tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57403679782774697292024-03-15T18:09:33.042-07:00Pampered PettitBrandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-88860450984570731382022-05-25T22:38:00.000-07:002022-05-25T22:38:34.183-07:00Foodie Blog Hop - My Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvo589wg-QE3LcE4LsE8JZ59gusj2vEa-T8EivrETGbd8R3DQmjJGvAgawkVT7xTEm0nhJB58YkON5oA39pwwe-dqAgF7q03PqxCkjLazMLKcrhV3M-BLicw0-rV2haIgxBBo374u9sO0Kffo1xCoPltMSsDWdYUNesTxeLrmjK37bKc0ZI8kvCNe/s912/May%20-%20Foodie%20at%20Creatin%20in%20the%20Sticks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvo589wg-QE3LcE4LsE8JZ59gusj2vEa-T8EivrETGbd8R3DQmjJGvAgawkVT7xTEm0nhJB58YkON5oA39pwwe-dqAgF7q03PqxCkjLazMLKcrhV3M-BLicw0-rV2haIgxBBo374u9sO0Kffo1xCoPltMSsDWdYUNesTxeLrmjK37bKc0ZI8kvCNe/s320/May%20-%20Foodie%20at%20Creatin%20in%20the%20Sticks.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Welcome blog hoppers! I am thrilled to be participating in a blog hop again after 3 years, oh holy cow that went by quickly. Thank you so much Carla for letting me join in again!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I absolutely love to quilt but when I'm not quilting, I am in the kitchen baking and occasionally cooking too.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTIkiIMD4McixzAQp74jyfsuK9QywR34S-6cSVRroNUxSUOSVR75h6yxPGcZnbh9JsTRi_AZhh5lxjACC9WBlcBizNq7YBBIm1IFVQAYIh5hC0qVLe8DD8AbsFLKXMBJpqfcr9zpgpENF7borhb1qU3Plg6LJJ_kFG4HrVXrDEWRJ_bE4mV9AV4AA/s1616/John%20and%20Brandy%20cooking%20on%20our%20anniversary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1212" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTIkiIMD4McixzAQp74jyfsuK9QywR34S-6cSVRroNUxSUOSVR75h6yxPGcZnbh9JsTRi_AZhh5lxjACC9WBlcBizNq7YBBIm1IFVQAYIh5hC0qVLe8DD8AbsFLKXMBJpqfcr9zpgpENF7borhb1qU3Plg6LJJ_kFG4HrVXrDEWRJ_bE4mV9AV4AA/s320/John%20and%20Brandy%20cooking%20on%20our%20anniversary.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary by cooking together this year, it was great!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpAZHKDJCGy7Rj_AeuzP0yk9aPpqptqJutS-CLwk3k1-4K9adG8poBuJdkNsvGpTA9MOSPWpqORiKBAorzKIIEr3Las2LQDIR47d4NO3NjOaumC8BRWLsLLeg7QjnAjGd_rjaa1GmbVEmmfeE2yvqslHsYZzxY-yanq4dslZ_7Y9LLGUWK77JqOE4/s1616/Brandy%20decorating%20sugar%20cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1616" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpAZHKDJCGy7Rj_AeuzP0yk9aPpqptqJutS-CLwk3k1-4K9adG8poBuJdkNsvGpTA9MOSPWpqORiKBAorzKIIEr3Las2LQDIR47d4NO3NjOaumC8BRWLsLLeg7QjnAjGd_rjaa1GmbVEmmfeE2yvqslHsYZzxY-yanq4dslZ_7Y9LLGUWK77JqOE4/s320/Brandy%20decorating%20sugar%20cookies.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This last weekend I made some specially decorated sugar cookies for my aunt's bridal shower, they were Strawberry Lemonade flavored with lemon royal icing and were a big hit. I absolutely love the joy I get from seeing people enjoy eating something I have made.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisW-D1lXbia3c6w8IPvGjg9seTynMm7m4SHAD2keHq-bqH44Ck-hl4ta9XxSY67B_R41ojq_YqeomJvy8XQuh-05Z4iGnz05vXKQ7eT7cuud0JFmTGtiBRwkq2vSvQEFKOuZLHyD9CNspRMExVMhTcc5EmYs44hYQiQaeDKrKAw_s1DEt_JPr6-FfG/s1991/heart%20shaped%20sugar%20cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="1927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisW-D1lXbia3c6w8IPvGjg9seTynMm7m4SHAD2keHq-bqH44Ck-hl4ta9XxSY67B_R41ojq_YqeomJvy8XQuh-05Z4iGnz05vXKQ7eT7cuud0JFmTGtiBRwkq2vSvQEFKOuZLHyD9CNspRMExVMhTcc5EmYs44hYQiQaeDKrKAw_s1DEt_JPr6-FfG/s320/heart%20shaped%20sugar%20cookies.jpg" width="310" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNrFebCVAuxF9J81d-PC1G9gR2bYEAfh1Q9avzjqfMWAo2KghF8M4QDwlce-jyuDoI6JKJh-0vzq2IF1b__50YDKL0pcRh4aVZqpuQ7qMfKtKq9DxAkXqivJAkY1Srk8DK3m-8FU8s6fHiW03ut9phCNRriqVeZQPej-mt-gjDU88W4xsUqAao1hF/s1797/sugar%20cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1797" data-original-width="1781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNrFebCVAuxF9J81d-PC1G9gR2bYEAfh1Q9avzjqfMWAo2KghF8M4QDwlce-jyuDoI6JKJh-0vzq2IF1b__50YDKL0pcRh4aVZqpuQ7qMfKtKq9DxAkXqivJAkY1Srk8DK3m-8FU8s6fHiW03ut9phCNRriqVeZQPej-mt-gjDU88W4xsUqAao1hF/s320/sugar%20cookies.jpg" width="317" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I also really love aprons, and as you can see I have a couple here:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULWzZU_-A_ifnzkqH-cOG0rzmChKGPoXcmQJHQX7NdKgA4CZlDPnxTfj8FJzCbqUjU7uIpKXChsm8a1rW27K683yVUflOsRTsTmTR8w7Dn-wX_HzsphNuECyqXq3qwrZfuHlIewECPs0naVfJkRzww1NY_D4QDSjKlmtVz2N6d9rrTiELIgUS2D1H/s2377/my%20apron%20collection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="1449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULWzZU_-A_ifnzkqH-cOG0rzmChKGPoXcmQJHQX7NdKgA4CZlDPnxTfj8FJzCbqUjU7uIpKXChsm8a1rW27K683yVUflOsRTsTmTR8w7Dn-wX_HzsphNuECyqXq3qwrZfuHlIewECPs0naVfJkRzww1NY_D4QDSjKlmtVz2N6d9rrTiELIgUS2D1H/s320/my%20apron%20collection.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">L to R: Easter apron from mom, houndstooth apron I made in high school home ec 18 years ago, 2 Pampered Chef aprons I earned when I was a consultant, summer/fall double sided apron mom made me, and Christmas/blue backed apron Grandma Linda made me. I rotate through them all throughout the year!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then I came across this incredible kitchen-themed fabric at our LQS about a month ago (<a href="https://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/shop/collections/kiss-the-cook.html" target="_blank">Kiss the Cook by Michael Miller</a>) and I just knew it would be perfect to make another apron to add to my collection, and I am really excited with how it turned out! I love that it's double sided too.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8YYChVotdJt1RlIV_cT-mmq2nKLLSMUyGinhtOSfB3_xC6G4g8zZFp7TpHOAYJBi5lFiDsjllsbH4aKK1f8IUn0J7B4ccp3J3MeSBg6vpHfa-Jcv22-zfYwwCHdk2ot64HIfJ-RyH65-WGS7OQ-uwdpDw6rqzwbuwxYat1Gaa4OKVpZxy7iPLoWM/s3473/front%20of%20pieced%20apron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="apron, quilted apron" border="0" data-original-height="3473" data-original-width="2769" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8YYChVotdJt1RlIV_cT-mmq2nKLLSMUyGinhtOSfB3_xC6G4g8zZFp7TpHOAYJBi5lFiDsjllsbH4aKK1f8IUn0J7B4ccp3J3MeSBg6vpHfa-Jcv22-zfYwwCHdk2ot64HIfJ-RyH65-WGS7OQ-uwdpDw6rqzwbuwxYat1Gaa4OKVpZxy7iPLoWM/w319-h400/front%20of%20pieced%20apron.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I made my apron as a large nine-patch made with 10" squares, then changed my mind and cut the side squares in half to make it closer to the usual apron shape. We made a similar one for my mom a few years ago but with 9" squares but left the pieces whole and she loves how it wraps around her. The pieced blocks I used are <a href="https://www.quilterscache.com/C/ColoredWheelBlock.html" target="_blank">Colored Wheel</a> blocks from the Quilter's Cache website.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you've never made an apron before, there are a couple ways to go about it. The method I used for this one creates a double-sided apron, which you CAN add pockets to before sewing the two sides together, but I completely forgot on this one. I can always add some after the fact if I decide I need to, but I rarely use them. Here are some photos of me pinning the pieces together before sewing:</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCdWq2hdv7ZsYG7XOt8F0Wxsl84uCgLU6uoGd62UNjy-_t7iwFwnhT6_dGrR8Qa2auETaG6gTo0t_9yv_o9zr2ovGf47-IINRpUk2kDN1dqJKSqt5aJxvzQZLfYG9i0pToEAhK6E8GYGe_RFQu3jZC6CdLhVRGX3D2A5jGO1DWwEfzuaUH7-rbF1w/s2576/apron%20strings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCdWq2hdv7ZsYG7XOt8F0Wxsl84uCgLU6uoGd62UNjy-_t7iwFwnhT6_dGrR8Qa2auETaG6gTo0t_9yv_o9zr2ovGf47-IINRpUk2kDN1dqJKSqt5aJxvzQZLfYG9i0pToEAhK6E8GYGe_RFQu3jZC6CdLhVRGX3D2A5jGO1DWwEfzuaUH7-rbF1w/w400-h300/apron%20strings.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember to pin the ends of your apron strings to the center before trying to sew around the edges! I also baste the apron strings in place by sewing back and forth across the strings 2-3 times inside the 1/4" seam allowance.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zC1ojh1nXwAXFO7UK1lQIpjjuHtVotHrdqmLWCcnKXARUW1XUvn9gjuzRBIkfKnZDMuRN9WMOyB4n0Nk6GOKKhRZmIPaAhQbHlioZRyacfCHmWomIma-9WrL2LsXFQ-cU2hp-5e1lsukgnRB_o5jbHx397iGCqiaTOLu2SiRdz7JoSCqHpiu8oE5/s2576/tape%20the%20backing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zC1ojh1nXwAXFO7UK1lQIpjjuHtVotHrdqmLWCcnKXARUW1XUvn9gjuzRBIkfKnZDMuRN9WMOyB4n0Nk6GOKKhRZmIPaAhQbHlioZRyacfCHmWomIma-9WrL2LsXFQ-cU2hp-5e1lsukgnRB_o5jbHx397iGCqiaTOLu2SiRdz7JoSCqHpiu8oE5/s320/tape%20the%20backing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWS3qlpljZoe5u9kg_ylAn8zBQSO9apE6DlANthX0h5iKL1hiMxyyTOdCVe6IvxZDrYPSPvmVAcSZKWnTicUoYFpzH-U_ZwMypd8Qt_ly56bUZH2TyMrIdzVz1mO_FLPrU8Ahzeu7DXOFYIgTF7U7MC2PXPJm75g-hzUDjR_aaavV169DiTPXd9XS/s1932/close-up%20of%20pinning%20and%20taping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWS3qlpljZoe5u9kg_ylAn8zBQSO9apE6DlANthX0h5iKL1hiMxyyTOdCVe6IvxZDrYPSPvmVAcSZKWnTicUoYFpzH-U_ZwMypd8Qt_ly56bUZH2TyMrIdzVz1mO_FLPrU8Ahzeu7DXOFYIgTF7U7MC2PXPJm75g-hzUDjR_aaavV169DiTPXd9XS/s320/close-up%20of%20pinning%20and%20taping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I found that by taping my solid piece of fabric to my cutting table I eliminated shift while I was pinning them together, which was amazing for when I went to sew around the outside edges. And I pinned about 3/4" in from the edges so I could leave the pins in until I was finished sewing. Then just turn it inside out and topstitch 1/8" around the outside edge to close the hole you turn through and give it that finishing touch!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdn6Ktx7qXCGcoEcn8OiUiq7XctGTOicXifswWWL8RKcgSmkd9kD_ylC59qAqBZalpOFIxI8FEvLJESWaknxddJZ9G9Lp47SXBzkKNFeXJ9JdX2Ul5A0xAi5VWQM2uzOohsd-86ghuo_n8h7yQELOS4gMms_fhOEANovExdqr3cuuTF6Cc5hwsF9Q/s3553/cookies%20for%20you!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="baker offering cookies in a blue apron" border="0" data-original-height="3553" data-original-width="2865" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdn6Ktx7qXCGcoEcn8OiUiq7XctGTOicXifswWWL8RKcgSmkd9kD_ylC59qAqBZalpOFIxI8FEvLJESWaknxddJZ9G9Lp47SXBzkKNFeXJ9JdX2Ul5A0xAi5VWQM2uzOohsd-86ghuo_n8h7yQELOS4gMms_fhOEANovExdqr3cuuTF6Cc5hwsF9Q/w323-h400/cookies%20for%20you!.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cookies anyone?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgqL9YGl-fbRv_-9KBjdUydSYCbJCxgC9TWx61HhEWRPXH63OAHjW7LIDMBlcVeNpNBY5k-wDo5vBZtLfgIgBzYygMaCmIuknsDREyqfEdfARWOZiouOFcf9r89cKQV1J_NUDm5O1Z6En0i5zxm-BeJ_ixPlK3Tdb1ZgSPyJFfoEdmBoQ_6Rutzux/s1892/hotpad%20from%20leftovers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="1892" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgqL9YGl-fbRv_-9KBjdUydSYCbJCxgC9TWx61HhEWRPXH63OAHjW7LIDMBlcVeNpNBY5k-wDo5vBZtLfgIgBzYygMaCmIuknsDREyqfEdfARWOZiouOFcf9r89cKQV1J_NUDm5O1Z6En0i5zxm-BeJ_ixPlK3Tdb1ZgSPyJFfoEdmBoQ_6Rutzux/s320/hotpad%20from%20leftovers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had a few scraps leftover from piecing my blocks for the apron so I also put together a cute little hotpad! I may have a hard time using it though, it's so pretty...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-JkViFzcKZopa94B9h0h1HI9xAFMizFduGOMSILuITXeFLo6Jx3mvaeTj3w6qL8WFZaqF9OjzWMYrka109WRh6MWc855sRqsUQGEFNDhtMJ7MB6yBBLILyf96MWpH0-Gd0uV17d12KvCDutUmPwVVARXJ88ii9ELeZNV5gAh4DQzKkIC5gHLHVqq/s2576/Thomas%20keeping%20watch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-JkViFzcKZopa94B9h0h1HI9xAFMizFduGOMSILuITXeFLo6Jx3mvaeTj3w6qL8WFZaqF9OjzWMYrka109WRh6MWc855sRqsUQGEFNDhtMJ7MB6yBBLILyf96MWpH0-Gd0uV17d12KvCDutUmPwVVARXJ88ii9ELeZNV5gAh4DQzKkIC5gHLHVqq/s320/Thomas%20keeping%20watch.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thomas kept a watchful eye over all the activity until I took notice of him, then he fell asleep. He also enjoys keeping tabs as we cook, you know, in case wayward chicken pieces find there way into his mouth.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you feel inspired to go out and make yourself a new happy apron to wear in the kitchen while creating goodness to share with others!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Please be sure to visit the other bloggers posting today and see my previous post for the list of the whole week's worth of bloggers.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thursday, May 26th</span></b></p><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.moosestashquilting.com/&source=gmail&ust=1653618930744000&usg=AOvVaw1eoi80xru4qLUCjhMuguS8" href="https://www.moosestashquilting.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">MooseStashQuilting</span></span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://beckysquiltsandadventures.blogspot.com/?m%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1653618930744000&usg=AOvVaw3pVGPLQKw8B4mww0r7Nj8d" href="https://beckysquiltsandadventures.blogspot.com/?m=1" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">Beckys Adventures in Quilting and Travel </span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mspdesignsusa.com/&source=gmail&ust=1653618930744000&usg=AOvVaw3P0GZLwliRMgDUNcZqGQRs" href="http://www.mspdesignsusa.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">Ms P Designs USA</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1653618930744000&usg=AOvVaw055HXKAJyeCdbeD3iFFaq-" href="https://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">Pampered Pettit</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1653618930744000&usg=AOvVaw2YzeOpa_mPtEURsESG3Xuc" href="https://homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Homespun Hannah's Blog</span></a></span></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.beaquilter.com/&source=gmail&ust=1653618930744000&usg=AOvVaw2dV3KWTBy9RzILuFnF91t2" href="https://www.beaquilter.