tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51834168064662196552024-03-23T08:18:57.068-05:001893 Victorian FarmhouseA journal about life in Wisconsin, decorating, and restoring an 1893 Queen Anne Victorian built by Civil War veteran John Olson Wrolstad and his wife Mathea. Read on to see lots of old photographs, and read stories of the second owners Thomas and Maren Quien, and their children who filled the house with memories for 90 years.
Very First Photo I Took of the House Feb 18, 2007 - 30 minutes after we bought the house.Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-20897137022009423762024-03-20T08:19:00.001-05:002024-03-20T08:19:22.878-05:00Sleep Until Noon Quilt<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="GDGH316Hlws" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GDGH316Hlws"></iframe>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-438653144993251262023-04-18T20:00:00.001-05:002023-04-18T20:00:25.969-05:00<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="auR172KROoI" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/auR172KROoI"></iframe>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-27556992561624415582023-04-11T08:43:00.001-05:002023-04-11T08:43:50.428-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="6Sjv_QLwCoc" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Sjv_QLwCoc"></iframe></div>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-7133946945599762872023-03-22T13:06:00.000-05:002023-03-22T13:06:15.636-05:00<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="5M9Y-4RaMq8" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5M9Y-4RaMq8"></iframe>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-21315638764227592062023-02-18T15:32:00.001-06:002023-02-18T15:32:35.437-06:00<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="uOaLWP4BYAg" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uOaLWP4BYAg"></iframe>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-52534000132213111662023-02-18T15:31:00.000-06:002023-02-18T15:31:04.267-06:00<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="1CbsJsDO6Dc" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1CbsJsDO6Dc"></iframe>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-85613659226653290172022-12-28T09:58:00.002-06:002022-12-28T09:58:49.335-06:00<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="OJFabl2aRRs" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OJFabl2aRRs"></iframe>
Check out my queen size quilt - "Utter Chaos". This is my technique for building a crumb quilt block. So easy for any level of sewing.
Building 20 to 40 every day I worked in the studio--it finished pretty fast.
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In this video you can see me cut and sew a crumb quilt block.
Thank you for looking at my work. Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel. I am forever grateful to you.Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-34032835663486387822022-08-04T20:00:00.002-05:002022-08-04T20:05:12.526-05:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Skandinaven Treadle Sewing Machine, patent date is 1892, and the serial number under the front slide plate is 1,014,548. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Farmer John is doing some research for me, and he believes it may have been manufactured by Goodrich Sewing Machine Company of Chicago, Illinois. He has some reference books, and will contact me soon to confirm this was a Goodrich Sewing Machine. I understand from an article I read last night the Goodrich Sewing Machine company made badged machines for many distributors.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5jaCh_fhMtNWOFwhoBdRaMkysWbSmUoON5LfcRYiSeYkIWj2Ysu3dBCIZ_0SiQNG4CPL1vQApYcEyNKIt6xxAWU8YgaXfWrl1s_7pwRCpfep2de0E8nb1Lxmbsxw5GLExjwxFAvzEn91lUqv_oFY_48SUUzCo5TKqOj8Q9ZdK7if6MY-JaJ7m-fP/s1147/IMG_20220725_094421979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1147" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5jaCh_fhMtNWOFwhoBdRaMkysWbSmUoON5LfcRYiSeYkIWj2Ysu3dBCIZ_0SiQNG4CPL1vQApYcEyNKIt6xxAWU8YgaXfWrl1s_7pwRCpfep2de0E8nb1Lxmbsxw5GLExjwxFAvzEn91lUqv_oFY_48SUUzCo5TKqOj8Q9ZdK7if6MY-JaJ7m-fP/w405-h304/IMG_20220725_094421979.jpg" width="405" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This machine is displayed at the Eliason cabin now relocated to the Scandinavia, Wisconsin village park. I became acquainted with this machine only a few days ago. The coffin top lid was locked, but it was gently persuaded to open by means of a narrow flat head screwdriver, (the original key is missing).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVduwMXZ5o92RoA-BxnIiSpbmZouLJcABrGWwJ1sXlr5ezgChVYAxm7XxrygRxDbR3h2hwl7UUUEBQj7VFhYtvkPpIsOIYwgaBmFH0hyc4QkGvsYtSd_lznKZvZEZ5icJvi_QwLOkmPg0FNpuruAhgMgq_NmVDDODUc3B89jbmsUirhq-_jDcRPURW/s685/irons%20reszied.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="514" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVduwMXZ5o92RoA-BxnIiSpbmZouLJcABrGWwJ1sXlr5ezgChVYAxm7XxrygRxDbR3h2hwl7UUUEBQj7VFhYtvkPpIsOIYwgaBmFH0hyc4QkGvsYtSd_lznKZvZEZ5icJvi_QwLOkmPg0FNpuruAhgMgq_NmVDDODUc3B89jbmsUirhq-_jDcRPURW/w322-h430/irons%20reszied.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I spoke with Julie Hale of the Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa. I asked her if she knew anything about the Skandinaven sewing machine. She said she would look to see what she can find and get back with me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, Julie sent me the following email:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Linda,</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you for the photos. We have a sewing machine in our collection with "Skandinaven" on it (photos attached). The record states that it was given by the <i>Skandinaven</i> newspaper in Chicago. This was a Norwegian-American newspaper that ran from 1866-1941. Ours is patented Feb. 16, 1892. I don't know if this was some kind of promotion the newspaper did or something else.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have another sewing machine with "Decorah Posten" on it made by the National Sewing Machine Co. This one was a premium given by <i>Decorah Posten</i> newspaper (another Norwegian-American newspaper). "In the 1890s Anundsen arranged with a sewing machine manufacturer to sell his product under the name "Husvennen" [household friend]...a person could receive <i>Decorah-Posten</i> for one year and a sewing machine at a bargain price of $22.25." (Odd Lovoll, NAHA Studies, vol. 27.)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maybe <i>Skandinaven</i> had a similar arrangement with a sewing machine company.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Let me know if you have any more questions.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sincerely,<div>Julie Hale</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjt8-nYFz2_byGzdJ6J8BuZS_iwiRCOYX6FptS7HExTSdiblf8PE9KE2im_bqxJ3XLe_bNZFH65nclCrCXDxE_XQu7DpviCsa0aD_3XEi8-0JxAqQ3bBZG8oJGYvHzoRx_ve1ig94wmW1UOC12sAIPmWxDAIdpVhV_OGgRVQ7HppRNCr0Je02ohhv/s860/IMG_20220803_095447893.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="645" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjt8-nYFz2_byGzdJ6J8BuZS_iwiRCOYX6FptS7HExTSdiblf8PE9KE2im_bqxJ3XLe_bNZFH65nclCrCXDxE_XQu7DpviCsa0aD_3XEi8-0JxAqQ3bBZG8oJGYvHzoRx_ve1ig94wmW1UOC12sAIPmWxDAIdpVhV_OGgRVQ7HppRNCr0Je02ohhv/w283-h377/IMG_20220803_095447893.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeuPoJLqWTRONwCdhmLGIvDJj7fX-rcCKS-iIQypBYtbbkS2BL63h7GIN4psOIoxHHgq_XKDbml0NIvMCzN39OnuHQ3qWr5XOm5eD3O7zgQ3AbJWmM1zzomwH5kzcbLuyh_CEWsfNOK4dkzdd1EZ1yDQIB1TRQ2h-VjlbWJreZ2Uf4nmkuIusipyg/s1147/Skandinaven%201891%20Sewing%20Machine%20ser.%201014548%20mgfr.%20New%20Home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1147" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeuPoJLqWTRONwCdhmLGIvDJj7fX-rcCKS-iIQypBYtbbkS2BL63h7GIN4psOIoxHHgq_XKDbml0NIvMCzN39OnuHQ3qWr5XOm5eD3O7zgQ3AbJWmM1zzomwH5kzcbLuyh_CEWsfNOK4dkzdd1EZ1yDQIB1TRQ2h-VjlbWJreZ2Uf4nmkuIusipyg/w381-h286/Skandinaven%201891%20Sewing%20Machine%20ser.%201014548%20mgfr.%20New%20Home.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEvuDpH87Rf8Ti_YaQ9Bsp0KtHfUPGptOUqNvB9jjPbMKK6oTsaDrEcBcVFvHbYsLHCYts2qQeVuRzq8rYQNecZJ5sI2SKlcZcG9JRH0KAN3dgRTajU7-afXkzmODxtmPfTsxDlEeDMOZVZVGQmnTs3my0IDF-nTrxgg2Z9YLBOSFQGJlOIgst_OH/s1147/IMG_20220803_095415403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1147" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEvuDpH87Rf8Ti_YaQ9Bsp0KtHfUPGptOUqNvB9jjPbMKK6oTsaDrEcBcVFvHbYsLHCYts2qQeVuRzq8rYQNecZJ5sI2SKlcZcG9JRH0KAN3dgRTajU7-afXkzmODxtmPfTsxDlEeDMOZVZVGQmnTs3my0IDF-nTrxgg2Z9YLBOSFQGJlOIgst_OH/w417-h313/IMG_20220803_095415403.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gKU2gn6PpC3z6Rl7l_CYw0osNi-box7AQiFXVo3O3AePoqLfb5-Nt4rEUreH88PCAEo4IbW0CKw3ngPErWxk07aYoHOm5-6DxVqwaYnkl5dqEd92sIgKKMjehhC2AK7Jp1jXc0umu5ioWDYOVsMXF6_W4mPB0DtCgCwrestox3kkjxboLVEDEu-w/s608/serial%20number%201014548%20resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="608" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gKU2gn6PpC3z6Rl7l_CYw0osNi-box7AQiFXVo3O3AePoqLfb5-Nt4rEUreH88PCAEo4IbW0CKw3ngPErWxk07aYoHOm5-6DxVqwaYnkl5dqEd92sIgKKMjehhC2AK7Jp1jXc0umu5ioWDYOVsMXF6_W4mPB0DtCgCwrestox3kkjxboLVEDEu-w/w414-h311/serial%20number%201014548%20resized.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">My friend and restorer Jerry Johnson did the initial cleaning and oiling of the machine. I talked with him last evening and he said the machine is stitching beautifully. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next clue: the current needle in the sewing machine sews very well. I will be sending that needle to Farmer John so he can take measurements and prescribe a current-day match, so we'll have some needles on hand for this Skandinaven sewing machine in the future. Farmer John said, the #26 needle tubes I found in the drawer are not the correct size needle for this machine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveOerK8-DeInC2CrDbMp3Ko-N9k3c4Aih_LjzoJeeDy1ZcT6ymvH0pKvzY-PjYvgeQ7zYEOUf55wahQG0UCW43Bk1uPAX4YDfq4QWtQEpJTNmgjjdjFrSImD7lOF06BIJFCz6BI-rKzdV70Tnlnr-LlkUiOew_p2yJXyIjkhP4yD-BUKjJJE37Orr/s787/26%20needles%20resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="787" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveOerK8-DeInC2CrDbMp3Ko-N9k3c4Aih_LjzoJeeDy1ZcT6ymvH0pKvzY-PjYvgeQ7zYEOUf55wahQG0UCW43Bk1uPAX4YDfq4QWtQEpJTNmgjjdjFrSImD7lOF06BIJFCz6BI-rKzdV70Tnlnr-LlkUiOew_p2yJXyIjkhP4yD-BUKjJJE37Orr/w390-h292/26%20needles%20resized.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQcROtT1QrjnX2Rk9GftUgS2rNMn6fsBTayQzCuYS6YJgnfdK5UvJMIoGlFSactvr3-V0oYPh2IS3RyfUS-plp9WzGu1tlRxv3fIHmZkBKg4EdpH0_gAdEn-7A_g6EFezn4Jqi1Al1hEnls2SPOWJiJQIqlNGEan35FeySOloByn1_a83ciibOfTJ/s2504/skandinavenbuilding.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2504" data-original-width="1947" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQcROtT1QrjnX2Rk9GftUgS2rNMn6fsBTayQzCuYS6YJgnfdK5UvJMIoGlFSactvr3-V0oYPh2IS3RyfUS-plp9WzGu1tlRxv3fIHmZkBKg4EdpH0_gAdEn-7A_g6EFezn4Jqi1Al1hEnls2SPOWJiJQIqlNGEan35FeySOloByn1_a83ciibOfTJ/w319-h410/skandinavenbuilding.