tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200545732024-03-07T10:09:05.444-08:00Fat Quarter Quilt FarmFarm Fresh Fabric Fondling..Quilting..Knitting and Dyeing .Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History!!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-45847481091495443722013-01-05T11:31:00.002-08:002013-01-05T12:37:38.726-08:00SNOWDYEING :Big pieces!!
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Fiber reactive dye powders sprinkled on top of the snow. later in the process I sprayed the yellow powder with a spray bottle tomake sure it was hydrated enough to "strike" on the fabric. For some reason the pure Lemon Yellow doesnt dissolve or hydrate fully sometimes.
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This piece of previously dyed 3 plus yards was placed at the very botton of the container to absorb the dye liquid run off.
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The end results of that over dyed piece.I really liked the muted look.. and so did my friend Jane. Right after I posted these pics of the ironed fabric on Facebook she decided to snatch this one up for future kids clothing projects. She has an Etsy Shop
<b>( http://www.etsy.com/shop/ThumbandPinky </b>)
makes really cute custom kid clothing and does craft shows in the Chicago area.I cant wait to see this fabric made up!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-6622916508161257992013-01-01T23:15:00.001-08:002013-01-01T23:34:21.507-08:00SNOWDYEING!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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WOOOHOOO! It finally snowed earlier last month.We didn't get a lot.. but I was determined to try this for the first time.Turns out there was just enough on my car to make it happen!
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I kind of followed the instructions for "ICE DYEING" from the "DHARMA TRADING' site. I knew there was going to be plenty of run off from the melting snow and I wanted to utilize all of the dye in that melted snow.
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I soaked my PFD Muslin in my soda ash solution, wrung it out by hand and crumpled my half yard piece into the bottom plastic shoe box sized container . The top 2 smaller baskets got smaller pieces. Both sizes of containers were packed pretty tight with the crumpled fabrics.
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Normally when I dye, I use only a handful of diferent "pure colors". Turquoise, Scarlet,Fuschia,Lemon Yellow, Gold Yellow,Mixing Blue plus 2 different Blacks provide what I need to mix ANY color.Its is the most economical way to purchase and mix colors.I keep these mixed as stock solutions and use them throughout the summer when I am dyeing outside. At "Art Quilt Farm Camp" this past summer I taught the basic color mixing class with these few basic colors in the stock solutions.
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For SNOWDYEING I am using these same basic colors in POWDER form.This is more hazardous and requires the use of a DUST MASK as well as dampened paper on your work area. This keeps any stray powders from flying around, becoming airborne and accidentaly being inhaled.
Dharma's Ice dyeing tutorial shows them using Pre-Mixed colors(such as browns ,purples and greens available from them), which break down into more interesting "components".
I will be ordering some of these "pre-mixed" colors to test out before the Snowdyeing season is over. I think it would be nice to have a Brown and a Green on hand as a stock solution for faster mixing too.
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In the Summer when I dye its pretty easy to get my dyed items up past the 70 degree mark and keep them there for several hours. Thanks to my 2 newly installed dye sinks in my laundry room this year, this winter is the first time I have been able to continue dyeing INSIDE!!!
My Laundry room is in a poorly insulated porch that is attached to a breezeway that connects my Studio (which is a renovated Garage).
My Studio stays pretty toasty and the heat travels up to the laundry room but I know it doesnt stay 70 degrees in there.
I thought I would experiment with last years heated throw ( because I am impatient and I wanted that snow to melt so I could see what was going on!) AND because I knew I had to hit the 70 degree mark if anything was going to take any depth of color.
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This worked out so well that I have since dyed 2 more batches,experimenting a bit differently with each. The most important thing to remember is that you want to keep the heated throw DRY!!!!SAFETY FIRST!! AVOID ELECTRIC SHOCK!! All of my fabrics have been in plastic containers and Ive made sure they had no trace of moisture on the bottom.
To take it a step further, you might want to wait till all the snow has melted before placing the dry plastic containers on the heated throw.I covered my containers with plastic and then covered them up on top with what was left of the throw. I did this on top of my dryer.In my very last batch I added an extra piece of soda soaked fabric to the TOP of the snow as well to see what would happen. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used a plastic lid from an under the bed box and then 3 lids from the shoebox sized containers are on top of it with the fabric/snow+dye powder/ and then fabric on top. Since these lids were really shallow I packed the snow down hard on top of the bottom layer of fabric before adding the dye powder.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dyeing in the shallow lids was a bit akward and I dont think I'll use them again this way. I liked the open baskets with the handles on top of the plastic shoe boxes the best.
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FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-28058696995594994042011-02-22T10:25:00.000-08:002011-02-22T12:35:59.534-08:00Thread Emergency!!!!!<p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576581978853766242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWz0Gxf5qCTuU9ni26JNsRTrJhlTi87sUtQjUhxG9P4WWYbCVLfB7669OACFM4vBL8KIV7Jge7_69ANQwofehOuchS-tNB51lQi1oRpKe404rywybK2XB6diyZ7qWdvZ37CnV/s320/P1012686.JPG" /><br /><br /><br />So! </p>Pretty darn excited to be quilting this BEAUTY!!<br />I was really surprised to find out that it was a KIT (!)<br />My customer, Mary has excellent taste in Antique quilts as well.<br /><a href="http://www.thequiltpatternshoppe.com/shop/product/alliance-collections-for-a-cause/">http://www.thequiltpatternshoppe.com/shop/product/alliance-collections-for-a-cause/</a><br />I dont think the picture on the website does this justice ,IMHO.<br /><br />I really love this one!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0mCIsiE_I24kfyA1w3cU1JEXAE17gpDBYtl3DSa_kgmdjW7a0gSRAAPZ-i5VHDkw0HmdCr8dZ9oQk9GXHf8wJ7BuCtTl17dry-ncrVVr74dJLkWSOBxuXo9CQThyphenhyphenEBxliIcU/s1600/moda+alliance+kit+pic.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576609743003954178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0mCIsiE_I24kfyA1w3cU1JEXAE17gpDBYtl3DSa_kgmdjW7a0gSRAAPZ-i5VHDkw0HmdCr8dZ9oQk9GXHf8wJ7BuCtTl17dry-ncrVVr74dJLkWSOBxuXo9CQThyphenhyphenEBxliIcU/s320/moda+alliance+kit+pic.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p>I had 3 different Aurifil Mako Brown threads I was considering using. I SHOULD have used the 2 on the left. One on top and the other in the bobbin. But Noooooooooooooo.<br /></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT26lTfvyaTVJlPpL2gUV2p7PBWfm4Hw1-tuvCdeICPWKuMH2M7kxVJ00yAzYj7CxpWrnPZ9j8_tYdBySx1FlJ4l1mL-NWWeixA9wBe-U_jhmKNP6vU8lkQWuAlrLNRGjrDYQ/s1600/P1012689.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576605970593831650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT26lTfvyaTVJlPpL2gUV2p7PBWfm4Hw1-tuvCdeICPWKuMH2M7kxVJ00yAzYj7CxpWrnPZ9j8_tYdBySx1FlJ4l1mL-NWWeixA9wBe-U_jhmKNP6vU8lkQWuAlrLNRGjrDYQ/s320/P1012689.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />I decided to go with the one in the center because I already had 3 bobbins wound that matched it and thought that would be enough.( duh!)<br /></p><p>I was wrong. I am one third of the way through quilting and even with changing the top thread to the other color when quilting the 9 patches, I<br />still wont have enough .</p><p>If the backing fabric had been a PRINT I may have been able to substitute the other color without it being noticable. </p><p>I called my usual thread place "<strong>Bigfork Bay Cotton Company</strong>"<br /><a href="http://www.bigforkbaycottonco.com/">http://www.bigforkbaycottonco.com/</a> and spoke with David who was <strong>crazy helpful</strong> , even giving me the name of other shops that carried Aurifil when they didn't have what I needed.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IytKRJJR6LiMGj-AbQcq5iK6jKNkamj9HNGRwFdIiQvgAtghtzqYUYO-148k9iXDAp6G_uc4yxGle_pKFPnrf1Jg9LnAhd1J1uK8x3d2SmAjdNRIvTtqqu5p2Me2aC5GuE-H/s1600/P1012696.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576581978339043122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IytKRJJR6LiMGj-AbQcq5iK6jKNkamj9HNGRwFdIiQvgAtghtzqYUYO-148k9iXDAp6G_uc4yxGle_pKFPnrf1Jg9LnAhd1J1uK8x3d2SmAjdNRIvTtqqu5p2Me2aC5GuE-H/s320/P1012696.JPG" /></a>But then I remembered<br /><strong>"That Thread Shop"</strong><a href="http://thatthreadshop.com/">http://thatthreadshop.com/</a> located in LeMont, IL, which is so much closer to me .I called them right up and lo and behold they had my color !(1318) in the weight I needed! ( 40) and were super friendly .<br /><br />THREAD EMERGENCY AVOIDED PEOPLE!!!! WHEW!!<br /><br />We chatted about the the next quilt shows they were going to be vending ( Lancaster.Pa , Bloomington,In and Cincinnati,Oh)<br /><br />and how we were both bummed about the International Festival moving from Chicago to Cincinnati.( Chicago is so much closer for us both)<br /><br />And.......as an added BOUNUS..to this saga... that SATEEN..... is looking pretty darn GREAT!! IMHO!! LOL!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIL44uBQezKf6aJuN3M8J6n4r8T7IIV1yHMecjhro6AhLpsvAb5kpn3iBxnwK3cThE_R3cfdiN9hVx0v7eNswRWnC7twRDcguEtSoKJ1WaraKCniSgm3vudEz_4VFSOdLh8bySxg/s1600/P1012694.