tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60475918825155764802024-02-21T13:38:47.224-08:00Meadow Rose QuiltingTeacher and Custom Quilting with a personal touch. Specializing in making each quilt special. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-63260095384291045592016-07-14T11:01:00.001-07:002016-07-14T11:02:31.691-07:00New website and New blogIn an attempt to keep things as simple as possible, I've created a new website, blog and contact information.<br />
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Check out the new site. <a href="http://www.meadowrosequilts.com/" target="_blank">Meadow Rose Quilts</a></div>
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New email address. <a href="mailto:Allison@meadowrosequilts.com" target="_blank">Allison@meadowrosequilts.com</a></div>
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I'm in the process of painting and organizing the workshop and studio space. I'll post about the process on my new blog on my website. Join me.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-41288003825265152212016-06-23T08:55:00.000-07:002016-06-26T09:14:25.085-07:00Great things in small projectsI have a few customers who for a number of years, have allowed me to quilt for them. One is Marge. Marge is an older lady who is working her way through her stash and finishing smaller projects. So, every so often she calls and I drop by for a visit and pick up a collection of table runners, wall hangings and small quilts. This last visit resulted in 4 lovely quilting projects.<br />
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I just LOVE this wall hanging. Marge's plan was to finish it and hang it at the cabin....<br />
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I used a double batt of cotton/poly blend and a wool on top to give some dimension to the quilting. I knew I wanted to quilt this heavily when I started. I also find that doubling the batts on a wallhanging help it to hang much better. I started by stabilizing the quilt and stitching in the ditch in the background pieces.</div>
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I outlined each of the shapes with WonderFil DecoBob (an 80wt polyester thread) and some spaces were stitched 2-4 times and they don't show the heavy thread use.</div>
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I quilted the background sections with feathers (in the darker strips) and a fern in the lighter background strips. A little bit of straight line stitching helped to show off the feathers.<br />
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Once all the back ground and outlining was stitched, I doubled up some threads to highlight the flowers and leaves. I combined a dark purple with a variegated purple for some shading effects in the flowers.<br />
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I always like to quilt a design that will work well with the fabric or piecing design of a quilt. This little table runner called for simple quilting in the squares (free hand continuous curves) with something special for the centre. </div>
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I repeated the leaves and curls from the quilt centre in the border.<br />
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I quilted this basket quilt after watching a couple of lessons in Angela Walter's latest craftsy class, Borders and backgrounds. It was a fun little project to try something new. Love that Marge allows me to play on her quilts.<br />
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I stitched continuous curves in the baskets, but the bottom looked empty, so a curl was born! It also allowed me to stitch this quilt pretty much without any thread cutting. Very efficient way of quilting.</div>
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The border wavy lines were very quick and easy to stitch and I think they are perfect on the printed border fabric.<br />
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And last but not least, this table runner was quilted using a curved ruler for all the quilted lines, </div>
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I worked my way back and forth across the quilt and as this table runner was very simply pieced, I felt it needed to be simply quilted. I have since thought that this would have been a great quilt to try some really funky detailed fill designs. Maybe on the next one.<br />
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<span id="goog_597023658"></span>So, I've delivered Marge's quilts and she will bind them up and put them to good use.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-4773287972242333122016-06-22T12:09:00.002-07:002016-06-22T15:29:39.776-07:00Quilts for Fort McMurrayOn May 3, 2016, the news was full of the wild fire raging through and around Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta. Mandatory evacuations and the loss of many homes have changed the fabric of this bustling city.<br />
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Many quilters in Alberta, Canada and the US have come together to stitch and donate many, many quilts to give comfort to those who have been affected by this event.<br />
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Gail at <a href="http://www.eriequiltart.com/" target="_blank">Erie Quilt Arts</a> offered very early on to collect quilt donations and make sure they got to where they needed to go. I dropped off 10 quilts this morning and learned that the quilts will first be going to Fort McMurray Fire Fighters and First Responders and their families who lost their homes and worked tirelessly during this crisis and secondly to Fort McMurray United Way and Salvation Army to distribute to those who are in the greatest need.<br />
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I have been working my way through my fabric stash and had a bunch of tops ready for quilting. This was the perfect opportunity to try a new pantograph and a new quilting design.<br />
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I recently took a Craftsy class from Angela Walters on Borders and Backgrounds. This was a fun quilt to try some of her techniques.</div>
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These few quilts are a way to de-stash my older fabrics. I cut up all my fabrics on the cool side of the colour wheel. This is a 3 x 4 block quilt. I think the blocks were 16" square.</div>
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Here is the same quilt in my neutral fabrics.<br />
