tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-469111735141673462024-03-05T14:38:13.149+10:30Legend and LaceThis is the home of Legend and Lace - a place where you will find the life of an Australian Quilter, wife, mother and grand-mother.Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.comBlogger412125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-27787489132058371362019-02-22T11:45:00.001+10:302019-02-22T11:50:21.590+10:30Emily's LegacyAfter 10 years I finally have the pattern for this quilt ready! It took me 5 years to make the quilt, then another 5 years of procrastination to finish the pattern. I still had all the drawings I made when I created the quilt from just a photograph. It was pretty much hit and miss from the start, but in the end it turn out ok. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished quilt Emily's Legacy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawings I kept while making the quilt</td></tr>
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The pattern is in our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/LegendandLace/tools/listings?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">Etsy Shop</a>, There is also a link on the side panel of this page if you want to have a look. <br />
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What finally inspired me to get a wriggle on was the suggestion that it might have been a project at the upcoming <a href="https://www.quiltsymposium2019.nz/" target="_blank">Quilt Symposium</a> in New Zealand. I had to work really hard to get it done, then in the end they chose something else. Which is just fine, because I already have those patterns done.<br />
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Anyone going to Auckland NZ in October? I am ! There are heaps of local and International tutors to choose from. 5 days of sewing, eating, drinking, and meeting new people. Check out the venue <a href="https://www.quiltsymposium2019.nz/stay-play/our-venue" target="_blank">https://www.quiltsymposium2019.nz/stay-play/our-venue </a><br />
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It is very exciting for me. It is the first time I have been invited to teach in New Zealand and I am really looking forward to it.<br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-89082470373606284682019-02-12T13:14:00.000+10:302019-02-12T13:17:20.744+10:30catching upSo, we had Christmas, and New Year, then we had the drought/heat wave, and now we have the floods! Everything normal here in Australia.<br />
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I have been working through a few of my UFO's and hoping to get inspired by something new. Well, I did get inspired, and started a few new things, but not really sure how they might end.<br />
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The Kaffe Museum quilt is now completed - well the top only - and the border is on<br />
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It is seriously huge!! I can not even get a whole photo. I am now working out in my head how I might quilt it. I am not so good at machine quilting, and think it might be a bit hard to hand quilt, as the shapes are appliqued using vlisofix, so the next best thing is a bit of "big stitch"quilting, which I think might suit this one. It is so big I am not sure how I will get it basted. Might need some help for that job.<br />
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On the subject of big quilts I got this one done<br />
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I called it Wonky Pathways, and is based on <a href="https://materialobsession.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Kathy Doughty's</a> pattern Fractured. There was no way I could get it basted or quilted in one go, so I made 4 smaller quilts and then joined them like "quilt as you go". I have never done this before. I knew the method behind it, but had never actually done it.<br />
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What I did when quilting it, I left threads that could be pulled out a bit, and then joined the top on the machine<br />
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pressed that nice and flat, then got the batting together, and trimmed them even<br />
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I had some of this batting tape lying about (never used it before) and that worked and was so easy<br />
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Finally, I got the backing smooth and flat and no- the pattern does not meet up, but I don't care! and slip stitched it all together. When all 4 pieces were joined up I could then re-do the quilting stitches I had removed.<br />
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The fabrics used on this are a mixture of Kaffe Fassett prints, and brighter Repro fabrics, which all work happily together. It is currently living on my bed. Perfect for the summer as it is nice and light, with cotton batting.<br />
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Does anyone remember me making this quilt a few years back? It is based on the Little Sisters quilt held in a museum in the USA. I have had a number of requests about the pattern, if any, and where might they get it. Well, I did make it all up myself, and I did keep all my notes and drawings. Since about March last year I have spasmodically been working on putting it all together in a format that people might understand. It is not a quilt for the faint hearted, and it is not easy to write, but I am almost finished. So, now I have put it in writing, I have to get it done! It will be in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/LegendandLace?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> in a couple of weeks.....I hope.....stay tuned.</div>
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Early this year I started on this hand pieced Trip Around the world. I saw one that my friend Pip Porter was working on. Hers was positively beautiful, and I wanted one too. Pip's is made of modern fabrics with reproductions mixed in and mine in just reproductions. As I was working on it, a number of people made a comment about using up fabrics, and I started to write down the amounts in case I decided to make a pattern. I am not making a pattern, but I still have the amounts written down. You can access the "pattern" using this<a href="http://www.legendandlace.com/files/uploads/Trip_around_the_world.pdf" target="_blank"> link</a>. I will also put something on the side bar so that others can find it. Let me know if the link is not working.<br />
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Apart from a bit of hand work, I have been working on the sewing machine over the last few weeks and have a couple of new things to show. Last post I showed how I had started on this machine applique from Kaffe Fassett's Museum Quilts book. I am really enjoying the machine applique! No wonder people love it......you get something done in Weeks rather than years!<br />
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I decided to use some of my stash of reproduction fabrics. I love stripe fabrics and I love wiggly prints.<br />
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Love this swan! and I have wanted to use this fabric for ages. It is quite overpowering so does not fit in everywhere<br />
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How about the hombre cat? </div>
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This is a hand or a glove - not sure which, but the same shape.</div>
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So far I have completed 2 of the 5 rows of applique. It is all done on 15"blocks, then sewn together. Then you put more shapes over the seams. You can still see some spaces, so in due coure I will add a few other shapes, not in the pattern<br />
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It was a nice day today, so I drew up all the shapes, and sat out on the verandah to cut them out. I got 2 pineapples done, 2 gloves, 2 pigs and 2 cats. And, I am one who says I don't like animals on my quilts! Had to break my own rules.<br />
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Also on the machne jsut lately, I launched into a black and white quilt. I saw something like it on Pinterest, and decided I could probably knock up a few blocks a day. <br />
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The first 6 blocks took no time at all, and I did not really have enough to make them all different, so ended up using a few prints in reversed places. There are 24 in total and I am looking at a "strippy" kind of setting with 4 rows of 6 blocks. There is a little bit of red going in there too.<br />
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This is the last one I made, and finally I got the zig zags going in the right directionWendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-81698032401316116972018-10-29T17:12:00.000+10:302018-10-29T17:12:01.538+10:30Kaffe and the museum quilt<br />
