tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70246767241864005102024-03-16T11:52:57.667-07:00Craft Sew CreateEllie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-3769062567899671432014-05-19T10:09:00.000-07:002014-05-19T10:09:05.881-07:00Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2014 - Mini Quilt Catergory<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As promised here is the second entry for the <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/2014/05/16/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2014/">Blogger's Quilt Festival</a> over at <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/">Amy's Creative Side</a>. I recently took part in <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/dollquiltswap/">Doll Quilt Swap 14</a> over on Flickr. I love doing swaps! And I had a fabulous partner that I really wanted to do something fun for. When I looked over her Flickr pictures I saw that she had a vintage aqua Holly Hobbie sewing machine and new this was the quilt I wanted to make for her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The pattern is from Lori Holt of <a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/">Bee in my Bonnet</a>. She was one of my favorite pattern and fabric designers. I love her style, and have you seen her adorable house!? I have had this pattern for while, so I was excited to finally have an excuse to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lots of applique and some embroidery on this one. And of course, buttons! </span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSzf5Evpfxh9mksjmpKmwrPfXzWprGFTMCaw42nSIm4Vu6JPQqA3GuGyfwgBLXE3_hsp2kCi9ybFY2cwApYMn3KIkGgaLEdgaQxUmlZ2jXeTCaPfOt0rJ3Tx9bx7yHRottQlfxSUxrkQ/s1600/SewSheDidTomato.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSzf5Evpfxh9mksjmpKmwrPfXzWprGFTMCaw42nSIm4Vu6JPQqA3GuGyfwgBLXE3_hsp2kCi9ybFY2cwApYMn3KIkGgaLEdgaQxUmlZ2jXeTCaPfOt0rJ3Tx9bx7yHRottQlfxSUxrkQ/s1600/SewSheDidTomato.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favorite part is the tomato pin cushion. I love the little "pins" made with beads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hand stitched the letters using a blanket stitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I made the cord using red rick rick and then adding a white embroidery thread after each rick or is it rack? :) I also did some loopy loop quilting on the background fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the back I used an adorable print from Pam Kitty Morning. Oh how I love my florals!</span></div>
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-12914944898246253292014-05-19T09:54:00.002-07:002014-05-19T09:54:14.850-07:00Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2014 - Small Quilt Catergory<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello friends! I have not checked in for a while, been so busy with kids, church stuff, etc. I have a little break today and I thought I share a few things. I have always love the <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/2014/05/16/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2014/">Blogger's Quilt Festival</a> from <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/">Amy's Creative Side</a>. I honestly have been able to many quilts in the last year or two with all of our moves and losing my sewing space. But I did make a baby quilt and I already shared my mini quilt with you. I thought I would enter those two quilts in the festival. But I need to make two different posts so forgive me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is my SMALL quilt, a baby quilt that I made for my precious new little niece, Aspen. She is her mommy's firstborn, so I wanted to make something special for her.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I knew I wanted to do a chevron quilt, but not the same one I had used <a href="http://craftsewcreate.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-twins.html">before</a>. I this cool chevron pattern from the Etsy shop, SugarThreadz</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">. </span> Perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had been in love with Les Amis fabric by Patti Sloniger for sometime but couldn't justify buying any. I finally had the perfect excuse! I LOVE the colors and the sweet little prints of foxes, owls and turtles. The trick was finding the fabric because it's OOP. Well, if you haven't used the hashtag #thegreatfabricdestash on Instagram, don't! Unless you want to find a bunch of amazing fabric that folks are selling. And the good stuff goes fast! Just beware you can spend money your head will spin (or your hub's will!). Anyway, that's where I was able to pick some up plus a few fat quarters from Etsy. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm really happy with the way it turned out. As always I love a white background to make those colors pop</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted the back to be nice and soft. I couldn't find the right shade of minky which I love to use. So I went the old-fashioned route and found a nice peach flannel. I think I'm converted. I love the way it looked and felt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I machine quilted it with flowers - a first for me! And heart shaped leaves with loopy loops in between. I was doing the flowers freehand and then I decided to draw some out just for placement beforehand. It went a lot quicker after that because I didn't have to stop and figure out where the next one should go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also made a matching bib and a couple of burpies with the fabric I had left over. Together I think it made a nice set.</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN2m17gTdTYlEozxtGjf9hWYmtFyMeEX3bg-zt1JgottIWCaskiUdpT99rsG_T2_HlehcErsGRWhnTt9iD4KwOA5hWwzgZEuixrjBvawm3UXYVR8qXt_EswyJJ9q9eaCR3aAJUgq5shk/s1600/Gift+Set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN2m17gTdTYlEozxtGjf9hWYmtFyMeEX3bg-zt1JgottIWCaskiUdpT99rsG_T2_HlehcErsGRWhnTt9iD4KwOA5hWwzgZEuixrjBvawm3UXYVR8qXt_EswyJJ9q9eaCR3aAJUgq5shk/s1600/Gift+Set.jpg" height="578" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">BTW, here is a picture of my adorable niece. I mean it just doesn't get any cuter than that!</span><br />