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Skandinaven - American Norwegian Newspaper, Chicago Illinois</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1866 to 1941</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Skandinaven was established by three Norwegian immigrants: John Anderson, Knud Langeland and Iver Lawson. John Anderson administered the business side of the newspaper, Iver Lawson was the loadlord who provided a location and facilities. Knud Langeland was the first editor of the Skandinaven. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above Photo: you can see on the side of the building: Daily Skandinaven.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H9diNrTzcqQ5GCnBAfSJAcNTR7qZzkMa47RbNAhg5LHUmU0dWJxt0R0M24F2JBC-awr5BHV6JbAUY_XPzNzfM1TF3wEJEuNKDFptTrYAbL5XPAGG2WRbO4QrRkOf_QgX-FZ4sAAYrrxz5vb2UbTb1WSv3oF64kmBGLkgFcrGT24382vezeCDrYUR/s300/7eafe3627b1c11a6eb6cb9e9db08e985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H9diNrTzcqQ5GCnBAfSJAcNTR7qZzkMa47RbNAhg5LHUmU0dWJxt0R0M24F2JBC-awr5BHV6JbAUY_XPzNzfM1TF3wEJEuNKDFptTrYAbL5XPAGG2WRbO4QrRkOf_QgX-FZ4sAAYrrxz5vb2UbTb1WSv3oF64kmBGLkgFcrGT24382vezeCDrYUR/w310-h413/7eafe3627b1c11a6eb6cb9e9db08e985.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-22238499539021037602022-05-02T05:35:00.002-05:002022-05-02T05:35:27.697-05:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MITg8D_a31o" width="320" youtube-src-id="MITg8D_a31o"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>A recent quilt I made with watery soft colors. Please let me know if you like this one. It is a queen size quilt made from leftover 1/4 and 1/2 yard remnants from other projects. </p><p><br /></p>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-69322047047212087232021-06-24T00:35:00.001-05:002021-06-24T00:35:30.962-05:00A Change In The Weather - Queen Size Quilt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw4BmUEsdG2ZA4OoHtOXVnJgECInuKXBWnFZgvkvxGXBcKZiEfHncHyVTftlMT_LiiYEBOBk7bhHJ1nhx0bSw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">June started out with such beautiful weather. BUT, the last part of June is turning cold. How cold? Was down to low 40s last night. I turned on the furnace.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Seems appropriate to call this quilt "A Change In The Weather". Found some dandy music, too. I love to dance. I tried twerking one time . . . Jon laughed and laughed.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-41511290158341848092021-02-16T09:56:00.008-06:002021-03-10T03:38:02.133-06:00Fabric Journal Cover tutorial<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCufQDaud_M-frI2eTdV3ybC4SiKUygbdjI0A3D-Jx6MUzOOypqmfYLQZLrziDgAVm-ISjEct4TBIpOG8p0RMa7MOnhXifAeHrjvFYDaGq3Cso8en43sLyWDi-7Ly0CHSy0seVRbSQvI8/s600/16+Fabric+Journal+Cover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCufQDaud_M-frI2eTdV3ybC4SiKUygbdjI0A3D-Jx6MUzOOypqmfYLQZLrziDgAVm-ISjEct4TBIpOG8p0RMa7MOnhXifAeHrjvFYDaGq3Cso8en43sLyWDi-7Ly0CHSy0seVRbSQvI8/w310-h550/16+Fabric+Journal+Cover.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><iframe height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nqVf_ATFl3BrBDneZ0q2XokBForfAN_b/preview" width="640"></iframe></p><div> Welcome to my Sewing Studio.</div>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-15544235276546648012021-01-29T18:11:00.001-06:002021-01-29T18:11:45.267-06:00More Scrappy Delights--Little Purses<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavoZKz27EzlKjqhWhtEWt5NvsAO_U7mfhGxbWL-Ny7ueBE8u7hUFyIac2duyXj1jgigcytvCkl0SNr0cM7TE6Qa8JEtNjsnDUIA8WtLJLepSHVznr5kkWhTDvDZkDv_crEDsw9ZupRI4/s475/450x450+multi+denim+purse+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="450" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavoZKz27EzlKjqhWhtEWt5NvsAO_U7mfhGxbWL-Ny7ueBE8u7hUFyIac2duyXj1jgigcytvCkl0SNr0cM7TE6Qa8JEtNjsnDUIA8WtLJLepSHVznr5kkWhTDvDZkDv_crEDsw9ZupRI4/w398-h420/450x450+multi+denim+purse+1.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A couple more padded, zippered cross-body purses made this week. Finished size 8" x 12"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Usually I harvest legs from pairs of blue jeans, but this time I received a nice piece of duck cloth with a multi-denim print from a friend. Not much difference in the weight of the cotton duck fabric vs. cotton denim blue jeans. A good experiment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From another pair of jeans I harvested a back pocket. Lined the pocket, then framed with fabric strips. The body of the purse is 3 layers, duck cloth exterior/batting padded/cotton print lining. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Padding gives the purse shape, and an appreciated weight. It is durable, and won't stretch out of shape. Made to look good and last a long time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I machine stitched decorative diamonds in a vibrant orange on the front pocket. And, added a hand-painted wooden heart. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The colorful fabric band (located above the pocket) was secured with machined blanket stitching--each spaced stitch bite has a hand-sewn 6/0 glass bead. I like using stacked fabrics to make a durable yet flexible carrying strap. I did all the decorations before add the zipper and sewing up the side seam. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The handmade polymer clay beads were baked in the oven, and later glazed using a liquid sealer (dipping method), and hung to dry. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My signature zipper pull: It is easy to string the beads on 20 lb. hemp cord and attach to the zipper pull. It is fun to zip a handful of beads.</span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuWyGLcoC8jYXuWhnC63Z0ZxoE7JasT2angwYW_cgwv0io3axScJuyLAHzVQ775hHnhkhYrR_IcaB1MxYtNk5PGXOUD1Du06h2-zIBSVFNrzQVMZvjQEDctFOh0KfBkMn3msgy1FZGPU/s466/450x450+multi+denim+purse+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="450" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuWyGLcoC8jYXuWhnC63Z0ZxoE7JasT2angwYW_cgwv0io3axScJuyLAHzVQ775hHnhkhYrR_IcaB1MxYtNk5PGXOUD1Du06h2-zIBSVFNrzQVMZvjQEDctFOh0KfBkMn3msgy1FZGPU/w419-h433/450x450+multi+denim+purse+2.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another purse . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My bead glazing method is quite simple . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztYOlkk4zMD4wHuSRiSs3TR68m1wGZOgB19xsgD7ydqAP9tntwmg3v27vMSEZKYNigyUwHSuhApt48mPnqGUP4qnBzKH7sYpp0MEPea7LNN2_nnbLr13vqY_qpMmoliOY_2dG-c5MpRI/s693/Resized+glazed+beads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="390" height="651" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztYOlkk4zMD4wHuSRiSs3TR68m1wGZOgB19xsgD7ydqAP9tntwmg3v27vMSEZKYNigyUwHSuhApt48mPnqGUP4qnBzKH7sYpp0MEPea7LNN2_nnbLr13vqY_qpMmoliOY_2dG-c5MpRI/w366-h651/Resized+glazed+beads.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Glazing Beads for my Purses:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Clear Pledge Revive It Floor Cleaner is a perfect glaze. Nice satin finish. I use a double strand of No. 10 crochet thread to string on the polymer clay beads with "smaller" plastic bead spacers. The spacer bead keeps the polymer clay beads from sticking together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After dipping into the glaze, I put a pin through the loop I made on the crochet thread and hang to drip dry on my thrift shop lamp shade. A plastic bag catches the drips. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for visiting me today.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-13115080301133401002021-01-13T01:07:00.001-06:002021-01-13T06:42:40.032-06:00Singer Logo - Denim Pouch<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNeoxdFAbrvInaOLK5sd8UxNfKscE0Yutd3lOR-wv8qefEswyGD2MtvkGZe1w9GcLqjZIsnlw9o8Q6uvRU7Fgs0DQOfMuuVimUhulVFwtr4J5S9oTPfxa4IFMSmil9fBKG-gXm9sHGd0/s600/Singer+Denim+Pouch+with+Carrying+Strap+Resized+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="337" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNeoxdFAbrvInaOLK5sd8UxNfKscE0Yutd3lOR-wv8qefEswyGD2MtvkGZe1w9GcLqjZIsnlw9o8Q6uvRU7Fgs0DQOfMuuVimUhulVFwtr4J5S9oTPfxa4IFMSmil9fBKG-gXm9sHGd0/w322-h573/Singer+Denim+Pouch+with+Carrying+Strap+Resized+%25281%2529.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I found the flash drive for my Babylock Elegante embroidery machine in the utility drawer. I hadn't used the embroidery machine in such a long time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the flash drive was a design file for a Singer sewing machine badge--a design I've never used. I don't remember when/where I bought it. But it seemed like a good idea to try it out now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I deconstructed a pair of blue jeans--material to make the body and strap. The pouch is lined with red/blue accent fabric, padded with leftover batting trimmings from quilts I make. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I cut (2) 2" wide denim strips--folded edges to the center and zig-zag stitched to make 1" wide carrying strap, 46" length.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Decorated body and strap with the red/dark blue cotton fabric. I hand rolled polymer clay (Premo) to make beads for the beaded zipper pull. Baked the beads in the oven at 265 degrees F for 30 minutes. Strung beads on 20# hemp cord. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And there you have it, a delightful Little Purse. I will have lots of fun/free video tutorials for you to review on my new website Linda Lu Sewing--to be launched in April 2021. 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And yards and yards of piping for the hem of the drapes, but the fabric being so stiff didn't allow for the piped hem to puddle. Bummer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh My Goodness--what to do with 6 yards of piping? So I divided the piping into (6) one-yard pieces and made tie-backs for the drapes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J3R10rV0MQuKN8gArFaxjjbWJM7oSIP1ihxvZhAFe9GB1UTStiZw9VoQk1jubJmLeIw2Ycv0Bj3IinjeA8K5YS_DTLpEE7m1VUruZfWH32HWIXzaooKrVYjmnMSG4opCSi9FZw-ofi8/s400/Febric+N+Bedrm+31+Dec+09+b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J3R10rV0MQuKN8gArFaxjjbWJM7oSIP1ihxvZhAFe9GB1UTStiZw9VoQk1jubJmLeIw2Ycv0Bj3IinjeA8K5YS_DTLpEE7m1VUruZfWH32HWIXzaooKrVYjmnMSG4opCSi9FZw-ofi8/w391-h521/Febric+N+Bedrm+31+Dec+09+b.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Detail of the fabric I purchased to make the North Bedroom drapes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me tell you how I decided colors for the rooms. First, it depended upon what drapery fabric I could find on sale. I liked this one the best. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After I found the fabric, I matched the wall color paint to the drapery fabric. The bluish gray sheer fabric also shown in the above photo I did not end up using because I found off-white ready made sheers with a matching pattern like the drapery fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I still have that big bundle of the bluish-gray sheer fabric. so I inserted it into the bathtub, with Slim (our 6 ft. decorative skeleton) and made it look like water covering him. On top of the sheer fabric I put some prism Christmas garland to look like Slim soaking in a bubble bath. It was really a funny set-up for our guests during the annual Halloween Victorian House Tour and Craft Show. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT09BaK_hb6lbZKroIz-P17Bz7LYWOAoQkp6I8GUBW1dz-PAnXCwEBJPSSzSeya7T7Kn-GZlyQ5ZE-z5I7CqWUfGa7vmDusMB_IXUlaYvh9H_7Aq9S897YHiKz3yBlcOOq_3UpVwVdHyQ/s800/Slim+in+the+tub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT09BaK_hb6lbZKroIz-P17Bz7LYWOAoQkp6I8GUBW1dz-PAnXCwEBJPSSzSeya7T7Kn-GZlyQ5ZE-z5I7CqWUfGa7vmDusMB_IXUlaYvh9H_7Aq9S897YHiKz3yBlcOOq_3UpVwVdHyQ/w452-h254/Slim+in+the+tub.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVjnYnAYWHSlew64jRVWa9uVdjsrgbHv4ZDaU7E5LciKVTpDj5bAbvkjXLqaVz85fASJ9LuyunYdEK90MrP4TOHxQ9jI7ecsjQVCIs54BpHyR4-A8BB92madTdhUdeiIRpQX54bOXt6c/s414/Detail+Slim+in+the+tub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(above photo) Visitors who stayed over too long</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hn-oxrCeMLd3KYd_-oZ_rvn8O-vvVpHbXiUeR7igZUnrJKxtzdziJpZri0dbNh6NbFQZJLt0sDbleqrBA1upEUrvjPu1StN9xaeFPcolKrrKMLY860eCkA8o96cwnB30Rsn8gN3IHgk/s400/dark+floor+n+bedroom+10+May+10+w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hn-oxrCeMLd3KYd_-oZ_rvn8O-vvVpHbXiUeR7igZUnrJKxtzdziJpZri0dbNh6NbFQZJLt0sDbleqrBA1upEUrvjPu1StN9xaeFPcolKrrKMLY860eCkA8o96cwnB30Rsn8gN3IHgk/w375-h500/dark+floor+n+bedroom+10+May+10+w.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6nCwZ5WIWK7Bxf4MqtZ5LcQlCseaOn4o_vU3EQgYwHu110rfOntWzahCdd6qqhnBS4u95jPNQ3WEocnuVWQuy9AzpCaHX9GFKYb2RI8fWcZFCkj5DnC0hHMJqZXw0z25pyak5IcliGg/s400/lamp+n+table+10+May+10+r.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6nCwZ5WIWK7Bxf4MqtZ5LcQlCseaOn4o_vU3EQgYwHu110rfOntWzahCdd6qqhnBS4u95jPNQ3WEocnuVWQuy9AzpCaHX9GFKYb2RI8fWcZFCkj5DnC0hHMJqZXw0z25pyak5IcliGg/w370-h494/lamp+n+table+10+May+10+r.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNo31C8bEyx72sYDpaYwIYU23bqI2D5OU7tZ0UF5v0BVG9k2xdAKuFnZrnw7UP9WF2QK3kOTMtQtObzQnWXrtvjqd0txWbDsDS30hOBQe389vbjacZ6HfCX1kfQUZJqGClL8Ot67Tl4M/s400/Light+fixture+N+Bedroom+10+May+10+n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNo31C8bEyx72sYDpaYwIYU23bqI2D5OU7tZ0UF5v0BVG9k2xdAKuFnZrnw7UP9WF2QK3kOTMtQtObzQnWXrtvjqd0txWbDsDS30hOBQe389vbjacZ6HfCX1kfQUZJqGClL8Ot67Tl4M/w330-h440/Light+fixture+N+Bedroom+10+May+10+n.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This chandelier hung in the dining room 50 years. I re-wired and Jon re-hung it in the North Bedroom upstairs. I took this photo before we had installed Crown Molding through out the upstairs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp9FT34eDJFBZhzYLCFgkHHheKtz3twhEHa58Z7OaFkTYTX6iJxIlXFKjV9KV1Wo1U75zM5wXoDzpYUCFj6E0RGfpJFNkfthv1V5KTeRsQHDEZwcoce0mPCU-uLzJQv-zOmYs1BTxZvY/s400/NBedroomJul09a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp9FT34eDJFBZhzYLCFgkHHheKtz3twhEHa58Z7OaFkTYTX6iJxIlXFKjV9KV1Wo1U75zM5wXoDzpYUCFj6E0RGfpJFNkfthv1V5KTeRsQHDEZwcoce0mPCU-uLzJQv-zOmYs1BTxZvY/w367-h489/NBedroomJul09a.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the North Bedroom after we moved into the house. I removed all the wallpaper (walls and ceiling). Jon drilled holes in the walls to blow-in insulation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We kept the original windows with wavy glass through-out the house, but installed storms and screens on the outside. Insulation and storms and screens were important decisions we made to keep the house warmer and cooler. And, it made heating the house more affordable, as well as dampening the noise from outside. Much appreciated diminished noise during snowmobile season (zing, zing, zing, zing), and mowing during the warm months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV1QVN79ET7odAZVX_y8hWmXrBWSIB8H-ZWKrBfR4PzfV_fEl_O1SezLc7gVe81YjLQpEIC7MdIuNc0Y5t61uwgeP9zWjDcU9XpQ4PHkZ4oNwfeiCVoRyCCWVY8oSnsCL_TiMxLFGFwo/s400/N+Wall%252C+N+Bedrm%252C+17Lx13W+29+Dec+09+a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV1QVN79ET7odAZVX_y8hWmXrBWSIB8H-ZWKrBfR4PzfV_fEl_O1SezLc7gVe81YjLQpEIC7MdIuNc0Y5t61uwgeP9zWjDcU9XpQ4PHkZ4oNwfeiCVoRyCCWVY8oSnsCL_TiMxLFGFwo/w432-h324/N+Wall%252C+N+Bedrm%252C+17Lx13W+29+Dec+09+a.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jon installed new ceiling and I did all the skim coat plastering on the walls. Once the skim coat was complete, the walls were as smooth as a baby's butt. Then a coat of Zinzer 123 primer, and two coats of Polish Pewter (Valspar) satin finish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYszfKSiL5PnoueZtfSPt67v7ejKjsZSMEL3q8s9eB_OBO4TtL6EgEWRmGwY4_6DzhedVXOD_5EWHEXJVLM9Pg5Ti6HYf_kInlhC_5lrrTGfDVam5bOaMMjgCQ3AVJCCXXamGiES7gyg/s320/N+Bedroom+24+Jan+2010+b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYszfKSiL5PnoueZtfSPt67v7ejKjsZSMEL3q8s9eB_OBO4TtL6EgEWRmGwY4_6DzhedVXOD_5EWHEXJVLM9Pg5Ti6HYf_kInlhC_5lrrTGfDVam5bOaMMjgCQ3AVJCCXXamGiES7gyg/w325-h434/N+Bedroom+24+Jan+2010+b.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIzeVbLEXS5QiNMGJU8mylOQdRrO4UrEeC_VfptqNFbAkz-rhacBCv8OFAnMWvVJBil_UbJtBubsCrSZdWqTmdI1x3wt4ygWgEebzaONrSQuSuY3OPaQjiOKt5fuQpkBe2Wd-e6l_zjg/s400/Tiffany+Repro+Lamp+North+Bedroom+upstairs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIzeVbLEXS5QiNMGJU8mylOQdRrO4UrEeC_VfptqNFbAkz-rhacBCv8OFAnMWvVJBil_UbJtBubsCrSZdWqTmdI1x3wt4ygWgEebzaONrSQuSuY3OPaQjiOKt5fuQpkBe2Wd-e6l_zjg/w335-h446/Tiffany+Repro+Lamp+North+Bedroom+upstairs.JPG" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I auditioned several table side lamps for the North Bedroom. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK_U9dXvpyHaAiRWzHO4eFolQ7pJnGU4iNadCaz75zyR5cVIxX9yYP-NoZ5bOy9ZqRkwW2qSA6blVdb1q7JQDd6cYVKjogrOv_n5TJd1Pqj1fOR1ZiWHSLPki7mkR9gPyQUaxwGPP1Kw/s1024/ToileLampTableNBedroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK_U9dXvpyHaAiRWzHO4eFolQ7pJnGU4iNadCaz75zyR5cVIxX9yYP-NoZ5bOy9ZqRkwW2qSA6blVdb1q7JQDd6cYVKjogrOv_n5TJd1Pqj1fOR1ZiWHSLPki7mkR9gPyQUaxwGPP1Kw/w331-h441/ToileLampTableNBedroom.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a lampshade I recovered with toile fabric. Later I added two layers of fringe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDwsrfeUlV4XIaB9Biq4swXGbGT19Zp2nFPksARI9XX5-pvsjhOiz_4Va_lozC8CjVjuvW6eF8umpBEVzlDJ9P6oOh7AWGXvzLohB_mJEVRnfXQnplVEwkxvDZBkSGO4rQdH9Y3BlAiI/s600/Toile+Lamp+Detail+22+Feb+10+b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDwsrfeUlV4XIaB9Biq4swXGbGT19Zp2nFPksARI9XX5-pvsjhOiz_4Va_lozC8CjVjuvW6eF8umpBEVzlDJ9P6oOh7AWGXvzLohB_mJEVRnfXQnplVEwkxvDZBkSGO4rQdH9Y3BlAiI/w303-h404/Toile+Lamp+Detail+22+Feb+10+b.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the lampshade when I finished it. You know--covering an old lampshade is quite easy. Someday soon I will do a tutorial on it for my new website Linda Lu Sewing that is launching in 2021.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for looking at my blog. Please leave me a comment--I'd love to hear from you.</div></div>
Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-66705407799958680932020-12-02T09:27:00.001-06:002020-12-10T19:40:28.050-06:00Making Scrappy Queen-size Quilts<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkUGS_Prjupj1RgnX1hAZsPasLC5kWtBTqFkP8aNrRHAYgTumOHcT8GaPE2e0rhxa0q6e_nm37DvZDV0GGEMMo7MebMltz5rs3C28cEFXKOp34kjMF-BWlLWlC7dJNgM_86zBksUxKzk/s700/1+YKM+Quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkUGS_Prjupj1RgnX1hAZsPasLC5kWtBTqFkP8aNrRHAYgTumOHcT8GaPE2e0rhxa0q6e_nm37DvZDV0GGEMMo7MebMltz5rs3C28cEFXKOp34kjMF-BWlLWlC7dJNgM_86zBksUxKzk/w452-h254/1+YKM+Quilt.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Delightful--that's what it means to me to go shopping in my own fabric stash. I intended to build a colorful quilt, and end up making 3 scrappy queen size quilts!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Look at this pile of vibrant fabric remnants I re-discovered in my sewing studio. Ah-ha! And they were just sitting there in the armoire for a long long time. Folded stacks of 1/4 and 1/2 yard hunks of fabric, waiting patiently for a second chance. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Quickly I grabbed up lots of yellow, orange, hot pink, and red. Then selected compliment colors for each: purples, blues, and I salt and peppered it with a bit of sage green, and a black and white stripe. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My recipe: cut remnants into 2.5" wide strips, and mixed thoroughly. I saved all the 1.5" cabbage and gave it to my friend Jerry who looms beautiful rugs. The slivers, threads and lint went to the waste management truck. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiey0TUnJVwvEfMixk_ivUXokdcdUxl339kWlBE5j0XhRTU5MSciCNHkJnnW_8T_beLiKRnqTEo2y7PtoIACwmIoo-2k37HUzg9RCT1gtWjcLf5fBhWQsTKaibIcNMmReuH-1DS47wEEAY/s700/Cutting+and+Squaring+Blocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiey0TUnJVwvEfMixk_ivUXokdcdUxl339kWlBE5j0XhRTU5MSciCNHkJnnW_8T_beLiKRnqTEo2y7PtoIACwmIoo-2k37HUzg9RCT1gtWjcLf5fBhWQsTKaibIcNMmReuH-1DS47wEEAY/w445-h250/Cutting+and+Squaring+Blocks.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top-right is the dwindling pile of 2.5" wide strips. I selected 6 strips and sewed them together lengthwise to form sheets of fabric, each 12.5" by 40". </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After lightly pressing the seams, I used a 10.5" square. acrylic template to trim and divide the sheet into (3) rail fence blocks. Since I didn't have enough of the fabric sheet to produce (4) rail fence blocks I used the "Leftover" to sub-cut into 2.5" wide strips (shown at the lower left). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As I continued to build fabric sheets 12.5 x 40 and make rail fence blocks, the Leftover pile grew and grew (see lower left of photo). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then my strategy changed! I decided to make the Leftover 2.5" strips into a separate quilt with the working title, "You're Kidding Me".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMQ8ZnXL9FojQwyqvGtd4Y-LLyzSpn88OsDvibHRdntLUODTkxc1DE_K2uKlJWjWT9IzQYgG-qAPqPfQB2PaL-kOjPkaUBAk3rO9POHJqdandREmNFLYAuky1ihCkSHIlzJdhMwO2Bos/s2048/Sewing+6+Strips+to+make+blocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMQ8ZnXL9FojQwyqvGtd4Y-LLyzSpn88OsDvibHRdntLUODTkxc1DE_K2uKlJWjWT9IzQYgG-qAPqPfQB2PaL-kOjPkaUBAk3rO9POHJqdandREmNFLYAuky1ihCkSHIlzJdhMwO2Bos/w290-h515/Sewing+6+Strips+to+make+blocks.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the countertop next to my 1992 Kenmore sewing machine--showing a couple piles of 6 strip sets ready to sew together to make 12.5" x 40" sheets. And way in the background is the Leftover strips to be sewn into 36-patch blocks. Still with me? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzHTRHpswuP56AxEnLpNjZxfX5Fm7ByGvMk3YkaDc-2RSiW2qNaf7tOFZD2nqqNjGPtZgMNxoxi8ozDRzdAWHYyB77ff2y52JsvbGHmVPyVJ3qJ_gide71nQSYnjlhsZnuRK0d6qh8W8/s711/Resized+photo+-+One+more+border+to+add+to+YKM+quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="400" height="607" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzHTRHpswuP56AxEnLpNjZxfX5Fm7ByGvMk3YkaDc-2RSiW2qNaf7tOFZD2nqqNjGPtZgMNxoxi8ozDRzdAWHYyB77ff2y52JsvbGHmVPyVJ3qJ_gide71nQSYnjlhsZnuRK0d6qh8W8/w341-h607/Resized+photo+-+One+more+border+to+add+to+YKM+quilt.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yesterday afternoon's photo of the "You're Kidding Me" queen size quilt. I added busy black and white 2.5" wide sash and solid black corner stones. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(Not shown) Then the 2" wide solid black border got bigger when attached to a 4" finish fabric (black and white coarse weave patterned companion fabric). Wouldn't you know, I was tired when I left the studio last night, and failed to get a photo of the finished pieced quilt top. I promise, I will add more photos as I finish the You're Kidding Me queen size quilt. This morning I am sewing the backing with an art panel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far--I sewed 106 rail fence blocks--and they will become queen size quilts. The sashing for those (2) quilts will be a medium blue, and a medium gray. I've already picked out working titles for those quilts: Saturday Morning, and Spare Change. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhmZa0we1YYYYevDQ0J_S8BGMtMfK25wHPCsP308DB54HkpWmkzP7hIZzONKyVjovq8qItVuui97gd0n7qdEtvB32zv98YrDqYaDtAT6ZShN6rk7kBmV6gFfZwE8x8_HcC7wBAGbi0bs/s700/4+Saturday+Morning+Quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhmZa0we1YYYYevDQ0J_S8BGMtMfK25wHPCsP308DB54HkpWmkzP7hIZzONKyVjovq8qItVuui97gd0n7qdEtvB32zv98YrDqYaDtAT6ZShN6rk7kBmV6gFfZwE8x8_HcC7wBAGbi0bs/w457-h257/4+Saturday+Morning+Quilt.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I want to tell you how enjoyable the processes of rummaging through my fabric stash has been. I haven't shopped for fabric in the last 6 months. By shopping my stash--(stash busting) I feel good about making farmhouse scrappy quilts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwl8pF2iAqs8Fd8_RfylCX50eDQ2L00mCcXlTT8uejkGNoLi8sCXvoJy0sziZyuS2jlO3E7Sv5j8La3E4MRbW9e14DeHDkA14eu08NW51PH6BE8nyIuDx6BauZjl37lq7v-rbM5ivm1I/s700/3+YKM+Quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="700" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwl8pF2iAqs8Fd8_RfylCX50eDQ2L00mCcXlTT8uejkGNoLi8sCXvoJy0sziZyuS2jlO3E7Sv5j8La3E4MRbW9e14DeHDkA14eu08NW51PH6BE8nyIuDx6BauZjl37lq7v-rbM5ivm1I/w501-h238/3+YKM+Quilt.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Above: During Construction--here's the first two rows of the You're Kidding Me queen size quilt. I pinned the 2-row quilt on the quilting frame to review and to measure. I wanted to understand and make decisions what I'd need to finish it. When finished, the quilt has (42) 36-patch blocks. 6 blocks per row, 7 rows in length. It's going to be 94 x 104 ample queen size when complete.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Updated 12/10/20 - I finished the You're Kidding Me Queen size quilt. Here are some pics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByijJplFqu-Un_2waaUWBcVljDkCXEm-tJbrMZ_qoWqou3Rz0A2sjYBU2j5HBN7OgOEgPG3Mlx0FY49fwdGsFQX2em9d3TF2BxrEL8nojQCoWioOHSKqCtJpKyidwpet_NM5Z8SVcuGs/s650/2+Resized+Quilting+YKM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="366" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByijJplFqu-Un_2waaUWBcVljDkCXEm-tJbrMZ_qoWqou3Rz0A2sjYBU2j5HBN7OgOEgPG3Mlx0FY49fwdGsFQX2em9d3TF2BxrEL8nojQCoWioOHSKqCtJpKyidwpet_NM5Z8SVcuGs/w275-h489/2+Resized+Quilting+YKM.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUece2BZGdMiLXzlywqMYGW9SmnozMf2DCKRDg5Lk-qhUfx84RvcxRk2UpoxhBk0L2p7WML8uiV9FhK85lPcqc8kM4gbZZwUsGVVdkrxCyl-F54J8GaWY54O69rq2RFt1g8o5HRh4h3Q/s650/3+Resized+YKM+Quilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="366" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUece2BZGdMiLXzlywqMYGW9SmnozMf2DCKRDg5Lk-qhUfx84RvcxRk2UpoxhBk0L2p7WML8uiV9FhK85lPcqc8kM4gbZZwUsGVVdkrxCyl-F54J8GaWY54O69rq2RFt1g8o5HRh4h3Q/w270-h480/3+Resized+YKM+Quilt.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhuoeiMzYgPhLTBtj5KWEXGkeDgAv9mpC8OWM477qgf8XBlX-wUOpVnejAwaJ_SerGlwg9jBq2nBpro2PhPEtoKKDC3e7mvrthxuvvNrRTcrsx7-i2k62vca9EPiiIFvcFTNPpKPU80I/s650/4+Resized+YKM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="366" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhuoeiMzYgPhLTBtj5KWEXGkeDgAv9mpC8OWM477qgf8XBlX-wUOpVnejAwaJ_SerGlwg9jBq2nBpro2PhPEtoKKDC3e7mvrthxuvvNrRTcrsx7-i2k62vca9EPiiIFvcFTNPpKPU80I/w305-h543/4+Resized+YKM.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRuktJIfJUion1mItdkMxGt6yvHsEXgrvcLHh120tMetogpA_F5WeROUB7Lj2zUw9m5Kph92mynxP4hmtlpQoNgofVjiKjQm07ahBUya7smgXC-6g0FcFT5ncznyC_pPYYO2eXbc96z4/s650/5+Resized+YKM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="366" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRuktJIfJUion1mItdkMxGt6yvHsEXgrvcLHh120tMetogpA_F5WeROUB7Lj2zUw9m5Kph92mynxP4hmtlpQoNgofVjiKjQm07ahBUya7smgXC-6g0FcFT5ncznyC_pPYYO2eXbc96z4/w327-h581/5+Resized+YKM.jpg" width="327" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9o56-HvNgu2K2T_98qwM1shbGM6KX-g7jC6oc7hIRAaOoh9mKr7NWU8W8VjHjJ2BtPh9Jy-y48RAV13qxrokmPBsK6zvqE4JfR0a1TYRmxvK7LZeSIL-LJbCXnJHat4oGPrYIlXstno/s700/Resized+-+install+binding+YKM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9o56-HvNgu2K2T_98qwM1shbGM6KX-g7jC6oc7hIRAaOoh9mKr7NWU8W8VjHjJ2BtPh9Jy-y48RAV13qxrokmPBsK6zvqE4JfR0a1TYRmxvK7LZeSIL-LJbCXnJHat4oGPrYIlXstno/w502-h282/Resized+-+install+binding+YKM.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Sewing Machines: My go-to piecing sewing machines are--a 1992 Kenmore, and a 1954 Singer 301A. The Singer 301 stitches very fast, upwards of 1300 stitches per minute--so I use a blade edged presser foot to keep my piecing straight and accurate, a scant 1/4" seam allowance. The Kenmore is slower with a top speed of 900 stitches per minute. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">About my 1992 Kenmore. I bought new machines twice over the last 30 years--and each time I used my 1992 Kenmore for a trade-in. What was I thinking?????</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BOTH TIMES I realized my mistake and went back to the vendor and bought back my 1992 Kenmore. It is the best machine I've ever used. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maintenance-Easy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every day I clean the lint out of the bobbin cavity and bobbin race with 3-4 stick cotton swabs. I find it especially important to clean the feed dogs using a straight pin to lift out lint build up. Believe me, my machine tells me (and shows me) when its time to clean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every 8-12 hours of sewing I install a new 90/14 sewing machine needle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every week I open up the front end, and add a drop of sewing machine oil to each of the joints of the needle bar assembly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I arrange for Miss Kenmore 1992 to be serviced every other year by Ken Ropson (Mr. Wizard) of Green Bay, WI--he's the best in the business. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for looking at my work. I'm off to the studio to make the backing for You're Kidding Me quilt. I hope to have it on the frame to quilt by the weekend.</div></span></div></div><p></p>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-87289102642211753302020-10-29T09:57:00.000-05:002020-10-29T09:57:10.007-05:00Evening in the Victorian Red Dining Room<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9L6_GgP1lBPMFFvg0N8iSfnWD807DsUwe1YrRqQGoQmZMS2l5RAJSN4ASypboJgqVUGJgcKmpR7xY24Lj7TKilXswFQw1a3N0KnElpe6a8lt5NNqUr_JfgY0Z8iWbn43FqiJIpqFmRJM/s837/1+Evening+Red+Dining+Room.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="471" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9L6_GgP1lBPMFFvg0N8iSfnWD807DsUwe1YrRqQGoQmZMS2l5RAJSN4ASypboJgqVUGJgcKmpR7xY24Lj7TKilXswFQw1a3N0KnElpe6a8lt5NNqUr_JfgY0Z8iWbn43FqiJIpqFmRJM/w262-h466/1+Evening+Red+Dining+Room.png" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Evening in the red dining room at our 1893 Victorian.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the west wall, you can see high school graduation photos of family. At the left column is my mother Lorraine, and below are her parents Earl and Eva. At the right column is my father Gale, and below are his parents Gilbert and Leatha.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">During our first walk-through of the house in Feb 2007, we walked around chunks of ceiling plaster that had fallen on the floor. I looked at the space between the three dining room windows and thought to myself, I could hang two columns of family photos there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My sister Pam re-designed pairs of store-bought curtains for the red dining room. She added fancy tassels. The curtain material bought had perfect colors but not the right style. Pam turned them into Victorian style elegance with ruffles, poofs, and tassels.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8u8odIQVV6vdlRXrXuBVUKREXz6aOd6tHZ335WAWp-sIKekDSHPR8dewofZ1zQrazBZt6QC6gEB3pTlKu7OhWzhdnwrUzIY1HDPLqWGHluOfW3y9Sg6wGeGZzWJGAFynZ1wXRuQQcIk/s837/2+jpg+Red+Dining+Room+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="471" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8u8odIQVV6vdlRXrXuBVUKREXz6aOd6tHZ335WAWp-sIKekDSHPR8dewofZ1zQrazBZt6QC6gEB3pTlKu7OhWzhdnwrUzIY1HDPLqWGHluOfW3y9Sg6wGeGZzWJGAFynZ1wXRuQQcIk/w281-h499/2+jpg+Red+Dining+Room+.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above: turning the camera view to the right, I snapped a photo of the west front porch door. A door with original etched glass featuring two herons. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCux-k3Uw9x1AGhbNgHuK-SEKwlsQfku55zBadQQdxwYI1L94j87NO9lWG2hSWbX-43eyM1jnjT0NYOfwM2H6f5-aBDO2Y-ffoItW5WPwvHgx1TOKQ_hfTzfTNUBd_-1TnUtjkpQV_zDU/s400/Red+Dining+Room+more.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCux-k3Uw9x1AGhbNgHuK-SEKwlsQfku55zBadQQdxwYI1L94j87NO9lWG2hSWbX-43eyM1jnjT0NYOfwM2H6f5-aBDO2Y-ffoItW5WPwvHgx1TOKQ_hfTzfTNUBd_-1TnUtjkpQV_zDU/w415-h311/Red+Dining+Room+more.jpg" width="415" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few years ago, I took this day time photo of the west front porch door (open), and showing the original screen door. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIjRl11G2_JyY81mTRhr2TMKbq1bDeHLgeJ-WsWkWgsnx786zjK2Fa35HCS1gHSvbF-kflkMurUKgfui8ClcpeV8vaL3D7viB0sHlnesw59kYzp7hyPMnJ_YfJt9PqmHkSvW8mXHpFvU/s400/Red+Dining+Room+31+May+2010+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIjRl11G2_JyY81mTRhr2TMKbq1bDeHLgeJ-WsWkWgsnx786zjK2Fa35HCS1gHSvbF-kflkMurUKgfui8ClcpeV8vaL3D7viB0sHlnesw59kYzp7hyPMnJ_YfJt9PqmHkSvW8mXHpFvU/w469-h352/Red+Dining+Room+31+May+2010+a.