tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74009094949555916402024-02-28T18:42:33.383-05:00Stitching Between the LinesThe things I stitch and the books I read.The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.comBlogger504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-58695797992725301522017-05-05T10:46:00.001-04:002017-05-05T10:46:56.653-04:00Where does the time go?I am a genuine blogging slacker! I seem to be a picture-taking slacker, actually. Not having photos means I have nothing to post. Want to hear a sad admission? I didn't even create a photo folder for Spring 2017 photos! That means they are all on my phone and will have to be emailed to me. OY. Maybe I can find a cord and connect my phone. Being foiled by technology is a sad fact lately. <br />
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Mostly things are the same. Kids are all doing the same things they were doing last time around and my daily life remains relatively unchanged but I do have finishes and quilts and fun projects under way.<br />
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It is very rainy in western NY so pictures are just not as nice as they could be.<br />
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First up.... The Trees and Me by X's and Oh's.<br />
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I used a lovely fabric called Summer Sky. I saved the tag but it does not tell me who it is by but I'd guess Picture this Plus as that's one of my favorite fabrics.<br />
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I wanted to test some 36 count linen for the newly popular Lila's Studio pattern...Let Freedom Ring. So, I bought a number of cuts and here I am trying out Mello, also by PTP.<br />
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I also had a finish. Boy, you'd think I could get a better picture! Once it is framed it will photograph beautifully. The Night Before Christmas by Kooler Designs. This was my first PDF pattern. Loved being able to highlight symbols once stitched. <br />
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I also worked up my first ever Prairie Schooler Santa. 1999's Gingerbread Santa.<br />
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On the quilting front I have finished a number of small projects but will just show you this one...Shuffle by Sew Many Creations. The pattern uses a layer cake. Mine was Noteworthy by Sweetwater. <br />
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I also finished the 2016 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt. I changed one block giving my quilt a bit of a different look. I will have to direct you to<a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/"> this site</a> to see the original design. Bonnie has it as her blog header. I did not like how the yellow squares just jumped out at you so I removed them and replaced them with purple/neutral half square triangles giving the purple the look of a softly curing line. It is on the back of the couch and I just love the look each time I walk by. <br />
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My husband and I are boarding a plane soon for a trip west. Of all the planned events I am the most excited about our day trip to Las Vegas and the stop at Stitcher's Paradise. I am going to focus on fabric since I most often order my fabric online. I am going to bask in the feel and look of the fabrics and hope to purchase a nice variety. <br />
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So, until next time and let's hope it doesn't take me so long to bring you an update.<br />
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Happy Stitching.<br />
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Pam<br />
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-48102037072938416172017-01-25T13:33:00.000-05:002017-01-25T13:33:01.435-05:00Some finishes and a fun link I have had the chance to spend some good quality time in my sewing room lately. Between a major dental catastrophe and rest and recovery time I am working my way through all sorts of projects while trying not to start anything new as I prepare for some time in Florida.<br />
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I finally quilted this scrappy baby quilt I have been messing around with for a year. I cut all my scraps into 2 inch, 3.5 inch, and 5 inch squares. For me, those are good sizes. I also had some 2.5 inch scraps of the same fabric so I put together these stars along with some white background. <br />
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This is not a color I'd normally have in my stash so I thought I'd just use them up and made 6 stars with a scrappy edge and binding.<br />
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I used a matching Minky type fabric for the backing. There is not a baby for this quilt...I will just put it away until I need one. <br />
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I also finished up this jelly roll quilt I made this past fall. Heartstrings by Black Mountain Quilts.<br />
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I used a French General jelly roll but I did not save the tag. I made it while away at a quilt get-a-way and was limited to the fabric in the jelly roll but I think, that if I made it again, I would make the hearts from the dark and medium shades but would leave the lights out. <br />
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As Christmas approached I pulled out a bunch of small Christmas patterns. <br />
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Merry Christmas by Little House Needleworks.<br />
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Hometown Holiday-Schoolhouse by Little House Needleworks. Love this one. I just love old school buildings. <br />
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I was stitching with some ladies this past fall and they were talking about how they turn a piece upside down when they need to stitch upwards...that way they're actually stitching down hill...which goes quicker. Anyhow, I thought I'd do that on this piece because I started on a window. Ha. I forgot to turn it back around and ended up so off center! There is less than 2 inches on the left but about 4 inches on the right. Oops. No framing for this one.<br />
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Another Little House piece....Bringing Home the Tree. Cute, cute, cute. <br />
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I stitched it 1 over 1 on ??? Hmm. A little piece of 32 count something.<br />
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I made it into an ornament...which is pinned to a quilt hanging in my sewing room for photographic purposes.<br />
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So darn cute but 1 over 1 is just not my thing. While I like how small it is it just takes me way too long for what I get.<br />
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Now I'm back to my bigger projects and planning for some serious Florida stitching.<br />
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The other cool thing that I've done is start a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCB49liPo2o">Floss tube</a> channel. It's a real learning experience but so fun. <br />
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I will make an effort to photograph my WIP's and what I'm taking to Florida. <br />
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The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-79367513127672955202017-01-09T08:49:00.001-05:002017-01-09T08:49:06.095-05:00Catching up 2016 smalls and finishes. I have let enough time pass that I've forgotten what I've shown! <br />
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Per my goal for 2016 I did manage to stitch something small each month and finish it and to finish something out of the pile that had accumulated...except for December. I don't think I actually finished any of the small things I stitched. Towards the end it got a bit confusing. I have things finished...I have finishing ideas...but I haven't settled on any final plans. I am also tired of all the Christmas themed projects. I am ready to put them away and work on them when the mood is right.<br />
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I do need to recap November and December, though. <br />
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One of my two finishes out of my pile is actually something I just completed in October. <br />
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I made 'Cat Tricks' by With Thy Needle and Thread into the little pillow like the pattern shows.<br />
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A simple blanket stitch holds the semi circles in place for a fun edge.<br />
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My November small and finish was another pillow using the same trims as Joy (my small/finish from October). This time it was Lizzie Kate's 'My Favorite Time of Year'. <br />
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One of the small pieces I stitched in December was Little House Needlework's Tree Lot.<br />
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My December finish from the unfinished pile was Christmas Magic by Heart in Hand. I couldn't find where I posted this one but it was either a finish at the very end of 2015 or early in 2016. <br />
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I need to take pictures of a couple other small finishes from December but I'm calling the year a success. I have finished more than the 24 items I'd hoped when setting the 2016 goal of stitching a small each month, finishing it, and finishing something out of the unfinished pile. I have also finished a huge long forgotten WIP..<a href="http://stitchingbetweenthelines.blogspot.com/2016/09/pictures-plenty.html">.Murky Manor by Glendon Place</a> (which you can see in various posts plus the link). My stitching time took a serious hit with my summer costume project but I did finish a nice number of projects. I have never made an effort to keep track but I have chronicled them in my various posts throughout the year. <br />
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As for 2017 I am not going to set a finishing goal. I don't really like finishing but I will try. I have a few projects I might send out because I want them to be something special. I do not really want a giant pile of smalls so I'm not going to go looking for anymore of those either. I do not have any more long forgotten WIP's...honestly, (cross stitch, anyway) so I don't have any one project to focus on while in Florida. I will just pick a couple projects and maybe some Mill Hill ornaments to pack for my stay in Florida. Space is limited so I will have to think about it. I do think I'll make more of an effort to write down the details of what I'm working on for quick reference. <br />
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Hope everyone is enjoying the new year and that you are finding lots of stitching and sewing time.<br />
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-40813248269261797122016-12-30T10:46:00.000-05:002016-12-30T10:46:08.017-05:00Lost time.Where does the time go? Good thing I didn't think I was going to do a post a day during December! I couldn't even get my November small and finish posted. <br />
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We remodeled an empty bedroom into a new office/den and I am SO DISORGANIZED! It's hard to move your office space. I had some built in storage and am now trying to figure out the right way to store stuff using an old farm house table as a desk. It does not help that my cats LOVE this room and race in whenever they see me heading there. As you can imagine, they are so very helpful, not. <br />
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I do have some finishes, though. <br />
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Making project bags is all the rage right now. Since I've been kitting and starting all willy-nilly having some new project bags has served me well.<br />
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The pattern: Zippered Style File by The Quilt Company is a very easy and fun pattern that has taught me not to fear zippers. (It is just a project sheet so I can't show a picture and I also couldn't find a link aside from where a shop could buy a large quantity of these patterns...sorry.) The instructions are clear and 'almost' fool proof. Of course, if you zip the zipper shut then keep pulling the tab right off the end of the entire zipper before sewing the edges, you're going to have a problem. I only did that once (and then again while making the little Lazy Girl bags).<br />
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These bags use any combination of fabric you want between the front pocket,<br />
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and one that you can just slip things into...<br />
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I kept looking at my fabric collection and seeing more and more options so I kept making them.<br />
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I pulled out my serger and gave it a nice work out.<br />
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I have gifted a few of these and filled the rest.<br />
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My next zipper adventure was using a Lazy Girl pattern called: Sweetpea Pods. This pattern uses a method where the zipper is taken apart and reassembled using only half of the zipper and the original pull. These were also quite fun to make.<br />
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I gave some of these away, too. They work well to hold little things in a project bag...like scissors. I also filled them with pink Wonder Clips to give to some quilting friends.<br />
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Just in time for Bonnie Hunter's newest mystery I finished the one from last year.<br />
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On the cross stitch front I finished Tree Lot by Little House Needleworks. I am a fool for any pattern with a tree in a truck or on the roof of a car.<br />
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My HEAD got another page completed. Because the background is just colors flowing left to right I sometimes go on over to the next page to end the color. I learned from that tree that I better start practicing parking. Even so, there were just so many random stitches that it took me forever to stitch that thing. <br />
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Did I mention how I decided to buy the down loadable pattern and the page breaks are different? I completed page 1 from the paper pattern...which took up part of page 2 in the downloaded version. Now that I'm following the downloaded pattern my pages are shorter. I like using my ipad to follow a pattern, though. I think the next page that falls all the way left is page 8. I will be glad when I get there and find 25% of the picture already stitched! </div>
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-7153092877978192972016-11-16T05:45:00.000-05:002016-11-16T05:45:14.251-05:00A birthday.<div style="text-align: center;">
Today is a birthday at my house. Or, at the Boy Wonder's house! </div>
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He is 24 today. </div>
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Here he is taking a selfie...before the word 'selfie' even existed. I am going to guess he was 8. </div>
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I have to give a couple friends a high-five and a big thank you. <br />
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Yesterday I arrived at my Monday do-good community service locale close to 20 miles from home with a nearly flat tire. <br />
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The way things work in my house...in theory...is that I will iron the shirts and my husband will maintain the cars. So, this city girl had little skills when it came to what to do aside from call AAA. First I asked my friend Lisa to go get air with me. Yeah Lisa! She had the skills I lacked. When it became obvious air wasn't going to solve my problem she hooked me up with a local tire repair shop and we took my car over. Then, when the car wasn't finished after our day of good deeds...my two friends hung with me at the neighboring <strike>bar </strike> coffee shop. So sweet. Everyone needs besties like this...can't thank you enough Lisa and Sally. <br />
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My October small is Joy by Lizzie Kate from the 2007 JCS ornament issue.<br />
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Darn those dreaded corners. If you don't put trim on the edge, no matter how accurate you are when sewing, the corners don't stuff or turn nicely. <br />
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My finish from my pile of unfinished pieces was this cute little Miss Crescent Colour's piece called Tick, Tack, Snow. It finished up very nicely as an ornament.<br />
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I trimmed the edges with this bead-like trim. <br />
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I also stitched a Lizzie Kate that just called out to me from a basket of kits...Don't Get Your Tinsel in a Tangle. This piece gave my tons of fits. While gently tugging a knot I ripped 2 threads in the fabric! Oh, man! There are a variety of possible solutions but I decided to put a piece of fusible web on the back...which was strong enough to hold the stitches... then I put a second piece on just to secure the stitches. The 'Stitch a Gift' frame came with a piece of fusible batting that is also applied to the back of the piece. Those stitches are not coming out. I just couldn't get a decent photo to dare you to find the repaired area. Because it's under the white thread the picture was just too blurry.<br />
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This finish also had to go into a couple of ice baths because first the green then the red ran. The piece got a drop of water on it from my ironing board cover. I tried to just work on that spot but then the red had to get into the act. It was so close to going into the garbage.<br />
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I also took a couple finishes to be framed. Lady Bug, Lady Bug came out so sweet. I can't wait until summer rolls around again to hang it on the wall. <br />
