_MiLSD_vCfyz132/s400/IMG_0262.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488766917369512754" />And it's cute on the back too.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4k81XC4b6kjhAVlAP5wB3c90SdUg6UhGyv-heKO7ZfONL4M3pKgj5oGkYbYsJZDFNMWvr2tqZcOlZwmbdMUQyAjcLAA9L0YVQpwtH-vYPdrraA3NiCB_gXAAbkARwPdYJh3cE_IyaLr0/s400/IMG_0264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488766926195893794" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And every time I took a stitch and hooked the thread with my middle finger to pull it through, it was as if my Mother was in the room, looking over my shoulder.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbEhNElLMNlOr8lwG_QAjAuVuuZWBEw8wr5-DPVbZmZK3RGjoZLwkYbhI__w9OrYae8tPJ8puIWaIdYZqtxaZ0gS9jYLuTtg2c0dYoTL7ZOLhtkN-3K5wQJ-2g02Cg0bSZF3lDo1sfgu_/s400/IMG_0267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488766949635136546" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">She would have been AMAZED.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">She always commented on how she tried and tried to teach me to sew as a child, and I always resisted.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It amused her so much to be able to say: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">"My daughter - the quilter!"</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2qd1oiUGoWxGcaU-ry7rav7Njm49MCuZunwvBoaPupF80pG4ziMz9YhTdJZ-BijznpnUUcecEM_sxZpVGErHGMT8LkVGae5MAcBW76eoZQQBPmtJFBd4wpPYVkCZeXyOyKU76GtFj3lk/s400/IMG_0265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488766931191194642" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I think she'd be proud. I'm proud of myself!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">On another note, the Sweet Baboo has been doing a lot of yard work, and scared up this little fella.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSV5GigEw8sjl9l3_zydtTd5pPNd66e6g-3M1R4HJ3n4g05DFAqFZRRNFsiH1FanC6mJ_TG6xSb69X8l_D4mCnX6arkIKHwnzPZdWkAt7HcepO2ZtbfoNsmx6VSCD3b1IuH76coLWWhZy/s400/IMG_0271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488767099525091522" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Looks like he lost his tail at some point, and grew a new one.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhde8OmCCRXnxbLopHyY5VnZ1jXOS5O8VreS6SxrWi2nXjh0lBxYEze-NBZvuonvgb1HovXNSGSsExJDM0pN4ZHkCzQpc7MupqNVdK7BTC0W1VeUpmyHEdeHRm7Zee2hGQqErU3f_KxS2rf/s400/IMG_0272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488767105026444962" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I think there's a lesson there about not letting things stop you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Just get over it and keep going.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks Lizard!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Message received.</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-1554315948917862262010-06-14T18:01:00.000-07:002010-06-14T18:33:27.541-07:00Like the Mona Lisa in Fabric...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">Drum roll please!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Boy, I am on such a roll with the blogging these days.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">What WILL I talk about tomorrow?</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFH1iAlGmbd2haSoK7JJsNKOAI44xWgUV1y5NxOkxpbp2COEDht6BJcIQ0yP_yq0ljQyV4vkF_JU9iyfhqKkevSbHY2WFJBupAEX7IcJElS3NW0KrUhKSY1iZj_p89vXUumcCL_glRYCc/s400/IMG_0246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803357063585314" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So this is the Sultry Braid Quilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It started as a kit, but then expanded and expanded into the beautiful quilt it is today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Its big, pretty much bed sized.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcI_1wD3CdI6HUkvUjScOaLTAhs6S8yRl6-cqIgYTV_D_svU44I5pzu-Q52M6KjkRh_Ybyd4RhGx3fKwvnZ5nFOXD5WX8PP_gdgOkkJAQSZu2wjsXRXbH8YR4FAm-epN63XK6aAaHxFVq/s400/IMG_0251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803710589122018" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Look at the amazing job my quilter did.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Look at those feathers!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKL-UxX2bQcuF-jPRCcP-XGuRNR4WIBSqT9U0FoEm3P1h2Sk3fU7Bx5ZWoVGpVd1Qq9h1pPUj4-ewyfwpsIy9KIBQ7LLZnTFXWr4Pz84gT5ejtne12IpCEemijdVDcTVEh6Uh7fLKdu4J/s400/IMG_0248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803693343185810" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Look at the 'ribbon candy' in that pink border!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-dr6N6OBA9-pOJhyfF8CO0uiNfudSKQmc5vsdLS0vM0ugjY-mObz2WcTBZ21o2gfGtq5hHYudPdwT_uieCGUJymcHkD4COLXyoCXqAcN2O3tLQaZvxkrhbI__vTVFs5GDMDJwpeDYB-C/s400/IMG_0252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803369778109042" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I can't stand it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">She said while she was quilting the borders, (amazing!) she kept thinking "big floppy bunny ears... big floppy bunny ears..." because we didn't want, as she put it, the "quilted to death" look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I love it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Absolutely love it.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHHUu-Icn7FVv0E8wY-X7ft5jyXQ1OhivtRpyQ5wBWYE5BWgBHlgEr1DV3_62AefRwmVHpJvyxlb7ntuF6eqRS8VKHwcHjqi5sLPF73OKC-J2CwlSoUrKsBy29GxS68pCJV-Qo9YDbwkg/s400/IMG_0253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803360812115394" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB510jrPABQOfswWoOVtfm-KGA8x3zq9XYfFjYyngWPCM_09z-64l11hPvf01MXwJpG7WcuvrOTy_rsKft1G297LN-bKeLHHEQ85cS54GbUz_gWknknLb26tk0O11oLJ90qH2hh488ziP/s400/IMG_0247.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803343896124802" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I have a stripe fabric for the binding, but now I really want a dark brown binding.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">A frame.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">For a work of art.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6Rgx7PynUprcOSrFvFFkkJcvLHX9_5lmOzPgaYAptPfNFZmhmZuQjzAfsha_sf5F1Qvh37XkqNBAs47w0ftmf4V7dfNCAL0G0kWC6-FnYPZf_zhSxXcwYJBXAgBKx6DflYnaXXHO-qcR/s400/IMG_0250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803680841178610" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">'Cause that's what it is.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJydpEBlZb0H-UKsEg6-7VnxuBMF6jDzNIHhKpDtD0H6-a0qgUb7VRAppysn-rQ7KI4bnws5Vlwq0_xL4DP4oawQoU521gRprYMrhabBkBlsaOi0ScXuRReKs-sQ2m_74wXmHyfp5sWWj/s400/IMG_0251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482803377922234354" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm so in love.</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-42006654559023330092010-06-06T18:40:00.000-07:002010-06-06T19:25:10.049-07:00My "What If?" Book<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; ">So there's a lot of talk on the quilt blogs these days.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of things caught my eye.</div><div style="text-align: center;">One, was a call for quilters to try harder, and work at making "art" instead of churning out simple patterns.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The second is a pledge to blog more about the process of making something, as opposed to just posting a pretty picture and saying "Look what I made!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm of two minds.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the first; I've <a href="http://andanotherthing-janice.blogspot.com/2009/05/vacation-day-one.html">written before</a> about the life changing revelation that not everything has to be a masterpiece. This is something I struggle with. As a perfectionist, with some anxiety problems, if I start thinking about each quilt being "ART" in capital letters with quotation marks around it, I'll become paralyzed and never complete anything! Sometimes it's enough to make something because you found some pretty fabric. Or because you just felt like sewing something. Or because someone is having a baby.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the other topic, I agree that I always like blog posts more when it shows some behind the scenes work. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So towards that end, today I share my process!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYqC2eoPIk8DA6PvjRvqJKXf_-FjA4x1_hgbr5u1RIhL8TLk9nYpaeX1BVrK6UuxEGYKXaSUOYirrimpWz68DEN2MvT7-6ckbsBbhq1YZjGl3pYygpA0GzUX-pVgFlByXbzyD9YU3ameG/s400/IMG_0228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841401446168706" /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's my inspiration book.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the cover in my "covered notebook" phase.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No pastels for me!