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tice your writing on scrap fabric buy enough backing fabric to make all your blocks and some extra if you want to use it in the border at all remember what color pigma pen you are using we mixed brown and black ink in the same quilt without realizing it use painter s tape or some other light tape to mask off the area outside of the 8 block this will help people sign inside of the lines of where you will sew and assemble the block i cut out freezer paper and iron it to the top of the right side of the fabric to use as a needle turn guide wax side goes onto the fabric not the bottom of your iron that wouldn t be good posted by marisa at 10 20 pm 2 comments labels birthday quilt signature quilt wednesday january 7 2015 packing up the christmas goodies happy 2015 to you our christmas came in like a lamb and went out like a lion this year with not a lot of rest leading up to the end of the break it s somehow good to get back to the routine though i had lofty goals of visiting both super buzzy and the french general while in la over the holiday but ended up visiting neither due to general business and short holiday hours sure that i ll be back again someday we ended up at the getty center which was amazing and as beautiful as ever my 6 yr old was looking at van gogh s iris painting and asking me how soon we could go out and run around in the garden priorities you know above is a photo of the christmas ornaments my friend carol made this year she makes them pretty much every year and they take some time to make i know it s time to put the holiday décor away but i wanted to sneak this photo under the wire so you wouldn t miss it hope you are having a happy new year posted by marisa at 11 10 pm 1 comment monday december 1 2014 the french general epp hexagons rue indienne and quilt shopping in la if you like to sew and you are in the general pun intended neighborhood of los angeles california please consider a stop in at the french general as part of your to do list after visiting there myself i can hardly get the images of their delicious fabrics colors textures think linen out of my mind i picked up some vintage linen at the shop and also some of the fabrics that they carry as part of the line that moda produced for them colors are muted dare i say taupe ish or perhaps taupalicious i m inventing words here that blogger spell check will not approve of they have beads and trims as well as fabrics when i was at piqf i picked up a pack of rue indienne small fabric squares and 1 hexagon pieces from paper pieces a s well as some glue to glue base to the paper i know i know it s glue but it s washable and this is a small quilted piece not a baltimore album so i m taking a leap and trying the glue stick from sewline not sure how fast i ll be at putting this together but not in much of a rush either p s have missed blogging but have been keeping busy with creative work lots of catch up to do here happy december that crept up a bit fast on me posted by marisa at 9 17 pm 1 comment wednesday october 22 2014 pacitif international quilt festival 2014 pacific international quilt festival is a quilt show that i like to attend every year it s a short drive from where i live so dropping in for a few hours is low hanging fruit and a serious treat for the eyes this year was no exception i took lots of photos of quilts ribbons won and info sheets about the quilts and the people who made them the quilt above is called celestial splendor and was made by rachel wetzler of illinois it was stunning in person as were many other quilts but this was one of my favorites a highlight for me was meeting in person nancy brown amazing applique artist it was like meeting a rock star for me you can see some photos of me with her and the ladies who helped do the applique on the quilt that was in the show this year it was another one of my favorites and i took a lot of detailed photos of it there are san francisco and animal themes in the block designs here s a link to all the photos i took at pacific international quilt festival 2014 i didn t photograph all the quilts only the ones that either won big awards or really inspired me oh right and if you missed the previous nine years of the show unlike me and want to see another oh say four or five thousand quilt photos from piqf well look no further perhaps you should make yourself a cup barrel of tea first piqf 2013 piqf 2012 piqf 2011 piqf 2010 piqf 2009 piqf 2008 piqf 2007 piqf 2006 piqf 2005 posted by marisa at 8 34 pm 1 comment labels quilt show wednesday october 8 2014 indian summer it still feels like summer here in northern california we still need sunblock on the kids if we go out for a while during the day it s been a busy time with lots of soccer games on the weekends and a little creative work for me on the sidelines i am knitting a sweater that i am frustrated with because when i was working on picking up some stitches the yarn broke and now i have to go back and fix it