tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31560690831533775142024-02-02T16:03:49.986-05:00Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials & Tribulations!A personal take on the life of a "crazy" quilter.....Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-68669190042293445192014-04-25T22:24:00.000-04:002014-04-25T22:24:25.829-04:00First......<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let me say, Happy Valentine's Day (missed it), Happy St. Patrick's Day (missed it) and Happy Easter/Passover (just missed it!).... Okay, now we're up to date. I have been a bit "under the weather" the last couple of months and it's been extremely difficult for me to sit in front of the computer so I've pretty much been out of cyber touch. I don't really go on the computer much at all so I'm behind with e-mail, facebook and of course, the blog. I couldn't, for some unknown reason, even use the laptop to blog. I believe I may have figured that little problem out as I am using the laptop now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After that amazing birthday party that Liz hosted I decided to start chemo again. I managed to get through two treatments before I became so sick that I just couldn't keep it up, so, as of now I am no longer doing chemo. Unfortunately, the treatments do not seem to be doing anything besides making me sick and after close to a year of constant treatments (three bouts of chemo and one bout of radiation) I decided I really needed a break. Whether or not I will commence treatments at a later date has yet to be decided. At the moment I am just taking each day as it comes - enjoying the "good" ones and trying to ignore the bad ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I am enjoying is being able to get back to doing a bit of quilting. I am finally engrossed in my "Top Secret" project which hopefully I will complete in the next week or two. I've also managed, with a great deal of help from Liz and Mucie, to start sorting through all the "stuff" I've been hoarding and we have cleaned out the hall closet. Jonathan arranged for us to get a storage locker in the building so we now have all the boxes out of the house - finally.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He had a friend from Vancouver come to visit the end of March and I was so lucky to have Gail and Cathie come and help me (they did all the work) clean most of the apartment. I cannot believe how lucky I am to have friends like I do. You cannot imagine how grateful I am for everyone's help and support. The visit was a complete success and we've managed to keep the house relatively clean since. It's certainly easier without all those boxes. Now, if I can only get all those quilts done that are waiting in the wings I will be laughing......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am still working on my Scrappy Flannel which I am "big stitching" by hand and Sandy (Lindal) has basted The Farmer's Wife which is waiting patiently in the wings to be hand quilted. Liz and I sorted through all my threads to choose the colours and I'm just about ready to go. I work on Jonathan's schedule so that we don't get in each others way. When he's working I am able to use the machines in the dining room so that's when I can get my piecing and quilting done. When he's off I am usually doing hand work which I manage to do in my sitting area in the bedroom. I have to say, we really lucked out with this apartment. The larger of the two bedrooms is large enough for a decent seating area so I can sit and watch TV and do my hand work. That frees up the living room for Jonathan to have the larger TV and also not have me underfoot. So far it's working out quite well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I guess that brings you all up to date and I would like to get some stitching done tonight as I am actually feeling up to it....I will try not to leave it too long before I blog again for those of you who keep up with what I'm up to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann </span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-61732709991455602502014-02-17T18:01:00.000-05:002014-02-17T18:01:09.109-05:00Ode to Liz!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been writing this blog addition for more than a week in my mind! My body however, has not been co-operating so I could not get to the computer to actually compose it....takes a while for me to recuperate from my infrequent outings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Liz has been my strength for the past 9 months! I don't know how else to say it! She has been by my side, egging me on, making me smile on my bad days and has made most of my good days happen. She is amazing! If you know her than you already know that about her. It is not only me - it is everyone who's life she touches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She makes me want to keep on keeping on, even when I am at the lowest of my lows. She puts up with my complaining and bitching and she always finds a way to make me smile. Sometimes it's just a word and sometimes it's a package of Oreo's but is always. If I don't call the doctor when I'm supposed to, then she does. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Needless to say, when my 60th Birthday was approaching, it was Liz who insisted that we celebrate. Yes, I know it's a slight milestone in one's life but I wasn't so sure I wanted to do anything. She suggested, and then insisted, that we have something and so a party was planned. It was an afternoon affair, at her home (where else?!?!) with most of my favourite people in attendance....and it was a complete success! Suffice it to say - it was one of my best days and certainly one of my best memories. It was such a success that it took me days to recuperate.....and every moment was worth it!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The table was set with all my favourites - a beautiful watermelon carved by Gillian and filled with loads of fresh fruit. A chocolate cake and my absolute favourite - a white cake with lemon filling and coconut icing......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I gave strict instructions that there were to be no gifts, this was just a get together with my dearest friends. There was a lovely box at the front door for cards and needless to say my friends know how to hide gifts in cards.....why am I not surprised! It may take some time before I get around to writing out all the Thank You notes so I will say thank you here and know that you are all in my thoughts.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I even let Liz take a few pictures of me - something I truly hate as I am not at my best even on my best days and that was definitely one of my better days. It was definitely not a "good hair" day!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was an amazing day and I enjoyed every moment of it! When Liz drove me home that evening, admittedly, I went straight to bed and slept for 3 days but every moment with friends was worth every moment I needed to rest......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I even brought Show & Share - it was wonderful showing of The Farmers Wife, especially to the people who have been following the piecing of each and every block. I began this quilt January 19th, 2010 and I completed the top on February 7th, 2014....it also has two borders already on - the other two to be added (today I hope!)....and luckily there were two people tall enough to hold it up - thank you Cindy and Linda.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had hoped to have the borders and backing done so I could just give it to Sandy that Sunday but I just didn't have enough energy to get it done. It wasn't an issue at all because she was on her way to Costa Rica for vacation within the next two days so I would have had to wait for it anyway but I can't wait to have it ready to quilt. I am really looking forward to quilting it by hand.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This quilt was really a labour of love! Every block I pieced, every fabric I chose, it was all thought out carefully and I hope that once it is quilted I will have done the original quilt justice. My hand quilting is not the best but I will try very hard to make it something I can be proud of along with the label which will be very informative.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In closing - I want to say - Thank You to everyone for coming on Sunday - it was so fabulous to see all of you! Thank you for all the thoughtful cards and gifts and know that it was one of the best days I've had in a very, very long time. Mostly - I would like to thank Liz for being Liz - you are the best, ever!!!!</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-49743750460291033692014-02-04T19:35:00.000-05:002014-02-04T19:35:53.039-05:00Lists<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, I make lists! I am one of those people who is guilty of making "To Do" lists. I love lists. No, I hate lists. There are definitely pros and cons to lists. The pro is - you know what needs to be done and when you want to do it. The con is - if you don't get it done you have to leave it on the list and you feel like you've failed. For a while I stopped the lists. I was able to just go about my day, getting things done or not getting things done, but then my yearly calendar ended. I do like to have a calendar to refer to so I went online and found a blank calendar page I liked and printed it out. Well that did it - WOW - I thought - I could copy out two pages for each month, one for my quilting and one for my random day calendar. I could make a list of all the stuff I wanted to get done and of course the calendar page came with a side bar for Things To Do.....I'm sunk now because I can actually set goals for each month - this is bad, really bad! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my case, one of the cons is I try to over-achieve, get more done on the list than is actually on the list....when I don't, I feel like I did nothing all day....What can I say, I have high expectations of myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So February started out with my list - based on Jonathan's work schedule I know which days I'm "hand" sewing or "machine" sewing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I probably would have kept going but enough was enough and I had Sunday to work on my hand piecing as well. Sunday turned out to be pretty productive as well and I was way ahead on my list (over-achiever!). Sunday I pieced another 2 blocks and managed to complete Row 9.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday was a whole other story. Jonathan was working so I could machine piece. I did start working on my backing for the panel quilt but really didn't get much done and today was the same - so much for lists!!! Weird - I just couldn't get my heart into it - too much fiddling and measuring, etc....I guess, but I did get it started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night I stopped early to watch TV in the bedroom so I could get back to my Farmer's Wife - now I am obsessed..... I got another block done and Row 10 is also completed....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have one block left to piece - 1 row left to complete and 3 rows to add on to the rest of the quilt top, then the borders and backing and off to Sandy to be basted. I am now completely obsessed with completing this project......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So much for lists - this was not supposed to be done until some time near the end of next week. Now if I can only move this motivation onto those backings I have to do I will really be way ahead of the game! We'll see what I get done tonight - the night is still young.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-61126605555622669512014-01-30T13:50:00.000-05:002014-01-30T13:50:01.574-05:00Yahoo!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What can I say! I do get a little bit restless. I would definitely admit that I am "house bound" and some days I get a little antsy. It is mostly my choice but for all intents and purposes I am doing the world (GTA) a favour by not driving. Because of the medications I have chosen not to drive lately. I just don't feel that under the influence of Oxycodin I have the same quick reflexes as I used to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I do enjoy it however, when my friends drop by and I was pleasantly surprised when Linda (H) called me yesterday to say she'd be out this way today and would drop by. She was going over to Sandy's (Lindal) to pick up her quilts and also wanted to drop off some Ensure to me. She didn't stay long but she did share her quilts. First, a really bright little baby quilt -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's sort of a Japanese coins pattern and came out beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The red border really sets it off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sandy did a great job quilting it (as usual). The quilting pattern really enhances the quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hopefully you can get a good look at the pattern she used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Linda also showed off her Irish Chain, beige on beige which really did come out beautiful after quilting and Sandy also put the binding on for her so all she has to do is stitch it down now and then on to the bed.