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A number of years ago I designed and offered a 6 month Stash Buster event. Each month we were given a supply list of fabrics to bring from our stash and we cut and shared fabric strips, squares, etc for a greater variety in our scraps. This Buzz Saw sample was my test to see if my Winter Ice pattern would work. I finally got it quilted and bound and it is on its way to its new home.<br />
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I often say that my mother is the queen of scrap quilts. She made this disappearing 9 patch years ago and I finally pulled it out and got it quilted and bound.<br />
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Here is another of the Scrap quilts using my green fabrics. These were strips and "mile a minute" blocks. The blocks are 12".<br />
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During this past year at Heritage Park Quilt Guild we were encouraged to participate in the block of the month. I grabbed some fabric for the background from my stash and tried to use up what I had. I liked the blocks, but when it came time to put them together I was stumped. I chose these two blue/greys that went well. I like the quilting and decided to gift it to someone who would enjoy the comfort more. </div>
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Another scrap quilt in Reds. This time I cut 5" strips of fabric and sewed similar to a jelly roll race. I cut my strips into 50" lengths and sewed together. I first did this as a kids quilt class and it was easy enough for the kids to finish.<br />
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Here's what to do with fabric you've had in your stash forever! I loved this stripe when I bought it but could never decide on a project. In this case I cut it into squares and rotated alternate squares for this lovely effect.</div>
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Last but not least, this quilt was a block swap from quilting retreat a very long time ago. I had the top done that weekend of the retreat and eventually loaded it and quilted it on the longarm. I set the timer and this quilt took less than 1 hour to load, quilt and unload! It's a simple double loop and leaf free-hand design.</div>
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Now that these quilts are done and delivered, I am working on a few other scrap/charity quilts. I hope to have a number ready to go when the next need arises.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-11715420098529281932016-06-09T10:52:00.001-07:002016-06-09T10:52:37.891-07:00Estes Park Whole Cloth QuiltI am very lucky to be a part of a local quilt group for Longarm Quilters. We meet on a monthly basis and encourage each other in various ways. Each year we participate as a group at the Heritage Park Festival of Quilts by displaying our work in a group format.<br />
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For 2016, it was decided that we would give members opportunity to participate in 2 groups. Some of us did Log Cabin Quilts and some of us did Wholecloth quilts. Right away I knew that I was going to participate in the Wholecloth Group. I took a class from Barbara Chaney waaaay back in 2003 at the first ever Harriet Hargrave's Machine Quilting Celebration. My first day of classes was with Barbara and English wholecloth quilts. This is what I drafted in class. It's been rolled up in the bin ever since. So, I pulled it out and re-worked it for our size requirement (40" max per side).<br />
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I chose a lovely neutral grey solid fabric and marked out all the outlines with a white marking pencil. </div>
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I loaded the quilt and started quilting. My daughter chose this bright neon lime Fabulux thread from WonderFil. I wasn't sure, but she assured me it would look good. <br />
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I thoroughly enjoyed the quilting process on my Handi Quilter Avante. And I agree with my daughter, the lime looks good against the grey.<br />
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You can see below that I got through a good chunk of the quilting. But as I rolled the quilt, I noticed that the tension was not as perfect as I expected. Also, there was a rotten "knocking" sound which meant to me that the needle tension was too tight.</div>
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I played with the tension, but couldn't get it to be just right.</div>
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I ended taking my machine off the frame and taking it with me when I went to Edmonton in April to teach at Central Sewing Machines. The guys cleaned and oiled. The only thing the technician said was that I was using the "wrong" bobbins. These were new to me, and I have not used them since and have gotten good tension.<br />
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So, I decided to start over. When I went back to the store to get more grey, they didn't have it, so I chose this lovely teal instead. The pictures show blue, but it's a lovely teal.<br />
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I marked and loaded the quilt.<br />
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This time I chose WonderFil's DecoBob thread. It's an 80wt polyester rather than the 40wt Fabulux.<br />
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I started by quilting in each section and then went back the quilted the background fill. Because I had a cotton and a wool batt (to get as much loft as I could) I was afraid of the fabric shifting at the edges. I quilted lines spaced 1-1 1/2" apart to stabilize, then went back and filled in with dense piano keys.<br />
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I spent a lot of time with my nose very close to the quilt. I outlined as much as I could.<br />
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I then filled in with very dense "squiggles".<br />
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Once the marking lines were removed the quilt looks great!<br />
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It was hanging behind the RCMP building at Heritage Park,<br />
