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This is my 'new' old Empisal Model No. 308 sewing machine I've christened Dorothy.<br />
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Yes, I KNOW, I didn't <u>need</u> a new machine. Absolutely every one of my seven, that's right, seven, sewing machines are in perfectly good working order. But for any of you out there that are sewers, and sewers with a sewing machine crack habit, you'll understand. When I saw Dorothy on Gumtree it was love at first sight and I had to have her. Really, isn't she a beauty! I never knew there were any sewing machines manufactured in the color yellow! (or orange....).<br />
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Dorothy is an Empisal 'Honey' (I love that the manufacturing gave it a cute name). I have no idea at all what her age is but I suspect early 70's as her whole body is metal and her base is heavy weight plastic. She may have been made during the transition period from all metal to almost all plastic for the 'modern' machines.<br />
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Before yesterday when I saw Dorothy advertised on Gumtree, I had never heard of a sewing machine maker called Empisal. After an extensive search on the net I'm still no wiser really as very little information is available on this make and model of machine. There's been some suggestion that she originates from South Africa (or was a popular brand of machine sold/used there) and that Brother or Janome may have either taken over the company or it was a branch that was part of either of those companies. Again, this is all guess work from what I could get from the net. Unfortunately I have no manual for the machine. The individual I purchased it from was not a sewer and said it was her mothers and had been stored in the shed for years and years. All the dirt and grime that I painstakingly took off her will attest to that story. It took me well over 30 minutes to get her cleaned up enough to thread and give a go. And the result? Not bad for an old girl.<br />
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I think I'll probably send her into my favorite sewing machine repair people, Blackmore and Roy, for a good clean and once over. They do the work on all my old machines and I couldn't be happier with the results. The funny thing is that Blackburn and Roy have been established in Perth for ions. And there's a sticker on Dorothy that says Blackburn and Roy so obviously she had been to them for service at some point. It's nice to see she was loved and maintained over the years.<br />
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As with any old machine after the initial clean up and test to see how the stitching is, I wondered about bobbins. There are still bobbins sold that fit some of the older machines (especially for Singer) but with a brand like this I was worried I wouldn't find anything to fit without going through heaps of tests first. Much to my delight, during the cleaning process I discovered LOADS of bobbins in the supply compartment along with a couple of extra feet. So I have plenty of bobbins to keep me happy for a while.<br />
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Dorothy has a few issues that I'll have to deal with. One is her feed dog button. The Up is broken off. I'm sure my husband can do something about it as the previous owner kept the broken button.<br />
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All in all, I LOVE Dorothy. I'm looking forward to many stitching adventures ahead!<br />
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P.S. If anyone out there in blogging land has one of these machines, and you're fortunate enough to have a manual - could I get a copy!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445474547281096414.post-37912234730880554832014-01-17T15:57:00.001+08:002014-01-17T15:57:15.973+08:00It's Been a LONG Time.....Happy New Year everyone!<br />
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It's been quite a while since I sat down in front of my computer to type a post for my blog. Taking an extended break seems to be the norm for me. After a few months off I always come back refreshed and ready to 'talk' after resting the 'little grey cells' as Poiret would say. As I write for a living, sometimes, even though I love to write, I need to step back from my computer screen and regroup in order to stay fresh.<br />
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So, what's on my quilting agenda for the new year? I haven't really made any resolutions as such. I just want to get some quilts done as in actually quilted and ready to put on the bed. I've accumulated entirely too many finished tops so now I need to quilt them. I'm hoping that the quilt frame my husband has been working on for just about a year now will finally be ready soon. When it is I plan to machine quilt at least three of my present quilts. A few others I'll continue hand quilting. During my holiday break I already completed a number of the quilt-as-you-go blocks for the Civil War quilt.<br />
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Of course I started another quilt over the break. It's done in solids which are cottons that look like silk. Very pretty fabric and I think will look wonderful when put in a completed quilt from a pattern I'm using from an ebook I purchased late last year called: Modern One Block Quilts<br />
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I've found the quilts in this book really inspiring. This is what I've completed so far (there are ALOT of flying geese in this particular pattern!).<br />
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It's coming along pretty quick and who knows, I may actually get this quilt on the bed by the end of 2014!<br />
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I wish everyone a very productive and joyful quilting year.<br />
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Has it really been since August that I last updated my blog!!?? Bad, bad Textile Diva! However I do take breaks every now and then so this shouldn't surprise anyone that I 'disappeared' for a short time. Life gets busy and blogging takes backseat to everything else. I'm hoping however to jump back in my regularly soon so watch this space! I'll be posting photos of completed projects in the next few posts. Though I haven't been writing about it, I have been quilting. I hope everyone in blogger-land have been healthy and happy. <br />
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As everyone who reads my blog knows, I'm working on the Love Entwined (LE) quilt. This is a major undertaking for me because up to this point I have never completed a quilt that is 99% applique. I've been afraid of applique my entire quilting life so I'm on the edge of insanity here to be doing this particular quilt that is intense to say the least for an experienced appliquer - and I wouldn't even consider myself worthy to be called a novice. Anyway....<br />
