tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22243382555881933632024-03-19T07:05:03.360-05:00Joni QuiltsA place to discuss my quilting experiences and other stuff too.Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-42248033568679757952015-05-27T17:34:00.000-05:002015-05-27T17:34:00.264-05:00The board is empty<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woohoo! This weekend I finished up the last quilt to be quilted on my board. There are still 2 remaining, but they are ones that I cannot do because they are too big for my quilt frame. </span><br />
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Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-76360099616627520052015-05-25T17:38:00.000-05:002015-05-25T17:38:00.081-05:00Memorial Day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A day of remembrance for all of those soldiers who have fallen in defense of our country and our freedom.</span><div>
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<br />Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-78332677992706488622015-05-22T18:26:00.000-05:002015-05-22T18:26:00.068-05:00Bleeding Heart<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mom grew up in a house that had a huge bleeding heart bush out front and every time she sees one, she tells me about it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this huge bleeding heart bush and gave it to her for Mother's Day. It is really beautiful! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I hope it lives. The last one I gave her died)</span>Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-46173447345350650502015-05-21T18:24:00.000-05:002015-05-21T18:24:00.732-05:00...Brings May Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-44846828772758995232015-05-20T14:11:00.000-05:002015-05-20T14:11:11.944-05:00Wednesday Group<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went to Thelma's for Wednesday Group. This is our hand quilting group. We are between quilts right now, so Thelma did a nice little presentation on different techniques on marking quilts for quilting. She even had sample fabrics and templates and stencils for us to try. She even had handouts. See what happens when you as a former teacher to give a little talk.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we were there, Gene gave us a tour of the greenhouse so we could see all of the blooming orchids. The local orchid society, which he belongs to, rescues non-blooming orchids from Whole Foods and keeps them until they are ready to bloom again and then they take them to the hospital to the cancer patients. There was a whole batch that would be leaving this evening, so we were there at the perfect time to see them.</span><br />
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<br />Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-25974089750136240382015-05-14T16:11:00.000-05:002015-05-14T16:11:00.262-05:00Swimsuit ShoppingNext month I have water aerobics classes to attend, so I was in need of a swimsuit, or some sort of water attire. <br />
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When was the last time you shopped for a swimsuit? It's literally been years for me. Maybe even 10 years. What a shock! <br />
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Don't want to be doing that again any time soon!Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-20401353833595689752015-05-12T16:09:00.000-05:002015-05-12T16:09:00.193-05:00More Progress<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got three more quilts done this weekend. One was baby sized. One was child sized. And the last was more like double bed sized. That was Mom's Craftsman Quilt. It really came out gorgeous! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And more importantly, check out the board in the background. There are only three cards left for me. Woohoo! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What? You saw those two down at the bottom? They are down there because they are too big for my quilting frame. I'll have to make alternate arrangements to get them done.</span>Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-81306355455110874782015-05-10T16:06:00.000-05:002015-05-10T16:06:11.258-05:00Farm Update<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out my Maters and Squash. They are getting big and there are buds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had lots of volunteers for canoeing. There is also face painting. We had a world champion jambalaya chef make us lunch. There's also a water park there, so there was plenty to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is so wonderful to see how much fun they are having. I didn't get any pictures this year, but here are a few from prior years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a day of much accomplishment, but I have finally run out of steam!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The board looks so good. Compare 4/18/15 to 5/3/15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I logged in and found that for the month of April, all of the Superior Threads So Fine! #50 threads are on sale for basically 50% off. Hot Dog! There are a select group of Superior Threads - certain colors of Masterpiece, Omni, and King Tut - which are on sale year round as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I went strolling through their website and picked out a whole handful of colors. I went crazy! I got 14 cones of thread for $111. And then I called up and got some of the Masterpiece for piecing as well. What a deal! My membership definitely just paid for itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am certainly making some progress on getting those cards off the board. For now, I have one quilt for a client, six for Mom and 2 for me waiting to be quilted. Believe it or not, it looks a lot better than it did a couple weeks ago. You can even see part of the board in the background of the Circle Dance quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard on the radio the next day that it is tradition to plant on Good Friday (or Easter weekend in general) to have a good harvest. Wow! It seems I just stumbled into it without even trying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was told to keep the tomatoes watered. To water then every day, because they like consistent watering rather than soaking and drying and soaking etc. I only had to water them two days in a row and it has rained at least a little bit every day since then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was truly amazed. Now my garden is planted in containers and it is not much, but I was so surprised to see how quickly those little seeds were up and running. 5 days from when I planted them, there were little plants there. Woohoo! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided that I need to take pictures every Sunday so I can really see the progress of them growing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here goes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I quilted FIVE Wheelchair Quilts today, just to get those cards off the board. See, it works!</span><br />
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<br />Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-32060098635351265672015-04-18T15:46:00.002-05:002015-04-18T15:46:19.292-05:00Organization!<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Several times now, I have come up
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Then I have a shelving unit where I stack everything that is waiting. All of the parts associated with each quilt are folded inside the top to keep them together. For other people's quilts, I usually keep them in the bag that they brought them to me in so that nothing happens to them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">I guess that there are pros and cons to everything in life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">I dearly love going on quilting retreats. I love all of the comradery with my quilty friends. The food is fabulous! I get some much done, etc. The only problem is that when I come home from a retreat, my board goes from 6 to 15 overnight, especially if Mom was on the same retreat.</span><br />
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Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-79946759823075676862015-04-09T15:51:00.001-05:002015-04-09T15:51:25.635-05:00Back to the old way<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Been doing lots of reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stopped getting as much done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hmmmmm. I wonder if there is any correlation to those things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trying to get back into making lists or at least trying to plan things ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Retreat coming up again this next Monday. Can't wait! Hope to get binding on 4 quilts and want to clean out more scraps and make 3 or 4 wheelchair quilt tops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saw an old friend yesterday. She was visiting from out of town. Great seeing her and some of the old gang from work. About half were retired and half were still working. Still prefer not working to working. Oh yeah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Been trying to teach our hyper dog Izzy how to walk on a leash. Most days she does pretty good, but we don't go very far. Hope that one day soon she'll be behaved enough that Mom can walk with her rather than just me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Started our new Modern Cotton Robin this past Monday at our Modern Quilt Guild. The first round always seems to be the biggest challenge for me. I am looking forward to the reveal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been very busy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went through all of my pile of quilts to be quilted and measured each and every one. I started an index card for each quilt. No more re-measuring the quilts to find out what size back or batting or binding or whatever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, I did the calculations to write down the size needed for the back and batting for each quilt. I worked up how many yards that would be. That makes it a lot easier to search the quilt stash or the quilt shop to find an appropriate piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I went through all of my batting scraps and found all of the scraps that would be useful for the baby quilts or the wheelchair quilts I had waiting. I took the rest of the batting scraps to my quilt guild and put them up for grabs. They all disappeared, just like the snap of your fingers. Hurrah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, I pulled out my roll of batting and started cutting batting the appropriate size for the quilts I had waiting. I cut an entire bolt of batting. I stacked each quilt with its back and its batting on my shelf waiting to be quilted. No bottlenecks. No excuses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, I started quilting. In the last two weeks, I have quilted eighteen quilts. Yes, eighteen! Now, some of them were baby quilts or wheelchair quilts, but at least half were throws or twins. I am exhausted! But I also have such a sense of accomplishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a retreat next weekend. I think I could probably go and not even bring my sewing machine if I really wanted to. I could just sit in the recliner and do binding. Something to think about......</span>Jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013864207435469279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224338255588193363.post-15214030535384670832015-02-20T12:13:00.000-06:002015-02-20T12:13:00.530-06:00New Habits and Challenges<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With all the posts on Ash Wednesday and Lent, I have set to pondering things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have gotten myself a little notebook and I have daily To Do Lists in there. I make lists. Yes, I admit it. Anyway, so far it's really working out well. I have gotten more done and I have accomplished some things that I have been putting off for a long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have also started to try to de-clutter my life. That means that I am trying to get organized, but that I am also trying to get some STUFF out of my life. I saw on Facebook where somebody issued a 40 days and 40 bags of stuff challenge. I don' t see that happening, but I am going to work toward something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have already re-arranged the sewing room and made better use of space. I have more floor space for sure and it doesn't feel near as claustrophobic as it did before. I have found lots of stuff that was way way way back in my mind and I had sort of forgotten I had it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have also challenged myself to make at least one wheelchair quilt each month for a year. Last year our quilt guild made wheelchair quilts for the war veterans home up in Jackson, La, but we really didn't get very many done. They are basically small 27" by 36" quilts. They are fast and easy and a great way to make use of scraps and to try out new blocks. And the benefit to those at the home, well, priceless! These are the ones I made last year.</span><br />
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