tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51427244179170462692024-02-20T18:34:43.386-08:00Adirondack UrbanJackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-66238029545470847542015-12-13T17:40:00.001-08:002015-12-14T16:44:03.184-08:00Allietare Week 3Thank you to the commenters who told me that the hard part was in doing the cutting and who reminded me that it's ok to go at my own pace! I needed those reminders.<br />
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So week three is more of the same - I have all my strips cut and paired but only sewed 12 strips together and then about 30 four patches.<br />
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In between the strips and four patches I've been sewing the Santa hats as leaders and enders. I've got three sets complete and about 8 more units in various states of completion.<br />
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I was sick for three days this week then the weekend was busy as usual, but I did get all the ornaments sewn for my staff and goodie bags made up with treats for our office party on Tuesday. I also made brownies for the party and wrapped gifts for the managers and supervisors who work for me. This year the managers bought all the raffle prizes for the party so I had those to assemble and wrap too. </div>
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I hope to have time to sew one last Christmas gift - a set of pot holders for my future daughter-in-law. </div>
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As the mother of two sons, I was thrilled that both boys girlfriends asked to bake Christmas cookies with me! It's so nice to have the girls around! </div>
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Don't forget to check out <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html" target="_blank">Bonnie Hunter's blog</a> to see the progress everyone else made this week.</div>
<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-63819795464007956012015-12-07T17:47:00.000-08:002015-12-07T17:49:15.269-08:00Allietare Week 2 - falling behindWell it's Week 2 of the Allietare Mystery Quilt Along. I had last Monday off so I was able to get the almost 300 half square triangles sewn. It took me the rest of the week to trim them down to 2" squares (I use the eight at a time method).<br />
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We were away for most of this past weekend so I only managed to get all my pieces cut - nothing sewn.<br />
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I took this coming Wednesday off from work to go to the doctor, finish my Christmas shopping, sew 25 Ornaments for all my employees, and maybe sew a few of these units.<br />
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I know, it's probably not all going to happen. Sigh... A girl can wish can't she? Maybe the elves will make time stretch...</div>
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Don't forget to check out <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/12/allietare-mystery-monday-link-up-part-2.html" target="_blank">Bonnie Hunter's blog</a> to see how everyone else is progressing with the mystery.<br />
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Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-77564979266072381952015-11-29T16:46:00.001-08:002015-11-30T18:15:27.686-08:00Allietare Week 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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32 half square triangles done - 262 more to go!</div>
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This is my third Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. I used Bonnie's color suggestions for the first two. For this one I am only changing the black to navy. I'm hoping for a patriotic feel. Except for the gray fabric, the rest comes entirely from my stash! </div>
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Except for some Christmas fabric to make 7 stockings and some ornaments, I have pretty much stuck to my goal of no new fabric this year unless it was for borders, backing, or binding. The only other fabric purchases were five fat quarters purchased while on vacation in Maine and three Kaffe Fassett charm packs. </div>
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Don't forget to visit <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/11/mystery-monday-link-up-allietare-part-1.html" target="_blank">Bonnie Hunter's blog</a> to see how far along everyone else is after this holiday weekend.</div>
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-13674686441702103212015-11-11T18:01:00.001-08:002015-11-11T18:01:20.068-08:00Starlight, Starbright<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It took a few months but I've finally finished piecing the Starlight, Starbright quilt top.The pattern is by Missouri Star Quilt Co. I hope to get this top basted over the weekend so I can get it quilted by the end of November.<br />
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This quilt will be a Christmas present for my father. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. Thank you for your service, Dad.Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-13020867162844513682015-03-17T04:00:00.000-07:002015-03-17T04:00:05.970-07:00Happpy St. Patrick's Day!!Hello! I hope you are having a very Happy Saint Patrick's Day!<br />
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I made a new mini quilt to use for the month of March:<br />
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This mini is bigger than I typically make - it measures at 18 1/2 X 18 1/2. Generally, my minis range anywhere from 12 - 16 inches. For this mini, I started with the checkerboard border. I used these units that were initially intended to be used in Grand Illusion, the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt this year:</div>
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Obviously, I ripped out the black fabric and replaced it with white. Then I added a few additional blocks to make the units line up correctly as they went around the corners. The borders dictated the size of the center.</div>
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For the shamrock, I traced three heart shapes and a stem shape onto green fabric, added fusible web to the back side and fused them to the center background fabric. Then I used a machine blanket stitch to secure the shamrock to the background. </div>
