tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43314582011645533442024-03-13T04:48:32.803-07:00MissesStitchesMissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.comBlogger513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-65463424488785232902021-05-24T11:05:00.000-07:002021-05-24T11:05:24.368-07:00The Blue Quilt (for lack of a better name!)<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>This is a quilt that I've been hand appliquéing for quite a while. The top is all finished. I added one star into it, because the theme of our guild's challenge title (the challenge show that was supposed to be spring of 2020, but which has been postponed indefinitely--maybe next year) was A Star Is Born. Any quilt qualifies for the challenge, as long as it has a pieced (not appliquéd) star somewhere in the quilt.</i></div>
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<i>I was using this hand appliquéing as a traveling project, something to take along with me when I'm on the move.</i></div>
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<i>After I got the squares put together, I saw a friend's quilt which I really loved. She had put a narrow white border around the quilt, with a wider pieced border around that.</i></div>
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<i>So I went to my strips box. It was handy because of the <a href="http://missesstitches.blogspot.com/2020/06/scrappy-trippy-star-quilt-part-3-final.html">strippy star quilt</a> that I made recently. I pulled out all the blue fabrics. I cut some muslin rectangles, 6" wide by about two feet long or so. On to that muslin I sewed strip after strip after strip.</i></div>
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<i>This shows my little iron (beside my sewing machine) where I'm stitching the strips to the muslin. Grab a blue strip, sew RST to the last strip, iron, return to machine, repeat.</i></div>
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<i>This is how the quilt top looks now on my design wall. All the borders have not been sewn together yet.</i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>But what name to give this quilt? I really have no ideas. "Scrappy Elipses"? Doesn't quite roll off one's tongue. I'm really at a loss. I would certainly appreciate any suggestions for a name.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-16432095010276229132021-04-21T11:32:00.000-07:002021-04-21T11:32:09.469-07:00A Sewing Project That I Don't Recommend<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5cUh7KvLk0/YIBsT4nRwoI/AAAAAAAAHHQ/oOGYObctFikDbzpDNI6awXFxwnCPviJZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4381.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5cUh7KvLk0/YIBsT4nRwoI/AAAAAAAAHHQ/oOGYObctFikDbzpDNI6awXFxwnCPviJZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4381.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I was doing some sewing the other day and look what happened. I got my finger under the sewing machine needle. Really, really stupid, MissesStitches!!! I was pulling the threads out from under the foot, something I've done with my finger for many, many years. But now I'm using a stiletto to do that!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The needle went into the pad of my finger and came out right near the outer end of my nail. I put a tissue on it right away, but it didn't really bleed very much. It sure hurt, though! So I put a bandaid on it. Then, later when I took the bandaid off to replace it, because of my aging, thinning, deteriorating skin, the bandaid adhesive pulled a small patch of skin off my finger! That <u>really</u> made me mad! So now I've reverted to gauze and paper tape. This is working well, but obviously it's not waterproof.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Anyway, don't get complacent about your sewing machine like I did. They are power tools. I've also noticed that I'm not always careful enough about taking my foot off the pedal while I'm doing something else, like raising the foot a little to readjust some fabric with a stiletto or "purple thang." So I'm trying to pay a little more attention now.</i></div><p></p>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-55087460512640257042021-04-05T17:06:00.001-07:002021-04-05T17:06:54.807-07:00A Baby Quilt<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>I've been quilting for the past few days on a baby quilt for my guild. We need to "fill our merchandise" to sell at the next Art in the Redwoods, and then Winter Wonderland. These are the two main fundraisers for our guild (and for other organizations as well as the parent organization, <a href="http://www.gualalaarts.org">Gualala Arts Center</a>). I had some fabric in my stash that had multi-colored squares printed on it, and I bought it with the idea of making it into a baby quilt. So I pulled it out, got it sandwiched with a cute "kiddy print" on the back, and am now doing the quilting.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>I don't pretend to be a very good free motion quilter, but I think that the more I practice, the better I should become, right?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>This first design is simple leaves, all over and all different directions. It was fun!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QGFhdIzYzTE/YGe1xJihiyI/AAAAAAAAHGM/woApbth01uwtcXHsboK5IJQA6VqWXT-OACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4314.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QGFhdIzYzTE/YGe1xJihiyI/AAAAAAAAHGM/woApbth01uwtcXHsboK5IJQA6VqWXT-OACLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4314.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I believe this was a design that I found in a <a href="https://leahday.com">Leah Day</a> free motion quilting book. I drew one line wavy from corner to corner, then drew a straight line between the other corners. Then simply followed the line, and echoed it. I like this design a lot.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOWdNZa8TwI/YGe1xDxbGEI/AAAAAAAAHGQ/wRuSAPQcWP0eY675f4bSgiCxPNpbBma3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4315.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1931" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOWdNZa8TwI/YGe1xDxbGEI/AAAAAAAAHGQ/wRuSAPQcWP0eY675f4bSgiCxPNpbBma3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w378-h400/IMG_4315.jpeg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This kind of looks like a star to me, or a flower.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V2GCWM9FqcQ/YGe1xx7tAxI/AAAAAAAAHGU/8NVLtdtcJroa4_lmppcpeF-rKwhAeBOTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4316.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1774" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V2GCWM9FqcQ/YGe1xx7tAxI/AAAAAAAAHGU/8NVLtdtcJroa4_lmppcpeF-rKwhAeBOTgCLcBGAsYHQ/w346-h400/IMG_4316.jpeg" width="346" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And some plain old stippling, which I really like, now that I've finally learned how to do it!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecDvA7g3ilM/YGe1yDRTO5I/AAAAAAAAHGY/fn5S3V07G1osSIviNejjYSuipjRgoMV5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4317.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecDvA7g3ilM/YGe1yDRTO5I/AAAAAAAAHGY/fn5S3V07G1osSIviNejjYSuipjRgoMV5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4317.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Several years ago, in my free motion quilting attempts, I could do "pebbles" quite well. Now, however, something has changed, and I find myself pebble-challenged. But I thought I'd try pebbles again. The bigger pebbles are definitely easier for me than the small pebbles.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iDw6uuQrHdY/YGe1yQ0F74I/AAAAAAAAHGc/02mp1FvskKQH98vYsa9pTACTZ6pc1aguQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4318.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1666" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iDw6uuQrHdY/YGe1yQ0F74I/AAAAAAAAHGc/02mp1FvskKQH98vYsa9pTACTZ6pc1aguQCLcBGAsYHQ/w325-h400/IMG_4318.jpeg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Below you see a square with a very simple wavy line going across it. Also, you can see that these squares are about 5" square.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ljQF4ofkTc/YGe3RDmvCTI/AAAAAAAAHG0/vyWfXpn7OB0Fc6F1sAI_kGu_z2gfGQeaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4313.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ljQF4ofkTc/YGe3RDmvCTI/AAAAAAAAHG0/vyWfXpn7OB0Fc6F1sAI_kGu_z2gfGQeaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4313.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>I still have several squares to quilt. I'm quilting every other square, leaving the alternating squares blank. I thought the quilt might get too stiff if it was quilted in every single square.