tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54033476336277769802024-03-14T04:00:38.472-07:00Artistic AtticI have decided to blog about my other passion - sewing, fabric and being creative. I am really at peace when I am creating something....Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-81892102480100333222020-08-08T18:55:00.000-07:002020-08-08T18:55:37.390-07:00Covid-19 Quilts and more...<p> It has been quite a year so far in 2020. Who would have guessed a year ago that today we would all be wearing masks when ever we enter a store... All entertainment events; concerts, sporting events, Summer town festivals ...everything has been canceled. For good reason, as of today we have had 96,328 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Michigan and 6520 deaths. In the United states the number are over 5 Million cases and 161,000 deaths. Just staggering...I would never have believed it a year ago if you had told me this...</p><p>SO having said that...I have been sewing and sewing. I think I have a few things I can show you.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKFSpaRdnC_cw-ZNJ_I7jm-7PiWofDrpS6za_rBzIgcN2gk8RqIZMDMLSHQOlQdswyXY4XPk7yooOpPkTS4zIhOUNgN5CxcySSaylWtvah-5jr0xUsRlzkWDx4R_vYxYMv_i9syOSDLA/s2048/IMG_1035.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKFSpaRdnC_cw-ZNJ_I7jm-7PiWofDrpS6za_rBzIgcN2gk8RqIZMDMLSHQOlQdswyXY4XPk7yooOpPkTS4zIhOUNgN5CxcySSaylWtvah-5jr0xUsRlzkWDx4R_vYxYMv_i9syOSDLA/s640/IMG_1035.HEIC" /></a></div><p>This is a quilt that I made for my nephew who graduated from high school this spring. I started it on the weekend before the state was shut down in Mid March. This quilt is called "Nolan's Catch". A few years back Nolan was fishing during our annual camping trip to Sand Lake and the resident eagle followed him all over the lake watching his stringer of fish. When Nolan pulled the Kayak up to get out of the water, the eagle decided it was time for dinner. It swooped down to the water trying to get Nolan's catch. Needless to say Nolan was startled but was able to save his catch. So I added a surprise to the back of the quilt.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe63nNa3SS0PEyqYviWqh2Iqi0j68ASCVQi2SHmL-pKXfN8IyFMqaxwzcfEVBVW4l9diw8ZU69-F9GhC6aH6lZpy6uxDsZu3uDySAJc0YNqd0gUvadzV2KihGxn0pkgnXT7pqo57ybjDA/s4032/IMG_1041.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe63nNa3SS0PEyqYviWqh2Iqi0j68ASCVQi2SHmL-pKXfN8IyFMqaxwzcfEVBVW4l9diw8ZU69-F9GhC6aH6lZpy6uxDsZu3uDySAJc0YNqd0gUvadzV2KihGxn0pkgnXT7pqo57ybjDA/s640/IMG_1041.HEIC" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfY1UUT6RwVfNOuT3B8-ND9fMkYjgwGBtOmVV02pwLQMrDUpooyb_nP7EmC665cv42ihXntaJ1aPoswpgY4gERp0WkmLwQwnPlRFc_MS0UjFrGcQ_y99iS3ACWqljTzi7OBD6jD9k-CM/s2048/IMG_1136.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfY1UUT6RwVfNOuT3B8-ND9fMkYjgwGBtOmVV02pwLQMrDUpooyb_nP7EmC665cv42ihXntaJ1aPoswpgY4gERp0WkmLwQwnPlRFc_MS0UjFrGcQ_y99iS3ACWqljTzi7OBD6jD9k-CM/s640/IMG_1136.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><p>This was my Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt that was started after Thanksgiving 2019 and finished during our state "stay at home " order. I usually do not start Bonnie's mystery quilts because the holidays are just so hectic. I usually save all the clues and start it on New Years or just after. But this year I decided to try it because I was really motivated by the colors and she promised that the clues would be smaller projects and she would extend the clues out into the new year. I did a pretty good job of keeping up. When I got to the reveal, I was not really happy with the border she picked. SO I decided to wait and watch for a while and see what the other quilters decided to do. This is the border I decided on and I love it. I have not taking this to the quilter yet.. This one is call "Frolic on Lake Huron".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ps1jBZE57hcr0nndyH39hXQ4Q7G0s6h5NKjRG3OU3BfaOpbwsvvBQqvjnQYQwzCT6ZIdezv_IrIiet1a3FO5PtnUjjDIGH-WkUD-Tmus6XcxwhKzzQ5o6SLPUdfH-jcNfcuSkGie6Uc/s2048/IMG_1125.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ps1jBZE57hcr0nndyH39hXQ4Q7G0s6h5NKjRG3OU3BfaOpbwsvvBQqvjnQYQwzCT6ZIdezv_IrIiet1a3FO5PtnUjjDIGH-WkUD-Tmus6XcxwhKzzQ5o6SLPUdfH-jcNfcuSkGie6Uc/s640/IMG_1125.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p>This was a SewQuester quilt by Cozy Quilt designs started in the middle of the "Stay at Home" Order. My sisters and I all decided to do this quilt. It was so fun because we all have different taste in fabric and different amounts of "stash". They all turned out beautiful! We all finished a few weeks apart. I finished mine up as the state was beginning to open up. The process for this quilt was much like a mystery quilt because each week or two we got a new set of instructions for the week. When this reveal was done...I decided on a different border again. The truth be told, I got carried away when I was making my half square triangle. I just went upstairs each night and mindlessly kept making them. So I decided turn all these into quarter triangle square. What else would I have used all the extra the half square triangles for? So I added them to the border. I also want the quilt to fit nicely on a queen bed so it needed to be a bit bigger. I have gotten this one quilted but have not put binding on it yet. This quilt is called "Summer Breeze".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2can2wBfSnXmXi33W23dFgKqnefdGlRYvogRxPwKT_7TYnAqyXhyphenhyphenN8MN8BLYKKemU1N54cvM_GzgHNOjoSHa2glReeK3Zz92lcO_1CSaY3u2SadDJfrh_dvLVoplwq4-asFy-2XUFmcI/s4032/IMG_1044.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2can2wBfSnXmXi33W23dFgKqnefdGlRYvogRxPwKT_7TYnAqyXhyphenhyphenN8MN8BLYKKemU1N54cvM_GzgHNOjoSHa2glReeK3Zz92lcO_1CSaY3u2SadDJfrh_dvLVoplwq4-asFy-2XUFmcI/s640/IMG_1044.HEIC" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2can2wBfSnXmXi33W23dFgKqnefdGlRYvogRxPwKT_7TYnAqyXhyphenhyphenN8MN8BLYKKemU1N54cvM_GzgHNOjoSHa2glReeK3Zz92lcO_1CSaY3u2SadDJfrh_dvLVoplwq4-asFy-2XUFmcI/s4032/IMG_1044.