a few pics of some fellow quilt camper’s projects
not the best pictures but……..
at camp its all about the sewing and not so much about the pictures.
happy sewing
Quilt Camper’s Projects
Author: renegadequilter
Quilt Camp Part 2
some more of my projects from quilt camp.
i had 3 Swoon blocks left to make.
it was a great feeling to get all of the blocks done.
and the quilt top finished.
an old WIP – drunkards path.
finished.
a quick layer cake quilt with bright fun colors.
i have to make some bags at camp.
a couple tote bags made from laminated fabric.
a new 6 pack bag pattern
made from the scraps of my Stacks quilt.
another fun laminated bag. i think the pattern is Stand and Stow.
quilt camp was a much needed break from ‘life’. i have some more pictures of fellow quilter’s projects that i will post soon.
happy sewing
Quilt Camp Part 1
i left for quilt camp last Wednesday morning at 5:55. early for some but not for me. i had already been to work and done a couple of things. i didn’t want to come back to a big mess on my desk. plus i was really ready to get away. away from it all. i love my family but i needed a break. needed some me time with some great friends. needed some laughter.
as i got closer to camp the weather changed from spring to winter. i didn’t mater much to me. my plans were for the inside not the outside.
however, i got to use 4-wheel drive.
got to Palouse Divide Lodge at 7:15. very thankful that Lane and Shirley are early morning people. they were not at all surprised to see us that early. we quickly got to work arranging the tables and measuring to make sure that each person had the same amount of space. quilters can be funny about things like that.
here is the room all set up and filled up. some of the gals in this group own a quilt store so they brought part of their store with them. a real bonus at quilt camp. our group was small to what we normally have. we had 21 this time and usually we are somewhere in the low 30’s. having the extra space was nice and the noise level wasn’t too bad.
my first project was to get the bindings done on the 3 quilts that i had gotten back from the quilter.
i machine bind my quilts. i think its stronger and i don’t have the hand strength to hand bind.
this is my Bee Block quilt made with Make Life fabric from Sweatwater
second quilt to get bound. a simple fat quarter pattern.
third and final quilt. Nature’s Solitude is the fabric.
someone at camp wanted to take this one but it made it home safely with me.
i am getting them washed and then i will share some more pictures of them.
its a great feeling to have them done.
up next were 4 pillow cases to go with my Tula Pink Stacks quilt that has been shipped off to the quilter.
i am loving purple……..
i can hardly wait to get the quilt back and on my bed.
i then went to work on putting together my Bee Blocks.
i fussy cut the cornerstones. i am really pleased with how it turned out. not sure if i will keep this for myself or not…..
more quilt camp projects to come.
happy sewing
I’m Going To…….
QUILT CAMP!!!
yep – this coming Wednesday i head to quilt camp at Palouse Divide Lodge. because of life last year i was not able to go this quilt camp.
i am sooooooo excited to be going.
i am sooooooo excited to be able to sew for 4+ days.
i am soooooooo excited just to get away for awhile.
i have been getting projects ready for camp. i am a total quilt camp nerd when it comes to prepping for camp. i like to have each project cut and in its own container ready to sew. which is what i have been doing with my free time for the past week or so.
Kate Spain Verna fabric that has been well aged. i had to do some pre-sewing of strips in order to get the blocks all cut out. this quilt uses a rainbow template. maybe that is why it has been sitting in my closet for so long….
my last bee block quilt top to get together. i did some pre-sewing here as well. i only had 11 blocks and needed 12. duh…. i hadn’t made my own block.
Origins….. need i say more.
its not the quilt on the cover its one inside the book that i am making.
drunkards path blocks that i pre-sewed as well. i cut these awhile back (maybe 2 years ago) on a AccuQuilt fabric cutter. it was a set of fat quarters. i have 180 blocks and my layout is random. it might look like a hot mess when i am done or it might turn out just fine.
doing a simple pattern with this layer cake.
