tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73417797245414823122024-02-19T10:24:07.960-05:00The Quilting PrincessMy little corner of the world, where I share my passion for quiltingGinettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-43594212689194255942018-10-09T15:54:00.000-04:002018-10-09T15:54:03.770-04:00Mystery Quilt 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
This past summer, my mom organized a mystery quilt for my quilt group. This is the third time she does this but it is the first time I have decided to participate. In the past, I have thought that summer is just such a busy time for me, but this year, my girls are older and I thought, why not?!</div>
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I had so much fun working on this quilt!</div>
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I used some low volume fabrics from my stash but I had to go buy some fat quarters from my LQS as well because I didn't have enough variety to go with the mediums and darks I had chosen. The mediums and darks are mostly Bonnie and Camille fabrics.</div>
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I finished the quilt top in July and quilted it in September. I picked a floral quilting design since the fabrics had so many flowers on them. This quilt is so light in colour, I think it will be more of a spring and summer quilt so the flowers are very appropriate. I just finished the binding this past weekend, so from start to finish it took about 6 months.</div>
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The pattern is Surrounded from the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Scrap-Fabulous-Quilts-Stash/dp/1604688947" target="_blank">Oh Scrap! by Lissa Alexander</a>. I bought this book in the spring and my mom borrowed it. She loved the quilt so much she made it our mystery quilt! </div>
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Five out of the nine of us have finished our quilts and we all love them! It was so much fun to work on this project together. We would send each other e-mails and pictures of our finished blocks to encourage each other. We sent each other photos of our finished quilts as well, and then brought them to our retreat a couple of weeks ago to show each other. Some of the girls who aren't done brought their blocks to work on their quilts. I love my quilty friends! </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-38075264132612497782018-09-19T14:54:00.000-04:002018-09-19T14:54:27.658-04:00Dresden Plate<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's time for<a href="https://www.amyscreativeside.com/2018/09/17/bloggers-quilt-festival-fall-2018-edition/" target="_blank"> Blogger's Quilt Festival</a> over at <a href="https://www.amyscreativeside.com/2018/09/17/bloggers-quilt-festival-fall-2018-edition/" target="_blank">Amy's Creative Side</a>! I love this Festival or online Quilt Show so much. It is just great fun to go see everyone's quilts. I find it very inspiring, and because they are blog posts, there is usually more info about the making of the quilt or the inspiration behind it than just the simple posts on Instagram or Facebook. You should click on the link above and go check out some of the quilts!</div>
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So my entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival is my <b>Dresden Plate</b>.</div>
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This was a long time UFO that had been sitting in my closet. Last year my quilt group and I set a challenge for ourselves to finish some UFO's and this was the one I really had to get done. All I had done back in June 2017 when we set the challenge were the 12 blocks without the circles appliqued onto the dresdens.</div>
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I wanted to make the blocks look a little more modern so I chose the black fabric with gold specs on it and decided to make huge circles. I really love the look of them.</div>
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The dresdens had all been hand appliqued but in order to save some time, I decided to machine applique the circles using steam a seam lite2.</div>
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I added sashing using the same fabric as the background, to give myself some interesting options for the quilting.</div>
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I finished the top of the quilt in the fall and then took some time to decide how to quilt it.</div>
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In April, I finally put it on the longarm and picked some patterns on the computer and started dividing my spaces.</div>
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It took a few days and I used a mix of computerized designs, freemotion and ruler work.</div>
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I used a layer of Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting and a layer of Hobbs Polydown so I could get the lovely texture from the quilting to show. I love the final result.</div>
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Here are more close-ups of the quilting for you to enjoy.</div>
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This was a great challenge and I am happy this quilt went from the UFO pile to the finished pile.</div>
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Don't forget to go check out the<a href="https://www.amyscreativeside.com/2018/09/17/bloggers-quilt-festival-fall-2018-edition/" target="_blank"> Festival</a>. It truly is like an online quilt show, and who doesn't love a quilt show?!</div>
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Back in the fall, my daughter's 5th grade teacher asked if I would be interested in helping them with a class project. They weren't sure of the details yet but they thought they wanted to make a quilt. I jumped at the chance. I have wanted to come to my daughters' school and teach them to sew for a long time and this was such a fantastic opportunity. I had a short brainstorming session with the teachers and they mentioned it was the school's 20th anniversary next year. The school is part of the French Catholic School Board and is called Arc-en-ciel (Rainbow). This image popped into my head:</div>
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I showed it to the teachers and we knew right away we wanted to make a version of it, and that we were going to gift it to the school for the 20th anniversary.</div>
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The students worked all year on a NPDL project (New Pedagogies for Deeper Learning). They researched people like Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Jeanne Mance, and how they made a difference in their community. </div>
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In April, I met with the teachers again and we came up with a plan. We were going to have the kids sew the quilt top and then I was going to finish the quilt for them by quilting it and binding it. They invited the ladies from my quilt group to come and help and it was awesome.</div>
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I started by cutting up 4.5" squares from my scraps. I had squares from every colour of the rainbow.</div>
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I laid the whole quilt top out in my living room first and numbered the rows so that it would be faster to then lay it out once we got to the school.</div>
