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t of dignity it is purely coincidental that both of these projects have a lot of blue and red in them next time i ll tell you how these came to be and where i m going with them you may remember that i started a 4 patch project at last year s friend s mini retreat i ll tell you about my tumbler leader ender project then too here is a preview hope you are having a super national quilting day and yes that is an actual day and it is always the 3rd saturday in march happy quilting until next time xoxoxoxoxoxo lois posted by lois arnold at 12 59 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels applique quilts bed quilts charity machine quilting national quilting day patchwork quilting traditional quilts thursday november 5 2015 does it work best press one of the things i ve done over the past few years that has been fun is testing products and writing articles about those tests for the quilting quarterly which is the member magazine for the national quilting association inc this is an updated version of the test i did on the product mary ellen s best press starting with well pressed fabric is essential for cutting accuracy some quilt makers simply use a steam iron others spray their fabrics with water before pressing and still others like to use spray starch for a crisp finish another choice is to use mary ellen s best press and yet another is to make your own best press using easily obtained ingredients mary ellen s best press promises to make ironing easier smells wonderful and there is no flaking even on dark fabrics it is non clogging acid free and leaves no residue relaxes stubborn wrinkles while giving clothes a crisp new finish it makes clothes soil resistant makes fabric look brand new and does not attract bugs as a confirmed starch user i was skeptical however i had not been happy with the starch flaking on dark fabrics so gave best press a try i purchased the 16 oz spray bottle at a cost of about 7 95 there are other sizes and costs may vary depending on where you buy the product i used a 30 off coupon at a local quilt shop so that did reduce the cost a big i sprayed the product on dark fabric and pressed using the cotton setting here is the result no flakes i was impressed the same fabric sprayed with a commercial spray starch looked like this after pressing though the starch product i used has a statement on the can that says flaking can be avoided by allowing the starch to be absorbed by the fabric before pressing i have had mixed results when doing so still i love the crispness that starch gives so i do continue to use starch for some things it wasn t long after this that a friend told me that there was a formula for making a product that mimics best press using 3 oz of vodka 1 teaspoon of essential oil fragrance and mixing with 24 oz of distilled water i tried it and it did work as well as the commercial best press so i was hooked on that it was far cheaper and worked as well so who could beat that i thought and then i did beat that i experimented with adding a bit of liquid starch to the vodka and water mixture until i had just the amount i felt produced the best results i now add 1 2 cup of liquid starch each time i make this home made version and love the results the original maker of this stated that she used potato vodka but i really just buy the cheapest brand i can find and it works just fine the essential oil fragrance i ve purchased at walmart and find it with the candles the dollar tree stores also sell essential oil fragrance and it is found with the candles there as well though their bottle is a bit smaller it costs only a dollar i prefer the lavender fragrance but any would do i will add my own caution i do not guarantee that you will have success but two of my friends and i use this formula all of the time try it once and if you would rather pay more for the commercial product by all means do so now for the starch lovers like me i still use spray starch for some things when i want something very crisp i use spray starch that i make myself the directions were on the bottle of liquid starch i purchased i mix the starch half and half with water for a pretty stiff result when pressed if you want less stiffness just use less liquid starch it works for me give it a try and you might change the way you press fabrics you may save some money and be able to buy more fabric so it s a win wing situation let me know what you think if you have any questions please just leave a comment to ask i will tell you that i was criticized for mentioning that starch flakes it says so on the container so i feel no guilt in making that statement i still like starch and use it i m just very careful with the dark fabrics just like i was before and sometimes it still flakes until next time xoxoxoxoxoxo lois posted by lois arnold at 3 33 pm 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels does it work fabric preparation home made best press home made spray starch monday october 19 2015 autumn chains is in the final issue of qq for the past few years i have been fortunate to write an article called does it work for the quilting quarterly which is the member magazine for the national quilting association in addition two of my quilt patterns have been featured recently the nqa announced that it is disbanding so the fall 2015 issue is the final one to be published for the first couple of years the does it work articles featured products that i tested and reported the results of the test it was fun and i learned a lot the last two years i have worked with a panel of 6 quilters from across the united states to do the testing reporting their results to me then i compiled the results of the 6 testers into an article combining the comments from the testers some times they agreed and sometimes they did not which made it very interesting it was fun to work with these 6 quilters and get to know them through our correspondence as i had only met one of them in person barbara polston a talented quilter in her own right has been the editor of the qq for several years and was a delight to work with click on her name to go to her web site and see the exciting things she is doing the final issue of the magazine contains the last does it work article our testers reported on basting glues this final issue also features my pattern autumn chains this quilt is a scrap quilt as most of mine are and is based on single irish chain a traditional block this past weekend autumn chains started living on my bed for the next couple of months for that fall feeling in the room you may remember that i began this quilt at one of the mini retreats at my friend s cottage in the woods a while back you can see some of the progress here you may notice a glimpse of the quilting here the back is pieced and i shared that with you here the blocks are on point so the setting triangles to complete each row are made up of half blocks giving the illusion of a border before the final border it is a huge quilt 100 x 100 and was quilted on my bernina huge quilts seem to be my default and are not easy to quilt on a domestic machine this photo was taken when the quilt was on the guest room bed while i am sad to see the end of the national quilting association and the opportunity to write articles for the quilting quarterly it does mean that i can pursue other avenues of quilting and writing i do plan to start