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I've started LE with colours that I really like and think are working well together. But something inside me keeps pushing me toward doing another LE (at the same time, mind you NUTS!) in the theme of red, white and blue. I KNOW. I wrote in only a post or two ago that I'm trying to break out of the red, white and blue colour scheme ghetto, but geez, I do love a patriotic quilt. And after seeing so many beautiful renditions of this quilt in the making in a magical array of colour schemes, I'm thinking LE would be absolutely stunning in R,W and B. I have an enormous amount of patriotic themed fabric in my stash as well that I could subtly introduce. Nothing garish however or over the top, just an eagle motif here or a star placed strategically there. And I could maybe throw in a bit of gold when a pop of colour is needed..... <br />
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Damn! I really want to do this but I'm fighting it. It's been in my brain for the past week and doesn't seem to want to leave. What's the deal with me? Was I Betsy Ross in a previous life? (for my non-American friends, Betsy Ross was the woman attributed with sewing the first American flag).<br />
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2) Forgo the original colour scheme altogether that I already started on and begin work on the R,W and B one instead.<br />
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Sometimes you find that perfect fabric that gives you inspiration for all the other colours in your quilt. I found that in fabric one above. The scene of Paris with flowers and text and buildings is exactly what I was looking for to inspire the rest of my fabric choices and colours for the Love Entwined (LE) quilt. The second fabric above of hand written postcards is the one I used for the centre mariners compass and I liked the affect so much I wanted to buy another meter of it to use in other parts of the quilt. </div>
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Though I love colour in every aspect of my
life and I believe that my colour choices in most things such as home
decoration and clothing is attractive and perfect for me -I do struggle when it
comes to raining in colour choices in my quilts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This frustration has caused me to fall back
on what I know works and therefore I love to create quilts of multiple colours
because when you throw all the colours of the rainbow into a project, HOW can
you get it wrong?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore my scrap
quilts are comprised of all colours or I fall back on my tried and true ‘go to’
pallet – red, white and blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I
need to break out of this box I’ve put myself into.</div>
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I’m taking a colour class through the online teaching medium
<a href="http://lynda.com/">Lynda.com</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re not familiar with
Lynda.com you should hop on over there now and have a look see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a wonderful learning resource for any
person who uses programs on a computer on a regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not ‘just’ a tutorial site – it truly is
a learning site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking a Lynda.com
class is like attending a college level lecture as it emerges you in-depth into
your chosen area of study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it
for years to learn everything from Photoshop to Word and now they have expanded
their offerings to cover things outside of singular computer programs exclusively
into areas such as photography techniques and illustrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The colour course I’m taking is called ‘Foundations
of Color’ with Mary Jane Begin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
excellent and I highly recommend it (please note I have no business
relationship with Lynda.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
speaking strictly as a private citizen and have no financial arrangements with
Lynda.com <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to review any of their
products).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve taken colour tutorials
in the past through Craftsy and I have to say I feel without a doubt that
Lynda.com is by far superior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through ‘Foundations
of Color’ I’m learning in a much more in-depth way about colour theory taken
out of the realm of quilting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a stand
alone field of study this can be applied to quilting or to any colour related endeavour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have high expectations at the completion of
this class of FINALLY feeling more in control and focused in using colour in my
textile art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suppose my future quilts
will be the evidence of my success or failure.</div>
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Today I joined the Modern Quilt Guild.</div>
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I’ve been considering it for a while but being outside the
U.S., I wasn’t certain what value it would be for an international member as I
more than likely wouldn’t have the opportunity to attend Sew In’s and such in
the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now that I’m no
longer a part of the Perth Modern Quilt Guild, I still want to stay connected
to the movement and conversations pertaining to that style of quilting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I thought I’d give membership in the MQG a
go for a year and see what happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Browsing their site I see some amazingly talented quilters taking
quilting to the next level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could
learn more than a thing or two from them I’m sure.</div>
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My group Running with Scissors has a retreat planned in
Oct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is our annual pilgrimage to that
awesome quilt shop in the middle of nowhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s truly a unique experience to live in a quilt shop for two whole
days sewing, eating, and discussing the medium and completely becoming absorbed
in all things quilty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course
there are thousands of bolts of fabric that just ache to be touched and oogled
over during the course of the weekend with the inevitable outcome being I spend
way more money after each visit then I ever plan to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m presently on a fabric diet but as this
event comes around only once a year, I give myself permission during the
weekend to indulge in the fatty delight that is fabric consumption.</div>
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Anyway, for the retreat this year I’m thinking of working on
one of my modern quilts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been
experimenting with circles and by using time saving techniques and fabric
fusing I think I could probably whip up an entire quilt top in one weekend
during the retreat (if I precut and prepare ahead of time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if my husband ever finishes my machine