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><br /></a></div><p>This one was completed last fall and I sent it off to the quilter this spring. I made this one for my bed. That's a funny statement because I make a lot of them for my bed because I love variety BUT....this one was really made for my bed. I love log cabins. It was the first block I learned and when I saw this in a magazine last summer I knew I had to make it for me. I had bought jelly rolls on clearance of this fabric and they would work perfect for this project. I have given all my other Log cabins quilts away. I am keeping this one. It's call "Charlotte Takes the Train" The original quilt name in the magazine was "Charlotte" and my fabric is travel related with train tickets on one of the fabrics. The border also reminded me of a train track. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitFWGrMDzSEF0kujdSDwVR_-pQlcbPdNmcEsvsz-YEdDCI4I830dG-68m13YQxPFt4gH-_YMthsKRt-D5nXAP8nl2Dd8DCYZYSMq1bxp-iOeVqsRgyTeYNdUSNvd0mQQZ7DU7aboLabk/s4032/IMG_1362.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitFWGrMDzSEF0kujdSDwVR_-pQlcbPdNmcEsvsz-YEdDCI4I830dG-68m13YQxPFt4gH-_YMthsKRt-D5nXAP8nl2Dd8DCYZYSMq1bxp-iOeVqsRgyTeYNdUSNvd0mQQZ7DU7aboLabk/s640/IMG_1362.HEIC" /></a></div><p>This one was a quilt that I made late last summer. It was a "Buddy Quilt". My "Buddy" was my sister, Sue. Her quilt is the opposite of mine. Her's is black in the center. then gold, then green and the outside rows are red. When I finished this, the black was just too stark for me. I have never made a black quilt before...and was not sure how much I liked it. So I sat on it for a while to see if I could figure out how I could soften it some so I would like it better. And this is what I decided on...and now I love it! This one remains unnamed. It will speak to me in time and I'll know what to call it. </p><p>It has been a long time since I posted here. I'll try to do it more often. This could have been five posts but instead it was one. I am still posting on my other blogs weekly.</p><p>Notice the difference in the grass..I always take my photos in about the same place. We have had hot stretches this summer with little rain. Now we have a large brown patch that I tried to cover with this quilt!</p><p>Hope you enjoyed this. Happy sewing to you too!</p><p>Love Jan</p><p><br /></p>Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-23159716184927987572016-06-27T18:35:00.000-07:002016-06-27T18:35:11.680-07:00Sisters Sewing Sunday Sessions....My sister Sue has decided last fall that maybe she wanted to learn to quilt since she is now retired and has a bit more time on her hands. She started out last fall making pot holders...we all learned from Annette Sweet. A blog of another time....Then she has taken a class or two while she was in Florida and gotten her sewing machine all warmed up. One day she found this great deal on Jelly Rolls online and decided to by some and have me show here what she could do with them. She bought a blue roll, a green roll, a red roll, a purple roll and an aqua roll... Even though she did not have a plan for them. She showed them to me and I suggested that I teach her how to make the Jelly Roll Quilt. As it turned out each roll was really more of a half a roll. They each had 20 2.5 inch strips. A traditional Jelly Roll which consist of 42 2.5 inch strips of fabric. But we could combine them and a bit of fabric from my stash and we would have enough. So we scrounged through my stash to find a fabric that would go with the jelly roll and found a cute floral that would work.<br />
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We asked the other two sisters, Sharon and Pam, if they want to join us...and before we knew it, it was ....Jelly Roll Time. We picked a Sunday afternoon after church. At 1 PM, they arrived promptly all ready to Jelly Roll. Some quilters race while they make these but since the two of the girls were making their first Jelly Roll quilt ....it would just be a stroll for this afternoon. Sister Sharon (not the nun...) has made two of these before but it has been a long time!<br />
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An afternoon full of laughter, jokes, and reminiscing. No fighting over sewing machines like when we were kids...We all had our own. I think this will likely be an event that we will repeat again sometime!<br />
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We all need to find border fabrics. When completed they make a nice size throw for the back of a couch!<br />
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So if you have a bunch of sisters...who sew... have them over some afternoon and make a Jelly Roll quilt. in a few short hours you will have a quilt top made.<br />
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JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-65927942831870220532016-06-27T17:44:00.000-07:002016-06-27T17:44:34.236-07:00Stack N' WackOur Wednesday Quilt group got on a binge this winter and we decided to do Stack n' Wacks. and we did alot of them. Personally I only did one but several of the ladies did more than one. Mine is called "Running with the wind." It was a horse fabric. The background fabric was way outside of the box for me. It was a pumpkin or paprika blender fabric which would not normally be a color I would look for but it was perfect with these block. <br />
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The first border is a light teal blue and the large outer border is a great choice which that brought out all the colors in the blocks except the darkest browns and black.<br />
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After completing this quilt I can see why so many of the girls decide to do more than one. They are addictive. Once I get it quilted...I'll post a picture again...<br />
