A few more twosies -

 

 

For my Sundance Bargello - 

 

This time I sewed the first pair of strips - times three - 

And one of the second pair - 

 

I may continue sewing twosies - 

 

Or make some foursies and eightsies -

 

As I go along - 

 

To break the monotony - 

 

Now that I have one full strata made - 

 

I can check it as I go - 

 

To make sure that I don't mix them up - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

More twosies -

 

 

For my Sundance Bargello - 

 

Led to some "foursies" - 

 

 

And some "eightsies" - 

 

And so on - 

 

Next thing I knew - 

 

The first strata of 20 strips was done - 

 

This set has some REALLY pretty batiks in the mix - 

 

It's going to make a beautiful bargello - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Some twosies -

 

 

Was about all I sewed yesterday - 

 

For my Sundance Bargello - 

 

After I finished my "chores" - 

 

I decided to sew one complete strata - 

To have a visual reference for the order of the strips - 

 

Before I try to "assembly-line" sew the rest of the strata - 

 

But only got 6 "twosies" sewn so far -  

Maybe today I can finish sewing the first strata -

 

I REALLY like the gradation on this set - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Pressing -

 

 

Was on the agenda yesterday - 

 

First I pressed the strata - 

 

For my Northern Woods Bargello -  

I needed an EVEN number of rows - 

 

Because I pressed the odd-numbered rows up -
And the even-numbered rows down - 

 

So that they will nest nicely when I cut the strata - 

And shift the rows up or down a notch -

 

The easiest way to press them that way - 

 

Is to press the "odd" numbered strips "out" from the center of the strip - 

 

It's like a "two for one" -

 

You get the one seam pressed UP - 

And the other seam pressed DOWN at the same time -  

 

 

I pressed each of the four strata separately - 

 

Then sewed one pair into a tube - then the other - making two tubes - 

 

And folded them in half for cutting later - 

 

 

By that time my back was telling me to sit down - 

And find something else to do - 

 

So I pulled out the Sundance flat packs -

 

And pressed them - 

 

 

Then draped the first set over the front rail on the longarm - 

 

 

Then I figured that as long as I was pressing one set - 

 

That I might as well press the rest of them - 

 

 

Now I can sew the "twosies" for all four sets as I go along -

 

Or make one strata of all twenty strips - 

 

So that I have a visual aid to keep them all in order - 

 

I haven't decided yet - 

 

But it will probably be the latter - 

 

Just because I REALLY like the blending of this batch - 

 

And wouldn't want to mess it up -

 

As Gene said in a comment the other day - 

It never occurred to me before, but someone at the company chose to put the fabrics in that order. So, why not use them that way?

I totally agree - why not? -

 

Sorting them in a pleasing order would be like reinventing the wheel - 

 

It's already been done - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

No sewing yesterday -

 

 

I put things back to the way I left them the other day - 

 

For my Northern Woods Bargello -  

And didn't get any sewing done -

 

I'm so glad that I didn't add those extra strips - 

And realized my mistake - 

 

Before I had to unsew two long seams - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Extra strips -

 

 

I thought I needed two extra strips - 

 

For my Northern Woods Bargello - 

 

Two sets of twenty strips will make one strata -

 

And if I added one more strip to each one -

 

I'd have an "odd" number of strips - 

 

Which would make it easier to press them - 

So I "raided" a pack of batik strips - 

Thinking I had two of each - 

 

And that it would be easy to find a couple that would work - 

 

Turned out that they were all "singles" - 

 

So I found two that are rust/green with leaves - 

 

The top two in the photo below - 

 

 

They are not identical - 

 

But I think they are close enough - 

 

And by the time I cut them into "slivers" - 

 

Hopefully it won't be that noticeable -

 

That they aren't the same print - 

 

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That was what I planned to post today - 

 

BUT THEN -

 

I thought I would double-check just to make sure - 

 

And I found THIS POST - 

 

Where I was pressing my Imperial Bargello - 

 

And - it turns out that I was WRONG - 

 

I need an EVEN number of rows - 

 

Because I pressed the odd-numbered rows up -

And the even-numbered rows down -

So that they would nest nicely when I cut the strata -

And shifted the rows up or down a notch -

 

 

 

So - all of that "raiding" was for nothing - 

 

And I can sew the sets into the two strata -  

WITHOUT any extra strips -

 

Now I have to go back and edit my previous post - 

 

To correct my mistake -

 

Oops!! - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Lots of sewing -

 

 

On my Northern Woods Bargello - 

 

First I finished sewing the second set together - 

 

