tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26112751659978918222024-03-12T21:00:41.935-04:00From Marti Michell Quilting BlogI love everything about quilts. I have been designing products, writing about quilting, and traveling to teach for over 30 years. Please visit my website, too! http:/www.frommarti.comMarti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-48792203696261124972022-06-01T16:20:00.000-04:002022-06-01T16:20:21.631-04:00<p>Hello! It's been a minute, hasn't it? We've been quietly busy -- "sewing is my happy place!" -- and are happy to finally be getting out to a few shows and seeing old friends in person rather than on our computer screens! <br /></p><p>We've added some new products to the line, like companion tools for the Nine Patch Rulers, and we made a new website and a new blog -- <a href="https://frommarti.com/blogs/news" target="_blank"> frommarti.com/blogs/news</a> <br /></p><p>And -- it's been a long time coming! -- we have uploaded all of the <a href="https://frommarti.com/pages/1930s-template-conversion-charts" target="_blank">1930s Farmer's Wife From Marti Michell Templates conversion charts</a> to our new website. They're available under "From Marti Extras" where you'll find loads of good stuff (including all kinds of grid paper you a can download and print). </p><p>While you're at our new site, sign up for our email list so you won't miss any of the Free Block Friday mailings, too! (You can opt out any time.) This is another fun freebie that we're co-hosting with Gnome Angel, our favorite blogger in Australia. The series runs for 12 weeks and you'll get a free pattern every week that you can use in any projects you like or for a sampler quilt using the instructions that come with the final block. You can sign up and still get all the blocks in the current series -- get them all for free before the series ends -- after that, they will only be available as a purchased pattern afterward!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1ZPKDgo3UCD13L34-BfOezwBx6d7o8ejR0416Nuow3UUoCMmFEqGUYW3f_UwWKawyC862C3s2QCa_tNS-IMhARE0k_yYkaxymPd13bWA9SBjnP-mWgppXQlCox3AxG-GAAkto_RYy-YUHPAIgvQMFfxSlpQYo4n0Qocl2_j-LOvC6n-8Wu1Hqv7s/s1282/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%204.18.56%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1282" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1ZPKDgo3UCD13L34-BfOezwBx6d7o8ejR0416Nuow3UUoCMmFEqGUYW3f_UwWKawyC862C3s2QCa_tNS-IMhARE0k_yYkaxymPd13bWA9SBjnP-mWgppXQlCox3AxG-GAAkto_RYy-YUHPAIgvQMFfxSlpQYo4n0Qocl2_j-LOvC6n-8Wu1Hqv7s/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%204.18.56%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-30136608705352069092020-05-12T11:14:00.002-04:002020-05-12T11:14:41.320-04:00<br />
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hybrid car is part gas/part electric, hexies, hybrid style, are part hand sewn
and part machine stitched. No paper! No whip stitching! No set-in seams by machine! Making a rosette is easier than ever!</span></span></div>
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wide as flat side to flat side of hexagon template and long enough to cut 6 hexagons
(17” for hexagons shown). Layer with fabric for row 1 on top right sides
together with a strip of row 2 fabric. Cut 6 sets. Cut center hexagons, fussy
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small running stitch, not the whip stitch associated with English Paper-Piecimg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a back stitch at every dot and half way
between dots. (This is when you pack all of the sewn parts and the remaining
hexagons cut for the second round into a sandwich bag for your “carry-along”
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piecing is that when you come to the corner, (a “dot”), it is easy to pivot and
keep going. On this round you will complete 3 sides of the hexagon before you
need to break your thread and move to the next piece.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't you love the symmetry on the back of the block? When I take quilt tops to lectures and classes, people always notice the pressing. Consistent pressing means that, once quilted, if any seam allowance "show through" to the front of the quilt, they will be less noticeable because they will all look the "same"!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">For complete instructions and more Hexie Hybrid designs get the pattern <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8302&Category_Code=" target="_blank">Prod #8302</a></b> for $5 during our sale April 17-22, 2020.</span></span></span><br />
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Those of you who have met or talked with us at shows have probably also met Brenda Asmus, who has been a From Marti Michell “show girl” for many years. At home in Texas, she teaches at guilds, and runs a From Marti Michell Club and teaches at Scrappy Quilter in the town of Schertz.<br />
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Back in February, Becky Thompson, whose YouTube channel is "Power Tools with Thread", took Brenda's Log Cabin class using the <a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8724&Category_Code=R-LC" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">From Marti Log Cabin Ruler</a>, which is designed just for 10" x 10" pre-cut squares. Becky recorded a tour of the shop and included an interview with Brenda. It's a pretty fun video. We’re also happy to say Scrappy Quilter carries a great supply of our tools!<br />
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We thought you'd enjoy this virtual tour of the <a href="https://www.scrappyquilter.com/" target="_blank"><b>Scrappy Quilter</b></a>. You'll meet Brenda at about minute 9 and hear what she has to say about the 10" x 10" Log Cabin Ruler. I'm looking forward to getting down to Texas as soon as we can reschedule my visit!<br />
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Sad to say, coronavirus has corona-rained on our parade -- but everyone is healthy, no worries there!<br />
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As many of us are doing these days, our sewalong partner Angie, the Gnome Angel, is adapting to many changes at home in Australia and we are "working different" here, too, with some staffers connecting to their From Marti computers from home. Both Angie's business and ours are still going strong online; FMM orders are still being shipped the day they are received.<br />
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But, given the logistics, we have decided to suspend the Nine Patch Parade and start fresh at a better time down the road. <br />
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In the meantime, we will keep the Nine Patch Parade Sew Along marching along in our studios to make it even better when we get the green light! Thank you all for your patience and understanding.<br />
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In Atlanta, there is an organized group of 7,766 sewists making thousands of masks for our local hospitals. We thought you would enjoy seeing some of the cards Patti is making cards to send to her friends who are helping.<br />
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We wish you and yours good health. Keep calm and sew on! <br />
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<br />Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-22230501740613924132020-03-27T17:31:00.000-04:002020-03-30T16:55:11.884-04:00How About a Nine Patch Block Exchange!EDITED 3/30/20<br />
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Hello! Thanks for stopping by again. In the article below, we didn't mean to imply that it's okay for quilters to gather in groups at the present time -- We are all about social distancing and having no group events! But we can still communicate with each other, and plan, and look forward to the time when we can get together with friends again and celebrate spending time together. For now, we hope quilting will be your comfort zone.<br />
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Nearly everyone has participated in a cookie exchange during the holidays. It is a great concept! Instead of making six different varieties of cookies to get the variety you would like to have, six people make six dozen each of one recipe and get together to exchange. You go home with a dozen each of six different cookies. <br />
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And come home with 3 each of these:<br />
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The idea is the same for the Nine Patch Block Exchange. Even better, there are no calories! For a quick scrap quilt, organize a group of your friends to make and exchange Nine Patch blocks. As an example, all of the quilts in the Mock Diagonal Nine Patch pattern booklet were made with blocks I “inherited” from a friend who did online block exchanges. <br />
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The success of the Block Exchange depends on the establishment of good guidelines -- we don’t call them rules. You want the first attempt to be as successful and fun as possible. That increases the chance that the group will want to swap other blocks in the future. There are always different sizes, styles and color combinations of Nine Patch blocks for other quilts! <br />
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You may already belong to a small group of quilters ready for a block exchange. Or you could ask at a guild meeting or in an online group. Or you could even start an online group specifically for this swap! It can work so many ways. <br />
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<li>Naturally, we recommend that everyone needs to use the From Marti Michell Nine Patch templates to ensure that the blocks will be the same size – especially 2-, 4-, 5-, and 8-inch finished blocks.<br /><br /> </li>
<li>Establish specific color and fabric guidelines. Don’t say blue and white blocks when what you really want is assorted dark indigo and muslin. Likewise, muslin isn’t the same as off-white. Being specific will help avoid disappointment. <br /><br />Do the fabrics need to be prewashed or not? 100% cotton? Prints or solids? Batiks okay? Only batiks? Perhaps someone wants the same background fabric in every block…they probably need to provide that to the group, etc. <br /><br />If flannel, chartreuse, plaid, juvenile prints or anything else is a complete “no-no” to anyone participating it should be specified at the beginning.</li>
<li>Establish ahead of time the number of blocks each participant will complete. For example, the three throw-size quilts in the <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=7118&Category_Code=" target="_blank">Mock Diagonal Nine Patch Parade Starter Pack</a></b> have two or three blocks each with the same fabric combinations: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />A logical exchange would be three blocks per participant. So, if there are eight people in the group, everyone would need to make 24 blocks; 12 people in the group would need to make 36 blocks, etc. For more blocks you would either add more people or have everyone make and exchange two combinations.</li>
<li>Remind people that they don’t have to have a large stash to participate in a Nine Patch Block Exchange. In fact, the real purpose is to get variety without owning every fabric! The chart on page 13 of the Nine Patch Parade Introduction (Pattern # 7120) tells how many squares of each Nine Patch block size can be cut from a fat quarter or half-yard of fabric. Divide that number by the number of squares of that fabric in the block (typically 5 or 4) to determine how many blocks you can make with the fabric you have.</li>
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Don’t be surprised if your block exchange group turns into a challenge quilt group…but that is another story for another day!<br />
<br />Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-40242812350614242642020-03-11T15:56:00.002-04:002020-03-11T15:56:30.899-04:00Update to Twice As Much Fun Nine Patch Parade Pattern<br />
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Angie, the Gnome Angel and our partner in the Nine Patch Parade sew along, asked us a few good questions about the table runner project in this pattern, and we were glad she did! <br />
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We have corrected and clarified a few bits on pages 8 and 9. <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/downloads/7122_Twice_As_update_p8_p9.pdf">Please download a PDF of the updated pages by clicking here.</a></b> Please print these pages and tuck them into your pattern booklet at the appropriate place, so your pattern will be all up to date and ready for your next project. We apologize for the inconvenience.<br />
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Sally, my studio associate, is a beginner quilter but a skilled seamstress with a theater costuming background. She's been making <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/marinerscompass.shtml">Mariner's Compass</a> </b>blocks with me for some weeks and I've shown some of them on Instagram. Believe it or not, it takes Sally about 2 and a half hours to make a 16-point Mariner's Compass! There are 6 templates in each set and 4 are used to make the 16-point block. <br />
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We've got a bunch of blocks to show you, and they can all be made in both sizes. We're making more blocks and after I return from a teaching tour in Europe this month, we'll have a pattern of quilt layouts to make with them, too! We'll make a fancy announcement when it's available. Aren't these blocks great?! And they're surprisingly easy to make. The instruction booklet starts with the basic 16-point Compass and the 32-point Compass. Instructions are also included for all the variations you see here. </div>
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The instruction booklet is the same for both template sets. Inside it you will find:<br />
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This is our third and largest equilateral triangle ruler, and maybe my favorite because it's so easy to cut large setting triangles with it and use it for large triangles to add interest to designs like A Thousand Pyramids. <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8975&Category_Code=">#8975</a></b> $25.98</div>
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I became intrigued with this block design and we had so much fun with the prototype templates that we decided surely there were other quilters who would love it, too! It's our newest One-derful One Patch template, and you can pick your favorite construction method in the accompanying booklet to make it. #8649<b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8649&Category_Code="> 8649</a></b> $14.98</div>
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In my life, a Design Wall is not a luxury, it is a necessity! Yes, I’ve been known to write that a design wall can be as simple as pinning a piece of batting to some foam-core and leaning it against the wall. At the same time, I have to admit that I can’t remember when I didn’t have an 8' x 10' design wall covered in black batting. In fact most of the last 20 years I have had two! Call me “spoiled!”<br />
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Well, in the last few weeks we have moved! I won’t go into the gory details of trying to reduce our stuff, including my big sewing studio, to fit our new space! I’ll just say that in the process of moving, the plans for my new 8' x 10' wall have been stalled!<br />
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Last week, I worked on something small and that piece of foam-core was just great. But this week I’m working on a Queen Size Scrappy Hexagon quilt. The moment I started to pick fabrics, I realized my little batting-covered piece of foam-core was not going to be adequate. I was looking for 25 or 30 fabrics that “play well together” and also complement the beautiful multicolor floral border.<br />
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Then, with a self-defined “stroke of genius,” I looked at the door to my new office and saw a new design wall. I grabbed one of the pieces of black batting I had rescued from my old studio, folded it in half and threw it over the top of the door. Then on one side I pinned the batting edges together so it would not slide off the door. Because I’m eliminating the “Y” seams in my quilt by using the<b> <span id="goog_566558242"></span><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8282&Category_Code=HX" target="_blank">From Marti Michell </a></b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8282&Category_Code=HX" target="_blank">multi-size half-Hexago<span id="goog_566558243"></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">n</a>, the door was a great size for approving fabrics to actually be included!<br />
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Please send us your mailing info so we can send you a Scrappy Hexagon pattern! If you know Ann, please share the news with her. If we don't have mailing info by September 19, we'll pick another comment to win.<br />
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<br />Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-74380099369152926732017-08-30T11:21:00.001-04:002017-08-30T15:57:42.811-04:00Quilt Show Atlanta Sept 7-9, 2017<br />
We just got a flyer from <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><a href="http://www.ssquilts.com/" target="_blank">Dana</a></b></span> and Quilt Connect USA about next week’s quilt show at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, GA. It's a great facility and close to the airport. I'm looking forward to meeting “local” quilters and 1-to-3-daytrippers! <br />
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I'll be doing a few lectures and teaching several classes. This show has everything -- quilts! and about 45 classes being taught by over a dozen teachers. And the vendor area will have about 50 booths! Go, Georgia! <br />
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The schedule of dates and times for classes is available here - <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><a href="http://www.quiltconnectusa.com/quilt-connect-usa-2017-atlanta-quilt-show-class-schedule.htm">http://www.quiltconnectusa.com/quilt-connect-usa-2017-atlanta-quilt-show-class-schedule.htm</a></b></span>.<br />
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Class descriptions and costs are available here -- <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><a href="http://www.quiltconnectusa.com/classes.htm">http://www.quiltconnectusa.com/classes.htm</a></b></span><br />
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Maybe I'll see you at the show! <br />
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If you know anything about me, you know I love making hexagon quilts almost as much as I love Log Cabins! Both quilt families have been perennial favorites of mine, well, for decades! and I've enjoyed watching the humble hexagon’s popularity grow.<br />
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So, I was very flattered and happy to say “Yes!” when Emily Breclaw asked if I would be part of a blog tour to celebrate her new book <i>Adventures in Hexagons</i> with C & T Publishing. (You’ll want to visit all the blogs on the tour to get plenty of chances to <b>win a copy of the book!</b>) (Update: the blog tour has been completed.)<br />
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I met Emily and her delightful family in Houston when she first started working on this group of quilts -- in fact, she may have been the first person to ask us for a kite template. You may know her through her blog, <b><a href="http://www.thecaffeinatedquilter.com/" target="_blank">The Caffeinated Quilter.</a></b><br />
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How cool is that?! To help celebrate the book’s publication, C & T Publishing is giving a copy of <i>Adventures in Hexagons </i>to one lucky commenter on each of the blogs on the tour, including mine!<br />
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“Adventures in Hexagons” is the perfect title -- the 11 quilts in the book are not like your grandmother’s one-patch hexagon quilts, nor mine! Thoroughly modern, Emily’s quilts really are adventures in using the same shapes in new ways. I chose a few favorites to share with you here, like “Loverly” with its sweet hexagon hearts.<br />
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I especially like “Twinkling”, made with what we call Kites and Crowns. (We’ve got rotary cutting templates for the matching diamonds and hexagons and 60-degree equilateral triangles, too.)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Emily has covered a lot of territory, too, from ways to make the 11 quilts to sewing Y seams by hand or machine. Y seams aren’t hard -- I not only sew them by machine, I pivot as I go -- and we love seeing them discussed and sometimes even embraced, by modern quilters. There are lots of great quilts and sewing tips in <i>Adventures in Hexagons</i> along with yardage charts, paper patterns and a design primer to start your own adventure. And, of course, we love that you can make everything with our tools!</span></div>
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If you already have some<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b> From Marti Michell</b></span> 60-degree tools in your quilting supplies, you can use your Set G, H and Kite and Crown templates to make the quilts in <i>Adventures in Hexagons </i>rather than the paper patterns in the book! We love it when people who already own our tools can use them in more projects! A cool bonus in the book is the chart on page 102 for figuring yardage -- you can write the appropriate template numbers in the “Notes” column for a handy template reference!</div>
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<b>Bundle #1 The 2-inch Bundle of 2 template sets, Product # 8319</b></div>
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<b>Bundle #2 The 3-inch Bundle of 2 template sets</b><b>, Product # 8320</b></div>
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We will choose 2 comments using a random picker on August 6, 2017. One comment per person, please.<b> C and T will send our first winner a hard copy of <i>Adventures in Hexagons</i> </b>if the winner
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Update ~</b> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">The giveaway is closed now and Lisa Boyer's comment was randomly picked to win the C & T giveaway and a copy of <i>Adventures in Hexagons</i>. Ramona's comment was our template bundle winner! Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment :) </span><br />
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Visit the blogs and comment on each one for more chances to win a copy of the book and some other surprises. All the blogs will pick a comment and winners will be announced on August 6, so hop to it!<br />
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July 24 - C&T Publishing <a href="http://www.ctpub.com/">www.ctpub.com</a><br />
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July 25 - Generation Q Magazine <a href="http://generationqmagazine.com/" target="_blank">http://generationqmagazine.com/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>July 27 - Marti Michell </b></span>h<a href="ttps://www.frommarti.com/">ttps://www.frommarti.com/</a><br />
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July 28 - Clothworks Fabrics <a href="http://www.clothworks.com/">www.clothworks.com</a><br />
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July 29 - Cathi Godwin, <a href="https://quiltobsession.blog/">https://quiltobsession.blog/</a><br />
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July 30 - Paper Pieces, <a href="http://www.paperpieces.com/">www.paperpieces.com</a><br />
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August 1 - Mary Huey, <a href="http://maryhueyquilts.blogspot.com/">http://maryhueyquilts.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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August 2 - Linda Franz, <a href="http://www.inklingo.com/">www.inklingo.com</a><br />
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August 3 - Patty Murphy, <a href="https://pattymurphyhandmade.com/">https://pattymurphyhandmade.com/</a><br />
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August 4 - Cheryl Sleboda, <a href="http://www.muppin.com/">www.Muppin.com</a><br />
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August 5 - Wendy Sheppard, <a href="https://ivoryspring.wordpress.com/">https://ivoryspring.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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August 6 - Emily Breclaw, <a href="http://www.thecaffeinatedquilter.com/">www.thecaffeinatedquilter.com</a><br />
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<br />Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-83235217294931422502017-07-18T16:30:00.000-04:002017-08-02T13:18:22.578-04:00Week 19, Long Time Gone Sew Along | Reveal & Winners Announced<br />
How fun was that?! It was amazing to watch the quilt grow. I want to thank Angie for inviting me to be one of the bloggers for this sew along, and everyone who participated, too! I will be watching to see all of your finished quilts.<br />
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Mine will stay in its partially completed “ready to finish” state until at least March of next year. Because I teach <b>Machine Quilting in Sections </b>(I’m sure I’ve mentioned both my book and my Craftsy class with that title) it is nice to have pieces in progress to show my students. Pictures of quilts in sections are nice, but quilters who take my classes or attend a lecture really love to see the real thing! (Speaking of pictures,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/QIS.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>click here to see 15 quilts discussed in the book!</b></span></a>)<br />
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The left half is completely quilted and bound. Section 5 on the right half is layered with extra batting and backing for the borders and partially quilted. Section 6 is completed, but not layered. <br />
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The borders are all pieced and the top and bottom borders are actually joined to the the left half of the quilt, rolled up and pinned so they won’t get lost. The other borders the remaining batting and backing are in a bag with all of the pertinent information for future finishing.<br />
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I have really loved everyone’s nice words about using our tools. I'm sure many of you came to the LTG Sew Along after participating in the 1930s Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt along and brought your templates with you! Or maybe this quilt was your first experience using templates -- in which case, I'm excited for you! I hope you will discover how versatile our Perfect Patchwork Templates are and that they will become your go-to cutting tools! Our thanks for inviting us to participate in this fun event goes out to <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/" target="_blank">Angie</a> and our companion blogger <a href="http://www.snipssnippets.ca/" target="_blank">Nicole</a>. Such fun!<br />
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If you are going to Houston this fall for the International Quilt Festival (I recommend that every quilter should go at least once!), look in the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.quilts.com/classes.html" target="_blank">class registration list</a></b></span> for my lecture on Machine Quilting in Sections at 2:00 on Friday, November 3. Come and see my ready-to-finish Long Time Gone quilt in person!<br />
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I've got another <b>machine quilting in sections </b>event on the calendar next spring but I can’t announce it yet. Suspense!<br />
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Angie has posted on her blog the names of 7 lucky participants who won a prize in the Long Time Gone Sew Along. Congratulations to our winner of a $100 gift certificate, <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/patsquilting/" target="_blank">@patsquilting<span id="goog_126218800"></span><span id="goog_126218801"></span></a></b></span>, and to everyone who finished their quilt top!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/winners-long-time-gone-sew-along/">http://www.gnomeangel.com/winners-long-time-gone-sew-along/</a></b></span>Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-25140439056203543342017-07-11T16:30:00.000-04:002017-07-11T16:30:14.556-04:00Week 18: Long Time Gone Sew Along | Assembly<br />
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Didn’t you love the way Jen worked magic with the use of partial seams in joining the units in sections 5 and 6? That is, didn’t you love it after you were done, and it worked — especially if this happened to be your first experience with a partial seam. My observation is that nearly everyone’s first experience with a partial seam is confusion and doubt, all the way to a perfect ending! Partial seams just don’t appear often enough to be part of our everyday piecing “vocabulary.”<br />
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I've been finishing quilts on my home sewing machine for a long time! I've found that nearly every quilt that is machine quilted in sections provides an opportunity for new solutions (and have written a book about several ways to do it, depending on how the blocks are set and how the sections are quilted; a little more about that later).<br />
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For my Long Time Gone quilt, I decided to completely quilt the left half first and then put it and the right half on the design wall. Then I pieced all of the borders into long strips and put them on the design wall around those sections. When they passed inspection, I actually started adding them to the left half of the quilt using the "stitch and flip" method. You saw the photo with the first side border in a previous post, but here it is again:<br />
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Then I started the <b>partial seams</b>, adding just the top and bottom first borders to the left side. The remaining 36 or so inches of top and bottom borders were actually hanging off the left half of the quilt until I rolled them up and secured them to the edge.<br />
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And so it went, one <b>partial seam</b> after another, for the second and third top and bottom borders. Here you can see the result of the borders on the left half, but I edited out the excess border. It looks pretty great, doesn't it?! (Click on images to see larger versions.)<br />