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Monday morning, three of my quilting friends and I showed up at school and set up three sewing machines, an iron and ironing board and laid out the quilt top on some tables.</div>
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The students came in 5 at a time and we showed them how to use the sewing machines and how to sew 4 patches. We showed them how it was important to follow the edge of the foot to have the 1/4 inch seam. And how it was important to lay the blocks back on the table in the proper order so we didn't mix them all up.</div>
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Some were excited and couldn't wait to start. Others were a little apprehensive but after watching their peers sew a few seams, they were eager and asking when it was going to be their turn! They all did so well and although there was a little ripping out, most of the seams matched up and everyone left the room so proud of their work!</div>
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It took a day and a half of sewing to get the top done. It was great teamwork on everyone's part. Then I brought the quilt home and quilted it on the longarm. They requested rays coming out of the cross and I did some woodgrain in the cross.</div>
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The students found quotes while working on their projects and I embroidered them in the cross.</div>
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The quilt was unveiled at a gala they had last week. It will hang in the front lobby at the school.</div>
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This was such a special project. The kids were so enthusiastic about sewing and making something for their school. They all remember which seams they sewed and are so proud of the work they did. So many of them went home and asked their parents if they had sewing machines and if they could take them out and sew. It was a very unique experience. One my quilty friends and I will cherish for a long time!</div>
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My daughter was so proud to be able to share her passion for sewing with her classmates and she is so happy that the quilt will be hanging in the school for a long time to come.</div>
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Back in February I made these six custom memory pillows for a customer. She called at the end of last year asking if I could make pillows from clothing of a loved one's clothing. He passed away a year ago this past March 1st and she wanted a pillow for herself, but also to gift pillows to his sons and his wife.</div>
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She picked star patterns for hers and the wife's pillow, but wanted simple patchwork for the sons'. She had a nice variety of shirts so it was easy to match them up to make the pillows.</div>
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Pillows are a nice way to preserve memories of loved ones, especially when we want to spread the love between many siblings or if a quilt seems a little too expensive. </div>
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You may remember the memory quilts I made last year for the four children who lost their father to cancer. Well today I would like to share with you the quilt I made for their mother Nancy.</div>
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When I met with Nancy the first time, she had all of Kevin's clothes laid out in piles, separated by colour. When we picked the clothes for the kid's quilts, everything just came together perfectly. Nancy didn't know what she wanted for her quilt back then but by the time we came to work on her quilt, she was thinking she wanted a tree. And the funny thing was that the clothes that were left, were all in the perfect colour palette to make this beautiful tree. </div>
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I started by drawing out the tree and the mounds of grass. They are made from his pants and shirts.</div>
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Then I traced the leaves from some paper leaves Nancy had. </div>
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Nancy gave me a list of scriptures that have special meaning to her and Kevin and I embroidered them on the some of the leaves. All of the leaves that don't have embroidery on them are from Kevin's clothes.</div>
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I appliqued everything down using matching threads. I used a zig zag stitch for the tree trunk and the mounds of grass, and I used a buttonhole stitch for the leaves. </div>
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The heart on the tree is also one of his shirts. I embroidered a K and an N on it before appliqueing it down with a satin stitch. </div>
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The border is more of Kevin's clothing. The patch that says lucky you/lucky me is from his favorite pair of jeans, and the piece with the big clovers is the inside of the pocket from that same pair of jeans. </div>
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The embroidered patches are from his Ralph Lauren polo shirts. </div>
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The quilt was custom quilted to add texture. There are leaves in the outer border and ribbon candy in the green inner border. Some landscape meandering and wavy lines were added to the mounds of grass and the bark was quilted on the tree trunk. </div>
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Details were added to the leaves and just a filler was quilted in the background. </div>
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This is my favourite quilt I made in 2017. The meaning behind, the work I put into it... everything about it means so much.</div>
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I am so happy that Nancy came into my life. It is truly a blessing. </div>
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Last October I told you about a Charity my quilt group donated 15 quilts to. <a href="http://quiltyascharged-ginette.blogspot.ca/2016/10/giving-to-charity.html" target="_blank">You can read about it here.</a> We decided to wait until we had another 15 quilts ready before we headed back to the home to donate them.</div>
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Earlier this week, my mom and I drove over with the 15 quilts that were finally ready and we were welcomed with opened arms. </div>
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Again, we had some orphan blocks, and we used some of our scraps and some fabrics from our stash to make these lap quilts for the young moms at the home. They get to use them while they stay there and then bring them with them when they leave. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sampler quilt made from Betty's orphan blocks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Block quilt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nine Patch</td></tr>
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We work on these quilts at our weekly get-together, and at our retreats. We plan some of them together but each of us sews individually. Alice quilts them and Pat did the binding on most of these. Each has a label that says: " Stitched for you with love 2017".</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brick Quilt - inspired by <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.ca/2016/12/straightforward-quilt-complete.html" target="_blank">Crazy Mom Quilts</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Framed squares</td></tr>
