tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20160751313499032852024-02-22T11:24:12.460-08:00Linda Big DLinda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-82401162954559930092020-10-16T08:30:00.001-07:002020-10-16T08:30:30.252-07:00. yellow green orange UFO star sampler quilt - complete remaining 8 blocks, etc.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNrfplIcCM_wHkM4hQUNAIx_TqU4MC5HgQ4WoqIr-cNZJlfchpNJI_faKW8YBmtkB3QKCW1dxYoCxGKUockNbJwhB2MN3q4Xm1bXTCdrm-qtllMqw4IfTCd97uYDLecvERWg1tSip4JU/s604/IMG_0923+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNrfplIcCM_wHkM4hQUNAIx_TqU4MC5HgQ4WoqIr-cNZJlfchpNJI_faKW8YBmtkB3QKCW1dxYoCxGKUockNbJwhB2MN3q4Xm1bXTCdrm-qtllMqw4IfTCd97uYDLecvERWg1tSip4JU/s320/IMG_0923+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div>This is project number 9 on my 2020 quilt goals. I began this quilt in 2012. It was a quilt along sponsored by Moose on the Porch Quilts. There were 12 blocks, with the idea of using a selection of fat quarters to make the blocks. I completed four blocks back then, and then this project became a languishing UFO for 8 years. Finally got the blocks and borders done, so next steps will be making the backing, getting it quilted, and a final border. The bright orange around the blocks will also be the binding. <p></p>Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-12493384539578612922020-06-22T14:41:00.001-07:002020-06-22T14:41:46.115-07:00Bonnie Hunter Frolic - body of quilt top completed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finished putting this together this weekend. The next step is an inner border and then the outer borders of raspberry/neutral half square triangles and blue/neutral half square triangles. I want to slightly expand the dimensions of the quilt, so I'm thinking of widening the inner neutral (off-white border). It's supposed to be a queen size but needs to be a little wider to provide adequate drop over a thicker mattress. At the moment I'm stabilizing the outside of this section by stay stitching and then will trim to even up the edges into a straight line. Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-33768488766045859042020-06-11T07:31:00.003-07:002020-06-11T07:31:53.885-07:00work in process - Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt - "Frolic"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working on this since the beginning of the year off and on. I have the 25 main blocks made and now in assembly, but also making the half block setting triangles as I go. this fills one of my long term goals of a quilt with a hidden secondary block that emerges when the blocks are assembled. (the white areas of the quilt). Also the blocks are set on point by doing diagonal rows. This is a weird color way, so not sure where I will use the quilt . After the block assembly, there will be a sold white/neutral border, then a red/neutral and blue/neutral 1/2 square triangle external borders. I may make add another neutral border in between the 2 half-square triangle borders to add a bitt of width and length. to the quilt. </div>
<br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-87338702949673267862020-05-30T10:52:00.001-07:002020-05-30T10:52:28.221-07:00Hand quilting project not on my 2020 goals - work in progressa couple of years ago I searched EBay for quilt tops and found this beautiful top that had been embroidered and cross-stitched and already had the quilt sandwich. It was a preprinted top that had the quilting markings ready to go. After I finished the gingham sunflower handquilting earlier this year, I started the hand quilting on this one. Of course it is a much smaller project, about the size of a crib quilt. But I have made good progress. Now working on the outer detailed hand quilting, so I probably still have a month or more of quilting while watching tv . I inquired of the EBay seller who the maker of the embroidered top was, but he/she had purchased it at an estate sale on the east coast and had no more info. My deep gratitude to the skilled embroiderer!<br />
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Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-60262107219944083162020-05-30T10:44:00.001-07:002020-05-30T10:44:18.470-07:00 Goal 12: various non-quilting sewing projects for new granddaughtersWhile we were in South Bend last month (where my embroidery machine lives currently), I got around to adding machine embroidery designs to some onesies and snappy shirts for the 2 granddaughters. (these were sized 6 months, so I had to get them done before they outgrew them. )<br />
I watched a number of videos about embroidering on knits, stabilizers, needles, etc., as well as working with my Embrilliance software for transferring fonts and designs into the embroidery format. <br />
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Doing this number of projects helped me get more proficient and "automatic" about the process. Before this I had mainly used my embroidery machine to make quilt labels and only made 3 or 4 a year (my quilt output lol), so every time I had to relearn the process.<br />
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Here is Ori modeling 2 of her shirts:</div>