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-30248443478619265242014-03-17T10:34:00.000-07:002014-03-17T10:34:40.406-07:00Do. good stitches Blocks<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Happy St. Patty's Day to ya! I've got a corned beef in my slow cooker and plans to make irish soda bread and shamrock shakes for dessert. I may even get a pot of gold in the form of rolos for a table centerpiece. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We've been working hard in the Faith Group of Do. good stitches! I haven't shared our blocks for the last few months and wanted to do an update of all our happenings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In December <a href="http://bloominworkshop.wordpress.com/">Anita</a> had us try the wonky log cabin. I am the first to admit I really didn't love this block. First of all, I'm not a big fan of the whole wonky thing, second, it was just tricky and I don't really love how mine turned out. But I have to say the finished quilt does look pretty fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For January we went wonky again! <a href="http://www.weshallsew.blogspot.com/">Melissa</a> had us do a pair of wonky stars. We each chose a single color to do both a large and small star.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then she took all our stars and put them in rainbow order, isn't it bright and cheery!? I know a recipient from <a href="http://www.restoreinnocence.org/">Restore Innocence</a> will just love it.<br /></span><br />
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February <a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/">Debbie</a> had us do the Vice-Versa block from GenXQuilters. I'll
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a shot of her layout, isn't it so cool? I LOVE this quilt! Awesome job girls, it feels so good to be a part of such a worthy cause and be able to use my craft to help others. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-21575372165214552322014-02-06T13:08:00.001-08:002014-02-06T13:08:10.102-08:00Doll Quilt Swap 14<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You know I love to sign up for swaps! And even though it's always a bit stressful to get it all done, I'm always glad I did. I find the deadline helps me to actually accomplish things I might not have made otherwise! The Doll Quilt Swap is one of my favorites and so I signed up for this round. Just a sweet little mini quilt that won't take too much time to make and receiving one that will (eventually) hang in my sewing room. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> For my wonderful partner, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58856991@N08/">Katherine of Honeyhill Designs</a>, I decided to make a pattern that I've been dying to make for myself! It is from<a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/"> Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet</a> and I first spotted it at a quilt shop in Utah when I was attending Sewing Summit. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Katherine loves sweet vintage fabrics and owns a little aqua Holly Hobby
sewing machine so I thought this would work perfectly for her.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I just love all of the little details. This power cord is made from red rick rack embroidered with white thread</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used an iron-on adhesive for the applique and then machine stitched all the edges. The little gray lines are satin-stitched and each of the pins in the pin cushion have little beads attached.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The small letters are embroidered and the large fabric SEW was hand-stitched with a blanket stitch. I also quilted it with a little loopy loop pattern.I'll admit it was more work than I thought it would be, but I love the way it turned out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> For the back I used a sweet little floral from Pam Kitty Morning. Katherine said she was grooving on Red Pepper Quilts right now. Rita is using a lot of black and white with sweet vintage prints, so I decided to use the black and white dots and gingham. I like the way it frames the bright colors.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYw57eIbFiTACo2EzqaE1LwLh8i5V9K9vwfDUo4nWgS6V4UYEyOPB4AHtNYL2beqlCcw8FZvUcANVkxYOp7lMETOGA4OjRGhyd7XOLvGvn2OyXW4bMjgS7lrLIB0SKwANN08IwzUgig4/s1600/SewSheDidLoot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYw57eIbFiTACo2EzqaE1LwLh8i5V9K9vwfDUo4nWgS6V4UYEyOPB4AHtNYL2beqlCcw8FZvUcANVkxYOp7lMETOGA4OjRGhyd7XOLvGvn2OyXW4bMjgS7lrLIB0SKwANN08IwzUgig4/s1600/SewSheDidLoot.jpg" height="420" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For the extra goodies I made a matching pincushion using a Heather Bailey pattern and a box of pins. Then I found a few Kate Spain goodies at Michaels. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here are the extra goodies she included. Yummy fabric, thread, fusible web, and little handmade metal labels. So spoiled! I just love getting this happy mail, it makes it all worth it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So another round down, I look forward to the next one. For now I am still working on my do. Good Stitches blocks and another round of the 4 x 5 Modern Bee. After the next round I should be able to make a quilt!</span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-11509149222615373572014-02-02T20:02:00.001-08:002014-02-02T20:02:32.090-08:00Name Pillows<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know, it's been a while. To be honest I've been debating whether or not to keep blogging. I have really enjoyed having a place to keep a record of the things I've made and share tutorials, etc. But being a busy mom of four makes it really hard to focus on blogging. I know other people are able to do it and maintain their families well too. But I know my family has to come first and I'm not trying to be some big-time blogger. Just a mom who likes to create and remember. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> So on that note I'd like to share a couple of things I made to give for Christmas. My dear friend Jane that used to be my neighbor now lives all over the world! Her husband works for the government and they spent the last two years in Brazil and now live in Riga, Latvia! How cool is that? I'll have to admit the hubs and I are pretty jealous, we would love to be living and traveling all over the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jane has two beautiful daughters that were my daughters best friends. So we all miss each other to say the least! Awhile ago Jane had seen some name pillows that I had made and asked if I could make some for her daughters Chloe and Sophie-Claire. Of course! But of course I never got around to it. So this Christmas I was determined to make them and surprise them.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Chloe's favorite colors are cool colors and Sophie-Claire's are warm colors. That made it really easy and fun. Since they share a room they match but are unique! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I did a fusible web to attache the letters and then straight-stitched around the edges. I stipple quilted the white fabric and did a feather stitch around the edge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the back I used a nice, soft, coordinating minky fabirc and did white pom-pom balls all around (Jane's fav:). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also decided to send Jane my first quilt in years and years because the vibrancy and colors just reminded me of her and I wanted her to have something too.</span><br />
