A step-off-my-world day Saturday, Mar 29 2008

I needed to get out of the house today so I drove off into the sunshine, planning to visit five quilt shops.

At the first one, Quilt N Go, I found the larger piece on the bottom by RJR.  In real life, the color is a nicer red than shows here; I got 1 3/8 yards on sale.  The top four are each 1/2 a yard; those are from the Big Island Quilt Co, a nondescript front building in a little mall.  But they had the most lovely fabrics! 

The yellow with dots and pink with “cookies” are Me and My Sister designs by Moda.  They are so beautifully spring!!

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Gifted fabrics Thursday, Mar 27 2008

Four of us worked together today (knitting, piecing, quilting).  One had “inherited” a box of quilting fabric from a family friend; she brought it today and said I could have what I wanted.

What fun!  Since I’m working on my blue log cabin, most of what I chose could be used in that; however, I couldn’t resist adding a few others, too. 

One of the others gifted me with a fat quarter, so this was a wonderful day of gifting…to me! 

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Log Cabin – three squares Wednesday, Mar 26 2008

Each is different; all have the same dark navy in the right corner and the hot pink in the center.  The other pieces vary.  Individual pictures are on my flickr site.

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Log Cabin lights…plus mediums Monday, Mar 24 2008

These new fabrics will give me more choices for my lights (and my mediums).  Dots are new, but I think they will work. 

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Gypsy Gripper and Log Cabin strips Sunday, Mar 23 2008

I’ve cut most of the blues I have into 1 1/2″ strips.  I can see I’m going to need to get some more of the lights; maybe I’ll need more of all the darks/mediums/lights.  I have plenty to make the hot pink flowered square in the center. 

This is the Gypsy Gripper, a wonderfully helpful tool to help hold the ruler while I use the rotary cutter.  I’ve also ordered a mini gripper that can be used for smaller/thinner rulers.  This was worth every penny!

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WWE 101/224 and Log Cabin 1/? Sunday, Mar 23 2008

I’m not sure how big I want this quilt to be, so I have no idea how many I’ll do.  This is an 8″ square, 12 pieces in a square.  It could go on for a long, long time.

I’ve finished 101 out of 224 (45%).  I meant to photograph when I reached 100 but overshot by one.  My next marker will probably be when I reach 50%.  This is “some quilt” as in the words of Charlotte the spider.  I am now having to stack pieces along the edges.

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Log Cabin square 1 Saturday, Mar 22 2008

The suggestion is to do half dark and half light, with a red square in the center.  My squares will not necessarily contain the exact same materials, but the general idea will be repeated.  The last two hours flew by as I was engrossed in the puzzle of deciding.

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Log Cabin blues Saturday, Mar 22 2008

These are the blue fabrics I think I’ll use for my log cabin quilt.  Of course, as I work, I may eliminate some of the colors or add others.

(I have 98 of the 224 WWE squares finished.  Not quite halfway.)

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Log Cabin quilt Friday, Mar 21 2008

This morning I cut cardboard templates for my Log Cabin pattern.  This will give me an 8″ square.

Now I need to wash and iron fabric so I can begin cutting.

(I’m not finished with the WWE quilt, but I like to have two projects going at once so I can vary my work.)

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WWE 80 out of 224 Saturday, Mar 15 2008

I’ve completed 36% of the squares.  Each side will have three more rows.  The center red will have three more rows. The bottom will have three more rows of the tan.

I have an idea of how I’m going to tie the two colors together, but I’ll wait to try it until I have all of the squares pieced together.

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