tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49246966772371552062024-03-06T12:01:18.705-08:00Solar ThreadsBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-20480435090866319802014-10-30T10:23:00.000-07:002014-10-30T10:23:44.022-07:00Blogger's Quilt Festival: Steam Punk Lone Star QuiltIt's that time of year again! I decided at the last minute to join once again in <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/bloggers-quilt-festival/">Amy's Creative Side's Blogger's Quilt Festival</a>. The only quilt that I've finished since her Spring Festival is my Lone Star Steam Punk Quilt, which I'm entering into the large quilt category. <br />
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This quilt is 85" by 85" and was made for my youngest son from a pattern called "Two plus 2", by Colleen Blackwood. I deviated a bit from the pattern in the outside border. It uses 2 jelly rolls and 2 yards of fabric. I also decided to make mine monochromatic, based on my son's "style", and cut my own strips. I did my own quilting on my domestic machine, adding gears, pulleys and "fire" to contribute to the "Steampunk" theme.<br />
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Be sure to click the link above to see all of the other wonderful quilts!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-58929918395597250682014-10-20T16:53:00.000-07:002014-10-20T16:53:59.527-07:00Around the World Blog HopLast week, Caroline of <a href="http://trilliumdesign.blogspot.com/">Trillium Design</a> extended a very nice request that I participate in the "Around the World Blog Hop". I have followed her blog for quite a while now. I don't even remember how I found her first, but we both share a home state, both are into science and she even was kind enough to write up a paper pieced pattern I designed for an on-line contest. In a few weeks, I'll get to meet her in person at the Sewtopia Retreat in Salt Lake City. It'll be my first ever retreat of any kind, and I'm very excited!<br />
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The "Around the World Blog Hop" asks us to answer 4 questions and nominate 3 other bloggers to continue the hop. I hope you enjoy the questions below:<br />
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1. What am I working on?<br />
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Besides trying to stock up my Etsy shop and "inventory" of things made from Pendleton Wool for the holiday season, I tend to focus my quilting time in the Fall getting tops that I've made ready to quilt and quilting them. This "Sea Star" quilt is next!<br />
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I really really really like science of any kind, and many of my quilts reflect this. I also tend to use darker colors as the backgrounds of my quilts, and no matter how hard I try, "wonky" and "asymmetrical" seem to be modern quilt themes that I just haven't been able to embrace.<br />
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My recent addiction has been to paper piecing! I love the variety of shapes you can create with it!<br />
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Why does anyone? I think it's human nature. When so much of the work I do as a mother and wife gets undone as fast as I do it; cooking, cleaning, laundry, giving rides, sewing is something tangible that I have to hold onto. It satisfies a creative need that I think everyone has.<br />
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I just write from the top of my head. You can tell, and frankly, I have never considered myself a writer. It's not my strength. When I found quilt and sewing blogs, it instantly appealed to me as a way to share the visual images of what we all do, and to connect with other people who share my love of sewing. I love looking at other quilts almost as much (sometimes more) than I do making them. I'm afraid lately posting on Instagram has been satisfying that desire to connect as much as blogs do with even less of a time commitment, so I'm a bit guilty of neglecting my blog because of that.<br />
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When it comes to sewing, I use leftover school notebooks as idea files, and also have picture files on my computer and on Pinterest that I add ideas to. As I mentioned, science is a big inspiration for me, but I also love on-line challenges. Life is always an influence, as is the on line community.<br />
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I use graph paper as much or more than my EQ 7 computer program. Luckily I love math and find the quilt math really fun :-). Why let a computer do it for me?<br />
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OK so how about you? Part of the blog hop is to nominate 3 other bloggers. If you feel like adding to it, please do. I've met many people in real life after I've met them on-line. 3 of these people are:<br />
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Shanna of "<a href="http://fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com/">Fiber of All Sorts</a>". She and I met after swapping fat quarters on-line, and after she saw that I also lived in Eastern Oregon. She's helped me get my UFO's almost all finished with her "Lovely Year of Finishes", and is always up for a trip to a local fabric store, or a trip to the coffee shop! She's just as nice as she is talented.<br />
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Marlene of "<a href="http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com/">Kissed Quilts</a>" and I met on a Fickr group, I believe. She has a long arm business and just opened up a brick and mortar quilt store in Grand Coulee, WA. She has quilted a few quilts for me, and used to be a regular lunch companion when she lived in near by College Place, WA. She is a true wizard when it comes to EQ7, and has given me lots of advice and support about starting up my very small business. She has been winning awards at quilt show with her amazing quilts!!<br />
