74 quilts were donated. Amazing how much love people put into their donations.
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
Pincushions!
Cleanup has gone well so far. Massive amounts of fabric has been sorted and stored, and I tackled a very cluttered cabinet. By the time I got most of that done, one thing stood out just by the quantity.
I have massive numbers of pincushions!
Now to sort them by category:
I have massive numbers of pincushions!
Now to sort them by category:
- Would never even consider getting rid of it
- Well, maybe it’s time to let this one go
- Why do I still have this?
A few minutes later ...
Half of the pincushions are gone. Nope, I’m not showing you which ones.
Have a fun Sunday!
Half of the pincushions are gone. Nope, I’m not showing you which ones.
Have a fun Sunday!
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Sewing Room Overhaul
The past few years have been hard on my organizational skills. However, things are getting back to normal and I'm going to add a table to my room.
This means major reorganization, clean out, and furniture rearrangement.
I'm already in the middle of moving almost everything out in order to bring in just what really needs to be here.
Before pictures? You'd like before pictures?
It's rather embarrassing, since it's such a mess, but here you go. It's not the original state, since I've been bagging things and grouping them together for a little while.
Each one of these messes was created by one tiny decision after another to "just put it here for now and take care of it later."
This means major reorganization, clean out, and furniture rearrangement.
I'm already in the middle of moving almost everything out in order to bring in just what really needs to be here.
Before pictures? You'd like before pictures?
It's rather embarrassing, since it's such a mess, but here you go. It's not the original state, since I've been bagging things and grouping them together for a little while.
Each one of these messes was created by one tiny decision after another to "just put it here for now and take care of it later."
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Jack and his chain has me fascinated
The Jack's Chain is an interesting pattern, and challenging with its combination of triangles, hexagons and nine patches. Y seams!!!
In recent years I've vowed to prioritize and only start new projects that I absolutely cannot resist doing. The projects I lose sleep over because I'm constantly trying to figure it out.
The normal Jack's Chain is not one of those projects. Circles arranged tidily next to each other, it's a pretty pattern, but didn't cross my threshold of "must-do" patterns.
Then came Ring Cycles, a pattern by Lessa Siegele.
Her trick, which drove me to distraction, goes like this.
Jack's Chain traditional patterns generally have the blocks abutting each other, nine patch to nine patch.
Ring Cycles abuts triangles instead. Put enough of them together and you have interlocking circles. That put me over the top. I bought the pattern, the fabric, had someone laser cut the pieces for me, and I'm off. My obsession of 2017 (and probably 2018 as well).
On the left are the fabrics I've chosen, all Philip Jacobs.
In recent years I've vowed to prioritize and only start new projects that I absolutely cannot resist doing. The projects I lose sleep over because I'm constantly trying to figure it out.
The normal Jack's Chain is not one of those projects. Circles arranged tidily next to each other, it's a pretty pattern, but didn't cross my threshold of "must-do" patterns.
Then came Ring Cycles, a pattern by Lessa Siegele.
Her trick, which drove me to distraction, goes like this.
Jack's Chain traditional patterns generally have the blocks abutting each other, nine patch to nine patch.
Ring Cycles abuts triangles instead. Put enough of them together and you have interlocking circles. That put me over the top. I bought the pattern, the fabric, had someone laser cut the pieces for me, and I'm off. My obsession of 2017 (and probably 2018 as well).
On the left are the fabrics I've chosen, all Philip Jacobs.
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Re-opening this blog in a limited way
Just to let you know, I'll use this blog as my non-Facebook place to share my quilt pictures and et ceteras. Posts won't be frequent, but I'll at least show you my more interesting projects.
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