tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65465336219637481472024-03-06T23:19:33.014-05:00RSISLANDCRAFTSfrom my heart to your homeRobin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.comBlogger788125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-54114098861583087282019-04-28T17:34:00.000-04:002019-04-28T17:34:15.721-04:00Hand Pieced QAL Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm cutting it close for the link up party but I did finish my <a href="https://kristinesser.com/hand-pieced-qal/" target="_blank">Hand Sewn QAL</a> top. It's a very bright and sunny day here in Florida so it might not be the best picture. I used a textured white fabric and the rest is all batiks. I love batik fabric. </div>
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I really enjoyed working on this project. I've wanted to try hand piecing a quilt for several years and it's nice to be able to cross that off my to try list. I will be hand quilting this quilt also. I find hand quilting very relaxing so it will be fun. I like working on this project early in the morning before I start my day.</div>
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A little bonus picture of one of my mini flower beds. When they tore up our road to put in city water and sewer I found a bunch of sea shells. These are a handful of them. Both bunches of orange flowers are marigolds that I planted from seed. They're supposed to be dwarf marigolds. The flowers that are only green leaves right now are dwarf sunflowers that I started from seed. I bought both seeds from The Dollar Tree. I wonder if they have a thing for dwarf flowers??</div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-55869655193908149742019-02-26T08:00:00.000-05:002019-02-26T08:00:05.712-05:00My 50th time around the sun and how I plan to spend it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I don't know if I've mentioned this on the blog yet so my apologies if this is a repeat.</div>
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I've recently turned 50 and since it is such a big year, like all zero years, I've decided to do something just as big. I've decided to make and donate 50 items to charity. Pretty big huh? If you think about it though 50 items is just one item a week with a two week buffer built in just in case. </div>
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This little preemie diaper shirt is one of the things I will be donating. You can find out more information about the organization and ways to donate on their <a href="https://www.twentyfiveandfour.org/" target="_blank">Twenty-five and Four website.</a> I've recently been certified so now I can start assembly line sewing these little shirts. </div>
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I've also decided to make 50 or 52 baby quilts this year. I have no immediate plans but they will most likely be donated to<a href="https://www.projectlinus.org/" target="_blank"> Project Linus.</a> </div>
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The greens is this top are a bit darker. My craftroom doesn't always have the best light.</div>
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These greens are muted also. This top turned out beautifully. Perfect for a sweet little princess.</div>
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This top was donated to me and I added the blue borders to make it a bit wider. </div>
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I've been having fun not only making the quilt tops but also finding fun and quick patterns to try. Sometimes I just wing it and I'm always surprised to see the finished quilt top. </div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-44129115509956325302019-02-23T06:47:00.000-05:002019-02-23T06:47:15.099-05:00Hand Pieced QAL Block 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Block 5 in the <a href="https://kristinesser.com/hand-pieced-qal/" target="_blank">Hand Pieced QAL</a> is an Ohio star block with HSTs in the corners and it has been named Dorothy. Kristen explains why they named this star block Dorothy over in <a href="https://kristinesser.com/2019/02/18/hand-pieced-qal-dorothy-block-block-5/" target="_blank">this blog post.</a></div>
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Each week's block builds off skill we have learned in previous blocks. While the individual blocks become more complex/detailed each week I've noticed that stitching them has become easier for me. While this block still took me three days to stitch they weren't full days. I think I had about an hour or so each day to sit and work on this block. That includes cutting and marking the lines. It takes a bit to figure out just how to hold your hands, move your fingers, and obtain muscle memory. I also needed to find the right needle for me and the project.</div>
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These are the needles that Kristen uses. You can see what's in her hand <a href="https://kristinesser.com/2018/10/29/hand-pieced-qal-whats-in-my-sewing-bag/" target="_blank">sewing bag over here. </a> While watching some of her tutorial videos she mentions how very sharp these needles are and I noticed that she could load a bunch of stitches on her needle. I've been on a quest to find the right needles for me and for each type of project that I like to work on. These needles are great for hand sewing. The only thing that could be problematic is that the eye is so small. Some needles have an elongated eye no matter the needle size and some have basically a small round eye. These have little round eyes. It is worth occasionally using a needle threader </div>
