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ecause i was inspired and this is what came about now to wait for a grand baby sigh technically last years last finish the creative bug doesn t always work with fabric the soft glow in a cold winter day wish those candles produced heat take care my friends brandie leftovers november 30 2015 brandie leave a comment aren t we all glad to be done with one holiday or is that just me i honestly don t want to see another turkey for a year and i m not ready for christmas music yet but i do love spending time with family and friends there is a bright spot in the frenzy of the holidays and it s not the food at our house thanksgiving produces so many leftovers but these leftovers weren t leftovers from a turkey these were actually leftovers from a quilt that i know i d never finish all i ever finished were these blocks lucky me that they ended up matching so well to become a small wall hanging this will be a perfect gift for a non quilty friend who doesn t how these are leftovers and won t see my mistakes win win while my dd was here enjoying the turkey holiday she mentions that she needed a new pillowcase a christmas one to be exact before i started her christmas pillowcase i had to finish up a class project which i then turned into a pillowcase this class was sew fun admittedly it was confusing but i stayed the course because i ve always wanted to make a cathedral window quilt now i just hope i can duplicate it for my own project a christmas pillow was made another place to use up leftover scraps and some leftover rhinestones this was a fun one too i ve forgotten how much fun a log cabin can be to make i m thinking there will be more of these in the future while i was pulling out all these leftovers i found another start that stalled i wasn t happy with my previous color but hadn t sewn in the replacement color i m still not thrilled with all this pink but maybe i ll learn to love it if i had enough fabric i would switch out the darker pink for the light pink in the 9 patches but i just don t have enough to make that work this is always the problem when you use stash fabrics you just have to make it work and learn to love the results this isn t the most user friendly pattern but i m learning to make friends with the y seam maybe by the time i finish my last seam i ll be an expert or smart enough to know better to avoid them next time any suggestions on making y seams take care my friends brandie seaside village november 14 2015 brandie 1 comment my seaside village quilt was finished in time to snuggle under and keep warm there is nothing like a quick finish to make you feel good not to mention keeping you warm on a cool california fall evening even more special is the backing i used this was given to me 6 yards by my sil several years ago it has been just sitting on my shelf taking up space i gave it a home and now it has a special memory for me as well speaking of my sil my in laws brought her to our local quilt show she still lives in a nursing home but there are many improvements in her health she may not be able to walk yet but every day is better than the last i had to laugh at my mil pushing my sil in her wheel chair and my sil reading the tags to my mil these two are a perfect pair one can t see very well and one can t walk but last year she wasn t even talking talk about a huge step it was a touching a sweet moment to see these two woman work together that s why i love them so this box of solids is still full maybe the lid closes easier but other than that i can t see a change today i ve cut up 5 squares to go with the two kaffe charm packs i bought at the quilt show as i flutter from one chore to the next i stop and sew together a few blocks my physical therapist doesn t like me sitting too much i set my timer to 15 minutes sew till it rings and flutter off to my next chore yesterday it was grouting the bathroom floor today i m putting the room back to rights without the heavy lifting that what son s are for right hopefully i ll be back soon with another finish take care my friends brandie something fun and new november 11 2015 brandie 1 comment now that our local quilt show is over i can relax and play i needed something fun instead of fancy first thing i did was take out my box of solids this box isn t huge but it s loaded with solid fabrics of every color some are leftovers from my mini dresden a new bundle of jewel tones and the rest were given to me by a good friend i love to use solids but this will be a first to use only solids i found this pattern on craftsy and saved it for a later date today is that date i have plans to use more of these solids in another project after i finish this one there is even a backing that has been sitting on my shelf for years i love it when that happens shopping your own stash can make you feel so efficient i ve already sewn the bottom row and it s 60 long the pattern calls it a throw size can t wait to see how big it s going to be a lot of color will be used in this quilt but i m really looking forward to seeing them i really need a less formal quilt to play with i m even thinking this is another quilt that needs straight line quilting hopefully this will be a quick and easy quilt because i already want to play with another quilt surprising myself i bought 2 kaffe fasset charm packs in blues turquoise plum and violet i think a can do a controlled color palette of kaffes this way with a few solids thrown in if i can t handle it it ll be a great gift for someone take care my friends brandie expiration date october 25 2015 october 25 2015 brandie 1 comment you know that quilt i ve been complaining about the one that needs to be quilted for our up coming quilt show well i think i ve f i n a l l y gotten to the point of seeing the end of it i m not even sure i can say this is a favorite quilt anymore i have been working on this sooooooo long that i kind of hate it after the show i ll put it away forgot about find it in a pile while showing someone my quilts and fall in love with it again but right now i m actually calling it the butte county quilt after the county i live in drop that e and you know what we really call our county and what i m calling this quilt this has been such a hard quilt to capture the true colors of i ve taken shots indoors and outdoors sunny and cloudy but none have been the true colors this first shot may be the best for the leaves and dresden flowers but it make the black faded this shot makes the black look it s blackest but washes out the colors but hopefully with all the pictures you can imagine it s true colors this quilt has an expiration date on it so i better finish it up soon i m not using this as an excuse but i m now quilting around all the dresden flowers with metallic thread and it s not going perfectly the thread breaks at least once on every flower very frustrating and time consuming the backing shows off more of the quilting sometimes the backs become their own works of art not