tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42791377149158777522024-03-01T22:12:27.279+00:00 Little Island QuiltingLittle Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-83163584267343852212018-02-02T10:35:00.000+00:002018-02-02T10:35:29.889+00:00Ready, steady, quilt. And knit.Firstly an update on Soy Amado.<br />
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No. 131 - love everything about this one: the setting and the quilt itself.</div>
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No. 132.<br />
Blue sky.<br />
Haven't seen that in a while.<br />
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No. 133<br />
Another lovely one from @grannyjack123 on Instagram<br />
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All the blocks were sent to me by @obsessivequilter on Instagram. I believe they were from some block of the month thingy. They were random sizes so I just whacked them together, using my own fabric to fill in the gaps and then I quilted the whole quilt.<br />
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It's a whopper. I had to take the pic inside because of how chuffin wet and windy it was outside. That means it's not the best of lights which is a shame because the blocks are beautiful.<br />
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Artistic jaunty angle courtesy of the persistent wind and rain.</div>
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The latest batch have been delivered to South Africa where it's now summer. Once the cooler months return, the school where they have been delivered to are going to hand them out and have told me they will sit with each individual child and talk through with them the patterns on the quilts, explaining that each one is as individual as they are. Apologies for the blurry photo but this is the quilts arriving.<br />
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Knitting has continued. I spent a small fortune knitting this for eldest daughter as a going away to university present. The yarn is Woolfolk Far and although lovely to knit with is, by far and away, at $22 a skein and a whole lot of skeins required, the most expensive item I've knitted. I liked the yarn but it does have a slight tendency to bobble and I question my sanity at spending so much on a uni sweater.<br />
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The pattern is called Los (all the patterns I find are available on Ravelry) but I lost the will to live doing the actual body pattern so switched to garter stitch for a swifter finish. I actually think it looks great and I loved the way you knitted the front and back hems separately and then joined them when the back was longer.<br />
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Then I became obsessed with making the Pondhopper hat. It's so quick to knit up - I can do it over two evenings. If you are interested in making it, I did one full repeat extra of the pattern because other people on Ravelry had said it was quite a snug fit and I wanted it more slouchy. So far, I have knitted seven but I'll only bore you with three.<br />
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There seemed to be a lot of interest on IG on where I got the pom pom bobble balls from - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CowlingCountryCrafts" target="_blank">Cowling Country Crafts</a> on Etsy. I've done your research for you because I feel a cheap looking pom pom can make or break a hat and these are great quality. Plus, they are fixed with snap fasteners, making it very easy to put on said hats.<br />
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I made a Gryer Shawl in worsted yarns.<br />
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And a Brida Shawl.<br />
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I hopped on a plane and train to my first ever <a href="https://www.nottinghamyarnexpo.com/" target="_blank">knitting convention</a> weekend and took two classes with the brilliant <a href="http://www.oliveknits.com/" target="_blank">Olive Knits</a>. Those classes alone were worth the expense.<br />
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It was also my first time wandering around a place where a complete myriad of styles of knitting, both in the things you can make and the yarns you can buy, were available to peruse. I came away convinced more than ever that I like classic and conservative colours and styles. There were so many yarns that looked like the result of a bad decision the night before, they made me antsy with their splattered colour randomness.<br />
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Which is not to say I am the authority on what is classy. Just that it was a good chance to understand what I found appealing and what left me scratching my head and at times shaking it in an internal, OMG way.<br />
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This made me happy.<br />
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And a 2nd Avenue Wrap which is lovely and wide and I wear it to work and it's great for keeping warm.<br />
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And my favourite knitting make to date is the Humulus Sweater.<br />
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When the pattern for this came out, I followed the hashtag religiously on Instagram to see other people's makes. I went subtle. Too subtle as you can' really see the green contrast pattern.<br />
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I have quite the pile of excess squares cut from a previous quilt so I put them to good use and made this.<br />
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It's just the humble half square triangle which I made by whacking two squares together, pencil line diagonally across, seeing 1/4" either side of the line and then cutting on the pencil line.<br />
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Really simple but oh so effective.<br />
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And then I decided I needed a Courthouse Steps quilt in her fabric so this is the start of something I am already hugely in love with.<br />
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So let's kick off with Soy Amado. Three big bags of quilts went off last week and I'm just waiting to hear where they've gone which I will then, hopefully, share pictures of.<br />
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The blocks have continued to come and I have quite the leaning tower of blocks to choose from. I will get around to making some more soon but my sewing machine is currently occupied...more on that shortly.<br />
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Soy Amado No. 123<br />
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I have a thing for dahlias, the more jewel like the better.<br />
It was raining when this pic was taken so there was no inclination to go looking for a local scene.<br />
It was either the trusty washing line or my dahlia border and the the dahlias won out.<br />
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Soy Amado No. 124<br />
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No. 126 was another beautifully made one from @grannyjack123 on Instagram and was a fabulously colourful shot on a miserably grey summer's day. If you look closely, you'll spot a couple of keen swimmers getting in to the sea.</div>
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No. 127 - many of the blocks are country flags, very generously sent by an IGer in Germany. There's even a Guernsey one.<br />
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This is a <a href="https://www.sherwoodyarn.com/yarn/mulberry-silk-fine-merino-4-ply/" target="_blank">Mulberry & Silk</a> yarn from Sherwood Yarn in a colourway called King's Ransom. The pattern (available on Ravelry) is called the Bosky Cardigan but I did slightly alter it by adding the vertical edging along either front edge as I felt it didn't add enough boobage coverage. It's lovely to wear and I've reblocked that slightly squiffy left (as you look at the pic) bottom edge bit. Can't recommend the yarn highly enough.</div>
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I'm knitting that one in Blacker DK Gotland. It's got quite a rough texture when compared to the cardigan above but when I wet blocked the swatch,it did go much softer. Currently finished the front and am half way up the back. This one is knitted in separate pieces, whereas one above was knitted top down in the round which is always much easier in terms of less seaming to do.<br />
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I also visited (and possibly may have purchased) a couple of yarn stores over the summer.<br />