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(sorry for the crappy picture quality)</div><div style="text-align: center;">It started out as just a place to put quilt patterns that I thought I might like to make, but became instead a place to work out color combinations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometime just putting the colors together in this book is enough to get it out of my system. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJso9huA_5wA54SSsK4ENbonp1ZnxaUlGlAlNWZyJaZV1ZAxLtr2GE2Jm9SAzd1eH7i654F8-bGV-RwthcsFC80uyqX482jhVr9RaabWuQARzQs_8h8ni1JMIY5XyCxMb-derxkMk46C5/s400/IMG_0218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841424027908482" /><div style="text-align: center;">Other times they go on to become quilts!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like this one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAo9aH3do5qhA03lzqYx7jDiDof_08aYb6Y8NU2X_LKx2iiNex8Dns3HqTg_fWitR61RzdEg8hahE6lEb-rKuVeVPUpEgyh_U2-bIY12W871FE4oWTrzSIUGzzp0veiR0cNTWft2MLue0A/s400/IMG_0220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841425174657874" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend loves pink and brown together. So I found some pictures, (most on Flickr, apologies for not having credit for these pics!) that highlighted some pink and brown combos that I found appealing. And on the right is little Olivia's quilt!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's an idea that's been rolling around in my head; four seasons quilts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Winter</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ouu-kWvMfxSQL6vO-EI5TR_nEd94nrEWVNQTqqlqFcYfNTbLgygYhUiR21d0w78iPldag14FTtIwS3xXgp4YGMYBNAcKNl_YcaM9K0RZnkrBtLbV2XVSo-J4D_FhNaO_dsDjtbmSH0iV/s400/IMG_0223.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841717254994050" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUXp6EcgvHVkySdBhV2Cr8SHmShgtLeklYO4md3lWLZY_dC4yhz9s_zzWfH_0AH6aMD9hmdgCZmhaPGzT5XM6sNugzChdiyJWsR44WVN7lZ39wAKZP6eVlDJDsQOE26wVxnfg6dWJplJ3/s400/IMG_0224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841725441159938" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Summer</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_ltimo2ZhSCNdxDG9D0f_cmjI9rRmlsOjk9eveN5do8PwLVzVuQk97G3rwNTYHHzroNnDT5MR8DKPJD2AX5joxawjCVow5eVR2zPtLCBA7lJdv8dP_mws0DvJfhEcWLgyr7GNf2M190Q/s400/IMG_0225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841736709520146" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fall</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where I worked out that instead of just orange and brown, what about some grey?</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBeMR39NtTNtl6hmlWn3IUMsQ0Vq4tAmnMA28peVu26eN326MIZ9JoUKkwU-Pu2amiMKxrX6A9jlS7LiVYGU7vkXgKtmF9PafqcgsYDepxdgmpCmReVvwybH9sNMI0bKzTjXYqBOQMAqF/s400/IMG_0226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841744899729554" /><div style="text-align: center;">This idea of blue and green, with a dash of orange became my <a href="http://andanotherthing-janice.blogspot.com/2009/07/betcha-cant-sew-just-one.html">"Ninja Star"</a> quilt.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgn6g_XNqOfTSW0GxYO3kH190cMfIOKNQLLlAvMvbepnhObXN0zwHSWL5tkOjHRqnYa5P6rYfxlnMkiKoxR-5ETZvToB9l4tPztTfLV_QGgsBEEYXQeS3Ekdfsn-FC6KH-cU_bnk3LkYT/s400/IMG_0216.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841404593285298" /><div style="text-align: center;">And this combo...</div><div style="text-align: center;">teal and yellow, rolled around in my head for a while.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQimc6v5dE-l6B8wehBN7LH_OPlB4lpoDBw2bvMPo9hC9YTPrlW3AvQYf1_Oz8HF2Inhmjonc7BVLoy4Lop_wbAXZ_1SADtLsZqTvBjZtaxrcu5lE8U3pvwjj9MSKxZ3XDDG4en3UScCRE/s400/IMG_0214.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841413982157970" /><div style="text-align: center;">And then, during a particularly boring meeting at work, I started wondering if my Nicey Jane fabric would play well with my Verna fabric. And what if some Darla came to the party?</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf-kFl1mgFN-wA86O9wVwzh9ITUQ-Yic4tXWq_BjPswsL5uF5sn-V4Ohewkl1X3q4nrXcIEiNxkpC9XqqEsjNV5Y58w_1Fh6wLEf7EuBr-8MVvEd0LSLTBfa8bqtcwc-c11v00Lh8gw6z/s400/IMG_0232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479842051952588418" /><div style="text-align: center;">It turns out that yes, yes they all play very nicely together!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a little more complex pattern than usual, so maybe I HAVE been influenced by that "art" talk.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLI_Tr3eJO_y58sb46F_H4mQ5LqALmepNi3SaZ7n_-tLhIW_OIjWIeKL3fY2O8hX1AuS1C1io-lrAIYkbuQHQi0hegRnsWbmKs4jjmIEzGS4MPsDDO7BFII804euz8tS66QVN3XRrgjdO/s400/IMG_0230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479841755231355810" /><div style="text-align: center;">The Sweet Baboo doesn't approve of the darker green crosses.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They're actually a dark teal crossweave fabric. One thread is blue, and the other is green.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that they are very necessary, to keep the whole thing from become a mish-mash.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3ZWwnsgggEoSgN3FkKKayrfzQ1Iw4hoKTddfodEKPxBa_BQ6Ohov6AtZrvjKM9h5-BXJoD8hN2ip8dPiDKp27OvnXFNIrFCj8sZ-iIdXFvpKb0mbfxhiUR3s3ppg3ioiHLOdGQweLgzm/s400/IMG_0234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479842060076192146" /><div style="text-align: center;">Masterpiece? Maybe not.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or maybe the masterpiece is just in the creation.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0OqCxB6DhlScU6mETNhX5IlqKHphI-oAxEIzMse6qcN2z-LjwsnfHpZri67WiIUWVjIWhvzboVn02NffB_3IxWh0qIe1GPIIRPdVeZXgpPAJEEwi8Sqo4PObV_wu-a_-v3kJOECcrxVA/s400/IMG_0235.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479842067159962914" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Maybe everything is a masterpiece.</span></span></div></span>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-40338268692031167902010-06-05T19:52:00.001-07:002010-06-05T20:02:11.614-07:00Sew Fun 2<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">Dude!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I forgot to tell you my exciting news!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I joined a quilting bee!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/sewfun2/">Sew Fun 2</a>, and here's the first block, for Alice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">She sent this group of fabrics, and instructions for wonkiness and no triangles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I love that bird fabric!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAbXCMyHfGKPf2_J1d0at0K8rJt8SJKzPoQhSYgoGoQks5aVqb5Fp2Pe4sGGyfO3GNo_BM5Yr4-Xd_gd8buIOIbCqtt8gQRDBUesNwdJljUv-Ugc0Ug3rOKQmGZoxHGgmTh3XmSusqN72/s400/IMG_0212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479488317703988770" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I tried to frame it out, and then I used every single scrap of fabric that I had. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I can't wait for the next month! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">My month is March of next year, I hope I have an idea by then. Right now I'm thinking, (and understand it's a year away. My mind changes every fifteen minutes) that I'll do a Halloween quilt. Because I hate Halloween, but I have a goal to make a quilt for every holiday. So that would take care of that goal, without me having to go all Halloween! Clever, no?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">We'll see.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I have some quilts (three!) coming back from my fabulous long arm quilter this week, and I'm so excited to see them. Oh yeah, and bind them too, but whatever. I'm not focusing on that part.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'll show you some pictures when they come!</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-63638250448120873372010-05-11T16:56:00.000-07:002010-05-11T17:32:58.057-07:00AND ANOTHER THING!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">Ok, Let me climb up on my soap box for a second here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">All right. Everyone here? Can you hear me in the back? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">(tapping on mike)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Ok.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm not sure about the niceties, or legalities of bitching on a blog, so let me change the names to protect the not so innocent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">To keep the blog interesting, and my blood pressure low, here's some pictures of Princess Petunia.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqxRBM2UqsPRMkiZ2oqKfrUoxF-GosXq4d4oSZt4t6wZQ9_y5lIq3uzJ7AZcGWMZVdXEaVHGr8fvrnqGGnwoq1M5suOjt7n8x4l_5Fu9J_W_WLVM1Uriqg-dDXbrHl4kNKVj_OCqkWGbQ/s400/DSCN1913.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470173144176215330" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I had joined a site. A fabric - buying site.