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">Beaquilter</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have a wonderful day!</span></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOBO8m2PYD7ZLjEOjTruT8f-IDVDBctHw8BGloI-b19zMsMERdxlpZ71JCZwtjgQVawAvq8JEWf0oJG2Eza-721W_vTlg7RrICDBchi28ahaUzOumu9E16hiBDPYTYb-RaYN79fbcQOx2pebdGF4YDElNKXBc-mKD5FUR0rNcaet6lDC5tiwNSFBs/s600/Brandy%20blog%20signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Brandy Pettit blog signature" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOBO8m2PYD7ZLjEOjTruT8f-IDVDBctHw8BGloI-b19zMsMERdxlpZ71JCZwtjgQVawAvq8JEWf0oJG2Eza-721W_vTlg7RrICDBchi28ahaUzOumu9E16hiBDPYTYb-RaYN79fbcQOx2pebdGF4YDElNKXBc-mKD5FUR0rNcaet6lDC5tiwNSFBs/w320-h160/Brandy%20blog%20signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com18Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA46.0645809 -118.343020917.754347063821157 -153.4992709 74.374814736178848 -83.1867709tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-73702520181079057152022-05-24T22:58:00.000-07:002022-05-24T22:58:13.837-07:00Foodie Blog Hop Schedule<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am very excited to be participating in blog hops again, we have one going this week that Carla from Creatin' in the Stick is running called the:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/2022/05/foodie-blog-hop-this-week.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrwNHIAWyHSpQnWcA2HmPNi76cNbAcNb9qplZtOap-ctzdMk5QZRXf78p4X5J8wKXQaU-z4viNVvkwBHWTKi1B5gwoPuHg908k7P1ZpIh633uzq45OBhZG0uMKrDpYgFek6cOVq8tQpnasBG26vXUWOYDmqhT8qZQD7QkF1AtQUvPahCtYHqmv_FG/s320/May%20-%20Foodie%20at%20Creatin%20in%20the%20Sticks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My day is Thursday and I am really excited to show you what I made!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And be sure to go check everyone else's projects out!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="text-align: center;">Monday, May 23rd</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.justletmequilt.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627188000&usg=AOvVaw3SI4XjZCzl5uvo6TACE_ki" href="https://www.justletmequilt.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Just Let Me Quilt</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://knitbug2.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627188000&usg=AOvVaw0Nzjop6ZYBx3zZWwnLO0XX" href="http://knitbug2.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://karrinscrazyworld.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627188000&usg=AOvVaw3r_6TPpW0V1zahNBVdX27v" href="https://karrinscrazyworld.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Karrin's Crazy World</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ecoughlindesigns.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627188000&usg=AOvVaw1EkAIW2FEuiQaPwWehbpDV" href="https://ecoughlindesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Elizabeth Coughlin Designs</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scrapdash.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw0_tgxK_fCg4noJI46Q-gMN" href="https://scrapdash.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Scrapdash.com</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://liannemakesstuff.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw0-CugMxh0pTKb3mNkNpnOb" href="https://liannemakesstuff.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Lianne Makes Stuff</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lynnsbeauty.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3H-l9mGVlyDtS5x-40lhuy" href="http://lynnsbeauty.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">lynns blog</a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Tuesday, May 24th</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3VPyj2BHTlnU_-w8Fh5ih2" href="https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Creatin' in the Sticks</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sameliasmum.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3jmDdfW8lx-4XaKwbKabTq" href="https://www.sameliasmum.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Samelia's Mum</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://quiltinggail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1pwXK5DjVLaIER3pwdgyF_" href="https://quiltinggail.com/" style="color: black; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Quilting Gail</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://quiltschmilt.ca/blog-posts/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3y7I16QNi7F3VwhjzGnQvt" href="https://quiltschmilt.ca/blog-posts/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Quilt Schmilt</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.quilteddelights.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1lnfYOLTZSPvSsk2uKnH8H" href="http://www.quilteddelights.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Quilted Delights </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bethstrand.wordpress.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3Alkb2GbWXBCVZmdFetJYc" href="https://bethstrand.wordpress.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Words & Stitches</a></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Wednesday, May 25th</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://patchouli-moon-studio.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3LjK1aYjvzW6dlCEBwvcA8" href="https://patchouli-moon-studio.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Patchouli Moon Studio</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://selinaquilts.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw0fYNNOuG7cHXwvd8XB8h-5" href="https://selinaquilts.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Selina Quilts</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.inflorescencedesigns.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1QU72QecaJlAtKs3nW4dZ_" href="http://www.inflorescencedesigns.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Inflorescence</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pksmokey11.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1-RPEUJ4t9RNVQnmjV_Ute" href="http://pksmokey11.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Karen's Korner</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.daysfilledwithjoy.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw3JOqGS2zxAy45JzSGGN9VI" href="https://www.daysfilledwithjoy.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Days Filled With Joy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://patchworkbreeze.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw2g7qMiu1rmAZ_L_1d4c8Rq" href="https://patchworkbreeze.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Patchwork Breeze</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1txbST5jp1a7eKDHFGBYcf" href="https://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">VroomansQuilts</a></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Thursday, May 26th</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.moosestashquilting.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw0LpemCHCJHlAAoDiY0B8Ux" href="https://www.moosestashquilting.com/" style="color: black; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">MooseStashQuilting</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://beckysquiltsandadventures.blogspot.com/?m%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw0MdlTDMJQOnxSjSz-Q-J7P" href="https://beckysquiltsandadventures.blogspot.com/?m=1" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Beckys Adventures in Quilting and Travel </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mspdesignsusa.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1Vx2da5eWHeqn3EO5PE-tn" href="http://www.mspdesignsusa.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms P Designs USA</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw0HCKObIkDhQ22hx69Zb9yl" href="https://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pampered Pettit</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw2a-zemC50vHtp5J5l9lOvF" href="https://homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Homespun Hannah's Blog</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.beaquilter.com/&source=gmail&ust=1652499627189000&usg=AOvVaw1Eqx0RMfn6Xu_7bED_Ozo3" href="https://www.beaquilter.com/" style="color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Beaquilter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;" /></div>Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-29221416462950129742022-03-25T10:33:00.002-07:002022-03-25T10:33:53.930-07:00Hello again!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well hello quilt blog world!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was so surprised to see I haven't posted in such a long time, but I guess it makes sense because I have been quite busy! I mean, the last couple years have been pretty intense for everyone but on top of a pandemic happening I was also working away on my longarm quilting. I have a few photos for your perusal today, mostly wanted to pop by and say "hey" and "promise I'm still alive"! ;)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dtsR23GS5WplEfwJd_A-Kur0IiluoBBuRTV81aJlyKnv6NGWvHoJBLY4cScm01TKj_Pv3GzSNeaH0JCxgVDOTl4ntMKDcOTs5yKqU5o21uMOYYIVj9me8CzHTzwqMQ-ij-zcSaJxUd0q6j_vLw_YDEreYG3dQdXYEkGQnf3i-QcEDyttZyGu7hnD/s1705/Brandy%20heart%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Brandy at her Handi Quilter Infinity with ProStitcher longarm" border="0" data-original-height="1705" data-original-width="1705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dtsR23GS5WplEfwJd_A-Kur0IiluoBBuRTV81aJlyKnv6NGWvHoJBLY4cScm01TKj_Pv3GzSNeaH0JCxgVDOTl4ntMKDcOTs5yKqU5o21uMOYYIVj9me8CzHTzwqMQ-ij-zcSaJxUd0q6j_vLw_YDEreYG3dQdXYEkGQnf3i-QcEDyttZyGu7hnD/w320-h320/Brandy%20heart%201.JPG" title="Brandy at her Handi Quilter Infinity with ProStitcher longarm" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I went full time into longarm quilting January 2022! I just love all the fun quilts I get through my door, check out these pretties:</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmQ3cUAINsyq4RxSybgyxDhOs8si42hDFIoOuiUjdVz0e3OCKPF2ELSHdRs717OUSLV5eBiREDuEMMHn00WIaA-ixt-cjkeTwTL4QnH_4v89yYi-_oKQI9DZLHE9dYnRs0GUNx-BRHS07Qb7Kq4a_RvLzdolsySjycMYkXnNyvrnu0OB9kOqPuxwr/s1932/Ansley%20Part%20e2e%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Ansley Park e2e example on baby quilt" border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmQ3cUAINsyq4RxSybgyxDhOs8si42hDFIoOuiUjdVz0e3OCKPF2ELSHdRs717OUSLV5eBiREDuEMMHn00WIaA-ixt-cjkeTwTL4QnH_4v89yYi-_oKQI9DZLHE9dYnRs0GUNx-BRHS07Qb7Kq4a_RvLzdolsySjycMYkXnNyvrnu0OB9kOqPuxwr/w320-h320/Ansley%20Part%20e2e%202.jpg" title="Ansley Park e2e example on baby quilt" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Blue Spool Sewing Room tote bag" border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2MD7Q8Pm3gN442wUoDVNNtIFcz4SaWnmNsN9H4Ukch4aXA3L4lqR0nx73hhOU-TMImV40hhIkGGopXbiJH9umGdQtje-xr2803xGTSz2ii_VDH0a48O_su-smqTNvskBSwGpxU-c7SW3NZYBObKY_3bKg2RXmRhWVz_MqIpvkpCmHF63-01X6Bn2/w300-h400/Thank%20you%20gift%20-%20Blue%20Spool%20Sewing%20Room%20tote%20bag.jpg" title="Blue Spool Sewing Room tote bag" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I even had tote bags made!</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmejakzlyWGvt1oeRdrwhMCE38koOOTmE1hkgmSo_JUYY1CKrOCyQcMH6lqH4Uf2NxSs6z4bfDTv2QHF1vIGCDr8bHJWEkn_9T9uKR51cwSdU95UNbqghhcesUh0sMJ9v2t6eXiY9hPxQodLW6sAqMDLMkV3YVGXWEumb0ZVqnMMzX4yCF-jkmbZ-/s1616/20210514_202207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Brandy and John at the arcade in Lincoln City" border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1616" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmejakzlyWGvt1oeRdrwhMCE38koOOTmE1hkgmSo_JUYY1CKrOCyQcMH6lqH4Uf2NxSs6z4bfDTv2QHF1vIGCDr8bHJWEkn_9T9uKR51cwSdU95UNbqghhcesUh0sMJ9v2t6eXiY9hPxQodLW6sAqMDLMkV3YVGXWEumb0ZVqnMMzX4yCF-jkmbZ-/w320-h240/20210514_202207.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary last year at Lincoln City. It was super fun and we look forward to going again.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Tbf0iW-Gjp33fGqrnGswBkN2ifQLPElE8Y6cLcedjvTeXu6cZHOHSmNC4N2zFIO2qPo511fid4Lx9D4CpkNjSHHcB5jqE9-XApl5AnygvyQYXZ8Ry7IWcSFOaENK0K01ZC_tt5Fbl4QQNkvC102F2uWUAYxUg3au15biV27W93rCF3srig7ErUPG/s1616/20210516_095544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Brandy and John at the beach" border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1616" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Tbf0iW-Gjp33fGqrnGswBkN2ifQLPElE8Y6cLcedjvTeXu6cZHOHSmNC4N2zFIO2qPo511fid4Lx9D4CpkNjSHHcB5jqE9-XApl5AnygvyQYXZ8Ry7IWcSFOaENK0K01ZC_tt5Fbl4QQNkvC102F2uWUAYxUg3au15biV27W93rCF3srig7ErUPG/w320-h240/20210516_095544.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The beach is a beautiful place to be!</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1iFSvAF1Ba6pC7afBLsU13Oe_NVNJ3VLQPfQEIucytMpLYgFTp43AVTFeGUcAk9a1RcXI36HFeno4yroUQfNaXGdmEVfBIZDGgNuKm4QWNG5JR3GWL9aj7D7XkECcLRpVHm4oN0fBpO5s3dGtGDdNPAPmvSKwxHQaB34tRSjAXjg_Lydk8oPoFsc/s2576/20201031_100804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Thomas and Belle helping pick out fabric" border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1iFSvAF1Ba6pC7afBLsU13Oe_NVNJ3VLQPfQEIucytMpLYgFTp43AVTFeGUcAk9a1RcXI36HFeno4yroUQfNaXGdmEVfBIZDGgNuKm4QWNG5JR3GWL9aj7D7XkECcLRpVHm4oN0fBpO5s3dGtGDdNPAPmvSKwxHQaB34tRSjAXjg_Lydk8oPoFsc/w320-h240/20201031_100804.jpg" title="Thomas and Belle helping pick out fabric" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thomas and Belle are still doing wonderful in their Quilt Inspector jobs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you are all staying happy and healthy and getting a ton of quilting done! Hey, if you need anything longarm quilted, let me know. I have an average 2-week turnaround and would love to help you finish your quilts!