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">with a thread that just drops right into the quilt - perfect!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now - what I've been up to. First - the history of this quilt project. Way back in 2002 I found this great little 2 bedroom cottage just outside of Lakefield, ON. which I managed to rent seasonally. I love to decorate and so the second bedroom was meant to be this rustic "cottagey" kind of room, with bears and moose and fish, etc. On one of my trips to New Jersey I stopped in at Patchwork & Pies and found this fabulous flannel quilt kit. The panel fit in perfectly with my cottage theme and I couldn't resist it. I also bought the backing at the same time, not one backing but two, since I wasn't sure which one I liked more.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This quilt is all BORDERS, virtually a nightmare! Funnily enough, had I made this quilt 12 years ago when I bought the kit, I'm pretty sure it would have been absolutely wonky! In those days I used to just "slap" those borders on. You know, cut the border size, sew it on and then cut it to fit the quilt. Luckily, I waited until I actually knew what I was doing and everything was measured properly so the quilt has turned out square....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had to fudge it a little to make the first border the right size</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I ran out of bobbin the first time I decided to clean the machine.....I figured after working with flannel the past few quilts, it was definitely time for a cleaning.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't tell you how much better your machine will run if you do this on a regular basis. It's much easier to do this often then to let it get to the point where it causes major problems. Honestly, my machine just purrs each time I do this. A good rule of thumb is after each project or if you are working with fabrics and thread that tend to shed, maybe halfway through your project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay, so back to the quilt! I worked all day Saturday and Sunday, measuring, measuring and measuring and got the first 4 borders on. It was important that I measured because the 4th border is pieced and made up of 6" squares. Because I measured it all went together perfectly. Last night I put on border #5. It is done and measures 72-1/2" x 90-1/2". The fifth border has corner squares (hard to see) which fit perfectly as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It would have looked great on that bed in the cottage but alas, there is no more cottage and it no longer fits my decor. I'm not sure where it's going once it's quilted but the top is done and that's the first step. It would have looked great in the house, in the guest room too but that's gone too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So now I will concentrate on backings. I have quite a bit of fabric left over which I've decided to piece for the back and then start cutting into those backing fabrics which will hopefully stretch to make three backings, at which point I am having a flannel bonfire to get rid of what's left....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong, I love working with flannel but enough is enough! I had no idea that at one time I was so into flannel. The nice part about the flannel is that it lines up beautifully and doesn't shift when you are sewing it. I found it was really easy to keep my 1/4" seams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is Jonathan's day off (he's still sleeping) and I will soon banish myself to my room where I think I will first take a nap and then start working on my 57 piece 6" block which is the next one I'm doing for the Farmer's Wife. I still have to mark and cut the pieces so that will take a while but the piecing should go quickly.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone, get outside, it's warmer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-84033674650075879932014-01-28T15:30:00.000-05:002014-01-28T15:30:10.356-05:00Slow down.....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I appear to be experiencing an unintentional slow down. Getting used to the new "doses" of meds is causing me to sleep quite a bit more and although I know I am doing what my body is telling me to do, I have to say, I am not particularly happy about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I've mentioned before, now that I have my "Sonia" (Janome) set up and ready for sewing, I use the days that Jonathan is working to do my machine piecing and quilting. Since he was working on Thursday I should have been sewing away but instead I spent a good part of the day sleeping so it was a definite write off....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday was a day off for Jonathan so I was banished to my room (I actually enjoy the banishment) and was able to get some work done on The Farmer's Wife....another block -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decided to attach it to the other rows, leaving only three rows to complete.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New strategy now that there are only three rows to complete and 8 blocks to go. I am going to start putting the three rows together as I make the necessary blocks in the order they are needed. The excitement builds but the energy wanes.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's all I got done on Friday. I did manage to get some piecing done on Saturday and Sunday and will bring you all up to date later in the week on that. Yesterday and today have been slow, very slow, as I am still trying to get used to the meds and we just upped the dosage again today. I appear to need sleep constantly but I am managing to get a few things done....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In order to get pics of the quilt I am working on (machine) I have to get Jonathan to hold it up because it is huge.....humongeous! I am now going back to work on The Farmer's Wife and tomorrow, Jonathan is working, so back to Cub Lake Lodge and hopefully a bunch of quilt backs.....which was the whole point in doing that quilt to begin with....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am not complaining - anything that can alleviate the pain is worth the concession. If that requires more sleep than so be it.....currently I am looking at all the cobwebs on my wall and am getting very tired, very, very tired! (I can ignore them that way!)....I really should make some attempt to clean but honestly, the spiders have to live somewhere too and I don't want force them out into the cold. Maybe I'll clean in the spring!!! Ha, ha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay back to my room....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone and keep warm!!!!</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-82899308207450638352014-01-22T08:12:00.000-05:002014-01-22T08:12:14.654-05:00Update!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've got to admit that when I update every few days it's a pleasant surprise for me to see what I've accomplished. Although it really isn't much, it seems like I am beginning to see some rewards for my efforts. Some days I feel like I'm getting nothing done but that is not really the case. I can look back over the last few days and see that my projects are progressing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was supposed to start chemotherapy today but have cancelled. Calm down - it's not forever! While my friend Linda (V) was over on Friday visiting, (we had dinner from Mayfair Chinese on Royal York - delicious!) I had an epiphany! I was reading through the pamphlet regarding the "medication" (Jonathan calls it poison) which Dr. O wants me to have and in going over the side effects and the risks involved, noted the high risk for patients with heart issues. Since I had a heart attack in 2012 I became just a "wee bit" concerned and made the decision to have a few tests done by the cardiologist before I agree to undergo this chemo. Just a precaution but personally I'm going with "better safe than dead!" As much as I trust my oncologist, there are underlying factors that have to be addressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, due to this decision we are upping the pain meds in order to deal with that issue. It seems to be a never ending game, but on the bright side, if the pain dulls it is worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of Friday - I managed to get the top done on my Yellow Brick Road and I am really happy the way it turned out. First, I laid it out on the bed (while changing the sheets).....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I marked it with small Post It notes. Yes - I do make mistakes! There was no way I was going to try to put this together without putting it in some semblance of order so I didn't mess it up. After Bricks & Mortar I think I learned my lesson......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It took most of Friday to get it pieced. I take a lot of breaks! In between piecing and pressing I'll sit for a few minutes and of course the TV was on so I admit I got distracted a few times and Linda was over for a few hours, and, and, and....excuses!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was completed with everything put away by the time Jonathan came home from work about midnight. Jonathan was off Saturday and Sunday so I retreated to my "hidey hole" in the bedroom to resume work on the "big" project! The Farmer's Wife. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not sure if I've mentioned it, but The Farmer's Wife was started January 19th, 2010. It is now officially 4 years in the making. All things considered, 111 blocks with sashings and cornerstones, hand piecing which I was not always able to do, I'm pretty pleased with my progress. Who am I kidding - I never really thought I'd get it done..... Okay, it's not exactly done yet but I have 10 blocks to go and 4 rows to complete - that's pretty close....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So - here are the additional blocks and rows that have been completed......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It doesn't seem like much got done over two days but, there is the choosing of fabric for each block, the marking of the templates and the cutting along with the piecing. (I have to keep telling myself that so that I realize it's good progress!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday I had grand plans! I had hoped to have the Yellow Brick Road completed including backing ready to take to Sandy. Alas, this was not the case, however, Linda (H) and I had made plans to drop her quilts off to Sandy so I took some Show & Share and off we went. Linda had two quilts ready to be long armed, a gorgeous baby quilt, all bright colours with white background in a "coin" pattern and her Irish Chain beige on beige queen size quilt which I blogged a couple of weeks ago. I brought along my Yellow Brick Road to show Sandy and we have chosen the pattern, leaves, and the thread, a variegated orange. It's going to be gorgeous! Sandy showed off a number of quilt tops she has ready to quilt as well - we had a great time and I even made it down the stairs to the studio this time.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back home and intentions to get the borders on the quilt and start working on that backing....then to head out with Liz to the Etobicoke Quilters Guild meeting. Didn't happen....It appears I am only good for one outing a day.... I ended up resting (sleeping actually) the rest of the day....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday things were better and I had all kinds of doctors phone calls to make, etc. so I got myself moving and motivated. I managed, although I think it took all day - to get the borders onto the Yellow Brick Road.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Houston, we have a problem! I definitely do not have enough fabric to do a backing. It is time to hit my stash......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I knew that I had in my stash yet one more flannel quilt - a panel quilt that I had purchased as a kit. I found it quickly, on the bottom shelf of my "fabric" cabinet. I also found yet another flannel kit I had purchased! I'm not sure when I became so fond of flannel nor do I remember those days but they all have histories.....Luckily, in those days (B.C. - before Cock-A-Doodle) whenever I purchased fabrics for a project I tended to take into consideration the difficulty in finding backing down the line so I usually purchased fabric for backing as well. It appears that in the case of panel, I purchased two backings?!?! or close to it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The fabrics for the Panel quilt - plus the two backing fabrics</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the backing fabrics for the panel quilt is a "huge" piece of mottled green which will go nicely with the fabrics from the Yellow Brick Road. That having been said, I will have to make up the panel quilt in order to determine if I have enough backing fabric left over to make the second backing. I also found another "lone" piece of flannel that will go with the mottled green and if I'm really lucky, we can only hope, I may have enough to back Bricks & Mortar too! I'm not sure if I'm progressing here or regressing! At any rate - we all know what my next project is and it appears to be the panel quilt.