tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51302785993108360492024-03-12T21:49:51.148-04:00TWISTED QUILTS Traditional quilts with a twist.Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-10040738495118606542013-01-22T18:25:00.004-05:002013-01-22T18:25:43.548-05:00ConfusedI al<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am so frustrated at Blogger. I thought I knew what I was doing but it seems obvious I don't.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have some cool pictures to post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have no idea where I am heading with this change. I have had some business cards printed. I am not sure I want an Etsy shop. My son tells me if I start quilting for pay it won't be as much fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought myself a new machine and I LOVE it. It is a Juki TL-2010Q. I cannot say enough about it. I was free motion quilting on it this afternoon. It cuts the thread for you!!! </span><br />
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Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-90149814168839580832012-12-31T17:17:00.000-05:002012-12-31T17:17:02.848-05:00I am surprised at the changes to blogger since I last posted. <br />
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I am starting the new year with a new blog. Sorry to have been gone for awhile. More changes coming up!! Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-76678292395609350362012-03-22T18:07:00.000-04:002012-03-22T18:07:06.043-04:00Go Heels!Not much sewing going on but plenty of basketball! We are supporting Kendall Marshall our Tar Heel point guard who broke his right wrist last weekend by wearing his number on the inside of our right wrist. <br />
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I had some time over the weekend and I continued my paper piecing project. I appreciate all the advice. I am not sure how I feel about paper piecing. For one thing it is tedious! I love the result but it sure takes some time to get there. My main problem is not cutting my scraps big enough. <br />
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This is my quilt top for our church's Spring Fling. Now I have to sandwich it and quilt it. I used the triangles I found in my mothers stash. <br />
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I thought I would do something smaller for the church sale. I have this darling nursery rhyme print.<br />
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I have used that print a number of times and I really like it. It makes two quilts in one! I made my neighbor one when her little girl was born and she enjoyed using the print to tell her daughter nursery rhymes at bed time. This is the front, nothing spectacular. <br />
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No post in March would be complete without a shout out to my beloved Tar Heels! What a great win over our arch rivals Dook on Saturday. Even their coach said they were "overwhelmed". Also our Big Z (Tyler Zeller) is ACC player of the year. Lets hope our guys can maintain this momentum into March Madness! There won't be much sewing the next few weeks but lots of basketball.<br />
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As Kenny Smith said "There's only one blue!! No explanation needed". Sorry I do tend to get a bit excited about Carolina basketball. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-81141020802808211032012-02-29T14:47:00.000-05:002012-02-29T14:47:50.120-05:00FoundI felt like an archeologist when I was cleaning out some of my mothers stash a couple of weeks ago. I am sure archeologists have the same questions I did when they find something. If you want to know what will happen to your UFOs and fabrics when you don't need them any more I can tell you. I threw a lot away. Lots of the fabrics were dated calico prints but I found some real treasures.<br />
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My mother loved what she called the Dutch Doll pattern. She made myself and each one of her 3 granddaughters a quilt using this pattern. I found squares she had completed but never made into a quilt. I also found parts to make more Dutch Dolls. When and/or if I have a granddaughter I can use these squares to make her a beautiful quilt that was started by her great grandmother. <br />
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I found 96 triangles already cut from this print. I am so-so about this print and there was not any more of it. <br />
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I wanted to make something for my church's annual Spring Fling. I thought why not use these triangles that are already cut. I decided on the zig zag pattern. The Modern Quilt Guild website is featuring Use what you have and that is what I did.<br />
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I was looking at it on my design wall one day and thought why not do something else. I flipped the orange section and look at this!!!<br />
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It makes the design so much more modern! I used a dark navy with pindots for the border which I haven't done yet. I really like the progression of the colors. The red is the only color that is actually in the triangle fabric but I really like the way the yellow, orange and purple look with it. <br />
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And believe it or not I found more triangles already cut and squares sewn together in my mothers stash. I would love to know what she was thinking of when she cut these pieces. She preferred to use templates to cut her pieces. I found several cardboard templates. It made me feel so close to mother looking through her fabric.Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-58684690637580542252012-02-19T15:38:00.001-05:002012-02-19T15:38:11.471-05:00Paper piecing<br />
It is a nasty day in ENC. Snow is predicted to the north and west of us. We are on the snow rain line, lots of cold rain. A good day to stay in and sew! I finished the placemats for my daughter in law. I was really pleased with the way they turned out. <br />