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576581974943717570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIL44uBQezKf6aJuN3M8J6n4r8T7IIV1yHMecjhro6AhLpsvAb5kpn3iBxnwK3cThE_R3cfdiN9hVx0v7eNswRWnC7twRDcguEtSoKJ1WaraKCniSgm3vudEz_4VFSOdLh8bySxg/s320/P1012694.JPG" /></a><br />Who knew?! Now I can say "Sateen is my friend!"FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-28759345302559866512011-01-01T14:11:00.000-08:002011-01-01T15:28:31.712-08:00Secret Squirrel Santa revealed:Project #1December was the month for commission quilts!<br />Besides the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">usual</span> "Quilt for Hire" routine, I had agreed to custom build 2 quilts for former classmates. Because of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Facebook</span> they had seen examples of my work and had inquired about the possibility of making custom quilts.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sKOVTy0n-a6A4Yjpixd6r29oFq9FFjL53t6Ny_W3b5SEJcfox36aMNsLw-ZoMvpMrVAvH2gwixsqQxSE8ysXQ6Oe2krxFXHiN1ZSr0WutntaYdxFLvtfTj9eZ9m1BfdP5VzV/s1600/P1012485.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557345603907804866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sKOVTy0n-a6A4Yjpixd6r29oFq9FFjL53t6Ny_W3b5SEJcfox36aMNsLw-ZoMvpMrVAvH2gwixsqQxSE8ysXQ6Oe2krxFXHiN1ZSr0WutntaYdxFLvtfTj9eZ9m1BfdP5VzV/s320/P1012485.JPG" /></a> (name can be seen upside down on the back of the quilt in the front upturned corner)<br /></p><p>This first one was decided upon early in October but was to be made and delivered at the very last minute before Christmas as a surprise gift. The fabrics were picked by the recipients Mom ( dyed with this project in mind)via secret <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Facebook</span> messages and photos, as was the entire process .Each stage of creation was documented and she was excited to be able follow along with the progress.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyamxD8-J4lRPjBIViUqIP6UIZ2XcZXtUC4Wyq9r6uew05Ef1krunHtQj9o5LpOqoV5c-EFCTu-_HVTQPToyIqwjJBL5q2Z2EncXd25UA5xhHep9C0KdzwO0i-305tNYFK96dq/s1600/P6292355.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557345598954529842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyamxD8-J4lRPjBIViUqIP6UIZ2XcZXtUC4Wyq9r6uew05Ef1krunHtQj9o5LpOqoV5c-EFCTu-_HVTQPToyIqwjJBL5q2Z2EncXd25UA5xhHep9C0KdzwO0i-305tNYFK96dq/s320/P6292355.JPG" /></a> Fabric choices and shadow <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">waaabits</span>...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73-_GDW_CXWWSHe2ud01iYNZzqzHcsKWqX-BCvezIjNrLRCl9WtgkxuQ6ojqfv8Te_IMXV2jn7EeEyHcn3BuicH48drLf8TqUdnnTnZ6JAGuduLVkCNqtIRW9BsinNENS5izy/s1600/P1012403.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557345025122631714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73-_GDW_CXWWSHe2ud01iYNZzqzHcsKWqX-BCvezIjNrLRCl9WtgkxuQ6ojqfv8Te_IMXV2jn7EeEyHcn3BuicH48drLf8TqUdnnTnZ6JAGuduLVkCNqtIRW9BsinNENS5izy/s320/P1012403.JPG" /></a> Chosen fabric layout..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B2drmrMdLJtwL3zaaD8emIVbzlsjKfe2Lwx1jYDMeQhRIUyr1ingaLfQhuSr-v9uHDGxBIa-f7eA-CDEel_hSAcrrvZZWQJEzY9KmSExEPquDp5wBG0n85bsJ3q_tdhSXtcI/s1600/P1012406.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557345023154907570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B2drmrMdLJtwL3zaaD8emIVbzlsjKfe2Lwx1jYDMeQhRIUyr1ingaLfQhuSr-v9uHDGxBIa-f7eA-CDEel_hSAcrrvZZWQJEzY9KmSExEPquDp5wBG0n85bsJ3q_tdhSXtcI/s320/P1012406.JPG" /></a><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deh</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Puppeh</span> heps....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPc62lUf1ofTVZZzQJBAx8ryu2mOS5vWaXcGn2uU2yg-KU97AbFwHAdteFmcx65R6H-iXdSTMxgXsd0KLiuHhqGAYh9qFODNKfWOTbZeFsvHst-1Mreu6OcrsPYhmRikKX7i7/s1600/P1012411_edited.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 164px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557347666054770002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPc62lUf1ofTVZZzQJBAx8ryu2mOS5vWaXcGn2uU2yg-KU97AbFwHAdteFmcx65R6H-iXdSTMxgXsd0KLiuHhqGAYh9qFODNKfWOTbZeFsvHst-1Mreu6OcrsPYhmRikKX7i7/s320/P1012411_edited.JPG" /></a> Hand dyed Fabric pieced for top..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbCKVNsMkgPuOR5URUWZ2FiRBLMCFSy5xHXcVtb2aT5gzsmvdcOX5vNuAmVUzAdRJ3TFlzUp9B1IYQIJp3JaivJmDwJvyGhw1TjMvNLnQvflOrBv5uhyphenhyphenTtqfQ_r0HKroEX1tZ/s1600/P1012410.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344995046700834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbCKVNsMkgPuOR5URUWZ2FiRBLMCFSy5xHXcVtb2aT5gzsmvdcOX5vNuAmVUzAdRJ3TFlzUp9B1IYQIJp3JaivJmDwJvyGhw1TjMvNLnQvflOrBv5uhyphenhyphenTtqfQ_r0HKroEX1tZ/s320/P1012410.JPG" /></a> Variegated thread choices ( all King Tut cottons)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQLnNWKE5J4EP6iaNMikVbEuE8Ni3azEkjoTOnbPZHtUHGDE1dxA_03uiMhdWQH3IOZ_djV8weIGK1Jav0nAf0XWw0ianqlZ5fQoGVQb4UoS1-FvHWEqq09EOStzE17qAtEg6/s1600/P1012416.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344986823190722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQLnNWKE5J4EP6iaNMikVbEuE8Ni3azEkjoTOnbPZHtUHGDE1dxA_03uiMhdWQH3IOZ_djV8weIGK1Jav0nAf0XWw0ianqlZ5fQoGVQb4UoS1-FvHWEqq09EOStzE17qAtEg6/s320/P1012416.JPG" /></a> Quilting..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLOTsJjrM3EbMlLljSBn8GZ_izBzC2As5tp2hnES8NrAeuHlR2q82D6eICoquLv_BiUuBKjmR52Uiz2fNkLLZiJKfBkIc0bckZJaVhdOjfEpGFBS28KO8_r9GsYBADGz8dL3p/s1600/P1012415.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344327330582994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLOTsJjrM3EbMlLljSBn8GZ_izBzC2As5tp2hnES8NrAeuHlR2q82D6eICoquLv_BiUuBKjmR52Uiz2fNkLLZiJKfBkIc0bckZJaVhdOjfEpGFBS28KO8_r9GsYBADGz8dL3p/s320/P1012415.JPG" /></a> More Quilting..<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Eehf_JNw12WDqfEm0nYNcQeoPW5jRY27aYzNWkZLlYb4oXXZckAa54jo_t8wJup1Z5P34uFsZOoSsV6QjAjWWl7od0mcHBNjKo4wDc3irEYYFWU5VWDNBWo4lS0za4uG2-YQ/s1600/P1012419.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344318183340210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Eehf_JNw12WDqfEm0nYNcQeoPW5jRY27aYzNWkZLlYb4oXXZckAa54jo_t8wJup1Z5P34uFsZOoSsV6QjAjWWl7od0mcHBNjKo4wDc3irEYYFWU5VWDNBWo4lS0za4uG2-YQ/s320/P1012419.JPG" /></a> Christmas message detail..</div><br /><div>This was made for her daughter Kara, who is attending college in California. Her name and Christmas message from her Mother and the date are all quilted within the design of the quilting.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitalCK42P75ZyglWTPS9qH4DeFLdb1gVUhnNV6CTWvCstD4ERDZAUCiEVhQE7mz_quHOW0udM6BNET9MAA5mYx-uFZL0duIleE5o5_xxJxv2JIw7ogoOnT9eu6bKLSZ1biwHqt/s1600/P1012420.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344312986960370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitalCK42P75ZyglWTPS9qH4DeFLdb1gVUhnNV6CTWvCstD4ERDZAUCiEVhQE7mz_quHOW0udM6BNET9MAA5mYx-uFZL0duIleE5o5_xxJxv2JIw7ogoOnT9eu6bKLSZ1biwHqt/s320/P1012420.JPG" /></a> Binding...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3rA9pzGGUWb2YiU9hDGX2OjbOwQoP5_6FBE5MnUIzO191UAjZK12vkbxbrIc0dz86QAEpowu_8MoJC4xbjAWZEvCJ5NY4X4o2YAg3jyRAJ1eFbU6PjD9Bx6O8gmnWBRDf9rP5A/s1600/P1012496.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344306741688098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3rA9pzGGUWb2YiU9hDGX2OjbOwQoP5_6FBE5MnUIzO191UAjZK12vkbxbrIc0dz86QAEpowu_8MoJC4xbjAWZEvCJ5NY4X4o2YAg3jyRAJ1eFbU6PjD9Bx6O8gmnWBRDf9rP5A/s320/P1012496.JPG" /></a> Finished quilt detail shot..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikROb5dCVky6HialH4pWV_Cf8DyEhiV9sCgV3mSNEI392UbJjZtzQlWuEbon-nOhnK1BHMz5Y2gpcbsirQPH-syo2ful6Cr_w8dtNfkqifdD8a5pYsHbbPZ-MLxkXO1eW4TkLy/s1600/P1012461.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557344291719647842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikROb5dCVky6HialH4pWV_Cf8DyEhiV9sCgV3mSNEI392UbJjZtzQlWuEbon-nOhnK1BHMz5Y2gpcbsirQPH-syo2ful6Cr_w8dtNfkqifdD8a5pYsHbbPZ-MLxkXO1eW4TkLy/s320/P1012461.JPG" /></a> Finished Quilt !! </div><br /><div><br /><br />It was really great to get <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reacquainted</span> with my old friend and classmate!We realized we had not seen each other since once a long long time ago at the grocery store when her daughter was just a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">pre</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">schooler</span> and before then, High School graduation! We both felt and agreed because we had been friends, the meaning, the making and the gifting of the quilt was even more special for the both of us!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-16248973454408531842010-12-16T08:38:00.000-08:002010-12-16T09:47:33.141-08:00Shhhhh...... Secret Santa Squirrel!!HO! HO! HO!<br />Lots of extra secret quilting activities this past month down on the Farm!!And...... it's all been business related!! Longarm quilting AND Custom Quilt Building!! <br />The custom quilts are super classified TOP SECRET SANTA SQUIRREL STUFF... so I cant show any pics till Dec 26th.<br />Through the magic of Facebook, I have been reconnecting with old classmates from Kindergarden to College. Two of these friends asked me to build custom quilts as Christmas gifts for their loved ones. This was pretty exciting because ; I had a personal connection to them as friends and I was adding to the list of items and goals I had intended to accomplish this year.<br /><strong>Big Fat Wooty!!!!</strong><br /> I CAN show some pics of a T-shirt quilt I quilted for a friends son who graduated from college this year and landed an awesome job in his field.<br />He is a major dude and a real character.<br />Unfortunately he is also a KISS fan. <br /> This quilt also led me to implement a new policy for 2011. <br />Because I was around back in the late 70's and nothing has changed. I still dont like them. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSUeDyHH63iJqjFxkvb-bDgLEZpIqTqKLMsl7cItNBUxGTUnqsqYVO38AcbZHgFFqQAx61J1H81HeJE23zytJmPQ4lxO8RMTCZvTEnC0mIdITfGbV3nA28dkupPsZcxZPr1NGCQ/s1600/P1012403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSUeDyHH63iJqjFxkvb-bDgLEZpIqTqKLMsl7cItNBUxGTUnqsqYVO38AcbZHgFFqQAx61J1H81HeJE23zytJmPQ4lxO8RMTCZvTEnC0mIdITfGbV3nA28dkupPsZcxZPr1NGCQ/s320/P1012403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551337680000998882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfj1GBNeq2Jw6khhv4vlUn8oRby_T8zhNkdaZ6pBuguQm5RMnV_9CSdoaCMOQu6YlMhsZNRru6KYtwC5mBPqv3_Iw75JqDG0psL3UITq32uRb0r9YpLX4xmVQUJ9cs7Tf_Hub/s1600/P1012409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfj1GBNeq2Jw6khhv4vlUn8oRby_T8zhNkdaZ6pBuguQm5RMnV_9CSdoaCMOQu6YlMhsZNRru6KYtwC5mBPqv3_Iw75JqDG0psL3UITq32uRb0r9YpLX4xmVQUJ9cs7Tf_Hub/s320/P1012409.