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A while back I gave my Scrappy Flannel to Sandy to baste so that I could start hand quilting it with a "big stitch". Using Pearl Cotton #8 I am slowly progressing while watching TV in the living room when Jonathan is working....so many quilts, so little time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For now I am going back to bed for awhile (been up since 4:30 when I had to take some pain meds) so I will up and at 'em to do my hand piecing later. Jonathan is off today so I'm all ready to get some more Farmers Wife done.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann </span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-16482328933317679932014-01-17T15:14:00.000-05:002014-01-17T15:14:58.849-05:00Moving right along.....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There really is no stopping me at this point. I dove back into the bag of projects I have been lugging around for a few months and came up with a project I had started a couple of years ago. This project has a history which dates back to B.C. (before Cock-A-Doodle). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I began quilting in late 1999 having found Quiltmakers on Avenue Road and I was, from the beginning, a very loyal customer, always purchasing my fabrics and classes there. When my grandmother, at the age of 100, was moved from a seniors residence where she lived on her own to a resting home in the summer of 2000, I began travelling to New Jersey every three months to make sure things were going well for her. It was at that time that I began visiting other quilt stores along the route. Just off Highway 81 near Cortland there was a quilt store named Patchwork & Pies. It was in an old firehouse on a corner off the main road and it became one of my favourite quilt stores. It was there that I picked up this kit - Yellow Brick Road is the pattern (well known pattern from Atkinson Designs) and the fabrics were these luscious, earthy toned flannels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This kit sat in my pile of kits for many years just waiting for the right time. A couple of years ago I had a private student who was making her first quilt and she wanted to do this pattern. She chose black and white and red and I pulled out my kit. We worked together and I am happy to say she got hers done but I had only managed to make a few blocks so the project ended up in the UFO pile. Since I don't have a lot of flannel projects, I had pulled this one out to complete along with my Bricks & Mortar and the Scrap Flannel I completed in the fall (which by the way has been basted - thank you Sandy - and is ready for my "big quilting" by hand). On Sunday, with Jonathan away working, I completed all the blocks to make the lap size quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pattern calls for 40 blocks for the lap size but you only use 35, however, I think I want to make it one row larger so I will add 2 more blocks to give it a bigger width (hopefully today). That was about all I could do Sunday and Jonathan was off Monday and Tuesday so I was back to hand piecing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday and Tuesday were extremely productive. Getting so close to completion I have really been pushing towards the end. Each block I complete is an accomplishment and I've noticed I left a lot of the really complicated blocks to the end, what a surprise. I guess we all do that......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have now changed my strategy for completion and am completing them in the order that I need them to complete the rows outstanding. This block completes Row #13. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 75 - Rosebud - 28 pieces</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next few blocks are the ones I need to complete Row # 12. I alternate between prepping and piecing the blocks to adding the sashings and cornerstones and completing the rows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 86 - Squash Blossom - 22 pieces</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 93 - Swallow - 23 pieces</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having attached Rows 13, 14, and 15 together I now have 4 rows to complete. Rows, 9, 10, 11, and 12. I am currently working on Row 12 for which I need 7 blocks some of which are already completed. The next blocks are still for Row #12. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you can see, I put quite a dent in the Farmer's Wife over the two days I had to work on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What can I say! I'm not sure what I was expecting to hear. The radiation, which I struggled through in October did not do much good. The tumor has shrunk but not substantially. Because of where it is located it is inoperable and they can't do a biopsy. So we are back to chemotherapy which, if I chose to do it, will start next Wednesday. He seems to think that the pain I am experiencing is from the cancer and that the chemotherapy, if it works, will help alleviate the pain. At the moment I just feel like a guinea pig....that didn't work, so let's try this! I sort of get it but I can honestly say I'm not particularly happy about it. Will I ever be cancer free?!?! That's the million dollar question.....there comes a time when you have to say ENOUGH! I am certainly not that person that gives up easily so chances are I'll be back in chemo next week but we are still weighing the pros and cons so I will stay positive and continue doing my thing.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With all that went on Wednesday I got no quilting done!!! ...and Jonathan was working so I wasn't pleased to have lost my quilting time. When I got home and settled in I was extremely tired so I didn't get much of anything done and Thursday Jonathan was off again so it was a hand piecing day.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is an understatement to say I would like to just keep on going but that is just not feasible. By the time I chose my fabrics, cut the needed templates and marked and cut the fabric, then hand pieced the last block - I could barely see straight. I've been checking ahead and I've got one block that has no less than 57 pieces coming up, can't wait for that one. Like I said, left all the difficult blocks to the end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of you may still be wondering why I chose to do this quilt by hand. At times I wonder the same thing, however, I can honestly say that the accuracy has really become evident. I have yet to have to stretch or ease any of the blocks to the sashing size. They all fit perfectly and that is such a rewarding feeling. I know that when I machine piece, I sometimes don't get an accurate 1/4" seam and there are times when I will have to square up my blocks or ease them into my quilt top. This quilt is coming together beautifully. Would I do another one like this? Maybe. Once the top for The Farmer's Wife is completed, I will have Sandy baste it and I will be hand-quilting it so I have plenty of time to decide whether I would make a quilt this large again by hand.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay, I really have to get what's left of my day going and get to work on that Yellow Brick Road.....</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-34616991417918483912014-01-12T14:49:00.000-05:002014-01-12T14:49:12.603-05:00Progress<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I realize that I am no different than anyone else. I tend to underestimate the time it takes to do something, whether it be cleaning the kitchen or piecing a quilt, so when I manage to get done what I've set out to do I call it PROGRESS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday was Jonathan's day off and I had a very full day on Thursday working on my Bricks & Mortar and enjoying Liz's company so when I ended up in bed all afternoon I thought I would really get nothing done, however, I surprised myself. Around 6:00 P.M. after having a quick snack, I decided to treat the day as I normally would. I made coffee and settled down with my hand piecing....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't expect to get a whole lot done but I was excited because I was now working from the left hand corner bottom up and I knew I would be able to get some rows done because a lot of the blocks that are going into those rows are already pieced....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing I had to do was a lone block for my Row # 14....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily it was a block with only 17 pieces so it went together pretty quickly. Once it was done I was able to start work on Row #14.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was on a roll and I literally couldn't stop. My mind was racing ahead to the next row and the balance of the blocks I still had to piece. I had to sit back and take a breath here, I am almost there....with these two rows together I have 5 rows to go, of course because the quilt is on point, they get bigger as you go. The next row is 5 blocks, then 7, then 9, then 11 and finally 13. Of those 45 blocks I still have to piece about 20 so I really needed to rethink my strategy. I decided to start piecing Row #13 and then do a random block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I probably would have kept going but I couldn't see anymore! I definitely got far more done than I had anticipated for one evening's work. Gee, if I had done this when I started this quilt, nearly 4 years ago, it would have been done in a month....never look back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started this quilt January 19th, 2010. Honestly, I am pleased as to my progress, there was a time when I thought I would never be able to finish it. During my first chemotherapy I had developed neuropathy in both my feet and my hands and was unable to do any hand piecing at all. My feet have really never come back to normal but luckily my hands did not betray me.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went to bed Friday night quite pleased with myself and hoping that Saturday would be as productive. Unfortunately, I was so pleased with myself that I couldn't sleep so I started reading and read until around 5:00 A.M.. Of course I did sleep most of the day on Friday so that was definitely a factor. I was woken at 6:00 A.M. by what I call the - CAA RANT!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When Jonathan works, he is on call from 6:00 A.M. until 11:00 P.M.. He doesn't usually get his first call until 7:00 or 8:00 A.M. and on weekends it's sometimes later. He wakes at 5:57 A.M., signs in, then rolls over and goes back to sleep until he gets his first call. Needless to say, he got his first call at exactly 6:00 A.M.!!! Hence the CAA RANT - for about 15 minutes, until he left the house, all I could hear was the banging and swearing and carrying on about "the idiot" who had the nerve to call at 6:00 A.M. to have his/her battery recharged....etc.... and how he's quitting this job and getting a real job, etc....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have learned over the past 9 months to just lay quietly pretending to be asleep during these rants. They don't happen often but it definitely sets his tone for the day. Basically, stay the hell out of his way....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I rolled over and went back to sleep when he left. I heard him come back around 8:00 A.M. and decided to continue my feigned sleep rather than try to interact. Once he left again - I got busy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was going to be a math day! I have to say I really hate math days! I needed to figure out if I had enough fabric to do the outside border on my Bricks & Mortar. This is the fabric I had left over after I made the quilt top and the first border. Remember, I only had one block - 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" left of the beige fabric once I finished my first border.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had made some cutting mistakes when I made the top so I had a number of strips which were a little too short for a 4-1/2" keyboard border. My first decision after measuring the mis-cuts was to cut the border pieces at 4". Having said that I had to now make sure I had enough fabric to make the 4" x 2-1/2" blocks. Luckily I had the large piece of blue flannel which would probably stretch but I really wanted to use that for the binding so I really wasn't sure. After about an hour of figuring, I began to cut.....this is what was left over....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then came the fun part - seriously! I had to lay each side out so that the same colour did not butt up against the same colour and that the ends were not blue because I was using the blue for the cornerstones of the border. That took forever and ever! Jonathan came home in the middle of this process for a break. When I work, I take over the living room and dining room and there's barely a place to sit down. In his state of mind, having had such a "good" start to his day, I was very surprised when his only comment was - "at least you are being productive!" The "creative" process took quite awhile as I had to have many breaks, but, I was determined to get this quilt top done.