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I'm also getting my seams under control. This block lays flat (without numerous blasts of steam lol) and it looks relatively tidy on the back. After stitching each little unit I stopped and pressed the seams. While doing the actual stitching I like to hand press the seams but once all the little units were stitched I hit them with a nice hot iron and gave them a blast of steam to set everything in place. I spun the seams where I could and I only had to flip one or two seams in the final block. That was where the HST corners met up with the hourglass blocks. </div>
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The last four blocks are all star blocks and we can only guess which one will be next. We won't have to wait very long because the new block comes out bright and early Monday morning. </div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-16360776213854375712019-02-15T09:35:00.000-05:002019-02-15T09:35:07.802-05:00Hand Pieced QAL Block 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Week 4 of the Hand Pieced QAL is an hourglass block. As I'm sure you can tell I have not trimmed this block yet. I've decided to wait until I've made all the blocks before trimming them up. We will be adding sashing between the blocks so I'm not too worried if they are a bit off in size from each other. I'll just adjust the sashing width to accommodate any discrepancies.</div>
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I think I've created muscle memory for hand stitching at this point. Last week's block went fairly well but this week's block were much faster to stitch. Of course the process of hand stitching blocks is still slower than by machine but that's part of the point really. You spend more time with each fabric and block not to mention the portability and relaxation that comes with slowing down and hand stitching.</div>
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This is the back of the block. This is the part that I'm still working to improve. I need to remember to stop and press and trim each smaller block before I stitch them all together into the final block. </div>
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The block lays nice and flat now. I was able to spin the seams on the little blocks and I sort of spun the center of the big block lol.</div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-12128212620503704692019-02-07T19:06:00.001-05:002019-02-07T19:06:51.864-05:00Hand Pieced QAL Block 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I spent today stitching block 3 of the <a href="https://kristinesser.com/hand-pieced-qal/" target="_blank">hand pieced qal.</a> This block took me awhile to get it all stitched together. My stitches are getting better but I'm struggling with the multiple seams. Stitching through the seams is no problem it's just how to press them to get the block to lay flat. No big surprise there since I struggle with that when machine sewing blocks too.</div>
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I did go back and press all three blocks and they lay nice and flat now. I like that we can link up our blocks each week. It gives me a deadline and a little pressure to get each week's block done. I know I can go at my own pace but I also know if I don't link up each week then I won't finish the project. It's only 9 blocks over 9 weeks which isn't that big of a commitment so I should be fine. </div>
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<a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/p/hand-pieced-qal.html" target="_blank">Block 2</a> for the <a href="https://kristinesser.com/hand-pieced-qal/" target="_blank">Hand Pieced QAL</a> came out on Monday. This week's block was all about the half square triangle (HST). <br />
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I've always enjoyed machine sewing HSTs so I was looking forward to learning how to hand stitch them also. Yes, they are a bit fiddly with all the seams but the seams are easily manipulated.<br />
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I haven't pressed these seams either. lol Well, I did finger press them but it didn't "stick". You're supposed to be able to spin these seams and get everything to lay nice and flat. I'll probably order the little hand roller for the seams next week. That should make pressing the seams much easier.<br />
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Due to appointments and stuff I didn't get to sit and sew this block start to finish but I don't think it took me too long to stitch. I stitched in three sessions and I'm sure it took less than 3 hours for the actual stitching. Of course it takes a bit more time to prep these blocks but once they are prepped it becomes a portable project.<br />
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I've enjoyed hand stitching both blocks and I'm looking forward to next week's block. My guess is that it will either be the flying geese block or the hour glass block. We'll get to all of them eventually ;) <br />
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When I heard that there was going to be a Hand Pieced QAL this year I knew that I wanted to participate. There are only 9 blocks so I'm hoping I can keep up (fingers crossed).<br />
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When I first found out about this QAL I couldn't wait to get started and I decided to make a little test block to see if my eyes and fingers could coordinate and actually do a little hand sewing. My little 4 patch turned out pretty good.<br />
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Then we waited....and waited... but while we waited our wonderful hostesses gave us some helpful tips that would help us in our journey. If you're interested in joining us you can find all the information at either <a href="https://kristinesser.com/hand-pieced-qal/" target="_blank">Simple Handmade Everyday</a> or <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/p/hand-pieced-qal.html" target="_blank">Elm Street Quilts</a>.<br />
