tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73651333118940082792024-03-13T06:32:58.732+00:00Charly & Ben's Crafty CornerPatchwork & Quilting Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-30614154590081278862019-08-08T17:00:00.000+01:002019-08-08T17:00:00.730+01:00Procrastination - a symptom of stress?<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">
So the committee
work came to an end late last year, just as the day job workload shot through
the roof!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk about timing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After being on our branch committee and
chairing the national committee, I was ready to get back to making - after all
I have 18 quilt tops to baste and quilt, projects to make for family and close
friends and my mum wants two more cushions and another quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I counted up all the WIP's, UFO's I was
at 48, which is nuts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So overloaded, I had
to have a regroup on all fronts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
normally just plough on through, say yes no problem to everyone and think about
the stress when it's over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time though,
I needed to press pause, centre myself, say no twice and engage the thinking
brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there was prioritising
everywhere: family, work, health and the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a you tube video by Mel Robbins who
said procrastination is a symptom of stress. Figure out what you are stressed
about to get moving again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Somehow, making lots
of lists, to do's and prioritising healthful things like de-cluttering the
house room by room, buying a new desk and storage for all my lovely fabric and
ticking things off as done, pulled my distracted, overloaded brain, back into some
semblance of starting to feel like myself again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The creative brain will want to be fed
though, so while I was resetting to centre, I did give a workshop and signed up
for a few,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and I had a blast!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It was joyful play
and a great boost to bring me back to my making self!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spending a day away from it all, with people
united by a love of colour and creating crafty projects, good company and good
fun is a real treat we all need from time to time!</div>
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I started this post
in April and now it's August go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So I will have lots to share in the coming posts recapping the year that
was in it so far and all the quilty UFO's to be completed in the months ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For now my most recent make is over on the
Endeavourers blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Quarterly
challenge is a themed challenge and this time we are sharing makes on "A
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all who participated please visit the <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/">Endeavourers home page here</a>.</div>
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Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-8251574555942236352019-02-03T17:00:00.000+00:002019-02-03T17:00:05.895+00:00Endeavourers Texture Challenge - Doodle Quilting using the Slate 2 by ISKNRemember the big trend in adult colouring books? I have always been drawn to these books, loving the complexity of pattern created with simple lines. Some of those lines would make amazing quilt patterns. As soon as I saw the Endeavourer's challenge for February was Texture, I knew I wanted to play with this idea and see what happened. The idea of using this type of doodle quilting to create texture appealed to me.<br />
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For one of my Pictorial Ticker Tape workshops I was asked for a cow so I drew this one on the iPad and thought it would be fun to fill in with pattern. I got a <a href="https://www.iskn.co/eu/shop/the-slate">Slate 2 tablet</a> for Christmas and it allows you to draw on the tablet with a special pen and the image appears on the app as you draw. <br />
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The drawing area is A5 in size and uses magnets to track the pen or pencil across the page. It doesn't have pressure sensitivity and the app doesn't have a lot of features but it is fun to use, easy to use and it saves all the lines you make and replays it back to you. I had a lot of fun with this and loved the little video it made of the drawing which you can export as an MP4. I thinks this will be a brilliant way to play with Free Motion Quilting.<br />
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So here is what she looks like after quilting. I'm calling her Molly and I think she is going to be a cushion or maybe a tote bag. Not sure yet. <br />
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What do you think? Think it would be fun to have videos of your quilt warm up? If you want to see more of Molly in the making or the projects the rest of the group have made please pop over to the<a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/"> Endeavourer's blog here.</a><br />
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<br />Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-21683058972883932182018-09-04T12:00:00.000+01:002018-09-04T12:00:09.310+01:00Quilter's Meet and Greet Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone and welcome. If you have not stopped by before my name is Ruth and I write about my quilty makes, pattern design, art quilt attempts and quite often about our dogs. We are a Basset Hound and Jack Russell Terrier house in Limerick, Ireland and are very happy to meet you here on our space of the web today for Benita's Meet and Greet Party.<br />
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This is me, with Charly, at the Pollack Holes in Kilkee on the west coast of Ireland. My favourite place. There is a lot of fun to be had walking floppy earred Bassets on the beach in the winter months where they can bounce about without fear of them wandering off! Charly on the other hand stays close to me and is always by my side!<br />
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I like to play with design and love both modern quilts and challenge quilts. As a member of the Irish Patchwork Society we get to exhibit nationally
and internationally on small themed pieces and this Dresden mini was my
take on Aurora. <br />
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This pieced and appliqued quilt was made for the Irish Quilter's
Showcase for North South East and West. The top block is the wind
pattern at Shannon Airport and the bottom us my version of a Mariner's
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I love to take part in Quilt-A-Long's and charity quilts. The Koala was designed for a baby quilt for the Henry Bear Charity to give quilts to kids who are undergoing heart operations.<br />
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The quilt I am probably best know for is the Rainbow Rose which I designed for a Quilt-A-Long with Modern Quilters Ireland. It was quilted by my friend Tomomi McElwee of Slaney Handcraft and represented Ireland in the European Quilt Association gallery called Diversity at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham last year. <br />
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It's reveal day on the Endeavourer's blog, the results of our latest challenge: Spiral. I've written about the ideas I had and rejected, and why I chose the one I made for my project <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/2018/08/spirals-everywhere.html">over there</a>, so pop over to have a read if you like. In this blog post, I thought I'd talk about the way I made my piece and some of the construction issues I had!<br />
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I had an idea of a quilt in two halves inspired by a Jonathon Haidt TED Talk about what liberals and conservatives and concerned with. I decided a yin/yang style spiral could be fun, as both are needed to balance the world, but elongated it as the extremes in politics we see from both left and right can cause more harm than good and a circular yin/yang felt wrong. <br />
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I chose shot cottons as I've had these on hand for ages and in a variety
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I should have starched the living daylights out of them as there is a bit of give in them and improv cutting exposing bias gave me a few problems in getting a flat and square finished quilt. Lesson learned!<br />
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I used freezer paper to make my spiral shapes and pressed carefully to keep flat. It didn't quite have the impact I was going for and blended a bit too much.<br />
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So I thought outlining in white bias tape might give a bit of pop!<br />
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I added a cream centre, to represent people coming into the wold as knowing nothing and gravitating to a political position, with time and experience. Most of us are in the centre with some moving along the arms of left and right!<br />
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In the background of the arms I quilted loops.<br />
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Spirals in the centre pieces, including a Celtic tri-spiral!<br />
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And text in the background to represent the values conservatives and liberals have like Fairness, Equality, Authority, Purity, In-Group/Community and I also added in the names we call each other like Snowflake and all things *ist.<br />
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Because of all the bias, what I thought I had trimmed square became a little wonky when bound. <br />
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I entered it for the Irish Quilter's Showcase and it was shown in the Limerick School of Art and Design by Paula Rafferty last month. Thanks to Paula for accepting my piece and showing a great collection of quilts on the theme of "Culture".<br />
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It was a challenge in the making as well as in the thinking and I am very glad to have tried it and pushed my skill levels a bit. I would have liked a neater finish but in the concept, I am happy with it. I called it "Snowflake, who me?" I'm eager now to see what everyone else has made on the <a href="http://My paper pattern blown up to use as a template for cutting my spirals.">Endeavourer's blog!</a>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-18471316334107372602018-07-24T13:00:00.000+01:002018-07-24T15:08:40.722+01:00River of Dreams Quilt Exhibition 2018The Rainbow Rose got an outing! Every year there is a quilt exhibition in Limerick called River of Dreams and anyone can enter a quilt. I thought it might be nice to put in the Rainbow Rose as it was only shown previously in Birmingham at the Festival of Quilts. Nice to get another chance to show off Tomomi's fabulous quilting!<br />
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The opening was about 7pm and it was lovely to see the evening light shine in on it. It was hung up high on account of it being 84" x 84" and I was thrilled to see it pop out at me when I walked into the gallery space at Limerick School of Art & Design.<br />
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There were lots of gorgeous quilts on display so I thought I'd show you some of my favourites. Maureen Talbot on the left and Tomomi McElwee on the right.<br />
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Close ups of fabulous quilting!<br />
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Every year there is a charity drive and this year it was little blocks to make a quilt for the homeless charity NOVAS.<br />
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These little blocks are massively cute and it was lovely to see more and more appearing on the wall as the exhibition went on.<br />
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I loved this Sarah Fielke design made by Gerardine Cahill. Beautiful fabric choices and I could look at the hand quilting up close for ages!<br />
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Really liked the colour in this Craftsy class pattern made by Alison Bingham,<br />
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and the frosty colour palette in these paper pieced trees by Frances Shanahan.<br />
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It was great to see some Modern Irish Bee Quilts too. On the left Suzanne's large block quilt - we made a block inspired by colours of the Irish flag, any size up to 18". On the right Mary Murphy's round robin quilt (7 of us made a different round and mine was the outer triangle border!)<br />
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I really enjoyed this mix of quilts from traditional to modern on one wall. (Quilts by Biddy Condon, Joan McGarry and Betty O'Farrell).<br />
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On the last day of the show I was asked if the Rainbow Rose could be borrowed for a display in Dublin during Irish Pride week so off it went for another showing! <br />