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There are 15 beds at the home so we brought 15 quilts. Each girl will get the chance to go pick her own quilt.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brick quilt - inspired by <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.ca/2016/12/straightforward-quilt-complete.html" target="_blank">Crazy Mom Quilts</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Framed squares</td></tr>
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My mom and I left the home with big smiles on our faces and we had so many ideas for more quilts. We were itching to come home and make more!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thimbleblossoms.bigcartel.com/product/piece-of-cake-2-pattern-136-pdf-pattern" target="_blank">Piece of Cake 2 - pattern by Thimbleblossoms</a></td></tr>
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We've already got some ready to be quilted and have some fabric picked out to make a few more! It definitely feels so so good to give! :)</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-18656239537289323592017-09-01T09:57:00.000-04:002017-09-01T09:57:20.251-04:00Gabrielle's T-shirt Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A few months ago, I received a phone call from Gabrielle's mom asking if I could make a t-shirt quilt. Gabrielle had saved all of her t-shirts and jerseys from when she played competitive volleyball back in high school and she now wanted to have them made into a quilt.</div>
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When I met with Gabrielle, I was a little surprised at how many shirts she actually had. She wanted as many of the shirts as possible in the quilt. So that was my challenge, using as many of the shirts as I could but keeping the size of the quilt reasonable because she wanted to be able to use it.</div>
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It was a little like putting a puzzle together. I had fun figuring it out.</div>
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I used a fusible interfacing on the back of each t-shirt to make it easier to piece it. I used a cotton backing and Hobbs 80/20 batting. I quilted Ribbon Swirls on it because the pattern kind of reminded me of Volley balls and it gave nice texture to the quilt.</div>
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I used the same cotton fabric for the binding as I did for the backing. I think the black fabric framed the quilt nicely.</div>
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It was a nice surprise when I called her to tell her that the quilt was ready and I found out that it was her birthday. She came to pick it up the very same day.</div>
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I'm happy to know Gabrielle will be able to wrap herself up in wonderful memories!</div>
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This is such a busy time of year with the school year and my daughter's competitive gymnastics coming to an end. Then there is my youngest daughter's soccer season that starts. It just doesn't seem to end, and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way!</div>
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But it does cut into my sewing and quilting time. So I haven't had much to post in a while.</div>
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I did have a quiet day today as I am feeling a bit under the weather, so some time in my studio seemed like a good idea. I got quite a few new blocks done for my 150 Canadian Women quilt and I thought you all might like to see them.</div>
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These are blocks 16 to 27. I am still very far behind because blocks 91 to 93 were posted today on the <a href="http://store.nextstepquiltdesigns.com/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?Shopper_id=14456131524521445&Store_id=645&Page_id=17&categ_id=28&parent_ids=0,4&name=150+Canadian+Women" target="_blank">Next Step Quilt Designs</a> web site. I am still hoping to get the quilt done before the end of the year so I have lots of time to catch up.</div>
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I am really enjoying reading about all of the Canadian pioneering women and then picking out the fabric for each block.</div>
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This year is Canada's 150th Birthday. There are so many exciting things going on in the quilting world to celebrate this exciting event. One of them is a Quilt celebrating 150 Canadian, inspiring, pioneering women from yesteryear to today.</div>
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Kat Tucker from<a href="http://www.nextstepquiltdesigns.com/" target="_blank"> Next Step Quilt Designs</a> out in Calgary Alberta has put together this wonderful project. Every week she sends out the instructions for three 6" finished blocks. Each block comes with the biography of a pioneering woman.</div>
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Now, I have to be honest and tell you that she has already sent out the instructions for 75 blocks, so the project is half done. And for those doing the small quilt, they will be able to assemble their quilt this week. However, I was working on the memory quilts so I am behind on my blocks.</div>
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I have 15 blocks done so far and as you can see they are all red and off-white. These were fun to piece, not too much of a challenge, but they will get more time consuming as I go. The blocks will have more pieces and the pieces will get smaller.</div>
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I'm not quite sure how I will put the blocks together but I have lots of time to figure that out.</div>
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I look forward to sharing my progress on this quilt with all of you. I am hoping to have it all done by the end of the year.</div>
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This is the last of four quilts I have been working on for the last few months. Four quilts for four children who lost their father last year.</div>
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Reece is 12 years old and the eldest of the four kids.</div>
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She loved the buffalo plaid shirt her dad wore so her mom put that one aside especially for her quilt. We paired it up with the black and grey shirts. </div>
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Reece has always had a fascination for Terry Fox and his battle with cancer. Kevin received this t-shirt for participating in the Terry Fox walk one year and he proudly wore it. Of course we had to include it in her quilt as well!</div>
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Ralph Lauren Polo shirts were one of his favourite brands of shirts so I included some embroidery from those shirts as well. </div>
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Nancy and I went to the local quilt shop to purchase the border, binding and backing fabrics. While we there, we saw the maple leaf fabric and thought it would look great in this quilt too! There were a couple of other fabrics that caught our eye so we added those too.</div>
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This is Reece's label with the scriptures her mom picked out just for her.</div>
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Her father used to sign every email and letter: "Here, with a purpose."</div>