</i></p>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-49135873893829845042021-03-21T16:28:00.000-07:002021-03-21T16:28:22.289-07:00Virtual Quilt Retreat 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>For the past six (or so) years it has been my job/honor/privilege/duty to plan our guild's annual retreat in February. We've always gone to nearby Healdsburg--close enough to be fairly convenient, but far enough to really feel away from home. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>2020, though, threw a wrench in absolutely everything, as you know. Actually our retreat in February of 2020 was held as normal. There was an inkling of an impending pandemic at the time. So for the 2021 retreat, I knew we would not be having our normal retreat in Healdsburg. But I wanted our guild to feel just a little air of "getting away" and "retreating." This led me to plan a virtual retreat. I did a little digging online for ideas, but most of what I did was just a twist on what we usually do at retreat. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The main thing about this year's retreat was that everything about it was optional. I did have about 27 or so women signed up, which is only a few more than we generally have at retreat. I kept telling people, in my emails to the guild, that the cost would be small, and I would need to have a better idea of how many people and what types of things I was going to have to pay for. Mostly, as I said, for xeroxing cost and mailing costs. In the end, the amount that I put into the retreat was really negligible, so I set the cost at $10.00 per person, with any money over what I spent going back into the guild treasury. And at the guild meeting in late January when I announced this, it was suggested that the guild could underwrite this small cost. So it cost nothing to participate in the retreat.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I planned a daily schedule--something that is done only very loosely when we are at retreat--with lunchtime, happy hour, things like that. In 2020, for the first time, I scheduled a "quilters' stretch time" into the afternoon. Those of us who wanted/needed to stood up at our tables, and I led us in some simple stretches: neck flexion, waist bends, overhead stretching, that sort of thing. Nothing too strenuous. People seemed to like that at Retreat. So this year I printed out a couple pages exhibiting stretches.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>In the very first email to retreat participants, I wrote a welcome letter, and explained how some of the things would work. We always play "QUILTO," which is a form of Bingo, so I sent out this page of quilt retreat bingo, just for people to play at home on their own. I have to admit that I don't think this idea went over very well. People wanted to know what the prizes were. Perhaps it needed a little more explanation.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--baJJGyTdYs/YE4xlq_zweI/AAAAAAAAHEk/ZP0phOZMDGAUUpZOU_5tYIKezFjmW5XzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4036.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--baJJGyTdYs/YE4xlq_zweI/AAAAAAAAHEk/ZP0phOZMDGAUUpZOU_5tYIKezFjmW5XzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG_4036.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Our retreat ran from Monday morning to Thursday afternoon. Each evening I emailed out to everyone the next day's schedule. Here is part of the first day's schedule.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrPTo4scM34/YE5hIjEeD6I/AAAAAAAAHFU/lmshHxsq2agyhFoq08QG5qoe9LPoxkuwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s806/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-14%2Bat%2B12.14.37%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrPTo4scM34/YE5hIjEeD6I/AAAAAAAAHFU/lmshHxsq2agyhFoq08QG5qoe9LPoxkuwgCLcBGAsYHQ/w494-h640/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-14%2Bat%2B12.14.37%2BPM.png" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">And here is a copy of the stretching exercises to do.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e70RmnZgLWk/YE5hIkYOt0I/AAAAAAAAHFY/MOoUKRM7FLERPVicLkVcGP-5L9tPndgiACLcBGAsYHQ/s762/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-14%2Bat%2B12.15.29%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="610" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e70RmnZgLWk/YE5hIkYOt0I/AAAAAAAAHFY/MOoUKRM7FLERPVicLkVcGP-5L9tPndgiACLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h640/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-14%2Bat%2B12.15.29%2BPM.png" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A big part (I think) of our retreats has been the making of a Quilt of Valor. I choose a block and exhibit it with instructions, then everyone makes their version of it. When I get them all together I square them up to the same size and sew them into a Quilt of Valor, which then goes to a wounded veteran. People seem to really like this activity. This year's block was based on this quilt that I saw in a magazine. I thought it might be nice in reds, whites, and blues.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-On_QpR_Vz-w/YE5p1F0a_hI/AAAAAAAAHFk/xt6J4-Q_GAUsF7K0uOq1ijoSBxrd7O-0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/794f35eb-61ce-4599-99e8-a6f4cb8a72e1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-On_QpR_Vz-w/YE5p1F0a_hI/AAAAAAAAHFk/xt6J4-Q_GAUsF7K0uOq1ijoSBxrd7O-0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/794f35eb-61ce-4599-99e8-a6f4cb8a72e1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Retreat participants were told to start with a 10" square of white-ish fabric, then to simply add a triangle of red and/or blue to one corner. I didn't specify what size of triangle to add, but I did give some parameters. After receiving a few of the squares in the mail, or dropped off at my house, here are some of them up on my design wall.</i></div></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wzsybiFGp28/YE4xrhI-_oI/AAAAAAAAHEo/OsyvElGnCwQNFVnlULtZhBrKKiJ2OcYfACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4156.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1472" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wzsybiFGp28/YE4xrhI-_oI/AAAAAAAAHEo/OsyvElGnCwQNFVnlULtZhBrKKiJ2OcYfACLcBGAsYHQ/w327-h454/IMG_4156.jpeg" width="327" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I always love the variance and "scrappiness" of our communal QOVs, and this year I'm especially loving all the different white fabrics used. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>As you can see from the photo below, there will be a lot of playing around I can do with these blocks. Here I've arranged all the colored corners to meet in the center. I could put all the triangles in the same corner, as pictured above, and there are other options, too. This will be fun!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mU_iLIicDD4/YE4xrpHM7JI/AAAAAAAAHEs/I24H73bEj4s4skFtvocdwl99h31rrrOZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4155.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1786" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mU_iLIicDD4/YE4xrpHM7JI/AAAAAAAAHEs/I24H73bEj4s4skFtvocdwl99h31rrrOZwCLcBGAsYHQ/w349-h400/IMG_4155.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>One of the fun things about retreat is going fabric shopping with friends. We couldn't replicate this exactly, but I did encourage shopping, and announced that one day was Fabric Shopping Day. Our local quilt shop, <a href="https://www.theloftingualala.com" target="_blank">The Loft</a>, and a quilt shop near Healdsburg, <a href="https://www.boltcloverdale.com" target="_blank">Bolt Fabrics</a>, gave us a retreat discount for our shopping during this week. I think we still had some fun, even though we couldn't all go en masse to the stores. We got to exercise our credit cards, and show each other the fabrics we'd bought. Here are two of the pieces I bought.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-id2g-ZBxcWs/YE4yzvxWUaI/AAAAAAAAHFE/b9Bygl5TcUMW7Am0--kQsJZf5sUcwH5TQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4114.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1572" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-id2g-ZBxcWs/YE4yzvxWUaI/AAAAAAAAHFE/b9Bygl5TcUMW7Am0--kQsJZf5sUcwH5TQCLcBGAsYHQ/w308-h400/IMG_4114.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Look at the cute button fabric below, and the really cute selvage!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-333ZZTPRnTA/YE4yzvho3PI/AAAAAAAAHFI/8Lqg31zdR3Y7oY9S8rcsrltsVI9w5jKuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4119.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-333ZZTPRnTA/YE4yzvho3PI/AAAAAAAAHFI/8Lqg31zdR3Y7oY9S8rcsrltsVI9w5jKuwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_4119.