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I printed the label on fabric with all the details.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-57227264848382487512016-06-01T08:01:00.004-07:002016-06-01T08:01:49.264-07:00Classes: Free Motion Quilting - BASICS and NEXT STEPS<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm going to be doing more teaching at different locations in and around the local area in the coming year. In the process of up-dating the <a href="http://meadowrosequilting.blogspot.ca/p/quilting-classes.html" target="_blank">Classes</a> page on the blog, I've decided to to write a detailed blog post about some of the classes that I teach. This blog post will give more information about the classes so that those wanting to book me, can find as much information as needed right at hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm starting with two of my favourite classes: Free Motion Quilting - BASICS and NEXT STEPS classes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I started teaching Free Motion Quilting classes WAY back in the mid 1990's. I took an all-day class from a local store and fell in love! The only downside was that we used 12" blocks to practice our FMQ. I found the pieces too small to hang on to and when I taught my first class I decided on FQ (Fat Quarter) sandwiches. In the 3 hour classes students were often going through 3 and 4 sandwiches. We are now up to 1/2 meter and 1 meter sandwiches for a 3 hour class and that seems to work fine. The reason for the larger size quilt is because of the amount of space for the quilter's hands. When there is a very small quilt (12") there is very little room for the hands to hold the quilt. A FQ sandwich will give more quilting space, but the larger 1/2 meter sandwich gives lots of quilting space while still giving the quilter room to hold the quilt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The content that I used to teach in 3 hours, I now teach in 15-20 hours of classes! That means more concentrated time on each aspect and more in-class practice! I am a hands-on teacher and like to spend time with each student giving them individual tips and tricks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many of my classes are planned for a 3 hour teaching time. I often am asked for whole day classes and will tweak the class content (add more) for these classes. Sometimes we will combine the BASICS and the NEXT STEPS classes into a whole day class, but I prefer to give students some time to practice between the two. The whole idea of practice is not to make it PERFECT but to make it PERMANENT. The more you practice, the less thinking is involved and muscle memory takes over.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Free Motion Quilting - BASICS</b>. Learn the basics of 5 shapes that make up all FMQ designs and the foundation for all future FMQ. Learn how to set up your machine, the basic mechanics of FMQ, and how to stitch the 5 basic shapes. This class is ideal for those who have never tried FMQ before, but is also a valuable refresher for those have some experience.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">I always start my classes by talking about the machine set up. Sometimes we need to begin by cleaning out the machine. Mostly I discuss the importance of machine cleaning. We also talk about the needles (I go into more detail later in the class) and the sewing machine accessories recommended for FMQ.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">We cover a demonstration and explanation of layering a quilt for FMQ on a domestic machine.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">We get right to it and start stitching. This first quilting time is focusing on thread choices and machine tension as well as hand positioning and tips on how to move the fabric.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">Many years ago I read a book <u>Pathways to Better Quiltng</u> by Sally Terry. I found the 5 shapes for machine quilt patterns an eye opening concept. I have based my BASICS class on these shapes and once students see that almost all quilting designs are made from these shapes they "get it" and can FMQ.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">I bring along a (large) selection of quilted samples to show students. I don't just show my latest (most perfect) projects, but the early ones too to show that everyone can FMQ!</span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-59742993455272816312016-05-16T08:16:00.002-07:002016-05-16T08:19:22.898-07:00It's time for a change.<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's time to gather the loose threads of my life and pull them together into one beautiful fabric!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After 2 plus years of close association with WonderFil Specialty Threads and the WonderFil Threaducation Centre, I am taking the leap and going off on my own! I have loved my time at the WTC. I have found that I want to do more quilting (for myself and customers) and more teaching and much more travelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I have moved my Handi Quilter Longarm quilting machine home and set up a classroom/studio in the lower level. I will soon be scheduling some teaching activities as well as spending more time in front of 'AVA', my Handi Quilter Avante. I have a lot of projects that I want to quilt for myself as well as take the time to quilt more quilts for customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the things I loved the best with my association with the WTC was helping quilters on the longarm machines. I loved teaching, encouraging and helping them quilt their quilts on the longarms. I will be making my machine available for regular rentals for those who want to quilt on the longarms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used to write patterns and want to renew that aspect of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love to sew clothes and want to sew more of my own wardrobe as well as open up my classroom/studio for opportunities for others to do the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, there you have it folks! The next step.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-56748689682042507712016-04-11T09:41:00.001-07:002016-04-11T09:41:42.302-07:00Another Scrappy Quilt for my FAVOURITE customer!<div style="color: #3d596d; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I never know how my week will shape up. I am scheduled to work in the WonderFil Threaducation Centre & Longarm Studio on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the first 2 Saturdays of each month. This past Tuesday was a very quiet day and I was able to get a whole cloth quilt planned out and marked on the fabric. I've committed to participating in the Calgary Longarm Quilt Group display at Heritage Park Festival of Quilts in May. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mum's usual comment is "Just do something simple and quick". I like working on her quilts because no matter what I do it's always "WONDERFUL!". So, I get to play and try out new quilting ideas without any worries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mum and Dad are visiting and going home tomorrow (Tuesday). I knew I didn't have a lot of time to work on this quilt, so I did keep it simple. I quilted large feathers in the border and the pieced blocks and I quilted a large ribbon meander in the background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This quilt was fun to stitch. If I had planned out my stitching path, I may be been able to quilt without cutting the thread, but I was eager to get going and as a result did quilt myself into a few corners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She is stitching feverishly to finish the borders on another scrap quilt. We won't get it done before she leaves tomorrow, but I'll quilt it for her and either mail it or hand deliver it when I am next in Winnipeg!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-5749687447025169662016-03-26T15:14:00.000-07:002016-04-11T09:52:45.306-07:00Customer Quilts - Around the Twist<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love getting customer quilts! I especially like getting quilts from my favourite customer.....my Mummy! No matter what I do, she always thinks my quilting is spectacular and I couldn't have done a better job. I find this very good for my ego! She also lets me do whatever I want to do on her quilts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(edited April 11, 2016) Here are the finished quilts! With binding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've included a few pictures of the very first of these 3 quilts I quilted for her. I quilted this one on my Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen. I did it at one sitting and am very pleased with how it turned out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The rings were stitched in the ditch with a circular feather in each centre block. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I quilted in the background around the rings with simple feathers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The 2nd and 3rd quilts arrived in the mail recently. I booked time on my machine (I don't quilt unless I book the time on my calendar!) and loaded the first one. There is a slight problem when you put blocks on point and use a bias edge on the setting triangles. I'll post something soon about putting blocks on point and not have bias edges on the outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The borders were sewn on well and the first quilt was fairly smooth and flat. I chose to quilt each of the brown and the blue rings with a different feather fill. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-56680901310574667252016-03-21T20:56:00.000-07:002016-03-21T20:56:12.559-07:00FINISH #6 - Ugly FeathersI'm calling this my Ugly Feathers quilt. It's ugly and it's got feathers!<br />
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I purchased two lengths of "modern" fabric a few years ago to put into my daughter's quilt. It was a Many Trips Around the World, and the fabrics just didn't work for the quilt top. I used them in the backing.<br />
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The leftovers of these two fabrics have been in my stash yelling at me to use them. They were into 2 1/2" strips and sewn together Jelly Roll Style. They were not enough to make a decent size quilt. I added some strips of a neutral green and finally got the thing layered.<br />
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I quilted a variety of feathers in each of the green strips and a repeat of 6 different designs in 2" strips.<br />
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I don't have the time or the inclination or the thumb strength to hand stitch the binding to the back of the quilt. I machine stitch the binding to the back of the quilt. I bring it to the front and machine stitch it in place. All done very quickly.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-34424334608622611232016-03-16T16:14:00.000-07:002016-03-16T16:14:05.475-07:00Finish 2016 - #3, #4 and #5<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's called use it up and get it done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am teaching a Panto Basics class this week at the <a href="http://www.threaducationcentre.com/" target="_blank">WonderFil Threaducation Centre</a> and I needed to round up some quilts to be quilted by the class participants. In this class we load up a quilt and have the students quilt a "real" quilt using a selection of Paper Pantograph patterns. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In my attempt to FINISH in 2016, I wanted to use up some of my scraps. I am moving towards batiks and hand dyed fabrics rather than prints. So, the prints are getting used, one way or another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started by sorting out my printed scraps. Some were narrow strips and some were 1/2 meter or more. I got out 4 bins and threw everything that had a blue, blue/purple or black into one tub. Everything red-pink and a bit of orange went into the 2nd tub. Everything yellow-brown went into the 3rd tub and all the greens into tub #4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you are interested in this technique, it goes by a couple of names. Check out the links for more information. <a href="http://www.patchworkposse.com/sew-mile-minute/" target="_blank">Mile a Minute</a> and <a href="http://quiltville.com/crumbs.shtml" target="_blank">Crumb Piecing</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next up was the backing. As I was using up my scraps, I pulled the biggest piece of green fabric from the bin. Not much in that department, so I grabbed the brown from the yellow-brown bin. I sewed the brown and the green strips together with seams down both sides and split the brown in half. The backing wasn't big enough....so, I had to scrounge more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The red quilt is much the same thing....way too much backing now, but once it's trimmed I have more to add to my scrap bin! This quilt measures 45 x 50". I simply cut 5 1/2" strips. Sewed them all together (most were not width of fabric cuts) and then cut into 45" lengths. I arranged them (sort of) into a pleasing arrangement and sewed the strips together. Super easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Bright Striped quilt measures 48" x 48". I've had this striped fabric hanging around for a long time. I cut it into squares and sewed them back together for a simple yet striking quilt. I had sewn this top a while ago and I think I planned to add a border. But since I needed something for Thursday, the top is done! Backing and binding are ready to go.</span></div>
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your quilting, no matter your skill level. You will go home tired, and excited
