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Sew Productive

Jan23

Happy Monday! Are you ready for the week? I’m on a roll so I hope I can keep ahold of it a little longer. I’d like to continue getting some things accomplished.

Cotton Club Block 19

Most every set of blocks from the Cotton Club BOM seems to have a “favorite block” of mine & this one is it for me with this latest set. I want to increase the size and make more, I want to play with color and just go, go, go. Maybe later. That’s more distraction than I have time for at the moment.

Cheddar Bow Ties

The goal was 20 Bow Ties to add by this weekend but I’m short 5. That’s because I misplaced the five I had to re-sew. Where are those little buggers?

Strawberry Lemonade - 1

Love the lines! These are my Strawberry Lemonade HST’s (w/ Inklingo) before they made it into the blocks below:

Strawberry Lemonade - 2

And now I’m ready to make progress with Pink Lemonade. I’m also ready to make progress in a few other areas so I’ve got to make my priorities and get focused.

Thanks for the visit and I hope you have a great start to the week!  *karendianne.

Finished – The Autobiography of Cheddar!

Jul14

In her note she said “Sometimes quilts like to design themselves.”  That was a plum precious piece of information.  Why, it’s right up there with “Don’t worry, they’re printing new fabric as we speak.”  A thought that can just make you chill out!!! 

I have one of those really good ones.  “Don’t blog when you’re tired.”  Actually, there are a lot of “states” one must be in when blogging.  Half-asleep and angry come to mind.  I’m breaking one of my rules.  I’m tired but I’m simultaneously thrilled.  My cheddar quilt is finished.  Blocks are 6″ finished.

My cheddar quilt is now hereby named:  The Autobiography of Cheddar.

A quilt that came out bigger than I thought it was going to.  Boy you sure can see the extra half-inch in the border.  Glad I worked that out.  Boy it sure made a difference. Yeah.  I can see that made a huge difference.  Those larger borders really were just the right thing though.  hee!
 
Oh, I’m cute.  My mommy loved making these blocks and look… She used a red stop border instead of a block one.  Black would have been better.
Pretty border fabric.
Thank you Linda for your help.
Thank you everyone!!! 

Updated Red Cheddar Peoples

May18

Well now – here’s a perfect reason to avoid saying ”I have all the fabric I’ll ever need!”  I don’t.  We don’t.  I wanted to make 9 blocks.  I have enough of this cheddar to maybe get 2 more blocks.  There’s not a stitch of cheddar that will match in my stash either.  What I have will clash unless I work into this a border and some additional piecing which I did not have in mind. 

I searched for more cheddar.  It’s from the Colonies: Cheddar and Poison Green, 1830-1860 line but my initial research left me empty handed.    I’m sure I can do something with this but not right now. 

Not right now because I don’t happen to feel well.  The heat is getting to me I guess.  Still had to get groceries though and boy that didn’t help.  What a day on the couch it’s been and I’m just in the best mood ever (facetiously speaking here).  It’s hard some days.

However, I am here typing so that’s a good sign I’m recovering and tomorrow I’m certain to be feeling better.  I don’t have to go out for anything at all that I’m aware of so I’ll be happy here inside with the A/C and maybe working on my Klosjes.  I did have some to share but I put them in the box before I photographed them.  Now I’m just gonna make more and have a better photo for this coming Saturday.