tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70336369707698590612024-02-20T12:29:01.366-06:00GumdropsA chronicle of my adventures in sewing.Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-24891929784655036742019-09-08T12:28:00.001-05:002019-09-08T12:28:41.194-05:00Summer SummaryI don't know what has happened to this summer? It definitely flew by and even though I did some fun quilty things, there wasn't time to capture it on my blog. I will do my best to catch up. People ask me why I blog and the answer is simple-- I like the journal aspect and love to look back on what I have done over the years. So- let's get this good stuff recorded for posterity. If you are a Princess Bride fan (like me!!), you can't hear that word without thinking of <a href="https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f6394545-77fc-4529-95fc-30ce880ddf2c">this</a>. =P<br />
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The biggest, most awesome quilty thing I did this summer was travel to Oregon and attend the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. It was so! much! fun! This show was a bucket list item for me and it was totally worth it! And while there, I got to meet a longtime FB friend in person.<br />
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My little cousin, Sarah got married and she totally loved the quilt I made for her. ❤</div>
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I started up a new block of the month at Blue Bar Quilts. It's called '<a href="https://www.annemariechany.com/chocolatier">Chocolatier</a>' and the pattern is by Anne Marie Chany. I've got a few blocks done, but I'm a bit behind. That's how summer goes!</div>
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I made two mini quilts for the Mad City Quilt Guild's booth at Quilt Expo. The them was 'G is for...'. I had fun with this, because I could use 2 plays on my last name (and this blog!!). =)</div>
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The last thing I have to share is a short re-cap of 2019 Quilt Expo. As usual, it was a great time! They are changing the name of the show next year. It will be the 15th year and the organizers wanted to emphasize our state in the name, so it will be 'The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show'. </div>
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I entered Scrap Happy Sampler and received lots of kind words from everyone.</div>
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Maybe I have one more thing to share... my garden didn't have the greatest season (many reasons), but I did grow some beautiful sunflowers! Enjoy!</div>
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This year's quilt is based on a <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/">Bonnie Hunter</a> pattern. (there are a few adjustments made to it). The brights are all scrap donations and the grey/white/black-ish was purchased fabric. It turned out great!<br />
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Once it is time to add borders to the quilts, not everyone can sew, so I bring 'bonus' projects. This is the 'January Quilters' Quilt' for 2019. I have been coordinating a group quilt with my fellow January retreaters for a few years now and we took advantage of this weekend to finish up the center. It will possibly have a few more borders (grey + black). I love the sparkle that all the variety of colors bring to it!<br />
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At the last minute, while pack to go to camp, I perused a few simple patterns I owned and grabbed a bunch of stash that I thought would work. Of course I brought a ton of stuff for the wekend, but there is nothing worse than regretting you didn't have something you needed. We were able to throw this child sized quilt together in next to no time. I *LOVE* working with helpers on quilts like this. One person was cutting, one sewing, one pressing and before you know it-- BOOM! A top! Some of these pinks have been in my stash for quite a while and I'm happy to give them a purpose (and to make room for new, fresh fabric!)</div>
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Prior to going to Lutherdale, I did a super quick trip to my parent's for a bit of longarming. The main goal was to quilt my mountain quilt (separate post on that later....). I did squeak out quilting up a small panel that I bordered over the winter. I will donate this to Lutherdale's auction and I'm calling it 'Seaside Friends'. The quilting is 'doodly' and whimsical and hopefully will make some child very happy!</div>
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Sharing finishes is my favorite thing to do! And this finish is no different. This is a quilt I made as a wedding present for my cousin, Riley. He's getting married late this summer. I wanted a pattern that had a bit of a masculine feel, but didn't read "manly!". A friend had made this quilt and I thought it would work out well. The pattern is '<a href="https://whimsicalquilts.com/products/hashtag?fbclid=IwAR2XryuOwk0OuEi4NgLkF3Kdt7B0LVEfyu_QLjK43enZqlfcdMoLkyJNcTo">Hashtag</a>' by Whimsicals. I started it at my 'Super Most Awesome Retreat' in March and worked on it diligently the entire time. There are 2 blocks and you make about 10 million strip sets. I used the <a href="https://gequiltdesigns.com/products/stripology-ruler-by-ge-designs">Stripology</a> ruler and that was a lifesaver! It really made the cutting and subcutting a breeze.<br />