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been thinking a lot lately about who I am as a quilter. I take classes. I watch videos. I buy books and magazines and try to practice everything I've learned. I have been feeling that I'm in danger of loosing who I am as a quilter as I attempt to do what everyone else is doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I want to find my own voice. I want to develop my own style of quilting. I'm not patient enough to do a lot of ruler work or micro stitching. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I like quilts that look like there has been a lot of time spent on them but are really quite simple. When I design quilts it's a result of class ideas that I've taught. I want to teach sewers and quilters techniques that take their work to new levels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I like things to look difficult but are <u>easy to accomplish</u>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, I am going to spend some time looking back at photos of quilts I have done and quilts I have liked at some point in the hope that I will be able to find my quilting voice.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Arabesque, Open Feathers swirls in the light blocks and swirls in the dark blocks add texture to the quilt.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Leaves and simple Curled Flowers define the light blocks and the darker sections. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One group I have wanted to join is one where we<a href="http://meadowrosequilting.blogspot.ca/2015/09/challenge-quilt-group.html" target="_blank"> challenge each other</a> and encourage each other in our craft. I have't found a group yet, but I am still hoping I'll find a few like minded people soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One group or club that I did start this year at WonderFil Threaducation Centre was a <a href="http://www.threaducationcentre.com/#!quilt-club/d7dn1" target="_blank">quilt group</a>. We meet the 4th Wednesday evening of the month and look at a different quilting shapes and it's many variations. So far, we've looked at Squggles and Loops. We have spent time doodling and creating many, many variations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have created a Quilt Club Binder that the participants got on the first night. I've included some of my doodles and give lots of space for club members to add their own designs. It's amazing what we can do with paper and pen or needle and thread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In our Loops meeting, we started with simple loops and looked at variations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are many methods of paper piecing, but my favourite is a combination of a few methods. I`ll be teaching this super easy method at the class. You won`t need any extra tools other than regular rotary cutting tools and thread snips. I am essentially a lazy and impatient person, so I am always looking for a faster and easier way to do ALL things in my life. I`ll share all my little tricks and tips with you in the class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll be teaching students how to PAPER PIECE while you work on a project of your choice. We are promoting the class using The Jungle Abstractions Quilt: THE LION by <a href="http://www.violetcraft.com/" target="_blank">Violet Craft</a>, but students are welcome to choose a pattern we have at the Threaducation Centre or bring along your own. I have a few that will be available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.ca/2013/03/wild-goosey-time-with-quiltmaker.html" target="_blank">Wild & Goosey</a> block from Bonnie Hunter. The blocks finish at 3" each. Sew 4 together and you'll have 6" blocks. These are super easy and unfortunately, hardly make a dent in your scraps. If you come to class and choose to make these blocks, bring plenty of scraps and we'll share! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is pineapple block. It finishes at 7 1/2". An odd size I know, but I was going for the largest size block I could print on my printer. By sewing the blocks in alternating colour ways, you will end up with diagonal lines and circles. I call the pattern Xs and Os. Don`t see the Xs and Os`? Squint as you look at the picture. The effect will be much clearer with more blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I was preparing for the class, I decided to pull ideas from my saved files and found this <a href="http://piecebynumber.com/circle-of-geese-free-quilt-block-pattern-for-paper-piecing/" target="_blank">Circle of Geese</a> pattern. I've always wanted to do this as a 12 step colour wheel on a black background. As I didn't have any black fabric at home, I choose some Batik pre-cut 5" squares and repeated the 3 fabrics around the circle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, I've sewn a few blocks, but not enough to brag about. Thought I'd share a bit of my plans to maybe not get completely caught up, but well on the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The logical thing in my mind would be to sew each block in order. The lovely folks at <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/" target="_blank">Gnome Angel</a> are setting the schedule. So, to keep from getting confused, I've put a little line to the right of each block that has been released as per the schedule. Some of those blocks have a cross hatch meaning I've sewn that block....Woot Woot! AND I've put a "P" to the left of each block that I've printed to paper piece. I'm starting to think that Paper Piecing may be a more efficient way for me to sew these blocks.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-61099971816492514072016-02-28T14:09:00.000-08:002016-02-29T07:23:48.948-08:00The Splendid Sampler #1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OK, OK, so participating in the <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/" target="_blank">Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt</a> along isn't enough, I have decided to ALSO do <a href="http://www.thesplendidsampler.com/" target="_blank">The Splendid Sampler</a>. More 6" blocks....goodie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.debbybrownquilts.com/" target="_blank">Debby Brown</a> was telling us about this sew along last week when she was in Calgary teaching at the <a href="http://www.threaducationcentre.com/" target="_blank">WonderFil Threaducation Centre</a>. She showed us a couple of the blocks she has already sewn and I was hooked!