WIP Wednesday

November 30, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter2 Comments

right now i am mad at Blogger or myself for not being able to figure it out. i have the pictures going the right direction in the file but when they upload they are all going the wrong direction. so, use your imagination. i am sure that i am the problem given the day that i have had.

no sewing in this post. too much Christmas stuff that i can’t share.

however, i can share a cute little project i did for gift bags.

i took scrap fabric in a shade of green & put some steam a seam stuff on it & then cut out triangle shapes. it did the same with some brown fabric & cut out trunk shapes.

peeled off the backing & positioned them into trees.

then i ironed them down & added a button to the top of the tree.

there you have it. some simple. affordable. cute gift bags. these are headed to Spokane tomorrow with gifts for my friends up there. i hope they enjoy them.

maybe next week i can show some sewing on my WIP Wednesday post.

happy sewing

WIP Wednesday

November 23, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter9 Comments

a week ago i was at quilt camp. roughly 4 days of sewing time. it was great. an amazing group of ladies. good food. lots of laughter.

so what did i get done?

you have seen most of these pics before, but i didn’t say what was my stuff.

a bee block that took me out of my comfort zone. which. isn’t always a bad thing.

another bee block.

a six-pack bag.

made with Terrain from Kate Spain.

this Christmas quilt made with Countdown To Christmas fabric from Sweetwater. i got a few questions about the pattern. i found it on the Moda Bake Shop & its the Ruby, Pearl, and Opal Quilt pattern.

3 zipper bags that are more then likely going to be gifts.

note pad & pen holders with a pocket.

gifts again.

large Snap Happy multi-pouch clutch.

its for me. its green & i love it. if you haven’t made any of the Snap Happy bags i strongly encourage you to give them a try. you use a metal tape measure in them for the snap closure. they are very fun to make.

2 WSU (Washington State University) bags.

this project was purchased a couple years ago during a trip to Sisters. its out of Nature’s Solitude. 640 pcs to begin with. i have had it cut for over a year now & it has been to a few camps with me but this is the 1st time i have touched it since i cut it out.

now down to 320 pcs.

so that is what i have been working on for the past 7 days. i feel really good about what i got done at camp. i am looking forward to spending sometime with my sewing machine tomorrow as well.

WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday Part II

November 17, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter3 Comments

at least Barb made it to camp. her car is heading back early to visit the car doctor. Barb will load her stuff in another quilter’s car when its time to head home on Sunday.

i worked on a bee block today. one that kicked my ass. its a mosaic block. me being type A & not having things match up don’t go well together.

i unsewed as much as i sewed on this block.

but i stuck with it.

& got it done. we were told not to trim the blocks so it is now ready to be mailed.

an amazing tree that Barb did at a class in October.

this quilt camp has a quilt shop that comes with it. this is a quilt that they have kits for. super cute.

quick trip done by Bridgette.

the room filling up.

projects by various ladies.

its snowing like mad here now. we are all nice & cozy sewing away.

come back tomorrow for more pics.

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WIP Wednesday from…….

November 16, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter2 Comments

i am at camp today. i got here at 7 something this morning & took a couple pics.

then

my camera battery died & i discovered that i forgot my battery charger. major bummer. but, someone is picking it up from my house and bringing it to camp with them later on today.

so……

look for another post later today with some sewing pics.

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Space Dust

November 9, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter1 Comment

hey there. i will be in St Louis for work when this posts. i flew out Sunday at o’dark thirty. so, again i have a week with no sewing. it should be criminal. the fine should be mandatory time spent at the sewing machine.

i wanted to post something sewing related today even though i don’t have any WIPs to share. so, with out further ado i give you…..

Space Dust by Tula Pink

you all know that i was at Sisters this past year & that i took a class from Tula while i was there.

i had a couple of pics of Space Dust in my Sisters post but i have been meaning to go back and share the others that i took as well.

some showing the amazing quilting done by Angela. see the space ship.

the star.

the ladder with the little guy.

the rocket booster.

the falling star.

i love her swirls.

an amazing quilt put together by two amazingly talented ladies.

maybe in the next 7 days i can serve my sentence & spend sometime at my sewing machine.