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Delighted to be able to show it off as much as possible before it comes back to me to cherish! Thanks again to Tomomi for the amazing quilting and friendship. The quilting makes the Rainbow Rose and I could look at it for hours and hours! We don't see each other too often but I am so glad this hobby has given me so many great friends. <br />
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<br />Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-62955786369895284632018-07-04T13:00:00.000+01:002018-07-04T13:00:09.985+01:002018 Mid Year ReviewWow it's July already! Happy 4th to all my family and friends in the States. I spent two 4th of July's stateside in my lifetime and I think of them as happy ice-cream and fireworks day! Having a national holiday in the middle of the summer, where you can sit by the water enjoying the celebrations with family chilling out, really makes for the best days.<br />
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Things have been really busy for me this year and for some reason, when July comes around, I am usually ready for a break and I tend to turn my head towards doing up the house. It's funny, keeping a blog reveals these things to you. For the last few July's my posts are all about the house!<br />
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Finding a way to play with colour, that doesn't bury me under the heat of a quilt, and helps me tackle all those cobwebs, and undone things the strong summer sunshine seems to expose, all of a sudden seems like the thing to do. As <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2018/07/01/2018midyearreview-linkup/">Yvonne@Quilting Jet Girl</a> is having a half year review, I thought I'd dig out some photos and join in the fun, and give you an idea of what's been going on in our crafty corner.<br />
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I've added driftwood type wall paper to the hall under the dogs hall of fame gallery. Made an arm knitted blanket for the spare room and nearly melted under it to get it finished! 27 stitches on jumbo wool from <a href="https://woollymahoosive.com/">Wooly Mahoosive.</a><br />
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I also made a throw for our leather sofa using Flower Child yarn (on clearance at <a href="https://knitcollage.com/">Knit Collage</a>) using 25mm needles which were more awkward to use than the arm knitting! This turned out more like a rug than a throw but I like the little daisies that are sewn into the wool so not sure I want to be stepping on them. For the moment it is living on the back of the sofa.<br />
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I went mad and ordered a new sofa for the study - downsizing from 4 sofas to 2 (don't ask how we managed to end up with 4 sofas for a house of 2 people & 2 furballs!) So that means getting rid of 3 of them! Work in progress...<br />
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On the kitchen table I have the makings of 6 projects so, I need to choose 1 and put the others away for the moment. <br />
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There is a Mimosa Layer Cake that will be a <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">FatQuarterShop </a>Plus quilt. Some layer cake squares and Fat Quarters that are going to be a <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/Moda-Love-Layer-Cake-Quilt.pdf">Moda Love</a> Star Surround Quilt. Some Thrive squares that will probably become a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-rbI4kRljo">Layered lattice quilt</a>. A Jelly roll to make a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/563692743/jelly-roll-rug-pattern-pdf">jelly roll rug </a>and the giant leftover of the jumbo wool to make a small blanket for my aunt's bedroom.<br />
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On the design wall is the last of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/671309969669493/permalink/1217431281724023/">Modern Irish Bee</a> blocks. I had our Bee make curved blocks and they did a great job for me. I was hesitant to select curves as they can be daunting but my Bee mates didn't shy away from the challenge and I have a wonderful Summer Bloom quilt in the works. I've been playing with layout and am dithering between these two potentials. I have a few pieces to add to it yet but am holding off until I make up my mind!<br />
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I've also been playing on EQ8 with it and have lots of options for potential quilts - I find the editing it down to the pattern I want to make and write bit really difficult. It is very easy to end up with 45 quilts in the design notebook and choosing 1 or 2 is a task!<br />
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In other news, I've taught the ticker tape workshop for the fourth time with my local branch of the Irish Patchwork Society and we had a brilliant day. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215754128033646&set=gm.2062239497248585&type=3&theater">This photo from our branch Facebook page </a>shows the variety of quilts made. (We meet on the second Friday of the month Sept to June if you are in the Limerick area - come see us!)<br />
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I must admit I teared up a little bit when I saw Emer's finished version of our old Wilbur -the colours she used were more lifelike and true to him that when I saw her hold up the finished piece, I missed him all over again. Funniest, maddest dog we ever had!<br />
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There has also been exhibition sewing which I hope to be able to share by the end of the month and lots of committee work completed. I am coming to the end of my term as Chairperson of my guild and there has been a big push on to get governance documents (thanks GDPR!), new website (www.irishpatchwork.com) and some fun stuff too like challenges, exhibitions and summer parties and meetings to attend.<br />
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Some things have had to wait like pattern writing, blog posts, swaps and online Quilt-a-longs. There is a banner for our local branch to be made, upcoming friends baby to make a quilt for, and finally finish the quilt for our bed, but with nearly 30 degree C weather, I think that one can wait a while yet!<br />
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Hope the weather is sunny where you are! Linking up to <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2018/07/01/2018midyearreview-linkup/">2018 Mid-Year Review</a>.Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-5464736199414986082018-05-01T09:23:00.002+01:002018-07-04T09:18:20.839+01:00Change - upcycling a lampshade with embroidery!This month, the Endeavourer's challenge is Change or Transformation. I've had that kicking around in the back of my head these past weeks so, when mum was throwing out some old lampshades, I thought hang on, I'll have a go at upcycling them. <br />
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I snipped the threads holding the pleats together and did my best to iron them flat - quite tricky ironing a curved surface!<br />
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I spent quite a bit of time doodling flowers, somehow my doodles are always with quilting in mind so as many continuous lines as possible and a 2D flat surface is always the result. I eventually settled on a big bloom with some leaves and a fancy centre.<br />
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I used a blue water erasable marker to trace around the outside and redraw my design on the lampshade.<br />
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I was torn between colour families and settled on the warmer grouping though I think the bright pink I would change if I was making again. The stitches are herringbone for the leaves, chain stitch for the lines and french knots for the dots.<br />
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There was a problem with bleeding of the blue marker even though I thoroughly wet the lampshade 3 times. One of my work colleagues advised me to try green fairy liquid - swears by it for its stain removing qualities (the shade was a bit grubby in places too so I thought why not?)<br />
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It worked a treat! <br />
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I let it to dry in the windowsill and and now I know the blue marks are gone and this can actually be used I'm going to add a little bit of vine stem to it too to lessen all that white.<br />
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So this was the inspiration for the make I eventually did for the challenge - a quilted cushion.<br />
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To read more about the cushion or the Endeavourer's challenge please visit the <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.ie/">blog page here</a>. My project was a small one this time around as I got quite distracted drawing flowers, making paper flower, framing cut paperwork and adding wallpaper to our hall underneath the dogs hall of fame! Procrafternation at its best!<br />
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I'm so excited it's my turn to share for Cheryl and Paige's book hop, for their beautiful new book Modern Plus Sign Quilts. It is a real honour to be a part of this hop and to have had the privilege of making from Cheryl and Paige's designs. There are 16 brilliant patterns in the book and I had a hard time deciding which to make and in the end, I was delighted to make the Transparency Chain pattern.<br />
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I chose this pattern for a few reasons. I love transparency designs and haven't made too many of them and thought it would be good practice to exercise a sense of value and tonal scale, by trying a design like this.<br />
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I think this was the quilt for me especially as, at the moment, my time in front of sewing machine is
limited. I am healing from disk issues in my lower back and knowing
that basting a quilt top would be a struggle, I am limited to smaller
projects, quilt as you go and design work. One of the way's Cheryl and
Paige suggested the pattern could be used was to make less blocks for a
baby quilt or a table topper. I decided to go with the latter and make a
mini-quilt. Given the small size of my project, I wanted to put a special effort in and to try and contribute to the book hop by playing with
some extra chains in the design. Cheryl and Paige invited us to
change things up if we wanted and to be inspireed by the designs with our projects. <br />
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Because the pattern is so well written and comes together in a very
clever way, it makes it easier to piece lots of the same block than it
looks and makes it really easy to play with. I took it as a challenge
to honour the beautiful clean nature of Cheryl's design and at the same
time have a bit of a play. I love playing with design and suffer from a
condition called curiosity - it's not fatal but it does take me down
endless rabbit holes! I end up with lots of variations and really
struggle with just choosing one. So I thought the Transparency Chain would be a
great pattern to have some fun with and stretch myself a little.<br />
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This is what I eventually came up with.<br />
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Originally I thought about framing the chain around the plus block but quickly realised a light to dark transparency was nicer and more true to Cheryl's design. By adding a chain to the outside and the inside in different tones I got a transparency inspired double Irish Chain. To make the design work you need to add some of the chain to the plus blocks, so if you want to have a go, you take the pattern block and add a square into each corner.<br />
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I have a lot of grays in my stash so colour me surprised when trying to match a light to dark was not as easy as I had expected. I have a good mix of warm and cool greys that don't really go with each other! In my mind, I was looking for light, medium and dark grey but realised also, the background white was part of the gradient, so I made a change to my light grey to make it work better. In hindsight, I'd not use as stark a dark again and try and get a smoother transition in the light to medium/dark grays. But I'm still happy with the end result and I think it works.<br />
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This is how I think I could use the double transparency in the pattern and think this would make a great quilt for Gordon for the study. It can be tricky sometimes finding a pattern and colourway that can be gender neutral and I think this is definitely one of them, that would also live very well in our house!<br />
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Especially when framed with hot pink binding!<br />
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Given the mini size of the block I ended up making for the
hop, I thought it would make a great piece to practice some free motion
quilting on and I had a blast. I used a small stipple for the centre,
parallel(ish) lines, pebbles, spirals, orange peel and wishbones to quilt it! I am
very pleased with how the quilting turned out and it will be hard to
give this mini away.<br />
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One of the projects our committee of the Irish Patchwork Society has
been working on is a project that brings all 8 of our branches together
by having each branch take a traditional quilt block and make 8
variations of it from traditional to modern to share with each other.