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551337676153903618" /></a><br />..... with a bonus "Rudy"<br />It's the "No KISS T-Shirt " policy..because I can't deal with the instant "Ear Worm".<br />"Keep on Shoutin.. You keep on Shoutin!!! What!?""FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-4209392814368792382010-10-22T08:54:00.000-07:002010-10-22T09:04:54.929-07:00GFG Raffle Quilt Ticket info!REMEMBER THIS VINTAGE BEAUTY??<br /> I just heard from the ladies in charge of the raffle and they have sent along this information . The quilt measures approx 95"X80"<br />It only TAKES ONE TO WIN!!<br />( complete info at bottom of page.. and Good Luck!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKKTAqn032qFo6bnzDw4QpgWjIs0xxDWVPb9GdHceqE2QhNMstdzOjacj5FxkZQKFzQ3n9Pe0YVMeoXh0ObPTM7anzqX6L08Akav9uPycWj6ajeFaHw8GQ8AXsNPagYfmi9QjjQ/s1600/P3312296.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKKTAqn032qFo6bnzDw4QpgWjIs0xxDWVPb9GdHceqE2QhNMstdzOjacj5FxkZQKFzQ3n9Pe0YVMeoXh0ObPTM7anzqX6L08Akav9uPycWj6ajeFaHw8GQ8AXsNPagYfmi9QjjQ/s320/P3312296.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530900690772501266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZONehameIfW1sF1-7VgaKqlOiUsP1qqV7WzfLSnjcpFMA9W6ohAUfzXgbRiv8-tOWcJ0u-6uKq00egG2ocdUFfNweFtxMGm_GjR2woYu0AGtdjgP7ABIWKSkBfm1UCC0diRajoQ/s1600/P3312303.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZONehameIfW1sF1-7VgaKqlOiUsP1qqV7WzfLSnjcpFMA9W6ohAUfzXgbRiv8-tOWcJ0u-6uKq00egG2ocdUFfNweFtxMGm_GjR2woYu0AGtdjgP7ABIWKSkBfm1UCC0diRajoQ/s320/P3312303.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530900684304750210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLqAg3icrhRGpM1kVENgN37wtsbkx0Iq6czu0CUvPLypX-yaUJWI0oknjlbtw01oUnVs1y1OAdWAYzvf4rSV-PoZLVzgDKffWWZzZ5tjwBZ0nlotiJvxBolxnVMB5tWWRXfKf/s1600/P3312304.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLqAg3icrhRGpM1kVENgN37wtsbkx0Iq6czu0CUvPLypX-yaUJWI0oknjlbtw01oUnVs1y1OAdWAYzvf4rSV-PoZLVzgDKffWWZzZ5tjwBZ0nlotiJvxBolxnVMB5tWWRXfKf/s320/P3312304.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530900342521336098" /></a><br />QUILT RAFFLE TICKETS FOR SALE!!! $2 FOR ONE TICKET OR $5 FOR 3 TICKETS.<br />Send SASE and check made out to "Nativity Prayer Shawl Ministry" to :<br />Sue Leimbacher 6047 Old Porter Rd.Portage, IN 46368<br />Drawing is December 19th!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-5421783112448746712010-10-12T07:59:00.000-07:002010-10-12T08:18:09.518-07:00APQS SALE on Houston DEMO MODELS and BLISS SYSTEM!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! <br /> Let me start off by saying I "drove " the Millennium with the new BLISS SYSTEM at the Chicago show this past Spring and was FLOORED. I MUST have this new upgrade. It's like driving a "hot knife through butter!!!" <br />So here's the DEAL on the Houston Demo Models SALE:<br /> ( ...before it hits the general QUILTING public)<br /> A $500 fully-refundable deposit is required to secure a machine--and they are limited--so act fast. All customers must take possession of the machine before November 30, 2010, or the order will be canceled and deposit refunded. Machines are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.<br /><br /><strong>Demo Millennium with Standard Table<br />Machine value is $20,000</strong>Customer gets <br />* Choice of 10, 12, or 14 foot table<br />* Full 8-year warranty<br />* $1,500 cash off<br />* Free Quilt Glide ($1250 value)<br />* Free Motorized Fabric Advance ($1350 value)<br />Customer pays only $15,900 <br /><br /><strong>Demo Freedom SR with Standard Table<br />Machine value is $19,400</strong>Customer gets <br />* Choice of 10, 12, or 14 foot table<br />* Full 8-year warranty <br />* $1,800 cash off<br />* Free Quilt Glide ($1250 value)<br />* Free Motorized Fabric Advance ($1350 value)<br />Customer pays only $15,000<br /><br /><strong>Demo Lenni with Standard Table<br />Machine value is $10,900</strong>Customer gets <br />* Choice of 10 or 12 foot table<br />* Full 8-year warranty <br />* $1,000 cash off<br />Customer pays only $9,900<br /><br /><strong>Any of these <strong>DEMO </strong>machines can be put on a Bliss table for an additional $1000 </strong> <br /><strong>New</strong> Machines <strong>ordered</strong> at this time can also get the BLISS upgrade for the crazy sale price of 1000!!<br /><strong>CALL ME @ 219-575-4276 OR EMAIL ME... Fatquarterquiltfarm@yahoo.com </strong>to place a deposit to secure your DEMO machine.. or order a NEW ONE UPGRADED WITH BLISS for only $ 1000 extra!!<br />HAPPY QUILTING!!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-47328370939870977292010-09-02T08:19:00.000-07:002010-09-02T08:40:31.524-07:00Shipshewana Antique Fair 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAVZtUCj9Awjj-YLtXXGOgW6mu5TPfRhshdCAXPm-gktosG5SVCoXH0PLqH4tutr0juPSxN4RBesV9flcGS36_firO5TiWw-y0m3wh8qrcTNoj3RTIuFmN_hiiaYKLVoLqHdJ/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010002.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAVZtUCj9Awjj-YLtXXGOgW6mu5TPfRhshdCAXPm-gktosG5SVCoXH0PLqH4tutr0juPSxN4RBesV9flcGS36_firO5TiWw-y0m3wh8qrcTNoj3RTIuFmN_hiiaYKLVoLqHdJ/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336855627234194" /></a><br />Once again... I'm behind on my posting... it has a month since we we're actually there...but I wanted to share this years outing with "Blogland".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLXWHwM7eXcvrEoDY0oW1dXj64kBWpQwGSHpjAYs_HXpZiqGQY_4c5ei5jka_mS-BOBeMTS3-zL4UVIrgaMKQ-mL2Cm932Wz94gZsgUKx4KRQjlj2Ex7D698eFhuUW07ZX5Akaw/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLXWHwM7eXcvrEoDY0oW1dXj64kBWpQwGSHpjAYs_HXpZiqGQY_4c5ei5jka_mS-BOBeMTS3-zL4UVIrgaMKQ-mL2Cm932Wz94gZsgUKx4KRQjlj2Ex7D698eFhuUW07ZX5Akaw/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336850686742802" /></a><br />I love the sign..."Tourists" indeed!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT-TF1DNaQL0XfYFQ-vcUwA06Cdisqv6mVkL2rMYATrvYAZcYpm3d2H9wSEtlrjzf4ITb1n8PtARyoMvEMw9kND-BR6gNzYTOoBMuFcvvLQQGwn5IxTo4jSinNMsKxGrWEIVo/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010004.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT-TF1DNaQL0XfYFQ-vcUwA06Cdisqv6mVkL2rMYATrvYAZcYpm3d2H9wSEtlrjzf4ITb1n8PtARyoMvEMw9kND-BR6gNzYTOoBMuFcvvLQQGwn5IxTo4jSinNMsKxGrWEIVo/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336840041275346" /></a><br />Remeber when these were going for around $1 ?? ...Still always enjoyable to look at..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iY6YkUG5jDSSOq6jxiVhKaFs-qnEoISfnEpPvSF919yJ3uw9aXlADeofXEz6oVjg5x1fW8YBDlqbzZBVSMarVwijQAJt32xyvqN92LDfNAW17kaCf6IMWuf-BX-41NXeTLmf/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010007_edited.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iY6YkUG5jDSSOq6jxiVhKaFs-qnEoISfnEpPvSF919yJ3uw9aXlADeofXEz6oVjg5x1fW8YBDlqbzZBVSMarVwijQAJt32xyvqN92LDfNAW17kaCf6IMWuf-BX-41NXeTLmf/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010007_edited.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336825455024402" /></a><br />I believe my great grandmother wore a hat like this to my parents wedding..... I should have bought it and wore it to quilt guild... or at least w-mart!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX0ySaKzIrsKa-vHwnGRQk4FuCxgtSGxp71-9uvRhLoCT9QrMrW4NHeHyMRXEqO24-5yl9DRypOjy9g2Htm3H82uVE472tmX4osEfNQ_q7XzYBEUElKaLRrBAff8OVMK0EEFbTA/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010010.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX0ySaKzIrsKa-vHwnGRQk4FuCxgtSGxp71-9uvRhLoCT9QrMrW4NHeHyMRXEqO24-5yl9DRypOjy9g2Htm3H82uVE472tmX4osEfNQ_q7XzYBEUElKaLRrBAff8OVMK0EEFbTA/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336475264190610" /></a><br />This vendor had a fabulous display of Vaseline Glass... and ws so gracious to let me take a few shots...divine!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr4pWyY7cTo6lzXdM_XRebDmZ0QEP1wsZSip-bAubxQzfjDkzHx82xGBqwezWyHqCrHuO8S5VnHVqiQY9HBDUhN62aR4wGtx5ohsYuZB1CSVhuof0Tv8Nvlg-RnRWggtXQcj1RA/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010015.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr4pWyY7cTo6lzXdM_XRebDmZ0QEP1wsZSip-bAubxQzfjDkzHx82xGBqwezWyHqCrHuO8S5VnHVqiQY9HBDUhN62aR4wGtx5ohsYuZB1CSVhuof0Tv8Nvlg-RnRWggtXQcj1RA/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336466241127666" /></a><br />... and then there was this mini monster!! I totally missed the shot of him yawning... he was just a baby but what a character!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIPiddeNv5Ft02k-eTL3b0h21FdSP89Gwt0floII_2OIWMb6547hMdNuhStQqyXYsRRflVjsdXQ5vic6T9mvo8MsuL1BPeP3KCMwTURuxR8Fm9aE1R5U2hKwQJq_QmA1Va6nHkA/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010022.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIPiddeNv5Ft02k-eTL3b0h21FdSP89Gwt0floII_2OIWMb6547hMdNuhStQqyXYsRRflVjsdXQ5vic6T9mvo8MsuL1BPeP3KCMwTURuxR8Fm9aE1R5U2hKwQJq_QmA1Va6nHkA/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336457796742994" /></a><br />Quilts!! This one was at the Antique mall..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHE6hZA4qaffV6mZ56ZKnFdaKJbTE7botipyGLXDA_Fpuw0eB9wQ-_83j9HorgRba0iYLigVk0Lq2yGtPvjgjJiIQ-jReDhehis-FlxZjxDsEDOuZba-kCF6o3zy8cGW8NZKzt/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010023.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHE6hZA4qaffV6mZ56ZKnFdaKJbTE7botipyGLXDA_Fpuw0eB9wQ-_83j9HorgRba0iYLigVk0Lq2yGtPvjgjJiIQ-jReDhehis-FlxZjxDsEDOuZba-kCF6o3zy8cGW8NZKzt/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336440792565362" /></a><br />No trip to Shipshe is complete withut a visit to see Rebecca Haarer and her drool-worthy selection of wares...... Sandy has thrown self control out the window..... haha<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcEyPXruHXQVU7DPTJUzkyqe9gCPdZF7LP5JlM5TyYc7xpvd9Oe1BxKFkehNXzm0buIoMS0YGIroI21jSnf_VcShfjnOo-BXzyhm2XyKwARsr5nWVbbjEWFsJSYTzm-9UaTXG/s1600/shipshe+antique+fest+2010026.