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Last month I was in London once more. One of my goals for the trip was Antiques Textiles Company in Hampstead, Christopher Wilson-Tate's wonderful shop.</div>
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A few times I almost welled up a bit - in two small rooms were shelves from floor to ceiling filled with fantastic quilts.<br />
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Many were two hundred years old - from the Georgian (THE George III) era.<br />
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Anyone interested in beautiful textiles could spend many moments in awe here.</div>
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After an hour or so of interesting and enlightening chat with the nice owner, I headed off into the streets of London filled with impressions that will last a long time.<br />
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Please visit their <a href="http://www.antiquetextilescompany.co.uk/site/inside.html" target="_blank">website</a>, if you cannot visit in person. You're in for a treat!<br />
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More pictures of this treasure trove can be seen at their Fb-site <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Antique-Textiles-Company/138502369521672?fref=ts" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Kathy visited some time ago, see her pics <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27200654@N08/5444463465/in/photostream/">here</a>.<br />
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Take care and have a good week.Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-89719197383958765962012-10-12T17:44:00.001+02:002012-10-12T17:49:50.853+02:00Humble treasures from the past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Two quilts made by the Bulmer family in Ontario, Canada</div>
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In Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia Of Pieced Quilts, this is pattern no. 3031 - Linoleum or Violet's Dream. I prefer the latter name to the first...</div>
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Some parts are very fragile. To me this is part of the quilts' history.</div>
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Pattern no. 272, Endless Wheel, according to Barbara Brackmans Encyclopedia.</div>
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This quilt makes me think of a flower meadow. </div>
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I love the variety of patterns in the fabrics.<br />
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When visiting with my husband's ucle and aunt in Sweden, his aunt showed me these two quilts.<br />
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They were stored on top of her guest room cupboard. She told me they were made by a member of the Bulmer family in the Fenelon Falls area in Canada. My DH's aunt and uncle were the Bulmer family's neighbours for about 20 years before moving back to Sweden. When she gave the quilts to my husbands aunt (ca. 2004), Marie Bulmer was in her eighties. She told my DH's aunt that the family had been poor, and that her mother-in-law had made the quilts. <br />
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I very rarely see old quilts hands on, so to speak. When I told our relative that these quilts represent something I love, she promptly said that she wanted me to have them. I was lost for words and wanted to jump up and down for joy.<br />
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They are incredibly soft from wear. Some places in both quilts are more than worn out. And I love them still. Now they reside in our living room, on top of my grandmother's cupboard that I inherited from her.<br />
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<i> </i>When it comes to how old they are, I am not sure. My unprofessional guess is that the Violet's Dream quilt is the oldest. The sashing of said quilt is the same as the backing of the Endless Wheel quilt. Probably there was fabrics left over from the first quilt. I have a theory that they are made by different members of the Bulmer family. To my eye the quilting in the one I presume is the oldest, is finer than in the more colourful one. Maybe the first was made by a mother, and the latter by a daughter. I am guessing that the Endless Wheel quilt is from the 1930's to 1950's and the oldest from 1910-1920. I would love to hear opinions on this.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and listening to my ramblings. Take care.<br />