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Finally, I got to meet Debbie of "<a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/">A Quilter's Table</a>" in real life when we took a Spring Break trip to Seattle, WA a few Springs ago. She is very talented, and even more generous with her time and wonderful comments. I've been following her blog for a while now, and she keeps rising over and over again to a new level of inspiration with each new quilt that she makes.<br />
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Part of what keeps me blogging is all of the wonderful people I've met through it and other social media. We all know that people who sew and quilt are some of the kindest, more creative, down to Earth people that there are!! If you've made it this far, thanks for reading!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-39130596434887741702014-10-09T13:53:00.000-07:002014-10-09T13:53:23.338-07:00Steam Punk Lone Star, and other finishesGosh, It's been so long since I last blogged that I'm not sure I remember how! My summer was busy with the usual garden tending, kids' swim practices and meets, and holding the fort down while my husband worked with the summer's wildfires.<br />
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I did get a lot of sewing in though, and thought it'd be easiest to do a big recap post and see if I can jump start my blog up again!<br />
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My latest finish just got quilted a week or so ago, now that the weather is getting cooler. I took a class, in Walla Walla, WA, called 2 + Two by Colleen Blackwood. I knew it was going to be for my youngest son, and asked him what colors he wanted, knowing that he really likes these lone star quilts. His response was "all black". Ha! Challenge accepted!<br />
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I deviated a bit from the pattern's last piano key border, because I only had the black and script fabric left.<br />
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For the star, I quilted gears on the center.<br />
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Then pulleys, sin waves and a ring of fire for the borders. It measures about 85" by 85", and is already being used on my son's bed!!<br />
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Below are some other finishes, including my swap block quilt, which I finished just before our May Quilt Show, and 2 queen quilt tops that I finished, a "Square Foot Garden" quilt made with some orphan quilt blocks I'd made a while ago, and Tula Pink's Space Dust pattern, which I made as part of "Quilt Dad's" Space Dust Quilt Along this summer.<br />
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If you have a keen eye, you'll notice our redone deck. We kept the base, but put up a new railing. Besides visits from family and a wee bit of local travel, our summer was mostly spent at home. The most exciting news was that my oldest son qualified for the US Swimming Federation National District Swim meet. He had to have a fast qualifying time for most events, and swam in 4 Freestyle events, placing in the top 12 for 2, and top 25 for 2 more. This kid can swim! He also got his first "real" job life guarding at our local public pool! I'm a proud mama!!<br />
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My other pursuit has been sewing with plenty of Pendleton Wool, making and selling lots of goodies, including these beer growler bags. I'm stocking up my Etsy store for the holiday season, and crossing my fingers!<br />
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I hope you all had a fantastic summer!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-80982003475358206362014-05-20T09:34:00.001-07:002014-05-20T09:34:42.045-07:00Blogger's Quilt Festival: Plus Squared Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time of year again! Amy from "Amy's Creative Side has been hosting the semi-annual "<a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/bloggers-quilt-festival/">Blogger's Quilt Fest</a>" for more than a few years now. It's the best virtual quilt show that I've found! Thanks Amy!<br />
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I made this paper pieced mini quilt as a block in <a href="http://shape-moth.blogspot.com/2013/03/forest-qal-comming-soon.html">Joanna's (of Shape Moth) Forest Quilt Along</a> that she hosted last Spring. It is her "Eurasian Jay" pattern that I tweaked a little and changed the coloring to turn it into one of my very favorite birds, the Western Tanager.<br />
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Quilting this was a lot of fun. I turned all 6 of the blocks that I made into either mini quilts or a pillow, all of which reside in our living room. They were just too pretty to fold up and tuck away into a closet.<br />
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The quilt is 16 inches by 16 inches, and took just as long to make as many of my much larger quilts.<br />
