QJ - "Buzz Lightyear"

QUILT JOURNAL - "BUZZ LIGHTYEAR"

Machine Pieced
Machine Quilted
Twin Size
Started - November 2003
Completed - March 2004

Made for Grandson #1

Pattern - Log Cabin
Quilts for Baby - Easy As ABC - Pg. 34-35
By Ursula Reikes (c) 1993

Our daughter bought an all-over print featuring "Buzz Lightyear" for Grandson #1 -

He chose the log cabin pattern and the "log" colors from my stash - red - yellow - purple - and black -

I "fussy cut" six "Buzz" squares for the centers of the log cabin blocks and used the rest of the print for the borders -

As I was quilting "in the ditch" - the black fabric began to split and shred!! Oh, great - now what!! It must have been really old fabric or just poor quality - either way, it was too late to replace it. I finished it anyway -

When I gave it to him - I told him that the black would "break" as soon as his mom washed it. When it "broke" - he should give it back to me and I would "fix" it -

Sure enough - by June 2004, the black fabric was totally shredded -

I had a flash of brilliance and sewed pre-packaged black quilt binding on top of the shredded black strips - it was denser - prefolded - and the perfect size!! -
Too bad I didn't think of it sooner - ;))

QJ - 2004

Another Box of Squirrels -

Hey - lookey what I got in the mail!! - ;))

A BOX OF SQUIRRELS from Sherry -
At Book, Hooks, Sticks, etc. - HERE -

THANKS, Sherry!!! -

Hmmmmm -

Reminds me that I never DID get very far -
With that BOX OF SQUIRRELS -
That I got from LindaJ back in January -

A Box of Squirrels - and some plaids -
courtesy of my friend LindaJ - Of life, quilts and a cat too -
She tells you all about them - HERE - ;))

But I haven't made much progress since then - not much as in zero - nada - zilch - nor have I had a chance to play with my Box of Squirrels - but I have a really good excuse - ;))

Seems that back then I smashed my knee -
But it's better now - ;))

And now that box and those plaids have some more friends -

Sooooooo -

Hmmmmm -

Play with some SQUIRRELS??? -

OR -

Play with the side-setting triangles
on EASY STREET DETOUR??? -
My version of Easy Street - HERE - ;))

Hmmmmm -

Eenie - meenie - miney - moe - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

BOB's Tuesday Toast - 8/26/14

Here’s to all the blogs I've read before -

May I someday catch up - ;))

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I really must apologize to all of my regular readers -

Because I stopped reading your blogs -

Sometime in February or March -

Due to "circumstances" -

And now like "Lucy" -

Who sometimes had a lot of "esplainin'" to do -

I have a lot of "catching up" to do - ;))

I have a TON of stuff to read -

Because I want to start back in January -

On each and every one of you -

Which means that I need to work some Reading time -

Into my Duck and Squirrel schedule -

Because I like to settle in -

And read your blog -

Like I read a book -

One "chapter" at a time -

Starting at the beginning -



But then again - it's probably just me - ;))

Design Wall Monday - 8/25/14

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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This week I played some more with EASY STREET DETOUR -

My version of Easy Street - HERE - ;))

I put the first four Block As on the design wall in the hallway -
And after I took that photo -
Realized that you can't see the one in the top right corner - ;))

I took another photo -
So that you could see how HIGH it is on the wall -
And how I had to fold it over -
Because I'm not THAT tall - ;))

Then I got busy on the next nine - ;))

Three more to go -
To fill in the center section -
Then it's side-setting triangle time -

So I decided to take a break -
About the same time the doorbell rang -
And a neighbor brought me this -
Saying that they had just had a BBQ -
And that it was still WARM!!! - ;))

Before -

During -

After - ;))

It was YUMMY!!! -

And I ate it ALL!!! - ;))

Then I got a second wind -

And decided to finish up the last three Block As - ;))

So -

I don't know which Ducks -

Are going to rear their ugly heads -

This week -

But the plan is to play with my idea -

For the side-setting triangles -

And corner blocks - ;))

I want to try to integrate the border into them -

Like I did on my Left-Handed Quilter Sampler Quilt -
(Check out the page/tab at the top of my blog - ;))

It looks cool in my head - haha - ;))

And I know that I complain a lot -

About having to deal with the dang Ducks -

But they DO keep me busy -

So that I don't dwell on the fact -

That My Guy isn't in the next room anymore - ;((

Tomorrow will be two months - ;((



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

TUSAL - 8/25/14

I have missed the last few months -

Of this FUN game -

Due to "circumstances" -

But now I'm back -

So here we go - ;))

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Once again I have joined a bunch of other stitchers -

In Daffycat’s TUSAL - HERE -

It's a Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long - ;))

To play the game -

I have to fill my glass container -

With saved thread clippings -

Or ORTS - Old Ratty Threads -

Fabric trimmings -

Stitching cast-offs -

And then -

On (or about) the New Moon -

Take a picture of the ORTS in my jar -

Post it to my blog -

With a link back to her TUSAL post - HERE -

Label the Totally Useless posts with “TUSAL” -

And then visit her blog and comment on her ORT report for that month's TUSAL - ;))

It's EASY -

It's TOTALLY USELESS -

And -

It's FUN!! - ;))

This year I decided NOT to empty my jar each time -

Maybe a year-to-date accumulation of ORTs -

Will make it look like actually DID something - ;))

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This photo may look like I didn't add much -

