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Yesterday’s labor

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Terri | Comments Off

I’ve added some Au Fil des Reves kits to my Sale page. I’ve included photos for them since they’re no longer in print and it’s hard to find photos online. There is currently one person interested in them, but until she gets back to me I’m not going to mark them as pending.

Here’s where I am in my newest quilting project. I won’t be able to show a finished photo until the end of July since it’s a gift.

It was great spending so much time in front of the machine yesterday and my shoulders were actually stiff last night which proved to me that it’s been far too long. Must not let that happen again. I have many projects cut, I just need to sit my backside down and get to sewing!

I’m off to my Jo Morton Little Women Club meeting today. I’m woefully behind in these, but they’re on my long list of WIPs that I’ll be working my way through soon. One more box to unpack and put away.

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Playing with fabric

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Terri | 2 comments

Mister got the light and power plug put up on my new cutting table arrangement yesterday. It’s so much more user-friendly than what I was using. I can actually see the lines on my ruler now without having to put my nose 6″ from the ruler! I still need to hide the cords and put up my ruler holder but that’s a project for next week (maybe).

Today I’m playing with the fabric you see up above. I’ve cut the layer cake into 2″ x 6″ strips and what I’m not using is going to a Annette who’s going to make a coordinating project with it.

Hoping to get my little project finished by Thursday so I can take it into the shop and hunt for the perfect binding. Something in red!

This mean I get to subtract 3.5 yards from my stash!

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Halfway there

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Terri | Comments Off

First off, Happy Fathers’ Day to all of the dads! I sent my dad a card this year and received a sweet text from him yesterday saying he’s received my “beautiful card.” I always have such a hard time picking out cards for people. I’m waiting until a little later this afternoon to call him since he usually spends days like this with my brother and sisters (and their families) in Louisiana (where everyone but me lives). I had planned on taking Mister out for a late lunch today but he has decided he’d rather have homemade grilled burgers and slaw. So I’m off to the store to get the ingredients.

But before I head out I wanted to post a quick progress report, for my own need to see that I’m making progress more than anything else. I’m tired of fabric! My hands are so dry (and kind of dirty) feeling after hand ironing for two days. This morning I unfolded and refolded 3 of these drawers.

What you see in there are the plaids I still need to cut into for Son’s quilt and they’re going to stay right there until I cut them and put the rest into the cabinet.

So from last night to this morning:

The box on the bottom shelf (in the right photo) is really 2 boxes deep. I need to pull the one in the back out and refold all the fat quarters that are in there. But not right now.

So while there was no fabric brought in and no fabric used, at least I now am figuring out just exactly what fabric I have!

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Posted in Decorating, Studio

Contest prizes

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Terri | 4 comments

The last couple of days have brought in the prizes from the contests I mentioned here and here.

I’ll share the fabric from Andover first, because I’m going to be an ungrateful contest winner and whine a little about the other prize 😉

From Andover I received 10 (2 of each line) of their version of charm packs. They don’t sell charms packs to the public, just give them to designers, and contestants (at least that’s what I’ve been told by a couple of fabric designers). The charm packs were, from left to right, Renee Nanneman of Need’l Love Black Magic and Linen Closet, Jamie Kalvestran Chickadee, and Jo Morton Blue Variety and Madison Manor.

and 14 FQs from the new Jo Morton Savannah line.

I was doing the new-fabric-boogy in my kitchen after I opened the box and saw the great fabric and let out a “whoop” when I saw Savannah!

Doesn’t it look nice on my Jo Morton shelf!

Before I share the other contest let me say that I NEVER enter a contest just because it’s there. I only enter contests (or use grocery store coupons 😉 ) for items I know I would use/buy anyway.

In the Quiltmaker Contest I was expecting to receive only one of the books shown in the contest since we were asked to comment on what our favorite of the group was (I chose Diamond Traditions). Here’s what the site says about the giveaway (they lined out after winners were chosen):

How about a giveaway? I’d love to send these to Quilty Pleasures readers. ~~Please leave a comment here before midnight on Tuesday, June 4 and tell me which one looks most interesting to you. I’ll choose winners mid-week and post them here. Good luck!~~

I would have been happy with any of them.

Here’s where I start to sound like an ungrateful winner. Not a single one of the books mentioned in the post were received by me. All 3 of the books I received have 2012 copyright dates. Only 1 of the books would I have even contemplated buying.

I wrote an email to the person who contacted me about being a winner and thanked her for the books, and told her I wanted to make sure that I had not been mixed up in another contest because I had received 3 books instead of just 1, and that none of the books I had received were mentioned in the contest. This was on Wednesday. I’ll give her until Wednesday to reply, then will decide what to do with the unwanteds.

Am I ungrateful?

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Still working away on my studio

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Terri | Comments Off

and feel like I keep running up against “won’t work.” 🙁 I spent almost all day refolding fabric. Once I got the cabinet cleared out enough for Mister to install the doors, they won’t all fit! So, this is what I’m looking at for now. (Naturally he purchased them long enough ago that we can’t return them.)