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decided to send Jane the first quilt I had made in years and years, by Flight of Fancy quilt. The vibrant, happy colors just remind me of her and I wanted her to have
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was really fun to ship this bright package off to Riga and sent a little happiness their way. I think they liked them. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On a fun note, my <a href="http://craftsewcreate.blogspot.com/2011/02/quilted-valentine-hearts-pillow.html">Quilted Valentine's Pillow</a> was featured on <a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/2014/02/valentine-projects-we-love-quilted-valentine-hearts-pillow/">Sew Mama Sew</a> today! Check my other fun Valentine tutorials and printables on my right side bar.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The holidays are upon us! It's amazing how fast they arrive. I wish I could just freeze time and make all my preparations first and then let it roll! But alas, here we go! So first things first I had some sewing bee items I needed to cross off my list. The top blocks are for my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1841535@N22/">Faith Group</a> of<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1427209@N20/"> do. Good Stitches</a>. It's been so fun to be a part of that group this year. And the founder, Rachel at Stitched in Color is having a fun celebration giveaway for group members to round off the year. Is it bad to say I hope I win? ;) The instructions for the <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/2012/07/tutorial-gemstone-blocks.html">Gemstone Block</a> above can be found on <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/">Rachel'</a>s blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My second set of blocks is for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1672979@N25/">4 x 5 Modern Block Bee</a>. I decided to use the <a href="http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/tutorials/broken-herringbone-block/">Broken Herringbone</a> block pattern found at Play Crafts blog. I just loved the way it looked and it was a technique I hadn't used too much before- I'll call it Stitch and Slash! There is some waste involved, but I'm thinking totally worth it. I hope the ladies in the group like how they turned out. In this group, they pick the colors, you pick the pattern. I totally forgot to make one for myself! I'm using the same colors I chose last time, Aqua, Navy, Red and Yellow. I hoping to have enough blocks to make a whole quilt someday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So two chores down, now I have to do some planning and figure out what I'll be making this season. But I'm hosting Thanksgiving next week and I'm filled with turkey terror! I've not been in charge of that for many years. Wish me luck!</span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-30596532897952828122013-10-31T10:14:00.000-07:002013-10-31T10:14:51.238-07:00Long Time Gone<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello blog readers (are you still there?) ! I've missed you! It's taken me a while to readjust to things after our move and not having all of my creative supplies at hand (they live in the garage now) has slowed down my creating a bit. But I have been able to get back in a the sewing saddle for a few projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My daughter Maggie had a "Walk Through the Revolution" program at her school and needed a costume to wear to be a colonial girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I found a simple pattern and a cute little blue floral print at Hobby Lobby. I actually had a two-fold purpose for this costume. Next year my other daughter, Sophie will go on a pioneer trek with our church youth. She needs pioneer clothes, so I wanted the dress to be able to be used for her too. So it's not overly "colonial" but I thought she looked pretty cute. I'll just make Sophie a pioneer bonnet and we'll be set! I love killing two birds with one stone, whoop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The class did an awesome job and Maggie's part went well too. Such a cute program and we were just glad Maggie got to be a girl, when Sophie did it in 5th grade she had to be a general! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also had a chance recently to catch up on bee blocks. Specifically the <a href="http://whttp//www.flickr.com/groups/faithdogoodstitches/ww.flickr.com/groups/faithdogoodstitches/">Faith Group </a>blocks for Do. Good Stitches. I haven't signed up for any bees or swaps for a few months, but I couldn't drop my Faith group! They were very understanding and <a href="http://shadowsoftheblueridge.blogspot.com/">Debbie</a> even made my blocks for me in August, awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The September "block" was actually a row quilt! So each of us did a row for the quilt. I chose to do a classic Lemoyne Star. Not hard to do, but visually appealing. Each person in the group chose a different row so I can't wait to see how they all look together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For October the block was more improvisational. I actually prefer to use a pattern with set measurements and I'm not a big fan of "wonky", but these were actually fun to make. It's great to use up scraps and it actually wasn't too hard to figure out. Mine are not as wonky as some, but I think it will work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When the blocks are all put together the quilt will look something like this. Cool, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It sure felt good to do some sewing again, so good that I recently signed up for two swaps, yikes! The Doll Quilt Swap 14 and 4 x 5 Quilting Bee that I have joined before. I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew, especially facing the holidays. But I think I can do it, it's good to be back!</span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-89183187836985027112013-08-09T08:43:00.000-07:002013-08-09T08:44:57.501-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello all of you Farmer's Wife Friday followers! I just want to apologize up front for neglecting my little linky party. As many of you know, we had to move out of our home a couple of weeks ago and we still have not found the right home for us to move into. So we've been camping out at my parents house 6 hours from where we live. I've spent most days on the internet scouring the MLS and Craigslist trying to find "the one". Meanwhile the hubs has been staying with friends and working still and checking out homes here and there when I tell him there is one to see. I really got my hopes up yesterday for one, and then it turned out not as we'd hoped. Insert big *sigh* here. :) But I know that things can change quickly, so I still have hope the right home for us will show up.