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Please look at the link above to see other wonderful quilts made by the blogger community!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-51911929673805465042014-04-22T09:24:00.000-07:002014-04-22T09:24:13.473-07:00Pouches and Purses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are a few pictures of my latest endeavor. I've been busy sewing up lots of lovely pouches and purses made with wool from our local Pendleton Wool Mill. I don't know why I didn't start making these long ago. As with many things, sometimes the most obvious thing is beyond our vision. It took the closing of our local quilt store to force me to expand my sewing horizon. These lovely purses are a joy to make, and are proving to be much more popular than quilts or quilted goodies. I am still getting some patchwork in here and there, but for the first time in years I am actually making a wee bit of money selling the wool purses and such on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SolarThreads">Etsy site</a>, as well as to local friends, family, and shop owners. I have even been in contact with a small business counselor to explore possibly making something out of this! Wish me luck!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-75793845165637387372014-03-12T09:46:00.000-07:002014-03-12T09:46:03.874-07:00A Quilt For My Son<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few months ago, my oldest son asked me for a new quilt. It's been a few years since I last made him one, so I was more than happy to oblige!<br />
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Last winter he started swimming competitively for his high school, then a club over the summer. It turns out he has quite the ability! If I've been a bit quiet here, it's partially because I have spent much of the last few months going to high school swim meets, driving his to and from practice, and taking extra trips to the grocery store to fuel the extra calorie needs that swimming for a few hours a day requires.<br />
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But it all paid off when he placed first in his district swim meet in the 200 yard freestyle, earning him a trip to the Oregon state finals. He was also good enough to get an alternate place in 2 relays that also went to state. He placed 2nd in district in the 400 freestyle. Only the 1st place finishes go to state, but his personal best time was faster than at least 1 of the 12 finalists. He placed 12 out of 12 in the state meet, but for a kid who has only been swimming competitively for less than 2 years, we couldn't be any prouder!<br />
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My official name for his quilt, is "Plus Squared", but the subtitle is "Gee, you sure can swim!" ;-) I made it in his high school team colors.<br />
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Because I like to hear other people's stories of where they get their inspiration,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Nicholas.jpg"> here is the picture</a> that led to this quilt design. I stumbled across it around Christmas time, and filed it in my "idea folder".<br />
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My son is also good at math, and I just happened to have a few blocks left over that went perfectly on the back.<br />
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The quilting took much longer than the construction, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. You can see it best on the back. Now that I feel somewhat competent at free motion quilting, I am preferring solid colors on the back more and more, as it really highlights the quilting.<br />
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It's a 70" by 86" quilt, using a combination of Moda "Comma" fabric, and Robert Kauffman Kona Solid Forest green and curry yellow. I used a variegated Coats and Clark thread for the quilting, and Kona black for the binding.<br />
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It was a joy to make this, as it was to see my son succeed and do so well in a sport he loves.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-43785889210164336622014-03-05T08:40:00.001-08:002014-03-05T08:40:16.100-08:00NASA Star Block Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you haven't heard of Astronaut Karen Nyberg sewing the first quilt block in space, I thought I'd tell you about it!! She is a quilter, and on a recent trip to the Space Station brought along some quilting supplies and sewed up a start block. She even took a video of it.<br />
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Back on Earth, she decided to take it one step further and has invited quilters to send in a star quilt block to be sewn into a quilt that will be displayed at the 2014 Houston Quilt Festival. <a href="http://www.quilts.com/home/contests/viewer.php?menu=entries&page=../../contests/y2013/2013AstronomicalChallenge">Here's the link for all of the information.</a> There's also a link on that website for the YouTube video of her space quilt block.<br />
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I had some lovely space batik in my stash that I knew would be perfect. Since I wanted the dark fabric to be the highlight, I designed a simple paper pieced star that hopefully looks a little like a sun.<br />
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The deadline is August 1st, so there is more than enough time to make up a block and send it in!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-69586668851195745772014-02-19T09:22:00.000-08:002014-02-19T09:22:31.839-08:00More Snow Dyeing Results<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All of our snow is long gone, but before it all went away I made a few more batches of snow dyed fabric. I thought I'd share the results with you. I hope you find it as fascinating as I do. I'm already planning on experimenting with crushed ice dyeing, now that Spring is right around the corner.<br />
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I had a few yards of Kona white (maybe even Kona "snow") in my fabric stash. I decided to give it a try, this time, separating the colors a bit more to see how each one reacted individually.<br />
