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itching along i hope that 2023 brings you love laughter and joy happy new year until next time kyle posted by kyle at 6 00 am 18 comments labels december mini thursday december 8 2022 one last quilt before the new year this story begins with a sale at a lqs impulse buying a layer cake and a friend s idea i really had no business going to a quilt shop s sale when i didn t need anything and right after my recent big purge but of course i went anyway it s like going to target to just look around and coming out later after spending this is what i found this layer cake from bunny hill i believe in angels i very rarely purchase precuts and i didn t love every fabric that was in the line but the shop had the fabrics on the bolt and i could get some extra yardage for borders see how i rationalized that a few weeks earlier a friend had shared a pattern she had purchased for a simple 16 patch we had talked about how occasionally we feel the need to make something simple easy and fun well that s what triggered my impulse buying i could certainly come up with a easy plan to use this fabric making a simple holiday quilt you know what happened next yes it was fun and easy i didn t have a pattern so i was just winging it i believe in angels 65 x 82 the colors in this group were reds creams light blue not a favorite and light green a more modern holiday color scheme the motifs were angle snowmen bells dots stripes candy canes and florals which didn t seem to fit into the holiday mood the squares were sewn together very randomly but the sashing was all the same the green stripe was fun to use the pieced sashing seemed to control the jumble of the random squares my impulse purchases overall created a cute holiday quilt purchasing all of the fabric though was quite the shock something i hadn t done for quite awhile my only regret was that i didn t have enough of the snowman angle fabric to cut the top and bottom border so that the angles weren t running sideways that kind of thing drives me crazy oh well i wasn t about to purchase more fabric despite sideways angel snowmen i know that someone will find this quilt warm and comforting after it s quilted for next year whatever is beautiful whatever is meaningful whatever brings you happiness may it be yours this holiday season happy holidays until next time kyle posted by kyle at 9 57 am 17 comments labels christmas quilt monday november 28 2022 november s monthly mini november has come and pretty much gone i have though been able to spend a little time in my sewing room this month s mini was a free download earlier in the fall from pam buda and is now available as a 5 digital download autumn along coal creek 21 x 28 i took pam s pattern and added more 6 blocks i had several of her fabrics cheddar and coal and added a few others of course the border is a very old thimbleberries print but was the perfect choice you never know when one of those oldies still works i added a flange binding which made the binding process go a little faster besides it added a spark of cheddar at the end i also finished a couple of x stitch projects boo and whoo designed by misty pursel of luminous fiber arts i mounted each piece on a glossy black wooden block i used some older nancy halverson orange fabric and a bit of black rick rack now they ll be ready for next october this next one was a free design from sheri of colorado cross stitch thankful is being modeled by turkey jack one of my favorite thanksgiving decorations he was made years ago and joins us every year i discovered as i was selecting quilts for my november fence display that this month theme was the color we lovingly refer to as cheddar this month s lineup is one of my favorites want to check out a few other monthly minis head to wendy s blog the constant quilter and enjoy some quilting inspiration until next time kyle posted by kyle at 6 00 am 14 comments labels monthly mini november x stitching thursday october 27 2022 october mini quilt treat the end of october brings when my 3 girls were little they loved halloween they would begin thinking about their costumes for the following year on november 1st over the years we had lots of fun making and creating their costume ideas nothing ghoulish just princesses pirates snow white bo peep and even cleopatra unfortunately here in colorado trick or treating usually involves winter coats and snow boots those lovely costumes get covered up and hidden my october mini is an embroidery that unfortunately got covered up and hidden in my sewing room for a couple years sigh halloween sampler 16 x 19 the embroidery is designed by sandra workman you can find it here the pattern includes an iron on transfer for the stitching which made it very easy to get started it was stitched with dmc floss on a striped grey and off white fabric i worked with one color at at time rather than stitching one motif at a time it s an efficient way to approach it but maybe not as much fun the finished piece worked up perfectly as a mini quilt for october the narrow orange border with the black ric rac sewn on top gives the appearance of a scalloped edge by adding a couple of prairie points and buttons it adds some 3 d interest halloween sampler looks good on the fence happy halloween from all the halloween minis until next time kyle posted by kyle at 6 00 am 17 comments labels october minis tuesday october 11 2022 looking forward there s an old saying that if you fall off a horse you need to get right back on that horse the reason being that if you don t it will be very hard to get back on that horse the longer that you wait i m guessing that you could apply that philosophy to many situations i applied it to my quilting life after feeling somewhat defeated or down about my overwhelming stash i knew it meant no more whining time to get my favorite fabrics back out take the rotary cutter back in my hands thread up the machine and get sewing that s exactly what i did i did some spot organizing looked through some of my favorite books and found a center medallion that spoke to me from susan smith s book quilts somewhat in the middle refreshed rejuvenated 32 x 32 it took me a week from start to finish i needed to get back to feeling the excitement and creativity of playing i drew on the colors from many of di ford s fabulous fabrics appliqueing the center was like enjoying a delicious dessert add a little fussy cutting and i was definitely feeling rejuvenated it really didn t