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I have always been a huge fan of antique quilts and reproduction fabrics. On the sideline of all that is my love of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. So, it all came together for him and me when I found his book. Museum Quilts.<br />
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And in particular, this lovely Folk Art Quilt. It has been sitting on my radar for quite some time, and then I saw <a href="https://funwithbarbandmary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Barb Vedder's</a> version where she added some of her own drawings, and used some from Kaffe's book.<br />
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The original quilt is held in the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/62070-popup.html" target="_blank">Victoria and Albert </a>museum in London.<br />
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Kaffe's version is somewhat different, but really charming. Anyway, I started it this week. There was a bit of work to get it started as the drawings had to be increased 200%. Eek! my copier does not do that. So off I went to Officeworks, and they did if for me as a "plan print" - great big sheets - for $11 for 5 pages.<br />
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Now, the really important thing is that I am machine appliqueing! Yes, I have gone over to the dark side (in some cases). I taught myself machine applique bit by bit over the last couple of years, and the instructions in the book are for machine, so off I went with it. <br />
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It is quite interesting the way this large quilt is made . It is made in 15" blocks, with some designs appliquied in the centre, like these, then once the blocks are joined, there is more appliqued over the top of the seams </div>
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Three blocks side by side, then once joined, the Chook (Aussie speak for hen) is appliqued over the seam. Doing it in small sections like this, makes it easier to handle in the sewing machine.<br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-76050353433209153932018-10-08T16:23:00.000+10:302018-10-08T16:23:32.955+10:30A bit of detective workA couple of weeks ago I found this photo on Pinterest, and it was love at first sight!<br />
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I traced the image to <a href="http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Brackman's</a> blog, but after that it went cold. I decided to make the quilt anyway based on the image, and just kind of "winging it". I did put out a few questions on Facebook and here and Sylvia actually gave me a bit more information. She directed me to another blog post, this time to <span><a href="http://countrythreads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">countrythreads</a> blog, and was able to tell me that the quilt is held by the Hampshire Cultural Trust in England. I sent them an email, and crossed my fingers, and they answered me!</span><br />
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<span>So here is some of the things they told me. It is a cot quilt (guess we knew that) and the size is 83cm x 88cm (32.5"x 34.5") ...very little indeed. The background fabric is cotton, and the red border, and the red applique is twill wool. The other applique is done in cotton prints and all completed using herringbone stitch. The shapes have been done with paper cutting (which I had already started) and the other squiggly bits, are all Broderie Perse! The lovely lady (I think it is a lady) named Sam is going to dig out a few photos and send them to me. I can't wait for the that, so have already started making it myself.</span><br />
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So far, this is what I have done. I wanted to make it all from fabric from my stash. The background is linen, which I already had, and all the others, except the green print, I already had. The green print was from my friend Penny, 'cause it was just the green I wanted, and it had a wiggly print. I love wiggly prints. I had no idea what size it was, so just used the width of the linen which was 54cm and cut the length the same. Then I visually divided the centre into 3rds, and decided the size of the big stars would be 18"across. All the other shape sizes worked in after I did the big star/flowers.<br />
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I cut all the flowers out of freezer paper, and drew the designs on the back (for back-basting applique)<br />
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<span>With the big star/flowers, I was able to attach the design fabrics by sewing on the sewing machine. Works just the same, and much quicker to get started.</span><br />
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now with the small pieces too, they are all folded into 8's, open up and draw the shape you want.<br />
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Fold back again, cut out the shape through all the layers, and voila! Lovely little flower shape.<br />
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<span>This is the flower shape on the edge and centre of the quilt. It is a little bigger in my cutting, as I want to do needle-turn and the original is wool, and that could be a little small because of the way it is appliqued,</span><br />
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<span>So if you think you might like to have a go at making your own, this is how I started, just measuring and cutting. The 4 leaf clovers are about 5"across, the ladies are about 9" high - all based on the idea that my background is 54"square. If yours is smaller, then adjust the size accordingly.</span><br />
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<span>Eventually I will make a pattern for it, but in the mean time I am happy to help you do it this way. I bought some red linen for the border, and as yet I have no idea what I will put on the border. Just waiting on those extra photos. Hope they come.</span>Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-85402174563645382282018-10-04T11:59:00.000+09:302018-10-04T11:59:10.402+09:30Some changesI now have an Etsy shop!<br />
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Don't get too excited, as it just has one thing there - my<a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/LegendandLace" target="_blank"> Bling Bling Baltimore</a> quilt pattern. Apparently my Legend and Lace website requires major upgrades, or a new website, and I have decided it is now time to move on. It looks like I started this Etsy shop in 2013 and never followed through with it, as it was just hanging there waiting for something from me. So, over time I will start moving my pdf patterns to Etsy. I think it might be easy enough, and will change the link on the side of this Blog as I get them done.<br />
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So, now back to what I have been doing over the last several month. I told you that my DH got sick while we were travelling, so that gave me lots of time to sit about and do some hand sewing. I got this quilt finished while sitting about<br />
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This quilt is from a pattern my<a href="http://www.patchworkonstonleigh.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Susan Smith </a>called Stevie's Garden. I called mine Midnight in the Garden. I was lucky enough to win two ribbons for this at the recent <a href="http://www.saquilters.org.au/festival-of-quilts-2018.htm" target="_blank">Adelaide Festival of Quilts</a>. One for the applique, and the other for Hand Quilting. Not many people are doing hand quilting these days, so it can be worth the effort.<br />
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Once this was finished I had to wait for some inspiration to come along. Lucky for me that has happened! A few close ups of the new quilt I am working on.<br />
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Working title is "No Quilt Police Here!" I plan that it will be quite random after I get the main parts in place.<br />
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A few more things that have inspired me this month. the first one is an original image, via Pinterest, of an antique quilt held in the <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/quilting-and-patchwork" target="_blank">Victoria and Albert</a> museum in England. I actually saw this quilt when the exhibition came to Australia about 5 years ago. I know that Kaffe Fassett has made a reproduction of it, and I have it on my horizon as well. <br />
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This one is from <a href="https://funwithbarbandmary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Barb Vedder</a>, who used some of Kaffe's drawings from his book <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Kaffe-Fassetts-Museum-Quilts-Kaffe-Fassett/9781561587544" target="_blank">Museum Quilts</a>, plus original drawings of her own.<br />