Bliss…. a pattern i came up with using a Moda Candy Bar. fingers crossed it comes out ok mathematically.
a bag or two
another bag
and another bag
Halloween quilt
pillow cases to go with my Tula Pink Stacks quilt that is being shipped to the quilter shortly.
bindings to get put on 3 quilts.
i have a couple more projects that are almost ready to go. i will post those as well. i always take more projects to camp then i can get done but i like it. it gives me options to choose from with regards to what i want to work on.
i have decided that getting ready to go to quilt camp is sort of like tailgating before a sporting event. you tailgate so you can enjoy the game. i prep for camp so i can enjoy camp.
happy sewing
ps – the end of February marks the end of 2012 for me. the unhappy issue that start back in the middle of 2012 was resolved this month. so on the eve of February 28th i will say goodbye to 2012 and hello to 2013. best part of all i will be at quilt camp doing what i love spending time with those that i love.
Cartwheel Finished
i am happy to report that i have finished my Cartwheel quilt.
if you are a reader of my blog you know i started this at a class at Sisters that Tula Pink taught.
in 2011.
better late then never…..
right???
i used Tula’s Prince Charming fabric for this quilt.
i quilted this myself.
quilting something different in each one of the spokes in the wheels.
i quilted swirls in the background fabric.
i love this quilt.
not a little love but a lot of love this quilt.
the back. i love pieced backs.
a little whimsical fun for the back.
the binding. simple.
i love this quilt.
seriously love this quilt.
just in case you didn’t get it before.
i love this quilt!!!!
happy sewing
Working On WIPs
my life has been crazy lately. to say the least.
so to escape the craziness of life i sew.
so to escape the craziness of life i sew.
sewing is like therapy for me.
the hum of the machine.
the cutting of fabric.
the steam from the iron.
the little successes that sewing gives me have been a HUGE benefit to my mental health.
i know that i will soon be packing up my house and moving into a temporary location for awhile. a lot of my stuff will go into storage. almost all of it. with the exception of my personal items and sewing stuff. my new sewing space will be small compared to the space i have now. i know you can do a lot in a small space. i am just use to my space. which i won’t have anymore. heavy sigh.
with all of that being said i am feeling a push to get old unfinished projects a.k.a. WIPs done and finished up.
i know i made my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt.
i know i made my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt.
a temporary moment of weakness is all i can say about this quilt.
oh, and the fact that it is finished. yeah me.
so as of right now i have 4 quilts out to a quilter. 1 quilt waiting for the green light to ship it to a quilter. 2 quilts that i am planning on quilting myself and 1 quilt that i am not yet sure who is going to quilt.
binding ready to go
for the various quilts
so out of the 2 quilts that i am quilting myself this is the one i am working on now.
my Cartwheel quilt using Prince Charming from the class i took in Sisters from Tula Pink. i am having fun playing around with different quilting designs on this quilt. i hope to get it finished up soon and onto the 2nd quilt i have that i am quilting.
happy sewing
Quilted & Bound
i have completely finished my scrappy trip around the world quilt. quilted and bound.
the weather outside is icky so sorry for the pics.
i quilted it myself with just an all over swirl pattern. simple.
for the back i used up the balance of my strips from my blocks making a row of patchwork and a section of the extra strips. the rest is a Kona Cotton grey.
for the binding i used another DS print. this one from the line that was in JoAnn stores. so the whole quilt with the exception of the Kona on the back is DS. i am very please with it. it reminds me of a vintage/older quilt. i am also very happy to have a completed quilt just 23 days into the new year.
my next WIP project i am working on is my Swoon quilt using Parisville from Tula Pink. i have 3 blocks done and need to make 6 more. i also have some quilting to get done on another Tula Pink project. oh the choices…….
last night i worked on a Swoon block while i chatted on Twitter with other quilters. every Tuesday evening from 6pm to 8pm pst a bunch of quilters get on Twitter and talk about a variety of things related to quilting. if you haven’t sat in on a #talknt on Tuesday night you might check it out. its a great way to learn things and meet fellow quilters.
happy sewing
Scrappy Trip Around The World
my 1st finish of 2013…..