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the door that leads to the front foyer. Our 1893 Victorian house had no original fireplaces. The heating consisted of parlor stoves used throughout the house--well into the 1930-1940s. The second owners left information for us to read--about what a chore it was to keep those parlor stoves running to keep an uninsulated house warm during the winter months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought an electric fire place for the red dining room. It has pretty convincing faux flames. And, it just seemed a whole lot safer thing to do. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heating our House:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jon and I are the the third owners. We restored and refreshed our house over a journey of eight years. We blew insulation into the perimeter walls of the entire house, and added storms and screens over the wavy glass windows. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First thing to fix when we bought the house in 2007--we added a new gas forced-air furnace in the basement and a wood burning furnace right next to it. Since 2007 we heat the house during the winter with wood. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Six years ago we bought an outdoor wood burning furnace, and (sold) the wood burning furnace in the basement. The outdoor wood burning furnaces heats: our house, the wood working shop, and my 800 sq. ft. studio (total about 5,000 sq. ft.) and does a great job. Jon is busy all summer and fall sawing, splitting and stacking wood to keep us in warm comfort. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am going to show you the above photograph again, and compare it to a John Singer Sargent painting that reminds me of our red dining room in the evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8rCJeTI5EE7AklyueLsffg87ZnYvJgXy9_UC2O7hbci8C6oqsiuOjXA4rQ1fe81wIc7ad_hIaViftZI3lcclt9UaL4njx3zCJ-0jJgNWHT8kgg8e93AAKg6EIPukaA3yrCBVsk4dUWY/s400/Red+Dining+Room+31+May+2010+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8rCJeTI5EE7AklyueLsffg87ZnYvJgXy9_UC2O7hbci8C6oqsiuOjXA4rQ1fe81wIc7ad_hIaViftZI3lcclt9UaL4njx3zCJ-0jJgNWHT8kgg8e93AAKg6EIPukaA3yrCBVsk4dUWY/w443-h332/Red+Dining+Room+31+May+2010+a.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjEDz6T60WleJ0YhJ3gCc9IUtPffeHgDmpb4mLF62uGhVMABZzZUxmqYh963ifm2eaD2mThf1Gmh7yRqMwDOIngskz9H4KMc9vPSNDGjYAmn7yJdsESAjW5pdbl9l8X7KS0TCtEKRu4Q/s600/A+Dinner+At+Night+by+John+Singer+Sargent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="600" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjEDz6T60WleJ0YhJ3gCc9IUtPffeHgDmpb4mLF62uGhVMABZzZUxmqYh963ifm2eaD2mThf1Gmh7yRqMwDOIngskz9H4KMc9vPSNDGjYAmn7yJdsESAjW5pdbl9l8X7KS0TCtEKRu4Q/w469-h345/A+Dinner+At+Night+by+John+Singer+Sargent.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our little (faux) birds named Edgar, Allan, and Poe wish you a splendid Halloween.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7ANg727dDRxdXO57igPaZvO4EWYeZ5SWtDZaQjUuZ0X7CSLTdF_PK_MFvA3O5f5VCB79uzoB99KEVL2WFtEL21qF2fRKDDeJLhF6YbkuSnhGcYjOJOBRnP9plCzcLrH9rLP2wzhdjtU/s400/3+Crows+29+Sep+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7ANg727dDRxdXO57igPaZvO4EWYeZ5SWtDZaQjUuZ0X7CSLTdF_PK_MFvA3O5f5VCB79uzoB99KEVL2WFtEL21qF2fRKDDeJLhF6YbkuSnhGcYjOJOBRnP9plCzcLrH9rLP2wzhdjtU/w470-h353/3+Crows+29+Sep+2012.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I made this post today, to get you acquainted with our red dining room. I will be filming some sewing classes videos here--for my new series "Little Purses". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-84893183911902396822020-10-16T14:32:00.004-05:002020-10-16T14:32:48.304-05:00Handmade Beads to Make Bracelets and Zipper Pulls<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I make lots and lots of handmade beads,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTBLwNRbHz8xih7QYxTEQebQEsBrt26JcZRw30ZgzkljA1J_li3BQGpJ1ONmvWQ-fuzL9gzBwuVM6LUp9fKPTPleLuM9sz1pgxQZUtg6cEyxkBc-jNtvc0Ah28f0FdJ6se6RkBvTBrig/s800/1+Red+8+mm+polymer+clay+beads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTBLwNRbHz8xih7QYxTEQebQEsBrt26JcZRw30ZgzkljA1J_li3BQGpJ1ONmvWQ-fuzL9gzBwuVM6LUp9fKPTPleLuM9sz1pgxQZUtg6cEyxkBc-jNtvc0Ah28f0FdJ6se6RkBvTBrig/s320/1+Red+8+mm+polymer+clay+beads.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcY1w1WebKLyczjp8NCJkT46ndj9O8EoEERRMZ33xem-n9bm8we_FF-ii7nrbIUuD1GO0c1hzJ30qWL5apiIRPp4N0-95uyHOpE382UXfv73Ti8hGeaGByGoYcek8dcM6qVsURFSfs4E/s800/Variety+Blue+8mm+polymer+clay+beads+w+seed+beads+and+accents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcY1w1WebKLyczjp8NCJkT46ndj9O8EoEERRMZ33xem-n9bm8we_FF-ii7nrbIUuD1GO0c1hzJ30qWL5apiIRPp4N0-95uyHOpE382UXfv73Ti8hGeaGByGoYcek8dcM6qVsURFSfs4E/w408-h229/Variety+Blue+8mm+polymer+clay+beads+w+seed+beads+and+accents.jpg" width="408" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to make simple bracelets</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb67nNEq1OD0jjwLdMW0iQhTzD_LwJQDFubhjh-TdJpR6kaOCu_NdqS0zFupYiZ7lfSUJ__7AGke4_djBPJ6veTPew8DeOquZIHJnhjxXKBTO6wuBX5SVfuX52W_408QV-31PP9S0xhAo/s800/Red+Scrappy+8mm+beads+w+other+glass+beads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb67nNEq1OD0jjwLdMW0iQhTzD_LwJQDFubhjh-TdJpR6kaOCu_NdqS0zFupYiZ7lfSUJ__7AGke4_djBPJ6veTPew8DeOquZIHJnhjxXKBTO6wuBX5SVfuX52W_408QV-31PP9S0xhAo/w396-h223/Red+Scrappy+8mm+beads+w+other+glass+beads.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The littlest beads shown here are 6/0 glass (store bought)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoUSf7fQDvAQPVWhACYEI6apZBXncyHTv4xX4rzzIDPyPRyat32P57NdIyHklCnPFdIvT0MJmqS_-z7IXTuIgEkbtdAXYqVCv_76qb2DUtPVysFc59xEn8ftuhon9nyFuTr83SklJjn4/s800/Blue+Silver+8mm+polymer+clay+beads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoUSf7fQDvAQPVWhACYEI6apZBXncyHTv4xX4rzzIDPyPRyat32P57NdIyHklCnPFdIvT0MJmqS_-z7IXTuIgEkbtdAXYqVCv_76qb2DUtPVysFc59xEn8ftuhon9nyFuTr83SklJjn4/w386-h217/Blue+Silver+8mm+polymer+clay+beads.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, the larger beads are polymer clay beads I hand rolled and baked in my oven.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSJsJysBldVzJ1YfDd7hOSshcYftQSQrWAFwRiZ7Ow02ZoGj00KPSwvg_3oBY8PTGqUs30CdhC6d1bVA1qX4_zUrI0OnpxGP3wLGjFQ0-fbPkTV5XJyrgbLk3XNJaVDBgYQAMLy98D6Q/s800/Black+Gold+Gray+8mm+polymer+clay+beads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSJsJysBldVzJ1YfDd7hOSshcYftQSQrWAFwRiZ7Ow02ZoGj00KPSwvg_3oBY8PTGqUs30CdhC6d1bVA1qX4_zUrI0OnpxGP3wLGjFQ0-fbPkTV5XJyrgbLk3XNJaVDBgYQAMLy98D6Q/w369-h207/Black+Gold+Gray+8mm+polymer+clay+beads.jpg" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soon, on my new website Linda Lu Sewing, you will able to see videos "how I make them and use them" on lots of projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKrtqwccdNSQaZy0p-rJnZRmWgHkPEETNE1TAzgIGHZna73X6AEAttZr3sMzOy1TJfY976Hnv6Y6b4zj-oLJO0ZUCkQSyQzBEsbpJaSsV_0_S2OexIsUebDNt4ingn_sn1o31xoVgXgI/s800/Big+Fat+Beads+I+made+from+polymer+clay%252C+paired+with+6-0+glass+beads..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKrtqwccdNSQaZy0p-rJnZRmWgHkPEETNE1TAzgIGHZna73X6AEAttZr3sMzOy1TJfY976Hnv6Y6b4zj-oLJO0ZUCkQSyQzBEsbpJaSsV_0_S2OexIsUebDNt4ingn_sn1o31xoVgXgI/w358-h201/Big+Fat+Beads+I+made+from+polymer+clay%252C+paired+with+6-0+glass+beads..jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The largest beads clay beads are used to make my signature</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">zipper pulls on Little Purses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Below:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Singer Sewing Logo machine embroidered design; I sewed purse with recycled blue jeans, leftover batting and cotton prints from quilt projects. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBHvjGZwPBR15P8aGeie1b1-hFgFIFJhzq9bGCA88RbBFuY4oFCjNcHALIuRShPWdWSIeVrEMEBLtNnY0IMggLbUvfb3jVKQOlAaibYmT15X7Mbr44E4BKFcWNaRd26AHA5e-2L95n9o/s1067/Singer+Pouch+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBHvjGZwPBR15P8aGeie1b1-hFgFIFJhzq9bGCA88RbBFuY4oFCjNcHALIuRShPWdWSIeVrEMEBLtNnY0IMggLbUvfb3jVKQOlAaibYmT15X7Mbr44E4BKFcWNaRd26AHA5e-2L95n9o/s320/Singer+Pouch+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's much more fun to grab a handful of beads to zip open and close than zipping with that skinny little zipper tab.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll keep you posted when my new website Linda Lu Sewing is launched. I think it will happen in January 2021. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Linda Lu Sewing website will have dozens of My Little Purses available to buy, as well as the purse patterns. and "how to make" videos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp1oiptNQxQyatWxeN2ofyvC64lia8fPvs6kCOsA11ck_HKLDWyGpELvuaaAIR9_QSMk3FJc0Xpr6Y1-6iM5AT78-Ub2_dIDyfKbwYx1_l7PpfzYGrYzy7F7sHkaMCEg_20S6aGJaFsE/s1067/Light+Denim+Cell+phone+pouch+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="600" height="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp1oiptNQxQyatWxeN2ofyvC64lia8fPvs6kCOsA11ck_HKLDWyGpELvuaaAIR9_QSMk3FJc0Xpr6Y1-6iM5AT78-Ub2_dIDyfKbwYx1_l7PpfzYGrYzy7F7sHkaMCEg_20S6aGJaFsE/w256-h455/Light+Denim+Cell+phone+pouch+2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_ZlCLmjzwixeQ6zO0OWLKbswQzQs5Zg9gPzKYSMTwwHX15v26i2ZiKrxgEcFEFDPSf7hBtHMGgsSte7nheye46rtpJIJjpy-rJ6tijPhu_4Etq2lzMdAAatGeqCPLkeOptXiTEvHcP8/s2048/polymer+clay+beads+bunch+of.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_ZlCLmjzwixeQ6zO0OWLKbswQzQs5Zg9gPzKYSMTwwHX15v26i2ZiKrxgEcFEFDPSf7hBtHMGgsSte7nheye46rtpJIJjpy-rJ6tijPhu_4Etq2lzMdAAatGeqCPLkeOptXiTEvHcP8/w390-h219/polymer+clay+beads+bunch+of.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEO0YIBQ2m6vKLFkCI3YJ9xjS54p3ODdxH3iiYRLLiemlifSRYNssQPDrv_QV84NnlwC86VqmJeYWdDbpf3Xg2Bq_uXY7G6aPNlOyEmf_DgL5dsvf0jf2ZMowrY038oiAhw1I93N4iEw/s800/Wristlet+Trio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEO0YIBQ2m6vKLFkCI3YJ9xjS54p3ODdxH3iiYRLLiemlifSRYNssQPDrv_QV84NnlwC86VqmJeYWdDbpf3Xg2Bq_uXY7G6aPNlOyEmf_DgL5dsvf0jf2ZMowrY038oiAhw1I93N4iEw/w398-h223/Wristlet+Trio.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beaded wristlet straps for purses. I use handmade beads, 6/0 glass beads, and often vintage buttons. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't worry about the beads ever coming off. I hand stitch the snot out of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you like what you see, and will join me at Linda Lu Sewing website in 2021.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned for more information . . . and thanks for looking at my work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.S. - I just looked out the window--it looks like snow--holy moley!