tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42471834610297814492024-03-14T03:06:02.992+10:00catandveeTwo good friends who enjoy the funny side of life and a few wines. We are happy to share our funny little world with you. xoxocat and vee xoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01740352837418442644noreply@blogger.comBlogger346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4247183461029781449.post-5139618860733923372017-10-14T07:00:00.000+10:002017-10-14T07:00:09.042+10:00.: iFussy Cutters' Club blog hop stop :.Hi hi hi, it's been a while, more on that right down the bottom*.<br />
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I have the happy good fortune today to be part of my friend <a href="https://www.gnomeangel.com/">Angie</a>'s blog tour for her wonderful new book <i>Fussy Cutters' Club - A Boot Camp for Mastering Fabric Play</i>. You can click through and read Angie's post launching the book <a href="https://www.gnomeangel.com/fussy-cutters-club-officially-released/">here</a>. I'll wait.<br />
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Fussy cutting has long been my main love about sewing - it's so fun to personalise projects and gifts using 'just the right' fussy cut motif.<br />
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Angie's book has 14 fabulous + fun projects, as well as a huge amount of really helpful technical info that will guide you through the fussy cutting process. There are projects for beginners and the more advanced fussy cutters amongst us.<br />
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For my blog hop stop, I chose to make the "1-2 Sucker Pouch' zip pouch, for two reasons:<br />
1. I loved the shape of it and the pattern + construction method looked very nifty AND<br />
2. Angie had chosen to use a precious Aunty Cookie for her pouch! - total no brainer.<br />
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I loved Angie's pattern and her use of Aunty Cookie so much, that I went ahead and made TWO pouches, BOTH with an Aunty Cookie!<br />
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Here is Angie's pouch from the book. Isn't it fabulous! - and just quietly, 'make quilts not war' - excellent suggestion.<br />
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Angie's instructions for the pouch are really clear, and broken down into plenty of steps. Just be sure to read through everything first, and go slowly through each step, as the construction of the pouch is unlike any zippy I have made before - so intriguing!</div>
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The pouch is a fun way to showcase a combination of favourite fabrics, from the very tiny to the marginally less tiny.<br />
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See what I mean?<br />
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I can never have enough fussy cut words, and this project is perfect for them. 'Crafty zippy' below is from Berene Campbell's HappySewLucky shop on Spoonflower - it's called '<a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1700157-improv-adjectives-grey-by-happysewlucky">improv adjectives</a>'.<br />
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Too much fun! </div>
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Another fun little part of Angie's pattern, is that you can change the look of the ends of your pouch, depending on how you sew your fabrics together. </div>
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That's a neat little trick, don't you think?<br />
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And my one little hot tip for when you make your own '1-2 Sucker Pouch', is to sew around any 'internal' raw edges you create as part of the pattern. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I could not end my hop stop without sharing Angie's pic of 'Totes Amazeballs', another awesome project from her book. Along with some spectacular smaller fussy cuts, it features Vee and my 'Priscilla, Queen of the 'Burbs' screen printed cockatoo panel. We are both really thrilled and honoured that Angie chose to use Priscilla in such an amazing project AND that she included it in her book! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by to share in the '1-2 Sucker Pouch' fun. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Angie has created a website for the book to help provide you with all the information you need - head over to </span><a href="http://www.fussycuttersclub.com/" style="background-color: white;">Fussy Cutters Club</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> - there are gorgeous pics and links to create your own fussy cut world, and more importantly, the link you need to purchase your own copy of Angie's book. I can't wait for mine to arrive, I am checking the letter box every day!</span><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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Please scroll down and get clicking to see the very sweet projects that some super talented peeps have made (or are still making!) as part of the blog hop.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">7 October <a href="http://www.ctpub.com/blog">C&T Publishing</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">8 October Lisa from <a href="http://www.sweetlittlepretties.com/">Sweet Little Pretties</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">10 October Alyce from <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/">Blossom Heart Quilts</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">12 October Kerry from <a href="http://www.kidgiddy.com/">Kid Giddy</a> + a giveaway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">14 October - today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">16 October <a href="http://www.mollisparkles.com/">Molli Sparkles</a> + a giveaway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">18 October Peta from <a href="http://shequiltsalot.com/">She Quilts a Lot</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">20 October Kirsty from <a href="http://www.bonjourquilts.com/">Bonjour Quilts</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">22 October Nicole from <a href="http://www.snipssnippets.ca/">Snips Snippets</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">24 October Bernie from <a href="https://needleandfoot.com/">Needle and Foot </a>+ a giveaway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">26 October Kristy from <a href="http://www.quietplaydesigns.com/">Quiet Play Designs</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">28 October Lucy from <a href="http://www.charmaboutyou.com/">Charm About You</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">30 October Sandy from <a href="http://www.upstairshobbyroom.com/">Upstairs Hobby Room</a> + a giveway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 November Raylee from <a href="http://www.sunflowerstitcheries.com/">Sunflower Stitcheries</a> + a giveway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">3 November Bec from <a href="http://skyberrieshandmade.blogspot.com.au/">Skyberries Handmade</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">4 November and it's back to Angie from <a href="https://www.gnomeangel.com/">GnomeAngel</a></span><br />