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I spend far too much time on Pinterest! These random kind of quilts I find really appealing. this is another English quilt centre from the V&A. Pattern has been produced by <a href="http://www.carolynkonigdesigns.com/home/" target="_blank">Caolyn Konig</a><br />
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Very close to the original - once again taken from Pinterest. I tried to crop it, but would not play, so you get the black bits around the photo. Sorry,<br />
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It pleases me that I have some inspiration again. I did do a lot of sitting about and thinking, but not doing, so a good step forward!<br />
<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-49955896726872744112018-09-20T19:30:00.000+09:302018-09-20T19:30:47.618+09:30Short holiday and new inspirationLast week my husband and I decided to take a short 4 day break to <a href="https://www.tourkangarooisland.com.au/" target="_blank">Kangaroo Island</a> which is just off the coast of South Australia. <br />
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We had to drive about 1 1/2 hours south of Adelaide, then take a car ferry for about 20km and 50 minutes to get there. It was a sparkly sunny day.<br />
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We landed at Penneshaw, had lunch at the local pub, and started our tour from there.<br />
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It was a very relaxing few days and I had a little time to do a bit of fabric shopping in the only quilt shop on KI, and had a balcony to sit on to do a little sewing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View near <a href="https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/find-a-park/Browse_by_region/kangaroo-island/cape-borda-lightstation" target="_blank">Cape Borda </a>on the north coast </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This was a bit sad - the cemetary for the light house families. Little children included.<br />
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So while I am sitting about enjoying the view, I started thinking about making something new. I want to be inspired to make something beautiful. What is beautiful to me, may not necessarily be the same for others. <br />
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While scrolling through Pinterest I found a photo of a quilt, and loved it straight away. I love red and white and I love unstructured, whimsical quilts.<br />
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I traced the photo back to <a href="http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Brackman's blog</a> but with very little information, apart from labelling it British and the makers name, which you can see on the quilt. If anyone reading this knows anything about this quilt, I would love to hear from you.<br />
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So when I got home, I could not wait to try and work out how to make this quilt. I found some cream linen fabric tucked away (that will be a good background!) and I have lots of reds, but they have to be the "right red"....not the madder kind of red, but proper kind of reds. Yes, I found a few of those as well. I wonder how to make those shapes (I ask myself) and decide that they are made by folding and cutting paper.<br />
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Yep, I think that will work. Looks a bit like the original. Does not have to be just the same but close will do..............................and I was off and running!<br />
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I think I will do all the big bits first, then add the little pieces as needed. I think I will have this all done in............maybe a year!<br /><br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-73228174030294411092018-09-10T17:59:00.000+09:302018-09-10T17:59:03.071+09:30<br />Last week I continued with kitchen renovations and had a new oven installed. Very nice! However, the electrician had to get access via the cupboard in my sewing room. It was not a pretty sight, and had to pull everything out of one cupboard to get in. I found something. An almost completed Whig Rose quilt. I can remember starting this, and I checked the dates and it was started July 2004. The border went on in 2005, it was basted and some parts marked in 2006..........<br />
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and.....there it sat for all these years.<br />
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What went wrong? Did I fall out of love? No. It was, and still is, a very heavy quilt. It is Kona cotton solids for all of the applique, plus cotton batting and cotton backing. As I was quilting it, it seemed to slip a lot within the hoop. I could see lots of ripples in the hand quilting. I lost heart. <br />
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However, having another look at it after 12 years, I have decided to finish it and make the best of it. It had been marked with a blue wash out pen...my favourite....but after all these years I have no idea what brand it was and if it would come out. Usually I spray the work with water after it is quilted, and hope the marks come out. I am very happy to say that after all these years the marks did come out......mostly<br />
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You can see here (along with the ripples!) that the blue lines have disappeared. Once it is washed and blocked I expect (!) the quilt to be smooth and flat and free of any marks.<br />
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However, some lines had turned grey. I have no idea what I marked this part with, and I hope it washes out. I will just quilt over the top and hope for the best.<br />
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You can see these very faint lines. Has anyone else had this happen? I have never had a problem with the blue pens and have used them for probably 20 years.<br />
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This is the book where I first saw the quilt I am making.<br />
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I am pretty sure that I have seen it in other books, but this is the one that took my eye<br />
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I changed the colours a bit. The original is made from prints and mine is all solids. I love the way the solids shine against the background.Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-15160565988116042692018-09-07T09:06:00.000+09:302018-09-07T09:06:20.606+09:30Things are not working for meThanks for the welcome back. I will reply to you all in time.<br />
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My Legend and Lace website is behaving very badly and requires an update. I have turned it off!<br />
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If you have ordered any of the PDF blocks........you won't get them! <br />
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I will over the next day or so reconfigure the Blog homepage so that they are not being offered. Just have to remember how to do that :-((<br />
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So, in the mean time I will give you something else to look at. I started this hand pieced Trip Around the world last year as I needed s "slow stitching"to keep me sane. It is fabric from my stash again. It does not seem to matter how much you use out of the stashed fabric, there never seems to be less! Does it breed?<br />
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Something ele that has taken over my life in recent months is this zig zag quilt. I started using Kaffe Fasset fabrics, but really did not have enough to make the whole quilt. This is a photo of only half of it. It is huge! so, I added some of my brighter repro fabrics, to the Kaffe fabrics. I am hand quilting with perle cotton, and big stitches. The appropriate way to handle the size (I think) is to "quilt as you go:. I have never done this before, but I figured I would work it out. So far I have 2 halves done.<br />
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You probably don't need to see this, but sharing anyway. This is my DH in hospital in Bangkok. The rooms were like hotel rooms, and I stayed in the room with him. WE were here 6 days before getting back to Australia for his surgery. Much improved now and causing a nuisance about the house again!<br />
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Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-49232237046329019962018-09-06T13:46:00.000+09:302018-09-07T10:56:25.635+09:30I'm Back!I bet your thought I was dead and buried, or won the lottery and moved to the moon, or some other exotic place. No, I just got lazy, and sucked in by Facebook and Instagram.<br />