quilting frame it would take no time at all to quilt it up and have a
refreshing new quilt on my bed for summer (remember I live in the southern
hemisphere so as the U.S. goes into winter we go into summer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now I have my psycho-70’s apple core
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After a marathon two days of dedicated piecing, I've finished the centre mariners compass of the Love Entwined quilt. Well, almost finished - I still have to needle turn the circle onto the background fabric (which is going to be a deep patterned blue). I think I like my colour choices. I love the way the script patterned fabric turned out when it was cut into shapes and pieced. It's all from the same print but looks like pieces of numerous prints when put back together. And I decided to make ribbon roses within the outer circle instead of embroidery or appliqué because I like the texture it gives. I also decided to place my ribbon roses at the tips of each spike which reduced the number of dots indicated on the pattern from 32 to 16. I didn't think my roses would have the same impact if I made them any smaller or placed them any closer together. Plus I already had the ribbon in the colour I wanted in my sewing room. </div>
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What have I learned after completing this? That if I had to do the compass over again I wouldn't have pieced it. I would have used the paper piecing technique instead. I'm an experienced hand piecer and ensured my seam allowances were spot on - but this was still a challenge for me getting the circle to be an exact circle (it isn't perfect but as perfect as I could get it without starting over again). There are just too many small pieces which means too many seams which becomes a headache to get to lie flat and round. Also I didn't add the outside ring on as a pieced unit. Instead I cut a circle to the size I wanted (including seam allowance) and appliqués the compass onto it using the needle turn method. I figure if I feel after adding the completed circle onto the background there's too much fabric bulk, I can always cut away the base behind the compass before attaching it permanently to the background fabric. Trying to neatly piece a ring around the compass would just be not only too time consuming but left too much of a possibility of stretching the fabric across the bias causing puckers in the ring when I attached it. </div>
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I've finally begun work on the LE quilt. As you can see from the photo above the centre mariners compass is pretty small. These are pieces WITH the seam allowance. I used Stitch & Sew ironed onto the back of the fabric to not only stabilize the pieces but also to give me an accurate seam allowance to sew against. When piecing something so small its extremely important to maintain the right seam allowance because deviating even a little (and with so many pieces as well) will make your finished piece wonky and out of proportion. At this point I think I'm happy with my color choices but I'll reserve my final opinion until I get them all pieced together. I really hope I don't hate it and have to start from scratch again.<br />
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I'm mostly using my Civil War fabrics but I'm not going to limit myself to them alone. I really like the new lines of fabric coming out that has script and text as it's pattern. I'll definitely incorporate some of that into the quilt. As you can see from the cut fabric choices in the mariners compass centre I'm using some text patterned fabric. It's going to be an eclectic quilt for sure. <br />
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It feels good to finally start the project.<br />
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Now that the charity quilt is done and dusted I can focus my textile energies on personal projects that I've been putting off because my quilting life has been too busy with group stuff. It feels refreshing to jump into a 'me' project. It's been too long.<br />
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In preparation for Love Entwined (LE) I cleaned up my sewing room and pulled out all the fabrics I think I might be using throughout the projects. I say think because with a project this detailed and varied, no doubt my choices will change as the quilt progresses. The first hurdle I have to get over is the fabric choices for the center mariners compass. I've been agonizing over this for the past week or so.<br />
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Last night I started tracing the fabric shapes for the compass onto Stitch & Sew - which is something I've never used before. It was recommended by the creator of the pattern as a material that's easy to work with for accurate applique shapes that is ironed onto the back of the fabric you're going to use (like when you use wax paper for applique) only it isn't removed the way wax paper is. It stays on the back and washes away after a time. As I'm very inexperienced at applique I'm going to follow her suggestions and see what happens. I know as an applique newby I'm pretty nuts to be jumping into this very detailed and elaborate project, but I like challenges. If something is too easy I get bored quick. I'm pretty certain it won't be boredom that would make me walk away from this project....<br />
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So tonight I plan to finally begin the piecing of the center mariners compass that is going to be pretty small. Yes, this will be a REAL challenge. Stay tuned.<br />
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It's early Sunday morning. The husband is still asleep. The house is quiet except for Spanish guitar music I have playing through my iPod (using the Spotify app - love it...) And I'm sitting on the couch with a toasty warm throw over me. My intention when I rolled out of bed this morning was to put the binding on the Knickers quilt. But quite frankly I'm feeling over that quilt. It's been beyond challenging ever since the project started and right now I just want it over with. Anyway after walking into my sewing room, I just couldn't get my head into tackling that nightmare again so I headed to the couch. </div>
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I love hand piecing. It's so relaxing. My sewing machines are wonderful and I don't think I could live without them, but sitting at any of my sewing machines has never felt like a relaxing endeavour for me. When I want to unwind and put my feet up, hand piecing is the go. That's when I can get lost in my thoughts as I slide the needle silently through fabric. And so here I sit relaxing in my textile cocoon. </div>
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I've had a few people ask me how to hand piece so I'm thinking of doing a video to post to either YouTube or here on my blog demonstrating a few methods I use. It's not rocket science, but for someone who has never worked quilting blocks this way before, it is different. Probably doing the demonstration using the block I'm presently working on would be ideal as this block encompasses both curved piecing and Y seams. I'll give it some more thought before I put my face and hands into video-land. And I would have to convince the hubby to play director and videographer as well. As if he's not already completely over everything quilt related!</div>