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~Brandy</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-35515545009503305562019-11-12T22:55:00.000-08:002019-11-12T22:55:02.756-08:00Stitch It and Gift It Blog Hop - Hotpads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The block in the book is the Evening Star, isn't just amazing how the colors make a block so different? Also, look at how many other blocks I have marked in here, they will all make awesome potholders...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Isn't this little tag super cute? One of our LQS (Stash of Walla Walla) has them and I just love the added little sentiment! Also, I obviously was not going to hand stitch the binding down on this LOL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You might notice how puffy my hotpad is, I like to use 2 layers of Insulbrite, or one layer of Insulbrite and a layer of cotton or 80/20, which ever is more available at the moment. I also find that I prefer to use the couple of 12 inch hotpads that are in my kitchen drawer over the smaller ones since most of my pans are pretty large, so I figure the bakers in my family will also enjoy larger ones. Or, you know, my sister will, since apparently she is willing to take on the family for these... (I am making extras for her Christmas stocking so she will have some no matter what).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thomas says to remind you how wonderful and comfy pillows are too. (Football block from Cluck Cluck Sew's <a href="https://cluckclucksew.com/2014/01/touchdown.html" target="_blank">Touchdown pattern</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Belle learned the beauty of a tied fleece blanket this last weekend, so quick and cozy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And finally I leave you with a little parcel that I am gifting to my longarm quilting clients this year. I am so thankful for the people who are supporting my business (<a href="https://www.bluespoolsewingroom.com/" target="_blank">Blue Spool Sewing Room</a>) and look forward to giving them their little gifts! I will share later what I am gifting them, it's not a sewn item and it's a surprise. But I am making the bags to put their gift into! <a href="http://selinaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/stitch-it-and-gift-it-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Selina</a> shared some cute bag ideas on Monday, in case you missed them definitely go check her's out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you so much for visiting today, I hope you all have a wonderful time exploring all these great gift ideas and have fun making gifts for the holidays!</span></div>
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Hello everyone! Welcome to my stop on the My Favorite Quilt Block Blog Hop hosted by Carla at <a href="https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/?m=1" target="_blank">Creatin' In the Sticks</a>. Thank you so much Carla for letting me participate in this hop! I hope you all will be sure to visit Carla's blog to enter the drawing she has going after you have visited and commented on the blogs today!</div>
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I have had a lot of fun checking out everyone's favorite blocks the past couple days, and no surprise, there have been a lot of star blocks. I am here to share even more with you!</div>
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I am highly attracted to all the star blocks, but really love Lonestar quilts. I looked the block up in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns (1993) and it says the name Lone Star first appeared in the Ladies Art Company catalog sometime between 1028 and 1934, as well as in patterns from Ruby McKim and Carlie Sexton in that same time period. It's quite fun to look through this book and see that the Lone Star name was used for 8 blocks that all look very different from what I associate lonestar with!</div>
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It is no joke when I say I am very attracted to this block. I even use it as part of my business logo! (For those of you who are new to me, I am a longarm quilter in Walla Walla, WA.)</div>
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The logo was inspired by the first lonestar I made, which was for the Picnic Blog Hop a number of years ago. John (my husband) said he felt I had truely become a quilter after I finished that quilt, and thus felt it is a good representation of me and my business. Isn't that sweet? Here is my patriotic lonestar with a denim star backing:</div>
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I made a flannel baby quilt for a family friend a few years ago:</div>
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This is closer to a Lemoyne Star but it's so similar that I am including it; a tree skirt that I made for my Aunt Carolyn:</div>
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Just last year I made this beach quilt:</div>
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I recently finished this denim backing for my sister's quilt, only to realize I made the top entirely too small! So, borders will be happening soon... lol!</div>
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The Christmas runner is one I began last year, it's a work in progress. The tiny blue and white star will become the centernof a spool block for a spool quilt that I have in progress, it's so cute! The diamonds are about 1/2" big. And the pretty block behind them all is the barn quilt I painted this summer! I hosted a class for my guild and we had a lot of fun painting our favorite blocks to hang on our houses. I believe one even was hung on a barn!</div>
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In case anyone is wondering, yes, I y-seam all those corners. It was one of the first techniques I mastered when I started quilting about 7 years ago, and I have since realized I prefer less seams if at all possible. We will see how long that lasts!<br />
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Thank you so much for visiting today, I hope you will visit my fellow bloggers today and please be sure to leave some comment love! I would like to know, have you made a lonestar quilt? If so, what colors? I am always on the lookout for more star goodness in my life!<br />
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<b><u>Thursday, September 12th</u></b><br />
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<b><u><a href="http://www.websterquilt.com/" target="_blank">Websterquilt</a></u></b><br />
<b><u><a href="http://cynthiasark.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cynthia's Creating Ark</a></u></b><br />
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<b>Have a wonderful day!</b><br />
<b>~Brandy</b><br />
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Thomas helped me get our newest addition to the sewing machine family in place this last weekend. This is my great-great-grandmother's machine, a White treadle that I was told was used to make my great-grandma's diapers. Seems likely, as the patents listed on the machine range from 1877-1890 and Great-Grandma turned 95 this year... I feel quite fortunate that Grandma said I was welcome to have it as I was the only one to recognize what it was!</div>
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Hello friends, Merry Christmas in July!<br />
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Since the last time I was on the blog the temperature has turned a 180 on us, it is blazing outside now! Which makes it nice to sit and sew and think of cooler days to come. 😁 I was super excited when Sarah at <a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/?m=1" target="_blank">Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a> invited me to participate in the blog hop again because I had some projects to get done. Thank you Sarah for organizing all this goodness! In addition to all the inspiration you will see on this hop there is a giveaway sponsored by FIGO Fabrics that you can enter to win on each participating blog, and I am also having a celebratory giveaway! The giveaway links are near the end of my post.<br />
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First, I completed a couple pillowcases for my nieces. I love the "burrito" method with French seams, it makes such a nice gift.<br />
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Secondly I completed this quilt! A bit of back story on this: I was picked by Henry Glass for the Desire to Inspire Challenge in May 2019, and got to work with this beautiful collection of fabric called Jolly Ole Soul by Barb Tourtillotte (visit <a href="http://henryglassfabrics.blogspot.com/2019/05/desire-to-inspire-may-challenger-meet.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a> for pictures of my projects) and origionally planned to use this as the backing of the quilt I made. I ended up liking it too much to part with, so instead made it even larger and quilted it up for John and I to snuggle under!<br />
I made this quilt with the panel that is part of the line and then made some simple present blocks using flying geese for the bows. I made my "presents" different sizes and alternated the background for added interest! I also used a couple prints from last year's Challenge with the Just Beachy fabric. And I decided to quilt an edge to edge pattern with the swirls as they mimic the swirls in the white around Santa, and it was relatively quick to stitch out. Sometimes you just need your project to be finished!<br />
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<u>RED FLANNEL BLEEDS</u><br />
and you should wash it before doing anything else with it. I washed mine twice with 3 color catchers each time, and I think I will be comfortable sleeping under it now.<br />
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I had to get John to take a photo of how much taller the quilt is than I am, I'm so excited to have it cover my toes and nose at the same time!<br />
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I really appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog today, and guess what? This is my 100th post and in celebration I am offering a giveaway in addition to the one from FIGO Fabrics (entry form below my drawing)! I am offering a pair of handmade beaded Christmas earrings! Your choice of either snowmen or Santa earrings if you win. My giveaway is open until July 27th and I will announce the winner shortly after.<br />
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<b>Wednesday, July 17th</b></div>
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<b>Thursday, July 18th</b></div>
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<b>Friday, July 19th</b></div>
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<b>Sunday, July 21st</b></div>
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<b>Tuesday, July 23rd</b></div>
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<b>Wednesday, July 24th</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome to my stop on this blog hop celebrating the release of Teresa Mairal Barreu's new book, Turnabout Patckwork! I have loved seeing all the variations the other bloggers made, be sure to follow their links at the end of this post if you haven't seen them yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Teresa Mairal Barreu</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Sewn Up, TeresaDownUnder</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">YouTube: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/user/antipodas1&source=gmail&ust=1548733727947000&usg=AFQjCNHRk0wUds9xl62P9PaGxojMuK51jA" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/antipodas1" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.<wbr></wbr>com/user/antipodas1</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Facebook: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.facebook.com/teresadownunder&source=gmail&ust=1548733727947000&usg=AFQjCNHuavh6b2YuQfubCoTsb3m1vl7nZw" href="http://www.facebook.com/teresadownunder" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.<wbr></wbr>com/teresadownunder</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Instagram: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.instagram.com/teresadownunder&source=gmail&ust=1548733727947000&usg=AFQjCNEEtkhMsczTVnizms91vDs6s7avtw" href="http://www.instagram.com/teresadownunder" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>instagram.com/teresadownunder</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Blog:</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mypatchwork.wordpress.com/&source=gmail&ust=1548733727947000&usg=AFQjCNGh7pVbUvkRHkyHscVcnzRCh0OcRA" href="http://mypatchwork.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://mypatchwork.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Pinterest: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.pinterest.com/antipodas&source=gmail&ust=1548733727948000&usg=AFQjCNFyj6qmr9YYOxGH_61jkIRyQ2NFCA" href="http://www.pinterest.com/antipodas" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>pinterest.com/antipodas</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;">Twitter:</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.twitter.com/antipodas&source=gmail&ust=1548733727948000&usg=AFQjCNGxNhtQTJ_F6PBWNiaLvu4IzKn_-Q" href="http://www.twitter.com/antipodas" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/<wbr></wbr>antipodas</a></div>
