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Reetzbobeetz wrote:
Thanks Limbania, no they are not anniversary babies - but DH and I finally realized that we should probably take separate holidays around November every year!  |
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Oooh Rosemary if your fabric is anything like your robe effort it's going to be really interesting.
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 From México, living in sunny Arizona. "Let your smile change the world... but don't let the world change your smile" |
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Thanks Limbania, no they are not anniversary babies - but DH and I finally realized that we should probably take separate holidays around November every year!
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PosyP wrote: I also discovered that my rubber gloves had rotted at the finger tips , so I think that I might well be calling this quilt 'Caught Red handed' Love the title of your quilt Rosemary  Wow, busy week for you Rita. Happy Birthday to everybody!!! Have lots of fun. Hope you don't mind me asking, are your kids anniversary babies? A dear friend of mine back in México has 3 kids, 2 of them are anniversary babies, born February 2, two years apart. |
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From México, living in sunny Arizona. "Let your smile change the world... but don't let the world change your smile" |
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We have 4 of our 5 children's birthdays this coming week starting tomorrow so a little preoccupied with present wrapping, cakes etc. That's a lot of cake, Rita! Happy birthday to all, hope they (and you) have a great time together!Rosemary, I can't wait to see your hand-dyes... I loved what you did with Izzy's costume, my imagination is running wild with what you might do with the sampler quilt. I was also thinking... if you are making the sampler monochromatic, it could be fun to pick a different color to add some mini-piping in the border, just to break it up (in my imagination, I was thinking green...). I think it's going to be fun to see what everyone comes up with on this sampler. |
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PosyP wrote:
I also discovered that my rubber gloves had rotted at the finger tips  , so I think that I might well be calling this quilt 'Caught Red handed'  I am definitely going to be shopping from my stash - which recently increased with a bequest from some dear new friends (you know who you are and thank you so much!). I haven't decided what colours yet. We have 4 of our 5 children's birthdays this coming week starting tomorrow so a little preoccupied with present wrapping, cakes etc. :shock: |
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Renata wrote:
PosyP wrote:
I was thinking of going monochromatic, I had red & yellow left, so I made up shades ofI had some dye left over from costuming so I decided to use it up with some nice white egyptian cotton pieces I get from Empress Mills and have a range of 6 shaded red, through orange to yellow fabrics to play with, just got to get them rinsed & washed & starched and I will be ready to go. Some pretty delicious colors, Rosemary... are you going to add something different to the mix or are you playing with a monochromatic palette? Can't wait to see them. 6 R 5 R & 1 Y 4 R & 2 Y 3 R & 3 Y 2 R & 4 Y 1 R & 5 Y 6 Y Then after the first dyeing period was over, I though that the jump from 6Y to 5Y & 1R quite large, so I combined those 2 bags of dye & threw in another piece of fabric for luck. I also discovered that my rubber gloves had rotted at the finger tips , so I think that I might well be calling this quilt 'Caught Red handed' |
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Two of my GDs (15 and 14) are coming to visit on the 2nd. I am going to encourage them to take the class with me. That should be fun, and keep them from getting too board. They will be here for 3 weeks, so they can get a good start on it. They can finish it at home. I haven't decided if we are going to shop my stash, or go to the LQS. Probably some of both.
I have a list of other fun things to do with them too. They can each pick out what interests them. We can't be going everyday, but at least a couple of days each week. I am really looking forward to their visit. |
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Renata wrote:
Rita, I'm looking at the Laura Nownes class as no more than an hour per week (four squares), good learning of the basics for me since I skipped the basics and slugged along with the hard stuff a year and a half ago for fear of getting bored too quickly... (which in the end, slowed me down considerably  ) I completely shopped my stash for this class, was bound not to purchase any more fabric and it will give me a practice top for quilting. To be frank, I watched Laura's video and compared it to the precision of Susan Collins' video and suspect I will be watching Laura and practicing Susan with this class. I have to get on with the spools too...  I have my background fabric but I have no idea what design I'm going to do. Choices, choices... There is such a nice group forming up for this refresher class, it should be fun. See you "in class?" I found when working from my stash that if I repeat a fabric in several blocks even when I am adding new fabrics from my stash it is controlled and scrappy and works well together. I think scrappy quilts get too busy if it is all un coordinated scraps with no relationship to each other. Looking forward to seeing posting of your blocks and the finished quilts |
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