 

Then the third set - 

 

You can see the other two on the back rail - 

On the right side -

I folded the top one back so you can see the one underneath - 

 

Then I sewed the fourth set - 

 

On the back rail - 

On the left side -

You can see the GREEN/ORANGE strips of the first three sets - 

I need to sew two sets together for one strata -

And make two strata - 

 

EDIT UPDATE -  I need an EVEN number of strips in each strata - 

So ignore this last part -

Then I want to find another two matching strips to add to them - 

So that I have an ODD number of strips in each strata - 

That will help when I go to press them - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Second set -

 

Of twosies - 

For my Northern Woods Bargello - 

Are on the front rail - 

I laid them out the same way I did the first set - 

But - as extra insurance - and a visual reminder -

I draped the first set of twenty strips over the back rail - 

To make sure that I keep them all in the same order - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

First half -

 

 

Of the first strata is sewn - 

 

For my Northern Woods Bargello - 

 

This is only the first set of twenty strips - 

 

So I have three more sets to sew - 

 

Before I can pair them up - 

 

To make two 40-strip strata - 

 

To cut up for the bargello - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Sunday sewing -

 

 

While I was waiting for the storm to hit - 

 

I decided that I wanted to make TWO bargello quilts - 

 

One using Northern Woods - 

 

And one using Sundance - 

 

So I opened the first flat pack of Northern Woods - 

 

 

I didn't want to "overthink" it - 

 

So I spread out the top row of twenty strips - 

 

As they came off the "roll" - 

 

Paired them up - 

 

And sewed them into "twosies" - 

These strips will be the first half of the first strata - 

 

And they should make a pretty bargello - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

We're fine -

 

 

We got a little rain - 

 

But no flooding and we didn't lose power - 

 

And we had an EARTHQUAKE!! - 

 

But no damage in our area - 

 

I was afraid we might lose power - 

 

So I planned to turn my computer off at noon - just in case - 

Until then - I sewed - as stress-reliever therapy -

 

And I'll show you tomorrow how far I got - 

 

At noon I turned off the computer -

 

And we watched TV weather reports - 

 

Around 2PM - we decided to take naps - before the worst was to hit - 

 

Then at 2:41PM I felt a SHARP JOLT - 

 

And the cellphone EMERGENCY ALERTS started blaring - 

EARTHQUAKE - originally 6.0 - less than 20 miles away - 

Later downgraded to 5.1 - with damage in Ojai -

We scrambled to the interior bathroom to wait for aftershocks - 

But luckily we didn't feel any - 

Needless to say - 

There was no more "napping" after that - 

We turned the TV back on - 

And watched as the storm veered off to the EAST - 

Leaving us on the western edge - 

With just a little rain - 

Anyway - we eventually went to bed -- 

 

And woke up to see the reports of downed trees and submerged cars - 

 

We were LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!! -

It could have been SO much worse - 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Time out -

 

 

We are expecting a humongous storm this weekend - 

 

In Southern California -  

And may lose power -

So I may not be posting for the next couple of days - 

If it's just rain - that will be greatly appreciated - 

But if it turns into flooding - then we may have a problem - 

We are preparing the best we can - 

So we'll just have to wait and see what happens -

 

Now - so this post has a photo - 

 

Here's a pretty one from a little while back -

 

I'll be back as soon as I can - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

More of the same -

 

 

I lost my sewing mojo - 

 

If you find her - 

 

Please send her home - 

 

 I haven't even opened these packages yet - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Still the same -

 

 

I don't know where my sewing mojo went - 

 

But yesterday was the same as the day before - 

 

Except that I got another vote for Northern Woods - 

So now it's Northern Woods - 3 - and Sundance - 2 -

If you count Gene's double vote for Northern Woods -

 

If not - it's a tie - 

 

And I get to decide -

 

And I like them both - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Same -

 

 

As yesterday - 

 

No sewing today - 

 

But the votes are in - 

 

I got two votes for "Sundance" - 

And two votes for "Northern Woods" - 

After Gene voted twice to tie it up - LOL -

 

So maybe I'll make them both - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Squirrel -

 

 

I swear I see them EVERYWHERE -  

I was putting something away - 

And "accidentally" opened a drawer with some flat packs in it - 

 

So I took a moment and explored what was in the drawer -

 

I thought that either one (or both) of these would make a pretty Bargello - 

 

The one on the left is Northern Woods - 

 

The one on the right is Sundance - 

 

I have two of each - 

 

So I have enough to make another one like my Imperial Bargello -  

This would be a "long-term" project -

Since it will take me a while to sew the strata - 

 