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm thinking of hosting a monthly or bi-weekly sew time, where I can get together with others and sew the blocks. We would offer help and support to one another as we work on the blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Last week when Debby was here we took a drive to the mountains. No drive west is complete without a visit to </span><a href="http://www.thesugarpine.com/" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sugar Pine Quilt Company</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in down town Canmore. I ALWAYS spend a few minutes upstairs and pick up a few batiks. I think they have the best selection around! So, I picked up a bunch and have chosen a teal/blue/green colour scheme for this quilt. Here are some of the fabrics and I am sure I'll add more as time progresses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first 5 blocks are cut and ready to sew. I think I'll try to cut and store in plastic bags so that I will always be prepared and can sit down and sew with minimal prep time.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-63479820657502672372016-02-26T08:18:00.000-08:002016-02-26T08:18:02.987-08:00Finish 2016 #2<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm well on my way to finishing some projects during 2016. Although I have listed a few projects I WANT to finish this year, I am keeping the book for just FINISHED projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I measured from the floor to the top of the couch cushion at 14". I have a 15" square ruler, so it was easy to cut the 15" squares and use the width of my sewing foot as my seam guide. I cut 6 squares for the cube. I sewed the squares together into the cube, leaving an opening along one edge. I had some bean bag pellets left over from making my granddaughter's bean bag chair in the summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is where my plan fell apart! Have you ever tried pouring a very large bag of bean bag pellets into a small opening all on your own? Doesn't work very well! I've made a real mess, but I got it done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stuffing the pouf was way easier as I used up scraps from the rest of the quilt and some class stitching samples I had laying around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I still needed more to stuff the pouf so folded and added some old towels and other scraps. One of the posts I found had suggested to fill the gaps with fibre fill. Since I couldn't find any at home and I wanted to get this pouf done, I just sewed it shut. This one is a bit softer and will make a really nice seat for a little one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All that's left to do is print a picture or two and record these in my FINISH 2016 book.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-63155953815093827712016-02-26T07:01:00.002-08:002016-02-26T07:02:12.972-08:00Debby Brown was in town.....<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">AND I learned so much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had the extreme privilege of hosting <a href="http://www.debbybrownquilts.com/" target="_blank">Debby Brown</a> at my house and at the <a href="http://www.threaducationcentre.com/" target="_blank">WonderFil Threaducation Centre</a> this week. Debby is a very experienced and talented Quilter and Teacher. She taught classes for 4 days and presented an evening trunk show. I took a few pictures and lots of notes. I now need to quilt, quilt and quilt.</span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-13828691640519085532016-02-22T19:47:00.001-08:002016-02-22T20:23:48.636-08:00A loved quilt!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over 22 years ago very good friends brought home a beautiful little almost 2 year old daughter. To commemorate the special occasion, I made a quilt for Marylyn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yesterday, I found this now 24 year old snuggled under a very faded, tattered and well loved quilt. I don't have a picture of the quilt when it was first finished, but I do have some shots of it now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My rule is that if I make a quilt for you and you use it and abuse it....I'll gladly make you another one. I've already made Marylyn a 2nd quilt and that one stays on her bed. </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-32485678863702587302016-01-13T10:41:00.004-08:002016-01-13T10:42:26.256-08:00FINISH!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I saw post about people choosing a word for the year. I didn't think much of it till the end of 2015 when I started thinking about my goals and new year's resolutions for 2016. Way back <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://meadowrosequilting.blogspot.ca/2014/01/2014-quilting-resolutionsmy-dream-or.html" target="_blank">when.....</a>.</span> I made a list and posted it of projects that I NEEDED to complete within the year. I've added to the post as I've worked on some projects, but I didn't finish my list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year, 2016, my goal is to track my FINISHED projects. I don't want to know how many unfinished projects I have. It's too depressing. I want to know what I have accomplished and FINISHED!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I sat down on Monday afternoon and made myself a FINISH 2016 Journal. In this book I plan to record my activities and my finished projects! Wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I fused some Sharpie dyed fabric to a heavy stabilizer (Fast 2 Fuse, I think) and did a few lines of decorative stitching including the journal title; FINISH 2016. I fused a light hand dyed fabric for the inside of the journal cover. I used a wide and short zig zag stitch to finish the edges. I think I stitched around 3 times total.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used two sets of 5 sheets of printer paper, folded in half for the journal pages. I hand stitched the pages in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first FINISH of 2016 is a scrappy <a href="http://www.quiltdad.com/2009/09/quilt-along-4-wonky-quarter-log-cabin.html" target="_blank">Quarter Log Cabin Quilt</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started it last year in the hope of whittling down some of my scraps. My goal was to get rid of all my "printed" fabrics and just concentrate on batiks and hand dyes in the future. The problem with this goal is that I always need to purchase more fabric to finish a project and then will have leftovers. The border and binding of my quilt is a lovely red print. When I see something I can use for a backing/binding, I'll purchase 9-12 meters. I have about a meter left.....I'll try to remember to post when I use up the last bits of this fabric!