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It has been since November 2016....almost 2 years and I wonder what I have been up to. Today I found this in my cupboard. An old friend that I think I started....hmmm....15 years ago. I started the quilting and for some reason decided it was not good enough, and I would have to unpick. Today with a more experienced eye, I think it is ok, or at least fixable. Will work on this as I renew my friendship with you all. This is an opportunity I think.<br />
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a few ripples in this quilting, but if I wash and block when complete, it will be ok.<br />
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What else have I been up to? Well it is the beginning of Spring in Australia, and in my part of the country, we have had plenty of rain, so the garden looks pretty good. It is a bit later than usual, but maybe it will pick up.<br />
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These trees I saw on my morning walk.<br />
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and the Jasmin on the fence. Always flowers 1st of September.<br />
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In the sewing world I have been busy. No more Block of the Months for quite some time, but I am thinking of something, I just have to get my Mojo working again.<br />
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I fell into a bit of a deep hole last year when my DH John, took sick while we were travelling in Burma. Beautiful country, but horrible place to get sick. It was a long way home, and he ended up with heart surgery at the end of November.<br />
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While he was convalescing I had a lot of time on my hands, and managed to make a quilt that really inspired me. It is from the pattern by <a href="http://www.patchworkonstonleigh.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Susan Smith</a> called Stevie's Garden. I called mine Midnight in the Garden for obvious reasons.<br />
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It was made entirely from my scrap bag, and the background and the border was in my stash. The Blue Ribbon was special....I had never had one of these before! Right now i am doing a lot of knitting, and looking at UFO's and hoping to find some inspiration.<br />
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I know it looks funny, but this is a shawl I am knitting by a talented German lady <a href="https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/275493702189072477/?lp=true" target="_blank">Martina Behm</a>. The yarn is silk and baby camel, and divine to knit.<br />
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I have run out of oomph today, so will find a few more things later in the week.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by,<br />
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I think I have just started the most wasteful of all my quilting projects! I first saw this quilt in Quiltmania magazine a couple of years ago, and just loved it. However, when I started reading the pattern, I thought there was something seriously wrong with the instructions. At the time, I could not be bothered mucking about with it, but just abandoned the idea. The photo recently popped up on Pinterest, and I thought I would have another look at it.<br />
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I dutifully followed the instructions, cutting the required number of strips of fabric across the width of the fabric, sewing them together, and cutting.<br />
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Can you see how the template A is only along one side of the sewn strip?- well that is all that is used. The rest is wasted! I thought I must have read it wrong, and tried to use the other pieces as well, but it did not work at all.<br />
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I can get this set, but does not have the alternate centre pieces<br />
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this one has the alternate pieces, but there are only 6, not 8, wedges<br />
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this one has 7 wedges, not 8.<br />
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I expect I could use some of these pieces to make the 1/2 "paperweights" needed for the sides of the quilt, but the rest does not work. So, today I have abandoned it again....temporarily.<br />
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The pattern is available <a href="https://au.pinterest.com/pin/16184879880648569/">https://au.pinterest.com/pin/16184879880648569/</a> so I have taken the step of ordering the pattern. I might be wasting my time and money, but thought perhaps the original pattern had been mis-interpreted by the magazine.<br />
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Any cleaver ideas out there, or has anyone else tried this pattern and found a solution?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">PS I just thought I would have another go, and re-read the instructions. There are definite errors ie. each fabric for the centre needs a 4" x 24"piece, except that you have to cut it 2 1/2" wide - does not work. Will wait for my pattern to arrive.</span>Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-68260538322183427332016-11-20T17:39:00.000+10:302016-11-22T09:24:31.452+10:30Red and Green blocks - number 12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have just completed the LAST of the Red and Green Blocks. That is 12 of them that you can download by clicking on the image to the right of this page. They are free for at least one month, and sometimes 2 months- depending on how busy I have been. After that time, you will be taken to my website, where they are $2.50 each. That is Aussie $'s, so if you live in another country, it might cost you a lot less.<br />
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As yet, I have not decided if I will continue with a new free block programme for next year. So far, nothing has really taken my interest, but I will keep thinking on it. I have been trying (as always!) to get a few things finished, but keep getting side tracked by thing that inspire me.<br />
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You know the Civil War Brides quilt? I saw a photo of some blocks made with a dark background, and using Kaffe Fasset type prints. The blocks were made by<a href="https://www.facebook.com/patty.harants" target="_blank"> Patty Harrants</a><br />
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I have tried to contact Patty to let her know that I have been overwhelmed with how beautiful her blocks are, and that I intend to make similar ones. So far, I have not heard back, but I will show you photos of mine so far. I have done mine with hand needle-turn applique, and Patty made hers with machine applique. I am totally sucked in with these blocks now. I am using the book "A Bountiful<br />
Life"by Karen Mowrey. I have had the book for ages, but never intended to make the quilt....until now!<br />
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Anyway, these are a couple of my blocks. So far I have made 2, and part finished another one, and have one drawn up to go next.<br />
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I had a very small stash of Kaffe type fabrics, and have been asking my friends for donations, and going to the quilt shops (of course) and buying 25cm strips to add to the stash. In time I hope to have enough to make all the blocks I need.<br />
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You probably know that I use Back Basting for my applique, and people ask me how I cope with a dark background like this one. I say "use a light box" as you will be surprised at what you can see through it. I am also using a white gel pen to draw the design on the fabrics. It stays there, does not rub out, and does not damage your fabrics. Not the "iron out"kind as I want it to stay for the duration. I use the type you buy at the stationary shops. They are only a couple of $'s.<br />
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I hope some of you might join me in this new project.Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-70280552265599410622016-10-16T15:29:00.002+10:302016-10-16T15:33:00.894+10:30Craft CruiseI wrote about this event when it first came up, but now it is only 5 months away<br />
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In April next year I am teaching on this Patchwork Cruise. We are leaving Sydney 3rd April, and cruising to New Zealand with 5 stops around the islands. Returning to Sydney April 13th.<br />
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The ship is the Celebrity Solstice, which looks absolutely magnificent! There are a number of workshops to choose from and you can see them all <a href="http://www.needleworktours.com.au/cruises/2017-patchwork-quilting-and-paper-craft-cruise" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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These are the workshops that I am doing. You will be familiar with this baskets and roses quilt "My Rose Garden". This is a 2 day workshop, doing 2 hand pieced baskets and 2 applique blocks.<br />