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Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-17748417120764611102012-08-29T11:04:00.000+02:002012-08-29T11:04:48.408+02:00A house for our teapot<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our teapot needed a home.</span><br />
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In progress - teapot waiting;)<br />
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Alternative front... Macine sewn.</div>
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Made after instructions in this <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Natural-Patchwork-Suzuko-Koseki/9781590308813">book</a> by Suzuko Koseki.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm a little teapot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Short and stouts</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Here is my handle</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Here is my spout</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">When I get all steamed up</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I just shout</span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Tip me over and pour me out</span></span><br />
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We are back after spending the winter in a warmer land - Panama. Now it's time to consider new solutions for old projects...<br />
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... and a little doodeling in between...<br />
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...and figuring out how to quilt this old friend...Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-22654710804115027962011-11-23T17:10:00.000+01:002011-11-23T23:06:34.137+01:00Hand quilting with Aunt Becky's finger protector<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A few years ago I learned to hand quilt in a new way. Before this I had always (since the mid-nineties) used the rocking motion to quilt. Then I stumbled across a video by Jean Brown. She showed how she quilts. I had to give it a try.<br />
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The bent metal plate is kept under the quilt, protecting your finger as you push the needle back up again. (The pic above shows the back of the quilt shown in the first pic) I suppose this method is related to spoon quilting, which I have yet to try. In the beginning, learning to quilt this way I felt like a beginner again. Some hours learning again had to be invested. I find it was worth it. Being able to quilt for a considerably longer time at a time, without pain and fingers with calluses, I find amazing. Also I like my stitches, and think they show better on the back of my quilts. Another great plus is that it is not exaggerated to say that the quilting is more time efficient. I love the process of quilting, and do not care if things take a long time, but quilting this way allows me to handle more UFOs.<br />
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Jean Brown's demonstration of the technique can be found <a href="http://jeansimpressions.com/">here</a>. I appreciate that we all have our own preferred methods. This is just one happy quilter's ramblings... And I do not know Jean Brown, but I am grateful to her for showing a great way of avoiding sore fingers when I get to do what gives me much pleasure.Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-36053259561120714202011-09-23T19:40:00.000+02:002011-09-23T19:40:22.758+02:00Gift delivered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A quick shot of the back of a small quilt I made for a dear old friend. ... before ironing .... very blurred, I pushed the button just as the seven year old holding it up decided she was tired of being of help;)</div>
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... and after ironing.<br />
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If I had had the time for more quilting, I might have kept the white border. These borders are there to ease quilting in a frame. But alas, there was no time - the gift had to be finished before a sewing appointment.<br />
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Some favorite fabrics and colors in there...<br />
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Almost done - there remained frenzied last minute sewing down of the single binding. There was no time for last show off pic;)<br />