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>One of our favorite times of day at our retreats is usually our happy hours, where we sip and nibble and have some fun. And I'll just leave it at that. Because you know, what happens at quilt retreat stays at quilt retreat!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLKEQ3MVJXc/YE5tpv1W7xI/AAAAAAAAHFs/8WC4_3NMjsIAl5FKaDyX0z-__cgiNdYZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0361.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1251" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLKEQ3MVJXc/YE5tpv1W7xI/AAAAAAAAHFs/8WC4_3NMjsIAl5FKaDyX0z-__cgiNdYZwCLcBGAsYHQ/w244-h400/IMG_0361.jpeg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Thank you, Lori!!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i>For this retreat, since we couldn't all be together in one room, I counted on Zoom meetings to help us get a hint of togetherness. Thank you to dear Caroline, who engineered our morning coffee hour get-togethers, and our afternoon happy hour get-togethers. Even though we weren't there in person, it was still a lot of fun to see our friends' faces popping up on our screens. As usual at retreat, we have a few people who are coming from quite a ways away, and that's the only time we get to see these people, so that was fun. Here's a screenshot of one of our get-togethers.</i></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r1sIVkn7bjA/YE_LiSw7D0I/AAAAAAAAHF0/qDG3ho3UlDswJxYyyYSowjWUUYmjci74gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-04%2Bat%2B10.32.47%2BAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1280" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r1sIVkn7bjA/YE_LiSw7D0I/AAAAAAAAHF0/qDG3ho3UlDswJxYyyYSowjWUUYmjci74gCLcBGAsYHQ/w482-h276/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-04%2Bat%2B10.32.47%2BAM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We don't know what this coming year will have for us, so Retreat 2022 cannot be predicted. We'll see what happens in the next year. And keep our fingers crossed.</i></div><div><br /></div><p></p>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-8473087578203187302021-01-11T16:57:00.000-08:002021-01-11T16:57:58.269-08:00Playing With Paper Dyeing<p style="text-align: center;"><i>One Sunday morning when MisterStitches and I had finished our waffles and eggs breakfast, I noticed this bowl of residue from the frozen blueberries. The berry juice was such a deep, rich color so I decided to play with it a bit. (I know--incorrigible!)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3VdlgZDtUI/X02pIJ5uvVI/AAAAAAAAG2Q/P2RlMIXV_kAy2IWJvGuObGPelWd4c015gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3399.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3VdlgZDtUI/X02pIJ5uvVI/AAAAAAAAG2Q/P2RlMIXV_kAy2IWJvGuObGPelWd4c015gCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3399.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>So I crinkled up some watercolor paper and dipped it into the bowl. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNsS_tHpQ7U/X02pIJRdg6I/AAAAAAAAG2Y/fUV26QvbCx0W7A5To3IVOn6i6fRCthtegCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3400.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNsS_tHpQ7U/X02pIJRdg6I/AAAAAAAAG2Y/fUV26QvbCx0W7A5To3IVOn6i6fRCthtegCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3400.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And look at the results! It's a totally different color! I like the blueish/purplish color that was produced. These will be fun to make into some cards.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2048" height="230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AMLolR4IHmw/X02pIKMmpWI/AAAAAAAAG2U/jJ_thO5Vhu0-zWoMqNKDRO1n7QVx9t1TgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h230/IMG_3401.jpeg" style="text-align: left;" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Some very nice color graduations going on here.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOcCowQ6Z18/X2-4j7Ue9wI/AAAAAAAAG3I/7YHyaU8A2v45a9veZz5EtH5_fBLnSluNACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3402.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="2048" height="338" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOcCowQ6Z18/X2-4j7Ue9wI/AAAAAAAAG3I/7YHyaU8A2v45a9veZz5EtH5_fBLnSluNACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h338/IMG_3402.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I like these papers!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aSjrzqZ2Fh4/X2-5JZBs3FI/AAAAAAAAG3U/PYvTqp1HdsMjFTtFx426wjJG4QVI0SNOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3403%2B2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aSjrzqZ2Fh4/X2-5JZBs3FI/AAAAAAAAG3U/PYvTqp1HdsMjFTtFx426wjJG4QVI0SNOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_3403%2B2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p></p>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-88974241169285771522020-12-28T12:03:00.000-08:002020-12-28T12:03:30.788-08:001504 Lakeside Avenue<p style="text-align: center;"><i>I have been wanting to make a certain embroided wall hanging for quite a while. So I finally got around to it this fall.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is a photo of my parents' house. I had a regular-size photo, which I xeroxed and enlarged.</i> <i>I outlined the important parts of the house.</i> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VkL9bJZsFw/X-PFkYRhx5I/AAAAAAAAHB0/x-u2O1bmbVoP_gBI16aduBZKomLHO8LdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3891.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2048" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VkL9bJZsFw/X-PFkYRhx5I/AAAAAAAAHB0/x-u2O1bmbVoP_gBI16aduBZKomLHO8LdgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h253/IMG_3891.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Then I traced it onto tracing paper. I had always thought that I'd make this a red-work project. But then I thought, red isn't exactly my mom's favorite color. Oftentimes one also sees "blue-work" and "black-work." But in the end I decided to make it multi-color.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jegtJuIFDmg/X-PFkipqDbI/AAAAAAAAHB4/tfHJcTaM9-IVIZlXZ1GKVZs4o8nQwp9LwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3893.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2048" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jegtJuIFDmg/X-PFkipqDbI/AAAAAAAAHB4/tfHJcTaM9-IVIZlXZ1GKVZs4o8nQwp9LwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h265/IMG_3893.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I had a lot of fun with this embroidery. I used Frixion pens to transfer the image from the tracing paper onto the fabric. It was a piece of fabric that I had tea-dyed a long time ago, and it had a fusible lining on the back.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I'll show you some of the detail.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8nhwKD1Nsfw/X-PFjUuf6OI/AAAAAAAAHBs/Qir-g43Ng8YtLz_rIpaSHGcHF0_Kl0LgACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3884.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8nhwKD1Nsfw/X-PFjUuf6OI/AAAAAAAAHBs/Qir-g43Ng8YtLz_rIpaSHGcHF0_Kl0LgACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h301/IMG_3884.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P4V4SxdfXLc/X-PFjSBo9AI/AAAAAAAAHBk/PcU8Ej81Pg4Oz2R-v44ydNO6lWcrLNb4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3883.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2048" height="288" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P4V4SxdfXLc/X-PFjSBo9AI/AAAAAAAAHBk/PcU8Ej81Pg4Oz2R-v44ydNO6lWcrLNb4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h288/IMG_3883.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Finished with the embroidery, I had to decide on border(s). These next four photos are really poor quality, but all I was wanting to see was color combinations.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_NVh5d-_YqA/X-PIMn3WSyI/AAAAAAAAHCM/dE4iodEVdc4vTXll_cmi3oeqGE4JZ0ttgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3842.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_NVh5d-_YqA/X-PIMn3WSyI/AAAAAAAAHCM/dE4iodEVdc4vTXll_cmi3oeqGE4JZ0ttgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3842.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hjZvGjDt8n0/X-PIQr4mbOI/AAAAAAAAHCQ/pdjOfizGneIBu7My56MqOq37-P-ICQ27ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3843.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hjZvGjDt8n0/X-PIQr4mbOI/AAAAAAAAHCQ/pdjOfizGneIBu7My56MqOq37-P-ICQ27ACLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3843.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1XmcF7lJgrs/X-PIZWza3MI/AAAAAAAAHCU/ipuSF0EsqeciYsrQDmHwNYA0Vy2N_zg9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3845.