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The lighter blue/splotchy fabric was our guild's challenge fabric. I finished the quilt by the deadline, but wasn't able to make the meeting to enter it in the drawing for prizes. =( Total bummer!</div>
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The background fabric I bought for this project, but the rest is fabric from my stash--woot!</div>
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I quilted it on my mom's new-to-us longarm and used a loopy style pantograph. The backing is minkee and I lurrrrve how it feels. I hope that Riley and his bride love it, too!</div>
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I've been chipping away at some of my eternal projects. These are things that don't necessarily have a fully flushed out plan, but are a way to use up scraps and keep me entertained with something different in between bigger projects.<br />
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I've finished up all the center blocks and decided to make the next ring more orange than yellow. I have about 6 of them in progress. I think each block has 18? pieces. They are tedious for sure!</div>
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Also tedious! I swear I have more than this completed, but I don't seem to have a picture.<br />
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These are fun! I'm taking bigger strips and sewing wonky style. The scrap pile really doesn't seem to shrink, despite my best efforts. I think I'll keep making these until I have at least a twin sized quilt. Each block will finish 12"</div>
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I was given 5 yards of red corduroy and 5 yards of black--that's a LOT of corduroy!! Several years ago made a version of a little J. Crew tote bag I had for years and thought that would be a good use for this fabric. With one width of fabric cut, I can make 3 bags. There is enough fabric to make 30 bags!!! That is a lofty goal and I will likely get bored with making these before too long. Lutherdale is having a 'Tiny Treasures' tent at their auction and all items are $25 or less. I thought this might be a good thing to sell there? They did turn out super cute, if I do say so myself! =)<br />
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The last thing I'll share today are a few zippy pouches I whipped together a few weeks ago. The last one is from a hunk of leftover corduroy.<br />
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I'll share more about my quilty progress in separate posts. I have lots of good stuff, including finishes!!<br />
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On to my milestones-- I've finished 2 tops recently and that feels great!! First up is my Scrap Happy Sampler.<br />
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This top is a doozy! And those borders....wow. I'm very pleased with how the quilt turned out, but I'm also very pleased to be done with it!! 😋 Next up: quilting, binding and displaying at <a href="https://www.bluebarquilts.com/" target="_blank">Blue Bar Quilts</a>! Wooot! It will be cool to see my quilt hanging in the gallery area with the quilts from my sew-a-long group. </div>
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Quilt top finish #2: Alpine Mountains. This is a wedding gift and has a deadline of June-- I'm on track!! This turned out great-- the picture isn't doing it justice. It is all batiks and they a lend depth and richness that you don't get from traditional fabrics. I'm really looking forward to quilting this up and having a completed quilt. I think when the weather is nice and I do a photo shoot outdoors, it will really shine.</div>
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With 2 finishes, that means I can start 2 new projects, right?? =) I am participating in the <a href="https://www.annemariechany.com/chocolatier" target="_blank">Chocolatier Block of the Month</a> and it starts in 2 weeks. There is another wedding late summer and I want to make a quilt for that. I'm hoping to get started on it at my Super Most Awesome Retreat next week (wouldn't it be lovely to piece an entire top at retreat?!?!). And I am going to make 2 more Norway Flag quilts. I've been cutting 10 billion red and blue squares in anticipation of those. So/Sew much going on!! </div>
