tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34292612339901233142024-03-13T01:06:18.221-07:00judysquiltsandthingsTo keep track what I have been up to and my thoughts on issues important to me.Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-21584452555747143862019-01-30T22:20:00.000-07:002019-01-30T22:20:18.593-07:00look what I found<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was working on the charger for the battery to my camera, again, and found these in the memory of the camera.<br />
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Pictures of the afghan I made for my brother! <br />
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My brother was watching me knit one evening at my sister's while we were settling her estate. He said he liked how the afghan was turning out and who was I making it for. I said nobody, in particular, would he like it. He kind of thought I was joking. So we discussed how long to make it. He wanted it long enough to go over his head and tuck under his heels.<br />
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So it ended up the usual 48 inches wide but is 96 inches long. I used <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ten-stitch-blanket" target="_blank">Frankie Brown's Ten Stitch Blanket pattern on Ravelry, </a>instead of 10 stitches, I used 20 stitches. Knitted it on US#6 needles. I then added the mitered corner blocks at each end to get the additional length I need before adding the 2 borders I had planned on.<br />
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I have other projects finished so maybe I will have something positive to upload.<br />
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Y'all have a good day!<br />
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Judy<br />
<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-78280237600029226722018-01-10T11:32:00.000-07:002018-01-10T11:32:12.223-07:00I've sit down to write several time, but just can't make myself. I'm still in Kansas settling my sister's estate. Maybe later.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-11702614036034154162017-06-24T18:10:00.000-07:002017-06-24T18:10:17.953-07:00back to kansasMonday morning I'm heading back to Kansas. Sis called, they are stopping the chemo because it's not working and the tumor is growing. She has an appointment next Wednesday for the hospice group to come out and get that arranged. Hopefully we can get all the financial and legal details tied up while she is still able. <br /><br />Damn It!<br /><br />Sister Suzy has taken a shine to a kitten a friend's family has found. We may end up with it. I've explained about the deposit and the increase in rent. So we will see what happens. (I expect when I get back to have another cat. I hope it isn't as mental as the last one!)<br /><br />I think I have the Blogger problems straightened out so maybe I can get on and post. I won't know until I get to Wichita.<br /><br />Catch y'all later.<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-78756623869879715072017-06-19T15:55:00.000-07:002017-06-19T15:55:04.491-07:00my solutionThis is what happens when you have several hundred miles of flapping, shredding tarp and rope beating on your fake leather recliner.<br />
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The more you touched the arms the worse it got. It had gotten to the point if you sat down in the chair you had little flaky bits all over you. So this is my solution, cover the arms.<br />
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I had a raggedy pair jeans that couldn't be rescued. So I cut the inseams, center front and back seams out. I did some fancy pinning, trimming and sewing. And viol`a! Arm covers that look like they are going to stay on and not slide around like the kind our mothers had on the arms of their sofas.<br /><br />I haven't figured out what to do with the back of the recliner yet. Right now a folded afghan covers it.<br /><br />Next up, is to finish packing because I'm heading back to my sister's in Wichita probably for the summer and maybe part of the fall. Or at least until the doctors can get her pain under control, so she can figure out what she wants to do.<br /><br />Hope everybody is having a good day!<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-59423027327141167512017-06-07T14:22:00.001-07:002017-06-07T14:22:44.280-07:00a fleece afghanSis decided she wanted to send me home with all the pieces of fabric she had laying around. No good deed goes unpunished. 😇 What am I going to do with a big bag of fabric? The cotton pieces got folded up and put in a dresser I store some of the fabric in. I decided to make an afghan with the fleece and I will be taking it back with me to Wichita. She needs another blankie! 😉<br />
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So I squared the pieces up, split the brown nubby looking piece in two (Yup, that dark brown piece in the back is the other half to the lighter brown piece.) Then I built a back out of one of the big piece of cotton. As I sewed the pieces of fleece together I attached them to the backing at the same time. I cut the backing an extra two inches per side to bring the backing around for the binding. I had helped my mother to do this with comforts she made out of oddball feed-sack quilt tops she had. The squaring up the fabric is something my grandmother did to make, quick, wool comfort tops when my aunt and uncle moved into an unheated house with 5 little kids in the late fall.<br />
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As you can see I just folded the raw edges under and zigzag the edge closed. The whole thing only took 4 or 5 hours to do, once I had figured out how I wanted to construct it.<br />
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What my sister was thinking when she bought this fabric I don't know, but she gets it back on the back of an afghan. 😉 I didn't think to put a label on this one. It is done, so it is time to get back to the scrap project I'm working on.<br /><br />I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-55905327625174083992017-05-31T13:45:00.000-07:002017-05-31T13:45:34.884-07:0010-minute quilt block quilt...finishedI posted about this quilting project back in November of 2012. I finally finished it. This is one of the projects I found and took with me to Sis's. The top was complete and I had made a backing for it. So I pinned a batting in it and put it in the bottom of my suitcase.<br />