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JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-56284855941945666382016-06-27T17:40:00.000-07:002016-06-27T17:40:50.637-07:00Quilting on Wednesday with my Quilt groupI thought I would show you some of the stuff I have been doing. Did a donation quilt for the local hospital. Well, My sister had the quilt top...so all I did was quilt. But it was fun anyway.<br />
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I have found a wonderful group of ladies to sew with bi-weekly on Wednesday.... We meet on the First and Third Wednesday of the month to sew. (sometimes more often) It is an open sew...you can work on what ever your current project is. Or if you need to finish something from a class you took...And sometimes we have classes. Last winter we worked on a Rapid Fire Hunter Star... It was a class that several of the ladies took in the Marlette Quilt shop.Then they came back and show us how to make one too. It is a two fabric quilt and I was bound and determined to use fabric from my stash. I had a great oriental fabric that fit the bill!<br />
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Sewing production style at home...I got it finished and set out once again to find a border. This time I was looking for a small inner border...Never did find anything I liked so I decided to not have one. I just sewed on the wide border from my original oriental peacock and called it good!<br />
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Here is the block. And then the quilt top with all the blocks put together while deciding on the borders... This one is waiting for me to quilt this winter too. With the garden and all the yard work...there just isn't as much time to quilt on the long arm...so they become winter projects...<br />
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I had so much trouble deciding on an inside border that I left it off all together.<br />
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(this is a blog I wrote last fall and forgot to post during my busy garden harvesting time...so now I have even more projects that I need to quilt...<br />
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<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-6707482923663741892015-11-26T19:11:00.001-08:002015-11-26T19:15:35.464-08:00Quilt of IndecisionI must say I have never had a quilt give me quite as much grief as this one...I bought these charm packs years ago waiting for the right project. When saw Jenny's tutorial of the Lattice Quilt. I knew how I was going to use these charm packs! <br />
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Go to youtube.com and search for Jenny Doan tutorials lattice quilt ...you are going to love it. I also bought her book which has this quilt in it too. So I set out to make it last winter during my Wednesday Quilt group sessions. I had in my mind thought that I would find a floral to use as a border much like Jenny had used. So I got all the blocks done and thought surely I would find something that would go perfectly...<br />
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I looked and looked for border fabric...I must have bought 5 pieces of fabric that I felt certain would work but they were all too busy...Most of them were Batiks...I even sewed some of them on and I did not like any of them...so I ripped them off and kept looking...So here you have it. I found a marble that looked real close to the lattice fabric. Now...it is sitting patiently waiting for me to quilt it.(it will get done this winter...<br />
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<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-62804612069718973902015-06-30T14:26:00.000-07:002015-06-30T14:26:50.721-07:00Table Runner fun....I found this really cute fabric from a Quilter friend I met online. She had a bolt of it and I fell in love...Now, you all know that I need more fabric like I need a hole in my head but I had this fabulous thought...."It is such a fun summer fabric that I could make table runner out of... and maybe as a border for a quilt or throw." Then I thought "maybe it would work for the border of a batik top that I am struggling with" "It is so colorful and fun I can use lots of my stash to go with it!" all these thought went screaming through my head at the speed of light. And just as quick I wrote the check and sent it off to Sue! I waited anxiously for a couple of days for the fabric to arrive! Oh MY goodness the fabric is as fun as I thought it would be! <br />
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Once I decided to make table runners out of it I had to fussy cut the the borders so that I can turn them 180 degrees from each other so there is no right or wrong side to the table runner. now it's time to pick a back fabric and a coordinate fabric. I have lots to pick from. I will then take a 2 inch strip of the back fabric and sew the two borders onto the strip so that they are each facing the opposite direction. Then I cut 2 inch strips of the coordinate fabric and sew it to the two outside edges of my new panel. Then I take the back and sew it on...<br />
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This is my take on the 10 minute table runner...I call it the 20 minute table runner because you are adding a couple more strips to the runner!<br />
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So here they are..What do you think? I gave them to all my sisters and we are loving them!<br />
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Aren't they just the cutest! I still have a couple more that I need to send to people and I can make 5 more...am thinking I might have to get a hold of Sue and see if she wants to sell any more of the bolt that she has because I think I could even think of more people who would love one!<br />
