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tarathesmall: January 2016
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Saturday, January 30, 2016. 365 Block of the Day Challenge-January's blocks and DIY spool thread keeper. Those of us taking up the 365 Block of the Day Challenge are celebrating that we made it through the first month. Thirty one 3 1/2" blocks made. Then we realized that these blocks are enough to make one side of an inside border. There are 112 blocks in the first dark border. We have a ways to go with only 31 made so far. Thursday, January 28, 2016. Againthat darn Pinterest. There was a photo of a ...
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tarathesmall: November 2015
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015. DH decided I need a Singers Featherweight machine to take to volunteer sewing and classes. Because my favourite quilt shop has a limited amount of electrical plugs, he also purchased a hand crank for the machine. Now to find an old stroller with springs or pneumatic tires to safely get the machine to classes without damage. And here's the hand crank. It folds up so the machine can go into it's case easily. Sunday, November 1, 2015. Convertable shoulder bag/back pack is finished!
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tarathesmall: Dot to Dot quilting, Ruler Work and dollar store craft
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Dot to Dot quilting, Ruler Work and dollar store craft. The large centre block in this quilt was my first attempt at "real" ruler work. Every time I tried to practice ruler work, either the thread broke, didn't make a stitch, or the foot would fall off in the middle of the seam. I finally watched a video for installing a ruler foot from a different company. They add a washer between the screw that holds the foot in place and the foot. Why not give that a try? Turn them into souve...
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tarathesmall: September 2016
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Where did the summer go? Fall is here and everywhere I go I smell pumpkin spice. Not that I mind. I love pumpkin spice anything. We've been known to add some of the spice when brewing regular coffee. DH isn't as keen on the taste as I am, but he does enjoy the fragrance. We've lost a few family members and friends over the past several months. They are missed very much. And will always be remembered! Have we slowed down on acquiring vintage sewing machines? The answer is yes!
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tarathesmall: Not another machine!
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Saturday, July 9, 2016. This time it's DH's fault. Okay, maybe a little bit mine. I spotted an older machine on kijji and made the mistake of telling DH about it. In my defence I did tell him we shouldn't buy it. That we have too sewing machines already. But he felt sorry for this forgotten gem. On to the quilting front:. Many moons ago the hearths2hands group had a virtual retreat. Anna gave us instructions to make the LBlock. I kinda got carried away. Here's the first of many quilts made fr...Missouri ...
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tarathesmall: December 2015
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Thursday, December 31, 2015. 365 Block of the Day Challenge. There are a whole lot of crazy quilters in the world. And I'm one of them. Earlier in December I and many others signed up for a 365 Block of the Day Challenge. The challenge can be found at: http:/ www.365challenge.com.au/. I'm not used to working with such small pieces of fabric. This is going to be a learning experience. Sunday, December 6, 2015. But the decorating must happen. So out come the bins and bins of decorations. First out ...But t...
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tarathesmall: August 2016
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Dot to Dot quilting, Ruler Work and dollar store craft. The large centre block in this quilt was my first attempt at "real" ruler work. Every time I tried to practice ruler work, either the thread broke, didn't make a stitch, or the foot would fall off in the middle of the seam. I finally watched a video for installing a ruler foot from a different company. They add a washer between the screw that holds the foot in place and the foot. Why not give that a try? Turn them into souve...
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tarathesmall: July 2016
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Sunday, July 17, 2016. A few weeks ago there was a discussion on the hearts2hands group about how different quilters with mid/long arms attach their quilt backing to their frames. There seemed to be a lot of. Pinning one side to the leaders on the take up bar,. Rolling the backing onto the take up bar,. Pinning the opposite side to the leaders on the backing bar,. Rolling the backing onto the backing bar,. Then re-pinning the backing to the take up bar so the backing lays flat. Notice the diagonal seams?
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tarathesmall: Catching up in the sewing room news
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Sunday, July 3, 2016. Catching up in the sewing room news. June must have been a busy month. I forgot to post anything! Sewon the quilting front, not only am I caught up on my Add A Boarder A Month project, I've finished July's as well. Confession time. I was behind on this project and needed to add May and June's borders. I figured since I had the fabric and the project out I may as well do July's as well. So I'm good until August. And August will be a plain border. It's a "nostalgic" Singers 15 made in...
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tarathesmall: Back in the sewing room
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Sunday, January 8, 2017. Back in the sewing room. Is it too late to say Welcome 2017? May this new year be one with more positives than negatives. The last three months of 2016 were pretty eventful for family and friends. DS put his condo up for sale and made an offer on a house (pending sale of the condo). The condo has not sold as of yet and we're getting pretty anxious as he really wants the house. No That would have been too easy. Instead I kept my balance and landed on one foot. Which did wa...Time ...