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wish I had that fabulous design wall to hang the quilt on so you could really see it but suffice it to say, even without the design wall I LOVE THIS QUILT!!!! All the mistakes, all the hours to figure out the borders, all of it was worth the final product. I even have the binding strips cut and ready to go. Not only that, I've already decided on the quilting design so I'm set. All I need now is backing and batting. I have chosen the quilting thread and used a Zip-Loc bag to store the thread, extra fabric (blue only) and binding strips and it is all now in my "shopping bag".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is my "shopping bag"? It's where I store the projects which require something to move from UFO to complete. Currently it holds Bricks & Mortar for which I need batting and backing and it also holds Island Chain which needs batting. Once I have these items then the quilts can be completed. Looking forward to a shopping spree some time soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since I'm writing this blog on Sunday - today I can start completing my next project which has been waiting quietly in my project bag. I also have a "secret project" which I need to start working on using those fabulous Kaffe Fassett fabrics and Shot Cottons I have so I may even start on that today....we'll see how things go...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My current plan is to have another "productive" day, the only problem is that if I don't clean the kitchen it is going to implode. Oh well - I will somehow work it out.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also managed to complete Row # 15, the lower left hand corner of the quilt top. I will now work up from that point - I'm getting excited here, I have 6 more rows to complete the quilt top and only about 20 blocks that haven't been pieced....getting there....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today started out very early, around 5:55 A.M. when I had to wake Jonathan for work because he couldn't charge his phone last night. Worked out well because it's about the time I need to take a pill. Back to bed until around 10:30 and then realized today is the day I get to machine quilt!!! YEAH!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As soon as I did my crossword and had my brunch I set everything up, including the big ironing board. I pulled out Bricks and Mortar and saw another mistake. No problem, I can fix it - so I start unsewing. Well, I only managed to totally mess it up and spent the first hour just fixing what I messed up......patience, another new "buzz" word for 2014! Don't think I didn't contemplate, yet again, giving up on this quilt but determination is the name of the game.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By 2:00 P.M. I had put on two more rows -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Liz called to say she was going to come over with some hand sewing. Now, I have to say I was more than excited..... I know that's weird, but you have to understand - First, I am home alone most of the time and I really do love company, but more importantly, Second - When Liz and I get together it's usually to go to a doctor's appointment, or chemo or out to run errands, we don't often get to just sit & sew and enjoy each others company. I was really looking forward to this visit. She came around 3:15 P.M. and stayed for about 3 hours while I got the last two rows together and added them to the quilt....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Liz had just been so supportive the past 7 months (longer when you include the store hours she put in), always there to take me to appointments and sit with me through the tough stuff....good news, bad news, all of it. It was so nice to sit like two normal girlfriends and just chat and sew....what a treat! I hope we do it more often- I really enjoyed this afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, back to the quilt! She left me at an extremely crucial (appropriate) moment. Here's the problem. This is what happens when you return to those U.F.O.'s, the "oops" moment. I know I am not the only one who has this problem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first border is pieced in 2-1/2" squares of which I needed 114. I wasn't sure I had enough fabric!?!?! Sure didn't look like it! Turns out, after I worked it out mathematically (took 20 minutes) I would be able to squeak out 115 squares. Of course I had to do quite a bit of fudging the blocks to make it work properly and the darker squares met up at the corners but by 8:00 P.M. I had the top and bottom border on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was the side borders I really had to fudge, that took awhile, a little unsewing and resewing and voila - sides were on......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrow Jonathan is off so I can relax and forget the mathematics because the outside border is also pieced and I really think that I am going to be short for sure. However, after all is said in done, I really love this quilt! I really like the pattern and did not expect it to turn out this nicely.....I even have a quilting plan! I love it when that happens. This will all have to wait until Saturday when I go back to figuring out if I have enough fabric to do the outside border....we can only hope....I can't wait to complete this quilt because I have another one waiting in the wings (my project bag) that I am really antsy to get to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I will get to work on the Farmer's Wife and hopefully get a few more blocks done as well as a couple of rows. I am definitely on a roll here and am extremely excited about the progress. It's been such a long time since I've been able to say that....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-75001439335568304432014-01-07T23:55:00.001-05:002014-01-07T23:58:51.851-05:00Determination....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm thinking that is going to be my "buzz" word for 2014! Yesterday I was expecting my friend Linda to drop by so I persevered all morning getting the living room back into a living space. Just clearing the top of the coffee table when Jonathan takes over the house on his days off is a challenge in itself. I refuse to take photos of this as it is more than embarrassing, however I totally managed to do it.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Linda called to say that a dental emergency had waylaid her and she wouldn't be coming but we made plans for another day. Today my other friend Linda came by to raid the thread baskets - now I only have a few thousand spools left! She also brought some Show & Share, her beige on beige quilt which is absolutely stunning.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She also brought her picture album of all the quilts and other quilted stuff she's made and it was fabulous to see! Sandy (Lindal - Scrappy Gal Quilt Company) will be more than happy to get this quilt to quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a great visit and I was able to set up my little hand quilting station so I began stitching Row 8 to my Farmer's Wife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While we chatted, I stitched. Linda is Dana's mom, Dana is one of Jonathan's best friends and that's initially how we met. Dana and Fiona (his girlfriend) came by the store last spring and I showed them the quilt I was working on. They really liked it and I decided that it would be theirs. Today I gave it to Linda to take to them. It's one of my favourites and Sandy Lindal quilted it for me so it's been on the Cock A Doodle blog for sure, but here it is again. My basket of quilts seems to be receding.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dana is a talent on his own. Linda had me check out his phenomenal Facebook Page - Dana TheJeweler. You really need to check this page out - it has all of his jewelry designs (well I'm sure not all, but a lot). He is extremely talented and if you ever need a custom jewelry piece made, you need to see this guy. At the very least you need to check out his Facebook Page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After Linda left I made lunch, a real meal - tuna fish sandwich and pickles on the side. Sat down at the computer, played some computer games and ate lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I really got down to it! I finally set up my machine for stitching. Had to change the light bulb in the dining room too! That took a bit of energy but well worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have also lost my pressing space in the process of storing boxes (soon I hope to have my storage locker?!?!) so I set up a temporary cutting/pressing space - I knew I bought that</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I have resewn all of my blocks, found another mistake on the other set of blocks, fixed that one and we were on our way. After all is said and done I got the first two rows together.....YEAH!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrow will not be a sewing day (machine) as it's Jonathan's day off. I may get something done in the morning before he gets up but that would require me getting up early so we'll see how that goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jonathan worked both today and yesterday in this cold and actually came home at one point today to say - he was getting his paycheck and getting on a bus to Florida to live on the street!!!! Should I remind him he has a cousin living down there who would be more than happy to give him shelter???? Maybe not, because that would leave me out in the cold - not at all what I really want. I'm selfish that way.....Chances are he'll enjoy his day off and go back to work on Thursday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope to get loads done tomorrow too - I appear to be on a roll!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-13409987110360057182014-01-05T01:34:00.000-05:002014-01-05T01:34:40.048-05:00Happy, happy, happy!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I woke up this morning realizing that I had messed up my medication and forgotten to take my long acting pain pill at 3:00 A.M. like I was supposed to.....okay, no biggie, I will switch it and take the 12 hour at 9:00 A.M., much easier, and then 9:00 P.M.!!! It worked like a charm. I think it was a good mess-up! Of course, what that meant was that I was in pain which for today was not going to be a good thing....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hopped onto Facebook to see what was happening and waited patiently to hear from Christina as to when she would be picking me up! Pain or no pain I was going to Sit & Bitch....I guess it was about 11:00 or so by the time we left my house and headed up to Gail's! I was so excited (and Christina is an exceptionally good driver so I was in good hands).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arrival - unloading - big hugs (that's the best part) and then straight into Show & Share!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We settled in the den and the show began - these girls are just so inspiring and motivating!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First - Gail </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gail's quilts above were also quilted by Cathy Petrie, the Halloween quilt has candy corn inside candy corn, always a great theme to go with the quilt, just beautiful quilting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh wait a minute, back to Cathie -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then me, okay, forgot to get pictures! But I showed off my Farmer's Wife blocks, the quilt top half done (almost) with the piece I posted yesterday with 10 blocks along with the three blocks to be added. Next time I'll take a picture or if Jonathan's feeling generous, he'll hold it up for me sooner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After Show & Share, lunch was in order and it was wonderful as usual, individual quiches (Gail) with a lovely salad (Cathie) and delicious cupcakes (Christina)! The kitchen overlooks the back yard which was still decked out in Christmas decorations and I tried to take a pic (yes I should have opened the back door!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Gail and Dennis do such a great job of decorating, the whole house feels festive! I love that feeling - it just makes you feel that there is a holiday in the house! Even the wall hanging in the kitchen gets changed....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's the Christmas Gingerbread Bakery - so cute! (not sure what the discussion was about but looks serious....)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After lunch, I needed a bit of a lie down (on the couch), the pain was beginning to bare it's fangs again and I had a good hour wait for my "pill". I decided to pop it a little early and was up and running in about half the time as normal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Batteries recharged and off to start piecing. I was going to finish putting together my Bricks and Mortar quilt. The blocks were all done, it was just a matter of placing them correctly to achieve the pattern - no biggie! UNTIL - I looked at it and realized that I had made a mistake on one of the blocks.