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Friday check in: holiday happenings and some sewing from With Strings Attached

Clear skies, cold temperatures this week.

The supermoon as seen from the back yard Thursday at 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Zion Woman's Club luncheon at a local restaurant. We exchanged "festive food" -- a useful alternative to white elephants which are too often a way to get rid of one "dustable" and in turn take home someone else's dustable. I brought some of my Christmas tablecloths to set the table.

Wednesday: the quilt guild holiday dinner at a restaurant in Antioch. There were fun games (A-Z, name a quilt-related item; what's on your phone? with points for apps ...

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Weekly update: a snowy end to November from With Strings Attached

The boys are back!

The nutcracker collection began with a gift from my mother shortly after we were married. She gave us two or three more. I've acquired the rest at TJ Maxx, estate/rummage/garage sales, and thrift shops. They're all German.

I made Good Cheer in 2013 from swap blocks.

The rest of the nutcrackers are providing a backup chorus for the Christmas tree.

Just as forecast, it began snowing at noon Saturday and continued all night long. This was the view from the front door this morning. 9" accumulation.

I shoveled the front stoop and ...

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Midweek: bows in rows + reading from With Strings Attached

Late November in the state park: deep red Virginia creeper, new lichen, oak leaves, and the starry remains of asters.

In domestic news: as I wrote Monday, I bought a turkey though I'm going to friends' for Thanksgiving. I roasted the turkey yesterday. I carved it with portions now in the freezer. I made stock from the carcass.

There wasn't much left when I went to Stiles, the produce/flower stand just over the border in Wisconsin. Susan will close up next Sunday. She takes the holidays off and will get back to the greenhouse in January.

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Midweek: snow + starts and near-finishes from With Strings Attached

We had a classic lake-effect snowstorm Sunday night into Monday morning. 13" fell in our town on the lake shore but there was only a dusting at the west end of the county and further south.

The back yard at 5:30 a.m. Monday. See the shed? That's where the snow shovels were. I put on my boots and retrieved them.

It warmed up and here's the same scene this morning. The temps will reach 60 by Friday so all the snow will be gone.

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I used up a lot of spare parts for the placemat project ...

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Midweek: quilt show, estate sale, and a finish from With Strings Attached

Tuesday morning: the sunrise over Lake Michigan.

I'm awake early in the morning but I'm not always dressed and sufficiently caffeinated to go down to the lakefront.

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The Village Quilters held their biennial show at the College of Lake County on Friday and Saturday. Irene and I went on Friday. We saw many friends from our guild and others. Here are some of the quilts on display.

Local shows are great, aren't they?

There were more than a dozen vendors.

I made a contribution at the Quilts of Valor booth and in return got to choose fabric ...

added by Nann 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under estate sale , quilt show , scrap quilts , wednesday wait loss

Detective work! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

It is incredible what technology can do, and YOU are amazing as well.

Do you remember the pictures I posted from the McNally Robinson bookstore? Here is the first one—the double wedding ring quilt.

Double Wedding Ring quilt

Soon after posting the picture, I got an email from Tammy, who did a Google Image search and found that the pattern came from the American Quilter Magazine in July 2015. The link she saw was on Etsy. Of course, this got me thinking about why someone was selling this pattern when it wasn't theirs, but when I clicked the ...

added by Elaine 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under binding , double wedding ring , scrap quilts

Collaboration and quilts from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

OH -- I'm a scammer! I did NOT dust any teapots yesterday!

I arrived at the apartment and decided to work on the binding (edge) of that hexagon quilt while I finished drinking my tea. I'm a slow drinker.

Well, then, we got a call that someone (the lady who used to rent the farm) was coming to visit, so that preempted any teapot dusting. Once she and her new beau left (her husband has passed away), it was time to head out to visit one more aunt, and well, there just wasn't time to dust those teapots ...

added by Elaine 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under family , saskatchewan , saskatoon quilters guild , scrap quilts

Oh Scrap! : Marci's Blocks from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This week was a bit crazy! I received two giant boxes filled with all sorts of goodies. These usually take me a while to get everything all checked in and put away. My living room floor is about the only place I have to work now so things were a shambles for a few days.

Not complaining....but I didn't have time to play with any scraps.

But today I did get a big box from Marci filled with her scrappy blocks. This time she sent four different versions of layouts. So I did get to pet a bunch ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilts

Oh Scrap! : Some Progress from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have way too many scrap/orphan block projects in the works right now. I decided I need to get some of these finished before I can start anything new.

These scrappy blocks have been on my mind lately. They were made from a bunch of 2" HSTs that we received in the mail. There are not enough blocks to make a traditional quilt so I am going to have to get create with how I lay them out.

I did finally decide to use this cream background fabric. My plan is to lay them out in some a symmetrical ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , orphan blocks , scrap quilts

Oh Scrap! : Scrappy Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

My week got away from me, and I didn't post any finishes. So, I thought I would share some recent scrappy "treasures" I found around my house. I have decided they can all go to Many Hands and Many Hearts. Seeing them did make me miss digging through scraps. So I spent a bit of time putting together some future scrap quilts - I can't start on them yet but I am hoping to soon!

This one really isn't a recent finish. I have been going through all of my quilts that have never been used and decided ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months ago. under many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , scrap quilts , well suited

Midweek: RSC collage + something new from With Strings Attached

It's been a while since I walked the trail at Sedge Meadow. 74 degrees and sunshine made it most pleasant.

I saw three bottle gentians! (The third one is at the lower right.)

