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Showing posts with label Ohio star. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio star. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012
possibility for my swap blocks
I got the idea to try a panel with my swap blocks from Pat on her blog...
these blocks are from Pat Sloan's Mashup group swap....
I have had this panel for several years....
my design wall is a sheet on my patio with my blocks on top :)...
I have other projects to do....so will give this more thought!!
Smiles and hugs....Caryl
Thursday, March 8, 2012
QuiltMashup Swap
Today I received my blocks.....yipppeee...
we had a swap on Pat Sloan's forum.....
see all those signatures!!!...love it!!...
I put a photo on flickr of the blocks I sent for the swap...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38219638@N07/6795456330/in/photostream ~~~~~~~~~~~
We even surprised Pat with blocks for her...so much fun!!
Smiles and hugs....Caryl
Labels:
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Ohio star,
Pat Sloan,
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Friday, February 24, 2012
a week later
I took these two photos on Feb 15 with the plan to do a blog post that day....
my husband postop from gallbladder surgery developed problems...
more about that below...
this is one of the blocks for a santa swap at Pat Sloan's quiltmashup forum...
most everyone else is done with their blocks and I am now far behind....
here is the photo of a simple Valentine card to my sweetie...
I used the stars and swirls embossing folder....
I cut out the hearts with my AccuQuilt GO!....
then stitched them with zigzag stitch...
added some worn lipstick distress ink in spots...
Smiles and hugs....Caryl
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~husband medical update....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave had the gallbladder surgery on Feb 9 and this was due to stones they discovered last Sept when he had severe pancreatitis. The surgeon was waiting for some pseudocysts to decrease in size before doing the gallbladder surgery and they did decrease. THEN on the am of Feb 15 he had sudden severe abdominal pain and we went to ER and he was admitted to the hospital and he was there for a week. He had an abdominal (hospital) infection and bile leaking from somewhere in the abdomen. So he was on IV antibiotics and they inserted a drain in his abdomen to drain the bile. He is home now with the drain and oral antibiotics....hopefully the bile leak will stop on its own! Still on a wait and see basis.....
Labels:
AccuQuilt GO,
block exchange,
cardmaking,
Ohio star,
Pat Sloan,
quilt block,
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Valentine card
Monday, February 6, 2012
another practice Ohio star
I just had to do another practice Ohio star using a different method...
I used the X method of sewing on each side of the line and cutting along the drawn lines...
I like this method MUCH better than sewing each triangle separately...
BUT I had trouble again in putting the rows together....
I didn't get the match very good on the top left intersection...
very bulky with all the layers of seams...
BUT swap partners.....heads up here....I am working on the blocks for the swap...
I used frosted dots by Lakehouse for my practice blocks...
I am using Kona white for the swap blocks and Christmas colors...
Smiles and hugs....Caryl
Labels:
block exchange,
Ohio star,
quilt block,
swap
Friday, February 3, 2012
Ohio star practice
Oh help!! I signed up for an Ohio star swap....
using Christmas fabric....
and I decided to make a practice block...
I am looking for a better way....
and some tips....
I know I have a tendency to pull the fabric when I sew...
and working with bias edges you have to be careful not to stretch the fabric...
hope I can do a better job with the Christmas fabric!!
AND.....I am trying a lot of new things lately...
my word for the year is choices.....
and I am pushing to make choices to learn new things...
Smiles and hugs....Caryl
Labels:
block exchange,
Ohio star,
quilt block,
swap
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