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<a href="https://imagiknit.com/" target="_blank">Imagiknit </a>in San Francisco which, believe it or not, was completely overwhelming. I walked in the door and the choice was too much. Two rooms crammed with yarn, yarn and more yarn. Their system was to categorise by yarn weight and then composition but it was still a 'where do I start' moment.<br />
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Plus, I cycled there using Google Maps on my phone which told me it would be an 18 minute cycle ride from where I left my husband. I told him I 'won't be long' but Google Maps doesn't take in to account the hills in San Francisco.<br />
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I returned to him two hours later.<br />
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Long flights mean the opportunity for hand piecing and the following represent two transatlantic flights...minus the backing to the blocks which I forgot to cut out and bring with me.<br />
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I don't really have a game plan for these blocks - I think they're just blocks to do whilst on the move so maybe in a couple of years I'll have enough to put together for a whole quilt.<br />
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And then there's this.<br />
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My Pickled Fish Quilt finally got it's border put on it.<br />
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Simply put, scrappy quilts are the best. They're fun, quirky, happy, mad, zesty, visually interesting and completely and utterly by cup of tea.<br />
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A form of controlled chaos.<br />
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Which I love, love, love.<br />
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And now I'm on a mission to quilt it.<br />
Lines just 1/4' apart which are giving the most amazing texture to the quilt.<br />
I can't remove it from under my machine until I've finished so when there's a sneaky spare moment to be found, that's where I am.<br />
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I'm using all sorts of weight and colour of threads (including monofilament) every few lines so it's not just a uniform look but again, a disjointed feast for the eyes.<br />
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Hopefully, it's working.<br />
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There's a very good video from The Fat Quarter Shop which clearly shows you how to assemble the block.<br />
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I have vaguely decided I'm doing some sort of rainbowish quilt and so far have made two blocks. They're a generous 17.5" each in size though, so it won't take many to make a decent sized quilt.<br />
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Then of course, I've made some more Soy Amado quilts.<br />
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No.'s 120, 121 and 122.<br />
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And there was a new delivery - this time to children in Entebbe, Uganda, who don't even have the basics of bedding.<br />
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The pattern was chosen by youngest daughter who wanted something big and warm to wrap around her on beach summer evenings. It's called the Sick Day Half Pi Shawl (on Ravelry) and I'm knitting it in Wensleydale SheepShop Aran - purely because it was in a sale and I need to factor in teenagers leave things on beaches and it may become a casualty and I didn't want to spend oodles on it.<br />
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Regardless of that, one of the balls had a knot in it which manifested itself when I was half way across a row. I carried on which was a big mistake. The knot came undone and consequently so did my knitting. I was not hugely impressed.<br />
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This is now on hold though as the shawl has not been deemed big enough and the manufacturer isn't dying any for another month.<br />
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Which is ideal really because now I'm knitting the Bentley Cardigan in a gorgeous green from Sherwood Yarns.<br />
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And I also knitted a Border Ballad (again, all these patterns on Ravelry) in Amano Yarns Warmi.<br />
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Back on the quilting I took this long forgotten hand piecing and turned it into a sewing machine cover. It's called Vortex, requires you to cut out individual pieces with plastic templates and was quite interesting to do. I just got a bit bored of the limited colour palette I chose.<br />
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And I finally finished all the blocks for my Pickled Fish quilt and sewed them all together. There's still a border to come on this one though.<br />
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I really enjoyed selecting a disarray of fabrics for this one.<br />
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Or words to that effect.<br />
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So dear emailer, I hope the words in this post will suffice because I've set myself a time limit of one hour to write this post.<br />
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We'll start again with Soy Amado quilts. I do have quite a pile waiting to be delivered to their next destination of which I know not. The person I co-ordinate with to get the quilts to their end destination is sampling the delights of northern Spain until the end of next month so I'll hopefully have something to share then.<br />
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Not too many more in the last five weeks. Another one sent from @grannyjack123 on Instagram.<br />
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I'll be honest. These quilts are so beautiful and she has been so generous in not only sending me these whole quilts but extra quilt blocks too, that it sends me spinning into a short-lived frenzy of productive guilt and I knock one off within days.<br />
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So this is Soy Amado No.119, most of the blocks coming from the maker above anyway.<br />
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I finally, FINALLY finished one of my greatest quilt labours of love - the You Little Beauty Quilt which is a pattern by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PatchworkFun" target="_blank">Chris Jurd</a> I modified.<br />
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Herewith follows some gratuitous pics. All machine foundation paper pieced. Main body of the quilt was hand quilted and I machine quilted the wavy border.<br />
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When I started piecing it a year ago I had less than 10 spotty and striped fabrics in my healthy fabric stash. I asked on Instagram for people to swap with and I was blown away by people who not only sent me spots and stripes but didn't want anything in return. Someone in the US even screen printed me my own selection of spots and stripes for nothing.<br />
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The inspiration for the fabrics came from <a href="http://jasonwoodside.com/" target="_blank">Jason Woodside.</a><br />
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I thought I would like to enter it into a show or two but I have an issue with some of the thicker threads I used on the border when I machine quilted it, showing through on the back. I need to sort that out before I attempt to give it a public airing otherwise The Quilt Police will be on to me like a shot.<br />
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I cut my binding on the bias to help with easing round the gentle curves I made on the edge of the border.<br />
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I'm not even going to pretend to be all self-deprecating and modest about this quilt because I can't.<br />
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It is nothing short of the dog's b*llocks.<br />
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There was more knitting.<br />
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I finished my Spring Fever Scarf.<br />
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Brilliant, mindless TV knitting in a selection of colours, mainly Primo yarns from <a href="https://www.thepluckyknitter.com/" target="_blank">The Plucky Knitter</a><br />