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Speaking of quilt related.....today I'm going to High Tea with members of my quilt group Running with Scissors. It's become somewhat of a tradition that every year or two one of us arranges a high tea at a fancy restaurant. This year was my turn and I booked us into the ballroom at The Pagoda restaurant in Como. I've heard good things about their high tea so expect yummy nibbles and excellent champagne. I have such a hard quilting life......LOL</div>
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This is a lesson in what NOT to do to your very expensive, sweet sewing machine. What you see in the photo's above is a pin that has lodged itself into the mechanism of my machine. It happened because I was in a rush to put seams in a very difficult area and used a mega amount of pins (long, sharp pins....) to hold things in place. Well, one of the pins under my project wedged itself into the machine as I sewed away none the wiser. That is until all these bells and alarms and red lights went off on my machine and the digital screen said 'stopped to avoid danger'. Geez!<br />
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I stopped of course and turned all the power off. Once I removed the fabric from under the needle I saw what was left of the pin sticking straight out. Off I went to my husbands workshop to get pliers to do some sewing machine surgery. I was horrified when I removed the throat plate to see tons and tons of lint. I'm amazed my machine worked so well with almost a full carpet of fibers wrapped everywhere in its guts. I brushed what I could out and then used tweezers to remove the clumps still deep within.<br />
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I had all my fingers and toes crossed that I hadn't done serious damage to my electronic baby. After putting all the bits back together I held my breath and stitched a few test pieces. To my utter amazement the stitching was beautiful. I then tried my automatic thread cutter and at first, though it worked, it cut the thread either too short on top (which caused the needle to unthread) or the mechanism was too ruff causing the problem. It cut the thread both top and bottom like it was suppose to but I had to rethread the needle each time. I decided I needed a break away from the machine. I called a girlfriend and we went to our favorite quilt shop for retail therapy. <br />
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I came home refreshed and decided to take another look at my Janome. I cleaned her again and gave the thread cutting another go. Amazingly she worked just fine! I have to say I have nothing but good things to report when it comes to Janome sewing machines. I have yet to buy a Janome that has ever died on me (any time I purchased another one it was to upgrade, not because my old one failed). It has been a steady excellent performer and I highly recommend a Janome to any sewer. I know when I'm ready to upgrade to a newer machine, it's going to be a Janome (the new Horizon is really making my mouth water whenever I see it....).<br />
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OK, I need to jump back into finishing that Show Us Your Knickers charity quilt so I can start my challenging Love Entwined quilt project.<br />
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I hate to admit it but I'm color challenged when it comes to quilting.<br />
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Perhaps because I learned to quilt from my grandmother and she was a great proponent of scrap quilts. You make beauty from what you have on hand. And she did. Her quilts were colorful, yet very tempered and artful in their presentation. They didn't look like she just pulled any ol' scrap from the heap - because she didn't. She had a great knack for seeing line and pattern using a multitude of colors to enhance the overall beauty of a piece. None of her finished quilts looked like an unruly mess. Somehow, I didn't get that gene.<br />
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When I do a quilt my very first stumbling block is always picking the colors. I envy quilters who find this part of the quilting process joy because for me it's a headache. It seems I fall back on what I know - scraps are good, you can never go wrong with red, white and blue, and two color quilts don't go out of style. That's it. That's the extent of my quilting color repertoire. <br />
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I've tried learning a bit from a color wheel, but in all honestly I don't quite get that either. I must be thick.<br />
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So, I want to start the Love Entwined quilt but I'm having problems picking my fabrics. I'm thinking dark blue, grey, yellow and some green. Does this sound icky? (icky is a technical term....)<br />
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When I was a kid one of the first things my parents taught me when I was old enough to understand such things, was that being courteous and polite to others was tremendously important and always expected of their children. That this social convention cost nothing to give but was worth more than money to receive. And that being a generous and gracious person to others was the ultimate kindness and sign of good breeding. Now as an adult I am so grateful to them for installing this very basic of social graces in me. It's a shame not all people where taught this, or forgot it, along the way to adulthood. <br />
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Where am I leading with this post? I suppose the subject of politeness has been on my mind as I experience the lack of it first hand in my dealings with others. It amazes me how what seem to be otherwise educated, articulate and perfectly agreeable individuals appear blind to their own lack of courtesy and thoughtfulness to others. This has come specifically to light in my dealings within a specific social group. </div>
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It takes so little effort to say thank you. To acknowledge appreciation for the hard work others do for the good of the group as a whole. It takes no time and little effort to be polite enough to publicly show appreciation for work well done. I feel this is an especially significant act when you are the figurehead of a group. I know some people may see this as a small matter and in a way it is. But its the small gestures I find that are most telling of a persons character. </div>
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So the moral of this story is to remember what your parents taught you as a child. Be generous with kind words when they are warranted and deserved, as it costs nothing yet means a great deal.<br />
