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Geneva
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Barb
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Wonderful Geneva congratulations. It must feel amazing
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Hey! Look what I got when I received my 4 Ring Circus quilt back yesterday! I won 2nd place at Quilt Odyssey in Hershey Pennsylvania!
   And it came with a monetary prize too! Yippee! geneva |
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Geneva
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It’s the 5th of the month, somewhere!!! LOL
I just put up a new blog post, it’s a quick read as soon as you get past my first paragraph of whining, lol. I have gotten quite a bit moved forward this month, even if I don’t have many finished projects. I am keeping my list up to date and sadly I must admit that more are being added than are being completed. BUT there’ll come a month when it’ll look like I never slept because I have so many finished items to share. I think that might be a fact of life in ‘LuLu Land’, lol. I finished 2 lap pillows. You use them for when you’re doing handwork in a lounge chair and not at a table. So far, I’ve only used one to sit upon to get me to a better height at the table, well, it’s still useful But the other one is the ‘pretty one’. I made a cover for the skylight dome in our dining room. It helped when the a/c was acting up. Keeps that room about 10 to 15 degrees cooler now!!! My hubby thinks I’m a genius for doing it. It’s really just some duck fabric with 2 layers of insulbright layered in, and then a channel to run a tie cord through. It looks like the bedcaps Laura Ingalls and her sister wore to bed in the series Little House on The Prairie. I did some dyeing and decided I need to stick to fibers that I can identify and not ever again will I dye a tote made of canvas cloth. Where it was stitched together those seams and hems wouldn’t rinse out and I finally gave up trying and they have departed the property ! ! I’ll include the picture of my Scrappy Flying Geese Units as far as I’ve gotten them done. Other than that, the blog has a few more pictures but like I said, nothing much for finishes,,,  15 Pet mats this month and 12 quilts longarmed for charity:     This was the best book (next to the Bible) I’ve ever read. |
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Oh Luanne, so so good. I love doing the hexie quilt. and for me it is very much a U&RP (Uplifting and Relaxing Project). The reason I had started the hexie quilt was that I had found my by-hand/on-the-go projects to be finished too quickly - I kept having to get myself organized to find something new to prepare and take with me for trips. with the hexie quilt I really got something that kept me going for years and years - at this stage I'm not really adding on but putting all the bits and pieces together - NOT an on-the-go project - but one for at home when sitting on the balcony or watching TV. the trouble is that these days I rarely sit down to watch a show and when I do either it's something I want to concentrate on or ii'm just too tired to do anything and want the fun and mindlessness of an agatha christie or midsummer murder...
for on the go I've actually started on a Passacaglia - but silly me has decided that the smaller stars should all be midnight blue - NOT at all good for on-the-go sewing where light is generally a problem - I'm thinking of a quilt as you go mini cathedral windows or similar - or then again... who knows. late last saturday (well actually very early sunday) I decided that I want to make a couple of throw quilts for my godmum and her husband. they have their 60th wedding anniversary next wednesday - great great idea - during the hottest weeks of the summer - when i'm actually swamped in work and have lots of other stuff that should be organized - the first top is finished - the next one needs the blocks assembled (I decided on a very easy and very quick kaffe fassett quilt) - hopefully they will both be sandwiched by late friday night so that I can spend the weekend quilting them and get the binding on monday night (tuesday i'm going to the pink concert - so that's booked and as we are not allowed anything larger than a small handbag i will not be taking a quilt with me to bind   oh yeah - and by next friday i'm suppposed to have all the devices and booth material for the cardiology congress in paris at the end of august packed up and ready for shipping... that reminds me - i'm supposed to be reviewing the electricity and rigging orders for the booth building to make sure everything is as we need (regular pricing deadline today). i'll be back and post pictures once i've got things done take care and enjoy life! |
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Lotti, I have a deeper appreciation for your Hexie Quilt. This is my first ever Hexie flower. I didn’t fussy cut anything, just wanted to see if I was even interested in the investment of time that goes into doing this. I can say I enjoyed it, I doubt I’d ever get a lap size quilt finished, but then again, if I just accept that it is an ‘ongoing’ project, and never consider it a WIP or UFO, May be I’ll call it an UP (Uplifting Project). I used Missie Carpenter’s methods and purchased her starch pen, starch, and finger stiletto. I know I’ll do more of these and it may be just the process I’ve been looking for to memorialize each of the quilts I make. Each flower can be significant to a quilt, person, or fabric collection I’ve used. Yep, I think I might just have become infected by that ‘Hexie bug’, lol
 I just couldn’t wait to share the photo, I think I’m ‘down another rabbit hole’,,,,,,,, see you there!!! |
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I've had a busy month. I received a great thank you note from a grand and we had a special sew day. I finished a tote, a hat and a purse. I enjoyed taking a break from quilting projects. I recapped what happened in June and and set goals for the 3rd quarter Finish A Long. For the last couple of years, I've been content to roll unfinished projects into the next quarter and to add more than I could possibly finish. This quarter, I'm taking a different tact. I have been working on reducing my stash.
At the June guild meeting, I shared the rules for the challenge and a sample. I'm chairing that committee when the guild starts their new guild year in September. Many members wanted a sneak peak and the president asked if I would share. I also shared the rules on a blog post and invited others who want to bush their stash to join in and have some fun. You are also welcome to join too!  |
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All wonderful pieces!
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