Tag Archives: challenges
Why finish when you can start…
I suppose people with less of a capacity for UFOs would be finishing up something. And actually the “demanding” socks from two left overs are nearly finished and probably will be completed before the weekend is over. Meanwhile… I am … Continue reading
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Modern Mini challenge
I just learned of the Modern Mini challenge. And it sounds like a lot of fun. First you blog-hop to get inspiration, then you sew and then you enter to win fat quarters and some other cool stuff. I have … Continue reading
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Home from Houston–quilt show strategies
The Houston International Quilt Festival was as large as I had been told it was; however, I was not as overwhelmed as I expected to be. I guess it comes from knowing what I wanted to see and from pacing … Continue reading
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The quilt blocks arrived!
Yesterday I got a squishy in the mail; the yellow and purple blocks had arrived. The project started with 8 blocks can now continue with 28. Last night I just looked at them over and over; today I started possible … Continue reading
Crayon Challenge Quilt finished and I’m moving on
It feels good to finish a project (even though I am primarily a process person). My quilting foot made a horrible clacking while I quilted; it has never done that before, and I couldn’t see anything wrong with how I … Continue reading
Progress on the crayon challenge
Well I am a couple days behind–could not remember how to set up the Featherweight table. Finally a neighbor helped me. We couldn’t find the latch, but we had a screwdriver. So I could finally get to sewing. I never … Continue reading
Crayon challenge design decision
I had to abandon Plan A when I moved from abstract to the real world of fabric at hand. And I had added the challenge to make the quilt from my stash to the already limiting details (previous post) of … Continue reading
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Back to Sewing–Starting on the Crayon Challenge
My quilt guild in Indiana has a challenge going. Because I didn’t know when I was leaving, I went ahead and got into it, and I will finish the piece and send it to them. It is due mid July, … Continue reading