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Needless to say, when I make a mistake, I make it all the way.... Because I was chain piecing these blocks when I put them together, all 15 blocks were done the same - WRONG! It is so great to be with friends - Cathie, Ann and Gail helped me unstitch so that I could get them done right. Didn't get a lot of stitching done today but spending time with friends definitely makes up for that....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am now determined more than ever to get my sewing machine set up at home so that I can get these righted and put together properly. There's still another project in this bag I have been toting around that I really want to do and had it not been for the patience of my friends I would've put this one back in the box for LATER!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a fabulous day, and they even listened to me vent about the pain and the doctors and all the other bad stuff - I love you guys!!!! Before Christina and I took off I had to get a picture of the outside of the Christmas house.....so gorgeous (and there's a lot you can't see because it's buried under ice and snow).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I got home, around 7:30 P.M. it didn't take long for me to go lie down. Since I am determined to keep my blogging record going (4 blogs in 4 days) I am now working on Vancouver time - like time shift on the TV except with the computer. Sometimes it works - we'll see if I can make it work this time! You figure out what time it really is - I had a really good sleep....</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-55950285052667483112014-01-03T21:42:00.000-05:002014-01-03T21:42:07.689-05:00Falling!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thought it would work if I "publicized" my Things To Do list on my blog and to be honest, it has partially, but I also have to take into account the kinda day it's going to be and that is truly unpredictable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I woke up this morning in pain and the meds just refused to kick in so the energy level is not the best. With good intentions I wandered into the kitchen and since I have a self-cleaning oven, I turned it on. (NOT) It's been awhile since I used a self-cleaning oven, what can I say.... About two hours after I turned it on (I had gone to lie down) I came into the kitchen and found the oven was still cold. Okay, so maybe there's something new here - it doesn't heat up! Well everything was set so I sat down at the computer (I can see the stove from the computer) and just kept glancing over every now and then - until I had a EUREKA MOMENT!!!! - duh, did you set the timer dummy!!!! Nope! Needless to say - 4 hours later, the oven is now clean. It dawned on me that there are buttons on the stove that I know nothing about.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have not gotten to that freezer yet (there's still time) and the dishes are hidden behind a wall so I'm ignoring them for now but I may get a BURST of energy later...I'm saving my real energy for tomorrow's Sit & Bitch, so there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can, however report, that with Jonathan hogging the TV yesterday I settled down to some serious stitching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plus I have completed 2 more blocks. These two blocks plus Block #58 completed previously make up the balance of Row 8. I wish I could say I will get those attached tonight but the plan is to watch Blue Bloods and head for bed. Need to conserve my energy for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will be doing machine piecing for a long awaited change. Don't even have to pack because I never unpacked from my last trip to Neilson Park where Etobicoke Quilter's Guild has their weekly Sit & Sew. I'm working on two flannel quilts - may be able to take some pictures tomorrow. I am really looking forward to seeing the girls and getting some sewing done as well....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thought I'd share my last "read" with you all. This book was a surprise for me. It's been hanging around the house for awhile and I did try to read it at one time but got bored and put it down. I usually don't pick a book up again if I can't read it the first time but I was desperate for something so....the story line is pretty good and once you get past all the technical jargon, the writer was in the Air Force, it's a pretty good book. It is a great read for anyone (mostly men) who are into war toys and stuff like that....in the end I enjoyed it but I don't think I will go hunting for his other books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is getting scary - I've managed to blog 3 days in a row!!! Like "Dear Diary"! I've already picked up a book off the shelf at home to read but not sure how that's going to go. I find when I have the need to be in bed, whether for pain reasons, to rest or it's just bedtime, I like to have a book close at hand even if I just get a couple of pages read. I tried quilting books but that would perk me right up and motivate me to the extent I would jump out of bed and check my stash for fabrics, so it has to be serious reading material. If this one gets good - I'll share it!!!!</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-45308917467497031072014-01-02T17:30:00.000-05:002014-01-02T17:30:45.305-05:00I made it!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reached the top of Everest last night!!! The dishes are done and the fridge is clean. I am very pleased with myself. It must be the "New Year" energizer! You know the one...it's the little voice in your head that tells you to "get 'er done"! I stopped making resolutions years ago but I still have this urge to want to complete things that are on my mental lists (of which I have many).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made the mistake of opening the freezer today and found that the door was stuck - ugh! There was a pint of sorbet on the door and it has leaked all along the bottom edge of the freezer and is now working like glue! That is on my mental list for tomorrow - clean the freezer! I like to do these jobs when Jonathan is off at work so I can work at my own pace with no interruptions. I may even clean the oven and stove top tomorrow too. My next Mount Everest, as it were!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jonathan was off today so I try to make myself scarce! In a two bedroom apartment we can really get on top of each other. When he is home, I like to give him his space. When he's working, he is on call from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. and then he has to drive to the depot to restock his truck. It's an extremely long day! Sometimes he will go out on his days off but mostly, since everyone else is usually working, he hangs at home, playing video games and watching TV. He deserves his space - so I try to oblige....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That left me with only one thing to do! Sleep or stitch - I chose to do both! First I slept and then I stitched. Progression on my Farmer's Wife commences again. After completing the block below I have only 24 more blocks - it's so exciting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will add this row to my growing quilt top and then I will begin the second half of the quilt. Originally I was going to just keep adding rows but today I realized that it will be much easier to make two large halves and then sew them together - duh! It really was a "eureka" moment. It suddenly dawned on me that when I am machine piecing I usually make two large halves and then sew them together. It definitely makes it less bulky to do it that way so why, oh why, would I try to do the hand piecing differently.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm actually beginning to wonder what I will do once I complete The Farmer's Wife piecing. What will be my next "hand piecing" project. After working on this for so long I can't imagine being without a hand project. I have a couple of UFO's to choose from and Sandy basted my flannel quilt so that I could "big stitch" it so there is no lack of stuff to do. Okay, let's not get ahead of ourselves here - slow down, you still have 24 blocks to complete and the sashings, etc. to do.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-46880412703076581952014-01-01T17:30:00.000-05:002014-01-01T17:30:41.483-05:00Happy New Year!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2014 has arrived! At our house it arrived very quietly. Jonathan was working last night and also today so he was home for the countdown. Although he was invited to a number of parties and celebrations, he chose to do the responsible thing and stay home where we were both busy playing computer games.....boring, quiet but nice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The past two weeks have been very trying for both of us. The power outage was, for us, a tough situation. Jonathan was working so had the opportunity to warm up in the truck while he was out. I, on the other hand spent 66 hours layering clothing and hiding under my quilts to keep warm. All I wanted for Christmas was heat and light and at around 8:00 P.M. on Christmas eve my prayers were answered.....Jonathan happened to be home as he had brought me some dinner and to say he was thrilled would be an understatement. It took about 4 hours before I was willing to take my hat off - thanks Barb for that great knitted hat, it really kept me warm. Liz, was also my life saver bringing over hot foods and coffee. They were out 64 hours but were able to snag a generator. I am still cleaning out the fridge and freezer - so sad to have lost so much food, etc. Luckily we had not really done a big shopping for the holidays yet so the real loss was what was in the freezer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unfortunately I am still battling pain and so my schedule has been turned upside down in the sense that I find myself resting/sleeping a large amount of the time. In addition, my TV in the bedroom gave out (the on button is broken) and when we moved Jonathan's TV into the bedroom we lost a key piece to hooking up the antennae. Since I usually sit and watch TV and stitch, this has really put a crimp in my progress. I am not thrilled by this and it means I have to adapt to the circumstances.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gillian and I were trying to plan an evening - dinner at her place but I just couldn't make myself move last Friday so we put it off until Monday and I literally forced myself to leave the house (I hadn't been out since the 17th when I went for my CT scan). What a great decision! It was a wonderful evening with leftovers and Turkey soup that was absolutely delicious. Then we sat and talked quilting and went through some of her stash to choose some patterns for her "scraps" as well as some absolutely gorgeous fabrics she had stashed away. I can't wait to see those quilts finished. I know she was busy working on something last night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am looking forward to a "Stitch'n'Bitch" on Saturday with friends and really can't wait to get out of the house again. I have to monitor the pain and keep the "pills" close at hand but otherwise it should be a great day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At this point I honestly have to push myself to get things done. It's not just the pain, it's the energy. In my mind I make a list and if I get <u>anything</u> done I feel I've accomplished something. My goal today is to get the fridge shelves cleaned, as well as the drawers and inside of the fridge. That and a load of dishes washed and I will feel like I've climbed Mount Everest. Amazing how the little things become so big!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am still trying to get a locker for storage so that I can make the house look habitable again. It really does look like a warehouse in here with all the boxes. It is very depressing to try to work around the clutter. Hopefully this will come to pass in the New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to wish you all a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous New Year and hope that everything you wish for this year comes to pass!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-80237424076631907452013-12-14T13:46:00.000-05:002013-12-14T13:46:00.574-05:00A busy, busy week!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Suddenly my dance card was full! I recuperated from my wonderful Thursday "Shop Hop"with Linda and Gillian and it only took two days. Then I received a Facebook message that made my day. Cathie and Gail wanted to come for a visit on Wednesday night.....YEAH!!!! I was thrilled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So - now I need to make room to sit!!! It's really not a joke! Unfortunately I have yet to snag a much needed storage locker so the boxes are still strewn around the living room. Making room is no easy feat! However, with a little ingenuity and some "elbow grease" I managed to make it work. Cathie and Gail showed up with dinner from Mr. Greek and we had a wonderful visit. We even managed to make room for Jonathan and his friend Frasier - yes they hung out with the "old ladies" for a short time! Luckily they got fed up pretty quick and went into his room to watch the Leafs game. I got to show off my progress on The Farmer's Wife and we just had a great catch-up evening! Can't wait until our next Stitch'n'Bitch (I missed the last one, wasn't feeling up to it)! They managed to top up on some thread needs while they were here too!!! I do not exaggerate when I say I have thousands of spools of thread here!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Block #64 - Peace & Plenty (32 pieces)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 66 - Periwinkle (12 pieces)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 70 - Prairie Queen (25 pieces)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 71 - Puss In The Corner (13 pieces)</span></div>