My branch has the Irish Chain and it being St. Patrick's Day tomorrow
this book hop and Transparency Chain pattern couldn't be more timely!<br />
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My mini will be donated to the branch, crediting Cheryl and Paige's book
on the back label and I hope it will be used to show how versatile
chain designs, and as a bonus, plus designs can be. The Modern Plus
Sign Quilts Book is available to buy directly from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/584477239/modern-plus-sign-quilts-book-signed">Cheryl</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/590417705/modern-plus-sign-quilts-book">Paige</a> as signed copies or from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Plus-Sign-Quilts-Techniques/dp/1617455695/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520456494&sr=8-1&keywords=modern+plus+sign+book">Amazon</a>. I could easily make so many quilts from this book and couldn't recommend it highly enough. Whether you are looking for inspiration or a fun pattern well written, there is a quilt here for everyone!<br />
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To see more designs and the projects my fellow blog hoppers have made from and inspired by the book, the full schedule is below. Please stop by and visit, you will not be disappointed! Don't forget to visit <a href="http://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.ie/">Cheryl</a> & <a href="http://www.quiltedblooms.com/">Paige's</a> blogs for giveaways while the hop is on!<br />
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Thanks again to Cheryl and Paige for allowing me to participate in the hop. I have loved making your design and feel very privileged to have had so much fun playing and exploring plus blocks with you all. Happy St. Patrick's to everyone!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Sophie @ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://lunalovequilts.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNHb4f5TLhWwA51h1GRkhmZFbh1Jcg" href="http://lunalovequilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Luna
Lovequilts</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Afton @ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://quiltingmod.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGAsj4g7dVciZBUs8c-Mh0tlfHHEg" href="http://quiltingmod.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Quilting
Mod</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Shelley @ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://thecarpentersdaughterwhoquilts.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNEG9MtysDjDOc4lFYIImM3OK8wBbQ" href="http://thecarpentersdaughterwhoquilts.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Carpenters Daughter Who Quilts</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Wednesday, March 14th</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Jayne
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://twiggyandopal.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNFm_Es_yLIYgBRHn5AyOLXgkFqzTQ" href="http://twiggyandopal.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Twiggy and Opal</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Jen @
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Abigail
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cutandalter.blogspot.co.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNEHBfliCqnedPnnoQnTlbZgXP6UVg" href="http://cutandalter.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Cut & Alter</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Yvonne
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://quiltingjetgirl.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGUQzyNz_JmHIp8fzjHoggZ5q9fhw" href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Quilting Jetgirl</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Sandra
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.mmmquilts.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGXGta_GeQLI4dSEOKykfWeq1s5rw" href="http://www.mmmquilts.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">mmm! quilts</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Karen
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://runsewfun.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNHsWMLbwJMHZn_MP5sp6T83BicUIg" href="http://runsewfun.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Run Sew Fun</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
Thursday, March 15th</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Linda
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://flourishingpalms.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNF6vVrxfbKgwG33_a-NbcIJ5KicUQ" href="http://flourishingpalms.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Flourishing Palms</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Bernie
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://needleandfoot.com&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGjmpUeTuunRcRh-Mnd_kkCk_BmTw" href="https://needleandfoot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Needle and Foot</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Liz @
</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.savoreverystitch.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNHAIZgNFwYZ4lYKOBWXjgqpYwhgsw" href="http://www.savoreverystitch.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Savor Every Stitch</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Stacey
@ </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://staceyinstitches.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNHu4lLXUHRdSjCN6moUi_NbqsLNZA" href="https://staceyinstitches.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Stacey In Stitches<span style="background: white;"></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: black;">Michelle @ </span></span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGIySd2HSx-_jzo4q3YMyLfOy98KA" href="http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">From Bolt to Beauty</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Patty
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.elmstreetquilts.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNFElszh9QNXT-0y4gRZxGRiSasSoA" href="http://www.elmstreetquilts.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Elm Street Quilts</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Melanie
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://abitofscrapstuff.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGC0TlQmjEcvqjkNG9aRQi67SeyvA" href="http://abitofscrapstuff.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">A Bit of Scrap
Stuff Blog</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Myra
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGxSV-jHrfPISGT417zivKLoLRliA" href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Busy Hands Quilts</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Izzy
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://dizzyquilts.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGbzPJxomzMGptL_t-XoeHcaGaG9A" href="http://dizzyquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Dizzy Quilts</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Ruth
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNFmTGb-2cdZLvfO-d6Y4BgObOPI-A" href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Charly and Ben's
Crafty Corner</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Christa
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://christaquilts.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNHDo55yUOIGqaBs27eN0nXeyYxQKg" href="https://christaquilts.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Christa Quilts</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1580267703" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday, March 19th</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Jessica
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.quiltyhabit.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNGFsSBYgapz_iEoh3TLBTk1UboIyA" href="http://www.quiltyhabit.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Quilty Habit</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Cindy
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://hyacinthquiltdesigns.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNFuRj05qDAMeRTIqODLXLWI_ETgTQ" href="http://hyacinthquiltdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Hyacinth Quilt
Designs</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Jennifer
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.inquiringquilter.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNH9GLRgpNzziXfxCQcCZvn9Cclrcw" href="http://www.inquiringquilter.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">The Inquiring Quilter</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Julie
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://thecraftyquilter.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNF1ZIrcXE4XyhMP04aH3KjK8PH8Tw" href="https://thecraftyquilter.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">The Crafty Quilter</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1580267704" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday, March 20th</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Tish
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.tishnwonderland.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNEwqgWv3R-VpvJYkT2Zsh-j91EWoQ" href="http://www.tishnwonderland.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Tish N Wonderland</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Judy
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://sewsomesunshine.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNG35jlWPrXhZhTXx1wd_DPhG05Wtw" href="https://sewsomesunshine.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Sew Some Sunshine</span></a><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Emily
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772129000&usg=AFQjCNHVhJXnQ6n8sy-OpJgzQBQ8EvAdSw" href="http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">The Darling
Dogwood</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Wanda
@ </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://wandadotson.com/&source=gmail&ust=1521229772130000&usg=AFQjCNF2FyMPsXBD06Ls0mla1lqiA4VhPQ" href="https://wandadotson.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Wanda's Life Sampler</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></div>
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Today is the reveal day for our first challenge: Nature.<br />
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I am very happy to share my quilt idea, 'Making Waves'. Mine is a top only at this stage and not a finished piece which it should be. As my back issue, though settling and improving, had a bit of set back a few weeks ago and sitting is still no fun at all, I haven't been able to sit at a sewing machine.<br />
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The Irish Patchwork Society (IPS) national exhibition theme is Making Waves and this has been on my mind so with a theme of nature and my love of the west coast of Clare, part of the Wild Atlantic Way, I guess it had to be a wave! To read more about the inspiration and influences behind the idea for this wave, please visit <a href="http://theendeavourers.blogspot.ie/">The Endeavourers blog</a>.<br />
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I thought here I'd talk a bit about how I made it, in case you were inspired to break out the bondaweb and a big bucket of scraps! <br />
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I made this sketch to work from as a pattern, fiddled with it for ages, even though it is a simple enough shape. I printed it on A4 and taped it all together and then thought now what? My friend Louise asked if I had seen <a href="https://shannon-brinkley.com/">Shannon Brinkley's collage quilts</a> using animals and cityscapes, so remembering her bear quilt, I looked her up <a href="https://shannon-brinkley.com/pages/onlinecourses">and her website here </a>where she offers an online course and patterns to buy. I didn't use Shannon's process as I hadn't the materials she recommends but I was inspired by her bear pattern to make the quilt as a collage, and knew I wanted a strong line for the wave and not a broken one with overlapping collage pieces. I highly recommend Shannon's process as she has multiple ways of finishing the edges and using different types of collage pieces to build up your design. If you take her course you get to choose a pattern available from her shop so worth having a look!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbaX4n1oCvtSHE1hir2Xkq5ddbypm0QWA3Dt78MoFrELXgV-vR3cJp5vnMmvqIYNF4q1RG78KeAdHSLd0XhT4_IiHcB6cjn4P4hmcmKc0mkayxcHLbQA8kuNZEwLOmzYUGs7G2AoANzZM/s1600/_DSF5583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbaX4n1oCvtSHE1hir2Xkq5ddbypm0QWA3Dt78MoFrELXgV-vR3cJp5vnMmvqIYNF4q1RG78KeAdHSLd0XhT4_IiHcB6cjn4P4hmcmKc0mkayxcHLbQA8kuNZEwLOmzYUGs7G2AoANzZM/s320/_DSF5583.JPG" width="320" /></a>I had previously made an art collage quilt before, <a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.ie/2015/05/bloggers-quilt-festival-upriver.html">of a boat on the river Shannon</a>, for our branch's Local Landscapes exhibition. I wanted to try something different for my wave and this feels a little more grown up for some reason. I think it might be the fabrics; less contrasting colour and more blended maybe? </div>
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I pulled a lot of aquas, turquoises, teals and blues and in the end used mostly scraps and very little from the fabric pull. Still, creating that palette helped me select from my scrap basket (yes this is all the scraps I have!).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaO1VheRHeFfk_YdyT_Cotw9lGQ8WyzuO8GcitNDD3w4X1zfC4ImIka50fkaX_lrzGbNyB2eOXaCWcHSMnGg2zEsed21Zgf1cU0bS-yXlSyAhVQEcUAdxJJWJPp91LIrUQnbH_BTsZDkGO/s1600/_DSF5586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaO1VheRHeFfk_YdyT_Cotw9lGQ8WyzuO8GcitNDD3w4X1zfC4ImIka50fkaX_lrzGbNyB2eOXaCWcHSMnGg2zEsed21Zgf1cU0bS-yXlSyAhVQEcUAdxJJWJPp91LIrUQnbH_BTsZDkGO/s200/_DSF5586.JPG" width="200" /></a>I wanted some strong clean curves in the piece even though it was going to be made of scraps and many pieces of fabrics, so I remembered my quilt friend Paula Rafferty telling me about drawing directly onto fusible bondaweb and not the paper at the back. This means no faffing about with reversing patterns and I could stick pieces directly onto the fusible paper. A pencil was no good as it's hard edge caught the bondaweb but an embroidery transfer pen was perfect and glided over the fusible smoothly.<br />
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I traced the whole pattern and then some of the smaller elements separately. I used some parchment paper between the pattern and the iron to prevent my iron getting all gunky when fusing down the fabric. I have a silicone A3 sheet for just this type of thing but I couldn't find it anywhere- it has to here somewhere in my kitchen/sewing room but no luck finding it when I needed it, so parchment paper it was!<br />
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The paper stuck to the fusible around the pieces and instead of pulling
it apart which might dislodge the fabric pieces, I simply cut around
the shape I wanted and the parchment under the fabric just fell away.
There are loose spots where the pieces overlap but I'll be quilting it
all down at some stage so I am not worried about raw edges or un-fused
pieces. This little wave is not intended for washing!<br />
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Then using some photographs of real waves from a google search as inspiration for fabric placement, I built up the collage keeping the lightest sections at the top left hand corner of the wave and adding my curved pieces where I liked. I used some backing fabric as a cushion for the iron to press onto and kept on building.<br />
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Finally I had a finished wave. Next decision: background fabric. I tried patterned, solid baby blue for sky, black for high contrast, and eventually settled on a graduated blue that seems to fit the highlights of the piece just right.</div>
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This is where I have gotten to as the next step
involves basting and quilting and that means sitting at a sewing
machine! I do intend to face it when quilted so there will be no visible binding
and hope it will look something like this. <br />
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I always use the <a href="https://thesillyboodilly.blogspot.ie/2012/09/tutorial-super-duper-easy-way-to-face.html">Silly Boo Dilly's tutorial for facing a quilt </a>- it is a very well written tutorial
and super handy to have when you don't want binding to show on the
front. So even though I didn't get her finished I certainly feel like I
have lived up to the spirit of The Endeavourer's group challenge. This was a
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If you want to see more from our group please visit the Endeavourer's blog and my fellow group members below:<br />
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Catherine - <a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/">http://www.knottedcotton.com</a> <br />
Janine – <a href="https://rainbowhare.com/">https://rainbowhare.com/</a><br />
Nancy – <a href="http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com/">http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Carol – <a href="http://beadsandbirds.blogspot.com/">http://beadsandbirds.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Barbara – <a href="https://theflashingscissors.blogspot.co.uk/">https://theflashingscissors.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Ruth – <a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.co.uk/">http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Gwen – <a href="https://textileranger.com/">https://textileranger.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theendeavourers.blogspot.co.uk/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qfFEspZ-mo9FgcahAEKvvMsbl_9H-wNkYmY99liy36vtXGcHTm4XgdF-kjMWtkwqQOd0Zlp2liwgxTv6HkkF3dqsumNndK6o6MFIxyBCl_c7S7889uy_-Ak940NZUIdUT3OYGxZJJNc/s1600/theendeavourers+20+Nov+2012+at+15-40+3430x2583.JPG" /></a>Martha – <a href="http://www.weekenddoings.com/">www.weekenddoings.com</a><br />
Julie – <a href="http://www.pinkdoxies.com/">www.pinkdoxies.com</a><br />
Maureen – <a href="https://josephinaballerina.com/">https://josephinaballerina.com/</a><br />
Tonia – <a href="http://allthingzsewn.blogspot.com/">http://allthingzsewn.blogspot.com</a><br />
Kay – <a href="http://thecraftyyak.wordpress.com/">http://thecraftyyak.wordpress.com</a><br />
Soma – <a href="http://www.whimsandfancies.com/">http://www.whimsandfancies.com/</a><br />
Fiona - <a href="http://celticthistlestitches.blogspot.co.uk/">http://celticthistlestitches.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
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No chocolate crunchie bars on hand this Friday - I have to admit being all sugared out at this stage and looking forward to getting back to normal. I did manage to sit at the sewing machine for a very small time this week and get my Home is Where the Dog Is quilt top finished! To be fair it was all done bar sewing the rows together.<br />
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So glad I got all the zig-zag done on the letters before the disk in my back came at me as that bit took ages! Finishing it into a quilt now is going to have a wait a while as I have left a blank space on the first floor to add something special and have no idea whatsoever what that could be! I do need to try and get on with a quilt and teaching samples I need for workshops I am teaching in February and March so I am happy to park it for a while, while I mull it over in my head!<br />
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Not being able to do to much at the sewing table means there is still lots of knitting going on! Here's an update: Winter hat for Gordon - Done! <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-hat-fit-for-a-fella">Pattern is A Hat Fit For a Fella by Shana Schasteen.</a><br />
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A sparkly Christmas cowl for mum - with her help! I get bored with plain and purl and mum hates following a pattern so we share the workload sometimes. Mum knits looser than I do so when gauge matters I give her a smaller needle. This was her first time using metallic circular needles - my favourite - she didn't like them!<br />
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Still her finished cowl turned our lovely and perfectly matching Christmas decor. This pattern is the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/missmarple-scarf">Miss Marple Scarf free on Ravelry.</a><br />
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Chunky hat and shawl for me - done! Hat is my own design using two a white and a pink ball of Tivoli super chunky wool. The shawl pattern is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clouds-in-a-blue-sky">Clouds in a Blue Sky by Andrea Rangel.</a> I added a bit of Swiss darning to it to tie in the edge yard to the brighter cream from my stash. This technique was a lot of fun and I would definitely do this duplicate stitching technique again.<br />
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And if superchunky isn't fast enough I got a present of some Jumbo Merino wool for Christmas along with 25mm needles! <br />
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I wanted to make a cushion for my cousin as a thank you present but the 1kg ball wasn't enough and the cable I attempted to add in ended up rock hard and messed up the width so I started again! I found the needles hard to work with and had too tight a gauge to start with so loosened it well up on the second go.<br />
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This is how thick the jumbo yarn is and it is so soft! Unspun, it is quite delicate and frogging it is not a good idea to do too regularly! You can't wash it as it will felt but you can dry clean it.<br />
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Second attempt went better with a simple pattern over 10 stitches!<br />
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I had a bit left over to make a cowl for mum though - only 3 stitches and arm knitted and done in about 15 minutes! Feels cheating to call this one a finish! The arm knitting was much faster once I got the hang of the cast on! She loves it and it is really soft and warm.<br />
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I am planning on arm knitting with a bigger ball of 4-6kg acrylic yarn to make a blanket for the bed. I normally buy the best wool I can as I think if you are going to take the time to knit up something might as well treat yourself to the best. Acrylic is washable though and a good bit cheaper so while I would love a