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I did outline quilting around the shamrock and diagonal lines in the border. I'm very pleased with the way this mini turned out. It's hanging on my cubicle wall at work. </div>
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Normally, it's only the ladies that notice/comment on my minis but a few of the men have commented on this one! </div>
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How are you doing with your resolutions this year? Is anyone still keeping them? So far, I am still hanging in there on my fabric diet. The only fabric purchased in February was the backing for this mini (a very pretty green fabric with Celtic knot shamrocks), so I've still only purchased backings/borders/bindings and my total fabric expenditures this year are less than $20. Woo hoo!</div>
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-36784697758799947512015-03-09T04:00:00.000-07:002015-03-09T04:00:01.954-07:00A Quilt for AmeliaMy niece Amelia made her entrance into this world on March 2. She's the first child for my brother Noah and his wife Jennifer. Jennifer has two sons from an earlier marriage.<br />
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Noah is going to be an awesome father!<br />
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I knew they were going to have a girl, so the Grand Illusion mystery quilt by Bonnie Hunter was the quilt I made for Amelia. I finished it the week before she was born and got it in the mail to Noah and Jennifer just in time!<br />
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It's hard to see the individual fabrics in this picture, but I've used some "meaningful" fabrics in this quilt.<br />
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I used fabric with music symbols to remind her of her father, who loves music.<br />
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I used fabric with cakes and cupcakes to remind her of her mother, who loves to bake and decorate cakes.<br />
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I used fabric with snowflakes to remind her of her aunts, uncles and cousins in New York.<br />
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And I used fabric with scissors to remind her of the aunt who made the quilt for her.<br />
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Over the three months I worked on this quilt, I thought of my little niece-to-be and stitched a lot of love into this quilt. I told Noah that I hope in 10 years there will be nothing but a few strings left of this quilt. I want her to play with the dogs on the floor with it and take it outside for picnics with her dolls. I hope she snuggles under it when she needs to be comforted and I hope it keeps her warm.<br />
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I can't wait to meet her, but until I do, she has a piece of my heart nearby in this quilt.<br />
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-46055525014599594672015-03-05T13:50:00.001-08:002015-03-05T13:50:14.169-08:00World's Biggest Pincushion?My friend and co-worker, Diana, celebrated her birthday in February. She recently caught the quilting bug so I wanted to make her something sewing-related for her birthday.<br />
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I knew I wanted to make a pincushion and I knew I wanted it to have hexagons on it. I found<a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_prairie-flower-pincushion.pdf" target="_blank"> this pattern</a> on the Moda site and thought it looked similar to what I had in mind.<br />
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I modified the pattern by not using the petals and by using a solid fabric for the side and bottom, but I did use hexagons for the top and I used the overall same size as the pattern called for.<br />
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Here's the finished product:<br />
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This pincushion is HUGE!!! It's 6 inches across and 3 inches high. Diana can probably get 1000 pins in this pincushion!<br />
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Here's the pincushion from the top:<br />
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I added a package of "button" topped pins from JoAnn's and one special "cupcake" pin made from polymer clay that I ordered online, but that arrived too late to photo before I had to give Diana the pincushion.<br />
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She loves it, so even though it's gigantic, I know it will get used.Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-75698503602975831172015-02-03T08:12:00.001-08:002015-02-03T08:13:35.899-08:00Grand Illusion - an almost completed topI'm nearing the finish on completing the piecing of the top for <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/10/surprise-quiltville-winter-mystery.html" target="_blank">"Grand Illusion"</a> the Quiltville Mystery quilt for 2014-2015.<br />
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When Bonnie posted the assembly instructions, I auditioned the blocks on the design wall and wasn't thrilled with what I saw.<br />
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When I look at Bonnie's finished quilt and some of the others I've seen in Blogland, they look softer, more like a watercolor painting. Mine seems "in your face" bold. I guess I'm just not that adventurous. If I look at this picture in a very small size, or from a distance, I kind of get that watercolor feeling.<br />
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But up close and personal, I'm wasn't feeling it. Since it's my quilt, and I felt free to change it up.<br />
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I omitted the green checkered sashing and substituted a variety of white tone-on-tone fabrics:<br />
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It's a little more soothing for me. Don't get me wrong - I love Bonnie's finished version and many of the others I've seen. For me, I needed something a little more calm. You may notice there's a mistake in the lower-left block - I've got one of the corner units twisted. I didn't notice that until I was posting the pictures so I'll have to go back and fix it.<br />
