Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Feb 8, 2012, 11:58 pm
I'm away from my sewing machine for a few days. But I hate the thought of not being able to do any quilting at all until the weekend.  So I did some hunting for projects I've wanted to start, and decided that this is my next project.  I've looked at cathedral window projects for a while, but never...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Feb 6, 2012, 2:18 pm
I originally posted this on Jan 2.  Sad to say, there have been no changes at all in the progress on Orca Bay since then.  So, this is all I can show for Bonnie's last Orca Bay link up.  The good news is, I am taking this quilt with me to the Patchwork Times retreat next week. ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Feb 6, 2012, 5:33 am
 I made 2 quarter blocks for Dancing with the Stars yesterday.  They looked wonderful, and I was happy to be off to a good start on the block the month quilt.  It's really too bad that this is not what the blocks were actually supposed to look like :( A couple of seams undone, and voi...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Feb 5, 2012, 9:04 am
I can't count much actual usage this week.  But I'm starting to get myself organized for the Patchwork Times quilt retreat mid-month.  So yesterday I bought the rest of the fabric I needed for the February colour palette challenge, and I designed the quilt top that will use all those beautiful col...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Feb 4, 2012, 6:04 pm
Colours for the February colour challenge have now been selected.  And I cut them all up into strips, ready to take with me to the Patchwork Times retreat later this month.  Pattern and fabric are all packed up.  It would be a challenge to keep my hands off th...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Feb 3, 2012, 4:37 pm
The palette for the February colour challenge is out, so I went rooting through my stash yesterday to see if I could come up with a set of fabrics in the appropriate colours. I thought I had found a good match for all the colours, but now that I have everything on my computer I see...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 31, 2012, 9:48 pm
My January UFO quilt is complete - with 2.5 hours to spare :)  My sore finger made this a bit of a challenge, but I was determined to have this UFO off the list on time this month. I designed this quilt in the fall, with the goal of using up the pink and flower fabrics that I had in my stash....
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 30, 2012, 7:38 am
My design wall is looking pretty lonely today.  The two quilts I was working on have both come down for quilting, and all that's left are the BOM blocks.  And I can't even show progress there, because I haven't done this month's block yet. But, the January UFO quilt is quilted!  Now i...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 29, 2012, 8:18 am
I finally have some usage to report for this year!  The January colour challenge used 2 yards of fabric this week.  And I basted 2 quilts last night - the backing for those is another 3 yards. totals for this week: 5 yards out 0 yards in Total for the year: 5 yards ou...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 28, 2012, 9:59 pm
The top for my January colour challenge is done, and ready for quilting.  This was an interesting pallet to work with - not something I would have chosen on my own, but I like the end result. This probably won't get quilted before the end of the month. First I need to quilt my Jan...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 23, 2012, 7:23 am
My design wall is busy today.  I got started on my January colour challenge this afternoon, and it is coming along quickly.  That's the blue/burgundy/green in the lower left.  This is one of the quilts in the calendar I received at Christmas and I decided it was just right for this mo...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 22, 2012, 9:22 am
Still nothing to report in my stash.  But nothing in this week, either.  Check out yesterday's post to see what I have been up to - finally back in the swing and I hope to have actual usage to report next week, finally.  For now, my report is the same as last week: 0 yards out 28 yards in ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 21, 2012, 10:09 pm
My guest room has turned back into a sewing room today.  It took me 4 days, but I finally put everything away and setup the ironing board and sewing machine again.  And, I even sat down and did some work.  First, the Blogger's block of the month for December.  A bit late, but the next one isn't ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 16, 2012, 10:33 am
I didn't do much sewing this week, but I did steal away for a few minutes, in an effort to have something to show today.  On my design wall is my last Monday Mystery project.  It's almost done - I just have to attach the top border.  The original design was a table topper.  I added a few blocks ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 15, 2012, 10:03 am
It's Stash Report Sunday, and I have absolutely nothing to report today.  No new usage, and very little progress on any of my dozen January projects.  I did manage to get the center of my last Mystery Monday quilt put together, so I guess that is progress of a sort.  Not much left, and the blocks...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 8, 2012, 5:12 am
In this week: 4.5 yards for colour palette challenge 1.5 yards backing for Jan UFO 22 yards - LQS sale :) My goal for 2012 is to use more than I add. And hopefully to use at least as much as last year.  I do expect to make some purchases throughout the year, especially if I...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 6, 2012, 1:30 pm
My silly cat loves getting under covers.  I left a quilt folded on a chair, and she worked her way into the folds. She's been here for over an hour, and shows no signs of moving any time soon :)