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-80525989208992531552020-10-14T05:42:00.003-05:002020-10-14T05:44:39.657-05:001930's Wedding Ring Quilt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gee, how lucky can I get?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found a beautiful 1930s Wedding Ring Quilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at a garage sale (one year ago).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Actually, it wasn't an ordinary garage sale because the owner was selling her collection of cotton quilting fabrics, and wools at $3 a yard! I spent a shameless amount of money, grabbing up her stash. Picked up all of her 6 yard bundles. The colors were yummy, Civil War reproductions, and my favorites by Brackman, Morton, Kaufman . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">People were shoulder to shoulder in the garage. I quickly filled a couple boxes, and as I made my way to the cashier, I spotted a folded quilt within arms reach. Marked $50. OMG. Hand-quilted.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6IGXZzg04Ba2GeB2PzuxyaMlqoeYH2K3WrplKCd3UbhayqNh11zfxAEp2hf9pYfYHhRhXLV15GFqVOoSVtnzr5imi5AaNb-J5zj280ForX6gWVsTSs1kaGWM_eQv7a9Om1rRiV1c8EI/s800/Wedding+Ring+Vintage+Quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6IGXZzg04Ba2GeB2PzuxyaMlqoeYH2K3WrplKCd3UbhayqNh11zfxAEp2hf9pYfYHhRhXLV15GFqVOoSVtnzr5imi5AaNb-J5zj280ForX6gWVsTSs1kaGWM_eQv7a9Om1rRiV1c8EI/w412-h232/Wedding+Ring+Vintage+Quilt.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fabric sale was one of those magical moments (when all hell breaks loose, along with my checkbook). Like a runaway horse and carriage. It was thrilling ride!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next Day, I returned and bought more . . . what I really mean to say is, I bought more than I had purchased the first day. That was a year ago, and more than a dozen queen size quilts later I still have quite a bit of fabric left from the haul.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Seriously, I make a dozen queen size quilts (start to finish) every year. Each quilt 20 yards of material: fabric, backing, batting, binding. And, with other projects sewn during the year--I figure I blow through 250 yards of cotton fabric annually. I sew every day because I love to sew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to my story about the 1930's quilt I bought at the garage sale . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3RgEt1hlEkF5IuYTL6YQLZawYBA8yhUp7reTpG-W6mEWgqiAVATI4bvg80U5raXgWuGgnVsNUdwsMtvwCvM7lHUztMblhJOmDhrmU0NeFzoW5WX2dhaOz_3d8x5clc2fmjeLLRT2nfY/s363/vintage+quilt+fabric+details.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="363" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3RgEt1hlEkF5IuYTL6YQLZawYBA8yhUp7reTpG-W6mEWgqiAVATI4bvg80U5raXgWuGgnVsNUdwsMtvwCvM7lHUztMblhJOmDhrmU0NeFzoW5WX2dhaOz_3d8x5clc2fmjeLLRT2nfY/w383-h291/vintage+quilt+fabric+details.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I showed the quilt to my friend Jerry who is a quilt collector and expert on the subject of antique and vintage quilts. I've attend a couple of his lectures on quilts. He's like a walking encyclopedia. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jerry said my quilt was mid to late 1930s, and possible into the 1940s. He spoke rapidly, pointing out the popular design work of stripes, cross-hatched lines, outlined flowers floating in a sea of tiny dots. Yes, lots of circles, dots, and flowers. Then he talked about colors, and names of the colors that were popular. Wished, I'd recorded all he told me about the quilt. It's a full size quilt by the way, and is in great condition. I love everything about it, especially the scalloped edge. I'm not saving it for a rainy day packed away. I use it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More Research:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found these fabric advertisements online</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoJ4tRiwi0YniG_G8YIuZC5glV0-9rFz-TFy5ndLd2pWHkf5iSyTpqaKxrZO1_XTSm3UI6U9JkAh2LAZ68rHAvuTUDmI6tr-idkXsQa91U8rUCiYgmrEBbF5tim8XYEjI_3Boa3ND-7w/s692/cotton-fabrics-1937-Sears-56-500x692.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="500" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoJ4tRiwi0YniG_G8YIuZC5glV0-9rFz-TFy5ndLd2pWHkf5iSyTpqaKxrZO1_XTSm3UI6U9JkAh2LAZ68rHAvuTUDmI6tr-idkXsQa91U8rUCiYgmrEBbF5tim8XYEjI_3Boa3ND-7w/w320-h444/cotton-fabrics-1937-Sears-56-500x692.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="500" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN0x3actPIxkzHBZrCbXmkNTTbRXwOzEZ12EC5Tvlhl4RQv2hgWGImTZT_-x-uXIWRjNygLi0ZKU3mkxBIqfQSQq3Av73wiYnzF9SDx3zlsEAG6Y1xM8-AweW60d04-Ehty6yIr4ZjGc/w310-h374/1930s-fashion-clothing-fabric-colors-at-Vintagedancer-500x603+-+Copy.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are more detail photos of my new/old quilt. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneydDCgrU7v6T5T_OrfzfpVsItAn6p67IPXAvdGGKozpQV47qSTpW0ioqsZQ5oM3nsKjsXsl7S5ocE77Yz_wGAt4UjU-pL74NlPU2vEtSsfV9sJH0Oj6fdtkYf4NdhvSsa8iqvTZ9uGQ/s800/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneydDCgrU7v6T5T_OrfzfpVsItAn6p67IPXAvdGGKozpQV47qSTpW0ioqsZQ5oM3nsKjsXsl7S5ocE77Yz_wGAt4UjU-pL74NlPU2vEtSsfV9sJH0Oj6fdtkYf4NdhvSsa8iqvTZ9uGQ/w467-h263/12.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've been building purses for a week (12). I have many photos to share with you now and more later. On an upcoming post--I'll show you photos (steps) how I put them together. </div>
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These (2) purse I made for a client. They are 9.5" wide by 12.5" padded denim purses with 45" cross-body straps. I've been making this style of zippered purse for several years. I make them in upholstery fabrics, faux leather, corduroy, wool and denim. </div>
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I like to play with polymer clay and roll beads to make zipper pulls. Another part of decorating purses are hand sewing big stitches with No. 10 cotton crochet thread, as well as big medallions of stacked wool with blanket stitching. </div>
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The padded purses are lined in cotton batik. The padding is leftover batting I trim from quilts I've long arm quilted. The first year I long arm quilted I was frustrated throwing out all those batting trimmings. It finally occurred to me to use the leftover batting to make beautiful purses and soft luggage (big overnight zippered totes) See below:</div>
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Olive green carpet bag. I made the covered shank buttons with a vintage "handy button maker". Its a big old heavy metal contraption that looks more like a tool of torture, than a covered button maker. The contraption uses big steel shank button blanks, and works perfectly every time.</div>
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Bohemian zippered travel bag. Made with leftover sub-assemblies from Circus Circus quilt, paired with navy corduroy, and lined with sturdy cotton batik and decorated with silver metal beads.</div>
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Blue Circus Circus queen size quilt (totally impromptu, a more is more concept quilt).</div>
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Ok, so back to my story about the two blue denim purses I just finished. Below is the second one. </div>
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Both blue denim purses feature two interior padded slip pockets. The twist is, one of those pockets is hidden and marked with a button . . . a button marker to show you where the opening of the hidden pocket is located. The hidden pocket is big enough and deep enough to hide your passport or folded receipts you don't want swimming around in your purse. </div>
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Since I can't do summer craft shows, I plan to spend lots of time making purses.</div>
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More photos on the way--so stay tuned.</div>
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I made a number of pin cushions, and put them at different locations in my studio. </div>
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A pin cushion by the sewing machine, at the layout table, and the ironing station. </div>
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Because I make weighted pin cushions--they are great for using 2-3-4 at a time to weight a quilt on the layout table so the quilt doesn't slip and fall off the table when I am trimming and squaring prior to installing binding. My queen size quilts are 92 x 104 and weigh about 7 lbs.</div>
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I am late to the game using clips instead of pins. I see lots of reasons to use them, especially when sewing vinyl, or bulk upholstery fabrics to build purses. No finger picks, for sure!</div>
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Photo above is Step 1 - Cut two 7" squares. </div>
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Step 2 - Divide 1 of the red squares diagonally. Set aside.</div>
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Step 3 - Cut a strip of fabric 2" wide.</div>
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Step 4 - from the 2" wide strip, cut 7" lengths.</div>
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Then, take one of the 7" strips and turn edges 1/2" and press. The strip is now 6" long.</div>
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Step 5 - Fold strip in half lengthwise, and Press the 6" strip </div>
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Step 7 - Place the other red triangle on top. Stitch 1/4" along the diagonal.</div>
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Step 8 - At left, press open. We are calling this unit "the top". The top unit at this point will measure 6" square.</div>
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Step 10 - on 1 side, with a pen make two marks 3" apart. The 3" opening will make it possible to turn the pin cushion right side out and to stuff it.</div>
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Step 11 - stitch 1/4" around the perimeter, except for the 3" opening.</div>
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Step 12 - Press the pin cushion</div>
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I fill the 3" opening of the pin cushion with 12 tablespoons of crushed walnut shells, (or fill pin cushion half-full). You may substitute dry rice, or dry beans instead of crushed walnut shells.</div>
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Good News About Walnut Shells: bagged crushed walnut shells are available from your pet supply store (reptile bedding material). Walnut shells add weight, and also keep pins sharp. </div>
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The remaining area of the bag can be filled with fabric trimming scraps, polyester toy stuffing, or hand torn whifs of cotton batting. </div>