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The concept of taking simple pieced blocks and slicing them up then turning them every which way was really neat to explore when reading through this book. I am excited to share this book with all my friends at guild as a good way to make fun baby quilts for our community service project!</div>
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I thoroughly enjoyed making a little quilt with blocks from the Coordinated Strips section arranged in the Diamonds and Crosses layout. I went to Walla Walla Sew and Vac for my stripe and ended up getting all the coordinating fabric about a week later from them as well! The backing I found at Stash was exactly what I needed to calm down my busy top.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can see here that I switched up the color placement a little with the "background" fabrics, it felt better putting the colors opposite like this, as if they wanted to be more scrappy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the things mentioned by Teresa in the book is that with these blocks you are dealing with a lot of bias edges. I made sure to starch (well, I use Best Press) my strip sets before cutting them down and I had no problems with the bias.</span></div>
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When I reached this stage I was really pleased to see how my blocks were turning out and that secondary design was really exciting! In the picture above you can see the pinwheels pretty clearly, but in the one below I feel like the squares are prominent. And all I did was add sashing and cornerstones!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did a tiny sashing between my blocks, 1/2 inch finished! But it was enough to keep the secondary pattern looking continuous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was hustling to get my quilt loaded on the longarm and finish stitching before the Super Bowl began. The last stitches went in 2 minutes before the game started! The Diagonal Plaid pattern from Patricia Ritter stiched out wonderfully (and quickly!) and looks really great with two layers of 80/20 batting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My quilt ended up finishing at 38 inches square using nine blocks and 4 inch borders, which makes for a great baby quilt or even a driving quilt, I am thinking I will put it in the car for the next few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also made my first scrappy binding! It went really well and I am definitely doing that again. And look, we finally have winter weather!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Bandana yardage I found for the backing is really pretty. They had some orange too, I may need to go pick some up...</span></div>
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I was able to get Thomas to inspect for me in between daily tasks, thanks buddy for taking time out of your busy schedule to check out my latest quilt.</div>
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January 30 - Quarter Snow Ball</h3>
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<strong>Arrowhead</strong></div>
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February 1 - Modern Shoofly</h3>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Flying Confetti</span></strong></div>
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February 2 - Half Square Triangles (HSTs) and squares</h3>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Sarah Scott</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.piccolostudio.com.au/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116394000&usg=AFQjCNHeALrBCvZuP9Axq6B-_GWHgzKSIA" href="http://www.piccolostudio.com.au/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Piccolo Studio</span></a></span></li>
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February 4 - Striped Fabric Block</h3>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Shells</span></strong></div>
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<li>Gail Sheppard blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://quiltinggail.wordpress.com&source=gmail&ust=1547335116394000&usg=AFQjCNGKFlzeOGxsRl-arE--YLh-F_Pr1A" href="https://quiltinggail.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Quilting Gail</a></li>
<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Julie Burton</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://runningstitchquilts.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNHBZjOpuxx_cu8dlR6Mb3TZy5OYsg" href="http://runningstitchquilts.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Running Stitch Quilts</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Xs and Os</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Linda McLaren</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s5"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://quiltingbiker.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNEVXTlAxClriOHT82ApEzn8dX44-w" href="http://quiltingbiker.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">The Quilting Biker</span></a></span></li>
<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Sarah Scott</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s5"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.piccolostudio.com.au/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNFY9PAxk7Ujs-Xr2t8yBeGIWfs3zw" href="http://www.piccolostudio.com.au/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Piccolo Studio</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Jaws</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Cheryl Brown</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s5"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://quilterchic.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNFO6k_LVFQBrjqzTBvKfWe4YuFRRg" href="http://quilterchic.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">QuilterChic</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Arrowhead</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Stephanie Jacobson</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s5"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.stephjacobsondesigns.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNHZTj3J5A5OM-fWgJKyIDZOXPxamQ" href="https://www.stephjacobsondesigns.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Steph Jacobson Design</span></a></span></li>
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February 6 - Coordinated Strips</h3>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Peaks</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Afton Warrick blog:</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.quiltingmod.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNEZQwj0eA8lIG-yk00H9QVdmJWZtQ" href="http://www.quiltingmod.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s4">Quilting Mod</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Diamond and Crosses</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Linda McLaren</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://quiltingbiker.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNEVXTlAxClriOHT82ApEzn8dX44-w" href="http://quiltingbiker.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s5">The Quilting Biker</span></a></span></li>
<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Brandy Pettit</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNGZa4bvY5OSPeNQHA_OgyHcFJ8yDg" href="http://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s5">Pampered Pettit</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Knots and Crosses</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Leanne Parsons</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://devotedquilter.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNHytYPTHJuny1eNkkM7CUQ2l-z4ZA" href="http://devotedquilter.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s5">Devoted Quilter</span></a></span></li>
<li class="m_774285588697700817p2"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Andy Knowlton</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.abrightcorner.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNHu4qmQ9rktrpdH4jEnbaw8vcHv7g" href="https://www.abrightcorner.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s5">A Bright Corner</span></a></span></li>
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February 8 - Double Disappearing Nine-Patch</h3>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Holiday Trellis</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Sherry Shish</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.poweredbyquilting.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNHSR-utC7fkdFLOXIymJwqmiRFLpA" href="http://www.poweredbyquilting.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Powered by Quilting</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Stepping Stones</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Bobbi Bridgeman</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.snowydaysquilting.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNFHMlRKVvtGtYLHYbj_zL7w0bhbAQ" href="http://www.snowydaysquilting.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Snowy Days Quilting</span></a></span></li>
<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Anja Clyke</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNFrBkYxZo8Q6ZaIOJQ-HC5sFLnKzw" href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">anjaquilts</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Two for One</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Mania Hatziioannidi</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.maniaforquilts.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNFZkq0wPpbTvTrhppyRs_yaU-gvvw" href="http://www.maniaforquilts.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Mania for Quilts</span></a></span></li>
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<strong><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Cross</span></strong></div>
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<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Sandra </span><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Starley</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://utahquiltappraiser.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNG2W2kNHp4tmdYH966mdD8g6zx_UQ" href="http://utahquiltappraiser.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="m_774285588697700817s3">Textile Time Travels</span></a></span></li>
<li class="m_774285588697700817p1"><span class="m_774285588697700817s1">Anjeanette Klinder</span><span class="m_774285588697700817s2"> blog: <span class="m_774285588697700817s3" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://anjeanettek.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547335116395000&usg=AFQjCNEvlv4KkFpMf1wWJhwy4RU2Slp06g" href="http://anjeanettek.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Anjeanette Klinder</a></span></span></li>
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-43181611556727901252019-01-05T21:44:00.000-08:002019-01-05T21:44:37.584-08:002019 - Back in action<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Welcome back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I just have to laugh at myself, I have been that person with the "best of intentions" when it comes to posting updates and yet I get so busy I just clean forget! So here is some eye candy:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhonda's Elephant Abstractions quilt that I custom quilted for her. She delivered it in person to her daughter in New York and her daughter loves it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had a great time figuring out motifs with Rhonda, we ended up picking out favorites from photos of finished quilts on Instagram and creating a unique design.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the first king size quilt I loaded on the longarm and I free-handed loose swirls on it for Anita. I was really impressed with this quilt, the interlocking chains look so cool, and the simple quilting let the piecing shine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This beauty made by my cousin Mary V. for her granddaughter was so wonderful to work on, there were new things to experience such as rouched fabric, applique, and dense quilting with a minky backing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This minky looks and feels wonderful, even with the tighter quilting.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Business is going quite well, I have been able to make the payments on the longarm from money made on quilts for the last 3 payments, so I am beating my goal of making payments by the 2nd year of business! I have gotten to work on some incredible quilts over the last year and am so thankful for the supportive quilters in my area. 