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Folded for gifting - it was very well received, and I'm very glad:)</div>
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Have a beautiful week endUnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-17619922880159159532011-08-23T09:24:00.001+02:002011-08-23T09:32:33.131+02:00This summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I learned from a dear friend how to make ginger, lemon and honey tea. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqC0ZvWdP-Si6YJA5ojiFo5LN9QPmo0dHd41aOn4NWRkFn2S-cALznipFfUdvvg8vQsZLXXgp8_jjrEVVJIYWxno9ihUw9Ie_ty6aszbQC2UWpGmKOhNiaH-dVGwP53Q8_s5IoRVGKh98/s1600/P1070332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqC0ZvWdP-Si6YJA5ojiFo5LN9QPmo0dHd41aOn4NWRkFn2S-cALznipFfUdvvg8vQsZLXXgp8_jjrEVVJIYWxno9ihUw9Ie_ty6aszbQC2UWpGmKOhNiaH-dVGwP53Q8_s5IoRVGKh98/s640/P1070332.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>we spent lovely times at beaches near and far<br />
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It has been a good summer - despite the mourning process we all have gone through after happenings in the Oslo area on July 22nd. We were not personally affected by the tragedy, but we were nonetheless nummed by the evil nature of the events.<br />
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Now regular schedules have resumed, and we are preparing for autumn activities and winter journeying.<br />
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... which calls for some hand sewing preparations ...<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few days ago sewing down the binding was almost done too. It is a strange feeling, ending a process. It is almost like saying farewell to a friend.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z8YnIAJLesHkzG1kRybWO7VJ9ndF_qMdDxY6Nt1rc7pwhm-nUcXjs01jQlYyVB4V9sCg1FUSlE9grnD81lqYffBtm7MgzWtXPoCwk-YsYg6GJ3dytNpyE_ISMkoK9E3kUC5R37hnVDxw/s1600/P1070222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z8YnIAJLesHkzG1kRybWO7VJ9ndF_qMdDxY6Nt1rc7pwhm-nUcXjs01jQlYyVB4V9sCg1FUSlE9grnD81lqYffBtm7MgzWtXPoCwk-YsYg6GJ3dytNpyE_ISMkoK9E3kUC5R37hnVDxw/s640/P1070222.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My pretentious working title for this quilt was 'Winds form the east'. My husband is Swedish, and I started making this when we had just met. It is a leftover quilt - made from fabrics after the making of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><a href="http://craftjoys.blogspot.com/2009/06/here-is-quilt-i-managed-to-finish-in.html">this</a> </span>one<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The windmill blocks are quilted with lines half an inch apart. When I started working on the borders - oh, the initial woes of choosing patterns for borders - I decided I wanted to keep working in 'half inches' The pattern I landed on, so to speak, was one similar to the orange peel pattern. I outlined the peel shapes, and quilted free hand around them. As I progressed, the half inch increment narrowed down to a 'scant' quarter inch. In a way the quilting took over and started living its own life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Choosing border, backing and binding fabrics I had good help from Trine Bakke at my favorite local quilt shop, <a href="http://lappemakeriet.no/">Lappemakeriet</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good help was also given by a dear friend, who helped me baste it before quilting. To my 'horror' I discovered my backing was not large enough. Looking through my friend's scrap basket we discovered backing fabrics from a quilt she then recently had finished. It was perfect for this backing, seen in the pic above to the right. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hand pieced, hand quilted. All cotton, fabrics, batting and thread.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Measurements: 56x48 inches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Corner block - one of my favorites. Looking at this quilt, I see my color preferences have gone through some changes over the last decade or more, but the fabrics and colors in this block I could have picked out yesterday... See you.</div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-66150319531501340832011-05-13T21:45:00.000+02:002011-05-13T21:45:20.946+02:00Sisters<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/AVvXsEizCgOjsYnagIwqG-7gw8RjFmbxxE740aSYa-29gQG50QW_RnT9vVZyUgYO4wQ54x-10brhJTgtnDhARFMvOih1DIof5nt6bmEnA4sZ0WJIh-eevkEKpLpkAaIv7aDw8MEfjyF4-PAVnOB0/s1600/P1070038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCgOjsYnagIwqG-7gw8RjFmbxxE740aSYa-29gQG50QW_RnT9vVZyUgYO4wQ54x-10brhJTgtnDhARFMvOih1DIof5nt6bmEnA4sZ0WJIh-eevkEKpLpkAaIv7aDw8MEfjyF4-PAVnOB0/s640/P1070038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Two blocks - same pattern, inspired by the George coverlet at the V&A. When I drafted the pattern, I did not care too much for the center, so I made a twist of my own - a star.