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Everything was very well thought out and has special meaning.</div>
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The children received their quilts on the 1 year anniversary of their father's passing, along with a beautiful photo book their mother put together. Beautiful keepsakes they will cherish forever.</div>
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I am a little sad that this project is over but so happy that I got to work on it with Nancy. She is such an amazing lady and had great vision for these quilts. I am so happy I was able to make her vision come to fruition and help her through the grieving process. It's not over yet though... we have plans to make a special quilt for her now and I can't wait to get started!</div>
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<a href="http://quiltyascharged-ginette.blogspot.ca/2017/04/a-quilt-for-brinley-blue.html" target="_blank">A Quilt for Brinley-Blüe</a></div>
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I am linking up to Finish it up Friday over at <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.ca/2017/04/noodlehead-pencil-pouch.html" target="_blank">Crazy Mom Quilts</a> as well as TGIFF over at <a href="http://benandcharlyscorner.blogspot.ca/2017/04/tgiff-finally-friday-finish.html" target="_blank">Charly & Ben's Crafty Corner.</a></div>
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This is the third of four quilts I made in the last few months. Four quilts for four children who lost their father last year.</div>
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Maddox's quilt has a Super Hero theme.</div>
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The inspiration for this quilt came from a picture of Maddox and his Dad taken one Halloween. Maddox is dressed up as Captain America and his Dad is dressed up as Superman. Kevin has his hands on his hips, just like Superman, and is looking straight ahead. Maddox is looking up at his dad with that look of admiration only a child could have for his Hero, his Dad. Perfection.</div>
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The t-shirts were all worn by Kevin and the blue patches are from his shirts. The plaid ones are actually from some pyjama pants. We picked up the red fabrics from our local quilt shop as well as the border, binding and backing.</div>
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The Captain America T-shirt was a gift Maddox gave his Dad for his birthday and also the last t-shirt Kevin wore before he passed away.</div>
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Kevin was a fan of Ralph Lauren Polo shirts so I added a patch from one of those shirts.</div>
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I quilted the pattern Jessie's Swirls on the quilt to add some texture and movement to the geometric squares.</div>
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For the back of the quilt I used a nice blue crosshatch fabric from Carolyn Friedlander, one of my favourites.</div>
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This is Maddox's label with the scriptures his mom picked out just for him.</div>
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The children received their quilts on the 1 year anniversary of their father's passing, along with a beautiful photo book their mother put together. Beautiful keepsakes they will cherish forever.</div>
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This is the second of four memory quilts I made in the last few months. Four quilts for four children who lost their father last year.</div>
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Paxton is 6 years old and his quilt has a "Canadiana"/Americana All-Star Theme.</div>
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Nancy found <a href="https://howdear.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/free-patriotic-quilt-pattern/amp/" target="_blank">this pattern</a> on Pinterest and it really spoke to her because her husband, Kevin, was born in The United States. The pattern was originally for a Queen size bed so I did some playing around with the measurements so that I could have something to work with and we would end up with a lap size quilt.</div>
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The blue parts of the quilt consist of Kevin's blue shirts, the beige parts include one of his shirts, a pair of his pants and some fabrics from my stash and from the fabric store to make it look scrappy. Nancy and I had fun picking out the red fabrics at our local quilt shop. We wanted to add a bit of Americana with the stripes and a bit of "Canadiana" with the maple leaves. It was the perfect time to buy all of those fabrics, it being the sesquicentennial, and all of those fabulous fabrics being in the store! We also bought the blue border and binding and a dark blue polka dot for the backing.</div>
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Kevin was from Atlanta so I added a strip from a shirt that had the word "Atlanta" on it, and he was a fan of Ralph Lauren Polo shirts so I added the tag from one of his shirts to a strip as well.</div>
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The inspiration quilt had one star in the centre of it and Nancy liked this idea. Since Paxton is only 6 years old, we wanted to make the quilt playful, so we went with it, and added stars here and there in different colours, some are fabrics from Kevin's shirts and some aren't. I even found that fun navy star fabric in my stash.</div>
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To keep with the theme I quilted a Stars and Loops pattern on the quilt.</div>
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<br />The stars and loops really show up nicely on the back of the quilt with the lighter coloured thread.</div>
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His dad used to sign every email and letter: "Here, with a purpose."</div>
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Everything was very well thought out and has special meaning.</div>
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The children received their quilts on the 1 year anniversary of their father's passing, along with a beautiful photo book their mother put together. Beautiful keepsakes they will cherish forever.</div>
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I have been working on a project for the past little while and now that the quilts have been received, I am so happy that I can share them with you.</div>
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I have made four memory quilts for 4 children who lost their father last year. Their mother approached me last fall and we have worked together to make these wonderful keepsakes.</div>
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The quilts have so much meaning and detail that I decided they each deserve their own blog post so this will be the first of four posts.</div>
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Brinley-Blüe is 5 years old, and the youngest of the family. Her favourite colour is purple.</div>
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When I first met with Blüe's mom Nancy, she had separated all of Kevin's clothes into piles of different colours. This pile had a lot of striped shirts so we added a pair of grey shorts.</div>
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Nancy wanted a different pattern for each quilt. She wanted each one to reflect the personality of the child it was going to.</div>