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As for the right half of the quilt, after it is quilted, joined to the left side and finished on the back, and with the extra batting and backing sections extended, I will add the first side border using the "stitch and flip" method described in my Week 16 blog post.<br />
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... Then the <b>partial seams</b> that are the first stitch-and-flip borders both on the top and the bottom of the quilt will be competed. The first border will be completely done.<br />
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... Then I will stitch-and-flip the second side border in place and repeat finishing the <b>partial seams </b>of the top and bottom second borders.<br />
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... And, finally, the third border will be added and my quilt will be ready to bind. Well, I couldn't wait, so the left half of my quilt is also bound! (When you are looking at this photo, remember that the <b>partial seams</b> on the top and bottom borders will not be completed on the right side of the quilt until after the 2 sections of the quilt are joined.)<br />
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We cut 10- or 12-inch strips of some of the neutral fabrics used in the quilt and joined them with diagonal seams to make the binding. Making binding this way is so easy if you have one of our corner trimmers. It’s the perfect width and perfect angle. <br />
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And, because the quilt was made in sections, the binding can be easily joined after the two halves of the quilt are joined and completed. Just like quilting in sections is lighter and easier to handle, it was nice to add the binding to just half a quilt -- something I had never done before, but it was perfect for this quilt!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some Designs Require a Partial Seam </span></span></h2>
I'm using partial seams to finish my Long Time Gone quilt because the method is a great solution for adding borders to the quilted sections. But partial seams are also used to make some quilt blocks, like Friendship Star. You could make this block entirely out of squares and HSTs, but fewer seams are more attractive and so much easier to quilt, it's worth a cutting trick (easy with our templates) and a few partial seams. I’ve covered template cutting tricks and loads more in my book <a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8352&Category_Code=B_PPT_Books" target="_blank"><b><i>More Bang for the Buck</i></b></a>.<br />
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One of my most popular classes, The Interlocking Hexagon, features a block with a <b>partial seam</b>. The class pattern is “<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8535&Category_Code=P" target="_blank">Ode to Asia</a></span></b>” and the tool is the 4-1/2 inch hexagon, the outside edge of our large <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8060&Category_Code=HX" target="_blank">Multi Size Hexagon Ruler</a>.</b></span> Those of us who have just spent 16 weeks with 1-inch finished squares would not know how to handle a piece in a quilt that is almost as big as a standard sheet of paper! Everything looks so big now, doesn’t it?<br />
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Now that we have had a week for everyone to catch up it is time for the final push!<br />
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The checkerboards along with the sashing strips provide both fabulous fill-in and, at the same time, separation of the units we have made. I, for one, am really happy Jen figured this all out for the rest of us! Applause please!<br />
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Loyal Grainline Geeks would be disappointed if I didn’t mention that you can reduce stretching and rippling of your sashing strips if you cut them on the lengthwise grain (parallel to the selvages) instead of crosswise. :)<br />
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You may recall that I shared tips and my techniques for making scrappy checkerboards back in week 6. The # 1 tip then is still the #1 tip. <b></b><br />
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So, keep that reversal in mind!<br />
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Substituting strip techniques for making checkerboards instead of cutting individual squares is obvious. However strip techniques usually equate with a limited number of fabrics in the checkerboard. Scrappy strip techniques require a little modification. Mainly shorter strip sets and more of them! So excuse me, but I’m going to repeat how I made my scrappy checkerboard units:<br />
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All but one of the Checkerboards are 2, 3 or 4 pieces wide, and most
are 3. So I start by joining short strips of contrasting fabrics to
long strips of my neutral. Typically, I want around 5-inch contrasting
strips. I can get three Checkerboard units from each, but I had a bunch
of end cuts from my Churn Dash blocks in the piece photographed so I
worked with them.<br />
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Press toward the darker fabrics. No
matter how you arrange them later, that is the best direction. Now you
have many options. You can, from left to right in the photo below:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">1.</span></b></span>
Cut them into 1-1/2 inch segments and join for Checkerboard strips that
are 2 squares wide. (Eventually you need around 150 pairs.) I like
doing several smaller groups instead of all at once, so I get more
variety as I add fabrics.<br />
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Or I add contrasting strips. Press toward the dark and cut into 1-1/2
inch segments 3 squares wide with contrast on the outside.<br />
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Or I join the segments to another neutral strip and cut into segments
that are 1-1/2 inches by 3 squares with the light squares on the
outside. Shown at the top of #2 and #3 is a Checkerboard made with units
from both strip sets. The seams oppose each other for "automatic
pinning" because the seams were already pressed toward the darker
fabrics.<br />
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I join 2-square segments end to end to make rows for Checkerboards that
are 4 squares wide. Why not practice on the Checkerboard for Section 2
on page 27? If you're loving it, go ahead and make the Checkerboards on
page 28 for Section 3. Those will be the next 2 sections you can easily
finish.<br />
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We're on hiatus for a week! Use this time to catch up or take a break. I'm working on quilting in sections this week.<br />
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In the last 4 months, you’ve seen my sections 1 and 4 completed and layered for quilting. I’m not sure I posted it when I combined sections 2 and 3 and layered them for quilting. Now all three of those sections are quilted and I’m taking advantage of the hiatus week to join them. <br />
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You may remember that I checked to make sure the measurements for the sections to be joined were accurate and matched before layering. Then if you do the same general density of quilting, they will still match when joined.<br />
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My quilting is quite simple. I love the patchwork. In my mind there is no need to overpower it with too much quilting. So, there is some in-the-ditch quilting, a little outline quilting, a string of free-motion stars in the sashing strips, etc. <br />
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When I layered, I did allow a little extra batting and backing on the edges to be joined so I would have something to hold on to when I was quilting near the edges. Here you can see the edges of sections 1 and 2 and 3 ready to be trimmed… (click images for larger views)<br />
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On this quilt I am using the single finishing strip method for joining the sections. It is also sometimes called an 8-layer seam method. It can be used with sections that are quilted all the way to the edge. It does not show on the front of the quilt, but will show on the back and does require being sewn to the backing by hand OR with a blind-hem stitch by machine.<br />
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In my book, <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/QIS.shtml" target="_blank">“Machine Quilting in Sections,”</a></b></span> and even in <a href="http://www.frommarti.com/Martis_Craftsy.shtml#MQIS" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>my Craftsy class of the same name</b></span></a> that was filmed in January this year, I say cut a finishing strip 1-1/2 inches wide and as long as the seam if you are finishing by hand and 2 inches wide if you are finishing by machine. (Click the purple links to learn more about the book and the class.)<br />
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I was planning to hand stitch because there are only 4 seams to do and because any time I would save doing it by machine would be spent setting up my machine and testing, etc. So anyway, I cut 1-1/2 inch strips for the first joining, but changed to 2-inch strips when I added Section 4. Why? Perhaps because a few weeks ago I sprained my left thumb very badly and it hasn’t, and may never, recover completely. Anyway, I liked the 2-inch strip better. <br />
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<b>1. </b>Cut 2-inch wide strip on straight grain and as long as the sections to be joined.<br />
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<b>2. </b>Press in half lengthwise. Better yet, press just off-center. The result of that is one less layer of fabric at the actual edge of the seam.<br />
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<b>3.</b> Put right sides together of sections to be joined. Match any seams and pin. You have 6 layers of stuff…quilt backing, batting and front…twice! Some people like to stitch now, and then again with the finishing strip. <br />