This circle of little heart-shaped leaves came into view just as I was telling Stevens how much I missed him.

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In the studio:

I quilted the September RSC Ohio Stars flimsy (light green and light blue) on Monday evening.

Here's a collage of the nine Ohio Stars quilts. The blue tote bag came about because I trimmed the quilt (before binding) too much.

These are ...

added by Nann 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under rsc 2025 , scrap quilts , wednesday wait loss

Weekly update: an exhibit, golf, and quilting progress from With Strings Attached

Way back in May Sue and I talked about meeting at the College of DuPage to see the Hokusai exhibit. We made it on Thursday -- just in time since it closes September 21.

I took a one-semester Japanese history course in high school and it's remarkable what I remember (Ukiyo-e, the Floating World) despite all that I have forgotten.

Like the Mona Lisa, Hokusai's The Wave is a lot smaller in person than its reputation.

There were prints by Hokusai's contemporaries. The exhibit comes from an Italian museum based on the collection of Edoardo Chiossone, an ...

added by Nann 3 months ago. under design wall monday , monday musings , oh scrap! , rotary club , scrap quilts , sew and tell , weekly update

Another quilt top....instead of another finish............ from Exuberant Color

Quilt top #4 for August. My progress in having more finished (17) than started (15) has shriveled up. I'm glad I worked on this one though. The stacks that I had pinned to the design wall for 8 months had me thinking it was going to be too dark and maybe depressing. As it turns out it is plenty colorful, and even though deep toned, not too dark. In person it has a darker tone than the photo, because the camera wants to emphasize contrast and is making a lot of the fabrics lighter than they are. It is ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under nature , scrap quilts

Finally some Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

We finally got some photos of some quilts taken. Time to share them with you...

My friend Karen wanted to burn through some of her batik scraps so she made three quilt tops out of squares with some vertical solid strips - each a different color. This one is the purple one. (The other two are blue and green.) We were finally able to use some of this gray, purple and yellow backing fabric we have had for eons. I think Deana picked it up from an estate. Local quilter Laura quilted and bound it.

Denice sent us this fun little ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under finished quilt , scrap quilts , split 4 patch

Quilt Retreat - Day One from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I got up bright and early (OK—the usual time) and prepped to come to a quilting retreat. I know—the timing wasn't the best, so soon after Quilt Canada, but it is what it is. I had an opportunity to visit a brand new retreat house, and well, when opportunity knocks, you need to take advantage of the situation.

I used those packing skills I learned at Quilt Canada to put everything into the car.

A few things for the retreat

I have probably brought the least amount of stuff ever to a retreat. A sewing machine, two ...

added by Elaine 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under fabric loft retreat house , mondo bag , murphy , scrap quilts , sewing tables

What makes you happy? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I had a GREAT day. What's more important is knowing what makes me happy and what doesn't. The trick is having fewer moments that make me unhappy and more that make me happy!

What makes me happy? Well, it's finishing things and then having the time to tidy up before moving to the next project! I love tidying up! What drives me mad is when I can only complete something as much as necessary, and then I have to move on to the next without finishing the first thing. Oh my—that never bothered me, but it ...

added by Elaine 7 months ago. under a needle pulling thread , backyard , charity quilts , cherrywood , lexi , murphy , my quilts , scrap quilts

It's the Weekend! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It has been another busy week. Next Wednesday is a board meeting so it is always a lot of work getting ready for those.

But the quilts keep crossing the finish line!

We are finally close to having all of these Jewel Box quilts completed. I think there are just four more tops that need quilting.

Jeanne sewed up these blocks into a quilt top. I love seeing all the colors in one quilt. Nann sent in this lovely fabric that was perfect for the back. I don't remember how many quilts we expected from this block drive but ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 7 months, 1 week ago. under happy blocks , jewel blocks , kaffe fassett fabric , scrap quilts

Oh Scrap! Snowballs from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This week, I finished all 99 snowball blocks for a Many Hands and Many Hearts donation quilt.

I laid the blocks out on the floor and then picked them up and stacked them so I can sew them up into a quilt top sometime in the future. Right now, I am sewing up some Jewel Box blocks so the snowballs have to wait. We have just a few more tops to make and we will be done with the Jewel Box block drive, so that is the priority right now.

It is time to come up with the next scrap ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilts

Weekly update: Easter and a finish! from With Strings Attached

I hope your Easter weekend was pleasant. In fourth grade we had a unit about weather lore. The one saying I remember is "if it rains on Easter Sunday it will rain every Sunday for the next seven weeks." It rained yesterday. Maybe this year I will remember to keep track. (Now I know that "seven weeks" means until Pentecost.)

I went to church Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. I had lunch with Stevens each day. They put the wheelchair in the hall across from the nurses' station so he can interact with everyone who goes by. He's been cleaning ...

added by Nann 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , monday musings , scrap quilts , sew and tell , weekly update

Rogue red threads - at least it's not gold! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Don't ask me about the comments on the blog or how they work. Sometimes people's names appear with the comment, sometimes comments are posted anonymously, and at other times, their status changes. Others want to comment, but they cannot. I have NO idea why. I should investigate the matter. Maybe there's some help feature that I can find.

Good grief -- I just did a Google search and came up with this. Which I think most people know. I think the main thing is that you need a Google account to reply, and you must be logged in ...

added by Elaine 8 months ago. under backyard , charity quilts , customer quilt , lexi , murphy , neighborhood , quote , scrap quilts , sew days

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