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It rhymes with Slab-Slanatic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Let me tell you, I was so excited about this site. They billed themselves as a "Costco" for fabric. You would place an order, and once they had enough orders they would buy a bolt, and divvy it up amongst the people who had ordered, <i>passing the savings on to you!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Fabulous.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Sign me up.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfIhJht87lgjA2c2nZ7LGlR5Kg4EpJGZwVEQTZxhgPECarojHcqeZiVpNKaPE5kI176zE-A9BDuZMTXuxuG6h7wCCJe-F2lvCt-sMx5VqQ6fRE-D7K6kZJV4S65MwzW7Dd9i-DDw11SVo/s400/IMG_0046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470173167747427314" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I ordered some fabric, it came, life was good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I joined the "Stashbuilders" club, where they would automatically send me eight half yard pieces each month.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Terrific!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I was in heaven. I made a quilt out of the fabric they had sent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Then one day, I accidentally ordered a big bundle of fabric. I say accidentally because I was never all that comfortable with their website, and one day was checking out what was available, and put some in my "cart". I clicked </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">to the next page, thinking I would find a summary, or an "Are you sure" page, but no. I had just ordered $52 of fabric.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQGPGzApKmjei4bT9PwJJ1pkbnKI1Cnk-mo3vneea6vqOtVZPO2n8VPFikaXlARI_D1BbdFFWSotvM0IeItZ3G_dIFWeH-ksGzYNOvHGNSX8aeUTY3TTDdOWk27h7vpkVBwDKjKPRRAWD/s400/IMG_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470173169766830386" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Now yes, it was Dolce, which I loved, but $52 is a lot of money for something I wasn't sure I wanted.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Don't you go through the sites and pile things up in your cart, only to cancel it all out at the end?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So fine, I had accidentally ordered a big chunk of Dolce, but at least it was fabric that I loved, so no harm, no foul.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm rambling, I know. Bear with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So I had ordered this fabric in FEBRUARY. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">That's right,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">FEBRUARY.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And it never came.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I emailed, politely requesting an update, and didn't get a response.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I emailed again, and again,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">and finally got an email that said "Will send it right out."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But no fabric came.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Now, in the meantime, my April auto-delivery came, money was taken out of my account for it, but no fabric showed up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I emailed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And emailed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">AND EMAILED.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Now, I am a patient woman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I really am.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">If they had just answered my emails, I would happily wait forever. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But with no answers, I started thinking scam, and shadiness, and bad thoughts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">AND RIGHTLY SO! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Because I never did get that fabric, and I never did get my April shipment, and I never did get an answer to my emails!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I disputed it through PayPal, and they got me the money for the April shipment returned, but told me that since it had been longer than 45 days, I was out of luck with that $52.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Hmm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Well THAT would have been a good thing to know up front.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So for my patience, I was rewarded with losing $52 and never seeing that fabric that I had ordered, and I now have an unfair hatred of Dolce, (which is totally wrong, because it wasn't the fabric's fault, and it really is a beautiful, beautiful fabric line), and a mistrust of ordering things online.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">A couple of weeks ago I was sick with the stomach flu. The night before. I had been drinking a lovely Riesling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Then I barfed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Last night I tried to drink that same lovely Riesling, and the smell took me immediately back to the bathroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">That's how I feel about buying fabric now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Thank you, Slab-slanatic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Thanks a lot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So here is my public service announcement.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">You may now resume your regularly scheduled life.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c7lVyKWm02xIxhKNbX-S8kA4Q6g8xpevRCOU0zlXS7n21bs0-zoHZzLdppzHBcYHMdk3zZ00mbUBBTEzdBBvcRQtY0nFVnXesk-plAIrK8TYZIRj_K7IOgnIt8hAVONFH2FBzcrPhIjA/s400/RSCN0445.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470173178426801058" />Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-3976768582845650732010-05-10T19:51:00.000-07:002010-05-10T20:39:40.433-07:00Has it really been so long?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">How come every time I vow to be a better blogger, I blink and it's a month later?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I feel like I have so much to tell you, but now that I'm at the computer... I can't think of anything. Does that happen to you? Or if you run into someone that you haven't seen in years, and they ask what you've been up to... and you can't come up with a single thing? No? Just me?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Fine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So I've done some sewing, I cut out these triangles and played with them. This is an idea that's been rolling around in my head for a while. The gradation isn't quite there yet, I'll need to shop for a couple more fabrics. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Oh darn!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I like the greys at the bottom, it's the yellows I'm doubting. So much so that I'm missing a row of yellow, second from the bottom.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptccAsESBYo6NIiqYPmtFcodAdACq7jw7bhKjCGUOyA1HmCSnH9FbfIsrFxYy26leVcDygh3G4HOswT6PZXPXOsBQU0O4mYt8uQ7W564XZSP70cRYbH3DCr-INiVNuG40ufDHMC-Tm1ca/s400/IMG_0083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469843418891880018" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So there's that. What else? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">A friend and I went to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur">Big Sur</a> last weekend. If you're not familiar, Big Sur is where we keep all the beauty in California. Beach and rocks and trees and geese just walking down the road.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">We went to the restaurant that restores both our souls.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><a href="http://www.nepenthebigsur.com/welcome.htm">Nepenthe</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Even the sound of it is magical.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Good, good food, good wine or beer, sun and breeze and views to die for, and bluejays that try to steal your french fries. It's amazing. One part of the outdoor dining area has benches cut into the hillside, with cushions and pillows. you could just hang out there all day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">You know what else makes Nepenthe a life-changing pilgrimage?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's owned by the Fassetts. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Lolly and Bill Fassett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">What's that? Who's their son?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Oh that's right. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">KAFFE FASSETT Y'ALL!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So I had to take this picture. I can turn anything into something quilty!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">The ladies room in the restaurant is painted in a beautiful mural. I didn't get a picture of the mural, because I was trying to time my shot perfectly in between "visitors" so that I didn't look like a crazy person taking pictures in the bathroom.