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I made 1/4 of the required units that Bonnie suggested, so mine will end up a crib-sized quilt. I still need to add borders at this point. I think I will substitute pink for the narrow yellow border that Bonnie used. I want to bring out more of the pink color since this will be for my soon-to-arrive niece. I'm omitting the pieced outer border that Bonnie used (see below). I don't really want to make this quilt any longer - just wider, so I'm puzzling over what to do for the outermost border. Do you have any suggestions?<br />
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Most of those outer border pieces went into a small quilt for the little one to use with the teddy bears and dollies I'm sure she will have as she gets older.<br />
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I also plan to use those checkerboard units. I think I might take out the black squares and use the remaining green and white units in some kind of March/Saint Patrick's Day quilt.<br />
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I read another blog where the quilter changed Bonnie's design (again with the sashing) and someone criticized her for doing so and discussing it on her blog. That person thought it was disrespectful to Bonnie.<br />
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On another Bonnie related note - I was watching "Buying Alaska" on the Destination America cable channel last night and noticed a Celtic Solstice quilt on the bed in the master bedroom! Bonnie's quilt design was on TV!! I yelled out "That's Celtic Solstice! I have that quilt too" and I'm pretty sure my husband and son thought I was a nut job! <br />
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Don't forget to hop over to <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/01/grand-illusion-mystery-link-up.html" target="_blank">Quiltville</a> and check out all the other Grand Illusion quilts.Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-38055028918988371172015-02-03T07:34:00.000-08:002015-02-03T07:34:38.263-08:00It's February Already! How did it get to be February already?<br />
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January was a blur of activity - we had two different weekends of family gatherings and a third weekend with friends. I did make a little progress on my 2015 goal list:<br />
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I spent a little time on the Adelphi Hotel cross-stitch - I'm a little further ahead than this picture shows:<br />
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That's only one-third of the hotel - will it ever be done? Yes - someday!!!<br />
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I pieced a few more hexie-flowers but forgot to take a picture.<br />
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I finished two more monthly mini quilts.<br />
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"Let it Snow" for January:<br />
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and "Candy Hearts" for February, inspired by this picture:<br />
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I used the pre-programmed letter stitches on my sewing machine to simulate the stamped words on the candy hearts.<br />
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I also "fixed" my very first monthly mini quilt - the red hearts are from a pack of die cut hearts I bought from Keepsake Quilting back in the early 1990's! I think I started assembling this in 2009 or 2010 and finished it in 2011. Here's the way it looked originally:<br />
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You'll notice the "blanket stitch" is backwards - it was my first time doing it in about 20 years and I forgot how! I ripped out all the hand stitching and re-did it using the blanket stitch on my sewing machine:<br />
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Ah - now that's better! I brought this one to hang up in my cubicle at work but I haven't gotten it put up yet since I'm home with bronchitis at the moment. Hopefully, it will go up tomorrow.<br />
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As for the fabric diet - well that's going pretty well. I only bought a total of one yard in January. A half yard was for the backing of "Candy Hearts", so that doesn't count. I also bought two fat quarters - peach and light green for "Candy Hearts" since I did not have solids in those colors. So really, only a half yard of non-diet fabric! Sew far, sew good! <br />
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With one month in, how are you doing at your 2015 goals?Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-53178629790000187792015-01-05T04:00:00.000-08:002015-01-05T04:00:01.364-08:002015 GoalsI have a few less goals for this year than I did last year:<br />
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<li>Go on a fabric "diet" - I plan to only buy "new" fabric if it's for one of the 4 B's: Backgrounds, Borders, Bindings or Backings</li>
<li>Work on UFO's:</li>
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<li> Grand Illusion</li>
<li> Anne's Log Cabin (if I get nothing else done this year, I vow to complete this quilt!)</li>
<li> Ohio Stars</li>
<li> Quilt un-quilted tops</li>
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<li>Make a quilt for my husband</li>
<li>Make a Quilt of Valor for my Dad</li>
<li>Make more monthly mini quilts</li>
<li>Work on my hexie flowers</li>
<li>Work on the Adelphi Hotel cross stitch </li>
<li>Delete my Bloglovin account</li>
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I want to spend less of my free time
surfing the Internet and reading about quilting and sewing and more time
actually quilting and sewing!<br />
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Along with deleting the Bloglovin account, I will probably blog even less in 2015 than I did in 2014. I originally envisioned that I'd be a fabulous blogger - taking amazing photos and having that kind of blog that folks flock to with lots of followers and sponsors. Well, that never materialized. In the first place, I never even figured out how to add a photo to my banner or how to have links to blogs I follow in the sidebars. <br />
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In the second place, I don't take great photos. I don't have a nice camera and even if I did, I didn't know how to use one properly. The technology I have available to me and that I know how to use (my iPhone, iPad, and laptop) isn't really conducive to blogging. I thought it would be super easy to do from my iPad but that turned out to be so not true! In fact, I can <b>not</b> blog from the iPad. I do use it to do some photo editing and to upload photos to Picasa but I can't write the blog posts or add photos or links on the iPad. It's super fiddly and always locks up when I try.<br />