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDWS5Tk1NTlCsiBziRMjmxdt4yHnHDVKeZ29DYqUYwA5y6htLitmSndv7pjrosDH0U1XIcgCv3T0oIBNCjpRSngQkz3WwaDBT8bfO6lPcGJEaQ5BhH5hNXRCqLb7UdkKZdOOZIqRvLZsZ/s1600/P1070035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDWS5Tk1NTlCsiBziRMjmxdt4yHnHDVKeZ29DYqUYwA5y6htLitmSndv7pjrosDH0U1XIcgCv3T0oIBNCjpRSngQkz3WwaDBT8bfO6lPcGJEaQ5BhH5hNXRCqLb7UdkKZdOOZIqRvLZsZ/s640/P1070035.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>While I was at it, I made another with a different mood.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQWDPN3vmi4HZDFIHfUl5tc5rzuyJF33ZPAQLByL06LIzGxRY_YY6K-e-eekZCisfLFoqKGraMbfy522CtiWHeX5g7SPgSVogDVsYoyHi70KEMuNfRvXpmSKdjAWP2j93oAj2fATzFH4n/s1600/P1070031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQWDPN3vmi4HZDFIHfUl5tc5rzuyJF33ZPAQLByL06LIzGxRY_YY6K-e-eekZCisfLFoqKGraMbfy522CtiWHeX5g7SPgSVogDVsYoyHi70KEMuNfRvXpmSKdjAWP2j93oAj2fATzFH4n/s640/P1070031.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Two sisters - same origin, but different. I have not yet made a smaller version of this pattern. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdrriCapAcZqkKLpJe-kmtNaq9K3-RnGYZNPB8evDZoWu7EZWz6umh5absUUYD449_DTe1TMZwDhte3_hhfP_8Ac7PbCtYjgz78_JJ9oDMvuOgdFxwb4ymyFYTvI28wtV2UG_9K878dT_/s1600/P1070040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdrriCapAcZqkKLpJe-kmtNaq9K3-RnGYZNPB8evDZoWu7EZWz6umh5absUUYD449_DTe1TMZwDhte3_hhfP_8Ac7PbCtYjgz78_JJ9oDMvuOgdFxwb4ymyFYTvI28wtV2UG_9K878dT_/s640/P1070040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, a week ago, our cherry trees were in bloom - now the surrounding ground is covered in white petals. Now our apple trees are in full pinkish bloom - spring is exploding before our eyes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-6185608067693534092011-05-04T00:36:00.002+02:002011-05-04T00:39:24.130+02:00Inspirational book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I now know what I want to be when I grow up - brodeuse! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is a wonderful, wonderful book. Just have a (little) look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you so much for the kind words about my embroidery! I have some more learning to do to acheive anyting like the picture above...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll be back with a more quilt related post later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the way: I'd be very appreciative to know if anyone has any impressions of Dublin, Ireland. Any tips about interesting things to see or do? Tudelu! </div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-20728942228369493922011-04-29T15:34:00.000+02:002011-04-29T15:34:03.020+02:00Doodeling - learning by doing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have had some wonderful hours with hoop, linen and floss in hand. It is an immensely soothing activity, and I long to do more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A long time ago I tried my hand at embroidery, and had forgotten its charm. Now I am hooked again:) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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It might become a framed memory, but I have yet to find the right frame.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After what feels like the longest winter in a long time, we are enjoying the springing of spring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On a different note, a little while ago David gave me an <a href="http://davidscottagedownthehill.blogspot.com/2011/04/award.html">award</a>. Thank you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get a bit nummed when this sort of honor is bestowed upon me, so I humbly direct you to a post written after I had been tagged some time ago - <a href="http://craftjoys.blogspot.com/2008/04/quirky-me-never.html">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am off to fetch the kiddos. Have a lovely week end </div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-52740960279188513852011-04-04T10:32:00.001+02:002011-04-04T10:32:38.500+02:00Bunchin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2iWxd_gHJSmlioow_2S7F_0fOXmqZ7ZNmoVRtTeRlZCvMmXHDUsPK5M2Zp-hRc7USfvbJjTMUzd6_aAeWkBgvmeuWScmlb0AD8-qdXC9mW54eLZj5QpChuNqf_fpqWL3lKgWKqWHkHGf/s1600/P1060809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2iWxd_gHJSmlioow_2S7F_0fOXmqZ7ZNmoVRtTeRlZCvMmXHDUsPK5M2Zp-hRc7USfvbJjTMUzd6_aAeWkBgvmeuWScmlb0AD8-qdXC9mW54eLZj5QpChuNqf_fpqWL3lKgWKqWHkHGf/s640/P1060809.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>According to my Process Pledge I'm posting a basket I'm working on.<br />