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1XmcF7lJgrs/X-PIZWza3MI/AAAAAAAAHCU/ipuSF0EsqeciYsrQDmHwNYA0Vy2N_zg9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3845.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCocm7zMygc/X-PIZRPizaI/AAAAAAAAHCY/HYjy0wZe2EMC0Kry8sxmFs41PKmzg6PPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3846.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCocm7zMygc/X-PIZRPizaI/AAAAAAAAHCY/HYjy0wZe2EMC0Kry8sxmFs41PKmzg6PPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3846.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I finally decided on a green flange with the brown grunge fabric.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDWvVFXoRK0/X-PFjSV2jNI/AAAAAAAAHBo/HUW_5SanOUkgZA6s9ML6GRfQPhcJdGC3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3880.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="326" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDWvVFXoRK0/X-PFjSV2jNI/AAAAAAAAHBo/HUW_5SanOUkgZA6s9ML6GRfQPhcJdGC3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w498-h326/IMG_3880.jpeg" width="498" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Of course, I added a hanging sleeve and a label before mailing it to MomStitches for Christmas. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Of course, I forgot to measure it, but it's not real huge, maybe 15 inches wide(?).</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JpHHDXobVQY/X-PJXxMMWMI/AAAAAAAAHCo/2cdZlASofeMNqyUZNUKWZF9gD6Do1-RoACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3885.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1509" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JpHHDXobVQY/X-PJXxMMWMI/AAAAAAAAHCo/2cdZlASofeMNqyUZNUKWZF9gD6Do1-RoACLcBGAsYHQ/w295-h400/IMG_3885.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><p></p>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-91666838612113287562020-12-22T14:10:00.001-08:002020-12-22T14:10:46.661-08:00A Christmas Wreath<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>I made a new Christmas wreath last week. </i><i> I got the idea from a wreath I saw at my local quilt store, <a href="https://www.theloftingualala.com">The Loft,</a> in Gualala. I saw it in the store</i><i> a couple years ago, but one thing and another (including a broken arm!) got in the way of my finishing it. Here's how I made it: </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dhfirb3EeAE/X-Jom-wY29I/AAAAAAAAHBE/4Ttu2Fvdg1YgLu0sa-tzcpcKvXtgxfaQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3915.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1753" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dhfirb3EeAE/X-Jom-wY29I/AAAAAAAAHBE/4Ttu2Fvdg1YgLu0sa-tzcpcKvXtgxfaQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w343-h400/IMG_3915.jpeg" width="343" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Tools you need are a chopstick (or 2) or a pencil, a straw-wrapped wreath form, some glue, and quite a few fabric squares about 3" by 3". I rough cut my squares with a wavy blade to reduce fraying.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4RVviP-1HyE/X-JoKzei4ZI/AAAAAAAAHAo/IvwTmXFseUgagOE8dDJnkHIktmUuCMNQACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3878.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2048" height="316" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4RVviP-1HyE/X-JoKzei4ZI/AAAAAAAAHAo/IvwTmXFseUgagOE8dDJnkHIktmUuCMNQACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h316/IMG_3878.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This glittery, glow-in-the-dark glue will be wasted here! But it was handy.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__UVZSk7Ohw/X-Jqc-4nOOI/AAAAAAAAHBU/OKnpy5MQsC4KaBjlFt_CSxNj8VxsCFmOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3875.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1484" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__UVZSk7Ohw/X-Jqc-4nOOI/AAAAAAAAHBU/OKnpy5MQsC4KaBjlFt_CSxNj8VxsCFmOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w290-h400/IMG_3875.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>You will actually need many, many of these fabric squares!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I do not know how many squares I cut. I was keeping track of the count, just for fun (?), but I can't find the little paper with my count on it. If I find it I will amend this blog post.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g70h0mQnibA/X-JoJ5nzN4I/AAAAAAAAHAg/tQsmAVdpRTELRAY5y5llN2trT82C1C82gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3876.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2048" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g70h0mQnibA/X-JoJ5nzN4I/AAAAAAAAHAg/tQsmAVdpRTELRAY5y5llN2trT82C1C82gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h291/IMG_3876.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I basically used red and green fabrics, with a few "rogue" colors thrown in for variety. My rogue colors were reds and greens of a "non-Christmas" hue, sort of pink-ish, or a green with a lot of brown in it, etc.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ovpfPUb0lmU/X-JoKc_dh1I/AAAAAAAAHAk/Z3_k3zuATZ4N9930tC3Unp8I4lTlO94vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3877.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2045" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ovpfPUb0lmU/X-JoKc_dh1I/AAAAAAAAHAk/Z3_k3zuATZ4N9930tC3Unp8I4lTlO94vwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_3877.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is the process. The pencil or chopstick needs to be sharpened but not too sharp. You don't want it to poke through the fabric, but it needs to be sharp enough to poke into the wreath.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Center the chopstick in the center of a piece of fabric, then dip the fabric-covered point into a little glue. Push the whole thing into the wreath form. And carefully pull the chopstick out.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repeat.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repeat.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repeat.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Just keep filling in the spaces until you don't see any more of the wreath.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You can see that I left the plastic covering on the wreath, but I did remove the label! I suppose a styrofoam wreath might have worked as well--I haven't tried that.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lz3O0xvn3cI/X-JoJqGaIKI/AAAAAAAAHAY/fgAn5DtQxisDssQt_0Fie3Q4wNk4XuXDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3874.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="2048" height="319" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lz3O0xvn3cI/X-JoJqGaIKI/AAAAAAAAHAY/fgAn5DtQxisDssQt_0Fie3Q4wNk4XuXDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w365-h319/IMG_3874.jpeg" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And here is the final result. I'm very happy with it.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7DRF3m0ynE/X-JpA2UBDdI/AAAAAAAAHBM/GD73HQFPkmsaWNhcP0ilw8K1pZSINAYjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3915.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1753" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7DRF3m0ynE/X-JpA2UBDdI/AAAAAAAAHBM/GD73HQFPkmsaWNhcP0ilw8K1pZSINAYjwCLcBGAsYHQ/w343-h400/IMG_3915.jpeg" width="343" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbtM9EEkKOs/X-JreCKiTXI/AAAAAAAAHBc/iSXNoh6KQd4OCU_pWBa3mcxnF4Xk-UJSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3916.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1788" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbtM9EEkKOs/X-JreCKiTXI/AAAAAAAAHBc/iSXNoh6KQd4OCU_pWBa3mcxnF4Xk-UJSACLcBGAsYHQ/w349-h400/IMG_3916.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div><p></p>MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-80805961250405805392020-12-08T15:41:00.000-08:002020-12-08T15:41:23.072-08:00Fabric Shopping Bags--Where Have They All Gone?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I count it as just one more tiny sad thing about this quarantine period. But we are not able to use our fabric shopping bags. And I fully agree--I'm not arguing the point.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>So while my shopping bags are unoccupied, shall we say, I decided it was a good time to wash all of them. Here are some of the bags.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xuVz76l2vO4/X9AH_mshl3I/AAAAAAAAG-s/L7Bsvmxn6j8ht7F43ynC144pRxuzS6KSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3812.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2048" height="303" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xuVz76l2vO4/X9AH_mshl3I/AAAAAAAAG-s/L7Bsvmxn6j8ht7F43ynC144pRxuzS6KSACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h303/IMG_3812.