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cats quilts formerly ruminations and reflections cats quilts formerly ruminations and reflections ramblings of my life interests and creative projects and cats pages home quilts cats favorite quilting links favorite machine embroidery links quilting videos wednesday august 10 2016 cruise prep hi all long time no post so what else is new this retirement gig is the greatest love not having to live on a schedule aka someone else s schedule but it is really easy to get lazy and spend way too much time in front of the computer when i should be in no particular order working in my flower garden weeds die sewing i do do that a lot or doing domestic chores like vacuuming dusting laundry etc laundry and cleaning the kitchen are pretty routine and since we keep the house open as much as possible during nice weather it is rather futile to vacuum the hardwood floor and dust the kitchen is in need of a mopping right now thanks to some ham juice that spilled all over but since i plan on canning some peaches tomorrow i might as well wait so what does the subject line mean i m leaving on a cruise next friday 8 19 for a week long quilting cruise to alaska with stitchin heaven carol doak is one of the teachers and the main reason i wanted to go on this particular one just found out that this will be her next to the last quilting cruise for her so i m glad i have the opportunity to go it s still a week out but believe it or not i am already partially packed it will be much cooler up there than it is here so it is easy to pre pack cool weather clothing in fact i plan on having everything packed and in the car the night before we need to leave early on friday morning to get me to the ship on time except for my makeup and my cpap we ll see how that all goes in the final moments i ve purchased an internet package on the ship royal caribbean explorer of the seas so i hope to be able to post to a blog with my adventures stay tuned for the url until then i hope you have had a creative day and see you back here soon if i can manage to post again soon barb posted by barb s blurbs at wednesday august 10 2016 no comments monday february 15 2016 projects and challenges for the coming year i m trying to improve my sewing quilting and appliqué skills this year so have signed on to craftsy bom a twice a week block challenge and a couple of self assigned challenges i tend to piece large projects so i want to work on piecing skills and expand my appliqué skills the craftsy bom is only about 6 or 7 months long and i ve completed the first 2 months january s was the center part with the hourglass blocks and february s was the flying geese along with making the star blocks for a future round january and february bom from craftsy i also ordered the optional pillow sham kit and have those completed too pillow sham kit from craftsy bom 2016 pat sloan and jane davidson have teamed up present what they are calling the splendid sampler and i decided to join in with at least 10 000 others around the world i have chosen 2 sets of fabrics plus have anothe set for samples there was a sample block they put up so here is that one in reversed color ways practice block the first real block there are 100 blocks 2 a week coming was put out today so here are all three color ways february 14 block the heart on the blue one was done as hand appliqué using freezer paper i had never done this technique before i ve only done a little bit of hand appliqué see below and grabbed a craftsy class noon hand appliqué by mimi dietrich very informative as i didn t know there were so many methods lots to learn the other 2 were done with machine appliqué speaking of hand appliqué i dug out the classic santa kit that was designed by susan garman in 2004 i was able to get one of the last kits with the fabrics though the patterns are still available i have one block done but it was done before i watch the class just a bit of what i read online about hand turned appliqué doesn t look to bad for the first one hopefully by the time i finish the 12th one they will look better classic santa block 1 design by susan garman needle turn appliqué i ve also set up a personal challenge for myself to complete the patric lose mini quilts one for each month that are about 12 inches square and fit on my tabletop stand here are january s january block patrick lose and february s february block patrick lose oh and i still have lots of other projects almost finished with a baby quilt for next sunday has another one that is needed by spring also going to sewing expo ina couple of weeks and have a gazillion ufos to finish and many more to start stay tuned posted by barb s blurbs at monday february 15 2016 no comments labels classic santas craftsy patrick lose splendid sampler friday february 5 2016 way past due well i d better get caught up on the major points of the past year if there is anyone still looking at this if nothing else i recently used this as a diary to verify when i purchased something biggest news is that i retired in june so i have more time to sew and quilt we spent a good part of the summer working on outside projects that we have neglected for the past several years including having the house painted on the outside fall was spent on the inside of the house tossing a lot stuff that has accumulated now that the holidays are over i can joyfully spend a lot of time in my sewing room we did take a trip to st george utah in late august so i wasn t i town when school started my sisters and their husbands were with us and we had a great time seeing the beautiful scenery and spending a lot of time visiting it is wonderful when you can count your sisters among your best friends in july stepson eric got married and i made them a quilt in browns to go with their decor i ll have to post the picture later as it isn t on my ipad in october i started my retirement quilting travels by going to houston for the international quilt festival i was able to stay with a cousin who lives just north of houston so that was part of the fun both the exhibits and the vendors were phenomenal i ll be going to sewing expo at the end of the month but this time i will be going for the entire time june will bring the quilt retreat in leavenworth and this time a friend will be going with me i ve scheduled 2 cruisers too alaska in august for 7 days and the caribbean for 11 days next