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April 23rd, 2012 | Category: Accuquilt Go, Dear Jane, Hand Piecing | Well I got my blocks done today, they are all packaged up and will be picked up by the mail carrier tomorrow. I love being able to print shipping labels online and have them pick it up, I don’t have to go to the post office anymore! All of mine were done with some form of green outside of the center square. At least I have 50 blocks done and it will be shipped way before the deadline! I did get some more white on white fabric today at Joann’s and I already have them all cut up and in the 2.5″ square bin just waiting to make some more hexis. Planning on work on the beading the rest of the night, I’m hoping I can get the first one done tonight – it is a possibility!
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I know, I haven’t been around lately. I’ve been busy! We now have an 18 month old, and man is he active. He never stops! I mentioned last time that I joined a SAL on Facebook. I have all 4 words done, just have to do all the beading which is totally new for me. I think I need to get a beading needle, I found some that might work, I just need to try them. If not I’ll go to Joann’s after Alex’s 18 month Dr appt and get some. I don’t have pictures yet, I hope to have some this week as I finish the beading.
I now have all of my Dear Jane Siggie Swap blocks done, I just need to stamp and sign them all. Had to make 50 blocks!! When I get a chance I’ll have to start designing the layout, I should have them all back sometime in the beginning of May because they are due to the coordinator by May 1st.
While I was finishing up my siggie swap blocks today I was looking at the pile of 2.5″ squares on my sewing table. I have a basket of colors and was going to buy another basket for the white/lights. I also have a basket for 1.5″ strips and 2.5″ strips. I decided today that since I never use the 2.5″ strips and might not ever, I’d rather use my 2.5″ square die for my Go and cut them all into squares. Since I’m working on the Hexagon quilt using the 2.5″ squares, this will give me some more variety. I actually threw some strips away, I don’t know where they came from and the fabric was just so thin I didn’t like how it felt. I got everything ironed and waiting on the cutting table, hopefully I can get it all cut up in the next day or so.
I’m working on adding the next row to the hexagon quilt, hoping to have that done tonight so I can get a picture. I have the next row of flowers done, just need to get some white squares prepped, I’ll have lots of papers for them once I get the row added.
See you soon!
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April 6th, 2012 | Category: Cross Stitch, Dear Jane, Hand Piecing | I haven’t been able to post lately, because I haven’t had anything to write about! I finally got the next row on my hexagon quilt, I’m up to 5 rows and have 3 left to do. I finally got some more Thimble-It stick on thimbles, so I can start working on that again.
 Hexagon Quit as of 040612 I joined a group on Facebook that is doing a SAL (stitch a long). The chart is Joan Elliott’s Dream – 1 of a set of 4. I’ve been keeping up quite well and decided that since I could get the book at the library I’d do all 4 of them. I’m using a 28 ct Jobelan called Summer Sky. I’ve got Hope caught up to match Dream and I’ve started Believe. I can’t believe how fast these are working up, even on 28 ct fabric! I’ve always worked on regular aida and using anything else has been harder since I’m doing 2 over 2. I really do like how they are turning out though!
 Dream as of 040212 I got my package from Nicole at Just Keep Stitching today. The lavender smells wonderful, but it’s so strong I had to put it in another ziploc bag and get it out of my office. I’m thinking of planting in my flower beds, anyone know if it will spread?? She also sent along a pack of flower seeds, can’t wait to get those in the flower beds too! Thanks Nicole!
 Just Keep Stitching prizes!! I decided that I was going to join the Dear Jane Siggie Swap this year. I’ve been working on putting together the blocks today, I have 16 ready to be signed and another 20 ready to be put together. We haven’t gotten the final count yet, I’m hoping it’s not much more than 36!  I’ll post a picture when I get them done. I’m looking forward to putting the quilt together once we get all the blocks, haven’t decided how I want to do it yet though. The block is really easy, it’s just a 3.5″ square for the center in a light fabric so you can write on it and 4 triangles around that. I had a huge stack of 4.5″ squares I cut from scraps with my Go, so I just had to cut them in half. I just had to buy some light fabric for the centers, and I picked up Kona White the other day. One of these days I’m thinking of buying a bolt of Kona white or Moda white solid….course I need some money for that!!
Hope to post more soon!!
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I know, I know….it’s been AGES since I’ve posted anything. This 15 month old little boy takes up all my time! I can’t believe how quickly time has passed. He’s 15 months old, walking (and running) and so damn cute it kills me! And smart too! Ok, you didn’t come here for me to gush about my little one, did you?
I’ve been doing some cross stitch, haven’t finished anything since Halloween though. I made this little wall hanging just in time to put up for our Halloween party. You can’t tell in the picture, but some of the thread glows in the dark, boy was that a pain to stitch with!
Trick or Treat Wallhanging I haven’t really worked on my hand piecing project lately. I was working on cross stitch and just put that away recently to work on Dear Jane applique blocks. I was talking with some of the ladies at guild and they reminded me that I need to make time to work on my sewing – it’s been MONTHS since I turned it on! In fact I just cleaned it off a week ago! Mended a shirt for Alex that has been sitting here for ages and now it’s ready to work on some quilts! So I’ve decided to start working on Dear Jane again. Finished 2 blocks in the past few weeks and I’ve got another almost done, in fact it should be done tonight since there’s a basketball game to watch!
 J-11  JS09 Saturday the guild is doing a sew-in from 12-4 and I’m thinking that I’m going to go. I really want to sew and this would allow me to do nothing but that! I think that hubby can take care of Alex for 4 hours, especially since he’ll most likely be napping for half of that. So I’m planning on working on Star Crazy. I’m going to get as much prepped as I can before Saturday, I’m hoping I can get the top put together in 4 hours. Heck I’ve already got the center done!
And just because I love posting pictures of my son….
 Alex - January 2012
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December 31st, 2010 | Category: Alex, Dear Jane | I hoping that I will be able to start posting more in 2011 – at least I’m going to make an effort to try! This year has ended on such a happy note for our family and I can’t remember what life was like without Alex in our lives.
I’ve been able to work on applique at night this week after he’s gone to bed and finished 2 blocks. AND I was able to prep a few more and complete a pieced one today. Lucky me, I got to end 2010 with some sewing! The applique isn’t perfect on these blocks, but I think they look ok and I’m not redoing them! With the one I completed today I’m now happy to say that I’ve completed 75 of the 169 blocks needed. I need to get to work on the triangles too!
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M-10: Pieced
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E-11: Applique
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J-03: Applique
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My Angel Boy
Hope everyone has a safe and happy new years!
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Project Listing (In Process) - Dear Jane Blocks (82 of 225)
- Bed Quilt
- Fused block quilt #1
- The Quilt Show 2010 BOM - Star Crazy
- Hand piecing project (4 patches)
- Hexagon Quilt
 Objects to be Quilted - Ribbon Table Runner
- Pinwheel table topper
- Turning Twenty
- Quilting Stash Yahoo Group Block Swap (backing ready)
- Winding Ways
- Fused Block Quilt #2
- Tumbler Quilt - for Kimmie
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