tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3053782476040171662024-03-19T04:36:43.201-07:00Kamie MurdockAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320688160665326095noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305378247604017166.post-7803180316128109942015-04-01T11:24:00.001-07:002015-04-01T11:27:34.903-07:00Giveaway winner!<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No fooling! <b><u>Live a Colorful Life</u></b></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">wins the Japanese FQ bundle curated by Sunny Day Supply!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thanks, everybody! Hope to do this again in the future.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320688160665326095noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305378247604017166.post-48104575394081241292015-03-26T15:40:00.001-07:002015-03-26T15:40:45.090-07:00Sunny Day Supply<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once in a while, I make a delightful discovery. <a href="http://www.sunnydayfabric.com/">www.sunnydayfabric.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sunny Day Supply, owned by Mary S. Dugan & Shawn Morris, is a new favorite online shop of mine. I'm just going to share a few thoughts about my experiences with these lovely ladies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My orders, whether large or small, ship very promptly, and always come packaged with such care! The cute little extras they tuck in are always so fun-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Amongst some pretty great fabric finds, they stock Liberty of London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>Today on my Instagram account @kamiemurdock you can enter to win these Liberty Tana Lawn fat eighth bundles.</b> I am relatively new to Liberty, but am fast becoming a fan! Giveaway closes at 10:00 a.m. EST 03-30-15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love their whimsical button selection, (these are just a couple) and plan to use these on clothing for my little daughter. Perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This calligraphy ribbon. I'm eventually going to use it, I swear, but right now I think it looks amazing right on the spool...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">They also have zippers, pulls, yardage, embroidery threads, etc. So many other fantastic finds, for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I have found ways to inject fabric from their curated bundles into several of my projects so far, and love the look they give to them. I'm so happy to have found their bright little shop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>In addition</i> to the Instagram Liberty bundles, I am also giving away these two fat quarter bundles here on the blog. They are samplings of Yuwa "Text" and Lecien "First of Infinity"(as pictured, 7 fat quarters total). Just leave a comment on this post, and you will be entered</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to win! Giveaway ends 10:00 a.m. EST 03-30-15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So happy to pay it forward to those that have taken such great care of me! <a href="http://www.sunnydayfabric.com/">www.sunnydayfabric.com</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I use a water-soluble pen to trace my paper shape onto my fabric. I then find the repeat in the fabric design, and trace the next 9 exactly the same. Using about a 3/8" seam allowance, I hand cut around my traced shapes.</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm old-school about this part. Some choose to rotary cut these; I don't trust myself to keep from cutting into the next shape!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">One thing I try to do when sewing a fussy-cut piece is look to see that the fabric design matches up when right-sides are together (RST). Everything to the right of my needle (<i>see above) </i>looks good here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These stars. They are so tedious and tiny! Love them, or hate them? Either way, they truly give this quilt its unique look. I assemble mine one unit at a time, and then sew the connector diamonds in between to make a partial wreath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">At this point, my quilt top is getting weighted from all the paper pieces that are still in place. I've only removed maybe 1/3 of them to date. I find that laying it out on my kitchen table helps to disperse the weight as I sew the cog into place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And there we have it! All nestled in its permanent home with its vivacious neighbors. On to the next...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320688160665326095noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305378247604017166.post-84490112386596586162015-03-21T07:54:00.000-07:002015-03-21T07:54:01.955-07:00tweak for laPassacaglia construction<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I thought it might be helpful to share the following with those planning or currently constructing this quilt</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This rosette is labeled as a type 7 on the page 164 schematic, but it required an additional outer star and diamond to make it match the quilt overview. Type 7 rosettes on the individual instructions (p.162) require only 4 outer stars. This particular rosette fits beneath rosette 1 on the quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This was an easy fix, because adding shapes to these is much easier than taking them off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The other area of concern is located directly beneath the large number 3 rosette</span>. <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What is labeled as two number 4 rosettes</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">is actually a hybrid combo. For this area, I just followed the complete quilt schematic (page 164) to help me choose the correct shapes and amounts of pieces to correctly lock it into place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There are many, many pieces in this pattern, and it is completely understandable that a small change here or there might be necessary. I mean in no way to disrespect the author or publisher of this amazing quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I would strongly suggest working off of the quilt overview diagram on page 164 to construct your laPassacaglia quilt.</b> I switched to using it exclusively after these anomalies happened, and I have not had a problem since. It is accurate, and the best way to proceed, in my opinion. I'm sure those who are using it haven't experienced any difficulty, and are wondering what all the hullabaloo is about!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">If you follow me on Instagram @kamiemurdock, you know I have this little addiction called the "la Passacaglia," an english paper-pieced quilt project from Willyne Hammerstein's book <u>Millefiori Quilts</u>, published by <i>Quiltmania. </i>Occasionally, I get a question or two about some of the supplies I use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">-I purchased my paper stock templates from <i>paperpieces.com.</i> They are precision cut, and oh, so accurate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i> </i>-Glue-basting is my preferred method of preparing my shapes, so I use a water-soluble glue pen (Sewline).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">-My thread of choice is "Bottom Line," a 2-ply polyester by <i>superiorthreads.com</i>. They even have a ring available with an assortment of colors to aid the matching process. Light grey is also good at blending with multiple colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is the start of my first rosette, or cog. Some of my seams were cut a little too narrow (1/4"). I would recommend giving yourself more to work with, up to 3/8".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sooooo, I don't have a preferred needle to recommend at this time. (Several have been harmed in construction thus far). I have snapped multiple brands, sizes, etc. and I know its related to my technique.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">FYI timeline: I've been chugging along with this project off & on for about five months, starting and completing other quilts and machine sewing in the meantime. Taking an occasional break to work on something else has often helped me refocus with this! As you can see, quality control is pretty fierce around here...</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320688160665326095noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305378247604017166.post-12087688187441412812015-02-14T09:23:00.000-08:002015-02-14T09:23:51.405-08:00low volume detour<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">low volume detour</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Usually when I start a project, I have a pretty clear idea of which way I'm headed. This quilt turned out entirely different from my initial concept, but I am in love with the end result!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I used a heart block pattern that I had saved from a book that was headed to the recycle bin years ago. "My Heart Belongs to the '30s", designed by Sandy Bonsib, out of a Mimi Dietrich book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It finished at 6.25" after framing on point</span>. <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I knew I wanted to use low volume backgrounds for the initial blocks, but I was going to use a contrasting color for the setting squares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">BLUE. This shade reminded me of my worn & loved Raggedy Ann doll from my youth. Perfect for a heart quilt, right? I felt the concept was golden, even making the drive to my LQS in Lexington to seek out a few more options. That should have been my first clue...after a HUGE stall, I realized I wasn't pleased with my choice. After considering purple, grey, and even orange(!) for possible setting squares, I had to accept that the blue wasn't going to happen. I have no photo evidence of those tryouts, and good thing, because some of the auditions were really bad. Awful, honestly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Low volumes to the rescue!!! I know why this craze is all the rage right now. Genius. When I laid these out together, this was the green light I needed. The hearts just seemed so much more light and airy- like they were floating on the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And just like that- the top came together so quickly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No custom quilting here. I chose a heart-themed pantograph from Digitech Designs, and got it quilted really fast. Love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It finished about 50"x60", which is a little smaller than I would have liked. It's bound with 2.5" double fold. I kept the binding low volume also, (shocker) because I felt like this particular one didn't need "framing."</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The horse was already out of the barn on this adventure, anyway!</span></div>
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