tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50597848959561557142024-03-19T05:32:13.627-04:00Seaside StitchesTina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.comBlogger843125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-37967657150129992412021-04-27T09:28:00.001-04:002021-04-27T09:28:22.614-04:00My New Website is Live!<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Please visit me at<span style="color: #1155cc;"> </span><a href="http://seaside-stitches.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">seaside-stitches.com</a></span><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> !</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://seaside-stitches.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpriWgZ42VGvG2xdxwsT38Pu4Dy86nhZeggGIPv24hEia6ivEDtIntJd70rM9jRwfMTenbQrzNJYsS5qFhIDJFrbul-eN6y83ToitREbzB2F0HriQXcS_l1mZOrYzBxlQePlfKfFRy_Y/w400-h213/seaside-stitches-logo-800px.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is a new blog page there, but this archive will stay here.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm super excited about this rebranding! Let me know what you think. </span></span><br /></span></p>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-17197235462235898382021-04-11T20:21:00.003-04:002023-06-20T08:53:27.078-04:00Riley's Birthday Quilt<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3tEyjBOXHTiXUIq7eOV51AEBgl-9OC-16LX9a31pnbUuLhs227XXAZ05UKDD1nqGVCw41_K4tXEL037szYXmikiggUM1fPmAkAevVuKw4hREsp76R5_Phq6s5vRMA5097wcS4p0aeqA/s2048/IMG_8575.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1674" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3tEyjBOXHTiXUIq7eOV51AEBgl-9OC-16LX9a31pnbUuLhs227XXAZ05UKDD1nqGVCw41_K4tXEL037szYXmikiggUM1fPmAkAevVuKw4hREsp76R5_Phq6s5vRMA5097wcS4p0aeqA/w328-h400/IMG_8575.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I think temperature quilts are super fun! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">If you aren't familiar with temperature quilts, the concept is to record the temperatures for every day in fabric. Makers create their own rules beyond that. Some considerations include: </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Pattern/block design: pieced or appliqued <br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Include high and low temps</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Precipitation- part of the block design or embroidered</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Month markers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Special days</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Additional text: pieced, appliqued, embroidered, inked<br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Take a look at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tempquilt/?hl=en" target="_blank">#tempquilt</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/temperaturequilt/?hl=en" target="_blank">#temperaturequilt</a> on Instagram for a plethora of inspiration. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Riley's quilt is the third temp quilt I've made, but
the first one I'm blogging about. The first two represented the high and
low temperatures for every day in 2018 and 2019.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulevIvDoyKNOUHOvvWvQAQszQqZ3nU9oPI54dpAmA83bTURlfI0OhhIYcQ5tbxF03nVBy7qFkx2imXrn_nJPTYWfDqTYvionX0lV3GJyouPbNwpbH0xD-GpyFvgN-JbXZabLJRFL4AV4/s1338/temp2018.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="1338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulevIvDoyKNOUHOvvWvQAQszQqZ3nU9oPI54dpAmA83bTURlfI0OhhIYcQ5tbxF03nVBy7qFkx2imXrn_nJPTYWfDqTYvionX0lV3GJyouPbNwpbH0xD-GpyFvgN-JbXZabLJRFL4AV4/w400-h400/temp2018.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#tempquilt2018 - 96" X 96" - 10° color ranges<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiEiwdkaGcuTm7XGnzMmIO5t4HCYJr0-nbUQGmgM488AJzGKo3MZxvjGiuOqVekTHqxvCsbF4fRZ0-l8adn0GelTRr9SRZ-0sFuVYqUIqOdATVUtEDgWIViSJOYg5PHoZa_tskWCVZUg/s2048/IMG_8358.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1904" data-original-width="2048" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiEiwdkaGcuTm7XGnzMmIO5t4HCYJr0-nbUQGmgM488AJzGKo3MZxvjGiuOqVekTHqxvCsbF4fRZ0-l8adn0GelTRr9SRZ-0sFuVYqUIqOdATVUtEDgWIViSJOYg5PHoZa_tskWCVZUg/w400-h373/IMG_8358.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#tempquilt2019 - 36" X 32" - 5° color ranges<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When we were waiting for our first grandchild to arrive in 2020, I decided to wait until he was born to start. Here are the choices I made:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">High temps only. <br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Pattern: I think the block looks like those toys with the beads that slide around. It takes two days to make a bead.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Each row equals a month. Riley was born on the 22nd, so there was a lot of negative space to fill with the pieced text. <br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I did a half-drop to create the zig zag look of the rows.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Used a tight palette of blues and greens. Color changes every 10° Fahrenheit. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SKuFSbfrtEBbDXSq7xfpt3IOXCS5gEzqKHrEaZMIRUJIn7893FmNrWsiXDDAjVDzy7ZT4UJnJIoR54syeHnNP8CgR96fN7W9FF87eFwF2xV_Fd3x4TfIXqMj-3xk1lSnfztpndZC55I/s2048/IMG_8580.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SKuFSbfrtEBbDXSq7xfpt3IOXCS5gEzqKHrEaZMIRUJIn7893FmNrWsiXDDAjVDzy7ZT4UJnJIoR54syeHnNP8CgR96fN7W9FF87eFwF2xV_Fd3x4TfIXqMj-3xk1lSnfztpndZC55I/w400-h300/IMG_8580.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I used the <a href=" https://fromblankpages.com/product/my-first-alphabet/" target="_blank">My First Alphabet pattern by From Blank Pages</a> for the text. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeqPDjKKw-UGvE9JWiW4KWwQtJcuJ5_OREU9yMGZ4G4E0NaZa0jwZv60qylmhEcCW6VlWDKAX5S9rcFAB9Nl4rKrnVsufApAMpXxDHSStyO5D0sR1bMCegATY4bjGhvt_e4tL5ke2v6A/s2048/IMG_8582.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="2048" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeqPDjKKw-UGvE9JWiW4KWwQtJcuJ5_OREU9yMGZ4G4E0NaZa0jwZv60qylmhEcCW6VlWDKAX5S9rcFAB9Nl4rKrnVsufApAMpXxDHSStyO5D0sR1bMCegATY4bjGhvt_e4tL5ke2v6A/w400-h206/IMG_8582.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMEpTau9yiIuCEMJj7gR9bc7rVC9IDvkOiWdlw6LHcR0W6p1kq2qLqd0z6joO8pLq1qNNOZRufY7N0AM3gyjLzhjRtInSty3-KFt1W6U5PGSdanRwoGWrFooyeOCiSam3lRc08meRw1U/s2048/IMG_8581.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMEpTau9yiIuCEMJj7gR9bc7rVC9IDvkOiWdlw6LHcR0W6p1kq2qLqd0z6joO8pLq1qNNOZRufY7N0AM3gyjLzhjRtInSty3-KFt1W6U5PGSdanRwoGWrFooyeOCiSam3lRc08meRw1U/w400-h300/IMG_8581.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When it came time for quilting, my beloved Bernina was in the shop for maintenance, so I had to use an unfamiliar machine. I couldn't get the stitch right for free motion, so I had to stick with straight lines with the walking foot. I had fun with some point-to-point work. I'm happy with the resulting texture. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcFndN17V0eTNtfS_vZ8zacJ9S2v3wr2B-30R9-dzAKAxAB5yuVyFby4mIwTVG5Yia_pw8z-_y2MwliYGWuCrOiKAGxpWCUH1Tz5hbY_H6vxswYrF6t4Qwed59Zfeb-bQMKYZcPIlmwE/s2048/IMG_8588.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcFndN17V0eTNtfS_vZ8zacJ9S2v3wr2B-30R9-dzAKAxAB5yuVyFby4mIwTVG5Yia_pw8z-_y2MwliYGWuCrOiKAGxpWCUH1Tz5hbY_H6vxswYrF6t4Qwed59Zfeb-bQMKYZcPIlmwE/w400-h300/IMG_8588.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOYjqtTtCnahGKgzH-SpqSJwroKyZimU3tlhI1cUop_EHX2mWoCue3BjKtJOMcqtsvcjwcjhznkRqxVwdEVgkDLzu0jm8k2mHY2kSvn9PH2tcYe6Ru3KmrqqAZxNhYXtFsNV23n4z1Hg/s2048/IMG_8589.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOYjqtTtCnahGKgzH-SpqSJwroKyZimU3tlhI1cUop_EHX2mWoCue3BjKtJOMcqtsvcjwcjhznkRqxVwdEVgkDLzu0jm8k2mHY2kSvn9PH2tcYe6Ru3KmrqqAZxNhYXtFsNV23n4z1Hg/w400-h300/IMG_8589.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The label had to include the temperature ranges so I used some extra units to piece a big block. I pieced the back with leftover fabric from the front and a big piece of leafy print that I thought I might add as a border. I'm glad I left it off. It's big enough for our little guy.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MKyBeVhegvwAWktOrP8uytEioxwfQExrIPBsUHYDCqJSrupjFsRhJO78YmrD8Mhb2L8B1yna2M6mUyAdo-a9ZtFCHlIAth5xCsflQQaJmoyrxsRX8NntMd7GtFx7yQzCo4LdbJRb7Mg/s2048/IMG_8584.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MKyBeVhegvwAWktOrP8uytEioxwfQExrIPBsUHYDCqJSrupjFsRhJO78YmrD8Mhb2L8B1yna2M6mUyAdo-a9ZtFCHlIAth5xCsflQQaJmoyrxsRX8NntMd7GtFx7yQzCo4LdbJRb7Mg/w400-h300/IMG_8584.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooAi0T_kwt4wBx3uR5Zlu8jOZpjxiH9u33gFcPoerNiD5b6LvzdmI3feUpoxRmyFvuqt4mS9cdiz2nbCMMNE7dP0Tv2YhMGSyx_tI2EERXKveiJUq1daoSPI2xota4AX-Y2QtgrvHoE4/s2048/IMG_8583.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1565" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooAi0T_kwt4wBx3uR5Zlu8jOZpjxiH9u33gFcPoerNiD5b6LvzdmI3feUpoxRmyFvuqt4mS9cdiz2nbCMMNE7dP0Tv2YhMGSyx_tI2EERXKveiJUq1daoSPI2xota4AX-Y2QtgrvHoE4/w306-h400/IMG_8583.jpeg" width="306" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Without a border, the binding needed a little something extra, and I do love a flange!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RwnGdTbuFAUpwMT5bNmyU8gQEKiUNnkSu39h27GYY6W3tjy2LylyRjZ5ZMe4K1ac5Ql_Kpnhmht5ZjsPxxxglLogMFdu4i2Y0DtKy1LlWo94tRlH6yPkIviipjKLZgMiMe6zGPy2uhI/s2048/IMG_8587.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RwnGdTbuFAUpwMT5bNmyU8gQEKiUNnkSu39h27GYY6W3tjy2LylyRjZ5ZMe4K1ac5Ql_Kpnhmht5ZjsPxxxglLogMFdu4i2Y0DtKy1LlWo94tRlH6yPkIviipjKLZgMiMe6zGPy2uhI/w400-h300/IMG_8587.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREqDElD3GckSLuH7cZ41ueRB-5My3fYuuk4Em6rkzeDab25XBdlefurmy-UKzntTuntIS27DnKKW1MtoigBuFhF7Bu5PV6QmsJD65SIz-XPpyQT9ZhDhx73AtzqGh-F1eJwtQhMFwLSk/s2048/IMG_8578.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1982" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREqDElD3GckSLuH7cZ41ueRB-5My3fYuuk4Em6rkzeDab25XBdlefurmy-UKzntTuntIS27DnKKW1MtoigBuFhF7Bu5PV6QmsJD65SIz-XPpyQT9ZhDhx73AtzqGh-F1eJwtQhMFwLSk/w388-h400/IMG_8578.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Riley's 1st Year</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">47" X 60" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">started April 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">completed April 2021<br /></span></div>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-75056498305822176212021-03-08T13:24:00.004-05:002021-06-01T02:44:22.018-04:00Quilted Placemats<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Buona festa della donna! (Happy International Women's Day!) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxX7XKLup1rpo_RkDprohzXzp7uIMP3MxoV_UAsD4SpnReajrir7I2YZBACASe_ncinP-AT6ljyH5TjZd-GSxHzLQvcXcrpFZ_c0cYST_nFZCY3JLyVX0ML2KyZsb5O56lPFmNDNXTgM/s2048/IMG_0521.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxX7XKLup1rpo_RkDprohzXzp7uIMP3MxoV_UAsD4SpnReajrir7I2YZBACASe_ncinP-AT6ljyH5TjZd-GSxHzLQvcXcrpFZ_c0cYST_nFZCY3JLyVX0ML2KyZsb5O56lPFmNDNXTgM/w300-h400/IMG_0521.HEIC" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">I
