Monday, March 30, 2015

Design Wall Monday - 3/30/15


DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -

CRUMB BLOCKS - ;))


Well, actually they're on the little table BELOW the design wall -

Because the 9-patch TWOSIES are still ON the wall -

But they are my project for the week -

So I think that they still count - ;))

Anyway -

I liked them all -

Except this one -


It was too STRAIGHT -

And NOT like the others -

So I took a strip of green and sewed it on at an angle -


Cut it into two chunks -
Added a bit of red to the right side of the LEFT chunk -
And another chunk to the left side of the RIGHT chunk -


Trimmed the RIGHT chunk -

And - Voila!! -

MUCH BETTER - ;))


I have a few more to play with -

Some are almost done -


And some need a bit more - ;))


These silly things are like potato chips -

I can't make just one!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -


Monday, March 23, 2015

Design Wall Monday - 3/23/15


DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -

Same as last week - ;))

TWOSIES!! -




One of my commenters suggested that I "keep on going" - ;))

I hadn't planned on adding any more -

But I could - ;))

I have another charm pack of the same fabrics -

So I could make another batch with the same background fabric -

OR - make another batch with a darker background fabric -
And add them around the perimeter -
Which might make it look like a "built-in border" -

OR - make another batch with some of the matching yardage -
As the background fabric -
And make a couple of "built-in borders" -

OR - I could do a bunch of other things - ;))

So while I think about it -

And they marinate on the wall -

I decided to play with some crumbs -





As you can see -

I didn't get very far -

But the day ain't over yet - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Happy St. Patrick's Day - 2015 -


A couple of years ago -

I got the top together -

On my St. Patrick’s Day Sudoku Quilt -

In time to post it on St. Patrick's Day - ;))

I got the blocks together and sashed -


And the borders ON!! -

TA DAH!! -


Here’s a close-up of the border fabric -
I tend to go with darker borders for some reason - ;))


Here’s another close-up -
Just because - ;))


You can read more about my Sudoku Quilts -
If you check out the page/tab -
At the top of my blog - ;))

This poor thing is STILL not quilted -

But it IS in the pile -

All ready for a Free-Motion Quilting marathon - ;))

Have a HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Monday, March 16, 2015

Design Wall Monday - 3/16/15


DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -

TWOSIES!! -


I LOVE 9-patches -

I think that they are my FAVORITE block!! -

My Left-Handed Quilter Sampler Quilt -
LHQSQ for short -

Is comprised of Ninety-nine 9-patches -
That I found in EQ7 -
Check out the page/tab at the top of my blog - ;))

These 9-patches were made from a charm pack -
And a Moda Bake Shop Recipe -
Original Recipe - 9-patchtastic - by Monica Solorio-Snow - HERE -

She uses Billie Lauder’s - Nine Patch Units - 2 from 2 method -
Found in her book - Quilt Quick Tricks - (c) 2002
Quick Method - Make Two Units At One Time
One - 5 Light / 4 Dark & One 4 Light / 5 Dark
This method is perfect for charm squares -
But I had a hard time making them come out the right size -
I don’t know if it was my cutting or my sewing -
But I basically gave up -

And resorted to simply cutting the charms into strips -
After trimming them down to 4-1/2” square -
And getting rid of the dang “pinked” edges -
(Hate those!! - Just cut the dang square straight - thankyouverymuch!!) -

And then using my June Tailor Short Cut (TM) - HERE -

To cut the background strips - ;))




Some match-ups came out better than others -


But they were easily fixed - ;))

When I had both the positive and negative strip sets made -

I put them under the June Tailor Short Cut (TM)-


Sliced them -

Switched out the middle sections -


Sewed them together -


And just kept going - ;))


When I got all of the sets done -


I liked how they looked in the cookie sheets -

So pretty much put them up on the wall -

The same way - ;))


Then I worked on the Churn Dash a little -

Here it is -
On the wall - sideways -
Because it’s easier to reach the top row that way - ;))


So -

What do you see? -

Do you see four rows of six blocks?? -

Not me -

I see six 4-patches -


And that’s how I’m going to put it together - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Saturday, March 14, 2015

Happy Pi Day!! -


The mathematical constant pi is -

3.141592653 -

And I almost missed it -

ME - the math nerd -

Almost missed Pi DAY -

3.141592653 - ;))

TODAY - 3/14/15 - at 9:26 and 53 seconds - AM or PM -


Read this story - HERE -

Unless you are a math nerd like me -

And have already read it - ;))