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I made my first block. I gave my desk lamp to my husband for his room and I think these old eyes need some more light to work on projects like this. I ordered myself a new desk lamp and it should be here in plenty of time for next week's block. A couple of my seams are slightly off but I'm okay with that. This is a learning process and I'm interested in seeing the difference between my first block and my last. </div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-19418262038372721682019-01-22T07:05:00.000-05:002019-01-22T07:05:05.002-05:00Quilts for Babies and Giants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I finished Rob's Giants lap quilt. Sometimes I have to wonder if a quilt was meant to be made. For instance, this quilt fought me every step of the way. Cutting the squares were a breeze and sewing them into 9 patch blocks went smoothly as well. Everything after that was a struggle.<br />
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After I cut the 9 patches I was supposed to turn, flip, and otherwise switch up the 4 smaller blocks and stitch them together. I chose to stitch them back together as a 9 patch. THE ORIGINAL 9 PATCH DESIGN!!! UGH!! So out comes the seam ripper and I get it all figured out and sewn together the way I wanted.<br />
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Then I chose a basic red thread to do a little free motion quilting. I've heard time and time again that instead of always dropping the feed dogs that you can just shorten your stitch length to zero. Cool. I do just that. Well let me tell you my Juki did not like that at all. I stitched an area probably 18" long and about 12" deep. Pulled the quilt out of the machine to check the back and....... eyelashes!! Yes Ma'am/Sir that little trick did not work for me. I picked out all the stitches, dropped the feed dogs, and tried again. Wonderful! It really is a dream to quilt on my Juki HZL-F600.<br />
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Did I have problems with the binding? Sure, but just the normal kind. I did a serpentine stitch down the "center" of the binding and a few times here and there I ran off the binding on the back. A little white thread on the backing fabric won't be noticed after it's been washed a few times.<br />
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There, that's better. Now, She's ready to start another quilt. I wonder what quilt will pop out next??<br />
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-17798699438540224442019-01-12T00:00:00.000-05:002019-01-12T00:00:07.000-05:00Disappearing Baby Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After making Hubby's D9P quilt top I decided that I wanted to make another version. A couple of months ago I made a bunch of bibs and burp cloths for a friend/customer. She always sends extra fabric so I don't have to worry about running out. Then she tells me to keep the fabric :) I made many, many bibs and burps but there was still a decent amount of fabric leftover so I set it aside to make a baby quilt. I cut the smaller scraps into 4.5" squares and set the larger pieces aside for the backing. Because I was working with a set amount of scraps some of the original 9 patches had repeat fabrics in the block. Since I knew I was cutting the 9 patches I was just careful and kept the repeats in the corners. That way each section wouldn't have any repeat fabrics. I really like how it is turning out.</div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-38776003185584794492019-01-09T05:00:00.000-05:002019-01-09T05:00:06.752-05:00New Year - New Start<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I received a wonderful package from a fellow crafter in December last year. She knew I loved to hand embroider and she had these designs that she wasn't going to make and she thought I might like them. There was a Santa and a Snowman in the package. I did a little poll and everyone decided that I should start the Snowman first.</div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-79259389245492702662019-01-06T07:50:00.001-05:002019-01-06T07:50:15.599-05:00We're Stripping This Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love participating in swaps of all kinds but I don't always have the time. Each year the ladies over on the<a href="https://talktometuesday.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> TTMT (Talk To Me Tuesday) blog</a> do some type of swap. I haven't joined in yet until this year. This year's swap is more about your own creativity. We are cutting 2.5" WOF strips from some of our fabric fabrics from our own stash. Then we send them into our creative leader and she will mix them all up and send each of us our own TTMT jelly roll. It is going to be fun to see what each person makes with their fabric strips.</div>
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I don't always have yardage in my stash but I've recently struck up a barter agreement with someone who has inherited her mom's and another quilter's stash. My part of the barter is to knit several items that are going to be fun to knit. In return I receive some fun fabrics. These fabrics will come in handy for my charity project this year.</div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-8752840674138952742019-01-02T13:13:00.002-05:002019-01-02T13:13:53.890-05:00First Charity Quilt Flimsy of 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I stitched together my first flimsy of 2019. Following the suggested layout for<a href="http://cluckclucksew.com/2010/07/tutorial-road-trip-quilt.html" target="_blank"> The Road Trip Quilt </a> by Cluck Cluck Sew I randomly chose fabrics for my first charity quilt top of 2019. As I was choosing fabrics to use in this quilt top I noticed that I was choosing fabrics geared towards a younger boy so I tried to avoid the fabrics for the older boys. A five year old may not want skulls on his quilt. Or at least his parents might not appreciate the skulls. ;)</div>