😘 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I am so happy to have my quilting area more complete, we added a white board (to track projects), a cork board (to hang my rulers), and new lighting which is really helping my eyes as I am in the basement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I get to start this year off as part of a blog hop featuring a new book from Martingale:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am excited to share my blocks with you all and to see what everyone else does with all the neat options Teresa has layed out for us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Teresa can be found at mypatchwork.wordpress.com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thomas and Belle are quite attached to this quilt I made this year as part of a jellyroll competition. It needs it's own post so you can see the quilting, but I will tell you that Hobbs wool batting is awesome. And that may be why the cats love this one so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Welcome to the final day of 12 days of Christmas in July 2018, hosted by Sarah at <a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a>! Thank you Sarah for hosting this and letting me participate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have been having a lot of fun working on my project, and I have a tutorial for you today. I hope you will also visit <span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Susan at </span><a href="http://www.quiltfabrication.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilt Fabrication</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and Jean at </span><a href="http://jeanmckinstry.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All Points of the Compass</span></a> to see their projects this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I first got my longarm last November I wanted to see how well it worked with different fabrics so I bought a yard of satin and stitched out a pantograph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The satin stitched out beautifully! I showed everyone in my family because I was so excited with how it turned out. Then they asked me how I planned to use it. I had actually thought that through beforehand (for once!) and was able to confidently reply, "Stockings!"</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aren't they beautiful?! I am so happy with how they turned out and am really looking forward to making some more in other colors (I just pulled silver satin with a Christmas lights pattern off the machine yesterday and I plan to do red satin with a holly leaf pantograph next). And the most exciting thing happened while stitching out the snowflakes on the blue fabric, I hit one million stitches on my longarm! Celebrations are in the works, you will have to check back next week to see what we have planned...</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The great thing about stockings is that they come together quite quickly, once the quilting part is done. And because I quilted the satin with a muslin backing I did not feel like it needed a lining, so one less step in the process. If you are not comfortable quilting satin yourself or are not set up for pantographs, you could always ask your longarmer to quilt some up for you, or you can contact me! My website <a href="http://www.bluespoolsewingroom.com/">www.bluespoolsewingroom.com</a> has my information if you are interested.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then I turned the stocking right sides out, basted the hanging hoop an inch from the LH side (loop will be between the cuff and stocking and pointing towards the inside of the stocking) and then inserted the cuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Joy @ </span><a href="https://www.daysfilledwithjoy.com/2018/07/14/little-christmas-pouches-and-other-quick-gifts/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Days Filled With Joy</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">Selina<span style="font-family: inherit;"> @ <a href="http://selinaquilts.blogspot.com/2018/07/tumbling-toward-christmas-christmas-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Selina Quilts</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Joanne @ </span><a href="http://joanne-everyonedeservesaquilt.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everyone Deserves a Quilt</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jan @ </span><a href="http://thecolorfulfabriholic.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Colorful Fabriholic</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Monday, July 16th</u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Carole @ </span><a href="https://frommycarolinahome.com/2018/07/16/camera-case-for-christmas-in-july/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From My Carolina Home</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jamie @ </span><a href="https://babyboomerquiltingbee.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">L'Fair Quilts</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Karen @ </span><a href="https://tunaquilts.com/2018/07/15/tu-na-quilts-welcome-to-the-12-days-of-christmas-in-july-blog-hop/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tu-Na Quilts, Travels & Eats</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Tuesday, July 17th</u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sharon @ </span><a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2018/07/to-tulle-at-yule.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vrooman's Quilts</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mary @ </span><a href="http://madebymarney.com/2018/07/16/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-blog-hop-and-give-away/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made by Marney</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Wednesday, July 18th</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cindy @ </span><a href="http://www.stitchinathome.com/2018/07/christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stitchin' At Home</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Karrin @ </span><a href="http://karrinscrazyworld.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-o-christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Karrin's Crazy World</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Thursday, July 19th</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christina @ </span><a href="https://christinashandicrafts.blogspot.com/2018/07/on-6th-day-of-christmas.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christina's Handicrafts</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sherry @ </span><a href="https://bookshookssticksetc.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-2018-yo-yo.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Danice @ </span><a href="https://homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-blog-hop-cans.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Homespun Hannah</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Friday, July 20th</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kristi @ </span><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-blog-hop_20.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Confessions of A Fabric Addict</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wendy @ </span><a href="http://www.piecefulthoughts.com/christmas-tree-mini/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pieceful Thoughts</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Saturday, July 21st</u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marian @ </span><a href="http://www.seamstobesew.com/12-days-of-christmas/#more-15690" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seams To Be Sew</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meloney @ </span><a href="https://melsquiltingblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-days-of-christmas.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mel's Quilting Blog</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Sunday, July 22nd</u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anja @ </span><a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anja Quilts</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Moira @ </span><a href="https://quiltedsnail.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilted Snail</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Monday, July 23rd</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Brenda @ </span><a href="https://sbdembroidery.com/blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Songbird Designs</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Amy @ </span><a href="http://seaofestrogen.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sea of Estrogen</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bonnie @ </span><a href="http://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Stitches With Bonnie</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Tuesday, July 24th</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kathy @ </span><a href="https://kathyskwiltsandmore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kathy's Kwilts and More</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Summer @ </span><a href="http://summerleequilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Summer Lee Quilts</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Wednesday, July 25th</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Susan @ </span><a href="http://www.quiltfabrication.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilt Fabrication</span></a><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Brandy @ </span><a href="http://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pampered Pettit</span></a><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jean @ </span><a href="http://jeanmckinstry.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All Points of the Compass</span></a></span><br /></div>
Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-55416214838319031722018-04-30T12:37:00.000-07:002018-04-30T12:37:36.181-07:00Henry Glass & Co. Desire to Inspire and other things happening<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First off, John and I officially started the longarm business in January! How exciting is that? Our business is called Blue Spool Sewing Room. I am having a lot of fun with my Handi Quilter Infinity and will definitely be getting pictures up. If you want to check out our business page please visit </span><a href="http://www.bluespoolsewingroom.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.bluespoolsewingroom.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Secondly, I was chosen to take on the challenge over at the Henry Glass Fabrics blog and I had so much fun working with the Just Beachy collection! I finished a beach quilt, a swim bag, and a pillowcase. They put up my projects this morning, you can click </span><a href="https://henryglassfabrics.blogspot.com/2018/04/desire-to-inspire-april-challenger.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">this link</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> to see what I said there and the photos I sent them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here are some behind the scenes from working on my projects:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided I wanted to make a star quilt and make it octagonal like the pink one in my header picture above. I auditioned fabric and attempted to fold in into the shapes so I would have a fairly clear idea as to what it would look like. You'll notice that I ended up not using the colorful dots after all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided early that I wanted to use two layers of batting since we plan to sit on it. I also tried to think ahead as to what I would do for quilting. I knew I wanted to give an impression of a starfish so after staring at photos of starfish I figured a ribbon candy pattern would look neat on the black and give the texture I wanted. Also, as much of a pain as it may be, stitching-in-the-ditch is definitely important for making blocks look right after quilted. I made it my goal with this quilt to not use any computerized designs, so all of this quilting was freehand! I am glad to see that I am getting better everyday. Practice practice practice!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">I used jean yardage to back this quilt and I just love how the turquoise thread looks on it. Also what looks like a huge wrinkle in the upper left-hand corner is just from me holding up the quilt while I took the picture. :)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">John and I had planned a trip to Eureka, CA a couple weeks ago which worked perfectly for me having a deadline to get my beach quilt finished. We were able to get out and take some fun pictures first thing in the morning and only had to fight the wind a little. We found this spot that had a nice tree and quick access to the water as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When we got home I went to work on my new swim bag for water aerobics. Mom and I are still trying to attend every Monday and Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It holds everything I need and more! It will also be perfect the next time we go to the beach to hold two towels and the beach quilt, plus sunscreen, shoes, and water. I am pretty happy with how my bag turned out. When I get some instructions written up for it I will be sure to let you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It didn't take long for Belle and Thomas to find the quilt when I brought it home from working on the longarm, but if it is kitty approved it must be good! Oh, and that gray stripe there under Belle is a burp rag I made for my sister-in-law, we have a nephew coming in June!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I hope you enjoyed some of these behind the scenes photos, I still have quite a bit of fabric left from what was sent me so I am going to crank out some more projects over the summer and I will be sure to share with you. Thank you for stopping by!</span></div>