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It is interesting to note that it is the post with the most hits on my blog. Everyone is looking for fast to make quilt blocks. This block is Not fast or easy. It is fiddly to make as an eight-inch sized block, to put it politely. That post is <a href="https://judysquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/2012/11/10-minute-quilt-block-quilt.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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I do think it would make a great bow-tie block with the raised center square. I also like how after washing, the edges of the center squares are wavy with the way I quilted them. <br /><br />The quilting is my typical stitch-in-the-ditch, a diagonal through the center of the blocks while I pondered what to do with the center squares. I didn't want the centers to loose the raised effect but I had to do some sort of quilting because the section was to big to leave unquilted. Thus, quilting a presser-foot's width from the edge hoping to maintain the raised look for the center of the block. I think I accomplished that. I used a diamond for the outside borders.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The back is twelve-inch squares so the quilt is somewhat reversible. I like the square-in-a-square look in the quilting on the back.<br />
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Well, the label is on and it is time to put this quilt to rest and move on to the next project. I hope everyone is having a lovely day.<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-75982390995786766322017-05-22T17:55:00.003-07:002017-05-22T18:02:09.188-07:00a baby quilt While I was suppose to be working on another quilt for a wedding in October, Sister Suzy came home from practicum and said they were going to have a baby shower for one of the guys at the end of May. A distraction! Yes! So I went out on the web, looked around, did some thinking on subject and this quilt from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILKOuK5DOjE" target="_blank">Missouri Star Quilt Company</a> looked like a good bet. They called it the Simple Squares Quilt.<br />
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I thought the quilt would look perfect in a rainbow of colors. The quilt measures 42" by 54" after washing. I used a low-loft batting. That's all that Micheal's carries here in Phoenix. I need to check out some of the quilt shops, Jo-Ann's and Hobby Lobby to see if any one carries medium or high loft battings since I like them better.<br />
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The big block is 5-inch squares. The little block is 2 1/2-inch squares and the white sashing strips are 2 1/2 by 5-inches. Borders were 3-inches wide. <br />
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I used stitch-in-the-ditch for the quilting. I had trouble figuring out what to use in the border. I wanted diamonds or triangles but couldn't get the math to work. Then I had the bright idea to use a rectangle and connect them. <br />
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I took the leftover fabric from cutting the 5-inch strips, cut them 2 1/2" wide and sewed them in a rainbow for the binding. The next time I do a rainbow binding I will pick off the cut edges so that it will be easier to match up sewing the strips of bias together. I had some places where the color changes didn't match up neatly.<br />
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I used the last of the blue seersucker for the backing. <br />
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Sister Suzy will be adding a book to go with it. Will be fun to see what she chooses. I am betting <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tuesday-David-Wiesner/dp/0395870828/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495500548&sr=1-1&keywords=tuesday+david+wiesner" target="_blank">Tuesday by David Wiesner</a> or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stinky-Cheese-Other-Fairly-Stupid/dp/067084487X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495500668&sr=1-1&keywords=stinky+cheese+man+%26+other+fairly+stupid+tales" target="_blank">The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith</a>, both favorites from her childhood.<br />
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Well the label is on, so it is time to wrap this up and to wish that all of you have a great day.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-31079375425873837772017-05-11T13:25:00.001-07:002017-05-11T13:25:18.658-07:00sis's chemo hats, last partSis's chemo hats, last part...for now, anyway. 😉 I found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/luuk" target="_blank">Luuk by Annis Jones</a> while looking for hat patterns for Tiffany's girls.<br />
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I made it with small balls of yarn I found in Sis's tub of yarn. I think it's all worsted-weight Red Heart Super Saver done on US 6 needles, 5 stitches per inch using magic loop on 40-inch cables. I cast on 96 for a 19-inch hat. This hat couldn't be simpler to put together, knit three rows; purl three rows.<br />
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Looks like and old-fashion soft serve ice cream cone! There is sizing from preemie (13) to large adult (24).<br />
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Sis says it actually stayed put on her head and didn't try to work its way up. So I may have finally found a pattern for our bowling ball heads that works!<br /><br />The last hat I knit was another one I found while looking for Tiffany's girls. I thought it was pretty and feminine.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/luann-chemo-hat" target="_blank">LuAnn Chemo Hat by Beverly Forester </a>was knitted with the leftover blue DK yarn I got for the Feather-n-Fan afghan. Lion Brand's Baby Soft called Bluebell. I cast on 120 stitches that were suggested in the notes and did the full 7 repeats to get it long enough (5 1/2 inches) before starting the decrease for the crown, using a US#5 and used 1x1 ribbing instead of the suggested ribbing. I also did not knit through the back loop where it was suggested.<br />
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I still think I got a nice lace pattern even though the rib is not as bold.<br /><br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Edit: I forgot to mention these two patterns came from Ravelry.</span><br /><br />Believe it or not I have been sewing since I got back to Phoenix. I have started three quilts and have finished one. That's on top of the three quilts tops I have finished, one partially quilted and two more kits for quilts I found in Mother's stash.<br /><br />HA! And knitters think they have start-itis! Most quilters could teach a thing or two about start-itis to knitters because most quilters have multi-generational quilt projects lying about.<br /><br />I hope everyone is having a good day!<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-17774789562798940142017-04-28T13:23:00.000-07:002017-04-28T13:29:28.918-07:00sis's chemo hats part 2Sis came home from the Oncologist with a new hat that was crocheted. She said it was cool enough to wear all day. So I sat down with paper-n-pen and counted stitches row by row so I could duplicate it. Here's what I came up with: <br />
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Gauge was 3 double crochets per inch, row was 3/8 to 1/2-inch in depth. <br />
Finished length 8 1/4-inches, finished diameter was 9-inches.<br />
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Chain: 3 to 5 join with sl st; chain up 2<br />
Round 1: 11 Dc in Ch ring; sl st; ch up 2 (12 stitches total)<br />
Rd 2: 2 Dc in every stitch of rd 1; sl st; ch up 2 (23 stitches total)<br />