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Since Christmas is coming I also took Country Cottage Needlework's Christmas Carol in for framing.<br />
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Love that light green frame and the little white insert. <br />
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I almost forgot two other little pieces I recently completed...<br />
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Liberty by Midsummer Night Designs. <br />
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And, Cat Tricks by With Thy Needle and Thread.<br />
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Poor kitty dressed up like a pumpkin! <br />
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That has certainly turned out to be a lot of projects finished all of a sudden. Now I will probably go back to feeling like everything is taking forever. I have quite a few large pieces in the works but am trying to take time away to work on smaller pieces now and again. I've pulled several Christmas patterns that I hope to stitch in the next couple of months.<br />
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Happy Stitching.<br />
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-58042562216865703322016-10-20T10:17:00.000-04:002016-10-20T10:17:48.214-04:00September's small and finish.I have stayed on track with a finish out of my unfinished pile and a finished small each month. But, as the year goes on it is taking me longer and longer to get them finished...often into the first days of the next month. October is liable to be a complete fail unless I come up with something fast. It is an all around busy month.<br />
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My finish out of the pile is this cute little Christmas piece stitched earlier this year. Primitive Stocking by Waxing Moon Designs. <br />
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My small is another patriotic piece. Liberty Flag by Lizzie Kate. I used all the same elements as the two previous patriotic finishes. <br />
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I now have a trio of matching little pillows.<br />
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I have not come up with a small yet for October. I was looking through my old Just Cross Stitch ornament issues and think I'll pick an easy one since it's already the 20th! <br />
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Pam<br />
<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-84331722093024667642016-10-03T13:46:00.000-04:002016-10-03T13:46:03.372-04:00A little finish and a little organizing.First, my table runner finish. A fun fall applique. I like any and all patterns that feature an old pick up filled with something....pumpkins, a Christmas tree, etc.<br />
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I bought a kit with the pattern at a nearby quilt shop. <br />
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I have to say, though, SHAME on my local quilt shop! First, they cut width of fabric when it should have been fats. Just fat 8th, no less. Neither that truck nor the house can fit on an eighth yard width of fabric. I had to cut off part and make a seam to have the width. Come on! Secondly, nowhere did the kit say: You better work on this with your stash nearby. Or: Warning! Don't take this on a get-a-way or retreat because we have not included various bits of fabric that you'll need. For shame. And they do plenty of belly aching about how shoppers are quick to go to the Internet to shop. <br />
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Anywho, on to the cross stitch portion of this post.<br />
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I know we all struggle with how to organize our <b><i>stuff.</i></b> Our patterns, our fabric, our ongoing projects and UFO's. I am planning a major sewing room over-haul this fall/winter. I have a wall of metal shelves that we will remove and replace with tall cabinets with doors. I opted for the metal shelves in the first place because I like seeing my <b><i>stuff</i></b>. I operate under the theory that out of sight is out of mind. Fast forward a bunch of years and my <b><i>stuff </i></b>has taken over and just looks messy. <br />
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So, first I needed to deal with a huge over-flowing basket of cross stitch patterns.<br />
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I bought a couple file boxes and created files for the more popular designers and a miscellaneous file for each season.<br />
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Some kits and books are in the back...Oh, look! I worked hard to find that book with French words. I like foreign words in stitching. I need to pull that book out and stitch something.<br />
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My boxes look so neat and tidy. Then I spied some more patterns on my table. Drat. I hate to put them away because I really want to stitch these now!<br />
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But, what about the baskets by my upstairs stitching chairs? <br />
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Not one,<br />
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Wait...what about the basket on the trunk by that very same chair? I really did cringe and wished not to look.<br />
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You have no idea what is in there! Some big pieces, some patterns, and some kits.<br />
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I am trying. Trying to stitch like a crazy person. I can't say I'm not buying because there are new things every day! <br />
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I've been watching Floss Tube and I've gotta say...I have nothing compared to some stitchers! Next year is a new year with a new plan to stitch more than I buy. Seems reasonable, right? We'll see.<br />
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PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-89651549208576500562016-09-23T07:25:00.001-04:002016-09-23T07:25:23.563-04:00Pictures a plenty. I have framing and stitching progress! I rarely snap a photo of a project in the works but for my HEAD there really does need to be progress photos as it's a project that will take a couple years.<br />
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First, the framing. I am so excited to have this long neglected WIP done-done-done. <br />
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Glendon Place's Murky Manor sat in a box neglected for 5+ years. I hauled it to Florida last winter and worked diligently. I put it aside for a while and reluctantly got busy and finally finished it this spring. <br />
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The frame is a lovely rustic purple that matches the fabric. The fabric that was TORTURE to work on! I have a whole bunch left. I am having trouble imagining what I might stitch on it. It's 36 count, a bit small for me, and linen with no...what would you call it?...body? So flimsy and floppy. <br />
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The next piece is Jenny Bean's Garden Sampler by Shakespeare's Peddler. <br />
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This was another piece that was not enjoyable to work on. Not so much the stitching or the fabric...more the pattern. There were missing symbols on the key and it was printed (copied?) onto cheap copy paper so it was a mess by the time I was done. <br />
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I chose another rustic frame...this one is really green, not the blue pictured, and matches the fabric nicely. <br />
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Finally, Up on the Rooftop by Drawn Thread.<br />
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This is one of those patterns that you knock out the alphabet in no time and then are surprised by how long the rest takes. <br />
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Another rustic frame but isn't that red just perfect? I need to get a nap brush for Santa's beard. It's on my shopping list for when I make another trip to my somewhat LNS. <br />
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I finally managed to pull out my HEAD. Vibrant Vista's is my first Heaven and Earth Design. I have long admired HEAD patterns and knew I'd start one someday. I purchased this pattern along with a Christmas one. I forget the title...Town Square maybe. It's not available anymore but I hope I get through this one so I can do that one, too. <br />
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Below is my progress so far. Page 1 and page 2.<br />
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It doesn't look like much does it? A funny thing happened between page 1 and page 2. I discovered the <a href="http://www.goodreader.com/">Goodreader app</a> on my ipad. It was love at first use. So, when Heaven and Earth had a sale I purchased Vibrant Vista's as a pdf. The strange thing is that my paper version is large print so I bought the large print pdf version but the pages are spaced differently. I thought I'd complete the full page 2 to match the paper version size but flipping from page to page on the app was a pain. (Really, just flipping from page 2 to page 9 to get the bottom of the design.) Also, my paper page 2 divided the tree while the app's page 3 encompassed the whole tree top so I thought I'd just leave the tree until page 3. Make sense? Anyhow, that's why my page 2 block looks shorter than my page 1 block. I am also trying out 'parking'. When I get to the tree there are lots of odds and ends of stitches. So far, I'm finding the stray threads a pain. So, we'll see. <br />