And until the next century -

Happy Pi Day!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Something else I learned -


I learned that phone scammers are SCARY!!! - ;((

I screen ALL of my calls -

So when I got a call from the "IRS" the other day -

It went straight to the answering machine -

And when I played it back -

It was all about how I owe the government $$$ -

And that the situation had to be rectified IMMEDIATELY - ;((

The guy gave me his name and badge number -

VERY official sounding -

VERY threatening -

VERY scary -

AND TOTALLY BOGUS!!! -

DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! -

The "IRS" will not just call people "out of the blue" -

They will send several notices in the mail first -

So don't answer the phone -

Let it go to the answering machine -

Or let it go to voice mail -

Or just hang up if you DO answer -

And then report it to the authorities - ;))

I made a note of the information on the "caller ID" -
Which was also probably bogus -

I made a note of the time of the call -

I made a note of what was said -

And then I called my phone service provider to report it - ;))

They took what information I had -

And gave me another number to call -

Similar to the "Do Not Call List" -

But for "Unlawful" and/or threatening calls - ;))

When I called the second number -

They took my information as well -

And gave me the number of the "REAL" IRS -
Also available on the "official" website -

And said that the Federal Trade Commission and FBI -

Are trying to shut the buggers DOWN!!! - ;))

The sooner the better -

If you ask me -

A call like that could give someone a heart attack!!! - ;((

Good thing that BOB knows something that the phone scammers don't -

BOB knows that her taxes are PAID -

And that the scammers are full of CRAP!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Friday, March 13, 2015

Happy Friday the 13th - 2015 -


Did you know that any month that begins on a Sunday -

Will have a Friday the 13th in it? - ;))

It's one of those things -

That I never really thought about -

Until recently -

But I think it's really cool - ;))

So if you're wondering when the next one will be -

It's easy -

Nothing fancy -

Just check to see if the month starts on a Sunday - ;))

This year we had one in February -

Then there's March - TODAY -

And we'll have another one in November - ;))

Just another piece of useless information -

Taking up precious space -

In my head - ;))

I wonder if they will discover someday -

That your brain is like a hard drive -

And that when your memory gets "full" -

It just writes over other stuff -

Which is why we forget what we had for lunch yesterday - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Thursday, March 12, 2015

Learning new stuff -


I like to learn new stuff -

It’s FUN -

Except for some computer stuff -

Which can be more frustrating than fun at times -

But be that as it may -

While I was NOT blogging lately -

I learned a whole lot of stuff - ;))

I learned that I could NOT blog for a whole month -
AND that my followers would still follow me -
Thank you - one and all - ;))

I learned that my blog “Pageview Stats” are virtually meaningless -
AND that the bulk of my “Audience Stats” are from Russia -
AND that they are not REALLY “Pageviews” at all -
BUT just “bots” -
Also known as “Referrer Spam” -
AND that they are not actually viewing my blog -
AND that I can’t stop it -
BUT that I simply have to ignore it -
AND that I should NEVER click on ANY links to ANY “Referring Sites” -
Just to be safe - ;))

I learned that if you get a new subscription to a magazine -
You are usually offered a free issue -
AND a free special gift edition of something else -
BUT if you already subscribe to that same magazine -
You don’t get anything but a bill for the subscription - ;))

I learned that some magazines are available “digitally” -
“For my convenience” -
So that I don’t have to wait for the paper version -
AND so that they don’t have to print it and mail it to me -
Saving them $$$ -
AND I get to print it myself -
Using my own printer paper and ink -
Which costs ME $$$ -
In addition to the subscription price - ;))

I learned that some magazines publish “original” blocks -
AND that some of those same blocks can be found in EQ7 -
BUT with a different name and different colors - ;))

I learned that when I buy a new die -
I can pretty much guarantee that a short time later -
That die will go on sale for MUCH less than what I paid for it -
AND that 10 points for a review amounts to only 20 cents -
So FIVE reviews is a whole dollar in reward money -
Wow - what a deal - ;))

I learned that my husband’s email account was hacked -
AND that his “contact list” was stolen -
AND that the hackers sent an email -
To everyone on his “contact list” -
BUT the joke is on them -
Because those of us on his “contact list” -
Know something that they don’t know -
We know that he died last year -
AND is not likely to be the one emailing us - ;((

I learned that any month that starts on a Sunday -
Will have a Friday the 13th in it -
Like tomorrow -
If you do the math -
AND I think that that is pretty cool - ;))

AND I learned that I can get a whole lot more sewing done -
If I could/would stay off the computer - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -




Monday, March 9, 2015

Design Wall Monday - 3/9/15


DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -

Same as last week -


But I do have more to play with - ;))




Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Sunday, March 8, 2015

Ketchup - Part 4


Playing Ketchup -

One post at a time - ;))

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Now that I have figured out my Picasa problem -

I can tell you about playing with my Triangles - ;))

Most of these came from trades I made with some of my bloggy buddies - ;))


They were all different sizes -


So I sorted them -


By size -

And color -


Sewed a light one to a dark one -
To make HSTs -
And trimmed them to some useful sizes -



Some were "in-between" sizes -
But I didn't want to trim them too small -
So I had some at 1-1/4" just because - ;))


I put them all in separate baggies for later -


And labeled them with the size they ARE - ;))


I don't care what the FINISH size is -

I want to know what size SQUARE it will match -
When I get to that point - ;))


And then I sewed some more - ;))




Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Saturday, March 7, 2015

Ketchup - Part 3


Playing Ketchup -

One post at a time - ;))

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Here I was -

All ready to post another Ketchup episode -

But Picasa isn't cooperating with me - ;((

I loaded some new photos to my Picasa Web Album -

TWICE -

But they don't show in the album -

And I don't know how to post them to my blog -

If they don't show up in my album - ;((

The maximum used to be 1000 photos per album -

And I hit that with my last post -

So I thought that it would "hiccup" like it always does -

When I hit the max -

And then sort itself out -

But now it says that the limit is 2000 -

So there should be no problem loading another 6 photos -

BUT THERE IS!! - ;((

I loaded the photos like I always do -

Went to "organize" them so that the newest ones show first -

So that I can FIND them -

And the photo count says 1006 -

BUT THEY AREN'T THERE!! - ;((

So I did it AGAIN -

And now the photo count says 1012 -

BUT THEY STILL AREN'T THERE!! - ;((

So this is a photo-less post -

And I'm annoyed -

And don't want to mess with it any more - ;))

I don't know how to fix it -

So I'm going to have to think of something else to try -

Or wait for it to fix itself - ;((

In the meantime -

I'm going to SEW - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



Friday, March 6, 2015

Ketchup - Catsup - Catch Up - Part 2 -


Playing Ketchup -

One post at a time - ;))

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And I thought that this one -

Was scheduled to go "live" on Wednesday -

But I must have hit "Revert to draft" -

At some point in the editing process -

Because it never got posted - ;((

Oh, well -

There was no DEADLINE -

So here it is - ;))

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The January Sudoku Quilt came together very nicely - ;))



If you take away the borders -
And the sashing and the cornerstones -
It's really just a 9-patch of 9-patches -



Nine different fabrics -
Each in a different spot in the block -
Just like Sudoku - ;))


To see how I cut and sew the sashing/cornerstones and borders -
Check out the page/tab at the top of my blog -
Sudoku Quilts -
I have photos of the progress of other ones that I have made -
And a tutorial posted for easy reference - ;))

Good thing, too -
Because it has been so long since I made the last one -
I had to check it myself -
To see how I made the other ones - ;))

There's one for February -


There's one for March -


And April and May are there as well -

Go take a look -

While I try to write up my next post -

And get a little more sewing done - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -






Monday, March 2, 2015

Design Wall Monday - 3/2/15


DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. -
At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -



I know that It’s been a while -

And if it wasn’t Design Wall Monday -

I probably would/should have titled this post -

Ketchup - Catsup - Catch Up - ;))

I have been sewing a bit -
But not blogging much at all -
Instead I have spent a LOT of time trying to get our tax stuff together -
It seems like this year we have everything in triplicate -
Like that movie Yours, Mine, and Ours -

But now that stuff is on its way to the accountant -
And I am playing Ketchup -
(Haha - just checking to see if you’re paying attention - ;))

I finished the January Sudoku Quilt top -


Here’s a close-up of one of the blocks -


If you want to read more about my Sudoku Quilts -
Check out the page/tab at the top of my blog -
I have made quite a few -
And have posted a tutorial if you're interested -
The dang things are like potato chips, I swear - ;))

And I finished the Heart for my Memory Quilt -


If you haven’t read about my Hearts and my Memory Quilt -
You can find out more about it - HERE -

And I played a little with my scrap triangles -
And made a Pinwheel and a Broken Dishes block -


Then I made another Pinwheel going the “other” way -
Just for fun - ;))


I have more to share -

But I don’t want this post to be a mile long -

So I’ll save the rest for another day - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -






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