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These five blocks represented the "order" group. I stitch up one group of 5 blocks in "numerical order" so that I am just stitching blocks and then I start working on the "row order" so that I am able to put the rows together. The 6th block that I completed is the start of Row 8 - another row of 13 blocks of which I already have 8 completed. I am just finishing the stitching of Row 7 to the quilt top now. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Block # 81 - Snowball (13 pieces)</span></div>
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Now I will start adding the sashings and cornerstones to this block and stitching the completed blocks to make Row 8. This is the second row of 3 rows of 13 blocks and then, because the quilt is on point, each row after that will be smaller by two blocks. This marks the halfway point of the quilt top....I can't believe it!!!</div>
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My week did not end here!!! I had another Facebook message that Linda was coming to visit with Bosley and Ainsley on Thursday!!! I have not seen my "baby" Bosley since May 2011 when I did my first chemo. Not only that, but Linda has been working in Ottawa for the past year and she was bringing me a present!!! Egg rolls from the Golden Palace! Okay, I know, that sounds nuts - but you haven't tasted an egg roll if you haven't had one of theirs. I salivate just thinking about these egg rolls. A trip to Ottawa for Egg Rolls was on my bucket list!!! The rest of their menu is also to die for but the egg rolls are by far the most outstanding item! They sell them by the dozens - people come from all over to get them. I remember as a kid, Saturday night was Golden Palace night and believe me the whole city was there - you always ran into someone you knew!!!</div>
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So, again I had to Bosley-fy the house - he still likes to gnaw on the odd sock! I managed to get quite a bit of organizing done before Cathie and Gail came but I still needed to do a bit more for the Bosley visit. I actually managed to clean off my desk (been a mess for six months) and organize the computer area. If only I had a storage locker!!!! One of these days!</div>
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They arrived around 2:00 P.M. and it was glorious! There is nothing like a great big fat kiss from a chocolate Lab!!! It'll cure everything!!! It was great hugging Linda and Ainsley too! I adore this dog! I gave him up for all the right reasons and I happily gave him to a family who would love him as much as I do. Matt, Linda, Morgan and Ainsley have given him a wonderful home and since I get visiting privileges I couldn't ask for anything more.</div>
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Jonathan and I just couldn't give him the exercise and attention that he needed. He gets plenty now!!! Of course I took a few pics while they were here!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Finding his spot on the couch (his couch I might add)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A rare face pic! He does not pose for pictures - always on the go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ainsley holding him just long enough to see that gorgeous mug!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is the norm - he wiggles into you on the couch so you can rub his belly....Linda is quietly raiding the thread baskets in the background.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Never sits still- pushing into Ainsley for a good rub.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">He is just a big galoot with such a wonderful personality and just look at the love from his Mom (Linda) and sister (Ainsley) - I so miss having that around....</span></div>
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It was a wonderful visit, unfortunately Jonathan was working and didn't get a chance to see him but Bosley kept running back to Jonathan's bedroom to look for him and next time we'll schedule it on one of Jonathan's days off. Of course, all good things come to an end and so the visit was over but not before I got some much needed hugs and some really great slobbery kisses.</div>
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Needless to say I had a good dose of Egg Rolls after they left and I even treated Liz to one so she can tell you how good they are!!!! She was surprised I would share this delicacy but there isn't anyone I would rather share with!!! She dropped by after her guild meeting with a Peppermint Hot Chocolate from Tim's and we ate our egg rolls and chatted for a bit - she's just back from Calgary visiting Brian (her son) and Sarah (his girlfriend).</div>
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Yesterday I spent the day cooking! First there were the sweet and sour meatballs for the potluck at our guild meeting on Monday night. Then I threw together a Shepherd's Pie and then Jonathan made steaks and baked potatoes for dinner. </div>
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Today I am content to sit inside and watch the snow fall and worry about my son driving around out there boosting batteries. He called a little while ago and says it's pretty bad out there, he can't do over 20 km/hr or he starts to fishtail. So - I suggest you all get done what has to be done and get home.....</div>
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My plan is to possibly clear off that dining room table, set up my sewing machine and get some stitching done....we'll see if I can manage that....</div>
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Have a great day everyone! (I know this was a long one.....)</div>
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</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-10052278895974474162013-12-09T23:51:00.000-05:002013-12-09T23:51:28.596-05:00Made It!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday was amazing! Linda and Gillian scooped me up at about 11:00 A.M. as promised and we were on the road. Missy came with us all snuggled up in the back seat with Linda. We were off to Guelph first and our first stop was Greenwood Quiltery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was on a mission to find Kaffe Fassett Shot Cottons and this was definitely the right choice. As a matter of fact, they were waiting for me right there at the front door along with some very tempting KF prints.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, I was on a mission and I behaved myself. Out came those gorgeous prints I bought from Hygelitt at Black Creek Village this summer and I matched up the two shot cottons I had in mind for my project.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My mission for the day was done. Linda did well too, she chose a number of fabrics for her new project. Gillian, unfortunately, did not find what she was looking for. We didn't break the bank but we did some damage.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next stop was St. Jacobs and lunch. We were all starving and getting lost on the way to St. Jacobs was truly not part of the plan but once we got back on track we had no problem finding our way to the Stone Crock Restaurant for lunch. It's definitely my go to place for St. Jacobs....that, however may change and you'll see why later on....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had to reminisce about the next photo, this place has been around forever. When I bought my house back in 2004 I came here to buy my mailbox, which I hung onto for years. They've got some great little items which I why I stayed away.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a lovely lunch - Gillian had French Onion Soup while Linda and I had the lunch buffet which was delicious. Real down home fare! Of course we had to go to the Stone Crock Bakery and pick up a few goodies to take home. The ladies continued their shopping at the Silo while Missy and I took a nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then we were off to find the other quilt store which is just north of St. Jacob's on Hwy 85. It's at a little complex called The Crossroads which boasts a lovely restaurant, gift shop and Quilters Nine Patch, a wonderful quilt store. We actually drove right by it because we didn't know what we were looking for but once we found it we were happily impressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Crossroads Restaurant is something like the Stone Crock and boasts a lovely buffet as well. Once we finished at the quilt store we stopped for a cup of tea for Gillian, Ginger Ale for Linda and a hot Peppermint Chocolate for me.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just so you can see why it's worth the drive (on the way to Elmira)...I took a few pictures of the gorgeous fabrics and quilts at Quilters Nine Patch....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She's got a great variety of fabrics and a really welcoming store. Loads of kits and samples which are so much fun to look at. Linda did some major damage while Gillian bought a bit as well. I, unfortunately, did not bring my current project with me so I couldn't get the additional fabric to complete it. But I will definitely be coming back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We left Elmira at about 5:00 P.M., a little later then we had anticipated but Gillian really needed that tea to get moving.....That was when we heard the news about Nelson Mandella, so on the long drive home we tuned in to CBC. It did take a little longer than anticipated to get home but we made it by 7:00 P.M..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course, I paid for it! It was an extremely long and wonderful day for me, however I spent most of Friday and Saturday in bed recuperating. Sunday was a little better and today I did three more loads of laundry....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have managed to get back to The Farmer's Wife (stitching) and will update all of that in my next blog....in the meantime, the plan for tomorrow is to work on organizing and cleaning....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-40434304949468147012013-12-05T18:59:00.000-05:002013-12-05T18:59:06.514-05:00Getting things done....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's really what it's all about these days,getting things done in spite of all the physical setbacks. I managed to get two loads of laundry done yesterday and trust me this was no easy feat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First of all, I found out that I am phobic! I have this "laundry room phobia"! I absolutely hate laundry rooms....which is why it has taken me so long to get something so simple and mundane done. When you run out of clothes, I mean it's been at least 6 weeks since I did a proper laundry run, you have to just buck up! So I picked yesterday. Dumb choice - it appears Wednesday is a very popular day to do the laundry. When I got down to the laundry room there wasn't a machine to be had - so I waited and managed to snag two of the three machines I needed. When I came down again, half an hour later there were carts and bags of all kinds of laundry just waiting to snag machines. Luckily I made it in time to snag two dryers just before someone else came in looking for a dryer. It was survival of the fittest so I figured that third load can wait a few more days.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also managed to finish prepping the next ten blocks pictured below. You will only see 9 on my little work tray (a much used gift from Liz) as the tenth one is underneath one of the pages as it is pictured on the other side.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is a "red letter" day. I am just waiting for Gillian and Linda to come and pick me up and we are off to Greenwood Quiltery in Guelph and then to St. Jacobs and Elmira. We planned this outing pretty much last minute but I can now see if I can get some "Shot Cotton" to go with those scrumptious Kaffe Fasset's I bought in the summer at Black Creek.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Should be a great day! The weather looks promising so that too is a bonus!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It really is about time I got some inspiration! I guess you could say that I have been a little out of sorts for the past two months. This morning started off well for a change although I did wake up in pain and had to take my OXY again. However, I managed to get in a few phone calls from friends and after coffee and a muffin, I was feeling almost motivated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The T.V. seems to be on 24/7 in my room, I even fall asleep to it and there are certain programs I actually enjoy watching. I usually watch The Chew at 1:00 P.M. and then at 3:00 P.M. Best Recipes Ever and In the Kitchen With Stefano (both on CBC). Well, this afternoon Stefano prepared this really awesome looking (sounding) pasta dish and that's what inspired me.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jonathan was off today so I made out my grocery list and off he went to Metro to get all the fixin's. Here's the picture of tonight's dinner and even my son was impressed (not an easy feat). I haven't been doing alot of cooking lately so this was a real treat.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In a large saucepan, some olive oil, 1-2 cloves garlic finely chopped, about 6 slices pancetta (or bacon, but I prefer the pancetta) finely sliced or shredded. Season with Italian Seasoning (he used sage, so up to you) Saute until cooked, add 2 chicken breasts sliced thinly and brown on both sides. Add about 5 finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes. In the meantime, while chicken is cooking, prepare linguini to package directions and add a full head of broccoli florets cut into fork size pieces. (I did the pasta and broccoli in one pot, as did he - why waste pots!). Back to the chicken - once the chicken is cooked add a little chicken broth (or wine) to deglaze the pan, scraping all the little brown bits (the good stuff) off the bottom and sides. Then add a small container of whipping cream and bring to a boil. This is your sauce. Once the pasta and broccoli are done, drain (do not wash, the starch helps the sauce to thicken) and add to the saucepan, mix all together and let simmer about 5-10 minutes. Serve in bowls and add grated parmesan to your liking. Absolutely delicious and a great dish to serve to guests too! Enjoy...... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe I already mentioned that I had finished another full row but nothing has been done with that yet. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will get my act together and start doing some stitching. In the meantime I am prepping blocks to be stitched so that's progress too. I was suffering from a mental block for a couple of weeks with the prospect of having to choose fabrics for the next 10 blocks but I finally got over it, so off we go again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got absolutely nothing done yesterday and at the end of the day when I usually sit watching TV and stitching, I played one of my Hidden Object games (I can really get obsessed). I know, some days you just have to give in and do nothing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've found myself falling into a rut. I have my daytime TV and my night time TV and it's really getting out of hand. I need to break out and take my life back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am planning to go to the new members tea at the Etobicoke Quilters Guild on Sunday so that will be an outing for me. For the past 4 months, the only places I end up going out to are doctors appointments and hospitals. The odd time I have gone somewhere else. I went to a fabulous Stitch'n'Bitch with some great friends in September and I managed to get to the quilt shows at Black Creek Village and Halton Hills (thanks Gillian), and I did get to Studio C (Etobicoke Quilters Guild) once in September (thanks Liz).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hopefully things will begin to change and I will definitely start making plans to go places and do things but I'm still taking it one day at a time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to get my day kick-started so I am off to put the coffee on and get ready to do a huge amount of laundry (it's been weeks, ugh!). Also, I am planning on working on that disaster kitchen......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-84123627405830433272013-11-07T15:39:00.000-05:002013-11-07T15:39:11.723-05:00Finally!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The past few weeks have definitely been the worst so far. I can safely say that I am feeling very close to "human" again. To be brutally honest, there were many days where I felt that I couldn't take anymore. In August I was told by one of the residents at the Odette Cancer Centre (Sunnybrook) that I was terminal. At that point I chose to start taking pain killers, Oxicodin to be exact and so I found myself in a drugged stupor for a good portion of September. My primary Oncologist, Dr. Osborne, then suggested that I go for radiation treatment to help the pain. He made arrangements for me to see the head Radiologist, Dr. Ackerman. After being examined and set up for the radiation tatoos, she told me that the cancer could very possibly be lymphoma which, not only is curable but is usually eradicated by radiation. Virtually a new lease on life! I immediately stopped taking the Oxicodin (I hate pills!) and soon began the radiation treatments - 10 treatments over 10 days. When they tell you there are no side effects, remember, "they" don't get side effects, you do! I found myself in excrutiating pain, nauseous all the time and extremely weak. I was tired all the time and was bed-ridden for most of the last 6 weeks. In addition, I developed a bladder infection. For the first time since I was originally diagnosed in February 2011, I felt defeated! However, the worst appears to be over and I am beginning to feel almost normal again. I am still having a few stomach issues but after being flat on my back for weeks, this is nothing!!! My "get up and go" is beginning to come back and I can actually sit in front of the computer and even get some cleaning and other important things done.....Glad to be back in the fight!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To bring everyone up to date - before I fell prey to the side effects of this illness, I had one of the best and truly productive days at Studio C with all the wonderful ladies from the Etobicoke Quilters Guild at the Neilson Park Creative Centre. I managed to get quite a bit done on one of my flannel projects with the help of Sylvia who was kind enough to be my "pressing princess" as well as helping me do a fair bit of "unstitching". Thank you ladies for a lovely day. I hope to take advantage of Studio C in the near future, now that I am feeling quite a bit better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since the last time I blogged (September 23rd) I have managed to complete, although I'm not sure how, 10 of my Farmer's Wife Blocks. Most were done before I fell ill and then in the last few days I have finally gotten back to them. I have 76 of 111 blocks done which is more than two-thirds of the blocks. Only 35 blocks to go! Here are the blocks I've completed......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After these 4 blocks were completed I began working on Row #7 which consists of 13 blocks. I have been working on these blocks with an alternating method. I choose them in groups of 5. I choose my fabrics for the 5 blocks and them mark and cut and stitch. One group is chosen in order as they appear in the rows that I am working on and then the next group is chosen in numerical order and stored in my Farmer's Wife binder. I'm finding this method is really working for me. I also have been marking and cutting sashing strips in between each set of 5 blocks and have now completed the 252 sashing strips required for the Queen Size quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last two blocks will go to completing Row #7 and once I complete the 5 blocks in this group, Row #7 will be completed along with some of the stored blocks in my binder. Once I complete Row #7 I will have 8 more rows to complete, 2 more rows of 13 blocks, 1 of 11 blocks, 1 of 9 blocks, 1 of 7 blocks, 1 of 5 blocks, 1 of 3 blocks and the last row of 1 block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm glad I chose to begin assembling the quilt as I was stitching the blocks, this seems to be going faster. It is encouraging to see the quilt top coming together and since I am stitching the whole quilt top by hand it is nice to work on different parts of the project as I go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hopefully I will also get back to doing some machine work as well. I really do miss that but unfortunately I have not really been able to get back to it since my wonderful day at Studio C. As a matter of fact, I haven't even unpacked my machine since that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The house is a complete disaster! Although Jonathan tries (not extremely hard), he does work very hard and very long hours. Now that I'm feeling better, I am slowly tackling one room at a time. So far - the bathroom is done!!!! I have started on the kitchen but it's no where near done....slow and steady wins the race! Off to get stuff done......</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-84772072666686467102013-09-23T12:36:00.000-04:002013-09-23T12:36:28.486-04:00OMG!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had an amazing time on Saturday! First, I was so excited the night before that I couldn't get to sleep. That resulted in an extremely late start to the day. I arrived just in time for lunch (perfect timing if you ask me!). Since it was my first "real" outing in the car, I took the scenic route which took a little longer (no highways)! Gail served a lovely salad with a fabulous lasagna and we had "West Coast" chocolate covered Nanaimo bars for dessert. (They were imported from the west coast!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The girls (Cathie and Gail) had just come back from visiting Cathie's sister out in B.C. and so, our first order of business was Show & Share. There are oodles of quilt stores out there and they really had a great haul to show. You can see what was on Gail's mind while she was away.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She did a bit of shopping for Halloween, the fabrics are great and I love the panel. Her project for the day was also a cute Halloween table runner. Of course there were other great purchases too......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Laurel Birch cats are adorable and she's doing it in the pattern she's holding. The cupcakes speak for themselves and the floral, well, that is just gorgeous! I know I took pics of Cathie's haul too but I can't seem to locate them and I've gone through the whole disc of photos so I'll have to get those next time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There was one more purchase which just blew me away! Can you imagine making this miniature Christmas Ornament. I don' think I would have the patience - and IT IS pieced!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, after oooohing and aaaahing I had to really get down to work to catch up with these girls. They were way ahead of me.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the quilt that I needed to make the backing for......a scrappy flannel quilt top which was completed in 2009 and then just set aside.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The backing is made from the same fabric as the borders (I confiscated the bolt from the store...). It took a fair bit of time to get this pieced, I had blocks left over that I wanted to use and I had already made a label which I wanted to incorporate into the back rather then sew it on later.....this is the result, thanks to Cathie's expert cutting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">FYI - If you are using flannel to back a quilt, take the measurement on the bolt selvage to selvage - this bolt measured 40" exactly and was tight, I had barely enough (Sandy's going to kill me!). The quilt measures 68" x 79" so since it's being basted only she can put it on the long arm sideways where I gave her the extra inches.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to say that is all I got done on Saturday but for me it was a huge accomplishment. I could have kept going but I didn't want to overstay my welcome! It was a fabulous day, catching up with the girls and just having a great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning I dropped the quilt off to Sandy so I should be able to start hand quilting it some time this week. Uh oh, another hand project! I'll have to split my time between this and the Farmer's Wife so I can get them both done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-28128233885138696242013-09-21T01:57:00.000-04:002013-09-21T02:04:17.669-04:00I'm so excited.....