My Small World - Summer 2015 Quilt Along

No doubt about it - I'm a major Jen Kingwell fan. I have several of her quilt patterns and they inspire me to actively work on my quilts and use my stash (my name is Judi and I'm a fat-quater-holic).

Yes my Gypsy Wife blocks are almost all done. When I heard there was yet another quilt pattern being released (this time in Quiltmania) I dashed to my LQS to ensure I was going to get a copy.

And yippee! As I was about to stash it in my "future quilts" wishlist - I came across a " My Small Town" Quilt Along on Instagram being hosted by verykerryberry !

 I'm currently putting the binding on Youngman II's Baltimore Ravens Bleacher Quilt (pics to come). I haven't organised my stash or anything (I'm doing it scrappy) - but I'm always open to augment my stash if something special comes along. I have a low volume off white tones jelly roll that I'm planning to use for the "sky portion" of the quilt.

Anyways - MSW QAL - more coming soon!

My Small World - Summer 2015 Quilt Along

No doubt about it - I'm a major Jen Kingwell fan. I have several of her quilt patterns and they inspire me to actively work on my quilts and use my stash (my name is Judi and I'm a fat-quater-holic).

Yes my Gypsy Wife blocks are almost all done. When I heard there was yet another quilt pattern being released (this time in Quiltmania) I dashed to my LQS to ensure I was going to get a copy.

And yippee! As I was about to stash it in my "future quilts" wishlist - I came across a " My Small Town" Quilt Along on Instagram being hosted by verykerryberry !

 I'm currently putting the binding on Youngman II's Baltimore Ravens Bleacher Quilt (pics to come). I haven't organised my stash or anything (I'm doing it scrappy) - but I'm always open to augment my stash if something special comes along. I have a low volume off white tones jelly roll that I'm planning to use for the "sky portion" of the quilt.

Anyways - MSW QAL - more coming soon!

Tour de Fleece - viva la fleece!

So it is summer in the city. I am currently spinning my BFL /silk roving from West Coast Fibres that I bought when I was in Olds last month. This is part of my efforts for Ravelry Tour de Fleece 2014  - in which Teams from all over the world with wild and wooley team names like "I Got Ewe Babe" "Russian Underpants" "Into the Whirled" and "Team Tardis" all happily spin and co-mingle.

 

We share our glories (spun 3 1/2 inches of cobweb singles today!) our challenges (rider down! broken drive band! cracked a bobbin on the final stretch!) and our distractions (rats! family in from other side of the planet just arrived - glad to see them but didn't they know I'm spinning for the yellow jersey this year?)

We've had a few smokin' hot days along the way - and I admit I've taken a few "unauthorised" rest days. But I've always climbed back in the saddle. My goal it to get all my 200+ gms spun, plied, skeined, washed and set by next week Sunday. 

 Wish me luck - and happy spinning!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Four days on the Island...

A few months back when we were in the frigid depths of dark bleak frozen hopelessness (aka winter on the prairies) I decided to book a quick trip to "The Island" ... Vancouver Island. I don't think I've ever been there before, but a friend had moved a few years back, so it was determined that a visit was in order.

I knew that I was going to be in need of a "little project". Something to work on during those little breaks of time between coming from somewhere, going somewhere and being somewhere. Those long stretches of chatting at our leisure. At the kitchen table, in the sun room. In the garden.
I pulled out my patterns and fabrics looking that perfect little something and found just what I was looking for. Portable, hand stitched (low tech) and possible to work in little space (non intrusive). And a wonderful stashbuster ...

A perfect time to start my Green Tea and String Beans quilt ...
Linked to WIP Wednesday on the Needle & Thread Network.

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Four days on the Island...

A few months back when we were in the frigid depths of dark bleak frozen hopelessness (aka winter on the prairies) I decided to book a quick trip to "The Island" ... Vancouver Island. I don't think I've ever been there before, but a friend had moved a few years back, so it was determined that a visit was in order.