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<b>4. </b>Align edge of folded finishing strip with edges of the quilt sections on either section. It doesn’t matter which section except, it will end up on the opposite back section. <br />
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<b>5.</b> Join all 8 layers with a regular 1/4-inch seam. This is what it looks like from the back. Please don’t be surprised that there is a bump! If it bothers you, there are lots of options for reducing the thickness. They all involve more pre-prep. There are lots more details in the book or class.<br />
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<b>6. </b>Press all of the layers and the finishing strip to one side so that the finishing strip covers all of the raw edges. Use steam! Check from the front.<br />
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At this point, I actually cut a narrow strip of <a href="http://shadestextiles.mybigcommerce.com/softfuse-premium/">Shades SoftFuse (link)</a>, a very lightweight paper-backed fusible web, and press it in place on the wrong side of the folded finishing strip. Let it cool and remove the paper. Then, I do the final press. All of the layers go to one side, the finishing strip covers all of the raw edges, the fusible hold the strip in place for the hand stitching. I don’t need to pin.<br />
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<b>7. </b>Stitch folded edge of finishing strip to backing of quilt. See the finishing strip?! I like to use different fabrics for every section so that when I teach, people can see where the quilt was divided into sections.<br />
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The big pay off! Here I am adding the first border “stitch and flip” to the long side of sections 1,2,3,4!!<br />
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There are many other methods. I hope you will give Quilting in Sections a try!<br />
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For a short introduction to sewing the finishing strip with the blind hem stitch, go to <a href="http://www.frommarti.com/vid_MQIS_blind_hem.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>http://www.frommarti.com/vid_MQIS_blind_hem.shtml</b></span> </a><br />
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<b>Visit these other blogs in the Long Time Gone Sew Along, too,</b> to see what else is happening this week!<br />
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<a href="http://www.snipssnippets.ca/">http://www.snipssnippets.ca</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/">http://gnomeangel.com</a> <br />
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<br />Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-35009736476062290162017-06-20T16:30:00.000-04:002017-06-20T16:30:00.360-04:00Week 15: Long Time Gone Sew Along | Pineapple Blocks<br />
One of the best reasons to make this quilt is that it is such a good excuse to make 16 cute 5-inch pineapple blocks with half-inch finished strips! I have absolutely loved making them with the <b>From Marti Michell</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8262&Category_Code=PineR" target="_blank">1/2-inch Pineapple template set</a>! </b></span>Every time I use one of our Pineapple template sets, I’m sorry that it took me so long to design a tool that would make it so easy to make such a fabulous block so accurately! We actually make 3 sets based on the 3 different finished strip widths — half-inch, 1-inch and 1-1/4 inch. Each set will make multiple sizes of blocks depending on how many rounds you add. (Click on images for larger views. The bold words in purple are links to other web pages.)<br />
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Anyway, all of the instructions are in the booklet that comes with the template set. If you have been following my Long Time Gone blog posts, you know <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com/2017/03/week-3-long-time-gone-sew-along-crosses.html" target="_blank">I started my Pineapple blocks as soon as we did the square in a square week.</a></b></span> I decided to make all of the centers from the same fabrics. <br />
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I cut 1-inch strips on lengthwise grain from all the fabrics I had used and added to the Pineapple strip pot as I went along to keep the fabrics mixed nicely. When I cut, I stacked light and dark strips separately in stacks of four. Then when I cut to length, I had a complete half round of strips for one block. I also worked four blocks at a time. I loved watching them grow!<br />
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I might mention one tip specifically — I love to:<br />
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Then, when it comes to joining the blocks together, I joined the second row to the first row, then the 3rd row to the pair and “chain-linked” – see my Flying Geese blog, week 11.<br />
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It was so neat when the last 9 all came together! I like the secondary pattern where the corners meet, too.<br />
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Visit these other Long Time Gone Sew Along blogs, too, for tutorials, contests and other info:<br />
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<a href="http://www.snipssnippets.ca/">http://www.snipssnippets.ca</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/">http://gnomeangel.com</a> <br />
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<i>Long Time Gone</i> by <a href="http://jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen Kingwell</a>. Copyright 2016 by Jen Kingwell Designs. <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8694&Category_Code=LTG" target="_blank">Available on From Marti Michell website, www.frommarti.com</a></b>Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-31135074151208945892017-06-13T16:30:00.000-04:002017-06-20T17:12:54.302-04:00Week 14: Long Time Gone Sew Along | 60-Degree Triangles<br />
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The memory of my high school geometry teacher forces me to mention that these triangles are actually 53-1/2 degrees, not 60 degrees. However, "53-1/2 degree triangles" doesn't roll off the tongue does it? That may be why the late Doreen Speckmann started calling these two triangles Peaky and Spike -- more about that later.<br />
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may remember for Week 10 I made one row of Spike triangles (Jen's 60-degree triangles) to complete
Section 1. I'm reposting that info here, so you don't have to go back
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The contrasting Spike triangles can be cut from the same 2-1/2 inch
strips you just used for the HSTs. Don't forget to reposition the
multi-size tool and trim off the corners for easy piecing. Instead of
cutting 6 pairs of Peaky triangles, I chose to cut 7 neutral Spike
triangles to alternate. It saves a lot of seams and I like the clean
look better. Trim the neutral triangles to size on
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Sew the traditional Peaky and Spike units as shown below. Press away from Spike, the large triangle.<br />
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join two Peaky triangles to make a rectangle, but until now we didn’t
share joining 2 Spike triangles. We are sharing our future page 11 with
you right now! <br />
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corners are engineered to fit perfectly when Peaky and Spike are sewn
in the most common arrangement, as on page 2. The pieces fit together in
other positions, shown below. but the corners do not align ideally. It
just takes a little practice to create these units. For example, to make
a rectangle out of two #97 triangles, cut both triangles in the same
orientation and pay careful attention to matchpoints when sewing.<br />
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I didn't talk about using both templates in that article—that's fully described in your Peaky And Spike template booklet on pages 4 through 6. The instructions for cutting smaller sizes are illustrated for 1-inch triangles. This is what your Spike will look like for cutting 2-inch blocks (template booklet, page 4):<br />
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I chose to do the top and bottom rows entirely with the big Spike triangles, as I did for the row shown above in Section 1. They frame the center two rows.<br />
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Since I've been working ahead on my checkboard pieces -- I hope you saw my checkerboard shortcuts at the end of my<b> <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com/2017/05/week-8-long-time-gone-sew-along.html" target="_blank">Week 8, Courthouse Steps article</a></b> -- I can now join all of Section 6.<br />
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Sometime in the 1980s, the late Doreen Speckmann affectionately named this pair of triangles, her favorite patchwork shapes, “Peaky and Spike” and introduced them to quilters around the world. In her honor, we continue the tradition of calling them by their famous nicknames. You will probably be surprised to know the big triangle is Spike and the little guy is Peaky. Her books that explain why are now out of print, but look for them in your guild library or shop for them on eBay®. Both books are loaded with designs featuring Peaky and Spike. </div>
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If you are making your blocks like I am, there will be some slight differences from what Jen did to make her quilt. It's okay, you're still eligible for prizes in the contest at the end of the Sew Along. Here's a quick copy/pasted explanation about that from Gnome Angel's post on her blog on May 24:</div>
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To be eligible for prizes you must follow the pattern. The only
exception to this is if you follow Marti Michell’s tutorials because
Marti is slightly modifying the pattern to work with her templates. We
will be checking to make sure the winners have followed the pattern
and/or Marti’s version. While we support and encourage people to express
their individuality when it comes to making quilts, for the purpose of
this event we need parameters to help us be able to give everyone an
even playing field and the best way for us to do this is to have people
stick to the pattern.