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Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-49243396605177848142020-05-30T09:55:00.002-07:002020-05-30T09:55:58.460-07:00cleaning stuffed animalsIt's pretty embarrassing, (I'm not a hoarder), but due to an intown move at a time when I and our family were leading very busy lives, our nanny packed the kids rooms (without really sorting anything), so old and new toys and stuffed animals ended up in boxes and trash bags, and then we just moved things into storage. now, 20 years later, both kids have had beautiful daughters, and I've pulled this stuff out to see if they want any of the old toys. <br />
(I've only started on stuffed animals and dolls and baby books. (there is still a box of puzzles, another of Halloween costumes, and several boxes of legos - another time).<br />
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Anyway, so these stuffed animals are 20-30 years old and have been in storage for 20 years (at least no exposure to covid !) but some of the stuffed animals had some soiling from years of loving. <br />
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So I decided to clean up the most precious ones. And it worked! This Carebear was pretty soiled, as seen in the first "lineup " picture. And then the next picture is "after".<br />
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First I used stainremover spray on the obvious stains. (spray n wash). I then soaked the stuffed animals in a sinkful of warm water, with a 1/2 cup of Biz and a tablespoon of Dawn liquid dishwashing liquid. I let them soak about 45 minutes. Then I looked at them and used a brush to scrib any remaining stained places. I took them out, squeezed out most of the water, and then put them back in a sinkful of clean water and let them soad another 30 minutes. squeeze out and then another 30 minute rinse. I squeezed out the moisture really thoroughly and then put them in the dryer on "casual" with a couple of large towels. It took about 3 cycles to get them close to dry. <br />
The bear looks almost like new!<br />
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Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-25101360631918753922020-03-17T12:28:00.001-07:002020-03-17T12:29:25.220-07:005.. complete quilt as you go Westalee quiltI have finished the sampler quilt using the Westalee rulers. With some trial and error (taking careful notes and making samples), I seem to have identified the right settings for free motion on my Pfaff, and these work on the Westalee foot and rulers as well. (I still need lots of practice).<br />
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I finished the last block, just filling it up with linked circles. Then I did the quilt as you go sashing, which was surprisingly time consuming.<br />
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I originally made 14" blocks, but only used 12" interior block space for the quilting. That left an inch seam allowance all around. I used 2.5 " sashing, so the 1 inch of seam allowance filled up those 2 inches. On the outer sashings, I sewed an extra 1.25 " strip of batting to the seam allowance so the outer borders would be full. the mistake I kept making was forgetting to sew the sashing on both sides at the same time. The nice thing is the quilt is totally reversible. it's about 45 x 45.<br />
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I just finished hand quilting and binding this quilt. It has an interesting story.</div>
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In 1985 we went to a family reunion for my husband's family. We had been married 3 years and our daughter was about 10 months. We stayed in the old officers' quarters in Ft. Robinson State Park, which were 3-story duplexes build in the late 1900s. One evening we had dinner in a local restaurant that had art and quilts for sale on its walls. I had always loved quilts but didn't own one, I splurged and bought the quilt. ("Quilt One"). It was the pattern shown above. I fell in love with it because of the blue and yellow, which is one of my favorite color combinations. I was not yet a quilter and really knew nothing about how quilts were made.</div>
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For years we used the quilt on our bed, and our children played on it and took naps on it. </div>
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In 2001 we moved to a bigger house just a few blocks away, and somehow Quilt One never showed up when we unpacked. I kept thinking that it was in a box that we hadn't opened, or in a box we had put in storage. Our lives were busy with 2 law careers, kids in high school and college, elderly parents, etc.</div>
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I finally starting quilting myself around 2007, and I have made many quilts. In 2017 I finished my Grandmother's Flower Garden, which I hand quilted. I also finished cross-stitching a stamped pillow case. So my mind went back to missing Quilt One. I did more searching in storage boxes, but to no avail. So then I thought maybe I could find the pattern and recreate Quilt One.</div>
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I started searching on the internet and found images of the quilt and learned it was a Bucilla embroidery kit. I then searched on eBay. I didn't find a kit, but I did find a completed top for sale. ("Quilt 2"). The maker of the embroidery had passed away, and her daughter had posted the completed top for sale. I was so excited and bought it on the spot. </div>
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I had my long armer, Maria Hall, create the quilt sandwich and backing and baste it together for me. So I started the hand quilting in the fall of 2017, and I just finished the quilting two weeks ago, added the binding, and washed the final product. It really turned out beautifully. I am so grateful to the quilt artist in Missouri who created the top. (I have misplaced her name but have sent a letter to the daughter who sold the top, so I will update with her name when I get it. ) </div>
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<br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-36662420753208075992020-02-12T19:46:00.001-08:002020-02-12T19:46:20.721-08:00update on quilt goalsI've completed the first four goals.<br />
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2. Complete quilting on Halloween wall quilt</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
3. complete sleeves and labels for 2 quilts for March quilt show</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
4. Dr. Who mini quilt to donate to Dallas Quilt Show auction</span><br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-5847892938676204132020-01-24T06:53:00.002-08:002020-01-24T06:53:51.739-08:00revised prioritiesI'm going to be away from home for a month so I'm revising my priorities. I finished the basic cutting on the Bonnie Hunter Frolic, so will be ready to start sewing on that. I'm going to defer the Westalee blocks, and the block contest goals until March. Will work on the mini quilts, and making a baptismal gown for Elin. <br />
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Rant:<br />
The "mystery" concept of Bonnie Hunter is not one I like. I fine with a mystery that spreads clues or directions out over a period of time and doesn't reveal the finished quilt until the end. But Ms. Hunter drafts clues that seem to me to be purposely opaque in withholding information. This particular quilt requires that certain pieces of the block be all the same fabric, so a totally scrappy look would not work. So there have to be 4 hsts and 4 quarter triangles of the same fabric, and similar requirements on other elements. It would have been easy for her to say, use 2 strips of 2 1/2 inch fabric that are at least x inches long and place them right sides together. I learned from experience by starting with a strip that was too short. It was just a waste of fabric, and very annoying.<br />
And the second and third clues were for elements that won't be used until assembling the final quilt! (Why not start with the elements that go into the basic blocks?) I personally think this is poor writing, and confuses and frustrates a beginner quilter. How many of us have started one of her mysteries and just given up in frustration?<br />
Rant over.Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-46667106280341822452020-01-19T19:08:00.001-08:002020-01-20T06:40:51.490-08:00update on quilting goalsI've made progress on my 2020 quilting goals:<br />
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2. Complete quilting on Halloween wall quilt - done</span><br />
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3. complete sleeves and labels for 2 quilts for March quilt show -done</span><br />
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next step is to make the mini quilt for the charity auction at the show. I have to dig out my Texas wildflower fabric to get started on it tomorrow.<br />
<br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-86181347814200609892020-01-13T16:42:00.000-08:002020-01-13T16:42:00.487-08:00Elin's quilt complete except for labelI completed the binding on the quilt and the last step is to add a label with Elin's name on it. Unfortunately, my embroidery machine is in South Bend so the label will have to wait until we are there later this month. My plan is to copy one of the balloons on the back and blow it up to make a pattern for a large balloon that can hold her name. Then add a long string trailing down to the parade border.<br />
Here are the photos:<br />
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<br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-6905751225991096922020-01-10T13:03:00.000-08:002020-01-10T13:03:01.960-08:00quilting done on Elin's quiltI finished the quilting on Elin's quilt, which went pretty fast, because it was all straight lines. (about 3-4 hours). then I set about removing the blue marks from the marking pen. The instructions were to use cold water, apply no heat, and do this before any washing with any detergent or other agent. <br />
It actually worked, the blue ink disappeared, and didn't flow through to the totally white back. <br />
I let it dry overnight, and then checked it again. there were about six spots that didn't come out, so I applied the cold water again, and that seemed to work very well. <br />