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNyzO1RQ95P_oOaB6vvSExqALyHuL55auH4ycWJ7YckctoUXjW_QUg-FbTik90CMb256diE6drHloJD0Kg6EuSpct5f2hC1vaA2lZklMzjkwbgmHyroEInatglymXKcI0fI_w790RkF-r/s400/IMG_0185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469843426532258578" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So there's the top of my head in the mirror, and Kaffe's signature below.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">They also have a fabulous gift shop, where I bought Kaffe's latest book, and a tote bag SIGNED BY KAFFE, or, you know, someone else who can write his name with a Sharpie. But I choose to believe it's really his.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Annnnnd... I've made some progress on THIS quilt. It's a Jacob's ladder pattern, done up in some Simple Abundance, Mill House Inn, Aster Manor, and a dash of Patisserie.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsmuruX0mSavbPIldURAflfdR9dj7AXCfIskua7XtumEqbEY_TtIDdyziWM85nJ2jwrHrLYaN-58dkc0sXb_nnJ9gPFS1QF6WC0tYhOV8Xhis60cWco0-3mKoo4vxC9dpMNRfCT5-vLwk/s400/IMG_0193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469843434256389570" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Yes, that's my air purifier, that apparently needs to be in every photo. It's also the thing that causes my blocks to blow around the room at night, no matter how many pins I might stick in them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">These colors are closer.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8M37mg0MQeHG2TU8Biawp4WX4ZOMaElQJDBa1QTR_-1mPZ93rEe9gCk19MsJD4qfCqW62Gkl1qJbfS2fMxRrwxIfW3DLNItQkX3F2johiakGW9W9o7iATYlJCO0eObb7F0zwOSG210bw/s400/IMG_0195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469843440336803218" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I used different white on white fabrics for the background.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">You know I pride myself on being a modern quilter, a lover of all things wonky and graphic and colorful, but I LOVE this quilt! I think it is just so darn pretty! Can't wait to see it finished, see what sort of border it wants to have.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Please don't make me turn in my Modern Badge.</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-68285309271771051282010-04-15T18:27:00.000-07:002010-04-15T18:59:50.297-07:00Potpourri for $200 Alex...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">Well, I had hoped to have a finished top to show you here, but if I wait until I'm done it'll be another month! I'm such a procrastinator. I should join a support group. Eh, maybe tomorrow.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">I was on a roll, but then was sidelined with the need for this.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYbFYMw0jHta7IUA8AkegNmZTrdtpcfBscA1B33gFvbcRE-qVUw-0dSUCdFKyWwJ53Z7yNHV_XYqux2dn4iCAZe1AAqUrsFS9o5ft9ZUouaNv36xGSSGnnqdZ7O_VMeKA6shDbhw4remE/s400/IMG_0060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541514458573954" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It hit me so suddenly; I felt perfectly fine right up until I didn't anymore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But I'm feeling much better now, and have been slaving away on the batik quilt, like one of the Seven Dwarves, picking for gold. Were they looking for gold? They were miners, but what were they mining for? Hot babes to clean up their hovel, apparently.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But I digress.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So close!!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaoiQpf_sUAXanEN2WP541EeyKIG1kgVmZY2Mxt1INrsoJTWYzzX98CNeOhW1Oyv1AAOSiBCkEJlUahiwHlA2VGNu4_evFtw0d9e4Gp6Jd_q61Lo6ROycj_D-4ME9Gnjwr73iqS9jbSGQ/s400/IMG_0072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541526264094786" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">That white stripe through the center is where the two halves haven't been sewn together yet. I could go take better pictures, really, but once I got there I'd be distracted by bright and shiny things, and The Office IS on right now, I'm sure I'd sit down "just for one minute!" and then I'd never make me way back, and you'd still be sitting on the edge of your seat wondering about this quilt top.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I can't do that to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">If you've been playing along at home, you'll notice that I had to add a couple new fabrics. A couple bright greens, and a beautiful orange print.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It needed some ZING!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But not too much. We can't be Liza Minelli all the time. Even she takes off her make up and puts on some PJs occasionally.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So here's the fabric I chose for the setting triangles.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQxQK908mS7bJVJ6aIUBKUn9IFAY0xeFIFC07Zgk0SYk6YvKwGt_zI3W6VJ2kF4nXQhT0Mq2dclSTetc26785HahFF6i0OS20RIZexKDCAEQPSELMK-OM183rzttXa4oAyj-9bk24XINs/s400/IMG_0074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541932585792034" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's a light purpley flowerish batik. Yes, I DID want that thread there. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Sigh.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwp2JI0OZK1fonUCjQ36joZacLOUeSxAq8qEGvMN3CO2Cvmzh4vFSkEkkKvK-93SX-AyxEMvZxrk7Z6GB1ti2-UL5N5c21BjNGxXyzNmOEBkMteGZpgSneA6PRzNMwTQxN7h7PQuzJTgpm/s400/IMG_0073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541544612336466" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"> I took my gorgeous Goddaughter to the fabric store with me, where we laid out a stack of blocks in the middle of the floor and auditioned various choices.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I didn't think it wanted to be purple, but once we got there, it very clearly did.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I've got a choice between a bright green and a purple stripe for the first small border, and a very dark speckled fabric for an outer border.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Wait until you see it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">This is how I made the first part of the block. I didn't want to deal with little 1 1/2 inch strips, so I sewed two three inch pieces together on both sides, then hacked them in half.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqal0EPC32OpJpSc02x-rFilVDk8FuZV5FVeBGI35IhQtxtd4YtfE1yv0D0jTNq-8Fit00YhCZap4jTDQEanD0EFzwbwkgOzneHaRqzei9ts6wNPvMElSLKA5hMnyonpamcJTmBSqvJWx/s400/IMG_0069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541532715154594" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-J4KYf66UQ2gJ5d_kQ6o4fdheWvGMY8nP8qcw0wg61jr1xoiw1tc3oBL2k0RYnp9whdKLuVYHB7gVnxlF2LCiYreN3N7U74_yxoWD7oR3FXd_XoKl3LAbckuyhPhwrk0QLQ1vXvKlmdC/s400/IMG_0070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541540647781106" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Presto!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm just lazy like that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And I haven't shown you the pillowcase that I made for the <a href="http://my.allpeoplequilt.com/photos/million-pillowcase-challenge/million-pillowcase-challenge/1700500013/?photoId=1697400031">Million Pillowcase March.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Ok, it's not a march. But that sounds better. Hmph. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">My friend and I agreed to make pillowcases together, but this one came out wonky, so I'm keeping it. And her house(s) have been in and out of escrow, so she's a little behind too. But what's a deadline if you can't move it? They'll get made soon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I do like my fabric choices though.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLx13JeE7C5VVI9MouOQRPIaRmnEEc3uOkCKt-oqo4IGqfzVGE4_NY0PLvOgiOwjzDe25u-UFhhA2HooXrIgN_rIJqhzEuMj5FLts7I6NbHLzyR3guSNazzMYV3Whg9FgNRo-zj_Tqff8N/s400/IMG_0051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541953170191906" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And then because this is a rather random post, here's me in a pink Lincoln.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2YzlJ6PuXtkVWyHDQCFgi_-MPZegK9LvgvXa43F7J88WH9e3SLmwiq7JlqBRu2QOdZoYrp5uJUi71DsFsTKmAM9cVS8h6_QL_Yb_YcfLpyiBhO-HBgtOYznZXSqDJdm2qMxfA4SywvVO/s400/IMG_0064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460541938552962978" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">'Cause that's how I roll.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-15183428068425577092010-03-22T21:07:00.000-07:002010-03-22T21:30:32.015-07:00Bollywood<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I love </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.ctpub.