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My poor Stella is on the fritz. Her stitching has become uneven and I can't seem to get the tension right on the top. She's a vintage machine (1953) so I realize she needs a bit more TLC then a new model. So, Stella, as my main sewing machine, is on vacation. I'll take her to the sewing machine hospital for a tune-up shortly. She hasn't had any work done on her for well over 5 years and that's not so bad for a machine that's 60 years old. I should be so lucky when I reach that age.<br>
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Until Stella is back in tip-top shape I've put my Janome 6600P back on my sewing table to use. This machine has been sitting idol since my husband started building my machine quilting frame (as this is going to be the one I use on it because it has the longest arm). Since my wonderful hubby has only been sporactically working on my frame lately, I thought I should put the Janome back into service. The one advantage to using the 6600P is she's fast - really fast. And as I'm planning to work on some clothing construction soon as well as quilting, she'll be really useful for all the niffy modern stuff she does. Plus I just love the knee lifter she has. I wish my vintage machines had this capability.<br>
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<br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445474547281096414.post-78992713433120143232013-08-02T14:04:00.001+08:002013-08-02T14:04:51.987+08:00No! Not Another Quilt to Make!<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-13c77c78-3d86-67b6-b7c4-409005972fab" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The quilt artist who designed this stunning quilt is Esther Alieu (<a href="http://estheraliu.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/introducing-love-entwined-1790-marriage.html">http://estheraliu.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/introducing-love-entwined-1790-marriage.html</a>) and she created this appliqué work based on the 1700 original coverlet. I'm in awe. Not only of the stunning quilt that this will make but that it is being offered as a free BoM through her Yahoo Group (the free aspect is restricted to monthly postings. Meaning as a member of her Yahoo Group you may download the free PDF for one month only. How this works is when she posts instructions for the next month, the previous month is removed. Fear not however if you missed a month! You can purchase any month you may have missed through her website). </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original coverlet circa 1700</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm feeling drawn to this project even though I have SO many others that are in various stages of completion. I would absolutely KICK myself if I let this project pass me by. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Actually this may be the perfect time for me to start such an intense yet contemplative quilt. I've busied myself over the last year with extraneous quilt issues and in the process have not paid a great deal of attention to completing a quilt. I've finished a few tops and they have been satisfying, but they haven't been contemplating. How do I explain the difference? The tops I have finished are modern in style. I truly love them but they were created using machines and quick piecing techniques. When I make a quilt that I feel is contemplative (defined as: the act of thoughtful observation; full or deep consideration; reflection) my construction technique is always through hand piecing. Piecing by hand for me adds a level of intimacy with fabric I can't achieve by using a machine. When working with textiles by hand I 'live' with the fabric in a whole other way that, for me, forms an emotional attachment to the project I've never archived when I've created a machine worked quilt. And also my brain connects differently to a contemplative quilt reflecting a more traditional aesthetic than with a modern one. Modern quilts are fresh and crisp and fabric print focused. I find a more traditionally concentrated quilts to lend themselves to a visual feast as a whole with the fabrics used adding to the overall look instead of taking centre stage. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So, of course I've signed up through the Yahoo Group (<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/estheraliubom/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/estheraliubom/</a>). How can I not?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I think
quilting in the modern day is pretty amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This of course isn't really a new concept as on-line quilting bees and
exchange of ideas between quilters through the Internet has been going on now with regularity for
the past 4-5 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even so I still find
myself in awe at times at with the many avenues of electronic ways we quilters
have at our disposal to keep connected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Web pages, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram....wow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all this virtual quilting going on how
do we find the time to actually sew a stitch?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I'm not complaining of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it's amazing and I love it. </span>
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<span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I love it
so much as a matter of fact that this week I've been working on establishing a Facebook
page for my long standing quilt group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We've been together for at least 10 years but only recently have all our
members joined Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that we're
all on social media I thought it time we have a page to share stuff
electronically among ourselves (even though we meet every other week in the
flesh).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having a Facebook page takes our
quilting group to the next level and gives us an electronic footprint in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like the grown up thing
to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">How many of you out there belong to quilting groups that have a Facebook page? Do you find it helpful? Do you feel it adds value to your groups dynamics or is it just a fad? I'd love to hear your opinions on this.</span></span></div>
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working on that will be exhibited at the upcoming Claremont Quilt and Craft
Fair 2-4 August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern Guild (of
which I am a member and also part of the administering body) is having a booth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with Guild member’s quilts and tops, contributions
of members ‘knicker’ blocks will be put together for the charity quilt and
exhibited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The charity’s focus is to
draw people’s attention to the importance of regular gynaecological check-ups,
hence the theme of a ‘Show Us Your Knickers’ quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s been a wonderful response from most
guild members and now I just need to put them all together and make it look
like a quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pressure is on to get
