tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59944015060603842952024-03-16T12:48:48.391-07:00Ridge Top QuiltsTotes, handbags, quilts and patterns...Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-16136695320662951612024-03-15T17:22:00.000-07:002024-03-15T17:22:58.785-07:00On my sewing table<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And what a messy table it is! Hello Everyone,</b></span><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>As you can see, I have a few projects on going here. Having lots of fun with them all.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwM31-pKrnkFJ2nB5xYX63vPvaUc0ovfqNDdzPBa5lZIAgumo43oO35RP0yCIUMuQjhnag1-W5Cv_nFUkgA70sE20Hl1CfnrFFoPn3hrnq8SaqsI0KK00Jx2bCebPol3pGZWe0x63na3zOO5E1f1nvV4PzvdRTnlNpg8_i2mLajBpnkdBFAkU5hQcaE70/s800/projects1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="800" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwM31-pKrnkFJ2nB5xYX63vPvaUc0ovfqNDdzPBa5lZIAgumo43oO35RP0yCIUMuQjhnag1-W5Cv_nFUkgA70sE20Hl1CfnrFFoPn3hrnq8SaqsI0KK00Jx2bCebPol3pGZWe0x63na3zOO5E1f1nvV4PzvdRTnlNpg8_i2mLajBpnkdBFAkU5hQcaE70/w640-h504/projects1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>This one is the scrappy mystery project from<a href="https://www.makingscrappyquilts.com/category/mystery-quilts-2/scraps-galore-2024/" target="_blank"> Charlotte Hawks Quilts.</a> This is only one of the blocks we have done so far.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UnJjlKyfC8_uPNWgTysmIY_OQ5T2CSzi5SARNUX1niShxygaQBDhTqjuZZuVEyBVEFEKzjWUNiTrSKJ5_5Lb_73fBWq2z_V_m9o4dxEeRndf89nQ-APM6ts-N5iWMadHB9cgqgNkE-iEzJJeWJdf3Mu0gtCuVlNcvBr5EJ9Ev2cePDk07CaFl-b9rEaC/s800/projects2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="800" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UnJjlKyfC8_uPNWgTysmIY_OQ5T2CSzi5SARNUX1niShxygaQBDhTqjuZZuVEyBVEFEKzjWUNiTrSKJ5_5Lb_73fBWq2z_V_m9o4dxEeRndf89nQ-APM6ts-N5iWMadHB9cgqgNkE-iEzJJeWJdf3Mu0gtCuVlNcvBr5EJ9Ev2cePDk07CaFl-b9rEaC/w640-h542/projects2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>I'm working on clue #3 right now. It's fun playing with all these scraps!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>This lovely pile of fabrics is Buttercup and Slate, by <a href="https://corianderquilts.com/category/coriander-quilts-patterns/" target="_blank">Corey Yoder.</a> And the bottom blue is from Corey also, it's from her Peachy Keen line. My best online quilting buddy, Pat from the<a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> scrapatch</a>, gifted it to me :) It's the perfect background for those lovey grays, yellows and greens.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPvrYhzgUKN2LMKDi5l3QN946nnpn0_yBr5UnkK6DDYGq3_y9bYn2ZIF3zmQbNszo4L2E1wfFugvakOfkjs12NP0pKwlxZLHLEFryUVRW92zbNFkqaDwKbrk8S8BRvPqPlE_jVBK4UxYP76gc2ilCcdnLF4dl-m0nlieZNSFQMbhTpedU65H39qJze-3-/s848/projects4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPvrYhzgUKN2LMKDi5l3QN946nnpn0_yBr5UnkK6DDYGq3_y9bYn2ZIF3zmQbNszo4L2E1wfFugvakOfkjs12NP0pKwlxZLHLEFryUVRW92zbNFkqaDwKbrk8S8BRvPqPlE_jVBK4UxYP76gc2ilCcdnLF4dl-m0nlieZNSFQMbhTpedU65H39qJze-3-/w604-h640/projects4.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><br /><b>I'm using the above stack in<a href="https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/blog/categories/birthday-quilt-2024" target="_blank"> Edyta Sitars birthday mystery quilt</a>. Here is my stack of the first 10 blocks.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEyYg-XT-DkIzAD_zsoyTr8oVcD3R3OBGiyy_-1PaHNW2Lcdp98jvScIpVFsTp9Ibkpq6VR42vNUKFeKLC2LJQI-mzQ5D7NFu4TZqQDdOSXHg56RbXbRkH8a3vGybaJflb0Ku-rtPqUJuhepkcVuEvC83ttLMCN1AyFG0iyDawg-C_EcEhZLGLXXG2XzV/s800/projects3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="800" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEyYg-XT-DkIzAD_zsoyTr8oVcD3R3OBGiyy_-1PaHNW2Lcdp98jvScIpVFsTp9Ibkpq6VR42vNUKFeKLC2LJQI-mzQ5D7NFu4TZqQDdOSXHg56RbXbRkH8a3vGybaJflb0Ku-rtPqUJuhepkcVuEvC83ttLMCN1AyFG0iyDawg-C_EcEhZLGLXXG2XzV/w640-h578/projects3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Edyta is doing one block a week, for most the year. So my first sample type quilt. There is some embroidery blocks thrown in as bonus blocks too.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>This sweet pile is for a project bag swap we are doing on the<a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/forum/" target="_blank"> QATW forum.</a> I am loving how this is turning out!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdd22IQoLFF-aUpeQ1xkmLqiO2JBpDwQECo6JhNXXNGK1WJSIH0K57ZAB74DMJtXKvm18QR3dL_iEZt_myECuLlc8LfTy8KrYJFRaFQy-5_7Ju4mcLnmhWvr18MiNLcKwft_T3NzcilZTGNv3eamG2u0IRYt5leobGzrzZ2lXidK5t0FmpB1EYySDxWhV/s777/projects5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="777" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdd22IQoLFF-aUpeQ1xkmLqiO2JBpDwQECo6JhNXXNGK1WJSIH0K57ZAB74DMJtXKvm18QR3dL_iEZt_myECuLlc8LfTy8KrYJFRaFQy-5_7Ju4mcLnmhWvr18MiNLcKwft_T3NzcilZTGNv3eamG2u0IRYt5leobGzrzZ2lXidK5t0FmpB1EYySDxWhV/w640-h432/projects5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><b>I am not so happy with this next project. I started doing it EPP fashion, but was unhappy with my whip stitching, so took it out and sewed it together with my machine. As you can see, the outer ring is a bit bigger than it should be, it's just basted on, so it will be easy to take off and see if I can fix it. Not sure how though...</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/forum/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></a><span style="color: #38761d;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/forum/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftI-yo-dWUWjGFTLCcjzv9p8MI80Im8h2zfPJq3dYic-R96a7gGiz9y0_Xf57adF-jFYTgK5fI_j2Fm0v-HDPCd7GAH-awc9aVZdZJ-Kx7IK-9p2a5OX2_a7GcCeVrxeYG3-JizvLkzy5Y2qd_reeijqBacTdpJKqfKO7khSMiF3zwiA_JqDLkgBL939g/s800/projects6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="800" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftI-yo-dWUWjGFTLCcjzv9p8MI80Im8h2zfPJq3dYic-R96a7gGiz9y0_Xf57adF-jFYTgK5fI_j2Fm0v-HDPCd7GAH-awc9aVZdZJ-Kx7IK-9p2a5OX2_a7GcCeVrxeYG3-JizvLkzy5Y2qd_reeijqBacTdpJKqfKO7khSMiF3zwiA_JqDLkgBL939g/w640-h490/projects6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>This is called Sugar plum by Judy Newman. The rose is going to be the middle and then there will be some outer pieces to make the block square. I can see I need to be better at my 1/4 inch seams...I'm guessing that's why my outer block came out larger than it should be. Pat had some template material and she generously traced the shapes out for me and sent the templates along. She rightly thought that this would be an intriqueing block for me :)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm enjoying some lovely sunny days. I get afternoon sun in my sewing room and I love sitting in there with the radio softly playing, while I play with my fabric.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Have a lovely weekend! And thanks for stopping by.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dorian</b></div><b><br /></b></span><b><br /></b></span></div>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-48460100423383012402024-02-11T12:34:00.000-08:002024-02-11T12:34:26.673-08:00A scrappy New Year<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Good morning Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I can't believe it's already into Feb. The days are just flying by, although they are not busy days. How does that work? lol So a Happy belated New Year to you all, I hope it's a good one for you.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I've been working with my scraps a lot lately. It started at the end of last year with these little 9-patches.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQ2mXoROB_IIZtGAL9-Nuf0jnBF5RvPOsFA50ofTTN5_WdRUMKKlimVCl1astjwnbbSjwmDi536Hu4Ekn1_JV2iyFt8D39JYLtjRWQoQoy82Itgm8Gwm9QZwz6QC-DCI6aVKFzaXq0duNFXbgqMLwf4oITCMXToEi1NcEIh9NCLew_CCWvLWPZuoKdT1F/s788/scrappy%209patch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="788" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQ2mXoROB_IIZtGAL9-Nuf0jnBF5RvPOsFA50ofTTN5_WdRUMKKlimVCl1astjwnbbSjwmDi536Hu4Ekn1_JV2iyFt8D39JYLtjRWQoQoy82Itgm8Gwm9QZwz6QC-DCI6aVKFzaXq0duNFXbgqMLwf4oITCMXToEi1NcEIh9NCLew_CCWvLWPZuoKdT1F/w640-h518/scrappy%209patch.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>These are made with my 1.5" square scraps. I had made a little lap quilt with some black scraps earlier last year, and wanted to work with them some more.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>With this pattern, I wanted to see if I could use up some of my triangle scraps. I have a lot of these, and tend to just leave them in a baggie and not use them. But most of my triangle scraps were the wrong size for this design. So I used some larger squares and cut them on the diagonal, matching the colors in the 9-patch.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiBQ0FNytsdL2fg13xAu5n2TMdSF_og4_8c49TQPe-UlZ1XLuzJNaQN73pKqei_EiHzmegcrE88rpEjHrxi8aTlnZ4P3Yb5CunK_shrSooMk_nUarEKDUiBIR4SPrR_63vhrj2F3qaTxgd33Ac_zDHKc4wtwoNYeYAWUKof1gNK1kNuth2NwOEnxKZIls/s800/scrappy%209patch2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="800" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiBQ0FNytsdL2fg13xAu5n2TMdSF_og4_8c49TQPe-UlZ1XLuzJNaQN73pKqei_EiHzmegcrE88rpEjHrxi8aTlnZ4P3Yb5CunK_shrSooMk_nUarEKDUiBIR4SPrR_63vhrj2F3qaTxgd33Ac_zDHKc4wtwoNYeYAWUKof1gNK1kNuth2NwOEnxKZIls/w640-h616/scrappy%209patch2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This is also a small lap size. With a border it would make a nice wheel chair sized quilt. I was happy to use the last of this beautiful black with flowers fabric scrap on the outside.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAQKkGo_4_0zCuIslUMYVrbcmRF0wwqgeY4Gj3yMADCsz5N75iQM_tGqDClgn4s3w0IsA7qu0_dyk8DVe9PR5JSCtMidMbJeSgXJWpZHNDEGglJRlqftgtXal4CDrm6gBRGMflAcQ_mB_xl_je7VciFhmD6nJK_lk-cDE0SlOCD1wQsXUapq3E8CFJAqW/s800/scrappy%209patch3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="800" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAQKkGo_4_0zCuIslUMYVrbcmRF0wwqgeY4Gj3yMADCsz5N75iQM_tGqDClgn4s3w0IsA7qu0_dyk8DVe9PR5JSCtMidMbJeSgXJWpZHNDEGglJRlqftgtXal4CDrm6gBRGMflAcQ_mB_xl_je7VciFhmD6nJK_lk-cDE0SlOCD1wQsXUapq3E8CFJAqW/w640-h452/scrappy%209patch3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Then I took out these tiny triangle scraps.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWazggH8EyIY5cHG9lR4A_YTINt37_TMn8FATmYLqoj6V7sZWdCFLV6_hBAhSpokx33bca7xetDOnphulqi3ZiHJ7sbSJZqPhSjp-Cx_Ga1JUj48Tdnfrg_TA7RUiaKU8JB8K52eDkSf7jjGPI75_B0pf1VL_oSnHxV6hLhOnj6v7Kh0Zo_LH8z2fqTIhv/s484/scrappyHSTs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="484" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWazggH8EyIY5cHG9lR4A_YTINt37_TMn8FATmYLqoj6V7sZWdCFLV6_hBAhSpokx33bca7xetDOnphulqi3ZiHJ7sbSJZqPhSjp-Cx_Ga1JUj48Tdnfrg_TA7RUiaKU8JB8K52eDkSf7jjGPI75_B0pf1VL_oSnHxV6hLhOnj6v7Kh0Zo_LH8z2fqTIhv/w640-h586/scrappyHSTs.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>These are from a quilt a few years ago that used a square put on the corner of a larger square, and made a triangle in the corner. Like when doing a snowball block. The white with swirls is from my favorite Sweetwater line, so I couldn't throw them away :) Once trimmed, they are 1.5" HST's.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXE8t5G3C0xQrxmGyVsXuDg21a_FPzhtkhcwR9nMBC3P-OZEghXBAeD5GLOd83dUdHnR8cAJzUvDLlcZf9GTPNsERF-1ypDi8V3ZkjMUKsMWRtAqj2zknqHXUryjgBAxO3AbA5YvHa0f1NbAXCUFvC9w-tTevBglVpzAhitrlL9CBM5ic9rqxym32vhSRY/s800/scrappyHSTs4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="800" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXE8t5G3C0xQrxmGyVsXuDg21a_FPzhtkhcwR9nMBC3P-OZEghXBAeD5GLOd83dUdHnR8cAJzUvDLlcZf9GTPNsERF-1ypDi8V3ZkjMUKsMWRtAqj2zknqHXUryjgBAxO3AbA5YvHa0f1NbAXCUFvC9w-tTevBglVpzAhitrlL9CBM5ic9rqxym32vhSRY/w640-h432/scrappyHSTs4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I was going to make them into a mug rug. I was going to keep it for myself, something sweet to look at. But then, as I was sewing, the little pieces said they wanted to be part of something else....</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I then had to add a pretty little flower and butterfly... I love adding bits of embroidery/applique to things.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_y8IWRyHBEJSAEcePdCU5U_C_fb8DLUrD1dbumBogCtRbuW7rkea5cem3bPOPhZBWIZZthywk7RUJbsOyDvdCzPRx0rCC9uQIAdOcStqPe_RS01BcDDMS16nqWHeizlUP0CTKl9R7SbsKLFb-qJouuH4W43VWZ2OfbFpxmdcqFQM9WhxXnF5WaWVy-liy/s800/scrappyHSTs6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_y8IWRyHBEJSAEcePdCU5U_C_fb8DLUrD1dbumBogCtRbuW7rkea5cem3bPOPhZBWIZZthywk7RUJbsOyDvdCzPRx0rCC9uQIAdOcStqPe_RS01BcDDMS16nqWHeizlUP0CTKl9R7SbsKLFb-qJouuH4W43VWZ2OfbFpxmdcqFQM9WhxXnF5WaWVy-liy/w640-h440/scrappyHSTs6.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>then I turned it into this sweet little bag. Side 1</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU0OArEwaFpeQhkzDGos2B7n5oKIHfCcSa1m9mvxG78ePmKXtgNpgkeIuCZIlLxGWKT_Gs9iEnBoSBcqZGaxwn5g2Pjv1k8SKfFblQbFnfybt4fb4osgqosLCTKWdMoeUczaIoNBIWvhdGKDRhJNc-m38koVqhTSinpTDL7mWAYqG_0tllo1PT_iAHWJ3/s800/scrappyHSTs3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="800" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU0OArEwaFpeQhkzDGos2B7n5oKIHfCcSa1m9mvxG78ePmKXtgNpgkeIuCZIlLxGWKT_Gs9iEnBoSBcqZGaxwn5g2Pjv1k8SKfFblQbFnfybt4fb4osgqosLCTKWdMoeUczaIoNBIWvhdGKDRhJNc-m38koVqhTSinpTDL7mWAYqG_0tllo1PT_iAHWJ3/w640-h472/scrappyHSTs3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Side 2</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGq_MM-NmGZhJVrxcJccW1JJxFwJV5OlGs2-tkayhNE8PwsFSIsiI8UksbkYAa0969bCVlLBOf04RrQCDxT3Xx7fKDKigUUyw-X76S3tlpqJ8aGQbQMb6lNUkhoha7k4zUmeTWec59miwWEPLbK2gMU2t61-Vqz0rE1CII6VLFIgCF9Iw1onaFO6JBWTrR/s800/scrappyHSTs2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGq_MM-NmGZhJVrxcJccW1JJxFwJV5OlGs2-tkayhNE8PwsFSIsiI8UksbkYAa0969bCVlLBOf04RrQCDxT3Xx7fKDKigUUyw-X76S3tlpqJ8aGQbQMb6lNUkhoha7k4zUmeTWec59miwWEPLbK2gMU2t61-Vqz0rE1CII6VLFIgCF9Iw1onaFO6JBWTrR/w640-h500/scrappyHSTs2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>And now it has some yummy sweet treats in it, and is going to be flying off to live with a dear friend instead of staying home with me :)</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I love making little gifts like this.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I also decided to make the scrappy mystery quilt from<a href="https://www.makingscrappyquilts.com/category/mystery-quilts-2/scraps-galore-2024/" target="_blank"> Charlotte Hawks</a>. She is using lots of triangles. I was, again, hoping to use some of my scrappy triangles, but mostly the triangles the pattern uses are much larger then what I have saved. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>But that's ok, as I have lots of under 1/4 yard scraps that are easily cut into these triangles.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDp_ElnDlvXN_fzHFdFoFAB9Gl2NgBM0YtuyLCZUAxWU3sOHpcl8XON2w_dyRPk7h_EIXHPQ_lc7zg1V0u1YobVpj8gzjf_yD6kcRi7xtNOa2KULzoGfDZtScAxLxpvmTx_LLLu0xyZaPBq6OwAKzkNTS4I7J5QZieWVbo-LMuHyVIQR2_TbwMBXoT0Eo/s800/scrappymystery.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="800" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDp_ElnDlvXN_fzHFdFoFAB9Gl2NgBM0YtuyLCZUAxWU3sOHpcl8XON2w_dyRPk7h_EIXHPQ_lc7zg1V0u1YobVpj8gzjf_yD6kcRi7xtNOa2KULzoGfDZtScAxLxpvmTx_LLLu0xyZaPBq6OwAKzkNTS4I7J5QZieWVbo-LMuHyVIQR2_TbwMBXoT0Eo/w640-h606/scrappymystery.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This is the first blocks. Very scrappy. The red and the dar</b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">k gray are the constants, something to mellow out all the scrappiness a bit.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9krEWG_XsUzeI7_1cz-XurkQ55isx6sAzPx8mWt8FDHWubiV5-035AyeMEw7o02MQM3FIMepwdYYn1lBsPFUEsv6i5LKZdmRZ05AfC2_8zPGunLRT275FXEpMBLcb3BKkxNCZjsWBrKgspzQxUQ1Y0ahONOlDQdlL9Tef_CKbyYURpc7zV6LBlY11IIao/s800/scrappymystery2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9krEWG_XsUzeI7_1cz-XurkQ55isx6sAzPx8mWt8FDHWubiV5-035AyeMEw7o02MQM3FIMepwdYYn1lBsPFUEsv6i5LKZdmRZ05AfC2_8zPGunLRT275FXEpMBLcb3BKkxNCZjsWBrKgspzQxUQ1Y0ahONOlDQdlL9Tef_CKbyYURpc7zV6LBlY11IIao/w640-h320/scrappymystery2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This is a once a month clue pattern... sigh~ I hate waiting for the next clue, but I am enjoying playing with these scraps.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a lovely day, thank you for dropping by,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-47261496836844874062023-12-24T04:04:00.000-08:002023-12-24T04:04:21.156-08:00Christmas<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I've been busy making Christmas gifts. A few bags, a few place mats. An ornament and mug rug. Little things to let friends and family know I'm thinking of them. I didn't get pictures of most of them though. Sometimes I forget the camera when I'm getting gifts made, wrapped and ready to send.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I had a lot of fun with this gift. It's a little family tree for my Mom. I have three sisters, so our names are in the trees. Then our children, and the few great-grands are on there as well (no names showing for privacy). This pattern is in a Country Christmas book from years ago. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnpHvhATaYTRjf2q6YF9FXcjdlkwpkbGpchK4hn3TsY79PduBm9aBkMHJ_l3gsUptK9zUCDxQN4qsznpvsY5abqgBmUUs6JC4KKjpozF5O_LoHdO5bKwwXA5VWMIT0JJGKImgQBbM01jbr6iuhDrPLUnKw_WhBergZWQBWoxu4AmCd9xpqBJ8Ztc_Leig/s800/Christmas%20wall%20hanging.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="800" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnpHvhATaYTRjf2q6YF9FXcjdlkwpkbGpchK4hn3TsY79PduBm9aBkMHJ_l3gsUptK9zUCDxQN4qsznpvsY5abqgBmUUs6JC4KKjpozF5O_LoHdO5bKwwXA5VWMIT0JJGKImgQBbM01jbr6iuhDrPLUnKw_WhBergZWQBWoxu4AmCd9xpqBJ8Ztc_Leig/w640-h536/Christmas%20wall%20hanging.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The embroidered names was all my idea, it's not in the pattern. And the saying above the trees I changed. I had such fun with this project!</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I started learning EPP this year also (Carol, if you haven't opened your gift yet, don't look at the next picture 😉 ). I put this together for Carol, the two flowers are EPP. I had a lot of fun with this one too and will be doing more EPP in the future.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG5TrKcR_bY94dS_dIVAlvR_dcOBOC-i-bW6rRmIPgGCKOsmzXuNBJ_IjH22tbYX4WgMj9QtKNC1_yTqIyUixiKvytd0PCedpvSBnUyMvOt1OieXSO7r13oehfBhXFXrZovlaAlgi1TGmdsD9kxnUipon2aTQ9BfGrRyvR2Qm3wzWP2jgMzncGMPY-MjA/s1360/Christmas%20wall%20hanging2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG5TrKcR_bY94dS_dIVAlvR_dcOBOC-i-bW6rRmIPgGCKOsmzXuNBJ_IjH22tbYX4WgMj9QtKNC1_yTqIyUixiKvytd0PCedpvSBnUyMvOt1OieXSO7r13oehfBhXFXrZovlaAlgi1TGmdsD9kxnUipon2aTQ9BfGrRyvR2Qm3wzWP2jgMzncGMPY-MjA/w376-h640/Christmas%20wall%20hanging2.JPG" width="376" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Now that the gifts are made, I need to find a new project. I cut out a few more of these flowers and I'll see how many I get made this year. Maybe I'll do a bunch and make a quilt like<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1070203659/sunseeker-epp-templates-english-paper?click_key=2f863f6cf1c75c1cb9e4cdfbad77188636597e57%3A1070203659&click_su" target="_blank"> this one</a>, we'll see.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And now I'll wish you all a very...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIf_05j9P45bllWj6ubhzjR2FZGJ5caoIA8FCS9Hl1FuGywIr6BFnr22F3iO7qdfIry8Ws2GTc94nrUcp9gM7rz56-si3BaMNCu68pb5BaB9la5-Z9PlHszKxUOdh0DHTTLOlSIvyyuEStb6KmeDYlJ4XSY5OWHerERaj73AvsfaRcBezBpRGe0JnDDlPm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIf_05j9P45bllWj6ubhzjR2FZGJ5caoIA8FCS9Hl1FuGywIr6BFnr22F3iO7qdfIry8Ws2GTc94nrUcp9gM7rz56-si3BaMNCu68pb5BaB9la5-Z9PlHszKxUOdh0DHTTLOlSIvyyuEStb6KmeDYlJ4XSY5OWHerERaj73AvsfaRcBezBpRGe0JnDDlPm=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And a wonderful New Year!</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thank you for stopping by and giving me an occasional comment.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian<br /><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-69867898213737803222023-11-23T03:32:00.000-08:002023-11-23T03:32:37.297-08:00Happy Thanksgiving<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your day is filled with good fellowship and good food.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJNBuhkSshwVJ2AJhQDnrmbZA11P4DlmyetlUuLeSdM8Sa2iDWpavkE737SS4_-Wz8as0X4ea38n33JdakOEfv0FBguoKVG5d_M8VenalaTsTkW7fMQ7SmHZrheS0jXncJiFqD5iA4LPiZjSIKYB9j2cXCfbMw9cR3wv1sUrBBvNiXgBZi2qsjef6_abO/s2000/cf8ec4a6f0005c0ab4b6661c97f30347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJNBuhkSshwVJ2AJhQDnrmbZA11P4DlmyetlUuLeSdM8Sa2iDWpavkE737SS4_-Wz8as0X4ea38n33JdakOEfv0FBguoKVG5d_M8VenalaTsTkW7fMQ7SmHZrheS0jXncJiFqD5iA4LPiZjSIKYB9j2cXCfbMw9cR3wv1sUrBBvNiXgBZi2qsjef6_abO/w400-h400/cf8ec4a6f0005c0ab4b6661c97f30347.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by from time to time.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Dorian</b></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></b></span><p></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-77279497316476836902023-10-05T11:53:00.000-07:002023-10-05T11:53:26.727-07:00Yah, a finish!<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I finally have a big finish. I've been really lax this year in the sewing room. Have gotten a few small finishes in here and there and made a few tops. But I haven't done a whole lot else.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Then I decided I needed to get one of my very good friends a quilt. We've been 'online' friends for many, many years and she's never received a quilt from me, so I thought this will be the year. I had decided this a month or so ago.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So I dug thru my quilt tops and found this one. This was a swap on my quilt forum, QATW. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUc_2mv0PvDC5_b6InEuG_AsOm8lu15MHog55SB3Dl3FHCoz4-x-rhyFs6pyvmT1RGdC2Yfa_AJFj0TE6MN9A7Ya-xCrhw74Ao66fkrNnEntc4onW91O8R-nfnd_Ci8Lg92J906w6ywwIa7LX45tWl__FhHeRehZiGb1gNeDu1rZOywhj7gSL1HAxcybGd/s952/pathways1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUc_2mv0PvDC5_b6InEuG_AsOm8lu15MHog55SB3Dl3FHCoz4-x-rhyFs6pyvmT1RGdC2Yfa_AJFj0TE6MN9A7Ya-xCrhw74Ao66fkrNnEntc4onW91O8R-nfnd_Ci8Lg92J906w6ywwIa7LX45tWl__FhHeRehZiGb1gNeDu1rZOywhj7gSL1HAxcybGd/w538-h640/pathways1.JPG" width="538" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>We each made some blocks, and sent one or two of them to everyone else, and had a few of our own as well. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Then I found this top, one of my favorites. It's <a href="https://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/calico-rose-quiltalong/" target="_blank">Calico Rose</a> from Wedding Dress blues. And I thought it would be a good fit with the swap quilt top. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRcPDzBp71OEGQdIWhvEaIu_BmLv8N3BeVIvfxNQsHE1D37wdc9VXeLC5Vt8LuVV1qSmwhNQ9T5LPDx2mvg9Wy0P6m-kprF_lxCcaphb0MQjSF8g3E8Aj8OI7-5LyhCBKCw_3Kh_dVMc42T0GDnmGyytV64GTL2BtLo5ax7h0Gi5y76eQoD7PXF_MwGQ6/s951/pathways2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRcPDzBp71OEGQdIWhvEaIu_BmLv8N3BeVIvfxNQsHE1D37wdc9VXeLC5Vt8LuVV1qSmwhNQ9T5LPDx2mvg9Wy0P6m-kprF_lxCcaphb0MQjSF8g3E8Aj8OI7-5LyhCBKCw_3Kh_dVMc42T0GDnmGyytV64GTL2BtLo5ax7h0Gi5y76eQoD7PXF_MwGQ6/w538-h640/pathways2.JPG" width="538" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This one was a bit smaller, so I had to add some borders to get it up to size. This white is perfect for my friend, as those 'balls' are balls of yarn and B is a crocheter :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTg-H3326rbqpCcp3q6og3YijnQwEJEkTCDMZy3f8mCoqgvXZCQZuVq33GFao-dRnU2ipckrFBbwoTarBmsBXU1OWYWso92CtkG6av-bwkD5r3VfsrWvKN4stROs0ThxqmoqZb60VgZjGLxo8Sq2uk7AC8oPFN91DUSn835x6uN0JA3VBcJrPco__klPF/s557/pathways4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="557" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTg-H3326rbqpCcp3q6og3YijnQwEJEkTCDMZy3f8mCoqgvXZCQZuVq33GFao-dRnU2ipckrFBbwoTarBmsBXU1OWYWso92CtkG6av-bwkD5r3VfsrWvKN4stROs0ThxqmoqZb60VgZjGLxo8Sq2uk7AC8oPFN91DUSn835x6uN0JA3VBcJrPco__klPF/w640-h504/pathways4.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>What I didn't realize, until I had taken these pictures, is that some of the stars are so light that they fade into the background SIGH~ There is such a big contrast between the dark ones and the light ones. Oh well, it's a scrap happiness, right??! </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPeZDem7WHy5Xeu0AVDZ2CIwI44BGfIXJTEU7aD55jupCj9BD2JXhOvarzeDeBFoqWH4pv-cSK1tb6o1kM-gEq_R1pHMzEeeFQDRnI3C-lbFaw97on4yG5nOtehVqIoLkEXlG2cbYuu3G7TRDKVDxrVhVJGHS86_rFKXHPGkWBsZ8E3tqEInhKmfHpgI5/s915/pathways3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="915" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPeZDem7WHy5Xeu0AVDZ2CIwI44BGfIXJTEU7aD55jupCj9BD2JXhOvarzeDeBFoqWH4pv-cSK1tb6o1kM-gEq_R1pHMzEeeFQDRnI3C-lbFaw97on4yG5nOtehVqIoLkEXlG2cbYuu3G7TRDKVDxrVhVJGHS86_rFKXHPGkWBsZ8E3tqEInhKmfHpgI5/w640-h622/pathways3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>The reason I put two tops together, is because of B. The recipient of this quilt. She encouraged me to put two tops together and make a double sided quilt. She has been saying I should do this for quite a few years now. Every time I mentioned how many tops I had. She would say, "Instead of buying backing fabric, put two tops together." So when I wanted to gift a quilt to her, I decided to make it double sided, just for her :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And I am so glad that I started quilting this when I did. B was in much need of a quilty hug. When I started quilting it she wasn't, but halfway thru I knew she needed it now, and not at Christmas when I first planned to give it to her. I hope it's given her some comfort.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a great day All, thanks for stopping by.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-88538657221223650422023-08-13T12:43:00.000-07:002023-08-13T12:43:55.256-07:00Summer time projects<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>It's been awhile I know. I have not been sewing a lot, but still spending a bit of time in the sewing room. Mostly working on UFO's.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I saw these blocks over at <a href="https://www.joscountryjunction.com/" target="_blank">Jos Country Junction</a>. It's a Bonnie Hunter pattern called <a href="https://quiltville.com/shop.html#!/Garlic-Knots-Digital-Pattern/p/79241150/category=13038426" target="_blank">Garlic Knots</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L6Ug-Qk23MvkzGS9cj_H44fU-SuI2dTSXD8D4cScOkJEBNiT5y-s7cCGTxzqEgwKQmxNf8b3ax7rLGDWEsFrdfB8MpXchUiis6Z_IKqE7QH0D3vMP9Nb3AYJ6UOvKBhXWFNelHj2fAdoBwUAwHTBX2t3lKt2Q74_jeu1UTdheLic2aIQ4VY81iHsShTi/s800/garlic%20knots1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="800" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L6Ug-Qk23MvkzGS9cj_H44fU-SuI2dTSXD8D4cScOkJEBNiT5y-s7cCGTxzqEgwKQmxNf8b3ax7rLGDWEsFrdfB8MpXchUiis6Z_IKqE7QH0D3vMP9Nb3AYJ6UOvKBhXWFNelHj2fAdoBwUAwHTBX2t3lKt2Q74_jeu1UTdheLic2aIQ4VY81iHsShTi/w640-h540/garlic%20knots1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">As I had quite a few black squares and strips in my stash, I thought a darker quilt would be interesting and out of the box for me. I put 4 of the blocks together like this.</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDq3YHLlpq9_hqmlFb4nnRifTZ1niFEIxGqEGNcQXQeVg97nsrTJDwgaKeaW5fAJGfA1LF5ptZ2h1BcP7yOZ3W_SBX4A53SciNDx52WWk9k7WegpXVkFj4KuiB0s7Qw_5IloJBxiSAU34wHEVCjcmYQcYKlJtePY2Kzf1TxlZNq5aQnyYf2VqE6bThrU0/s800/garlic%20knots2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="800" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDq3YHLlpq9_hqmlFb4nnRifTZ1niFEIxGqEGNcQXQeVg97nsrTJDwgaKeaW5fAJGfA1LF5ptZ2h1BcP7yOZ3W_SBX4A53SciNDx52WWk9k7WegpXVkFj4KuiB0s7Qw_5IloJBxiSAU34wHEVCjcmYQcYKlJtePY2Kzf1TxlZNq5aQnyYf2VqE6bThrU0/w640-h588/garlic%20knots2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Then added sashing. The border is more of the same blocks, ones that I didn't have 4 of to make a block.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9EwqVOxpSYsQIpk3S-tM4VZlsDZoX9pn5is-46Dqmi75flSWywMze1qVFhOH-Fi_GYIG2HLu6mcOj9NpsJLXO_1MvaLEnyY6z6tOeiBNqiov675RPco6GMVVnqyJlMdmlkJhmEOwC1wmPGqnEP-ILgDQrC9WKrX_8tQdokbJnHcCITGbspLyZoeTdUzI/s913/garlic%20knots3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9EwqVOxpSYsQIpk3S-tM4VZlsDZoX9pn5is-46Dqmi75flSWywMze1qVFhOH-Fi_GYIG2HLu6mcOj9NpsJLXO_1MvaLEnyY6z6tOeiBNqiov675RPco6GMVVnqyJlMdmlkJhmEOwC1wmPGqnEP-ILgDQrC9WKrX_8tQdokbJnHcCITGbspLyZoeTdUzI/w560-h640/garlic%20knots3.JPG" width="560" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Sigh, when I sewed my rows together, I did notice that I put one row on the wrong end of the quilt, so my bright yellow + blocks in the sashing don't match. So I put it aside and went out of the sewing room. When I went back in a day or two later, I forgot about the mistake and put the border on....So now I have to spend some time frogging.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>~~~~~~</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This top started out as a swap on QATW. We sent our partner a panel or 2 or 4... depending on the size of the panel and what you wanted done with them. You could have table mats, wall hanging, full sized quilt, whatever. I sent my panels to Candice and asked for a wall hanging. This is what she made me.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnpeDNvY6LNkJYsnljc4Osfkloy9lcnamleRtYKAJ1oWvMno2jjINJ-KCTGsEZT3Eb6W9otuooQ1wL6yZs86mkQo_b6lNU8s8nnzHg82xjxbX1EfkpeAOHCGn_T2zAsfRQoYUXbcC7DHERpXOW0J7o-zy9Pk1x3sv58xPqBUbSr0J0P21PpdmHKfjy9wF/s800/panelswap2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="800" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnpeDNvY6LNkJYsnljc4Osfkloy9lcnamleRtYKAJ1oWvMno2jjINJ-KCTGsEZT3Eb6W9otuooQ1wL6yZs86mkQo_b6lNU8s8nnzHg82xjxbX1EfkpeAOHCGn_T2zAsfRQoYUXbcC7DHERpXOW0J7o-zy9Pk1x3sv58xPqBUbSr0J0P21PpdmHKfjy9wF/w640-h496/panelswap2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>The day I received this back, I had these blocks on my table.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidib3MYgDYpKlLlRnPPjTHvAruTjDSKjUtS3rqFLIAeIhomkwHn3debFJV8BiVWjv-pQ-_RIm-Whssm5NVDSBoIo_A7gYZediYsLQG_gKB7zWq6dr1QHHs5nEoYYYhj2HqfFmzgiT855Ex3WsudBgd5gsUlmaZcEACGwCU4GH0dAT9SkpwssNAiSSJkP5J/s800/split%209patches.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidib3MYgDYpKlLlRnPPjTHvAruTjDSKjUtS3rqFLIAeIhomkwHn3debFJV8BiVWjv-pQ-_RIm-Whssm5NVDSBoIo_A7gYZediYsLQG_gKB7zWq6dr1QHHs5nEoYYYhj2HqfFmzgiT855Ex3WsudBgd5gsUlmaZcEACGwCU4GH0dAT9SkpwssNAiSSJkP5J/w640-h424/split%209patches.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>And when I put the two next to each other, I figured it was Fate. The colors match so perfectly. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FVGCQsjFdxBwFwKG_nwGeNtFItm8tX4e2rW05mP23HcdUYpTxUlpuwU4clNRDzP-BL1K9yQLGRHFfb8ip4iD9uZoy_36dRyE0Irj1xX2fubY4jS03yU-U3gdb0XyWwXNKzGQ0Tcaaf7HQQU9ZSUELaM2dVmlyvUjZbd6d-H0Sc6dyHiDfohb5obG7hgl/s800/panelswap3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FVGCQsjFdxBwFwKG_nwGeNtFItm8tX4e2rW05mP23HcdUYpTxUlpuwU4clNRDzP-BL1K9yQLGRHFfb8ip4iD9uZoy_36dRyE0Irj1xX2fubY4jS03yU-U3gdb0XyWwXNKzGQ0Tcaaf7HQQU9ZSUELaM2dVmlyvUjZbd6d-H0Sc6dyHiDfohb5obG7hgl/w640-h424/panelswap3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>So, I got all the split 9 patches put together in a small quilt. I cut on both diagnals. Then sewed them onto the sides of the panel quilt.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrnYxeiQyKxfxQ_Vru_kDmQEaT_dBW5JvHMwG1l9SxiApEFUREW_-NyBZdbdQYavGm6wU6Y3Tr4tnR6Ki_gaXtZZ_L6f9wmvSuIDWaDNGtzo-JbDL7ulJ2IRc6gRUIJWnyNskmTsOP24RB4bsNeB0genz2vdGHtgwM4ssjmW30QBimM9zt9l9dvFroHm_/s800/panelswap4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrnYxeiQyKxfxQ_Vru_kDmQEaT_dBW5JvHMwG1l9SxiApEFUREW_-NyBZdbdQYavGm6wU6Y3Tr4tnR6Ki_gaXtZZ_L6f9wmvSuIDWaDNGtzo-JbDL7ulJ2IRc6gRUIJWnyNskmTsOP24RB4bsNeB0genz2vdGHtgwM4ssjmW30QBimM9zt9l9dvFroHm_/w640-h640/panelswap4.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Now I need to figure out what to put on these sides, to turn it back so that my sewing machines are sitting upright. I had intended this to be a wall hanging. But when I saw what a great job Candice did with the panels, I decided I wanted it as a bed quilt where it would actually been seen sometimes (I don't have any wall space! LOL)</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>~~~~~~~</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This next quilt I am calling Jewels. It is a <a href="https://corianderquilts.com/" target="_blank">Corey Yoder</a> pattern, well the blocks are her's. She calls it an 8 point star block and she made it in a pillow. The pattern is in the Fall 2018 Quilts and More magazine. But the setting is all mine. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_b8BqCcw6L-MRo9Z-VqtKeUkGnCmtRkSo1MQpvXoQpW9vyxTE2DvLAHPxCqep4UWB5JcfF2FGwqmqCpmnoQJx_IMKzskT3ekp2P35oIUHiAcQtjj3R2Z59YZNyHeQnwl6y4tLMTHtq4Smd1QHFi9EfgjeYm4CHYgvUXCyrrCYh90eFKr5e9hf5SqtCP7/s800/jewels.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="800" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_b8BqCcw6L-MRo9Z-VqtKeUkGnCmtRkSo1MQpvXoQpW9vyxTE2DvLAHPxCqep4UWB5JcfF2FGwqmqCpmnoQJx_IMKzskT3ekp2P35oIUHiAcQtjj3R2Z59YZNyHeQnwl6y4tLMTHtq4Smd1QHFi9EfgjeYm4CHYgvUXCyrrCYh90eFKr5e9hf5SqtCP7/w640-h612/jewels.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>They look like sparkling jewels to me. Since I had black on my table with the Garlic knots, I thought what about black as the setting triangles here, then I also needed an alternative block. Most of the HST pieces are leftover bits from doing stitch and flip corners on a quilt. I don't usually do stitch and flip, as I hate wasting these little triangles. So I kept all these and made this pattern. The HSTs are 1.5", so tiny. But after making the 8 point star blocks, I still had some leftover, so I came up with this alternative block. </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I think it worked out well. I am not sure if I'll put a border on or not, it's on the back burner 'stewing'. </b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And that is what I've been up to the past 3 or 4 months :) Just getting a bit done here and there, and pretty soon I had some pretty tops. Now maybe the quilting fairy will show up and make them into quilts for me :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for stopping by!<br />Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-31917494635445628962023-05-03T12:25:00.000-07:002023-05-03T12:25:29.632-07:00Panel swap fun<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello out there,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the change of season. We had a lovely, wet, cold winter. And now are having a nice, fairly wet, cool Spring. Lots of lovely flowers are blooming. My favorite is the Redbud, which is in full bloom right now. I love their purply-pink color.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>In the sewing room, some friends and I on the <a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/forum/" target="_blank">QATW forum</a>, decided to do a panel swap. I sent Candis this fun panel of sewing machines.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTWPb6cI6IGiP5c9ZIKOTsE7MeuoEVWOdHIHlgxMl9YeUzUKbYz1NwuYfWzXvF6xVyKnQYpK7QaZCA3G-3SeCdIdDNW-i5Yvr8GPGIMFaY7-0AcXFs-IJueV999VePbZVT9A4wbIY6ReBp5liZAsycPZmYqZVYY7bN0dXglfc4iJox56cvHHx-LoQRA/s800/panel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="800" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTWPb6cI6IGiP5c9ZIKOTsE7MeuoEVWOdHIHlgxMl9YeUzUKbYz1NwuYfWzXvF6xVyKnQYpK7QaZCA3G-3SeCdIdDNW-i5Yvr8GPGIMFaY7-0AcXFs-IJueV999VePbZVT9A4wbIY6ReBp5liZAsycPZmYqZVYY7bN0dXglfc4iJox56cvHHx-LoQRA/w640-h562/panel.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>She cut them apart, added some pieces, and made me this lovely wall hanging.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguM7k20xU_B6TimmCxr5IsuZf-buaWRH0qI0ovaV8gX2mLakslV85UTIESReKOeDVZW4h2Z1m5m6n_Q787r-ctk15ScjJZ7l1bOXA7oTI-G8bsnVMKy8ZTpCNopeA_mKjvb3YCg11NYqy4QjnzY80MKyIl4pzV8OAi4Af8NK9gRDxW4qTlW1SH1jwQ3w/s800/panelswap2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="800" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguM7k20xU_B6TimmCxr5IsuZf-buaWRH0qI0ovaV8gX2mLakslV85UTIESReKOeDVZW4h2Z1m5m6n_Q787r-ctk15ScjJZ7l1bOXA7oTI-G8bsnVMKy8ZTpCNopeA_mKjvb3YCg11NYqy4QjnzY80MKyIl4pzV8OAi4Af8NK9gRDxW4qTlW1SH1jwQ3w/w640-h496/panelswap2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>So cute! Candis did a fabulous job.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Verla sent this pretty panel to me.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGN64B9Jb__Kml4l0u3C59vopBZ6Yf4PYIrneihQtpsHQkGrM1RTzwi2-_FCq3SGDx9yh9Pj98SM4Tt6K-BDU3RXy0n71NYkeFF1eBSQl3QTSDGF4kvPEx4sVvEygQeSUqD7u8-cRhMxNUtfKIH7JmORUk-JZiJv58bKO2qoqGi3w0e89_HpsO6wLDg/s789/panel1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGN64B9Jb__Kml4l0u3C59vopBZ6Yf4PYIrneihQtpsHQkGrM1RTzwi2-_FCq3SGDx9yh9Pj98SM4Tt6K-BDU3RXy0n71NYkeFF1eBSQl3QTSDGF4kvPEx4sVvEygQeSUqD7u8-cRhMxNUtfKIH7JmORUk-JZiJv58bKO2qoqGi3w0e89_HpsO6wLDg/w508-h640/panel1.JPG" width="508" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Verla requested a bed quilt (I had asked for a wall hanging, thats why the difference in sizes). So I had a lot of fun making different flower type blocks. I made two of these posie blocks.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pv7I9x3WwvQMUScmxC9JxjdgBqpIZl91dyzKynJS0-aFS9rbwU8Vek8rnCvG9FRbaGTwbMn9MTIvINmiH6fF0QmKFh66hUkbZWCoQ2fc13Km1OOvE4NghwVIGALbLb2rjmDHSCLqM2UAowZs3MR8uBMyXIsfsToMgXyMlolv1Zuzblfy_Yq1yinEqA/s768/panel2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="651" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pv7I9x3WwvQMUScmxC9JxjdgBqpIZl91dyzKynJS0-aFS9rbwU8Vek8rnCvG9FRbaGTwbMn9MTIvINmiH6fF0QmKFh66hUkbZWCoQ2fc13Km1OOvE4NghwVIGALbLb2rjmDHSCLqM2UAowZs3MR8uBMyXIsfsToMgXyMlolv1Zuzblfy_Yq1yinEqA/w542-h640/panel2.JPG" width="542" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And I made two of these pretty rose blocks.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMhNfUTDUs8aZRMgQ1LZrIfX98wkHcsmgQotNwgT7mr1_46jOpyP0kh1sqDPbFpNJ968b7sEWfXA4eMFumXI34jnKyiNoF5ZVzIZqxFBNECDEn0yWBiZq2lnQYS43z3vxkkq5uydaiNXxfmRjFoLVCKdTSY2QDKGuu7Ch3fMTzQX7LzB2Omx3FhuD9Q/s614/panel3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="614" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMhNfUTDUs8aZRMgQ1LZrIfX98wkHcsmgQotNwgT7mr1_46jOpyP0kh1sqDPbFpNJ968b7sEWfXA4eMFumXI34jnKyiNoF5ZVzIZqxFBNECDEn0yWBiZq2lnQYS43z3vxkkq5uydaiNXxfmRjFoLVCKdTSY2QDKGuu7Ch3fMTzQX7LzB2Omx3FhuD9Q/w640-h380/panel3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Then some windmill/sunflower blocks and some tulips. Put it all together....</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vVdCZBnyNpDN53hvcRH5k-5IP6P4XqTub86wvP2tyExIQqHa-aWppjk-guiXdYl-k8Rqkh7hXZ6FRR6S_B7YCAxPRwai_e8nDgueIUPa_xuEcXOoXSpp6E5uK69T3mPn-uw8llXiEd9KtV9giipcfHoOxsosthr75UbCt8v1fF4Ryz7X2oelzb-cUw/s800/panel%20swap.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="800" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vVdCZBnyNpDN53hvcRH5k-5IP6P4XqTub86wvP2tyExIQqHa-aWppjk-guiXdYl-k8Rqkh7hXZ6FRR6S_B7YCAxPRwai_e8nDgueIUPa_xuEcXOoXSpp6E5uK69T3mPn-uw8llXiEd9KtV9giipcfHoOxsosthr75UbCt8v1fF4Ryz7X2oelzb-cUw/w640-h568/panel%20swap.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>The green and blue blocks are pathways, in my imagination, lol. I've never made a quilt with various sized blocks, fitting them in here and there to make everything line up. So I had a lot of fun making this. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And after we made the panels into quilty things, we sent them back to the panel owner. This was my first panel swap, as panel aren't something I normally buy. But I had my sewing machines tucked away, a gift from big Sis :) and thought it would be a fun challenge. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>~~~~~~~~~~~</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm just playing with scraps right now. I want to get some quilt tops quilted this summer, but have to wait till next month to buy some backings. So playing with scraps keeps me busy, but it's also easy to just set aside and do something else, or just choose not to go in the sewing room.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a lovely afternoon all, and thanks for stopping by.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian<br /><br /></b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-85408779054500825832023-03-11T09:48:00.000-08:002023-03-11T09:48:01.468-08:00It's snowy outside....<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>But sunny inside... at least in my sewing room...</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxMBUyr5jUiefs4oDN-7bgj06T-fNi6GHiCm82q8fwydhummqS5zF428e2uBsdRRe-oZh7ulRTSXPHWbZoD5RxIUBHi-O8GquabeSQwKxhbN1MOjsYdhntlMWbSHI29c93CEAxD0QxykRudIt_MBwCfVOKrNfxvpR7Fd6TatpvduEcMTWMiTB1CE5xA/s873/sunny%20pats%20gems.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxMBUyr5jUiefs4oDN-7bgj06T-fNi6GHiCm82q8fwydhummqS5zF428e2uBsdRRe-oZh7ulRTSXPHWbZoD5RxIUBHi-O8GquabeSQwKxhbN1MOjsYdhntlMWbSHI29c93CEAxD0QxykRudIt_MBwCfVOKrNfxvpR7Fd6TatpvduEcMTWMiTB1CE5xA/w586-h640/sunny%20pats%20gems.JPG" width="586" /></a></div><br /> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Our February and into March was very snowy. We haven't seen this much snow in quite a few years. But now the rain has come and the snow is starting to melt. We had close to 2 ft at one time. Now we have a bunch of mud.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>These fabrics are some of my very favorite, Sunkissed and Spring Chicken, both by Sweetwater. I just love the cheerfulness of the lines, the sherberty goodness :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldHBP5aX9eDZKgyKAOc6irE804hMLCh98tqsu_vliZuwJ4jtmH5p02uBmuvtP8B05sX6h02R_oeJhIJt-SRpZ8pTfIO9TsqWsm8BThDMYxQL--Xl4x2IlBcRGt1jkxXHUN-_GGw5He5O8HrkftzHti94xi33aieBgbongsbWTBZ4JI2ezPbBTgV8aFA/s833/closeup2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="833" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldHBP5aX9eDZKgyKAOc6irE804hMLCh98tqsu_vliZuwJ4jtmH5p02uBmuvtP8B05sX6h02R_oeJhIJt-SRpZ8pTfIO9TsqWsm8BThDMYxQL--Xl4x2IlBcRGt1jkxXHUN-_GGw5He5O8HrkftzHti94xi33aieBgbongsbWTBZ4JI2ezPbBTgV8aFA/w640-h584/closeup2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Those swirls are my favorite.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovt5WurdfP2Z4ixi4ryjhIcblOf8P-4_ZWdWJs3bsqd4BQOPcxfnqSzbcVPxSRXhTVKXsT63CweoAtDa60SeFgjigqNZQtZrLbXCs-MTyYB3b03tOOX2eFEJwVyiWzpf3CsvHQVUWHuI4PZVQ8NVcwh4_XezVSCQeMeouLFY0C-8n0W6yh9flBoHN6A/s621/closeup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="621" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovt5WurdfP2Z4ixi4ryjhIcblOf8P-4_ZWdWJs3bsqd4BQOPcxfnqSzbcVPxSRXhTVKXsT63CweoAtDa60SeFgjigqNZQtZrLbXCs-MTyYB3b03tOOX2eFEJwVyiWzpf3CsvHQVUWHuI4PZVQ8NVcwh4_XezVSCQeMeouLFY0C-8n0W6yh9flBoHN6A/w640-h594/closeup.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm also working on some sweet hearts.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHGXsSzA6PjSRTWnbkpLdlWK4QvyHDyT-m8bepGpyrvLs8zGALLpGkEYSe9eR_cVWROUr4RH2BDwZYJ-ax02H3OVhAy3j1z1CasuCV1ogRWeLuwuISiUNzAooutSxQIWqFjbeHWUiRT5qT7DMdTveivmyFBC7qreDSLhTDLbjbdVQiiLi8MRn0kwJbg/s800/jeweled%20hearts.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHGXsSzA6PjSRTWnbkpLdlWK4QvyHDyT-m8bepGpyrvLs8zGALLpGkEYSe9eR_cVWROUr4RH2BDwZYJ-ax02H3OVhAy3j1z1CasuCV1ogRWeLuwuISiUNzAooutSxQIWqFjbeHWUiRT5qT7DMdTveivmyFBC7qreDSLhTDLbjbdVQiiLi8MRn0kwJbg/w640-h500/jeweled%20hearts.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The fabrics for the hearts comes from a jelly roll. The fabrics are vibrant in real life, more of a jeweled tone. The quilt is going to be a chain quilt.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And I'm working on this scrappy table runner.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBa8bQhv-lKw6GS8VXagX6toACEmP50TXvXKviXA8GAGLuxu0ctw3j_ziUslUf-8iBlmsFHlh6QIes547Bc6-qvAEFtDiJRdFMHt7-KZRwk4uwooX5uXLkoJ5h9yHf-DzuTrAJejO_z0kO6PpYChdUrM7qERAI0vxe-IGr3tAR_0TAI0GRz5YqOSIz9g/s800/scrappy%20tablerunner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="800" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBa8bQhv-lKw6GS8VXagX6toACEmP50TXvXKviXA8GAGLuxu0ctw3j_ziUslUf-8iBlmsFHlh6QIes547Bc6-qvAEFtDiJRdFMHt7-KZRwk4uwooX5uXLkoJ5h9yHf-DzuTrAJejO_z0kO6PpYChdUrM7qERAI0vxe-IGr3tAR_0TAI0GRz5YqOSIz9g/w640-h568/scrappy%20tablerunner.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Using a few of those jelly roll strips as sashing and border.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So while the rains come and go and the ground gets muddy and wet, I'll be in my sewing room, enjoying the Spring colors and flowers :)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thank you for stopping by,</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b> </span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-80063144531920665682023-01-31T15:26:00.007-08:002023-01-31T15:26:49.903-08:00Things I'm working on<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope your January has gone well. Can you believe it's over already? The days are flying by. Our January was very wet, and we have lots of lovely snow on the mountain tops. So that is good news! Hopefully it will help keep things a little less dry this summer.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I have 3 different projects I'm working on right now. The first is this cute little mystery quilt we did on the QATW forum. It called for 3 fabrics, light, medium and dark. I chose these 3.</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT3WBDjFaJ_gou7u5n0avtlrOWn9v4tNDtXibCrBYkUFX_uYhZQ1d-8oHpYImvm4aA3LbauoR0ZJ9JOELaxx9KCLvzCabjO3lsIpW6-mpJvPfZskBkx7VmmNUJbsjZfYqH2kG5MV1wMgt8HNL_oO7U-yGeZNgmYFbaShQCktBpS0tRRaoTE-vvg5m4A/s800/QATW%20mystery%202023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="800" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT3WBDjFaJ_gou7u5n0avtlrOWn9v4tNDtXibCrBYkUFX_uYhZQ1d-8oHpYImvm4aA3LbauoR0ZJ9JOELaxx9KCLvzCabjO3lsIpW6-mpJvPfZskBkx7VmmNUJbsjZfYqH2kG5MV1wMgt8HNL_oO7U-yGeZNgmYFbaShQCktBpS0tRRaoTE-vvg5m4A/w640-h418/QATW%20mystery%202023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I've finished the top. It's only around 40 inches square. A fun little mystery. I do like chain quilts :)</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1dOTDTnd1WMCD05AryDMUitTP7J19JkztkpWpOyEshlkdG_wM2WwzsqRDrRykMsT_-UpmRjAr-_bOgAgZ-EgzZJOb4OiBwHPLBnad50OZrZvbgl5F-14nEqy5QddkN8yB4b28k07ntlXkVzfwH7YZeePkyPrMYVvHV0NeifQAjVmBTDj0IekJ8J-ZQ/s800/QATW%20mystery%202023.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="800" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1dOTDTnd1WMCD05AryDMUitTP7J19JkztkpWpOyEshlkdG_wM2WwzsqRDrRykMsT_-UpmRjAr-_bOgAgZ-EgzZJOb4OiBwHPLBnad50OZrZvbgl5F-14nEqy5QddkN8yB4b28k07ntlXkVzfwH7YZeePkyPrMYVvHV0NeifQAjVmBTDj0IekJ8J-ZQ/w640-h598/QATW%20mystery%202023.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>As I did on the previous mystery from <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/p/melodic-mystery-quilt.html" target="_blank">Cheryl at Meadow Mist designs</a>, this next mystery I also saved the clues and then took them out a few weeks ago and started putting it together (Cheryl starts the mystery in the summer and it goes till the following Spring). This is the Melodic mystery. The layout clue comes out on Thursday, can't wait to see how this goes together :)</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8hA8xNnh24aIfW_03HhVs5cEoYUuHd0DOij-Ctnj1d9ti_aXhnn3ZSmN0Mwp95wzo7XD_qbiUCF3tuOAz9BaTln7ExtGsBpPWXzuTSUbnTxEBCITmfzN9zFi2hZwhyoJEW7TuJpfAjTf-JYgTStImINSF-UCUsHRxlOVzf8yeWWz9CRQ7bKt7dJHHQ/s800/melodic%20mystery1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8hA8xNnh24aIfW_03HhVs5cEoYUuHd0DOij-Ctnj1d9ti_aXhnn3ZSmN0Mwp95wzo7XD_qbiUCF3tuOAz9BaTln7ExtGsBpPWXzuTSUbnTxEBCITmfzN9zFi2hZwhyoJEW7TuJpfAjTf-JYgTStImINSF-UCUsHRxlOVzf8yeWWz9CRQ7bKt7dJHHQ/w640-h482/melodic%20mystery1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I've been wanting to use this beautiful rose fabric for awhile now. I know the pink is a little light, but I really wanted to use it and the blue. Its' a little subtle, but nice I think. I hope that Red isn't going to be overpowering.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And lastly, I pulled out a charm pack of my favorite line ever, <a href="https://modafabrics.com/webfiles/fcc_Sunkissed.pdf" target="_blank">Sunkissed</a> by Sweetwater. My best quilty buddy, <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pat at the Scrapatch</a>, sent me a charm pack. She and I both love this line. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I was very happy when <a href="https://www.thesweetwaterco.com/" target="_blank">Sweetwater</a> came out with their line <a href="https://www.thesweetwaterco.com/spring-chicken/" target="_blank">Spring chicken</a>. As it uses the same beautiful sherbert colors as Sunkissed, along with the lovely gray. So I took out an almost full fat eighth<br /> bundle of it. Along with some yardage and bits and pieces of Sunkissed.