Rd 3: (2 dc, 1 dc) repeat 11 times; 2 dc in one stitch; sl st; ch up 2 (35 stitches total)<br />
Rd 4: 1 Dc then (2 Dc, 1 dc, 1 dc) repeat 11 times; sl st; ch up 2 (47 stitches total)<br />
Rd 5: (1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc) repeat 8 times; sl st; ch up 2 (56 stitches total)<br />
Rd 6: dc in every stitch (56 stitches total)<br />
Rds 7-18: repeat Rd 6 <br />
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This hat appears to be done in worsted weight yarn.<br />
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Now I don't have to worry about losing my little piece of paper. Yeah! A good example of this pattern is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chemo-beanie-for-beginners" target="_blank">Simple Chemo Hat by Mamta Motiyani</a> on Ravelry. <br />
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Remember that feather-n-fan afghan I made? Well, I had leftover DK yarn. I decided to try and use as much as I could up. Time for a gauge swatch! 4 stitches to the inch and about the same depth of row using a G hook. Here's what I came up with for the DK yarn:<br />
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Chain 3 join with sl st; chain up 2<br />
Round 1: 13 Dc in Ch ring; sl st; ch up 2 (14 stitches total)<br />
Rd 2: 2 Dc in every stitch of rd 1; sl st; ch up 2 (28 stitches total)<br />
Rd 3: (2 dc, 1 dc) repeat; sl st; ch up 2 (41 stitches total)<br />
Rd 4: 1 Dc then (2 Dc, 1 dc, 1 dc) repeat; sl st; ch up 2 (56 stitches total)<br />
Rd 5: (1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc) repeat 12 times; then 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc; sl st; ch up 2 (66 stitches total) [In other hats I redistributed the 5 dc through out the round.]<br />
Rd 6: dc in every stitch (66 stitches total)<br />
Rds 7-18: repeat Rd 6 <br />
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LOL Once again I don't have to worry about losing my little piece of paper.<br />
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In the first hat I replaced round 18 with a shell edge starting with a half-shell and ending with a half-shell and 15 complete shells in between. I used a 6 dc shell in this border.<br />
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Clown Barf and White for this one.<br />
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The next one I replace the last 3 rows with a Cathedral edging, which is an 8 treble stitch shell with a ch 3 picot between stitch 4 and 5 of the shell. It looked great until you put it on and then the shells stood straight out from your head. 😕 So my solution was to add a band that pulled the points back in.<br />
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This hat was done in Teal and White. If I were to repeat this hat I think I would move the Cathedral edging up towards the middle on the hat, so I would finish with the teal instead of the white against the face.<br />
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The third hat was a hat I found on Ravelry called a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alelyNoemi/diamond-edge-hat" target="_blank">Diamond-Edge Hat from Designs by KN</a>. It uses a Catherine's Wheel stitch pattern. A comment in the project notes of one of the completed hats pointed me to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bceiQrDTJw0&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop" target="_blank">You-tube video</a> on how to do the stitch pattern. That hat disappeared (probably in Sis's desk at work) before I could get photos of it. The hat is primarily White with the first round of Catherine's Wheel in Blue and then a second round of Catherine's Wheel in Clown Barf.<br />
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My messy kitchen is calling my name, so I hope everyone is having a great day.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-13634886295186359302017-04-21T18:49:00.001-07:002017-04-21T18:54:44.471-07:00sister-in-law's hatsWhile I was knitting Tiffany's family their hats, my brother and sister-in-law came to Wichita to visit Sis and I. Sister-in-law asks about what I was knitting, so I explained it to her. She then asked if I would knit her a couple of ponytail hats and I said, "Sure!" I sent her to the store to get worsted weight yarn. She came back bearing 4 skeins yarn for two hats.<br />
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With the first skein of variegated yarn I made the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/waffle-hat" target="_blank">Waffle Hat by Gail Bable</a>. It was one of the patterns I found on Ravelry while looking for hats for Tiffany's bunch. It was knitted on US#6. I cast on 96 stitches. The Waffle pattern would have looked way better in a solid or a more subtle variegated. I moved the ponytail hole up to 3 1/2 inches from the bottom edge. It seemed to fit better there. I started the crown decrease at 5 1/2 inches cause none of us really like the slouch look. I didn't keep the band off the yarn so I can't tell you what color way it was except it was some CraftSmart Value Yarn.<br />
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The second hat was the same hat pattern (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/joggers-cap" target="_blank">Jogger's cap by Karen Steward Longest</a>) I used for<a href="https://judysquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/2017/03/sister-suzys-new-hat-and-mitts.html" target="_blank"> Sister Suzy's hat</a>, moving the ponytail hole to 3 1/2 inches.<br />
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I used US#6 needles again with a cast-on of 96 stitches. Began the crown at 5 1/2 inches dividing the crown into 8 sections of 12 stitches and decreasing every other row. I used the CraftSmart Value yarn SIL purchased in Giverny for the variegated and some white Sis had. This hat turned out much nicer.<br />
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Next up...more hats. 😀<br />
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I hope everyone is having a good day!<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-81428423032677770112017-04-08T19:13:00.001-07:002017-04-09T14:51:40.934-07:00the hats for tiffany and familyWhile I was knitting Sister Suzy's ponytail hat and mitts my sister was talking to Tiffany, one of her co-workers, about it and asks if I would knit a hat. I said, yes, find a pattern and some yarn. So the pattern my sister found was the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-goodie-bag-hat" target="_blank">Goodie Bag Hat by Cheryl Oberle</a> on Ravelry.<br />
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I used Red Heart With Love in Boysenberry on US #6 needles with a 30-inch cable to do the Magic Loop. It was a fun little knit once I decided to ditch most of the instructions. I just knit the garter stitch sections using a traditional garter stitch in the round (knit one row, purl the next). Using the gauge I was getting which was 5 stitches per inch times the 20-inch circumference. I cast-on 100 stitches using the German Twisted cast-on. I used a 3 stitch I-cord for the drawstring. The something new I learned on this project.<br />
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The next hat was Dominic's. This kid loves purple so to get a hat that nobody would think he was wearing a little girl's hat I found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/robot-hat-2" target="_blank">Robot Hat by Jane Sharp</a> on Ravelry<br />
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I knit a standard stocking hat and used the chart for the robots. I used the lt. gray from Sister Suzy's hat for the robots and some neon green yarn my sister had in her stash for the eyes.<br />
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Then I knit Riley's. Mandie Harrington calls the pattern <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swirl-hat-3" target="_blank">Swirl Hat</a>. I put a ponytail hole in this one at 2 1/2 inches because Riley doesn't like her hair pulled up too high as it gives her a headache.<br />
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Riley likes a wild riot of color and my sister had this variegated which I coupled with a solid turquoise ribbing. I didn't use the ribbing called for in the pattern because I have had the best success with 2x2 ribbing. I was disappointed with the crown, as it wasn’t, as flat I like them.<br />
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They have a little girl that stays with them off-n-on so I knit Maddie a hat too. I used<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/in-between-seasons-hat" target="_blank"> In-Between Seasons Hat by Elena Nodel</a> from Ravelry.<br />
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I used the bayberry from Tiffany's hat coupled with a hot pink my sister had in her stash. Loved the simple little lace pattern. The pattern calls for DK weight yarn but I used Worsted. The lace pattern is an eight stitch repeat so I cast-on 96 stitches which gave me 12 repeats. No ponytail hole in this one as Maddie's hair is fairly short.<br />
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Last but not least was Josh's hat. I originally was going to knit a<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-watchmans-hat" target="_blank"> Ribbed Watchman's Hat by Channah Koppel</a> I found on Ravelry but my sister saw it and ask if I was knitting a balaclava. I said no, she said a balaclava would be a better choice because he rides. Okay, but I'm not sure I have enough yarn.<br />
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Used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-balaclava" target="_blank">Easy Balaclava by Nanette Blanchard</a> again. I lengthened the neck portion by two inches as most people were noting that the neck was too short for most men. Then I lengthened the top by an inch to make sure the top of the opening covered the forehead. I had maybe 2 yards of yarn left after I finished the crown.<br />
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I kept the pattern for the Watchman's Hat because I think it is an excellent pattern for a male hat, which is long enough to fold for extra warmth around the ears.<br />
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This is part of the knitting that interrupted the knitting of the feather-n-fan afghan.<br />
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I hope everyone is having a good day.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-35305672951064137522017-03-31T13:46:00.002-07:002017-03-31T13:54:16.908-07:00sis's chemo hat collection part 1Sis's chemo hat collection, part 1. Yup, I'm going to explore the wonderful world of chemo hats for bowling ball heads. Our heads are round with short necks and most hats just don't fit well. Without hair, hats fit even worse. We are constantly pulling on them trying to get them to stay on. I'm still looking for a style that really works.<br />
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First up, we looked at making fleece hats using <a href="https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m4681" target="_blank">McCall's M4681 hat, scarf, and mitten pattern</a>. We used view D without the flower trim. She just wanted a plain hat, no trims, no gathers on top, no dangly bits. The hat is of a very simple construction a back seam, a seam across the top and a hem. The problem is, it's a tube. We don't have the elongated skull or neck to pull off wearing a tube. So I added gathers between the center-front seam and the hem to pull the bottom of the hem up off our noses.<br />
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It helped; but she discovered that the hat fit better if she turned it around and wore the gathered part in the back. The biggest issue is the hat quickly got too hot to wear. Fleece while soft doesn't work if your chemo makes you feel hot.<br />
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This is four of the six hats I made. The other two were a green/black/white plaid and a Black Watch type plaid of navy/black/forest green. <br />
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While I was playing with the fleece Sis wanted me to make face-masks to pre-warm the air before it hit her sinus and lungs. I found this pattern <a href="https://mammacandoit.com/products/germ-free-face-mask-pattern" target="_blank">Germ Free Face Mask over at MammaCanDoIt.com</a>. A single layer of fleece isn't thick enough for pre-warming your breath. So I added a second layer, that was better but still not good enough. I wonder if adding a piece of woven cotton would have helped. I think a molded wire or piece of metal to pinch it tightly around the nose would have helped, too. I ran out of cold weather and ideas for materials to shape the nose so I dropped that project for now.<br />
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Lunch is calling me, so I hope everyone is having a good day!<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-69900123437699640152017-03-27T16:51:00.001-07:002017-03-27T17:03:25.404-07:00rainbow feather and fan afghanWhile planning my trip to Wichita, I wanted to take a big knitting project with me for after I finished the hooded sweater. While playing around in Ravelry's pattern section I found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pastel-rainbow-baby-blanket-2" target="_blank">Stitchylinda's Rainbow Feather and Fan Wavy Baby Blanket pattern</a>. Which is written for DK weight yarn. I just happen to have had a bunch of oddball half-used skeins of DK weight yarn. Some of the yarn I bought and some was given to me. Yes! Clean some more yarn out of that drawer! Watched a <a href="http://feather and fan knit stitch" target="_blank">Very Pink you-tube</a> tutorial on how to do Feather-n-Fan stitch pattern.<br />
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I figured I had enough yarn for maybe a 48" by 48" baby blanket. My sister saw it. She said she really liked it. What the hey, would make a great Christmas present for her. I could replace that extra heavy crocheted afghan on her sofa and she would get a knitted afghan from me. But I would have to go to the store and get some more yarn because I was pretty sure I didn't have enough to make my standard size 48" by 72" afghan/blanket.<br />
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Sister said she liked the variegated yarn I was using (upper edge of
the photo), so when I went looking for more yarn that would blend in
with what I had, I found some clown barf (Candy Baby).<br />
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discovered after I had done all the swatching and had about 4 repeats
done that I was using the wrong size needles. The pattern calls for 4mm
needles. Guess what? That's US size 6 needles. Guess what size I was
using? US size 4 needles. No wonder I needed 12 repeats wide to get
to 48 inches. 4 rows of garter and 3 repeats (12 rows) of the
feather-n-fan equaled 2 inches so I figured I needed 35 repeats of color
plus the 2 white borders to equal about 72 inches. That part turned
out right! Yeah!<br />
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I found that the way Stitchylinda had
the rows labeled in the pattern confusing because you actually knit the
feather-n-fan stitch pattern rows 4,1,2,3 and repeat that sequencing 3
times before knitting 4 rows of garter stitch. That's so when you add
new colors you get a neat add. <br />
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I wasn't happy with the way the borders turned out, the garter stitch curl. This is because I knit in acrylics and don't do hard blocking. This is because they are 6 rows deep. The outside rows probably need a few extra stitches in them so they would lie flat without any hard blocking. Next time!<br />
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This project was interrupted several times for hats so it didn't get done until the first of February. Sister was surprised when I gave it to her and said, "Merry Christmas!" She thought she was just teasing me, I got the last laugh, though.<br />
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Next, on to the hats! I hope everyone is having a good day.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-23276742476732655242017-03-23T14:06:00.000-07:002017-03-23T14:06:25.663-07:00a hooded cardiganMy sister was admiring my cabled afghan as I was knitting it. She also liked my rose sweater. So I put the two together and I suggested I knit her a cabled sweater, with the yarn she had bought for a sweater she was going to knit for herself but had frogged it. The yarn was Red Heart's Super Saver Coffee Fleck and Real Teal. I used US #6 needles on a 48" cable with a gauge of 5 stitches to the inch. Row count was 6 rows to the inch, also. <br />
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The sweater is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-cardigan-for-arwen" target="_blank">Kate Gilbert's A Cardigan for Arwen</a>, (was free, but I now see it no longer is) with a few modifications as I am wont to do. The first mods were to make it longer and to increase the armhole size. Then knitting it as one piece starting at the hem, dividing at the armholes. I Kitchner stitched the shoulders together. Because I didn't know if I had enough of the teal yarn to finish it the way I wanted to. I slipped all the stitches for the hood onto a spare cable and picked up the stitches for the sleeves. Using the magic Loop and knitting both sleeves at the same time I knit down to within four inches of the right sleeve length. Slipped the live sleeve stitches off onto holding cables and picked up the hood again.<br />
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I bound off the stitches around the back of the neck to add some structure to the neckline. Then picked them back up on the next row and followed the directions for the increases for the hood and stopping on row six of the reversible cable to Kitchner Stitch the hood closed. I messed up the Kitchner Stitch on the hood by reversing which needle you purl off and knit off of. This gave me the ridge you see in the photo.<br />
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To add the cuffs, I provisionally cast-on the stitches I needed. When I got to the live stitches on the cable, I would slip the stitch off the cable and k2tog. Turn and go back to the other end of the row until I got all the stitches off the cable. I undid the provisional cast-on and Kitchner Stitched the two edges together. I actually had yarn leftover, yeah! <br /><br />We decided a zipper would be the best closure for the sweater so a trip to Joanne's was in order to pick up a separating zipper in a 26" length. I used this you-tube by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6q9zyaqKdk" target="_blank">Feride Erbasar</a> to attach the zipper. I like this method better than the one by Techknitter. I got a much flatter, more secure zipper than the methodology from Techknitter.<br /><br />So with this knitting project I learned to knit reversible cables and a sewn in hem. The bonus was a different way to install a zipper. <br /><br />I almost didn't get pictures because my sister wouldn't take it off. I threatened to take the pictures with her wearing it so she gave it up long enough for the pictures. LOL<br /><br />I'm glad I finally finished it and it is keeping her warm as she goes through Chemo.<br /><br />I hope everyone is having a good day.<br /><br />Judy<br /><br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-66728899531102941222017-03-18T12:40:00.001-07:002017-03-18T12:46:39.343-07:00sister suzy's new hat and mittsSister Suzy found a hat on Facebook that had a hole for her ponytail. She asked me if I could make her a new stocking hat in Midwestern's school colors. The school colors are Dark Blue, Dark Warm Gray, and Light Slightly Warm Gray. Well, of course, I can!<br />
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What I found was Red Heart Soft in Navy Blue, Charcoal and Light Grey Heather. I don't have any formal training in Color so I don't see any difference between Navy Blue and Dark Blue. Nor did I see any difference in the color swatches for warm grays and cool grays.<br />
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The hat pattern was the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/joggers-cap" target="_blank">Jogger's Cap by Karen Steward Longest</a> I found of Raverly. I used Size 6 needles, gauge was 5 stitches per inch and I cast on 96 stitches which makes a hat of 19 inches in circumference, for a 21 to 21-and-a-half inch head. I have found two inches of negative ease is about right for our bowling ball heads. I did a single-crocheted around the ponytail hole to reinforce the hole a little and to give it a finished look.<br />
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The mitts pattern was the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-fingerless-mitts-2" target="_blank">Easy Fingerless Mitts by Maggie Smith</a> I found of Raverly. I love that site for patterns! Sister Suzy's hand is 7.5 inches around at the knuckles so I cast on 36 stitches and made the top cuff a bit longer so the mitts cover more of her fingers, which she prefers.<br />
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I knit everything using the Magic Loop with the mitts two-at-a-time so they would come out the same length. I started the project with a navy, light gray, and charcoal sequencing but the charcoal up against the navy really muddied the navy. Talked with my sister about it and she was of the same opinion I was. So I ripped it back and added a second strip of light gray, which brightened everything up.<br />
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Sister Suzy got to wear it a couple of times to class before it got too warm. She said several really like the hat with the ponytail hole done in Midwestern's colors. Yeah! A success!<br />
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Hope everyone is having a great day!<br />
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Judy<br />
<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-87374185211655747082017-03-17T11:50:00.000-07:002017-03-17T11:50:11.973-07:00well that was annoyingFor some reason when I went to connect to the USB port of my camera to the USP port of computer for down-loading the pictures I had taken, the computer wouldn't complete the connection. Sister Suzy wants to use my camera (She has misplaced hers) so she took the cable and camera to her computer and down-loaded all the pictures to a jump-drive. She brought the jump-drive in and stuck it in one of the USB ports on my computer. The computer read it as a removable drive like its suppose to. I can now load the pictures into my computer. What The Hell! So I guess I can now show you what I was up to over the last 5 months.<br />
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Stay Tuned<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-74743854492114645552017-03-13T11:12:00.000-07:002017-03-13T11:12:43.049-07:00still hereI finally got back into blogger/google. What A Pain!<br />
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I've been at my sister since the middle of November. Got back to Phoenix yesterday, will be here for a little while and then will return to Wichita. Her cancer has flared back up and I've been shuffling her back-n-forth from doctor appointments and chemo treatments. However, I needed to come home to take care of taxes, lease on the apartment, and supply Sister Suzy with moral support.<br />
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I finished a bunch of projects at my sister's but because of blogger/google not letting me into my account I couldn't do any posting. So while I'm taking care of business here I will post pictures about what I have finished.<br />
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Later,<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-85518193152069578472016-10-18T19:01:00.002-07:002016-10-18T19:13:45.860-07:00scrappy eclectic butterfly quiltFinally! This quilt has sat in the laundry for two weeks, finished, waiting on me to wash it so I could take pictures. Plus, all the time it sat on the sewing machine or the ironing board waiting on me to figure out what I wanted to do next and would what I wanted to do work. <br />
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Scrappy eclectic butterfly quilt – Which is what I'm calling it. There was a rummage through the scraps plus some of those pre-printed blocks. Sister Suzy called it eclectic. I think she was trying to be diplomatic. It doesn't have a lot of wow factor for me, too random.<br />
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I spent a lot of time just figuring out how I wanted the pre-printed blocks placed. This is what I decided would be the best bet. Then I spied the block I had put together from the scraps from<a href="https://judysquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/decisionsdecisions.html" target="_blank"> the floating hexagon quilt</a>. I removed the hexagons and it fit perfectly. While I was digging in a drawer of fabric I came across a piece of gingham that someone had embroidered seven butterflies on. (Where Mom got the fabric, I don't know.)<br />
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I squared them up and used the three smaller ones in the body of the quilt and the four larger ones as cornerstones in the border. I quilted each section/block separately and used <a href="http://www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/" target="_blank">Marguerita's Quilt As You Go Method to set it together</a>. I bound the quilt in the same fabric I used to set the quilted blocks together with, hoping it would help tie everything together, add some continuity to the quilt and tone down the randomness of it all. The borders are a total of 6-inches wide, the pre-printed blocks are 17-an-a-half-inches square and the scrappy blocks are 13 1/2" x 17 1/2".<br />
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The finished size is 48" x 72". The backing was what ever scrap backing Mother had leftover.<br />
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The little heart was to take care of a spot where I didn't catch the backing into the seam allowance. And I didn't want to go to the heartburn of picking everything out to fix it. So I fused a heart on it!<br />
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Well the label is on.<br />
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So it is time for me to get the next one finished and to wish that all of you have a good day.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-9241011233268372642016-08-29T18:16:00.000-07:002016-08-29T18:16:21.547-07:00pop, my takeI was cruising the web a while ago and was on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT67LfH4ibYL3EuxDuutZDA" target="_blank">Fons and Porter's You-Tube site, Quilting Quickly</a>. I saw a quilt they called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUyHwnPZWkE" target="_blank">Pop</a> and immediately thought; this would be a good scrap quilt.<br />
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The blocks are 8-inches square, finished. Four 4 1/2" by 2 1/2" scrap strips and two 8 1/2" by 2 1/2" background (white) strips. I used black for the two borders. To make the inside border that is black and white you need some 8 1/2" strips of white and black; the corners will need four 10 1/2" strips of black.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The two borders make the center look like it is floating. I used about 2/3 yards of black, 1 2/3 yards of white, 1 1/3 yards of assorted prints, 1/2 yard of binding fabric and 2 1/2 yards of backing fabric. <br />
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I used stitch-in-the-ditch for the body of the quilt and a back-n-forth-boxy look for the border. You know I just realized this makes the third quilt; I have used a boxy look for the fill-in quilting. I must be channeling some Cubist or something! I used the blue seersucker again for the backing. I had some trouble with puckers on the back this time. I had to do some picking and re-smooth the fabric to get it to lay flat. Blah!<br />
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I made my standard 48" by 72" quilt. I dug around in the binding drawer and found an off-white from Mother's stash that was just the right length. I had twelve inches of excess leftover. Yeah!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had trouble with the bobbin thread breaking. I think I replaced that one corner three or four times! I quit when it looked this good even though I should of picked it out, again, and tried to hit the previous stitching better. Maybe, next time!<br /><br />Well the label is on. I hope everybody is having a great day!<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-31281524710581566402016-08-14T16:58:00.000-07:002016-08-14T16:58:59.005-07:00hearts and baskets quiltThis quilt is one out of my '<i>I'm so frustrated, I don't know what to do with it</i>' tub. I was rooting around through the tubs-n-dressers of fabric, looking for an idea for a wedding quilt and found a bunch of pre-printed blocks. I found large ones, small one and some borders. I sorted out the large ones and started to quilt them up as individual blocks all the while ruminating about what to do with the smaller blocks. As I was quilting the larger blocks in this quilt, I had an epiphany.<br />
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The basket border strips had the same colors as the basket blocks. Plus, the hearts-n-Dresden plate block had the same background and colors as the basket blocks. And, what do you know, the grays in the house block match the other three. Look at that, the colors in those little heart blocks match everything. If I put them all together, they would make a nice looking little quilt.<br /><br />So, I started measuring the layout and setting little blocks together, sewing chunks there and strips here, adding them to the already quilted blocks. All the time trying to figure out how I was going to add the center strip. I quilted the strips on the right side. I didn't like how I quilted them, couldn't think of good, easy way to add the center strip if I quilted the left side. So I threw the whole thing in the tub and walked away to let it simmer a while. Like over a year-n-a-half!<br /><br />Well, I got real tired of looking at that tub of unfinished projects setting on that dresser so I pulled out the easiest one (the half-hexie one) and finished it. This quilt was the next one.<br /><br />What to do, what to do? The most prudent thing to do was get the seam ripper out and start picking. Sigh! I picked the quilting out of the Dresden block did some fancy pinning-n-sewing and got the rest of top and backing added on. I tried a new idea for quilting the strips of baskets and hearts on the left side. I liked it so well; I cheerfully picked all the quilting for the strips of baskets and hearts on the right side, out and re-quilted them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went through Mother's stash of leftover bindings and found a couple of pieces I though would work for this quilt. In hindsight, I think the pink gingham looks the best on this quilt. The little floral print would have looked better if I had added a border of some sort, because there is not enough contrast between the background fabric and the floral binding. Based on the measurement of this quilt (43"x68") that was probably the original game plan, because I like these little quilts to be 48"x72". <br /><br />I finished using up all my scrap pieces of batting in this quilt so the next quilt will be with one big piece of batting. Yeah!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well the label is on. <br /><br />I hope each of you is having a good day!<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-18563487217967090322016-08-07T18:09:00.000-07:002016-08-07T18:09:02.037-07:00floating half-hexagon quilt, my takeRemember <a href="http://judysquiltsandthings.blogspot.com/2016/03/decisionsdecisions.html" target="_blank">this quilt top</a>?<br />
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I finally finished it! This idea for a quilt came from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UX9Z_Zlfzo" target="_blank">Missouri Star Quilt You-Tube Channel</a>. I'm always looking for ideas to use my closet/dressers full of fabric.<br /><br />The finished block measures 5.75” x 4", sashing strips are 1.5" and cornerstones are 1.5 square. The quilt is my usual 48" x 72" afghan/lap quilt/toddler bed quilt. I made 72 blocks, 8 across, and 9 down. I could have made the quilt 10 down but I decided I wanted more border. So, I eliminated one row, split the top and bottom borders with a half-inch wide strip of color in the middle.<br /><br />I didn't have a half-hexagon ruler to cut the hexi block pieces with. I dug through some quilting templates from Mother's stash, marked one with some tape and used it.<br />
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I didn't use 5" charm packs but scrapes from another projects. It takes two, 2 1/2" x 9" strips to make a block. After you cut the background fabric into half-hexies; then cut the half-hexies in half (quarter-hexies?). Sew the background pieces to the colored prints and then sew the two halves together.<br />
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I choose to stitch in the ditch and then triangles in the centers of the hexagons. The extra quilting was two-fold. I thought it would look good and I used scrap batting. When you use scraps of batting you, want the quilting closer together so the edges don't shift as you wash it. I used straight line quilting about 3/4" apart for the borders.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the reasons this quilt took so long to finish was because I couldn't decide what I wanted to use for the backing. I dug around in the fabric stable (It's too big to be a stash!) and found a huge piece of blue seersucker I forgot I had. After washing the quilt, this seersucker is as soft as flannel against your skin. I am going to keep that in mind when doing baby quilts.<br />
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I used what I had of that shade of yellow for the binding and had just barely enough. Yeah!<br />
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Well the label is on, so it is time to hit the publish button!<br /><br />I hope everyone is having a good day.<br /><br />JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-10144488536961958802016-07-31T18:38:00.001-07:002016-07-31T23:39:26.786-07:00coming home from my sister'sComing home from my sister's at the end of May, Sister Suzy wanted to take a different route home than the ones we have taken in the past, to see something new. After consulting the <a href="http://www.randmcnally.com/product/motor-carriers-road-atlas" target="_blank">Trucker's/Motor Carrier's Road Atlas</a>, I decided that a route across Southern Colorado might work. If we stayed on US-160, it would dump us at Tuba City, AZ. Then you take US-89 into Flagstaff catch I-17 to Phoenix. Or we could head south out of Cortez, CO or Durango, CO and head down to I-40 and across. <br />
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I really wanted to head to Globe, AZ and spend the night. Then head over to Roosevelt Lake and down the Apache Trail but Sister Suzy and my sister weren't feeling well after spending 2 nights in Durango, Co. So, we stayed on US-160 as we left Durango, came across the Navajo Nation, into Flag and on into Phoenix. <br />