it finished – at least in a state acceptable enough for the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the show I will have time to put the final
details on it prior to it going to the hospital where it will be
displayed and then raffled off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in
all it’s been a very satisfying project to organize and work on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The block contributors have been fantastic
and tremendously creative and the sub-committee who has worked on the project
with me have been wonderful and a real joy to work with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope the charity for whom this quilt was
made likes the finished project and it raises lots of money for a good cause.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmsZ6-0dAIe1Q8fqnPw4HKDX5qdg23sSha6VEejsUD_svu6Fpnymyi_r_eRq-22Bqw2-V_g2r10ijnXHefdoR0Dwz_FdiH5GSIya5DZISHq7DxNHj9sCcumXt9SPSaPZkhysLZ5OvTJ30/s1600/IMG_0963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmsZ6-0dAIe1Q8fqnPw4HKDX5qdg23sSha6VEejsUD_svu6Fpnymyi_r_eRq-22Bqw2-V_g2r10ijnXHefdoR0Dwz_FdiH5GSIya5DZISHq7DxNHj9sCcumXt9SPSaPZkhysLZ5OvTJ30/s320/IMG_0963.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Show Us Your Knickers Block by Carla</td></tr>
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This will be my first, and last, charity project for the Guild
as I have resigned from not only the committee but also from the club in
general at the conclusion of the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
seen within my social anthological training that not all groups are a good fit
and though this group started out with the best of intentions (and still have
them of course…) I’ve been made increasingly aware that my views and opinions too
often differ from the majority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
felt for some time now that I’ve been swimming upstream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve never been comfortable with the ‘us’ and
‘them’ mentality that sometimes develops within groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been my experience that when this
happens it causes fractures that don’t easily heal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course not all people are on the same page
at the same time and some amount of discourse brings about meaningful dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when it happens too
often and the same protagonists continue in their cliques, it’s just too
frustrating to deal with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I quilt because I enjoy it.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the administration and running of a group
becomes work, it’s no longer something to be enjoyed but then something to work
at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never want to have to work at my
quilt life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore I’ve decided to leave
this Guild and continue peacefully with the group I’ve been a long standing member
of for well over 10 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a warm,
welcoming, fun, energetic group of women full of creative enthusiasm - a real
joy to be a part of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are no hidden
agendas or ego’s to be massaged here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suppose the only reason I ventured out into another group was for new
experiences (obviously be careful what you wish for…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system I’ll
happily meld back into my existing group with added vigour (and with a few new
members in tow).</div>
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I had a great time visiting the latest Quilt and Craft Fair
this year here in Perth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of
going solo as I normally do I went with two American friends, Carla and
Becca.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a full on, all day event
for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I arrived just before opening
and didn’t leave until 3 in the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had LOTS of time to shop and absorb everything on offer – and of
course to spend entirely more money than I planned to on things I didn’t even
know I needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll talk more on that in
another post.</div>
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Here are photo’s of some my favourites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My apologies to my quilt friend Cat who has a
fabulous quilt in the show that I didn’t get a picture of because my mobile
phone died on me and it’s what I was using to take pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m usually more organized and bring a proper
camera but in my rush to get out of the house in the morning I forgot it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her quilt is a testament to meticulous quilting
and use awesome use of color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a
photo of it from our last retreat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The theme for this challenge was 'FREE'. This is a close up of the quilt below</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful machine quilting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lovely whole cloth machine quilted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of one of the hexie. This was thread drawing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From a hexie block swap</td></tr>
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This is gold lame fabric. Lovely, isn't it? I think its safe to assume most quilters wouldn't use it in their quilts. Yeah, well, I've always been different.<br />
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My wonderful quilt group, Running with Scissors, has sort of a long standing tradition. Each year a 'group' quilt is chosen that we all agree to make. This quilt isn't a group project rather it's the design that is chosen to which we all make our own quilt from. There are no rules. Though we all work from the same pattern it's amazing how truly different our individual quilts turn out in the end. It's a really fun project and I think we all come to it with ideas on how to make it distintly our own.<br />
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The design for our group quilt this year is a basic New York Beauty block. It's not one of those really complicated NY Beauties that are out there. This block consists of only one band of points and that makes the construction much easier than if you had say three or four bands of points. This is also a foundation pieced block. I'm not a big fan of foundation piecing because to me it's a bit tedious. But to make the absolute best points, its the only way to go. I've constructed star blocks and a mariners compass using solely pieced blocks and also solely foundation pieced and the foundation pieced always comes out with better points. <br />