</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N_wP7zx32Z8MoEvUIPOpcifch3qYEZDPnGrdyNXk0eZzEB-EsdjUorsNKe5pqTiN3AkccvH90bRsRd6BRXFBTgKweNfB-zN1TG8ozzKQEBC6jXhF_gKF0xrfsMekHLrc_ML_hw9iyR1JMBCx4XDMHI7nV_X-xltHzxVox7R_gGSNKW1PvO0k6XZ9uQ/s800/PatsGems2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="800" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N_wP7zx32Z8MoEvUIPOpcifch3qYEZDPnGrdyNXk0eZzEB-EsdjUorsNKe5pqTiN3AkccvH90bRsRd6BRXFBTgKweNfB-zN1TG8ozzKQEBC6jXhF_gKF0xrfsMekHLrc_ML_hw9iyR1JMBCx4XDMHI7nV_X-xltHzxVox7R_gGSNKW1PvO0k6XZ9uQ/w640-h412/PatsGems2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br />I cut up everything I could into 5" squares, and then had to cut up some into 2.5" squares. So that I can make another <a href="https://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/2013/05/saturday-special.html" target="_blank">Pat's Gems quilt</a>. It's a pattern I designed to use up charm packs. This version I am making I am changing up just slightly, like I did for the one I made last year. You can see that version<a href="https://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/search/label/Pats%20Gems%20quilt%20pattern" target="_blank"> HERE</a>.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I can't wait to see this one pieced. Those cheery colors just make my day :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So I am keeping myself busy, what with snow outside and cold wind blowing, it's best to stay indoors ;) </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-31453435835330342392023-01-01T17:43:00.000-08:002023-01-01T17:43:30.660-08:00A New Year... and some finishes<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>A Happy New Year to everyone! I hope this year is a wonderful one for you all.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I just squeezed in one finish for last year. This star quilt I quilted up in late summer. Then I set it aside to start on the next quilt, without binding it. I actually pieced this quilt about 13 yrs ago! It's been sitting long enough.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAIOhxdtCjR5QV6hmhDoO9X1KdAdMIUUsnF78VjW7GIMuNPlsZp_RjuyoriWSw0-A8GciyD9Y_Fbby8uatXNvyLBAzGLvv2_G8gX42daluzfxev93Pp1ZeoSngZEv9ld5WO8PB-Lf9bOohjKSya85k5eUuKkw6EXtpzy6wLFLN1-RjQ-Hsp-uLPOUaA/s800/with%20this%20ring.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="800" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAIOhxdtCjR5QV6hmhDoO9X1KdAdMIUUsnF78VjW7GIMuNPlsZp_RjuyoriWSw0-A8GciyD9Y_Fbby8uatXNvyLBAzGLvv2_G8gX42daluzfxev93Pp1ZeoSngZEv9ld5WO8PB-Lf9bOohjKSya85k5eUuKkw6EXtpzy6wLFLN1-RjQ-Hsp-uLPOUaA/w640-h588/with%20this%20ring.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>I don't know why I did that, I'm usually so good at getting the binding done right away. </b></span><b>But, I wanted to get it finished, so spent some time on Fri and Sat getting it bound. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>It's called With this Ring, and the pattern is found in the book "Beeni Harper's quilt albumn". I love the stars in the corners.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O2vEKi3kRHgim-8jrcQpShh4r9rDH0wHsxaA2iYa7B9AOkXRgYaJhLXFuhvxmBr68F-OOremd-I0cpI2zkmF32ZoG4btfGLzxkqzK2InKUHR5meNbQwNG3NQlmvUqp0MRtsC127kvIVyF_k6SH4uY3wdVapaWzSMJ37BKOzzAeH3sfxdi4jB7zxgXg/s802/with%20this%20ring2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="802" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O2vEKi3kRHgim-8jrcQpShh4r9rDH0wHsxaA2iYa7B9AOkXRgYaJhLXFuhvxmBr68F-OOremd-I0cpI2zkmF32ZoG4btfGLzxkqzK2InKUHR5meNbQwNG3NQlmvUqp0MRtsC127kvIVyF_k6SH4uY3wdVapaWzSMJ37BKOzzAeH3sfxdi4jB7zxgXg/w640-h516/with%20this%20ring2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b>I quilted it with varigated brown and blue thread. Making flowers and leaves all throughout.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzN0GIGV7V77YcX2nc_SWUWJEdk9EbUYCdeLk3qWEmZ1hO8Pn7d5jLq7ZGfh_ECs2c059i0G3_OxuJGXwic7hoJxS6LIateNCuVa29ia7PLGD1Xe-xYnwpubzze33bufC3anQOoQHmdIU1L9DNr_LLYqtOvKfNZbSn3sGN_M1UX1e5tXhSnpmB-Fd0g/s821/with%20this%20ring3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="821" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzN0GIGV7V77YcX2nc_SWUWJEdk9EbUYCdeLk3qWEmZ1hO8Pn7d5jLq7ZGfh_ECs2c059i0G3_OxuJGXwic7hoJxS6LIateNCuVa29ia7PLGD1Xe-xYnwpubzze33bufC3anQOoQHmdIU1L9DNr_LLYqtOvKfNZbSn3sGN_M1UX1e5tXhSnpmB-Fd0g/w640-h614/with%20this%20ring3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>This was going to be a gift, but I made so many mistakes with it, I would be embarrassed to gift it, so I'll keep it. I do love the varigated thread though. I've never used it before, but I think it looks so nice.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I wanted to get these twin baby quilts finished too, but I ran out of steam and didn't get them done on Saturday. But I did finish them on Sunday! They only needed to be trimmed and bound.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>When my friend first told me she was pregnant, she didn't know she was carrying twins. A mutual friend of ours is also making quilts for the babies. Kelly showed me a picture of the cute mushrooms and leaves that she was going to put in her quilt, and it made me think of a squirrel quilt I saw at <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.com/" target="_blank">Lorna's shop</a>. So I decided to make it. But then when I was looking at her shop, I saw these adorable baby animals, and decided to do them instead.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZHSjBcP9Cd9VlaXtnoO8ySt3C1nWtykv5bNUci5ZXOxKIUBBbJ4C6agFFm9DYrfec6hN_en6SNd1WbJN8lwpQcZnWWYADlNPSuVN_N0ZphIR6sWNtwOfbgvX2zk3ze0gW08vinboiDBFfRWandrsY5mysuE2V2J9_xQJv6nB6bv9KTL0mPSYtAcMKw/s800/animal2%20quilt2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="800" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZHSjBcP9Cd9VlaXtnoO8ySt3C1nWtykv5bNUci5ZXOxKIUBBbJ4C6agFFm9DYrfec6hN_en6SNd1WbJN8lwpQcZnWWYADlNPSuVN_N0ZphIR6sWNtwOfbgvX2zk3ze0gW08vinboiDBFfRWandrsY5mysuE2V2J9_xQJv6nB6bv9KTL0mPSYtAcMKw/w640-h596/animal2%20quilt2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>These animals are pieced using the flip and sew method. Lorna has great directions. I came up with the setting. It started with this adorable fabric line, Little Fawn Celebration by Dear Stella. I thought that was perfect for welcoming some twins into the world.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRMxWxxSwKyfJMaNFKe-BHU7KKlH0cF8l-Ac9YFr5CDb_SavEnFQWdgIOa0MA--YEE1gDiCVMlTzLG49nER1TrXgw2gx8WCqqDqLhxTSCV1z7gYlzjTWfFBFIZPeRJ0canB_Iwhn-do9GbTeU2IzrjQp6RcbznyFKq_HgZ15exWUk5P_5yjmD6Wg1Xw/s740/animal%20quilt3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="374" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRMxWxxSwKyfJMaNFKe-BHU7KKlH0cF8l-Ac9YFr5CDb_SavEnFQWdgIOa0MA--YEE1gDiCVMlTzLG49nER1TrXgw2gx8WCqqDqLhxTSCV1z7gYlzjTWfFBFIZPeRJ0canB_Iwhn-do9GbTeU2IzrjQp6RcbznyFKq_HgZ15exWUk5P_5yjmD6Wg1Xw/w324-h640/animal%20quilt3.JPG" width="324" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I bought a FQ bundle of the fabric and started putting these animals together. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyFImNsKuJtjXqk67Vc2zYplyC5feCWz1a_vGMXT0hqswdzLsE4WT5yqOvMr70wFziPOR5G6FRhFQwpZl02WGCfP9yxefz-78ECMeG6O0vroAzy161JnwYlNj3Lc1ncBmBHYIjZoEMUIDrNEjTEzH4KjKU8z3UO354zdKZSEbruWcb5Ejt-_PsMh1ZA/s800/animal2%20quilt.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="800" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyFImNsKuJtjXqk67Vc2zYplyC5feCWz1a_vGMXT0hqswdzLsE4WT5yqOvMr70wFziPOR5G6FRhFQwpZl02WGCfP9yxefz-78ECMeG6O0vroAzy161JnwYlNj3Lc1ncBmBHYIjZoEMUIDrNEjTEzH4KjKU8z3UO354zdKZSEbruWcb5Ejt-_PsMh1ZA/w640-h562/animal2%20quilt.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>About half way thru the quilt, my friend told me she was expecting twins, I am so excited for her! But, that means I needed to make another quilt. So I bought the panel that goes with this line and used 4 of the animals to make another quilt.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQNGYewJk6zt41HNyBCD_mGFu1oZU9Hr2U__zxEH2TF7wPrFABVpSJ_qAHHjTUGOYHFeLEYvuj7mcCeJCjsdfyZL4ChWXPMzUJxZ7X-DT-T7S5kssj3-ero5OMDh0OiVvPp4HBpD3DfM11WdP1DIbU8Z90emd3W32btF3X7K-dy-1-PbF7BrrIb2BEQ/s800/animal%20quilt2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="800" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQNGYewJk6zt41HNyBCD_mGFu1oZU9Hr2U__zxEH2TF7wPrFABVpSJ_qAHHjTUGOYHFeLEYvuj7mcCeJCjsdfyZL4ChWXPMzUJxZ7X-DT-T7S5kssj3-ero5OMDh0OiVvPp4HBpD3DfM11WdP1DIbU8Z90emd3W32btF3X7K-dy-1-PbF7BrrIb2BEQ/w640-h610/animal%20quilt2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b>One quilt I quilted butterflies and flowers, and one quilt I quilted stars and butterflies.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHbkLHJXYBpLpNlDflNEkZ4CIaUVbw3NvkHeq49qtTjxUgltrWfJMY8-hDmsTfkWJ25YnIYCADTgR3p51f1MbZtrbMUlcJEVGZLSowW_ohWajmmX1hJY1ACN2V9fdA6MKzKxJzqyvGMB3iJcgu8RO1wKL1xdE1aZqLxuhkTzD_PtnFXHwH7fjMM3xCA/s800/animal%20quilt1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="800" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHbkLHJXYBpLpNlDflNEkZ4CIaUVbw3NvkHeq49qtTjxUgltrWfJMY8-hDmsTfkWJ25YnIYCADTgR3p51f1MbZtrbMUlcJEVGZLSowW_ohWajmmX1hJY1ACN2V9fdA6MKzKxJzqyvGMB3iJcgu8RO1wKL1xdE1aZqLxuhkTzD_PtnFXHwH7fjMM3xCA/w640-h580/animal%20quilt1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b>Alike yet different, just like the twins are going to be :) The babies are girls and I hope they get a lot of enjoyment out of these quilts.<br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Take care, and have a lovely day!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-81343440361062674392022-12-23T03:00:00.004-08:002022-12-23T03:00:56.954-08:00Christmas<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. </b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtG14iOH2wGLE2D793Ya0NpocYxr2EHJ49O5mZbMB97GX04Cl-czPiWkAbTB3OYKTfjXPPnZFjNfDWlKdWT__E5AaDAGmiqY8m0UqSXz__k20UVLuxGcbAF3Rh2aUBKvzhEXOno5un3WsN2owCR_B_MlMMnx9hwkoH8GiR9c6GaaJ3KvxdaIJHSt9RWg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="311" data-original-width="553" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtG14iOH2wGLE2D793Ya0NpocYxr2EHJ49O5mZbMB97GX04Cl-czPiWkAbTB3OYKTfjXPPnZFjNfDWlKdWT__E5AaDAGmiqY8m0UqSXz__k20UVLuxGcbAF3Rh2aUBKvzhEXOno5un3WsN2owCR_B_MlMMnx9hwkoH8GiR9c6GaaJ3KvxdaIJHSt9RWg=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A the happiest of New Years.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Thank you all for popping in to see what I'm up too. Sorry I have been more quiet this past year. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Dorian<br /><br /><br /></b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-54842028795932944792022-10-21T17:37:00.001-07:002022-10-21T17:37:02.954-07:00I didn't mean to be gone so long..<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I didn't mean to be gone so long. For the months of Aug and Sept it was quite warm here (as usual) and I just didn't get too much done in the sewing room. I did some sewing, just not everyday. Let's see...</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I finished quilting my Lone star/wedding ring quilt! I still have to attach the binding, then I'll show it off. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I did a fun swap with the Gals on<a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/default.aspx" target="_blank"> QATW</a></b></span><a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/default.aspx" target="_blank"> </a>. <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>We call it the 3 yrd swap. Whomever wants to play mails 1 yrd of fabric to someone, we all had partners chosen for us. Then the partner would add 2 yrds of fabric to that 1 and make a quilt top, which she would then send back to the person who sent her the original 1 yrd.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I sent the leafy fabric in this quilt top to Bonita, she added the vibrant orange and cream and made me this fun quilt top.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEGjEm7erHvO1CLU4rLxvDnSoJx3eQsKfsOGpJz9k4mRvYYdxx14GJg39HUJeOhrMCa-aL6gv94q2rZwOdY0aGIwO8W01HDuf6JPTbCFwIaxNpN2prr3V-Acglz31nQ0PI2ZyxZeDdjME_2-vdTZU33qUU8Pg4Drj16_LJ7NjzH_j1G-Vcez7vKiQPA/s918/3yrdswap2022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEGjEm7erHvO1CLU4rLxvDnSoJx3eQsKfsOGpJz9k4mRvYYdxx14GJg39HUJeOhrMCa-aL6gv94q2rZwOdY0aGIwO8W01HDuf6JPTbCFwIaxNpN2prr3V-Acglz31nQ0PI2ZyxZeDdjME_2-vdTZU33qUU8Pg4Drj16_LJ7NjzH_j1G-Vcez7vKiQPA/w488-h640/3yrdswap2022.JPG" width="488" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I can't show you the quilt top I made yet, as the owner hasn't recieved it just yet. But I'll post that in a couple days when she gets it.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>After that, I started working on a friends baby quilt. I just found out she is expecting TWINS! So now I need to get going so that I can make her 2 quilts. She's due in late March, so I have time. Here are two of the blocks that will be in her quilts. The pattern is called "B is for Baby animals", and you can get it from Lorna at <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.com/shop/" target="_blank">Sew Fresh Quilts</a>.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BkI6opZB8KwKwpvKWZmYfb79B0o8FQxMLpVU7aA2M-5MtxoVRGSm9Sytt0LZaalKGlJupGBFqzPT2k3-zMSRAsxwi4u3_2p3KQYAobrmCn3iWuhgab9Bylcq8EkydNixeK3teFJvIWX6aPvLexHO_LgmUwOe1Q5DM7vgxn9iYY1V7m_z59cIgSXdTA/s700/bunny.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="700" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BkI6opZB8KwKwpvKWZmYfb79B0o8FQxMLpVU7aA2M-5MtxoVRGSm9Sytt0LZaalKGlJupGBFqzPT2k3-zMSRAsxwi4u3_2p3KQYAobrmCn3iWuhgab9Bylcq8EkydNixeK3teFJvIWX6aPvLexHO_LgmUwOe1Q5DM7vgxn9iYY1V7m_z59cIgSXdTA/w640-h540/bunny.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdodktYetkUmrX-fjV5RCBipTrntD3_BS4h8sdUCTnu3m1k4U1463BLMddEpNKWGtVZtzheR-ul4USz3AAPeaHOmpM-YlsS1yHBzTlHgLsm7SKJj74loPZS5MG90LxHyJKBXjioQiiimDX4zKdDPq5Vm7ZLvwUoRpuGJekAsqDuQWk8RHf-ZDQeioyw/s700/chippy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="700" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdodktYetkUmrX-fjV5RCBipTrntD3_BS4h8sdUCTnu3m1k4U1463BLMddEpNKWGtVZtzheR-ul4USz3AAPeaHOmpM-YlsS1yHBzTlHgLsm7SKJj74loPZS5MG90LxHyJKBXjioQiiimDX4zKdDPq5Vm7ZLvwUoRpuGJekAsqDuQWk8RHf-ZDQeioyw/w640-h584/chippy.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Aren't these guys cute?! I have a chipmunk and mouse to make as well.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I am thinking about getting some Christmas pot holders and such made, but we'll see if I succeed or not :)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thanks for stopping by!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dorian</b></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-6043658102062899402022-07-31T10:43:00.001-07:002022-08-03T17:00:00.037-07:00A Fun Project<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I didn't mean to be gone so long. After making the last few quilt tops, I joined up for a fun project on my quilt forum, <a href="http://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/forum/" target="_blank">QATW</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Jann offered to send whomever wanted to join some fabric. The challenge was to take the fabric she sent (you had to use 75% of it), add 2 yrds of backing and any other fabric, and make something with it. The project had to be quilted and bound by today.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Here is the fabric Jann sent. All of the pieces are between 1/4 and 3/4 yrds. I added the dark red tone on tone on the bottom.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P8YesEly4w0gmkveScIAuCWQszg9H87-NaDzpTcZnwntZbCVBkw8ERnPkGcF3W8bCJMK2_V6mlwmiqLMrc4qkG0maYkTG_XW0JQgkRpNAWLuOqvWfppvH63zhWm_DHu2oTW07HXnMq7ecTP0KsuSsgRMswzZlEwTIazyZnd_mjOTjK_V4OSBbTsCNA/s800/challenge1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="800" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P8YesEly4w0gmkveScIAuCWQszg9H87-NaDzpTcZnwntZbCVBkw8ERnPkGcF3W8bCJMK2_V6mlwmiqLMrc4qkG0maYkTG_XW0JQgkRpNAWLuOqvWfppvH63zhWm_DHu2oTW07HXnMq7ecTP0KsuSsgRMswzZlEwTIazyZnd_mjOTjK_V4OSBbTsCNA/w640-h332/challenge1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>I decided to make a variation of my<a href="https://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/2013/05/saturday-special.html" target="_blank"> Pats' Gem's quilt</a>. (I also added the slightly darker shade of aqua triangles here.)</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoBzYYRovWpBl4euDHQXTrY2GlR2qvlqb8Tgjekw5uUBN5THtQC6ZwLWtJlpdAN36-nW2MqF5GKplW9A07NuGiiXMmZ34hIDC5u0JF_MJPyMjyysLTALTRQbutUH2_Jr_fLCk1Lljwd8eELjcax6KYqvG3z1iXlIW0DKqwrSzSqnXJcfSXOR2Ye2hlQ/s800/challenge3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoBzYYRovWpBl4euDHQXTrY2GlR2qvlqb8Tgjekw5uUBN5THtQC6ZwLWtJlpdAN36-nW2MqF5GKplW9A07NuGiiXMmZ34hIDC5u0JF_MJPyMjyysLTALTRQbutUH2_Jr_fLCk1Lljwd8eELjcax6KYqvG3z1iXlIW0DKqwrSzSqnXJcfSXOR2Ye2hlQ/w640-h424/challenge3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> I had a lot of fun making this quilt. The mini-charm pack went into the border. It's a simple quilt, using 4 squares and HST blocks.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL_kN3nKzqYtABWqZF1-1N3guaTfqj2y9VKVC6HbIHFmf1_WNUNnzPN-75cNn75re85S5jLl6bj8wrEsL4fGiSQcQbjxfdP8mHLgA24CAY8_pWleY-YwtpXIgEnLvNXx-QQ23EOntV34aqiGYLUCeitG-3A28A2y6LZCUXZYkxMdM-lhcSOaKmJp0Pw/s800/challenge4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="800" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL_kN3nKzqYtABWqZF1-1N3guaTfqj2y9VKVC6HbIHFmf1_WNUNnzPN-75cNn75re85S5jLl6bj8wrEsL4fGiSQcQbjxfdP8mHLgA24CAY8_pWleY-YwtpXIgEnLvNXx-QQ23EOntV34aqiGYLUCeitG-3A28A2y6LZCUXZYkxMdM-lhcSOaKmJp0Pw/w640-h534/challenge4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><p><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p>I had to buy the backing and the 2 yrds of background fabric, as I just didn't have anything that I liked to go with Jann's fabric. I rarely use a white or cream as the background, but felt it was a good choice for these fabrics.</b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZuWqbzEhNrjhTRk_X7d0PaeJ2vHyCle9-OzFXFgVpvzGJ2Y_iI2Pm2fSOEWGKoytbI2oS_vz3IsfWLTt3jyE-PUCOBvrWdwBNyYbRwNEnthy0NHHUnNOh-B_4xkqmyaycTOhJqiYOVrGcYXQBWufD3Z5eXGMbRh0nMdAzuCoX_i87KUivfIAPb8Qvw/s800/challenge2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="800" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZuWqbzEhNrjhTRk_X7d0PaeJ2vHyCle9-OzFXFgVpvzGJ2Y_iI2Pm2fSOEWGKoytbI2oS_vz3IsfWLTt3jyE-PUCOBvrWdwBNyYbRwNEnthy0NHHUnNOh-B_4xkqmyaycTOhJqiYOVrGcYXQBWufD3Z5eXGMbRh0nMdAzuCoX_i87KUivfIAPb8Qvw/w640-h544/challenge2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I think it turned out pretty good. But that has what's been keeping me busy for most of July. And it's summertime, which means it's hot. So not a lot of sewing going on. Also I really want to get this quilt top quilted.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWU1trTtuZvteWdkl8jrv1yCs1yuVWtGLHqChfAr_hrQF_53CBCQoiR0c0KF488eBa5rnl20USA91TL0mm-vS10ecrZwp9Dot5S4Kg7LBh4niNJQLoFjDy6HkA8BgaI93vsX3qgFEViRfmP1KzZ6LipSvVKUZwIBAhH6NTJvA7DtX-r66OWLSAl9NeXg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="640" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWU1trTtuZvteWdkl8jrv1yCs1yuVWtGLHqChfAr_hrQF_53CBCQoiR0c0KF488eBa5rnl20USA91TL0mm-vS10ecrZwp9Dot5S4Kg7LBh4niNJQLoFjDy6HkA8BgaI93vsX3qgFEViRfmP1KzZ6LipSvVKUZwIBAhH6NTJvA7DtX-r66OWLSAl9NeXg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So I haven't let myself start anything else, I jumped right from quilting the challenge quilt to quilting the star quilt. It's going very slowly though, just too hot to be moving a quilt around a table.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Well, I hope I wont be gone so long this next time. This is mostly just a quilting blog though, so if I am not quilting/piecing much, then I don't have anything to show :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This was a fun challenge, thanks Jann!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm linking up with <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ms Pat</a> today, thank you Pat :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-43132964142521961812022-05-10T11:22:00.006-07:002022-05-12T03:32:55.081-07:00Some tops<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I didn't mean to be go for so long. Sewing has been up and down, following the weather patterns we've been having. I get cold easily now a days and when we've had cold, rainy weather, I stay in the living room near the fire. Our Spring has been going from the warm upper 70s down to the low 30's, back and forth. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I have managed to get a few tops finished though. This table runner is completely finished and already at it's new home. I just forgot to take a photo of it all quilted and bound.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-422HoTnvnSSLWBOGDy7TYIXmsB1A3tHotgEg98uP9zdM70sorqw5vADy0d_EE3XNblfEVcpHtL-QMpq7qi66XoO4o5yr0rvh5_CGf6UeH2XjDkJe5XxbWUgIQfF6v0KftmDX8gkHO-TBz-o1wU5tiNYOLb98wIU4Z4UBR2mPwXTNLkJsXvI4-5vpA/s1049/table%20runner.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-422HoTnvnSSLWBOGDy7TYIXmsB1A3tHotgEg98uP9zdM70sorqw5vADy0d_EE3XNblfEVcpHtL-QMpq7qi66XoO4o5yr0rvh5_CGf6UeH2XjDkJe5XxbWUgIQfF6v0KftmDX8gkHO-TBz-o1wU5tiNYOLb98wIU4Z4UBR2mPwXTNLkJsXvI4-5vpA/w488-h640/table%20runner.JPG" width="488" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This one was a mystery quilt on my forum. <a href="https://coffeeandquilts.com/" target="_blank">Heather</a> is often doing quilt mysteries with us, always so fun. Mine didn't come out as well as others, as I used to many shades of green and then the two different whitish colors. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYmcNo0Xev4j2KAS0V9f8eYiHIhmAKag8frWziyYz3OFGbPW-bZt_fiaT-pft5lQlmJbD9HQiQPbg4cs_6FKbqI4kTFOnncvtKhHBkWaKxCDMq-K-7jheCBPsQx1pngJLWduVnUfnfea_rGkCLw37CxBh_209x6kzoLdi3y7h1ClNgSoYmWHdtYnN6g/s819/march2022%20mystery.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYmcNo0Xev4j2KAS0V9f8eYiHIhmAKag8frWziyYz3OFGbPW-bZt_fiaT-pft5lQlmJbD9HQiQPbg4cs_6FKbqI4kTFOnncvtKhHBkWaKxCDMq-K-7jheCBPsQx1pngJLWduVnUfnfea_rGkCLw37CxBh_209x6kzoLdi3y7h1ClNgSoYmWHdtYnN6g/w626-h640/march2022%20mystery.JPG" width="626" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I had chosen this hedgehog fabric as the main focus, so chose colors to go with it. The white with butterflies matches perfectly (the colors of the butterflies), but it wasn't the right project for them.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-IiPbuhnZyrIuN8WpTRw6JaQUTaGzXIJeDCzzCWuH8GVjTL2u-1n-x2Ve1s-tvGH_Wk7LHFBzwam9rU05Tnn70QUf3NTNchihgLnPNYTmvDwQ_D4HyUR2yjiG4FuO6_k8tZ4D3gJUGVBm0h4kIK-vT7MkngPTUzC2pCR5slh9ehmboFnHezs6kcDIQ/s800/march2022%20mystery2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="800" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-IiPbuhnZyrIuN8WpTRw6JaQUTaGzXIJeDCzzCWuH8GVjTL2u-1n-x2Ve1s-tvGH_Wk7LHFBzwam9rU05Tnn70QUf3NTNchihgLnPNYTmvDwQ_D4HyUR2yjiG4FuO6_k8tZ4D3gJUGVBm0h4kIK-vT7MkngPTUzC2pCR5slh9ehmboFnHezs6kcDIQ/w640-h562/march2022%20mystery2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And here is the cute, colorful irish chain top. I got the borders on and hopefully will get some backing soon and get it quilted up.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fb01tbmgeC_7L7FOPzCge9mdycscloPfuxRqO3sBEiCSw8evL_btHH4H7Pv6zO9aLjj0TjrU5Ec1ES0OUO4DDbN3c7-jLqn9qek24ByLAgPvqmq5BtxWiYX89WUkXgJBF3AMH6M8QAH6SXrju_e9LOgRJtWZDuAQtANFNWZKMwXUCGY9_kuY_kguSQ/s809/colorful%20irish%20chain.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fb01tbmgeC_7L7FOPzCge9mdycscloPfuxRqO3sBEiCSw8evL_btHH4H7Pv6zO9aLjj0TjrU5Ec1ES0OUO4DDbN3c7-jLqn9qek24ByLAgPvqmq5BtxWiYX89WUkXgJBF3AMH6M8QAH6SXrju_e9LOgRJtWZDuAQtANFNWZKMwXUCGY9_kuY_kguSQ/w632-h640/colorful%20irish%20chain.JPG" width="632" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I need to turn to quilting, as I have lots of tops that need finishing. But quilting is much harder on me than piecing, and more fun too :)</b></span><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Linking up with the sweet <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ms Pat</a> this week, thank you Pat.<br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thank you for stopping by, have a great day!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p></div>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-41377425958703839102022-03-31T10:22:00.002-07:002022-03-31T10:22:40.527-07:00Another Irish Chain<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Spring is here, and it's not a very wet one. I have a feeling we are in for a long, dry summer :( We usually get much of our water in the months between March and May, but not this year.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I had a bunch of 2" and 2 1/2" strips laying around. Some of them were WOF long from jelly rolls, others were partial strips, anything from 10" to 30". I made sure they were all 2" wide and then sewed them together in strips sets like this.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRdN3WXJPLmWy8DcaY81GAUbLrNm7XpkQceqLg3BiBqeLihlKvliprV1TVFV4DY47CF_WhFOFd0h6KR0Lw29qJVUhMUQEFUA-_CfOd-Gk4akVjXKFVxB7S8XaUslP-_GX58rD12Fqi-lU6CVIPnCKwMYRRyWbjxG7-ojGwGlSMiUINbjcc0uGBX27oA/s800/irishchain1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="800" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRdN3WXJPLmWy8DcaY81GAUbLrNm7XpkQceqLg3BiBqeLihlKvliprV1TVFV4DY47CF_WhFOFd0h6KR0Lw29qJVUhMUQEFUA-_CfOd-Gk4akVjXKFVxB7S8XaUslP-_GX58rD12Fqi-lU6CVIPnCKwMYRRyWbjxG7-ojGwGlSMiUINbjcc0uGBX27oA/w640-h528/irishchain1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>You can just see the green strip that has two strips sewn together. As some of my strips weren't long enough, I sewed them end to end until all my strips were at least 40" long. Then I cut them into 2" segments and sewed them together into the chain blocks.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKJ3Ve2wKJvvrCqcmh6wVgb-FxU3TpxyrR-6WFNXmvWt2H98BjUeS4LxKZ4uI8_pEQKkJj_Xx8qEqpP3QTKex89cK4qLpfGibSPbaqhDh0eqmfxSGjyf_u8xKQriiu6N3QKjzwKZRPQPBrz_eur-oSNwPw4eePOTw0q8rvSorv46qfS1cx-xUz2dqVg/s800/irishchain2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="800" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKJ3Ve2wKJvvrCqcmh6wVgb-FxU3TpxyrR-6WFNXmvWt2H98BjUeS4LxKZ4uI8_pEQKkJj_Xx8qEqpP3QTKex89cK4qLpfGibSPbaqhDh0eqmfxSGjyf_u8xKQriiu6N3QKjzwKZRPQPBrz_eur-oSNwPw4eePOTw0q8rvSorv46qfS1cx-xUz2dqVg/w640-h508/irishchain2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Making sure that the blue was constant throughout the quilt, making the large X in each chain block. You can see some of the squares are two toned, from sewing the ends of strips together. (See them circled below). But that's ok, I think it adds charm.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf23TP2ktWfuItvds5L2b2zZfMc8Le0yaxWvAPS3fusQegnAv543EDNBYfMxd_uYRC8ORzhFNXwF-6zCN-EirlzsfjeUzM5uvuIe5YjMztZb-Vm7yxhU_pYlT-6XimyJEZgpViNe1IFjT_O-mnXblWRV-h7naWC8__A42pu1o4ueeTF7ReOEPEh9eUew/s800/irishchain3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="800" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf23TP2ktWfuItvds5L2b2zZfMc8Le0yaxWvAPS3fusQegnAv543EDNBYfMxd_uYRC8ORzhFNXwF-6zCN-EirlzsfjeUzM5uvuIe5YjMztZb-Vm7yxhU_pYlT-6XimyJEZgpViNe1IFjT_O-mnXblWRV-h7naWC8__A42pu1o4ueeTF7ReOEPEh9eUew/w640-h508/irishchain3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I was originally going to put wildflowers in the alternate blocks, but when I saw how colorful this was turning out, I decided to use these fun animal prints instead, and make a kid quilt. </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> I cut these fabrics into squares and then sewed a 2" wide strip of yellow on either side of a square.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZ1uROo4EReolrMwD7CLgy_AcCaDViM5afAwIk2jzHtSIjZwe5Dl-SsK343pibtj5xSsZlNxDnpI8qxQ5su3Pb0Rh3av2_VEz_2HmQ1_6pQ_4QI7n12M6_FORNb_ArSj7KHDgVuvjjb_M3AMIkqFpWs5rozbqEExRZIXfvKg84AIZDdU2VtoLeALfFg/s800/irishchain4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="800" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZ1uROo4EReolrMwD7CLgy_AcCaDViM5afAwIk2jzHtSIjZwe5Dl-SsK343pibtj5xSsZlNxDnpI8qxQ5su3Pb0Rh3av2_VEz_2HmQ1_6pQ_4QI7n12M6_FORNb_ArSj7KHDgVuvjjb_M3AMIkqFpWs5rozbqEExRZIXfvKg84AIZDdU2VtoLeALfFg/w640-h524/irishchain4.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><p><b>Then I sewed strips together like so.</b></p></b><p></p></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSDwuedKstl0nioN_wcy34INsbtsQ0n0H7ockv0QUk1NgzficE-TUvs3yTzUzTQcWT8n6sfDB3VqOw4soSJNB3JAfpaePx1CuuH8yLQa4vxNNey-86dXnI9MFPyhc0rO00h7YcNW_iN6C1x89_3sw6Fr_s9WDiLL-v0P5WunAGU8ocKM1d_g4NHwC9w/s800/irishchain5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="800" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSDwuedKstl0nioN_wcy34INsbtsQ0n0H7ockv0QUk1NgzficE-TUvs3yTzUzTQcWT8n6sfDB3VqOw4soSJNB3JAfpaePx1CuuH8yLQa4vxNNey-86dXnI9MFPyhc0rO00h7YcNW_iN6C1x89_3sw6Fr_s9WDiLL-v0P5WunAGU8ocKM1d_g4NHwC9w/w640-h450/irishchain5.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>And cut them into 2" wide segments.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabQCcbBmAEyKnqJiOqzHutfvDNYhpOUI0WKCR9W7bGFYH8KHZugyYc0elMKS5cjCwV449G8px9vRfd_oNqQWZ1fEu9Ts0rETNh6N92hITbUtLjUJ58NSKbhSj4e7GZyx8qqoM8o1kuTNQ3BJ72ejY0ApQDX130t1WaBA-jmMAlBtdjxQyXCX0A8xDeA/s800/irishchain6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="800" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabQCcbBmAEyKnqJiOqzHutfvDNYhpOUI0WKCR9W7bGFYH8KHZugyYc0elMKS5cjCwV449G8px9vRfd_oNqQWZ1fEu9Ts0rETNh6N92hITbUtLjUJ58NSKbhSj4e7GZyx8qqoM8o1kuTNQ3BJ72ejY0ApQDX130t1WaBA-jmMAlBtdjxQyXCX0A8xDeA/w640-h580/irishchain6.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>And put them together like this.</b></span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb9ebr37QmTgfmHC4X5JL1Hx90DAAV-V2ndHG1YEFf5UC9aXdzJaSbFKSIaAr5PWEn9VoDTYNFOogi_NfymL20YMPxvjgy2QfkQ5LOagWi0UioNhRe7QhnM8EYX8f106a7Mt9_s6fM5zpae-8ZLXFx1SAWkhH1WpExzKSIu5Sx00pag8keC252XnbtQ/s800/irishchain7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="800" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb9ebr37QmTgfmHC4X5JL1Hx90DAAV-V2ndHG1YEFf5UC9aXdzJaSbFKSIaAr5PWEn9VoDTYNFOogi_NfymL20YMPxvjgy2QfkQ5LOagWi0UioNhRe7QhnM8EYX8f106a7Mt9_s6fM5zpae-8ZLXFx1SAWkhH1WpExzKSIu5Sx00pag8keC252XnbtQ/w640-h588/irishchain7.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Put them all together, and you have a really cute and colorful Irish chain quilt :)</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4jt0VVudqSp4h733O8_gTPQPHN5NrUj1wJdAIzmSuKNAnBZ9Pjy9KReHCzN07uBPJ70bPQvmPIeWBy-JJV4Sw4AaL4uFdfHiugREC-Rx7pr42U17f7P9HarcOcy5bRrr-E6mA5zkswn5ss1fJmi4mmTli9DHgMbp4ZQmkWGq2gS1Eu5PQO7HTMnCeA/s800/irishchain8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4jt0VVudqSp4h733O8_gTPQPHN5NrUj1wJdAIzmSuKNAnBZ9Pjy9KReHCzN07uBPJ70bPQvmPIeWBy-JJV4Sw4AaL4uFdfHiugREC-Rx7pr42U17f7P9HarcOcy5bRrr-E6mA5zkswn5ss1fJmi4mmTli9DHgMbp4ZQmkWGq2gS1Eu5PQO7HTMnCeA/w640-h424/irishchain8.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I still need to all a fun border, I'll use more leftover strips, and then I'll quilt it up, as I think I have a backing for it.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm sharing with Pat and her <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2022/03/stitch-sew-show-2022-week-13.html" target="_blank">stitch and share</a> link again today, thank you Pat for your linky.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for stopping by.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-66947372913201134242022-02-28T14:29:00.004-08:002022-02-28T14:29:43.719-08:00What I'm working on<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>We had been having some lovely Feb weather, and now things are starting to get a bit cloudy and rainy, which is good. We reallllly need the moisture. So I am hoping this is the starting of a wet Spring (which often mean snow and freezing weather, as well as rain).</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Not long ago, I was <a href="https://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/2022/01/some-projects-for-new-year.html" target="_blank">talking about </a>pulling this old UFO out, and getting it quilted up.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXrj16_rms55sffabdAR9lBQRNInuX-eeUPHvNv7Ua2L85irrCXxDs08Ne7w2BnmPAe94jYDPjWPWlAOmnjGxv2Vvn4Jduk_cO1_pb5nlIkxw4kiyctG7WcyCY2jwgZ25lzCTdknxcispOuqYygByCgnQ6s_obAuC5cYNiFtbsRf4s_Lkc-_A4nfh44Q=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="800" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXrj16_rms55sffabdAR9lBQRNInuX-eeUPHvNv7Ua2L85irrCXxDs08Ne7w2BnmPAe94jYDPjWPWlAOmnjGxv2Vvn4Jduk_cO1_pb5nlIkxw4kiyctG7WcyCY2jwgZ25lzCTdknxcispOuqYygByCgnQ6s_obAuC5cYNiFtbsRf4s_Lkc-_A4nfh44Q=w640-h530" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>It's now sandwhiched and pinned, ready to quilt. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4yG1Mf-IXbhs06o_ihBsJzZO0wpULz-R6BuL47o3jsAc_yAg36aIICVYVGUbhPHgW1FTaQE7krSaBoZKSUgosQste5jzOYtKRT87Xj9FWFt1BGQYxVgfXinn9kOv_vo4-X-6xrMGggV4e17MNIYk1TmE3lFkWbrnXGW8vp5QBmCepK5zm2I5Swq9pbw=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="800" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4yG1Mf-IXbhs06o_ihBsJzZO0wpULz-R6BuL47o3jsAc_yAg36aIICVYVGUbhPHgW1FTaQE7krSaBoZKSUgosQste5jzOYtKRT87Xj9FWFt1BGQYxVgfXinn9kOv_vo4-X-6xrMGggV4e17MNIYk1TmE3lFkWbrnXGW8vp5QBmCepK5zm2I5Swq9pbw=w640-h312" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I started to hand quilt this, because I have some issues that I'm afraid I'm going to have a hard time 'quilting' out ( and because I haven't hand quilted in a long time and thought it would be nice), like the bumps below (where the arrows are). I know, it's wrinkly as well and I should of ironed it before pinning it...</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6HEySOftzJAtzMmycyZVnJm2wT7hskKUEbv5ZJY0jJd7KBsKP6-kT0oDcBMuPUUH1YncBRoYi11fIVnWicqXI7NBSvmoo_slLJdmWzKN-gdRNdg2Wvu3l_cNwKAydDsYXaIV8XvW790_9DOi3Eo2M_aXST1_XjPAHHTYTnDO9ueDHPsJF3RpLuXWIyA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6HEySOftzJAtzMmycyZVnJm2wT7hskKUEbv5ZJY0jJd7KBsKP6-kT0oDcBMuPUUH1YncBRoYi11fIVnWicqXI7NBSvmoo_slLJdmWzKN-gdRNdg2Wvu3l_cNwKAydDsYXaIV8XvW790_9DOi3Eo2M_aXST1_XjPAHHTYTnDO9ueDHPsJF3RpLuXWIyA=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>But, there is lots of lovely spaces here to quilt...</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZwajl7dbn9dc4dJEjyINZFBLW4xvU0HacU03DqLAg9RB1vuOXnaWm3FMTr9Fp9GjQ4Xu5CpY_G7a0HEzmamLVNCP9AsIV7W5aKk0j-Jd4vFABi0iTW3OWrqxBRipSJaoiaDxNc4yxH8r5qHXyrdwOTotaaVWoTMuM6VJpS-rQk-F8GJJ2naRZ4d_srw=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="800" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZwajl7dbn9dc4dJEjyINZFBLW4xvU0HacU03DqLAg9RB1vuOXnaWm3FMTr9Fp9GjQ4Xu5CpY_G7a0HEzmamLVNCP9AsIV7W5aKk0j-Jd4vFABi0iTW3OWrqxBRipSJaoiaDxNc4yxH8r5qHXyrdwOTotaaVWoTMuM6VJpS-rQk-F8GJJ2naRZ4d_srw=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>And after quilting for just 10 or 15 mins, making barely any headway, I started rethinking my hand quilting. For one, it's not very good. Something like 5 stitches per inch, instead of 8 or 10. And then the next day, my forearm was hurting a lot from doing the little bit of stitching I had the day before. I don't think I can handle doing this whole quilt by hand :(</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So, I had my oldest son get my machine oiled (I had cleaned it a few days ago) and am going to get going on quilting this one... as soon as I buy some thread. The thread I started using started falling apart when I was frogging it. It's polyester and I am not a 'poly' girl, much prefer cotton. But I don't have any matching colors, so I'll have to buy something. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Now I hope that I can quilt this up decently and don't have many issues with it.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I also have a few more tops to add to the 'need to quilt' pile. This is the macaroon mystery top. So pretty and colorful! I really like the green sashing, which was supposed to be the background color but I had too much swirls and needed something to rest the eyes.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKkjnWa6tnIQfPO8izFHpzETGA23PwTpVyEWHWxwn8fL_Kt_w0RZyPFVByzxo4EZyCqHUHNRC5E-VEloTzzzlZuYRfodBsrsJqlynkqEfgOarYskBcvhQvJHmvQFFTExm9t20K4s3poiiVPIIeUYRlDJRBGF5T-8eDFJUp-4A89r63xzvnRbpwTuQO2Q=s700" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="700" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKkjnWa6tnIQfPO8izFHpzETGA23PwTpVyEWHWxwn8fL_Kt_w0RZyPFVByzxo4EZyCqHUHNRC5E-VEloTzzzlZuYRfodBsrsJqlynkqEfgOarYskBcvhQvJHmvQFFTExm9t20K4s3poiiVPIIeUYRlDJRBGF5T-8eDFJUp-4A89r63xzvnRbpwTuQO2Q=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This is a Jacob's ladder quilt top that I got out of the Fall 2018 Quilts and More magazine. This is the quilt I did for a swap on our forum. We aren't supposed to quilt it, so that we can swap it with someone else, if we want.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih7DVaZdUzGTYa5ZgognKnWf7j_nDpoRba1mppfHtoOyqjL8sed-TnpOPBAJaEy-Y__CGgM2e0lNs7_Vm7lOb4NMStj9E1Loo7g4y1PoIcIOV12OkfOcbAU9jzhHVzZo59_iQbZLRn_nq-zsMPhO7Hj2UYtskRgz2rjpPylgjWTRjGRnMFdBc64MpRDQ=s700" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="700" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih7DVaZdUzGTYa5ZgognKnWf7j_nDpoRba1mppfHtoOyqjL8sed-TnpOPBAJaEy-Y__CGgM2e0lNs7_Vm7lOb4NMStj9E1Loo7g4y1PoIcIOV12OkfOcbAU9jzhHVzZo59_iQbZLRn_nq-zsMPhO7Hj2UYtskRgz2rjpPylgjWTRjGRnMFdBc64MpRDQ=w640-h608" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I really wish this one was bigger, as I love it. But I don't have any wall spaces for it and I have no Grand babies to give it to. So, I might keep it and add some more patch work around it, making it bigger.. I might not, we'll see.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I have plenty of things to quilt up while I wait for thread for the Lonestar, I'm starting on a few table runners.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Take care, and thanks for stopping by.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-14816646802463268272022-02-12T13:56:00.001-08:002022-04-03T07:01:57.322-07:00Macaroon mystery and another project<p> <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">UPDATED WITH FINISHED MACAROON TOP</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope you are all enjoying whatever weather you are having. We are in our usual warm and lovely February weather. I do so hope we get a good, cold, wet Spring though (as we often do).</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I've been having fun with my beautiful Sunkissed and Spring Chicken fabrics. Both by Sweetwater, I was sooo happy when they brought these gorgeous, fun colors back! I've added in a few tone on tone fabrics that are not by Sweetwater, as well.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGb19g722gTkHBBBEpeUwlkEKHXuoxPMBDtNyKLs23mhDsEM1K8MBQ0x5gNfnyqURrxyTirZt0oNMaq0fKipeUUtSYcbs-w6dmOCDxoFk2QzjRjqmgyJqdfl_y4OhW0JdUT5mWgnMfTyjIlhnBEaWhcaP_O9wOF_1rZ03FR5R9gzmzIgnC8GBmIbRTyQ=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="800" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGb19g722gTkHBBBEpeUwlkEKHXuoxPMBDtNyKLs23mhDsEM1K8MBQ0x5gNfnyqURrxyTirZt0oNMaq0fKipeUUtSYcbs-w6dmOCDxoFk2QzjRjqmgyJqdfl_y4OhW0JdUT5mWgnMfTyjIlhnBEaWhcaP_O9wOF_1rZ03FR5R9gzmzIgnC8GBmIbRTyQ=w640-h522" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /><b>This is for the Macaroon mystery by <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/p/macaron-mystery-quilt.html" target="_blank">Meadow Mist Designs</a>. My blocks are all together now.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkkWxtYlYLZ-rD1xXSB9aoEtX7v1MDV0HVZm8eSuf_Ks-V00dOJIyf6y1zKfoj3NZvJBj7Ak9G03mbFRKddnFYDuehq4hPyGTYom2_YfUa6xxiRMNzCysz2C4ZpsvxV9xtmuqKKHJvNMXezlTc6djZMg1fH9LY8eJfHr3R1gdx8oqJ4z7N2LHItDbEeA=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="800" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkkWxtYlYLZ-rD1xXSB9aoEtX7v1MDV0HVZm8eSuf_Ks-V00dOJIyf6y1zKfoj3NZvJBj7Ak9G03mbFRKddnFYDuehq4hPyGTYom2_YfUa6xxiRMNzCysz2C4ZpsvxV9xtmuqKKHJvNMXezlTc6djZMg1fH9LY8eJfHr3R1gdx8oqJ4z7N2LHItDbEeA=w640-h556" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>These are the setting triangles. The pattern calls for 2 background fabrics, but I ran out of both of them, so chose another swirl for them.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt2G6oY5So0nbGTRgk35knfxDgiwIdDcvav7quLiwxfc0U3BZ-ut2-aRIlx9MjB8wq8HtA5eCyoc_sm54PEy5BlsWqXl64vcc0UX1I_en3MRkjrHaoUe8Pwf87P3gg0lcGFs4zvKjqyVi6HTBNRvpvWgEQNmcJlGqlEZjkpB8Orvw_GZpmtoezhrx8RQ=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="800" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt2G6oY5So0nbGTRgk35knfxDgiwIdDcvav7quLiwxfc0U3BZ-ut2-aRIlx9MjB8wq8HtA5eCyoc_sm54PEy5BlsWqXl64vcc0UX1I_en3MRkjrHaoUe8Pwf87P3gg0lcGFs4zvKjqyVi6HTBNRvpvWgEQNmcJlGqlEZjkpB8Orvw_GZpmtoezhrx8RQ=w640-h578" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And since my background is sooo busy (But I love all those swirls!) I am going with a more sedate greens for the sashings. Some are tone on tone, and some are from the Spring Chicken line (although I didn't take a picture of them).</span></b></span><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj96ISD6fQGl8WGycJGlLxjy2ZIdHaHA55KaTm7d9v5DQkzTG9K8Ng2sVkeHarZeI4v76gAcooxyQm2TexUf_hOkRM9weH3z3cSfUOFrirP67pPRXwUXQGlkAp4ZYDNjZEdmjJ0SUwcNzQK6PjGncqnBaWU47HRPzkK0OFmCuirWK4170Y4yC3KTiWhA/s800/MM2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="800" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj96ISD6fQGl8WGycJGlLxjy2ZIdHaHA55KaTm7d9v5DQkzTG9K8Ng2sVkeHarZeI4v76gAcooxyQm2TexUf_hOkRM9weH3z3cSfUOFrirP67pPRXwUXQGlkAp4ZYDNjZEdmjJ0SUwcNzQK6PjGncqnBaWU47HRPzkK0OFmCuirWK4170Y4yC3KTiWhA/w640-h564/MM2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm also working on a Jacob's ladder quilt with these fabrics.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNxJo5nmRx1KX15DlZZg5yPiw1YNMAlki8Q7Fg_Jqpq3owAjoUkReWzGbj3hB8914gPY6zeFDXMMC6XYgMKKXxwTN18K78P-evqFmX7gLBei-_zhLIk1UShjaAXq_MlLmf13IQugP7jLM995jm_b1mKSnHBGT5CXFDFjHamWOQh7WCyQJGQBNuRlRkxA=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNxJo5nmRx1KX15DlZZg5yPiw1YNMAlki8Q7Fg_Jqpq3owAjoUkReWzGbj3hB8914gPY6zeFDXMMC6XYgMKKXxwTN18K78P-evqFmX7gLBei-_zhLIk1UShjaAXq_MlLmf13IQugP7jLM995jm_b1mKSnHBGT5CXFDFjHamWOQh7WCyQJGQBNuRlRkxA=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Isn't this pretty? I've been wanting to use it in a quilt for a few years now. I know that I am going to put a 3 or 4 inch border on my Jacob's ladder quilt, as it's only 36" square. So I picked this for the border, and chose some matching fabrics for it. I am also using a bit of the black in the blocks as well.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNCY1bV39gGduT_QkgGTUqzpWqs66qYMq8A9pXej0s7x5vD0vvjHW0F88WoJU5Hzair3qcsKA9K2QfwNXEn2KrH3RqTPwdHO3Zga-W2pI0QHW5mTpWQOFqvynoWTCiSaxNzajgI4ZN1ZfIJ8hBQ43USfUU0PVKrmwOVoC_K81EIgG8WmwuD20_oKjkWg=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="800" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNCY1bV39gGduT_QkgGTUqzpWqs66qYMq8A9pXej0s7x5vD0vvjHW0F88WoJU5Hzair3qcsKA9K2QfwNXEn2KrH3RqTPwdHO3Zga-W2pI0QHW5mTpWQOFqvynoWTCiSaxNzajgI4ZN1ZfIJ8hBQ43USfUU0PVKrmwOVoC_K81EIgG8WmwuD20_oKjkWg=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The pattern I am using is from Quilts and More Fall of 2018 issue. The block is a simple pattern of 4 squares and HST's.</b></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b> Here's my piles, I'm still sewing the HST's and have to press the 4 squares.</b></span></span><div><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1dpkTetGw6xekNyn6laErEYoMjEaaoEincI4Q6e9EWtR-RwNqdxBsC5MICel8InwwlYqJv_TYUE6tz3UllJ_L6CrBHMsCnpgqfpohCP_QKJL30TWGAeeDLl6bdrOJ9wJwgzdPqvWUv3k6AM7M0Dop0gKdRQvOpEsyBoYEpTv8EKvr_q3g8JASmVnDmw=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="800" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1dpkTetGw6xekNyn6laErEYoMjEaaoEincI4Q6e9EWtR-RwNqdxBsC5MICel8InwwlYqJv_TYUE6tz3UllJ_L6CrBHMsCnpgqfpohCP_QKJL30TWGAeeDLl6bdrOJ9wJwgzdPqvWUv3k6AM7M0Dop0gKdRQvOpEsyBoYEpTv8EKvr_q3g8JASmVnDmw=w640-h582" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Here is what the block will look like. It's just 16 of these to make the quilt.</b></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCjgDDD0H_uTSLlvdZUVRre003pfo3du1IxHeVgTqgoDuF6625AzJeooXsfq1GeZKR9bCXOBNJfXgmmA7okhs6DXZcwZ2khK4IYx8NMQHBaEFgIuFf8x_sjbzSqSL-ekvpZNEshuLDL8UM5RkvYYdgCUQalddR6Zn1NTtUlt2igs-SZT4x8JTw6JQfYA=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCjgDDD0H_uTSLlvdZUVRre003pfo3du1IxHeVgTqgoDuF6625AzJeooXsfq1GeZKR9bCXOBNJfXgmmA7okhs6DXZcwZ2khK4IYx8NMQHBaEFgIuFf8x_sjbzSqSL-ekvpZNEshuLDL8UM5RkvYYdgCUQalddR6Zn1NTtUlt2igs-SZT4x8JTw6JQfYA=w640-h500" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>I don't know why I am adding to my 'to quilt' pile, when I have enough tops as it is, lol. But I sure do love piecing them :) </b></span></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I am linking up to Pat's weekly<a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2022/02/stitch-sew-show-2022-week-6.html" target="_blank"> linky party</a>, thank you Pat :) </b></span></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a great day, and thank you for stopping by. </b></span></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span> </div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p></div></div></div></div></div>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-73783977188432855992022-01-12T12:09:00.004-08:002022-01-12T12:09:53.179-08:00Some projects for the New Year<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Hello Everyone</b></span><b style="color: #38761d;">,</b></span></p><p><b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A happy new Year to you all. I hope the year has started off well for you.</span></b></p><p><b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I received some gift certificates for Christmas this year, to a few of my favorite fabric stores. So I was able to indulge :) Thank you again Carol!</span></b></p><p><b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most of you who have been with me for years, know that my favorite fabric line ever was Sunkissed, by Sweetwater. I just love the soft colors of that line. So I was very thrilled when they came out with the Spring Chicken line last year. As the colors are the same as Sunkissed. So, I had to buy some :)</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhamcmbw9x-nc9Fid_ANyJ40AuZiF8CZbO9PCSMmq6gz5BeA-SmfCCP8vjwjawyyDTRVXV6LHAuElI4I4rGy9VbIy7NajrlCLCmxmwfBRR7ukOiC-p5e8vivNJDJdRVWLSQNAIlwNrCwWM95PKdo2463CthHxgL0jSvjQMDNC5KXaOMINI2D2adPG46lA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="800" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhamcmbw9x-nc9Fid_ANyJ40AuZiF8CZbO9PCSMmq6gz5BeA-SmfCCP8vjwjawyyDTRVXV6LHAuElI4I4rGy9VbIy7NajrlCLCmxmwfBRR7ukOiC-p5e8vivNJDJdRVWLSQNAIlwNrCwWM95PKdo2463CthHxgL0jSvjQMDNC5KXaOMINI2D2adPG46lA=w640-h556" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I am going to use it with these for the <a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/p/macaron-mystery-quilt.html" target="_blank">Meadow Mist mystery quilt</a>. Cheryl does one clue a month, and it takes a year to get it done. I am too antzy for this, I like to do my mystery quilt clues all at the same time. So I am saving all the clues, and in March I'll get myself caught up, and then be ready for the final clue in April.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioVVGpJhtofsHi_9mSU9WIveNsvU9653DeCZTCzdkMW0ua77TDQyzgg7yTPmNzBQxk1npZTwl_OaBWIZs-yP-9yUXvBzzYeVgQ3YixL6yxDteSM9CgtKbI9uwDnSX8H2KhkDGeltbnGAe3Xsm1WF9Q5j6dDS8e4XSle8oDj5zcMrljxQidu7tpibzkUA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioVVGpJhtofsHi_9mSU9WIveNsvU9653DeCZTCzdkMW0ua77TDQyzgg7yTPmNzBQxk1npZTwl_OaBWIZs-yP-9yUXvBzzYeVgQ3YixL6yxDteSM9CgtKbI9uwDnSX8H2KhkDGeltbnGAe3Xsm1WF9Q5j6dDS8e4XSle8oDj5zcMrljxQidu7tpibzkUA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The swirly fabrics are going to be the background. Those two fabrics are pieces from Sunkissed that I have been hoarding! I plan on using some of Spring chicken, along with the other fabrics up there, mixing them up and doing a bit of scrappiness.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I've also been wanting to make a rag quilt this year. So I spent a GC on these flannels.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZIeCHbunDpGSmjZyCF020UP10z_eZXTyJ3KlVkZ2156r2guySZ7AVPcfPvlb4Y1fdwRMMf7CqwJeizEzeWpw9xi9t9HVj1ftYM2fV_lUBgH_GansTZ2SiNWfpNlhmqWIK7pbZ3ZzHO--pDOD4utnLc8aM49ZmOokQVc-QvRiJ_lLktkkw2eAfZLl7IA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="800" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZIeCHbunDpGSmjZyCF020UP10z_eZXTyJ3KlVkZ2156r2guySZ7AVPcfPvlb4Y1fdwRMMf7CqwJeizEzeWpw9xi9t9HVj1ftYM2fV_lUBgH_GansTZ2SiNWfpNlhmqWIK7pbZ3ZzHO--pDOD4utnLc8aM49ZmOokQVc-QvRiJ_lLktkkw2eAfZLl7IA=w640-h334" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I saw a picture of a rag quilt that uses quilting cottons on the front and the flannel on the back. I liked that look, so I pulled a handful of florals (and discovered something astonishing.... I am running out of florals!! LOL, looks like I have to do more shopping).