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I brought her to our local quilt shop and we had a great time picking out borders, backings and filler fabrics for each quilt.</div>
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For Brinley-Blüe's quilt, we added the lovely mauve for the border and I used it for some of the triangles as well. I also added a grey polka dot and a grey and black print.</div>
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Blüe's dad loved to wear Ralph Lauren Polo shirts and Kenneth Cole shirts so I added the tags from the shirts to the patches on the quilt.</div>
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I wanted the quilt to have a feminine look to it so I quilted a pattern called Butterfly Vines on it. I love the texture the pattern added to the quilt, and the softness the curves added to the geometric shape of the triangles.</div>
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For the backing I used a nice grey polka dot. We liked it so much we decided to use it for the binding as well.</div>
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Each quilt also got it's very own personalized label. The label includes the child's name as well as some scriptures, specially picked by Nancy.</div>
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Kevin used to sign e-mails and letters: "Here, with a purpose."</div>
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The children received their quilts on the 1 year anniversary of their father's passing, along with a beautiful photo book their mother put together. Beautiful keepsakes they will cherish forever.</div>
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I found out about a home in our city where young women who are going through a hard time can go when they are pregnant or just had a baby. They have another group of women donating quilts for the babies and I thought it would be nice to be able to do something for the young moms. So we are making quilts for them to put on their beds and use while they are staying at the home, but that they can then take with them when they are ready to leave.</div>
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There are 15 beds at the home so for our first donation we have dropped off 15 quilts. We wanted to make sure all of the girls get a quilt. </div>
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There are 9 of us participating in various ways in the making of these quilts. Some donated fabric from our stash, some donated orphan blocks, some pieced the tops, some quilted, some did the bindings. We all chipped in to buy the batting. Some of us even had some quilt tops that we didn't want anymore and donated those.</div>
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It was fun to see how Alice put Betty's orphan blocks together with Rita's fabric! It's been a great group project and a lot of fun getting rid of some of our old fabrics and UFO's at the same time.</div>
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My mom and I dropped the quilts off earlier this week. The ladies who work at the home were so happy with our donation. They are going to let the girls pick their own quilt, so they can have something they like.</div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-51720716872156520872016-10-23T16:10:00.001-04:002016-10-23T16:10:51.915-04:00A Princess Quilt<p style="text-align: center;"> When my friend saw the <a href="http://quiltyascharged-ginette.blogspot.ca/2015/12/princess-dresses.html" target="_blank" title="">Princess quilt</a> I made last year, she put in an order for me to make one for her new grand daughter. So we talked earlier this year and she said she wanted it for the baby's first birthday. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Her birthday is today and she is having a tea party with her friends and I hope she will love her Princess Quilt!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFX6PAqZDxDUQORK4sAYqVung3ZjNWIo7ZKhXHVlneL0ihImBV8XwcaCSk3o-zOwqhtvK18aT3DaAI06TksMC6jl_jlZ3vRArHD8vXUiyJRhOjhDuPtRMm5yd7JU0Aj7-I6AkCgdquCQo/s1632/Photo%25252020161023160752480.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFX6PAqZDxDUQORK4sAYqVung3ZjNWIo7ZKhXHVlneL0ihImBV8XwcaCSk3o-zOwqhtvK18aT3DaAI06TksMC6jl_jlZ3vRArHD8vXUiyJRhOjhDuPtRMm5yd7JU0Aj7-I6AkCgdquCQo/s500/Photo%25252020161023160752480.jpg" id="blogsy-1477253295919.9568" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> When I laid out the blocks to assemble the top, my 8 year old was quick to point out that Tinkerbell is NOT a Princess! But I just had to include her in the quilt because my daughters were big Tink fans and this little girl is only 1, so we don't yet know who her favourite will be! Right? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyfZiPGabqa6bummRrdNFlRhjtMUnN9ezdfN7fSLTfh7kwIthiuViPco-a3b7IuUL1DhMoXOYpqFWw5C0GpWazAMO6ERv-r3bm4NMbckGEKEhAtPzeVdZyr57eqRSoUAjbE3zm2imnsU/s2048/Photo%25252020161023160752545.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyfZiPGabqa6bummRrdNFlRhjtMUnN9ezdfN7fSLTfh7kwIthiuViPco-a3b7IuUL1DhMoXOYpqFWw5C0GpWazAMO6ERv-r3bm4NMbckGEKEhAtPzeVdZyr57eqRSoUAjbE3zm2imnsU/s500/Photo%25252020161023160752545.jpg" id="blogsy-1477253295873.1528" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> This quilt is the size of a lap quilt. So she will be able to use it on her bed when she graduates to a toddler bed. That's what Grandma wanted.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I bought the patterns for the blocks from the Etsy shop called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ChiTownStitching" target="_blank" title="">Chi Town Stitching</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6eR9iPrA0Am_v-P3mvWMmrWvEHS33ti3crz81r3bU2YsrIQiOxF5KqYUV4TKW_-1gD7GcklWlO8VIGseDlC9QspKQcVFjEOMt3L_Vr3OShKNoV940VutVanx97Fxp0Pml4VEZQ-B8w4/s2048/Photo%25252020161023160752608.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6eR9iPrA0Am_v-P3mvWMmrWvEHS33ti3crz81r3bU2YsrIQiOxF5KqYUV4TKW_-1gD7GcklWlO8VIGseDlC9QspKQcVFjEOMt3L_Vr3OShKNoV940VutVanx97Fxp0Pml4VEZQ-B8w4/s500/Photo%25252020161023160752608.jpg" id="blogsy-1477253295886.9536" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> The hardest part was picking the fabrics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lL1Gjd-laMEikPa6s7itjuzpRbLh9dgRc3Y84ARjj1QC67fY72qZ4YuQ_1oyHnzCIYIHEFr4SPZNA4QyWotSD4NhyphenhyphenjQDgWQNcHJgJF0texqeSslsN5PxWFOrV4rIv6kCtaiGGiM6_WY/s1632/Photo%25252020161023160752645.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lL1Gjd-laMEikPa6s7itjuzpRbLh9dgRc3Y84ARjj1QC67fY72qZ4YuQ_1oyHnzCIYIHEFr4SPZNA4QyWotSD4NhyphenhyphenjQDgWQNcHJgJF0texqeSslsN5PxWFOrV4rIv6kCtaiGGiM6_WY/s500/Photo%25252020161023160752645.jpg" id="blogsy-1477253295920.1199" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> I am sure she will love her quilt for a long time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvk82t-Hj9-hJSxrOPefPiEqbS13WA49-Rlyd_t1IxbLlg2SNdvfZifPFIyUFptgeoeOh5yKhbhCzTa80c6qqPtjqmUuUU2IhzLdMc2DV0mxf2wRmzvoEiNMQixWbhPYMCa4fpA1kb04/s2048/Photo%25252020161023160752697.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvk82t-Hj9-hJSxrOPefPiEqbS13WA49-Rlyd_t1IxbLlg2SNdvfZifPFIyUFptgeoeOh5yKhbhCzTa80c6qqPtjqmUuUU2IhzLdMc2DV0mxf2wRmzvoEiNMQixWbhPYMCa4fpA1kb04/s500/Photo%25252020161023160752697.jpg" id="blogsy-1477253295841.5042" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="500" alt=""></a></div><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-68347182933473505012016-10-06T10:41:00.001-04:002016-10-06T10:41:06.321-04:00Retreat!