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Happy New Year everyone - hope 2018 is a good one and a cosy one to you all!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-21702424460233889002017-12-27T15:06:00.001+00:002017-12-27T15:06:42.832+00:00One last finish!I couldn't tell you where the month of December has gone! It has been an upsy downsy month with flu (the entire family!), bulging disk in my back, lots of birthdays and the mad Christmas dash that always seems to happen no matter how well I think I have everything in hand. <br />
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I've been absent here and online as home life, work and getting the secret sewing done has taken over and I haven't had a minute to myself except for last week when the back gave out and I had no choice but to find a comfy spot on the sofa and read and knit and not try to do anything that required brain power!<br />
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Still, I got one last quilty make done. You might remember this when it was just a flimsy? I finished it for my Friend's new baby for her first Christmas! As my friend reads the blog from time to time I didn't want to show too much but now it's been gifted I can share away! <br />
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Indoor photos only as it was miserable weather before the Christmas! Rained most of the day Christmas day too! The quilting is inspired by <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/">Patsy Thompson's Craftsy Class called Ultimate Free Motion Quilting </a>where she teaches a technique of layering quilt lines called Hyperquilting. I have been wanting to try it our for ages so using 2 different colours of pink aurifil thread I managed to quilt in some butterflies and flowers. <br />
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I had a lot of fun with this and a small throw quilt like this was a great size to try something new. I'll definitely be doing this style of quilting again. I love the texture it gives the quilt after its first wash.<br />
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I showed it unbound at our branch of the Irish Patchwork Society meeting in December and the ladies asked me what colour I was going to bind it in. When I said a very pale blue there were some funny looks but I think it works really well. The background fabric is Kona Smoke and I can't remember the pinks but think one might be Rose. The off white is PFD bleached white. I think the blue might be Sky.<br />
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I'm glad it worked out very like I imagined and am happy to have to have one last finish for 2017! I know there are a few days yet to go but it's unlikely I'll get a quilt top basted and quilted by New Years, though I have a chance at finishing another knitted hat! Made 3 this month so far and happily today the rain has stopped, it's turning frosty and I may get to wear one out walking the dogs!<br />
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That is if we can get them away from their new toy. Well it's meant to be Maggie's toy but Charly has other ideas and it has been a constant battle between the two of them for ownership! We've had to hide it twice, so far Charly has found it every time. Can't fool a Jack Russell, a Basset on the other hand...<br />
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Hope everyone had a happy Christmas and wishing everyone a very happy New Year!<br />
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As Chairperson for the Irish Patchwork Society (IPS), there was the AGM where afterwards the guest speaker was Janice Gunner from the British Guild of Quilters. We learned all about the different Japanese textiles made from Shibori techniques and got to see samples Janice had created (images above). If anyone has or knows of some good books on Quilt History and Textiles I would be really interested in learning more - so far I have found very little in depth books that you could settle in by the fire and a strong cuppa tea and spend an hour or two devouring so suggestions would be greatly appreciated!<br />
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There are a pile of quilt tops and WIP's ready to be worked on, <a href="http://www.irishpatchwork.com/">a new website for the IPS</a> with lots of members only content planned and in progress, 4 new designs in various stages which will need pattern testing at some point and a pile of fabric waiting for cutting!<br />
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In the midst of writing about log cabins for the new IPS website I created these illustrations to show improv log cabins and now want to drop everything and make them so last weekend I uploaded the images to <a href="http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/palettebuilder2/">Playcrafts</a> palette builder and bought a bucket load of solids from the Limerick Quilt Centre. Thinking of a one block quilt in green for our brown leather sofa! Nice and bright for the winter - should be cheery! <br />
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Another idea that came from the Elements of a Modern Quilt Class I am preparing for the IPS next March is this Triangle play quilt. Really like the orange and blue with Kona Coal on this one so bought the fabric for that too, this time from Plush addict!<br />
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I had been without my large sewing machine for 3 months too as it was
getting repaired - remember the bother I had with it for North South
East & West? Well turns out there was a teeny tiny spring gone in
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Lastly I have had this quilt on the design wall since August when we had to say goodbye to Wilbur and I just didn't feel like getting on with it. Time is right now so I have two versions of Home is Where the Dog Is on the go. I pieced in a day this minimalist one inspired by Wilbur's Kennel! A finished Quilt top feels like progress. Now to get on with the quilting! I'm hoping to quilt the text in relief with straight line quilting around the shapes!<br />
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So much more to do....stay tuned...giveaway coming up this month too!<br />
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Linking up to Let's Bee Social, Needle and Thread Thursday and the Friday Finishes!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-38569965908199771282017-10-31T16:42:00.001+00:002017-10-31T16:42:46.790+00:00Ticker Tape Workshops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago I gave the Ticker Tape workshop I developed from my <a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.ie/2016/05/ticker-tape-basset-hound-heres-how-i.html">Wilbur scrap quilt </a>to the Western Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society in Galway. This was my third time giving this workshop and I have been adding to the templates for people to try. I used the guitar as a teaching piece and am working on a sketch of a West Highland Terrier for one of the ladies in my own branch, the Mid-Western Branch in Limerick.<br />
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Not everyone has been lucky enough to have a Basset Hound in their house (?) so I have added in other shapes for people to try including cats, teddy bears and other breeds of dogs!
For some reason, just like when making Wilbur, I got the head and body drawn up on the Westie no problem but struggled with the legs. I think I have his little feet right now and am making adjustments for the next class which is in a Quilt Shop in Tuam, Co. Galway called <a href="https://www.quiltyarnstitch.com/">Quilt, Yarn, Stitch.</a> Really looking forward to the 2nd December and teaching my first quilt shop class! Very exciting!
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This is a photo of the progress made by Nora on the scrappy Teddy on the day in Galway and below is a photo I took of <a href="https://lenapugacheva.blogspot.ie/2017/04/lily-dragon.html">Olena's dragon</a> she made from the workshop given to the Eastern branch of the IPS in Dublin. I had the honour of being mentioned in her artist's statement when she showed it at the River of Dreams quilt exhibition in Limerick this year.<br />
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That was a special exhibition as in addition to the bed quilts on display there was a wall of donated baby quilts for the Henry Bear charity where each child undergoing heart surgery gets a quilt to wrap them up in for their recovery.<br />
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Mine was Kenny the Koala! And he ended up<a href="https://payhip.com/b/QK8g"> a pattern. </a><br />
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It's funny where an idea for a quilt can take you and what can develop from it!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-89604884180042393942017-10-17T10:17:00.001+01:002017-10-17T10:17:23.984+01:00Modern Irish Bee!One of the last activities for Modern Quilters Ireland is our Modern Irish Bee. This year, our group of 9 have been making big blocks for each other 18 ½" in size. There have been lots of half square triangle blocks which are fun to scale up to big sizes.<br />
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If you would like to find the instructions for any of these come visit our facebook group: Modern Irish Bee.<br />
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Suzanne gave us a free form option, to make a block with an Irish theme that she will put together for the festival of Quilts in Birmingham next year and she left the choice and content of the block up to us! Having had a conversation with Suzanne about books, and having seen the cutest paper pieced book block from Tall Tales on the Honey Pot Bee facebook group, I knew I wanted to use that in some way. After all one of the things Ireland is famous for is our writers like Yeats, Joyce and Beckett. So I though books would work quite well.<br />
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The other thing we are famous for is our wet weather! And with hurricane Ophelia just having passed through the weather is on the tip of everyones tongues. (We lost our satellite dish so very lucky that was the worst that happened! Watching the TV on the laptop for the moment!)<br />
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Almost every casual conversation on a normal day starts with chat about the weather too and the hundreds of ways to describe a rainy day:
bucketing down, pi**ing out of the heavens, lashing, soft, floggging it, spitting it, rotten, drowning out, fierce, pelting down, hammering down, torrential, weather for ducks, a day for the fire, no drying out today, wetting rain(?) and my favourite – someone left the tap on above in heaven.<br />
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With that in mind I decided to make weather themed books so I have a rainy winter, sunny summer, autumn leaves and the spring you might say is the bright green text border that ties it all together! Yes I might be taking a bit of artistic licence with it but isn't that half the fun!
The paper pieced book block is quite titchy so to make something suitable for an 18" block I made 3, trimmed to 7" x 4 ½" and surrounded them with white background fabric and a 1.5" green border! If you want to make something similar yourself, download the book pattern from Jodi's Craftsy shop here.