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Love JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-27090186928527938152015-02-04T20:42:00.000-08:002015-02-04T20:43:15.703-08:00More Bright Baby QuiltsI have been working on Baby Quilts of late. I have finished them all, they have been sent and received so now I can show them to you.<br />
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Last fall I found some really sweet Jelly Rolls (on sale) that I thought would make great quilts for the three new babies due to arrive starting in early December and continuing into January of 2015. I knew that one was suppose to be a little boy and one was suppose to be a little girl. Which made picking these Jell Rolls and easy decision. I found them on sale a Missouri Star Quilt Company. If you have never visited their site, you ought to. (right now!) https://www.missouriquiltco.com/ Sign up for their daily specials. I love this company and Jenny..... more on that later....back to my blog after getting a bit side tracked.<br />
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As it turned out Landon Alexander Tietz was the first to arrive in November. He caught me off guard since I was expecting him in mid December. I had the quilt top maqde but it was not quilted yet! He arrive November 19, 2015. Landon is my first Great Grandson. I had hoped to get Landon's quilt done before Christmas so his Aunt Elizabeth could take it home to him but the holiday mad house got in the way. I sent it to him in mid January instead. I used a pretty blue Minky on the back. It makes a baby quilt so soft! <br />
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Then came Isabelle Semp, my great niece, who arrived on December 17. She was a little passed her due date. Isabella got this sweet pastel quilt last week while her Grandma Pam and I were in Florida visiting our sister. Derek tells me that it goes great in her room. She is a sweet little girl. I'll have to ask the proud parents if I can post a photo of each of them. Gotta ask first these days.<br />
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I used Purple Minky on her quilt. I gave her a purple baby blanket too. With any luck at all she will love purple as much as I do! <br />
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Things have finally settled down into the dead of winter..... and I have plenty of projects to keep me busy. I am planning to get more blogging in to show you what I have been working on. So stay tuned!<br />
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Jan Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-22221248311116941582015-01-23T09:27:00.001-08:002015-01-23T09:27:29.083-08:00Michael Miller, BOM a move and a very busy few months...Sorry it has been so long since I have been here. We have moved...Need I say more...Moved from Illinois to Michigan...Packed my stash last and.... unpacked it last too since I had so many other things I need to get unpacked to just setup a household! Never want to do a move that is that far away again!!! Not at my age...<br />
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So the Michael Miller Challenge project got finished..but my BOM did not. It has become a great bag to haul Quilt projects to my new quilt group. I have stumbled unto a great group of quilters and we sew two Wednesdays a month. <br />
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In the mean time, our family is grow rather rapidly so I have been making baby Quilts...One for a Grandson, Ryan Declan Diamond, one for a Great Grandson, Landon Alexander Tietz and one for a Great niece, Isabella Grace Semp. Two are complete and one needs to be quilted yet. I can show you Ryan's because he has received it. I'll send Landon's soon and after I know he has it I'll post it here. <br />
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Was a cute little Noah's Ark print that I was saving just for the right baby and along came Ryan. <br />
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I backed it with Minky and added the label. Turned out really cute. I hope he loves snuggling with it when he's a bit older. It is big enough for a toddler bed.<br />
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The long arm moved successfully and is now in my basement. The laser doesn't work...I will have to look into fixing that. I got a new SWF Compact Embroidery machine which I have not been able to get to the basement yet. It is in the garage and man is it cold out there so...I have not used it much. I think I will hire a big burly moving crew in the spring to get it to the basement...<br />
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I'll try to do better about blogging. Hope you are having a creative winter!<br />
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JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-18243949219243213832014-06-09T14:59:00.000-07:002014-06-09T14:59:42.028-07:00Bright HST QuiltJust thought you might like to see what I have been up to. Am
working at the Garden Center so I do not get as much sewing time as I
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stash just waiting for me to use in a fun happy quilt. So first I
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Its a great lap size quilt for a teenager with funky bright
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Since the house is on the market, I wanted the people who come to look at the house to know how I currently use the three season porch. I have all my BIG sewing equipment out there. So I decided to load a quilt on the machine. Well, it does not take long when a quilt is loaded for me to get the "itch" to sew!! Several evenings last week, the hum of the long arm could be heard in the neighborhood well after dark! Last night I finished it. So I
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My quilting is still not as accurate as I would like since I am still learning.