just finished six quilted placemats for my sister. When she saw the
ones I made for myself last summer, she asked for a set. Here are three
of my six. We've used them almost every day since July, they've been
washed a bunch of times, and still look great. They are improv pieced
from scraps, which I find extremely entertaining. The straight parallel
quilting lines hold everything together nicely.</span> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkp3wgnWKxOwiE8dPvCNsE-zE_3z0bgvLiwCzR1XGWAsAt2fvTbhdZFobspa249SLjttenwBGK9NPbSQK13TyL9p2G4c-p9egOQ7z_vZRb6tFVBy-mdwWfccrF_5b7G8s14cinTBjsZA/s2048/IMG_8559.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkp3wgnWKxOwiE8dPvCNsE-zE_3z0bgvLiwCzR1XGWAsAt2fvTbhdZFobspa249SLjttenwBGK9NPbSQK13TyL9p2G4c-p9egOQ7z_vZRb6tFVBy-mdwWfccrF_5b7G8s14cinTBjsZA/w400-h331/IMG_8559.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is Anita's set. She loves neutrals. I was able to use some of the fabrics that were left over from <a href="http://seaside-stitches.blogspot.com/2016/08/whisper.html" target="_blank">the lap quilt I made for her</a> a few years ago.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdP4j6JnN2w-QY9512-Zfe-_GuBJA-Lx7CSW009kZuQTOViDcfUC9D3wBM4qqMoZu-g3Rs2EFxTMQzLasU-WmBgCABqK9-JxHfEBtGnBZ2u7LDg-Ds0xV8RlGRXuGkqx4WGN567Mq07s/s2048/IMG_8557.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="2048" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdP4j6JnN2w-QY9512-Zfe-_GuBJA-Lx7CSW009kZuQTOViDcfUC9D3wBM4qqMoZu-g3Rs2EFxTMQzLasU-WmBgCABqK9-JxHfEBtGnBZ2u7LDg-Ds0xV8RlGRXuGkqx4WGN567Mq07s/w400-h365/IMG_8557.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When she saw on Instagram that I had started working on them, she was surprised they made it to the top of the queue, but the project perfectly fits #sewthescrapoutofMarch. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's my set up. </span>Cutting mat, spray bottle and starch far left, then wool pressing mat and travel iron. <br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEWJ19IrykxyFrzS2leAFrhZf9GJYnu_KIeJdhmxhjwyRtjX3mLs6ipyR-nBYSGMYyECgMuP9UtUFyEp2TH4xZRRX6bquCUqvL4Z1YcjKtGXloRa5XuiKIIOrV-E__ZQdOV7yr8pvjb8/s2048/IMG_0479.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEWJ19IrykxyFrzS2leAFrhZf9GJYnu_KIeJdhmxhjwyRtjX3mLs6ipyR-nBYSGMYyECgMuP9UtUFyEp2TH4xZRRX6bquCUqvL4Z1YcjKtGXloRa5XuiKIIOrV-E__ZQdOV7yr8pvjb8/w400-h300/IMG_0479.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I do all my piecing on my antique Featherweight. The bin of scraps is handy, as is a 16 oz tumbler of water. Stay hydrated, my friends!</span><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnLd70AJEcyU8KlokIcXAmjM5wwoUyp8hSnsxDN3LhUmdyvzkEtXsOY2nLroQdcxEpNfR9vHx48TauRAsNVxFMHzQ1CoUecywCg8FWQ0yxTxn2AAXRgqMpgLz56D0gt_amssFLhp4k2M/s2048/IMG_0478.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnLd70AJEcyU8KlokIcXAmjM5wwoUyp8hSnsxDN3LhUmdyvzkEtXsOY2nLroQdcxEpNfR9vHx48TauRAsNVxFMHzQ1CoUecywCg8FWQ0yxTxn2AAXRgqMpgLz56D0gt_amssFLhp4k2M/w400-h300/IMG_0478.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I killed my Bernina 153 last week. I have neglected her for so long that she seized up on me! Keep your machines hydrated<b> (oiled</b>) too! She'll be dropped off at the spa later this week. In the meantime, I'm using the used Bernina 200 that I picked up for Julia. I don't love it, but the automatic thread cutter was very helpful! No</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> one can take the place of my 153 except maybe a 770. ; )<br /></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs28lLc4uE-xuVo_jZblu8p5MkR2SAUgEwMhwkfzUDW_OwNfVvkG0cM9u_9yyzwHcO2cZWY5aRCbC0M3IbUTFhrE1WAvWQ7EdOtD49TmjvwK_QFrjol09xmU5gAfvU1ltH_ma8p8NVddc/s2048/IMG_0488.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs28lLc4uE-xuVo_jZblu8p5MkR2SAUgEwMhwkfzUDW_OwNfVvkG0cM9u_9yyzwHcO2cZWY5aRCbC0M3IbUTFhrE1WAvWQ7EdOtD49TmjvwK_QFrjol09xmU5gAfvU1ltH_ma8p8NVddc/s320/IMG_0488.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> It took me a minute to find them, but I did remember to include my labels. The binding is completely machine-stitched for durability.<br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDerZI9q7bIzdZ6oyccCg1cMYXWTBk8LNCwAmOvIzjoI4idkuW2llcbxiiJqT-NIKUd07prI5ZAmkZXVj6GvDHo9q5kW4-kc1iVpMChQ-OXbpCm1ZmrYuT6WAdXmxh8DbgJWDTVpq8Px0/s4608/IMG_8558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDerZI9q7bIzdZ6oyccCg1cMYXWTBk8LNCwAmOvIzjoI4idkuW2llcbxiiJqT-NIKUd07prI5ZAmkZXVj6GvDHo9q5kW4-kc1iVpMChQ-OXbpCm1ZmrYuT6WAdXmxh8DbgJWDTVpq8Px0/w400-h300/IMG_8558.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span>I don't know if you want to see each one, but here they are. I added some cute prints for her grandchildren in the first two.<br /> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeKyVn7kviK5RoWPVFrl_S3qgQz-RC2sWca5VnndMxx4tnpakaMd68sH2Pn2WlwpMy9Axv7JY5KALtTj0IwwfFad-6brAVNOpwYJbXGdegu5iWHEsukXWkx9qA06o5iv96iwRWG9rhhM/s2048/IMG_8550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeKyVn7kviK5RoWPVFrl_S3qgQz-RC2sWca5VnndMxx4tnpakaMd68sH2Pn2WlwpMy9Axv7JY5KALtTj0IwwfFad-6brAVNOpwYJbXGdegu5iWHEsukXWkx9qA06o5iv96iwRWG9rhhM/w400-h310/IMG_8550.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VhyphenhyphenbF5MZNhU8wF4ZKKZ9RE7YXrLcosQjtF4syqXn4_vjK9ShlX08gxSpf87XNZQOyk4nj1MHVv8i8w-QIRIGJqqw9hIj0q66sYF_ZDrNVWexaLWdwK69yZeIfX_9BRM7_M7tyc0jZCk/s2048/IMG_8551.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is a quilt-as-you-go method, which means when the piecing is done, so is the quilting! How satisfying to have a completed project so soon after taking a class, and not another UFO for the pile!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKebuZGMfD-__SB4Hsqs2F2GQAoBa5N52KBOU-lNzeMZZNre4UU-rTe5bsii1InrpjTMZPZ3hmYk1S1aGC-3XdrrZBlFNoMoEs0Jdl9KC1R4p37FISNdlxk1JCBpcDoHN0xtX8kw35EQ/s2048/IMG_8546.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="2048" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKebuZGMfD-__SB4Hsqs2F2GQAoBa5N52KBOU-lNzeMZZNre4UU-rTe5bsii1InrpjTMZPZ3hmYk1S1aGC-3XdrrZBlFNoMoEs0Jdl9KC1R4p37FISNdlxk1JCBpcDoHN0xtX8kw35EQ/w640-h572/IMG_8546.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwh4YEpqWX7DEUptkfSRDILoZC_f6NSSFFJCumZHCx4xjFRZZq_dUGYWcic0Le_y8rjzBXgTHXUpxau1_XzAgL5gVRXt9XRrULuHU3eXr3YR9T2buC401mV9dufl38Yrm2I4uAK95CdE/s1025/Intriguing+Interleaves+with+Ninigret+Quilters_Names+Covered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwh4YEpqWX7DEUptkfSRDILoZC_f6NSSFFJCumZHCx4xjFRZZq_dUGYWcic0Le_y8rjzBXgTHXUpxau1_XzAgL5gVRXt9XRrULuHU3eXr3YR9T2buC401mV9dufl38Yrm2I4uAK95CdE/s320/Intriguing+Interleaves+with+Ninigret+Quilters_Names+Covered.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Mel is an outstanding teacher who utilizes all the technology at her disposal to maximize student engagement in the virtual environment. She's the best we've seen since we started Zooming in April 2020. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2KqAVWfEh9YRrUrG96rGkN3vBoj6jP-E218cMZk15x-TESq1H5JW7M6wUP24Ez2Ao5vZowEEZvVQsGaC6NHLYlEJKedTuiWtOWn3Xj9ObccEp6UOr3aa437Z3ue3qNeisUGxc12b2Wg/s2048/IMG_0281.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2KqAVWfEh9YRrUrG96rGkN3vBoj6jP-E218cMZk15x-TESq1H5JW7M6wUP24Ez2Ao5vZowEEZvVQsGaC6NHLYlEJKedTuiWtOWn3Xj9ObccEp6UOr3aa437Z3ue3qNeisUGxc12b2Wg/w300-h400/IMG_0281.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm not going to get into the process here, but here are a couple of process pics. Above, you can see the six fabrics I started with. One strip set was blue-purple-orange and the other was green-yellow-raspberry. I used a mirrored sine wave to cut my curves. Below, you can see the interleaves starting to form. You can take a look at <a href="https://lorrie.cranor.org/blog/2014/01/19/how-to-make-an-interleave-quilt/" target="_blank">Lorrie Cranor's tutorial</a>.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHowZ6IN8WaL5SA24aVRKFXNBUtXtX3hOutDtFZRQEOBKhPcRmmc5dH-ekpmhE2wV4djfzn4DRyh4mdI12I8ShjynqIcvFJBNXJXTbfw74_isncIcCknMvhPH8lBFmaBB5ppj5T77FlBY/s2048/IMG_0279.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHowZ6IN8WaL5SA24aVRKFXNBUtXtX3hOutDtFZRQEOBKhPcRmmc5dH-ekpmhE2wV4djfzn4DRyh4mdI12I8ShjynqIcvFJBNXJXTbfw74_isncIcCknMvhPH8lBFmaBB5ppj5T77FlBY/w400-h300/IMG_0279.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> The binding went on after the second class session. I added corner pockets for hanging so I can hang it any which way. The label is handwritten on the bottom corner. I had just enough of that gorgeous lotus print for the back.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_z-CpKz7CSVD6fBOujRBVl36Kbe7zqQ5Hg-jAZ_j49x-59uYbOusXdtb3yYu6k6cDUZY23aBbUAbEENB5GVZy7kEk2nFbZj7NMFxBeB16x0yzSr8XhJLUQTxldOR8IzeZgTUeuvLOYs/s2048/IMG_8544.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_z-CpKz7CSVD6fBOujRBVl36Kbe7zqQ5Hg-jAZ_j49x-59uYbOusXdtb3yYu6k6cDUZY23aBbUAbEENB5GVZy7kEk2nFbZj7NMFxBeB16x0yzSr8XhJLUQTxldOR8IzeZgTUeuvLOYs/s2048/IMG_8544.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_z-CpKz7CSVD6fBOujRBVl36Kbe7zqQ5Hg-jAZ_j49x-59uYbOusXdtb3yYu6k6cDUZY23aBbUAbEENB5GVZy7kEk2nFbZj7NMFxBeB16x0yzSr8XhJLUQTxldOR8IzeZgTUeuvLOYs/s2048/IMG_8544.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGun061sC0-WWGqa1SltuyshqvX1W6R0hyphenhyphenOyU-tSuKv_vG0Y4tC3rQIyvYI6qpAzpfpTLDv8aaujA8UVRqR78mnucpFt7d_TjHRbakEHxI0zjgqo7MmFjumzgtU5gzglfLiUFM9EgFyEg/s2048/IMG_8547.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="2048" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGun061sC0-WWGqa1SltuyshqvX1W6R0hyphenhyphenOyU-tSuKv_vG0Y4tC3rQIyvYI6qpAzpfpTLDv8aaujA8UVRqR78mnucpFt7d_TjHRbakEHxI0zjgqo7MmFjumzgtU5gzglfLiUFM9EgFyEg/w400-h329/IMG_8547.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For now, it's hanging in my hallway gallery.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjketO0iw1hB0GpAzzEGByBBP1mAzFPFhPH5XcQk5CidqIweehrW2sQyvdFrfHGDkghLohHP199NOx2SosU0leoehkM7MrtkeIV2JdKn4IkA3V4HL2jyZmaPxHRIarxVE8wulj5t5C46M/s2048/IMG_8549.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjketO0iw1hB0GpAzzEGByBBP1mAzFPFhPH5XcQk5CidqIweehrW2sQyvdFrfHGDkghLohHP199NOx2SosU0leoehkM7MrtkeIV2JdKn4IkA3V4HL2jyZmaPxHRIarxVE8wulj5t5C46M/w400-h300/IMG_8549.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I thought the mottled sunlight was pretty this morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsm4qT4zt9DUpjS0c53Ah1ybF0jFgl-kEjetIzwjGBoqwl2BvLpXJ1vLsQXWCOKk5EoSu1boYqh_Tejv5lfG4UYVMSqS-SRv9MruPFhi9Pn5jMDOrlcF5nabICGK3IKQoL-aYNkGEvYY/s2048/IMG_8544.