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Good morning! I have decided to join in the <strong><span style="color: red;">S</span><span style="color: orange;">P</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">L</span><span style="color: lime;">A</span><span style="color: blue;">S</span><span style="color: purple;">H</span> of Color Quilt Along </strong>with Myra at <a href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2017/09/introducing-splash-of-color-quilt-along.html" target="_blank">Busy Hands Quilts</a> and I hope you will join in too! The rules are quite relaxed, pick out some black and white fabric, a color (or 26 in my case) and any quilt design you would like. Then link up pictures of your progress every two weeks at <a href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2017/09/introducing-splash-of-color-quilt-along.html" target="_blank">Busy Hands Quilts</a>. You can click on Myra's blog name to visit her site and get more information.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was really lucky to receive Jackie Kunkel's book Splash of Color as a prize for a FMQ quilt along in 2015. The first quilt that really caught my attention was Star Bright, the 7th quilt in the book. I especially love the "alternate" version using the darker background fabrics. I started collection 1/2 yard pieces as John and I travelled around and this year realized I have enough to make a nice scrappy quilt. Then this quilt along popped up and I decided it is meant to be! I had also been collecting a bunch of brilliant colors for another quilt idea, but decided they will work better for this. Some changes I am making to the pattern include reversing the color placement, thus all the blues in my pile, they will be the outer border of stars. I am also not going to paper piece this, first I didn't want to make all those copies, and second I want this to fit our king size bed and the pattern currently finishes at 88 inches. I did a test run that you will see below and my blocks will finish at 7.5 inches, meaning my quilt will be 105 inches square! I am also contemplating making the squares between the star rows into 4-patches, but will wait until I have finished the stars to make that decision final. There are a lot of stars to make first and I may not want the additional work afterwards LOL!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So a new thing in my life (literally as of a week ago) is this phone. My father forced me to upgrade to a smart phone when he found he could not send me a smiley face. The first app I added was Instagram, so I am going to attempt to post occasional photos on there between our linkups for the quilt along. My IG name is @pamperedpettit if you would like to see other photos. I do like the ability to take the grayscale photos easily with this phone, that is a great tool for me. And I had a lot of fun assigning funny ringtones to my family.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is my practice block, it's not terribly accurate color-wise as to what the stars in the quilt will look like, but the size and construction was what I was after. The blocks in the book finish at 6 inches and as I mentioned before this block finishes at 7.5 inches. I'm pretty excited about this and am starting to understand the allure of scrappy quilts, I am pretty smitten with this block right now.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh wow! I started blogging four years ago, how amazing! I love being able to come on here and share my quilting and life adventures, and I love that you visit and take part in them. My most recent project has been a last-minute decision to make John's father a quilt for his 60th birthday. That was 2 weeks ago and today I am getting the binding put on! Here are some progress photos:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">I taught John how to make his first EVER quilt block. We felt it was a good time since this quilt is for his dad. John also picked out the elk panel and all the fabrics used. I just told him where we needed certain lights and darks to create contrast. We are loving the tree fabric.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First we stopped at <a href="https://www.regalfabricsandgifts.com/">Regal Fabrics in Spokane, WA</a>. I was blown away by all the amazing embroidered pieces they have in their shop! I even got to meet the lady who does them all, her name is Michele Eickerman , she was really great to talk to.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our next stop was in Bonner's Ferry, we had time to check out the second shop we have seen there. This one is called <a href="http://www.alittlecomfortquilting.com/">A Little Comfort Quilting</a> and is on a really amazing Main Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Then we got to go to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thequiltcottagemt/">Quilt Cottage</a> in Libby, MT. I was so excited to visit here because when we came through last year it was after hours. We had a lot of good conversation with the lady working this day as well as a couple other customers who were in while we were. And we hung out for almost 45 minutes because there was lots to see and talk about!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The next day I convinced John to drive with me down to Kalispell's Sew & Vac so I could show him the classic machines they have there. John ended up buying 6 yards of fabric and we learned all about the longarm they sell (but it's not the one we are getting, we just like to try out all that we can).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">On our way home we were able to stop in to <a href="https://www.bearpawquilting.net/">Bear Paw Quilting</a> for our second visit to that shop, and man, I just love going there. HUGE selection and great customer service. I am super excited about that floral print on the left side of the photo below, I bought enough to make myself a Hawaiian shirt!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You may have noticed a theme in the photos above, there are blue and green fat quarters in almost all of them! That is because I collected those up for making a quilt for my good friend's son who turns 5 this year. I have the top finished, actually, it has been sitting for almost a month now waiting for me to make up my mind about backing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, thank you for catching up with me, I hope you are all still enjoying the Christmas Caroling Row Along, there are another couple weeks to go yet and then there is a show and share!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello and welcome to my stop on the Christmas Caroling Row Along. If this is your first time visiting, my name is Brandy and I am super excited to share my rows with you. That's right, I have TWO free row patterns for you today thanks to the stars aligning as they do. These patterns are FREE through next Tuesday, October 3rd, then they will be available for purchase. I hope you have been following along for the entire blog hop, if you have missed days please see the end of this post for a list of all the participating blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First though, a huge thank you to Marian at </span><a href="http://www.seamstobesew.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seams to be Sew</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for bringing us all together. She has been a busy bee for the last 9 months organizing this event and gathering up some awesome giveaways and deserves a great many hugs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Secondly, thank you to Northcott for sending us samples of your beautiful fabric to work with as well as sponsoring the blog hop. That was such a pleasant surprise for me! I sign up for blog hops to have deadlines so I get things done, receiving fabric was really amazing and unexpected. Take a look at the fabrics I picked out:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My fabrics came from the 'Tis the Season collection by Deborah Edwards, except for the white textured fabric, that came from Northcott's Toscana collection. Click the following picture and it will take you to Northcott's site where you can see the full collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On to my rows! The original row I designed is called "Midnight Clear Bargello" and is inspired by the song "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and my family's tradition of having lasagna for dinner every Christmas Eve. I used the process of layering the lasagna to dictate where my colors would go and then used the tune to make the movement in the bargello. The tune fabric in my row is the poinsettia fabric. You can download the pattern for this row on Craftsy by clicking on the photo below or clicking on this link: </span><br />
<a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/patterns/midnight-clear-bargello-christmas-caroling-ral/512789"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Midnight Clear Bargello Pattern</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You may have noticed that I do not have any of the Northcott fabrics in the bargello. That is because I received the fabric after I had already finished my row with fabric on hand, and this is why you get a bonus row from me today! I am calling it Midnight Clear Stars. I wanted to be sure to do the fabric justice and came up with this row that I feel still fits with a Midnight Clear theme. I just love sitting outside and looking at the stars on a clear winter night, the stars are always so bright. Again, you can download the pattern by clicking on the photo below or clicking on this link:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Please take the time to read it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">There are no prior announcements on who is doing which sponsor except to the sponsor themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">I will start announcing winners on September 12, 2017, and finish announcing winners on October 12, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">With the exception of Show and Tell Day, all giveaways run for approximately one week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">You are given 3 days to answer the email, if you do not answer within 3 days a new winner will be drawn. Check those spam/junk mail folders, you may miss that winning email if you don't do so because there are no exceptions to this rule.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">The word giveaways in the rules and guidelines are also known as sweepstakes.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Most of the giveaways are international this year, in some cases, you will be asked to pay for shipping your giveaways.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">I am not rich and I do not ask sponsors for money, they provide prizes only.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">If they shipped the prize to me, you will be asked to pay for shipping.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">All giveaways will be shipped that are in my home within 48 hours of my having heard from you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">An invoice will be sent to you via PayPal, and shipping will take place via PayPal, so your PayPal email will be needed to send the invoice. You will receive a tracking number except for overseas shipments. All shipping will either be first class which averages out at 2.77 to 4.00 up to 13 ounces. PayPal fees are added to that amount to cover that fee. All fabric bundles from Michael Miller, Hoffman, and Moda will be shipped via Priority Mail to protect the fabric itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Please note, every effort is made to protect the prizes. They go into a plastic bin when I receive them, and it is covered by an air tight cover. I have a dog in my home and I have a smoker in my home, so I do everything possible to protect the prizes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Most companies are very good about getting prizes off to customers quickly also, but some companies are overseas, so please allow all sponsors a 2-week time period before you report to me that you still haven't received your prize. When the company is overseas, it can take 6 weeks to 90 days for an item to also arrive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Whether or not you read the above, the rules for giveaways are in place to protect everyone. I do not want to hear you didn't read them, they will be posted on my blog daily during each featured day. There is no excuse for not reading them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please take note that you will have to pay the shipping cost for this prize should you win. But isn't it totally worth it?!</span><br />