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I was inspired by <a href="http://reproquiltlover.blogspot.com/">Taryn's</a> Red and White online exhibition, and decided to make a red and white quilt. This will be the center applique block - the other blocks will be shoo flys and four patches.<br />
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The grey item looking like a bag that is holding the applique block in place (how I love long sentences) is my rendition of a 'Bunchin'. In last year's class I saw Ms. Saito using a bunchin - a weight - to hold her applique work in check while stitching. She sells them on <a href="http://shop.quilt.co.jp/en/default.asp?kensaku=1&myAction=top">her site</a>, but they weigh 1,3 kilograms, so the shipping is a little expensive, I think - I mean for merely weight....(I would rather buy her <a href="http://shop.quilt.co.jp/en/default.asp?bunrui1=4&Bunrui2=163">books</a>...) So I made one from cloth and 'bird sand'. Mine weighs 1,4 kg (that's how much I had left of the sand) It works like a charm.<br />
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Happy Monday!Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-36521330859252090682011-03-11T13:52:00.000+01:002011-03-11T13:52:42.154+01:00Thinking of the Japanese today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqros8zZW5oL_bfPHeefvW-nCZcYz0vExP_txpgfKBCoaPq2BBcEPkbAw9Gn0wb39vvZBScjED8-jVlX3MNzyAbt0TKCk_lvmuNlzeG7XSu5NWp_VPPV9e24U7Ekn0S5ukQEfHGZFdTlF/s1600/P1060743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqros8zZW5oL_bfPHeefvW-nCZcYz0vExP_txpgfKBCoaPq2BBcEPkbAw9Gn0wb39vvZBScjED8-jVlX3MNzyAbt0TKCk_lvmuNlzeG7XSu5NWp_VPPV9e24U7Ekn0S5ukQEfHGZFdTlF/s640/P1060743.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-57165280113376806812011-02-25T13:56:00.003+01:002011-07-05T12:22:52.285+02:00Friday bliss<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rXKysifdQ_4" width="425"></iframe><br />
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Oh, James Taylor, how you brighten the day...<br />
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Home with a bad cold. But nothing seems drab and dreary listening to that voice of his. Now if only the 'plugs' in my ears would go away soon so I could hear it better ;)Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-23436711045860675902011-02-18T13:15:00.000+01:002011-02-18T13:15:30.774+01:00Reversible Zakka Pouch Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTRQ48MNP8-CZJ6HNcLQ48wo1CqQoJW4984Q1oGprBa3PQntBrvDxE0g1C1WNS9wNwmTE5TW-zFoW0FSaqZP4NUnejlpczs2QuJ6lIDly7_KWMOIGkMvPWjd5e5po5YvGn5nqladIBqAx/s1600/P1040232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTRQ48MNP8-CZJ6HNcLQ48wo1CqQoJW4984Q1oGprBa3PQntBrvDxE0g1C1WNS9wNwmTE5TW-zFoW0FSaqZP4NUnejlpczs2QuJ6lIDly7_KWMOIGkMvPWjd5e5po5YvGn5nqladIBqAx/s640/P1040232.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Here is something I have been wanting to do for almost <a href="http://craftjoys.blogspot.com/2009/04/zakka-fun.html">two years</a>...<br />
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To save some space here, the tutorial with photographs is<br />
over <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/ufallenius/Zaktut2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCvlrm985DPbA#">here</a>.<br />
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The recipe is as follows:<br />
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You will need:<br />
For outside and lining:<br />
4 strips of fabrics for the front, each: 3'' x 12,5''<br />
4 strips of fabrics for the lining, each: 3'' x 12,5''<br />
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The draw string closing fabrics:<br />
2 strips , each cut to 4,5'' x app. 19''<br />
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For the 'yo yos':<br />
2 strips of fabric, each cut 2'' x 10''<br />
Medium thick plastic<br />
Surgeon's tape<br />
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For the stopper:<br />
1 piece of fabric: 2'' x 3''<br />