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Most of these bags are courtesy of the Green Bag Lady. Teresa has changed the world, I believe, by giving away thousands upon thousands of fabric bags. All over the world. You can visit her website <a href="greenbaglady.blogspot.com" target="_blank">here.</a>.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tnqJM_m_Hz0/X9AH_tsXBtI/AAAAAAAAG-0/hjbWvOD4KmctvNLU4t0NB6d_70h6UIogACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3813.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1447" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tnqJM_m_Hz0/X9AH_tsXBtI/AAAAAAAAG-0/hjbWvOD4KmctvNLU4t0NB6d_70h6UIogACLcBGAsYHQ/w283-h400/IMG_3813.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This bag is not actually from GBL, although I used her pattern to make it. I love it because it is made from fabric by</i><a href="https://www.harmonyart.com" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"> Harmony Art.</a><i> It's a nice sturdy fabric, too.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4V92mocuziU/X9AH_rpiTDI/AAAAAAAAG-w/HdtVF210_CA31ZbumekAFvl3lZffe1ppQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3814.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1492" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4V92mocuziU/X9AH_rpiTDI/AAAAAAAAG-w/HdtVF210_CA31ZbumekAFvl3lZffe1ppQCLcBGAsYHQ/w291-h400/IMG_3814.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><i>I'm pretty sure that this next one is the first bag I ever received from GBL. It, too, is made from Harmony Art fabric, a very cute little child's alphabet design, with cute little words spelled out in the grid.</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t-mo4Naw7Xg/X9AIAOmBt7I/AAAAAAAAG-4/Jn8nIMcSruUrSeKT-FCMVQs_LAjg6NDUACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3815.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1728" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t-mo4Naw7Xg/X9AIAOmBt7I/AAAAAAAAG-4/Jn8nIMcSruUrSeKT-FCMVQs_LAjg6NDUACLcBGAsYHQ/w338-h400/IMG_3815.jpeg" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And here is its number. Each bag is numbered and kept track of at the GBH Headquarters. This bag is number 5,349, fairly early on in the production history.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WGvk2d2e7Rk/X9AJB6JxcmI/AAAAAAAAG_s/uIU06yIVdkkOa9Am4mrDD_5_upFAr7wAACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3861.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="2048" height="221" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WGvk2d2e7Rk/X9AJB6JxcmI/AAAAAAAAG_s/uIU06yIVdkkOa9Am4mrDD_5_upFAr7wAACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h221/IMG_3861.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This is another beautiful Harmony Art print, this time a very pretty polished cotton which has a luxurious feel to it.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8ALy6eZonQ/X9AIAJuBTyI/AAAAAAAAG-8/QYRrN2gJbBQI7gOpvmSKYc5G_rmMz-abwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3816.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8ALy6eZonQ/X9AIAJuBTyI/AAAAAAAAG-8/QYRrN2gJbBQI7gOpvmSKYc5G_rmMz-abwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3816.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Then there's this bag, from the year of Nashville's flooding. (Can't remember the date.)</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hjufh4LOOfs/X9AIAdSQEwI/AAAAAAAAG_A/bvAkSfjgDZ4bcTllBE_-MCFBh2HYoR6-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3817.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1763" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hjufh4LOOfs/X9AIAdSQEwI/AAAAAAAAG_A/bvAkSfjgDZ4bcTllBE_-MCFBh2HYoR6-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w344-h400/IMG_3817.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This is its number, though, #10,332.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5nR0dct4qY/X9AIJenXYJI/AAAAAAAAG_E/uTA95oPtt6Y7QNTYblV1XlaeHYbp2-rBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3821.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5nR0dct4qY/X9AIJenXYJI/AAAAAAAAG_E/uTA95oPtt6Y7QNTYblV1XlaeHYbp2-rBACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h246/IMG_3821.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Further on in the progression of bags given away/number of bags.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-417e5tYMjBw/X9AIJ3iSxwI/AAAAAAAAG_Q/sVNlh_Q_sNUVKfpKsHjJT2kTZZN-uqMPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3823.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="2048" height="220" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-417e5tYMjBw/X9AIJ3iSxwI/AAAAAAAAG_Q/sVNlh_Q_sNUVKfpKsHjJT2kTZZN-uqMPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h220/IMG_3823.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>I count myself fortunate to have had the privilege of working with Teresa, just a little bit, by helping to hand out bags at grocery stores with her and with her "Bag-ettes."</i></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dTc2WIGwFU/X9AIJVwsVGI/AAAAAAAAG_I/aMPdKiV1Z20-1HOhN_JbzK_BWB81Eb-7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="2048" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dTc2WIGwFU/X9AIJVwsVGI/AAAAAAAAG_I/aMPdKiV1Z20-1HOhN_JbzK_BWB81Eb-7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h248/IMG_3819.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This is my most recent bag (which is the polished cotton shown above), #55,545, which is a great number, don't you think! The number of bags that have been made to date is about 70,000. Isn't that fantastic!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1Lh-Fii20o/X9AJB1ok_6I/AAAAAAAAG_w/1FZdszoj8GMuh5vai55tD8giGVkYJhDaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2603/IMG_3860.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2603" height="186" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1Lh-Fii20o/X9AJB1ok_6I/AAAAAAAAG_w/1FZdszoj8GMuh5vai55tD8giGVkYJhDaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h186/IMG_3860.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>So, whenever we do get to emerge from our lairs, I will have nice clean fabric bags to use. 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<i>Thank you so much, <a href="https://girlathome.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/baby-bathtime-apron-tutorial/">https://girlathome.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/baby-bathtime-apron-tutorial/</a></i></div>
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MissesStitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468039705091019881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331458201164553344.post-84529549617511595902020-10-31T16:10:00.000-07:002020-10-31T16:10:16.900-07:00New BabyStitches (and Sewing, Too!)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Announcement Time! </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>There is a new BabyStitches! Yes, BabyStitches is now a big sister. I'm so </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>excited--we all are--to welcome this new little one into our lives. And Misses/NanaStitches has been doing some sewing for the little one.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A new baby does present a bit of a naming problem. Do I need to change all of my GranddaughterStitches' names? When my first BabyStitches didn't want to be called a baby anymore (totally understand that) I renamed her GranddaughterStitches. That was easy. Then I had a new BabyStitches and all was well. But now I'm going to have another BabyStitches, so I need a new name for the former BabyStitches (who will soon turn four). So I'm trying to think of a new name to use. BigSisterStitches? (maybe) LittleGranddaughterStitches? (kind of long) Maybe I should change the older GranddaugterStitches's name to something like BigGranddaugherStitches? (I don't know) My little brain is trying to work on this problem. If anyone can suggest anything to me, I'd really appreciate it.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>When BabyStitches was born, I made her a little mermaid sleeper and her parents really liked it. It is from a pattern that I found at <a href="http://seekatesew.bigcartel.com/product/the-basic-baby-gown-mermaid-baby-gown-pattern" target="_blank">SeeKateSew</a>. It's a very good pattern, and has different sizes included, so I made one sleeper in a newborn size, and one in size 3-6 months. KittyStitches is checking out the ties at the bottom!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QViqte7Btx4/X00T9BOMDQI/AAAAAAAAG0k/mNRWsNodi_EdAPcpxs666ZFRtd_gN-6GQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QViqte7Btx4/X00T9BOMDQI/AAAAAAAAG0k/mNRWsNodi_EdAPcpxs666ZFRtd_gN-6GQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3448.