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WIP Wednesday

November 3, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter3 Comments

its time for WIP Wednesday again & i have nothing to show with regards to the world of sewing. i did get the quilting frame from my neighbor & i am in the process of getting it together. its almost there. maybe by tonight i will have fabric on it & take some pics for a post. let me just say that Christmas came early to me.

so with no progress on sewing related things i thought ‘how about a WIP on something else.’ why not? right?

awhile back Denise & i both read The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz. it is a good book with some simple suggestions to help you through challenges & the daily stuff that life can throw our way.

the book is based on 4 agreements that we are to make with ourselves.

1. be impeccable with your word

2. don’t take anything personally

3. don’t make assumptions

4. always do your best

they seem simple enough right? let me tell you when i am in the middle of some of the stuff that life throws me these are the furthest thing from my mind. however, given a little time & distance from the situation they really do help me to process through the stuff & get back to center.

so today’s post is about a different sort of a WIP. me. i am a work in process & will continue to be so for the rest of my life. i have found that when things get rough as they sometimes do that going back to the basics like the 4 agreements can be helpful. that & some of my favorite music.

so with Dave playing in the background. myself re-centered. i am ready to take on the next thing that life has to throw at me.

WIP Wednesday

October 27, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter1 Comment

Wednesday again……..

where does all of the time go?

nothing too exciting this week. a finish & my next sewing project. oh & some none sewing related info.

i finished my jelly roll race car quilt. i totally lost the race but i love how it turned out. i added a narrow dark brown boarder & then wider print boarder. i decided to miter the corners. someone showed me this way awhile back & it works every time for me.

remember me telling you i unsewed 800″ because i didn’t want my snowmen standing on their heads. i am so happy i did that. i love that they are all going the same direction.

just a close up of a mitered corner. i love how they look & after i do them i always say that i am going to always do my boarders this way. but….. that doesn’t always happen.

so this quilt gets added to the stack of others that need to be quilted.

speaking of quilting. i was in my front yard the other day & my neighbor comes over & asks me if i quilt. my answer was ‘yes’ & she proceeds to tell me how she is a seamstress & tried quilting but didn’t like it. i about passed out thinking how could anyone not like quilting. then she tells me that she has a quilting frame that her sister gave her. her sister is big into quilting. my neighbor wanted to know if i wanted to have it. as in free. heck yes was my answer. i don’t know much about it except its metal, expands out to a king size & that she & her husband are going to bring it over this weekend. i am super excited to see what it is & if i can use it. i will keep you posted.

this is the next project on the to do list. i can’t say much about it except it going to be a gift of sorts that travels.

now for the none related sewing stuff. nothing major going on. i will just have less time to sew & that means being less productive. i have decided to make a change in my life & that is going to require a bit of my time & energy. i have lots of (none sewing related) projects that need to get done to make this change happen. i will still be sewing just not as much. who knows. you might even get to see a couple of those none sewing related projects here. misery loves company right????

i hope you all are sewing away & being productive quilters.

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WIP Wednesday

October 19, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter2 Comments

so what have i been working on. i have been sewing & i have been unsewing which is something that we like to call ‘successful training’. hahaha.

a couple of quilt camps ago a few people got on the jelly roll race car quilt kick. at the time i did not. i though about it & thought about it. i thought of ways to change it up some. make mine a little different. i am a renegade after all.

in McCall i decided it was time to make the jelly roll race car quilt.

so, i took my jelly roll, trimmed the salvage edges & cut them in two. instead of 40 strips i had 80. instead of mitering the ends i butt seamed them. then i started to sew the 1st seam. my jelly roll has directional fabric in it. i realized that if i put the quilt together like the instructions said that i would have snowmen standing on their heads. i only did the 1 seam in McCall before we packed up & came home.

a few days of being at home & i decided to unsew that 1st seam. all 800 inches of it. for some reason i could not have my snowmen standing on their heads. yes, i am crazy. but, at least i admit it.