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The main project I worked on was starting a new quilt -->I don't have an official name for it yet. Winter Mountains? Steep Mountains? Rugged Mountains? Climb Every Mountain? Alpine Mountains? It is a wedding present for my mountain climbing cousin that has been living in New Zealand for a few years, but is moving back to the US this year. The blocks are designed by Kristy from <a href="https://quietplaydesigns.com/patterns-3/" target="_blank">Quiet Play</a>. The <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhaCzsVD_Aw/" target="_blank">layout</a> I am using will be based on something shared on a FB group by @CamilleSews (on Instagram). I hoped to piece the entire top (ambitous, I know!) during retreat. The reality was-- those trees are a lot of work!! There are 25 pieces in the small tree and close to that many in the larger one. It's been taking approximately 2 hours per tree!! Yikes! I did complete all of the mountain blocks (15) and 1.5 of the 5 pair of trees. In the last week, I've finished the second pair of trees and completed another pair. Only 2 more pairs of trees to go! Woot! I can't wait to see this come together into a top.<br />
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The other main project I worked on was facilitating a group quilt to donate to Lutherdale. Again-- my inspiration came from something shared on FB. We cut bright scraps into 2" squares using my Go Baby! cutter. It's turning out LOVELY!! The sashing will be a light grey and I'll add some more blocks to this throughout the year and have it finished up for next January's retreat. What to name this? It's kind of sparkly, jewel-like. It's scrappy. It's rainbow. Hmmmm "Rainbow Sparkly Whatnot"? Naming quilts is hard! </div>
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The last project I have to share is a simple panel that I added 3 borders to. This is something I will quilt up with fun doodles and donate to Lutherdale's August auction. I think I'll name it "Seaside Friends"</div>
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While at 'Quilt Camp', Mother Nature brought us a fantastic snow storm. Using a quilting ruler, we measured 8" of snow! Winter this year has been a bit dodgy and what little snow we have had has melted. I'm happy to have a layer of white to make winter feel like winter. The subzero temperatures we are experiencing right now...that's another story!!</div>
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It's time to set some goals and finish projects up! The end of last year was a bit of a whirlwind and I didn't get to sew nearly as much as I would like. Perhaps the first few months of 2019 will make up for it? <br />
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Let me see if I can complete some unfinished projects. Here is my list. Many items I've been recycling, so it would be fantastic for this to be their final appearance on my goals list.<br />
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I've had this quilted and partially bound for ages. Other projects have taken precedence, but this needs to get done. Would you believe that I have this on my bed at retreat with a partial binding and clover clips in it? Would you also believe that this isn't the first time I've done that??!!?? =P<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This quilt is quilted, but needs a binding. It is going to the August Lutherdale auction and I would LOVE to have it all done sooner rather than later.<div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-35421124427016632042019-01-01T16:51:00.000-06:002019-01-01T16:51:52.603-06:00Hello 2019!!Happy New Year!<br />
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Winter is in full swing in Madison as of New Year's Eve. We had a pretty good snow storm for most of yesterday afternoon and evening. It coated the trees with a beautiful heavy, wet snow.<br />
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I wish I could be in my sewing room and enjoy the calm outside the windows, but alas, today is my holiday to work. I can at least fit some blogging in during my downtime!</div>
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Recently, I've picked back up something I started 1 year ago. I'm calling it Black X-String --> for now. This is the 'group project' I'm leading with my Lutherdale January Quilters. We meet for 5 days every January and work on our own projects. Two years ago, I thought-- why don't we do something together that we can donate to their August Auction? Lutherdale gives so much to us, why not give back? This pattern has always intrigued me, so I roped in all my fellow sewists to help out. We had about 50 (?) blocks at the end of retreat. I've sewn about another 15-ish. The plan is to make it 8 x 10 and have it quilted before this year's retreat... in 15 days!! Can I do it? I sure hope so!</div>
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Also under my needle this week is my Scrap Happy Sampler. I wanted to finish the top by today and I got mighty close. I worked on it at Late Night Sew Night at <a href="https://www.bluebarquilts.com/" target="_blank">Blue Bar Quilts</a> and finished my troublesome spinny square block. It now fits into the spot to which it belongs. It needed 4 extra rings, so I'm calling this block "So Extra". </div>