I think it's the perfect size for a cushion and would be great for a kids room for reading activities and I can imagine a pocket in the back for a book too! Might just have to make another one...<br />
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This summer the Modern Quilters Ireland Group closed but there are two activities still ongoing for the rest of the year. Our summer swap and Modern Irish Bee are the last makes and we are going out with a bang! The swap item chosen for 2017 was the <a href="http://lellaboutique.blogspot.ie/2015/07/goody-goody-binding-kit.html">Goody Binding Kit by Leila's Boutique.</a> This was a really fun thing to make and not that difficult. <br />
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Yes there is a zip but there is a video and some very clear explanations in the tutorial to make this bit a breeze! There is a pocket for a scissors another larger pocket for patterns or EPP templates, holder for thread and the zippy pocket for loose bits and pieces. <br />
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My swap partner likes bright and modern so I made a scrappy plus cover from 1.5" squares from the scrap pile and some ribbon from Fat Quarter Shop. Found some Tula Pink and managed to get it in!<br />
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In return <a href="http://sewofcourse.blogspot.ie/">Sandra@sewofcourse</a> made this gorgeous kit for me - love the fox!<br />
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And Bassets! I love the keyring and the centre Basset is appliqued and is a pocket for some scissors. More Tula Pink fabric too!<br />
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Thanks to Sandra for such a lovely swap item and thanks to all who have taken part in the Modern Quilters Ireland activities over the last 4 years! <br />
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If you want to make one of these for your self the tutorial can be found <a href="http://lellaboutique.blogspot.ie/2015/07/goody-goody-binding-kit.html">here.</a><br />
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Linking to the Friday finishes. Happy weekend everybody!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-69293651286598653052017-09-05T15:31:00.005+01:002017-09-05T15:31:50.616+01:00What can you do with 8 blocks?While I was having a cuppa at a break while visiting the Dublin branch of our guild we had a chat about WIP's and unfinished quilts. One lady had 8 blocks made and suffering from repetitive block hell was struggling to make just one more and as you couldn't do much with just 8 blocks. Well that got me thinking! So I started playing with 5 blocks...<br />
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Then 10...<br />
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Then 5 again...<br />
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Then a bit mad with blocks!<br />
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This one I think I'd like to make as Gordon is a rower and this reminds me of rowboats!<br />
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Finally 8 blocks! Anyone else have a layout for 8 blocks they'd like to share?<br />
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All of these blocks are from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quilt-Block-Cookbook-Recipes-Possibilities/dp/1940655145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504621839&sr=8-1&keywords=amy+gibson">Amy Gibson's Quilt Block Cookbook</a>. While Jenny Doan's of Missouri Star Quilt Company was the first <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/">Craftsy </a>Class I saw and inspired me to make a quilt, Amy Gibson's 2012 Free Block of the Month series taught me how to piece and the importance of a scant 1/4". Not affiliated with them in anyway but have a further look if you like and want to find patterns for these quilt blocks!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-25494602242362915222017-08-28T20:17:00.001+01:002017-09-05T15:34:12.953+01:00On blogging part 2 - Evolving & a Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Update: Congraultions Fiona @Celtic Thistle Stitches for winning the Giveaway!</i></div>
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I was talking to my friend L during the drive to Dublin about all things quilty. From planning our trip to the see the Festival of Quilts, to all the things on the WIP list or the someday list, and somehow we got to talking about the fuzzy future, where are we going with our quilting? Scary topic!<br />
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We discovered that neither of the two us, in all the time we've been making, have completed quilts for our own bedrooms. (I did make a quilt for the spare bedroom but mum robbed it!) L has been making beautiful art quilts and really wants to make quilts for her kids bedrooms. I think that's what starts a lot of people making quilts - to have something really nice and personal, for our family and loved ones and eventually ourselves!<br />
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But if that's the case, why after so many years quilting ,
had we not just made for ourselves? I can't speak for L but for me, I
think part of it is, I make to make, not for a particular room in the
house, not always for an occasion or a particular person but rather to
explore an idea, learn a new skill or take part in some community
building like a swap or a QAL. A lot of the content on my blog comes
from that place of making to make.<br />
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Some months ago, I was the guest speaker at a branch of the Irish Patchwork Society and we were talking about online trends, where to go for swaps and Quilt-A-Longs, Facebook groups and Instagram Hashtags and the blogs that I like to follow. I had some lovely discussions and some things struck home with me. One quilter said she doesn't like blogs as a lot have all gone too commercial now, another that she doesn't read blogs at all. Anyone who was on Facebook was in lots of quilt groups and some were on Instagram and felt like me sometimes, blink and you miss it! <br />
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In a recent discussion about an online group I am involved with, our IT guru said, changes in social media are making engagement so much harder, with algorithms deciding on the content you see, trends away from reading blogs, and the Facebook factor (some love it, some hate it and some are there to see their relatives photos!), it has all left me pondering blogging again.</div>
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How to evolve and keep that core reason for blogging in the first place? And evolve we must. Nothing ever stays the same and that's ok. The blogs I still love and have on my must read list are those that have grown with the quilter through the quilt making process. Those that like to explore, play and reflect on how a quilt came to be. <br />
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My favourite spaces online, are those that walk that line between sharing and selling, coming down more on the sharing side of the line. In sales there is a saying, no one wants to be sold to but everyone wants to buy. People buy into your vision, your experience, your story, your authority and trust that you will deliver on that with a good product, be it a quilt pattern, class, Quilt-A-Long or link up party or even just a good old blog post!<br />
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People sell themselves everyday and it is only natural that our spaces online reflect this best foot forward kind of thing. Those bloggers that are full time quilters have to find a way to pay their way. I admire anyone who can make a career in this industry and don't expect free content with every post. So I've asked myself how do I feel about my blog and what do I want it to say?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>One of my favourite simple quilts tops Big Bear, Little Bear! </i></span></div>
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I discovered, surprisingly to me, how very protective I feel of my small sharing space. When I made my first quilt, I was the only quilter in my family and circle of friends. I started this blog to connect to other quilters, join in QAL's and Bee's and have made some truly lovely friendships through the writing process, here and through other quilt bloggers.<br />
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I must admit I've not had time to add much in the way of extras this year in terms of tutorials or free downloadable content as I have had exhibitions and guild work take over quite a bit of the sewing spare time so for the main this year, this space has not been the place for me to connect to other quilt bloggers as much as in the past and that is very important to me and something for me to work on.<br />
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I have never seen my blog as a commercial space but it has evolved over time to link to a shop with patterns I've published and a place for those interested in taking a workshop with me to see what I'm about. But at the end of the day, this blog really is about connecting with other makers and recording what worked for me and what didn't. While I don't want my blog to change its essence, it will continue to grow and evolve with me as I grow and evolve as a quilter. Resistance is futile! I guess I have to get used to some changes!<br />
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So I've asked myself, how do I keep the personal and friendly feel of my little bit of the web and create a place to promote all that I have to offer in quilt patterns, workshops and other publication opportunities I'd like to explore?<br />
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The answer for me so far, is to create a new space and possibly through logo or branding link the two. I'm not quite there with it yet - it is a work in progress and a thought in progress as I work things out in my head! <br />
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I've chosen a Square Space website and Crafty Corner Designs as the name. When I picked Charly and Ben's Crafty Corner it was a personal choice and named after the dogs! It is a really tricky thing to type into a search engine though! At the time I started writing a blog I never expected that quilting would come to be so much more than a hobby to me.<br />
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I really love the exploration of design and colour and have so many ideas and things to pull into teachable items that it is quite exciting and I hope to continue down that path while sharing my ups and downs in makes and inspirations. My first real attempt at branding was to have my blog be a warm and friendly space with a modern traditional vibe to it so I chose the
blue/grey colours with a vintage bicycle and Wilbur and Charly
welcoming you to the brand.<br />
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On working on my Square Space website I was drawn more to the clean
minimalist style so I have chosen a
simple dog house with Crafty Corner Designs: Exploring Patchwork &
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Modern Traditional is still very much where I live most of the time but I do like to play and experiment so I think this gives me some scope. I am in the process of updating my released patterns to this cleaner format and have just written up Kenny in the same format too!<br />
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So the only decisions I have left to make are whether to move my blog or have both and link to each other as they both serve a different purpose. I can only import my blog once to Square Space so it is a big decision to make. <br />
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I have adapted the blog header to tie in with the website header so the branding looks the same if I choose to keep both. I am reluctant to lose Charly and Wilbur, I guess since saying Goodbye to the real life Wilbur is still a bit raw so I have this version too. <br />
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So many decisions to make in a blog! What do you think? Stay or go completely to Square space? Minimal blog header or keep Charly & Wilbur?<br />
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And since I haven't had a giveaway in ages and if any of you have read this far you deserve a reward, so I'm giving away this fat eight bundle I picked up last week in Birmingham! To win this bundle please leave me a comment telling me what your favourite blog to visit is and why! Random number generator will choose a winner next Monday 4th September!<br />
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On walking into the two halls of the Festival of Quilts, this is the first quilt I gravitated to. Everything about this piece speaks to me of the strength and just plain amazingness (?) that is an elephant. Maybe because we are all mammals we feel an affinity or maybe its the big ears (I'm told mine are not small!) but elephants have such appeal that I wasn't the only one making this quilt my first stop!<br />
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For some reason at this show I was particularly drawn to trees. I have an unfinished tree project in the works so maybe that was why. Apart from elephants, there is a large percentage of the 200 photos I took of trees!
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I had never seen the 3D creations before but was blown away by them! This one in particular was just so much fun and so much detail, hats off to the maker. All the deck chairs are quilts, top and bottom. There are hats, seagulls and flipflops sewn items too! I voted for this as viewers choice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montse Forcadelli Blasco - Camelia</td></tr>
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I love the pixelated effect in this top one and the organic madness of the circles below!
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Yes another elephant!