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In all truth, I got bored! I got bored making the blocks. I did have plans for a much bigger quilt and imagined some really funky arrangement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end, I ran out of block making steam and what you see is what I got. I felt that this arrangement needed to be put on point. For some reason I like floating my quilt blocks on a background/border. These side setting triangles and the 4" border were quick and easy. I only made one mistake. Do you see it? Not unpicking and not fixing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I quilted this yesterday on the Handi Quilter Avante at the<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.threaducationcentre.com/" target="_blank">Wonderfil Threaducation Centre</a>.</span> I used one of our new Pantographs that I ordered from <a href="https://www.urbanelementz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Urban Elementz</span></a>. I had fun stitching this panto. I think it was the perfect blend with the border/backing fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The quilt measure 74" square. The borders were trimmed to measure 4" finished. Does anyone else sew bigger borders onto their quilts and plan to trim down a bit?</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-80932581276973349492015-11-03T07:47:00.000-08:002015-11-03T07:47:00.898-08:00Houston....We have absolutely no problems!Today is my last day in Houston, Texas! I came down on October 22 to spend time in the WonderFil Specialty Threads booth at the International Quilt Market and International Quilt Festival. I have never been before and I had a BLAST!!!!<br />
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I commented to Bernadette, my roommate, that my hubby usually made coffee for me every morning. Look what Bern made for me each morning! I'm a lucky girl!</div>
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We missed most of the effects of Hurricane Patricia early in our trip to Houston, but the rain and wind were quite something. This picture had us doubled over in laughter. We were loaded down with bags, coffee and fought the wind and rain!</div>
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So, I had to share a better picture of Bernadette! Here she is confidently demonstrating on the Handi Quilter Avante with some of WonderFil's newest Fabulux thread.</div>
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We had a lot of fun playing with the new threads. I was able to snap a few pictures of this length of sample fabric. I forgot to get any images of the other quilted strip. </div>
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Yesterday, before Bernadette left for Calgary, we went for a walk around town. We were side tracked by the stained glass windows at the Methodist Church near the hotel.</div>
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We had to touch the outside of the windows. The glass is embedded in concrete and don't look much from the outside in daytime, but from the inside......<br />
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....from the inside, they look incredible.<br />
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We walked up to Buffalo Bayou Park. Apparently, there has been a lot of rain lately. It looks like there should be a pathway along here somewhere.</div>
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Here is a long shot of one of the foot bridges across the bayou. Notice how high it is over the water?</div>
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Now look closely and see the garbage (grass) that was swept along in the high water. Glad I wasn't anywhere near it.</div>
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We had a chance to look through the quilt show on the last day of the festival. I'll post pictures of some of my favourites later.</div>
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Our hotel was a good 10 minute walk from Convention Centre and everything in the Centre is on the other side of the building. I passed my activity goals each day. I am going to have to challenge myself to keep up the walking. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-32659784836240366812015-09-29T15:23:00.000-07:002015-09-29T15:25:47.843-07:00Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew Along - Becky & Bonnie<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did it! I joined a sew along! The plan is to make 2 blocks every week and at the end of the year we'll have enough blocks done for a full quilt. Woot Woot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew along. You can find all the info <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/it-all-starts-here-are-you-ready/" target="_blank">here</a> if you want to join up too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm going to try my hardest to get my blocks done every week. After all, 2 blocks each week (one on Tuesday and one on Thursday) shouldn't be too hard!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm going to post at least once a week with the label - Farmer's Wife 1930 Sampler and share my adventures and a few pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My first plan of action is to choose my thread and set up my machine. I have chosen to use WonderFil's Deco-bob thread. It's an 80 wt cottonized polyester that will give me a perfectly flat seam and my blocks WILL be exactly 6 1/2" from cut edge to cut edge. I will never (hopefully) have to mess with my blocks once they are sewn.</span><br />
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I spent last week with some lovely ladies at a quilting retreat in Fruitvale BC. Fruitvale is on the highway close to Trail. </div>
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We drove out on Saturday and spent the night at a "lovely" motel! While 2 of my friends went out for a drive and some sight seeing, I spent Sunday morning doing a WonderFil Threaducation presentation to 15 other ladies.</div>
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I then spent the afternoon sewing 2 16 inch swoon quilts. They are now bordered and ready for quilting. I'll be quilting them with Konfetti/Tutti (50 wt cotton) and Spagetti/Fruitti (12 wt cotton). One I pressed the seams to one side and the other I pressed most of the seams open. I'm kind of liking the pressing the seams open thing.</div>
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I may get to quilt this quilt. We decided it needs another border...just something to give a bit more of a frame and to help manage the bias edges on the outside. Sharon (not her in the picture) doesn't really like this quilt, so the challenge will be for me to make it something special with the quilting so she will like it.<br />