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcEyPXruHXQVU7DPTJUzkyqe9gCPdZF7LP5JlM5TyYc7xpvd9Oe1BxKFkehNXzm0buIoMS0YGIroI21jSnf_VcShfjnOo-BXzyhm2XyKwARsr5nWVbbjEWFsJSYTzm-9UaTXG/s320/shipshe+antique+fest+2010026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336433562948658" /></a><br />We wrapped up the day with a trip to the mini-burg of Emma , just a few miles out from Shipshe for some old fashioned hand dipped Ice Cream....<br />call it another BIG FAT DAY!!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-43476579056593476162010-08-25T08:29:00.000-07:002010-08-25T09:04:54.593-07:00My FAVORITE part......<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVZzu8kh7BBtWmFM93EiQ3G1kgFvTbZb4KP2gbHXKxqKfU8FGHNiDtXPJo5GpwAzI7z8TSCoLjDkr9V30phyphenhyphenxH69XILpcUN4xZUf29eOixUfcJx9vThzvB_irKAZjVAqzug4ygg/s1600/P3312305.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVZzu8kh7BBtWmFM93EiQ3G1kgFvTbZb4KP2gbHXKxqKfU8FGHNiDtXPJo5GpwAzI7z8TSCoLjDkr9V30phyphenhyphenxH69XILpcUN4xZUf29eOixUfcJx9vThzvB_irKAZjVAqzug4ygg/s320/P3312305.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509370382308824642" /></a><br /> This is a VINTAGE GFG ( GRANDMOTHERS FLOWER GARDEN ) that I just finished quilting for a Church Raffle.The church is in Portage Indiana and hopefully I will have more information next week as to where to purchase tickets!!( stay tuned!)<br />It had been hand pieced, was donated to the church and was in great condition.These vintage tops are always my favorite thing to quilt!<br />I had some trouble with top thread breakage, probably due to the amount of seams every where. This was maddening as I had puposefully used a heavier weight of thread (Aurifil 28) on the top, and quilting on almost every flower had to be restarted. (&*%@*&!!!)<br />Victory was mine when I actually completed a flower with out breakage . That was maybe a dozen of them!<br />One of the flowers had been constructed with 3 prints.... which was fun..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH_-wRVBX-OvN8LmdkHCLlQvMwRF76muk7fZxxl4UZgqAMgiRovK07ZBQ64CzToQskpQLBrrcuGuq9Xi98av5mV1KtVhy8CUZaWyvywamqy4lKoyrarPWYs_zVw9VC8YHbnEn/s1600/P3312297.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH_-wRVBX-OvN8LmdkHCLlQvMwRF76muk7fZxxl4UZgqAMgiRovK07ZBQ64CzToQskpQLBrrcuGuq9Xi98av5mV1KtVhy8CUZaWyvywamqy4lKoyrarPWYs_zVw9VC8YHbnEn/s320/P3312297.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509378354075802322" /></a><br /><br />I always wonder about the piecer of these lost tops and would hope to believe she would have been pleased with the finished result<br /> But it was too windy today for a leisurely photo shoot and I always like to take my time because more than likely I never ever get to see them again once they leave the farm.<br />Sometimes ...that is sad because sometimes... of course I want to keep them!<br />But then that would require a "Quilt Room" that is envoironmentally controlled and closed off to 4 cats that like to take turns barfing on stuff.<br /> Which explains the polarfleece blanket on my bed at the moment.FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-36441869324586705892010-08-16T11:01:00.000-07:002010-08-16T11:32:54.753-07:00Perfect Wedding Shennannigans<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XD3E5RXIZCTZBw4D6XE1FdjdHgrqIteOWNl2NsO3NrfRsI59qs9bqF9e0YGRgykbt7s-RwbXvcOt3FUFRk5nFMUNR2MQwCcBjz_mRgjmsLIxH6Ao5AZtQERWrKpNG6OYfWfR/s1600/P2210628_edited.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XD3E5RXIZCTZBw4D6XE1FdjdHgrqIteOWNl2NsO3NrfRsI59qs9bqF9e0YGRgykbt7s-RwbXvcOt3FUFRk5nFMUNR2MQwCcBjz_mRgjmsLIxH6Ao5AZtQERWrKpNG6OYfWfR/s320/P2210628_edited.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072035086505730" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So here we are on the beach after the 2.5 minute ceremony.....there wasnt a lot of beach space that was workable so we had the ceremony up in the corner of the yard over looking the shorline.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG57V7dvhhen2oxbkImddmP8j9JcusSgtfQyb_R-ZIXcQfceMhvLium_xZkgA58Pz2PCUP3bD6Iv6UoIajDdnJXi3EotV1SwD8taxv4tYXkbKFMkSFqjE_MaPWRHeQ2Aybycp2/s1600/P2210581.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG57V7dvhhen2oxbkImddmP8j9JcusSgtfQyb_R-ZIXcQfceMhvLium_xZkgA58Pz2PCUP3bD6Iv6UoIajDdnJXi3EotV1SwD8taxv4tYXkbKFMkSFqjE_MaPWRHeQ2Aybycp2/s320/P2210581.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072026893556962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My Brother in Law,Scott managed to score some extra happy meal items from the drive thru on their way up.... of course after I had pounded 2 Schlitz beers it seemed like a perfect photo op...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRF7fwFLvUpiVfnV5jOBBv5hugaoLjBd-DoPmOl2uI7WSa9i_AbowEdH_gi5xFgBIlcgy7_0fSdCVTqKUf8wLNT1qu2o_yRBunL5S0JHbvYAXWehZLzSj-Xq1vKp4ulBrooTed/s1600/P2210603.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRF7fwFLvUpiVfnV5jOBBv5hugaoLjBd-DoPmOl2uI7WSa9i_AbowEdH_gi5xFgBIlcgy7_0fSdCVTqKUf8wLNT1qu2o_yRBunL5S0JHbvYAXWehZLzSj-Xq1vKp4ulBrooTed/s320/P2210603.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072025649142290" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Whatever it was it was pretty damn funny ( again after 2 beers..)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuMYD-nKSuDZDJXivheNvDqc8V1ZL1kVHvdkMvhYuCMbzLmx6qhlxB_A09Vxcb3Oevsy1CtQEfKyyPRt0Bh1Z5fP4akVKQtdcs4w-rllbQROnku4KTmezLGZcB7AYv6cTrfXp/s1600/P2210616.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuMYD-nKSuDZDJXivheNvDqc8V1ZL1kVHvdkMvhYuCMbzLmx6qhlxB_A09Vxcb3Oevsy1CtQEfKyyPRt0Bh1Z5fP4akVKQtdcs4w-rllbQROnku4KTmezLGZcB7AYv6cTrfXp/s320/P2210616.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072012148883554" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tailgate after ceremony ... it took me a Month(!) to get that beer..? go figure!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMh8FqKHWkVV5y3v1FmS472RIwLxY1D4ZDic6PJ7P1GlF4HKh_3HHTWeYsCYrFwKTZrnlWLGa7td9hgZ8YcZzHkCU5LZVsGDABPED2LFryjFLATe0kGM6_46eHEazeSedh4CyY/s1600/P2210605.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMh8FqKHWkVV5y3v1FmS472RIwLxY1D4ZDic6PJ7P1GlF4HKh_3HHTWeYsCYrFwKTZrnlWLGa7td9hgZ8YcZzHkCU5LZVsGDABPED2LFryjFLATe0kGM6_46eHEazeSedh4CyY/s320/P2210605.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506072006354108178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our interpretation of " American Gothic"... the Wedding Edition ...FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-48777678288282705562010-07-14T07:06:00.000-07:002010-07-14T08:11:38.152-07:00Bridezilla countdown!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xctduiTpJ_6m3NuvVPP0-5xYaVX9EK0htzbM3RKFqp7f4Eg9_-l_yGlIw2__SIhQcnO9U4lvWIXPnJRc_5sGtW16kv0P4fcVBxE2vACvR4qY4QS_45pJ70Nh-RNvLh2ftQI6/s1600/vintage+wedding+dress001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xctduiTpJ_6m3NuvVPP0-5xYaVX9EK0htzbM3RKFqp7f4Eg9_-l_yGlIw2__SIhQcnO9U4lvWIXPnJRc_5sGtW16kv0P4fcVBxE2vACvR4qY4QS_45pJ70Nh-RNvLh2ftQI6/s320/vintage+wedding+dress001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493778286737601954" /></a><br />Hey! <br />True to form... it's been a while! The greenhouse gig has FINALLY ended for the season and I'm home longarming and reclaiming my much neglected living spaces. <br /><br />We are off to Onekama,Michigan early Saturday morning to conclude what has been a <strong>verrry looong engagement</strong>.....( hello! 6 years!)<br />Initially the wedding was going to be a micro event.....with 2 other couples ( one of who was responsible for getting us togehter in the first place!)<br />When my Sister and Mom got wind of this .... they decided they were going to indeed <strong>"crash"</strong> this party and drag along my Dad and Bro-in law.<br />I's not that they werent invited.... this was just an opportunity to have a wedding "event".(.... our friends had rented this beach house for the week and invited us up for the weekend... and it just happened to be 4.5 hours away...)I was the one who added the wedding to the whole thing at the last minute( well sorta).<br />Of course I requested their approval prior.( uh YEAH how about a wedding during your LAKE VACATION?!?)<br /> Really this was just an excuse to take the motorcycle on a much anticipated overnight trip...why not make it a combo platter??<br />2 birds,one stone.. in one weekend!!<br />My Mom was supposed to be coming to my house and watching over the farm zoo and quilting a quilt for a friend of hers on my Longarm while we were gone....<br />...and now that she is going to be up there for our wedding ..I had to enlist another backup zoo keeper in the form of my next door neighbor ( who's zoo I've watched many a time).<br />Naturally she is going to be out of town that weekend.. but her husband graciously volunteered.<br />So todays task is getting the inside dog quarters fit for public consumption.<br /><br />This project is going to get a little.... ummm....<strong>HAIRY!</strong>FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-62313638805774336102010-04-14T19:24:00.000-07:002010-04-14T19:25:44.410-07:00QUILTED AND FINISHED!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbukNAei-zmjjE_r0tlhGrpdoKrET2dLod5e9qkEGNj5CEL-LvgGKnlGByJlxh6eDwPRaELwzzeNxerE4f9brXJrQ5_api0YyuXkNygvq7_5FM9Ksk4HANi9VReCPTMpwAhy-Ypg/s1600/PB022232+edited.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbukNAei-zmjjE_r0tlhGrpdoKrET2dLod5e9qkEGNj5CEL-LvgGKnlGByJlxh6eDwPRaELwzzeNxerE4f9brXJrQ5_api0YyuXkNygvq7_5FM9Ksk4HANi9VReCPTMpwAhy-Ypg/s320/PB022232+edited.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460184606704037746" /></a><br />... AND HERE IT IS!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-1902835391194273552010-01-21T19:32:00.000-08:002010-01-21T20:02:09.070-08:00Ten Long Years in the Making<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AouuSEqIq3IaLDhBvKmwCJYXgWEsbaLRibkxO8E_m2PTXEty86jy7XfW7OHt6rxLqSen7JjY0RZLa1_pcZpuQ9_WnL0h9-7W52ow8_9ntZ-LxBD5tPhYsJN8XdKcay7Pj9gy/s1600-h/P8242175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AouuSEqIq3IaLDhBvKmwCJYXgWEsbaLRibkxO8E_m2PTXEty86jy7XfW7OHt6rxLqSen7JjY0RZLa1_pcZpuQ9_WnL0h9-7W52ow8_9ntZ-LxBD5tPhYsJN8XdKcay7Pj9gy/s320/P8242175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429402900795673842" /></a><br />Last week it hit me.