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The back is a really fun teenage fabric too. It is bright pink
texting fabric. It has many of the texting short cuts printed on the
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I need to keep a piece of this fabric to help me learn to
communicate my teenage grandkids!!!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed this!<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
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Love Jan<br />
Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-33944665889817035492014-04-07T09:51:00.000-07:002014-04-07T09:51:47.381-07:00Jacob's other Blankies and things...In the box of goodies sent to Jacob last week there were a couple of other things that he will need even more frequently. <br />
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He got a couple of blankets...<br />
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And some bibs...<br />
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Enjoy! I already sent some cute hourglass flannel shaped burpers...I'll make a few more and put them on a different blog. So I have been busy sewing baby stuff these last few weeks even thought I have not posted much here. Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-87305436117857364782014-04-06T20:04:00.000-07:002014-04-06T20:04:06.516-07:00Been such a long time...It's been a really long time since I have written for this blog. Was not intended but when I starting working at Home Depot a year ago...I got really busy and put some of my other " loves" on the back burner. I did a better job of keeping up with my Shared Smith Memories blog (http://sharedsmithmemories.blogspot.com/) and the Needles in the Haystack blog( http://sharedsmithmemories.blogspot.com/) . And I have to say that I have not been sewing quite as much either... I have been making reusable grocery bags...and giving them to all my sister and sister-in-laws for their birthday...I have several more cut out and ready to sew but...have started other projects so.....when I finish the next batch. I'll show them here.<br />
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Many of you, who are connected with me through Facebook know I have a new grandson...Jacob Ryan Tietz was born on April 2nd. A few days later, Kyle and Christa received a box with a few new presents that Jacob will make good use of. I waited to show them here until they got to see them first so.. This winter I spent some time on an Alphabet Quilt for Jacob's crib. Kyle and Christa went to retrieve the Crib I bought for Caleb from storage and found that they were missed a few parts; screws and nuts. On further investigation, Kyle found that the Crib had been recalled for safety reasons so a new crib would be necessary. It gave my sister Sharon and I a reason to go in search of a new crib for him when I was visiting Michigan last month. And we found one! <br />
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When I found this fabric on clearance at a Quilt shop a few years ago, I knew that one day a busy little boy would need this quilt. That day has arrived and the busy little boy is named Jacob. Each of the red framed squares if an alphabet letter or two with the cutest busy characters.. The stripes at the top and the bottom show at old fashion games that I played when I was a child...and the middle stripe is a parade of the awesome animals used in the alphabet blocks. This fabric reminded me of the Richard Scarry books that I bought for my boys when they were little. They were my favorite books to read and look at with my kids. We spent many afternoons at nap time looking at those books before they drifted off to sleep. <br />
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I could not help but fall in love with the "artist Alligator , or the fishing Fox, or the golfing Giraffe, the Joker Jaguar, the kite flying Kangaroo and all the other colorful busy characters" who belong to this quilt. It will make a wonderful "I Spy" quilt when Jacob is learning his Alphabet! <br />
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I backed it with a soft butter yellow minkee. My friend, Julie quilted it on her Quilting machine which is computer controlled..so she could show me how it works. One of these days, I would like to add a computer to mine but there just isn't money for that now, besides, Lucy and I are having fun learning to quilt .<br />
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JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-64610992846659897532013-01-22T21:01:00.000-08:002013-01-22T21:01:03.611-08:00Christmas Job...Labor of Love<br />
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Well, it is now 2013 and all the Christmas packages are
delivered and opened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now I can talk
about what I was doing in November and December. I had a Christmas job which
involved dissecting about 30 Tee shirts, making blocks out of them and placing
the blocks in a Quilt. It was suppose to be ONE quilt but my friends sent me so
many shirts, it began to multiply and before I knew it, it became three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tee shirts were Justin Grabowski's shirts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Justin was the son of Rick and Ivy
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They<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>became my best friends in 1981 when Ivy and I
began to work together at StorageTek in Phoenix, Arizona. And through that
relationship, I met another friend, Karen, Rick’s sister and Justin’s
Aunt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lost Ivy to cancer 10
years ago in April...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and then Justin.in 2010. So
hard to believe.<br />
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This quilt was a labor of love. Karen and I had talked about this project for sometime. Last winter I had the chance to go to Phoenix and while I was there, I had dinner with Karen. It was SO good to see her and we both needed it! It was a special evening. And she promised that evening that she would get with Rick and they would go through Justin's shirts and send me some.<br />
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Well, about three weeks later a box showed up on my door step. It was an electronics box and my husband thought for sure I had ordered something for him! When I saw the return address, I knew what the box was. I had several other projects already in the works so the box sat unopened for several months while I got caught up. Before I knew it it was fall, and I thought I better get going on this project so I can get it done for Christmas...<br />
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In early October I started taking apart the
shirts, removing all the fronts and some
of the sleeves. I left as much of the shirt fabric as I could since I still did not know what size block I could make out of each of these shirts. Karen stated that they(she and Rick) had trouble trying to figure out what shirts to send so they sent extra! "Oh what a great idea" I thought... "DON'T send any back", she said..."It was all I could do to get Rick to go through them once." So immediately I planned to not have any left to send back. I am of the opinion