</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDRZf-d0TNPAHpTyxfZlDJ2vb-utAjyWYF3KUoqBzYva1LNcUSldR2VN0r8we25w61aN55ODb6dnwuGl3C56cLDp1zV8lBqz8Ze9c9ToBePGbY1y7oq8CkJDlenmFpCegOON0PQgc4pPBD7wjVmsYFLg1HwuYW2MJrWaJCrO9Ux2zyBStMEs_TRpA4AQ=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDRZf-d0TNPAHpTyxfZlDJ2vb-utAjyWYF3KUoqBzYva1LNcUSldR2VN0r8we25w61aN55ODb6dnwuGl3C56cLDp1zV8lBqz8Ze9c9ToBePGbY1y7oq8CkJDlenmFpCegOON0PQgc4pPBD7wjVmsYFLg1HwuYW2MJrWaJCrO9Ux2zyBStMEs_TRpA4AQ=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>These colors aren't exact, but I think they have the same feeling, mostly... and that is what I was shooting for.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I also pulled an old, old quilt top out of storage. I'm not quite sure when I made this top, I can't remember if I did it at the old house (which would be over 11 yrs ago) or if I made it after we moved into this house. But either way, I put it aside and have decided it now needs to be quilted up and sent to it's new owner. She's a special person and her quilt has been calling to me to get it done :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdZLbeMYvPhF3C_WDY9UGgSlj-ASn_sTeadyOsPmi109mCnomVlJ9qExpnXlLg-DQ-KPTdvzlz0XyiG8UkcnrQvLYubt6NZ3RHDiKPgR7BETXRKumD_aIxUbAuhzjtzSlhJo6dp5Qzic9Q13AV2HM4BHQUD0xD7C7iPMrXgaN4hoIzccNaGYXHAv7xgQ=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="800" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdZLbeMYvPhF3C_WDY9UGgSlj-ASn_sTeadyOsPmi109mCnomVlJ9qExpnXlLg-DQ-KPTdvzlz0XyiG8UkcnrQvLYubt6NZ3RHDiKPgR7BETXRKumD_aIxUbAuhzjtzSlhJo6dp5Qzic9Q13AV2HM4BHQUD0xD7C7iPMrXgaN4hoIzccNaGYXHAv7xgQ=w640-h530" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The quilt design comes out of the<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Benni-Harpers-Quilt-Album-Never-Before-Told/dp/1571202447" target="_blank"> Benni Harper quilt albumn</a>. I love the combination of wedding ring and lone star. I really like the colors I used on this quilt. That blue with daisy's is one of my favorites :) So one of the GC's went to backing for this top.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So these projects will keep me busy for a little while at least. Especially since I often have little projects I am doing in between. Like a wall hanging for a swap we are doing on the <a href="https://www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com/forum/" target="_blank">forum</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>So you all take care, thanks for dropping by and have a lovely day.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-22113941611130955802021-12-24T04:05:00.002-08:002021-12-24T04:05:41.520-08:00Christmas 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtXka96fsxnZ0lRtp9nNjIteQAcr83XldrHbNpfy-ABw3CfLyUuc41mrAGbhshy9aULoJRZcmS-Toty_GfwwDOq684hmeiM-DllfoTJxybBoxMVsYk8j46kPOnG6DaYPyO0R5eRivk0Vr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="270" data-original-width="270" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtXka96fsxnZ0lRtp9nNjIteQAcr83XldrHbNpfy-ABw3CfLyUuc41mrAGbhshy9aULoJRZcmS-Toty_GfwwDOq684hmeiM-DllfoTJxybBoxMVsYk8j46kPOnG6DaYPyO0R5eRivk0Vr/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-22967092820093422662021-11-11T15:24:00.001-08:002021-11-11T15:24:29.478-08:00Time is flying<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hi All,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Wow, where has the time gone! I didn't mean to be absent from the blog for so long. I've been in a sort of slump when it comes to my sewing. Doing some, but not taking pictures of it.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I spent a lot of time this year making lap quilts, well, the tops, but not quilting them. I tried to use up a lot of my scraps, but it doesn't seem my scrap pile has gone down any.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Here is a very busy 9 patch that I made, one of the few that I took a picture of. The offset blocks are some fun novelty prints that I got in a swap we did on the forum.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-ahVZNWidSKczA0TrCeZGSmtpUoBtH9EzM_l2IVXQPoMwVSxRe083xxTcgz7fsndd2l1mDF9qWqOVS_lWs4YFQUUOASVF2TEnVr-nDO6R-EjGdmhYcpjTZYh4nNVwwMV_FIlzqvQc72x/s800/9patches.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="800" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-ahVZNWidSKczA0TrCeZGSmtpUoBtH9EzM_l2IVXQPoMwVSxRe083xxTcgz7fsndd2l1mDF9qWqOVS_lWs4YFQUUOASVF2TEnVr-nDO6R-EjGdmhYcpjTZYh4nNVwwMV_FIlzqvQc72x/w640-h456/9patches.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I also took my tiny 1.5" squares and made a variety of 16 patches with them. Then I used a charm pack of Hometown by Sweetwater (I wished I would of looked closer at this line when it was new, there are a few pieces I would of loved to have!) and a charm pack of Cozy Up by Corey Yoder (another great line!) that my bqff (best quilting forever friend) gave me, Pat from <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the scrapatch</a>.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCWCKxpDuSvHw_jWl9Ujy2SW_JFa0mN27mZX5y0lCyP8YlPoVKgDD7Ol01eB8EjQVg8JTvJGBvZy2fFUe28fC7YSfSJlEiDPu5k2GToFvLhZ_Nd26MuT4y8lxcwn41X65E0scysRP5M8I/s800/16patches.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="800" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCWCKxpDuSvHw_jWl9Ujy2SW_JFa0mN27mZX5y0lCyP8YlPoVKgDD7Ol01eB8EjQVg8JTvJGBvZy2fFUe28fC7YSfSJlEiDPu5k2GToFvLhZ_Nd26MuT4y8lxcwn41X65E0scysRP5M8I/w640-h478/16patches.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>The blue print is a touch more green than I would of liked, and the gray a bit too brownish, but as it's a scrappy quilt, they work just fine.</b></span></p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I had a varying amount of the colors, some I only made 4 blocks with, so</b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">me I made 10 blocks with. So I played with my EQ and came up with this design. </b><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2_OopzJzUIZv-eCT7xLM07yj3FgPiNngdPPtr9QbBZLKwgaR6huSNjkOOIC_i6uSTgkp956IgNTSYlT0dfbEiKNtJ5whNpfwHPlEW1ieZ5z6BnZk9T8MHaSuwTKTkBWklNUrrptj4V0A/s1364/16patch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2_OopzJzUIZv-eCT7xLM07yj3FgPiNngdPPtr9QbBZLKwgaR6huSNjkOOIC_i6uSTgkp956IgNTSYlT0dfbEiKNtJ5whNpfwHPlEW1ieZ5z6BnZk9T8MHaSuwTKTkBWklNUrrptj4V0A/w564-h640/16patch.JPG" width="564" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">And here is a picture of it, it was a gloomy day out so I just laid it on my sewing table and took a quick shot.</b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxxjXZhqy4egS-IGJu5_efJcvi2jgxlm42tUAYEBLljG31dCvexJc8lI39zl987cm2JmaGiYr50htMb1XBVLGrFnRTdJlqyYXw-neXNeS23w8EF-TnMmOD_5UM3BSIgD0VV82yK1ia2iL/s800/16patches2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="800" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxxjXZhqy4egS-IGJu5_efJcvi2jgxlm42tUAYEBLljG31dCvexJc8lI39zl987cm2JmaGiYr50htMb1XBVLGrFnRTdJlqyYXw-neXNeS23w8EF-TnMmOD_5UM3BSIgD0VV82yK1ia2iL/w640-h444/16patches2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>There have been a handful more scrappy quilts and another one made with another of Corey Yorders fabric, I am really liking her fabric lines!, but this is all I have pictures of for now.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm doing a bit of Christmas sewing now as well, can you believe it's Nov already??!! I have 2 turkeys in the freezer, so my family is happy, they love 'turkey' day :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for stopping by, and thank you Pat for another <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2021/11/stitch-sew-show-week-44.html" target="_blank">weekly linkup</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-26964872571249162922021-08-04T03:59:00.002-07:002021-08-05T03:49:10.212-07:00Puppy Love<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I hope you are all well. It's summer, which means we are dealing with both heat and smoke from fires. Poor California :( </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I got my youngest son's quilt done a week or so ago. He is 9 and just loooves puppies! So I bought this puppy panel and cut them out. As all the puppies wanted to be stars :)</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPSWeI0O-2BEKY8KoEtMCxUBUvHk8F8Ss282Zu2PGdbS22xavr1c6jyLeYmpCG5JE4CCixUZWPWbBzt64HkMAOsw_dVcAv9LR3XyQ_FEFZ-XQUVM-E2AieASikChF5niafnrgO3_2fY81/s541/puppylove6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="541" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPSWeI0O-2BEKY8KoEtMCxUBUvHk8F8Ss282Zu2PGdbS22xavr1c6jyLeYmpCG5JE4CCixUZWPWbBzt64HkMAOsw_dVcAv9LR3XyQ_FEFZ-XQUVM-E2AieASikChF5niafnrgO3_2fY81/w640-h600/puppylove6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6E_w8BcY7ACfxIjleuzKFJ5IVFQGrN8pDw-T9wnBiZq9AaiXUKeFBX1Bw4HzsraYNRD2SlzbZCmCggM0MoNCq9mVTU63o8BPnZrdFb1xa-2-K_dSuXny01N10PcL34VhmCz-4UziQEPU/s528/puppylove7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="520" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6E_w8BcY7ACfxIjleuzKFJ5IVFQGrN8pDw-T9wnBiZq9AaiXUKeFBX1Bw4HzsraYNRD2SlzbZCmCggM0MoNCq9mVTU63o8BPnZrdFb1xa-2-K_dSuXny01N10PcL34VhmCz-4UziQEPU/w630-h640/puppylove7.JPG" width="630" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOVLpiS2kSvO9ZVB1CZn471oAd-KFIzZfkAVOsl7aYs4aIfttCWn7qbBB30xjDWh-mCkygFlAOXq93qOX_7Fro65p0d50GNJkf5xY-AE8P0tuyz7DbUb14FaWktyGFF65gVB7Mg1fG0UI/s536/puppylove8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOVLpiS2kSvO9ZVB1CZn471oAd-KFIzZfkAVOsl7aYs4aIfttCWn7qbBB30xjDWh-mCkygFlAOXq93qOX_7Fro65p0d50GNJkf5xY-AE8P0tuyz7DbUb14FaWktyGFF65gVB7Mg1fG0UI/w598-h640/puppylove8.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><br /> <b>The pictures are 8" square, so the star blocks ended up around 14". I needed this quilt to be a good size, as my young son is going to be quite tall, like his Daddy and brothers.</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I then did a pinwheel for the alternate blocks.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX2uImdZ7CcZlNY8AJWpUCXWgQd-0FtEppCVVYgQQcoB8SdEaGXPRbIe_7xlynGojLDDGcUNRd3M8yN0xsfpddQchB_SAlQJ0S5T8WwK0dPPdlZuazpI8NIe-sVmlGf8Txsb3hx6DIFP1/s548/pinwheel.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX2uImdZ7CcZlNY8AJWpUCXWgQd-0FtEppCVVYgQQcoB8SdEaGXPRbIe_7xlynGojLDDGcUNRd3M8yN0xsfpddQchB_SAlQJ0S5T8WwK0dPPdlZuazpI8NIe-sVmlGf8Txsb3hx6DIFP1/w622-h640/pinwheel.JPG" width="622" /></a></div><br /><b>The quilt measures at 52' x 64', so I hope that it keeps him warm for a few years.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY3hF3Zduvi8kvlAsy6KfCV5ldybKdgeLsEG0sAMJWleuMPbLggMvEYlH5p9JxqTX9eXqp3Pmao8efhOMMSRmaVtRgazu5Sa6DZBUZPSxAfVKdvDw_X3KpPSppXvKibbeSRfZvnl3tv1p/s899/puppylove1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY3hF3Zduvi8kvlAsy6KfCV5ldybKdgeLsEG0sAMJWleuMPbLggMvEYlH5p9JxqTX9eXqp3Pmao8efhOMMSRmaVtRgazu5Sa6DZBUZPSxAfVKdvDw_X3KpPSppXvKibbeSRfZvnl3tv1p/w570-h640/puppylove1.JPG" width="570" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>As you can see, I quilted it in all over spirals. I wanted the spirals to be bigger, but I had a hard time making myself quilt them larger!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliTenBMojgevpnxzywJmlpKkJ0bNGvVbywVnp5eHltDMClL5F27LmBtufWMb8h1QyXTnAAWevwMLoE-Or2HAq-C5te-4EXOc4zfSR2vpSnaqvtgfbUiyIgKknkeDJToN4eTFQWnuvMY7D/s961/puppylove2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliTenBMojgevpnxzywJmlpKkJ0bNGvVbywVnp5eHltDMClL5F27LmBtufWMb8h1QyXTnAAWevwMLoE-Or2HAq-C5te-4EXOc4zfSR2vpSnaqvtgfbUiyIgKknkeDJToN4eTFQWnuvMY7D/w532-h640/puppylove2.JPG" width="532" /></a></div><br /><b>And you can just see the cutie this quilt is for in the picture up above.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I lined it with some soft flannel backing.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M5MT64gXBUwdMKRA4TnJEYxb6QVr7qvi1vfoTcLYHlfdODRiKII_hbXh5M8C1iWd1p8e8tYg0luLjOEbasznkDglVqs3lKJiQTXSXm0BDXLaKXA5YKdsldqMKYxvGu99U47R-rVC9vin/s800/puppylove5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="800" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M5MT64gXBUwdMKRA4TnJEYxb6QVr7qvi1vfoTcLYHlfdODRiKII_hbXh5M8C1iWd1p8e8tYg0luLjOEbasznkDglVqs3lKJiQTXSXm0BDXLaKXA5YKdsldqMKYxvGu99U47R-rVC9vin/w640-h510/puppylove5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>One more..</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi584MOnB4KtQ_xNzwzd3xJHe68q7q6HaEpx_18SqzFc0dd59Zq56nRFAO8jT3g8pQ5qWBI1XUVr7vlKQfaWbrQNJ7fBoQ8GO7FZXitI-iVKQavtKY2u-D9uYCjqIbhi0Umu07v2Ff3BZ6L/s936/puppylove4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi584MOnB4KtQ_xNzwzd3xJHe68q7q6HaEpx_18SqzFc0dd59Zq56nRFAO8jT3g8pQ5qWBI1XUVr7vlKQfaWbrQNJ7fBoQ8GO7FZXitI-iVKQavtKY2u-D9uYCjqIbhi0Umu07v2Ff3BZ6L/w548-h640/puppylove4.JPG" width="548" /></a></div><br /><b>So bright and cheerful (although the pictures don't show how bright it is!), and Isaiah loves it :)</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by, you all have a lovely day.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I am linking up with <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2021/08/stitch-sew-show-week-30-all-is-well-in.html" target="_blank">Pat at the Scrapatch</a> today, thank you Pat for your weekly link up :)</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Dorian</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-45803802611926439792021-07-22T08:43:00.000-07:002021-07-22T08:43:01.648-07:00I'm not sure what this block is called<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Hello all,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>It's quite smoky here this morning, there is a large fire burning to the East of us. Far enough away to not worry about it, but the wind is blowing right toward us. Our logging site is up there... I hope the fire doesn't turn towards it. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I've been working on these blocks on and off all year. I'm not sure what they are called, and I can't seem to find the site I saw them on. I do recall noticing them on more than one blog, but I guess I didn't save a link to one, like I thought I did.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PA9qsgt8-Ha5IiXOxtUJ1nIaQmuw9F5kanaS2OZUy0rTL3mR9dDoGR9L-30_WpAXE7irvjvV7MZiYRQbSilZZGVbRFFx1A0ClsG8bXJOpesVf8UBolEL5WcUFKr6wEHEpmaCTsSEsuxX/s800/step1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="800" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PA9qsgt8-Ha5IiXOxtUJ1nIaQmuw9F5kanaS2OZUy0rTL3mR9dDoGR9L-30_WpAXE7irvjvV7MZiYRQbSilZZGVbRFFx1A0ClsG8bXJOpesVf8UBolEL5WcUFKr6wEHEpmaCTsSEsuxX/w640-h594/step1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I had a stack of the white with gray fabric squares that had been cut 1/8" too small. And I had a pile of the bigger, yellow squares, that had been cut 1/4" too small. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I was happy that when I put 2 of the whitish blocks together (with 2 colored squares I cut), into a 4 patch, that 4 patch is the same size as the yellow squares :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>So I got out my square scrap box. It has lots of 2" squares, plus some 1 1/2", 3" and 3 1/2" squares in it, all ready to be used in a scrappy quilt. I took some colorful 2" squares and cut 1/8" off two sides, put them together with the whitish squares. Got some 3 1/2" squares and cut them down a 1/4", along with the yellow squares. I ran out of the whitish/gray squares and went thru my scraps finding white to cut up. And I had myself some fun :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAZVxX1KIUf0l1gCTQm5hSSK7CCZBd5KbObdUNkh1FicIv48gnwRY0hn1GKexixKfHTK6NTyNk735ccdwB8yJrh0CEpYZyzQx_RDKPCFthL6OJmtDlCt_FGlwcp2xGeTrWzvfp_kSb62h/s823/steps2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAZVxX1KIUf0l1gCTQm5hSSK7CCZBd5KbObdUNkh1FicIv48gnwRY0hn1GKexixKfHTK6NTyNk735ccdwB8yJrh0CEpYZyzQx_RDKPCFthL6OJmtDlCt_FGlwcp2xGeTrWzvfp_kSb62h/w622-h640/steps2.JPG" width="622" /></a></span></div><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><p><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></p>I mixed some floral prints in there and cut some more yellows, and now I'm laying the blocks out, figuring how I want it to look.</b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghP59JxVHS9WWzOSf0k_zoe5MUBaZYXu5JnE_RGQttoSeW-VlTKk2CpPVK8iP0KAyqGlCFQX95n_bVb21oVuuvyKIZrU61zQm3-H7kZuD99s_s9EfhPffZ1TJDHNU_u-maOGB3GAn4fbwY/s800/steps3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghP59JxVHS9WWzOSf0k_zoe5MUBaZYXu5JnE_RGQttoSeW-VlTKk2CpPVK8iP0KAyqGlCFQX95n_bVb21oVuuvyKIZrU61zQm3-H7kZuD99s_s9EfhPffZ1TJDHNU_u-maOGB3GAn4fbwY/w640-h424/steps3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /><b>If anyone knows what this block is called, give a shout out in the comments please.