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Our 'quilt master' this time around is Liz (actually Liz tends to be the proposer of most of our group quilts...) and she has chosen what I think is a really versital block for all skill levels. Most members of our group have been quilting for years but even the newer quilters will be able to tackle this block successfully with a little patience. She sent the pattern out to all the members after everyone agreed this would be our group quilt project. When I received mine my brain kicked in with ideas. I of course thought scrappy at first as many NY Beauties look amazing using a multitude of colours. Then I thought it would be challenging to use only two colours, red and white or blue and white. Though I have a mini quilt shop in my own house I instead decided to browse a few fabric stores to spark some further ideas.<br />
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I went to a fabric store I don't usually frequent. It has an amazing range of fabrics in every conceivable texture and color so it's a riot for the quilters senses as you walk in the door. The only reason I never really visit it often is that they never had a very extensive range of 100% cotton. Well, that has changed. I'm happy to see their cotton range has grown a great deal so after this visit I'll definitely be back again when I'm on the hunt (its unfortunate however that their minimum cut is 1m - this is a pain if you only need 1/2 or less). Anyway, because this shop handles so many different fabrics, after looking at the cottons I browsed the rest of the store and the idea I finally settled on took root. This shop caters to a large clientele of Indian women who make and wear the most gorgeous sari's so the fabrics they carry are bright and blingy and beautiful. It was here I found an amazing array of lame in sooo many colours. I knew right then I was going to use gold lame in my group quilt. </div>
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I've used lame before many, many years ago when I made myself a ball dress (yeah, I went to a ball in the 80s so gold lame and black satin were 'in'). It's a bugger to work with. Not only is it flimsy in texture, it's slippery as well and it tends to 'dent' when you pin it. And to top it off lame unravels at the drop of a hat. <br />
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All in all its not a quilting fabric but you know this only added to my determination to use it successfully.<br />
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I bought one meter of it to take home and do some testing on. Right away I decided there was no way I was going to use this fabric without first stabilising it in some way. The most logical choice is light iron on interfacing. Lame can't really be ironed. It can, but you need to use a pretty cool iron or else the fabric buckles up under the heat and a permanent group of wrinkles develop. Not pretty. And of course to use iron on interface you have to apply enough heat to melt the glue that will adhere it to the fabric. The only logical way to do this is to place a few layers of fabric on top of the sandwich of lame and interface so that the heat radiates through gently. After a couple of try's to get just the right ratio of barrier fabric to interface/lame fabric, my finished stablized lame turned out pretty well. There was some slight rippling but as I'm using only small bits at a time that won't affect the look overall. It was ready to try in the foundation pattern.<br />
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I'm going to use batik fabric in multiple colors of blue. This block only has two of the batiks represented but the rest of the blocks will have a mixture throughout the quilt. <br />
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The stablized lame seems to work well. I might throw this block in the washing machine to see how the lame reacts to general laundrying. I like to actually use my quilts on the bed and having a dog and a cat it's inevitable it will need washing on a regular basis. If the lame isn't strong enough to handle a good washing I'll have to decide if I really want to use it in this quilt or make this quilt a display piece only. We'll see.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445474547281096414.post-43633561222971445962013-05-08T15:08:00.001+08:002013-05-09T08:51:07.651+08:00Coming Full Circle<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've been watching with great interest the BBC series The Great British Sewing Bee (series one just ended and a second series has been approved - yeah!).<br />
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To summarize, the show has compiled a group of 'amature' sewer to compete against each other for the title of most talented amature sewer in Britain. They are given challenges that get more difficult as the show progresses with eliminations after each episode. I have to say that after watching this show I'm amazed they are categorized as amatures. The only thing that makes them amature sewers in my mind is that they don't sew garments for a living. Personally I would be more than pleased to have the skills of any of these talented people.<br />
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And this leads me to my post and my deep and meaningful thought for the day (Ha! I'm laughing myself stupid after that comment....). Haven't we come full circle with our needles and thread....<br />
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Way back when - it was a given to have been exposed to and be knowledgeable in (be it garments or home furnishings) the art of sewing. This was a skill most housewives possessed as a matter of course. We learned this from our grandmothers and mothers and were also taught it in school (who remembers Home Ec?). Even if we didn't become proficient sewer, we still knew how to sew on a button or hem a skirt. It absolutely amazes me that I have spoken to young women nowadays who have never even picked up a needle. When did this most basic of skills fall to the wayside? When did we, as women, get so busy outside the home to have lost the continuing thread of knowledge from our foremothers in home sewing? And I'm wondering when did the thread become reconnected to bring us to today with the billion dollar industry in quilting and booming home garment making interest? What changed inbetween?<br />
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As my field of study at college was Social Anthropology, I have a bit of insight into this topic as I planned to do my thesis on the changing roles of women in contemporary society. One of the main aspects of my paper was the changing dynamics of the nuclear family with the advent of women going into the work force and how this shift changed almost everything we thought of as the basis of family and women's roles within the family up to that point in history. Its only recently with the switch of attitudes by young women that we're seeing a bit of a reversal. For example, a women who grew up in the 50's would most likely have conformed to the mores of society and what was expected of a woman of her status. She married and raised a family and didn't work outside the home until much later in her life. As times changed and society viewed women in a new light she taught her daughters that they could grow up to be anything they wanted to be and encouraged their independence. Her daughters grew up to be doctors and lawyers and scientist with the belief that they could have it all - the successful career and the happy home life. However her daughters found that this wasn't always the case. Something had to give. She couldn't spend 10 hours at work and come home to feed the children and the husband and do the housework without loosing her mind and without the need for 'mothers little helpers', a.k.a. amphetamines.... Flash forward to today. Our young women have seen Super Mom - and have felt the effects of what had to give for Mom to be super woman and they've decided this isn't what they want for themselves and their families. These young women are looking at their home life with different eyes then their grandmothers from the 1950s. To these women a successful family life IS their job, their vocation and a worth wild one at that. I'm not saying women still can't be the doctors and lawyers and scientist. What I'm saying is that there will be sacrifices made for it. Anyway, this is getting too deep....<br />