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Batting, thin yet sturdy polyester batting:<br />
For the bottom:<br />
1 square 4'' x 4''<br />
For the 'body' of the pouch:<br />
1 piece 6'' x 16''.<br />
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You will also need a piece of string measured to 22''.<br />
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I will be making an*other or more from the tut myself, and add corrections as I go along.<br />
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Have a beautiful week end.<br />
UUnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-69676307216975311542011-02-09T21:10:00.002+01:002011-02-09T23:55:54.407+01:00No words Wednesday - almost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGwuM1E-Tcgi1Iivr0ioZnHJuvz5ClTgkYNs62zcByNJgycIzfdhgWl4b5nm1Y_HGCIcY0N268jqIKkkY8MHvkINxjMphHoR4sqaUgI5GcFvnKJ9YBdyupJyI-Glg4RDYqeNxk49eHxTn/s1600/P1060589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGwuM1E-Tcgi1Iivr0ioZnHJuvz5ClTgkYNs62zcByNJgycIzfdhgWl4b5nm1Y_HGCIcY0N268jqIKkkY8MHvkINxjMphHoR4sqaUgI5GcFvnKJ9YBdyupJyI-Glg4RDYqeNxk49eHxTn/s640/P1060589.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Memory of a colourful Monday spent with good friends.Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-78224239507289836922011-02-03T11:10:00.001+01:002011-02-03T11:12:39.878+01:00Pockets and a huswifA few years ago I did some sewing for a Danish designer and shop owner <a href="http://helenejuuldesign.blogspot.com/">Helene Juul.</a> She has an affinity for the treasures of the past, and does wonderful work. She wanted to display ways to use reproduction fabrics, to entice her customers to make practical and beautiful items. I was honored to be able to help a little. She sent me lovely fabrics, and a booklet by <a href="http://edythoneill.blogspot.com/">Edyth O'Neil</a>l. Inspired by <a href="http://mamifleur.canalblog.com/">Mamifleur's</a> recent lovelinesses, I show the samples I made then, a pocket and a huswif from Ms. O'Neill's booklet.<br />
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And the one I'm currently working on, for a friend, which is supposed to be a surprise... well well ...<br />
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Merci - a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mitié.</span>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-23473441242237385612011-01-09T13:56:00.000+01:002011-01-09T13:56:30.231+01:00Winter sewing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJpkt0U_TaZl43tleJ5awxV5tAfmbR931ueiAmjgMIViknwTJfMATgVmfOQieE2uE9NIPBqlbb1CMVM_LUiMYUKLpisfNu0oO90bp3FSNdc1iS2Nl7vItN-htGLnXfy_OnMwhAVF2unkv/s1600/P1060528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJpkt0U_TaZl43tleJ5awxV5tAfmbR931ueiAmjgMIViknwTJfMATgVmfOQieE2uE9NIPBqlbb1CMVM_LUiMYUKLpisfNu0oO90bp3FSNdc1iS2Nl7vItN-htGLnXfy_OnMwhAVF2unkv/s640/P1060528.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is wonderful. Real winter. The kids love it. Everything is quiet and embracing. So much better than the cold cold days before this blanket came. We had some days of minus 18 degrees celsius.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRa9iTvdj-hRtaZ9ZMVsmKFM2044LDBKpwEur-OxZlpYvkzC8nTiwOO6XmxS_qwD9t6V2rYbjy23YpTRSUkP54l9s0NpmRy7fIFl6P8cO3AnRh6TgvKVHD6u1DukDnEWVc88uaMFR_zALV/s1600/P1060543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRa9iTvdj-hRtaZ9ZMVsmKFM2044LDBKpwEur-OxZlpYvkzC8nTiwOO6XmxS_qwD9t6V2rYbjy23YpTRSUkP54l9s0NpmRy7fIFl6P8cO3AnRh6TgvKVHD6u1DukDnEWVc88uaMFR_zALV/s640/P1060543.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And it inspires to colorful activities indoors. I am slowly working to complete the <a href="http://craftjoys.blogspot.com/2010/06/geese.html">flying geese</a> sashing rows. There are still a lot of geese and skies to be cut. These are mere a beginning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnnuWdh16Qr_vZ8uFcy3YuI0MHsaG0hT-npJTXIkHb2w8KVp8u-lp4K1CS3pX13mPa6D37dOhIR1QHeijAeYnP5NjTLuuPZ0zCW1_DGzUw_heLHblRcWFgz1-1PdV6OgyaX01GMXeguNH/s1600/P1060552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnnuWdh16Qr_vZ8uFcy3YuI0MHsaG0hT-npJTXIkHb2w8KVp8u-lp4K1CS3pX13mPa6D37dOhIR1QHeijAeYnP5NjTLuuPZ0zCW1_DGzUw_heLHblRcWFgz1-1PdV6OgyaX01GMXeguNH/s640/P1060552.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Barbara Brackman is graciously hosting a block of the week <a href="http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/">quilt along</a>. These are my first blocks. Being a lazy daisy and discovering the measurements for the saw tooth part of the star were the same as the geese above, I decided to use some that were already sewn. I was pretty happy with the result. When I had deciced on which cornerstones to use, I discovered there were some of Ms. Brackman's fabrics in there - the cornerstones and the red 'goose'. I look forward to the next block! Which will it be?