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Here is a closer photo. I know, it's not a very baby-like print, but it is the only jersey knit fabric that I have in the house!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ePtwfFvnIes/X00T9Ygn7uI/AAAAAAAAG0o/eVRq95aVkMsc5dKK4YZaUjjlBB2Ku2CEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3449.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ePtwfFvnIes/X00T9Ygn7uI/AAAAAAAAG0o/eVRq95aVkMsc5dKK4YZaUjjlBB2Ku2CEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3449.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And then I found this blue jersey knit fabric, which--again--is not very baby-like. The photo below shows the ties at the bottom when they are not tied together, before they become a mermaid tail!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUfPWc8CiVc/X00T9AJZ3lI/AAAAAAAAG0g/dZM4gg8HDbsB6Narmi6rMYqmuIICdHgEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1093" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUfPWc8CiVc/X00T9AJZ3lI/AAAAAAAAG0g/dZM4gg8HDbsB6Narmi6rMYqmuIICdHgEwCLcBGAsYHQ/w214-h400/IMG_3450.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And all tied up into a mermaid tail!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Z-XSfntGJw/X00T-HqRkYI/AAAAAAAAG0s/bEROrsLyJMAlVoLnQOPjGhUpOREtUC0cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3452.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Z-XSfntGJw/X00T-HqRkYI/AAAAAAAAG0s/bEROrsLyJMAlVoLnQOPjGhUpOREtUC0cgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3452.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Same website, SeeKateSew.com, also had a cute simple little knotted hat pattern, so I made a few of them for BabyStitches, too.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XPjieYKvYl4/X00T-bxykSI/AAAAAAAAG0w/jY9H9WqEYpol2rwkn8wlRSKOT7GQYAFMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3453.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XPjieYKvYl4/X00T-bxykSI/AAAAAAAAG0w/jY9H9WqEYpol2rwkn8wlRSKOT7GQYAFMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h223/IMG_3453.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On Pinterest I found a cute pattern for a bandana bib. I'm really, really sorry that I can't find the source to link to for this. I usually pin things to my boards right away, but I didn't this time. And the author didn't put his/her name/website on the pattern pieces which I printed out. (So sorry not to give credit where credit is due.) The front piece is cut just a little bigger than the back piece to form this sort of cowl on the front--just like a bandana would have. Then I used embroidery designs from a previous post </i><a href="http://missesstitches.blogspot.com/2020/04/alphabet-embroidery.html" style="font-style: italic;">here</a><i>) to appliqué a letter onto the bib. I was told by SonStitches and Daughter-in-lawStitches that BabyStitch's name might begin with an A. </i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ud4FAMxC0s4/X00T-bihhdI/AAAAAAAAG00/OVGIV2xtsnkNqQnzSSMKiHZ6X-uuqOfcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3455.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1373" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ud4FAMxC0s4/X00T-bihhdI/AAAAAAAAG00/OVGIV2xtsnkNqQnzSSMKiHZ6X-uuqOfcwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h268/IMG_3455.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ut7aAwutBmc/X00T-j6T4II/AAAAAAAAG04/BU1dwgHtgsc2jwo89PO3TtW3omU8pudqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3457.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ut7aAwutBmc/X00T-j6T4II/AAAAAAAAG04/BU1dwgHtgsc2jwo89PO3TtW3omU8pudqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3457.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>In the back I sewed a little yo-yo to cover the snap.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yqwuxVqWhqE/X00T-0-kNmI/AAAAAAAAG08/WKutz1EQnsIhZM1yp58Ll-Rc0EgtdNhJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3458.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yqwuxVqWhqE/X00T-0-kNmI/AAAAAAAAG08/WKutz1EQnsIhZM1yp58Ll-Rc0EgtdNhJQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3458.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> I found some flannel in my stash, so I paired it with a cute little cat print, and made it into an "unquilted quilt"/receiving blanket. 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<i>I recently made some more greeting cards, and I used a technique I found on (good old) Pinterest. The technique is called "One Sheet Wonder." The idea is that you take one sheet of decorative paper of your choice, and then cut it according to some given directions. The result is several cards all using that special paper, with none of the pretty paper wasted. </i></div>
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<i>(Just go to Pinterest and search for One Sheet Wonder. There are directions for different sizes of decorative paper, some 6" x 6", some 12" x 12", etc.)</i></div>
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<i>The directions show you suggestions for how to use the resulting pieces of decorative paper to assemble the cards. Of course, one can do that, or one can invent some new designs. I followed some of the suggestions, and made some cards with my own designs.</i></div>
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<i>A few close-ups now. I really liked this way of using little tiny 1" squares. </i></div>
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<i>Here I added a piece of doily and a little flower with a brad.</i></div>
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<i>All of the suggested card layouts were quite precise, exact, planned out, centered designs. This was the last card I made, and I decided to do something a little more "haphazard." And I really like it!</i></div>
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<i>I'm sure I'll use this technique again. It's a good way to get a lot of cards made efficiently, and to work in a series.</i></div>
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<i>I found this cute little denim "container" on good old Pinterest. Here is the<a href="https://www.diyncrafts.com/13107/repurpose/how-to-make-adorable-bags-from-repurposed-jeans"> link</a>.</i></div>
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<i>You start with the bottom leg portion of some jeans. The hem on the jeans makes for a nice finished edge on the top of the resulting container. Below you can see that I'm hand-stitching the upper portion of the leg together.</i></div>
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<i>Next I pushed open the sewn-up leg and sewed across the shorter ends to box off the bottom of the container.</i></div>
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<i>This is just a view of the other side of this boxing-off seam. You can see where the hand-sewn seam intersects the side seam of the jeans.</i></div>
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<i>I should add that I used a pair of my own jeans for this project. I could get a bigger denim container if I used a pair of MisterStitches's jeans, because they have a wider leg.</i></div>
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<i>I store a lot of my patterns in a file cabinet beside my machine. That works pretty well. But I noticed that the files were getting "messed up" with the smaller patterns (the kind that usually come in plastic covers). They didn't fit the 8 1/2" x 11" format of the file drawer!</i></div>
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<i>Then I found this small file box. (Sorry, I can't remember where I ordered it. It's been sitting around for a while!!) And I put all of the smaller, plastic-covered patterns in it. They fit very well. Just right! </i></div>
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<i>But I realized that I would have to look through the whole box to find a particular pattern. That was when I decided to make file divider cards for it. </i></div>
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<i>Cereal boxes to the rescue!! Really, they have so many uses, don't they. What would we do without cereal boxes?</i></div>
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<i>I used my stash of paper (for making cards) to cover both sides of the cardboard. Here's the one for Christmas items.</i></div>
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<i>SisterStitches produces patterns of her own to sell, so she got a file section all of her own!</i></div>
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<i>And here is the final view! Nice and orderly, and not bad looking, either! I debated about whether to seal the dividers with ModPodge. But I don't think they'll get so much handling that they will get damaged. And besides, Finished is good, right!</i></div>