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Then there is the Prairie Star quilt, which I totally love, even after all this time. This one is a one day workshop, machine pieced.<br />
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And, the Bling Bling Baltimore. This one is a two day workshop, and we will do one block only - the one on the top left hand side.<br />
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With all the workshops you will be supplied with a kit to complete the workshop, and pattern and instructions to finish it when you get home.<br />
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If it is a machine workshop, the machines will be supplied for you. There are lots of different workshops to choose from with 18 different tutors, each offering 2 x 2 day workshops, and 1 x 1 days. They are all listed <a href="http://www.needleworktours.com.au/reservation-form-2017-patchwork" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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You can contact the organisers on Tel: 1300 385 080 / Outside Australia +61 3 9021 8192<br />
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I hope to see some of you join us. <br />
<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-79007904494242254292016-10-04T11:35:00.000+10:302016-10-04T12:10:55.515+10:30Long time - No see!Did you look at the date of the last post? 1st August! I can not believe that I have been absent for 2 months. Mind you, it has been a hectic 2 months in one way or another. There is a lot of catch up to do<br />
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In July, my friend Penny, opened her new shop at Victor Harbor, <a href="http://www.pennylanepatchwork.com/" target="_blank">PennyLane Patchwork</a>. The opening was on the windiest coldest day this winter. We all snuggled inside, and greeted the customers. The photo above is the new Block of the Month I have started to make for the shop. It is in Jen Kingwell "Lollies"fabric, and will be ready next year. All the blocks are circles of one kind or another. Some simple, some more complicated. <br />
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Then in August, I went across to Melbourne, and stayed with my friend Janet O, and was the guest speaker at the Victorian Quilters Annual General meeting. That was a bit of a treat for me, and I hope they enjoyed the quilt show and tell I had for them. While in Melbourne, I visited the National Gallery of Victoria, to see the <a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/making-the-australian-quilt-1800-1950/" target="_blank">Making the Australian Quilt Exhibition</a>. A few of the quilts are shown above, but I think there are restrictions on showing them, so I had better be good :-) You can read about it on the link. It is a must see exhibition if you are in Melbourne until 6th November.<br />
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So, we get to September, and we have SPRING!! Yay!! we had the wettest spring on record, with gale force winds, and floods across the state. It is still raining now, but we have been promised sunshine by the end of the week.<br />
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In preparation for Spring, I started to make these sunshiny blocks. They are made from a Layer Cake, but I added a few other fabrics that I had picked up along the way. The blocks are "Dresden Squared". I am making about 20 of these, or more, as I think they would make a great workshop idea. Simple cutting and sewing. The trickiest part is appliqueing the centre circles. This I am doing on the machine as well.<br />
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I got the Noughts and Crosses quilt finished. I posted about the start of it back <a href="http://legendandlace.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/i-love-scrap-quilts.html" target="_blank">here </a>. It is all done, and hanging on the clothes line (along with the washing!) so I can take a photo. I had it machine quilted with an all over Clamshell design, by Helen Campbell at the <a href="http://thequiltingroom.com.au/blog/" target="_blank">Quilting Room.</a><br />
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Also, forgot to mention, that during all this time, I had taken on a part time job! It is finished now.....what was I thinking of??? <br />
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Another one on the clothes line. This one is our Spring into Summer workshop for 11th November. It is a Jelly Roll quilt, or in my case, 2 1/2"strips from my stash. I used only brown and brown prints, plus the solid blue, and I just love it! It makes the brown look like gold. It has gone off to be quilted as well. There are spaces on the workshop if you are interested. <a href="mailto:willywd200@gmail.com" target="_blank">Email</a> me for details.<br />
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Last weekend we had the South Australian Quilters annual Festival of Quilts. I had a shop stand there, and can you believe, I did not take one single quilt photo!! I was far too busy serving customers. thanks to everyone who called by to buy some of my goodies, or just have a chat. We will be back next year.<br />
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You know what happens at a quilt show, you get inspired to do new things. Like I have not got enough UFO's to keep me busy for a while.......but I have had an <a href="https://www.google.com.au/search?q=arabic+lattice+quilt+pattern&client=firefox-b&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh54nx-b_PAhVKtJQKHZeNAAYQsAQIHA&biw=1920&bih=969" target="_blank">Arabic Lattice</a> quilt idea in my brain for a while. This is a simple and tricky block, and it has danced with me for about 15 years. Now it is about to get done. I drew it up on EQ and this is the result.<br />
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It starts with a 4 patch centre, and then you wrap triangles around that. You can only partially sew the first triangle in place as show about.<br />
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I have made 3 of these this morning, and cut out a further 3. The placement of the colours, will give you a number of different designs. Wait a while and I will show you what they all look like sewn together. I have made them 9" so I am thinking 20 blocks, plus a border, will give me a good size quilt.</div>
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You can download the PDF by clicking on the above photo, or the one on the right had side of this home page. I will leave it there for a while so that anyone can get it if they want it.<br />
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These instructions are pretty basic, and mainly focus on the amount of fabric needed for the whole quilt, sashing, borders etc, and how to assemble it. It is not suppose to be a "shop ready"pattern - just notes. Use it as you please. There is no charge for it.<br />
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Last year I attended the Sydney Quilt show and was totally enthralled by the Red and White exhibition. I had actually started a quilt to enter into the exhibition, but did not get very far with it. Since then I have started 2 and finished one of them. The finished one is here for you to see.<br />
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Under usual circumstances I would have hand quilted this little quilt, but I just did not have the time as I needed it as a class sample. Also, I did not want to spoil the whole thing by trying out my machine quilting!<br />
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I asked my friend <a href="http://www.serendipitousquilting.com/" target="_blank">Chris</a> if she would be at all interested in quilting it for me. This was not a random request of a friend who is a "good machine quilter". Chris is a spectacular Prize Winning quilter, who has only become a machine quilter in recent years. She has always been an exquisite hand quilter, but decided to expand her skills - with breathtaking results. I made the request on a business basis, and it appears I am her first customer...lucky me! You can see the results here. Beyond the call of duty I would say, don't you think?<br />
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Should you be able to attend the <a href="http://www.amqfestival.com.au/" target="_blank">Australian Machine Quilting Festival</a>, later this year, you will find Chris O'Brien as one of the <a href="http://www.amqfestival.com.au/index.php/classes/2016-teachers" target="_blank">Tutors</a>, and there may be a vacancy in one of her classes. I signed up, as I want to get a bit more confidence and learn a few of the expert tips.<br />