</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIXgs9xAduVZxB_W5UcgaYbn23giXpRHFdn55Gegi-enHr6tqkDGxSlkgU-wf-E1BjThqyXyBf5ArPNCvlSjBkLX6OuooC3osgRYii_u_ybK-Xjr87PHFH3wriiBDSoyUHdc6ijKKYfk/s1600/pouches.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIXgs9xAduVZxB_W5UcgaYbn23giXpRHFdn55Gegi-enHr6tqkDGxSlkgU-wf-E1BjThqyXyBf5ArPNCvlSjBkLX6OuooC3osgRYii_u_ybK-Xjr87PHFH3wriiBDSoyUHdc6ijKKYfk/s640/pouches.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Needless to say Farmer's Wife blocks have not been my priority. I did make some time to sew up a couple of little pouches. One for a thank you to Debbie for making my Do Good Stitches bee blocks last month. It was so sweet of her and took a load off when we were right in moving mode. The other I made as a Girl's Camp Secret Sister gift for my daughter's church camp she's been attending all week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> We also had a chance to celebrate a milestone birthday for my oldest, he's 16!! I cannot believe my 6'3" tall kid is that old. I mean where does that put me? Ugg. :) I love this kid more than I can say and I'm so proud of him. It breaks my heart to think I only have a couple of more years until he's flown the coop! It goes by so fast! </span><br />
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-56203249727237141122013-07-19T08:54:00.000-07:002013-07-31T16:04:57.408-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday Forgotten!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi quilty peeps! I can't believe it's Friday, in fact I forgot it was Friday! I am currently in the middle of a lot of boxes and denial. We have to be moved out next week and as of today we still don't have a place to go. But we are keeping our hopes and faith high and moving forward because that's all we can do! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I don't have blocks to share because I've already packed up my little sewing closet and my machine is in the shop. So I thought I would show you one of my favorite finished tops by Julia at <a href="http://myrainbootsarered.blogspot.com/">My Rainboots Are Red</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Aren't the colors spectacular!? I just love the mix of Bonnie & Camille with other fun, bright fabrics. I am also planning on sashing with white. She did a fantastic job. If you'd like to see her post with more pictures click <a href="http://myrainbootsarered.blogspot.com/2013/05/yepthis-farmers-wife-is-beauty_28.html">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-80246589257822094402013-07-15T09:26:00.002-07:002013-07-15T09:27:06.804-07:00Another Move<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well it's definitely official, we are moving! To where we just don't know. So I will have to admit, things are a little well, scary right now. We have only lived in our current home for 1 1/2 years and we were just feeling so settled. (the owner of our home wants to move back in) We are doing our best to keep the faith and know that things always work out in the end. But packing to move and not knowing where that will be is a bit daunting. We have not been able to find a place here where we live and we've been considering moving to St. George because we love it there. But there aren't many places available there either! And of course the hubs job is here. This is certainly not the summer I expected. But if you can count on anything in life it's change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would like to enlist your help if possible! I have a lot of fabric left over from my selling days. I was an Ebay Powerseller selling children's decorator fabrics. I have a bit of quilting fabric and some minky too. I have listed a bunch of it in my Big Cartel shop. The site is nothing fancy and I threw it together pretty quick so if you have any questions, just email me. You can find the shop <a href="http://craftsewcreate.bigcartel.com/">HERE</a>. I usually ship Priority mail and I will shove as much fabric as I can into a Flat Rate Envelope for $5.00 or a Flat Rate Box for $10.00. So if you see anything(s) you love, go for it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also plan on listing some other products and maybe even a quilt or two. And just think, you'll get some awesome stuff and be helping this little family of mine at the same time. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks in advance, and if you're the praying kind, we'd appreciate your prayers!</span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-63431356201282883382013-07-12T00:35:00.000-07:002013-07-12T00:35:02.298-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday Linky!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello Farmer's Friday followers! I am still hanging out on vacation in sunny St. George, UT. We've actually had crazy couple of days. We got a call from our landlady who told us that the homeowners need to move back into our house and they would like us to be out in a couple of weeks! Now legally we have 60 days, but they have to be moved out by the end of this month and they would really like if we could be too. Oh the joys of renting! So....we've been trying to figure out the best thing to do. The rental market is really tight where we live in SoCal an not to mention prices so high! We have dreams of just staying here in St. George, but the hubs has no work here. So big sigh, the search is on and I'm still on vacation. Just when you think life if settled (we just moved in 18 months ago!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> So admittedly I don't have any blocks to show you (again, arrgghh!), but I have picked out the fabric I will be using for the next two blocks. And sometimes that's the hardest part. :) Strawberry Basket was a no brainer, strawberry fabric! An then perfect coordinating prints. And for Streak of Lightning I kept with the strawberry theme, this time in blue an kept it super simple. That looks like a fun block to make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> But lest you think I haven't done <i>any</i> sewing, I have! (just not the sewing I should've been working on:) It's been very therapeutic in the last two days. I came on this trip with my Honey Honey by Kate Spain Dessert Roll and a plan for a certain quilt. But I just wasn't feeling the pattern I had chosen and needed to come up with another one. I quickly remembered a pattern from Moda Bake Shop and Lily Quilts called Hexagon Park. Perfect! Loved the hexagons and the white border. And it stays with the Honey Honey bee theme. I am loving the way it is turning out, I will keep you posted on this one.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QD5OzunDHiZillDhY1vBztnAvVDNCJyXUlWPj1TfmzlxNZYkoa-I8Q_szs0RV-K77fXluqiuzRFEx474NgzVb3B7FJ35SGEAsDtkWKFbXnPIURZwtOE1QJC533mHRjFu4Bi07okqoDg/s1600/Hexagon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QD5OzunDHiZillDhY1vBztnAvVDNCJyXUlWPj1TfmzlxNZYkoa-I8Q_szs0RV-K77fXluqiuzRFEx474NgzVb3B7FJ35SGEAsDtkWKFbXnPIURZwtOE1QJC533mHRjFu4Bi07okqoDg/s640/Hexagon.JPG" width="592" /></a></div>