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Right now, when I take photos with my iPhone, my PhotoStream will not even sync up with the iPad since I downloaded the latest IOS update. I end up having to email photos to myself, open the email on the iPad and save the photo to that device. AAAGH!<br />
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To write my blog posts, I have to use my "laptop" - which is really too heavy to actually use as a laptop. While it does have a nice large screen, the size just adds to the weight issues. So I always end up using it at my desk, which is away from the rest of the family. I wanted to be able to blog quickly and easily anywhere, anytime, but right now, that's just not possible.<br />
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I will still keep the blog as a way to document my projects, but I recently joined Instagram and I find that actually is very quick and easy to use from the iPad and still allows me to write a caption. So look for me over on Instagram under #Adkurban.<br />
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Aside from wanting to spend more free time actually sewing than reading about someone else sewing, I have quilts and projects that <i><b>I</b></i> really want to make. There is so much inspiration on the Internet that I find I want to join in this sew-along or make that project I saw on so-and-so's blog. It's too much of a distraction for me and I never end up working on the projects I want to make.<br />
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And if all that weren't reasons enough to limit my time blogging and reading blogs, our family situation is changing. Both of our adult sons are back living at home at the moment. They are both working at good jobs, but their career paths brought them back to this area and we're trying to help them save money by having them stay at home.<br />
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Also, after many, many years of working different days and/or shifts, my husband and I are now working the same schedule. That means we <i>finally</i> have weekends off together and we can actually do things together again. I expect that I will be spending a lot more time with family - something I've wanted for a very long time. That will make my sewing time even more precious. So it is even more important that I only work on those projects that are truly dear to me.<br />
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I will definitely check in from time to time - just not on any kind of regular basis. Take care - I wish you all a Happy, Healthy New Year.Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-80616699276519737792015-01-04T10:55:00.000-08:002015-01-04T10:55:01.142-08:002014 Year in ReviewPhew! I'm glad a New Year is starting because 2014 was an emotionally and physically challenging year. In March we lost my 94 year-old grandmother; in April I had both knees replaced and am still recovering; in August we lost our 15 year-old dog, Maggie; and in September we lost my 23 year-old niece, Meghan. There was also a lot of joy in 2014: in June my niece, Kate, got married and in September we welcomed my great-nephew, Brennan. Between the funerals and the wedding, I saw many relatives multiple times and that part is always nice.<br />
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Who knows what 2015 will hold, but as <a href="http://www.joscountryjunction.com/looking-ahead-in-2015/" target="_blank">Jo</a> mentioned in a recent blog post, I pray to be more happy than sad and to that I'll add that I'd like for my family and myself to be more healthy than sick or injured.<br />
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Looking back at the goals I set for myself at the beginning of 2014, I accomplished a few:<br />
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Celtic Solstice - <span style="color: red;">finished</span></li>
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Ohio Star - <span style="color: red;">did not finish</span></li>
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Pinwheel Panache - <span style="color: red;">abandoned and fabric re-purposed</span></li>
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Meadow Lark charm square quilt - from the book Back to Charm School by Country Threads (I changed the pattern name) -<span style="color: red;"> in progress as a "leader and ender" project</span></li>
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<a href="http://www.homespunhearth.com/Cindy-Lou-Who-Pattern-by-Miss-Rosies-Quilt-Company.asp" target="_blank">Cindy Lou Who</a> - a Schnibbles charm square quilt -<span style="color: red;"> top finished</span></li>
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Make a wool candle mat - <span style="color: red;">did not do</span></li>
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Additional monthly mini quilts, possibly wool versions - <span style="color: red;">no wool versions, 4 new mini quilts completed</span></li>
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Quilt all unquilted projects (including Anne's Log Cabin, all unquilted Schnibbles, and the 2012 bird quilt) - <span style="color: red;">quilted only Celtic Solstice and Gentle Art, which still doesn't have the binding finished</span></li>
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Make at least one charity quilt - <span style="color: red;">did not do</span></li>
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Learn English paper piecing - <span style="color: red;">Grandmother's Flower Garden in progress as a long-term project (36 hexies flowers completed so far)</span></li>
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Complete the Weekender Bag - <span style="color: red;">did not do</span></li>
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Make a quilted jacket - <span style="color: red;">did not do</span></li>
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Knit a simple shawl - <span style="color: red;">did not do</span></li>
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Finish the Adelphi Hotel cross stitch piece for my husband - <span style="color: red;">did not touch</span></li>
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Use stash fabric whenever possible - <span style="color: red;">I did try to do this such as in Cindy Lou Who, Meadow Lark, Whit, the monthly mini quilts and Harvey.</span></li>