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsm4qT4zt9DUpjS0c53Ah1ybF0jFgl-kEjetIzwjGBoqwl2BvLpXJ1vLsQXWCOKk5EoSu1boYqh_Tejv5lfG4UYVMSqS-SRv9MruPFhi9Pn5jMDOrlcF5nabICGK3IKQoL-aYNkGEvYY/w400-h300/IMG_8544.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My daughter's dog needs to test out every quilt, no matter how small. He refuses to look at a camera!</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FkKz40m32jLfebcvqbSdI2NCwyBBrdKSYncdAC0Ir_IFxebxsNVXVvjcAZOtIJ9dfPmZjU7vSHtSyNr3gt7j3JjChPDkgRI6MZHsXMtw78gGrzAgIwtYOWxYj3d4lXCEgjTZCwmwxmU/s2048/IMG_8543.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1573" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FkKz40m32jLfebcvqbSdI2NCwyBBrdKSYncdAC0Ir_IFxebxsNVXVvjcAZOtIJ9dfPmZjU7vSHtSyNr3gt7j3JjChPDkgRI6MZHsXMtw78gGrzAgIwtYOWxYj3d4lXCEgjTZCwmwxmU/w308-h400/IMG_8543.jpeg" width="308" /></a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is my favorite shot!</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AMiP-9YzqfZUVYsY5HFyCXs_wfrQafNfIBcujgb619477iSdoERSmn8lHPYT-hTU-yyGkTMpbXWVxDmHp29qZn7o-ZXlhD7C1_lQ9E3wC5TDY72MzRNwlpZ-bOLBVfyBsFE8pmVd1ls/s2048/IMG_8541.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AMiP-9YzqfZUVYsY5HFyCXs_wfrQafNfIBcujgb619477iSdoERSmn8lHPYT-hTU-yyGkTMpbXWVxDmHp29qZn7o-ZXlhD7C1_lQ9E3wC5TDY72MzRNwlpZ-bOLBVfyBsFE8pmVd1ls/w300-h400/IMG_8541.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Intriguing Interleaves</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Tina Craig</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">16" X 17"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Started 2/13/2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed 2/27/2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Workshop with <a href="https://melbeachquilts.com/" target="_blank">Mel Beach</a> and <a href="http://ninigretquilters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ninigret Quilters</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFqAOAhpAFLRFRe4xLSecw8WVrwpxelP5eVYJszMV1wmA9zOsA8DwvcwNGaMmw5YrSfuxtVwGR9ZRcNrmyA_lpDfvulZ6V00gzkgNPltDCZyO1ffZ4dZHdZDgd7csHdneeZXy1qwWMQ8/s2048/IMG_8545.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1891" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFqAOAhpAFLRFRe4xLSecw8WVrwpxelP5eVYJszMV1wmA9zOsA8DwvcwNGaMmw5YrSfuxtVwGR9ZRcNrmyA_lpDfvulZ6V00gzkgNPltDCZyO1ffZ4dZHdZDgd7csHdneeZXy1qwWMQ8/s320/IMG_8545.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><p></p></div>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-35061541668448640732021-03-04T12:54:00.000-05:002021-06-01T02:52:08.865-04:00Celtic Shamrocks<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">I made a table runner and I'm blogging about it within 24 hours!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwC9kGJCO4_-rYbyTO2A9fIcXGBLAP8SEbF9gLBkuu7NaQjuBq56pcdwR5SkJuoD2ktrUXni_uVOFJuHOcZBgJ9asXBhYJWxP7tkmNGgNY6DNCvVyLYGLrAZzdDQGtaIqZUS4JOjNyBA/s2942/IMG_8540.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="2942" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwC9kGJCO4_-rYbyTO2A9fIcXGBLAP8SEbF9gLBkuu7NaQjuBq56pcdwR5SkJuoD2ktrUXni_uVOFJuHOcZBgJ9asXBhYJWxP7tkmNGgNY6DNCvVyLYGLrAZzdDQGtaIqZUS4JOjNyBA/w640-h232/IMG_8540.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">After a successful Celtic applique workshop with <a href="http://www.scarlettrose.com/" target="_blank">Scarlett Rose</a> in January with <a href="http://ninigretquilters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ninigret Quilters</a>, I went all in on Celtic! There's a big, beautiful Valentine wall hanging that is on hiatus. I wanted to practice quilting on something less important, so I started this shamrock piece.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I drafted this design in EQ8 by tracing some stock Celtic drawings I found online. The block finishes at 7.5", which was pretty small for those inside loops, even with 1/4" bias. Playing with plaid was fun!<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUrvwKhFlodpMstl1x0wc-bKNgyGWcNq5J-_7FV6hfsvkxbrmn2xWedfJzZp14MoxxxOSYY7EUiMFI6gI50jXWhl4mI61qnDcCkhegK_lEwPCxeKxuCE7bmUWBSFTgyZKLbGmwIwCHXM/s2048/IMG_0381.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1917" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUrvwKhFlodpMstl1x0wc-bKNgyGWcNq5J-_7FV6hfsvkxbrmn2xWedfJzZp14MoxxxOSYY7EUiMFI6gI50jXWhl4mI61qnDcCkhegK_lEwPCxeKxuCE7bmUWBSFTgyZKLbGmwIwCHXM/s320/IMG_0381.heic" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After some very basic quilting (straight lines and tight echo around the applique), I thought I might be done. Well, that wouldn't meet my goal of practicing, so I stitched on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_eW7kznmUmReSQ5gtffsTLtTBs2wcRS-ld7O0_xqhBnsd_9peSGrHBlVjuGwDPfGibbxK7ffeJZCAoZ4IsVqG3JfUGo5FSev4pJZUGK09Cj5UFQyUAKNaeyEXxq_FxlhXUL1Ev2erwYM/s2048/FB983A4E-DA0A-446E-AD39-DC6CB4E36035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_eW7kznmUmReSQ5gtffsTLtTBs2wcRS-ld7O0_xqhBnsd_9peSGrHBlVjuGwDPfGibbxK7ffeJZCAoZ4IsVqG3JfUGo5FSev4pJZUGK09Cj5UFQyUAKNaeyEXxq_FxlhXUL1Ev2erwYM/w320-h320/FB983A4E-DA0A-446E-AD39-DC6CB4E36035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before and After<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I dove head first into free-form feathers! I used to tell myself that I stink at feathers. I wasn't getting any better with that attitude and no practice! I used <a href="https://lisahcalle.com/" target="_blank">Lisa H Calle's ProEcho 11</a> ruler to form the veins. I watched a bunch of videos on how to form the feathers. Then I drew a bunch on a dry erase board until I felt like I had the shapes and motions down. Then I started stitching. I'm thrilled with the results!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3zeRutETkyjfYkY5-7lQupfzGFo5c2v2d96YAe0Ik_T5-pHitt5bjtCCCpr-SLVV6dxhxNrf5qr0qgQ0ZQAvN8NmZHq8FWmA7Ynjz-5InZlpYyZmVNRX5ndo-ygXDzkP7-jm4hkNaYI/s2048/IMG_8534+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="2048" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3zeRutETkyjfYkY5-7lQupfzGFo5c2v2d96YAe0Ik_T5-pHitt5bjtCCCpr-SLVV6dxhxNrf5qr0qgQ0ZQAvN8NmZHq8FWmA7Ynjz-5InZlpYyZmVNRX5ndo-ygXDzkP7-jm4hkNaYI/w320-h222/IMG_8534+2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I stitches the side triangles first, then filled in around the applique. I quilted the snot out of it!<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6oNRRxZDGXHZLNY0n9sjQLNIghuTfwldQZfD27QJpHhWKyQMsu8b_J1hm_tC5HiyiLSSeed7WBFTTQChatkuRWTaYE3UPwjC6g4rD0SZeMVtzlGe8ZGUDh6D8hZAvbGdusELJVdFP8I/s2048/IMG_8535.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2048" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6oNRRxZDGXHZLNY0n9sjQLNIghuTfwldQZfD27QJpHhWKyQMsu8b_J1hm_tC5HiyiLSSeed7WBFTTQChatkuRWTaYE3UPwjC6g4rD0SZeMVtzlGe8ZGUDh6D8hZAvbGdusELJVdFP8I/w320-h232/IMG_8535.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check it out! I don't stink at feathers after all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmf5WuEwmP1I-MbdyeJvBsGjx5Z4cZnT_6Nymjg8uKHU3iBewq_fOHQglN2hIxmlgtpDrEue_2cp1eC9AmSuZESEKEGZimcMGFl7Em19IbEYEhSCHWSkpH9hDr-tY4VinGxdS6t8XPrU/s2048/IMG_8538.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmf5WuEwmP1I-MbdyeJvBsGjx5Z4cZnT_6Nymjg8uKHU3iBewq_fOHQglN2hIxmlgtpDrEue_2cp1eC9AmSuZESEKEGZimcMGFl7Em19IbEYEhSCHWSkpH9hDr-tY4VinGxdS6t8XPrU/w240-h320/IMG_8538.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: arial;">I love a flange binding! This runner was not particularly square or flat when I started quilting. It got a little better, but still isn't perfect. Done is better than perfect! I know I can make a perfect binding when I need to.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93t3jH0urKjZQg2rgvlNlH85ge8kExvU9dUVq2q6kWVhSnH7MwlzDd69Vif-JvP3Cb5HfBqTUOkzonz7kxZseiLJ1QDXrpKVIdpy9S4eSCdHUP3ZHAIBB5mfXpbk28EDmVnfGhCPewgE/s2048/IMG_8536.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2048" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93t3jH0urKjZQg2rgvlNlH85ge8kExvU9dUVq2q6kWVhSnH7MwlzDd69Vif-JvP3Cb5HfBqTUOkzonz7kxZseiLJ1QDXrpKVIdpy9S4eSCdHUP3ZHAIBB5mfXpbk28EDmVnfGhCPewgE/w320-h269/IMG_8536.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This piece will be a nice decoration for March and a great lecture/teaching piece. Suzanne at <a href="https://www.the-sew-op.com/" target="_blank">the sew-op</a> has already requested that I start teaching Celtic applique in the shop! I'll be sure to let you know when I emerge from my bubble.<br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcDqll5QADpTg_Exj2hku1Lfdkc8F11OjeAt43mOstGsCCVQzZzhw-h0lzqq3lZDaGFQsPPQ6nPwpNBDlv0B1aXftRWmpnM9tDCGCpi0qZ1O00kSlv73HDbMz71YM4K4cpUERc_XKfPY/s2048/IMG_8532+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="2048" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcDqll5QADpTg_Exj2hku1Lfdkc8F11OjeAt43mOstGsCCVQzZzhw-h0lzqq3lZDaGFQsPPQ6nPwpNBDlv0B1aXftRWmpnM9tDCGCpi0qZ1O00kSlv73HDbMz71YM4K4cpUERc_XKfPY/w320-h298/IMG_8532+2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">"Celtic Shamrocks"</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Tina Craig </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14" X 43"<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">started 2/24/2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">completed 3/4/2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hand appliqued, machine pieced.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Quilted on Bernina 153 with walking foot, ruler work and free motion. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaHhtBCwiYei15sI20gOKjM0rzNGY7lEihgclo92XdLIS4Pin2d0FTH3GCdvwyXyDhXHIQObkMjHKzLOp3_ivGe9ZUCXXHkjdMWxHbexu-M4af4OYreHQSbDR0JDwOZVxA3mxoouGko0/s2593/IMG_8531+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2593" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaHhtBCwiYei15sI20gOKjM0rzNGY7lEihgclo92XdLIS4Pin2d0FTH3GCdvwyXyDhXHIQObkMjHKzLOp3_ivGe9ZUCXXHkjdMWxHbexu-M4af4OYreHQSbDR0JDwOZVxA3mxoouGko0/w640-h301/IMG_8531+2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><p></p>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-3059876771228187272021-01-02T18:08:00.000-05:002021-01-02T18:08:22.933-05:00Safari Tango<p style="text-align: center;"> My last finished quilt of 2020 is called Safari Tango. It might be the first true double-sided quilt I've ever made. The front was started in an online (Zoom) workshop with <a href="https://stashbandit.net/make-extraordinary-scrap-quilts/" target="_blank">Diane Harris, The Stash Bandit</a>, hosted by Ninigret Quilters. She calls her pattern Twofer Tango because you could get two quilts from your effort. The half square triangle units are bonus blocks from the creation of the main X-blocks. I chose to add mine around the border instead of harboring yet another UFO!