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I also finished my Colo(u)r Affection Shawl which was knitted in three colours of Malabrigo Lace.<br />
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Yes, it was/is that bright.<br />
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I've also started a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/raiun" target="_blank">Raiun Cardigan</a> with The Most Gorgeous purple yarn from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DarkHarbourYarn" target="_blank">Dark Harbour Yarn</a><br />
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Back on the quilting front, I finished my Anna Marie Horner Takes A Drunkard Trip Around The World quilt, the top of which I finished piecing in November of last year.<br />
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And I'm still plugging away at my Pickled Fish quilt which is <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/495937426/pickled-fish-quilt-pattern?ref=shop_home_feat_2" target="_blank">another Chris Jurd pattern</a><br />
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Here's a couple of the latest blocks - just four more left to go and then the border.<br />
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Consider yourself officially brought up to date on all things crafty. 😍Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-10019788074057541812017-04-09T18:31:00.000+01:002017-04-09T18:31:28.608+01:00Another round up for those of you who still read this blogWarning: this is going to be a complete and utter craft dump of everything I don't think I've covered here but have on Instagram.<br />
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First off, a quick update on Soy Amado quilts.<br />
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No. 106.<br />
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No. 107.<br />
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Both were basking in the January sun, hanging low in the sky.<br />
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No. 108. If you are a fully paid up member of the <a href="https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/" target="_blank">Cloud Appreciation Society</a> I should imagine the backdrop may be more interesting to you than the quilt itself.<br />
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No's 109 and 110 came as whole completed quilts from Sarina in the USA. Thank you😀😀<br />
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No. 111 was a joint project between <a href="http://wendysquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wendy</a> in New Zealand and<a href="https://grannymaudsgirl.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> Carla </a>in Australia. Because Wendy is super organised, she also sent all the coordinating binding and sashing I would need. Because I clearly can't do as I am told, I sewed the whole quilt together before remembering about the sashing and binding.<br />
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No.112.<br />
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The Photographer's Assistant was called into action at short notice and if you look closely you'll spot odd socks.<br />
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No. 113 is a deceptively simply but stunning quilt from @grannyjacks123 on Instagram who sends me the most beautifully made quilts plus more loose blocks.<br />
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No. 114.<br />
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No. 115 features the sashing I should have used in quilt No.111 had I been as organised as Wendy.<br />
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No. 116. Less than a week latter, @grannyjacks123 had sent me another completed quilt 💚<br />
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No. 117. is where I am currently up to. The brief to The Photographer's Assistant was to get me a nice coastal photo as she was out and about. The Photographer's Assistant is keeping company at the moment and me thinks the company was distracting to the point where they suddenly realised they hadn't carried out The Quilter's Express Wishes and a hurried 'OMG, quick the sun's almost disappeared' shot was done. My apologies therefore.<br />
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Meanwhile, I also got back in to knitting which I hadn't done in yonks. So long ago, I was amazed at the sheer selection of yarns now available and all the independent dyers that have sprung up.<br />
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Seduced by the name, I have started a Guernsey Wrap. I will admit to normally being a starter finisher but the reason this isn't finished is because shortly after commencement, I discovered the above mentioned independent dyers/yarn suppliers and my humble opinion is the quality and content of their yarns is more to my liking and I have temporarily gone off the High Streetness of this yarn. Please note, this is my own inverted personal yarn snobbery and nothing to do with the brand itself.<br />
<i>Yarn: Debbie Bliss Rialto DK.</i><br />
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Finished two twisted cowls in a Rowan 100% Alpaca yarn which is now discontinued, therefore I do not feel compelled to tell you the yarn name.<br />
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Because the yarn labels have long since gone in the bin.<br />
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Finished the Brownfield Shawl.<br />
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Great stitch definition gives a lovely professional look.<br />
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Then there was the Ashburn Shawl.<br />
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The yarn has silk in it and when knitted up, has a lovely sheen and drape to it. I can't say enough good things about this yarn.<br />
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I also knitted the After The Rain sweater in 100% alpaca so incredibly soft.<br />
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I am on the verge of finishing a Spring Fever scarf.<br />
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And I am nowhere close to finishing a Colour Affection Shawl because it is being knit in a lace weight yarn.<br />
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Finally, I started another <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PatchworkFun" target="_blank">Chris Jurd </a>quilt because I had to. This one's called The Pickled Fish and has been The Best Excuse to use my boldest, maddest, baddest fabrics in clashingly uncoordinated ways and I have loved it.<br />
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It'll take me forever to individually upload the blocks I have made so far. So, here's one, followed by a badly lit group composition so you can see how far I have got. I am loving the process of making it.<br />
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Oh and one more thing. I'm slowly doing these blocks by hand. This is one of three I have made so far. All different of course 😀<br />
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Enough of an update for you? 😉Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-48056829460975399722017-03-13T06:26:00.000+00:002017-03-13T06:26:52.557+00:00The Spellbound QuiltIt has been ages since I've made a really simple strip pieced quilt. Combine that fact with the fact I'm a bit of a sucker for speciality rulers that make a quilt look harder than it really is and I decided to join in with <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/" target="_blank">The Fat Quarter Shop</a> Spellbound Quilt A Long.<br />
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The pattern calls for a couple of jelly rolls plus additional fabric. I had a bit of a jelly roll lurking but nothing more.<br />
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I therefore added to it with scraps which, for me, makes the best kind of quilt anyway.<br />
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You're then using it to make quarter-square triangles from strip pieced fabric and that is about as difficult as it gets.<br />
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The resultant quilt top, in my wholly biased opinion, is really rather nice.<br />
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I appreciate it's not my normal mad cacophony of colours but I think I like this one even more for that fact.<br />
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The colour this time is brought to you naturally by a crocus explosion, finally signalling spring is on its way.<br />