<br />I was thinking about what project I would be taking to our Annual Winter Quilting retreat in Shipshewana......and I sighed to myself.<br />I had been dragging this quilt top with me every year since we started going...... and I was annoyed with myself and embarrassed that I still had not finished it.<br />Everyone else always has new and exciting projects finished and in progress to share when we go....and then theres me and my standard UFO.<br />Every two years our quilt guild has a show and I always think I'll have it done by then. Or the next show.<br /> I was daydreaming at work looking at the show poster I had taped to my shelf at my desk.This years theme for our show is "Quilts in Bloom" and I had to smack myself upside my head. I thought "if I can't get this thing done for THIS show then I might as well stuff it into a giant ziploc and sell it at the guild flea market!"<br />And that was it! I was GOING TO GET IT DONE!!!!!( it's only been TEN YEARS..)<br />I headed to Jo-Anns after work to see what ric-rac they might have that would work with the leaves.... spent an evening auditioning different colors and the rest of the nights after work sewing them on. I was now ready to take this to our retreat,( again!) tape up a design wall, and start calculating how to sew the odd shaped blocks together. ( this started out as a pattern but soon morphed into a free for all with different types of base fabrics in linen and pique in various sizes)<br />This time this project was my ONLY FOCUS,... and I was a woman on a mission!<br />I knew if I didn't finish it THERE it wasn't going to happen because of all the quilts I still need to quilt for customers and my Mom in time for the Guild Show.<br />I'm left with sewing on ric rac for one of the leaves ( because I didnt have the thread color needed with me) and constructing the backing and binding....<br />oh, and QUILTING OF COURSE!<br />Fingers crossed!!!!!!!!!!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-59677192411256377982010-01-03T14:03:00.000-08:002010-01-03T14:24:34.769-08:00f"Hether"ed Heart ToteHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!<br /> Here are some shots of the quilting I did for my friend Hether. <br />This was exciting because she requested a totebag for herself after seeing the one I did for Polly. Hether and I were roomates way back in the day at Ball State University. We didn't know each other when we started out as roomies but became fast friends after realizing we had a few things in common . <br />Come to find out just recently ( she confessed to a commentor on my FB page).. I guess I made her laugh so hard she would pee her pants?? Seriously. Who knew?<br />Hethers last name those days was " Hartzer" and she loved all things pink and hearts ( remember this was the mid 80's, people). When she requested one I knew just what to do: what colors to use and how to quilt it! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzeQt0SPn_gg0w0oHvUajmXwln_VS3qzQE20WXw8uW76pdcNFu8S4Yvuh3l3vdgH3ADle4n8wmhoPn86-tZu2GZAytWSQtQ_lMU9wpRWcMDwCW9rWIVt0xFeQvbChbkP7a4jE9g/s1600-h/pink+fHethered+heart+tote+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzeQt0SPn_gg0w0oHvUajmXwln_VS3qzQE20WXw8uW76pdcNFu8S4Yvuh3l3vdgH3ADle4n8wmhoPn86-tZu2GZAytWSQtQ_lMU9wpRWcMDwCW9rWIVt0xFeQvbChbkP7a4jE9g/s320/pink+fHethered+heart+tote+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422639207207476322" /></a><br />Unfortunately I did not get any shots of this constructed ( due to my haste in getting it to her by the Holidays) nor her modeling it, ( but I have requested some of those photos) <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKirsdBRqkuP53DilJ5JYeR1pRdjrJAQh08TQvaKFcsy7Hzw9_n2f3swHMyBYeRR_s0kaIAlJDSVJZzvUcUYrPPdiZuH8qxhdgDM2ug2Ofem_5qsFqD5WXdVPFY9GUnFbjMtqj/s1600-h/pink+fHethered+heart+tote+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKirsdBRqkuP53DilJ5JYeR1pRdjrJAQh08TQvaKFcsy7Hzw9_n2f3swHMyBYeRR_s0kaIAlJDSVJZzvUcUYrPPdiZuH8qxhdgDM2ug2Ofem_5qsFqD5WXdVPFY9GUnFbjMtqj/s320/pink+fHethered+heart+tote+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422639197806335074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjbqOyf4u_w7mJzws74Es1ED40rT8gNJvrgVSONO73jovR15Hbc_WdO3D9miVFoZ00hsWZv3asVsSOks2fmAJrqwSQsz3TswickmSxvvRRjfyioqnXMLPkGDawrGAImcIMJwc/s1600-h/pink+fHethered+heart+tote+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjbqOyf4u_w7mJzws74Es1ED40rT8gNJvrgVSONO73jovR15Hbc_WdO3D9miVFoZ00hsWZv3asVsSOks2fmAJrqwSQsz3TswickmSxvvRRjfyioqnXMLPkGDawrGAImcIMJwc/s320/pink+fHethered+heart+tote+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422639188066126610" /></a><br />I've got a few more totes quilted and in various stages of pre-construction, and will post here in between quilting Mom quilts( and pics of those too) for the Spring Quilt Show....FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-55499584002905383752009-09-29T17:48:00.000-07:002009-09-29T18:03:49.300-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yFLuSO1L8ukbKlyQQXdzsTUGVner76nwd3aKuSByzEILbB-Fby6ltF6FMu3NaHbTYma6UwjvILpUKg8Xw22nbAmjFgnk3Wrq_oUhmhdSJrE6b_NBtC5KyD689-FoJ0FEoq1Ibw/s1600-h/P4172006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yFLuSO1L8ukbKlyQQXdzsTUGVner76nwd3aKuSByzEILbB-Fby6ltF6FMu3NaHbTYma6UwjvILpUKg8Xw22nbAmjFgnk3Wrq_oUhmhdSJrE6b_NBtC5KyD689-FoJ0FEoq1Ibw/s320/P4172006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387058021119166306" /></a>Polly at the R.I shore modeling her "exclusive" hand-dyed, custom quilted birthday tote..FABULOUS DAHLINK!!!!!!!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRaJhScLMjiriC9jVJwR_GBNIIkH41tIjJJZJozpyyuyAH5bRLilS0HzsAzkJ-bbESr8SFsabwM1jZU6HZJpsPQf93-KnT5Vyb8XjIAWzdl8fMsnTBYBbYB0Zt4sFxOZBWu6h/s1600-h/P4151994.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRaJhScLMjiriC9jVJwR_GBNIIkH41tIjJJZJozpyyuyAH5bRLilS0HzsAzkJ-bbESr8SFsabwM1jZU6HZJpsPQf93-KnT5Vyb8XjIAWzdl8fMsnTBYBbYB0Zt4sFxOZBWu6h/s320/P4151994.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387057650210660450" /></a><br /> Pre tote bag... just quilted fabric at this point.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQmXsTLOJ4lUnpE-XV5QWBbFgQukH1sIB5LYCOGrLrTKJv42prDDAHsMWjnwXxLALate4V7s5xYuwObGjuV-FUJh3SsstyPvBOnI2r8nbNl2KM30XGncbCDJlU4-rv9b-hUwo/s1600-h/P4081989.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQmXsTLOJ4lUnpE-XV5QWBbFgQukH1sIB5LYCOGrLrTKJv42prDDAHsMWjnwXxLALate4V7s5xYuwObGjuV-FUJh3SsstyPvBOnI2r8nbNl2KM30XGncbCDJlU4-rv9b-hUwo/s320/P4081989.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387057646097790322" /></a><br />Late afternoon shadows really enhance the quilting.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHt6bcuSSzkxvpYxJNm8cLTF5fyB0UH7tviToGuyp6DLXpp3IWKo9ehJBPDOQlYzTe7-g2uGcgAbUIinJlKRl2I_A4H5cr1l1qA9n_su3qVAFLJmmX4BM_k0UQXu92-UPZSw-yKw/s1600-h/P4081988.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHt6bcuSSzkxvpYxJNm8cLTF5fyB0UH7tviToGuyp6DLXpp3IWKo9ehJBPDOQlYzTe7-g2uGcgAbUIinJlKRl2I_A4H5cr1l1qA9n_su3qVAFLJmmX4BM_k0UQXu92-UPZSw-yKw/s320/P4081988.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387057640936591874" /></a><br />I'm taking orders.......<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafTd3BcrnjE4ShmR96A1zQhyLO3M1OQcKUDGiGHyg4JiOhBz9Ud9DfOVhRxhHT_juWcoasVjEJu0l14NbbR37x6tgP0e30MhI55I8x9r_SP8p3n9J9udvXYtIewVpCQ9fnjKY/s1600-h/P4081987.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafTd3BcrnjE4ShmR96A1zQhyLO3M1OQcKUDGiGHyg4JiOhBz9Ud9DfOVhRxhHT_juWcoasVjEJu0l14NbbR37x6tgP0e30MhI55I8x9r_SP8p3n9J9udvXYtIewVpCQ9fnjKY/s320/P4081987.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387057628500705714" /></a><br />who wants one??????<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9yAozCp-17FZ_zJy_H1eBeKq76Z1E7v_qCl5nBJBafJyzahq84BarAMDNNPQfBbyEF3lnXsVexlICVaaB8jLQwCMDo1Mz2ctOkoKz_lN-ORnVOA_gmSCQ2UyROHIZha7Rh7VVg/s1600-h/P4081986.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9yAozCp-17FZ_zJy_H1eBeKq76Z1E7v_qCl5nBJBafJyzahq84BarAMDNNPQfBbyEF3lnXsVexlICVaaB8jLQwCMDo1Mz2ctOkoKz_lN-ORnVOA_gmSCQ2UyROHIZha7Rh7VVg/s320/P4081986.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387057623269206626" /></a>FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-56303240274538174112009-09-15T16:08:00.000-07:002009-09-15T16:44:45.828-07:00Finished!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVzUhWEAEbJEXNVGpacW4C2ukDlmJbmty26Q_eOWmfDy8gzXgDmdckuSO-bI_iaCGONajPP2aFFH6Jg7GlN4UfbSvCrzcS65vVeLxrr_VUEtYcxwpc6UwIMnLVk2uJx2EAHte/s1600-h/P4041967.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCW5z6DfOFzLi5jlIVOOPFq9pDIhshnVdWDqYluRIpdIRatpWFOAg8tDQ12WNKENidsdEdXmRo101Cs6jggGe-8fO19Wut-NV1lWIy2Z3x5f3mjgUaW3h4tcy8hmkefOebmXH/s400/aunt+kathy%27s+scarves+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381836589672962418" /></a><br /> well.. almost except for the binding in this last shot.... but my "binder"( Hi Mom!) has since reported it being completed...<br />Sometimes when working on a single project for an extended period of time ( it's been a year) it is hard to get a clear perspective . In this case the ( almost) finished project left me feeling a bit wanting. I was stressing it and second guessing myself ( unusual because 95% of the time the quilt top has been created by the client.....this was that 5% where is was all my design but still dictated by the scarves themselves) Then my Mom suggested we put it on the bed. That made ALL the difference.<br />Now I am confident that whichever residence( Texas or Indiana) it calls home , will be just the right place for it to be viewed used and enjoyed!<br />I learned a LOT about working with silk from this project,mostly that it has a mind of its own. I did enjoy the challenge of taking these "ruined" scarves and creating a new useful and ( hopefully) aesthetically pleasing piece that will remind the owner of the memories and events each scarf signifies.FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-54973583244929041552009-08-27T17:15:00.000-07:002009-08-27T18:06:56.439-07:00Hello finish line!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-l2aVqtBEj0SBBZYz2B_kyzSX1vgNJJUgic2uDt_yAoaCutMoIjUUmq2QmHd2sp-v7kv-4jTAXrZrnn3DMpaiGYRg65tOpF-vGxbC36FKIM_mrSyHkHB3xTL0uq8Q_RkFFBOQg/s1600-h/P4031939.