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfJbG7xkX4hdCUqy9ZKSr8dOVUfxZFb9jXZKhyphenhyphenW_2JkffAmCaimO6MqcVarhptg9jtG68RR2tv0Cf5tiYpBTikS2BMYRZrGhY8d3YfkQMrclZhfzb5vDuw-jyT0NjEGarb-518B0iczk/s2048/IMG_8486.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2048" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfJbG7xkX4hdCUqy9ZKSr8dOVUfxZFb9jXZKhyphenhyphenW_2JkffAmCaimO6MqcVarhptg9jtG68RR2tv0Cf5tiYpBTikS2BMYRZrGhY8d3YfkQMrclZhfzb5vDuw-jyT0NjEGarb-518B0iczk/w400-h340/IMG_8486.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back of the quilt was one of those long-simmering UFOs. Started in a class with <a href="http://www.thomasknauersews.com/" target="_blank">Thomas Knauer</a> in 2015, also hosted by Ninigret Quilters, it is a code quilt with the word SAFARI spelled out in Braille and repeated in a loop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie23NTJvxPs4oTGiR2W_5raUiypOVzZZc4lZnIcmvklqkfZpb-4gjUM0bksV4pmTZ9GS9ncyhHpVB827WnUPd_viZxAgyZ2yKGOGZAKnZMPqDvwIdFUzft-heECuPgpqcpZAhkQzbzqOg/s2048/IMG_8492.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1771" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie23NTJvxPs4oTGiR2W_5raUiypOVzZZc4lZnIcmvklqkfZpb-4gjUM0bksV4pmTZ9GS9ncyhHpVB827WnUPd_viZxAgyZ2yKGOGZAKnZMPqDvwIdFUzft-heECuPgpqcpZAhkQzbzqOg/w346-h400/IMG_8492.jpeg" width="346" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both sides of the quilt used fabric that was purchased by Julia and me in Tanzania in 2014. The background print on the front was a big chunk of fabric from Joann's that came to me from someone else's stash. It is a grass-like print which was perfect since Julia's research project that semester in Tanzania dealt with grasses in the <a href="http://www.ngorongorocrater.org/index.html" target="_blank">Ngorongoro Crater</a>.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5Jm3VaSPZUV65h5zqMTNc5X5hd5jK-jlDC1OJw0oSqNGCpJjJA40GKx9EbM39V1-ZOPLH-NSvwU5DyFqyOfTd8AThEZa8y3RConnQknKVSXLTu12GtGq1LHkaEr6vRLbg5qgPVDHynI/s2048/IMG_9846.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5Jm3VaSPZUV65h5zqMTNc5X5hd5jK-jlDC1OJw0oSqNGCpJjJA40GKx9EbM39V1-ZOPLH-NSvwU5DyFqyOfTd8AThEZa8y3RConnQknKVSXLTu12GtGq1LHkaEr6vRLbg5qgPVDHynI/w400-h400/IMG_9846.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quilting is all fun and games until you stitch onto a glove. I might have had better luck if I had remembered to drop the feed dogs!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlPSLSCgLnFd6NkWLlha-cJS7IbcaOqtuhCAD9l6vX2sV1S7VZUQQvujqy6jN2kl7hcdnuh1FDCxpGKKWcb9I9RKbI6CG9MVsqTcZfWDkMpa9yjPZHsdQR71xw538IfFQnw7N-nLSeIs/s2048/IMG_9850.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlPSLSCgLnFd6NkWLlha-cJS7IbcaOqtuhCAD9l6vX2sV1S7VZUQQvujqy6jN2kl7hcdnuh1FDCxpGKKWcb9I9RKbI6CG9MVsqTcZfWDkMpa9yjPZHsdQR71xw538IfFQnw7N-nLSeIs/w400-h400/IMG_9850.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVooavvt-pdo9KPSBcOCIoinQ2JCxQVqyZQSZR1iLezJl9lyvitzxdOXwlotNwPhXXHwVvOHTgRfVm-oEHac5MAq-7lZlg3d9w4huib7Jw6Vr0n1doECIjhQpCxBKfZd7LVxztDubFgY/s2048/IMG_9853.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVooavvt-pdo9KPSBcOCIoinQ2JCxQVqyZQSZR1iLezJl9lyvitzxdOXwlotNwPhXXHwVvOHTgRfVm-oEHac5MAq-7lZlg3d9w4huib7Jw6Vr0n1doECIjhQpCxBKfZd7LVxztDubFgY/w400-h300/IMG_9853.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKw1e4xo5TsgnnSkg-zr6A_YvoeoB-tW4dFjHQXHq9dEZOR60HU_DoVVB8y7mCWxNAJg60ADnpkbBvOGomxfQAkSTBRbpPW0PpZnZjd3wL82St6g91mJG5YxhMuceEabpvoZ8YNaCq5o/s2048/IMG_9859.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKw1e4xo5TsgnnSkg-zr6A_YvoeoB-tW4dFjHQXHq9dEZOR60HU_DoVVB8y7mCWxNAJg60ADnpkbBvOGomxfQAkSTBRbpPW0PpZnZjd3wL82St6g91mJG5YxhMuceEabpvoZ8YNaCq5o/w400-h400/IMG_9859.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Safari Tango</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">60" X 86" <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Safari started in 2015 </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tango started 10/17/2020</div><div style="text-align: center;">Completed 12/30/2020</div>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-47645162537820913002020-11-24T09:43:00.000-05:002020-11-24T09:43:01.047-05:00Live EPP Class on Zoom!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Have some fabric scraps, needle and thread? </span>Join me for a Live EPP Ornament class next Wednesday! I'll be doing live demos, providing step-by-step instruction and answering your questions throughout the 2 hour class. Beginners are welcome, even if you didn't already know that EPP stands for English Paper Piecing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVH6d-wJKs43om2fvId8HydtUydOUwIb0MDw9RDN0c3z3a_bWyLsWrwSsgyL3Sj6ZnG_5B9WWYD678-vRbjKaT3-oOUvQ2irkpqxGnBHi6UdgTCQivUNVyy54omwzCJx9GYrpFi0vc1s/s2048/FD4E14D2-DB5C-4B4F-8A42-A9D21932B225_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVH6d-wJKs43om2fvId8HydtUydOUwIb0MDw9RDN0c3z3a_bWyLsWrwSsgyL3Sj6ZnG_5B9WWYD678-vRbjKaT3-oOUvQ2irkpqxGnBHi6UdgTCQivUNVyy54omwzCJx9GYrpFi0vc1s/w400-h400/FD4E14D2-DB5C-4B4F-8A42-A9D21932B225_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You will need to print the templates onto a sheet of cover stock before class starts, so please plan accordingly. (I've heard that not everyone has a printer and a supply of card stock at home.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You do not need to have your own Zoom account to participate. <br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMeNGjUlPJIORCNSTSGqJqe3EVRjHtVeMrIQ-PcPWOmG2vaI9S7ghm-6fkzjXTtRQw6vhTFDiSeI8FyV3oGGEIOl5ygFf969RVHjanCn9DpzRjdzPTXtteVbhq6D0WJl7uEk3dtZzKlk/s2048/IMG_2323.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMeNGjUlPJIORCNSTSGqJqe3EVRjHtVeMrIQ-PcPWOmG2vaI9S7ghm-6fkzjXTtRQw6vhTFDiSeI8FyV3oGGEIOl5ygFf969RVHjanCn9DpzRjdzPTXtteVbhq6D0WJl7uEk3dtZzKlk/w400-h400/IMG_2323.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Send me an email (tinastitches@gmail.com) to let me know you are interested and I'll send you a PayPal invoice for $15. After I receive your payment, I'll email you the supply list, template file and the link to the Zoom meeting.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These ornaments make great gifts! Choose some fabric that suits the recipient. The purple one was for my BFF and the blue flamingos was for my son's girlfriend. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUe2E-aINs4tz19rwLolHKbmqhfj0P1xiEyiT3UMsYLWB9xa2cduyf1qmwE43Ls_0hthw-8aXpr6SOkm9hN1Bq4S1uyK4JaU0RbhDvp_h3nPBj49qdUDygkneljxRS7pUx94Mqa5F930/s2048/IMG_2347.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUe2E-aINs4tz19rwLolHKbmqhfj0P1xiEyiT3UMsYLWB9xa2cduyf1qmwE43Ls_0hthw-8aXpr6SOkm9hN1Bq4S1uyK4JaU0RbhDvp_h3nPBj49qdUDygkneljxRS7pUx94Mqa5F930/w400-h400/IMG_2347.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Live EPP Ornament Class on Zoom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wednesday, December 2, 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7-9 pm Eastern (same as New York City)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">$15</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Class size is limited to 15 students <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Instructor: Tina Craig </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Email Tina to register: tinastitches@gmail.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hope to see you soon!</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-35962435817894080262020-11-09T13:45:00.001-05:002020-11-09T13:45:36.792-05:00Facing EPP Quilt with EPP<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let's say you've pieced together a top using English Paper Piecing and you have all these angular shapes around the edges. How will you finish those edges? You could certainly trim them and use a straight binding. Or you could create a facing with more EPP shapes! Here's how...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4aQeQPRXMTMLC8FWDvswtbSkj2sFWTI4kyXq_Wr28bO7is5YhTFEEzDUqhhRyF61DyaMWAQME_GsmMMbMaxJCYy1nuzzuEV3eOQKMRd_r4XXk-Bg5SPX9gBrFiN-c2fhL4Xj6QyeSOY/s2048/IMG_9307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4aQeQPRXMTMLC8FWDvswtbSkj2sFWTI4kyXq_Wr28bO7is5YhTFEEzDUqhhRyF61DyaMWAQME_GsmMMbMaxJCYy1nuzzuEV3eOQKMRd_r4XXk-Bg5SPX9gBrFiN-c2fhL4Xj6QyeSOY/w400-h400/IMG_9307.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Press your top well, especially around the edges. Remove all of the papers.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG48OvL0bzacSfe_rBYa866tw2wPDV6NkCsTEeKZVbE0-F2aC-SR81MPA12uxjVciAq6HwgsjlVOCcqphVRW2-OC-nLdFkAoKTLL1YNcFmPd_RTeZvPIwd3dI8VdMaWIB520nzYEko-s/s2048/IMG_9306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG48OvL0bzacSfe_rBYa866tw2wPDV6NkCsTEeKZVbE0-F2aC-SR81MPA12uxjVciAq6HwgsjlVOCcqphVRW2-OC-nLdFkAoKTLL1YNcFmPd_RTeZvPIwd3dI8VdMaWIB520nzYEko-s/w400-h400/IMG_9306.JPG" width="400" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p>2. Quilt as desired. Don't stitch into the seam allowances around the outside edges.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0wcmAam9GLNQrkP4z0hrI6N4cUo0Dr-qFl_KurjOFo7HBZpQbCTwx_RjcIQY5NDVtTxJU5aIbkEFp1P_Ny7h-6OMTf5gbgMIE-lYkwzeqrDbzk_trEk-b5qk1lhoejn1SJFLQw9J9Qo/s2048/IMG_9310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0wcmAam9GLNQrkP4z0hrI6N4cUo0Dr-qFl_KurjOFo7HBZpQbCTwx_RjcIQY5NDVtTxJU5aIbkEFp1P_Ny7h-6OMTf5gbgMIE-lYkwzeqrDbzk_trEk-b5qk1lhoejn1SJFLQw9J9Qo/w400-h400/IMG_9310.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>3. Trim away the batting and backing a little bit smaller than the finished edge.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKZ-Recq6NymGDaC6Tzk8MrFr8fd2K_y7tRzTf4TQ_N8_egl-W2Lw6I6K1MYVuYShm1q9ruywKJOV1pkTGuv-uLJwshtDzh1tZtSsszi4k6SJ2gZc3R-JoLLXrwbwvo6NmXx6lDfVJZA/s2048/IMG_9311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKZ-Recq6NymGDaC6Tzk8MrFr8fd2K_y7tRzTf4TQ_N8_egl-W2Lw6I6K1MYVuYShm1q9ruywKJOV1pkTGuv-uLJwshtDzh1tZtSsszi4k6SJ2gZc3R-JoLLXrwbwvo6NmXx6lDfVJZA/w400-h400/IMG_9311.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIpsFZRW8V2jIsaQHMvSDNH8oT4Y_kP1JbjzeMesdn99FkdP6l3OICQDmbJD3qhPTef7FRtvTwj-rztQVFlkVoVgyirLkTLRQxVq6SiaP_u7tOcphJBSrmiKHk-dQdy-EJJLedVsEJ8U/s2048/IMG_9312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIpsFZRW8V2jIsaQHMvSDNH8oT4Y_kP1JbjzeMesdn99FkdP6l3OICQDmbJD3qhPTef7FRtvTwj-rztQVFlkVoVgyirLkTLRQxVq6SiaP_u7tOcphJBSrmiKHk-dQdy-EJJLedVsEJ8U/w300-h400/IMG_9312.JPG" width="300" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: left;">4. Create a ring of EPP shapes that mirrors the quilt top. 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Place the facing right sides together with the quilt top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h8gJeP2t4m1C9buPJvt9dpDh-FDnRMpAlRq84L4nkSyUlEzjXdkN8sq9kjcGDPTtG48XvsYu_RjbguV_YtolTiwAoMoQA7FmgB4OitvlowEWDfvBsBZyyBQzHutd9NnSIGTZJ2SsWgA/s2048/IMG_9315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h8gJeP2t4m1C9buPJvt9dpDh-FDnRMpAlRq84L4nkSyUlEzjXdkN8sq9kjcGDPTtG48XvsYu_RjbguV_YtolTiwAoMoQA7FmgB4OitvlowEWDfvBsBZyyBQzHutd9NnSIGTZJ2SsWgA/w400-h400/IMG_9315.