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I met a little less than 50% of my goals for the year.<br />
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Here's a look at everything I did work on:<br />
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-16371073342172108182014-12-29T04:00:00.000-08:002014-12-29T14:24:04.622-08:00Grand Illusion ProgressI was so busy with the Christmas sewing that I fell a little behind in my <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Grand Illusion</a> progress. I kept up with all the cutting each week, but no piecing.<br />
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Week 2 pieces.</div>
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Week 3 pieces.</div>
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Now that Christmas is over and I had an extra couple days off this week, I'm catching up. I figure I'll be all caught up by New Year's.<br />
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I've pieced all the Week 2, 3 and 5 units. I hope to get to the Week 4 units on New Year's Day. Here's where I'm at:<br />
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-3124800063619209022014-12-28T06:45:00.003-08:002014-12-28T06:45:50.820-08:00Christmas SewingI've been MIA for a few weeks - but if you looked in my sewing room, you would have found me, busy finishing Christmas gifts. <br />
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Here's a quick glance at all the projects that came out of my workshop this month:<br />
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A <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/203570138/fold-over-sewing-pouch-pdf-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_5" target="_blank">fold-over sewing pouch</a> for my friend Diana. </div>
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<a href="http://yarnenvy.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-to-make-my-leetle-bag.html" target="_blank">Lined drawstring bags</a> for the female supervisors in my unit.</div>
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For my son, Jay's girlfriend, Double Dutch that became <a href="http://adirondackurban.blogspot.com/2014/11/double-dutch-revised.html" target="_blank">Double Diamond</a> due to pattern errors. My first try at spiral quilting! The center of the spiral is a little wonky and it was very time consuming, but I'll definitely do this again!</div>
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A funny wall hanging for my sister, Kelly, in Arizona. Yes, I miss her!</div>
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and a play quilt for my nephew, Adam. I used a pre-printed panel and quilted around all the roads. Then I made a lined-drawstring bag for some wooden cars to use with the quilt. </div>
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Looks like it was a hit!</div>
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I also sewed an infinity scarf for one of my co-workers and a bag for my mother-in-law to use on her walker. Somehow, I didn't get any photos of either of those projects.</div>
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I was still sewing right up until Christmas Eve! Phew! After all that sewing, I need a nap!</div>
Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-57972890343293806202014-11-30T17:42:00.000-08:002014-12-01T16:32:41.777-08:00Grand Illusion - week 1Are you quilting along with hundreds of other quilters doing Bonnie Hunter's 2014 mystery quilt, <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Grand Illusion</a>?<br />
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I've joined in again this year. I decided to use the same colors that Bonnie used because I think they are very feminine and will make a great baby quilt for my niece-to-be who's due in March.<br />
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I'm going to make 1/4 of the units Bonnie's pattern calls for. If my math is right, this should work out to a nice baby-sized quilt. I got all the pieces cut out on Friday night. I woke up at 5 am on Saturday and since I couldn't fall back to sleep, I got up and started sewing the units together.<br />
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Here's some of my half-square triangle units:<br />
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I sewed for almost three hours and got all the week 1blocks put together. Here's a guess at how these might go together:<br />
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I love the aqua star that shows up!</div>
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If you put all of these together, you would end up with something like this:</div>
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It's very pretty, but you lose the stars. What's your guess as to how these might go together? Check out everyone's progress over on <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-1.html" target="_blank">Bonnie's Blog</a>! </div>
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Edited to add: Have you seen how many other quilter's are participating? As of right now, it's almost 200!!</div>
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In other sewing news, I quilted Harvey and am working on handsewing the binding to the back of the quilt. I also finished a little play mat for my nephew, Adam. It's some yardage with roads and buildings. I quilted along the roads and outlined the buildings. I bought a few wooden cars that he can use to drive along the playmat. Of course, he can also use it as a nap quilt. I'm looking for the perfect drawstring bag pattern to put the wooden cars in so he doesn't lose them. Slowly, I'm checking off my Christmas sewing list.</div>
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I did make a start at the Schnibbles and a Little Bit More quilt for November. It was Mini Stems by Fig Tree Quilts. I got as far as sewing all the petals/leaves together but that was it. I really needed to work on the Christmas sewing. </div>
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-42362323880331120352014-11-12T04:00:00.000-08:002014-11-12T04:00:12.680-08:00Nothing ExcitingSince I finished piecing both large Schnibbles quilts (<a href="http://www.adirondackurban.blogspot.com/2014/10/harvey.html" target="_blank">Harvey</a> and <a href="http://www.adirondackurban.blogspot.com/2014/11/double-dutch-revised.html" target="_blank">Double Dutch</a>) there was some necessary, but un-exciting sewing and chores to do. <br />