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Also, we’re happy for you to jump ahead. This doesn’t disqualify you
from prizes. The only requirements for being eligible for prizes is that
you:<br />
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<li>Post a photo of each of the blocks in their relevant weeks <strong>in your timezone</strong>.<a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/long-time-gone-quilt-along-jen-kingwell-marti-michell/"> You can find the block timetable by clicking here</a>.</li>
<li>Complete the quilt top and post it to Instagram within 12 July and Midnight 21 July 2017 <strong>in your timezone</strong>.</li>
<li>All photos will need to have all the relevant hashtags on them.</li>
<li>You will need to be following all the relevant Instagram accounts at the time of drawing.</li>
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Visit these other Long Time Gone Sew Along blogs, too, for tutorials, contests and other info:<br />
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<a href="http://www.snipssnippets.ca/">http://www.snipssnippets.ca</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/">http://gnomeangel.com</a> <br />
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Use the hash tag #LongTimeGoneSAL to share photos on Instagram.<br />
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<i>Long Time Gone</i> by <a href="http://jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen Kingwell</a>. Copyright 2016 by Jen Kingwell Designs. <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8694&Category_Code=LTG" target="_blank">Available on From Marti Michell website, www.frommarti.com</a></b>Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-10283976287503136382017-06-06T16:30:00.000-04:002017-06-06T16:30:02.331-04:00Week 13: Long Time Gone Sew Along | Flying Geese with No Waste<h2>
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We cut exact-size pieces from 2-inch wide strips and sew them together… no drawing lines, no scrap, no throwing away almost half the fabric! (Click images for a larger view.)<br />
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As I suggested last week, I cut extra A6 pieces and A4 pieces when I had the fabric pressed and on the cutting table for Block 3 of Half-square triangles. Plus I had cut assorted light and dark 2-inch strips when I had other fabrics out other weeks. So, I just went to my stack of assorted strips and picked out pieces. I decided to make the 4 geese that promenade at the center of each 8 geese block more distinctive in order to add interest. Pulling them from the same color family was just enough to add interest without being overwhelming. I chose to emphasize my original green, purple and orange color scheme.<br />
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I did the set of 16 Flying Geese first as I was very anxious to complete section 2 (page 27). If you've been reading my blog, you know that I am machine quilting in sections and that I have already layered and quilted sections 1 and 4.<br />
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Knowing I would ultimately need 48 Flying Geese, but that I only wanted 16 at the moment, I made enough extra to have choices, but didn't make all 48. I always like to have a chance to change my mind.<br />
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To make the basic unit, chain piece A-6 triangles to one side of A-4 triangles. Press toward the small triangle, regardless of color. Repeat on the second side of each A-4 triangle. <br />
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When I started arranging my four units of 8 Flying Geese for the 12-1/2 inch (12-inch finished) block, I saw an opportunity for another secondary pattern where the corners come together in the center of the square. I needed to do some special cutting for that, but otherwise, the construction is the same, except it is twice as many units.<br />
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The first time I looked at the book, I had decided to substitute large A-4 triangles for pairs of A6 triangles on the long strip. Then one day when I looked more closely at the quilt picture I saw that was actually how Jen made hers! We probably both liked it for the same reasons. It has the same visual appearance with 15 fewer pieces to cut, and 15 fewer seams to sew and press. However, the sewing is different. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. </span></span></b>Finally, join the rows to make the zig-zag effect. Don't go crazy over which way it should zig first. I chose to match the order in the color picture of the entire quilt on the inside cover.<br />
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<i>Long Time Gone</i> by <a href="http://jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen Kingwell</a>. Copyright 2016 by Jen Kingwell Designs. <b><a href="http://www.frommarti.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMM&Product_Code=8694&Category_Code=LTG" target="_blank">Available on From Marti Michell website, www.frommarti.com</a></b>Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-23507016181017951482017-05-30T16:30:00.000-04:002017-06-06T17:28:09.343-04:00Week 12: Long Time Gone Sew Along | Half Square Triangles Block 3<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Use Template A-6 to neatly make 64 Half-Square Triangle Squares</span></span></h3>
I started picking light and dark pairs of strips from my pre-cut 2-inch strips. At first I was cutting only one pair of triangles from each combination. Then I realized that Jen’s instructions would result in 2 of each combination. Selecting fabrics and cutting went much faster!<br />
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Next week we are doing Flying Geese and will need both light and dark A-4 triangles so while you have strips paired you might want to cut this combination:<br />
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Lay aside the A-4 triangles until next week.<br />
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Chain-piece the A6 pairs on the hypotenuse to make squares. Press toward the dark fabric. Naturally, cutting the triangles with the fabrics right sides together made the piecing both faster and more accurate. <br />
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Sewing 16 little 1-1/2 inch half square triangles (HSTs) together seemed less challenging than 64 so I arranged the pieced squares in 4 by 4 quarter-sections. Then I pieced each quarter using what I call “chain-linking”. It is chain-piecing, but it is more! It is linking the pieces in order and in proper orientation. The half square triangle units can only rotate one way and it is almost impossible to sew the wrong rows together.<br />
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All squares should be right side up and in proper orientation.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.</span></span></b> Position the squares in column 4 right side down on the squares in column 3. Chain piece on the right edge. Make 4 or 5 stitches between each pair. Leave in machine.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.</span></span></b> Continue by placing all of the squares in column 2 right sides down on the squares in column 1. Continue chain-piecing from the top down.<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3.</span></span></b> At the ironing board press to one side and snip apart ONLY between the 4th and 5th pairs of squares. <b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4.</span></span></b> Place the linked pairs back in position so that you can easily lift columns 3 & 4 and put them right sides together on top of columns 1 & 2. Chain-piece columns 2 and 3 together, from top to bottom. Don’t clip any threads.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5.</span></span></b> Press seams in rows 1 & 3 in the same direction and rows 2 & 4 in the opposite direction. This will create opposing seams and reduce bulk when you join the rows. <br />
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Rows 1 and 4 are easy to press, but the middle rows are awkward. If it is too awkward, leave a few more stitches between the rows on the next section. Working on the edge of the ironing board might help. My ironing board has a little “sleeve board” attachment that I don’t use for sleeves, but it worked great for this project. <br />
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Here all the rows are pressed with opposing seams, chain-linked and ready to be joined. It is so nice that they have no “dog-ears.”<br />
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It doesn’t matter which direction you press on the first quarter of the block, but on the adjoining quarters, you will want to refer to the direction of these seams on the edge of the unit and make sure that the edge that they will subsequently touch is opposing. <br />
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Here is one example of pressing directions that work great for these little pieces.<br />
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Of course, if you are an experienced “Chain-Linker” there is no reason not to do all 8 columns and all 8 rows in one giant Chain Link. Well, there is one reason. If you plan to do all 64 together, it will really help to have no interruptions. I don’t live that life! <br />
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Back to sewing…Rows 1 & 2 joined and rows 3 & 4 joined.<br />
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The 2 quarters on the bottom joined…<br />
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And finally the entire 12-inch finished block with all 128 little triangles! It’s so cute!<br />
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By this time next week, I’ll have added the sashing strips and checkerboards to my HST Block 3 as shown in part C of Section 5 (page 31) and I’ll also have parts A and B on page 31 ready to go!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">UPDATE June 6, 2017</span></span></h3>
Today's the day we promised to pick a random name from the comments
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Use Template Set B, Pieces 8 and 12 for the squares and 13 for the Triangles (unless you cut them last week like I did).<br />
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Yes, if my Half Square Triangles, Block 2, looks familiar it is because the triangles were cut at the same time as HST Block 1, from the same 2-1/2 inch strips! If you haven’t already cut and chain pieced 28 HST pairs, do it now and press the seam allowances toward the dark. <br />
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Cut one B-8 square for the center and four B-12 squares<br />
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As I followed the layout on page 18 something seemed amiss. I finally decided to rotate 2 HST units and I was much happier. Then I looked more carefully at the quilt picture and, sure enough, my new block arrangement matches the quilt. Take a look at the 1st square, 2nd row and last square 5th row on page 18 and in the quilt before you sew. <br />
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I was so fascinated with my thread supply, or lack thereof, that I failed to take a picture of the block before I started sewing. <br />
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Do you think I can join all of the pieces into pairs before I run out of thread? No? I don’t think so either, but let’s try. For the record, I managed to sew 7 pairs (approximately 18 inches).<br />
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I chain-pieced pairs vertically and pressed every other seam in opposite directions to create opposing seams. <br />
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Then I joined the pairs to make units of 4 HSTs or 2 HSTs and 2 squares. When I joined the pairs of pairs, I continued to make opposing seams by pressing the seams on one vertical row up and on the next row down. (I tried swirl pressing the four-patch units, but it conflicted with the opposing seams and just wasn’t worth it.)<br />