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Whipstitch all the way around the outside edges.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwajTJaK40jR6dyGNARDTDCcl0VgYXU8RxDxqIfMSICsJWsU9hV38nJNmZ6CmUx7A_MWqYk8dymQ3_9WF1NbNCnrg0xZpMp3Xs_eqMgJ5cj6262O_kx2rIrizAZtUtoZTvGIzOD9p-tw/s2048/IMG_9314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwajTJaK40jR6dyGNARDTDCcl0VgYXU8RxDxqIfMSICsJWsU9hV38nJNmZ6CmUx7A_MWqYk8dymQ3_9WF1NbNCnrg0xZpMp3Xs_eqMgJ5cj6262O_kx2rIrizAZtUtoZTvGIzOD9p-tw/w400-h400/IMG_9314.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 7. Remove the papers from the facing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2an4rOE2CaSL4QukcbL6eoz4slFAkuPy7zyQ8RX2qHE__QaKUTgHub12Qh1x6AMrC7Lh0ySFTc8ulRrpCxuiGwlJxiCRi_o-OpIN21EERcRmjUKCvF40iFEpRDWSH7XDhfkjrroKfWI8/s2048/IMG_9316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2an4rOE2CaSL4QukcbL6eoz4slFAkuPy7zyQ8RX2qHE__QaKUTgHub12Qh1x6AMrC7Lh0ySFTc8ulRrpCxuiGwlJxiCRi_o-OpIN21EERcRmjUKCvF40iFEpRDWSH7XDhfkjrroKfWI8/w300-h400/IMG_9316.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">8. Pull the quilt top through the hole in the middle of the facing and flip the facing to the back side. Carefully poke out the corners and smooth the batting and backing into the corners and along the edges. <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLZfx7axdF9okN5fdosz0UBkVjWQDwcSOZVJnLA1SFaYKQ-lf1Dbwjck_RhLH4yr5mdGrc7mUbmOYA3SuKodKFrPDYdxUtupOCDYhdSRdR3jbZ8ivzzf3x5FoHF73We4fHg_1AvU5H44/s2048/IMG_9317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLZfx7axdF9okN5fdosz0UBkVjWQDwcSOZVJnLA1SFaYKQ-lf1Dbwjck_RhLH4yr5mdGrc7mUbmOYA3SuKodKFrPDYdxUtupOCDYhdSRdR3jbZ8ivzzf3x5FoHF73We4fHg_1AvU5H44/w400-h400/IMG_9317.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. Stitch down the inside edges of the facing to the back of the quilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ROXO4RDT3EKhM5977C1Aclg4qd1ghq6fvTipKmak2lrM2UPUwQWzP7wby2peu4JLLH6uqfqzMTP9Jmf2G_JwzihsYuIJwRLBfn1HKOmg76j96DRr4p4LQZVDLWzpWe2LnTtY_9K5pWs/s2048/IMG_9320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ROXO4RDT3EKhM5977C1Aclg4qd1ghq6fvTipKmak2lrM2UPUwQWzP7wby2peu4JLLH6uqfqzMTP9Jmf2G_JwzihsYuIJwRLBfn1HKOmg76j96DRr4p4LQZVDLWzpWe2LnTtY_9K5pWs/w400-h400/IMG_9320.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>10. Done!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzpPz0IAlXcQ-WvM82fh636zSMyrnEs-FGqf9YlkVco6d6g6uccVqCzajFOiGIEWKH2v-7OlTOa9xP5OHL9euk2ujGcyQIPRAhZpxSRT0UCbYKpjdrCEEhfV2NUzkIj7AlmMNiAXL0g4/s2048/IMG_9318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzpPz0IAlXcQ-WvM82fh636zSMyrnEs-FGqf9YlkVco6d6g6uccVqCzajFOiGIEWKH2v-7OlTOa9xP5OHL9euk2ujGcyQIPRAhZpxSRT0UCbYKpjdrCEEhfV2NUzkIj7AlmMNiAXL0g4/w400-h400/IMG_9318.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I used this method to finish my "Our Lady" quilt. I had purchased a panel with four images of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Inspired by <a href="https://www.brigittegiblinquilts.com/" target="_blank">Brigitte Giblin</a>'s work, I framed each of the images with fussy cut EPP roses. I didn't want to chop off the edges, so I used an EPP facing.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsEJ573bdRXPTfLzxyr1vFQ2v-Q91GqRQFAmBiCZRuUqWRuA6CQyWtqk8HG-BnOU7UMKosTGAvbLavd4My4xmDf6qg2atiGgTi_g_-voal62lSzzIrL5DcZk4oAhVSU1R22x9zFu6itw/s2048/IMG_7776.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsEJ573bdRXPTfLzxyr1vFQ2v-Q91GqRQFAmBiCZRuUqWRuA6CQyWtqk8HG-BnOU7UMKosTGAvbLavd4My4xmDf6qg2atiGgTi_g_-voal62lSzzIrL5DcZk4oAhVSU1R22x9zFu6itw/w506-h640/IMG_7776.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEK2qIjoOvPwpGKHfztqIooMtwpwak7OjmUBNlnJ1LDAmluarZgLQhesiGdzW-8csDEbUcFhu3tnDAGlTUlU41j8ZxO1loVsIyQ5z_qsECG6Ivdj68yr5xFNmh4sUKvfhXzH_PuDdLvk/s2048/IMG_7777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEK2qIjoOvPwpGKHfztqIooMtwpwak7OjmUBNlnJ1LDAmluarZgLQhesiGdzW-8csDEbUcFhu3tnDAGlTUlU41j8ZxO1loVsIyQ5z_qsECG6Ivdj68yr5xFNmh4sUKvfhXzH_PuDdLvk/w552-h640/IMG_7777.jpg" width="552" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUurVu2-3NaePgPKqXbAv2T8UTizqoSfktaP-5T2R8pX9e8At5CaeLL-Gn3EfmuDZI8YwQugFPyzHNg_G3jb-RD1DE4z-SS7rKZbFhvcQf8NFPg61EBUBOEh2OnMxJGxh9jZ277mtphdk/s2048/IMG_7777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO4B3fiPBCdm2hYd4UzBG44ndyLABeCcgiQxBM4KVvsE48heJfANUjBy5j1RFEZVk2CoWz4NZLNS92_KYOEGRFb2e7u94OCQhPBAskYjO9z3uVsL6Q9e82syt29SfixHjbhnG9jkZzZ0/s2000/IMG_7778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2000" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO4B3fiPBCdm2hYd4UzBG44ndyLABeCcgiQxBM4KVvsE48heJfANUjBy5j1RFEZVk2CoWz4NZLNS92_KYOEGRFb2e7u94OCQhPBAskYjO9z3uVsL6Q9e82syt29SfixHjbhnG9jkZzZ0/w640-h468/IMG_7778.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>For other options for finishing EPP, please refer to <a href="https://www.getasquiltingstudio.com/2016/08/finish-edge-hexagon-quilts.html" target="_blank">Geta's post</a>.<br /></p>Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-86095529044586140912020-05-03T19:30:00.000-04:002020-05-03T19:30:59.401-04:00HOPE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's a small quilt I made this week that I absolutely love. The pattern is one block of the Tattoo Quilt by Berene Campbell at <a href="https://happysewlucky.com/" target="_blank">Happy Sew Lucky</a>. You can purchase patterns for the whole quilt or individual blocks in her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/happysewluckyshop" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>.</div>
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I immediately fell in love with this block because the Rhode Island state motto is Hope. And I love tattoo art. And barn swallows are cool.</div>
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I downloaded the pattern and started piecing on Tuesday. I thought a scrappy green background would be fun. It. Was. Not. The completed block went in the trash!</div>
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Restarted on Wednesday. I wanted to use the same deep blue for the birds, but I wasn't sure if there was enough. I traced the pattern shapes, added generous seam allowances, and cut out the pieces. Joost-a-joost, as my grandmother would say!</div>
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Glamour shot. Julia bought these lunchboxes on a high school trip to NYC. They haven't moved from this spot since!</div>
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These are two of the five neighborhood deer that snack in our yard almost every day. I wish they'd stay away from the lilacs!</div>
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Here's another baby quilt I made in 2017, this one for my great nephew, Frankie. I blurred out Frankie's unique middle name for privacy reasons.</div>
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Most of the animals are from the pattern <a href="https://shop.shinyhappyworld.com/collections/quilt-patterns/products/woodland-critters-quilt-pattern" target="_blank">Woodland Critters by Shiny Happy World.</a></div>
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I added the turtle (for the book character Franklin) and a cardinal at mom's request.</div>
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Since I have some free time while I wait for my grandson to be born, I thought I would show you a couple of other baby quilts I never posted. This is Emily's Giraffes, made for my great-niece in 2017.</div>
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The pink baby giraffe is Emily.</div>
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I pieced the other 3 during a weekend retreat. Several friends have since purchased the pattern!</div>
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Big sister Jackie is purple, mom is teal and dad is Syracuse orange!</div>
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I presented my new lecture on Saturday. My friends at <a href="https://rimodernquilters.com/" target="_blank">Modern Quilters of Rhode Island</a> are super kid, funny, fun, encouraging and thoughtful! Thanks to their willingness to be my guinea pigs, I'll have an even better lecture to present to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LinseyWoolseyQuiltGuild/" target="_blank">Linsey Woolsey guild</a> next week.</div>
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What technique do you prefer? English Paper Piecing or Foundation Paper Piecing?</div>
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I love them both!</div>
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P.S. I made my dress! It is a <a href="https://www.cashmerette.com/products/upton-dress-pdf-pattern" target="_blank">Cashmerette Upton Dress</a>.</div>
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I love this quilt! It depicts the oxbow on the Raquette River in the town of Tupper Lake, NY. My family has been there several times, camping, canoeing, kayaking and visiting the <a href="https://www.wildcenter.org/" target="_blank">Wild Center</a>. My daughter was an intern there through the summer of 2015. So this spot holds a lot of memories for us.</div>
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I couldn't wait to take a class with <a href="http://www.timnatarr.com/" target="_blank">Timna Tarr</a> to make this map quilt. I used a topographic map from the US Geologic Survey and had it enlarged at my local copy shop. I built my quilt from the river up. Cutting out the yellow layer was intense! What you see below is a layer of heat & bond with the mirror image of the river traced on, then adhered to the back of the yellow batik. I cut out the little ponds first with an x-acto knife.</div>
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I used Sue Cleveland's <a href="https://piecesbewithyou.com/thin-threads-1/" target="_blank">12 weight spaghetti cotton thread</a> in black to quilt a line between each color. I love the way that looks! Then I used matching 50 weight to add echo texture.</div>
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We had a discussion in class about legends and scale. Without them, it's not a map, it's just a pretty picture. I had my husband do the math and calculate the scale for me.</div>
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The texture looks amazing on the back!</div>
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I had to include a flange in the binding. It's a phase I'm going through! To stitch down the binding, I used the 12 wt black thread again. I think it's a cool effect.</div>
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The free motion quilting was done on my trusty old Bernina 153.</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Raquette River Oxbow</span><br />