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The violin came second and a waistcoat first but I loved the colours in this and it was so hard, to not pick it up!<br />
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The use of fabric in this one speaks to me somehow!
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One of the surprises I found at my first Festival of Quilts was recognising a mile away bloggy friends quilts. I spotted Kaja@Sew Slowly and Abigail @Cut and Alter 's pieces from quite a distance away and had to say hello like meeting old friends!
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Of the modern sections Victoria Finlay Wolfe's gallery was amazing - I love her use of colour.
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Some of the other modern quilts that caught my eye. Seems like circles are calling to me too!
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah Nicholsom - Reflections of Bridge No. 186</td></tr>
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There were some quilts from QuiltCon there and I was so happy to see Lincoln in person. I just love this quilt and the idea that it is improvisationally pieces just fries my mind!
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A completely different portrait that was just gorgeous, was this winner of the pictorial quilts. I love everything about this quilt: the light, the detail the colours!
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This running man was amazing and just beautiful quilting!
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I couldn't get a photo of the best in show miniature quilt. The crowds around it were three and four deep and it was a bit wee to be catching a glimpse of it. I did see this beauty in the miniatures gallery, teeny tiny flying geese!<br />
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On the opposite scale of things was a La Passacaglia Rosette going large and this fun quilt with brilliant fussy cut details!<br />
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And we are back to trees again!
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So there you have it! These are the ones I manged to select from over 200. I hope you enjoyed them in virtual form!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-36821882341530528452017-08-17T13:35:00.000+01:002017-08-17T13:35:06.574+01:00Happy Sad!It was a happy sad week last week and I'm only starting to come around to myself again this week now. We had the awfulness of sending Wilbur to sleep and then I left straight away, for the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, with friends from the Irish Patchwork Society.<br />
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Not having a goods nights sleep since the Thursday before, I was not really in the form for a road trip but I wasn't going to let anyone down and stay home feeling sorry for myself. Gordon had the week off and stayed around the house spending time with Maggie and Charly, so I didn't have to worry about the two furballs and them missing Wilbur. I knew they'd be distracted by having one of their humans around all the time. The trip was worth it and I would have enjoyed it better if it had been any other week. I took over 200 photos and bought some interesting bits and pieces and will share them with you in the next post!<br />
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For now, I thought I'd show you some of the process of blocking this quilt and the amazing quilting that Tomomi did for it. There was quite a bit of preparation involved getting this quilt ready for exhibition. First I had to wash it, as the blue water erasable marker didn't come out of all the white with just spritzing. I wasn't going to put this gorgeous thing into the washing machine with out cleaning the machine first, so 2 bottles of Dettol washine machine cleaner and 2 rinse cycles later, I cleaned out the rubber seal on the door and found coins, hair pins, SD and usb sticks! Then I took a deep breath and popped it into a cold wash with 6-7 colour catchers.<br />
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With all the strong colour in this I had a suspicion the red would run but it didn't. The only thing the colour catcher picked up was the green from the extra wide backing fabric. That surprised me as I was not expecting that to run at all! Still the quilt itself was perfect so onto the blocking step!<br />
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As we don't have carpets in our house (only on the hall stairs!), I needed something to be able to pin the quilt to, to stretch it out while wet. I bought 4 packs of these kids playmats from Argos, moved all the furniture and set to smoothing the quilt out and pining every 2 inches or so, all around the quilt, with sturdy glass head pins. I used a ruler to measure out from one of the seams all the way around with the same measurement to make sure I got the star square and pinned in place.<br />
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It took over 2 days to dry and the green blues section was a bit puffy, so I got the steam iron out and hovered over those sections using steam to make them lie flat and a few extra pins, to get the seam straight on. I think it worked quite well. It certainly made the trimming process that bit easier having a flat straight quilt!<br />
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The only thing that was a bother was this room could not be used for the 2 1/2 days. No dogs allowed and this is normally where they play and spend time with us in the evenings. They were not impressed and wanted in! Gordon also had to skip the TV as this is where the telly is. He happily made do with 4 library books!<br />
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Being an animal lover Tomomi added in lots of Irish wildlife to the quilting and I love her to bits for it. I told her to give it the Tomomi treatment with no help at all for quilting ideas and she certainly did that in spades and came up with so many beautiful motifs. The quilting makes this quilt and is the reason it got chosen for Birmingham. You have to look at the back to see the quilting properly and here are some of the animals found in the quilt.<br />
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It was hard at times last week being away. There were times I wanted to just go home and times when I was completely distracted immersed in sewing talk and quilty inspiration. A happy sad week! <br />
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Losing Wilbur was incredibly sad but happy that we had him for as long as did. He was tons of fun and gave us many laugh out loud moments and many more quiet contented moments. I found this photo of our holiday last year with us all walking the beach. It makes me sad that we are all moving on without Wilbur but we are not leaving him behind. Like me following on at the rear taking photos and letting him take his time, I'm carrying the happy memories with me. And now I have Maggie in quilt form too! So, so happy I didn't try and quilt this one myself and let Tomomi do her thing instead. So Happy Sad, but more happy than sad! Can't ask for more than that.<br />
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Linking up with the Friday finishes! Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-50734228430388189942017-08-09T18:24:00.000+01:002017-08-09T18:24:39.905+01:00Goodbye Wilbur!Yesterday morning we had to say goodbye to Wilbur. Crikey even writing those words is hard.<br />
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We knew this was coming as he was 11 yr 1month and epileptic. The seizures we had been managing for the last 2 years finally got the better of us and over the weekend he went into a state of continuous seizure and emergency treatment at first seemed to stabilise him wasn't enough.<br />
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It's always hard saying goodbye to a dog and Wilbur was our second Basset and third dog we had to send on his way - there is no getting used to it and I now understand for the first time why people say never again.<br />
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It hurts and will hurt for a while but I would not trade the 4yrs 5months of his life that he spent with us since we rescued him from Ash Animal Rescue.<br />
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He had a big personality and was tons of fun and I'll miss him.<br />
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Wilbur always managed to steal the show and we had tons of fun making a special photo shoot with the dogs. It gave us some of my favourite photos of him. <br />
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Please visit the other quilters celebrating their furry friends.<br />
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Goodbye pal, thanks for the slobber, the chewed up sofa, half eaten laundry, the thousands of cuddles, warm welcomes and wagging tail, happy memories and lots of love.<br />
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You might remember I showed you this on the design wall<a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.ie/2017/03/wip-wednesday-colourful-ones.html"> last March?</a><br />
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It's my take on <a href="https://www.stitchedincolor.com/blog//2011/02/bottled-rainbows-ticker-tape-quilt.html">Rachel Hauser's Bottled Rainbow quilt</a>. I made it as a sample for a ticker tape workshop I was doing with the Cork and Dublin branches of the IPS, I completed the centre section fairly fast to show the concepts and had orange, yellow/gold and chartreuse panels made. Only this past weekend did I get around to finishing it and get it off
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I quilted the little pieces directly on to the top and wadding and as Rachel suggested used a wide seam to sew the blocks together. Pressed open it's not too bulky and all looks good from the front!<br />
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I did make a mistake in the backing fabric though! I had just enough of this lovely music scale fabric from Ikea to cover the back and was looking for an excuse to use it really and didn't stop to think.<br />
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The pressed open seams can be seen through it! Doh! After sewing it down all the way around right sides together and turned it out like a bag I haven't the heart to un pick it all through the wadding so I am living with it! <br />
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This is a quilt I made that served a specific purpose and will look lovely and bright in our living room throughout the winter months when the light is low in the sky so I can ignore the mistake and use it happily (and not look too closely at the back!)<br />
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As soon as I had it all sewn and stitched in the ditch to hold the backing to the quilt, I was eager to take a photo and call it done, so I dragged Gordon outside to hold it up for me. He did question if there was enough light and I said - yes there's tons of it, come on and give me a hand!<br />
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Of course, he was right! The setting sun did mean it was pretty dark and the dogs radar picked up it was evening walk time and they would not budge from the front gate. Charly on alert, always guarding. Maggie and Wilbur oblivious, trying to magically open the gate with their thoughts!<br />
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Maggie is bigger than Wilbur now at 1 year old. She used to fit through those bars when we got her as a puppy! She was the runt of the litter and smaller than her siblings and somehow now is on the tall side for a Basset.<br />
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Still low light and all, this one's done! Onto the next UFO... after we walk dogs that is!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-22876057788629677212017-07-10T09:45:00.001+01:002017-07-10T09:45:21.663+01:00Aurora<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every two years the Irish Patchwork Society and the Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild have a co-exhibition called Hands Across the Border. This year the theme was Aurora and being chairperson of the IPS I had to make a speech! <br />
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Some people are naturally good at public speaking, some people would
rather run 10 miles than stand up in front of family and friends
and talk! I find myself somewhere in between, nervous and over