let it be known that weak yarn is annoying knitting is an adventure i m still learning its secrets quilting well you know where you stand with it for the most part with any luck your fabric is good quality and will not tear when you don t want it to you can usually trust your thread not to break unless you really mean to break it in the above photo you can see my one line a day book where i write something happy that happened during the day today i ll be writing that my son got his brand new copy of the just released today rick riordan book the blood of olympus i made the pom pom above from a tiny amount of handspun yarn it has sparkles in it which really isn t me but it came for free with a spinning tool i bought so i spun it up for fun and it s decorating my book for now hope your week is well and maybe a bit less hot and sweaty than our week here posted by marisa at 11 46 pm no comments labels handspun monday october 6 2014 hexagon quilt english paper piecing these days i spend more time running around with the family and less time quilting so it s kinda big news when i finish a quilt top i was not trying to make a huge quilt with this hexagon project more of a small wall hanging now that i see it all together i sort of wish i had made it bigger it s rather cool i have been dragging it around with me working on in her and there so it s a bit wrinkled in the photo but still the top is done that doesn t mean the quilt is done of course my favorite part is still to come the quilting part next i need to put some borders on it and baste it in prep for quilting not sure if it s small enough for me to quilt it on the go but i do have a portable quilting hoop and a huge trunk hm let s see how that goes now on to the borders decisions decisions i ll be using more oakshott fabrics same as the hex shapes to give it a consistent look posted by marisa at 8 26 pm no comments tuesday september 23 2014 fall is here really it is they say that it s finally autumn i m working on getting ready some time back my family got me a sweaters worth of purple yarn in colorway thistle from brooklyn tweed a some knitters love this yarn and others hate it with a passion the controversy i for one am on the fence it looks amazing it knits up well and felts like a champion for easy felted or spit splice joins from one yarn ball to the next there is a truck load of vm or veg matter in the yarn which is a little annoying when you knit with it this stuff is basically little pieces of hay i don t know if they just use lower quality wool or wool where it was not skirted properly but there is certainly something going on there that is irritating at best the yarn also breaks very easily which is something people in general don t like i have not broken the yarn yet when i wasn t trying to so for me it s not an issue but i don t yank on it very hard either that said the sweater will probably be very sharp looking the color is amazing and the knit fabric is beautiful i m knitting a cookie a pattern called chicane which is sort of a motorcycle jacket sweater i m a long ways away from finishing it but there are lots of soccer games on the weekends so it s not out of the question to want to wear it sometime this season in stitching news i have brought back my hexagon quilt made out of oakshott fabrics because it is portable i didn t realize how close to being complete it is i am excited and thinking putting a fork in it is also in order posted by marisa at 8 17 pm no comments wednesday september 3 2014 playing around with inkodye inkodye is a product that uses light sensitive ink to make an image on fabric i ve seen some cool and creative uses of it lately and the colors of their dyes look very bright and cheery i got a starter kit to play around with the blue ink i haven t had a chance to try it yet but i m armed with some t shirts and some expensive transparency film that can be sent through my printer i m not sure how archival this ink is but it looks like it would stay a long time i want to try it on some shirts and wash them a bunch to see if they fade a lot before i try it on a quilt it might be good to try on a small project like a bag or something too i ll keep you posted on how it all turns out it seems like a much easier alternative to screen printing it comes in less colors and costs more for the inks but requires way less equipment and clean up so it might be an interesting trade off given you don t have to purchase all the screens it is certainly cheaper to get started now all i have to do is start stay tuned posted by marisa at 7 32 pm 1 comment wednesday august 20 2014 don t panic it s organic if i see quilting cotton or cotton jersey that is organic i like to use it it makes me feel like having it next to my skin will be a softer and more healthy experience when i see organic veggies in the market or when i used to eat them from a local csa box i feel like i m avoiding chemicals but also getting food that just tastes better tomatoes are probably my favorite food but