I've made the binding, so that is the next step. Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-90839244469221360222020-01-09T06:15:00.001-08:002020-01-09T06:15:42.381-08:00work in process on Elin's quiltYesterday I got past the hard step of making the quilt sandwich. In the past I have used the "board basting" system, but I went back to my old method of taping the backing, batting and front to the floor, and then pinning. It was important to get the horizontal border on the backing to match up with the bottom of the top (sounds weird), so having it all laid out flat where I could see the lines was very important. Since the quilt marking pen I used on the top is sensitive to heat, I couldn't use fusible batting either. <br />
I used a 100% cotton low loft batting that I had on hand. It had a scrim so I had to look up how to use it. <br />
I learned a new memory device: <b>"Dimples up, pimples down. </b>" If the batting has been needled, to prevent bearding, the direction of the needling needs to go to the back. so the "dimples" where the needles enter go up and the bumps created by the needles go to the back (pimples).<br />
As to scrim, it's a mixed bag. In this case, the scrim was on the back so it went on the back.<br />
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I did press the batting to remove creases from the folds and smooth it out. <br />
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Here are some process photos. I actually cut the backing a little too large; normally it and the batting would be about 4 inches wider than the top on each side.<br />
This first picture shows the batting folded in half so it could be centered on the backing. Turned out it needed to be a bit lower than centered vertically, to cover the horizontal.<br />
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This next one shows the top positioned over the backing and batting.<br />
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<br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-86536715487607190242020-01-08T06:53:00.001-08:002020-01-08T06:55:03.313-08:002020 progress report on quilt goals after 1 week1. Elin's quilt. I have completed the front and backing, and have marked the front with a washout marking pen. (fingers crossed). Today is the part I dislike the most, making the quilt sandwich of the top, batting and backing. The back is solid white except for a horizontal strip near the bottom portraying children on parade. the tricky part will be getting that located in the right spot and keeping it horizontal. Once I get the sandwich made, the quilting is all straight line so should be fairly speedy. I think I will use the pin method to create the sandwich, and just do it on the floor. I think that will give me better control of placement of the backing.<br />
3. labels and sleeves. I have completed and sewed on the label and sleeve for the blue & white quilt for the show. The Halloween quilt has to be quilted first!<br />
6, I am on step 3 of the Bonnie Hunter Frolic quilt, and finished sewing together the blue and white/neutral half-square triangles. Now I am trimming them, very tedious!<br />
Last Friday I also cleaned the floor of my studio, which involved a bit of organizing and throwing out.<br />
So some progress!Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-39025019233966530302019-12-30T20:06:00.000-08:002019-12-30T20:06:16.287-08:002019 BLOG challenge - Day 31, 2020 Goals1. Complete baby quilt for Elin<br />
2. Complete quilting on Halloween wall quilt<br />
3. complete sleeves and labels for 2 quilts for March quilt show<br />
4. Dr. Who mini quilt to donate to Dallas Quilt Show auction<br />
5.. complete quilt as you go Westalee quilt<br />
6. Bonnie Hunter Frolic mystery quilt<br />
7. create design for Tropical rain forest blocks; assemble & piece quilt; arrange for quilting<br />
8. create design for Hat Shop blocks; assemble & piece quilt; arrange for quilting<br />
9. yellow green orange UFO star sampler quilt - complete remaining 8 blocks, etc.<br />
10. black & white thicket quilt<br />
11. vintage applique children's quilt - decide on layout & fabrics; piece, etc.<br />
12. various non-quilting sewing projects for new granddaughters<br />
13. make a fabric purse<br />
14. turtle mosaic mini quilt<br />
15. Lori Holt vintage Christma quilt<br />
16. fall fabric quilt (use some brown!)<br />
17. downsize my quilt book collection by 10%<br />
18. donate some stash at next quilt retreat to the 'share' table<br />
19. design a quilt for remaining "terms of endearment" blocks<br />
20. French general quilt<br />
<br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-24070338442513765112019-12-30T07:58:00.001-08:002019-12-30T08:18:25.768-08:00My 2019 best readsPresident Obama published his 2019 list of books yesterday, and I have read a few on his list, but his selections will go on my wish list for 2020.<br />
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I have organized my 2019 top 10 reads in 4 categories: literary fiction, nonfiction, mystery, and classics I have should have read long ago!<br />
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A.<u> Literary fiction </u><br />
1. The Overstory, Richard Powers <br />
2. <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson</span><br />
3. There, There, Tommy Orange<br />
4. Eleanor Oliphant is Fine<br />
5. An American Marriage<br />
6. Sacre Blue, Christopher Moore<br />
7. In Sunlight and in Shadow, M. Halprin (post WW2 love story set in NYC).<br />
8. The Song of Achilles<br />
9. Washington Black<br />
10. Before We Were Yours<br />
11. Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen, Bird<br />
12. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, Fannie Flagg<br />
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B. <u>Nonfiction</u><br />
1. Becoming, Michelle Obama (her childhood memories and her legal career balancing with a marriage and children coincided with the time periods of my childhood and legal practice, so I found it fascinating over and above the Presidential history aspects)<br />
2. An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Empire<br />
3. On Power, Robert Caro (an audible original interview with Mr. Caro; highlights from his research on Robert Moses and LBJ)<br />
4. At Home, Bill Bryson (Bryson is always fascinating; here he explores each aspect of his 19th century English home and uses each room as a hook to explore the history of the home "technology"). . History of the toilet, for example<br />
5. I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara (Golden State serial killer)<br />
6. Shortest Way Home, Pete Buttegieg (interesting memoir regardless of politics)<br />
7. When Breath Becomes Air<br />
8. The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog (interesting case histories of childhood trauma and effective therapies)<br />
9. the Rise and Fall of British Empire, part 1 (Great Courses audiobook)<br />
10. The British are Coming, R. Atkinson (only partly way through)<br />
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C.<u> Mysteries</u><br />
1. Big Sky, Kate Atkinson (a new Jackson Brodie adventure)<br />
2. the Silent Patient<br />
3. McBeth, Jo Nesbo<br />
4. the Sentry, Robert Crais<br />
5. Where the Crawdads Sing<br />
6. The Girl in the Spider's Web<br />
7. Neon prey, J. Sandford<br />
8. The Dispatcher, J. Salzi (Audible Original)<br />
9. Dead Low Tide, John MacDonald<br />
10. In the Woods, Tana French<br />
11. Bloody Genius, Sandford<br />
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D.<u> Classics I Should Have Read before now, or that I re-read this year, no particular order</u><br />
1. Neil Gaiman young adult fiction: The Sleeper and the Spindle, Odd and the Frost Giants, Hearts, Keys and Puppetry, The Graveyard Book<br />
2. Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mark Twain<br />
3. The Canterbury Tales<br />
4. Foundation, I. Asimov<br />
5. Mythology, bullfinch<br />
6. Antony & Cleopatra<br />
7. Around the World in 80 Days<br />
8. All My Sons, Arthur Miller<br />
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10. Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut</div>
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13. True West, Sam Shepherd (Audible original)</div>
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Disappointing, not worth the hype:</div>
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Lethal White (Galbreath) - way overwritten</div>
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Beggars in Spain, Kress (too many dystopian concepts together)</div>
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Past Tense, Lee Child (revisiting Reacher's home town was interesting but the "danger" premise was unbelievable and ugly)</div>
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39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss, Tom Davis (writer for early SNL; his drug use and screw ups were interesting but very sad)</div>
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The Silk Roads - it was more about European history and not enough about the stuff I didn't know -- middle eastern history and Asian history</div>
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The Art of Deception, Ridley Pearson (early work, predictable)</div>
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The Mystery of Alice (audible original - YA fiction - awful)</div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-90738568719090431582019-12-30T07:00:00.001-08:002019-12-30T07:00:50.063-08:002019 Blog Challenge - Day 30 - My First 2020 ProjectMy first 2020 project is a baby quilt for my granddaughter Elin. My son and his darling wife like modern quilt style and asked for a quilt without a baby theme. They gave me several references on Pinterest, and I picked this Tiny Tiles version.<br />
There are 120 5.5 inch blocks with little triangles at each corner. the pattern is supposed to be totally random, but I set an arbitrary rule of not repeating a color in any block, and I mostly did not repeat colors at a corner. I have completed all the blocks and have sewed together 8 of the twelve rows. Then I will sew the rows together. The pattern has simple diamond quilting pattern echoing the little diamond corners, so I think I will quilt this myself.<br />
Here is my layout before sewing, laid out on a bed. the final layout will be slightly different, because my cat decided to burrow under the covers before I had a chance to gather the blocks in an organized fashion. <br />
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The back will be mostly white, but I found this wonderful Sarah Jane fabric when I was buying the solids for this project, and it will be the bottom border of the quilt on the back. I'm toying with a large applique of a balloon at the top of the back with Elin's name embroidered on it, with the string trailing down to the print. </div>
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This is the free online pattern I am using: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2015/06/08/tiny-tile-quilt/</div>
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Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-61223517316785289702019-12-29T18:57:00.000-08:002019-12-29T18:57:07.809-08:002019 Blog Challenge - Day 29 - Latest ProjectMy latest project is a baby quilt for my new granddaughter Oriana, based on blocks from four of Elizabeth Hartman's patterns. I used Forest Friends, the Bear, Desert critters, and the turtle from the Ocean pattern. The individual blocks had their own challenges, but the challenge was figuring out the layout and sashing to pull it all together. I tried using a graph design to figure it out, but it ended up being more of a trial, error, rip out, re-cut, and resew effort. Patience was key! The name of the quilt is Oriana's Animals. Maria Hall did the quilting.<br />
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Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-15749338482151540342019-12-29T18:51:00.001-08:002019-12-29T18:51:34.701-08:002019 Blog Challenge - Day 28 - Skill I want to improveI would like to learn and improve free motion quilting. I think I've figured out the critical settings for my machine. I also now have a sew steady table and the smooth mat, so all those things should help. Now I need to practice! The online videos are very helpful.Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-82496937676493709042019-12-29T18:48:00.002-08:002019-12-29T18:48:46.987-08:002019 Blog Challenge - Day 27 - Techniques to try1. Quilt as You go (I have finished 9 quilt as you go large squares as a part of a Westalee rulers class, so my next step is the sashing and assembly.<br />
2. needle turn applique<br />
3. fabric painting<br />
4. thread painting<br />
5. make a bed runner<br />
6. free motion quilting<br />
7. machine embroidery on baby clothes, importing and editing graphics with Embrilliance<br />
8. improving my hand quilting<br />
9. sashiko embroideryLinda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-83992226047124493462019-12-29T18:42:00.002-08:002019-12-29T18:42:36.635-08:002019 Blog Challenge - Day 26 - what is your favorite sewing foot.My right foot; I'm very right oriented. <br />
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No, seriously I mostly use my Pfaff quarter inch foot, and the clear applique foot when I applique.Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-52113681871466974752019-12-29T18:40:00.000-08:002019-12-29T18:40:17.104-08:002019 blog challenge - day 25 - show us your scrapsFirst, Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate other holidays.<br />
Our day was lovely with presents with our daughter, son-in-law, and new granddaughter, and lovely meals. remarkably warm weather for Indiana at this time of year. <br />I gave the completed Elizabeth Hartman-based quilt to our granddaughter, and it was a big hit!<br />
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I don't have a good photo of my scraps because my of my sewing stuff and fabric is at our Dallas house. I only brought specific projects to Indiana, and haven't finished enough to have scraps (but there are a few). Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-42121140204523357552019-12-29T18:33:00.001-08:002019-12-29T18:33:34.721-08:002019 Blog Challenge - Day 24state of my worktable.<br />
(I got behind because Christmas and travel and no access to my computer while traveling).<br />
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My worktable has my Pfaff and my Janome embroidery machine on it, packets of blocks in progress for a baby quilt, my handquilting project, and various tools. Hope to get back to it on the 30th.Linda Big Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445315056334043237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016075131349903285.post-78133204111457928902019-12-23T05:57:00.001-08:002019-12-23T06:02:47.953-08:002019 blog Challenge - Day 23 - Prewash!Yes, Prewash. <br />
I was somewhat an agnostic on this topic until I had a completed quilt almost ruined by some red blocks than ran when I washed it. This I-spy quilt was made for my grand niece, and I had the I-spy squares grouped by color, so there was a large nine-patch (with a center white) square, composed of red novelty fabrics, and surrounded by white sashing. This quilt was intended to be used and washed, so I washed it before sending it off as a gift. The red apply fabric ran badly when I washed it. With rewashing with massive sheets of color catchers (and some tide bleach stick applied to the white stitching, most of the bleed was removed.<br />
Now I prewash everything as soon as the fabric walks in the door (other than charm packs, layer cakes or jelly rolls. I do prewash fat quarters). <br />
This was the nine-patch at risk, after successful treatment, and there is still some pink tone in the middle square. I really panicked when I first saw the bleed, as I had paid my long-armer $200 or so for the quilting, and spent hours putting the quilt together. The parents of the niece are sort of "high fashion" people, so I couldn't give them a quilt that had this kind of bleeding on it. So happy when my rewashing fixed it.<br />
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