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I pieced backings for both quilts, pieced some leftover batting to make useable pieces, and basted Harvey.<br />
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I tried to use the board-basting method, but for some reason, the backing would not roll up straight and even. So, I used my old standby method - I taped the backing, batting, and quilt top to the floor. I wasn't sure how that was going to work because I haven't tried to get down on the floor since I had both knees replaced in April. I was able to get down without too much problem. Finding a comfortable way to sit and/or lay to baste was more of an issue. But, two hours later, Harvey was all basted. <br />
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Getting back up off the floor was a bit harder than getting down :-).<br />
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In other news, I purchased the PDF pattern for Stems, the November patterns for the Schnibbles and a Little Bit More sew-along. <br />
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This one is a Fig Tree pattern. I have an idea to make it into a Christmas quilt - if I make some progress on quilting Harvey next week, I may get started on this little guy.<br />
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-10889360709818813342014-11-09T14:55:00.001-08:002014-11-09T14:55:34.286-08:00Double Dutch - Revised<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Have you ever bought a pattern and later found out there are
pattern corrections?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you discovered
those corrections when it’s too late to do anything about it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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Well, that happened to me with Double Dutch.</div>
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I bought the PDF pattern from Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. and
merrily went about constructing the quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">might</i></b> have discovered the errors in the pattern if I read
through the whole pattern before starting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">might</i></b> have found out if I had made all the components at the
same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">might</i></b> have jumped out at
me that the size of the half-square triangle squares were a different size than
the four-patch squares.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then again,
I probably would not have noticed they were different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I made all the blue four-patch units first, then pieced them
into triangles and pieced those triangles into the large half-square
triangles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I made the yellow half-square
triangle squares, pieces those into triangles, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it wasn’t until it was time to trim the
large half-square triangles that I noticed they could not possibly be trimmed to
the same size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uh oh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What could I do about it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It finally dawned on me to check for pattern
corrections and sure enough, there was a mistake in the initial pattern
printing (and apparently in the initial PDF patterns).</div>
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So, Carrie Nelson provides several options for fixing the
problem depending on where you are in your quilt construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only problem was that I was already
beyond all of those points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I wanted
to fix the units, I would have a lot of un-sewing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or else I would have to completely re-make
the units.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t have any more of
either fabric, so that option was out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
want to give this away as a Christmas gift, so I didn’t want to rip them out
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What then?</div>
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I squared up the large half-square triangle squares as best
I could – they blue and grey squares are ½” smaller than the yellow and grey
squares.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did I fix the different
size squares?</div>
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The solution was to not make the flying geese units, or to
make any combination where the blue units matched up with the yellow
units.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put the blue units together in
squares, then the yellow units in squares and added different size sashing strips
so the large blue blocks became the same size as the large yellow blocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now it looks like the blue and yellow blocks
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Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-74983843014666058702014-11-05T17:42:00.001-08:002014-11-05T17:42:40.551-08:00The BB Bag<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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When I was on the shop hop in Massachusetts last month,
there was a small cross-body bag in one of the shops that really caught my
eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been looking for a pattern for
a bag that will hold just the essentials (keys, ID, cell phone and credit
card).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A bag like that will be perfect
for shop hops and other events where you don’t need to bring your whole life
with you – like 15 Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons, a tape measure, library book
list, sunscreen, Tums, tissues, and let’s not forget your husband’s cell phone
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Unfortunately, the shop was out of the patterns and since
I’m not local, it wouldn’t have worked for them to order the pattern for me since
they would still have to ship it to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have a bus trip coming up next week to see Jenny Doan in Syracuse and wanted a bag to use on the
trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I found the pattern online and
ordered it – here’s a link:</div>