only if home grown i m not the only person on the planet who thinks tomatoes from the store taste more like card board than actual tomatoes above are some of the tomatoes that came out of my garden this year when you slide them open they have both yellow and red flesh inside low on the acid and delicious i make salsa or cover them w a little oil and vinegar to put on toast the kids are not sure about them even though they helped grow them i find that a little funny i often think that if i get them invested in the process that will magically make them want to eat the results turns out that is not always the case either way more tomatoes for me posted by marisa at 7 08 pm no comments monday august 18 2014 birthday quilt girl version i m making a couple more signature blocks for some 6 year olds and a 9 year old who will celebrate their birthdays in september by the time you are nine you don t really want a birthday party anymore i find that rather sobering this whole growing up thing is happening at lightening speed the girl version is out of liberty of london fabric and it needs to go in the mail so i always try to do that one first they don t take long really with a bit of traffic and a sweet dh behind the wheel i can finish the stitching of one on the ride to san francisco one down two to go posted by marisa at 6 26 am no comments labels applique birthday quilt liberty of london signature quilt sunday august 10 2014 viewmaster the good old fashioned toy i realized how behind i am on mounting recent viewmaster film we have shot into paper mounts for the kids to use in their viewmasters let this blog post serve as a piece of string around my finger reminding me to take care of that in my ample spare time above is a photo of my dh and my dad each playing with their 3d film cameras does 3d 3d 6d somehow perhaps not i really love this silly photo for some reason in other news i broke out the sewing machine this weekend and that was productive and fun i sewed up a simple table runner more on that soon i also am on to the 2nd sock of a pair i m making for my mom who really appreciates what i make i get a kick out of making things for people who really love them coincidence that she gets more stuff that other people not hardly posted by marisa at 10 23 pm 2 comments thursday july 31 2014 when the going gets tough the tough get ear warmers i ran into this photo i took back in 2012 it made me smile and i thought that it might do the same for you apparently it seemed like a good use of my time to make leg warmers for my niece and matching ear warmers for this ugly doll i get these creative urges sometimes and in hindsight i do at times wonder what possessed me anyhow i m sure these things were appreciated at the time it will be cooling down soon enough right please so quilting and knitting will seem like less of a sweat inducing activity for now i plan to cower somewhere that has a c sans ear warmers stay cool people posted by marisa at 8 28 pm no comments labels knit tuesday july 29 2014 hand stitching alabama chanin pattern it s been forever since i have had the itch to write a blog post this blog has for many years been my baby and my happy place this summer has been a complicated one for me with my immediate family dh and kids doing very well but a couple other family members were working through health challenges that kept me from hanging out here as much as i would have liked that aside i have still been stitching away and i m excited to share something that i actually finished with you in the alabama stitch book by natalie chanin there is a pattern for a corset i cut out nani iro knit jersey some time back to make this but it was not easy for me to finish it other projects kept making it higher in the priority list i finally sewed all the seams down and added an edge band kinda like a binding to the neck and arm openings i m happy with how it turned out but it is maybe a little loose in spots neckline armpits i may try making another one in a slightly smaller size i ve found their patterns in general run a little small so i have been going up a size so i don t feel like a human sausage the edge treatment i put on is also a bit too thick next time i ll make a thinner one the nani iro jersey i used is not easy to find superbuzzy very cool online shop has it along with a big collection of other awesome japanese fabrics they also have some cute jersey by heather ross that might be fun to play with especially for a kid niece project anyhow just a quick post to let you know i haven t fallen off the deep end hope your summer is moving along smoothly i have a london travel brain dump on my mind still stay tuned for that soon posted by marisa at 10 04 am 2 comments labels alabama chanin friday june 13 2014 visiting the country below neverland we just got back from a week of running around london with the family did we go there only to visit liberty of london of course not well kinda but there were a 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