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From left to right, there is a piece with all 3 colors, then a "wasabi green", a (mostly) gold, and purple on the very right. As you can also see, the colors really bled onto the white. With the original Pimatex cotton, the white stayed crisp and white, and the patterns were more distinct.<br />
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Here's a close up.<br />
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I also decided to dye a few scraps I had of white print on white fabric. One pattern did quite well, the other became almost indistinguishable. For grins, I also threw in some cotton yarn to dye too, as seen drying in the picture below.<br />
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Finally, I tried out some 200 thread count white muslin that I was able to buy at a local store. The tight weave had my hopes up. This time I used mostly green with a few spots of purple.<br />
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But in the end it seemed to take up the least amount of dye, and showed the least "crisp" design in the fabric. Neither the Kona nor the muslin was "PFD". I don't know if that really makes a difference, as I prewashed them all, but for now, I'll be sticking with the Pimatex PFD cotton, and have already ordered a few more yards and some new dyes to play with.<br />
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The very first picture at the top of this blog post, shows all 3 together, from top to bottom, the Pimatex, the Kona, and the muslin.<br />
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I've also put a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/179646276/fat-quarter-quarter-yard-of-snow-dyed?">few fat quarters of the original batch of Pimatex cotton in my Etsy shop</a> to see if there's any interest in it from buyers.<br />
<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-67419248003092913212014-02-12T13:49:00.000-08:002014-02-12T13:49:10.692-08:00Olympic Rings Quilt Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Winter Olympics was exactly what I needed to motivate me to finish the quilt that I started 2 years ago, during the Summer Olympics. I stitched on the binding this morning, just as the last of the snow is melting. It's 54" by 72"... the perfect size for snuggling under while we watch the Olympics on TV.<br />
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I decided to quilt laurel leaf wreaths in each of the rings. As the legend goes, Laurel leaf wreaths were put upon the victor's heads during the original Olympics in ancient Greece. The rest of the quilting is my attempt at flames, from the Olympic torch. I think it was so neat to see it go into space during it's voyage to Russia.<br />
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I decided to use a black and white variegated thread in the black top and bottom borders, and LOVE the effect! I'll be using this technique again!<br />
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The back is simple, just some coordinating solids I had.<br />
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I love the way the rings and other quilting shows on the back. As I've gotten better at free motion quilting, I like solid colored backs more and more, as they show off the quilting, rather than hide it.<br />
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I hope you are enjoying the Olympics as much as I am. Call me crazy, but my favorite events are the Half Pipe Snowboarding events, as well as the Mogul Skiing. I find them mesmerizing. I think my own background in gymnastics is what makes them appeal to me, as they have so many wonderful flips and twists. What's your favorite event of the Winter Olympics?<br />
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Another totally off topic question I have is what camera do you use? My point and shoot has bit the dust, and my son's who I've been using (same model, a Cannon Powershot), is following suit. I took all of these with my ipad mini. It's OK, but not great. I really want to save up and get a nice one next. Thanks for any advice!<br />
<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-36649387663370419242014-02-08T11:27:00.000-08:002014-02-08T11:27:59.528-08:00Olympic-Inspired Quilt Top Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the Winter Olympics starting up this week in Sochi Russia, I was motivated to dig out the <a href="http://solarthreads.blogspot.com/2012/07/olympics-inspired-mini-quilt-and.html">Olympic quilt that I made 2 years ago during the Summer Olympics</a> (and never finished).<br />
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I always try to figure out why certain quilts get tossed in the UFO pile, and for this one, I think it was just too small. I have no more wall space for any more minis, but decided that a throw quilt for the couch would be perfect for the Winter Olympics. Luckily I still had some of the original solids that I started out with, and combined them with some solid white to make a bunch of half square triangles. When I still wanted it a bit bigger, I got out some solid black to extend it, and I'm calling it done at about 54" x 72".<br />
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The back is already finished, and batting purchased.<br />
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With the 7-8 inches of snow we got over the last 2 days, I should have plenty of time to finish it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still have a tutorial for the center of this quilt on this blog. Click the link above, or the tutorial link if you would like to see it!!</span></b><br />