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I was really taken by this <a href="http://themodernquiltguild.com/2012/02/09/100-days-week-of-composition-featured-quilt-4/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter/">quilt</a> but I had never paper pieced. I tried to piece it on my own. I am not even going to show you that. I went to YouTube. Did you know you can find almost anything on YouTube! I followed a couple of videos and this is my first two attempts at paper piecing. <br />
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I need some good advice on paper piecing. I honestly had a fit with
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I have always wanted to do a value quilt. One where the blocks are arranged by color and value. To be honest this looked better on the wall than in the picture. This may have to wait until another time. <br />
Somehow this is harder than I thought it would be. <br />
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We took the grandkids to the circus. Who enjoyed it more, the adults or the kids? A good time was had by all! <br />
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I am working on finishing a couple of things. First the quilt for my other daughter in law. This is the scrappy nine patch.<br />
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This picture turned out so nice I decided to show it again. <br />
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This is the quilt I made for my daughter in law's Relay for Life team. They are going to sell chances on it. I love the way this one turned out. <br />
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I spent Friday cleaning out more of my mothers stash. If you have ever wondered what will happen to all those projects you never finished stay tuned!Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-11769193286313917402012-02-06T18:25:00.000-05:002012-02-06T18:25:19.178-05:00Creative Energy<br />
My aunt and I got together for a quilting weekend this past weekend. When I cleaned out my mothers house I found about 130 nine patches that she had made but never put together. I wanted to share these with my aunt. She inspired me to begin quilting. I will never forget her showing my Gwen Marston's Liberated Quiltmaking! <br />
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These are the blocks laid out on the bed. This was ok but didn't really speak to us. <br />
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I tried a piece of Persian Blue as striping. WOW! It made such a difference. I wish I knew more about how colors relate to each other. <br />
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Now all I have to do is to finish sewing all these blocks together and come up with some cool border. I was thinking maybe a spiky sawtooth but I am not sure. Maybe I should do something with blocks. I was thinking I would do something with solids. <br />
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This is the view from my aunts front porch. This view might be the reason for all our creative energy, so beautiful. We had dinner with our husbands at night and a great brunch on Sunday. It was close to a perfect weekend. <br />
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The idea was for my aunt to have half the squares and both of us will have a quilt that mother started. It is our way of honoring and remembering her. My aunt is going to use the square in a square idea and bright colors. <br />
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Darn! I hope I don't like her quilt more than mine!!!<br />
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It is unbelievable how inspiring and motivating it is to work with a talented quilter. My aunt and I would love to do this every few months. We both got so much done and feel so motivated. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-71198460002803697882012-01-30T09:05:00.002-05:002012-01-30T09:05:48.298-05:00Real Happiness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This is a quote from a wonderful <a href="http://www.oprah.com/spirit/How-to-Find-Lasting-Happiness-Finding-Joy-That-Lasts/2">article</a>. I had never heard this before but it is true for me. I was in my "studio" yesterday and it was so relaxing and healing. I love making these placemats. I would offer one word of advice. Plan Ahead! I used raw edge applique for these trees. I am not sure I will do that again. I thought it would be easier than piecing. </div>
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I am making a baby quilt for a friend of my daughter-in-law that is on her traveling team. I have used this idea before, make random nine patches and stars. I also inserted squares of a fabric she selected with some of the places where they had traveled. I love the way this is turning out. It is on my design wall. I like to leave it for a few days to see if I want to move anything around. I stole this idea from my aunt. It is so versatile. I can't decide on a border. <br />
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This is the back, last year they traveled to Asia and she wanted something to represent the time they spent there. <br />
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My other daughter in law fell in love with the placemats I made for the boys and she wants some for her house.<br />
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A quote that I find very meaningful to me. Does this speak to you too?<br />
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Courntey Carver: It's usually when I don't know exactly how to do what I am doing that I do my best work. Don't let process and perfection get in the way. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-20174337806707888242012-01-11T14:37:00.001-05:002012-01-11T14:37:38.182-05:00OverflowingThis is how I am feeling these days. I am overflowing with ideas.<br />
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I finished this quilt top over the weekend. It is a very interesting pattern with lots of possibilities. It was fun although I generally like being more liberated and free form. I enjoy using a pattern but it is so much fun just to start and see where you go. <br />
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I see all these folks organizing their fabrics and I just had to join in. It seems most folks organize by color but what other ways do you use to organize your fabric. <br />