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<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="1343370f236" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1343370f236/" id="rcwidget_90skburx" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a Rafflecopter giveaway</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Northcott and Calibre Arts are also having giveaways every day of this event, you can enter them at <a href="http://www.seamstobesew.com/13813/#more-13813">Seams to be Sew's</a> website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is the schedule for the entire blog hop, I hope you will hop around and create some fun rows!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tuesday, September 5, 2017</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://quiltingaffection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilting Affection</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.anypattern.com/blogs/quilt-applique-blog" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Any Pattern</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://justletmequilt.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Just Let Me Quilt</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://chittenden.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilt In Piece</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kissed Quilts</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Thursday, September 7, 2017</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="https://daydreamsofquilts.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Daydreams of Quilts </span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.seamstobesew.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seams To Be Sew</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.beaquilter.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Be A Quilter</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Creatin’ in the Sticks</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://funthreads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fun Threads</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tuesday, September 12, 2017</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sew Incredibly Crazy</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.masterpiecequilting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Masterpiece Quilting</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.sugarlane-designs.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sugarlane Designs</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.happysewingroom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Sewing Room</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="border-image: none; border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><b>Thursday</b></span><b>, September 14, 2017</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://bdieges.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Barbara Dieges</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.cynthiasark.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cynthia’s Creating Ark</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://quiltedsnail.blogspot.com/"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Quilted Snail</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.seamstobesew.com/bloghappenings/row-along-options/Just%20Let%20Me%20Quilt" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ms. P. Designs USA</span></span></a></u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (sponsored by <span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://justletmequilt.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Just Let Me Quilt</span></a>)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tuesday, September 19, 2017</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="https://www.jadedspadecreations.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jaded Spade Creations</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://websterquilt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Adventurous Applique and Quilting </span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://szycieuli.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">UlaSewing / SzycieUli</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://fromblankpages.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From Blank Pages</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="border-image: none; border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><b>Thursday</b></span><b>, September 21, 2017</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.martinalatimer.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Martina Latimer</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><u><a href="http://www.quiltfabrication.blogspot.com/"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilt Fabrication</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Patchwork Breeze</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.pattispatchwork.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Patti’s Patchwork</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://loreen.typepad.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tuesday, September 26, 2017</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://chittenden.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cheryl LaPlante</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (sponsored by<u><a href="https://chittenden.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"> </span></a><a href="https://chittenden.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;">Quilt In Piece</span></a></u>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://blog.morningglorydesigns.net/" target="_blank" title="Morning Glory"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Morning Glory</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pampered Pettit</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://funthreads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fun Threads</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="border-image: none; border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><b>Thursday</b></span><b>, September 28, 2017</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://www.pg-mmd.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mountain Meadow Designs</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://quiltartdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quilt Art</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://madebymarney.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made By Marney</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://reneechester.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Renee’s Quilting Addiction</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tuesday, October 3, 2017</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://www.teachpany.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MaryMack’s Blog</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://kathyskwiltsandmore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kathys Kwilts and More</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://pamelaquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pamela Quilts</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.duckcreekmountainquilting.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duck Creek Mountain Quilting</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://heleenpinkster.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Heleen Pinkster</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Thursday, October 5, 2017</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><a href="http://www.seamstobesew.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seams To Be Sew</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://adreamandastitch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A Dream and A Stitch</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.upstairshobbyroom.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Upstairs Hobby Room</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="border-image: none; border: 1pt currentColor; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://bethstrand.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Words & Stitches</span></span></a></span></span></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woohoo! It's that time of year again, the Pets on Quilts show, where we get to pick through thousands of cat photos looking for just the right one to share with the world. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thank you to Snoodles and the gang at <a href="http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-best-show-ever-pets-on-quilts-2017.html" target="_blank">Lily Pad Quilting</a> for hosting the Pets on Quilts show and for gathering up some awesome sponsors. Have you seen the prizes the sponsors have donated? Amazing! Check out the posts at Lily Pad Quilting for more information. I also want to remind you all that anyone can join in on the fun if you have a blog, Flickr, or Instagram, all you have to do is upload your link to the linky party by August 20th. I hope you'll join the fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is my entry to the Cats on Quilts category:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">~Brandy</span></div>
Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-4780489713004166252017-07-25T15:10:00.000-07:002017-07-25T15:10:53.177-07:00Craftsy Class Review - Startup Library: Quilting with Christa Watson plus 50% Discount Code<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got to take Christa Watson's new class on Craftsy called <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/classes/startup-library-quilting/485258" target="_blank">Startup Library: Quilting</a> and it was so much fun. Craftsy classes are neat because once you have them in your class library, you can watch them as many times as you want and they are available forever! This is definitely a good thing with this class as there is a lot of information given in the first couple lessons, and it is worth watching a couple times to pick up on things you may have missed. Another nice feature with the classes that you purchase is that you can ask questions and the teacher will actually answer them, so you know you are getting expert advise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This class is fantastic for beginning quilters who are looking for clear step-by-step instruction and knowledge. The class consists of 14 lessons with nearly 6 hours of instruction. There is a printout that breaks down the lessons into all the steps Christa talks about and demonstrates, with the times during that lesson so you can quickly re-watch a step when needed. The printout also defines many of the processes and lingo used in quilting and has the pattern for the quilt made in the class which is called Friendship Stars (shown above).</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoyed a lot of things about this class. The camera angles used, the close-up view during processes, the simplicity of the pattern, and the fact that as an experienced quilter I actually learned some new tricks! That makes this class a worthwhile investment to me.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite trick that I am excited to use is her basting technique. You just need one table, a can of basting spray, a large ruler (such as a 6 inch by 24 inch), and a well ventilated area. And depending on the size of the quilt, a helper. :)</span></div>
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This class literally takes you from barely knowing what quilting is to fully creating a quilt! And as I mentioned before, this class is certainly useful for an experienced quilter as well, there are always new techniques to try out. <span style="font-family: Arial;">I hope you will also hop over to <a href="https://christaquilts.com/2017/07/10/my-craftsy-class-is-now-live-and-you-can-get-50-off-the-regular-price/" target="_blank">Christa's page</a> and read some of the behind-the-scenes that she has on her post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, one of the things Christa says early in the video is to "take what you learn and make it your own". I have mentioned before that I have a tendency to switch things up in a pattern, I'm not sure that I've made a pattern completely to the letter of the instructions since I began quilting. I even changed up a block in the very first quilt I ever made!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That being said, here is the top I made this weekend:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went with a Sawtooth Star in place of the Friendship Star and decided to make 9 blocks instead of 25. I love how quickly it came together, simple 12 inch blocks are the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At first I thought I would be donating this but it's not going to happen, LOL, this is definitely staying with me! Every time I see it I do a happy dance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am still figuring out the border, I only have that little scrap of blue left so I wanted to plan the border around it. I may add another cream border after the pieced border also, then use the center star's fabric as the binding. And depending on how much jean material I have left after finishing my sister's quilt, I am thinking a jean backing for this one as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, I have a special code for you to be able to take this class at 50% off the regular price, how great is that! Follow this link <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://craftsy.me/2v4ZQeF&source=gmail&ust=1501027203855000&usg=AFQjCNE2-rO0BXv0PD2_e77sgcK2w1YUGg" href="http://craftsy.me/2v4ZQeF" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://craftsy.me/2v4ZQeF</span></a> and it will add the discount to your cart. The discount will be reflected once you click "Buy Now". The discount is good through October 8th, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thank you for visiting, have a wonderful day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome to the first day of the 12 Days of Christmas in July blog hop! I am excited to share my pillow sham tutorial with you and hope you will also visit Carole at </span><a href="https://frommycarolinahome.