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 5, 2012, 8:34 am
I'm thinking I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew this month.  Here is my "active" list for January: Orca Bay block lotto "eclipse" blocks need to finish the last Monday Mystery before Jan 10 there's a new Monday Mystery starting this week colour challenge for Januar...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 4, 2012, 7:07 pm
On consideration, I decided that the pink was really not the right colour for the challenge.  So I dropped by the quilt shop - for the third time in 3 days - and picked up what I think is a slightly better match to the palette. Here's my new fabric set (on the left). Hopefully I w...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Jan 4, 2012, 8:10 am
I got sucked into my local fabric shop yesterday, because they were having their annual fabric sale.  I decided to pick up some fabric for the January colour challenge - I really want to participate, but the fact that my stash didn't have anything usable almost kept me out.  I'll join in this mont...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Nov 3, 2011, 7:50 am
I think I have figured out why quilters measure in inches, not feet.  340" of binding sounds much shorter than 28 feet, for some reason.  I was happily attaching the binding to my pink quilt tonight, having finished all the quilting on it.  My son stopped by to say hello, and we chatted a b...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Nov 1, 2011, 7:46 am
October's UFO Challenge was #5.   For me, that meant my Christmas napkins.  I really liked this design when I started, a year ago.  But after a few, it became a bit tedious and the rest of the napkins were filed away for "later" work.  Without Judy, I think they'd still be waiting f...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 31, 2011, 9:47 pm
October's monochromatic challenge was a 2 colour quilt.  Any 2 colours, plus a background.   I picked up a set of fat quarters one day when I was out shopping for inspiration, and it turned into this Hallowe'en quilt.  Orange, black, and white - I think this qualifies for October's challenge. &#...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 31, 2011, 7:00 am
I can't show you what's on my design wall today, because it's the sneak peek for November's block lotto.  But, I do have a couple of things to show you today. First, my pink quilt is progressing through the quilting stage.  I've completed most of the center of the quilt, and one round of the borde...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 30, 2011, 7:53 am
I worked on a lot of projects this week, but most were small items. And 2 I can't show you yet, so I will count them here and post pictures once the secrets are out.  The BOM and October block lotto were on my design wall last Monday. Usage for this week: Backing for 2 baby quilts - 1.7...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 29, 2011, 5:15 pm
This post has absolutely nothing to do with quilting.But I had so much fun today, that I just had to share. Jen and john (the hubby of Jen), the author of Cake Wrecks came to town!!  I can't believe they came to Canada, let alone my own city, and even my end of the city.  Only 20 minutes awa...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 28, 2011, 8:21 pm
Once again, Amy is sponsoring a Blogger's Quilt Festival.  It's a chance for us to see and learn about a wide variety of bloggers and their creations.  I debated this year what quilt to post, and I decided that Triangle Delight was the pick for this festival. I wanted to make a q...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 28, 2011, 4:22 pm
My "third" project was really my 4th or fifth.  While I was working on project #2 (the quillow), I stumbled across an on-line mystery quilt.  I thought this would be a really great way to get some interaction with other quilters, and maybe learn a bit more.  It was a one-day mystery - 7 or 8 clue...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 25, 2011, 9:50 pm
The second installment of the Blogger's Block of the Month came out today.  Not being the patient type, I headed straight for my sewing room after work, to see what I could make of it.  The instructions are on Vicki's blog, here.  This block was fun to put together, and since Vicki's ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 24, 2011, 7:19 am
There isn't much on my design wall this week.  I've been focusing on finishing my pink quilt, and the baby quilts I made last week.  I did manage one block this week, for the block lotto (blue & cream).  This was a neat block, made from 2-8" squares.  I wish I could remember where I ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 23, 2011, 6:47 am
Oh My Goodness. What have I done?  My quilt shop sent me an email earlier last week, saying they were having a "surprise sale", Saturday only.  Finish the bolt and get a discount on the fabric.  I decided I would drop in, just to see what they had to offer.  After all, I've been doing really wel...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 22, 2011, 3:27 pm
I decided that my next move should be to find some space in my sewing room - which means finishing some projects.  So rather than cutting into the black and white (which is sitting on my cutting table, calling my name) I will continue to work on the quilting of some finished tops. First...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 20, 2011, 6:56 pm
I did it!  I finished 3 quilts, without giving in to the desire to cut into my pretty black and whites.  Two baby quilts assembled (and ugly fabric no longer in my stash).  And the borders are on my watercolour star.  Success! Now, the question becomes, do I reward myself with ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 20, 2011, 3:52 am
After finishing the block for my friend's quilt, I knew I liked quilting.  But, before I jumped in with both feet, I wanted to figure out if I liked *all* the steps.  So far, all I had done was piece a block  What about assembling a top, and quilting it?  So I went back online, looking for a pat...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 17, 2011, 7:45 am