february i ve started the craftsy bom this year purchasing the kit i ve completed the first 2 months so i m keeping up i ll post a few more pictures of projects when i get back on my computer and hope to keep this up now though i ve said this before haven t i posted by barb s blurbs at friday february 05 2016 no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom my resource lists favorite quilting links machine embroidery links library quiltpossible my library at librarything friends who read me about me barb s blurbs i grew up in california but transplanted to eastern washington in 1983 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2008 3 march 2008 1 february 2008 7 january 2008 6 2007 1 december 2007 1 blogs i try to read making scrap quilts from stash my boys my boys are here and i couldn t be happier funny how i have a photo of finn not keith but you know how much i love that hubby of mine 1 day ago pins and whiskers narelle may challenge my challenge 1 project for may is an epp wall hanging design by fiona ransley i m also going to be making a start on a crochet rug but there ll still 2 days ago bee in my bonnet lori holt say it sew along 3 summer banners hello quilty friends today is the day for the third tutorial in the say it sew along i have done the bee prepared post that ex 1 week ago crossed stitches stacy seven pages done update i was asked if this meant i earned all of the charts offered in this year s sal yes this gives me 6 full pages finished and all the other ch 1 week ago quilted delights tgiff a lovely ufo and some shifting chevrons i m so happy to be hosting tgiff this week and to be showing off two of my latest finishes first up is my wonky hearts quilt this was a ufo that h 1 week ago the modern diary andee emerald jubilee is coming together and rsc from 2015 you may remember a few years ago i completed ruby jubilee from quiltmaker magazine that year in red becky and bonnie did it in purple i copied bonnie s 1 month ago quilty pleasures debby brown color blocks catch up shamrocks volume 4 i just finished machine quilting shamrocks a small seasonal quilt from color blocks volume 4 the machine quilting for this quilt was so quick i 1 month ago sue w sews nobody here but us chickens since being given a pattern for the emotional support chicken pattern by the knitting tree la last month from the knit and natter group that i go to 2 months ago the quilted cat foundation paper piecing tips and supplies i ve been posting most of my quilting and hiking projects over on instagram but i want to blog a bit more this year this past year i did quite a bit of 3 months ago kate s quilting other fibre arts blog time to say goodbye i ve had this blog for a while and i probably won t ever delete it so as long as blogger exists the blog will still be here to track what i used to 4 years ago mixed media easton walled garden we are having the most unseasonal weather this february and today saw us visiting easton walled garden for their annual snowdrop week the day has been be 7 years ago crafts and stuff hetty be my valentine a little fabric valentine s day card for william and this week s canadian quilter s association block i had heart fabric on my cutting table so i use 7 years ago magpies collectables maggie r new challenge 1 7 years ago flicshasews long time way a long time gone just wanted to share my flip flops with you it s a sign of summer living for me we did wacky stars in quilt group july we all mad 9 years ago madness and mess kiwicarol i miss you if you ve called into say hello and i m not around it s probably because i m over hanging out on facebook pop on over and look for me www facebook com c 10 years ago treasures n textures it s been a long three months it has been over three months since i last posted i ve experienced some health issues with my right knee there have been times when i was unable to wal 10 years ago piece in the world peace at home dawn wordless wednesday 10 years ago threadaddict annette french street cards some time ago i made a postcard for our eg french street exhibition and got the size wrong so i ve made another two i just couldn t be bothered to red 10 years ago the adventures of angelcat angela enjoy the little things things are getting back to normal round here i still have a sore throat hanging around but slowly i m getting reacquainted with my mojo i m finding my wa 11 years ago just one more stitch cyndi making progress on old tobacco road this was a mystery on bonnie hunter s website quiltville i finished most of the top last winter then my sister in law carol helped me pick out the borde 11 years ago quilting daze darlene 7 year twitch this giveaway is now closed thank you it s time to celebrate my 7th anniversary in blogging i was chatting with a dear friend recently about 12 years ago mijn weblog ellie s quilt place feedjit live traffic map feedjit live blog stats feedjit live traffic feed feedjit live blog stats page counters popular posts cruise prep hi all long time no post so what else is new this retirement gig is the greatest love not having to live on a schedule aka someone i ve accomplished some things i ve been busy with some sewing for me and for some trades first is my row for a row robin with some friends each of us has decided on projects and challenges for the coming year i m trying to improve my sewing quilting and appliqué skills this year so have signed on to craftsy bom a twice a week block challeng past due i have had several time offs this school year well two specifically surgeries had carpel tunnel on the left hand last summer but then ha white house quilting bee way past due well i d better get caught up on the major points of the past year if there is anyone still looking at this if nothing else i recently twist and shout i bought a couple of the twister tool and here is my first attempt i used the small template that works with 5 inch squares so i used a cou here i am and with lots of eye candy a group of gals from the quilter s anonymous guild in the seattle area has allowed me to join them on getting ready for expo it s almost the end of february which means that sewing stitchery expo in puyallup the largest sewing expo in the country is soo honey bee quilt i found this pattern for a honey bee quilt on the web don t remember exactly if it was found random searching or if it was a link from picture window theme powered by blogger