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm like a kid in the candy store today. I was invited to join the "Stitch & Bitch" tomorrow (Saturday) at Gail's. This is the continuation of that once a month Sunday "Stitch & Bitch" I used to host at the store. First, I am absolutely honoured to be included and second, this will be the first time I am having a "sewing" outing since I closed the store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a bit difficult deciding what to take along so Liz popped over this afternoon to help me with the packing (okay, I know, it's only a day thing but still, you have to have choices!). For some reason I was leaning towards flannel quilts?!?! This was a little weird for me since I don't really do a lot of flannel quilts but, I knew I had one completed that needed a backing and two more which I had started piecing so I thought it was a good theme to go with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first quilt is a scrappy quilt made from 6" inch squares purchased years ago at the Hobby Horse. I had cut them into triangles and made half square triangles which were sewn together as the centre and one of the borders (larger pic tomorrow when someone can hold it up). I have the fabric for the backing plus a bunch of extra squares I can use so the plan is to get that done so I can take it to Sandy (Lindal) on Monday and get it basted. I'm going to "big stitch" quilt it by hand with Pearl Cotton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second project is Yellow Brick Road in flannel. This was from a kit I purchased on a trip to visit my grandmother in New Jersey in 2000 at a great store, Patchwork & Pies which used to be just off I 81 in upstate New York near Cortland. I used to stop there every time I went down to New Jersey. Most of this is cut and ready to go but I'm a little confused as to how big it's supposed to be....duh! Started it about two years ago when I had a private student who was a beginner and wanted to make this quilt.....should go pretty quickly......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Project #3 is a quilt called Bricks & Mortar which I started probably some time in the first year I had the store. It combines flannel and the Faux Ultra Suede I had in the store and is made up of all different flannels from the store as well. I really like the pattern and think it's definitely worth finishing. Not to mention, it is already partially pieced so again, should move along quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know, I know - too much! However, Liz and I discussed it and we came to the conclusion that "variety is the spice of life". I may only get one thing done or be lucky enough to get something done on each of these projects. I'm just so excited to be able to get back to my sewing machine, (it's been quite a while - probably at least 92 days!)in a place where I can actually set up the machine and sew..... Whatever gets done will be an improvement on what has been done!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of done - I managed to finish another Farmers' Wife block today. This is the last block I need to complete the row I was working on. Now I can finish the row and attach it to the growing quilt top. (I have 66 blocks done!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was interrupted (happily-I might add) in the midst of completing the row when Liz called and mentioned a quilting dilemma she was having. I immediately volunteered to come over and take a look!!! I had an ulterior motive! I wanted to drive the new car! Actually, I just wanted to drive, since I haven't driven since the night I drove home from the store on June 29th. Jonathan and everyone else I know (Liz, Gillian, Linda, etc.) have been driving me everywhere. Since I'm going to drive to Gail's on my own tomorrow I figured a little practice wouldn't hurt. It's like riding a bike - except for the red light I almost drove through....ugh! (Don't tell my son or he won't let me have the car again - ha,ha!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lurch (the Kia Sportage) finally died about a month ago and we replaced her/him with a 2002 Ford Escape which, if tonight is any indication, is a dream to drive. I haven't come up with a new name yet because I haven't really driven her at all but I know it's gonna be something sleek!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Liz and I came up with a solution to her dilemma and were planning to sit outside for a bit when the downpour started so we had a spot of tea and muffins inside and I finally left her at around 1:00 A.M. - so much for getting some sewing done Liz - sorry!!! However, I really enjoyed getting out of the house - especially since it was last minute and unplanned. Felt almost normal!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay, I'm off to bed now - need my beauty sleep! It's a long drive up to Maple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone and happy quilting!</span></div>
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Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-15861031931762705812013-09-19T14:31:00.000-04:002013-09-19T14:31:26.124-04:00I can't believe.....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just a quick share! I'm trying, slowly but surely, to get some stuff in order. For instance, on my list for today is "unloading" dishes, china, etc. from my mom which I know my son will never use. I have gotten extensive use out of the china as before I opened the store I never let a week go by when I wasn't entertaining at home. The china definitely got used.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Years ago there used to be a place in Pickering and another in Scarborough that bought and sold "old" china patterns. I have tried calling these places and contacting these places to no avail. The second hand stores here are not interested as they have an overflow of these things, on top of which, there pricing is based on the seller receiving 60% of the sale price which they continue to reduce as it sits on the shelves. At the end of the day - you get nothing. I would rather give it away then settle for this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In order to "unload" it I have gotten in touch with Replacement China Ltd. in North Carolina. This of course, requires that I pack it and send it to them. They are an extremely reputable company and I am awaiting their Offer To Purchase which will give me an idea of how much each of the pieces are worth. Of course, this will also require me to repack the boxes and there will be shipping costs so we will have to see if it will be worth the effort. It is nothing less than frustrating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You know, it's funny. My mother collected all kinds of items which she thought to be "an investment". China, artwork, books, some antique items, etc. and of course, when she passed away (3 years ago today) I inherited all of this. I only took the things that I thought would be "worth" something and yet it appears that in 2013, these things are worth very little. Is it the economic climate we live in or is it just that everyone has changed their tastes?!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to get this china outta here so I can make room for my ironing board LOL. I need to get back to quilting and I really need my pressing corner......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aside from the fact that I could really use the cash for the dishes rather than the dishes themselves, I could really use the room......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am going back to organizing and getting stuff together so I can make some much needed space as well as get back to what I love doing...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">P.S. - If anyone is interested in these dishes - don't hesitate to let me know!!!</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-1640412231110305402013-09-18T21:30:00.000-04:002013-09-18T21:30:08.352-04:00Feeling the love.....<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know what to say! I attended the Etobicoke Quilters' Guild meeting on Monday night as a new member. The warm welcome I received, the hugs and good wishes were just overwhelming. I have to say that I truly feel the "love"!!!! I am really looking forward to being a part of this wonderful group of quilters. I also hope to be able to take advantage of Studio C on upcoming Mondays and Wednesdays and also participating in Workshops and Retreats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The most wonderful thing I took away from the meeting was the motivation! Although my health issues are taking their toll on what I can physically accomplish, I still want to get back to the place where I can begin to complete the numerous projects I have waiting in the wings. Some of them have been put aside because they truly had no destination. However, Comfort Quilts seem like a great destination, so I am about to go through all of those UFO's and see what can be completed and donated. It's wonderful to know that our work is needed in the community and I can't wait to get them completed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am finally somewhat back on track with my Farmers' Wife project and have completed another block.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This block was needed to complete the next row which I have been working on. You can see it, it's the 6th block from the top. I need 3 more blocks to complete this row, one of which I still have to piece. Then I can attach it to my growing quilt top.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am still enjoying the relaxation of the hand piecing as well as the prep work required to do each of the blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jonathan's friend Theo came by on Saturday night and made us another gourmet meal. He had been over a couple of weeks ago and I forgot to take a picture of that amazing meal but this time I stopped to take a photo before I dug in......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A perfectly cooked burger with all the accompaniments. I could only manage to eat 1/2 the burger but it was absolutely outstanding.....he's quite talented.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I certainly haven't been doing much cooking these days. First because I find it hard to even decide what I want to eat and then it becomes too much trouble. I haven't been very excited about food lately. I think it's a side effect of all the drugs, etc. and there's the energy that it takes to actually do anything. I'd rather save it for other stuff that I enjoy.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time for me to get back to my quilting so....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jo-Ann</span>Jo-Ann's Creations, Trials and Tribulations!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07518633652387296639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156069083153377514.post-42760988526478908262013-09-03T19:41:00.000-04:002013-09-03T19:41:56.361-04:00Label It!!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, although I keep finding water in places I forgot to look, like under the sink in the pots and pans that are stored there (easily dealt with, just a pain), I have managed to tackle my "list" from yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing on my list was to label a quilt that I am gifting. My son Jonathan has a friend (girl) named Sydney whom he met when he went to Israel a few years ago (2006) and I had made a quilt for her back then. You may all recognize this quilt ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It hung in the store on and off for the last few years. I taught it as a Mystery Quilt in the summer of 2007. I actually made two of these quilts but I honestly can't remember where the second one is. When I chose these fabrics it was for the "fun" value, all different kinds of candies, which I felt was something Sydney would like. The back was fun too, I chose to do it in those Faux Ultrasuede fabrics we had in the store and I chose really bright fabrics. I sent it off to Linda Robertson to quilt and she did a fabulous job as always. I also chose to do the binding by alternating the candy fabrics with the black background fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It still needed a label - all these years and I had never labeled it! There are so many ways to label quilts and I thought I would share this method with you. It is the first time that I have done a label this way. Here's the label -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I happen to have a stack of prepared squares left over from a previous project that I have found very useful. They are Muslin squares backed with freezer paper and then the edges are taped with green painters' tape. So - I designed the wording part of the label on the computer. Using a light box and a Pigma Pen I wrote out the wording on to the Muslin. I decided that I didn't want a plain label so using Mettler Variegated (4820-9981) which is very colourful I made a frame and then used one of the decorative stitches on my Janome made a second inner frame. I pressed the label and then turned it under 1/2" and pressed it again. Put it into place on the quilt back and sewed it on (left hand corner). It's now ready to go for her Birthday today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe in giving my quilts a "history" by labeling the ones that I give away. The ones I keep, I am not so adamant about but may just start doing it just so Jonathan will have the history for the future. I think that it is important that people know that these quilts are not store bought but are a gift of love and their labels should reflect that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope everyone is having a great day!</span></div>
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