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I also have to say that I just LOVE the patchwork quilt motif that is being used in this games. It's my all time favorite!!<br />
<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-41582576489163688792014-02-06T09:41:00.000-08:002014-02-06T09:41:22.034-08:00Adventures in Snow Dyeing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When life give you snow, give snow dyeing a try! This has been on my radar for a few years, after buying some snow dyed fabric at a local quilt show a few years ago. A conversation over the week-end with some fellow fiber artists about snow dying yarn reminded me of this technique. I bought some supplies this summer to try out batik dying (but never did), and with the addition of another cold snap, and some fresh snow this week, I "carpe diem'ed".<br />
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I found <a href="http://www.dharmatrading.com/home/learn-how-to-ice-dye.html">this tutorial</a>, from Dharma Trading Company, the website / store that I bought all of my supplies. Of course I used snow, instead of ice. I used the colors wasabi, hydrangea, and paloma gold, all pastels, but as you can see, almost none of those colors are visible in the finished product. I used pima cotton that I also bought from Dharma Trading Company, as well as 2 white shirts that I bought from them, 2 womens, and 1 unisex. The womens' shrank quite a bit during washing. I am beyond thrilled at how this turned out, and have already ordered more dye and supplies, and am among the minority of people who are hoping for MORE snow haha!<br />
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Basically I soaked prewashed fabric in the soda ash solution for half an hour while I collected a tub, wire shelf / rack, gloves and snow.<br />
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I wrung out the fabric, crumpled and laid it on top of the wire rack.<br />
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Next, I piled a few inches of snow on top of the fabric, and sprinkled the dye powder directly on top of the snow.<br />
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The next day, about 22 hours later, I then rinsed the excess dye out of all of the fabric. This was my least favorite step in the whole process, as it took a lot of rinses, and a lot of time, but did provide a good upper body workout LOL. Once the rinse water was clear, I put it in my washing machine and rinsed one final time, then washed in hot water with a teaspoon of liquid dishwashing soap. I did not have any sythol, but read that you can substitute dish soap. Seems to have worked. We have a front loader with a clear glass door, and I could not see any color coming out of the rinse water in the final wash. After a trip in the dryer and a hot iron, I was just delighted beyond words at how beautiful the final fabric turned out.<br />
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-20177369967610791482014-02-03T14:00:00.000-08:002014-02-03T14:00:21.293-08:00Sea Star Quilt Top Finished!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After making a few new stars, I finally was able to sew up my "Sea Stars" quilt top. All but 2 of the paper pieced stars were made using "Don't Call Me Betsy"'s Lucky Star BOM pattern. I learned a lot doing these over the last year, and even topped it off by finally figuring out how to create a paper pieced star of my own in EQ7<br />
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I'm pretty thrilled about this, and if I can figure out how to share the PDF on my blog, I'll try to do that!<br />
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I also found another "Mariner's Compass" Star pattern that was originally on Quilting on the Square's website. I think I found a link for it on Pinterest. It was by far the most challenging block, but I love the way it turned out!<br />
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Almost all of the fabric is from Tula Pink's Saltwater collection.<br />
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Here's one last picture of the top with the 2 blocks I decided to take out. I turned the quilt blocks on point, adding alternating blocks of the background fabric, and setting triangles. It's all finished up with a boarder around the panel. The 2 extra blocks will either go onto the back of the quilt, or I may make some throw pillows out of them. I'm happy with my decision to remove them. One thing I learned from this quilt process is that I really don't like "mystery" quilts. I really prefer to see the whole picture before I even start a quilt. I'm glad I did it though, as I really got a great handle on how paper piecing works and I got lots of practice!!<br />
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What about you? Do you like mystery quilts / BOM clubs?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-22840904655381776152014-01-27T17:00:00.000-08:002014-02-03T13:30:01.748-08:00NFL Teams and Robert Kaufman Kona Solid Colors Match<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently started a new quilt, in my son's high school team colors. It was so easy to make that I am thinking about making a few more for the football fans in our family. <br />
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I started searching the web for any solid color fabric NFL match or key, and came up with nothing, so with Robert Kaufman's blessings, here is what I put together for my own reference. I figured there might be others looking for the same thing, so matched up all of the current teams, as best as I could with my Kona color card. Not all are exact matches, especially the metallics, but they're close. I included a few "secondary" colors for some of the teams as well. If you have any suggested changes, please let me know in the comments!<br />