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While cutting the fabrics I was too excited to get started that I didn't pay close attention to the directional fabrics. That's okay because this quilt finishes at 36" x 40" so it's not too big of a deal to just turn the quilt so the fabrics are pointing all the same way. Once I realized my little slip (there are no mistakes, just creative challenges right?) I just made sure I flip flopped some of the fabrics so they point in a variety of directions. </div>
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Now I just need to come up with a fun and simple hashtag for Instagram. While I'm the only crazy person who wants to make 50 quilts this year there are a few others who would like to join me in my charity sewing. </div>
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Robin (RsIslandCrafts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06875986169322073281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546533621963748147.post-78660576481165747352018-12-28T13:13:00.002-05:002018-12-28T13:13:26.840-05:00Santa Ornaments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After I finished all my Christmas gifts I didn't want to jump into a big project so I decided to make a few ornaments. The long Santas with the folded over hats were in my UFO pile from 2011. They are paper pieced and I had the front of Santa finished and they just need their backs stitched on. I stopped because I realized that I used scraps for Santa's hats and I did not have enough of the matching fabric to back the ornaments. Since the hats are pulled to the front you can see the back of the ornament and the front of the hat. Seven years ago I wasn't able to get past this problem but now I have no problem with having Santa ornaments with mismatched hats. Nobody is going to realize I didn't follow the pattern exactly. Apparently after I made my tall Santa ornaments there was a little controversy about copyright and who the design actually belonged to so I can't link to the pattern. It's paper pieced and shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I make 16 because why make just one?</div>
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The triangle Santas are a paid for pattern that you can purchase <a href="https://www.e-patternscentral.com/detail.html?prod_id=15030" target="_blank">here. </a> I don't know why my links are no longer highlighted and I can't find an easy fix but if you click the word "here" it will take you to the pattern. The triangle Santas were super fun to make so I made 12. I really like that they have some batting in them and are lightly quilted. </div>
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I also spent a little time this morning cutting fabric for some charity quilts that I plan on making next year. I'll be 50 in February 2019 and my goal is to donate 50 items next year. </div>
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I have two little trees in my craft room. The larger tree has some of the handmade ornaments that have been sent to me over the years. I really didn't decorate the little baby tree but it does have the paper garland I made last year.<br />
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I'm cutting it a bit closer than I like with my handmade Christmas gifts this year but I am finished and the only thing left is to wrap all the gifts. Now there has been many, many years where I've been wrapping gifts past midnight on Christmas Eve. Hopefully not this year but we'll see.<br />
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I have finished Robbie's 4th pair of hand knit socks for Christmas 2018. This is the one pair that he has actually seen the yarn for so it was important that I finished these on time. Robbie wears a size 15 shoe so he does have pretty large feet and my hand made sock blocker makes them look even wider lol. I think I will treat myself to a pair of sock blockers in 2019.</div>
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My daughter wanted a bed runner so I made her one that matches her new sheets and her old quilt that I made her back in 2009 I believe. She bought a bed in a bag that had blue sheets and a blue ombre comforter. She doesn't use the comforter but instead uses her red and black quilt that she loves. So I thought red, white, and blue would pull everything together. Not that she cares. I added the white for the background so that the wonky stars would pop.</div>
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It's probably hard to tell in this picture but the fabric we chose for the back is icebergs in the ocean. I let her choose from a handful of blue fabrics and I really like the icebergs.</div>
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Here is a little closeup of the wonky stars and you can see the blue grunge fabric that I chose for the binding. This time I used a serpentine stitch to machine stitch the binding to the front. My Juki has a repetitive star design that I was hoping to use on the binding but it just didn't work out. That's okay, I'll find another project for the stars.</div>
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I also made them a set of hanging towels for their kitchen. I made some for my house last year and my daughter requested some for their house. Little did she know that it would take a year for me to finally get around to making them some lol. </div>
