Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Atten-hut!
I think the iris are a bit late for an Easter parade...but keep going, babies, lookin' good!!
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Too Cute
Last week I gave my sister a basket. It looks like she found a use for it.
I found another couple of minutes to sew...still playing catch-up from last month...
And now it's back to work! Quilt show: 9 days til the doors open. Hope to see you there!
I found another couple of minutes to sew...still playing catch-up from last month...
And now it's back to work! Quilt show: 9 days til the doors open. Hope to see you there!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Pop!
Another bud has burst!
The best feature of my new Olympus is the "magic" screen. It not only takes a photograph, it turns it into a line drawing. What will they think of next?
The best feature of my new Olympus is the "magic" screen. It not only takes a photograph, it turns it into a line drawing. What will they think of next?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Big Olive
So the quilt show has been in Lindsay for three years. This is our fourth year at McDermont Field House. I've gone back and forth a dozen times a year at least. Probably closer to two dozen. Never have I seen The Olive.
Last year my husband brought our College/Career Ministry group to the show. Actually, he's done that every year. But this time, Naomi said, "We saw the olive!"
The olive? What olive?
She tried to explain it to me, but I couldn't find it. We googled for it, and nothing. Last month, when I was at the venue, I asked the locals. "It might be near the Super 8 Motel. Are you sure there's an olive?"
Naomi seemed pretty convinced she saw one.
And then I did. I saw it. It is real. I pulled over.
From the front, and from the back, either way, it's definitely an olive!
I'm not sure if The Olive in and of itself is worth the trip to Lindsay, but the Best of the Valley quilt show is!
Come and see! It's going to be great!
P.S. And why an olive? Have you heard of Lindsay Olives? This is where they come from...
Last year my husband brought our College/Career Ministry group to the show. Actually, he's done that every year. But this time, Naomi said, "We saw the olive!"
The olive? What olive?
She tried to explain it to me, but I couldn't find it. We googled for it, and nothing. Last month, when I was at the venue, I asked the locals. "It might be near the Super 8 Motel. Are you sure there's an olive?"
Naomi seemed pretty convinced she saw one.
And then I did. I saw it. It is real. I pulled over.
From the front, and from the back, either way, it's definitely an olive!
I'm not sure if The Olive in and of itself is worth the trip to Lindsay, but the Best of the Valley quilt show is!Come and see! It's going to be great!
P.S. And why an olive? Have you heard of Lindsay Olives? This is where they come from...
Monday, March 26, 2012
Thank You!
Thank you for all of your kind words regarding the Hawaiian shirt quilt. :) That was only the second time I've made an entire original quilt-for-hire, the first time being at least 10 years ago. For the most part I quilt for hire, not make quilts, for hire. :) But I thoroughly enjoyed the project, from beginning to end. Good thing, because I have another bag of shirts waiting for me to transform into a second quilt, once we make it to May. I've got too much on my plate right now to even think about anything other than quilt show.
I typed up the program today. Tonight I will proofread it, and tomorrow it goes to the printer. Goals are good.
We saw Hunger Games last night. Good movie, and I'm not much for going to the movies. I thought the initial cinematography was so choppy as to detract from the movie, but once they made it to the Capitol, it was better. The movie was good, the book was better. If you have to choose, read the book. :)
And on Saturday...or was it Friday evening? I made a little quiltlet. I am completely behind on March birthdays. One down, four to play catch-up. Goals are good, even if the target send date will be May.
yep. All quilt show, all the time. I hope you're planning to come, and bring your friends!!
I typed up the program today. Tonight I will proofread it, and tomorrow it goes to the printer. Goals are good.
We saw Hunger Games last night. Good movie, and I'm not much for going to the movies. I thought the initial cinematography was so choppy as to detract from the movie, but once they made it to the Capitol, it was better. The movie was good, the book was better. If you have to choose, read the book. :)
And on Saturday...or was it Friday evening? I made a little quiltlet. I am completely behind on March birthdays. One down, four to play catch-up. Goals are good, even if the target send date will be May.
yep. All quilt show, all the time. I hope you're planning to come, and bring your friends!!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
How Long Does It Take...
to make a quilt?
I'm sure that every quilter out there has been asked that at least once, if not a dozen times. How long? I don't know. It depends upon the quilt.
Well, I can tell you EXACTLY how long it took to make this quilt...sort of.
It was/is a quilt-for-hire, that I delivered this morning. It started with this collection of shirts. My customer wanted me to make a memory quilt from her dad's Hawaiian shirts. It needed to be something special.
I went shopping in both my stash and quilt stores to find some coordinating background possibilities.