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<br />Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-65547402756544324962017-01-08T19:26:00.002+00:002017-01-08T19:26:39.918+00:00Soy Amado No.86 and onwards...It's official, I have become an extremely lazy blogger. Sadly it's so much easier to quickly post a picture update to Instagram and be done.<br />
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It wasn't until I was contacted this week by someone who has been very supportive of Soy Amado that I realise that I should update here as well and not assume everyone else is hanging off my every word on Instagram instead ;-)<br />
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So, here we go:<br />
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No. 86.<br />
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No.88.<br />
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This was a whole one sent to me by @grannyjack123 (on Instagram)<br />
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No. 89 was also from @grannyjack123 and by this stage I was feeling I really ought to make some more.<br />
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So No. 90 is me back on the case.<br />
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No. 96 was a bunch of orphan blocks very kindly sent to me by Ingrid (@obsessivequilter on Instagram...are you starting to see a pattern here as to why the blog has been neglected?) which I added strips of fabric around, to size up to the requisite 12.5" block size.<br />
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Then there was a new delivery of quilts; to a home in Cape Town, South Africa for children who have been deemed 'at risk' in their family homes and removed.<br />
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No. 104. This was another whole quilt sent to me by @grannyjack123<br />
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And that's where I'm at - still making them. If you want to help, all the details are in the 'giving back' tab. Even if you can't manage 12.5" quilted blocks, scrappy binding has been really great to receive as it cuts down so much time having it all ready and to hand.<br />
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I have been sewing other stuff but that's a blog post for another day.<br />
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Just need to fit that day in.Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-7628118925458384192016-10-21T19:13:00.000+01:002016-10-21T19:17:26.231+01:00The Weekender Bag - I made it!Well technically I made it back in June but only got around to finally putting in the lining last week.<br />
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Where to begin?<br />
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Well it's not difficult but it is tricky.<br />
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There's a million and one blog posts out there about it, some with step-by-step instructions but I'm not sure I have that much more to add so these are just my comments on the whole process.<br />
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Like a lot of people, I used Peltex, wadding and then scraps of fabric - all the ones I used were canvas weight.<br />
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I'm not particularly sure what my colour scheme was - perhaps mustard, burgundy and blue with a bit of teal.<br />
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Then once you've done the two main panels, it's on to the front and back pockets which require a line of piping on the top of each.<br />
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Top right is the lining for each of the pockets and it's a home furnishings weight fabric.<br />
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Then it's sewing the pocket to the main panel, plus the straps which are my only regret.<br />
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I wish I'd made them wider and possibly sturdier. It's a big old bag and if you really do stuff it to the max, you're going to need the strongest handles possible. Can't remember what the instructions were for sewing the handles on but just know I went above and beyond what the instructions said, to make sure they stayed secure. I also made my handles longer than the instructions.<br />
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Then you sew the piping all the way around the edge of the bag and get so excited you need to stop, model half a bag and have your photo taken for posterity.<br />
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You also need to have your photo taken because from here on in, it does start to get tricky and you need to remember that moment and hold on to it.<br />
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Actually, I tell a lie, there's the attaching the zipper to the long, long panel. That step is not too bad. Although it's such a long piece of required fabric, I just sewed scraps together to get to requisite length.<br />
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On the right that's the laminate fabric I decided to use for bottom exterior - you know, wipe clean and all that.<br />
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Right, now this bit is tricky and all the tutorials I read said SWITCH TO A JEANS NEEDLE. Do it. If you don't you'll have broken needles.<br />
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Fortunately I finished the whole project with no broken needles because I think I used a jeans needle at this stage and because I took it oh so slowly. You're using your zipper foot for this stage and you are attempting to get as close to the edge of the piping as possible.<br />
You may need to go back at certain points and redo - I did.<br />
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So attaching one main panel to the zipper panel is fiddly/annoying/time consuming/stress inducing but it is completely achievable.<br />
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Where the tricky levels ramp up a notch or two is sewing the other main panel to the pic above. Then you need to take it stitch by stitch. All told, I think it took me about 20 minutes to accomplish that step.<br />
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Then you are just giddy with 'OMG, I just made a Weekender'. I can achieve anything.<br />
Or thereabouts.<br />
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So giddy, that you feel the need to make a mosaic of your Herculean achievement.<br />
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Then, I think I was just so over making it, I couldn't face the lining.<br />
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It sat there for four months until I realised I actually did want to use it and that wasn't going to happen until I'd made and inserted the lining.<br />
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Which I did.<br />
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And I can't find the photos I took but they are on my Instagram feed (link in right hand side bar) if you are interested.<br />
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You are slip stitching (by hand) the lining in and that is timing consuming and especially fiddly once you get to the zip ends. You can just see in this pic that I chose a home dec weight pink fabric for where I would be hand stitching but the bulk of the lining is a laminate.<br />
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And then it is done and you have one finished Weekender Bag.<br />
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Did I actually need one - no.<br />
is it good value to make - absolutely not.<br />
Would I make one again - absolutely yes.<br />
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Why?<br />
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Because it's a challenge, a real achievement when you finish one.<br />
Because I happen to think it is one of the best looking and professional bag patterns out there at the moment.<br />
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For those reasons alone I would recommend you make it.Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-60037276326951337352016-08-05T13:12:00.000+01:002016-08-05T14:03:20.964+01:00A dots, spots and stripes obsessionHaving made <a href="http://littleislandquilting.blogspot.com/2015/12/saving-best-till-last.html" target="_blank">this quilt</a> by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PatchworkFun" target="_blank">Chris Jurd</a> last year, I was up for another challenge.<br />