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As for the quilt, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to create my first official quilt pattern, and have one partially written. I'll let you know if it becomes fulfilled!<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Carolina Panthers:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Chicago Bears:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cincinnati Bengals:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cleveland Browns:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dallas Cowboys:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Denver Broncos:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Detroit Lions:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Green Bay Packers:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Houston Texans:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Indianapolis Colts:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Jacksonville Jaguars:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Kansas City Chiefs:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Miami Dolphins:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Minnesota Vikings:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">New England Patriots:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">New Orleans Saints:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">New York Giants:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">New York Jets:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Oakland Raiders:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">San Diego Chargers:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">San Francisco 49ers:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Seattle Seahawks:</b></span><br />
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I am thrilled to announce that my City Sampler Quilt top is FINISHED! It's a King size quilt (104" by 104"), and made in a Mardi Gras color scheme (purple, gold and green). I have all 100 blocks from Tula Pink's City Sampler Quilt book in there, and used her City Planner quilt pattern to finish it up. Many of Tula Pink's fabric lines are in the quilt, and I tried to use at least 1 of her fabrics in each block. I liked it so much that I made a King sized quilt, even though we only have a queen sized bed LOL!<br />
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I'm hoping to get it quilted up before our local quilt show in May. I've heard rumors that this may be our last year of the quilt show. :-(.<br />
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I'm linking up to<a href="http://www.sewsweetness.com/2014/01/city-sampler-sew-along-finale.html"> Sara at Sew Sweetness</a>, who was the instigator of this quilt along. Be sure to see what others have finished up!<br />
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Suddenly craving King cake after making this king quilt!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-76724382843524376532014-01-09T09:19:00.000-08:002014-01-09T09:19:26.039-08:00City Sampler Blocks FINISHED, and Distaff Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here they are! My big goal these last few weeks has to get all 100 blocks from Tula Pink's book, City Sampler finished, and here they all are! I'm just waiting on the sashing fabric now, which got stuck in the Midwest because of weather. I was hoping to finish the top this week, but it may be next week or later due to the delay. I'm pretty thrilled though!! It'll be King sized when it's done!<br />
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I also got to celebrate Distaff Day at our<a href="http://www.pendletonarts.org/index_files/Introduction.htm"> local art center </a>with a group of wonderful fiber art ladies. Distaff Day was a new term for me, but it's the historic day (in Europe?) where women went back to work, after the Christmas Season. Plough Monday is the men's equivalent. The distaff is the staff that raw wool was help on while it was being spun into thread or yarn.<br />
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Spinning is very new to me. I took a drop spindle class at the art center, but really haven't done anything with it, but this fun afternoon at the art center has me rethinking! There were so many wonderful spinners there, many from places 30-60 miles away. I left, only after making a New Year's Resolution to learn how to knit.<br />
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The handmade socks alone are enough motivation to get me going! Aren't they beautiful?<br />
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-35734492764020114952014-01-03T09:36:00.000-08:002014-01-03T09:36:05.509-08:00Odds and Ends, and a Happy New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gosh it's been a bit since I last blogged. <br />
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I hope all of you had a great holiday season!<br />
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My sewing and fiber endeavors have included lots of wool pouch making, a little bit of crochet, and diving in to the City Sampler Quilt in between my batches of bags.<br />
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High school swim season, the holiday preparations and a house full of kids and a (sick) husband has also kept me busy.<br />
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My wool pouches sold OK on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SolarThreads?ref=pr_shop_more">my Etsy shop</a>, but sold well here in town at our local art center. I've been selling them there as fast as I can make them, which is fantastic! I think I may be on to something! The Pendleton Wool Mill makes wonderful fabric. The hardest part for me was to spend that initial money to buy the first few yards of fabric, but now I'm hooked! I love sewing with this fabric!<br />