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The borders are ready to go on. I did one at Late Night and decided this would be easier to do with my set in table. Less wrestling and more support under the weight of the top. I'm so close!! Can't wait!</div>
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And now for the big winner of my first ever give away......drum roll please....AMY! Amy is a friend from Mad Mod Quilt Guild and a co-hostess with the mostest of Late Night Sew Night. I did a bit of 'promoting' of my blog at this month's get together. Here is the grand prize:</div>
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And look at my cool new letter board thingy! What fun! Santa brought it (and by Santa, I mean I picked it up at TJ Maxx while shopping) 😜</div>
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One last thing to share before signing off... I made another pincushion with Amanda Jean/<a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crazy Mom Quilt</a>'s pattern. She is 'retiring' from her blog and the pattern writing business. Her style really inspired me and I made all kinds of projects based off her patterns and tutorials. I will miss her beautiful creations. </div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-27455929707396912562018-12-25T12:39:00.000-06:002018-12-25T12:39:33.009-06:00Merry Christmas + 200 Posts!!! Oh my!!Merry Christmas!!!<br />
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It's been a busy start to winter for me and there hasn't been nearly enough time spent sewing. I hope to remedy that in January and do a lot of creating. Who knows... maybe even finishing some things!!<br />
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For the first time in many years, I've gone all out and decorated my home for Christmas and I'm hosting a family dinner today. I can't wait!<br />
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Did you see what was in the title of my post? TWO HUNDRED BLOG POSTS??!!? What?!? How did that happen? I'm not always the most consistent blogger, but I absolutely love having a journal of my work and adventures. And being able to connect with friends, family and other quilters around the world is a wonderful bonus! I started blogging in December of 2007 and quilting in September of 1998. It's my 20th year of quilting!!! There aren't enough exclamation points to go around!</div>
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To celebrate this big event, I'm going to have my first ever giveaway! Of course I have nothing prepared....that's so me! After a bit of thought, I've decided that due to my love of scraps and how much I enjoy making zippy pouches, that I will make a zippy pouch and fill it with 2" squares and send it off to the lucky winner. Please leave a comment. I would love to hear how you found me and if you have been a reader for a while. I'll draw a winner on New Year's Day.</div>
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Now let's get to the quilty part of my post-- I've been working hard to finish up my Scrap Happy Sampler top. The wedge border has been a doozy. Lots of trimming and digging through my scraps to get a wide variety fabrics. It's getting there!! We aren't going to talk about that spinny square block on the left. Nope. Not talking about it!! =O I would be absolutely delighted if I could have this all together by the New Year. Not a bad goal!</div>
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In August, I started a super secret sewing project-- a birthday present for my mother! I kept it under wraps on social media so I could keep this quilt a surprise. It's a snuggly <a href="https://statelytype.com/products/nordic-norway-flag-quilt-pattern-downloadable-pdf" target="_blank">Norwegian Flag quilt</a> that is very scrappy and has minkee on the back. I got it **mostly** done for her birthday in early October. The binding was machine sewn on, but still needed about half of the hand stitching to do. I presented it to her and then promptly took it back! </div>
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The pattern is very simple- lots of squares. The cutting was tedious (why must I do everything scrappy??!!?), but it sewed up very quickly.</div>
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Normally, I quilt at my mom's house, but keeping this a surprise posed a bit of a problem. Heather graciously let me use her longarm and I did a fun, swooshy panto.</div>
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I absolutely LOVE how this turned out. And the minkee--swoooon. It has lovely drape and begs to be pet. And the way the colors sparkle is EXACTLY why I do everything scrappy! I love it so much, that I'm making 2 more!! =O One for me and one for my amazing friend, Bethney. </div>
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In March I started a monthly sampler class at Blue Bar Quilts (The Scrap Happy Sampler). It's been a lot of fun and we are nearing the end. Somehow my monthly blocks haven't made it into my blog posts much (I'm usually scrambling to keep up each month...). Here are my latest 2, the Lonestar and New York Beauty:</div>