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=443">Laurie Shifrin's</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> books.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I especially love this pattern, out of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Batik-Beauties-18-Stunning-Quilts/dp/1564773825/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269317437&sr=8-2">this</a> book.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUZejK6SYfHvIGWtm5hu_zn0tDGFqUIjXmaq2_6uWfYfbeeNcSYyaYEyMb2zUBwhkfp8YJHfcgRaWkoLV9hU10-awmx8-vlHwZpEg5Wk8J1uZa7y7FgPbvv5WtyeWkt__lDIXTYGxUYGi/s400/IMG_0050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451676405902501730" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Mmmmm... love it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So a couple of <a href="http://www.fabric.com/SearchResults2.aspx?Source=Header&SearchText=bali+pop&CategoryID=1d5f47dc-9991-4088-93f3-26a376046a5e">Bali Pops</a> later, and...</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPznZhZM-ekGT2-xzNuLV8-cj-IaFh3irAtULN_WgVA7Xw8ljVjKhRdBm_iDe_20Z65FCXlNKWhDCQiL7AXrsojn6r1t0OaMhc91-4ULfTEhzDwhX62N7ggtk1nKnKLcKTTcTcY-U3Y7jf/s400/IMG_0042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451676386700937282" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Howyalikemenow?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It's not laid out in it's final order yet. I have to make some more blocks. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But what do you think?</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZOSBN0uNItL4Qc4TPSxk9bjWZjR9El44NMa_6VeM6GLBRieNaUKCylZLflYpklD2gAzziNgPOzY95cluUcBa4UBtDfV2zYMfE1651H3gi3pp0CziJyAc2GvMi-ngMH5AZyMjvQNAc08v/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451676490271492050" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ok, now I have to tell you that I was hunting for the Bali Pops, and I was calling them Bali, pronounced like "Balley" Pops. I never questioned why they were called that. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Then I went to a quilt shop and asked if they had them, and the very nice woman said, "Oh, the Bolly Pops?" and it dawned on me like a brick to the head. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Oh! BOLLY Pop! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Like LOLLY POP!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Now it makes sense!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We laughed, and I laughed some more at myself for never even questioning what I was calling them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This is my favorite block.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDBoQpZJ0u3tUzwr4iR1f3IBjTLeREdhpC7IJ-LesGnpHjz6dzUupkoAcUFhLhJKfwR02CXWqJtOLYe4kmmrYTow_artp_HSsqK_cIBJ2-SHqErC_xPUaVrFDoBvyNJBsctr02g1jlpPy/s400/IMG_0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451676395030126114" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It looks like a Chinese character in the middle to me.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFcoiUR9Q4hE1-e6TzSqBgY34_u4Wk22Qm8HsZJpKcHF3i_Biz7ItzSgfNvFOfTpMaVI2LFmL53PJB7_esrLgaWM4oihyphenhyphenDax-ZXehyphenhyphenYOr_Z8vH7gPtqay-Aj6D0_CzvgHa1NGkXRrfhQq/s400/IMG_0043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451676393486498578" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; ">I thought I wanted the "Green Tea" assortment, but when I saw them in person, I realized that I actually wanted the "Mocha Mint" and the "Cappuccino".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It's a little dark though, maybe I did want that Green Tea after all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I was making it for a friend of mine, who then said to me, "Don't even give me anything unless it's blue!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Hmph! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">How rude!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO39qOAvDEMqIMvY_ZOpATf642qWcME9sJq0DqsmxXVVNhe3CIQh-H1iQ4WTyDXFNWtF4mBRv4lJ9LulURY2Z5SQJEB0OkBVDJ-QUPvhuFp6XuZdRc9w31pIN1aCK96pntgrcF80TkqGf/s400/IMG_0046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451681297881355538" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Fine. With that attitude, I'll just give it to someone who will appreciate it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-86546775221758591842010-03-15T18:48:00.000-07:002010-03-15T19:14:55.958-07:00Spring's Busting Out All Over!<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A9Jpj2aFQnzTPY0RL6v_cND7EdR0uq_uGZkc0C0P-y9DI9Kt-XIQLzD6l0I7eyUBO4UaIaW1Z93gI_kGrBTaEUZkw6UPNdmWE7gCUHOVxW0ITnk0qkSBLVg-bwBt9iAV2nG5ZqXfozum/s400/IMG_0027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449046330350614610" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, serif;">Sunshine!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I couldn't believe we actually had a sunny day, so I made the Sweet Baboo hang up this Fabfanatic homage for pictures.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Why did it look so huge in the sewing cave?</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's not that big. It's probably...75" x 56". </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Hmm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">How strange.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Apparently it shrunk in the dark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">If you're wondering why it looks like it's hanging weird, it's because it is. I hung it on it's side to keep it out of the dirt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">This is what it really looked like.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Rinpb0Ova5BHhKPPkV7PEgGq3Vv0fJDFhsOhvUof1IIfx2VQy0SkRJbrSnzsoMBpW057HCI-5eo0c8jCVT2aijeipanIFhf4KHLA9Z3gSCpUsLdKKbW1b4z_iQXDviNXPNjwqVTTVZ66/s400/IMG_0029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449046341928330434" /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">If you're wondering why I didn't iron it, it's because I'm just that lazy.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM4HQmCUkyeT_Ey5p-bWorvg2rxVsoC8nXkj-aEPyvc_3L-cwWQzbwyrRTAqBu3-SK4acs6T2XBAtF5mvY_Oji2CRSfQeWeXM9LihwhR6tNUK-d6qIWQI9bMl3AhC3DVNRqOdck7J4Yeq/s400/IMG_0031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449044154412329330" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNH5h_hgwEO_VtPMINP1Kz0TXHqNEInUnOJGgou_V3fvWIio_4QGra_XlZnETH1JsWICQWqd5yzLOVTE2X3eOsnOxepOUKSZre-ceno-mR11GXW8evMabUfaM-v15dVUpOPMRPIjAZbYn/s400/IMG_0030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449044144246421330" /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Fresh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Springy.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And I finished with this baby quilt too.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6925RRbfsbGpYl1QHVOM59GA7-MxEcOD-7srArimqIpCIwfX88kGn1kb3L-HhkNKAJOLJsn0f0mr2ul8vwLFdHFbWFZ2vIqRM0XKInl1eO057omuFtuWp4LRpmZ3yLw8vt__C3FrFnH3_/s400/IMG_0037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449047373360662226" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And the back...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWy_LwkPIsDtkPiyNNjB-7zGrL4KKp2tI4OyRR9O8mzoWLLKCm_g_PiKgJSX75PZmbzZkQEByUEAs3RoQwP0s1B7umO_7BJHKciQ6BkM5_lj7RnwvtFxBPel9umYJb0CaIie8f9JlJPKNm/s400/IMG_0039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449044521835365154" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And I used my fancy tags!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoTXDX6QYOuM8yNo0b8pWr2ZGW4lEa_UfmKN2PK5_VkxL9u3RoRfEaGH3tMLq1Acc2qB05FLiYB5qr_vSIP_9KV0Jo1QL8lBVqjBKVZslKKjolM7gaQ57cLlx2YQW9VkH89r-zGqWpX8L/s400/IMG_0040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449044542448647154" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Sure, some people, when ordering custom tags, would have ordered something beige. Or taupe. Something that would go with everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I ordered black, with hot pink writing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">You know, goes with everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I made a little ensemble, with a matching bib and two burp cloths, but I didn't get pictures before wrapping them up pretty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">You'll have to take my word for them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Or you could ask Princess Petunia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">She shed a few hairs on them.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJop4dW0f2CyMZP1ZL9uladPBhVWfYBeiVYdAhKJPDtpq-yyIULYg6T6-OXAmc4yfAeo1Qn75R_hVqLgi49n9JzeF8_qGM9c7ZFpIHqIF49YvowA29rl8Hyon10r4TjpNQzVgNxLrW3dwD/s400/IMG_0032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449044164013809554" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">She wouldn't pose for pictures either.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Diva.</span></span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-47330585184106376062010-03-01T20:02:00.000-08:002010-03-01T20:18:52.293-08:00I Say Happy - You Say Birthday! Happy! ---<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nah nah nah nah nah nah na na...