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This festival is not just for professional machine quilters - it is for everyone, and there are great lectures, and market stalls, for those who love to shop. I have no connection to the Festival, other than a participant.<br />
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On the workshop associated with the little red and white quilt, I will be teaching for <a href="http://www.victorianquilters.org/" target="_blank">Victorian Quilters </a>on 14th August. I am travelling to Melbourne on 13th August for the Annual General Meeting, and teaching the workshop the next day. I will also be teaching the Rose Garden quilt.<br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-49619827789283498012016-06-03T09:35:00.000+09:302016-06-03T09:35:35.435+09:30It has been a whileDid you miss me?? I have been to China<br />
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This has been the holiday of a lifetime! It was a wonderful experience, but I will be very happy to stay home on Australia for at least a year.<br />
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We have come home exhausted, and with a cold that is not shifting very fast at all. This afternoon I head down to Victor Harbor for a quilter's retreat. I expect that lots of good South Australian red wine, and the company of like minded women will help a lot!<br />
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Before I left on 9th May, I was able to get the next block ready for you from the Red and Green Again Block of the Month. If you have not found it yet, the free pattern is available by clicking on the photo at the RHS of this page at the top. The pattern is different to those already shown. It had never been my strategy to make these patterns in a similar cross-over style, it just happened that way, and now I have been able to find a few that are a little different for you.<br />
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Start with the circular background, add the leaves, then the layers of the flowers.<br />
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As part of our tour of China, we took a cruise on the Yangtze river, and visited the 3 Gorges Dam project. They have built a series of escalators so that you can actually go to the top of the mountain, without having to climb! on the way up I found these hollyhocks growing. I grow them in my own garden, so could not resist taking this photo.<br />
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There were beautiful gardens everywhere we visited. Here are a few for you to enjoy. I don't know what I expected to see, but not this. Everything was clean and shiny. <br />
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Last year I went to the Sydney Quilt show and they had a really spectacular <a href="http://quiltersguildnsw.com/quiltshow/redandwhite.html" target="_blank">Red and White</a> exhibition. I had planned on an entry, but never quite got it all together. However, the idea never left me.<br />
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I am always looking for ideas for workshops/classes, but I only want to make things to teach that I really like. It was September last year when I showed the first couple of blocks <a href="http://legendandlace.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/past-reflections-block-12.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. The designs are based on the German paper cutting craft <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherenschnitt" target="_blank">Scherenschnitte</a>. You really have to work on your applique skills with this one. You get to do inner and outer curves, inner and outer points, and cut outs.<br />
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So it all came to a head this last week when I had to get some project ideas ready for the <a href="http://www.victorianquilters.org/" target="_blank">Victorian Quilters Guild.</a> I have been invited to go to Melbourne in August to speak at their AGM, and do a workshop the next day. Ok, time to get cracking on this one! The border?? I woke up around 5am one day thinking I would do a machine piece zig zag border. Got the books out for ideas, but changed my mind. No it had to be appliqued.......and following in the paper cutting idea.<br />
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I cut a strip of paper as long as the borders, and folded in in half, and quarters and kept folding until it looked ok. Then I marked points and made the cuts. Folding it out, I had the right look.<br />
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I had added 4"white borders, and used the paper to draw lines on the back of them.<br />
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I put the red strips onto the right side of the borders, and from the back, I stitch on the machine, on the lines. Here you can see the lines on the right side. This is exactly the same as doing the "back basting"preparation by hand, but takes a fraction of the time. Set your stitch length about 4 to make it easier.<br />
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I did two opposites at a time, then joined them in the corners with a neat stitch overlapping.<br />
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When you start with the applique, it is exactly the same technique used if you had tacked by hand. You clip the machined stitches, then turn them under, and hand stitch in place. However, there is a huge bonus in using the machine to tack (apart from the time saved)<br />
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Can you see the lines left when you take out the stitches? They are really easy to see, and work as your guide to turn under. You can use the machine to tack on any of the applique projects, but it works best of all of course, on the straight lines rather than the curves. If you are more skilled than I am at manipulating the sewing machine, then you could use it on the curved applique as well.<br />
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Add the final 2 opposite sides and your done. I had this done in two days and ready to photograph and send off to the Vic Quilters for the workshop. I have to get it quilted now, but I can work on that later.<br />
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If you are a member of the Vic Quilters Guild I will be there in August and hope to meet some of you.<br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-5400646174660928792016-04-15T09:44:00.002+09:302016-04-22T08:48:04.675+09:30Lily blockDid you notice that I am a little early this month? I am trying to get ahead. Next month I am going to be away for a great chunk of it, and I have not yet worked out how to do these block posts on the Samsung Tablet! So, May's block may be as early as the 5th or 6th.<br />
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I was a bit worried with the Red and Green blocks, that they were starting to have another "theme"and that was the "crossing" kind of style. That was not intention, it is just that I like them. So, I thought I had better change it a bit in case you got bored. The LILY is a little more complex with overlapping petals and very fine stems.<br />
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To do this block well, start with the yellow petals, just appliqueing the outer parts in place, then overlapping with the red petals. That will make the flowers nice and flat. Then do the leaves, the stems, and finally the base of the flowers.<br />
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Hope you like the block. You can print it off free of charge by clicking on the image at the top tight hand side of this page.<br />
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The block should print off at 8". If you want it smaller or larger, then perhaps you can adjust your printer. For the 8" size do no adjusting, just print of 100%. My intentions with these is to have them print on one page of paper. Hopefully I have got it right.<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-26640968610568004982016-04-05T13:27:00.000+09:302016-04-22T09:55:19.281+09:30Tulip Cross BlockThanks for being so patient. The Red and Green block is on the right hand side of the page, ready to be downloaded (if you have not already found it!)..<br />
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I had it all ready, but had forgot to put it up, until a very kind person asked me about it, and that is when I realised that we were way past the 20th! Lets hope that it all runs smoothly now.<br />
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The month of March was quite hectic towards the end. Some of you may know that I am the Australian distributor for<a href="http://www.legendandlace.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=25" target="_blank"> Karen Kay Buckley</a> products. I sent a newsletter out to our wholesale customers asking that they might get orders in early if planning to take their shops to the <a href="http://aqc.com.au/#sthash.AWd87rkK.dpbs" target="_blank">Australasian Quilt Convention </a>held in Melbourne, 14th April. Dutifully they did so, and I then had to get Karen to send all the goodies to me, so that I had them mid March to fill orders.<br />