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<a href="http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=162&products_id=1644&zenid=26a0381cc61873f16f4eaf84f20c9655" target="_blank">BB Bags pattern </a></div>
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The whole bag took me about 3 ½ hours to make from start to
finish, over three days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cut out the
fabric pieces and fused the interfacing on day one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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On day two, I sewed on the zippers and linings and basted
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Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-87956518114490313692014-10-30T03:30:00.000-07:002014-10-30T03:30:02.256-07:00HarveyHarvey is a finished quilt top!<br />
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I used a variety of purple fabrics from my stash. Even though the background looks white, it's really a pale gray cross-hatch design that looks great with the purples.<br />
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The plan is to get this one basted and quilted in November since I want to give this to my Mom for Christmas.<br />
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It's a large quilt for a Schnibbles pattern, finishing at 72" x 72". I needed two helpers to hold it up for the picture since it was too big for the design wall! Harvey should make a great lap quilt.</div>
Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-14033190977212630222014-10-24T04:00:00.000-07:002014-10-24T04:00:04.814-07:00Are you ready for Grand Illusion?Grand Illusion is the name of this year's <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt</a>.<br />
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A couple weeks ago, Bonnie gave the colors and yardage required to make this year's quilt. I hustled over to Lowe's to pick up the Valspar paint chips Bonnie uses as inspiration for her color choices.<br />
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Last year I said I would use different colors for my second mystery quilt, but I really, really liked Bonnie's color choices of yellow, green, aqua and pink, along with black and white.<br />
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I plan to make mine smaller than Bonnie's quilt. Last year, I made half the required units for the smaller of the two sizes Bonnie included. I haven't decided if I will make half the units again or make them half the size of Bonnie's pattern. I'll wait until I see the cutting directions to decide.<br />
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I think these colors will make a great baby quilt for a girl and it just so happens I have a new niece on the way and she's due in March - perfect timing for the finish of this mystery quilt.<br />
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I actually had a many of the required colors in my stash already, but I needed to add some blacks and whites for variety. I picked up a few more fat quarters during the shop hop last weekend, so I'm all ready. How about you?<br />
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For the second year, I participated in the Massachusetts Quilt Shop Hop with my friend, Diana, and her sister, Alice.</div>
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Last year Diana and Alice did the shop hop over two days and I went along for one of the days. This year, we did all 8 shops in one day. I live the furthest away and had to leave my house at 5:30 am! I drove an hour to Diana's house, then together we drove an hour to Lee, MA where Alice lives. From there we drove another hour and 15 minutes to the shop that was the furthest east, Appletree Quilts in Auburn, MA.</div>
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We found that the shops were much less crowded than they were last year. From what we could tell, a lot of people did the shop hop on Friday. I can tell you, I appreciated the less crowded stores on Saturday, but I hope the shops did as well as they did the prior year.</div>
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I enjoyed all of the shops and made purchases in 7 of the 8. I would have made a purchase in all of the stores except as the day wore on, my enthusiasm started to drop off. I was looking at fabric and enjoying it, but just not able to bring myself to take bolts off the walls to have them cut up. I think it was mainly being tired that curbed my enthusiasm and not any fault of any of the stores.</div>
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I found all the store personnel to be friendly and helpful, but, without a doubt, the staff of Quilts and Treasures in East Longmeadow was the most engaging, friendly, outgoing and helpful. They really went above and beyond to be helpful and they were so cheerful. </div>
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Before we left, I made a list of fabric and rulers I wanted and/or needed. </div>
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Even though I was totally exhausted by the time I got home at 9:30 pm, 16 hours after I left home in the morning, I had a great time. The scenery was gorgeous, the company was great, and we had fun. </div>
<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-91966196711236220882014-10-20T04:00:00.000-07:002014-10-20T04:00:07.207-07:00Schnibbles ProgressOctober 14th would have been my niece, Meghan's, 24th birthday. It was a tough day. It still does not seem real that she's gone.<br />
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Somehow, life goes on for those of us that are left behind. My parents and my sister took Meg's son out to dinner at her favorite restaurant.<br />
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I spent the day in therapy - sewing. When I sew, I don't have any noise - no TV, no radio. It's just me and my thoughts. Sewing really is therapy.<br />
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Harvey is the October Schnibble, I have the center portion all pieced. <br />
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-63572052622643360822014-10-06T15:00:00.003-07:002014-10-06T15:06:59.936-07:00Until we meet againOur family experienced the full spectrum of joy and grief this week as my niece Kate welcomed her new son Brennan then days later we lost my dear niece and God-daughter,Meghan, just two weeks shy of her 24th birthday.<br />