that this is what a pile of thread clippings i see in my future is it any wonder that this quilt is covered in fur i take a bathroom break and this is what i came back to silly cat don t let this sweet little face fool you he s a terror thank goodness he still sleeps a lot my daughter asked for a baby quilt for a co worker the only instructions she gave me were the colors are pink and gray and she likes animals so with those requirements this is what i came up with using one of my favorite subjects the retro kitty is velvet i thought it would feel nice so i used it but i m looking for a better way to applique with it if you have any ideas please tell me i backed my velvet shape with a thin cotton and tried to flip it inside out tried i mostly ended up cutting an opening all the way through the shape but it helps keep the raw edges together so i slowly tucked everything under and sewed it down it s mostly ok except for the area where the tail meets the back leg that area just looks like the cat has a prolapsed rectum did that get your attention anybody out there eyelet lace ric rac and rhinestones can be a girls best friend velvet applique fleece backing and satin binding make this a most touchable quilt in fact i want to make one for myself how else am i going to learn to applique with velvet take care my friends brandie modern october 8 2015 october 8 2015 brandie leave a comment what is modern quilting as a traditional quilter i ve never really gave it a second thought occasionally i see a quilt and i think that s modern the use of gray backgrounds or traditional blocks made with solid fabrics seem to be a clue though not all the blocks in a modern quilt are traditional many blocks are more organic in the style of a gees bend quilt but how is a gees bend quilt modern they weren t even recently constructed it all boggles the mind yet i still feel the need to know and so i went looking for an answer to what modern is this is what the modern quilt guild has to say modern quilts are primarily functional and inspired by modern design modern quilters work in different styles and define modern quilting in different ways but several characteristics often appear which may help identify a modern quilt these include but are not limited to the use of bold colors and prints high contrast and graphic areas of solid color improvisational piecing minimalism expansive negative space and alternate grid work modern traditionalism or the updating of classic quilt designs is also often seen in modern quilting so according to that little blurb my latest baby quilt is just that modern how did this happen i thought i was a traditionalist am i still a traditionalist i seem to have checked more that one of those modern boxes bold colors high contrast expansive negative space and alternate grid work gees bend quilts influence the modern quilter they can influence any quilter how they used fabric to make a blanket to provide warmth i don t think their first intention was to make art it was a necessity first but make art they did or were they just being frugal they say necessity is the mother of invention as a child i made up stories to go along with my village of stick people at the time i was unaware of my lack of toys i just made do and i was happy as a teenager i became aware of those around me with fancier name brand clothes newer cars and normal homes i was embarrassed of my kmart clothes but once again necessity knocked and i learned to sew many of my own clothes which several girls seemed to be impressed by my grandparents car was big and old compared to the 80 s smaller cars fast forward to today when my son tells me that their car was a muscle car and he would have loved to have it then there was my grandparents home a very small simple shack they bought in 1943 over the years my grandfather added several additions to that shack sure it will never be considered normal but it has it s charm and it means a lot to me isn t it funny how our perceptions change when i first started quilting i thought all quilts should be made from one line of fabric i thought they didn t match unless all the fabrics were related now i really have a hard time not using everything as long as it matches in color i used to think that a house with a matching couch love seat and recliners were the ultimate in home interiors now i couldn t stand to be in such a sterile room give me patterns as long as they match in color but back to modern quilting isn t it a statement of being frugal fewer fabrics and simple lines doesn t this all add up to making do and being frugal this is what the gees bend quilters did i did it too with my binding sure i could have bought more fabric but why not just use up the strips that were cut away this would have made my grandmother so proud once i made a doll and i glued the dress to her yes i glued her dress to her my grandmother learned me a lesson with that example i learned that that doll would forever have that dress and i couldn t even change it even when it got dirty i learned that lesson real good slipcovers became my new motto for everything scraps even if i can t see the use of them at that moment can later become the best piece for applique so now i ask is it frugal or hoarding today i can see the charm in all things old i could literally go back in time and kick my teenage shelf for not seeing the beauty in things gees bend quilts may not be my cup of tea but there is a beauty in them a love that can be seen by the work they put into these quilts for their loved ones a quilt is a real work of love be it of sewing creating for a family member or just the fabrics themselves that s me to a t this quilt may not be my favorite but i learned something new and i did enjoy creating a new quilt for a soon to be arriving baby there is nothing sweet than that except maybe this every quilt is an expression of ourselves it just can t be helped we put our love into a quilt and that shows every time someone admires it but you and i know just how simple this quilt really is but we will lie and tell everyone how long and hard we worked on it at least i will so don t give me away sorry for the long post these were just the thoughts that were going through my mind while i sewed a bunch of straight lines one thing i learned about myself in this process was that i will always think of modern quilting as frugal that and i will always enjoy quilting in any style take care my friends brandie posts navigation previous follow abrandiecreation on wordpress com blogs i follow ruthie quilts and quilts pomegranate and chintz lynn carson harris s is for sewing sew katie did a daisy garden tim latimer quilts etc night quilter rosemary youngs quilt books and patterns lillian s cupboard threads on the floor library gal quilts mike gabby buddy me страничка доброго дяди cindy needham ramblin rows la quilter yellow roses grass roots quilting kim s big quilting adventure thimbleanna happy appliquer 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