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My daughter loves red so I used the some fabric from the hoodie I made her last year. Since it is Christmas I used some Santa on a tropical vacation. The orange one is for my oldest Justin. Lime green and orange are his favorite colors. The last one is a Zelda fabric for my youngest Robbie. He loves playing all of the Zelda games and this fabric is from his hoodie. Justin's hoodie had Blue's Clues fabric and I just didn't have enough left over from his hoodie to make him a special towel so I just went with his favorite color.</div>
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This is a little container from KFC. I believe it held mac-n-cheese at one point. I loved the little compact size and the tight snapping lid so I kept. I thought I might use it for beads but that never happened. I wash my hands frequently during the day and of course that dries them out. Plus, working with yarn tends to draw the moisture out of my hands too. I like to keep some lotion in the craft room so I can easily apply lotion when my hands feel dry. You know how it is, if you have to get up and leave the craft room you'll find a half dozen other things to do and never the original thing you needed to do. Plus, I don't want to have 3 different bottles of lotion around the house. They tend to dry up after awhile. All that to say...I filled this little tub up with lotion and now I can grab it without leaving my sewing area. Thanks KFC!</div>
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Friday morning's sunrise was spectacular. I looked out the window and the world was cast in a pink glow. Just imagine how beautiful it was in real life. While my phone takes wonderful pictures, I have never been able to master taking wonderful pictures of the sky.<br />
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I've started something new with the blog. Just a small little detail that I hope is helpful to some. As you may already know I post my YouTube videos here on the blog. I have followers who watch my videos from a variety of sources and I want to make sure everyone can easily see the videos. Not everyone watches them from my blog so I've started adding (descriptions) to my blog titles. If it's a (VIDEO) you will easily be able to tell that at a glance. If it's a (BLOG) or written post that is easy to see also. I hope this helps.<br />
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I also thought it might be helpful to list my basic timeline so you will know when to pop over to see what's happening in my craft room.<br />
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Tuesday: Talk To Me Tuesday - where I discuss what's been happening in my life and I try to show a current quilting project or past project.<br />
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WiP It Wednesday: where I show all the crafty things I've worked on during the precious week. Starting next year I will keep one project exclusive for the blog. I will show it during the video but mention if they want to see more then they need to pop over here to hear all the details.<br />
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Sew With Me Friday: on Friday's I post a sew along tutorial style video. Sometimes it's a viewer request or just something that I felt like working on this week. In 2019 I am going to be doing some QAYG videos and trying different QAYG techniques.<br />
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A couple months ago I was commissioned to finish this crewel embroidery project. Have I ever done crewel embroidery you may ask? Nope, not even a stitch lol. I've watched several videos on crewel embroidery this year and I was going to try it in 2019. I won't have to try it now because I've spent several hours working on this project. </div>
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It is now finished!! When I received it the words were completed and a very small section of the clouds on the left side were done. Some of it was enjoyable and other parts were frustrating. I think it would have all been fun if I had the right tools for the project. Crewel embroidery is best done on stretcher bars where you can tack the canvas down evenly. I worked on this in a hoop and white it was taut it was never tight. I did learn that with wool when you take the project out of the hoop it shrinks back together if that makes sense. I did really enjoy the boat, mostly because by then I had figured out the process and the sail isn't stitched left horizontally. That seemed to make a big difference. It is flying off to it's home later today which means I can start another embroidery project ;)</div>
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Earlier this year I decided that in 2019 I would hand stitch a small quilt from start to finish. I was just going to watch a bunch of YouTube videos and figure it out as I went but thanks to Kristin and Patty I won't have to figure it out on my own.<br />
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They are hosting a hand pieced quilt along starting in January. I will add a link over on the sidebar so you can go check it out and see if you would like to stitch along with me. </div>
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I couldn't wait until January so I grabbed a few 2.5" squares, drew my lines, and stitched them together.</div>
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I already do a lot of embroidery so stitching on a line wasn't very hard at all. It will take a little practice to get my hands in a position that works for me. First time all my seams matched so well.</div>
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After Christmas I will be ordering the little wooden seam roller. I think that will help get everything to lay nice and flat. A little more practice on the long seams and I will be all set. I've also decided that while I will show my progress over on my WiP It Wednesday videos, I'll only be discussing my progress here on my blog. </div>
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