that quilts are very hard to share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everyone has to have one of their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So with that in mind, three quilts it is and that is that. </div>
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Justin was a BMX bike rider when he was young so I found the perfect BMX fabric for the borders. After looking at all the shirts and the colors, I went in search of fabric for sashes. I decided on light gray for Heidi's, orange for Ricks and black for Karen's. Not all the shirts were tee shirts. There was a cotton button down shirt with an embroidered back and an interesting knit shirt from Las Vegas. <br />
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Heidi's was the first one completed. Then Rick's and finally Karen's.... <br />
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And here are a couple of the photos from Karen taken the day
they opened the box with the quilts. Karen was expecting one quilt and was very
surprised to find three. </div>
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So now you have it...This was my Christmas project. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.</div>
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Happy sewing,</div>
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Jan </div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-43678030779034805982012-11-14T15:05:00.000-08:002012-11-14T15:05:12.078-08:00Quilts from Tee Shirts....I thought maybe you might like to see a quilt made from Tee Shirts...Concert Tee shirts! This was my first Tee shirt quilt. It was a challenge by a friend . She was moving to Texas and decided to leave the shirts for me to make a quilt out of them...So I did. Needless to say...I learned ALOT...about what to do and what not to do when making a Tee shirt quilt... but it was fun. I mail the Quilt to her last week and she got it...so now I can put it on the blog and will not spoil the surprise. She loved it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the quilting process with Lucy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Used Sheet music fabric for the around each block...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Boss"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After it was quilted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not quite a queen size </td></tr>
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Cate has seen many awesome concerts in her life time. Bruce, the Boss, Bon Jovi, the Stones, the Who, Peter Gabriel, U2...oh my goodness...I would love to have seen these concerts...Looking at the quilt will give her great memories everyday and it ought to keep her warm during the cool Texas winter months!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of memories...</td></tr>
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After completing the quilt top, I visited a local quilt shop in Barrington, Illinois. From across the room, a close friend called out to me from a bolt of fabric. His name was Cody. Cody was a Border Collie who was Cate's best friend in the world! It was because of Cody that she and I met years ago. This bolt of fabric made the perfect back for Cate's quilt. <br />
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When she moved to our neighborhood, she and Cody walked every day to the park down the street from my house. One day we lost a big tree in our front yard and a short while later Cate and Cody came walking by. As I stood looking at the mess in my front yard, Cody scampered up to me as if he had known me for all his life! And from that day until the day he died, Cody repeated this routine hundreds of times with the same enthusiasm and love! He loved my bridge, he loved my porch, and he loved me...I knew I was a second choice for Cody but he made me feel so special. The simple unconditional love of a dog! There is nothing more special than that! <br />
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So this quilt is called "Cate' s True Loves" after her favorite music and Cody, her dog. <br />
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Happy Quilting!<br />
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Love, JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-28920328430065693312012-10-19T08:44:00.002-07:002012-10-19T08:44:53.873-07:00Quilting summer fun with Lucy..<!--[if !mso]>
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->This summer I did some quilting for my Neice. She had some sweet quilts that she let me practice on and they were so much fun! The first one is a 3D flower of sorts... It was adorable!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet little 30 X 30 wall hanging</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up close of the flower block</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the back on the Flower Wall hanging.</td></tr>
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The second one was was a cute Dick and Jane fabric that I remember in the fabric shops some time ago. She made a really cute lap quilt out of it! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dick and Jane Quilt </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of Quilting..</td></tr>
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Both of these little quilts were so much fun to do. </div>
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Happy Quilting!</div>
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Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-83281931057209505722012-06-12T21:14:00.000-07:002012-06-12T21:14:26.687-07:00Quilting...last week...Last week I did a bit of quilting....I have been so busy with redecorating and getting the house ready to sell...That I have had little time for sewing... $#@*& ( So rather as a protest, I got this little piece out that I needed to quilt for my niece...and I quilted it. It was fun!<br />
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So here are a few pictures for you to enjoy...<br />
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Cute colors and she did a great job of piecing...Have one for my Brother-in-law to put on later this week. Will finish the nieces wall hangings after I return from vacation. I have two Tee shirt quilts I need to make and Quilt in July as well.<br />
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The projects on the house are coming along. Greg is just about done with a really nice one which I will show you in a few days. I am still painting...I temporarily suspended that job when the weather got nice and the flower beds began to call me. I have weeded all the beds at least once...(some twice) except my little forest area to the north of the house...As soon as we get a good rain, I need to get over there and get it weeded...Oh and I need to finish small garden area next to the pool...it is rock hard. I worked on it last week after I watered it..I may need to water it some more in order to finish it..<br />
