Show meet up!

 Quilt show season really give us time 

to meet old friends and makes new acquaintances.

This adorable piece was made by a guild member and 

defines a quilt show so well!

Inspired by an episode of "The Quilt Show" 

and Lisa Walton's fused applique technique , 

the initial layer was made up of section labels

from .. a quilt show!

Then she painted, added more interesting bits,

stitched, and finally embelished with buttons and embroidery. 

Congratulations Sandra H. on a wonderful creation!

 At  the show, an out of town blog reader 

recognized one of my quilts and 

tracked me down. 

I must give a shout out to my blog reader from Fairview.

 It was a pleasure to meet you and have

 a chance to share our love of quilting.

My first experience doing intake 

and return of  quilts, was really positive. 

I would certainly volunteer to take that assignment again. 

The entry receiver did a fantastic job of 

organizing the intake forms,

 so setting up the quilt intake was a 

joy with minimal confusion and smooth function.

Now back to quilting progress.

The current quilt to be pinned is 

number 3 of the black crazy log cabins.

There are a total of four of these crazy log quilts. 

They each have a different outer border.

I may go just as crazy and quilt them one after another

so I can show off pictures of the quartet!

So far 1 is pinned with one on the table and 

another on the rack . 

Here are the variety of border treatments so far. 

The last one will get crazy bricks all the way 

around the center quilt.

The batting roll is getting smaller

and  I'll have to order another soon. 

Look at all the space on the rack!

I will keep pinning until I am out of pins or batting. 

Sounds a bit like a song by Ian Tyson doesn't it?

( When I can't play I'll sing...)

Happy Quilting!

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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Pin, pin , pin!

 My Monthly goal is to get a few quilts 

pinned and to get a few quilted too. 

So far, I've managed to get four pinned and one started  

before we jetted it off with grandkids, to visit an Uncle,

 Brother and Great Uncle in Hudson Quebec.  

One person, three titles, sounds just like royalty!

We were hoping to have time on the way

back to the plane  to stop and see the 

beautiful display of tulips have at the capital and we did! 

Some were done, but many were beautiful and 

magnificent.  A thoughtful remebrance of a time 

of war and gratitude.

Now back to the quilt progress. 

I don't mind pinning now that I have 

two 6 foot conference tables to use. 

My back is rarely sore and the quilts are nice and flat. 

I use a set of six clamps to hold the backing down on the table. 

The quilt top folded into quarters,

 measures the amount of batting I need.

 When the roll of batting gets to 1/2 size , I keep it

 next to the table and just pull out what I need.

I took the time to make some frankenbatting

while  pinning the last one. 

It helps reduce the amount of batting used and 

decreases the amount of waste. 

There are only so many things I like to do with batting bits. 

I will use the frankenbatting to make baby or crib sized  quilts

since fusible web or zig zaging make the joining quick and easy. 

So here is the product of the pinning frenzy!

My quilt staging area is getting some relief too!

Before, 

and after!  Definitely lookes less loaded,

messier, but less full!

This red log cabin was pinned up 

just before flight time!  I packed 

the evening before so had time to finish it up !

Once my shoulder recovers from 

throwing our bags around,

it will be on into the quilting frenzy!

Stay safe and sew, pin and travel on!

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Tally Ho!

 Yes, last week was my late Mother's birthday and Derby day!

The tally I'm referring to is really stash and quilts. 

Each week I attempt to count up my ins and outs sewing wise 

and it is always a great lesson in getting things done. 

I've learned to make more decisions instead of going with 

the flo and letting things proceed as they like. 

Anywho, this week was more restful after our guild show and 

entertaining with province wide show a few hours distant. 

I had a shopping list, small things but necessary. 

First a little LED light for my featherweight.  These little LEDs

don't heat up and provide great litghting.  Since the old singers 

are push and turn type lights, they are readily available without 

too much ordering or sourcing required!

I'm dealing up some 45mm blades from Ormkraft for a 

few friends not going to the show.  The blades are of pretty good

quality and the price is right !Just over 2 CAD per blade. We all 

do love to cut with a nice sharp blade. Tuens out the vendor 

wasn't at the show!  I ordered them online for them 

so they should arrive shortly. 