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<i>Here you can see the pattern I used and my tracing marks on a Christmas card. I really needed to trace on the front, as opposed to the back (where my tracing marks would not be seen) in order to get the "sweater" positioned on the card where I wanted it. I was just careful to cut out <u>inside</u> the lines.</i></div>
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<i>Here are a couple of the resulting gift tags. On the back I've simply written "To:" and "From:." I may punch a hole in the shoulder maybe to attach with a ribbon/string. Or I may just tape them on a package.</i></div>
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<i>And did I mention that GranddaughterStitches loves chickens??? So I made her a chicken pillowcase. I found the cute chicken fabric, then threw in a couple other colors to complement it.</i></div>
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<i>After that pillowcase, I decided to make another pillowcase with her name on it. I found some really pretty batiks in my stash to use. For all of my machine appliqué projects, I fuse the number or letters to the background fabric, then do machine blanket stitch around the edges.</i></div>
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<i>I think GranddaughterStitches really likes her two pillowcases.</i></div>
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<i>One thing that made this particular tutorial appealing was that it just used plain old batting. No super-stiff fusible stuff. I don't dislike the stiff fusible interfacing, it's just that I don't always have it on hand. This pattern is "fat quarter friendly," too, as there is very little left over from the two fat quarters. Of course, you can make these any size you want: different widths and different heights.</i></div>
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<i>Anyway, I've been wanting to make these for quite a while, and I was inspired to finally do it so that I would have a "box" to hold my "un-paper towels" on my counter top. (Read about un-paper towels <a href="http://missesstitches.blogspot.com/2020/03/un-paper-towels.html">here</a>.)</i></div>
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<i>As you can see here, the boxes are very soft-sided and can be collapsed. But they spring right back up, and are perfect for my purpose.</i></div>
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<i>And now I have a matching set in my kitchen. The box for my clean un-paper towels coordinates with the receptacle for dirty un-paper towels!</i></div>
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<i>It's finished!!</i></div>
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<i>Binding, hanging sleeve, label, everything!!</i></div>
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<i>Part 1 of this blog post is <a href="https://missesstitches.blogspot.com/2020/03/scrappy-strip-pieced-star-quilt-part-1.html">here</a>. And the second part is <a href="https://missesstitches.blogspot.com/2020/05/scrappy-strip-pieced-star-quilt-part-2.html">here</a>.</i></div>
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<i> It was a windy day, so it's not an optimal photo. But MisterStitches did a valiant job of holding up the quilt in the gale. And it shows the quilt! I'm really happy with this quilt.</i></div>
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<i>Here you can see some of the (minimal) quilting. I just meandered across the quilt in long undulating curvy lines. Super simple. I didn't want dense quilting, because I don't want the quilt to be too "stiff."</i></div>
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<i>When I got to the border I wanted to do something different, so I chose another wiggly design, which almost (but not quite) looks like grass. </i></div>
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<i>Here is a close-up. As you can see, almost (but not really!) grass.</i></div>
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<i>And here is the back of the quilt. The Kaffe Fassett fabric is in the center, with more strip-pieced scraps on the sides.</i></div>
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<i>Isn't this KF fabric pretty! Now that I've used it, I'm almost sorry that I put it on the back of the quilt, instead of using it for a front of a quilt. But, on the other hand, I really like to have pretty quilt backs, and this one is very pretty, I think.</i></div>
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<i>Since the quilt is so big, I made a split sleeve for it. Now I just have to find a dowel that is long enough for it!</i></div>
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<i>I've named it "Scrappy String Star Quilt." I know. Not very elegant or creative! </i></div>
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<i>I love to iron it, I love to work with it, I love to smell it, I love to fondle it.</i></div>
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<i>I was just ironing these fabrics the other day. Aren't they beautiful! It was such a joy to iron the wrinkles out of them and make them oh, so smooth.</i></div>
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<i>You can just imagine how smooth this batik fabric is--almost like glass!</i></div>
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<i>And the delicate little print of this fabric. Oh, delightful!!</i></div>
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<i>After getting the squares all sewn together in (hopefully) the right direction (!), I thought about what I could use for a border.</i></div>
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<i>After auditioning several fabrics, I chose a light green grunge fabric for the borders. At this point my quilt top measured about </i><i>76" square. </i></div>
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<i>Then, as I searched through my stash for some fabric for the back, I came across this yummy piece of Kaffe Fassett. It was not quite wide enough for this quilt back. But it was long enough so I decided to start with the KF fabric, and add to it.</i></div>
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<i>More strip-piecing came to the rescue!! I knew that I needed to add about 15" on each side of the KF fabric to make it wide enough for the backing. I found some unbleached muslin that was just the right size for a foundation, so I started some more stripping!</i></div>
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<i>This is one of the long strips that I sewed to add to the backing fabric. I made two of these strips, one for each side of the quilt back.</i></div>
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<i>As I'm sewing along on this project of scraps, it's really interesting to "travel along memory lane" as I come to fabrics that I have used in the past for other projects. Some are real favorites. Here are a few.</i></div>
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<i>This is some wonderful "bread fabric" that I found and used for aprons at<a href="http://TwoFish Baking Company"> TwoFish Baking Company</a>.</i></div>
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<i>The pretty blue floral here was the main fabric for my <a href="http://www.pacificpiecemakers.org/index.html">President's Quilt</a>.</i></div>
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<i>And here you can see a glimpse of the green fabric that I used to make "potholders" for Christmas gifts last year!</i></div>
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<i>The beautiful green floral in the center is a lovely fabric, a smooth and silky cotton, reminiscent of a <a href="https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/department/fabric/">Liberty of London</a> fabric.</i></div>
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<i>Below is another pretty pink HarmonyArt fabric, alongside some Winnie The Pooh fabric that I used to make a quilt for GranddaughterStitches quite a few years ago. </i></div>
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<i>The purple grape fabric is from some table napkins that I made a long time ago, and the green pea fabric is from a baby quilt that I made for BabyStitches just three years ago.</i></div>
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<i>For a while I have been wanting a carrying case for my iPhone. I want it just for use at home, to wear over my shoulder so I can keep my phone handy when the clothes I'm wearing don't have a pocket. I saw a woman one day on the street who had a regular-looking phone case, except that it had a long strap connected to it, and she was wearing it over her shoulder.</i></div>