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I have all the pots planted with flowers or veggies including some lettuce, beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. All are sprouting and life it good. I'll show you the potato tower I constructed in the next post.<br />
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Until then... enjoy!<br />
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Love, Jan <br />
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I cannot believe that a month has gone by since I posted here
last...My intention was to post the next episode right away...but...Our next remodeling
project became the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really
was only weeks between these two projects but spring has arrived and so has all
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arrival of my siblings for their annual March visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They decided that they wanted to help us do
some remodeling and I will not turn down an offer of help....so Pam, Sharon,
Michael, Sue and Bob arrived on Thursday and we gave them paint and brushes
and we worked! The boys had a pretty big job to do in the kitchen, replace the
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Greg and I had already
done some major demolition of the old ZBrick backsplash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don't know what ZBrick is...you don't
want to and you are a youngster!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greg
and I moved a cabinet up and installed a new over the range microwave before
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This is a pretty messy in-progress photo. It is a difficult task to try to cook in a kitchen while you are in the middle of a remodel. And some nights, I said "to heck with it and we ate out!!" Greg has the ceiling just about painted and I have to do the walls above the upper cabinets yet. The white stuff draped on the cabinets are drop clothes that we would drape over the upper cabinets to try to control the paint mess. Greg is a more careful painter than I am.<br />
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As you can see, we still have a Microwave sitting on the counter which took up way too much space. So that is why we decided to mount one over the range. The rest of the "stuff" that you see on the counters is from inside the cabinet which we have off the wall so we can mount the new Microwave to it. And I believe this is about the time in the project when we decided that the back splash would have to come off. We had initially been told to leave it and put the mortar and tile over it! <br />
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So lets have a look at the first project. It was the walk in pantry. It is a nice walk in Pantry which had out dated wallpaper and it needed a nice new coat of paint. I emptied most of the pantry into the dining room to give me room to work. It is not so easy to live in a house during big remodeling projects. And you sure can not clean...There just seems to be stuff everywhere.</div>
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I am painting the doors for the upper cabinets and have painted to woodwork and around the window and around the floor and ceiling. Greg painted the ceiling for me. This room had a lot of hand work that needed to be done...Not many big wall that you can use rollers on. </div>
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We added some free standing shelves for extra storage. This project including painting and adding additional shelving after we removed an old built-in desk which did not utilize the space in the pantry very well. While I had everything out of the pantry, I did at a coat of Polyurethane on the floors which added three days to our completion time.</div>
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Love, Jan</div>Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-28487726457383366102012-02-28T20:13:00.001-08:002012-03-24T18:34:12.214-07:00Quilting - Audrey styleToday, I am going to highlight the photos that I have of quilts made by my Mother-in-law. Her birthday was yesterday and since she died in October...I am pausing to remember her today. She was a very talented quilter and I think of her often as I sit at my sewing machine working on my latest quilt project.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey working on a Charity Quilt in 1996</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey and Jennifer with Jennifer's Quilt in 1988</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brittany sitting on Greg's Quilt made by Audry. Photo was taken in 1997.</td></tr>
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Audrey worked actively with other church member on quilts which were later sold at auction at Prairie View, a church based retirement home in Danforth, Illinois. She made quilts for her son's and their families. She taught many people to quilt and sew. <br />
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Happy Sewing, JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-62297872791644193392012-02-21T20:05:00.000-08:002012-02-21T20:05:03.951-08:00Cute Burpers<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I would show you these cute little baby burpers I make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have made them on and off for years for baby gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When my kids were babies we used cloth diapers. If the baby was not wearing the diaper<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then it was a qualified burp rag!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cloth diaper were too wide so if the baby got a bit excited and kicked up a fuss the diaper got all bunched up underneath them. Do you remember?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The diapers were a bit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>too short, it just cover you on the shoulder and chest..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It left your back a bit of a good target….. So I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thought that there had to be a better way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I use nice soft flannel and quilt batting in between. I usually use different colors of flannel on each side so they are reversible . They are cute as a button and all the Mom’s who have them love them..</span><br />
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As you can see these are all for little girls and they are adorable. Hope you enjoy them! <br />
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Next time you see a fusion of colors brewing on the horizon take a few minutes to watch it. It is a one of a kind show created especially for you. Life is too short. <br />
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Love, JanJanet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-35158858898814419702011-11-04T22:32:00.000-07:002011-11-04T22:32:11.655-07:00Bloggers Quilt Festival<br />
