Magazine Challenge finished

 I finished my Magazine challenge quilt in time for guild presentation.

The magazine was dated February 2004. I didn't start it then, but I had marked the idea a few years ago.

Templates - I think not. Thank goodness for modern templates and tools, although, my first quilt in the 70s I used scissors and cardboard.

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Magazine Challenge

Our guild has issued a magazine challenge. Find something in a quilt magazine that peaks your creativity and make it. I had already picked a quilt I wanted to make, so I have been slowly cutting, quilting, and assembling. This is the month we are to reveal our projects.
When I saw this quilt, I loved the wonky stars and figured easy peasy. - not so. Each wonky is carefully engineeered, no improv piecing involved. The designer was actually encouraging accuracy - bummer. It called for blue, green and red scraps- boy do I have a bunch of those. It didn't look like many matching seams. I was wrong again. and lots of points to make right.  Still, each star was fun and was worth a tada.

I free formed the quilting.

To save time, I applied the binding  with the longarm. I don't do that for customer quilts, but I like it well enough for mine. I have enough experience to know that it will finish looking straight even if It is wonky in application. I'm not sure a client could handle that leap of faith. It takes longer to longarm, but when it is done it is ready to go.

I learned the fold over binding technique in the 70s, back when we made quilts by candle light. LOL  I have no present interest in matching and sewing my binding ends together. I like them open and the miter corners too. It dates me, but then something has to.

Soon, a finish! I will be hand binding this while I watch netflix -lovely

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Time challenge

While sitting in the dentist waiting room, I spied this book.

I graduated with Rick and Hank. I was reminded how small the world really is. I didn't take any pictures of the inside, but I will have more opportunities later. I have to have a root canal redone. sigh... I thought they were permanent. It has been 8 years, and now it is hurting. weird.

I am trying to meet the guild challenge of finishing our magazine challenge quilt by next week.

1. Iron  - I found the bobbin problem- yesterday's post

1 1/2.  fix bobbin problem      check

2. pick borders by pulling 1,000 different fabrics out of their neatly stacked shelves and fling around the living room     check

3. Attach borders  and discover that all the prewound bobbins have been used. check

3 1/2. rewind bobbins and clean machine since using the bobbins means it's time.    check

4. prepare binding  check

5. make the backing - ick ick ick    ok using  a Christmas print is a little fun     check

6. longarm-  oops I forgot  Julie's quilt is already there and has the same deadline. It's small right? piece of cake. It can still happen...

I have Happy Bird group today and a 4 patch posie workshop Saturday. So maybe longarm on Monday and binding Monday night and Tuesday. Fingers crossed

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Bad Bobbin and an adventure

Ack - What is this?

I was ready for the big ironing of the top, and I saw this. Ack How did I miss this?...

Oh and this!...

 The whole seam has skips and starts. I must have been blissfully thinking about something else. Bummer - back to the back and fix this insubordinate bobbin thread.  I need this finished for a guild challenge in less than a week.  sigh...

Over the weekend, we attended a warehouse sale in Windfall, Indiana. This couple buys estates, has an antique shop, vends at festivals, and then opens up the warehouse for a clearance sale once a year. This was our first visit. It suited my husband and I. We could dig through piles and buckets as if we were at an auction, but we didn't have to stay all day to get that one item, or be outbid. It was a perfect solution for us. There were no prices, they would just tell you when you asked., and, for the most part, it was cheap.

I bought an oak chair, that looked the right size for a washtub of flowers next year. It was just $5.00 so if it dies eventually in the weather, it will be ok.

I came home with this crock, a Western Monmoth 8 gallon. It has a superficial crack in the back. I will keep my onions in it until I ever decide to make pickles or saurkraut - yea right.

I loved these quilts, but didn't get them in time

This was just a top.

I like old cross stitch and hope to make a quilt of them. But, it is almost impossible for me to take apart a framed piece. I feel like I am being disrespectful of the one who put their time and talent into making this long ago. sigh..


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