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This is just part of the 8 boxes that arrived. I had to take over the spare bedroom, as my workroom was already crowded. So, over Easter I packed, and organised freight and generally had stuff all over the house in one area or another. That is my main excuse for being late with the block, I was so otherwise occupied.<br />
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Should you be going to the Convention please call into see <a href="http://punchwithjudy.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Punch with Judy</a>, and <a href="https://www.sewnandquilted.com.au/" target="_blank">Sewn and Quilted</a> who are both now stocking Karen's latest<a href="http://www.legendandlace.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=39" target="_blank"> Perfect Adjustable Rulers</a><br />
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They come in 6"wide and 3"wide, and can be made up to 24"in length. Perfect for travelling to retreats and conventions.<br />
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On the sewing side.....what am I doing? Still working on the hand quilting of the Birdie quilt.<br />
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All the echo quilting in the centre is complete now, and I am working on the final border. My goal is to have it completed by the end of April, and I feel like that is now in sight.<br />
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Other big news, next April - that is 2017 - I will be teaching on a craft cruise! It is run by Needlework Tours and Cruises. You can get the link <a href="http://www.needleworktours.com.au/cruises/2017-patchwork-quilting-and-paper-craft-cruise" target="_blank">HERE</a>. If you click on "<a href="http://www.needleworktours.com.au/reservation-form-2017-patchwork" target="_blank">Brows and Book Projects</a>" you will find me listed way down the bottom....it is alphabetical. The cruise goes from Sydney, around the south Island of New Zealand for 10 days. There are 5 days of classes and 5 days of leisure activities.<br />
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Very exciting for me, and I hope my classes get booked out fast. More on that one as the time gets closer.<br />
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I forgot to add the photos!!<br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-24688846128723705892016-03-21T11:12:00.004+10:302016-04-22T09:55:52.919+09:30What have I been doing this week?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided to finish my UFO "Hawaii Sunset". Having decided not too many shortcut would do, I started to tackle the side half blocks. I cut up and sewed the pinks and greens<br />
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Adding the bright blue strips first</div>
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Finally, I got the 4 corner pieces done. These strips, squares and triangles are not the same size as those above, but they look like they are.<br />
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I had thought it would take me a day.....wrong! Once cut, it took me about an hour to make them all,<br />
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Time to start the assembly, starting with the corners and working towards the centre. This is where I came unstuck!<br />
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These blocks are wrong. The Flying Geese are flying in all sorts of directions<br />
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These FG are correct. They start at the bottom, fly around the centre, upwards towards the top, where the points meet. Almost half of my blocks were wrong!.<br />
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This may have been the reason they ended up in the "too hard"box 6 years ago. Who does not hate unpicking?<br />
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Two hours back on this project, and I had the job of unpickin 2 FG strips on almost half of the blocks. It took me half a day, but I did it.<br />
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Finally, all the blocks are assembled, with the sashing. Time to get those 4 patch blocks out and see what I can do with the borders.<br />
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I had to lay them down on the the passage floor to get a shot. However, I did measure them against the quilt and, low and behold, they fit! Even the the top and bottom borders fit......and that was pure luck. I had turned this into a rectangle quilt rather than a square quilt, and had no idea if the top and bottom borders would be ok...half a 4 patch too short or too long?.....no .....they fit! I had visions of having to slip in a skinny strip of fabric along the edges to make it all fit, but looks like it is not necessary.<br />
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This past week I have done very little else about the house, but it seems to be worth it to get this old beauty finished.<br />
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How am I going to quilt it????? I am not skilled enough to machine quilt it myself, and hand quilting is my preference, but there are so many seams, I think it is going to be hard going. Custom machine quilting I think might be the answer, and I will investigate the options there. Any ideas?<br />
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<br />Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-6488933920182556812016-03-16T10:25:00.000+10:302016-04-22T09:56:26.825+09:30One UFO that will get finishedWhen I was having de-clutter a few weeks ago, and I was looking for odd blocks to turn into "something", I found a box of treasures.<br />
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I decided they were too good to go into the "odd block"quilt and put them back on the shelf "for another day (year?)". This quilt was started in March 2010. How do I know that? I blogged about it <a href="http://legendandlace.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/new-quilt-from-quilters-newsletter.html" target="_blank">HERE .</a><br />
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The blocks were completed in August of that year. I have the photographic evidence! <a href="http://legendandlace.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/port-elliott-retreat.html" target="_blank">Right here</a><br />
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So what went wrong? The darn edge pieces and the sashing! It is fun making the blocks, then you have to make it into a quilt!<br />
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On the weekend I went to the hospital to visit my friend Sheila. She has been in and out of hospital for the last month, and pretty well sick of the whole thing. She asked me to bring along some "show and tell". I dug out the blocks I have been working on for the last few weeks.<br />
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Plus the quilt blocks I found while cleaning out. There I was, supposing to cheer up a sick friend (and by all accounts it did), and she was the one who inspired me into getting this thing finished.<br />
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I counted up and had 18 blocks. I can recall that I had decided not to do a square quilt, but a rectangular one instead. Also, I recall thinking I would do a straight set and not a on-point set......but I had 18 bloocks, which is what I needed to do the on-point. It was those tricky side half block pieces that must have made them all go into the "too hard box" and stay there for 6 years.<br />
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I also found that I had made heaps of the 4 patch border pieces. I can't not do it!<br />
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After my visit to hospital, I got home and started cutting up the sashing (yes I had that too!) and the setting squares. I had more or less decided to use a pretty print on the sides instead of the pieced units, but could not decide on the print.<br />
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So, it did worked. the visit to hospital cheered me up no end! (sorry Sheila)<br />
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Today I made the first of the side triangles. And, they are not as bad as I thought. I made one, and it took me 5 minutes to cut and 5 minutes to sew. So, once I get them quick cut, and feed them through the sewing machine, I recon I will have them done in a day.<br />