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We saw some wildlife. Here is a gaggle of wild turkeys that were around the campsite we sewed at. </div>
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Of course we had to do some shopping, so a trip to the states was necessary. They had the prefect fabric for the border of one of the retreater's quilt. Just a scenery shot.<br />
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I think the trip for the border fabric was well worth it.</div>
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Earlier this summer I took Wayne Kollinger's class on Disappearing blocks. I had started with this goose block and cut it in half.<br />
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I then mixed them up and rotated the units a quarter turn to the left.<br />
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I then tried turning them a quarter turn to the right. Like that better.<br />
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Brenda is so very proud of these two Hello Kitty quilts. One for each of her grand daughters. She'll be in to the studio soon to quilt them.<br />
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Our retreat was held at the Boy Scout Camp in Beaver Valley. Lots of room to spread out to work on a quilt and to sew and visit.<br />
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I have a tool roll that I take with my sewing machine. I sewed myself a new one with a thread catcher attached to it. Everyone liked it so I had to show them how it was done.<br />
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A house coat....we weren't all quilting.<br />
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I finally got the binding on a few projects. All I need to do is sit down and hand sew.<br />
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I quilted and sewed an envelope to put my quilting samples in. The goal is to have an envelope for each of WonderFil's threads and my 12" sample quilts sorted and stored by thread used.<br />
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And Finally.....my room mates! We had a great week. Thanks girls.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-91859421228644804532015-09-18T18:11:00.000-07:002015-09-18T18:11:28.942-07:00Classes, Classes and More Classes<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm excited about my fall teaching schedule. I'll highlight them here and post all the details on my <a href="http://meadowrosequilting.blogspot.ca/p/quilting-classes.html" target="_blank">classes page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I teach sewing and quilting at the <a href="http://www.threaducationcentre.com/" target="_blank">WonderFil Threaducation Centre</a> in NE Calgary. If you follow the tab marked CLASSES, MACHINE, the classes for domestic and longarm machines are listed there. The tab marked LONGARM STUDIO gives details about certification classes and rentals of these wonderful machines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been invited to go up to <a href="http://www.centralsewing.com/" target="_blank">Central Sewing Machines</a> in Edmonton over the Thanksgiving weekend. I'll be teaching 3 days of classes. Some are full day and some are half day. Check those classes <a href="http://www.centralsewing.com/files/CentralSewing_LatestNewsletter.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. My classes are listed on page 10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As part of my duties at the WonderFil Threaducation Centre, I am invited to different quilt groups to share all about WonderFil Specialty Threads. If you would like me to visit, <a href="mailto:allison.spence@wonderfil.net" target="_blank">contact me</a>. I can do a 1-3 hour presentation with lots of different samples to show and a 3-6 hour hands on workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am also doing some private and semi private longarm classes. If you would like some longarm training on your own machine, I can visit and we can play and learn. You are welcome to ask a friend to join us or keep things private. If you would like to book some time, feel free to </span><a href="mailto:allisonespence@gmail.com" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">contact me</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327652261011431884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047591882515576480.post-85877611049471030382015-09-18T18:06:00.001-07:002015-09-18T18:06:24.454-07:00Challenge Quilt Group<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm interested in becoming a part of a group of local (Calgary) quilters who would like to get together on a regular basis to challenge each other. Anyone else interested?</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is what I propose</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we meet every 4-6 weeks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">each meeting is hosted by a different group member</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the host of each meeting will</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">set the theme for the meeting (guide an exploration of a different quilting/stitching technique)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">determine the "challenge" for the coming time period. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">provide refreshments (as required)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chair the review of the challenge for each month</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are very simple "rules" but my idea is that the group would meet on a regular basis. We would be challenged to make a quilt (something small, size to be agreed upon before we start) each time and bring the completed project for review. We must be willing to give constructive comments on group member's projects and also willing to accept comments from other group members.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel that many times I am considered the "expert" in quilting and find that I want to take some time to be challenged to explore and learn something new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone interested in joining me? I'll post on my facebook page and keep you informed. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/meadowrosequilting" target="_blank">meadow rose quilting </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Quilting </span></div>
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