Misc. Prep...

Just did a bunch of prep today, cutting up paper piecing pieces and tracing appliqué patterns onto freezer paper... Also did a bit more of Bennington Cross...

T02.Bennington Cross

...still needs to be trimmed down.

Block name: Bennington Cross
Jane's Addicted block name: Stands with a Fist!
Original position:
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Jo Morton
Fabric/background: Jo Morton
Color Group: brown
Wave: triangles

Date finished: 10/22/11
Time: 3-4?
Pieces: 36
Method: paper piecing
Notes: did 1/4" s/a on the main seams, 1/8" on little, interior seams. Had to redo the top 1/2 of the cross a few times to get it lined up vertically with the lower half.

4.5" blocks: 7
Triangles: 2
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 9
Total number of pieces: 204

Watching "Cyrus" and now Dances with Wolves...

it's the cute booty shot.

perfect movie to watch
while making this great teepee shaped block.

009.Petes Paintbox

Block name: Pete's Paintbox
Jane's Addicted block name: Prussian Blue
Original position: I-8
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Jo Morton #3444
Fabric/background: Primitive Muslin by Primitive Gatherings / Moda #1040 (darker)
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 10/18/11
Date finished: 10/18/11
Time: 2-3?
Pieces: 25
Method: paper piecing
Notes: loving this background fabric. Fabric choice with a biggish motif like this might be better suited for a plain tri or a block with fewer pieces.

4.5" blocks: 7
Triangles: 1
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 8
Total number of pieces: 168

Took on another blue diamond today. First did the four (more boring) outside corners, then saved the center and finishing for this late-night session. Meanwhile back at the ranch, more drama. Lots more, including a revised plan for our "boarder" and a trip to urgent care related to a possible pistachio allergy?! And then there's the always-dreaded, never satisfying IEP tomorrow morning for which I'm now definitely not prepared... Something's cookin. Anyhoo, a bit of quilting tonight was definitely required.

Catch up time

some "blank TRIs" - these will go in between the pieced triangles. these are some of my favorite fabrics. I guess blank tris would be the best way to showcase favorite fabrics - as opposed to cutting them up for pieced blocks... hmmm.

Rainy, quiet day... Cut a handful of "blank tris" today and a few 1.5" swatches. Had the thought to make something scrappy out of the scraps but hoho I'm getting ahead of myself. Getting all cocky now that I have 6 whole blocks completed. No, but I know up front is the time to figure this stuff out cause it would not be fun retracing my steps through 6 bins and hundreds of fabrics to cut swatches on the back end.

Also sorted through the blues and picked out about 36 I can use for the remaining 22 diamonds. These will be the light to mid teal blues. I still have a ton of mid regular blues and a ton of navy. Then there's the blue & tans, the light blues, the stripes and the high contrasts which will prob not make it in unless as tris.

Someone else is using "Jane's Addiction!" should I change it to "Jane's Addicted?" or leave it...

Judie Rothermel

Judie Rothermel - Merrimack

008.Doris's Dilemma

Doris's Dilemma - Twelve Oaks by Judie Rothermel

Block name: Doris's Dilemma
Jane's Addicted block name: Daahh-risss! (love and miss you, auntie)
Original position: K-12
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Judie Rothermel's Twelve Oaks
Fabric/background: Primitive jmuslin by primitive gatherings / Moda #1040 (darker)
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 10/12/11
Date finished: 10/12/11
Time: 1
Pieces: 11
Method: paper piecing
Notes:

4.5" blocks: 6
Triangles: 1
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 7
Total number of pieces: 143

Cranked this one out tonight watching Project Runway. Love it - my only reservation is if the blue will seem too teal next to some of the other blues - and then it's making me question my decision to do the color waves. Will the blocks within a wave clash with each other? Since the diamonds wave is so big though, I can move it around so it will work I'm sure. Still, I'm realizing it's time to go through the blues and actually pull the actual fabrics I want to use.

the original block

Twelve Oaks by Judie Rothermel

primitive gatherings muslins

007.Church Window

Church Window in various Judie Rothermel repros.

Block name: Church Window
Original position: F-8
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Judie Rothermel's Twelve Oaks (blue)
Fabric/background: Judie Rothermel's "The Civil War Tribute Collection - 150 Year Anniversary" by Marcus Brothers, R33-2204-0122
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 10/8/11
Date finished: 10/10/11
Time: 4 meandering?
Pieces: 37
Method: paper piecing
Notes: changed design on border pieces to triangles. Watching end of pillow talk and little fockers.

4.5" blocks: 3
Triangles: 1
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 4
Total number of pieces: 103

Twelve Oaks by Judie Rothermel

150th Anniversary by Judie Rothermel

almost done...

The pursuit of happiness

This is something I picked up somewhere - not sure where now. But it spoke to me... I tried to correct some of the misspellings... I think I'll keep a page on here dedicated to 'happiness.'

The Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others you may become vain and bitter, for there will always be greater and lesser persons than you.

Enjoy your achievments as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to the virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love: for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture the strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars: you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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Felicidad lyrics