High Fiber—Accelerating Towards Halloween
Vintage Stitchers met at Barbara's this week. Her home was already decorated for Halloween.
Diane was working on a scarf. The pattern is called "Lacy Leaves." She just had a copy with her, and there was no source, but she said it was from a booklet with four or five patterns.
Marilyn has been busy embroidering with her machine. She made some dish towels, like this:
and this:
She also had finished this wall hanging. Just the binding to go.
Rebecca showed us this framed cross stitch.
and this table runner, using hand-dyed wool.
We talked about our upcoming quilt retreat in Washington, Utah. DH and I will be taking the trailer down, so we can sleep in our own bed. Others are staying in local hotels. I think most people will be taking hand work, but I may take my Featherweight.
I picked up my Pine Burr quilt from the quilter on Friday. Just the binding to go. (You can get a glimpse of the backing at the upper corner folded over.)
The pattern was "Pine Burr Made Modern" from McCall's Quilting, May/June 2012, but it looks completely different because of the fabric/color choices and the fact that I elected to make the background scrappy.
Remember the Kaleidoscope fabrics I was expressing my admiration for last week? I ordered 12 of them for a new quilt. I'm leaning toward "Fresh" from Simply Retro with Camille Roskelley. It's sort of a quick and easy version of a block that looks like the LeMoyne Star.
In knitting news, my first Pucker Up sock is finished and the second started.
The pattern is Cookie A’s ”Wanida” from Sock Innovation. The yarn is Knit Picks Stroll Brights in “Pucker.”
What's on my Featherweight: Binding for the Pine Burr quilt.
What's on my wheel: Languishing, but I have some yummy spinning fiber to inspire me.
What's on my loom: Multi-scrap scarf, no progress since before the trip.
What's on my iPad/iPhone: Finished Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen on the Audible app. Now listening to A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce. This book is an award winner, and I can see why. Finished Blood Red from the library, an actual book. Delightful. Now reading Cut from the Same Cloth, by Kathleen Baldwin, one of my new favorite authors, from Kindle. This is the last of the "My Notorious Aunt" series. Funny.
What's in my wine glass: Foxhorn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. Nice value.
What's my tip of the week: I save all those ends of bread no one wants to eat and keep them in the freezer. When I need bread crumbs, I thaw them, break them into pieces and grind them in the blender to use as topping on casseroles or any time I need bread crumbs.
Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals were harmed during the production of this blog post.
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Comment by Joan on September 30, 2015 at 9:06am
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Another vote for the Pine Burr! Absolutely a winner!
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Comment by Peggy Stuart on September 28, 2015 at 8:02pm
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Isn't the shoe wonderful? Rebecca is so talented and prolific.
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Comment by Jodi Cramer on September 28, 2015 at 6:40pm
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The Pine Burr quilt is stunning! I don't have any Halloween decorations but some of those pictures made me want to get some, especially the great shoe.
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Comment by JB on September 28, 2015 at 2:39pm
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Love, love, love your Pine Burr quilt! It was beautiful before your had it quilted...now, just stunning. Your pucker socks are great too.
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Comment by Janet/MO on September 28, 2015 at 12:19pm
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I too have to say that your Pine Burr quilt turned out fabulous. Love the Halloween decorations too. I should get mine out & get them up rather than wait for a couple of weeks.
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Comment by Carol Ann Hinton on September 28, 2015 at 11:58am
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Pine Burr is so special that you will be glad you popped for the custom quilting! I loved that one when you were putting it together earlier.
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It was expensive getting the Pine Burr quilt custom-quilted, so I can't afford to do this too often. I have one with Julie, but I'm going to have to stick to hand-quilting and pantographs for a while.
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Comment by Barbara Graham on September 28, 2015 at 10:58am
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Wow! the Pine Burr is fabulous! The Halloween things are very fun.
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Comment by Roxann on September 28, 2015 at 10:18am
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Love everything! Pine Burr is beautiful!
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Comment by Barb/WI on September 28, 2015 at 8:43am
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Oh, my gosh, love how Barbara has her home decorated for Halloween. So many great projects...again!
You should be thrilled with your Pine Burr quilt, it's beautiful! The knit scarf has such pretty colors. Love all the fall and Halloween projects. Fall colors are just so rich and warm.
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