Now, I am re-evaluating my flying geese ruler.  

I saw a wing clipper the other day and it is very slick.  

I will stitch up a few geese today and 

see if the one I have is as whiz bang as I thought!

Well, an update on the Central Alberta show and the stash!

Succumbed to a deal and got 36 1/4 meters for 30 dollars! Wowzer!

I shared some out so only 24 1/4 meters in.

Also scored some great varigated thread, 

a pair of tweezers for saving my fingers, 

a bobbin saver  for my extras, 

got my featherweight lights, 

and avoided another ruler!  

So mystash  totals look like this!

Fabric In: 22.5 m

Fabric out this week: 0 meters

Use to date: 18 m

Net Fabric In this year: 24.5 m

The numbers  went up but I am okay 

with that. The show was great, quilts beautiful

and friends were wonderful to see. 

More stitching planned for this week and 

lots of ideas buzzing around in my head.

Oh and head over to A Favorite Find 

to see a great new binding tool

from SEWCLEVER!

Stay safe and sew on !

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A Favorite Find

 The recent provincal quilt show shown the light on 

a cool little gaget made by my friend at SEWCLEVER.

It is a great little binding tool!  It measures, folds and 

stores bindings! You can even hang them together on 

near completed projects or organize your entire binding library!

They come in three different widths and are one 

 the niftiest tools I've seen. Visiting the website

https://sewclever.ca/ is a great way to browse

 

some fantastic useful templete and a wealth of 

sewing tips too!

Another tool demo was the 

corner trimmer. 

What a great tool!

You can visit the website by 

clicking on the link below

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Scrappy Days

 It has been a very busy week! Lots of scraps,

lots of quilts and lots of quilting!

I managed to take most of a day and 

do up a bunch of scraps into 41 cute little stars.

These will complement my stack of crumb 

blocks nicely.  The baby pineapple was finished

up complete with a satin edge that nearly drove

me around the bend.

Treating it like a binding was not working so 

after some frustrated pinning, sewing, ripping, 

resewing and more ripping, I got a fresh packet of 

satin edging and started over.

A quick phone consult to my BB made sure I was 

on the right track and the rest is cute history. 

 I even labeled it up!

A little look at past labels has made me 

alter my process. I am still using the adorable

mini blocks that were gifted by a friend, but the 

corners were always giving me problems. 

So.. I have done away with them!  Now I nick 

the corners off to make an obtuse angle that pushes

out neatly without as much bulk as the right angle corners. 

The result looks nice, unique and even!

I even made a little quilt show label 

to note my recent entries in our local show!

Happy cornering!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Oh Scrap!

Scraps Ahoy!

 My 2024 austerity program is going well. 

The only increases to my stash this week are 

beautiful scraps!  

Two bundles in this week and they 

have already been examined and a few

bits incorporated into these lovely 

little star blocks. 

 These are my go to

for sparkling up crumb blocks and 

working some quilt color magic. 

Two baby color bombs were finished up and one for 

our upcoming arrival. 

Here is one. The other was donated without a pic but is 

the same with a different backing fabric. 

Fabric In: 22.5 m

Fabric out this week: 9 meter ( 3 baby quilts)

Use to date: 18 m

Net Fabric In this year: 1.5 m

The quilts done balanced out the 

scrap intake, so yay !

Happy stitching !  It is quilt show 

week for one of my guilds and the 

overload of beauty is amazing. 

Stay safe and sew on!

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Getting a Few Things Done

 Well I missed the finish party so I will

do as is getting usual for me and sneak

it into this months goal.

Some projects did get moved on!

One out of the vault was this little

scrappy number.  Crumb blocks 

surrounded by stars made a sparkly finish. 

Some scraps found homes on the back too!

Then I completed 3 little color

bombs, going outside my 

comfort zone and sewing with 1 1/2"

strips.  It turned out to be fun and addicting! 

I also slid in a charity quilt that needed stitching. 

Finishing up the quilting on a member made

top helps get our charity stack moving!

This month will be working on sandwiching 

tops and clearing a few off the rack. 

Wish me luck and endless bobbins!

Stay safe and sew on!

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