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I would really like to combine all these fabrics into one area but I don't see that happening right away. This pie safe has some of the first fabrics that I started with 5 years ago. I really enjoy going back through my stash and remembering what I did with each piece. <br />
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The back is a fun fabric my daughter in law gave me a couple of years ago. <br />
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I talked to my aunt the other day and when she has a few spare minutes she is cutting squares out of her scraps. I really need to do that but I am wondering how other folks store their squares, boxes, bags, what? Also, what sizes do you cut or do you cut various sizes.Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-20766228060874993472012-01-03T18:29:00.002-05:002012-01-03T18:29:25.881-05:00Do you or don't you?Do you make New Years Resolutions or don't you? Do you assess the last year or don't you? I notice a lot of bloggers showing all the quilts they made this year and it is very impressive. I lost my mother in 2011. Someone else is living in her house for the first time since 1962. I didn't go to her house on Christmas Day for the first time since 1962. But as they say you have to keep on keeping on. <br />
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I made 14 aprons for Christmas. This is a group of friends I have had since the second grade. We all started at a brand new elementary school in the second grade. My oldest grandson will go to that school next year! They are wearing the aprons I made them. We are all very different but respect those differences and are great friends. <br />
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I also made my two precious grandsons smaller aprons. Notice their aprons are Tar Heel aprons!! <br />
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I did a little quilting after I cleaned up the Christmas mess. My daughter in law has a Relay for Life team and she asked me to make a quilt to raffle off. This is a pattern from<a href="http://eschhousequilts.blogspot.com/2010/03/confetti-maze.html"> Esch House Quilts</a>. She was offering this pattern for free at one point. I love it. <br />
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Happy New Year to all. Someone commented the other day that it was amazing how much a comment from someone you had never met meant. I almost said someone I do not know but I do feel like I know many of you. I do appreciate all my blogging friends. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-43848407576398408162011-12-14T18:02:00.000-05:002011-12-14T18:22:02.468-05:00Why?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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These are a couple of pillows I made for my new couch. I am discovering how much fun pillows are to make. Yes I am into lots of color these days. </div>
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When we cleaned out our attic in the fall would you believe I found three lamps that my uncle had given me. Here is one and it fits in perfectly with our new look. <br />
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This is my winter project. I am hand quilting this lap quilt. I used mostly solids in the colors of my new room. I found a quilt online that I loved and sort of copied it. It was absolutely free pieced! It is the way I love to work, so much fun but also very challenging. <br />
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Last but definitely not least one day last week my grandson and I were in my sewing room. He started cutting scraps and putting them on my design wall. He had a ball! Said it was the funnest afternoon ever! Can you get better than that? <br />
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I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all spend time with your friends and family. We are looking forward to everyone being home even if it is for short time. <br />
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<br />Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-9917523655756837102011-11-28T14:17:00.001-05:002011-11-28T14:37:24.070-05:00I'm Back!<br />
We have been back in our house for about a month. I have not done much sewing. If you have ever had any drywall work done in your home you will know how much dusting I have had to do. It is like talcum powder everywhere you can imagine. I have also had a lot to unpack and put back. It was a fun job but didn't leave a lot of time for sewing. <br />
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We visited our daughter in Indiana for Thanksgiving. She entertained 18 people for dinner. She did a wonderful job. She used china from both of her grandmothers.<br />
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She has a long sun porch which was perfect. I like it when everyone can sit at the same table. <br />
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This is a quick quilt I made for a young woman who we have known all her life. She just had her first baby. She is a very special young woman that has overcome some pretty tough obstacles but is in a very good place right now. This is a cute way to put a baby quilt together. The big square are 8 inches square. <br />
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And I left the best till the end. My daughters fiance has an auction business and he found this in a basement! I love it. I have a great sewing machine repairman. He was not too enthusiastic about my new baby when he saw her but when I went to pick her up he was beside himself. The only thing he could not fix was the light. Oh well, she has a beautiful stitch and I hope to use her a lot in the coming months. <br />
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I am READY to SEW!!!!Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-29467982788401134192011-10-04T08:43:00.000-04:002011-10-04T08:43:49.716-04:00Sewing up a storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I am in a sewing zone. I am having a ball. I am putting my frustration and impatience with our repairs into sewing. I made these squares on Friday and loved them. <br /></div>