preparing in the run up to the thing but then a let's get it done
attitude seems to win out and blink, it's over and I'm asking myself
what was all the fuss about - until the next time!<br />
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It was fun to see all the interpretations of Aurora: Roman goddess of the dawn, in Ireand she is Brigid, also a Disney Princess Sleeping Beauty, Northern & Southern Lights (Aurora Borealis and Australis) and even the Dawn Chorus of birds that somehow in our neighbourhood start singing an hour before dawn, which these days is about 4am!<br />
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The venue was amazing, right in the centre of Dublin called the CHQ Building. 2 walls for hanging and 2 glass walls so the passer's by could see all our work, filling the space with colour!<br />
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While they were all beautiful the three that stood our for me were these by Tomomi McElwee, Ethelda Ellis and Olena Pugachova. Forgive the exposures I have it set so you cans see the amazing quilting and detail in all three.<br />
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The exhibition was shown in Lisburn as well as Dublin and ended last week so I hope if you didn't get to see it in person you enjoyed this little bit of it!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-40408799238823246802017-06-28T08:00:00.000+01:002017-06-28T08:00:07.842+01:00Long days of summer!The Thriver podcast caught my eye last week with the text "If you try to do everything all at the same time, all you are doing is setting yourself up for a burn out". That stuck with me as it resonated a bit with how I'd been feeling this year, with so much going on. If you haven't listened to Jess Van Den's podcasts on running a creative business before you can find them <a href="http://www.createandthrive.com/108-stop-trying-to-do-everything-at-once">here</a>. I like them a lot!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally decided on fabric for #RinALong</td></tr>
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So what have I been trying to do all at the same time?<br />
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I haven't been able to keep up with my once to twice weekly blog updates and that's ok. I've not been able to join in some of my favourite blogs Quilt-A-Longs or have fallen behind very quickly to those I have started. That's not OK but I am forgiving myself for it.<br />
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I fell behind and caught up with Bee blocks - so all good there!<br />
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Reading lots of blog posts but struggling to leave comments from my phone. Not good. Upgraded the computer so can do better on that front! Managed to get everything done for the quilt exhibitions I had committed to. Would pat myself on the back but self praise is no praise as I went and misplaced my SD card, with all the exhibition photos on it and turned the house upside down looking for it - found it this morning next to the alarm clock(?) So I will have lots to share with you over the next few weeks!<br />
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Finished up on one branch committee - another year and a bit to go on the second! Working on a new membership website for the group and also finally getting a website ready for myself - more on that later!<br />
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Wrote up Kenny the Koala in 2 sizes and he is with very generous pattern testers at the moment - watch this space for the pattern release!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swirly quilting to look a bit like fur - asked for help on IG for the background and settled on hearts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Couldn't resist adding daisies to his bow tie - he is a very cheerful Koala after all!</td></tr>
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Even took a break to paint some garden furniture in the evenings after work when we had glorious sunshine. Back to it's rainy normal self now that the Tennis is about to start in Wimbledon... <br />
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Bought new rugs (finally found nice ones that can be washed - needed on account of the puppy who is now 1 year old. Basset Hounds are hard to train but we are pretty much there now barring any mishaps where we don't take her out in time!) Picked out wall paper for one wall in the box room and am working on convincing Gordon we could do with some in the front section of the hall!<br />
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Was asked to submit an idea for a class and came up with two and a third floating around my head! Prepared and did a demo for a session at the River of Dreams quilt exhibition, on Quilt-As-You-Go techniques. That was lots of fun though I got stuck in traffic, as they had closed the road by the Shannon river, to unveil a bronze statue of Terry Wogan, which people are comparing to the Ronaldo statue (not good!). I just arrived at 1pm on the dot and rushed like a madwoman to get started. (Thanks to Suzanne and her family for giving me a hand with the stuff from the car).<br />
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Spent more time with mum wandering the shops on errands but ended up buying way more than I should have (this rug for starters)! Finally rejoined the library and have been having fun reading and learning and reading some more.<br />
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Maybe its the summer sun and really long days (bright before 4 and light in the sky still at 11!) but that sense of urgency and stress I felt a few months ago has lessened and I am forgiving myself for what's not done yet. After all once the day job is done, it's my time and I get to spend it on myself every now and again and on the dogs... and mum... and on Gordon...and on cleaning the house...eventually!<br />
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For now though I have found all of my photos and will crack on with processing them to share! After that who knows? I have lots of ideas so I might just start another quilt... or read a book! Hope you guys are having fun with the extra hours of daylight and chilling out though the long lazy summer days! Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-20973464684694871542017-05-25T14:34:00.001+01:002017-05-25T14:34:42.273+01:00Rin A Long - Starting and Procrastinating Already!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think I might have a little fabric problem! Yes, I definitely have too much fabric but that's not the problem.<br />
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The problem is I can't decide what fabric to us for the QAL with <a href="http://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.ie/">Meadow Mist Designs</a> and <a href="http://hyacinthquiltdesigns.blogspot.ie/2017/05/rin-qal-getting-started.html">Hyacinth Quilt Designs</a>. It's a needleturn applique project with a special cutting technique to make the rings and a big fabric square to applique them onto. The pattern called Rin is by <a href="http://carolynfriedlander.com/product-category/patterns/pdf-patterns/">Carolyn Friedlander</a> and calls for 20" squares but I am hoping to eventually make a throw quilt and use up some fat quarters I've not broken into ever. So I've resized the templates down 10% so I can use 18" squares and fat quarters (not sure this is the best idea as smaller curves are a bit hard to sew but I'm going to give it a try!)<br />
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I have a bundle of Cotton & Steel Halloween fabric - thinking weird circles could be fun in spooky patterns. I also have this bundle of Cuzco - my first proper fat quarter bundle (40 of them!) I bought for myself for Christmas 2012 and still in its packaging.<br />
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I love the bold colours and the shapes Kate Spain uses in her fabrics! Wouldn't they make for great backgrounds with maybe a low volume print for the circles?<br />
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And then I have this oh so soft bundle my cousin bought for me from the Modern Quilt Studio.<br />
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I am a little obsessed with bird prints at the moment and am heavily leaning towards a delicate quilt after all the vibrant colours I've been working with lately.<br />
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Funny how that indecision has crept its way into Kenny the Koala below (yes settled on Kenny for the name, though he is the spitting image of Buster from Sing - thanks Lena for the suggestion).<br />
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I wasn't sure to make Kenny in solids or print and pulled out all my prints, really loving these two but don't have enough fabric to make him as a cot quilt!<br />
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So I pulled out all my solids and I do have enough of these. Is this blue too mad for the background? do I have enough contrast in the greys? Maybe an orange background? You see how my head is wandering and not settling anywhere at all! Maybe its the unusual sunshine and warm temperature or maybe its just that is been so busy a year so far, my brain is already on summer holidays. Whatever the reason my poor noggin is not in the decision making space this week!<br />
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Still, when I laid all the >1/2 yard fabrics I had on hand I thought they looked gorgeous together, this bunch is saying sunshine and cocktails to me. A Mojito sounds quite nice about now... I can always make fabric decisions later... or go to the quilt shop on Saturday morning ... do I really need an excuse to go to the quilt shop?<br />
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So while my brain is wandering through la la quilt land, what do you think? Any of these catch your eye? Have you been hoarding a bundle or two you haven't broken into yet?Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507562992976793622noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365133311894008279.post-15466434437440734012017-05-19T12:03:00.000+01:002017-05-19T12:21:42.645+01:00What's occuring?---Update---<br />
After looking at the video below I thought Koala needs bigger ears! Isn't it funny what you only see after you have written the blog post!<br />
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What's occurring, I hear you ask? Lots!<br />
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I'm juggling duties as Chair of the Irish Patchwork Society (had to make a speech at an exhibition opening - eek! More on that next week!) with finishing 4 quilts for exhibition, falling behind on the 1 bee I'm in (at one point I was in 3), love of designing and getting things made, inspiration for doing up the house and of course the full time day job! In between all that though I did sneak a few moments last night to design this Koala Bear cot quilt. He needs a name! Any ideas?<br />
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The Limerick Quilt Centre are looking for Cot quilts to donate to a children's charity during their River of Dreams Quilt exhibit over the summer. The due date is 2nd June so I need to get rocking on this one double quick.<br />
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I will be writing it up as a free pattern so if anyone is interested in pattern testing for me please let me know! I was inspired by the <a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/2015/06/sew-solid-featuring-pandamonium-quilt.html">Pandamonium free pattern from Fat Quarter Shop</a> and <a href="https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ie/p/dog-gone-cute.html">Lorna from Sew Fresh Quilts blog hop Dog Gone Cute </a>to make a pieced animal <a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.ie/2015/08/design-wall-mondaystill-playing.html">(that wasn't a dog!</a>) and as far as I know no one has done Koalas yet so I had a go. The thing I love about Koalas is their ginormous noses. This guy reminds me of Kenny the Koala who keeps stealing loo paper on the Cushelle ads on the telly! <br />
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Thanks to Mary for the dickie bow idea - makes him very cool I think. So a shopping trip to go buy some fabric is required. I'm also hoping to put a bed quilt into the exhibit but I haven't finished the one I want to enter in yet. Still 2 weeks to go - nothing like a deadline to get my butt in gear!<br />
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