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-53395699239376314812013-07-05T00:40:00.000-07:002013-07-05T00:40:05.828-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday Link Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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July! It's one of our favorite holiday and we have a tradition of
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our traditions include running (or walking, as is the case with me) a 5K, a community pancake breakfast & parade, going to the Gunlock Rodeo, watching the fireworks in town and setting off our own stash of fun fireworks later on. A new tradition when coming to St. George includes heading to <a href="http://www.swigstop.com/">Swig</a>! This little place has become wildly popular and the picture above are a couple of reasons why. It's basically just a treat shop! They sell snow cones, fabulous and already <a href="http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=swig%20cookies">Pinterest worthy sugar cookies</a> and cheap drinks; the favorite being "Dirty" Diet Coke. They add a lime and a splash of coconut juice, SOoooo good! And becuase it's been 110+ degrees hereall week, we've had to go there a lot. ;)</span><br />
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We had a wonderful bbq with the family and then left into town to watch fireworks. We picked a spot right across from the beautiful St. George <a href="http://www.mormon.org/">LDS</a> temple. This is the temple where I married my hubby for all eternity so it has a special place in my heart. Isn't it beautiful?</div>
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Later we came home and set off our own little firework party and the kid's favorite is always just simple sparklers. They could play with them for hours. This is my little Charlotte.</div>
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-46307512594334519392013-07-03T00:25:00.000-07:002013-07-04T00:26:16.318-07:00Tennis T-shirt Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I am so excited that I finally get to share this quilt! Excited because that means it's finished! Yippee! It only took a couple of years. Seriously. Two years ago my younger brother brought me a box of his tennis t-shirts and asked if I could make them into a quilt. Sure! But being a bit overwhelmed by the amount of t-shirts and the fact that I'd never made one before it quickly went to the back burner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was eating at me that I wasn't getting it done and I've been slowly working on it for the past year. I finally decided I need to finish it so I could cross it off the list! Actually it was fun to reminisce as I worked on it. Andy was a big juniors tennis player and I spent many a weekend taking him to his tournaments and to his weekly practices. He and I have always been pretty close and it was so fun to watch him play. He continued with tennis and is now a<a href="http://www.fitzelltennis.com/"> tennis pro</a> and does amazing tennis analysis work. He was also able to use his acting chops recently to do a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHiRrqGW93o">Wilson commercial</a> with Roger Federer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used a 15" square ruler and squared off each shirt and then used iron-on interfacing on the back of each one. I framed each shirt with black sashing and used green sashing squares in each corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I wanted the back of the quilt to be cozy and comfy so I chose a green and black polar fleece, I think a John Deere plaid? But it coordinated well. I also put Warm & Natural batting inside so this is a heavy, warm quilt! Which is why when I went to quilt this quilt I nicknamed it "The Beast"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Quilting was probably the hardest part of this quilt. I really wish I had sent it out to a long arm quilter. This is a queen size quilt and SO heavy! It was hard just to get it to fit in my machine. But I did it! After much debate I finally decided to make tennis balls in each square. I didn't want too much quilting and thought it worked perfectly. In every other square I moved the curved lines from horizontal to vertical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also quilted straight lines down each side of the black sashing which made a nice little design in the green blocks as well. When I was done I washed and dried it to get it nice and clean and smelling good to give to Andy. He loved it! I'm so glad I was able to finally finish it for him. And to be able to cross it off the list! Have you ever made a t-shirt quilt before? I've had a few requests, but I don't think I'll be making another one for quite a while! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Charlotte had two weeks of swim lessons and LOVED it! She went from never having swum without wearing her swim jacket to swimming the length of the pool and being the champion diver of the class! It was so fun to see her progress and she is so excited to go swim!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> We also had three dance recitals in two days! Yes, the joys of being a dance mom. ;) Charlotte was in her first recital dancing to "Singin' in the Rain". Maggie had a beautiful ballet performance and her first jazz performance. I didn't get the best pictures of the actual performances, but loved this jump shot I got of Maggie catching air, wooo hoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> They both did such a great job. Maggie just LOVES being onstage and lights up with a huge smile when she's there. Charlotte was a little more solemn and very technical, but that will certainly pay off in the future.</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyhPtNWiwwb4q9eggcdUV5iqfWOEAF_urwNL3oxBCS_Y3t3jRn7S3BIW2IBFuru-4MZ91BSAUxTixPN26-RFVxj-phHnwrq6SAsm6_0TJiR1Kh9yqEeZR-uDnY9o-l8JXDeR5KTg0R3k/s1600/mosaicefdba15009719a977a10e8de85e3ead76cbe73d6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyhPtNWiwwb4q9eggcdUV5iqfWOEAF_urwNL3oxBCS_Y3t3jRn7S3BIW2IBFuru-4MZ91BSAUxTixPN26-RFVxj-phHnwrq6SAsm6_0TJiR1Kh9yqEeZR-uDnY9o-l8JXDeR5KTg0R3k/s640/mosaicefdba15009719a977a10e8de85e3ead76cbe73d6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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the quilt itself will look.Wow, right? It also helps me see which colors I need to bring out more. I'm thinking more blue!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Want to make one too? Just go to www.bighugelabs.com and click on Mosaic Maker. It's super easy! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you been able to make any blocks this summer? Show us! Here's how to link up:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This first week of summer has been a busy one! Swimming lessons, three dance recitals, beach trips, youth conference send off, and I finished a t-shirt quilt (finally, I will share quilt with you next week:)! But I still had to get this month's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/faithdogoodstitches/">Faith</a> group <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/dogoodstitches/">Do.Good Stitches</a> blocks done. I did them just in time! It was <a href="http://www.aquilterstable.blogspot.com/">Debbie'</a>s month and she chose do use <a href="http://www.sewcraftyjess.blogspot.com/2012/05/starburst-cross-block-tutorial.htmll">this</a> tutorial to make a quilt just like this fabulous quilt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Isn't it gorgeous? It was made by the Cheer circle and finished by Claire at <a href="http://www.sewingoverpins.com/2013/05/bloggers-quilt-festival-cheer-do-good.html">Sewing Over Pins</a>. Our assignment was to use like minded colors, orange, hot pink and yellow or red.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I noticed Debbie had been getting quite a few orange blocks so I decided to make a hot pink one! For the center star I used a fun Paula Prass print that I've had for a while that had all the colors in it. And a pink swirly print that coordinated well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I didn't notice any yellow blocks so I thought that would add a nice light punch and I coordinated that with an orange star. Every time I try a new block I end up loving it and wanting to make a whole quilt of my own with it! But there is only so much time and WAY too many fun blocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next week we are heading to St. George, UT for our annual 4th of July trip. Can't wait to be with my family, go to the rodeo, watch the small town fireworks and visit all the incredible quilt shops! The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the heat! They are in the 115+ range right now, yikes! I think I might melt.</span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-76014042618190580792013-06-21T00:54:00.003-07:002013-06-21T00:54:48.802-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday - Finally!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finally, the Friday I've been waiting for - it's the last day of school!! My two girls are finally done and it's time for summer to begin! It's so hard to wait when you live in Southern California and the weather is perfect and the beach is calling. Finally we can join in on the fun. Yee haw!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jumping right into my Farmer's Wife blocks. So I have a confession to make. Most weeks Thursday night rolls around and I realize, I've got to make my blocks for FWF! Not that I don't want to be working on them. I do! And that's precisely why I started this link-up, to keep me going! But I end up staying up way later than I should to work on my blocks to post for Friday. And then I'm so exhausted the next day! I was determined for that not to be the case this week.</span><br />
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school parties, dance rehearsals, etc. But baby, I got some blocks done! And because I wasn't sewing them in the wee hours, they came together so much nicer and I think look so much better than they have been looking. I finished the second block from last week, #88. And finished both of this weeks blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I decided to use red and green together, not a combo I use very often. Because I'm so near the end I've been trying to pick out colors and combos that I need more of and I thought red and green would work this week. Still can't help but think of Christmas, but together with all the other blocks I don't think it will be okay. My favorite block this week is this Storm Signal block. You never know for sure how blocks will look when they're done, and I <span style="font-size: small;">just like the way this one turned out. I now have 90 blocks done, WOW! Can't believe it. I'd love to know where you are in the process, link up and let me know! Here's what you need to do:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Welcome to Farmer's Wife Friday! It's been a full week and it's so nice to get to the weekend! This week included the last day of school festivities for my high school-er and my pre-school-er, a new job at my church that I'm transitioning through, a graduation party at my house for my bestie's son, starting 5K training with my son and I'm still getting my two charter school girls off to school everyday. Like I said, glad the weekend has arrived!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Because of the craziness of my week, I only finished one block. I thought it would be fun to do a patchwork on this one. I have liked when I have done that in the past. I also wanted to use two colors together that I hadn't before, blue and green! The green fabrics were great for this, but I realized that almost all of the blue fabrics have red in them! So it ended up being a three color block and a bit jumbled. But it is predominately cool so I'm okay with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another reason I only got one block done is because of this little culprit. The dreaded triangle #13. This block had a total of 48 of these triangles! 48! It took me a bit longer than I thought it would just to cut this block out, so be warned! When I see this block listed, I know it's going to be a long night. :)</span></div>
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-21242022704997676262013-06-12T00:00:00.000-07:002013-06-13T00:32:55.375-07:00Mini Bow Tucks Bag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> About a year ago my daughter Sophie turned twelve. In our church that means she gets to move to a special group just for young women ages 12-17. It's a neat time for these girls and I wanted to make something special for her. She and I decided on a tote for her scriptures and young women booklets she would take to church each Sunday. So I bought the pattern, and found really cute fabric that was perfect for her at the time. Well, long story short, I never got to making the bag :(. I know, bad mom. Flash forward a year and I found the happy little stack just waiting to be made and decided I needed to get it done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The pattern I used is the Mini Bow Tucks pattern by Penny Sturges for Quilts Illustrated. It was the perfect size for what I was trying to do and thought it looked like a great pattern.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aCUKRrPb83oqrZwWnBvNvUSCP8dIkTk3WpDKr3NGkZUbJWQqvTNjgcRqO-SwNuHpas7DzLWKYtos8Raxct1gulNrhIwNiZzHdzlqxiwHyiv0Z6Ho_i2iZ_hRiXjAjewOItHaYIr8Uj4/s1600/MiniBowTucksFront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aCUKRrPb83oqrZwWnBvNvUSCP8dIkTk3WpDKr3NGkZUbJWQqvTNjgcRqO-SwNuHpas7DzLWKYtos8Raxct1gulNrhIwNiZzHdzlqxiwHyiv0Z6Ho_i2iZ_hRiXjAjewOItHaYIr8Uj4/s640/MiniBowTucksFront.