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I am using the Magic Grid fabric available from the Heaven and Earth shop. The blocks are 20 by 20. I don't feel the need to only work within a block. I can work across each color like a regular pattern but I do stop near the edge of the page...or just a few stitches into the next page. I am trying to avoid the lines that form when you stop stitching in a straight line. <br />
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Finally, I have also been stitching away on my Jeanette Douglas Florida Sampler. <br />
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I think this section is the last of the complicated rows and also marks the half way point. I have just started the two 1 over 1 parrots sitting in the trees. <br />
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My very cute little needle threader is hiding my initials. Do I even need to write about those? You guessed it. Stylized letters and NO ALPHABET GRAPH in the pattern. OMG. Why is that optional when the initials are part of the pattern????????<br />
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So, to help with that I purchased this book by Leisure Arts. <br />
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I found letters that were sized correctly and worked with the overall look of the pattern.<br />
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The book is full of all sorts of alphabets from simple to fancy. There are cute ones, serious ones, bold, and fine lettered ones. I know I will get plenty of use from this book for years to come. <br />
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Hard to believe September is almost over. Fall might actually be in the air this weekend in Western NY. It's been a long hot summer, that's for sure. Some fall weather would be very welcome in these dry parched parts of NY.<br />
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Happy Stitching.<br />
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Pam<br />
<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-7090305314327365902016-09-13T09:18:00.000-04:002016-09-13T09:18:47.747-04:00Something I've never shown.A post or two ago I posted some photos of a finish that I'd propped in an old china cabinet in my entryway. An observant stitcher spied something on display on that cabinet so here it is:<br />
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My Betsy Ross child's sewing machine. Besides the super ucky green spool of thread that came with it, it's in fabulous shape and as cute as can be, to boot. The green thread is on a wooden spool and came on the machine so I left it but maybe I should just pull the thread off and leave the empty wooden spool?)<br />
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Next to the machine is my grandmother's old school text book. Way back then...in the 20's...dressmaking was a regular class. <br />
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When I opened it up I found a cloth bookmark with some practice hem stitches. It's almost at the very end of the book. Given how well my grandmother could sew, I bet she really did read this entire book.<br />
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The copyright is 1927 and the information written in the front cover says my grandmother was in 7th grade when she was given this book in school.<br />
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Interestingly complaisant participants were imagined by the artist. <br />
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Finally, aren't we all thankful we don't have to iron using this?!?!?<br />
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Man, that thing must have been heavy. I bet everyone remembers someone using one as a doorstop.<br />
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I will soon show some framing and maybe a couple wee quilt finishes. <br />
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PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-32176964718259716742016-09-10T10:07:00.000-04:002016-09-10T10:07:02.727-04:00Catching up continues.I am starting to feel caught up with pictures and projects. <br />
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I managed to stitch and finish a small for August and I also finished something out of my neglected smalls pile. <br />
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My small was another free pattern by Mani di Donna called 4th of July. I was determined to finish it just the same as my last Patriotic finish but had an oops. I trimmed the fabric too close to the stitched edge and I feel like the impact of the edge is lost in the ribbon. <br />
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I made it using the same fabric and the same finish as my July small. I don't think the scale between the two is really that different. It is a bit exaggerated in this photo. <br />
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My finish from my unfinished and neglected smalls isn't really all that old. I stitched this in January of this year. Sue Hillis Design's 'The Stockings Are Hung' which is a little Post Stitches pattern. <br />
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I did not look at anyone's instructions in particular but I can say it's a combination of what I've learned by using Judy O'Dell's finishing instructions and having done some finishing lead by Mona of The Silver Needle. <br />
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Love the cording made from DMC 347 which is one of the reds used in the pattern.<br />
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So, I'm working on some more projects which I will try to get posted soon. I am hoping to spend the day puttering in my sewing room so will attempt to prepare some future posts. <br />
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Right now I am watching a flosstube by Vonna. She's making me think about getting organized! I'm so easily influenced! Not to mention how I just sort of pile stuff here and there with no organization what-so ever!<br />
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PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-64649059657879484312016-08-26T15:50:00.000-04:002016-08-26T15:50:21.875-04:00There has been stitching!Despite all my complaining about how much time the costume making took up...I still managed to stitch. Not as much as I might normally... but I skipped my HEAD rotation and just worked on smaller projects.<br />
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I did finish the finishing on Lizzie Kate's Boxer Jr: Summer-licious. <br />
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A quick simple yellow check ribbon ruched and held in place with pins. <br />
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I propped it up in the china cabinet in my front hall.<br />
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I also picked up one of the many projects I kitted up recently. It's been kind of fun having all those projects ready to go.<br />
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Country Cottage Needlework's Christmas Carol. <br />
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My small for July is this cute free pattern from The Prairie Grove Peddler. I tried to find a link but the pattern I have is dated 2008 so maybe it's not available anymore. My nice large folder of printed freebies is busting at the seams and probably contains many old patterns not available. <br />
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I just made a little pillow filled with crushed walnut shells and attached a red checked ribbon. Again, nothing fancy.<br />
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I used a red plaid fabric for the backing. I think I have just enough linen and fabric to make another one using a different free patriotic pattern. I'll try to get it stitched in the next few days so I can count it for August but there's no guarantee. <br />
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I pulled this lovely little kit out of my collection of kits and took it to Florida with me. <br />
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Ladybug, Ladybug by Little House Needleworks. I don't know why it took me so long to stitch this one. I love geraniums and it was so quick. <br />
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In a recent post I hinted at a piece I was working on that wasn't part of the pile I binge-kitted. <br />
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Jingle by Shepherd's Bush was another nice quick stitch. There are supposed to be some flowers across the top but I left them off so I'd have a square piece to finish as an ornament or pinkeep or whatever. <br />
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Not a bad showing for feeling like I had very little sewing time. <br />