<p style="text-align: center;"> I went on a quilt retreat last weekend! Oh it felt good to get together with some Quilty friends to share patterns, tips and tricks, recipes, but it felt especially good to get some work done on some WIPS.</p><p style="text-align: center;">First I finished the Vintage Quilt I've been working on for the king size bed we got last Spring.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYf21nqJZSYEJtPGOqcIfWvyi5lPX3KB9kw2_RE35HVTpOHHOMbdLBtIr9uKzTcIGunFu7rwkR1K-ifvWmZ97ormI5g9umNDp_klc14bYaUlawXjDGFheArXWkjU1ZnZL7gsLaFoH2Bk/s2048/Photo%25252020161006104038052.jpg" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYf21nqJZSYEJtPGOqcIfWvyi5lPX3KB9kw2_RE35HVTpOHHOMbdLBtIr9uKzTcIGunFu7rwkR1K-ifvWmZ97ormI5g9umNDp_klc14bYaUlawXjDGFheArXWkjU1ZnZL7gsLaFoH2Bk/s500/Photo%25252020161006104038052.jpg" id="blogsy-1475764864921.1648" class="aligncenter" alt="Vintage quilt" width="500" height="375"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage quilt</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> I used fat quarters from the Nordika fabric line by Jeni Baker for the blocks. The background is a solid white, and the border is a grey Modern Background Essentials by Zen Chic. I'm looking forward to quilting it!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I also started putting my In From The Cold quilt blocks together and got the first borders on too. 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And I got some great inspiration from my friends as well! </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-52354830061509214572016-09-23T10:50:00.001-04:002016-09-23T10:59:04.334-04:00Fall Table Runner<p style="text-align: center;"> Fall has finally arrived so I thought I would share this table runner I finally got out of the WIP pile.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8DKUlNkcSsg/V-VBFdc8QjI/AAAAAAAACeU/kjq8AXTWRys/s2048/Photo%25252020160923104953112.jpg" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8DKUlNkcSsg/V-VBFdc8QjI/AAAAAAAACeU/kjq8AXTWRys/s500/Photo%25252020160923104953112.jpg" id="blogsy-1474642692877.7107" class="aligncenter" alt="Fall table runner" width="500" height="375"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall table runner</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">I made this runner with scraps a few years ago and had brought to my moms for her to quilt. For some reason it never got quilted and she found it a few weeks ago when she cleaned out one of the closets in her studio.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I thought it would be a great opportunity to practice doing some custom work with the computer designs on the Statler.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC3UR5zUalNKowY88viaQ6QXJkruC4nCE3IYI_Gvnb_1LSjR7-sRxLeUzDLCAmwVaNvXNWWoTeBIua51Vwh5EboyNpuXQ4dKM3UaV0Ld5T6TuVJhY3Ha37TbNIBEgeWyPcaFQqb3mAtU/s2048/Photo%25252020160923104953185.jpg" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC3UR5zUalNKowY88viaQ6QXJkruC4nCE3IYI_Gvnb_1LSjR7-sRxLeUzDLCAmwVaNvXNWWoTeBIua51Vwh5EboyNpuXQ4dKM3UaV0Ld5T6TuVJhY3Ha37TbNIBEgeWyPcaFQqb3mAtU/s500/Photo%25252020160923104953185.jpg" id="blogsy-1474642692877.8552" class="aligncenter" alt="Close-up of quilting on fall table runner" width="500" height="375"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of quilting</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> I picked a feather block design for the blocks, a leaf design for the sashing, my favourite orange peel for the corner stones and some beautiful maple leaves for the border. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It took me all day to quilt this little table runner. The longest part I think is picking the designs but then trying to get them to fit inside the spaces takes a lot of time and patience as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmuNE0XFvZuf6hk0247d8Y5L9XNaPzcc18Dco61kjqV63FOvAy7mvfrRGmQZFx8rZJzRCVdgKyl9yEceQ3jGmkVlkGPxeV-5UGnRpXvAlYF_KRGnXROhe_v89eBhxwhY67HwJPftQpE4/s2048/Photo%25252020160923104953247.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmuNE0XFvZuf6hk0247d8Y5L9XNaPzcc18Dco61kjqV63FOvAy7mvfrRGmQZFx8rZJzRCVdgKyl9yEceQ3jGmkVlkGPxeV-5UGnRpXvAlYF_KRGnXROhe_v89eBhxwhY67HwJPftQpE4/s500/Photo%25252020160923104953247.jpg" id="blogsy-1474642692816.525" class="aligncenter" alt="Fall table runner" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> I am really happy with the end result. It was great practice and I have a nice new table runner for the fall.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am linking up to TGIFF over at <a href="http://crazydutchbirdquilts.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank" title="">Crazydutchbirdquilts</a> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-69994386941187389242016-09-14T09:37:00.000-04:002016-09-14T09:37:30.898-04:00Back in the Swing of Things<div style="text-align: center;">
I realized yesterday that I started this blog 5 years ago. I just checked and it was 5 years ago, <b>this week</b> actually. So I have decided that since it's the fall, a time to get back into routines and new schedules and such, it would also be a good time for me to get back into blogging. </div>
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I hope I still have a few followers out there willing to read my posts and check out my quilting projects. And since I have changed things in my little world of quilting as I have started quilting some quilts for others, I hope you won't mind me sharing some of my customers quilts on here too. Some of the quilts I have quilted over the past few months have been fun and I would love to share them with you.</div>
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Of course you can always find me on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Quilting-Princess-566880816669225/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> and on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/quiltingprincess/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a> where I post stuff regularly as well, but I will be making a real effort to post here more regularly and share with you some of the fun stuff I will be working on for me and my customers. </div>
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So to start, how about a fabric pull... I am participating in a mystery quilt with my Guild. Here is my fabric pull for the Mystery Quilt.</div>
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Last summer my Uncle came for a visit and asked me if I would made a banner for him.</div>
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He does woodworking and woodturning. He makes beautiful bowls, pens, cremation urns, and feather boxes. You can check out is work on his website <a href="http://www.dansden.ca/">www.dansden.ca</a></div>
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He lives in Kingsville, Ontario and often goes to fairs and markets and sells his items there. He wanted a banner to hang in front of his table where he displays his feather boxes.</div>
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Our ancestors are Métis and my Uncle wanted his banner to look like the Métis flag. The flag is basically a royal blue background with a white infinity sign in the middle.</div>
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So I took some Kona Ocean fabric and quilted the pattern called "Kindling" on it, which looks like woodgrain. And then I machine appliqued a big infinity sign in the middle and his name on the bottom, as well as the words "Métis Artist". I bound it with Kona Ocean.</div>