33.5" X 23.5"<br />
October 19, 2018- Workshop with Timna Tarr<br />
October 20, 2019- top complete<br />
October 25, 2018- quilting started<br />
October 27, 218- quilt complete</div>
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Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-49327743649006424062019-01-20T06:00:00.000-05:002019-01-20T20:40:41.467-05:00For Dave<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's another quilt you haven't seen here yet.</div>
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My husband's brother is in a nursing home, so I made him a quilt. Anita's Arrowhead block is always the right choice! You can find it in <a href="http://makeitsimpler.com/" target="_blank">Anita Grossman Solomon</a>'s book Rotary Cutting Revolution, available through her Craftsy class.</div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Dave's Quilt</span></div>
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Made in November 2016</div>
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Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-9885975724576433572019-01-19T06:00:00.000-05:002019-01-20T20:40:16.332-05:00Red IS a Neutral<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In the Fall of 2016, <a href="https://funwithbarbandmary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Barb Vedder</a> hosted a block swap: broken dishes blocks made with solids- any red plus one other color. </div>
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I chose to use a pale yellow and pale blue for my blocks.</div>
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Barb mixed them up and returned an assorted pile of blocks to us.</div>
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I pieced my top on November 1, 2016 and started quilting on the 3rd.</div>
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I had just taken a Craftsy class with Christina Camelli, so I had a blast quilting in red thread. It is the neutral in this quilt, after all!</div>
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Do you see the star shaped area below with less quilting? That was a design choice that quilt judges don't like. I did it anyway!</div>
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The binding was stitched on November 5th!</div>
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The purple binding was the best choice and it looks good with the Jane Sassaman print on the back.</div>
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Freddy Moran says every color looks better next to red!</div>
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To continue the blogi-versary celebration, I'm planning to post 10 quilts in the next 10 days that I have not yet recorded here. You may have seen them on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seasidestitches/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</div>
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I'm starting with the quilt that I selected as my favorite finish of 2018:</div>
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Wildflower Trio.</div>
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This project started with a text from my quilty travel buddy, Sharon. She noticed that <a href="http://www.karenkaybuckley.com/index.php" target="_blank">Karen Kay Buckley</a> would be teaching in Clifton Park, NY in June of 2018. (The original text may have been in 2017!) It said something like, "Doesn't your sister live in Clifton Park?" Since I'm familiar with the area, we decided a road trip was in order. Contacts were made with the local guild, workshop fees paid, hotel room booked, dinner plans made with my sister, supplies packed, and we were off!</div>
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There just happened to be a quilt shop hop happening that week, so we hopped our way from Rhode Island to New York! First stop was Karen's Quilting Corner in Massachusetts. </div>
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After a sketchy but beautiful drive on backroads through the mountains, we went for a walk around and over Lock E2 on the Erie Canal!</div>
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The guild lecture was that night, but I don't have any good pics of the amazing KKB or the lovely quilters of <a href="http://www.quiltnorth.org/" target="_blank">QUILT North</a> who welcomed us so generously.</div>
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We had the next day off (as Karen taught machine appliqué) so we did a little more shop hopping and visited the <a href="http://www.albanypinebush.org/" target="_blank">Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center</a>. My daughter had done an internship there as an environmental educator while she was in college. Sharon was very patient with me while I played with my new camera, shooting every blooming wild lupine! </div>
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Sharon spotted the deer far off in the aspen. This is a major zoom!</div>
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Finally, it was time to start appliquéing. <a href="http://www.karenkaybuckley.com/index.php" target="_blank">Karen</a> is a fantastic teacher. If you have the opportunity to take a class with her, do it! She has all the best tools for appliqué, so you'll want all of those, too.</div>
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I stitched on and off between other projects and finished the top at the end of September.</div>
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I was a little nervous about quilting. I didn't want to ruin all the hard work I had done on the hand appliqué. It's not perfect, but I think it's OK.</div>
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I wanted a little color in the binding, so I went crazy and did a beaded binding. I've got another little quilt to blog about where I'll talk more about this technique. Basically, there's a string of plastic pearls stitched into the piping. Every bead has to be stitched around by hand!</div>
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The corners are hard, y'all! Buy <a href="https://www.whitearborquilting.com/" target="_blank">Bethanne Nemesh</a>'s book for the how-to.</div>
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The back is nothing to write home about. You can see my adequate machine quilting. Ha!</div>
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Can you see why she's my favorite?</div>
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Workshop with Karen Kay Buckley</div>
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Pattern: Garden Medley by KKB</div>
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Started June 6, 2018</div>
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Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-52072635746784764352019-01-17T06:00:00.000-05:002019-01-17T06:00:03.883-05:00Happy 10th Anniversary!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This blog is 10 years old today! I'm sorry I've been neglecting it since I started using Instagram. I'm going to try to go back and post about the finished quilts that haven't been recorded here. Check my Instagram feed to see what I'm working on.</div>
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In honor of the Blog-iversary, I selected my favorite quilt from each of the last 10 years. Click on any photo to see the original blog post. Enjoy!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2018</span></div>
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Wildflower Trio- (to be blogged about soon!) </div>
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Geese at Julia & Fred's Wedding</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2016</span></div>
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Little Lucy</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2013</span></div>
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Emerald Selvage Spiderweb</div>
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Chris & Jamie's Wedding Ring</div>
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Nonna's Garden</div>
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Math Geeks, Unite!</div>
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Geese in the Forest</div>
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Wasn't that fun? Let me know if your favorite didn't make the cut.</div>
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This quilt is going home to North Carolina soon so it's time for a blog post. If you <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seasidestitches/" target="_blank">follow me on Instagram</a> (if you don't, you really should!) you saw it coming together last year. </div>
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Made for my daughter and her husband, Julia selected Judy Niemeyer's pattern Geese at My Wedding. Julia insisted on a double wedding ring and she loves flying geese, so this was a perfect fit. Oh, but the pattern was written for a table runner, so some recalculating had to be done to make it queen size. Only a crazy mother of the bride would turn this pattern into a queen size quilt!</div>
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Let's start at the beginning: fabric selection. (November 2016)</div>
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The first ring! (February 2017)</div>
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I really had to be organized with this one!</div>
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I managed to get two rows assembled for the bridal shower. (March 2017)</div>
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Aren't they the cutest? (April 2017)</div>
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The top was done at the end of July and machine quilting started in early August. This quilt has it all: walking foot in the ditch, free motion, and ruler work. </div>
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Since this quilt was for my daughter, I went all out and learned how to add a double piping to the binding. I highly recommend <a href="https://piecesbewithyou.com/" target="_blank">tools and classes by Susan Cleveland</a>. (September 2017)</div>
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I don't block every quilt, but I always block the important ones. The big ones almost completely cover the area rug in the living room.</div>
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Julia came home for the Ninigret Quilters' show to see her finished quilt! (October 2017)</div>
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Picked up a couple more ribbons at the Narragansett Bay show. (April 2017)</div>