my Scrappy Trip Around The World quilt. i first blogged about it here and i am very happy to say it is done. not the whole quilt just the top but that alone feels GREAT!!!!
when i started this quilt i was just using Flea Market Fancy but then figured i would need some more fabric to make the size i wanted. so i busted into my Katie Jump Rope stash.
i (as randomly as possible) put strip sets of 6 together. sewed them up. cut them apart.
unsewed. and finally sewed the blocks together.
i started this at the end of December and i had 3 blocks done before i had to leave on a trip.
once back from my trip i got back to sewing, cutting, unsewing and then sewing again.
my stack of blocks grew.
and fairly quickly i had them all made and laid out and
the rows sewed together.
and the quilt top finished.
i am very happy with this quilt. i love, love, love how scrappy it is. i also love the pops of dark in the quilt. i think i did a decent job of scattering them throughout the top.
i am pretty dang happy with my first finish of 2013. completed in under a month from cutting to a finished top.
tonight i will work on the backing which will be scrappy as well and then i will see about the quilting. i might do this one myself. thinking that a bunch of swirls would look good on it.
happy sewing
Resolutions & Words
i have given this some thought.
do i want to do resolutions this year or do i want to have a word for this year?
me being me thought… why not do both?
so, i am.
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Resolutions
at the beginning of last year i made some resolutions. i have decided that this year some of those resolutions will be carried forward into the new year.
1. to rise above the little things.
2. continue to live in the present. the past is just that. the past. the future is unknown so why spend time worrying about the unknown. it will be what it is.
3. spend my energy on the things that i can control
4. live for myself. make choices for myself rather then based on someone else’s needs. i am not being selfish here. i just don’t want to live how certain people think i should live just to please them.
with all of the changes that the past few months have brought me i have decided to stick with these guidelines for 2013. to do my best to remind myself of these when things get tough or when i am challenged by something.
Words
around blogland i have read several posts where people have picked a word for the year. i have thought about what word i would pick. one single word that would help guide me as i take on the new year one day at a time. several have crossed my mind and i have weeded through them. i am not able to settle on just one single word, so i am going with two words.
change & authentic
i know that over the next several months there will be a multitude of changes in my life. a lot of them are unknown at this time but i know that i need to be open to change. willing to let things unfold and be able to face the upcoming changes with my best self that i can be. which leads me to my second word. authentic. remaining true to who i am is at the core of it. keeping the four resolutions listed above in mind will help me to stay authentic to myself and to others.
so there you have it. no HUGE sewing “to do” list for me this year. i think that my life “to do” list will end up writing itself as each day passes.
one small side note: in my world (inside my head) i am still in 2012. i want to start the new year off right with a fresh outlook and the feeling of newness. however, there is an unresolved issue from 2012 that is still hanging around. sort of like gum that you can’t get off the bottom of your shoe. i hope that it will be wrapped up in February. so 2012 will have 14 months in it and 2013 will only have 10. i plan on having a New Years Eve party on February 28th to ring in the New Year and i will be at quilt camp on that date – what a great place to be to celebrate the end of an extremely hard year and the beginning of a new one. surrounded by friends and fellow quilters.
happy sewing
Tripping……..
blogland has sent me tripping………
i have been sucked into the super fun latest blogland/twitter/instagram/flickr craze.
scrappy trip around the world quilt
i first caught wind of this on twitter which lead me to various blogs and finally to the flickr page for it. once i saw all of those pictures there was no turning back for me. i wanted to make this quilt and i already had the perfect fabric for it.
somewhere in my past i had won a set of fat eights of Denyse Schmidt’s Katie Jump Rope and i had also won some fat quarters of Denyse’s Flea Market Fancy.
two lines of fabric that go very well together. i know its a scrappy quilt but i can’t let go of that much control. for those of you that know me you understand.
it has been a very therapeutic process for me. sewing the strip sets together. cutting them up. unsewing them. sewing them back together.
i have 28 blocks done and the last 8 are almost finished. i will decide on the final layout once all of the blocks are made.
thanks to blogland for providing me with a much needed fun project.
happy sewing.
renegadequilter 