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Then I joined those units into three vertical rows 2 squares wide by 6 long. Finally I joined the vertical rows together. Here is my finished block with sashing strips and the single row of checkerboard attached. <br />
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I’m getting excited about putting more blocks together. I’ll go ahead and make a 3 x 10 checkerboard, combine it with a Bow Tie block and have Section 3 (page 28 in Jen's book) completed before next week. <br />
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Take advantage of this quick and easy block to both look ahead and catch up. In the catch-up department, for some reason I still need to cut and make 2 Churn Dash blocks!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1.</b></span></span> It looks like Jen used 35 different fabrics for her triangles and I want to do the same. When using templates, we always cut strips one dimension of the template first and then use the template for the final cut. (Yes, cut a strip even if you only want two triangles.) So, I needed 2-1/2 inch strips of both light neutrals and contrasting prints. I don’t need a lot of variety in the light neutrals so I cut strips from 7 or 8 different fabrics 2-1/2 inches wide and 10 – 12 inches long. <br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. </span></b></span>Now, what about the 35 contrasting fabrics? For efficiency, look ahead. Is there another place where we need 2-1/2 inch strips? Yes, next week in Half Square Triangles block 2, and again in the “60 degree” triangles.<br />
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What about the borders? You may remember that I’ve mentioned that I want varying widths on my three borders and 2-1/2 inches is the width for my middle border. On Jen’s borders, there are 10 or 11 strips on each 70 inch side. If I cut 35 2-1/2 inch wide strips between 10 and 18 inches long, I could accomplish four things!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">a. </span></b>I could pair them with neutral strips and cut 2 B-13 Half Square Triangle sets. One set would be for this block and …<br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">b. </span></b> I would have all the triangles I need cut for next week’s block, too.<br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">c. </span></b> I would be close to having a full border cut. <br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">d. </span></b> I can use at least some of the strips for the “60 degree” triangles.<br />
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If you are planning on making a 2-1/2 inch pieced binding like Jen did, you’ll probably want to cut a second strip while you have the fabric out.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. </span></b></span>Chain-piece the triangle pairs and press seams toward the darker triangle. Arrange in 5 rows of 7 as shown and join. Alternate from row to row the direction that you press the seams that join the squares to create perfect opposing seams for joining the rows. <br />
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I pressed the seams that joined the rows up. Some may choose to press that open, but I anticipate quilting in the ditch and do not want the open seam.<br />
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If you have been following, you know I’ve already layered and quilted Section 4. I had finished piecing another set of 4 Pineapple blocks sometime ago and now with the HST Block 1 done, I’m only missing a row of 6 Peaky and Spike triangles to complete Section 1. I can’t stand not to finish! The instructions are on page 23 in the Long Time Gone book, called 60-degree triangles. They are really 53-1/2 degree triangles, but who's counting?<br />
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<b>Using the Multiple Size Peaky and Spike – Product #8289</b><br />
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The 6 contrasting Spike triangles can be cut from the same 2-1/2 inch strips you just used for the HSTs. Don't forget to reposition the multi-size tool and trim off the corners for easy piecing. Instead of cutting 6 pairs of Peaky triangles, I chose to cut 7 neutral Spike triangles to alternate. It saves a lot of seams and I like the clean look better next to the HST block. Trim the neutral triangles to size on each end of the row.<br />
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On page 11 of the Peaky and Spike instruction booklet, we tell you how to join two Peaky triangles to make a rectangle, but until now we didn’t share joining 2 Spike triangles. We are sharing our future page 11 with you right now! <br />
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The corners are engineered to fit perfectly when Peaky and Spike are sewn in the most common arrangement, as on page 2. The pieces fit together in other positions, shown below. but the corners do not align ideally. It just takes a little practice to create these units. For example, to make a rectangle out of two #97 triangles, cut both triangles in the same orientation and pay careful attention to matchpoints when sewing.<br />
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Jen has included finished sizes for all of the units. They really aren’t suggested sizes! This jigsaw puzzle doesn’t fit together without accurate finished block sizes. If you choose to machine quilt in sections, this is a Cardinal Rule! Measure the edges that will be joined eventually. If they match before quilting and you quilt with the same density on both pieces, they will match when they are joined.<br />
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Just like section 4 shown in Week 5, I'm adding 8 inches in length and width to the batting and backing. I will position the pieced unit in the lower right corner so that all of the extra batting and backing extends at the top and left side of the quilt, as it is pictured on the inside cover of the Longtime Gone book. <br />
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Here is my Section 1 layered and ready to quilt. Just like Section 4, it has the extra batting and backing allowed for the borders to be added “Stitch and Flip.”<br />
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And here it is with the extra batting and backing rolled and pinned to be more convenient to handle when quilting.<br />
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If I could only make one quilt, it would have to be Log Cabin. It was the first full-size quilt I ever made and there are so many variations, I don’t think I would ever get bored. This is the second of the 3 variations Jen has included in Long Time Gone. <br />
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It made me happy when I saw that the strip widths were 1-1/4 inches cut because we have a Log Cabin Ruler (#8037) that cuts strips to length for the finished 3/4-inch strip – it is such a great width. It took me a few moments to realize Jen had used three different widths of strips in the Chevron Log Cabin. Then I calculated that I could make the 6-inch finished block I needed with the 1-1/2 inch (2-inch cut) corner square and six 3/4-inch (1-1/4 inch cut) strips on two sides and I was good to go!<br />
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My arrangement: <br />
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Jen did not select fabric to make blocks with the typical half light, half dark colors and I decided to follow her lead with a twist. I decided to try warm colors on one half and cool on the other.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">1. </span></span></b>For matching corner squares, cut a strip 2-inch wide and at least 8-1/2 inches long. Cut into four 2-inch squares with the A square on the wide side of the ruler. <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">2. </span></span></b>Looking at my chart for strips used in the entire quilt (posted with block 3), I see that this is the only block in the quilt that uses 1-1/4 inch strips. Because I wanted variety I cut a strip 10 or 12 inches long from 10 or 12 warm fabrics and 10 or 12 cool fabrics.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">3. </span></span></b>Cut strips to length. The beauty of cutting strips to length is that every piece that you add confirms that the block is still the right size and your ¼” seam is accurate. The smaller the strips, the more important it is to know you have an accurate seam allowance. <br />
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The first piece on each block is 2 inches long, or <b>“b”</b> on the narrow side of the #8037 ruler. <br />
Cut 4. Mine were warm fabrics. From then until the last strip, you will need 4 of each value (8 total) of<b> c, d, e, f, </b>and <b>g</b>…just move up the ruler. You will only need 1 <b>“h”</b> per block. Mine was a cool fabric. <br />
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Chain piece all 4 blocks.<br />
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Work in alphabetical order to add strips. Press away from the corner square.<br />
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When I put my set of blocks on the design wall, I was slightly disappointed. The diagonal bands of warm and cool strips were not as distinct as I wanted and because they are lacking neutrals, they are a little “heavy” or dense looking.<br />
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It didn’t take long for me to decide on a solution.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">1. </span></span></b>I’m not making them over! They will be almost in the middle of the quilt, so the “heavy issue” won’t ruin the balance of the quilt. <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">2. </span></span></b>But, I still wanted a better diagonal look. As soon as I put up high contrast A-6 half-square triangles to replace the multi-colored corner squares, I felt I got it. I was willing to make that change to get a stronger diagonal look. (Click the photo for a larger view.)<br />
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Follow the arrangement in the book to join the blocks. I did that and went ahead and added a sashing strip to one side. Then I noticed that I worked clockwise on my Chevron blocks and Jen worked counter-clockwise. Oh well!<br />
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You may have noticed on my strip chart included in Week 3 (Crosses of the UK) that I said I was thinking about 3 different width borders that would equal 5-1/2 inches finished width instead of the three 1-1/4 inch borders that equal 3 3/4 inches.<br />
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I haven’t decided yet, but I’m ready to start quilting by the section. Section 4 has been on my design wall beckoning for a couple of weeks now. It measures 14-1/2 by 27-1/2 inches wide. I’m going to add 8 inches to both dimensions and cut batting and backing 22-1/2 by 35-1/2 inches. When I layer, I’ll let an inch of batting and backing extend on the top and right side of Section 4 and the remainder on the left and bottom.<br />
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After I have pinned Section 4 in place, I’ll roll up and secure the extra batting and backing to make a nice package for quilting. Later, after the sections are joined, I’ll add the borders stitch and flip so that I quilt as I add the borders.<br />
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<br />Marti Michellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689194011999334968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611275165997891822.post-31345835858233829622017-05-02T15:30:00.000-04:002017-05-02T15:30:10.621-04:00Week 8: Long Time Gone Sew Along | Courthouse Steps<br />
Courthouse Steps is a classic variation of Log Cabin blocks. It starts with a center square, but instead of rotating around the square, you add strips with matching lengths and values to opposite sides of the center square, rotate 90° and do it again. The first set of strips and the last set of strips are unique lengths. All of the other lengths will have both one dark set of two pieces and one light set.<br />