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I closed the 3" opening by hand sewing with needle and matching thread. A whip stitch will do. Because I am using a finer crushed walnut fill-I stitch the 3" opening TWICE. </div>
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Here is the finished weighted pin n clip cushion.</div>
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Other designs on the internet: I especially like the longer rectangle, several strips of fabric were sewn into multiple seams. </div>
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Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-20272019626110771442020-03-23T00:25:00.001-05:002020-03-23T00:25:58.104-05:00Out of the Box 1952, queen size quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One solid week of rain. Lots of mud in the driveway, which is also the path to my sewing studio. With all the mud--I was mopping the studio floor every day. Enough of that!</div>
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Last week I took my 400+ pile of 3.5" squares to the dining room in the house and began to sew.</div>
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I sewed the 3.5" squares into (100+ ) 4-patch blocks. All of the squares were leftovers from the last two quilts: "Stay In Your Own Lane" and "Seeing Red". DH Jon picked out the neutral sashing fabric.</div>
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Waiting for the driveway to dry up a bit--I was able to piece four rows of the quilt at my dining room table. The dining room light isn't the best, and photographs differently than in the studio. </div>
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Finally, I was able to return to the sewing studio to finish the quilt assembly. 9 blocks per row, 10 rows. Natural daylight in the studio shows the real colors.<br />
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I offered these 2 photos to a client, asking her which one of these fabrics she likes best for the backing fabric. She chose the soft botanical fabric on the right, and it is incorporated into the border as well.<br />
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How I decided the working title for this quilt. The 4-patch blocks reminded me of boxes (not hard to see that). And then . . . </div>
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I came across a 1952 photo of me. Great grandma put me in a box, balanced on a metal stool, to take my picture. In the background is grandpa at the door, ready to save me if I got to moving around too much in the box during the photo shoot. Seeing this photo--gave me a working title for my quilt: Out of the Box 1952. Maybe I should have called it, "I Stayed In the Box 1952".</div>
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Other Items I Sewed During the Week: </div>
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3 hand -sewn collapsible scrappy thread catchers. A purse--now ready to add 6/0 bead embellishments, and an example of one of 10 face masks I made. I gave some to the neighbors, and to my MIL Betty and her friend. Some for Jon and me. Extras for friends.</div>
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Each face mask takes 14" of 1/4" flat elastic for ear loops x 10 masks = 140 inches. Divided by 36" = just under 4 yards of elastic. I was surprised how easy it is to blow through all the elastic I had on hand. </div>
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I ordered another 70 yards, but delivery won't happen until May 1. I've given some thought to making "around the head straps featuring tabs of velcro. I have lots of velcro. I don't know if it will work--but I will try.</div>
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Also in the photo, at the left--you can see an annual stock report-booklet filled with tissue-like pages. I was going to use the pages for a paper mache project, but I've changed my mind. </div>
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The stock market may have faded, but I will use the pages as foundation piecing for fabric strips--to build a strong vibrant string quilt. I shall call it, "Crazy Little String Called Love." </div>
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Be strong in the days ahead. Be well. Wash thy hands often. </div>
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Mrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-9998799563547844922020-02-24T10:42:00.005-06:002020-02-24T10:48:56.638-06:00Stay In Your Own Lane - a queen size quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I still have lots of 3.5" squares leftover from the White Star quilt. </div>
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Quirky neutrals feature some fish, porcupines, butterflies, daisies, wheels, dots n dashes, stripes, feathers, assorted other florals, stars, checks and one that looks like black and yellow corn cob pattern). </div>
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I combined those 3.5" squares with 5.5" and 7.5" squares and 4 similar white print fabrics for sashing. The result is a low volume quilt. I call my version of this multi-square quilt, Stay In Your Own Lane.</div>
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Row one: 3" sashing with 3.5" squares (17 squares). Repeated 5 rows. First Section.</div>
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I assembled first section, and added first row of the 5.5" squares. Draping it over the bars of the long arm machine is a good way to check distribution of prints and barely there contrast of colors. </div>
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The studio lights come on in the late afternoon, hence the photos become a little yellowed. The prior photo presents the real white background. I added this photo, because I added a 5th row of small 3.5" squares at the top, and a 5th row of medium 5.5" squares to the bottom (fleshing out the quilt to achieve a queen size). </div>
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Finished the long arm quilting (free style feathers and swirls), and rolling it off the frame to photograph. </div>
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A traffic jam of small 3.5", 5.5" squares, and 7.5" squares--all left over squares from the Seeing Red Quilt and White Star Quilt. And get this, I still have more of these squares to sew into my next quilt. In my brain I see 4-patch units and perhaps a light gray or blue sashing. What do you think? </div>
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Please notice the bottom of the quilt, where I put a row of flying geese units, top and bottom of the quilt to extend its length. If the squares represent small medium and large vehicles, perhaps the flying geese triangles represent turn signals--commanding each vehicle to "Stay In Your Own Lane". Ha. Ha. What silliness, just to remember each quilt by giving them a fun name!</div>
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I shall sew on my 1992 Kenmore forever. I keep her clean inside, and well oiled. The bobbin race (black thingy) wore out and was replaced once. I do have other vintage and antique machines to piece quilts. My favorite piecing machines are: 1939 Featherweight, 1954 Singer 301, 1951 Singer 201, and this 1992 Sears Kenmore I bought new. </div>
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The 301 is the fastest "sewing" machine I have, but it has a little bobbin like the Featherweight. Both of those machines are light weight aluminum--the 301 about 15 lbs., and the tiny Featherweight 11.25 lbs. The 301 is not the sister of the Featherweight as some incorrectly call it. The 301 is the first slant needle machine Singer offered. </div>
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I have a friend who finely cleaned, adjusted, and oiled his 301s to sew 1300 stitches per minute. I don't know how fast my 301 runs, all I can say is--it sews like warm butter on glass. </div>
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Update on my Sewing Machine Collection: I had 80 sewing machines in January 2019 and by the end of the year I thinned the herd down to 50. </div>
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The finished quilt is 94 x 102" Thanks for looking at my work.</div>
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My first show of 2020 is a Saturday/Sunday May 23-24 Memorial Weekend at the Rising Star Mill Arts Show and Craft Sale in Nelsonville, WI. I will be there selling my queen size quilts, quilted 54" long body pillows, padded fancy wool and denim beaded purses, farmhouse over-sized potholders, clip-on padded cell phone carriers, sachet hearts filled with lavender buds, and more. </div>
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At the show I'll be demonstrating hand crank sewing machines. I have several Singer 12 hand cranks for sale, c.1884-1887, as well as a Singer 12K Ottoman hand crank dated 1898. And, if you are interested in acquiring one or more Singer Featherweights--please let me know. I'll bring a couple along. See you in Nelsonville, WI at the Rising Star Mill Arts Show an Craft Sale, Memorial Weekend, May 23-24.</div>
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Black and Winter White Quilt - November 2019<br />
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It is challenging to free style stitch on a busy print (light) background. Tough to see where I was stitching. Muscle memory gives me the confidence to stitch feathers on a serpentine line and make them consistently uniform (shape, size, spacing). </div>
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You see, its like driving a car in the fog--as I guide the machine with my right hand, I am constantly feeling along the serpentine line with my left hand to lay down the feathers. </div>
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Sleep Until Noon Quilt - November 2019</div>
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I didn't have a minute to spare, and as soon as the Black and Winter White quilt was hemmed, I started on the Sleep Until Noon Quilt. Lots of brown, blues, reds. And I quilted a body pillow cover to go with it. </div>
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Above is the finished quilt and body pillow. </div>
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Then I built the Blueflower Quilt. The dark border fabric features ghost-like images of dandelion-like flowers and leaves. I pulled lots of dark blue, gray-blue, light gray, and taupe fabrics for the blocks with accent center squares of reds, golds, orange, etc.</div>
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Built this quilt during the first week of January, 2020</div>
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Reverse side of the finished Blueflower quilt</div>
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I finished the White Star Quilt January 23. Lots and lots of seams and it took a long time to build. A gazillion flying geese assemblies to make the white star and I confess I made way more geese than required for the quilt. I chose ivory cotton print for the sashing and the backing. </div>