</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">You say it's my birthday!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Nah nah nah nah nah nah na na...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's my birthday too, yeah!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; ">I had such a wonderful birth</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">day weekend! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Good food, good friends, tonight is kinda special. Or something like that. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Look what the Sweet Baboo got me!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wFAdRn_C38_Pgso3dKjyC6IAxBw8b6skkwOtzyyuUl8X2j42AZVhunMsZvFYJnF1vTLCxioAOWYXRWV86kpVSwYx6R-GJEjhxNVRINyBbC_SvbBRtNFtAPnlUcYVpnGzR0K38DWpgHVJ/s400/IMG_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443882164246214258" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><a href="http://store.junetailor.com/store/p-74-quilters-cut-n-press-iii-17-x-23-grid.aspx">Ohhhhhhh yeaaaaaaah...</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's new, it's clean, it's not burned, or shredded, and it's BIG!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">My old one was soooo beyond help.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's been my main workspace for like, seriously, 15 years. I love it, it works perfectly for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But after that long, it was showing it's age. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">(Thank goodness I'M not!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">The pressing side was burned, and disintegrating. I had covered it with a piece of fabric that I had pinned all around. But I could have probably lived with that, but lately the cutting mat side had given up on me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It was so worn, when I tried to cut - the blade would just push the fabric into the grooves and not cut through.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I loved my old one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But THIS baby... THIS!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">This is HUGE!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRoUM9En8ZweOFFMyPjQC0ZhVBpUqv4fJ7aAyKtt6MNz8oS_khyolkTgEsU308eDhOa-LIXgG26NhImFxN52hZ-EDXZdCLGk6aFkCdBvUHlZQZn4Jh2cfwanWPR4L74_8EAJsVsQrz4t_/s400/IMG_0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443882185191741330" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">My old one was 12" by 18".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">This new one is 17" by 23"! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Have I mentioned that I love it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So I spent a lot of time this weekend reorganizing my whole sewing cave to accommodate it, and then finished sewing this together.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7qd-3_n4HxRs3gNxQMNSCwC8bN74mQ-4Yco9qv5Dp-lncNTF_4J6QOC3B8dUcU1YcxOFsJLu4_ZybL8ECpzXXrwhoi_EW7-gWO7qCmIbMSIOtEEvdnSGCfLHKJ4lAgmHMWpP6hyphenhyphenoRTjU/s400/IMG_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443882206700054290" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Yes, it is hanging sideways on the wall. It's just that big. I'll take better pictures when I have light.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So... yeah! Yesterday was my birthday. I had a really good time. I'm spoiled. And old.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Have I left anything out?</span></div></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-86079188535955425542010-02-21T14:31:00.000-08:002010-02-21T14:50:45.239-08:00Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Here's that baby quilt I told you about.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">With the "Wheels" fabric? By Riley Blake?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">'member?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So this is what I decided on.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHTfOezORFPzTu3AkaHowXVRZc9Oac5VQehLMvnt1ruvLuFdk481lx9fwK53jZuB82CzT66VBr25ayVWvUFv8LVnFNK_TCK_NKdPnJYN37WMsozx4z6-vWnW1jlH4eyTtwS0gxVIrdNcK/s400/IMG_0043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440828555737560146" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Yes, those two oranges in the middle of the third row irritate me. Not enough to rip them out, but enough to make me twitch a little.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Just a little.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Here's the back.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9x-LCvHIfRvKjaTc7RanZcsKjQMeT7QqBtH_Aey2MIF2RArzuDnvaDqDOLZ6JNLTLVo85xCSQI39Dgr2IdthIeXO-u4UdPNMU7L1OMXlGvm7oLcufajkVklUgYlAXAEndLEi8_zFYSxEC/s400/IMG_0042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440828542640843346" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">If I sound "meh" about it, it's because I am. Not the back. I like the back. But the front is just sort of... sort of... meh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I auditioned borders, and sashing, in all sorts of colors and sizes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Nothing worked, so I've decided no border. No sashing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I hope the baby likes it more than I do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But then I started something that I like much better!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Remember me telling you about "<a href="http://www.fabfanatic.com/2008/04/my-business-refocusing-our-purpose-make-that-repurposing-our-focus/">FabFanatic</a>"?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I love them, I really do. So I thought I'd mix all the fabrics they've sent me into one quilt to celebrate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I picked the "<a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_posh.pdf">Posh</a>" pattern from <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/un_main.nsf/free_patterns">Moda fabrics</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wpF0UkzYdtT_RdI9jDE1BTb0Rb9-v_mbiK29VKbJeXcsI2asyngR5GDx5KesmY8obY3z6O9Fmj0QojhCDQFq1RZkBPbNQKvTEQI2_RWVzSaoeZ0ZP_mKWcNpHjMWLTLDryGaGLE1qSQN/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440828561508566610" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Just something that would showcase large pieces. And after that red and white beast, something quick </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">and easy sounded good too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The design wall (flannel backed Christmas tablecloth, bought on clearance and stapled to the wall next to my bed) isn't big enough to hold the whole thing, so I'll have to put it up in sections.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But I'm out of white fabric now, so I think it's time for a movie and some popcorn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It's a good way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The Pup agrees.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt_thktlDxnevLb6i-rYcEs03DkZxT6cB341c3ORQp1kKzrgWXH8ZLynuD3xpXtZGEipRYeikcPxe2jLIZ6bWUjudDcRJJHQ7iIX8nZS5CsNHm6hRH0WRDUrNoUltKGBa4awpKYmnBbos/s1600-h/IMG_0044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt_thktlDxnevLb6i-rYcEs03DkZxT6cB341c3ORQp1kKzrgWXH8ZLynuD3xpXtZGEipRYeikcPxe2jLIZ6bWUjudDcRJJHQ7iIX8nZS5CsNHm6hRH0WRDUrNoUltKGBa4awpKYmnBbos/s400/IMG_0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440828568805450722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-52589648901785934042010-02-16T19:36:00.000-08:002010-02-16T19:53:32.501-08:00Atreyuuuuu!! Atreyuuuu!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>DONE!!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Well, sort of.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I gritted my teeth, closed my eyes and powered through.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Two rows became four, and four rows became eight, </span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sAyfHxE9cB-EG02X2Vum6VR7lvo5ilyITTM0TuHbHDrecRWVlk6SelXDT1QUTtN6__HlUP5X_1LTlUtTDIR-sx8B_cp8BIIwBFmLWFpk3x8cbxu_Di9oQdruifIeSnM4JmBxoU4IgmHg/s400/IMG_0035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051694132342034" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">and before I knew it, (almost three weeks late) the whole top was done.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ahhhhhhhh...</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN53Z8IpR7n7rXuQ-6tlf4ZcL-acEq4F1BWM6XVLDdIAAANcGvuhmIvGk6wcdMGPvuMO0KfGw2g94DadODJVdiN8b7pfLbCQm5AA9MDflUiTtdbvS7WvRVay9F1-kvUoKjStlFHWGIqKx/s400/IMG_0036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051697943318754" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">I've named it Atreyu, from the Neverending Story. It's the never ending quilt.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">It still needs that border row, and then I have to think about borders, and backings, and binding, and bourbon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But I'm calling it done for now.