What's on my design wall is not what I had expected to have on it today.  I was all set to work on my black & white quilt, but when I started trying to lay things out for cutting, I realized how many half-finished projects I have sitting on my work table.  So, rather than start something new, I th...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 16, 2011, 9:17 am
I finished my Hallowe'en quilt this week - that was a total of 10 fat quarters, a panel, and binding - 4 yards total, out for that project.  However, I did have to hit the quilt store this weekend.  1/2 yard for border on my star quilt, and a fat quarter for my new project. So that's 4 yards...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 14, 2011, 7:32 am
My Hallowe'en quilt is complete, and hanging in my front window.  A full 2 weeks early, even! This was a lot of fun. I took inspiration from the block lotto curved rails, and 10 fat quarters I picked up this past weekend when I was out looking for inspiration.  The curved blocks went together real...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 13, 2011, 7:01 pm
I hope my regular readers will forgive a bit of self-indulgence on my blog.  I have been quilting for almost 8 years now, and I realize that I have little record of those early years.  The last couple years are documented on the blog - at least snapshots into my progress and plans.  But my early ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 12, 2011, 9:08 pm
I hate it when that happens.  Now, instead of spending the evening relaxing and hand-stitching my binding down, I get to spend it with scissors and tweezers, trying to pull all the bits of batting out of my stitching :( The happy news is that except for this oops, I am done quilting my ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 12, 2011, 5:24 pm
After I made my Hallowe'en quilt, I thought a tutorial on curved piecing might be useful.  I know there are a few of these already out there in blog-land, but this is how I made my blocks.  These were inspired by the curved rails over at Block Lotto in September.  The concept is a "free-form" typ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 11, 2011, 7:37 am
I love holiday Mondays!  After our Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, I spent most of yesterday relaxing in my sewing room.  I managed to put together the front and back of my Hallowe'en quilt.  And as I type, it is now sitting on the sewing machine with the quilting almost 1/2 done. This might...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 10, 2011, 7:32 am
Happy Thanksgiving, to all my fellow Canadians!  We celebrated yesterday, because I like to have a day of rest before heading back to work, after making the big dinner.  I've put my long weekend to good use.  First, the star is done!  It still needs a border, but the center is comple...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 9, 2011, 7:37 am
I went out today, and did some damage to my stash report.  I needed inspiration for my next quilt, since the star is almost done.  I also grabbed a quilt that's waiting for backing, and took it along to see what I could find.  Backing successful - and off the sale table, even. ...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 5, 2011, 8:54 pm
My final tic-tac-toe quilt is done!  This was my August UFO, and the blocks have been in my hands for over 18 months.  The back is pieced, with some additional blocks from the lotto.  I'm glad I finally got motivated to finish this one, thanks to Judy's UFO challenge.  I LOVE this co...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 4, 2011, 11:21 pm
I've been sewing together 4" blocks tonight - it's like I've escaped from the land of Lilliput :)  I've finally reached the out edges (before the borders, anyway) of my star.  As I moved out, I increased the size of the background blocks, since I decided to do a scrappy white backgroun...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 3, 2011, 9:06 am
Three guesses what's on my design wall.  And if you've been reading my blog, you probably don't need the first two :)  The star is still there.  I spent a lot of time this week finishing my tic-tac-toe quilts, so the design wall didn't see much activity for most of the week. But I completed quilt...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 2, 2011, 10:14 am
This week I have been concentrating on finishing, and since I already counted my backings, that doesn't leave me much to say today.  Only 1/4 yard out - BOM and friendship quilt squares.  I let my son take my car yesterday, before I realized that my local quilt shop was having an event.  So I did...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Oct 1, 2011, 9:21 am
It's the first of the month, and Judy has pulled the number for this month's UFO challenge.  #5 - that's my Christmas napkins.   Should be an easy finish for me this month, so maybe I can also catch up on Jan or  Feb, since I joined in late. What did I get done this month?  I did finish my Sept...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Sep 30, 2011, 6:49 pm
Another one done!  This is one of the tic-tac-toe quilts, from blocks I won last year at the block lotto.  I took the final 15 blocks and assembled them with a simple sashing.  The backing on this quilt is polar fleece - nice and soft.  To keep it that way, I did very light quilting,...
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Krista Z. posted an article on Quilts and More - Home Made Creations - Sep 29, 2011, 8:05 am
It's done!  This quilt is my "Sleight of Hand".  The blocks are card trick blocks, made with no triangles.  Then set on point with alternating blocks.  It started here, back in Feb 2010, and is finally quilted and bound now.  The card trick blocks were really quick and easy t...
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