Now I need to load it back up and decide how I’m going to arrange everything since I know I have more fabric than what will fit on those 3 shelves. I hate it when a plan falls apart. I’m trying to decide if I’m just going to hide part of my stash, or remove the doors altogether.

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Another contest

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Terri | 2 comments

Last week, when I was supposed to be doing something productive instead of cruising the internet, I submitted this photo as an entry in a fabric contest.

Yesterday, I received an email from Andover Fabrics that I won!

Voila!

P.S. The glass powder room fixtures have arrived, so I have to get busy supervising Mister 😉

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I’ve been busy!

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Terri | 4 comments

Haha. I disappeared again, didn’t I. I have a good excuse, or rather several of them. They all fall under “I’ve been busy.”

I’ve been busy taking Petite Mexican Sampler to the framer.

I’ve been busy taking care of the yard and veggie garden while Mister went to California to surf and visit with Son for 12 days.

I’ve been busy stitching on And They Sinned.

I’ve been busy going to my Jo Morton Little Women Club meeting and buying more fabric for the next quilt.

Jo Morton yellow, blacks, and oranges

I’ve been busy buying more fabric. Period 😀

Jo Morton various 1/2 yard cuts

New quilt project

I’ve been busy snuggling puppies.

Harley and Jasper being Harley and Jasper

I’ve been busy ripping things off the wall of my downstairs powder room and installing a new mirror and small cabinet, and ordering new glass rod towel bar and tissue holder. (I’ll be busy putting the new holders up, then pulling everything down, patching old holes, then painting and putting everything back up as soon as those holders come in 😉 )

I’ve been busy reading the latest Black Dagger Brotherhood book.

I’ve been busy out by the pool since our temps are consistently 105+ everyday.

I was busy learning what a geek I am while volunteering for Phoenix Comicon over the Memorial Day weekend.

Hung out here a lot when not on “duty.” There was tons of interesting things going on here.

I’ve been busy winning a contest on the Quiltmaker blog.

I’ve been busy taking an applique class.

I’ve been busy tearing my craft room apart.

I’ve been busy rearranging furniture.

I’m supposed to be busy putting it back to rights right now, but decided to do this instead.

I’ve been busy pulling more things to add to my sale page, both stitching and quilting books.

and

I’ve been busy getting a part-time job at my local quilt shop!

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Weekly update and next week’s goals

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Terri | 1 comment

While I didn’t go out and buy anymore fabric since my last post, 2 small quilt kits I ordered from Main Street Cotton Shop, prior to that, did arrive. Warm Memories and Mountain Trails (in the blue colorway). They’re added to my journal.

The fabric I mentioned I might or might not buy (in this post) didn’t get bought. I did look at fabric and decided that what I want to use will still be there when I get some of my ‘to-do’ list taken care of. I am still following the quilt-along instructions and making sure they get saved for when I’m ready for them. So, yay to me for not buying more.

I also didn’t pin Petite Mexican Sampler. I’ve decided to take it to a new-to-me framer on Monday and let him work his magic.

So where am I on this week’s goals?

April 29 – May 5

Choose and cut fabrics for October JMLW Club (I forgot I needed to create a template for this quilt so I did that instead. This will roll over to next week).
Pull plaids for J’s quilt (Pulled and started cutting – photo below).
Begin piecing stars on JMLW Blueberry Muffins (Nope)
pick fabric for Sampler Ladies sampler (Nope)
stitch on And They Sinned (Nope)

I didn’t even take And They Sinned out of the bag, so I guess if I stitch this week, it will be on that.

The picture is really dark because it’s black fabric in the background. I wish you could see how bright a couple of the squares look IRL. I believe that’s from 20 different fabrics (2 squares each) and I still have a whole lot more to cut. This fabric comes from all over the world. I participated in an exchange while I was living in Japan and I swapped Japanese fabric for these.

May 6 – 12

Choose and cut fabrics for October JMLW Club
Continue cutting plaids for J’s quilt
Begin piecing stars on JMLW Blueberry Muffins
pick fabric for Sampler Ladies sampler
stitch on And They Sinned

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Quilt Stash Busting

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Terri | 3 comments

23 3/8 yards.

That’s the amount of fabric I purchased (that I can remember) in April.

23 3/8 yards!

What does that include? Background for a quilt for my son; background and 1/2 yard cuts for niece’s quilt, 2 layer cakes and background for quilt for me (which during this venture I figured out I probably didn’t purchase enough of the background); 1/2 yard backing for JMLW Blueberry Muffins; layer cake for a secret project; 5 FQs to start hexing a grandmother’s flower garden; and, a jelly roll originally intended for son’s quilt.

23 3/8 yards.

Edited to add: I flipped over my calendar to May this morning to schedule an appointment and this is what I found 😉