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That leads to my New Year Resolutions. I looked back at my resolutions from last year, and this year they are much the same... get better at computers, try to figure out where I'm going with my sewing, and to keep healthy. Last year we got a year long gym membership, and it was one of the best things I've done... I managed to work out 2-4 times a week all year. I feel better, look better, and have had very few colds this past year. I did manage to finish quite a few quilts as well. In fact, I only have a few tops that need finishing.<br />
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One new resolution I'm going to have this year is going to be very hard. I'm going to try hard NOT to join any quilt alongs, contests, swaps, or to start any quilt that isn't my own design. I figure this will really help me spend more time taking my next step to evolve my sewing endeavors. I did spend a lot of time learning EQ7 this past year, and it's finally starting to pay off as I feel more and more comfortable with it. It's kind of all starting to click.<br />
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Anyway, I hope all of you had a great past year and are planning some good things for the year to come!!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-39982601835064582772013-12-16T14:27:00.001-08:002013-12-16T14:27:53.811-08:00Final Sea Stars!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently finished up my final (I think) Sea Star / Lucky Star BOM.<br />
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Here they are all together!<br />
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I'm hoping that after the holiday season, I can sew them up into a quilt top!<br />
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I'm contemplating making another star to replace the hot pink one. We'll see...Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-4132404222920848752013-12-13T18:15:00.003-08:002013-12-13T18:15:58.148-08:00Winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has truly been so much fun to read all of the comments this week for the wool pouch I'm giving away. I wish I could give one to all of you! I had 114 entries!! I think that's got to be a record number of comments for my blog! Thanks to all of you!<br />
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The winner, as selected by a number program, is Tasha. Her comment really cracked me up:<br />
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This week, Sew Mama Sew's blog is hosting their annual "Give Away Day"! It's a chance to enter to win many supplies and hand made items, and to find new blogger friends!<br />
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I'm giving away one of my wool zipper pouches, made with Pendleton Wool, made right here in town!<br />
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The case is about 8 by 5 inches, and would be great for storing chargers, or cosmetics.<br />
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They are made by me, and are also currently on sale in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SolarThreads?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Etsy shop</a>.<br />
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All you have to do is to leave a comment below telling me what you'd use one for!<br />
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You'll need to enter by Dec. 13th, by 5pm PST. I'll draw a name that night, and get it in the mail by the following Monday. Please have a way to get in touch with you, and good luck! I'll be accepting International entries as well.<br />
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Be sure to click over to <a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/">Sew Mama Sew's blog</a> to see all of the other goodies that people are giving away.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-27748590450999448012013-12-06T16:10:00.000-08:002013-12-06T16:10:49.480-08:00Cloth Napkin Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over the week-end, I made up a batch of new cloth napkins for our family. They were really quite easy to make, so I thought I'd write up a quick tutorial.<br />
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I personally like my napkins on the bigger side, so I started by cutting out the main fabric into 15 x 15 inch squares.<br />
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I had some shot cotton in my fabric stash that is a bit thinner than regular quilting cotton, and cut out 1 inch strips of this, joining them all together at the ends to make a continuous strip of the 1 inch wide fabric.I'm sure you could also use regular cotton for the edging, or even linen.<br />
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15" x 15" main napkin fabric<br />
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continuous 1" narrow strips of "binding" or edge fabric.<br />
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On the back side of the main napkin fabric, I sewed the 1 inch strip all along the edge.<br />
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The corners, I treat as you would a quilt binding, stopping a quarter inch from the end, leaving the end of the needle in the fabric (or not), folding the corner up creating a 45 degree fold, then sewing down the other edge.</div>
