tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39259581153186321002024-03-19T01:48:24.542-07:00A Left-Handed QuilterA blog about quilting and using the LEFT-EZE Rule - my HST/QST Ruler designed for LEFT-HANDED Quilters -
A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3043125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-7626588115069331882023-10-09T00:30:00.035-07:002023-10-09T00:30:00.145-07:00It's a top! - My Sundance Bargello is a top - Ta Dah! - ;)) Top - Middle - Bottom -
Bottom right -
Bottom center - I tried to make a collage of three bargellos I made from this pattern - And it finally worked - but G00gle Ph0t0s decided on the order - Top - Sundance A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-85025074899250294232023-10-08T00:30:00.004-07:002023-10-08T00:30:00.149-07:00Another game - Of "bobbin chicken" was played yesterday - And this time I lost - Which is usually the case - LOL - And it was on the very last seam on the left side - Of my Sundance Bargello - As a side note - I realized - pretty late in the game - That I somehow changed the name of this one to SunSET Bargello - &A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-10378760284572046672023-10-07T00:30:00.002-07:002023-10-07T18:45:22.895-07:00A few more seams - Were sewn on my Sundance Bargello yesterday - And I only have a few more seams to go - To get this top together - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-21924270873676276422023-10-06T00:30:00.042-07:002023-10-06T00:30:00.150-07:00 Before - The curtain tieback looked something like this- Photo courtesy of Amazon - HERE - After - It looks like this - Courtesy of Echo's cute little friend - Doja* - Who is all grown up now - It was FRINGE - And FRINGE must be destroyed - So she did - LOL - ;))Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - * Doja A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-89411798227710930332023-10-05T00:30:00.034-07:002023-10-07T18:45:00.832-07:00The right side - For my Sundance Bargello is sewn together - But - before I show you that - Here's all that was left on the bobbin - After I sewed the last seam on the right side - I played - and won - a game of "bobbin chicken" - LOL - So - For those of you who have been waiting SO patiently - Here's the right side - Ta Dah!A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-50813784367486282622023-10-04T00:30:00.021-07:002023-10-07T18:44:36.003-07:00Moving along - With the right side - Of my Sundance Bargello - I know - Just one more seam - And the right side will be together- But yesterday was a busy day - And I ran out of gas - LOL - Besides - Those sections are so wide - I want to press them separately - Before I sew that seam - &A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-81036699575521605722023-10-03T00:30:00.003-07:002023-10-07T18:44:15.430-07:00And more sewing - To get an eightsie - For my Sundance Bargello - Added that to the center section - And pulled the next four strips - Moving right along - ;))Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-20976293402386553182023-10-02T00:30:00.004-07:002023-10-07T18:43:56.693-07:00More sewing - And another foursie - For my Sundance Bargello - Slow and steady - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-7243208144409748792023-10-01T00:30:00.002-07:002023-10-07T18:43:40.415-07:00Plugging along - With some twosies - For my Sundance Bargello - And some foursies - One seam at a time - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-84496540109885308532023-09-30T00:30:00.004-07:002023-10-07T18:43:19.805-07:00Some foursies - For my Sundance Bargello - And the next four strips on the right - Ready to be un-sewn at the proper spot - It's slow going -But I eventually get there - ;))Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-65570719810706727002023-09-29T00:30:00.022-07:002023-10-07T18:42:53.923-07:00A slow start - After I sewed the first twosie - On my Sundance Bargello - I realized that I had messed up the order of the strips somehow - So - I un-sewed the twosie - And re-sewed the strips back into tubes - to start over - When I rearranged them again - in the correct order - I un-sewed them at the proper spot - And A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-11909317236128587902023-09-28T00:30:00.004-07:002023-10-07T18:42:33.026-07:00Starting in the middle - again - I pulled the center strip/tube - For my Sundance Bargello - And the four strips/tubes to the left - And the four strips/tubes to the right - Turned the strips/tubes inside out - Then stair-stepped them according to the pattern - And - again - Starting in the center seemed to be the most logical spot - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-7417468957836544602023-09-27T00:30:00.014-07:002023-09-27T00:30:00.140-07:00It's a top! - My Northern Woods Bargello - Is a top! - Ta Dah! - ;)) I LOVE it - I LOVE the colors and the gorgeous batiks - I LOVE the flow of it - It's funny - I don't really see the ORANGE anymore - But I think that the TURQUOISE makes it POP - And gives it a bit of a Southwestern flair - don't you? - Now