tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73206620577937503852024-02-07T06:24:14.648+00:00Quilting Prolificallythe random musings of a prolific quilterTrudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.comBlogger584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-66845611878477728382019-02-04T19:36:00.000+00:002019-02-04T19:36:24.663+00:00Snow stops playSo I was supposed to be teaching In Basingstoke at <a href="https://www.purple-stitches.com/" target="_blank">Purple Stitches</a> this weekend, all arranged, cat taken care of, car sorted so I got here despite #snowmagedon hitting the south.<br />
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<br />Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-22415754728501211092019-02-03T14:22:00.000+00:002019-02-03T14:22:19.387+00:00Siblings Together Block Drive - FebruaryThe February block drive kicks off with stacked coins blocks.<br />
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Arrange your strips so the colour is graduated light to dark as above. </div>
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Subcut the strip set into 10 1/2" squares ( you will yield 4 blocks)</div>
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<br />Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-6467191967349269152019-02-02T12:22:00.000+00:002019-02-02T20:00:24.251+00:00Well Hello Strangers!So yes its been a while since my last post lets update you on a few things.<br />
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Longarm Quilting Service - if you were not aware I have a longarming business, welcome to my world!<br />
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If you would like to know more please contact me so I can give you all the details and we can discuss your requirements.<br />
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I have updated my teaching Schedule for upcoming classes and workshops. See the separate tab above for details.<br />
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I am currently working on a website that will cover all these details, so I can get back to using a blog, as well as my Instagram account.<br />
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This year I will be working on releasing some of my patchwork patterns as well as some quilting design patterns. Exciting times!<br />
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In other news, Lilly continues to fill my life with such joy and this little monster has taken up residence in the house creating chaos and calm in equal measure.<br />
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So to keep a certain <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2019/01/mini-archies-january-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">Mini Archie</a> happy, I can confirm I have been furtling along all this time, making things I can't share quilting other peoples quilts, and generally being far more productive this year. </div>
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Congratulations Helen! Email me your address and I'll get this in the post to you on Monday :)</div>
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Thank you everyone for taking part, I really appreciate your support for my blog posts.</div>
Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-74217344865068718982016-01-16T21:01:00.001+00:002016-01-16T21:06:31.196+00:00Finish Along 2016<div style="text-align: center;">
Last year was busy, but this year I want to be a little kinder to myself with some me time sewing, work smarter not harder. Maybe finish a few more of my own things too.</div>
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So I'm joining in with the Finish Along this year, with intentions of blogging more than once a month!<br />
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So here is my declaration of intention for 2016 Quarter One<br />
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#1 Table runner, just needs the binding stitching down.</div>
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#2 Brit Bee Birthday quilt, shamefully, finish binding and label.</div>
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#3 Brit Bee Round 3 quilt, add another border quilt and bind.<br />
#4 Big Melons quilt, quilt and bind.<br />
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#5 Turn this pile of fabrics bought just before Christmas into a gift for a friend.<br />
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Linking up over on <a href="http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/happy-new-finish-long-year.html" target="_blank">Nicky's blog.</a></div>
Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-45715393940433461322016-01-04T08:00:00.000+00:002016-01-16T21:55:03.032+00:00Lets start off with a giveaway<div style="text-align: center;">
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Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-71619156630395763812016-01-03T10:52:00.001+00:002016-01-03T10:52:57.379+00:00saying farewell to 2015<div style="text-align: center;">
It was a busy year, with much excitement and travel and many changes along the way, some welcome, others not so. </div>
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Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-84158440191767080642016-01-02T23:42:00.000+00:002016-01-02T23:42:30.662+00:00Making Pretty PlansHappy New Year everyone!<br />
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I finally finished the Curves not Curves quilt ! </div>
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I can not tell you how excited I was to be asked by Bonnie Christine of <a href="http://www.goinghometoroost.com/" target="_blank">Going Home to Roost</a>, Designer for <a href="http://liveartgalleryfabrics.com/cultivate.html#" target="_blank">Art Gallery Fabrics</a>, to be part of the <a href="http://www.goinghometoroost.com/2015/bonnie-christine-design/the-cultivate-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Cultivate Blog Tour</a> </div>
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So there you go, I have been cultivating my creativity with Cultivate, designed by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics, and what a joy it is to play with such beautiful fabrics, just because, and for no other reason. </div>
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I hope you will take the time to go back and see what everyone has been making during the Cultivate Blog Tour. You can see<a href="http://www.goinghometoroost.com/2015/bonnie-christine-design/the-cultivate-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank"> the full list of talented participants here. </a></div>
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Yesterday was <a href="http://www.thefloralsuitcase.com/2015/08/cultivate-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">Rachel over at The Floral Suitcase</a>, she made some fabulous coasters, they are so pretty! </div>
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And tomorrow is the turn of <a href="http://villastoff.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Maria over at Villa Stoff Blog.</a> I cant wait to see what Maria makes, because I'm loving her holiday pics right now! </div>
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I meant to post this earlier, but life just got in the way! Go take a look anyway, I'll be back on friday with an update too!Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-68236851823912904522015-07-27T23:10:00.002+01:002015-07-27T23:10:52.376+01:00Big Mama Melon Progress <div style="text-align: center;">
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So last time I was all cut, ready to start piecing. </div>
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Now don't get me wrong, I love these templates, but the big melon didn't come with instructions for lining up and I had to do a little guess work. Fortunately for me, I guessed right. </div>
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You see, these really are BIG melons, like really big! and on the side are notches in the plastic, not huge, tiny little notches that you can just get a pencil point in sideways, enough to make a mark on the fabric. If you line up the pointy end of the concave square with the mark you made on the fabric, at both ends, and pin, pin your centers you are ready to sit and sew. Really, just 3 pins.</div>
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I laid out all the pieces on the floor in the house, no mean feat given the dizzy situation! I realized that as a 3 x 4 piece, it felt, well, small! so I did a bit of rummaging in the stash and came up with a bunch of extra fabrics that meant I could keep the colour wash theme running through from light to dark. </div>
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It didn't take long to get the rows sewn together. and then sew the rows to each other. I took the time to do the curves of the rows piecing the curved bits, then going back to join the long melon ends, this was so when I pressed the seams, all the melon seams would go in towards the melon and the end bits could be pressed open. </div>
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So once it was together, the prospect of loading it onto the frame with all those curves didn't thrill me, let alone the prospect of binding it! So I have chosen to add borders to square it up. I have hand stitched the quilt to the borders that have had the corners mitered. I will trim off the excess on the back before I load this up for some quilting action. But not this week eh!</div>
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So, a couple of friends and I have been talking for quite some time about doing a Double Wedding Ring Quilt. Those friends are<a href="http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Nicky </a>and <a href="http://judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Judith</a>. And July is the designated month for starting. </div>
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I can't say it all started with this book by<a href="http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Victoria Findlay Wolfe</a>, but it was the inspiration we needed to get us going. I have to say, I read this book from cover to cover when it arrived. and I could go back and do it all again! </div>
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I also have these templates for traditional double wedding ring. the finished size of a complete ring is 17". </div>
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Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-41153235639896322802015-06-26T11:17:00.003+01:002015-06-26T11:17:58.246+01:00Rising with the sunI'm not going to complain about the sun rising at 4.30am waking me, and interfering with my sleep, so I'll embrace the Rising Sun in other ways ....<br />
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Me and my girl spent a happy afternoon making together. You can read all about it over on the <a href="http://www.sizzix.co.uk/blogs?id=5437c1815b76e134f9003f2f" target="_blank">Sizzix Blog, here. </a></div>
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Things took a funny turn (quite literally) when the dizzy spells started, </div>
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so having recently got myself a copy of the amazing Quilt Lovely by Jen Kingwell, I managed to stay upright long enough to make templates...</div>
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since I recently moved a row of draws under the longarm, my scraps are now being sorted into said draws by colour, so I'm dipping into the hot red/yellows/pinks draw as well as the cool blues/greens </div>
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the thing about scraps is, they have such memories - for instance, that lovely ditsy floral green was first given to me by Terri, and this little piece was snaffled up on a trip to<a href="http://www.tikkilondon.com/" target="_blank"> Tikki, London</a> on the very first trip to Fat Quarterly Retreat, with<a href="http://willowbeckdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Di</a></div>
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I'm linking this post up with<a href="http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Nicky over at Mrs Sew and Sow</a> for<a href="http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/scraptasictuesday-june-linkup.html" target="_blank"> Scraptastic Tuesday!</a></div>
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Its been too long, I'm sorry!</div>
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So, there was a BIG birthday, in fact we will be celebrating another big birthday for my youngest this weekend too!</div>
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Afternoon tea with friends, thank you <a href="http://willowbeckdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Di</a> for a day full of memories</div>
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But finally this months issue of <a href="http://www.quiltnow.co.uk/" target="_blank">Quilt Now Magazine</a> has the Cloud 9 Quilt I quilted for Jacqui of <a href="http://www.hantex.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hantex,</a> way back in January, along with 7 others too! </div>
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And some recent fabric acquisitions include<a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/cultivate-half-yard-bundle" target="_blank"> this bundle</a> of<a href="http://www.liveartgalleryfabrics.com/cultivate.html" target="_blank"> Cultivate by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics</a>. I have something special planned for these! </div>
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Such an apt block from me for this month on<a href="http://sizzixukblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/antique-inpsiration.html" target="_blank"> the Sizzix blog.</a></div>
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Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-11308180641882733772015-04-21T21:13:00.000+01:002015-04-22T22:39:17.231+01:00Catching up with myself - SizzixOk, so I should have posted this at the end of last month and this months post fast approaches, <br />
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I've been looking at old block from the Barbara Brackman book<br />
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<br />Trudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105739423187659152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320662057793750385.post-45792406895101585732015-02-27T09:55:00.000+00:002015-02-27T09:55:25.742+00:00a Sizzix Spring InerventionI'm over on the <a href="http://sizzixukblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/dreaming-of-spring.html" target="_blank">Sizzix blog today</a>, talking about my Spring intervention, with a little inspiration from my recent Stitches trade Show Visit<br />
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Sorry about the bad lighting, but as you can imagine, being the queen of last minute, it was the night before the birthday!</div>
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Which I was very lucky enough to share in the celebrations, in style</div>
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Thank you so much<a href="http://willowbeckdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Di</a> for inviting me to share in your special birthday celebrations</div>
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I have been chipping away at one of my wips</div>
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Borders were added</div>
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February already!</div>
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So January came and went in a flash!</div>
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My one finish I can show you</div>
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and it was truly a pleasure to quilt this one for Victoria</div>
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