take much to feel good again the inner border was fun with the melon shapes and who doesn t love adding circles i loved the simple idea of making the sashing between them piece the more fabrics the better and oh it gets better i bought a new laundry basket fabric for the backing i kept the quilting to a minimum just because that s what i felt like doing needless to say it was a great week of creating stitching and rekindling the positive i hope if you find yourself in a situation where you ve fallen off your horse you can dust yourself off and get back in the saddle and shout giddy up until next time kyle posted by kyle at 6 00 am 21 comments labels renewed wednesday september 28 2022 september mini quilts first of all i want to thank everyone for the encouraging words that many of you shared with me no i m not hanging up my quilting needles and tossing out all of my fabric i was feeling stash obligations and not feeling the love or the creative challenge that it brought it really did me in so since i last wrote i have bundled up lots of fabric approx 150 yards and sent it off to a wonderful local charitable group i have started some new projects and have continued to work on the things that i love and bring me joy my latest x stitch finish be ye thankful a design by brenda gervais i am thankful for everyone s positive thoughts the end of september means it s time to share a monthly mini quilt vintage baskets 2 24 x 24 this little quilt began it s life as a full size quilt from the 1930 s when i received it from a friend it was just a top and the 10 blocks were well loved and very thin and frail i took some of the blocks apart and resized them which made them very cute after sewing the top together i decided to add embroidered flowers to each basket that was the fun part when i was given this quilt top the original nile green binding was included it wasn t in the best shape but i made do i love how it finished vintage baskets 2 time for my barbed wire fence parade there was a very fog morning this week a perfectly quiet uncluttered background for a photo shoot baskets if you get the chance check out wendy s blog the constant quilter to get the list of other bloggers working on and sharing their monthly minis until next time kyle posted by kyle at 6 00 am 13 comments labels 2022 minis september thursday september 15 2022 pigs with lipstick the other day i meet with my quilty buddies and i made a confession i was really feeling like it was time to stop quilting i had lost the joy i didn t feel like i had any creativity left i thought i was truly done they were shocked what was going on i shared how i had sorted through my stash and had lots of fabric i needed to part with but i felt guilty because of the money i had spent over the years the amount of fabric i had collected to justify these feelings i felt like i needed to sew up some of these piles into quilts i had picked a pattern cut and sewed i thought my plan would be to create something wonderful for someone to pass on many quilts but i felt myself losing the excitement and joy i usually felt as i work on a project it was like walking through deep sticky mud agggh i was quickly sinking maybe i was done i mean really done that s how i was feeling after lots of questions my one friend said lipstick on a pig is still a pig she went on to say if i was using fabric i didn t love anymore why would the quilt i was making be something i loved no matter what i did with it was it as simple as that i think my friends were right in this case my heart wasn t in it it really had made me depressed since then i have stopped that project bundled up all the piles and made arrangements for a local sewing group to take it and do their good works with it let it go let it go some of my fabric is tired and old try as i will there just isn t a thrill can t hold it back anymore i need to pass it through another door i don t care what others may say i don t want to sew with it another day i have felt guilty long enough it really is still good stuff maybe someone else will find a joy so the fabric is theirs to enjoy let it go let it go the decision has made me feel lighter sewing even seems brighter it s time to do what i love to dispose of get rid of the pieces from my overabundant stash that made me feel depressed and dashed i started a project i really did try but then i started questioning why i was unhappy and restless i was not doing my bestess as time seems to be growing shorter it was also time to stop being a hoarder i simply will never be able to use it all but there are others who will be having a ball so let it go let it go and i have until next time kyle posted by kyle at 5 39 pm 20 comments labels time to stop monday august 29 2022 august minis i hope you ll agree that our projects and stitching should bring us pleasure smiles and even laughter each month there is a group of bloggers who have been challenged and hopefully have found joy in creating a monthly mini and then sharing their creativity with others our blogging friend wendy the constant quilter has been the facilitator of this diverse group thank you wendy i ve appreciated your constant dedication this month i only have a quilt top my attention had been diverted to stitching hst s sunflowers and sunshine 38 x 38 yellow scraps and a pattern designed by vanessa goertzen of lella boutique was fun to stitch during the last of the summer days you can get the free sunflower block pattern here from aurifil yes there were a few more half square triangles to make but that yellow fabric was just so happy to play with the four blocks went together quickly the striped border fabric had been used in my daughter s first grade classroom as shelf drape now it was happily being used once again my fence line up for this month had to be called sunflowers and sunshine here s a closer look at the middle quilt from where you re looking it doesn t seem to fit the theme but the border fabric was its ticket to join in on the fence parade also wanted to give you all an update on the free oh say can you sew mystery quilt generously designed by lisa bongean the stack of 128 blocks is ready and waiting for clue 6 until next time kyle posted by kyle at 6 00 am 16 comments labels august mini forward stitch backstitch home subscribe to comments atom welcome kyle welcome you have found the blog of kyle redente wife mother nana and a quiltmaker since 1973 and a dabbler in many other creative 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