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sophie's favorite colors and green and aqua and she loves the outdoors. When we were originally looking for fabrics we found the perfect fabric line by Riley Blake, "Good Life". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It even had this print that included the Young Women values that she was using at church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had also picked out an aqua polka dot, but when I was pulling together the fabrics, Sophie thought this orange print would be a little more fun. But not to use it "too" much.:) So I followed orders and used it for the base and opposite side of the handles. She wanted more green, so I used a green ribbon accent and ribbon for the bows on the side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The inside has plenty of room for her scriptures, notebooks and YM booklets. You can undo the ribbons to let out more room on the sides as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The pattern was easy to follow and I love the way the bag itself turned out. BUT....there are some things I would've changed. For one thing I would've put the orange onto the outside of the handles. Even though she didn't want too much orange I think the contrast would've looked better. And in the end since a whole year has passed Sophie has actually matured since then. She IS a teenager now, yikes! And even though she still likes the fabric I think she would like something a little more "hip" (that's not even hip to say is it?). And she really doesn't like the bows on each side. I'm trying to figure out what I could do to change it up and remove them. Something with elastic? Any ideas? So all in all, I'm glad I got it done, but not sure if Sophie will ever use it. I guess that's what happens when you wait so long to get a project done!</span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-86289391278199236592013-06-07T01:16:00.005-07:002013-06-07T01:17:58.797-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday Link-Up!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This has been a rough week! My two girls go to a charter school and they are on a different schedule than my other two. While I've been seeing all kinds of photos and posts on how everyone is starting their summer, we've still got a couple of weeks of school left! Last night was Open House so the past week the girls were given all kinds of extra projects. Let's just say we had more than one late night working on things. So while some people are jumping into pools, I'm still making lunches! Can you tell I'm feeling sorry for myself? Doesn't help that the weather here in SoCal has been perfect. Okay, enough venting. I feel better.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This block was easier to put together than it looks, but I think using a gingham background fabric makes the imperfections show up a little too much. The strips look a little crooked but I think it may be just the way the gingham was cut. I'll keep it for now, but maybe I'll fix it later.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-6148558177076131812013-06-06T10:06:00.000-07:002013-06-06T10:07:41.543-07:00Pillow Talk {Swap} 10 Recieved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I couldn't wait to share the perfect pillow I received from the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1197421@N20/">Pillow Talk {Swap} 10</a>! Isn't it gorgeous!? I just adore all of the fabrics, the kaleidoscope design and the colors! Who knew so much happiness could come from a little pillow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The happiness began when after stalking my mailbox everyday the package came! (you should know that I LOVE getting packages in the mail;) That happiness continued when I saw the return address label. Sew Deerly loved! I knew immediately which pillow it was and I had been wishing for it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you don't know who <a href="http://lovelylittlehandmades.blogspot.com/">Sew Deerly Loved</a> is, you must! Kerri blogs at <a href="http://lovelylittlehandmades.blogspot.com/">Lovely Little Handmades</a> and has the cutest <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sewdeerlyloved?ref=em">fabric</a> store! And guess what my bonus gifty was? Fabric of course! She knows a sewer too well, fabric is the best gift to get and I love little florals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kerri has always made the most adorable pillows for the swap and I have always hoped I would get one of her creations. Wished granted! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The back of the pillow is about as cute as the front! She made it in an envelope style, but I just love how she added the binding on the edge of the flap. I will always do this from now on. It just adds such a nice finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Her is a close-up of the darling little blocks. I not only love florals I love fruity fabric and these are all my colors! How cute are the sweet little deer? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> My daughter has already planned to kidnap it for her room, and I have to say it looks pretty cute in there. But it's mine all mine! Thank you Kerri, for a beautiful piece of art and I appreciate all the work that went into it, LOVE!! Aren't swaps the best?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I actually had a pretty productive sewing week! I was able to finish my Pillow Talk Swap 10 pillow and I finished a bag for my daughter that I will show next week. I also squeezed in a couple of FW blocks so I don't get too far behind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was worried about the Spider Web block because of all the angles. I was worried there would be some Y-seams to deal with. But it was actually pretty simple to piece. And the Spool block was as simple as HSTs and squares. Easy peasy! So not too bad and I have two more blocks down, and only 27 left to go, gah!!</span><br />