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She makes the most amazing paper pieced quilt patterns and so this time I picked her <i>You Little Beauty</i> pattern which is supposed to look like this:<br />
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I was also fascinated by the graffiti artist <a href="http://jasonwoodside.com/" target="_blank">Jason Woodside</a> (I stalk him on Instagram @jasonwoodside) and I thought it would be really interesting to see what a quilt would look like made in vibrant colours but only with dots, spots and stripes.<br />
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I didn't actually have many in my fabric hoard so asked to swap on Instagram and received some <i>incredibly</i> generous packages, including one from @narthexart who offered to screen print me my own collection of prints. I think they add a real individual zing to the quilt.<br />
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And off I started.<br />
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With a tidy quilt room and a neatly stacked basket of possibilities.<br />
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Then I got the bright idea that it would be really good to use all the little left over scraps you end up with from paper piecing and turn that in to the quilt back.<br />
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It's not necessarily one of the quickest nor brightest of ideas I've ever had but for the moment, I'm still doing it.<br />
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I'd like to tell you the pattern comes together really quickly.<br />
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But it doesn't.<br />
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Especially when you decide to deviate from the pattern and make it longer and therefore bigger.<br />
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But then it becomes a metaphor for life; don't give up, keep going to the very end.<br />
What's the point of life if we don't challenge ourselves from time to time?<br />
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And I constantly struggled with the idea of 'perfect' versus 'good'.<br />
So much so that I've even named the quilt which is not what I normally do.<br />
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There is definitely a cut-off point from striving for perfection and enjoying the process; where that is, is different for each person.<br />
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Will people look at this quilt and think it is a riot of colour and just enjoy it for what it is?<br />
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Or will critical eyes scan over it and point out all the missed points and joins?<br />
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Do I feel comfortable with my idea of perfection?<br />
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No, I'm going to go back and sort out some of the missed joins but it is too late and life is too short to worry about the less than completely perfect points in some of the curved arcs.<br />
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Hence its name: The Cut Off Point.<br />
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So finally, I got the whole centre of the quilt top finished.<br />
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And it was time to think about the borders.<br />
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I followed the original pattern which was wavy half, followed by a quieter fabric to straighten the edges.<br />
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I made the upper and lower edge borders, sewed them on and disliked them almost immediately.<br />
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Suddenly, the eye was drawn to the black and white polka dot fabric and the dramatic impact of the quilt was softened.<br />
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I didn't want any one piece of fabric to take centre stage and now one was. I do get the concept of giving the eyes somewhere to rest but in this case I felt the eyes drifting into inertia.<br />
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So I unpicked the black border and thought it would be rather fun to actually have the striping, pointy wavy section of the border as the edge of the quilt.<br />
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But it was still not right. By doing that I had made the borders too narrow and the balance of border versus blocks didn't work.<br />
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I took them out and remade and with one border on and the next started, I am much happier.<br />
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The borders you draft yourself so I am just making the spikes random widths and then keeping the whole foundation paper strip neatly clipped together, slowly unraveling a piece as and when I need to.<br />
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And that's where I'm at so far.<br />
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It's become an obsession; a battle of mind over matter. There are other things I want to make but until I've finished this, everything else has fallen by the wayside.<br />
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As you can probably see...<br />
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<br />Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-85704903869772063482016-06-03T19:07:00.001+01:002016-06-03T19:14:24.026+01:00Pattern testingWhen Erica from <a href="http://www.kitchentablequilting.com/" target="_blank">Kitchen Table Quilting</a> asked on Instagram if anyone wanted to pattern test the first <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/279593876/the-carol-quilt-pattern" target="_blank">quilt pattern she was going to sell</a>, I offered.<br />
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Not because I fancied pattern testing per se but more because the pattern fascinated me. I could see there was a lot of precision cutting involved (and subsequent trimming of blocks which I hadn't really factored in ) which I thought would be a challenge.<br />
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It's made up of two different blocks which are then set on point.<br />
Each square finishes at just 1.75" so it's a great scrap buster for using up even the smallest scraps of fabric.<br />
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Did I mention there was trimming involved?<br />
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I don't often follow actual patterns these days so I never worry about whether I have 'enough' of one fabric to make the quilt. I was about a third of the way through this quilt when I realised I did not have 'enough' of that yellow floral I was using as a background.<br />
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Cue cutting up a sort of lime yellow dotty fabric to fill in the missing bits.<br />
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Which obviously was a deliberate design decision.<br />
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For an early morning photo shoot which seemed to make the quilt glow.<br />
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And then when I'd finished I added it to my pile and decided I really ought to try selling my quilts locally.<br />
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I approached a lady who runs a sort of craft gift shop in town with this quilt. In my head I was thinking I would be happy to part with it for around £250 but she told me that she had kantha style quilts (made in India) in her shop that she struggled to sell for £69 a piece.<br />
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I was amazed. We live on an affluent island and have over 100 cruise ships calling in here each year, bringing thousands of tourists.<br />
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Reluctantly, I decided to sell it for £150, less her commission, just to see what would happen. Within a week it sold but to a quilter who told her she understood the hours that went in to the making of it.<br />
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I gave the lady another quilt to sell but I have mixed feelings. On the one hand I don't believe you could charge what it actually takes in man hours to make a quilt but on the other hand, what is an acceptable and reasonable price?<br />