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-l2aVqtBEj0SBBZYz2B_kyzSX1vgNJJUgic2uDt_yAoaCutMoIjUUmq2QmHd2sp-v7kv-4jTAXrZrnn3DMpaiGYRg65tOpF-vGxbC36FKIM_mrSyHkHB3xTL0uq8Q_RkFFBOQg/s400/P4031939.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374812955700007058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOPhvrgUyJEpdczj1ZcihpN8SVhtrV0lKJTxng36LwgyOeT5MDXda-WbGgtjxVeoxc1v19W_n3kPcM_TOE2WA9ygWekp37ASvmGeDA2XMfaSFfaqTztJb26wkKiOlHf5sxIBp/s1600-h/P4031948.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOPhvrgUyJEpdczj1ZcihpN8SVhtrV0lKJTxng36LwgyOeT5MDXda-WbGgtjxVeoxc1v19W_n3kPcM_TOE2WA9ygWekp37ASvmGeDA2XMfaSFfaqTztJb26wkKiOlHf5sxIBp/s400/P4031948.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374812945424701938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDTQ1KjmpHGiyzPbMseZ-QvvQXppEStob0XEgpg9Qn6KpOUeAhFHke4e3B0M-WLKxseBYh-6MpQrldKalSyUDjtSOI2mSkQuyh_Q7tT9nslEv2wmwb5Ei2tz7xbPVjVMgTN-r/s1600-h/P4031944.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDTQ1KjmpHGiyzPbMseZ-QvvQXppEStob0XEgpg9Qn6KpOUeAhFHke4e3B0M-WLKxseBYh-6MpQrldKalSyUDjtSOI2mSkQuyh_Q7tT9nslEv2wmwb5Ei2tz7xbPVjVMgTN-r/s400/P4031944.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374812932233484690" /></a><br /> WOW.<br />I can't believe it's finally quilted!!<br />The 2 close ups are a more accurate color representation btw.....<br />I tried for a simple quilting approach.....letting the silk fabrics speak for themselves without a lot of competition form the quilting... <br />I cant decide if I've achieved this until I get to see it hung up outside in the daylight on my clothesline.<br />This may not happen tomorrow as the forecast is calling for rain.<br />Bummer!FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-83956069238109616262009-08-24T10:22:00.000-07:002009-08-24T10:39:13.695-07:00ALMOST ready to quilt!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnqOT-tRWBDZ_Mo3fh1PdKD6RcmGufUyAofeRmidp9SnyW_EU2qDDuPzjaQQ-6znoRAEIxFSNopFt_qcryq8OzhWZiBp24_qlWQv13-dYe_EOraqICK0Zivf5QTHvpdnX3tB7DA/s1600-h/P3301931.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnqOT-tRWBDZ_Mo3fh1PdKD6RcmGufUyAofeRmidp9SnyW_EU2qDDuPzjaQQ-6znoRAEIxFSNopFt_qcryq8OzhWZiBp24_qlWQv13-dYe_EOraqICK0Zivf5QTHvpdnX3tB7DA/s400/P3301931.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373582387558476338" /></a><br />I decided to add the few remaining inches to the shortest strips.<br />Mostly because I usually ADD to things rather than remove or cut......<br />and isn't bigger better anyway? <br />Call me a "Size Queen", see if I care.....<br />So another day later and I FINALLY have the thing ready for the machine.....<br />should have the backing sewn up and then both pieces pinned to the machine.<br />That's the goal...but I seem to be moving at a slower pace these days!.......FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-36989467941619886912009-08-11T10:29:00.000-07:002009-08-11T10:56:53.629-07:00kickin silk BUTT!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR6AT_jwInAObZomQCQx4s9kcBcPHOkmqA2RPG4xD5YFbS-0Jx_XZO7PZhwDHJRcHIb0YK4VMRvIesaVOV79h3EJPdqBwEL6kp97Ez1u43F4WO8yQPxd4gsD1j37jLOffjd1q/s1600-h/fused+scarves+stripsdtom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR6AT_jwInAObZomQCQx4s9kcBcPHOkmqA2RPG4xD5YFbS-0Jx_XZO7PZhwDHJRcHIb0YK4VMRvIesaVOV79h3EJPdqBwEL6kp97Ez1u43F4WO8yQPxd4gsD1j37jLOffjd1q/s400/fused+scarves+stripsdtom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368766568386373234" /></a><br />SOOOOOOOOO. yeah its been AWHILE.......<br /> I'm stationed at home for the next SEVERAL WEEKS.... RECOOPING FROM MAJOR SURGERY..<br />( doing fine though thankyouverymuch) and I've been struggling with this silk scarves project.... mostly because its slippery everywhich way I turn....<br />( on the face side AND the back fused lightweight interfacing side)<br />BUT........ I think I've got it nailed... I span the presser foot so that the fabrics are only Under the left set of the feeddogs and the right set is left to grip the presser foot which FINALLY is giving me a bite!! <br />I'm using pins and pulling the fabric as it comes out the back as well as holding the fabrics TAUT...BEFORE they go under the presserfoot! <br />WHEW!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGgGXC24YRCduvzq9PII5dPhf756otPElalWEtaup2GmpoCc7lbUAGmP05c5jFMBmj6jonxSxObMyhymquHt6Aof1WFoDYhnyZrNH_hl8tT6JszYEvM-YEyD0WKEZeLAC1cjA/s1600-h/P3181905.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGgGXC24YRCduvzq9PII5dPhf756otPElalWEtaup2GmpoCc7lbUAGmP05c5jFMBmj6jonxSxObMyhymquHt6Aof1WFoDYhnyZrNH_hl8tT6JszYEvM-YEyD0WKEZeLAC1cjA/s400/P3181905.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368764224466269826" /></a><br /><br />Still deciding on the final size of the finished product....( always am compelled to do BED SIZE STUFF !?)<br /> If that is so then the strips will need to be added on to.....<br />Planning on buying backing fabric this weekend . I found some taupey asian influenced stuff at Shipshe last time I was there.....I'm hoping it will still be there to purchase.... <br />Regardless,I will take this whole thing with me to perfect backing fabric auditions if need be....<br />Its a tough job but you know I'm up to the task.! (* wink!*)FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-62192131311774990212009-03-08T14:07:00.000-07:002009-03-08T14:16:01.634-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpZ9emtWh6Bvl9e8bBDJTVu1mCPeByFpgWIE0esoj07_f-Uo7zZLXqDR1tXnmmLYDQhEoT9ePP1EzAZYA_1tCv97K-rXzuw1Z0pYDjU-FShMrCxn6xrlKdq6mW-zeFlkmvMv0/s1600-h/jans+blue+9+patch+008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpZ9emtWh6Bvl9e8bBDJTVu1mCPeByFpgWIE0esoj07_f-Uo7zZLXqDR1tXnmmLYDQhEoT9ePP1EzAZYA_1tCv97K-rXzuw1Z0pYDjU-FShMrCxn6xrlKdq6mW-zeFlkmvMv0/s400/jans+blue+9+patch+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310927544072200210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzmiYi7Wc-VbtiaaydwX1r4iJ4y0DFdqP1bXtj9NLHSc9sQgcQCaATDALs_cKh3Q_yyeKteN9v57qHpG4BK8l2m1ZTzF7v0RNnLEJhF_Z6QHpJZxoiRcktvTdJ12rjxZUlayt-A/s1600-h/jans+blue+9+patch+008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzmiYi7Wc-VbtiaaydwX1r4iJ4y0DFdqP1bXtj9NLHSc9sQgcQCaATDALs_cKh3Q_yyeKteN9v57qHpG4BK8l2m1ZTzF7v0RNnLEJhF_Z6QHpJZxoiRcktvTdJ12rjxZUlayt-A/s400/jans+blue+9+patch+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310927534546324850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UjSiwJb8GuDZmr0sObSSFCd4CxOwTwh8DnJPnGCi58bxCl_nW_4Qv4JX0jEmfFrQRB2jkkdfi8oAeMVdiHdDCx8n6FdU-jCTkBW-ZHJaR3CAAeSUMscURJ54DatAi61afpP2/s1600-h/jans+blue+9+patch+007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UjSiwJb8GuDZmr0sObSSFCd4CxOwTwh8DnJPnGCi58bxCl_nW_4Qv4JX0jEmfFrQRB2jkkdfi8oAeMVdiHdDCx8n6FdU-jCTkBW-ZHJaR3CAAeSUMscURJ54DatAi61afpP2/s400/jans+blue+9+patch+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310927524770753618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTEvJMPCjN6j52CEGYZCVGcANBbvFF_EUQdxXMnqTijDBuPExinPEjAGTsjViIE6r0gO9ogDELAolh_-M3F5t7Wr4t-kKN3Dy6vvSt7cv2A_v7N0Hkm0dylvR7XMsHVfdGX43sA/s1600-h/jans+blue+9+patch+004.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTEvJMPCjN6j52CEGYZCVGcANBbvFF_EUQdxXMnqTijDBuPExinPEjAGTsjViIE6r0gO9ogDELAolh_-M3F5t7Wr4t-kKN3Dy6vvSt7cv2A_v7N0Hkm0dylvR7XMsHVfdGX43sA/s400/jans+blue+9+patch+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310927516218506450" /></a>FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-67123432111557365802009-03-01T18:55:00.000-08:002009-03-01T19:17:06.672-08:00Sik Scarf "Upcycling" project continued...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdObyqhTN25v71fu9lyRdPonD6fKYNhF1lqoAkv5Aq_btj987Zxjc0I4EnK0sBR6IiF359r8vxfSER2mteX3MZiDlXKwGPLNcmoVGAqm9rm4yXO9FHYDwdJNOK7HFVSxynMhLv/s1600-h/fused+scarves+strips+mtoL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdObyqhTN25v71fu9lyRdPonD6fKYNhF1lqoAkv5Aq_btj987Zxjc0I4EnK0sBR6IiF359r8vxfSER2mteX3MZiDlXKwGPLNcmoVGAqm9rm4yXO9FHYDwdJNOK7HFVSxynMhLv/s400/fused+scarves+strips+mtoL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308419634624010162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRrpmCByh51bC3GC1LsRXPUOcoZofrwuH5-eqq0Vi-njJesXkAZrt2ks8AQyd07hBNQx5iY8QIs8aeCUyXhMiJpL46dJlOHTNcITPZClXdLc9MEwDa8Nh04a3l3VslJ4KIuVD/s1600-h/fused+scarves+stripsdtom.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRrpmCByh51bC3GC1LsRXPUOcoZofrwuH5-eqq0Vi-njJesXkAZrt2ks8AQyd07hBNQx5iY8QIs8aeCUyXhMiJpL46dJlOHTNcITPZClXdLc9MEwDa8Nh04a3l3VslJ4KIuVD/s400/fused+scarves+stripsdtom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308419630089297010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnygfBguzzHUE0dKQMjSFwHRmK12TuJFhRsISnYit8f_6l2leB61LB_wBQe8nadU9lYUqd-k15KgOfoCUHzjwBek8wmG_ZFGunLpvGCjTKkHEvUXMZlRZLT_tVKolD5_Fqox40yQ/s1600-h/aunt+kathy%27s+scarves+005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnygfBguzzHUE0dKQMjSFwHRmK12TuJFhRsISnYit8f_6l2leB61LB_wBQe8nadU9lYUqd-k15KgOfoCUHzjwBek8wmG_ZFGunLpvGCjTKkHEvUXMZlRZLT_tVKolD5_Fqox40yQ/s400/aunt+kathy%27s+scarves+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308419632591885282" /></a><br />Remember these..?<br />Late last summer I took this pic of a collection of silk scarves that had sustained dye-transfer damage due to a water leak.I had been comissioned to create a new textile piece from these scarves.<br />Not having much experience working with silk, I soon discovered it was like working with ( for a lack of a better term) "fluttery butter". <br />This has been a slow on-going project due to many different factors, time and motivational challenges. ( wake me up when it's Spring...)<br />This time I actually took the advice of my mother (hi Mom!) and used a light fusible interfacing to stabilize them and so far so good.( it took a long while to fuse them and some scarves only partially, I wanted to get some of each fused so I could start visualizing and playing with color placement)...<br />so... I guess you could call this step 3 ( step 2 :Fusing just wasn't photo worthy..)<br />Next is step 4 color placement and construction<br />They are now cut into strips 9 and 4.5 inches ( of varying lengths). I will post pics of the next step as it is completed .....<br />Stay tuned for the ongoing drama of silk scarves upcycling project of 08/09.....FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-25764056838187111052009-01-27T17:49:00.000-08:002009-01-27T20:28:09.939-08:00tRoll Road Blues .....Goodbye KittyUnfortunately, I have a sad story to tell today. If you are a road worn commuter ...stick around for the first part at least......