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Then on Saturday afternoon on Pinterest I found this quilt and was totally fascinated. I played around and found that I could order a kit or a pattern. I have only used one pattern in my quilting career. I honestly don't know how I feel about a pattern or about selling a pattern. I want what I make to be mine. I respect those who have the ability to put together a pattern and/or a kit but it is just not me. I find the quilting community to be so eager to share with one another. <br />
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After seeing this quilt I went back and took all my 9 patches apart. Yes I took them all apart and redesigned what I was doing. <br />
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Here are a couple of combinations. It is so much fun to put these squares together in different ways. I am almost confused. <br />
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We rode home on Sunday to look at our house. I am not sure that was a good idea. It is really strange to think of someone else in your house all the time moving and rearranging stuff. <br />
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Hopefully we are on the downslope. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-8291043466705292452011-09-30T09:38:00.003-04:002011-09-30T09:38:55.474-04:00Busy by the SeaOur contractor told us that work on our house would go quicker if we would leave so we are at the beach trying to be patient. If you have ever had work done on your house you know it is very frustrating and requires lots of patience. One bedroom will be completely redone because the walls and floor got wet. Furniture in most rooms in the house will have to be moved. Thank goodness my sewing room was not damaged at all. Everything had to be moved out of the attic. <br />
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We are very fortunate that our insurance company has been good to us. We have heard horror stories of certain insurance companies not wanting to pay up. We are also taking this opportunity to paint and put in hardwood floors which I have always wanted. And the best news is new furniture!! I am working on some quilted pillows to go with my new sofa which is very colorful. Also the hand quilting helps me to focus on the end results and not the inconvenience. <br />
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<i> I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.<br />Duane Michals</i><br />
I am trying very hard these days to concentrate on how our house will look in a month and not the way it looks right now. I am also trying very hard to be grateful that someone else took the stuff out of the attic and I didn't have to. Believe me only about 25% of it will go back. I am going to take this opportunity to purge!! <br />
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My husband wants a quilt for the young woman who cuts his hair. I found this idea at <a href="http://www.filminthefridge.com/2010/02/09/an-updated-blocks-and-stripes-quilt-plus-a-quick-tutorial/">Film in the Fridge. </a>What a great idea. I am going to use bright solids between the rows. <br />
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Some of our furniture was damaged by the water coming in the house. We have made a lot of decisions in the last few weeks. Hopefully this mess will only last a few more weeks.Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-30817904193031536662011-08-29T18:02:00.000-04:002011-08-29T18:02:02.211-04:00The Wrath of IreneHurricane Irene paid us a visit Saturday. DH and I are fine but a couple of pine trees from the back of our lot fell and clipped our house. One of the branches went into an upstairs bedroom and damaged the roof. We had rain pouring in most of the afternoon! <br />
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This tree fell first and hit the other one breaking it off. They both clipped the house. <br />
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This is the ceiling of the room upstairs. The hole in the wall is where the branch came through! <br />
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The trees blew out the window in the room we were sitting in. My husband was sitting right by the window. We have thousands of pieces of glass in the carpet and on the furniture in that room. We were lucky. All over town there are trees down and houses damaged. Ours is not nearly as bad as many others. Around the corner from us a huge tree fell on the house and half the house is crushed.<br />
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This is a car that was parked in our neighbors driveway. They moved their other cars to the street!!<br />
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We are trying to be prepared. Lets hope it won't be as bad as it looks like it might. Yesterday we thought it was going to the east of Cape Hatteras but this morning it looks like she will go between Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout. Right now it is a wait and see. I wish I had a battery operated sewing machine.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cottonfieldsnc.com/">Lori at Cottonfields</a> has hung the challenge quilts. Her rules were use the two pieces of fabric and birds. Look at the different ideas. They are posted on her blog <a href="http://talkischeapquilts.blogspot.com/">Talk is Cheap Quilts</a>. Mine is the one with the Freddy Moran chickens.<br />
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My cousins daughter is raising money for a adoption for a friend of hers. I told her I would make a quilt and she could auction it. My aunt gave me these squares several years ago and I never did anything with them. I can't decide what background to use. <br />
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I don't have any more of the orange print but I have some of the stars print. What do you think of this idea? Here the star squares blend into the background. <br />
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<span id="goog_315842088"></span><span id="goog_315842089"></span>Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-91656628539940249702011-07-27T16:23:00.000-04:002011-07-27T16:23:51.760-04:00Four finishesAlmost four! I finished the twin quilts. They are bound and ready for my daughter in law. I am almost finished with this one.<br />