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I'm not doing this to make a living; rather quilts just happen to be a by-product of a hobby I love to do. Is it because quilts that ultimately end up on beds are seen as utilitarian and therefore attract no greater value than what you could buy in the bedding section of a department store? I don't really know.<br />
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Meanwhile, in other news, I finished the outside of my Weekender Bag but that's for another blog post when the lining is in and I can reflect on its making.<br />
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<br />Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-3072655973001034382016-05-04T21:02:00.001+01:002016-05-04T21:02:27.750+01:00Colour, colour and more colourThere are very few fabrics these days that completely knock my socks off.<br />
We seem to be drowning in an increasingly large sea of new fabric line after new fabric line with not much to distinguish one from the other.<br />
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And then along came Mostly Manor from Victoria Findley Wolfe and the <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/mostly-manor-orange-large-bouquet-yardage" target="_blank">orange fabric</a> in particular stopped me in my tracks and I knew I had to purchase some.<br />
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I've never made a quilt with half triangle rectangles before so that's what I decided to do, using as many bright fabrics as I could find.<br />
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It was my first time using the Bloc-Loc ruler to trim this particular block and it took me a while to get a hang of it.<br />
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The long evening shadows meant it became very difficult to photograph it without inadvertently appearing myself.<br />
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How can you not want to hoard that orange fabric?!<br />
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I feel it's a happy, cheery quilt which hopefully signals the arrival of warmer, sunnier weather.<br />
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<br />Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-47745124665133530642016-04-07T21:58:00.001+01:002016-04-07T22:00:38.206+01:00The other sewingI started a Sew Together Bag.<br />
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Then I made a pink quilt.<br />
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This was the front.<br />
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Then I made a cushion cover for a skills swap with a former work colleague who now fires her own pottery designs, many with a Guernsey theme.<br />
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Can you believe that in return she gave me these:<br />
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Then youngest daughter picked fabric and pompons for two cushions for her room.<br />
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After which I made a cushion cover for my secret partner in the cushion cover swap I set up on Instagram.<br />
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And then I made another one.<br />
Just because I had a wobble moment about working with softer colours.<br />
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And then I unfortunately made another one.<br />
Because people don't always do what they sign up to do.<br />
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Organising a swap has been a HUGE eye opener to me.<br />
I will never get people who willingly sign up for something on the basis of a set of rules they have re-read and then completely fail to follow through.<br />
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It is HUGELY time consuming (and frustrating) having to chase people and I'm afraid I lose a little bit of respect for them in the process.<br />
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In this swap there is one person who suffered a life-changing medical situation where she is currently unable to walk and confined to a wheelchair. Yet, she still contacted me to say she was not a flaker and would be finding a friend to mail her package. I would never have expected her to do that.<br />
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It just heightens even further the lack of communication from others.<br />
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So I had to make another cushion cover.<br />
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Then I had a temporary obsession with sewing together teeny tiny scraps into pouches and needed to make four before the scratch was itched.<br />
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I swapped mini quilts in person with the lovely Rhea at one of <a href="http://www.alewivesfabrics.com/" target="_blank">my favourite quilt shops ever.</a><br />
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I don't often get to see quilt stuff in person so when I did, I made a number of purchases.<br />
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Such as this pop-up basket. You buy the pattern and wires and you do the fabric choosing and assembling of.<br />
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And a Linden sweatshirt.<br />
There was a sample hanging in the shop and it looked so nice and I keep hearing it is easy.<br />
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So this is as far as I've got.<br />
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And a Weekender Bag.<br />
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This is like the Holy Grail of bag making and although I don't actually need one, that is beside the point.<br />
I need to make one.<br />
So I've started.<br />
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I'm using Peltex, wadding and scraps of cotton canvas.<br />
I may live to regret such a sturdy layering.<br />
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And finally...I've started another quilt using these fabrics.<br />
Just because.<br />
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I hope you know what that means.<br />
I sent my mum some flowers this week with 'just because' on the delivery note.<br />
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She called me to thank me for the flowers but asked what 'just because' meant.<br />
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Just because<br />
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Just because I can.<br />
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No. 76 is anonymous - unless someone wants to shout up.<br />
A very kind person keeps sending me beautifully constructed whole quilts like this every so often but there is no note in them.<br />
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They're called 'SK8' because that is the UK postcode on the parcels. If there's anyone in Stockport in the UK who is making these for me, I am really touched.<br />
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Then there is No. 77<br />
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No. 78<br />
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No. 80 was another anonymous one from 'SK8'.<br />
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No. 82, another anonymous 'SK8.'<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one was taken in the German Underground Hospital, a leftover relic from World War Two and now a visitor attraction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over a mile of tunnels underground.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Water seeping through the cracks.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A damp, depressing atmosphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And No. 85</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In between all that I've done a bunch of other sewing, including helping to run my first pillow/cushion cover swap on Instagram.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope!</span></span>Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-10715310292036547102016-01-22T14:04:00.005+00:002016-01-22T14:09:31.159+00:00Soy Amado Johannesburg Update The first batch of quilts have arrived at the children's home in Johannesburg.<br />
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I am hugely, hugely appreciative that the end result looks like this.<br />
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But also a little bit sad in the sense that it is 'just' quilts and I wish I could do more.<br />
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I will continue to do this for as long as people send me blocks.<br />
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Which I hope you will.<br />