<br />If you are an animal lover or just extra sensitive to the plight of the helpless.. you may want to opt out of this one.<br />Also I get off on a few tangents...whatever .... I'm having a beer.<br />(I'm just sayin....)can't say I didn't warn you<br /><br />Today was like any other day.. I took the "Indiana" tRoll road to work .I drive to my day job (one exit to the next exit) and live so close to it that I can hear it most of the time. In fact if my road would keep going it would t-bone smack into it. My towns exit is so close that It should me MY EXIT.<br /> Hell it would even be a good job. No one is usually attending the booth itself, instead inside the buiding doing god knows what ( I would be hand sewing certainly) at 530 in the am. <br />Or... answereing the many many calls of the distressed commuters who CAN NOT GET THE SELF SERVICE MACHINE TO TAKE THEIR FREAKIN CARD<br /> OR just deciding not to show up at all ( or having their hours cut) and let the distressed motorist make the call on whether to keep trying to pay or do the drive and dash.<br /> I do need to mention that the "Indiana" tRoll road was indeed SOLD by our gov. Mitch Daniels to an AUSTRALIAN / SPANISH conglomerate. Now since it's practically in my yard I took offense to this and wander why they can't hire someone( Spanish? or just could be Hispanic? or have at least SEEN the movie "Australia" )to at least be there to help with the stupid machine..I mean we have some JOBLESS HERE IN indiana<br /> But wait a minute....MAYBE this is a conspiracy to get EVERYONE TO SIGN UP FOR I-ZOOM..... you know I thought about that... but thay had a 40$ minimum..... which is how many bags of dog or catfood ?( actually only one of the good stuff). <br /> Lets see.......I work 4 days a week 50 cents per trip....<br />OK here comes the math part... 7 - 4 + 3 = 530 am divided by 1994 piece O shit truck that was totaled by a willow tree in my driveway @70 mphMPH ummmmmmmmm .....yup 4 $ a week!!!!!<br />Well.... I cant afford $36 to be sitting idle in some Spanish/ Australian conglomerate<br />slush fund when cats and dogs are hungry around here.........besides I wasn't going to commit to having another electronic online account that had automatic withdrawal from my checking account THAT I HAVE TO BABYSIT to make sure the Australians and Spanish arent buying Vegimite and Bullfighting pants willy-nilly.<br />AND MY LUCK would be just as soon as I got the damn thing set up and activated I would lose my job...( no need for the tRoll road now...AND Damn I sure could use that $36 right now for gas $ to drive to the unemployment office and the liquor store!!!)<br />Today I had less than the dollar needed to get me the round trip ride and I didn't think twice about it until I GOT TO THE TOOL BOOTH this am( it's @ 5:50 mind you) and both lanes were SELF SERVE /I-ZOOM... odd...... ?? <br />OK .....so I pick the outside one that has enough room to go around the gate ( backup plan cause 85% of the time the machine DOES NOT WORK PEOPLE)<br />but.......I have noticed sometimes there is no gate ( probably SMASHED by an irate driver??) or they ( Spanish /Australian Toll Road Gang) have in fact acknowledged yet another operational failure and have surrendered the white flag.<br />OF COURSE the damn machine will not take my ticket ( I should be used to this and I have verbally tutored many a motorist ahead of me) so I give it the 2 trys my policy allows and proceed to push the call button which USUALLY contacts the person in the office hand sewing or whatever and they manually allow the machine to function properly so it can indeed take my 50 cents and I'm (finally ) on my way to be yet again delayed by the electronic security reader that wont let me into the door,BUT I've got that TIMECLOCK mastered....I don't even bother to swipe...I punch in my employee # no messin around...<br />ANYWAY this morning as luck would have it after pushing the call button my card was finally accepted (17 tries), I pay my toll, the phone was still ringing and as I drive away I see there WAS NO ONE AT ALL ANYWHERE.. the office building was completely dark.<br />I think that was when it hit me and I had made up my mind that I had had enough of this so called convenience at this bargain price and I was going to take the long and winding roads to and from work ( well OK unless the snow was really bad) besides I din't have the 50 cents required for the trip home. <br />Now I could have borrowed the QUARTER needed, but this was a matter of principle. Today I was going to have to try and blaze my trail home on the country roads from this day forward.<br />For I was a woman of principle , who had reached the end of her tolerance for the abuse handed down by Spanish/ Australian conglomerate via the "Indiana" toll road.<br />My day was my typical 10 hour day on my feet ( with the exception of 2 fifteen minute breaks and half an hour lunch) .<br />I'm trying my best to ignore the co-worker who has a constant live feed from her brain cell to her mouth and thankfully the estrogen circus was at a steady but manageable flow. <br />Generally everyone was leaving me alone to do my job and I wasnt too concerned about trying to remember the alternate path home. I had driven different versions of it several times earlier this fall and have a pretty good sense of direction in general anyway.<br />Blame it on the frozen landscape or the icy roads or my energy level finally hitting the wall, but I must have missed a turn and ended up taking the longer way home ( more than 2 times longer). I must say at this point that there is no direct or quick way using the back roads option. <br />So you can see why I have enjoyed the toll roads very direct path at 530 am in the dark just barely awake semi-auto pilot option.<br />But tonight it was just starting to get dark after 430 and I was FINALLY turning on my road @ after 530 ( the OPPOSITE end OF MY ROAD however) and I see what appears to be a dark kitten crouched down on the light pavement near the side of the road which is bordered by 2 foot of snow. <br />Naturally I am concerned and immediately decide to turn around wondering why it isn't running istead of sitting like its hunched on a chair. I must have thought that it wasn't a Feral cat or that something was wrong with it( lost and confused but used to vehicles??) because it was sitting still. I check my rearview and see a vehicle coming a ways behind me after I drive into the otherlane avoiding the still crouched cat .I then do a 3 point turn in the middle of my road and as I'm turning around to change direction TO COME BACK TO THE CAT I signal to the vehicle that is now coming upon the kitten with my headlights<br />OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON SUPID ASS SLOW DOWN FOR CRIPE SAKE OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON <br />OH MY GOD HE DIDN'T EVEN SLOW DOWN and I held my breath and prayed that the kitten passed under the truck between the space avoiding the tires....I felt my breath and heart stop .... but it was too late.<br />The kitten died instantly and was thrown intact on the snow beside the road. <br />Maybe I was in shock or more likely wanting to prevent the inevitable road pizza I have witnessed too numerable times to count;I got out of my truck and picked the kitten up and put her in the back of my truck. As I proceeded to drive towards my <br />house , the truck who hit the cat slowed down as did I, and asked what was wrong?<br />I said " you ran over the Kitty" and he replied without concern "but I swerved" and I can't remember what I mumbled as I drove off thinking I had kept my self control pretty well and hadn't my cell phone gone off??( doug wondering where I was) at some point and now it was a blur as I was almost home.<br />I was upset and confused and decided to go back and check the closest neighbors to see if the cat belonged to one of them. I talked to one but it wasn't theirs and they suggested it may belong to the well kept farm that sat way back from the road. I drove up the long driveway and thought I saw cat tracks in the snow, but couldn't get an answer at the door. I drove back to the road and placed the cat by the road and near their mailbox so someone could see it from the road driving by , in case it didn't belong to the farm.<br />I came back home and sat here convincing and tormenting myself that I had been there for a reason( considering my untypical route home) and tormented myself with other options i could have taken to prevent this (or future) tragic occurance but decided any other possibility would have been dangerous or even illegal. (Small lost kitten plus farmgirl VS speeding man in truck) Not good.<br />I took a long hot shower and had my last beer and damn good cry and came up with the only thing that I could put together that made sense. <br />I guess I was there to remove the cat's body out of traffics way and to hopefully help the owners find it and just maybe if you choose to believe in such things....<br />........ there is one more kitten in heaven for the children to play with.FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-70778145639983583082008-11-28T15:02:00.000-08:002008-11-28T17:43:24.181-08:00I'm at home today in my Studio. Doing the typical day-off dance in my pajamas; quilt a little, surf a lot and REPEAT.. <br /> Todays news about a <strong>Wal-Mart employee being trampled to death by shoppers after crashing down the doors really disgusted me.</strong>Firstly, I have been a Wal-Mart employee more than once in previous lives. I currently have a love-hate relationship with the retailer,which I admit I'm not exactly proud of. I have been employed in more retail postions throughout my adult life than I care to admit.For this reason I refuse to participate in the Black Friday<br />consumer freak show and the yearly Holiday consumerism.To this day I personally avoid Holiday decorating and music.