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I'm going to set these aside now though, as I have to finish my youngest son's quilt. I don't have much more to do.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>I'm linking up with <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2021/07/stitch-sew-show-week-28.html">Pat in the scrapatch</a> again. Thank you Pat for your weekly link up. Have a great day everyone.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>And thanks for stopping by,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-2081216020560452082021-07-07T11:15:00.002-07:002021-07-07T11:19:06.445-07:00I've gotten a few small quilts finished<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hope you all are enjoying your summer (winter). It's been going from hot to too hot here in California. When I was younger it didn't bother me so much.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>But, I've gotten some smaller quilts finished, so that's a good thing. The first one is another baby quilt for a homeschooling friend of mine.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJvQrg_wOSF6aIW_vRlKtJuVWUBTRw4X9JbH4SIp1A-e2CtlKfoiH0jn0EwpUeypoUbiyagCWURsg1x2fjVhprmuuNAo2Xu5pmyknBWhWStItwz-bRq4uZGMcgXwbE4MSRE2no3tCBJHnC/s700/babyquilt3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="700" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJvQrg_wOSF6aIW_vRlKtJuVWUBTRw4X9JbH4SIp1A-e2CtlKfoiH0jn0EwpUeypoUbiyagCWURsg1x2fjVhprmuuNAo2Xu5pmyknBWhWStItwz-bRq4uZGMcgXwbE4MSRE2no3tCBJHnC/w640-h614/babyquilt3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Here's a closeup, lots of little fishes and aquatic life.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDCewxz2x7lpAP3cw9FGe4p73aeP7RzMOneQHf3Ms81dYzxyeP9LRdzNnlTg_4dehbfhGCoOqYPg76QdZYNBRzAcSJyigEKC4unAvoYFaI6zQWdumADDNQQlhvrfIrRYGTfUuPROFGsN3/s800/babyquilt3.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="800" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDCewxz2x7lpAP3cw9FGe4p73aeP7RzMOneQHf3Ms81dYzxyeP9LRdzNnlTg_4dehbfhGCoOqYPg76QdZYNBRzAcSJyigEKC4unAvoYFaI6zQWdumADDNQQlhvrfIrRYGTfUuPROFGsN3/w640-h476/babyquilt3.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>So bright and colorful :) It's 40" square.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This next quilt is 40" square as well. A month ago some friends and I on my quilting forum each chose a 1/2 yrd of fabric out of our stash that we considered ugly. The hostess had drawn names for each of us and that is who we sent our 1/2 yrd of fabric too.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>The fabric we recieved we had to make a quilt with, turning an ugly piece of fabric into something pretty. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This is the fabric I was sent.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIDPDW3mVFJ-MsMe2G5oEm7iPrr7vnHwZhvS2M_hAJ9oGy0ZGmkJ7dxlCoHFCgJ-v1W6oS6bYmSwDdTE8ORyKPI9-jVt6jsNpkBz9nZy3ekIiuQ1f_I-iEgTkyu6drIUIc7b4N3DVin2g/s700/uglyfabric.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="700" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIDPDW3mVFJ-MsMe2G5oEm7iPrr7vnHwZhvS2M_hAJ9oGy0ZGmkJ7dxlCoHFCgJ-v1W6oS6bYmSwDdTE8ORyKPI9-jVt6jsNpkBz9nZy3ekIiuQ1f_I-iEgTkyu6drIUIc7b4N3DVin2g/w640-h374/uglyfabric.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>The colors in the picture are fairly accurate, maybe just a touch more purplish than pinkish though.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I dug thru my fabrics and came up with some to go with it. I decided on the Lone star pattern, it's a good pattern to use as the pieces are small.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSlwNs_gV_pk8liRsQpDPxjFcaUDhTZRKdf7n5SpqyqNGk6FuUN-VPwNzgCL9FIzaFH5HZdJr9iME520GmXpsQoclsu-g9f-cyR3OrjCGwsMT-r-yUVIWbj-VMBf4qLghrCSHZrmd-Yma/s700/ugly1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="700" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSlwNs_gV_pk8liRsQpDPxjFcaUDhTZRKdf7n5SpqyqNGk6FuUN-VPwNzgCL9FIzaFH5HZdJr9iME520GmXpsQoclsu-g9f-cyR3OrjCGwsMT-r-yUVIWbj-VMBf4qLghrCSHZrmd-Yma/w640-h608/ugly1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I was happy to find coordinating fabrics in my stash. Here's a closeup.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKa7TQMwRX53ishDdjlJu8LGIn4eqyxYme_8R8-VKPwyk4OO1POjsu5Rm3mlHskZzeq9CUpG-rXEdp82d6niuo-N-eQnKNARILl0b2oVpmWdNwmEg9W4ZPV91DPdbZQJG49WVIU_bb6el/s700/ugly2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="700" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKa7TQMwRX53ishDdjlJu8LGIn4eqyxYme_8R8-VKPwyk4OO1POjsu5Rm3mlHskZzeq9CUpG-rXEdp82d6niuo-N-eQnKNARILl0b2oVpmWdNwmEg9W4ZPV91DPdbZQJG49WVIU_bb6el/w640-h588/ugly2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>I did have a few issues with the corners on that first border, but if you don't look too closely, you wont see them ;) </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm thinking my big Sis would like this quilt...it might look nice on her wall... what do you think Sis?</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for dropping by and have a great day everyone.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm linking up with Pat today, on the <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2021/07/stitch-sew-show-week-26.html" target="_blank">scrapatch.</a> Thank you Pat!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-58900759864980176542021-05-17T15:57:00.000-07:002021-05-17T15:57:06.395-07:00Two finished quilts<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I have two finished quilts to show you. The first one is my Southwestern quilt that I <a href="https://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-im-working-on.html" target="_blank">started here</a>. I made this for my son Jed. He's 6'3", so it had to be a big quilt. The quilt is 82" x 79", so just big enough.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zB80x1_WIxTGAZw6xafVvLBOqQzJLM3nWuow3QX0ZLdHBrz-6VAKN77xV-BxViy-kGkal1dUA_FhFOP2Li6VSMAO3TPpRekLWANKWYdWN3ZO8fVteozvAxpKL0i33sSwLxU2_ZmBPoes/s800/SW2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="800" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zB80x1_WIxTGAZw6xafVvLBOqQzJLM3nWuow3QX0ZLdHBrz-6VAKN77xV-BxViy-kGkal1dUA_FhFOP2Li6VSMAO3TPpRekLWANKWYdWN3ZO8fVteozvAxpKL0i33sSwLxU2_ZmBPoes/w640-h450/SW2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Jed and I talked about the design and colors he wanted. And so I scanned the web looking for Southwestern designs to incorporate in his quilt. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKdPFpT9lMiivZiinw1Gn1qX-jshlywaJXVHCuI9ZHlLV-9jiYA5XjMdOjwbdGmLEXayNd1hyphenhyphenAP-bKt9Jin7QswTIY0maw_gErK6EFloykZTinjBO65Pg71Qobtimtd3vPmxlhtPiRYt_/s1015/SW5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKdPFpT9lMiivZiinw1Gn1qX-jshlywaJXVHCuI9ZHlLV-9jiYA5XjMdOjwbdGmLEXayNd1hyphenhyphenAP-bKt9Jin7QswTIY0maw_gErK6EFloykZTinjBO65Pg71Qobtimtd3vPmxlhtPiRYt_/w504-h640/SW5.JPG" width="504" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>He requested a soft, snuggly flannel for the back. Its hard to see this design, but it's a pine tree with a line going around it, makes it look a little Southwestern ;)</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgdL7-kSJMlFV3lrruhTd5qGrvqrVbZjciSgVm34KH5t4icwnylYSIrscLGn2vLdBd8rfvO5gtwoj6qiDwCOMNT3tNgXl4r2Z7DdttC_yu6MHP_uGS0JEPh6BoD4UNQZ15XfHzkZC-Jwm/s777/SW3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgdL7-kSJMlFV3lrruhTd5qGrvqrVbZjciSgVm34KH5t4icwnylYSIrscLGn2vLdBd8rfvO5gtwoj6qiDwCOMNT3tNgXl4r2Z7DdttC_yu6MHP_uGS0JEPh6BoD4UNQZ15XfHzkZC-Jwm/w622-h640/SW3.JPG" width="622" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I had a good time designing this. And he says he really likes it, colors and all :) So I did a good job.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijas4qOv1Z5EyiAuDzuzX4TYTgX9rU75pm6gw3Hk31it9hkSfhx3H-Pp0VpOhqCPPO3OjgUPfFSecHqnm5JK8KenG-gO8Nkn02xBURz-pT3WUeImuHNJWr4syld7OFqBVhzpoETwaJpwx5/s800/SW4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="800" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijas4qOv1Z5EyiAuDzuzX4TYTgX9rU75pm6gw3Hk31it9hkSfhx3H-Pp0VpOhqCPPO3OjgUPfFSecHqnm5JK8KenG-gO8Nkn02xBURz-pT3WUeImuHNJWr4syld7OFqBVhzpoETwaJpwx5/w640-h616/SW4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>The next quilt is this pretty little baby quilt for my best friends newest Granddaughter. Who is due to arrive sometime in July.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgRBmQwe1ZFjjAHxhoIfCeKXvexZj0a5RIMT2s1Yen5sDHo4ThknbV0Uw7-2YSjVFMNQIkzKhljV2TG79357VRwHRzkgw48ZymqtesP9by2JYgFbCwwOHqOfgNk7T-eijgYAoX6rknYDl/s800/forest+girl1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="800" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgRBmQwe1ZFjjAHxhoIfCeKXvexZj0a5RIMT2s1Yen5sDHo4ThknbV0Uw7-2YSjVFMNQIkzKhljV2TG79357VRwHRzkgw48ZymqtesP9by2JYgFbCwwOHqOfgNk7T-eijgYAoX6rknYDl/w640-h588/forest+girl1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I had some of these cute prints of the girl, </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">animals and tree fort left over from my <a href="https://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-new-year-already-and-first-month-is.html" target="_blank">Daughters quilt</a>, so I went thru my stash and found some colors to go with it. </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrFqO-KO8ijDFWDQRQmDeFR97UHRqlBehhVDyFrcJpcxdPfXsNK7YQ5AZSRyWjlsdcnwFNQSBJVCmbeGxdVqoOdSI0K6gF8M93-tF5Xv1WkNjENEHFWd_gGtPFMBYyVe5kRVB_NKDn2xo/s800/forest+girl4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="800" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrFqO-KO8ijDFWDQRQmDeFR97UHRqlBehhVDyFrcJpcxdPfXsNK7YQ5AZSRyWjlsdcnwFNQSBJVCmbeGxdVqoOdSI0K6gF8M93-tF5Xv1WkNjENEHFWd_gGtPFMBYyVe5kRVB_NKDn2xo/w640-h608/forest+girl4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>I just love this mint and pink together, isn't is sweet? </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">This one also has a soft, snuggly flannel backing. These koala's are cute too! (the colors are not really true to form in any of the pictures, but come closest in the below picture.)</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohdAw1CpV5KSalRYqlbcXCz0GUmlo8ozYUzuk7RataLVSfi9cZZMDHl2xS_fsFazy7xv7i0dY5Cupr0Y74twWp1K7Go-Vt0_vPp3xEWOYmSnTbkgz4j1HJULjjw0vJzEzmI9HQiys4Fg6/s810/forest+girl3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohdAw1CpV5KSalRYqlbcXCz0GUmlo8ozYUzuk7RataLVSfi9cZZMDHl2xS_fsFazy7xv7i0dY5Cupr0Y74twWp1K7Go-Vt0_vPp3xEWOYmSnTbkgz4j1HJULjjw0vJzEzmI9HQiys4Fg6/w632-h640/forest+girl3.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>It's a small baby sized, just under 40" square. But one I hope she'll drag around with her and play with dollies with :)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDXFGE3AT9cHwkfv0_ZhE9V_-EmAaM9xrjp9zE4AGbhUtZqQxSUDO9_oInYtFsM7SIa_iIfFgNYGQMGaKjQr3agP4f4g6ReEjkvsWm5SbbxMUjjWIZeXmUa_J7FWiEooUAvpGOglG1Asl/s800/forest+girl2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="800" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDXFGE3AT9cHwkfv0_ZhE9V_-EmAaM9xrjp9zE4AGbhUtZqQxSUDO9_oInYtFsM7SIa_iIfFgNYGQMGaKjQr3agP4f4g6ReEjkvsWm5SbbxMUjjWIZeXmUa_J7FWiEooUAvpGOglG1Asl/w640-h580/forest+girl2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Thanks for stopping by, and thank you Pat for your <a href="https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/2021/05/stitch-sew-show-week-18.html" target="_blank">weekly link up</a>.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Have a great evening,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorian</b></span></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994401506060384295.post-32310830523974105502021-05-03T13:41:00.001-07:002021-05-03T13:48:15.357-07:00More books from my Daughter<p> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello All,</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">I wanted to talk about my daughters books today. Rachael self-publishes her books that are written for youths , although anyone who enjoys an adventure with some sci-fi and fantasy in it, might enjoy them.</span> </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>Rachael has four books out now, two of them I have previously talked about. The next two are the first two books in a new series.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>The first one is Sailing for Shadow City:</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsa5GUCwGSUEM2nwIp20AlBLjOXoHHmP7HPvVh7Qkpr2eNow1tvDLznBCKSPZxsQjCHJ3eVQCJ8VdWnGuoK_bo-dcKnHP2gjo9LdZd1dTGSsJWdc5Ob4QGETJdbtCjrORnLeSJtu1J7kK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="406" data-original-width="263" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsa5GUCwGSUEM2nwIp20AlBLjOXoHHmP7HPvVh7Qkpr2eNow1tvDLznBCKSPZxsQjCHJ3eVQCJ8VdWnGuoK_bo-dcKnHP2gjo9LdZd1dTGSsJWdc5Ob4QGETJdbtCjrORnLeSJtu1J7kK/w258-h400/image.png" width="258" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #21282d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"Four steps down, turn to the left.</span></b></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #21282d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Beware the dark prince in the city of shadow.</span></b></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #21282d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The castle's base holds a prize beyond measure."</span></b></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #21282d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #21282d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">These words, spoken by a dying man on a wrecked ship, are what starts Sarkin on the longest and most daring adventure in his life. To a young pirate who dreams of a bigger ship and plenty of treasure to go around, it's the best promise that could be given. But after fighting his way through a mystic cult, a sea serpent and a fierce storm, facing the Dark Prince may be more than he asked for.</span></b></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">The second in the series is A Lonely Wind:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #21282d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 13.8097px;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 13.8097px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKTdslQ5VrtvkMu33RtrC3Ywh-q_d02UyY3BCXdIZrRfPUS_a2LlGc7VGRWSDeqZgpfhRXIpnpAlSGEdZvRl6LeJ_QSegMD1o3X41m4sQ16dHL-VGurFAhDD-DNF9V0QkEfJxjBxK91QB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="406" data-original-width="263" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKTdslQ5VrtvkMu33RtrC3Ywh-q_d02UyY3BCXdIZrRfPUS_a2LlGc7VGRWSDeqZgpfhRXIpnpAlSGEdZvRl6LeJ_QSegMD1o3X41m4sQ16dHL-VGurFAhDD-DNF9V0QkEfJxjBxK91QB/w258-h400/image.png" width="258" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 13.8097px;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 13.8097px;"><br /></b></div><b style="font-size: 13.8097px;"><br /></b><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">After having been betrayed by his best friend and imprisoned at Skon Yew's command in the Shadow City, Sarkin needs to find a way out for himself and the rest of his pirate crew. But all the time his memories are slipping away, stolen by one of Skon Yew's dark servants. When he frees himself and his crew by escaping in a hot air balloon, Sarkin vows to get revenge on his enemies and regain his lost memories. But when the last pieces of his memories are taken from his mind he runs away from the pirate crew to wander by himself in the strange country of Grackland.</span></b></i><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13.8097px; outline: 0px;" /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I have links to Rachael's books on the side bar. You can order them in an ebook format or you can order a hardback or softback book. </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">If you have children who enjoy sci-fi adventure (or know of an adult of course), I hope you'll have him/her look into my Daughter's books. I'm very proud of Rachael and hope that her chosen profession will take off one day soon, and be all that she hopes for. Thank you for reading.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Have a great day! I'll have a quilty finish to show you soon :)</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Dorian</span></b></p>Dorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com1