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I'm so pleased to see that within the last 10 years or so there's been a resurgence of interest in the 'home arts'. Women, as well as men, are rediscovering the creativity and usefulness of having the ability to make something specifically their own from fabric, needle and thread. I think we've really have come full circle. <br />
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I'll be hanging out to watch the next series of The Great British Sewing Bee to get some pointers on how to bump up my own sewing skills.<br />
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This past weekend one of my quilt groups - Running with Scissors - had a retreat in country WA at the Black Wattle Retreat in Toodyay (pronounced to-jay), Western Australia. I'm a city girl and don't go 'country' very often. There's a good reason for that....bugs, dirt roads and the total silence of the country drives me crazy! I'm used to cars, street lights and civilization. Anyway, going retreating in 'the bush' as Australians say is always an interesting endeavor for me.<br />
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The retreat compound has numerous buildings with the main house the central point for food and mobile phone reception. Here in the country getting mobile reception is always a challenge and this place was no exception.<br />
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Our group was split up into two sleeping assignments. Three of us were in the 'log cabin'. I have to explain that the definition of log cabin in Australia is a bit different to that of the northern hemisphere. I'm not making a disparaging comment, merely pointing out there is a difference. Our log cabin was actually a large metal shed clad in vertical strips of wood inside and out (I thought the vertical arrangement was interesting as I've never seen a log cabin built this way...). But I suppose if the wood bits don't correlate to the structural integrity of the building it doesn't matter if the wood is place horizontal or vertical.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our log cabin</td></tr>
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We had all the comforts of home with queen sized beds, a fully stocked kitchen, a potbelly stove - even a spa located next door to our outside bathroom.<br />
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All our quilting work was accomplished in The Goose House - a purpose built common area within walking distance of the guest houses. An interesting feature of The Goose House is that on the inside metal red painted walls of the building, names are written in chalk from previous groups who have used the space.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our name sake for the Goose House who was perched above the kitchen space</td></tr>
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Though we consumed plenty of food (gourmet I might add - swordfish one night and osso bucco another....) and wine, we did get plenty accomplished in the way of quilting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilting and wine go hand in hand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Consuming a completely homemade breakfast the next morning</td></tr>
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Some of us even had time for a look see in town.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toodyay is a lovely old Australian country town</td></tr>
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When I got home on Sunday I spread the blocks I had finished during the retreat on my kitchen floor and Daphne, my dog, approved.<br />
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All in all is was a lovely retreat. I'm already looking forward to the next one.<br />
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I've been asked by my quilting friend Laura to post to her blog for TGIFF (Thank God its Finished Friday). Its so rare that I actually HAVE something finished it's rather exciting to be able to do this. As most of my quilting is done by hand it takes me a while to complete stuff. Not that I'm complaining. Anyway, here's the big reveal.<br />
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This is my what I'm calling my Psycho 70's Apple Core Modern quilt. Yeah, that's a mouthful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psycho-70's Apple Core queen sized quilt</td></tr>
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My apologies for the less then lovely photography. I wasn't able to put it outside to photograph because I've been working too late recently to get home when it's still light enough out. So I got the husband to stand behind this and hold it up. The white background is very white though it doesn't look like it in this picture. And the apple cores are very bright - again, the photo isn't the best.<br />
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All the apple cores were pieced by hand using as many bright and unusual prints I could find. I wanted the finished product to be a riot of color. Originally I thought I would piece the entire quilt with the apple cores but decided I wanted to experiment with negative space as well so I incorporated a large panel of the apple cores into plain white fabric and put the panel to one side.<br />
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I appliqued the panel to the plain background by machine applique using variegated purple thread. I then hand quilted around each apple core using heavy gauge red thread and a large stitch so it would show up well on the back. <br />
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I then machine quilted the negative space with vertical curved lines, again using variegated thread in lots of different colors. <br />
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I like the finished product. I would do another quilt with negative space just to experiment more with texture. This one I wanted to keep relatively plain because I wanted the apple cores to really be the focus. I think it looks rather nice on the bed.<br />
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As well as on the couch.<br />
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