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Jacob’s ladder progress

Posted on November 24, 2012 by | Comments Off on Jacob’s ladder progress

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These are not fast squares to sew but they are a lot of fun! There’s a lot of cutting and trimming involved so they start off really slow and then finish up fast. I also had a chance to make some soy candles for Daniel. I added half an ounce of scent per pound of wax and learned to let the wax melt thoroughly before pouring. I used paper plates with holes in the middle to keep my wicks centered as the candles cooled. They turned out pretty nicely!

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Block of the Month: October

Posted on November 11, 2012 by | Comments Off on Block of the Month: October

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zig zag, jig jog

Posted on October 17, 2012 by | Comments Off on zig zag, jig jog

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Farmer’s Wife blocks are waiting patiently while I knock out another deadline project. This quilt is based on the tutorial given here but I’ve gone with a full assortment of colors rather than alternating with a solid which gives zig zag every row. It works up very quickly and I”ll soon be ready to pin after a bit of trimming up.

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Block of the Month: September

Posted on October 15, 2012 by | Comments Off on Block of the Month: September

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Picking up speed

Posted on October 11, 2012 by | Comments Off on Picking up speed

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I’m slowly learning ways to streamline the Farmer’s Wife block making process. I select fabric for several blocks and iron it in layers in a big stack on the ironing board (iron one at a time as you add it to the stack). I also mark my templates so that they share a cutting line which makes cutting go faster. Speaking of cutting, I got these new little Fiskars after seeing a fancy precision cutting demo at the quilt show but they are so tight they made a bruise on my finger. I loosened the screw just a tiny bit and now they feel much better.

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Quilt block assembly line

Posted on October 9, 2012 by | Comments Off on Quilt block assembly line

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Farmer’s Wife cutting marathon

Posted on October 8, 2012 by | Comments Off on Farmer’s Wife cutting marathon

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Outward bound

Posted on October 3, 2012 by | Comments Off on Outward bound

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I took my quilt to the shop where they helped me choose a binding fabric. In the outer border I quilted long squiggles that look a bit like seagrass to me. A run through the washer and dryer improved things a good bit and I was relieved there wasn’t any color bleed from the hand-dyed fabrics. It’s off in the mail now where I hope it will arrive before birthday celebrations ensue.

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Waves

Posted on September 25, 2012 by | Comments Off on Waves

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There are “wave” blocks to go along with the turtle blocks in the quilt I”m working on. I’ve quilting these “waves” before when I made a snail’s trail quilt and I made the same initial mistakes as last time. I think, in future, I need to write the color names on the foundation paper. I can’t remember what method I used for the snail’s trail quilt but the centers came out nicer so I need to keep that in mind should I use this block pattern again. The wave blocks are slower going so they’ll take a little while to work through before I can piece the top of the quilt.

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Waves

Posted on September 25, 2012 by | Comments Off on Waves

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There are “wave” blocks to go along with the turtle blocks in the quilt I”m working on. I’ve quilting these “waves” before when I made a snail’s trail quilt and I made the same initial mistakes as last time. I think, in future, I need to write the color names on the foundation paper. I can’t remember what method I used for the snail’s trail quilt but the centers came out nicer so I need to keep that in mind should I use this block pattern again. The wave blocks are slower going so they’ll take a little while to work through before I can piece the top of the quilt.

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