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Prior to completing those, I put all of the blocks up on the design wall:</div>
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Where to start? In Mid-August, I attended the annual Lutherdale Quilt Auction. I contributed many quilts and it was fun to see the bidding. Somehow I ended up coming home with a vintage quilt!! =O But in even bigger news.... I won a viewer's choice award for my Peacock quilt!!! What? That was a big surprise! Here are a few photos of quilts I donated or contributed. I forget the total dollar amount raised by my quilts this year, but it was a lot!!!<br />
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-75658196641656448822018-10-08T22:15:00.000-05:002018-10-08T22:15:01.477-05:00Finish-A-Long Q3 2018 Wrap UpLike a blink of an eye, another quarter has flown by! Time never seems to slow! It was a fabric-filled, quilty-goodness, stitches-a-plenty few months. LIfe has been so busy that I haven't been able to chronicle as much as I would like. But let me wrap up my finishes and incompletes.<br />
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<a href="https://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-long-q3-2018-my-goals.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is my list of goals. It was an amb<span id="goog_1910964017"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1910964018"></span>itious list! I predicted a great few months and it was not bad. But I still have room for improvement and I love that this link-up keeps me honest. It was helpful that I had deadlines, like the Lutherdale Auction and babies being born!<br />
<br /><br />I finished these 5 quilts<br /><ul>
<li>1- <a href="https://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-nutso-for-nemo.html" target="_blank">Finding Nemo</a></li>
<li>2- <a href="https://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-st-nick.html" target="_blank">St Nick</a></li>
<li>3- <a href="https://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-stars-and-stripes.html" target="_blank">Stars and Stripes</a></li>
<li>5- <a href="https://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/09/finish-baby-flannerys-quilt.html" target="_blank">Grey Plus Baby Quilt</a></li>
<li>6- <a href="https://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/09/finish-baby-olivers-quilt.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Plus Baby Quilt</a></li>
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Several of what I didn't finish, I've made progress and hope to have complete by the end of the year. Wouldn't it be GREAT if I could finish each and every one of these??!!??<br /><ul>
<li>4- Bonus Charity Baby Quilt</li>
<li>7- On Ringo Lake</li>
<li>8- Midnight Star</li>
<li>9- Legendary</li>
<li>10- Charity Rail Fence</li>
<li>11- Bonus Baby Quilt</li>
<li>12- Featherweight Tote Bag - Purple </li>
<li>13- Featherweight Tote Bag - Orange</li>
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This is the second of the two quilts for my tennis friends that had babies this summer-- the rainbow version! I had a lot of fun picking brights from my stash and putting this together. It is my 4th finish for Q3 and is part of my <a href="http://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-long-q3-2018-my-goals.html" target="_blank">Finish-A-Long goals</a>.</div>
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This quilt is for Liesl and Tyler and their new baby boy, Oliver. It was a total surprise to them, which is so much fun!! Not long before I gave them their gift, I was talking to Tyler about Quilt Expo and he was like, "oh-- do you quilt?" I had to stifle my grin, because-- Yes! I quilt and I made one for you! 😃</div>
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Here I am holding Baby Oliver. Even more fun that giving a quilt is to see it with the new baby!<br />
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It has been a super busy summer and I've fit it a fair amount of sewing, including TONS of binding. On my <a href="http://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-long-q3-2018-my-goals.html" target="_blank">goal list</a> for Q3 Finish-A-Long was to complete baby quilts for two of my tennis teammates. They work together and are close friends and were pregnant at the same time-- why not make matching quilts?!? I'll do separate posts for each quilt.</div>
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This is the grey version of the pair of plus quilts and it is for Stephanie and Mac and their new baby girl, Flannery. 💗 </div>
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They didn't know if they were having a boy or a girl until she was born and decorated her room with white furniture and grey walls. I used a lush grey minkee on the back and while binding, I noticed how much it resembled their precious first baby, a cat Beef. Sadly Beef's long and fun life ended this summer, but he got to meet his new baby sister and now they have a quilt that can be a little reminder of him.</div>