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To create better separation between the blocks and the sashing strips that surround them, I chose to reverse the positions of light and dark strips. In other words, my shortest strips are light and the longest are dark. (Click on the illustrations for larger views.)<br />
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Like any Log Cabin block or derivative, there are three ways to come out with near perfect blocks.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">1.</span></b></span> Cut strips on the lengthwise grain, parallel to the selvages. Lengthwise grain of fabric is firm, not stretchy like crosswise grain.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">2.</span></b></span> Cut the strips to length. Jen gives you the exact lengths needed for each set of strips.<br />
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I already had a food storage container full of 1-inch strips cut on lengthwise grain because I have followed my own advice and cut extra strips every time I was cutting for other blocks. Happily, the <b>From Marti Michell</b> 1/2-inch Log Cabin Ruler #8227 has all the proper lengths for the Courthouse Steps blocks. We identify them both by length and letters in alphabetical order and there are no additional measurement lines to confuse your eyes.<br />
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I decided on matching orange centers. I had decided on matching periwinkle blue centers for the Pineapple blocks when I started them and liked that degree of consistency in my scrappy quilt, so why not be consistent again?<br />
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My 1-inch strips from other cutting projects were assorted lengths so it took a little extra thought to maximize the efficiency of cutting. I cleared a little space and positioned sticky notes on my cutting table. We are making 6 blocks so I need 12 pieces of each value and length. Each sticky note identified the length needed and the letter on my ruler for that length. (Use the lengths listed in small type on page 15 in Jen Kingwell's book for the lengths needed, not the big numbers on each piece in the illustration on that page.) Some people will write the sizes on small paper plates for a project like this and then they can stack them and the project is more mobile. (Click images for larger view.)<br />
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Each set of pre-cut 1-inch strips I had was different— a different number of fabrics, different lengths, etc. To maximize the available fabric, cut the longest pieces needed first. You can almost always cut one of the shorter pieces from what is left. As I cut and sorted, I would write the number of layers in the stack on the sticky note. When I had 12 pieces I knew I did not need to cut any more strips that length. In no time I had cut to length all of the strips needed and was ready to sew!<br />
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Oops! Then I realized we are making 9 blocks, not 6, and I did it again for 3 more blocks! 😊<br />
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It was so easy to chain piece the blocks. Chain-piece the first cut-to-length strips to one side of the center square. Leave them attached and sew pre-cut strips to the opposite side. Press away from the center, cut the units apart and do it again in the opposite value.<br />
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Generally I put the strip being added to the block on the bottom so the seam allowances I’m crossing are visible and I can make sure they are not getting twisted. However with such narrow strips, my presser foot was just a little too wide and I kept hitting the previous seam allowance and slightly distorting the seam I was stitching. So, I put the new strip on top and no problem. Do whatever works for you, but remember, it may be different with different strip widths.<br />
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Join the blocks into three sets of three as shown. On the center block reverse the direction of the last seam allowances so they go toward the center. You will reduce the bulk and have nice opposing seam allowances when joining the blocks.<br />
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And here they are! (Click on the images for larger views.)<br />
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And here is a picture of one of my favorite Courthouse Steps quilts that is included in our <i>Log Cabin ABCs</i> book. It is made with 1-inch finished strips. <br />
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I promised to share some tips on making scrappy checkerboard units. Strip techniques are obvious, but strip techniques usually equate with a large number of strips and a limited number of fabrics. Scrappy strip techniques require a little modification. Mainly shorter strip sets and more of them!!!<br />
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All but one of the Checkerboards are 2, 3 or 4 pieces wide, and most are 3. So I start by joining short strips of contrasting fabrics to long strips of my neutral. Typically, I want around 5-inch constrasting strips. I can get three Checkerboard units from each, but I had a bunch of end cuts from my Churn Dash blocks in the piece photographed so I worked with them.<br />
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Press toward the darker fabrics. No matter how you arrange them later, that is the best direction. Now you have many options. You can, from left to right in the photo below:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">1.</span></b></span> Cut them into 1-1/2 inch segments and join for Checkerboard strips that are 2 squares wide. (Eventually you need around 150 pairs.) I like doing several smaller groups instead of all at once, so I get more variety as I add fabrics.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">2.</span></b></span> Or I add contrasting strips. Press toward the dark and cut into 1-1/2 inch segments 3 squares wide with contrast on the outside.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">3.</span></b></span> Or I join the segments to another neutral strip and cut into segments that are 1-1/2 inches by 3 squares with the light squares on the outside. Shown at the top of #2 and #3 is a Checkerboard made with units from both strip sets. The seams oppose each other for "automatic pinning" because the seams were already pressed toward the darker fabrics.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">4. </span></b></span>Or I join 2-square segments end to end to make rows for Checkerboards that are 4 squares wide. Why not practice on the Checkerboard for Section 2 on page 27? If you're loving it, go ahead and make the Checkerboards on page 28 for Section 3. Those will be the next 2 sections you can easily finish.<br />
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From Marti Michell Template Set N, Product #8956, pieces #79 and #80<br />
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Select 21 contrasting fabric pairs for the Churn Dash blocks. You only need a 2-1/2 by 7-inch strip of each fabric to cut all of the pieces for the 3-inch finished Churn Dash blocks, but working with 42 pieces of fabric gives you a great opportunity to cut additional strips for the rest of the quilt.<br />
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Look at our strip chart from UK Flag blocks (week 3) and check your strip stockpile to get an idea what additional widths you will need.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1. </b></span></span>For each block, put the fabric pairs right sides together. I found it easy to cut 6 layers (3 blocks) at a time. Press and line up the fabrics at one edge and one adjacent corner of the fabric pieces. <br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>2. </b></span></span>Cut 2-1/2 by 7-inch strip sets. Cut the strip sets into two strips: 1 inch wide and 1-1/2 inches wide by 7 inches. (My strips are 10 inches long because I had several layer cake fabrics in the sets photographed. No problem, the extra 1 by 3-inch and 1-1/2 by 3-inch strips go in the stockpile.)<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1. </b></span></span>Take cut units to machine and chain piece triangle pairs into squares and strip sets along the length.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>4. </b></span></span>Arrange the pieced units and center squares into blocks. I stacked all 3 blocks to make the chain piecing easy. You will have one extra dark square from each combination. It is the
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In the photo below you can see that the third vertical row is being added to the first Churn Dash block and the second block is ready to have its third row added.</div>
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The pressing is a little awkward but when the rows are connected it should prevent your from accidentally making this block:<br />
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When the rows are joined, press toward the top and bottom rows toward center row. <br />
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Unfortunately, every block does not have a perfect pressing plan that creates opposing seam allowances on EVERY seam. When you get ready to join the blocks, you no longer have opposing seam allowances. Be careful as you stitch across the stacked seam allowances while you join the blocks.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">TIP: </span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In another project, you might try joining Churn Dash or similar blocks with narrow sashing strips and pressing toward the strips. They frame the blocks nicely and reduce bulk. (See the bonus PDF at the end of this article.) </span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></span></span><br />
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I promised a picture of Section 4 from the finishing section (page 29 in the book) and here it is! I’m really happy with the way it is looking and it feels good to have some of the units joined! (This is called Psych Yourself Up…you <b>can</b> finish this quilt and it will be your happy quilt!) <br />
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I made a couple of small changes. I like the UK Flags touching, not separated with the gray sashing strips as in Jen's quilt. I joined the flags and then added a 1-1/2 by 4-1/2-inch strip of my checkerboard gray (not quite the same fabric as my sashing gray fabric) to the right end of the flags. Then I extended the sashing strip on the right end of the Trip Around the World block to go the entire height of that block. Those two changes meant my size was still correct.<br />
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Next week we are making Courthouse Steps blocks. Then, in next week’s Looking Ahead I’m including tips for chain piecing checkerboard pieces. Jen tells us about making the checkerboards on page 25. The #1 tip: Remember that the gray squares in the diagrams are gray fabric or whatever you chose for sashing. The white squares are prints and for most of us, the prints will be darker than the gray, not lighter. So keep that reversal in mind!<br />
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In case you like Churn Dash blocks as much as we do, we are including a PDF to make a fun Churn Dash Checkerboard quilt with Set Q that we used for the Bow Tie blocks. You will see that the method we used for cutting and piecing the Long Time Gone Churn Dash blocks was adapted from this pattern.<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1kb8x47Ekb_SmJfdWNvSGcySDg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here to download the PDF. </a></b><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More About <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Churn Dash Blocks</span> </span></span></span></h2>
Visit these other Long Time Gone Sew Along blogs, too, for tutorials, contests and other info:<br />
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<a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/">http://gnomeangel.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.snipssnippets.ca/">http://www.snipssnippets.ca</a><br />
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