It took 5 hours to dismantle the shirts. Twenty minutes a shirt - I timed myself three times - to cut off collars and buttons and labels and buttonholes and sleeves...you get the idea.
Once dismantled, they needed to be cut into useful pieces. At the front of the photo are pieces of an inner border. At the back of the cutting mat are outer borders.
Making the top took the most time. This includes cutting
and sewing
and designing. It took 14.5 hours to make the top.
Basting usually takes a couple of hours, but I don't baste on the clock. When I work on a quilt-for-hire, basting is a freebie.
Quilting was the easy part, coming in at 5 hours and 22 minutes.
Binding is time consuming. It took 1 hour and 39 minutes to make the binding and attach it by machine. To time the handstitching on the back, I stitched for 10 minutes and measured the distance covered. I can stitch down 16" in 10 minutes, if I'm completely focused. We'll calculate 3 hours to bind 300", even though it really took about 5 hours when all was said and done.
And there you go. Thirty hours, give or take, and you have a quilted memory.
We delivered it today. I think they like it!!
I'm sure that every quilter out there has been asked that at least once, if not a dozen times. How long? I don't know. It depends upon the quilt.
Well, I can tell you EXACTLY how long it took to make this quilt...sort of.
It was/is a quilt-for-hire, that I delivered this morning. It started with this collection of shirts. My customer wanted me to make a memory quilt from her dad's Hawaiian shirts. It needed to be something special.
I went shopping in both my stash and quilt stores to find some coordinating background possibilities.
It took 5 hours to dismantle the shirts. Twenty minutes a shirt - I timed myself three times - to cut off collars and buttons and labels and buttonholes and sleeves...you get the idea.
Once dismantled, they needed to be cut into useful pieces. At the front of the photo are pieces of an inner border. At the back of the cutting mat are outer borders.
Making the top took the most time. This includes cutting
and sewing
and designing. It took 14.5 hours to make the top.
Basting usually takes a couple of hours, but I don't baste on the clock. When I work on a quilt-for-hire, basting is a freebie.
Quilting was the easy part, coming in at 5 hours and 22 minutes.
Binding is time consuming. It took 1 hour and 39 minutes to make the binding and attach it by machine. To time the handstitching on the back, I stitched for 10 minutes and measured the distance covered. I can stitch down 16" in 10 minutes, if I'm completely focused. We'll calculate 3 hours to bind 300", even though it really took about 5 hours when all was said and done.
And there you go. Thirty hours, give or take, and you have a quilted memory.
We delivered it today. I think they like it!!Thursday, March 22, 2012
Hello, World!
While I've been indoors finishing a quilt, my garden has been quietly popping out flowers. Aren't you a beauty, you little Space-Ager, you!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Busy, Busy, Busy
We had a wet and woolly weekend, hooooo-whee! In two days we had 1/3 our year-to-date rainfall total. It's been a DRY year.
While rain was pouring outside, I bent over a few projects inside.
I belong to an exchange group called Postmark'd Art. I signed up for the Picasso theme this round, and had until April to get my cards done. yikes. Can you say, "Down to the wire?" These are my "Cubist Fish." You can see the Picasso portrait that I knocked off when I cut apart some fish and pieced them back together.
It felt very good to cross that off of my to-do list. whew!
I didn't feel like working on anything that took focus, so I quilted yet another baby quilt, and even bound it. That was an unplanned and nice surprise. For a brief while I am prepared, should any baby be born without warning. I don't expect my stack of baby quilts to stay around for long, but it feels good to know they are there right now. yay.
And now the storm is passing. Last night's sky was spectacular. I wish my camera could have captured all of the clouds, because they filled the heavens. It took my breath away.
I should have more to show you by the end of the week, as I'm almost done with a big for-hire project, and need to get it delivered soon. Goals are good!
While rain was pouring outside, I bent over a few projects inside.I belong to an exchange group called Postmark'd Art. I signed up for the Picasso theme this round, and had until April to get my cards done. yikes. Can you say, "Down to the wire?" These are my "Cubist Fish." You can see the Picasso portrait that I knocked off when I cut apart some fish and pieced them back together.
It felt very good to cross that off of my to-do list. whew!I didn't feel like working on anything that took focus, so I quilted yet another baby quilt, and even bound it. That was an unplanned and nice surprise. For a brief while I am prepared, should any baby be born without warning. I don't expect my stack of baby quilts to stay around for long, but it feels good to know they are there right now. yay.
And now the storm is passing. Last night's sky was spectacular. I wish my camera could have captured all of the clouds, because they filled the heavens. It took my breath away.
I should have more to show you by the end of the week, as I'm almost done with a big for-hire project, and need to get it delivered soon. Goals are good!
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