And cut the strips - then sew it all back together - 

 

And since it has been so hot here lately -

 

I've tried to not run the a/c or the longarm during "peak" hours -

 

So this would be a good "non-longarm" project - 

 

That - and I'm stalling - 

 

Because I still don't know how I want to quilt - 

 

My Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers - LOL -

 

 

So - which flat pack do you like the best? - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Binding -

 

 

Yesterday I made the binding for three quilts - 

 

The MUSTARD/BROWN is for both - 

 

My Karma Churn Dash - 

 

 

And my Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers - 

 

The RED/RED is for Hear Wave - 

 

 

I get on a roll and like doing the same thing - 

 

Like making binding - 

 

For several quilts at the same time - 

 

It's sort of "assembly-line" - 

 

And FEELS a little more efficient - 

 

Than doing a quilt from start to finish - 

 

Then starting over - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go- gotta sew - 

Cutting -

 

 

Was on the agenda yesterday - 

 

So I cut binding strips for three quilts - 

Karma Churn Dash - MUSTARD/BROWN -

Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers - MUSTARD/BROWN -

Hear Wave - RED/RED -

And then a couple extra MUSTARD ones for my Interweave - Nostalgia - 

I think that one will look good with a MUSTARD backing - 

 

So I'll have the MAIN binding color to match -

 

Then I can decide later what color I want to use for the "flange" - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Fiddling -

 

 

Bits and pieces - 

 

But they all add up - 

 

First I basted the top zipper to the backing - 

 

For my Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers - 

 

But I haven't loaded it yet - 

 

Then I did a little staging - 

 

I laid out the Hear Wave top and the RED branches backing - 

 

To see how much RED solid I need to get it up to size - 

 

So I can get that cut and ready to sew - 

 

 

Then I took a photo of the BROWN "flange" fabric - 

 

To go with the MUSTARD main binding color - 

 

That I'll use for my Karma Churn Dash - 

I have another darker RED solid that I think I'll use for the "flange" - 

On my Hear Wave - 

So - after I do the MATH - 

I can cut those strips - and make the bindings -

 

I might even make some MUSTARD/BROWN binding - 

 

For my Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers - 

 

While I'm at it - 

 

Those colors will work for that one, too - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Same -

 

 

As the day before - 

 

No sewing again yesterday - 

 

So no change on the quilting/sewing front - 

 

My Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers is up next - 

 

 

But I still need to baste the sippers zippers* to the backing - 

 

And get that loaded and then cut the batting - 

 

Before I can load the top - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

*Thanks, Katie - ;)) 

 

A little sewing -

 

 

Yesterday I sewed the Scrap Cards and Heart - 

 

For my Interweave - Nostalgia - 

 

With 40 different fabrics - I needed two index cards - 

 

But didn't think to split them 20/20 before sewing them - 

 

I had already sewn the first one with 30 - 

 

When I realized what I did - LOL - 

 

Oh, well - it doesn't really matter - it's just for me - 

 

 

Then I made a label for my Karma Churn Dash - 

 

I also chose the "flange" fabric - 

But forgot to take a photo of it - 

I'll try to do that tomorrow - 

 

It's nothing exciting - 

Just a DARK BROWN tone-on-tone -

To go with the GOLD backing fabric -

That I want to use for the MAIN binding color - 

 

So I'll take a photo when I get those strips cut - 

And I think the next one that I want to quilt - 

Is my Batik Bento Boxes - Glowing Embers - 48" x 60" - 2020 -

 

I think the left over MUSTARD backing will be big enough - 

Without having to add a spacer strip - 

 

Then I can use the left over RED backing for my Hear Wave -

And add some solid RED to get it up to size - 

 

At least that's the plan - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

No sewing yesterday -

 

I spent most of the day doing "chores" - 

 

But I did pet some fabric - 

 

The left overs from my Interweave - Nostalgia - 

 

On the cookie sheet - 

 

Should be enough to make the Scrap Card and a Heart - 

 

 

So today I can play with that - 

And maybe choose a "flange" fabric - 

 

For my Karma Churn Dash binding - 

And maybe decide which top I want to quilt next - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

It's a top! -

 

 

My Interweave - Nostalgia - 

 

Is a top! - 

 

Ta Dah! - ;)) 

 

Left - 

 

 

Middle -

 

Right -

I love the "old-fashioned" florals and subtle colors in this one -

 

It's very soft and calming - 

 

And now I'm back up to 30 tops - 

 

That need to be quilted - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -