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Fabric Beads

hoskido — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Lori asked for instructions on how to make fabric beads like the one in the last blog post. I found this wonderful tutorial that shows step by step what the lady at the guild show taught me. You can view the tutorial here. While loo

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Going the Wrong Way

hoskido — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:41:00 GMT

It was bound to happen sooner or later with all the running around I did this week. Yesterday I met four friends and we drove to Port Clinton, Ohio for the Ohio Star Quilters Guild quilt show. For a small show they had some interesting de

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Quiltathon

hoskido — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:00 GMT

Judy L. had another quiltathon yesterday and today. I thought I’d sew like crazy, but I ended up doing related tasks instead. Yesterday I pieced the backing, then layered and pin basted the fall round robin quilt. As soon as I

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In Bloom

hoskido — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Progress on the May TIF challenge continues. Flowers bloom across a grid of green. A few more blossoms, some beads, and an edge treatment will complete the piece. Sketches and notes pile up for the June TIF challenge. As one d

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Out and About

hoskido — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:05:00 GMT

I’m on vacation this week. We decided to stay home and take day trips to nearby attractions we’ve always wanted to visit. We tried this a couple years ago with poor results. This time I’m determined we’ll lea

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Adding a Finish

hoskido — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:06:00 GMT

I finished the star quilt last night. I love this technique! The openings may or may not appear in future quilts, depending on whether or not it adds to the design. I don’t plan to put an opening in a quilt just because I can.

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Old Favorites

hoskido — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:46:00 GMT

I have lots of book summaries to catch up on. Here’s some of what I’ve read. Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris – Ferris gets better with every book she writes in the Needlecraft Mystery series. In book eleven, Betsy

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Star Quilt

hoskido — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:12:00 GMT

I’m done quilting the piece from Vikki Pignatelli’s class. Practice has improved my machine quilting, but it’s still a little jerky. I used variegated thread to add interest to the hand-dyed fabrics. I

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Summer Reading and Stash Report

hoskido — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:41:00 GMT

I’m putting the stash report first so you can skip the rest if you’re not a big reader. I bought half a yard of fabric to use in the border of this quilt. My totals are inching in the wrong direction, but I’m working on

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UFO Progress

hoskido — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:19:00 GMT

I worked on the fall quilt all through June but didn’t write about it much. Like most of my quilts, it didn’t end up looking like the EQ version. Here’s the original plan as drafted in EQ6. Here’s the finishe

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Not as Planned

hoskido — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:49:00 GMT

As soon as I started writing this last night, the tornado siren went off. My son and I looked at each other confused. We looked out the window. The sky looked gray but not black, and a light rain fell. The winds had not increa

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Stash Checkpoint

hoskido — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:15:00 GMT

How did June fly by so fast? We’ve hit the stash busting challenge mid-point. I’d love to have more stash busted (and more quilts finished), but overall I’m happy with my numbers. If I end the year with 25 yards bu

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Enough Already!

hoskido — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:26:00 GMT

The laws of nature have changed to include a new requirement that I always drive home in a downpour. Today the rain came as I returned home from the grocery store. As close as we can figure, we had four to five inches in less than an

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Everything But Sewing

hoskido — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:46:00 GMT

We had a whirlwind couple of days. My sister came into town on Tuesday for a two-day visit. Since my sewing room doubles as the guest room, I don’t sew much when we have company. I did, however, get out and about. Our qu

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Class Day

hoskido — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:39:00 GMT

I spent all day Saturday in Vikki Pignatelli’s class, “Putting Openings in Your Quilts”. It was such a full day it’s hard to know where to begin. Vikki packs so much information into her classes! When I take

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On the Show Floor

hoskido — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:45:00 GMT

I got home yesterday evening after driving through torrential rains for a good hour. The National Quilting Association put on another great show. I didn’t hear one negative comment about the show, classes or lectures from anyone.&nb

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Show Time

hoskido — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:39:00 GMT

I’m leaving today for the NQA show in Columbus, Ohio. I’ll see the show today and tomorrow I have a class with Vikki Pignatelli called “Putting Openings in Your Quilts”. I heard Vikki speak at a local guild meeting

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Pins, Thread and Spray

hoskido — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:29:00 GMT

I basted the May TIF challenge last night and wondered how other quilters baste their quilts. I always pin baste, whether I’m machine quilting or hand quilting. I thread basted a quilt once with horrible results. That one expe

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Listening

hoskido — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:54:00 GMT

I’m making progress on the May TIF challenge piece. I’m compelled to work on this block every time I go into the sewing room. Even when I plan to work on something else, I walk over and pick up this project instead.

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Another Stash Report

hoskido — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:15:00 GMT

The weeks pass too quickly! How could it be time for another report already? I didn’t buy or use any fabric this week. I sewed another strippy block, but I used donated strips. Other projects also moved forward, but I wo

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Did She or Didn’t She?

hoskido — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:43:00 GMT

I did! I put together one side of the border on the round robin. I sewed two more strippy blocks for quilt group. The ladies have enjoyed making these blocks so much that they don’t want to stop. This will ma

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Feeding Your Spirit

hoskido — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:25:00 GMT

Tonight, I sewI haven’t touched my sewing machine in two and a half weeks except to unplug it. In that time I’ve helped my son with schoolwork, cleaned the house, worked in the yard, visited my mother and cooked for my family.

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Sunday Stash Report

hoskido — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:08:00 GMT

I did lots of handwork this week but have no fabric usage to show for it. We continue to plant flowerbeds when it stops raining and the temperature stays under 90 degrees. Fabric in this week: 0 yardsFabric in YTD:

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Not Just Rocks

hoskido — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:53:00 GMT

I took my son to the Jewelry, Rock, Gem & Mineral Show/Sale at the fairgrounds today. He loves anything to do with rocks and fossils. He has a large rock collection that he cleans and touches and looks at….kinda like me and my

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Stories to Tell

hoskido — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:18:00 GMT

Sharon B gave us the theme of “stories that are, stories that are possible” for the June Take It Further challenge. What a fun topic! Whenever I think of quilts with stories, I think of antique quilts. I seldom know the

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