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-7282619142648467002013-05-30T14:32:00.002-07:002013-05-30T14:36:26.323-07:00Pillow Talk {Swap} 10 Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;">This is my 3rd time participating in and it's the 10th round of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1197421@N20/">Pillow Talk Swap</a> on flickr! It is an awesome swap because it's such a usable item. Who doesn't love a pretty new pillow? My partner this time around said she loved gray, teal, light blues, orange & yellow and that she loved chevrons. Well, I hope this will work!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"> I thought about using HST, but I found a paper piecing block template on <a href="http://six-white-horses.blogspot.com/2012/07/sharp-chevrons.html">Six White Horses</a> called Sharp Chevrons. I just love the tiny white borders on each of the chevron stripes! And that kind of precision works best with a paper pieced project.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I printed out multiple pages of the block pattern and taped together a bunch of them to create long strips. Then just spent a LOT of time paper piecing! The one problem is if you make any mistakes you have to undo the entire thing to fix it. Like I didn't realize that one of my strips was too short and I had to unpick almost a whole row to fix it! Sigh...luckily it didn't happen TOO often ;).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is one thing I wish I could change, which I didn't really catch until the top was complete. I had tried to space out the colors but not have them be too much teal, orange, yellow, gray, teal, orange, yellow, gray, etc. I wanted some randomness but I also thought it would look good to have it be "framed" with one color. I chose orange. So the top and bottom stripes are orange. What I didn't factor in was the puffiness of the pillow. Once the form was inside you kinda lose the top and bottom stripe. That was kind of a bummer. I tried to change it, but I had already ripped off my papers and it just was not working. So I had to leave as is. I still love it, but it does bug me a little.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For the back I thought I would try a new technique. I have done an envelope style and covered buttons, but never tried a hidden zipper. I found an great online tutorial at <a href="http://eamylove.blogspot.com/2012/11/free-tutorialpillow-backs-with-covered.html">Amy Made That!</a> and was on my way. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I found a zipper that matched perfectly and I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. It' s always fun to learn a new technique.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Speaking of new techniques, I also decided to try machine binding on this one. As you can see in the picture above. From the front you can't even see it. On the back there is just a nice stitching line all the way around the binding. It worked better than I thought it would. It's not perfect by any means, but man does it cut down on time, whoop!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> For the quilting I used simple straight lines. Because there were stitching lines when I pieced the strips together, I just used those as a guide and it worked out pretty well and made the lines less noticeable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well partner, I hope this is what you were looking for! Can't wait to see what I get too, I will keep you posted!</span></span><br />
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<br />Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-9819143574160767872013-05-24T15:52:00.002-07:002013-05-24T15:52:48.365-07:00Farmer's Wife Friday Decisions<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Happy Farmer's Wife Friday everyone! First of all, no I did not get any blocks made this week. We are down to the last few weeks of school and I think they are the busiest time of year! And getting to be quite expensive I might add. Instead of saving Christmas money, I need to start saving end of the school year money!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Question: Have you considered what the size of your quilt will be? Are you going to make all 111 blocks? I've noticed not everybody does. They may have decided they don't need a quilt that big or they didn't realize all the work making this little beauty of a quilt is! Whatever the reason, it's been interesting to see the diversity of all the different sizes of this quilt are out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here is an example of a full-sized, using all 111 of the Farmer's Wife blocks. It was beautifully made by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sailbit/">Elizabeth Green</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> This quilt was made my Svetlana at <a href="http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/2011/08/wip-wednesday-8-16-2011-my-version-of.html">s.o.t.a.k. handmade</a>. She wanted a twin-size quilt but was ready to be done by 42 blocks. So she added a wider sashing and a nice border. I thinks it looks crisp and beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monica over at <a href="http://thehappyzombie.com/blog/?p=539">Happy Zombie</a> totally changed it up and made a really modern and original version of these more traditional blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This little beauty made by <a href="http://helenphilipps.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/new-quilt-and-some-snow_23.html?m=0">Helen Phillips</a> contains 50 of these happy little blocks.I love the aqua floral she used on her border triangles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a sweet little baby size quilt made by <a href="http://www.fromthebluechair.com/2011/12/farmers-wife-baby-quilt-finished.html">from the blue chair</a>. It's made with the Bliss line just 18 little blocks, so cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And how's this for sweet! Made by Sandra at <a href="http://sandra-cherryheart.blogspot.com/">Cherry Heart</a>, she calls it Farmer's Baby. LOVE it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So what do you think? Are you going to go for all 111 blocks? Or will you have a Farmer's Girlfriend, Child or Baby?</span> :)<br />
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Ellie Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567110341090061019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024676724186400510.post-25354333598438963572013-05-17T16:06:00.001-07:002013-05-17T16:18:11.533-07:00Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2013 Wall Hanging Quilt<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Amy's Creative Side is hosting the Spring 2013<a href="http://networkedblogs.com/LiwLv"> Blogger's Quilt Festival</a> ! I have always enjoyed participating in the festival and it just keeps growing! There is an amazing amount of talent out there and this festival proves it. I am entering two of my companion mini's this time around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is my most recently finished quilt for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1678548@N23/">Fab Little Quilt Swap</a> on Flickr. It is the Sun Star Quilt. I have entered it in the Wall Hanging category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love the<a href="http://networkedblogs.com/LiwLv"> Blogger's Quilt Festival</a> over at Amy's Creative Side and it's that time again! There is so much quilt "candy" to check out and get awesome inspiration from. I thought I would join in the fun and post a couple of my mini quilts from the past year.</span></div>
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T<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">he first entry will be in the Doll /Mini Quilt category. It is my Good Luck Star mini that I made for Doll Quilt Swap 13. </span></div>
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