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PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-68444632920202422512016-08-21T07:49:00.000-04:002016-08-21T07:49:43.341-04:00Where to begin?I usually find summer to be my most productive time when it comes to sewing and reading. When the kids were young we were free from all the school schedules and often spent weekends camping. That combined with hours sitting by the pool meant I could read and stitch for hours. <br />
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Now that the kids are grown and almost never home, I can sew and stitch and read the day away. Well, you know. Between laundry, errands, and whatever else fills a day. Even my regular charity commitment takes the summer off. </div>
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This year, however, I got in deep with the community theater group and costume making. My only experience with costume making was when the kids were young or a handful of times when I helped the school drama kids with costumes. In those cases I'd show up with my machine and someone would hand me the already cut out pieces and I'd sew them together. </div>
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This time around, along with a more experienced co-costume designer from our high school drama booster days, we had to come up with costumes from scratch for Beauty and the Beast. Oh boy! Neither of us had a clue! </div>
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For 2 solid months we planned, designed, and invented costumes. </div>
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My co-designer and I made costumes for Belle, Mrs. Potts, Madam De La Grande Bouche (the wardrobe),<br />
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Cogsworth, and Lumiere.<br />
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All from scratch...out of our brains. And, besides their fantasy costumes, everyone needed an everyday costume for when they became human again. <br />
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I also spent an entire week, like it was my full time job, altering and adjusting the costumes for the town's people.<br />
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A quick shot of the set that my husband and my co-designer's husband made. Each house spun around so the inside was exposed and rolled on and off stage as needed.<br />
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I know my pictures are not a great representation of the set and costumes but I am limited to what I was given by the theater guild's PR person.<br />
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Along with being thrilled the whole thing is over I am happy to say that the state's theater association judge awarded my co-designer and myself a meritorious award for the costumes. The production only won meritorious awards...one to an actor and to the 3 leads for singing. When I asked the other actors the significance of the judging and awards they explained that they would add credentials for future jobs. Well, that's nice and all and I'm honored, but I'm ONE AND DONE! <br />
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My husband will continue helping the high school with building sets but I am just not interested in that sort of sewing. It is a good way for him to put his skills to work for the community but I'll stick with the groups I am already involved with. <br />
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While I neglected my sewing machine I did manage some cross stitch so I will gather my completed pieces and put together a post as soon as I can.<br />
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So, I will start with one of the things I showed as a WIP in my last post.<br />
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I was working on this Hinzeit piece called Washday. <br />
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While stitching it I remembered this fat quarter with clothes pins in my stash. <br />
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With the finished piece and the fabric in hand, I made a project bag. <br />
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It is made by creating a bag with the fabric which has been backed with batting. The bag is made just the slightest bit larger than a regular zipper top project bag you can buy at cross stitch shops. There was nothing scientific about the layout. I just created something that was pleasing to look at using what fabric I had and my finished piece.<br />
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When making the bag, leave the top unfinished and large enough to fold over. Hand stitch at the fold line to the zipper. <br />
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I ran around the edge on the sewing machine just to give it a finished look. <br />
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Easy Peasy. Just don't forget that you can't iron your finished bag because of the plastic project bag.<br />
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Happy Stitching.<br />
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Pam The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-11230028576430892272016-07-10T14:28:00.000-04:002016-07-10T14:28:29.292-04:00If I say it out loud......maybe it will happen. <br />
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First, before I upload pictures and ramble about some projects...I'm happy to say that the skull buttons are on their way to DebbieSFL. Congratulations! They were mailed from a little local PO yesterday.<br />
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In my previous post I mentioned kitting some projects. 'Some' being the operative word. I have been eyeball deep in costume making for a local theater guild so I have not had any time to focus on projects of my own. That means I'm at loose ends in my sewing room. When I decide to set the costumes aside and just work on something for myself I don't know what to do. So, I putter. I watch Floss Tube. I check blogs. And, I start stuff. I'm not even going to talk about the shopping. Let's just say, there are some new patterns. <br />
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This pattern caught my eye in a catalog but the kit was outrageously priced. I found the pattern and a nice piece of fabric for far less.<br />
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I had this pattern out because one of my recent ornaments came from it so I found a random piece of linen and put it all in a project bag. It is now part of the line-up. <br />
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Sometimes when I'm traveling and taking a couple projects I will kit some small pieces just in case. You know...just in case elves come and stitch for me while I sleep. Does everyone do that? Take way more projects than you could ever complete? <br />
Instant d'hiver is one of those smalls that I've carried around for a couple years.<br />
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I pulled this pattern out to stitch a small ornament so pulled the threads for the entire project. I am pretty sure the fabric was with the pattern already. I am so bad about saving the name of my linens that it's always a guessing game as to what I'm stitching on. Many-a-times I've counted threads along the edge of a ruler to try to figure out the count...let alone the manufacturer, dyer, or whatever. I guess that's just how it goes for me. After all these years I doubt I'm going to change.<br />
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Country Cottage Needlework's Christmas Carol is another project I had in my bag ready to work on if the need should arise.<br />
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Same for Little House Needlework's Ladybug.<br />
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I pulled this one out recently and assembled the threads. So many thread colors for such a small piece. I was probably looking for something summery to work on.<br />
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I know I kitted this last fall. When I pulled out the fabric I thought...what was I thinking?! It's a lovely little Solo from Silkweaver but the colors? <br />
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I don't know. I have to wonder if I was sleeping when I assembled this one. The model is stitched on 32 count over 1. The end result is a piece that's barely 3 1/2 by 3 1/2. So tiny for so many stitches. This piece of fabric is 25 count. I might replace it with a Monaco or something. My mental picture of this finished project is larger than 3 1/2 inches square. If I stitch it 2 over 2 my selected piece of fabric is too small. This reminds me...I used to get the Silkweaver 'Surprise Me' fabric of the month which is where this little piece came from. That was the best fabric of the month program. I got wonderful fabrics that I always love to stitch on. <br />
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I can't guess how this came to be kitted. It's missing two over-dyed threads. Could be I tried to get the necessary materials together but without some of the threads I just moved on to something else. That's a key detail about how I come to have so many projects kitted. I don't usually plan ahead...just see what I have the supplies for.<br />