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I think it was the altitude, because after a night here at the apartment they were both raring to go, again. We went up the Apache Trail to Tortilla Flats to the souvenir shop, had Prickly Pear Ice Cream while we were there shopping for trinkets for my sister to take back with her to Wichita. I ask my sister if she wanted to go the rest of the way up to Roosevelt Lake. She said she had seen enough of the Apache Trail and wasn't interested in the windy-ass dirt road above Tortilla Flats. Wuss! We did stop on the way back to the apartment at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-fry-bread-house-phoenix-2" target="_blank">The Fry Bread House</a> for Navajo tacos. Yum! <br />
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Since my battery charger for the camera was acting up, I only got a few pictures of our ride on the <a href="http://www.durangotrain.com/" target="_blank">Durango to Silverton </a>steam train.<br />
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Some of the curves are tight enough that you can see the engine from where you sit. We choose to sit in one of the refurbished passenger cars because we weren't sure how cold it would be. Come to find out, if you sit in one of the gondola cars (open air) you will be covered in smoke-n-soot and could be hit with sparks. We were very glad we were in an enclosed car!<br />
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This is the train after they have turned it around and we are ready to go back down to Durango. Interesting fact: the conductor told us it takes 5 tons of coal to make the climb from Durango to Silverton and only a half-ton for the trip back down. We stopped going up and coming back down for day-hikers and people rafting the Animas River. My sister and I want to ride the train up to the drop off point for hikers. Wonder off a ways, whip out our folding chairs, sit in nature for a few hours, then get back on the train and ride back to Durango. <br />
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It was interesting to look at the valley that Silverton sets in. We were huffing and puffing at that elevation (9300'). If we had had a vehicle, we could have been a lot higher (13,500').<br />
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I would recommend if you want to go across Southern Colorado the week-end before or around Memorial Day to make any room reservation well in advance. The desk clerks told us that everybody graduates that weekend, which explains why there were very few (if any) rooms available at the inn.<br />
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I hope everyone is having a lovely day.<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-24689916212451892792016-07-29T12:34:00.000-07:002016-07-29T15:59:41.727-07:00cameras and battery chargersI had planned on posting some pictures of the quilts I finished over the last couple of weeks out of my <i>'I screwed-up; I don't know or have the will to fix it'</i> bin. But, I can't get the battery charger to charge the camera battery.<br />
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It looks like the flux capacitor (a circuit board) on my battery charger has died. The battery charger gives me a green light although the camera says the battery is low. I dismantled the battery charger. I used a screwdriver to test for current at each junction. When I get to the last set of contacts all I get is the green light, so I need to get a new charger and while I'm at it a new battery, too.<br />
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Hope your day is going better than mine is.<br />
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Judy<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Edit: WaHoo! I took the battery charger apart again, wiggled around some wires and the red light came on! We are charging the battery, I think, hope, pray. Won't know until the green light comes back on and try it out. Jude</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: lime;">Alright! the battery is charged expect a blog post with pictures tomorrow.</span> </span>Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-32747692437511926362016-04-09T16:30:00.001-07:002016-04-09T19:55:00.402-07:00puzzlesI like putting puzzles together but I don't want boxes of them setting around. You put the puzzle together once and I'm ready to move on to the next one. I wonder if they have puzzle exchanges. You know, like, game exchanges where you take in your x-box/PlayStation games you are tired of and exchange them for something different. In a city, the size of Phoenix you would think so. I guess I need to do an Internet search out of curiosity.<br />
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So, while I was stuck sitting in my chair because moving set the back muscles to spasming, I found a puzzle site out on the web. The site is called <a href="http://www.jigidi.com/" target="_blank">Jigidi</a> and at a price, I can afford. Free! I'm having a lot of fun zoning out and putting the puzzles together. My favorites are landscapes and doors, of all things.<br />
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This puzzle was created by <a href="http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=jayelldolls" target="_blank">jayelldolls</a> and the link to the puzzle is <a href="http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=614Y0VWL">http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=614Y0VWL</a>. I have noticed it takes me about twice as long as the slowest time shown. I don't know if I'm slowing up in my old age, have trouble with shape and color placement, or I'm taking the time to really enjoy putting them together.<br />
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Well, I have some more puzzles bookmarked, so I'm going to dive back in and avoid the housekeeping for a while longer. <br />
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Y'all have a good day, hear!<br />
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JudyJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429261233990123314.post-18526019903148407432016-03-24T17:59:00.000-07:002016-03-24T22:32:56.219-07:00a public service announcementWhen one is drinking a cup of tea at your computer, DO NOT try to kill a bug you let in. If you want a new keyboard and mouse, just go get one.<br />
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This ends this public service announcement.<br />
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Have a good day!<br />
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Judy<br />
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<span style="color: red;">EDIT: I discovered I get to purchase 2 new lamp shades, also. One is for the lamp shade that now has a tear in it and the second one is so I continue to have matching lamp shades. Sigh!</span> Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com0