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We had a combination end of summer tennis and new baby party last week where I finally gifted the quilts. Both new families were thrilled!! It's the best part of making and giving! 😊</div>
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About month ago, I took a free motion class at the <a href="https://www.quiltbarnstudio.com/" target="_blank">Quilt Barn Studio</a> near Janesville. It was a lot of fun and helped me gain confidence with different free motion skills. I'm getting closer to having a nice feather shape, but I still need more practice. (((Squint when looking at this picture-- it looks better that way!! 😋 )))<br />
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I felt that it was time we upgraded from our Voyager into a bigger and better machine. Right now the machine is "at the spa" at APQS headquarters. We are scheduled to get it at the end of August. To say that I can't wait is an understatement! I have a whole bunch of tops waiting to finish and it will be a perfect opportunity to learn how the new machine works.<br />
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Happy mail came in early August-- my Hekla quilt was accepted into the Quilt Expo exhibit! Hooray! This is my third time showing there. What an honor!<br /><br />
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And the last bit of exciting news to share.... I spent a Saturday in Green Bay attending the Missouri Star Quilt Company's Road Show. It was lots of fun!<br /><br />
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The talk was funny, informative and touching. She shared how their company began and grew, why they became interested in pre-cuts and gave lots of ideas on how to use them. Ron (Mr. Jenny Doan) was the quilt holder and he even shared 2 quilts that he has made. I had a great time and would highly recommend attending a road show if you have the chance.</div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-67896946286946999612018-08-05T15:55:00.000-05:002018-08-05T15:55:16.618-05:00Exciting news! Singer RocketeerSomehow a sweet little sewing machine followed me home and I decided to keep it. 😎<br />
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Meet my newest baby a Singer 500a - Rocketeer!<br />
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I have wanted one of these machines for years. They are sleek and cool and have a built in zig zag stitch (along with many other decorative stitches). I had never seen one in person, only in photos online. In real life, she has not disappointed! A guild member shared the ad for a local estate sale. The sale was huge and included incredible collections of pottery, silver, LeCreuset cookware and full house of things being sold. I met the daughter of the machine's owner and had a lovely talk with her. Her mother was an avid seamstress and made clothes for decades. She had multiple machines and the daughter kept the modern ones, but was selling this one. She was happy to hear that it was going to a 'good home' and that I was planning to use it.<br />
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After the sale, I jumped right in and started to learn how to use it. The bobbin is drop in (sweet! I've never had one of those!) and the threading was pretty straightforward. Right away, it stitched a beautiful straight stitch. I was dying to try a zig zag-- not bad! Changing cams and using the dials was easy to do. I don't think it does a true blanket stitch, though. (slight bummer)<br />
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The same day I bought it, was my monthly Late Night Sew Night at Blue Bar Quilts. I brought the new machine and a bunch of flannel and batting scraps and spent the night making burp cloths. It was fun!!<br />
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I can't wait to use this machine more, but I don't think it will become my primary. I love my Featherweight too much to replace it completely. 💗<br />
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Not part of Finish-A-Long, is this quilt. My friend Anna pieced it and wasn't feeling it. Her sister-in-law scooped it up and her brother quilted it. (The same person that I quilted the Stars and Stripes and St Nick quilts with). I did the binding and it is going to be part of Lutherdale's auction. I'm pretty sure that Anna reads my blog, so this will be a test for her. I don't know if anybody told her that we were sending it there. =P</div>
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I quilted it with my friend, Jim's computerized Gammill in a fun snowflake pattern.</div>
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This is my second finish for Q3 <a href="https://www.lutherdale.org/quilts/" target="_blank">Finish-A-Long</a>. Here is a <a href="http://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-long-q3-2018-my-goals.html" target="_blank">link</a> to my goals list.</div>