sharing with you some does it work articles some may be things i ve already tested and i m thinking of some other products that i might like to test and report on to you it is finally cooler in arizona this week meaning it s under 100 degrees so let the autumn begin even if it s later than the rest of the country until next time xoxoxoxoxoxo lois posted by lois arnold at 4 57 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels back art fall patchwork publications scrap quilts traditional quilts thursday july 23 2015 quilting friends retreat 2015 my friend joyce e mailed me to tell me that my middle name is trouble she went on to say that last year at our 2014 retreat to her cabin in the woods i introduced her and friend diane to hexie punches and showed them how to make hexies we are all now making english paper pieced hexie quilts yep i did that this year i bought them each a ruler and showed how they could cut tumbler shapes with it i had already been making these tumbler shapes for a quilt yep hooked them again by the end of the three days together joyce had already cut each of us 300 2 1 2 squares and we had decided each of us would exchange 300 squares with each other to make commemorative quilts to celebrate our 30th year as friends which happens in 2016 we had been talking about exchanging new york beauty blocks making 10 each so we would each have 30 blocks now isn t cutting 2 1 2 squares easier you can see some of the strips of 4 tumblers in between the boxes that hold the parts and pieces to the quilt i was working on there one of those boxes holds the squares for the tumblers i have to thank bonnie hunter for choosing the tumbler block for the leader ender challenge for the year you can read about it here in case you would like to join in the tumbler fun i also need to thank cousin sheila who gifted me with a tumbler ruler along with her stash several months ago during the 3 days i finished putting together 444 four patch blocks i had about a lot of them all done and the rest were pairs that just needed the final seams then i started adding the half square triangles to make them into square in a square blocks this project was found in the april issue of american patchwork and quilting magazine i just could not get that quilt out of my mind usually i don t do projects from magazines but that one just appealed to me after she completed the machine binding on 5 yes 5 charity quilts she brought out this beauty to work on i wish i had photographed the charity quilts before she packed them up she had also done the long arm machine quilting on the jelly roll quilts as well as the binding after completing the units she was working on for her bow tie quilt joyce started joining the blocks that will be the borders of her civil war quilt these blocks are much smaller than they appear in this photo and the quilt is to die for did i mention that my friends are very talented quilters you may have noticed that we all love the scrappy look in our quilts our retreats are fun as well as productive we take turns making the meals so no one has to spend all of their time cooking it rained every day which may not sound like fun to you but for diane and i who live where 100 plus days are the norm retreating to joyce s cabin where it rains and the high during the day is in the 70 s well it was refreshing we sewed and slept with a breeze coming in the open windows i hope you have been having some sewing and quilting fun this summer until next time xoxoxoxoxoxo lois posted by lois arnold at 4 27 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels english paper piecing exchanges friendship hexies patchwork quilting scrap quilts thursday june 18 2015 thousand pyramids the 30 year wonder qluilt according to my research the great pyramid took about 20 years to build this quilt top took about 30 years from concept to last row joined hmmm maybe not so bad considering there are actually 1 175 pyramids in this charm quilt i think there were five of us who did an exchange that took about 18 months we had 4 templates 2 people used the same template we planned to exchange 10 fabrics a month in a particular color family each of us drew around the templates and cut out the shapes with 1 4 seam allowances for hand piecing fifty quilt pieces were made and exchanged each month we were loose on the color families red meant anything from deep burgundy to the lightest pink blue was navy to pale blue etc colors like rust might fit in either the orange or brown category the templates included a half square triangle which was used by two quilters one our east coast native used a clam shell one shape was a diamond and then there was mine that was a pyramid shape i moved cross country during the exchange and found that 10 of the fabric shapes could be sent in a 10 envelope for the price of a first class stamp so each month i continued to send my shapes to each of the others and they sent theirs to me a little amish influence all types of fabrics were exchanged there are a few that probably aren t the best quality and maybe should have been left out but our stashes weren t as big back then christmas fabrics including a fussy cut christmas bear were exchanged even a vintage holly hobby fabric made it into the top notice that it is next to an irish clover leaf there is even an a for arnold in the top there may be a point or two that need to be fixed or maybe they will be left in even if they are slightly off maybe it s more important to have this quilt done and quilted than it is to have it be perfectly pieced after 30 years or so one of the neatest things about the fabric is that even though the original exchange was with a small group of dear friends in iowa as i was finishing the quilt i needed more fabric to make it large enough of course i used some of my newer stash but i still needed unique fabrics in some colors so asked two of my dear arizona friends if they would contribute the colors i needed and they did so this quilt includes fabrics from not only over time but from more friends than the original group isn t that part of the culture of quilting neighbors exchanged fabrics friends contributed fabrics to fill a need and relatives shared their stash today just like in the past these traditions continue and i m very happy they do aren t you here s to quilting traditions xoxoxoxoxoxo lois posted by lois arnold at 2 14 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bed quilts charm quilts exchanges fabric friendship hand piecing quilting scrap quilts thousand pyramids traditional quilts traditions ufo s monday june 15 2015 leaders enders and leftovers if you are familiar with bonnie hunter and her scrap savers system you probably know about leaders and enders she came up with the brilliant plan to use quilt pieces to begin and end rows of stitching rather than putting just a scrap under the presser foot to keep all those thread tails controlled it saves thread and the bonus is that parts of another quilt are being put together while you are working on your current project many times i just feed squares through that become either 4 patch or 9 patch units if i don t have a particular leader ender project going these add up quickly this weekend i was playing with some leaders and enders along with some leftovers from a past quilt project that i had made too many units i needed a class 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