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Because I realise that in some ways they are more than 'just' quilts.<br />
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They are a representation that people around the world do care and we are all trying to help in the little ways that we can, with the skills we possess.<br />
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Thank you for helping me get this far.<br />
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Until at least I make another one.<br />
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It's definitely because I chose to see the pattern as a bit of scrap buster.<br />
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My usual plan of attack for scraps is totally random but this time I decided to see if I could get a bit of rainbow theme going on.<br />
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The low volume text fabrics were also scraps. The only yardage harmed was the grey text and for that I used a full yard.<br />
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With a few scraps left over for the next scrappy quilt.<br />
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Of course.<br />
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The Fractal quilt pattern is the last stop on the Fat Quarter Shop's Top 10 Videos of 2015 blog meanderings.<br />
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Initially, I did refer to the video which you can find <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rajiRh208sM" target="_blank">here</a><br />
You can also download the free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop <a href="http://static.fatquartershop.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/Fractal-Pattern.pdf" target="_blank">here</a><br />
Plus, you'll also need the kite ruler to cut the shapes and that can be purchased from<a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/creative-grids-non-slip-kites-plus-ruler" target="_blank"> here</a><br />
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The video was helpful but once I got the gist of it, I kind of deviated a bit from the instructions. As all the pieces are being sewn on the bias, theoretically, it could get a little wavy when sewing and the video recommends you starch each piece. So I didn't. What I did do, was use my walking foot to piece so you've got dual feed stitching, which I found really helpful in not getting any stretch.<br />
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Then really, you should pin,where you are sewing up to the centre dot (watch the video and then you'll know what I mean) but after a few blocks I stopped doing that. Reason being, I could feel with my nail where the join of two pieces of fabric met and I sewed maybe one stitch BEFORE the final dot and then secured off.<br />
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I know if you were pinning you would sew right up to and including the dot but that slowed the process down too much for me. By stopping one space before the dot, I knew for sure I hadn't inadvertently sewn into any of the other pieces and the Y seam behaved itself.<br />
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I also knew I was going to really quilt the top densely, so everything was always going to stay where it was meant to and we weren't gong to suffer a quilt disaster because I missed one teeny tiny stitch out in the centres of the Y seams.<br />
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On the back I used up two of the leftover hexagons and pieced it into Egyptian cotton off-cuts which are the most brilliant white and buttery soft. The off-cut bundles are very good value (at least they are if you're based outside the US and have no access to reasonably priced fabric) and can be purchased <a href="http://www.empressmills.co.uk/product-category/fabrics/egyptian-cotton-fabric/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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And then I heavily quilted the whole thing using clear monofilament thread on the front and white cotton on the back.<br />
I really like the effect monofilament thread gives; great texture without the eye being drawn to the stitches.<br />
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I am so hugely in love with this quilt.<br />
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Oh and I should mention I made the quilt slightly larger than the one demonstrated in the video because I wanted to get the same balance of the grey kite shapes above and below the rainbow colours.<br />
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I actually contemplated selling this quilt because just how many quilts can someone have?<br />
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If you'd like to see what other quilters have done with the Fractal quilt please have a look at the following:<br />
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Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-32400958876215824882015-12-31T19:45:00.003+00:002015-12-31T19:46:34.371+00:00Saving the best till lastI am finally finished hand quilting my Emperor's Wheel quilt and I feel a little lost.<br />
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For the past six months, when I've had some spare evening moments, I've stitched away at it.<br />
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I've straight line quilted it fairly densely, which has taken time but been completely worth it.<br />
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It's given it a fantastic texture.<br />
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I originally blogged about the piecing of the quilt <a href="http://littleislandquilting.blogspot.com/2015/06/colour.html" target="_blank">here</a> which gives details of the pattern I purchased from Chris Jurd. It's been a brilliant pattern to just use up all those random scraps and will definitely be a family heirloom.<br />
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I just need to find something else now to do in spare evening moments.<br />
<br />Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-85287756915228456922015-12-23T17:04:00.002+00:002015-12-23T17:04:50.365+00:00A self-indulgent quiltSelf-indulgent in the sense that I just wanted to cut up as many Anna Maria Horner fabrics as possible.<br />
And also because I just bought her latest fabric line, Fibs & Fables and was itching to cut into it.<br />
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I started by thinking I was going to follow a pattern in a booklet I'd bought to accompany the Triangler ruler so I duly strip pieced two fabrics with different values and started cutting.<br />
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But by the time I'd done a fair amount of cutting, I'd gone right off the idea of following a pattern and just decided to play around with the triangles and see what I cam up with.<br />
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Which is how I ended up thinking this might not be a bad idea.<br />
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Even by my broad standards, it felt just a <i>little</i> too distractingly chaotic.<br />
Solids felt too hard and restrictive so I went with a linen text fabric I found.<br />
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And sewed it all up to make this.<br />
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Then it was back to more random cutting to make it a border.<br />
Because I felt it needed one.<br />
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And then it just felt balanced and finished so it was on to quilting it.<br />
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It feels rich and moody and luxurious and eclectic and I LOVE it.<br />
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The back has the left over border strips because I never work out beforehand the amounts I'll need.<br />
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My last complete quilt finish for 2015.<br />
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I think.Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-61195808878187766422015-12-18T19:35:00.001+00:002015-12-18T19:37:59.630+00:00Soy Amado's 72-75 and an updateInstagram is making me lax. I post the finished Soy Amado quilt there and tell myself when I have a bit more time, I'll blog it.<br />
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That hasn't happened so a condenses post on the last four quilts now follows.<br />
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No. 72 - taken on the south coast cliffs of Guernsey.<br />