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From My Carolina Home</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and Sharon at </span><a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vroomans Quilts</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to see what they have made. You can see the full line up of blogs </span><a href="http://pamperedpettit.blogspot.com/2017/07/christmas-is-coming.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> If you leave us all comments on our featured days you will be entered to win a prize and there will be prizes for each day of the hop! Be sure to also swing by and thank Sarah at </span><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Confessions of a Fabric Addict</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for putting all this together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pillow shams are a great way to use up scraps and practice free-motion quilting (FMQ). I made my pillow sham to fit a 16 inch pillow form, wanting something larger to cuddle with during the winter. Winter seems very far away at the moment with this 100° weather!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I used 1.5-inch strips of Christmas fabric to create strippy half-square triangle blocks that finished at 4 inches, then arranged them in a pinwheel pattern according to my husband's input (he said it made him happy, which is important of course).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I hope you will try making a pillow sham using this method. Send me a photo if you do! My email is brandizzle7133 at gmail dot com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">And in case anyone was wondering where the quilt inspectors were during this process, well you can find them near a window, soaking up as much sunshine as possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Here's a close-up of the quilt, I am so happy with how this turned out! I think that this may be one of the more intense patterns I've made so far and the results are incredible. If you have any ideas for how I could quilt this I would love to hear them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello again! The last few months have been quite the experience, first of all I have a new job working at Home Depot now. I'm loving the part-time, it gives me time for the second happening which is that we are starting a quilt pattern business! I have taken a few business classes and am in the midst of pulling together a business plan. We received our business license a couple weeks ago and that was a really exciting day, made it very real for us. I also approached a local quilt shop about one of the patterns I have in the works and the owner was VERY excited about it which is really encouraging.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I finished the last three Snapshots blocks! The truck represents my truck that I bought a year out of high school (hmm, 13 years ago now, crazy!) and I altered the picnic basket and glass to reflect my basket and the glass is a goblet with orange sherbet in it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is my truck, a 1978 Chevy Scottsdale. It was my first truly-mine vehicle so is very dear to me.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In early April the guild hosted a symposium for anyone to attend and learn about quilting. I shared the joy of hexi's and had a lot of interest. It's amazing how many people have never tried English Paper Piecing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Is this not the most adorable cat block? I am making a donation quilt for the Blue Mountain Humane Society's Fall Fur Ball and plan on making 7 more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I saw pictures on Facebook and tracked it down to a pattern by Carol Hughey called Scrappy Cats, which was published in the June 2014 Issue of The Quilt Life magazine.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">John and I left early for the diesel show in Abbotsford, BC this year and were able to stop at a couple quilt shops on our trip. I am super excited that I was able to pick up a couple more Row by Row license plates and even found another pin, and my collection of black and white fabrics has grown to 16 different designs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Speaking of John, he's been working really hard to fix up a couple motorcycles. One is being made street legal and one is being fixed up to be race-ready for his father's 60th birthday present. We hope to drive down to California to deliver it to his dad before the </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">end of summer, funds permitting. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I am not explaining how to make the 60° diamonds in this tutorial, but I do offer tips for how to get matching points on them. Here is a great tutorial for making diamonds (45°) at the <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2015/04/jellied-lone-star-quilt.html" target="_blank">Moda Bake Shop</a>, be sure to make your cuts 60° if you use their tutorial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">- use a small stitch length (1.7 on my machine, ~15 stitches to the inch)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">- press your seams open as much as possible to reduce bulk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">- use Mary Ellen's Best Press or starch on your fabric BEFORE cutting, as the majority of this block is assembled on the bias</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">- you will need a ruler with a 30° and 60° line on it (standard on most 6" x 24" rulers, I have one of the Olfa Frosted rulers)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">- you will also need a large square ruler that will give you a 12.5" square</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">(1) 8.5" x WOF background, sub-cut into (4) 30° triangles (explained below)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">(4) 60° diamonds (I made mine from 2.5" strips cut from various fat quarters)</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> First, you want to make your diamonds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To get your points to match, take two pairs of diamonds and line up your pieces so that the seams meet as shown above. In my case the light green and the dark green seams will be aligned. You will also see on either end little tips sticking out, similar to the jeans photo below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I like to pin the points like this, it helps keep the fabric from folding under when being pushed/pulled by the feed dogs on the sewing machine. After sewing this seam, press your diamond open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Fold the 8.5" background strip in half and trim the unfolded edge so the ends are even. Line up your ruler as shown, with the 30° line along the cut end, and cut (2) triangles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Decide which point you want to point to the outside of your block, and place one of the 2.25" x 6.5" rectangles on it, letting the extra hang over the end that will be the outside corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Now place another 2.25" x 6.5" on the other outside portion of the diamond and sew on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Press open the background and trim off the one end as indicated in the photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Take one 30° triangle and mark the small pointed end about half an inch in, then line up the inside diamond with the marked point so that when they are sewn together, the background triangle will be on the right side of the diamond. Sew the pieces together from the inside point out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*If you sew from the outside in, your points are far more likely to become uneven and create a mound in the center*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Press the seam open and trim off the excess INNER point, do not trim the outside away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> If needed, trim the background to be about 1/8" from the inner point of the diamond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Now square up the block by aligning the points with the 12.5" marks on your ruler. This block happened to match perfectly on all four diamond points, my next one did not, but there is plenty of background to still get a 12.5" block. And it still looks great!</span><br />
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Brandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14083953095163571509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740367978277469729.post-8895007387042424182017-02-03T20:34:00.000-08:002017-02-03T20:34:14.547-08:00Happy First February Friday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Good evening my friends! I hope you have had a nice winter thus far, we are still enjoying our 24° weather with snow now and again. I love the snow. Not so much the ice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am quite excited to share some news, I had the honor of testing a pattern for my new friend Teresa, of <a href="https://mypatchwork.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/quilt-pattern-the-four-seasons-of-the-heart-1-pattern-4-quilts/" target="_blank">Teresa Down Under</a>. (The link will take you to her blog post about her new pattern release and where you can purchase it.) She named the pattern "The Four Seasons of the Heart" because there are four ways you can assemble the quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then you can make something like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I still need to quilt this little pretty, I am calling it the Ice Crystals Baby Quilt because when I was assembling it we were having ice storms all week, and the weather seems to have been reflected in my fabric choices. A family friend had a baby that week too, so I figure he'll enjoy it (as soon as I get it put together LOL). The actual block construction goes quickly and it's really neat that this pattern has four different ways you can lay it out starting with one simple block! I had a blast testing and reviewing the pattern. So much so that I signed up to test another lady's pattern the day after I was finished with Teresa's!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">In the mean time, I have been sewing up a storm with some other blocks that have been catching my eye:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was inspired by the block on the <a href="http://freshlypieced.com/2011/07/summer-sampler-series-arkansas-traveler.html" target="_blank">Freshly Pieced</a> website but decided to change it up a bit after making the first block so that less fabric is involved where the points meet in the middle, and no paper piecing is involved. I like to paper piece, but at the moment it is difficult to print anything (it involves driving in the weather we're experiencing). This block is made with 60° diamonds. I hope to put together a tutorial with my changes in the next week or so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I spent most of my morning working on the Hunter's Star quilt and feel really good about it. I had completed 24 blocks the last time I worked on it and decided this morning that if I add another 16, it should be large enough to cover my father. So away I went! I was very fortunate to find that our LQS still carries the fabric we had picked out for the backing three years ago, can you believe my luck? I have increased the size of the quilt by quite a bit from when we first picked out fabric, so needed more backing. Hopefully I have it all now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I experimented more with this disappearing block, and found I can make this gigantic one starting with 10" squares. I am excited to show it to the ladies of our local Quilts of Valor group tomorrow at the sew-in we are having. They have blocks all ready to be sewn together tomorrow, but I am wondering if they may like a pattern for this one for the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">In other news, my mom and I get to take a Chocolatier Class at Walla Walla Community College on the 11th and I am SO excited. I can hardly wait, here is the class description:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this Valentine's Day chocolate class we will be covering the basics of the chocolate-making process (from bean to bar), taste different types of chocolates, and learn gourmet chocolate recipes that you can tailor to your own vision. Chocolate truffles (with and without chocolate molds), fudge, and cake brownies will all be covered in this hands-on, two hour class. Experience why chocolate is considered to be the 'food of the Gods'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This weekend is very busy, I have the sew-in all day tomorrow, a 21st birthday party for my cousin tomorrow night, and then Super Bowl Sunday to participate in. We are having a chili feed on Sunday, which John is making a batch of chili for and I am bringing brownies. It will be a great weekend, especially if the ice stops falling from the sky. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">~Brandy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thomas has mixed feelings about the snow, he can see the birds a lot easier, but we never open the windows and let fresh air in anymore...</span></div>
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