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<br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-44225595113409743532018-07-28T15:00:00.000-05:002018-07-28T15:00:59.935-05:00Finish! - Nutso for NemoI've been a binding fool lately. With so many quilts destined for <a href="https://www.lutherdale.org/quilts/" target="_blank">Lutherdale's annual quilt auction/fundraiser</a>, I've had to finish things up in order to meet the deadline. I'll post these finishes separately, so it is easy for me to link them up to the Finish-A-Long.<br />
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I'm calling this quilt "Nutso for Nemo". It's just a panel that I bordered with Moda Grunge Dots and did a lot of fun, doodle quilting on it. I noticed at last year's auction how excited people were for panels. I thought-- Hey! Why not work on a few of those to donate?<br />
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I picked up the panel last year at Quilt Expo and it will make a baby or toddler super happy.<br />
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This is my first (of hopefully many) finish of Q3 2018. Here is a <a href="http://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/07/finish-long-q3-2018-my-goals.html" target="_blank">link</a> to my Q3 goals.</div>
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KristinKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-24413590668480432052018-07-15T11:05:00.000-05:002018-07-15T11:05:02.937-05:00Finish-A-Long Q3 2018 - My Goals<span style="color: #063e3f;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Q2 of 2018 was about being lofty with my goals. I didn't complete much, but really-- I did push many things forward. Q3 is the time to shine! I <b>will </b>complete things, mark my words!! ;) This list is mostly the same as last quarter, but I'm updating the projects with new statuses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #063e3f; font-family: inherit;">I threw this top together at the Lutherdale Gala Weekend and will donate it to their auction. It is quilt 3 of the Four on the Fourth. Needs binding!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #063e3f; font-family: inherit;">The fourth of the Four on the Fourth! This is a bonus baby quilt made from cutoffs from a jelly roll quilt that Anna made a few years ago. I'll donate to to Project Linus. Needs binding too!</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u style="color: #063e3f; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This monster is quilted and the binding is started. I did submit it to the Mad City Quilt Guild's challenge in June even though the binding wasn't done. I would love to have this complete this summer and use it on my guest bed. As you can see from #1-6, I've had few things going on and this got put on hold for a little while. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sooooo much binding to do!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #063e3f; font-family: inherit;">This is languishing as a top. It is like a fine wine or cheese. It needs to age. Maybe I can quilt it and bind it in the next few months?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #063e3f; font-family: inherit;">More quilting to do! I joke that I need a sabbatical from work to catch up with my quilting. It's true!!</span><br />
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-20148614779159361752018-07-08T17:59:00.001-05:002018-07-08T17:59:51.764-05:00Finish-A-Long Q2 2018 Wrap UpTime is moving too quickly for me right now! I set big goals for Q2 and didn't have a lot of completions. It's ok! Quilting is definitely an ebb and flow sort of thing and I have a lot of flowing around the corner.<br />
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Here is a <a href="http://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/04/finish-long-q2-2018-my-goals.html" target="_blank">link</a> to my goals for Q2. There were 12 of them! And I finished ONE! I'm blushing a bit.<br />
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<a href="http://kristingumdrop.blogspot.com/2018/05/finish-hekla.html" target="_blank">Hekla</a> was my finish. I submitted it to be shown at Quilt Expo this fall, so wish me luck!<br />
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Next up-- Create a list for Q3 2018. It will be a great few months!<br />
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KristinKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033636970769859061.post-30717719260182681752018-07-01T17:28:00.000-05:002018-07-01T17:28:18.247-05:002018 Lutherdale Gala Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend at <a href="http://www.lutherdale.org/" target="_blank">Lutherdale</a> assembling our 'Gala Quilt'. This is a quilt to donate to their annual quilt auction in August and it is made from blocks sewn by all the people who donate quilts to the auction. There is a "Thank You" Gala Luncheon in the spring where we hand out fabric and instructions and then people mail back the blocks to camp.</div>