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A secret parachute was stitched into one corner for my airborne son-in-law!</div>
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Their names and the date are quilted in.</div>
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Their puppy had to check it out before it goes home with them!</div>
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88" X 88"</div>
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Started November 2016</div>
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Completed September 2017</div>
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Total working time: 235 hours</div>
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Pieced and Quilted by Tina Craig</div>
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Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-21401671014761778042018-03-14T19:08:00.000-04:002018-03-14T19:08:46.338-04:00Clarksdale Crossroads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I recently completed a scrap quilt I had been working on for some time. The traditional block is called Arkansas Crossroads. The title of my quilt is Clarskdale Crossroads because it reminds me of a special trip. (We did cross the border into Arkansas, but didn't spend any time there.)</div>
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In June of 2016, my husband Bill and I made the pilgrimage to the <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/26919">legendary blues crossroads in Clarskdale, Mississippi</a>. He bought this pretty resonator guitar on his 50th birthday. If you are not schooled in Mississippi Delta Blues, <a href="http://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/">start here with Robert Johnson</a>. </div>
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OK, back to the quilt. I had cut piles and piles of 2.5" squares in early 2016. I started sewing together 4-patches sometime after the big trip. My brain can't handle randomness, so I sorted the squares into warm and cool piles so I could sew a warm to a cool. The alternating white blocks have one warm and one cool triangle.</div>
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When I made the stitch and flip units, I had a BIG pile of bonus triangles left over. They are the gift that keeps on giving! I'm still playing with those little cuties.</div>
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The top was done in April 2017 shortly after my daughter's wedding. I was pretty busy after that getting her wedding quilt done, so Crossroads sat for a while, waiting.</div>
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I finally quilted it in February of this year. It was easy to decide on a quilting design for the colorful bits. It's a loopy continuous curve in a peachy Superior Sew Fine thread.</div>
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It took a while to decide on a design for the white sections. I actually tried something, didn't like it, and picked it out. I settled on a walking foot design. Straight lines first, then gentle curves. I was able to stitch diagonally edge to edge. No threads to bury!</div>
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I added a free motion fill only to the diamond shapes around the outside edges. When I went to my stash to look for a binding fabric, I was so excited to find this print that mimics the shape of the quilting design!</div>
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I knew I was cutting it close. I really didn't want to cut another full strip of binding fabric to fill that little gap, so I didn't! I reached into my scrap basket and found a bit of blue that matched the Philip Jacobs print on the back. That seemed like the perfect place to insert my label.</div>
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Since I had done some marking to guide my walking foot lines, the quilt needed to be rinsed. Imagine my distress when one of the purple prints bled! After the second rinse with color catchers, the purple came clean, but...</div>
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one of the reds ran! I was persistent, and was finally able to release all the excess dye by washing in warmer water. I was sweating for a few days there!</div>
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64" X 80"</div>
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Started July 2016</div>
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Top done April 2017</div>
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Completed 3/9/18</div>
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In this episode of Way-Back Wednesday, I present Ombre Pyramids. This is one of my favorite finishes ever, so I'm not sure why it has taken me over a year to blog about it.</div>
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After taking a workshop with <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/">Vanessa Christenson</a>, I was excited to play with a hoarded jelly roll of her ombre fabrics. I had to supplement the jelly roll with a few extra strips from yardage I had handy.</div>
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I had seen <a href="http://www.marcusfabrics.com/images/project/ombre_hand_dyes-prism_quilt.pdf">Nancy Rink's Prism Quilt</a> design and thought it would be a great fit for the ombres. The top came together really quickly over a couple of days in July. I happened to have a 60 degree ruler in my stash. Where do I get these things?</div>
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The project didn't make it to the top of the "quilt it" list until November. Four months is a fairly short ripening time in my world. </div>
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I had fun playing with the idea of combining straight line (walking foot) quilting with free motion.</div>
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I'd call this a successful binding estimation. I'd rather have only 1/2" left over than be short by 1/2". </div>
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(We realized I am literally 1/2" too short for the zip-line excursion we want to go on in Alaska this summer. Maybe if I wear my hiking boots and stretch a little, no one will notice!)</div>
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To celebrate my new phone, I had a custom cell phone case made by <a href="http://www.skinit.com/">Skinit</a>. I still love it!</div>
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(They didn't pay me to say that.)</div>
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35" X 45"</div>
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Started: July 1, 2016</div>
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Exhibited at the Summer Celebration of Quilts at the New England Quilt Museum, August 2017, representing Narragansett Bay Quilters Association.</div>
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Exhibited at Ninigret Quilters show, Westerly, RI, October 13-15, 2017.</div>
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It's a new year and I'm full of motivation! Don't you love new year mojo?</div>
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I'm going to try to get back to blogging about my finished projects. Ive been spending a lot of time posting about process on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seasidestitches/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, but I miss blogging about the finish! She here goes. Let's try to get caught up.</div>
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I'm calling this quilt Citrus, but the colors remind me of Fruit Stripe gum, too. The blocks were made during several rounds of 4X5 block swaps in 2011. The blocks had been in a project box for <i>years</i>, waiting for setting inspiration to strike. I wanted it to have a modern feel. I saw a similar setting on Instagram one day and immediately got to work.</div>
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Once I had a plan, the top went together quickly. Then I went a little overboard with the domestic machine quilting. It was good practice to custom quilt each block.</div>
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I went overboard when it came to quilting the setting columns. I did a lot of work in those green parts that got completely lost in the print. Below, you can see a split screen of front and back, so you can see what I did. Well, it was good practice!</div>
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62" X 74"</div>
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Block Swap Started: 2011</div>
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Quilt Completed: September 2016</div>
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Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-75582913210926493992017-06-28T10:07:00.000-04:002017-06-28T10:07:07.281-04:00Allie's Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another recent finish was this graduation gift for my son's girlfriend. A week before her graduation, I was cleaning up my sewing area and rediscovered this fabric. I knew it would be perfect for Allie, so I started cutting and stitching.</div>
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I started with 3 mini charm packs of Kate Spain's Paradiso line. The mostly blue squares were combined with Kona Snow for some yummy 9-patches. Those were set on point, and alternated with plain square-in-a-square blocks with Kona Bahama blue. Very simple piecing. The points were extended around the perimeter to complete the design. I used every bit of Paradiso yardage that I had for the borders.</div>
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I absolutely love quilting a continuous curve (aka orange peels). It's an effective design for the 9-patches, so I marked a grid in the alternate plain squares to repeat the design. I normally don't do any marking but it was necessary on this one and well worth it.</div>
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Below, you can see the Angela Walters-inspired quilting in the large triangles. You can also see what happens to my thread when I use a needle that is too small! I was using Superior needles and thread and they very quick to respond on Instagram with some suggestions. The right size needle was all I needed.</div>
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Allie and Pete came in just as I was finishing the quilting (the day before graduation). I asked her if she liked it and told her it was hers! Surprise!</div>
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Check out the awesome texture on the back!</div>