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I became interested in "Low Volume" fabrics after reading several articles. As an artist I would call it low value to be more accurate. </div>
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So, let's just say--I think they call these neutral fabrics low volume because its like turning down the volume on your TV until you barely hear it. </div>
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It is a light, calm, airy, quiet quilt.</div>
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Continuing on with the light, airy quilts , I built another low volume quilt (neutrals) with just enough red . . . not too much red . . . just enough showing until I could appreciate the red without over doing it. Hence, I named this quilt "Seeing Red". It is all that, plus it's very scrappy. A real nice farmhouse queen size quilt.</div>
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This quilt grew into an extra wide, extra long (ample queen) with a 17" drop</div>
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Red gingham, red mattress ticking cotton print, other red prints. And some quirky hidden critters in the low volume fabrics; 2 fish fabrics, 2 kitty-cats fabrics, porcupines, and butterflies. </div>
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I threw into the mix some framed diamond blocks (made from leftover flying geese assemblies from the White Star quilt). Note: lower left of the photo is the bug-eyed fish fabric.</div>
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My intention on Monday this week (first week of February 2020) was to create a quilt with a range of purple accents on a gray and white field. I build the first block and didn't like it at all. Oh well, that happens. I will end up making a table runner out of it by adding a couple more blocks, then long arm quilt it.</div>
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So the rest of Monday I was cleaning, and sorting fabrics in the studio, when low and behold I found a stack of 25 blocks left over from building the Blues Yo Yo quilt 5 years ago. </div>
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I giggled looking at those 25 blocks--remembering I'd sewn yo-yos with buttons in the center of each block.</div>
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Let me show you the quilt I'm building with those blocks . . . called "Button Up" quilt.</div>
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Now then, 25 blocks doth not make a queen size quilt. My plan worked out well to alternate with plain fabric blocks (like I did on the Seeing Red farmhouse quilt). </div>
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Started assembling the "Button Up" quilt Tuesday. Wednesday I had 3 rows assembled--half of the quilt. </div>
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When I left the studio late afternoon Wednesday the last half of the quilt was nearly complete. Three more rows pinned, fan-folded, and ready to take to the sewing machine. </div>
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Thursday (tomorrow) I'll sew the backing with an art panel. Then add compound borders around the perimeter to flesh it out to the requisite size of 92" x 104. </div>
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I hope to have the quilt loaded on the frame Friday for the long arm quilting, then prep and install binding and hemming on Saturday. </div>
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I don't want to forget to show you the quilt I built 5 years ago with the same button yo-yo blocks. I called that quilt "Blues Yo-Yo"quilt. Same blocks, but looks much different with white and turquoise/blue sashing. For some reason I only have 3 photos of the Blues Yo-Yo quilt.</div>
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When I built the Blues Yo Yo quilt in 2015, I was reading Kaylee Porter's Graffiti Quilting Booking, and watching her YouTube videos. </div>
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Sunday, I'd like to start "Stay In Your Own Lane" quilt. I have two versions of it in my mind. But, the first quilt will have to be scrappy to incorporate lots leftovers from the last three quilts. The other version will be low volume prints, and modern. I'm rolling my eyes, talking to myself, "can pull off a modern quilt?" We will see, we will see.</div>
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Last, I want to say February and March I will continue to build queen size quilts. In April I will make purses, table runners, potholders, cell phone carriers, and padded fabric covered writing journals. Getting ready for my first show Memorial weekend:</div>
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Lots of artists selling their items, good food, live music. A great show.</div>
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Besides selling my things at the Rising Star Mill Art Show, I'll be demonstrating sewing on antique hand crank sewing machines. Come visit and sit with me. Try you hand at hand crank sewing. It's a hoot. </div>
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June 13, 2020 DH Jon and I are hosting the Victorian Sweatshop Forum Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio Sewing Machine Extravaganza at my Victorian home in Scandinavia, Wisconsin. This is a sewing machine clinic where you can have your vintage or antique sewing machines cleaned, oiled, and fussed over by expert restorers at no charge. Anyone can attend. </div>
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We meet once a year for a cookout and fun. And, if you are interested in buying a fully restored machine with history, this event is for you. In the afternoon, we will have sewing machine races in 3 categories: hand crank, treadle, and electric. Prizes! Popcorn is served during the races! And great snacks all day long. Mark you calendar. See you there, or be square.</div>
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UPDATE: Due to the world pandemic, I've cancelled the June 13, 2020 Sewing Machine Extravaganza at my Victorian home in Scandinavia, Wisconsin. We hope to re-schedule the event for June of 2021.</div>
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All my summer 2020 shows are cancelled. I made 10 queen size quilts since January. I guess they will sit in storage until next year's shows. I love making and selling my quilts. If you see one you like, please let me know. I think you will be amazed how affordable they are. Thank you for looking at my work.</div>
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Please nudge me, I have a Pfaff 11 hand crank sewing machine circa 1938 to show you. I bought it last year at the Sewing Machine Extravaganza, but I haven't done any deep cleaning, oiling, and such. I've been trimming down my herd of sewing machines, but slipped up and bought two more machines. I'm addicted. When I see a sewing machine I've never seen before, I just get weak in the knees. Ha. Ha.</div>
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In the 1850s Norwegian immigrants received land parcels from
the U.S. government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cleared the land and settled<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the a community they named Scandinavia,
Wisconsin located on the South Branch of the Little Wolf River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They became farmers, loggers, and tradesmen. </div>
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April 28, 1854 a group of Norwegian settlers gathered for a
meeting in the cabin of Hans Jacob Eliason to discuss what to name their
village.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One man suggested Danger, using
the name of the Eidanger Parish in Norway where many of the settlers came
from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much to their surprise<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a Swedish attorney present<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Dreutzer informed the group 'Danger"
in English means Dangerous Town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before
the evening was over, the group agreed to name their village Scandinavia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>Saturday and Sunday, Dec 7 & 8, you can tour my home</b>--the John
Wrolstad Victorian house at 255 Mill St., in Scandinavia from 10a until
5p.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The home was built in 1893 by
Norwegian immigrant John Olson Wrolstad, on land originally acquired by
Norwegian immigrant Peter Christiansen Gurholt in 1854.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Original homeowner Wrolstad served in the U.S. Civil War and
owned a successful logging business and flour mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second owners were Thomas and Maren Quien
family who owned the house for 90 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently the house is owned by Jon and Linda Durrant who restored the
house over 8 eight years.</div>
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During the tour, you can review<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the house's Queen Anne architecture--wrap
around front porch, turned columns, bay windows, cutaways, and corbels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house has faux bois woodwork--considered
lavish at that time, having artisans paint woodwork to look like quarter sawn
oak, walnut, and mahogany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Windows and
door frames are decorated with Eastlake spoon carved flower blocks, fluted
rails and stiles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You'll see original
pocket doors, fancy wood spandrels, etched glass doors with herons, and a
stairway stained glass window filtering colorful lights on the foyer
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Jon and I invite you to join us Dec 7 & 8 to
celebrate our Victorian house's 126th birthday, with refreshments, and a
Christmas Craft Show on site, featuring handmade items for sale.</div>
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Quilts, purses, loomed rugs, chocolates, vintage and antique sewing machines, jewelry, Christmas decorations, fresh bakery fancy aprons, teas, infused oils, jams, jellies, salsas, pickles and much more. Plenty of Parking. A $2 per person admission at the door goes directly to the Humane Society of Waupaca County.</div>
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While visiting Scandinavia, Wisconsin--our local businesses welcome you for lunch and more Christmas shopping on Main Street: Sliced (pizza), ScandiHus, Trout Bum Bakery, Country Chic Boutqiue, and Adeline's Antiques. </div>
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