so, here it is. my renegaded jelly roll race quilt. if i was in a real race i would have been black flagged for going too slow. i love that all of my snowmen are going the same way so if 1 stands on his head they all will be standing on their heads.

i have 2 borders to add to the quilt. a narrow solid brown & then a wider print from the same line.

i make & sell handbags at a local artisan barn & they were out so last night i took these to the barn. a little bit of variety.

for the camp in McCall i thought it would be nice if each of us brought fabric so i could sew up a pillow case to donate. we got the fabric but the sewing up part didn’t happen until this past week. they are washed & ready to be delivered.

lastly, i must share. back in March or April when i saw Countdown to Christmas from Sweetwater i knew i wanted some. so my friends who have a quilt shop near by ordered my a fat quarter bundle. i has forgotten about it until i got the email explaining why i didn’t have it sooner. no big deal. i have no plans for it except to sit and look at it. i love this fabric.

i hope everyone is having a productive week.

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WIP Wednesday & A Giveaway!!!!

October 13, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter67 Comments

this week i am sharing what i got done while i was at the Renegade’s quilt camp in McCall this past weekend. if you stick with me through the entire post you will see a giveaway at the bottom. no jumping ahead. there might be a quiz.

no, this is not mine. Denise put this together at camp. amazing i know. she does beautiful work & is very talented. she is also super nice so she shares her knowledge with the rest of us.

another Denise creation. she started this at my house back in May & finished it up at camp with adding the boarders to it.

i made this quilt awhile back. i quilted & bound it at camp. i think i have about 13 quilts or so that need quilted. at least one is done.

i used a studio dye cutter to cut the tumblers which went super quick.

i love the front but i also love the back. its a modern twist on the back & i am beginning to love this look more & more.

i quilted & bound this baby quilt that i made at the previous camp. i called this my WAG quilt. i gave it to the gal today who asked me to make it for her & she loved it.

i took my serger to camp with me as well. i made 9 pairs of pajama pants. i can not show you all 9 pairs here because 7 of them are for gifts & some people do read my blog. the 2 i am showing here are for me. i have 1 more pair to make then i am done with pajama pants for awhile.

i put together this top at camp as well. these blocks came from a block swap thing i did with some local quilters/friends. our theme was a holiday or a season. i picked Christmas.

an up close shot of my focus fabric. i am pleased with how it turned out. so add that to the list of quilts to be quilted.

i took my 2010 Modern Siggy Swap quilt to quilt while i was at camp. i got it done but not without some challenges. i spray basted it in the garage at camp. i then got Denise to look at it with me to talk about the quilting of it. it was then that i discovered i had put the bottom row on wrong. ugh. so, i peeled back the quilt, unsewed the bottom row, fixed it & re-basted it. yuck.

i used rainbow variegated thread for the quilting. i just did swirls around each block. this is a shot of the back of the quilt. the quilting frames each siggy block.

i am very happy with how it turned out. white is not a color that i normally use but for this i thought it was the right way to go.

so now for the $64,000 question.

do i wash it? yes or no?

if i wash it then how? or do i use special quilt washing soap?

i want to wash it but i am afraid of lightening some of the signatures or having some of them bleed. someone said as long as its heat set i should be fine washing it. i don’t know what to do. i want the puckery look of a washed quilt but i don’t want to loose any of the signatures.

HELP

this is where i get your advice & you get a chance to win something fun.

my previous post was #200 for me & so i thought i should have a giveaway. i am giving away 2 ‘countdown to christmas’ charm packs.

for 1 entry leave me a comment about washing my siggy quilt. would you wash it? if so how? or any tips, tricks you may have for me regarding this issue.

for a 2nd entry blog, Tweet, Facebook or tell a friend about my giveaway & leave me a comment letting me know what you did.

so, that’s 2 chances to enter. you must leave a comment for each item. i will leave the giveaway open until 5:00 pm (pst) Monday the 17th.

so get out there & spread the word!!!!!!

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