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I found out toward the end that Allie loves flamingos. I dug deep for this paper pieced pattern by Margaret Rolfe. In a previous quilting life, I used to shrink all these patterns to make lapel pins. It was fun to be reminded how much I enjoy tiny paper piecing. We've known Allie since she and Pete were six or seven years old. I'm hoping she'll stop calling me Mrs. Craig soon!</div>
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I think she likes it. As soon as she got home, she put it on her bed and sent me a picture of how well it matches her decor.</div>
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60" X 77"</div>
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Started May 1, 2017</div>
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Completed May 20, 2017</div>
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Delivered June 20, 2017</div>
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Pieced on Singer Featherweight</div>
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Quilted on Bernina 153 </div>
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Hi, everyone! It's been almost a year since I've posted here and I miss you! I've got some catching up to do. It won't be chronological, but I hope to include all my finished projects since last August. Eek!</div>
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Let's get back in the swing of things with Oliver's quilt! My niece in California is expecting her first baby in a few weeks. She is doing the nursery in blues and gray with whales and octopi. How cute will that be?</div>
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I knew <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/preppy-the-whale-pdf-quilt-pattern">Preppy the Whale by Elizabeth Hartman</a> would be the perfect pattern. It was fun to choose a bunch of blues, but I had to throw in that one fun orange whale!</div>
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I recently purchased a ruler foot for my Bernina. I just happened to have a (never used) Leaves Galore ruler in my stash that was a perfect wave. It was thick enough for the ruler foot to run alongside with no trouble. For my first attempt at ruler work, I think it went pretty well!</div>
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The print on the back is pretty cute, but was just a little too narrow. A bit more orange to the rescue! When it came time to add the binding, I couldn't find the gray strips that I had cut out. (Don't you hate when that happens?) I dug into my bin of leftover bindings and went with scrappy navy blues. I think it probably worked better than my first choice gray.</div>
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I couldn't resist using the larger cut offs from the stitch and flip triangles. I'm keeping that little mug mat for myself as a souvenir!</div>
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With a little bit of terry cloth and some leftover fabrics, I made a cute set of <a href="http://www.madeeveryday.com/2012/04/celebrate-baby-tutorial-burp-cloth-gift-sets.html/">burp cloths from a tutorial by made everyday</a>. </div>
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Tina Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017080572575350047noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059784895956155714.post-19856851167344217562016-08-06T08:00:00.000-04:002016-08-06T08:00:02.515-04:00Whisper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A few weeks ago, I decided to make a lap quilt for my sister. She was in the midst of a kitchen renovation. With her open floor plan, that meant new family room furniture, too. I texted her daughter-in-law to get a picture of the new sofa and chair. So sneaky! Anita is a neutral girl. No crazy colors like in my house.</div>
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I had a pile of low volume prints still out from the <a href="http://seaside-stitches.blogspot.com/2016/07/trivets-for-susan.html">trivet</a> project. I added a few grays and solids and started cutting. In no time, the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html">scrappy trip around the world</a> blocks were done and ready to assemble. Wow, are they fun! </div>
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It was super hot that week, so I needed to carefully move everything from the design floor in the living room to my air conditioned bedroom.</div>
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I knew I wanted to quilt a spiral from the center of the "trip" and go around and around. I put on the walking foot, drew a starting circle and got started. I knew the center would be the toughest part, but I was really struggling moving the quilt along. Guess what? I forgot to re-engage the feed dogs after the free motion class the day before. How embarrassing! It's a little wobbly in the center, but not bad enough to rip out for a quilt that I know will be used and loved and washed often.</div>
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I tried not to post much of this project to Instagram, because I wanted
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The next lesson I learned was that my needle was too small. I usually use a size 80 with 50 wt thread, but I was all out. I put in a 70 and my thread kept breaking. I was finally good to go after changing to a 90. With the feed dogs engaged!</div>
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I found the binding in my deep stash. I hope the little sparkle will compliment the mica flecks in her new granite counter tops. The backing should bring together her gray and beige paisley chair and brown leather sofa. Everything came from stash except the backing and batting.</div>
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Oh, happy day! My little Lucy Boston, <a href="http://www.popularpatchwork.com/news/article/patchwork-of-the-crosses/17393">Patchwork of the Crosses</a> wall hanging is finished and hanging on the wall! I swear, every quilt I make looks fantastic on my golden yellow walls.</div>
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This piece started in December 2014 as a traveling project to take on <a href="http://seaside-stitches.blogspot.com/2014/12/safari-portraits.html">our trip to Tanzania</a>. It was such a long flight, I knew I'd have lots of time to stitch. I met a lovely Brit in the JFK airport who wished she had brought her hand stitching with her, too. </div>
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The fussy cut centers were fun to work on and were done by May of 2015. I won the Union Jack needle case from <a href="http://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/">Helen/Archie the wonder dog</a> a few years ago. How appropriate for this very English project! I'm so glad I decided to purchase the papers (1" honeycombs and squares) and a fussy cutting template from <a href="https://www.paperpieces.com/">Paper Pieces</a>.</div>
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When it came time to fill in the sashing, motivation was hard to come by. I pieced together small groupings of cream and blue, but there are other ways to assemble this top. This worked for me because it kept the project portable. I used 50 wt Aurifil for most of the piecing and all of the quilting.</div>
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I finally finished the top in early July 2016.</div>
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If you click on one, you will see the free motion machine quilting.</div>
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Clearly, I had fun fussy cutting! All the fabric is Kate Spain's Fandango line except the Kona solids in snow and aqua.</div>
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Compare the yellow pieces above and below. I started out making little feathers in these pieces, but I wasn't sure if it was worth it in the busier prints. So every other block has the simpler design below.</div>
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The center block is my favorite.</div>
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Many thanks to <a href="http://quiltingismytherapy.com/">Angela Walters</a> for the confidence to tackle this quilting! </div>
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I fussy cut the binding to take advantage of the scallop print.</div>
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Free motion machine quilting was done on my Bernina 153. I used a light mint green Auriful #2800 in the colorful parts and creamy #2311 in the background.</div>
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No, maybe this one is my favorite block!</div>
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The ribbon candy quilting in the negative space wasn't my first choice. I tried an overlapping figure 8, which was just not working out. (I need more practice.) After working my way around two blocks, I realized it had to go. Have you ever noticed that 10 minutes of machine quilting takes over an hour to rip out?!! In the end, I think it was worth it.</div>
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Since this was all hand pieced, I considered hand quilting, too. That would have taken me another two years to finish instead of just two days! I'm so happy she's done!</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">Little Lucy</span></span></div>
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35" X 35"</div>
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Started: December 2014</div>
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Top done: July 1, 2016</div>
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Quilted: July 27-28, 2016</div>
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Bound: July 29, 2016<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">Exhibited at Ninigret Quilters Show</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;">Westerly, RI, October 13-15, 2017</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;">Best Pieced, Small Quilt, Master Division</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;">Best of Master Division</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;">Best of Show</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Exhibited at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Hampton, VA, February 22-25, 2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Exhibited at MQX- New England</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Manchester, NH, April 11-14, 2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Exhibited at Narragansett Bay Quilters Association</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">North Kingstown, RI, April 21-22, 2018</span><br />
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