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This year, we decided to buy fabric (in year's past, we asked for donations and made many scrappy quilts). Our quilt was inspired from something on pinterest-- it's all solid half square triangles. I was a tiny bit nervous about how we would translate these blocks into a quilt, but it turned out AMAZING! </div>
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Here is the group photo with all of the people that helped assemble it. Many hands make light work. We had this done by midnight on the first night!!!! What? I know! That left us with lots of time to make additional quilts!</div>
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I brought fabric to make this cute patriotic wall hanging. That went together crazy fast, too!</div>
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We had quite a bit of unused fabric from the first quilt, and it was only Saturday morning, so back to pinterest for inspiration! We came up with this design and assembled the entire top on Saturday. Two quilts--> two days!! Totally amazing!!</div>
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We were able to take a few hours on Saturday afternoon and enjoy the lake! I made a donation to the new archery program and that qualified us to take a boat ride on the Lauderdale Lakes. It was nice! They packed us a picnic lunch and we felt pampered. After the ride, I tried my hand at archery for the first time since I was a camp kid myself. I LOVED IT!</div>
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Sunday, we all puttered around on our own projects. Even though our projects were independent, most of them are destined for donation. I put this goofy little thing together. It's leftover cuts from someone's quilt several years ago. The scraps were going to be thrown out and I couldn't let that happen. I sewed the hunks into squares and trimmed them up. Add a little sashing and cornerstones and voila! A baby quilt! This will be perfect for Project Linus.</div>
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And now I'm scurrying to get my garden planted. The beds had a bumper crop of weeds going on. It was rewarding to clean them up and add a new mix of compost/peat moss/vermiculite to top them off.<br />
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Saturday I rototilled the area beyond the beds. This is where I plant corn and sunflowers. Fannie is inspecting the pile of dirt I added.</div>
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And new this year-- I'm trying straw bales! We shall see how those turn out!</div>
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With all of this gardening, I barely have any time or energy left for quilting. --sad face--</div>
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I'm working on my Scrap Happy Sampler and at this month's Late Night Sew Night at <a href="http://www.bluebarquilts.com/" target="_blank">Blue Bar Quilts</a>, I got a good start on the applique stitching. Aren't these fun??!??</div>
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And lastly-- My On Ringo Lake mystery quilt won a prize at our last Mad City Quilt Guild meeting of the season. Woot!! We had 'challenge' fabric that we bought in the fall and we showed off completed projects in May. Members voted for our favorites and I got a gift card to a local quilt shop. So cool!!! The fabric was a yellow/orange batik and fit right in with my fruit cocktail of colors! </div>
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I made big progress on my On Ringo Lake - <a href="https://quiltville.com/index.html" target="_blank">Quiltville Mystery Quilt</a> this weekend. Hooray! I took it to my parent's house to quilt it and quilt it, I did. The process was a little bumpy at times. The longarm can have a mind of it's own and the more you want to finish something, the more it acts up! =(</div>
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I selected a pantograph that is somewhat simple and had a breezy feel that matched the quilt. Here is a close up of the back and you can see the panto in the background.</div>
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And here is a picture of some of my trouble! Ack! Apparently the presser foot and its lever have become 'finnicky'. If the foot isn't completely settled in, the tension goes off. This happened about 4x while quilting--DOH!! It was definitely pushing my patience.</div>
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We frog stitched way more than I like to-- rip it. rip it. =(</div>
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BUT IT IS DONE! The weather has been rather frightful lately. I'm pretty sure I missed summer. I think it was on a Sunday 2 weeks ago and I was working that day. Due to wind, rain and cold, I didn't get any nice pictures. They will have to wait until after the binding is done.</div>
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