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpatIeraYcy0gJGDcrOVfrj6ulMMEPA3TBG5c7Aji7VK1dGQl-tR3MKETXL4cB9dMVWNEdeA9k2n8SCcVYK2RKjOWIkp15O6-pdw_ttKk8GSg6Ino9Cy-PMuLk_Uz2lAnjsFa0YjTQlhUa/s1600/P1060526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpatIeraYcy0gJGDcrOVfrj6ulMMEPA3TBG5c7Aji7VK1dGQl-tR3MKETXL4cB9dMVWNEdeA9k2n8SCcVYK2RKjOWIkp15O6-pdw_ttKk8GSg6Ino9Cy-PMuLk_Uz2lAnjsFa0YjTQlhUa/s640/P1060526.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dreaming of ocean waves. Only two half square triangles of a myriad. I will try to piece these without marking sewing lines - according to Jinny Beyer's method - eyeballing the seam allowance. But in what color scheme?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy_g-PR18AtRvwd9Acc63RacYC6M-p-iP3jI9mm9jTLpZZW9HIm-pxqa9wXjS4zoqjI3jgAFmFIr8HoaesFRG5-MckaOA6GpuXn1J0_PQsfnZ4XGgZTmkWcPghaP6wRy6XxlzPT2aJsJ2/s1600/P1060541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy_g-PR18AtRvwd9Acc63RacYC6M-p-iP3jI9mm9jTLpZZW9HIm-pxqa9wXjS4zoqjI3jgAFmFIr8HoaesFRG5-MckaOA6GpuXn1J0_PQsfnZ4XGgZTmkWcPghaP6wRy6XxlzPT2aJsJ2/s640/P1060541.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also longing for the first bicycle ride this year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See ya!</div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-68093354977023259292010-11-14T16:15:00.000+01:002010-11-14T16:15:02.451+01:00Another pair and a small bag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4NShfKkq3HbCL7YxxB4kYfU4Tb6CVGiut9kKgGfNEINmO6nzAYIRodKZ_aPfNr1SLlE7_4YHm7tKbtmxWmeeWgkkuADNkbpbUksi5WM9Op4GXHcPDxEy60fKEXFRYBo8i5QUZDN5RAnt/s1600/P1060354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4NShfKkq3HbCL7YxxB4kYfU4Tb6CVGiut9kKgGfNEINmO6nzAYIRodKZ_aPfNr1SLlE7_4YHm7tKbtmxWmeeWgkkuADNkbpbUksi5WM9Op4GXHcPDxEy60fKEXFRYBo8i5QUZDN5RAnt/s640/P1060354.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again the same block and two sizes. This is another block from the 'George coverlet' at the V&A in London.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found it so exhilerating that the maker decided to make a block looking oval. It was challenging but fun to draft it. Here they are in all their unironed charm;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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And about 5 inches.<br />
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I'm experimenting a bit in making small bags. I wanted to make a rounded bottom. It did not turn out as I had wanted, but I like it all the same. The experimenting goes on...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My DH built a storing system for our clothes in our previous flat. I made curtains to protect our textiles from dust. When we moved the curtains were stored away. Last month I finally found them again. They had been 'gone and lost' for a long time. I found them when we were going through our stuff after our water leakage 'disaster'. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> They were found at the bottom of a carton, wet and stained from a hand carved door sign we bought in Kenya in '99. There were some clear stains, but it did not smell badly. I held my breath and threw them in the washer. I had lined the curtains, telling myself then that I could make them into quilts when or if I ever got the urge sometime... Maybe I will some day.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Detail of the stains the wooden sign had made. I do not mind the patina it has gotten through the rough treatment it has undergone. It just adds to the story of the curtains, as I also cut my pinky finger badly - resulting in six surgeon's stitches - while making it. The stains kind of remind me of water marks on old letters. I like that thought!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</a>I was inspired to make this pattern when I saw an advert for fabrics in APQ magazine. They showed a quilt made by Shar Jorgenson, and I found the pattern, I think, through <a href="http://www.quilterscache.com/">The Quilter's Cache</a>. It was challenging and fun to make.Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-44581686272144161182010-10-07T17:39:00.000+02:002010-10-07T17:39:56.857+02:00September<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFse2E3C-9f13ywkKts0Chbhi3VeS1EdJJ7zVRkEpilFw_sP9g5vbUoVUF17X-W0wYE6Z3SAbs2fpgZgBzOzzqdISsFGPL96roqVXUzn_91hPglEjdcnwBnYAI1l0jf_6T0lZtDWpoNia/s1600/P1060178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFse2E3C-9f13ywkKts0Chbhi3VeS1EdJJ7zVRkEpilFw_sP9g5vbUoVUF17X-W0wYE6Z3SAbs2fpgZgBzOzzqdISsFGPL96roqVXUzn_91hPglEjdcnwBnYAI1l0jf_6T0lZtDWpoNia/s640/P1060178.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