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Then I flipped the napkin over, and folded the edge of the binding edge over to meet the edge of the seam, then the whole thing over to the front, or a double fold hem that encloses the raw edges.</div>
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Then it was just a matter of stitching a decorative stitch with a contrasting thread color onto the top!</div>
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Here's how I mitered the corners on the front:<br />
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And finally, here's what the back looks like. It's actually more of a facing than a binding. I think it's much easier. <br />
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I have always admired hand crochet and knit work, but my multiple attempts at knitting never got very far. I recently started one of Craftsy's classes, the "Crochet Lab", and I think this is finally sticking!!<br />
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Best yet, crochet, unlike knitting, doesn't seem to aggravate my wrists and hands. I plan to take it easy, but I'm thrilled to finally have found something to do with my hands while I watch TV, or wait for kids in school parking lots or dentist offices!<br />
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A knitter friend of mine recently told me about Portuguese Knitting, which is supposed to be gentler on your wrists and hands. I may have to give that a try too. Has anyone here ever tried it?<br />
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I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving, and are enjoying the season!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-32506570040799482292013-11-21T10:51:00.001-08:002013-11-21T10:51:40.356-08:00A Few More Sea Stars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's hard for me to go very long without doing something quilt-related.<br />
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I took some time last week to get caught up on my Lucky Star BOM quilt. I call them Sea Stars, since I'm making them mostly from Tula Pink's Salt Water fabric line.<br />
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I now have 11 of these finished, and plan on stopping at 12. There is a new Lucky Star BOM round next year, but this will be it for me. I'm looking forward to getting this quilt finished, and to getting back to the City Sampler Quilt Blocks, which have been put on the back burner for a while...<br />
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What have you been up to? Have you ever done any paper piecing?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-77272888905218179022013-11-14T14:41:00.000-08:002013-11-14T14:41:25.828-08:00Life's Mountains Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can finally share with you a special quilt that I finished in October, for a special friend of mine.<br />
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We've been friends for many years, and met while we and our husbands were all working at the BLM. All but my husband worked doing wildlife biology. We both have 2 boys, about the same age as well, so shared baby clothes and gear, and went to each others baby showers. Our husbands still hunt together when they can.<br />
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During the summer of 2000, when we were both in our early 30's, she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma, a very aggressive, malignant brain tumor, and given less than a year to live by her doctors, when her boys were just toddlers.<br />
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Miraculously, now, over 13 years later, she's had multiple surgeries, and been through years of various treatment therapies, and is still fighting hard, despite the very grim prognosis. In 2004, she climbed Mt Shasta (elevation 14,167 ft), and wrote a book, called "Life's Mountains" about her experience.<br />
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Her last surgery was in the Spring. We found out that her most recent MRI did not come back clean, and we're all hoping that the next one, in just a few days, will show no growth in the suspicious "spot".<br />
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Watching this wonderful, strong, amazing woman go through this journey over the last several years has taught me so much about what's important in life. Her spirit, knowledge, hope, courage and determination is a guide for many. I made this simply to show I care, and to help give her warmth and comfort in the months and years to come.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924696677237155206.post-87146038478040769262013-11-12T11:36:00.000-08:002013-11-12T11:36:15.339-08:00Lots and Lots of Zipper Pouches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After making my Pendleton Wool knitting caddy, I had some scraps that were left over. I made a little zippered pouch for myself, and one thing led to another. I had some Japanese Echino fabric in my stash, and decided to make a few more out of this, as well as another piece of wool that I bought at our local blanket mill.<br />
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When I posted picture of them on my personal Facebook page, I had requests for 6. Our local art center said they'd take some too.<br />
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So... I've been busy making lots and lots of zipper pouches. I have some in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SolarThreads">Etsy shop</a>, and hope to continue making more and more at least through the holiday season! If they don't sell, guess what my family will be getting for Christmas LOL!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436825220887971278noreply@blogger.com2