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I posted a picture of this one some time ago. I was not happy with it at all. I visited with my aunt a couple of weeks ago and she suggested adding the yellow dots in between the squares in a wonky way. I used the same yellow for the border and then bound it with a bright red! I love the way it looks.<br />
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The best is the back! This cute cute circus print. I added a square of the coordinating print on the front. This almost makes two quilts in one. <br />
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I hope everyone is having a great summer. Try and stay cool. Can you believe this heat? Here in NC we had 5, yes 5 days of 3 digit temps last week. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-57863263944181771862011-07-12T16:39:00.000-04:002011-07-12T16:39:49.188-04:00Hot Summer Afternoon<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br />
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So so hot here in the South. So what to do, how about machine quilt the twin quilts. Fix a big tall glass of ice water, turn the radio on, make sure the AC is cranked up and sew. The two quilts are similar but different. Sort of like triangles we studied in Geometry! <br />
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The mother and maybe the father, I am not sure about that, went to Virginia Tech with my daughter in law, so you see the Tech square?<br />
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I have been working on the twin quilts this week. I wanted to work at the beach but my little toe and the end of the bed had a run in! How can something that seems so minor hurt so bad! <br />
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A great time with all the family. My husband cooked hamburger and hot dogs. Why is a hot dog so good at the beach?<br />
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My daughter in law and her friend are both Virginia Tech grads so I had to include their logo. <br />
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I also attended my high school reunion this past weekend. What an experience! I have stayed here but so many of my classmates have been lots of places and done lots of things. It makes me feel a little boring. It was so interesting to hear what everyone had done. I reconnected with several classmates and hope to stay in contact with them. We are all so different than we were in high school-Amazing!!<br />
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So what is everyone doing to beat this heat? Sewing, relaxing, reading, watching TV?Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-26407273599377573482011-06-01T19:53:00.000-04:002011-06-01T19:53:07.253-04:00Challenge Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7dd0bDoFuG5J_tWlZu5UcjqJd2qKMwwq848G3_daeDiJNi19jHdq-4mynfn3zFj5K9ajQsqm_tMqi5suAsOtgWSSEX5RVn_AZjH8GRf6FPVp7U6zd34hwu7w97WI92Psfr8TRwwJth90/s1600/june1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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This is another part of, including the border. I am enjoying spiky sawtooth borders these days. <br />
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June is going to be such a busy month for us, full of family time and beach time. My cousin from Tennessee is coming with her family this weekend. I have my high school class reunion the following weekend, don't ask how many years. Fathers Day weekend my son from Charlotte and his wife are coming. I am already tired!! By the way, my son won his neighborhood pie contest with a Key Lime Pie. I hope we can talk him into making it for us. The last weekend in June our daughter from Indiana will be here. I love summer!!<br />
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I like to post pictures. Since I could not show you more of my challenge wall hanging I will show you my huge hosta. Somehow I have not done much yard work this spring. <br />
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Thanks for all the suggestions about my found nine patch squares. I have several things going right now and I am not going to do anything with them until next fall. Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5130278599310836049.post-19446244864424588092011-05-25T20:18:00.000-04:002011-05-25T20:18:28.354-04:00Back from across the pond<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br />
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My friend and I are back from London. We had a great time. The first thing we did was get on a "hop on hop off" bus and we got to Buckingham Palace just as they were changing the guard!! I could have come home then and been happy. Who does not want to see the changing of the guard?<br />
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On Friday we took a day trip to Stonehenge. It was so so impressive. <br />
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A view of the London Bridge.<br />
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This is a picture of some tapestries in the Cathedral at Bath. They were so quilt like. <br />
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We had a great great trip although it was short. I even learned to use the Tube to get around, not bad for a retired grandmother!!<br />
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My daughter in law has a friend who is having twins boys in August and she asked me to make them quilts. Is this too bright? I want both quilts to be similar but not exactly the same. <br />
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I have a pet peeve that is really bothering me. I read lots of blogs. I try to comment on as many as possible. If you comment on my blog I do my best to respond. I have commented on several blogs lately and did not get a response. I even sent one blogger a personal email and didn't hear from her. I love my blogland friends. I really appreciate all of your comments and I feel like I should acknowledge the fact that you stopped to read my blog. Is it wrong to think that consistently not responding is rude?Twisted Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com11