The last butterfly of the season<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A new friend came home with us from a trip to Riga, Latvia. Everything enchanting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Loving the process.Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-70654566756272219542010-08-30T19:12:00.000+02:002010-08-30T19:12:01.060+02:00Rose Star Trellis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgXFB0X0Yf0UbyG2p9cXYfdzwNpr_a3V1SmR-xiKTT1HORnaT_ssm5C_AzJe8fNFeT9auQ292jHWp7-xClmN0E1-A09mC5Ausvpdog4umIELrIcCkiRZLqX9Y7nK8JGuPWTczYfQ7ioKj/s1600/P1060137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgXFB0X0Yf0UbyG2p9cXYfdzwNpr_a3V1SmR-xiKTT1HORnaT_ssm5C_AzJe8fNFeT9auQ292jHWp7-xClmN0E1-A09mC5Ausvpdog4umIELrIcCkiRZLqX9Y7nK8JGuPWTczYfQ7ioKj/s640/P1060137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
... a pattern found in American Patchwork and Quilting autumn 1995. I was starting out quilting, and needed to find a project I could sew by hand.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I figured out I could manage to follow this pattern and sew it by hand. This was before I found out that what 'one did' was to use a running stitch, so the blocks are done using back stitches. When the blocks were to be sewn together, I lost momentum, and the top was assembled by machine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is lap sized, with wool batting, but in very rare use, as I know the fabrics in the blocks will bleed terribly when washed ... The last borders to be quilted were done the summer of 2000. This was my first quilt this size. They only got bigger from here, lol.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-58310837433783192152010-08-26T11:52:00.000+02:002010-08-26T11:52:58.137+02:00Bill Volckening - collector of quilts<object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12412485&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12412485&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br />
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I keep asking myself why it is that seeing someone take a piece of cloth out of a box makes me gasp for air...<br />
Found at <a href="http://quiltflapper.blogspot.com/">Pepper Corys</a> blog. The quilt she displays in her latest <a href="http://quiltflapper.blogspot.com/2010/08/texas-beauty-quilt.html">post</a> just makes me smile!<br />
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See ya!Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157197629831231032.post-77311138949061238602010-08-20T20:58:00.000+02:002010-08-20T20:58:46.763+02:00I love August<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7hhYXUVOaHQzu9NSpo6JcdVOSU7l3wjlZiFt5rKzCQyQkkT42aJHWeAHe-N2btMBJ-xFJYaW2iwn21cZrJ5wwExPDmMsSwNToaKPMKKwoqtYPzO-72GFjjRhAG7s2PzCIUhy5KcXGybh/s1600/P1060061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7hhYXUVOaHQzu9NSpo6JcdVOSU7l3wjlZiFt5rKzCQyQkkT42aJHWeAHe-N2btMBJ-xFJYaW2iwn21cZrJ5wwExPDmMsSwNToaKPMKKwoqtYPzO-72GFjjRhAG7s2PzCIUhy5KcXGybh/s640/P1060061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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The apples in the garden are just ripe enough for tasting good in cakes.<br />
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Exploring the surroundings and the wonders of bees.<br />
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Log cabin blocks slowly evolving. Now there is one more batch like this to make, and I will start constructing the bag we were taught to make by Yoko Saito in March. To make the fabrics we received in class last a little longer, I have added some taupes from my stash.<br />
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Many thanks for stopping by. Last month was pretty busy with kids at home, a house needing repair and general holiday making. And then August comes around, and things settle for a more calm and regular pace. I have not been able to thank everyone properly for your kind comments about the small diamond quilt... Thank you!Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495147975858391782noreply@blogger.com5