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This is how they go with the blocks and sashing. I am really going to give myself a target with this one, and see if I can get it done this year - hand quilted and all!Wendy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780432846551990407noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911173514167346.post-81749124087161598172016-03-03T10:02:00.002+10:302016-03-03T10:59:13.562+10:30By popular demand.....I have had quite a few people ask me how to make this little Noughts and Crosses (my name for it) block. So I will show you how it is done.<br />
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Choose 4 different fabrics for the corners. I used directional fabrics, and cut on the cross. The squares measure 3 1/2". I made myself up a little plastic template so it was easier to place along the line of the print.<br />
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Next choose a fabric that will go with the above fabric as a contrast. I cut up lots of 2"strips in various colour values, and just chose from that. You will need a strip at least 16"long. Cut 8 squares 2"each<br />
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Draw a line on the back of each of these squares from corner to corner.<br />
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Place the 2"squares on two opposite corners of the 3 1/2"squres, and sew along the drawn line.<br />
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Cut off the excess fabrics. You can discard, or keep these - you don't need them for this project.<br />
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Next"choose the fabric for the centre cross. Cut 2 squares 2"and one strip 5"x 2"<br />
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Find some good contrasting fabrics for the ends of the cross. Cut 4 squares 2"<br />
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I made my blocks in this order - the corner pieces, then added the little strips between 2 of them, then put the larger strip of the cross through the centre.<br />
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When I pressed the blocks, I made sure one of the centre pieces I press out, and the one where I joined the 3 sets, I pressed in. This is so that when I come to joining all the blocks together, I will be able to butt all the seams together. If they don't fit one way, then I just turn them, and they will fit the other way.<br />
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The finished size of my blocks are 7 1/2". If you use the pattern on Block Base, you can choose any size you want. However, you do get a template for the outer corners of the blocks, which might be a bit tricky for some people.<br />
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Colour choices.......for me, it was about getting a good contrast, and not really trying to match anything. People often comment to me that they can pick out my quilts, because of the colours/fabric mix I use. It is because I do not "over-think"it, and do not spend too much time choosing what does or does not go with something.<br />
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Hope you enjoy making these lovely little blocks as I have. Good luck with it!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">What I forgot to write (as I had the internet cut in and out) is that if you want to use the Block Base pattern it is number 1970 and has a square in the centre, where mine just has the straight strip.</span> <br />
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I am just having a good time playing with all my scrappy fabrics, to make these great blocks. So far, I have managed to make 12 blocks - and only that many because my DH is away.<br />
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On Sunday, I decided to cut up heaps of pieces, so that I could just pick them up and sew together.<br />
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I was astounded at how many striped or directional fabrics I had to cut up. I must admit that I have always favoured them, and buy some whenever I see them. There is so much you can do with these fabrics.<br />
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Some fabrics can be cut so that you can use them in two different ways. I have done this with a few of the fabrics.<br />
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Look at all these gorgeous stripey fabrics I found ! Just love them.<br />
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Then I started cutting up 2" strips of dark/medium/light fabrics for the rest of the blocks. I have used most of these, and cut up a whole lot more today.<br />
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These are the blocks I made today</div>
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and these I made yesterday. Once everything is cut up, it takes only 15 minutes to make one block. I am on a roll.</div>
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I started a new scrap quilt this week. I had been eyeing off this design for some time, and had pinned a modern version of it to my<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/wendywhellum/" target="_blank"> Pinterest board </a><br />
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I don't do too much with Pinterest, but it is a good source of ideas and inspiration. It did look a bit complicated/fiddly. I did some searches on the block, and found it under a number of names, but found that it was in Barbara Brackman's Quilt BlockBase attributed to Nancy Cabot......so it is not a modern block, it is in fact an old one, very suitable for my fabrics.<br />
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One of the the things with this block, is the need to use directional fabrics to get the full effect of the "cross"part of the construction. Ideally, we would like to use fabrics with the stripe printed on the diagonal, then you don't end up with those scary "off grain"corners. I don't have many diagonal print blocks, so used what I had and cut the others off grain, with the stripes going from corner to corner. the above block turned out well I think. I used some precious old pieces of the Reproduction fabrics. The one in the centre is around 20 years old, and one of the first Repro fabrics I bought. It is from the Cocheco Mills (*I think!) and I have the tiniest bit left. Love it to bits.<br />
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This is the only fabric I used today, that is printed on the diagonal</div>
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These are all on the cross</div>
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The constructions is far more simple than I first thought. the pieces go together like this. Make the corners and the centres, then but them all together.<br />
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this blue fabric is one of my precious scraps. I used the last of it today</div>
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This is the first block I made, and I think the least attractive. The top LH corner fabric I did not cut so that the stripe runs down the centre, and it just misses something. Never mind, in the mix of things it will work out.<br />
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The blocks took me 30 minutes each to make. This includes fabric selection, and cutting, and sewing, pressing. Does not include runing out of thread in the bobbin - don't you hate that!--and taking photos of course. I usually time how long to make them, and then I can set myself a target for how many I can make a day, and how many days/weeks/months it will take to make it.<br />
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If I am making something for a magazine, they usually give me a deadline, and i always make the deadline if I know how long each one takes.<br />
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I put these 4 blocks together and you can see that you get an interesting secondary pattern. I think I am going to like this!<br />
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The blocks are 7.5"finished, and if I want a quilt 60"x 75"then I will need 80 blocks, at 4 a day then that is 3 weeks....that is if nothing else happens in my life in the next 3 weeks.......I will probably give myself a longer goal, maybe 3 months!<br />
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Now for something different. Right now is Festival time in Adelaide, and in particular the<a href="https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/fringe-illuminations/98a73939-af52-4213-a311-a432fa151d18" target="_blank"> Fringe Festival. </a> Last night I took my granddaughter to a light display in the city. The old public buildings on North Tce - the museum, art gallery, library, and university have these light shows happening. They are like a moving picture show from the turn of the century. You can only really appreciate it in the moving form. These photos do not give it justice.<br />
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It finished on Sunday night 28th February, so if you have not been yet, it is worth the visit. Breathtaking!<br />
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