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">I've gone to such extremes on this quilt.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I loved it, I hated it, I was indifferent to it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I started out trying to pick fabrics that would look really nice next to each other, then graduated to not caring what went where. Then came the actively clashing stage. Maroon fabric? Clearly it wants to live next to the orangey one! And they both have apartments next to the pinky ones!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mwahaahaahaa! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">That's where the bourbon came in.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My dear friend asked what one does with a thing like this. Do you give it to charity? Or lock it in a closet for ten years, until you can look at it again?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I suggested wearing it as a dress, every single day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was a hard won victory.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_DaZjKpzE6BHow2NOevB_b8IfCE-TQTyMqmLYYWAQ18kA5oUROW3NpEj9gDlVg7uuRNA9wU9hZfueCDv6FyGHUuFxdT7xhv7mQ0Co0XdaRDOa_dREtAtg9C5KOViYzXTc9LhESKkKmx5/s400/IMG_0041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051716117332498" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">This is my favorite block. No fussy cutting at all, this flower just ended up centered in there.</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVv36F-2CzbNEoTAk6s-6BqrtLB4sQaYsf98kmaE1HV7KUiEMTjClUFYkL7kG6ZeIEMXEb5R79nJGgP4QkJMN-3ll4cr2dP71HpIz7Wpre7_QFN8tUcW7FjAVtV2cOYwg3IooSAw9-s6q5/s400/IMG_0038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439051707445520530" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Dang, I didn't notice those two polka dots so close together... Maybe I should rip it out?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nah. It looks perfect to me.</span></span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-89415858375031828832010-02-11T17:56:00.000-08:002010-02-11T18:23:15.108-08:00Here comes da bride...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">WHAAAAT?!? A Non-Quilting post? </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It could happen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And I suppose it should every now and then.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">So my friend and I went to the Bridal Expo a week or two ago, and I tried out my new camera! It's no secret that I hated my old camera. HATED IT! With an active sort of hatred that really should be reserved for nazis or people who park in handicapped spots, but no. I hate my camera just that much. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But no longer!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I now have a Canon PowerShot and it is da bom. Or, would be, if kids still said that. Which they don't. But it is. Really. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Check out these pics!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJw0HVHxz-3UWoscFB7b_tR8HOgwLLNMTlxauIVMz85lJtaIgXq9UlOrRTgFJ9IIOdifIIkIuFr86D2QNC_VI563-94zSE7651Wz1LMRzIm3h7Y36ogVU6XgVnqep95g65zoHROlB1qop/s400/IMG_0025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437170863605976562" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Don't you love this background? I so want to do this. Not for any particular occasion. Just for, you know, like a Tuesday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It was at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz. Notice the glass ceiling please. When it gets hot, they can open it up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I love the <a href="http://www.cocoanutgrovesantacruz.com/">Cocoanut Grove</a>.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIisyeVCwtKKZxQwkcq6kx11zlfJ9mnAJhschW0A3BpxF0CzfYXsGb7B6vA3v6P4ixepI9BtgztEXE96QYInmQhWlE_iTSnjTLooMYfHRRYwkV1gFL_ZLzQYNz8r06C40yIH_D5LVuS616/s400/IMG_0018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171675002265746" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Do you like your roses with a little bling?</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepJVgBuNeRk9QcV7MJb0TR_nbeUWW8VfDr238GnUKOdTH_C2FiDCXVMroBnY0teje6qah-LMRnagm00trT5ncQ7ygAhiKYowS1lYaLmPnzJ16IzKL8lNrFQVcxBWrFGenb_Vc1uf4F2zW/s400/IMG_0019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171697419863010" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But check out the handle! (Handle? Stems?)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">GLAM, BABY!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgnQNLsNHCCDQAz10naDzpAtKOpBtjkzc2D-nJnRtuV4DSXhfvEfye87QtKtRUPDjO28Ur57x92lO-qlT7E3zC7isEvxHesZCWMV6l-4SnT0bC5S2OGEh_iBQKzYd9d89X5VpzVGCWIvw/s400/IMG_0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171663145797538" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Karyn? Here's your wedding cake! Isn't it gorgeous?</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl76CPL-0VBHAkcsF0Pl1KQ543sBiVAryRGOmJnURDItspJJox7uroOt6JLJUsIoFtDcwRZghN1nRdV3xYPQyyaBEsplGTU_Mtr6zbGrEoitsWnmzicAg4e7VRiOlW_1hIlf4aEVrCc9_O/s400/IMG_0010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171653424006130" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Here's the thing I fell in love with. In love. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Love. It.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Loved it so much that I took it home with me. The florist was a friend of my friend's, and we loitered until closing so that she would give it to us. Then my friend gave it to me, because she's a totally awesome, generous person, but also because I was licking it and petting it and wouldn't let go of the leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm subtle like that.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmt2SuonatEvRcZ14FHbVhdrOpXi-RVo-ZpZIFb-OiXF9lmYUhNwOKZVMuQZi0bloQ6oOd6NKXjula89cKpX_zMvwpIpVT1Jhfsq0cC6qzJSlmX5-gnCNlK_W3u_pqvAi061vOXf8nWyg/s400/IMG_0013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171713529274162" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">The same florist made this woodsy beauty. I fell so much in love with the succulents in the arrangements that I went out and bought a couple and potted them. They're on my window sill at work.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZepMZs9c7VVOYmcBJEOvUE1npGukmSEwESQkES0ean48hYqD4AIo4EoZ52gqLSKz7x0UncwCvQNARdOKujtr4LD1V6SwchKWz1Q6C85VW10sAbEVwuc1LJJO60-vC2FSPxObIqWOaT_fp/s400/IMG_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437170844813237938" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">This one too! EEE!!! (swoon!) Really, that's the one I'd have for my wedding.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingwkvxtzBEx3cnwrqTfWl9N1SH9wKvGCKb2KlLinoWnlBRYkoUJdqlZ7u_TGYr3fBhF9aobgOMZ0KyYUQrm6Z3qXcxtrxZV9VlUDheo1cYvtXKjKYQz5NUqfqcfv7QLoeGviwsJb9BhLZ/s400/IMG_0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437170852422612178" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I really liked this one too. You think I might have something for bright colors? Hmm.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0TB2qkrVBFkqQsoBBNSzh6QR5Ji_dVMz8nMLJIRqCys_eyQEhC9vIJ7-SUwQQOojA-LDENBAcx0ANSEyVcqnvwhU7_X8lxIs7_Ej8LkcJM6GT20K03Y9e6_FwOXwzMj8CwCQmQpmeFqm/s400/IMG_0026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437170882167568674" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">These glowing 'coffee tables'??</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Yeah, I could make those. Those are awesome.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRdWYG1U-_baAdZHypUnSZEtkqpXznjRmji3iwvP2WVvedNuHLqVHVJVOE1wrqEq5RA55TcOuWmT9xmr_Dc6s7jGcxi51ObcJ9eUDqHU-DiZ4ncvktv0PaOdiR9hMmtgxTDBXF_9YgTgE/s400/IMG_0027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437170875148262226" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And this chair? What does this chair have to do with anything?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Nothing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It was in the bathroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I just loved it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Thanks for coming along! I wish you could have tasted the cakes too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Yum!</span></div></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-31614333248945823582010-02-08T19:04:00.000-08:002010-02-08T19:34:42.339-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; ">I'm still here!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And I'm still working on the Red and White Snowball quilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I have not quit, I WILL not quit! I will finish this thing if it kills me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I was feeling so proud of myself, I had thirty blocks left. Then eighteen blocks left! An end was in site! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I could do this! I could finish!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Then I realized that I still have the little half, or rather; third blocks left for around the outside.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Ok, no problem, I can do this.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So it's only... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">40 more blocks. five pieces each, that's only...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Eight thousand, three hundred and fifty pieces.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">OH MY GOD!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's the never ending quilt!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But I will prevail, I have been cutting and sewing and cutting... and sewing...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Sigh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So did I tell you about this <a href="http://www.fabfanatic.com/">FabFanatic</a> site?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's like a Costco for fabric. You place orders for fabric lines, and when they have enough orders to fill a bolt, they order it, cut it, and send it to you! No overhead; so cheaper prices!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I signed up for the "Stash Builder's Club", and here's my first shipment!</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9L7BFvkKIve-H6t9iMDYOJqbEo7zgMtMmsE3ofiqL0YSLOEvzQDGhqNTfLvMcEmqQny5yZLhZWXDfU8VDIFxrzvG0ibccIIcPn1zAh0RbLEw7Y5BFurcZ-lWyegQcO2fKqUC9eudDS-e/s400/DSCN1948.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436074541945060066" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">A little Nicey Jane, a little Park Slope, a little Good Folks...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Love it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"> I should make something just out of these fabrics, to commemorate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I can't wait for my next shipment. February's fabrics are Amy Butler! Can't go wrong there!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And when I just couldn't look at red and white for one more minute, I started making a baby quilt with this "Riley Blake - Wheels" fabric.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacBFAhDogTwIm5OrT1VvpFAGYaicLKz-U_z6UPyzv9VyVEkrDiTLez9A5dSRHcCnKcS9VPUC2VhihY-DKh4PGWvwOg_3iz4jXQZ4rXGzAmsanvjp2GBL6luysyDuBg4vL-dc-EjKWnsO5/s400/DSCN1956.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436080309495592210" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Cute, right? It's boy, without being BOY. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I like that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And then, just because I was high on making straight squares, I started this quilt, for a friend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">It's from a pattern from Laurie Shiffrin's "Batik Beauties".</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink9birsV18DutSnQ88ym9xpNQvISbAS6ANrRxYzCx6uiZIdzPyy8CbWSdxmGaxrtExfAKhTrpQ4FcpJ5VFwgpouwhzsW8kkTnXtGp04bzyUF6kMk1z5z56yoeSIwL71SvKwXfP9L0sa8F/s400/DSCN1958.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436080320396295954" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Me likee...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Now back to those (sob!) triangles...</span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507038805524431887.post-29083783676282472362010-01-18T20:06:00.000-08:002010-01-18T20:33:15.840-08:00We all have our demons...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; ">So when my older brother was little, he loved hippos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I don't know where it came from, maybe he had a book about a hippopotamus or saw one on TV, I don't know.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But he loooooved him some hippo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Hippos, hippos, hippos, all about the hippos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">He would tell anyone who would listen,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">"ME LOVE HIPPOPOTAMUS!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So the circus came to town, and low and behold, they had ACTUAL HIPPOS there!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I can only imagine his excitement.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"> So plans were made, and tickets were bought, and he was going to see an actual, honest-to-God, live and in person hippo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Eeeee! Can you feel the excitement?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So the day finally arrives, and off they go.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">There's clowns, and there's lions, and there's... I don't know, dancing poodles or something. I wasn't there. I'm MUCH younger. HA!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But the only thing my brother cared about was the hippo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">When it finally made it's appearance, my father took him down to the front to see the beast up close and personal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm sure my brother wanted to wet himself from the thrill!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">So down they go, and there they were, right in front of it...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And it opened it's huge maw and showed it's gigantic teeth.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 552px; height: 480px;" src="http://animalreview.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/animal-picture-hippo-mouth-laurenz-animalpicture.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, serif; ">My brother looked into that cavernous mouth and loudly proclaimed:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">"ME NO LIKE HIPPOPOTAMUS."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Why do I bring this up, you ask?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Because I find myself saying very often these days:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">"ME NO LIKE HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">This is what my work space looks like these days.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA3uLvso9JEi-DwgX0VwPPEsmKOR29AY-OPuvhZWDEIgmjgZdc54ufWV5CVjW4whjWo_-PfWjKp99p1WBbgcusSpIjMTobEmgvLLhD4RwLbmAe3lxtDQNmrHPrsI1pnf5QGJcvJL6Pir5/s400/DSCN1932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428300775194526210" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Other people's are neat and organized, mine have taken over the whole sewing cave. I have no idea how many of what I still have to make. I know I made way too many of the center strips, both red and white. I have triangles EVERYWHERE, squares EVERYWHERE, all sorts of the different components, in all stages of construction.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvjkztXxyINoelfHdVTKjYw8jEn9BsRgzGBtb9ltavRT1leuzo90JSsE-GyUu5Qd6xOg9C7uskkab5ZlMsYbOUtX6rLc8rJ5jtxTuz1tDEp7SsmeyFvvJIi3o3XoQNkOE8WPthzOjRhhi/s400/DSCN1931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428300765096409490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And every time I think, "Well, THAT was a lot of sewing! I must have made a HUGE dent!" I put them up and it doesn't look any different.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I am in AWE of the people who have finished!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">Well done, ladies! Well done indeed!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I know why I took on this challenge. I thought it would be good for me to do something really structured. To have a project that I have to follow through on, instead of making five blocks and then getting bored and stuffing it away.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">But come on!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">I'm seeing half square triangles in my sleep!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">And if you visit me in the cave, you can hear my muttered refrain:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;">"Me no like half square triangles."</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2gjHs-Sc1B_mym9cbNJ0L9a_Db6j0qHx05oqn7n_FtPnethOMZSbZL9KlURuH2SQDmxMnsjQDuzu7eJYGfYBMoNTu-5zGcB33AG8uyjal3E2ZyVJ2tYYGhBGvfrej7CEmM74INyD6WNZ/s400/DSCN1934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428300782255799906" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And by the way, my brother?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Yeah, we still torture </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">him about his hippo experience.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cards, toys, "Me no like hippopotamus" whenever someone finds out they don't like something.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I think I'll email him this picture... </span></div>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12569922534640135830noreply@blogger.com10