Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Wrong Side of the Bed??

Yup…that’s me, getting up on the wrong side of the bed!!  Let me explain…

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I received my Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine a couple of weeks ago.  Love this magazine…it’s the ONLY one that I subscribe to so I look forward to receiving it…waiting at the mailbox for days at a time!!  The Summer 2014 issue certainly didn’t disappoint…SEW worth the wait!!  I keep the current issue out and handy and go through it whenever I get a minute.

Yup…lots of really nice projects…like this one…simple and sweet!IMG_1155

And love the subtle qualities of this beauty…doesn’t it look like it’s been faded and loved by time!

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Even ‘Plays With Wool Designs’ came up with a winner…and this time they included a 3” drawing of the vine!  Yay…it’s better than NOTHING…(which is what I got in the last pattern of theirs that I bought!!  If you remember I wasn’t so kind with the review of their ‘Bittersweet Mat’…you can read about it HERE!)

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And isn’t this one sweet…designed by Catherine Hughes…an old time favourite using the shoofly block.

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I also liked this Scrappy Quilt…with the scalloped border!!  It wasn’t until I was reading the Contents Page that I saw that Laural Arestad designed this quilt…so I flipped back!  WHAT?  The quilt is called ‘Words to Live By’ but WHERE are the words?  IMG_1160

There is no close up picture of the words…In the picture it looks like big stitch quilting around the nine patches…(Laural you were robbed with this…there should have been a CLOSE-UP of your hand stitching!!)  In fact you have to go to the fold out sheet to actual SEE the words that Laural stitched onto this quilt! As far as I’m concerned it’s these stitched words that knock this quilt out of the ball park!! Wowzers!!  I love this idea!!  Well done, Laural!!

Now flipping through PQ magazine…I came to this wool mat by Lynda Hall…  IMG_1158

See…I told you I got up on the wrong side of the bed!! 

Have a wonderful Wednesday and Happy Quilting!~P

Monday, May 19, 2014

Monday’s Madness…

…yup…this is what I will be working on for hand stitching while at Heritage Quilting this morning…row seven of my Clam Shell Quilt…

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Slow and steady wins the race…right?

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What was I THINKING when I started THIS one??

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Have a magical Monday and Happy Stitching!~P

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Flying High…or Soon Will Be…

Bunting…pennants…prayer flags…call ‘em what you want… but do you think I made enough? 

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They are addictive to make…and VERY easy thanks to this Missouri Star Video

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I made a slight change…Missouri Star used the raw edged flap to fold over their tape…I tucked my flap inside and am planning on folding the tape over the finished edge so that there will be no raw edges flapping in the breeze.  The back will be as pretty as the front!

So it’s off to the fabric store for me…I will be looking for wide bias tape to fold over and stitch on!  Then my bunting can fly high too!!

“A Bunting we will go…A Bunting we will go..Heigh Ho the dairy-O…a  HUNTING we will go!” :o)

Have a Super Sunday and happy stitching!~P