<br />Last season I worked at a Gap Outlet in a popular local outlet mall that lures people from many different countries. Everyone was scheduled to work a shift on the DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING STARTING AT 12 MIDNIGHT. My schedule started at@ 4-6 am ( I can't remember specifics due to my preferred coping method of blocking out unpleasant memories). All empoyees were encouraged to sign up a friend as a "work buddy" and that person would be entitled to the employee discount for a limited amount of time. My sister, a devout consumer, was up to the task(not surprisingly.)<br />The Mall management had asked employees to park a couple miles away from the mall so shoppers could have access to all of the parking. They would be shuttle bus-ing us to the mall.<br />I didn't feel this was a safe option due to the surrounding neighborhoods and found a spot in a nearby county office lot.<br />I had never participated in a super early Black Friday as a consumer, but had of course worked on that day in a typical time frame.When we arrived in the VERY EARLY AM at the mall I was blown away at the amount of people EVERYWHERE, not to mention the crowds in the store.<br />It looked like a bomb had gone off inside the store! There was literally merchandise strewn allover the floor and hanging off fixtures and in haphazard heaps on tables. <br />Again the anger and disgust of the situation came over me like so many other times when I had to force myself to walk into the store of my employment, fighting the sick feeling in my stomach after merely pulling into the parking lot.<br />What I'm trying to get at is this: <br />I'm shocked, saddened and disgusted by this event. How could <strong>anyTHING on sale</strong> be of such importance that it could cause a person to participate in a MOB MENTALITY??FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-42841769764236422762008-11-01T17:20:00.000-07:002008-11-01T17:48:27.972-07:00Ladies...GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!!!!HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET..... IF .... WE EVER KNEW...... <br />. <br />WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE<br /><br />This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDeYsalHURWR8sED7IMLGAY7QEXqdG-hB2qU_YeDJIBd627WJeMfUQViSx983vSdU7Qz_SkLBzagpTB6CNlRrfFSt3o2waMEQPhECnOlW70NF8KLjH-9Yl1SN6anwUrnFzRDr/s1600-h/WOMENVOTE1.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDeYsalHURWR8sED7IMLGAY7QEXqdG-hB2qU_YeDJIBd627WJeMfUQViSx983vSdU7Qz_SkLBzagpTB6CNlRrfFSt3o2waMEQPhECnOlW70NF8KLjH-9Yl1SN6anwUrnFzRDr/s400/WOMENVOTE1.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263849066967907042" /></a><br />Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVHzwKQ_yUc3TGDBzGNEcHZ-tQAMMDevEkvTkgar5mvWa7QgSnL0kxkV08c9JMkeWapmlw8Kp0pH5-uIB9aMPW5oMCCR3qxRfr13o6G0rr7PRHKGkYzl5S23hUkMv9woLYYGl/s1600-h/WOMENVOTE2.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVHzwKQ_yUc3TGDBzGNEcHZ-tQAMMDevEkvTkgar5mvWa7QgSnL0kxkV08c9JMkeWapmlw8Kp0pH5-uIB9aMPW5oMCCR3qxRfr13o6G0rr7PRHKGkYzl5S23hUkMv9woLYYGl/s400/WOMENVOTE2.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263849063414135778" /></a><br /><br />The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQpfI1hp_bMDjHQLwyf0hvzf-URz0brMT2ocWqYNvLxHDvHF_UugCcoM29iwjr0JCikJQXoIaweUC2cKoXE_P_fQoFiEgo2Vmr4dqTTLoWcFTyiEV2AKXB3HU-7a2S6mGwt2SxQ/s1600-h/WOMENVOTE3.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQpfI1hp_bMDjHQLwyf0hvzf-URz0brMT2ocWqYNvLxHDvHF_UugCcoM29iwjr0JCikJQXoIaweUC2cKoXE_P_fQoFiEgo2Vmr4dqTTLoWcFTyiEV2AKXB3HU-7a2S6mGwt2SxQ/s400/WOMENVOTE3.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263849058800549954" /></a><br /><br />(Lucy Burns) <br /><br />And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.' <br /><br />They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildY1pwrfOOSaS3hbJh6Z6uM_EvLOdLW1Bjs32KDaU2nA18BWQw-YDFXa6b9TR5PHTj1fnhoO_O2LX9tI67pIyf6adAwrMoX4odPz31qiFA8Lq7I8_IebhiSfkVANw4-sxV_QN/s1600-h/WOMENVOTE4.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildY1pwrfOOSaS3hbJh6Z6uM_EvLOdLW1Bjs32KDaU2nA18BWQw-YDFXa6b9TR5PHTj1fnhoO_O2LX9tI67pIyf6adAwrMoX4odPz31qiFA8Lq7I8_IebhiSfkVANw4-sxV_QN/s400/WOMENVOTE4.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263849048363456402" /></a><br />Dora Lewis) <br /><br />They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cell mate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. <br /><br />Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.<br /><br />Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote. <br /><br />For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wSglVHH1h5DM0Llfn9cmimfg1x5Z2YpmqjBg1oPjhIXAIPRiDF42Aew1uhhV1qGUybMulL_lTpBr5XUXIOsu_vlYikwucuMbqiIdccsagSHSOO3HpU1udR0UDSeeLvVPNQcG/s1600-h/WOMENVOTE5.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wSglVHH1h5DM0Llfn9cmimfg1x5Z2YpmqjBg1oPjhIXAIPRiDF42Aew1uhhV1qGUybMulL_lTpBr5XUXIOsu_vlYikwucuMbqiIdccsagSHSOO3HpU1udR0UDSeeLvVPNQcG/s400/WOMENVOTE5.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263849037010535218" /></a><br />When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press. <br />http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf <br />So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because- -why, exactly? We have car pool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?<br /><br />Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.<br /><br />All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote. Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege. <br />Sometimes it was inconvenient.<br /><br />My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history, saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. 'One thought kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,' she said. 'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use, my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The <br />right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all over again.'<br /><br />HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history , social studies and government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum. I want it shown on Bunco and Bingo night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.<br /><br />It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.<br /><br />The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.' <br /><br />Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know. <br /><br />We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.<br /><br />History is being made.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Wilson was a Democrat<br /> <br /><br /><br />Read more: <br />http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/tactics.html <br />http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/brftime3.html<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20054573.post-76238377794498395382008-10-28T16:41:00.000-07:002008-10-28T17:45:01.451-07:00First Snow ~ Baad FotoSorry no pics of frozen precipitation but believe me when I tell you my front yard is the premier magnet for snow in NW Indiana. I had to bust out the snow boots to get to my truck to find the snow brush so I could clean off my car. Heavy wet stuff and it aint even Halloween yet.<br />I suffered a bit of ridicule at work because apparantly I came in looking like Nanook Of the North. <strong>No snow on the way to work or anywhere near the building.?!</strong><br />I <strong>will</strong> be prepared though...last winter the old truck blew a tire at 04;30 am and I had to walk back home on the coldest day we had yet.<br />so don't even start with me.<br />We had an ISO compliance meeting today. Nothing exciting but since I was shipped off to a different department today , I went to it before the rest of my usual coworkers.<br />You would have thought I had come back from some secret SPY mission...some people need to get a life.<br />Speaking of just that... highlight of my day? : <strong>homemade pizza at lunch and ice cream!</strong><br />Lowpoint? Tack welding brackets for braces for 9 hours.C-O-M-A !<br />Several weeks ago the entire workplace had their pics taken for new ID badges and security system. There was an expensive looking camera on a tripod and a backdrop and everything. It looked like a real photo shoot. Today we get our new badges which look like they were printed on a home printer set to the rough draft setting. My head looks like a pumpkin. A better shot could have been made by my freakin cell phone.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnUtTIalMoRtjk8Madi1EScuiwJbDPxEJ8qfw-ihtRbE5mYuJe0tX1OM-ummNB65v6GuNC2POsOSL5QUZG0QkSo2LfXa9P7KFM-q7Eu61Occhq7wha5CaBpF_KC7dzOhhPLie/s1600-h/badIDbadge_edited.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnUtTIalMoRtjk8Madi1EScuiwJbDPxEJ8qfw-ihtRbE5mYuJe0tX1OM-ummNB65v6GuNC2POsOSL5QUZG0QkSo2LfXa9P7KFM-q7Eu61Occhq7wha5CaBpF_KC7dzOhhPLie/s400/badIDbadge_edited.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262365376796745378" /></a><br />Speaking of Halloween........<br />So.Very. Bad. Everybody was complaining about it and tomorrow should be very entertaining checking out the casualties.<br />I threatened to paste a pic of one of my chickens over my head shot.<br />(Scroll up and down quickly. See! We all look a LOT alike!) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEfFxd96A8iVpmGWgg7nfHa3Jcs4Z1Q-LSrCZlyzMvXQIvAXIIsSD7dJWU6US57ye3j5Nngs_yMIWowFQ1U274FV1hv2NdaW_S0f8LC6c7PmzMfPmqGdE8XIOmZ9ZDyqyODAFng/s1600-h/chicken+coop+009.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEfFxd96A8iVpmGWgg7nfHa3Jcs4Z1Q-LSrCZlyzMvXQIvAXIIsSD7dJWU6US57ye3j5Nngs_yMIWowFQ1U274FV1hv2NdaW_S0f8LC6c7PmzMfPmqGdE8XIOmZ9ZDyqyODAFng/s400/chicken+coop+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262358070872790754" /></a><br /><br /> Seriously! Who could tell the difference ??I'm so sure.<br /> We're all a lovely golden orangey ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclnCIrWgvcrAnNTWNjweTq2v4U42bcl9Pbx3G-qIdpBiVQUO-eGUiCiMHKrObqL9M-cFx3SSpV36x05lHAk0xAJn0RSbNot5Vp38FHClfThrtIMOVVK-GBHZfLjeEbGr4ZNVx/s1600-h/P1071275.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclnCIrWgvcrAnNTWNjweTq2v4U42bcl9Pbx3G-qIdpBiVQUO-eGUiCiMHKrObqL9M-cFx3SSpV36x05lHAk0xAJn0RSbNot5Vp38FHClfThrtIMOVVK-GBHZfLjeEbGr4ZNVx/s400/P1071275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262358075481943954" /></a>FatQuarterQuiltFarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06456887074211400976noreply@blogger.com3