Since the last one I posted - HERE -

But I assure you that I HAVE added some ORTS -

From the latest round of blocks -

But because the thread that I'm using to piece is "beige" -

It doesn't show that well in the photo - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

QJ - 4 "H" Quilts Into One

QUILT JOURNAL - 4 "H" QUILTS INTO ONE

Machine Pieced
Machine Quilted
Baby Quilts - 4 @ 33" x 33"
Started - June 11, 2000
Completed - 2004

Pattern - "H" block -
Even More Quilts For Baby - Easy as ABC - Pg. 18-19 -
By Ursula Reikes (c) 1993

This quilt started out to be four separate quilts -

The tops were the same black print with a yellow "H" -

The backs were to be different colors -

The one for Grandson #1 was Red -
The one for Grandson #2 was Blue -
The one for Grandson #3 was Green -
And the one for Granddaughter #1 was Turquoise -

Somehow it got lost in the shuffle of Life - and by the time I got back to it - the kids were too big for baby quilts. Since I had already quilted some of them - I sewed them all together to make one big quilt on my new Husqvarna/Viking - Lily 555.

And since I never took a photo of the original quilt - and it has been “loved” to pieces - all I have to show for it is the scrap card -

And the Heart - ;))

QJ - 2004

BOB's Tuesday Toast - 8/19/14

Here’s to getting your Pressing Sequence down -

May it forever speed up the block assembly process - ;))

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BOB doesn’t assemble her blocks for -

EASY STREET DETOUR -

My version of Easy Street - HERE -

The same way Bonnie does -

So she had to work out her own Pressing Sequence -

But once I did -

I was able to make the last SIX sets of corner units -

For my Block As -

Yesterday afternoon -

So now I have them all ready to go - ;))

And I MUCH prefer to assemble these blocks -

As GIANT 9-patches -

Instead of FIVE rows of FIVE blocks -



But then again - it’s probably just me - ;))

Design Wall Monday - 8/18/14

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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I’m still working on EASY STREET DETOUR -

My version of Easy Street - HERE - ;))

I made a fourth Block A -

And then decided to just make a series of four corner units - ;))

It seemed to be more “efficient” -

Once I had the pressing sequence mapped out -

And it seemed to go a little faster, too - ;))

I am still a SLOW POKE QUILTER -

But I managed to get six sets done -

And all pinned together -

In time to post some photos today - ;))

I also spent some time drafting some posts -

For Widowhood Wednesday -

On my other blog - Quilter BOB - ;))

And don’t worry -

The HOMEWORK assignments aren’t scary - ;))

BOB is a big LIST MAKER -

So the first batch is just a bunch of LISTS to make -

And LISTS are easy to make -

MUCH easier than trying to get the pressing sequence down -

In some of these dang quilt blocks - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Playing around with an idea - 8/16/14

As you all know -
My husband died recently -
And I have joined the “Widow Club” -
Along with Linda J - Chris - Stella - and Mtn Mama -
And it totally sucks - ;((

Linda J said -

This is not a club any of us wants to be in but unfortunately we don't get to decide.

So true.

Linda J - Chris - Stella - and Mtn Mama have already posted their stories -

And reading what they wrote -
Helped me tremendously -
So I thought that I might add my two cents -
To the information they shared - ;))

When I was “talking” to Linda L -
I told her that -

I was playing around with the idea of posting some Widowhood 101 - Tips - tricks - and tutorials - ;))

Not "personal" stuff - but some of what I did - in the order I did it - and what I did right - and what I would have done differently - ;))

Maybe have a Widowhood Wednesday post - and have BOB give everyone a "homework assignment" for the week -
What do you think? - ;))

She said that she thought -

My Widowhood Wednesday posts would be a fantastic idea - but those "homework assignments" sounded a bit scary. hahaha

So - to keep this blog about Left-Handed Quilting -
And sharing some of my Quilting Life and Squirrel projects -

I thought that I would try to post some of my Duck stuff -
On my Quilter BOB blog -
On Wednesdays -
And call it Widowhood Wednesday -
For those of you who are interested - ;))

BOB promises that the “homework assignments” won’t be scary -

BOB doesn’t DO scary - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Design Wall Monday - 8/11/14

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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I got sidetracked with “ducks” again this week -

But finally did manage to get back to -

EASY STREET DETOUR -

my version of Easy Street - HERE - ;))

When I checked back on my blog to see where I had left off -

I promptly realized that it was NOT -

LAST YEAR’S Bonnie Hunter Mystery -

As in 2013 -

It was the year BEFORE that -

As in 2012 - ;))

I’m probably the last one on the planet to be working on it -

But I have all of the Block Bs done -

And the first two Block As -

And I found 14 baggies with the pieces for the rest of them - ;))

Each baggie has the pieces for one block -

So - make the four corner units -

Lay it out like a 9-patch -

Stitch it together -

Rinse and repeat - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Design Wall Monday - 8/4/14

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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So after over a month of dealing with “ducks” -

I’m REALLY ready to play with some “squirrels” -

For a change - ;))

If I forgot a “duck” -

Too bad -

It will make itself known sooner or later -

And I will deal with it then - ;))

In the meantime -

I dug out Easy Street Detour -

My version of Easy Street - HERE -
LAST YEAR’S Bonnie Hunter Mystery -

And put it up on the design wall in the hallway - ;))

I THINK that I have all of the pieces - ;))

But, if not -

I guess that I’ll find out soon enough, huh? - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -