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Versatile Blogger Award

Posted on June 22, 2012 | 10 comments

What a fun surprise when Marjorie informed me that she had nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award!  You can read about it over on her blog,  i dye every day .  I consider myself a ‘baby blogger’, so thank you for the encouragement Marjorie!

Marjorie shares her surface design and dyeing adventures on her blog and I am inspired by her.  It is always fun to see what her fabric is going to look like when she is through playing with it!

I’ve copied the rules for the Versatile Blogger Award from the VBA blog:

If you are nominated, you’ve been awarded the Versatile Blogger award.

  • Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.
  • Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
  • Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent!)
  • Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
  • Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
So, here’s the 7 things about myself:
  1. I’m a night owl.
  2. I’m a dark chocolate fiend.
  3. I love to photograph fungi and lichen.
  4. I listen to classical music but I don’t know anything about it…I simply appreciate it.
  5.  I love the smell of Crayola crayons and dirt.
  6. I used to be efficient and organized.
  7.  I was nicknamed ‘Grandma’ by my family when I was a child.  I’ve always been a dawdler. 
15 bloggers that I nominate for the Versatile Blogger Award:
  1. Sewn
  2. Stof genoeg
  3. Virtual Quilter
  4. Ivory Spring
  5. Quilt Skipper
  6. Living in Heroic Faith
  7. My Real Estate Blog
  8. FrugalFeeding
  9. Inklingo
  10. Where Creativity Blossoms
  11. Sew Many Ways
  12. Quilts + Color
  13. ItsaFiberLife
  14. Living and Dyeing Under the Big Sky
  15. Shibori Girl

Have fun exploring these bloggers!

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Quilter’s Caddy

Posted on June 6, 2012 | 10 comments

I found an online tutorial, by Linda Rainwater, for a quilter’s caddy, and decided to take the time to make one.

I’ve made it in the future colors of my sewing studio, and I love it! 

It contains my hexagon project.

I can’t stop with just one.

This one is for Miss Ladybug, who is now 2 years older than this picture, but you can see why she gets this caddy.

I am going to make more of these baskets, both for myself, and because I have more grandchildren.

I had to alter the pattern to fit the basket that I bought from the Dollar Store.

Instead of using hardware mesh for the pockets, I used fabric (and interfaced for body and sturdiness).  And instead of using grosgrain ribbon to attach the pockets, I made matching bias tape.

If you want to make one (or several) of these handy dandy caddies, then click here for the tutorial.

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Electric Quilt Symmetries

Posted on June 1, 2012 | 4 comments

I know many of you Electric Quilt users know all about the Image/Symmetries tools, but I am now discovering them.

And oh what fun it is!

Upload an image to EQ7.  Edit it to the Image Worktable.  Click Image>Apply Symmetries>Circular (or Square).

Choose a petal shape and size and have fun!

Print templates to fussy cut and create beautiful kaleidoscope blocks.  Or print your new design onto fabric and create pillows, totes, and so much more. 

You can create so many wonderful projects with EQ7!

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