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The inspiration for my first quilt came from a photo which a co-worker entered in our annual “Best Vacation Photo” company calendar contest in 1997. This photo was of the Chicago Lighthouse uniquely taken from in the lake looking back at the city sky line. I love lighthouses all my life. I had recently moved from Phoenix to Chicago where it makes more sense to use lighthouses for decor. In Phoenix, people would see my lighthouses and say, “ You aren’t from here are you?” When I saw this photo, I decided that it would be a great piece to hang my dining room on the white fireplace wall. <br />
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I sat down one evening with a roll of blank used news paper and drew out my design based on the photo. Then I when to my sewing room and looked at what I had in my stash. I did not have much then because I had not started to quilt yet. It took me a few weeks to find the fabrics and before long I was cutting out the pieces and sewing it together. I soon learned that I did not know what the heck I was doing but I continued on bravely. It is machine pieced and hand quilted.<br />
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After I finished this piece, I decided that it was time for me to take a class and really learn how to do this correctly. I have been learning and quilting every since!<br />
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<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-31428579254451960582011-09-19T20:37:00.000-07:002011-09-19T20:37:17.786-07:00Critters who visited today...From my office window today, I got to observe three fuzzy bandits for most of the morning...They were pretty funny to watch. Three of them were all crammed into the hole in the tree. There was one who was always struggling to get to the surface but the bigger ones always seemed to be on top of him! They would sleep for a while and then the little guy on the bottom would try to break free and he would wake up the other two again!!!! There just was not enough room for them all...<br />
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They are cute but....we seem to be over run by them this year. You know that you have too many in your neighborhood when you see them during the day! They leave a nasty mess on our deck. Most days they think they own the place and they can really cause a lot of damage.. These babies slept in the tree all morning. Mom came back to check on them several time. Eventually about noon, she woke them all and prompted them to get moving because she obviously had other things she wanted to do! First they tried to go up the tree but she would have no part of their fun. She insisted that they come down and off they went. Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-59403510709748516062011-09-18T12:12:00.000-07:002011-09-18T12:15:11.709-07:00Charity QuiltsLucy and I have been busy working on charity quilts. These quilts are for Quilts Beyond Borders! <br />
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This is a great organization which makes quilts for orphans in Ethiopia and other places in the world where there are children who are in need. . I decided that this would be a great way for me to get practice on my quilting machine. I met Carla for lunch and she gave me three quilt kits…and then things got crazy…and I did not get right at them. Summer hit and the flower beds need weeding and mulching. Then there was the pool which needed to be opened. My studio windows need to be replaced. We had some really nasty storms go through our neighborhood which knocked down while trees and took out power out for 5 whole days! And then I had a pretty large Genealogy project which had to be finished by mid July. I was able to sneak in time to quilt a couple of small projects which were long over due! Sadly I was not getting the sewing time that I had hoped for.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago after I returned from vacation, I thought…I have got to get these done! So two are quilted and need to have the binding done. That will leave one more to do. If I do not get the last one on today, then I’ll do it tomorrow! <br />
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I put the last one on Lucy’s frame when my my sister-in-law was due to visit so she and I could play for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carolyn did a lovely job on all the plain blocks, don’t you think. It was her first time using a long arm…Great stippling, I think! </div>
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I delivered the finished quilts to the Quilts Beyond Borders / The Quiltery booth at Northwest Suburban Quilt Guild Show yesterday at the Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center yesterday. <br />
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On to the next projects…some table runners and Grandma Audrey’s Old Quilt but first I am making binding for my Christmas Star Quilt. <br />
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Love, Jan<br />
<br />Janet Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529674985660168327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403347633627776980.post-71827517436589477332011-09-13T12:02:00.000-07:002011-09-13T12:03:01.311-07:00Aprons galore...Summer is a busy time for everyone because there are so many fun things to do that are the most fun when they are done in warm weather! This summer I have also been very busy sewing. I had thought about making aprons for our annual camping trip for quite a few years but the trip would get here before I knew it and it would be too late again...Not this year I thought! So I started buying aprons in assorted colors in March. In May, I decided to work on the embroidery designs...and coming up with nicknames which made sense for each of the campers...It took some thought but eventually I decided what to do..<br />
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Some of the nicknames have stories behind them and others are just names that we all own well by our interest and traits!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sandy is our Beer Babe, Michael is our King of late night snacks, Sharon has always been our Princess, Art has always been King Arthur, Diane is our Princess Di, Matt is our Bungee King( give him a Bungee and he can make anything!), I am the Stitchinfox(this is the only time of the year which I do not sewing at all!), Bob is new to our group but he is the Toy Guy and Sue is our Budget Queen! My husband Greg was missing from the photo but he is a retired fireman and he is our Pyrotech Wizard (and fire guy). Our oldest sibling, Pam needs a reminder from time to time so her’s read “Hey Blondie, it’s your night to cook!” Mark and Kelley Ann have not received theirs yet. So we would not want to spoil the fun. I just might have to make up a few more for other members who could not make it this year…. But will likely join us on future trips…Maybe for the Strong Damn Norwegian and his Danish sweetheart! </div>
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We had a great deal of fun snacking, camping, cooking, eating, drinking, playing games, kayaking, swimming, sunbathing and spending time with each other!</div>
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Hope you created special memories this summer too!<br />
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