I'mA Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-11547863741090194842023-09-26T00:30:00.005-07:002023-09-26T00:30:00.152-07:00The last four - Strips on this side - For my Northern Woods Bargello - Are twosies - After I sew them together for a foursie - Then I can sew them to this section - And the middle strip - Then add the right side - Which you have already seen - And we'll have a quilt top - ;))Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-596325570751605852023-09-25T00:30:00.003-07:002023-09-25T00:30:00.165-07:00Moving on - To the left side - Of my Northern Woods Bargello - Since I started in the center with the skinny strips - And sewed some to the left and to the right - I had part of this side done already - Now I only have four more strips to go - ;))Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-35468838974418212362023-09-24T00:30:00.011-07:002023-09-24T00:30:00.135-07:00The right side - Of my Northern Woods Bargello is done - Ta Dah! - I took this photo long-ways - and rotated it - So it might look a bit better than the first one above - If you double-click it - I LOVE it - I was holding my breath there for a while - Not knowing if it would work or not - But I should have known it would -&A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-82281639777782999532023-09-23T00:30:00.003-07:002023-09-23T00:30:00.135-07:00And another eightsie - For my Northern Woods Bargello - Then I started pressing what I had so far - I LOVE it when the seams nest nicely - Today I'll try to sew the sections of the right side together - And we'll see what it looks like tomorrow - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-58111696194951563162023-09-22T00:30:00.002-07:002023-09-22T00:30:00.134-07:00And another foursie - For my Northern Woods Bargello - And a couple more twosies - On the right side - As you can see - Bargellos are not the fastest quilts to make - But they sure are some of the prettiest - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-76714061605354398472023-09-21T00:30:00.005-07:002023-09-21T00:30:00.145-07:00Another foursie - Was sewn for my Northern Woods Bargello - The one on the far right that I showed you the other day - Then I sewed it to the other foursie on the right - To make another eightsie - So now I have the center strip - And one eightsie to the left - And one eightsie to the right - I still have twelve more A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-78528464855255603122023-09-20T00:30:00.013-07:002023-09-20T00:30:00.141-07:00Same - Yesterday seemed to slip away from me - And I didn't sew one stitch - So my Northern Woods Bargello - Looks the same as it did the day before - Maybe today I'll sew together the four strips on the right - And then maybe I'll sew some more - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-71693999392289422212023-09-19T00:30:00.004-07:002023-09-19T00:30:00.129-07:00Moving along - On my Northern Woods Bargello - I sewed the four new striips on the left together - Then added them to the other foursie on the left - To make an eightsie to the left of "center" - It still doesn't look like much - Since they are really skinny strips - But the pattern is starting to emerge - And I like how the sunlight A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-8819541910735477802023-09-18T00:30:00.025-07:002023-09-18T00:30:00.140-07:00An experiment - My Northern Woods Bargello - Will be an experiment - Since I'm not sure how this will turn out - With only two repeats of the fabrics - But when I'm done - I'll know if I need to adjust anything - Before I tackle the other one - So - out of curiosity - and for a mini-preview - I put the center A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-90560002349677546902023-09-17T00:30:00.004-07:002023-09-17T00:30:00.148-07:00Some foursies - For my Northern Woods Bargello - Were made from the twosies - Then I pulled four more strips for each side - Turned them inside out - And stair-stepped them again - I think I'll continue to make foursies -That seems like a good choice - It's not too many - And I can see the pattern emerge - As I go along - ;))Talk to you laterA Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-28337823282181686332023-09-16T00:30:00.001-07:002023-09-16T00:30:00.140-07:00Some twosies - For my Northern Woods Bargello - It may not look like much - But each of those four long seams - Had 39 short seams to match - One seam every two inches - For a total of 156 seams - It's not hard - But I have to slow down - So it IS time-consuming - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -&A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-51270878274005288262023-09-15T00:30:00.034-07:002023-10-07T18:42:06.211-07:00Starting in the middle - I pulled the center strip/tube - For my Northern Woods Bargello - And the four strips/tubes to the left - And the four strips/tubes to the right - Turned the strips/tubes inside out - Then stair-stepped them according to the pattern - Starting in the center seemed to be the most logical spot - Since I A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.com4