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My need to kit another Prairie Schooler brought me to this pattern. I'm using a beautiful brown linen that is just not quite big enough so I'll leave off the border. You know how we all 'love' to stitch borders...not. I don't think I'll miss it. <br />
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Now, here's where we come to a Floss Tube enabled piece. I've had it in my stash for a few years. I just love the vintage Winter/Christmas features. A few years ago I decided to just do it...buy a Janlynn kit. Reminds me of back when cross stitch was new and Aida was commonly in kits. I'm not a fabric snob AND I can almost see Aida without a magnifier. That is a real perk when trying to travel with cross stitch. This piece is really too big for travel stitching but it's almost full coverage so the Aida detail should be lost. Maybe. Whatever. I stitch for me...not for how other people feel about the materials.<br />
(Which is another way Floss Tube has influenced me.) Lots of lovely pieces being worked on Aida.<br />
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Oh, wow. I took a picture of the little bit I started and , here on my computer, the fabric looks different colors. It's just the light hitting the one area vs the other area being shaded a bit. <br />
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This was a random start one night recently. I'd finished Murky Manor and was desperate to NOT work on something costume related. Yup. More Aida. I had a steel blue piece of linen picked out but I just couldn't decide.<br />
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I have this cute clothes pin fabric that I might use to make a project bag out of the piece so I went with the cream Aida. <br />
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When I went out to my stitching chair to get the Clothespin piece I found this in a project bag. I've had this for years, too. I love the piece of opalescent fabric. <br />
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While this is the last piece I will show...it's actually not the last piece I'm working on. Besides Jeannette Douglas's Sunshine State Sampler featured in my last post, I am working on a little piece by my upstairs stitching chair. You're just going to have to live in suspense. I forget the name but it's small so should be quick. <br />
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I started this with the intention of counting it as my June small but then I couldn't find it. Makes me a little bit crazy when I can't find something. I never lose stuff so have zero coping skills for when it does happen. Turns out it was in a new project bag. Doy. <br />
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I made this bag when I was jonsing for a sewing project but couldn't really start a quilt project due to the aforementioned costume hell. I used Vonna's tutorial on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcKataMO7Vo">Floss Tube</a>. Go ahead. Go watch. Then watch one of her regular Floss Tube videos and tell me you aren't sucked in? Tell me you didn't see something that sparked your interest and made you go find the pattern? <br />
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I just used some fabric that was left-over from a purse. I did not sew those squares together. The fabric came already pieced. I know. I could totally do that. I just didn't.<br />
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While making sure all my kits contained everything I'd need I came across this mystery box of pulled threads. Hmm. I'm usually so organized. What was this for? The box is so tidy I have trouble believe it was for a project I already stitched. Eye roll, head shake, I just don't know. <br />
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I've left it as is just in case. <br />
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So, there it is. I will try to work my way through this collection of projects and see where that lands me. <br />
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Here's hoping all the Floss Tube ladies quit showing me cool projects, patterns, and ideas. I'm weak. I'm buried in sewing projects. I wish I could show the costumes but they're not mine to post. Maybe once the show is over I can post a few. Did I mention it was Beauty and the Beast? I mean, how do you make someone into a tea pot? Or a wardrobe? A clock? Spit and hot glue and a whole lot of my sanity. <br />
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Happy Stitching.<br />
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-69294216979154278762016-07-03T13:15:00.000-04:002016-07-10T13:53:38.394-04:00The one with all the pictures. So many projects. So very many.<br />
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I don't want to give the illusion that I've actually completed THAT many projects. What I've done is kit projects, start projects, and buy projects. I did manage to finish one or two, though.<br />
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In no particular order here is what's been happening in my sewing world.<br />
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Have you heard of the paint chip challenge? It's a popular quilt guild challenge. There are various ways to put this challenge together but what we did was let people pick two paint chips from a bag and a fat quarter of fabric from another bag. All these were selected blind. People had to create something from fabric that matched the two colors on the paint chips AND incorporate the fabric they'd chosen from the bag. We were not trying to make this so hard that it took the fun out of it so we allowed people to use as much or as little of the selected fabric as they wanted and our paint chips had various shades of a color. We had such a fun time with lots of laughs as people made their choices.<br />
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My paint chips and fabric were:<br />
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Ooh, that photo isn't that great. The second card is purple..making it a nice match to my fabric swatch. The pink and orange clashed a bit but I still thought I had good colors to work with.<br />
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Here is what I came up with: <br />
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A Jar of Bugs. Such a fun little project. To some degree I just made this up. I saw something online once somewhere that I couldn't find again I printed and blew up an outline of the car and the peace sign and just went from there.<br />
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The real creativity came in trying to make the jar look like glass. <br />
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I used the same gray background fabric but wrong side up to give the illusion of looking through the glass. At the reveal party I had two people offer to buy it! I'm still enjoying it so it's not for sale. <br />
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Next up: Jeannette Douglas Designs' Sunshine State Sampler. I started this when I had no business starting something else...but here it is.<br />
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It comes with the charms and some lovely silks. The picture shows the piece stitched on a cream colored piece of fabric but I had a nice piece of sky blue even weave. Somewhere I might have the name. I really do try to save that information but sometimes a scrap of fabric gets tucked into the bin without that info.<br />
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I put it on my scroll frame...something I rarely use. I find it hard to hold or use but for a bell pull it is nice.<br />
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Progress is being made. I am trying to use strong cheaters since I'm not set up where I can use my magnifier. Sometimes it works, sometimes it makes me dizzy. <br />
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Up next...I'm excited to show a completed Murky Manor. You've all followed along as I worked away over the winter. Once I brought it home it sunk to a new level of slow-stitch but it's finally done.<br />
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An astute reader will notice that it's actually not done but it will be with just a couple dozen stitches.<br />
I thought I was done then started stitching the skull buttons on. Boy, those looked horrible. My fabric is 36 count...a higher count than called for...so the buttons looked huge and silly. I tried stitching the skulls according to the pattern and those looked just as bad. So, now I'm just stitching more of whatever is in the background behind each pillar. <br />
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You can see a couple empty pillar tops.<br />
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So, that leaves me with 6 ugly (to me) skull buttons. Anyone want them? I'll give them to the first person who asks. Just be sure to comment in the comments section, don't email me, so that others can see they're spoken for. And, don't drag this out by being a no-comment commenter then making me chase you down. <br />
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I did manage a small piece for June. Have I mentioned that I'm eyeball deep in costume making for a local theater guild? Beauty and the Beast. OMG! If you haven't seen it...the movie involves people turned into objects. There are no patterns to make someone a teapot or a bureau. I've been lucky to get a single stitch in on anything in my work pile. So, even though I finished assembling this today, I'm counting it for June.<br />
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An artistic tipping of the camera to get the parts of the photo I really wanted. The patriotic flag was a free kit included in the June 2016 magazine Cross Stitcher from the UK that I picked up at Joann's. I just roughed up the flag graph to replace the Union Jack included in the original pattern.<br />
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I also started finish-finishing an old small for June. The jury is still out as to whether this counts for June or July.<br />
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Lizzie Kate's Summer-licious... a Boxer Jr from 2006. I forgot to put my initials so I'm not sure when I stitched it but I think it was pretty close to 2006. I am working on ruching the ribbon. <br />
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Happy 4th of July....<br />
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-62083527698367654242016-07-03T10:28:00.000-04:002016-07-03T10:28:58.553-04:00Birthday girl.<div style="text-align: center;">
The baby of the house turns 20 today! </div>
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The teenage years are behind us! </div>
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While the above picture is a year old...it still works. <br />
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Time sure flies.<br />
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I have so many pictures of projects that I'll start another post today and see what I can assemble. Prepare yourselves. I've been busy.<br />
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Finally I pulled out Magic Garden Sampler by Shakespeare's Peddler. I kitted this up years ago. All the way back when we did the Crazy January Challenge back in 2011. The pattern was brand new then. While I completed all the challenge pieces, I had more kits assembled than the required number to play along. So, it's not that I didn't succeed in the challenge, I just never pulled this piece out when selecting my original 15. </div>
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This piece is another of the Jenny Bean Sampler's designed by Shakespeare's Peddler. I loved the Jenny Bean Christmas Sampler and have it beautifully framed in my dining room where it hangs year round. I enjoyed stitching every motif. But, this one? Not so much. <br />
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A quick reminder of what Jenny Bean's Christmas Sampler looks like. <br />
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The first problem I encountered was that there are two symbols missing from the key. I looked and looked online for a correction but never found one. I did find a list of threads on a retailer's website. So, from there I could figure out that the two missing colors were GA's Gingersnap and Toasted Barley. From the picture I could then determine that Gingersnap was this symbol: 0 and Toasted Barley: 5. <br />
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A pet peeve of mine with patterns that use stylized numbers to stitch the year is that they don't include the additional numbers in the event you don't completely stitch it the year it was published. It's pretty thoughtless. I just had to chart the '6' in the year 2016 the best I could. <br />
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Another thing I didn't like is that I found the colors unappealing. I guess I should take more control and change things but I couldn't always figure out what to change. I couldn't even always figure out what the object was let alone what color it should be. <br />
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I did change the flowers along the left border. They were supposed to be stitched in Onyx...the same color as the letters. I thought they were irises so I pulled every dark purple over dyed thread and ended up using Grape Arbor by Gentle Arts. <br />
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The quality of the pattern was pretty poor, too. This pattern is just on regular old printer paper so mine looks like this.<br />
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I started stitching in the dark ages. Back before every house had a copier/printer/fax. Having a pattern copied just wasn't possible if you were just a high school kid. Therefore, making a working copy has never been part of my process. I have been using this pattern for about 6 weeks. Seems like it should have been on better quality paper. <br />
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Anyhow, minus all the complaints, I'm happy to have another finish. I will stitch June's small then see what else is kitted and ready to stitch. I've had a bit of 'start-itis' lately and kitted all sorts of things and even started a couple. Those are for another day and won't be what replaces Magic Garden. <br />
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I have recently discovered Floss Tube. Thanks Lee! I am addicted and have been really inspired by some of the projects stitched by other cross stitch lovers. I have to blame Floss Tube on some of the mistakes leading to frogging on this Jenny Bean project. Once I discover someone new I want to watch them from the beginning until the current day. So fun to see their projects develop in warp speed. But, oh, what a time eater! At first I tried to only watch when on my treadmill but there are simply too many stitchers 'talking' their blogs for that. Having so many posts to catch up on might mean a bumper year for cross stitch projects for me. <br />
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PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-5875334769219420502016-06-04T11:57:00.001-04:002016-06-04T11:57:58.598-04:00Summer comes.With the start of summer I have a patriotic table cloth quilt ready to enjoy. <br />
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This was a spur of the moment start when I really had no business starting something new. I guess I just wanted to work on something patriotic. It took me about 2 weeks to complete. I actually thought it would be quicker. Naturally!<br />
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The pattern is called Summer Picnic by Hen House Designs. When I looked online to see if I could link it the etsy shop appears to no longer offer it. Sorry. It's been in my stash for a few years. <br />
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I am late at getting to the rhubarb this spring. Of course, it was snowing as recently as May 15th and cold enough prior to that. Then it was close to 100 last weekend. Finally, we are enjoying some spring/summer so I got busy with some rhubarb jam.<br />
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This is such a simple jam. Rhubarb, sugar, and pectin. It makes a small batch so everything is manageable. I will probably make another one or two. We don't actually eat that much jam but I like having it on hand for little gifts or for making oatmeal jam bars. Or toast. Or thumb print cookies. Ice cream? If I ate it, yes! <br />
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<span id="goog_1576840964"></span><span id="goog_1576840965"></span>PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-26979058558501943872016-05-30T10:30:00.002-04:002016-05-30T10:35:46.850-04:00Month end update.I have so many pictures. Hopefully, unlike last time, I can get them all to cooperate and I won't have to put any off until another time.<br />
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This first one...my update on HEAD's Vibrant Vista...had to be taken out of my last post because it would not move. I've only stitched one page. Or, almost one page. I had to throw in the towel on the tree. There were just too many odd little stitches that should be easier to work when I am stitching the page below. I also read that a line or ridge can appear when leaving off at the edge of a page so I've left a jagged line along the right side and bottom. I am planning to move across the top first. <br />
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I will pick this up again when I finish Murky Manor. <br />
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I also finished my monthly small which was really 3 smalls.<br />
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These are This & That's Merry Mini's #2. <br />
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I finished each a little differently. The mittens, once complete, had a large blank spot so I looked through my buttons and couldn't resist this little clay penguin. <br />
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Great centering skills while photographing!<br />
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My next item...a finish-finish is Bent Creek's Reindeer Snow Globe. It really hasn't been in my unfinished pile for long...maybe a year. A virtual infant. I made a simple pattern on a piece of paper towel (I don't know...it was handy? the right size?) and made an easel back flat fold. <br />
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More fabulous photo skills...a close up of the ribbon. I bought this for another project that hasn't been unearthed from my pile but they were just right for the snow globe. <br />
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Another Florida finish that I finally quilted...Moda's Frivol's #7. The fabric is Songbird Gatherings by Primitive Gatherings. I've never met a Primitive Gatherings fabric I did not like. The pattern name is 'Heart'. I'm not real sure how that relates to the fabric or the end result but there you have it.<br />
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The quilting is unimpressive. Just a flower. I was trying to soften all the sharp points of the 1.5 million half square triangles.<br />
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Finally...finally...the last of a year long table runner-of-the-month program from 12 years ago! <br />
It took me 8 or 9 years to make this one and another couple to actually quilt it. I have distributed the various patterns to whomever wanted them so I don't even know the name...just that the patterns were by Cotton Way. <br />
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The quilting is a string of gingerbread boys and girls. I quilted them one way then turned them upside down and did the other half. Here is where their heads meet.<br />
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I am making my way through many more projects and even have another Frivols just off the long arm. It is just beautiful but you'll have to wait until next time after the binding is on. <br />
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PamThe Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-38026408969735858252016-05-17T11:37:00.000-04:002016-05-17T11:37:56.781-04:00Playing catch up with tons of pictures. I really did have a small finish for April. All the way finished, too.<br />
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This free pattern from The Drawn Thread is called Four Fat Friends. I didn't always use the called for threads. Sometimes the dye lot of the over dyed threads just didn't work quite right so I dug through my collection and just picked out something that would.<br />
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I finished it with a bit of this vintage lace I found at an antique mall. (Below a couple pictures are the three trims I bought.)<br />
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Four Fat Friends is currently displayed with some other bird themed pieces. One being this free pattern from years and years ago. The pattern and designer name is long lost. It was a challenge offered by my local needlework shop. I added the nest using random wools. The robin is stitched with wool and I can see it is going by the way of the other pieces I showed a few months back.<br />
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Can you see how the fiber is dissolving away? So sad.<br />
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Here are the three trims I bought. They were each $1.00 or $2.00. I think I need to go get more. To my road trip buddies...if you're reading this...we need to head to the town where I bought my machine and include a stop at a fun antique mall tucked into no-man's land that I'd never find on my own! <br />
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The piece I pulled out of my pile of unfinished finishes was this Camp Wannasew pattern by Erica Michael's exclusively for The Silver Needle's sewing retreat. I left the words 'Camp Wannasew' off the bottom. <br />
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I've had this pattern kitted up for years. I was going to disassemble it but then thought I really did like the woodsy look of the cabin. It is currently tucked on the tree where I am accumulating all the ornaments for the year. It really isn't an ornament, though. <br />
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In the world of all things guilty...I've finished another Frivols. Month 3/Eliza's Indigo Frivols.<br />
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I pieced this in Florida, took one look at it and thought it was uglier than ugly. I folded it up and brought it home. As I attempt to quilt everything in the quilt line-up I put it on the machine and did the cutest little Baptist fan...which is my current favorite quilt pattern.<br />
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As ugly as I thought the top was, I did really like the backing.<br />
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Well, the jokes on me because here it is on my living room area rug.<br />
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Stitching and sewing have been sparse. I've made 6 quilt tops for the charity group I work with. We will break for summer soon so those can go on the back burner for now.<br />
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I am slowing stitching away on a couple pieces I will show eventually.<br />
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Probably most of us know that the younger crowd isn't as taken with the same style of quilts that we like. It's all about 'modern'. But, where does one begin when choosing a quilt that's 'modern'? Even 'modern' has different styles. All I can think of are solid colors with lots of strips or rectangles. Blah. </div>
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She likes nautical things and the color blue. So, I chose a white fabric with navy anchors and a navy batik. </div>
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I backed it with a paisley gray and quilted it with an anchor motif. The whole time I was quilting it and sewing on the binding I swore I would never make another queen size quilt. The quilting/binding job is just endless. No reflection on the worthiness of my niece...I'm just saying! </div>
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I have been negligent about posting my cross stitch smalls for April. I really did stitch and finish something plus finish-finished a small I stitched around Christmas. I also made a couple more Moda Frivols and even have two quilted. One of these days I will get some pictures taken and posted. The suspense will kill ya, I'm sure. </div>
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This little sweetie turns 25 today!<br />
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The Scholar...who is no longer a student but a teacher of students. She was a couple months shy of her 3rd birthday in this picture. <br />
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<br />The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-64622868044753234792016-04-27T18:07:00.000-04:002016-04-27T18:07:08.246-04:00Wrapping up Phase 2: The bathroom.The bathroom remodel was as done as it was going to get while I was in Florida. We are missing the shower door and walls....which have been measured and ordered...and a vanity top and sink. Surprisingly, in this day of modern tools...for example a RIGHT ANGLE...the wall that forms the water closet does not form a 90' angle with the outside wall of the house. Go figure. So, the vanity top by that wall needed to be templated so it is taking longer than the other one. <br />
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While picture arranging isn't working out so well....here are some before and after shots.<br />
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I can reach the blind cord without having to climb into the tub. Yeah!<br />
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Ironically, we saw lots of houses with no door to the master bathroom. What's that all about? Seriously? If nothing else, the bathroom gets cold being all wide open like that. Brrr. During the winter, when it really isn't all that warm in Florida, I'd turn the heat up just so there would be warm air coming out of the ceiling vent when getting out of the shower. </div>
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There are more jobs on the list but I'm not sure what exactly will be next. Possibly some windows and sliders. Or maybe one or the other as they will be huge jobs. We have 4 sliders and floor to ceiling windows. Step by step.</div>
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The Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947689944260778228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400909494955591640.post-8300106414677979052016-04-19T08:36:00.000-04:002016-04-19T08:36:36.078-04:00The end of week 1 brings us to this......both vanities are in and the shower wall is taking shape.<br />
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This side is still waiting for the sink and counter top.<br />
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The electric work is complete and the walls have been retextured.<br />
It's the texture that hasn't dried yet that looks gray.<br />
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Finally, a working door.<br />
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Tiling has begun but there are tools everywhere and tarps draped all over so we'll have to wait for new photos. </div>
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