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Meghan was born with a hole in her heart. After it was surgically fixed, her heart needed a pace maker to regulate the heartbeat. In all these years, no one ever led us to believe her lifespan might be shorter than normal.<br />
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This past week she passed away from acute congestive heart failure. She was a single mother, leaving behind a two year old son, Adam. Our family is just heartbroken over the loss of Meghan. Thankfully we are all very close and will do whatever it takes to make sure her son is cared for and loved.<br />
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Meggie, we will keep you close in our hearts, until we meet again.<br />
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-63258309603891639992014-09-30T19:03:00.000-07:002014-09-30T19:03:19.290-07:00Whit's EndOh Whit! You gave me troubles, so I'm naming you Whit's End because I was at my wit's end several times while making you!<br />
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First the geese would not line up when I sewed them head to head. Then the cornerstones where the geese meet back to back did not line up either. So I decided to sew all the geese going in the same direction and replace the square geese cornerstones with the backing fabric. But then I ran out of the backing fabric and had to order more. It didn't arrive until last night so I was frantically sewing the quilt top together this morning. I made so many modifications to the pattern it's barely recognizable.<br />
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Still and all, I'm happy with the result. I used scrap fabrics for the geese and stash fabric for the background (except for the little bit additional I needed for the cornerstones).<br />
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Also this week, my little great-nephew arrived! Meet Brennan! Isn't he sweet? </div>
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<br />Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-49867170091323147562014-09-24T04:00:00.000-07:002014-09-24T04:00:01.765-07:00Bennington Quiltfest<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Last weekend I dragged my son to Bennington, VT to attend
the Bennington Quiltfest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was not
totally unwilling to go because one of his college roommates is from Bennington and Chris was familiar with the area and knew of a few good restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, with the promise of lunch at the
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The drive from our house took just over an hour and was a
ride through beautiful farmland, small towns, and rolling hills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>spectacular drive in a few weeks as the leaves
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We enjoyed a very nice lunch at Madison Brewery in downtown
Bennington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of us had open-faced
turkey sandwiches with apple-herb gravy and cheddar mashed potatoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was delicious and the service was
fantastic.</div>
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The quilt show was held at the Mt. Anthony Middle
School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was jam-packed with people,
displays and vendors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought it was
very nicely put together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazingly, I
refrained from making even a single purchase!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did see a number of things I would have liked to buy, but I was on a
mission to only purchase the background and backing fabric for my next project,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Harvey</i></b>
(the October pattern if you are doing the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Schnibbles
and a Little Bit More</i> quiltalong hosted by Sinta and Sherri).</div>
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I was totally entranced by the miniature quilts on
display.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The workmanship and time
investment to make them was just amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my pictures are of the miniature quilts, with a few large scrap
quilts I liked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a lot more
quilts, but these really caught my eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Without further ado, here are the pictures I took ( I apologize in
advance for the quality of some of the photos).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Jackie at Adirondack Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17284885770266480747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142724417917046269.post-34216971516679899332014-09-21T17:28:00.001-07:002014-09-21T17:28:15.789-07:00Waiting for Baby<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The baby quilt for my great-nephew is done – before he is
even born – can you believe it?</div>
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He’s due any day now and his poor mama, my wonderful,
amazing, beautiful, niece, Kate, is suffering while she anxiously awaits his
arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miss Kate has wanted to be a
mama since she was a very little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She loves babies so much – I remember one Christmas, her father made her
an entire preemie baby incubator out of a clear plastic storage tote on top of
one of those rolling storage carts– it was the cleverest thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Well, she’s finally going to have her wish very soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, the little guy is sitting
right on her pelvic bones and she just can’t get comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the normal end-of-pregnancy
issue of just being uncomfortable and awkward because of all that extra fluff
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My advice to her was to try and stay positive and enjoy
these last few days of relative freedom – I reminded her that her mother has
had a child living with her continuously for over 25 years now!</div>
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We can’t wait to meet you, Brennan, so we’ll all be waiting
for you whenever you’re ready to make your appearance!</div>
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