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<i>So I looked around for one to buy. Amazon to the rescue! I found only one, and it said that it fit my phone model. I wondered about that, because the opening on the back of the phone case for the camera lens didn't look just like mine. But they said it fit, so I bought it. Yes, my phone did fit, and it didn't seem to matter about the lens opening. However! I was wearing it one day and all of a sudden a siren started going off from my phone! A really LOUD siren. I've never heard a sound like that coming from my phone! I turned it off, and went about my business, and the siren went off again! So that case was a "no-go" for me.</i></div>
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<i>Back to Amazon, looking for phone cases again. I found another one, and it said it fits my phone, and the camera opening looks right. I ordered it. Lo and behold, it's about a quarter of an inch too long for my phone! Man! This shouldn't be so hard! I was really frustrated.</i></div>
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<i>So then I decided to do something that I should have tried in the first place. I looked on line for a pattern to make a phone case. And I found one. </i><a href="https://www.sewcanshe.com/blog/phone-wallet-purse-pattern?format=amp" style="font-style: italic;"> This</a><i> is the link to the site I found on Pinterest. The name of the website is "SewCanShe," (cute name). I used these directions as a guide, but deviated somewhat. I measured my phone and read what size phone this fits, and made mine a little tiny bit wider. It called for a zippered pocket on the back, but I skipped that part. In the name of simplicity and speed. I don't need this for going shopping or anywhere outside, I just want it for indoor use.</i></div>
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<i>Another change I made was not using rotating hardware to clip to the sides. I didn't have any! (And in quarantine I can't just run to the store and get some!) I simply tied a fat knot in my cord that goes around my neck. </i></div>
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<i>I chose two contrasting blue batiks from my stash, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. I wear it most days at home. It keeps my phone right by my side.</i></div>
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<i>Thank you, SewCanShe!!</i></div>
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<i>I guess we all have some time on our hands, with this Coronavirus quarantine going on. One of the things I do when I have some spare time is browse through my Pinterest files. In my "For The Home" category, I have this item as a way to use up fabric scraps. The directions are <a href="https://corrieberrypie.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-new-model.html">here</a>. Very simple, really.</i></div>
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<i>Corrie's directions (in the link) said to use plastic hangers without hooks on them. All of my plastic hangers have hooks on them. So I just kind of worked my way around the hooks. Yes, they don't look quite as nice as the hangers without hooks, but they're ok with me.</i></div>
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<i>Corrie said to tie a bow when you get back to the top, so I started leaving a good size tail at the beginning, too. She also said to secure the fabric at the beginning, and at the joins with either masking tape or a hot glue gun. I started out using masking tape, but the second day I used the hot glue gun, as I thought that would make it "cleaner." Wish I had my <u>low temperature</u> glue gun, as I got quite a bit of it on my fingers! No bad burns, though.</i></div>
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<i>I got quite a few of them finished. With this quarantine, the whole house may become wrapped in fabric strips! Maybe even the wooden hangers?!?</i></div>
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<i>Did I mention that this makes a good activity to do while watching a favorite movie?</i></div>
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<i>For Christmas, SonStitches and Daughter-in-lawStitches gave me a few things that were on my wish list. However, they had no idea what they were!! So I had some "splaining" to do.</i></div>
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<i>These cute little curley-cues are actually to control thread ends on spools that don't catch the thread.</i></div>
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<i>Voila!</i></div>
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<i>And I actually made some bias tape while they were here to demonstrate these bias tape makers.</i></div>
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<i>Awesome Christmas presents! Thanks, guys!!</i></div>
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<i>A blogging friend of mine, </i><a href="http://www.elefantz.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Jenny of Elefantz</a><i>, designed an embroidered alphabet set last year, and gave away the instructions on her website/blog. (I think they are still available in her shop to buy.) They are so cute, and I've now finished all 26 of them. Jenny had designed them with the idea of making them into pin cushions. I thought about that. You can see in the photo below that I sewed two extra pieces of fabric onto the letter "b" in anticipation making a pin cushion</i></div>
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<i>But I wasn't sure I wanted to make that many pin cushions! My plan now is to maybe make them into Christmas</i> <i>tree ornaments, but I haven't made up my mind for sure. Maybe I'll use them as little blocks in an alphabet baby quilt.</i></div>
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<i>the flower on the letter "e,"</i></div>
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<i>and the cute orange flower on the letter "f."</i></div>
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<i>MisterStitches and I were talking about the letters. I had just showed them all pinned up on my design wall. He suggested that I make a decorative alphabet of my own. I think I might just do that!</i></div>
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<i>I'll keep you posted on any design ideas!</i></div>
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<i>BabyStitches turned three in December!! Boy, is she growing fast!! In addition to her "Number 3" shirts, (which I'll hopefully get posted here one of these days!) I made her a little apron. I was talking to SonStitches on the phone and asked what the little one might like for her birthday. He replied that she'd really like an apron to wear when she's helping them in the kitchen.</i></div>
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<i>And here is the result. </i></div>
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<i>The other side is a cute cat print. </i></div>
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<i>I think it's obvious which fabric BabyStitches likes best.</i></div>
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<i>And when baking is over, another type of apron is needed!</i></div>
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<i>The end result.</i></div>
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<i>Let me first of all say that this project has nothing to do with the Coronavirus. It is something that I'd been seeing on Pinterest, and decided to try. It is, of course, very timely, given the state of the world and paper products.</i><br />
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<i>Some of the Pinterest ideas say to back the towels with flannel, as I've done in the photo below. Some said to back the cloths with terry. I tried one like that, and it was a bit too thick for my taste.</i></div>
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<i>Some of the towels are two layers (like the one below), and some are just one layer. The size is approximately 12" square. I have to tell you, MisterStitches likes these towels A Lot. I like them a lot, too. I think we both prefer the simple one-layer towels.</i></div>
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<i>I bought quite a few of these (!) and I'm not finished cutting and zig-zagging edges yet!</i></div>
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<i>Danielle used oil cloth to line her bag, but I didn't have any of that, and I didn't really want to bother with it anyway. (If they are too wet, I hang them over the other oven handle till they're dry.) So mine is just two thicknesses of the solid blue, attached to the two layers of the blue print.</i></div>
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