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The longest part was doing the applique around all the letters, but I am really pleased with the result and so is he. There is an extra 10 inches or so on the top that lays on the table and then the rest of the banner hangs over the edge of the table. I think it was a great idea! We make a good team my Uncle Danny and I.</div>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-20753428511750992016-02-10T15:54:00.001-05:002016-02-10T16:00:05.583-05:00WIP Wednesday February 10 2016 - Aviatrix Medallion<p style="text-align: center;"> So in my last post I promised you more pictures of my aviatrix medallion. I thought WIP Wednesday would be a good day to post about this quilt since it is a work in progress and probably will be for a while. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The week after the retreat, I trimmed the centre block down to the 14.5" square and added the first border which is made up of grey HSTs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BBLWUoiKWOC/" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12424688_1683833638497695_1311872312_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE3NDEzMDMwMjc5NTczNTkzOA%3D%3D.2" id="blogsy-1455137994230.8281" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> Then I got the itch but I had 2 other commissioned quilts to work on so I had to put the aviatrix aside.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I finished one of the 2 commissioned quilts and decided I deserved a little selfish sewing time, so I added the second border to the quilt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BBVO787KWKd/" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12543146_430755857127856_1746713629_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE3NjkxMjU3MDE0NDYxMzAyMQ%3D%3D.2" id="blogsy-1455137994200.4302" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> That is where I am at now. Once I finish the other commissioned quilt, I will continue to work on this beauty. It is so much fun, and I am really liking the outcome!</p><p style="text-align: center;"> Linking up to <a href="http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/2016/02/wip-wednesday-224-tn.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheNeedleAndThreadNetwork+(The+Needle+and+Thread+Network)" target="_blank" title="">The Needle and Thread Network.</a> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-80054645977834385622016-02-04T12:49:00.001-05:002016-02-04T12:54:47.269-05:00Happy 2016 <p style="text-align: center;">Wow! How is it already February 2016?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have so much stuff to share with you, I honestly had a hard time deciding where to start. I went to a retreat in January. I always love going to a retreat at this time of the year. It allows me to have some much needed "me time" and I think it's a good way to start off the New Year, a good way to recharge my batteries and figure out where I want to go with my quilting.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">During the month of December, I got inspired to make a quilt using the pattern called In From the Cold by Kate Spain and some Christmas fat quarters by Riley Blake, all of which I had bought at my LQS the year before. </span><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/_4-O5SKWF1/" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12353863_745499312221610_1094681978_n.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470843.8093" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> So I had made one block during the Christmas holidays as a little teaser.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/_4jqE-KWLy/" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12353884_1661291240812922_926290788_n.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470828.0269" class="aligncenter" alt="First block - In From The Cold" width="500" height="500"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First block</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> So I knew I wanted to make the other blocks while at the retreat. And here they all are:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BAncZVWqWHP/" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12479371_1546466639013991_643473620_n.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470813.2595" class="aligncenter" alt="Blocks - In From The Cold" width="500" height="500"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blocks - In From The Cold</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> I still need to embroider the steam on 2 of the cups but I am so excited about these blocks!!! This quilt is going to be so much fun!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I also started my next big project while at the retreat, the aviatrix medallion. I have been planning this quilt for months. It is my reward for having worked on the three quilts I made for my friend's kids last year.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BANjc01qWDC/" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/926031_1510097195986784_350077134_n.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470822.7874" class="aligncenter" alt="Fabric pull for Aviatrix Medallion" width="500" height="500"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabric pull for Aviatrix Medallion</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">Before the retreat I took the time to cut all of my colourful fat quarters and made a little fabric chart as well. This made things go faster and smoother. At the retreat I managed to piece the centre block.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BApyucXKWOI/" target="_blank" style=" "><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12547346_147682512274983_1686533875_n.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470836.1267" class="aligncenter" alt="Aviatrix- centre block" width="500" height="500"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aviatrix - centre block</td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="text-align: center;">I have done more work on it since I am home but I will keep that for another post. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Instead, I will share with you some photos of some of the projects my friends worked on while at the retreat.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZ3-OxctMbG8qT2vBZg-ExNMlZObYvjczOOdCB_iVQxbgiK7gRBoA-sPZmexLsw6meVG-c0dGwbSS-mwxXIO6_DevrH4XqsA7DUQm2vqOVEbSQQJeuqYQxMe35x1pDl5WVZbzHvopiPw/s2048/Photo%25252020160204124843362.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZ3-OxctMbG8qT2vBZg-ExNMlZObYvjczOOdCB_iVQxbgiK7gRBoA-sPZmexLsw6meVG-c0dGwbSS-mwxXIO6_DevrH4XqsA7DUQm2vqOVEbSQQJeuqYQxMe35x1pDl5WVZbzHvopiPw/s500/Photo%25252020160204124843362.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470877.6511" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFLlu4V8MoaZS3fV2QoQ35ILBjfFfP99qHHa9ffcsfO4_SXRuhNVhyphenhyphen4CUO5pelWtH3qgrpUlvyC8oT4ndN63jTbDQ02TeEJViCIJKLu1whpzr7n3UfhywFHZCLkHEVajLE7Tt12dg_9A/s2048/Photo%25252020160204124843417.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFLlu4V8MoaZS3fV2QoQ35ILBjfFfP99qHHa9ffcsfO4_SXRuhNVhyphenhyphen4CUO5pelWtH3qgrpUlvyC8oT4ndN63jTbDQ02TeEJViCIJKLu1whpzr7n3UfhywFHZCLkHEVajLE7Tt12dg_9A/s500/Photo%25252020160204124843417.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470867.9124" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VSUNgGmmDlP5XNysRHbsZHI4N6Xh3niMiAfvoeoXN0J2Cr8ujg1mLnRPCWcuXh-CHzY_Pu3Oyjgp97bRcllnaCyghWV5fqUHPLN3vsX8ZjZL7dhQx-ZAW2qnyuJd9dcX4sjiUqNBLHE/s2048/Photo%25252020160204124843458.