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No. 74 arrived this week in the post as a completed quilt. There was no name or address identifying the UK sender so whoever you are, thank you.<br />
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There is no back picture...because I forgot to take one.<br />
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And finally, to bring it up-to-date, No. 75.<br />
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And I don't have a 'behind' photo for this one either - slacking on the job.<br />
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I've reached my goal of a quilt on every bed for the home in Mexico City so a big thank you to everyone who either sent whole quilts or the mountain of quilt blocks I have slowly worked my way through.<br />
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Now I have a new goal: a quilt on every bed for a children's home in Johannesburg, South Africa. So my post box is flapping wildly now in giddy expectation of anyone who would like to send me 12 1/2" quilted blocks. Please email me if you'd like to join in, for my postal address.<br />
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Thank you.<br />
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<i>(Linking up to <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2015/12/rose-city-roller-socks.html" target="_blank">Finish It Up Friday</a>)</i><br />
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First off the back.<br />
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All the backing and binding fabrics are from my stash - the binding is a Jinny Beyer pushing 20 years.<br />
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And I've had to alternate the pics from outside: (theoretically better light but tipping down with rain) to inside: dry.<br />
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The background to the Geese is just a selection of light turquoise/blu fabrics with either text or some tonal additions. I didn't want a solid as the background as I felt that was going to make it too stark.<br />
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A shot of rainbow colour in the depths of a wet and windy winter.Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-4596042283945346522015-11-20T17:12:00.002+00:002015-11-20T17:15:12.374+00:00A rainbow quiltI've never made a rainbow quilt before.<br />
They just seem too ordered and not random enough for me.<br />
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I thought I'd have a go though.<br />
Just because I thought I should.<br />
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Fabrics were picked.<br />
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And the decision to go with a Flying Geese block was made, with much cutting ensuing.<br />
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And much boringly essential trimming with the Bloc-Loc ruler.<br />
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I sewed one row up and then pondered my next move.<br />
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And then over the past couple of weeks, I've slowly, slowly added to it.<br />
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I enjoyed making it but I think I am hankering after a quilt with slightly more wild fabrics now.<br />
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Just need to decide what the pattern will look like and then cutting will commence.Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-69569448730826440522015-11-18T10:18:00.001+00:002015-11-18T10:20:27.895+00:00Soy Amado No. 71All the blocks came from one person in Australia, with the package containing a rather nice packet of Tim Tams.<br />
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In the interests of full disclosure, they didn't even make it as far as the biscuit tin.<br />
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It still makes for a lovely quilt though.<br />
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On a separate note, some people have said they can't read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27217856-every-39-minutes?ac=1&from_search=1" target="_blank">my ebook </a>because they don't have a Kindle. You don't actually need one!<br />
Just download the free Kindle app and then you can read ebooks on smartphones and tablets.<br />
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Thank you to everyone who already has. xLittle Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-69125330219924214812015-10-16T14:42:00.002+01:002015-10-16T18:59:35.757+01:00Soy Amado No. 70...And Other NewsSoy Amado No. 70<br />
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With a beautiful, panoramic backdrop.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016H3W6SW?keywords=every%2039%20minutes&qid=1445002809&ref_=sr_1_1&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">I wrote a book.</a><br />
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It's not about quilting - I felt there were enough books on the subject.<br />
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It's available <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016H3W6SW?keywords=every%2039%20minutes&qid=1445002809&ref_=sr_1_1&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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For this quilt I like the haphazard placement of the fabrics with a slight nod to some form of order by making sure the leopard print formed a whole square...and the yellow fabric for the most part.</div>
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A beautiful sunny day so had to get out and about and get an 'on location' shot for you.<br />
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Believe it or not, I paid good money to the local camera shop to get that annoying piece of fluff removed...</div>
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I appreciate it.Little Island Quiltinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861046636908606582noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279137714915877752.post-23702968721205303112015-09-25T17:51:00.003+01:002015-09-28T09:11:39.282+01:00Necessity is the mother of inventionI needed to make this quilt.<br />
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I needed a random colour explosion after the previous project.<br />
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I had absolutely no idea what kind of quilt I was going to make, other than it needed to be colourful and I pulled a lot of fabrics.<br />
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Once I pulled them I started cutting them up into 5" squares while I pondered what to do.<br />
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Then I started chain piecing them into pairs.<br />
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Then I sewed two pairs together to make a four patch.<br />
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After which, I placed two four patch sets together - right sides facing - and pinned on all the matching seams.<br />
NOTE: You must be accurate pinning these matching seams together because this will form the centre point of the new blocks this method will create - four points will meet here.<br />
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Using a 1/4" seam allowance, I sewed round all four edges.<br />
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Next, I rotary cut across the diagonal, making sure I went exactly through the centre.<br />
Or as exactly as you can get - it's more important you are exactly slicing through the beginning and the end points, as the centre point actually becomes the end of each block...you'll see later.<br />
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It helps if you have a rotating cutting mat so you can turn it round to do the opposite diagonal.<br />
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Either way, you are left with four of these.<br />
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Which when pressed open, become four of these.<br />
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Then it was really just a question of playing around with the blocks till I found something I liked.<br />
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Most of the different fabrics I left random but I did make sure I made the leopard print and some of the other blocks whole squares, just for more visual impact.<br />
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Definitely feel I am back in my happy zone now.<br />
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