I knew that I was going to be in need of a "little project". Something to work on during those little breaks of time between coming from somewhere, going somewhere and being somewhere. Those long stretches of chatting at our leisure. At the kitchen table, in the sun room. In the garden.
I pulled out my patterns and fabrics looking that perfect little something and found just what I was looking for. Portable, hand stitched (low tech) and possible to work in little space (non intrusive). And a wonderful stashbuster ...

A perfect time to start my Green Tea and String Beans quilt ...
Linked to WIP Wednesday on the Needle & Thread Network.

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Gypsy Wife continues

I have to say I continue to enjoy "the making" of this quilt - immensely. I am using up all sorts of bits and finding lots of opportunities to fussy cut.

Having said that - I am also overwhelmed at times by too many choices. When there seems to be no constraints to the endless colour combo possibilties I am overwhelmed. The "Indian Hatchet" block (below) is 8 fabrics. I had to do it twice to get it "balanced".

Other blocks have successfully "materialized" by virtue of sitting next to each other in the fabric heap on the cutting table. "From The Heart" block (below).

Every so often I need to fold the fabrics up - put them back in the box (in colour order of course) - and take a break.

Which brings me to the next two days of piecing.

The story: I was going to make a T-shirt Quilt for my son who is graduating in a mere six weeks. I was under the impression that making a T-shirt Quilt is what all proud mom's do when marking a special event. The boy had given me a number of T shirts a few years back (which I saved of course). I was in the process of preparing to launder them when I realised I was a few short. That is when ALL was revealed. The only reason he had given me the shirts was because those were the ones "he hated!" By that time I had 2 yards of "Baltimore Ravens" backing fabric coming via post plus a bunch more fabric I had impulsively threw in my "cart" (for good measure).

What was a mother to do? Now at this point the Old Guy (aka husband) had mumbled that no "20-something year old boy wants a lap quilt from his mother". Youngman 2 (aka my son - younger sibling of Youngman 1) hadn't really seemed too enthusiastic about this project from day one. But I carry on (fulling expecting excepting that this project may spend more time on a bedroom floor with a dog laying on top of it.)
Enter Pinterest. Yes I do go there. Yes I post, and pic and love Pinterest. And this is why. Need a quilt idea for a guy? Put "man quilt" in the search engine and voila! The Bleacher Quilt.

Link to WIP on the Needle & Thread Network.

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Gypsy Wife continues

I have to say I continue to enjoy "the making" of this quilt - immensely. I am using up all sorts of bits and finding lots of opportunities to fussy cut.

Having said that - I am also overwhelmed at times by too many choices. When there seems to be no constraints to the endless colour combo possibilties I am overwhelmed. The "Indian Hatchet" block (below) is 8 fabrics. I had to do it twice to get it "balanced".

Other blocks have successfully "materialized" by virtue of sitting next to each other in the fabric heap on the cutting table. "From The Heart" block (below).

Every so often I need to fold the fabrics up - put them back in the box (in colour order of course) - and take a break.

Which brings me to the next two days of piecing.

The story: I was going to make a T-shirt Quilt for my son who is graduating in a mere six weeks. I was under the impression that making a T-shirt Quilt is what all proud mom's do when marking a special event. The boy had given me a number of T shirts a few years back (which I saved of course). I was in the process of preparing to launder them when I realised I was a few short. That is when ALL was revealed. The only reason he had given me the shirts was because those were the ones "he hated!" By that time I had 2 yards of "Baltimore Ravens" backing fabric coming via post plus a bunch more fabric I had impulsively threw in my "cart" (for good measure).

What was a mother to do? Now at this point the Old Guy (aka husband) had mumbled that no "20-something year old boy wants a lap quilt from his mother". Youngman 2 (aka my son - younger sibling of Youngman 1) hadn't really seemed too enthusiastic about this project from day one. But I carry on (fulling expecting excepting that this project may spend more time on a bedroom floor with a dog laying on top of it.)
Enter Pinterest. Yes I do go there. Yes I post, and pic and love Pinterest. And this is why. Need a quilt idea for a guy? Put "man quilt" in the search engine and voila! The Bleacher Quilt.

Link to WIP on the Needle & Thread Network.

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