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VSUNgGmmDlP5XNysRHbsZHI4N6Xh3niMiAfvoeoXN0J2Cr8ujg1mLnRPCWcuXh-CHzY_Pu3Oyjgp97bRcllnaCyghWV5fqUHPLN3vsX8ZjZL7dhQx-ZAW2qnyuJd9dcX4sjiUqNBLHE/s500/Photo%25252020160204124843458.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470890.2268" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mueuYU9on5w/VrOPL1_Kv7I/AAAAAAAACbo/w7Bt2RDNTf0/s2048/Photo%25252020160204124843509.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mueuYU9on5w/VrOPL1_Kv7I/AAAAAAAACbo/w7Bt2RDNTf0/s500/Photo%25252020160204124843509.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470836.9941" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczQTGgVXkU0Qtyx3jx341emQQrOMYZi2ZQgxAS2sywC-4uc4f0GeiFcGT-_Vq5NaWg9QRMrb0dHDcj46Ocj0KIGWZtZ7jMFjBgIk5olBC2ZbrjFY6EC8EhZ_sxcLhcQVOEDDijJrN-3E/s2048/Photo%25252020160204124843567.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczQTGgVXkU0Qtyx3jx341emQQrOMYZi2ZQgxAS2sywC-4uc4f0GeiFcGT-_Vq5NaWg9QRMrb0dHDcj46Ocj0KIGWZtZ7jMFjBgIk5olBC2ZbrjFY6EC8EhZ_sxcLhcQVOEDDijJrN-3E/s500/Photo%25252020160204124843567.jpg" id="blogsy-1454608470821.1228" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> There were so many others that I didn't get photos of. As you can see, we were very productive!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I promise I will be back soon with progress on my aviatrix medallion. I also have a finished quilt to show you and some machine quilting to show you as well. I think this is going to be a great year full of new adventures in quilting, especially in machine quilting. I can't wait to share them all with you!</p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Ginette</div>Ginettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279387841983486961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341779724541482312.post-47925425553128822772015-12-23T16:02:00.000-05:002015-12-23T16:02:07.620-05:00The Pink Quilt aka Katie's Favourite Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In my last post, I told you that I made quilts for my friend's daughters. This quilt is for the oldest sister. She likes all things pink. Her mom sent me a list of her favourite things and I made her a custom quilt.</div>
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Some blocks are machine appliquéd, and some are pieced. Since some of the blocks were different sizes, I decided to add pink patchwork for the sashing. I dug in my stash for all of the pink fabric I had. I have very few scraps left now!</div>
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The above photo is Katie's favourite doll Penny. Her mom sent me drawings of the doll so I could get her just right. This quilt was definitely the result of some team work!</div>
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For the quilting, I used a pattern called Floral meander. I thought it needed something soft and flow-y. I think it turned out so pretty. I am sure she will love it!</div>
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Hi! Remember me? Wow, time has flown by since my last post. I have been quite busy and have a lot to tell you about.</div>
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As I told you before, I am now offering longarm machine quilting services and I have been quilting for others. I haven't been too busy, just busy enough and I must say that I am really enjoying it. But what I have been really busy doing since I last blogged is finishing two commissioned quilts for my friend's daughters.</div>
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Today I would like to share with you one of those quilts. It is for a 4 year old little girl who just loves the Disney princesses. Her mother asked me to make a quilt just with the dresses. She told me which princesses she wanted.</div>
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I bought the pattern from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChiTownStitching" target="_blank">Chi Town Stitching</a> on Etsy. My daughters had lots of fun helping me pick the fabrics for the dresses and loved watching me make each one. </div>
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I had so much fun making this quilt. Who doesn't love princesses? Here are some of my favorite dresses:</div>
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I quilted a lovely pattern on it with some hearts in a soft pink thread. I think it adds beautiful texture to the quilt.</div>
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The backing is a Disney fabric featuring a few of the princesses. It is so nice and soft. My mom bought it for me last winter when she was down to the States. I hadn't even started the quilt back then so unfortunately I didn't have enough. I just ended up adding a strip of the pink polka dots I used for the outer border to the bottom edge of the backing. I think it looks okay. </div>
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I used the fabrics from the sashing and border for the binding. I think it makes it look a little fun and whimsical.</div>
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She will be getting it for Christmas and I can't wait to see her reaction when she opens the box. I had so much fun making this quilt!</div>
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Next week I will share with you her sister's pink quilt. Be warned, there will be a lot of pink in that next post!</div>
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Every time Quilt Market happens, Amy from<a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/2015/10/23/bloggers-quilt-festival-fall-2015-edition/" target="_blank"> Amy's Creative Side hosts the Blogger's Quilt Festival</a>. Thank you Amy for letting us share in this big virtual Quilt Show! It is so much fun and so inspiring!</div>
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My first entry into the fall 2015 edition of the Blogger's Quilt Festival is in the<a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/2015/10/23/bloggers-quilt-festival-large-quilt-category/" target="_blank"> Large Quilt category</a> and is my Swoon quilt.</div>
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If you are a regular follower you have seen this quilt before, but if you aren't, here it is!</div>
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<b>Swoon</b></div>
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Fabrics: Architextures by Carolyn Friedlander and Home Essentials by Mark Lipinski</div>
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Pattern: Swoon by Thimbleblossoms</div>
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I loved making this quilt. </div>
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I love piecing and these 24" blocks were fun because they were just challenging enough but there weren't a ton of them to make. </div>
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I am learning to quilt on a longarm and this was a great quilt to tackle with some custom quilting. The big spaces were lots of fun to fill and allowed me to get in a lot of practice.</div>
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I am very proud of this quilt and love everything about it!</div>
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Thanks again to Amy for having the Blogger's Quilt Festival. <br />
I hope all of you will go check out some of the other quilts!</div>
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