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<i>* Vanita (Vee) and I are taking an indefinite break from cat&vee but have held on to the blog for now, though it's long sat silent. Our Etsy shop is closed, and we haven't used Pinterest in forever. We're both still active on instagram at @hellofromcat and @hellofromvee, so come and say hi over there. Cat x </i><br />
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You can sew Sarah without foundation paper piecing or templates - I rotary cut all the pieces, and worked out the quilt-maths to make the HSTs and flying geese star points all by myself! - which is a pretty massive achievement, as quilt-maths and I are not friends. As you know, I cannot share the measurements here as it would breach the author's copyright - but if you can figure out the size of the corner squares, knowing that the unfinished block is 6 1/2" square, you'll be off and running.<br />
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If you would like a little quilt-maths help for the HSTs and flying geese (they provide a MUCH better explanation than any I could share here):<br />
<i>For HSTs</i> - click through to <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2012/07/hst-tutorial-and-maths-formula/?v=6cc98ba2045f">Alyce's very helpful tutorial</a>.<br />
<i>For flying geese</i> - click through to <a href="http://www.quilterscache.com/H/Howtomakegeese.html">this Quilter's Cache tutorial</a>. Of the three different methods shown, I like their 'Speed Piecing Method A' the most.<br />
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<b>So let's get started</b><br />
As mentioned, there are three basic units needed to make Sarah:<br />
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2. Half square triangles.<br />
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In keeping with Sarah in the book, I chose only three fabrics. You will need:<br />
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Fabric A (navy lions)<br />
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2. Two HST squares.<br />
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Fabric B (low volume lemons + flowers)<br />
1. Two HST squares.<br />
2. Four flying geese bases.<br />
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Fabric C (orange)<br />
1. Eight squares for flying geese star points.<br />
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Once you have cut all your fabrics, you will need to rule a diagonal line - I always just use a sharp pencil - on the back of all eight of your flying geese star point squares; and on the back of your two low volume HST squares.<br />
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<b>To create your HST units</b>, place your low volume + print squares RST, then sew 1/4" either side of your drawn line (refer to the pic below - you may need your glasses or to zoom in, as yes, I realise now it would have helped significantly if I had thought to use a higher-contrast thread for these tutorial photos).<br />
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<b>To create your flying geese units</b>, place one star point square on one flying geese base, with the diagonal drawn line running from a top corner to the bottom middle, as pictured below. Sew directly on the drawn line.<br />
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Once you have sewn all your HST + flying geese lines:<br />
- for the HST units, trim directly ON the drawn pencil line. You will have four HST units. Iron the seam open. Trim each HST unit to the same size as your four corner squares (the navy lions in my block).<br />
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Place your remaining four star point squares on the other end of your flying geese units, with the drawn line running from the top corner to the bottom middle, as shown in the pic below. Again sew directly on the drawn line. Trim 1/4" from the sewn line, being sure to trim off only the small outer triangles. Iron your seams open.<br />
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<b>Block layout + sewing it together</b><br />
Lay out all the units of your block as they will appear in the finished block, taking particular care with any directional prints, and ensuring that the fabrics in your central HST pinwheel are correctly oriented.<br />
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Sew the HST pinwheel together - join the top squares + bottom squares - this is one of the few times I iron seams to either side, to make sure the seams nest nicely when sewing the pinwheel together.<br />
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Sew your corner squares to the top and bottom flying geese units - iron the seams to the corner squares.<br />
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Sew your flying geese units to the central HST pinwheel - iron the seams to the pinwheel.<br />
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Sew your three rows together, taking care to match up your seams.<br />
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You are done! Here's a pic of Sarah on point - which will work equally well as squared, unless you are sewing with directional fabrics like I have :-)<br />
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Good luck with your Sarah - she is a dream to sew. <br />
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The book you will need for the Farmer's Wife sew-along is <i>The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 quilt blocks that honour them</i> by <a href="http://thefarmerswifequilt.blogspot.com.au/">Laurie Aaron Hird</a> for Fons & Porter/F+W; RRP $28.99 - <a href="http://www.interweave.com/store/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt">click here to purchase</a>.<br />
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For all information about the Farmer's Wife sew-along, please click through to <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">Angie's GnomeAngel blog</a> - she has a separate tab for all the Farmer's Wife info, as well as a whole heap of info for her 2017 sew-alongs - it's definitely worth taking the time to make a cup of tea and have a good read through everything. And if you would like to sew Sarah using Marti's fabulous templates, please take a click through to <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell's blog</a> for all the info.<br />
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Thanks very much for joining me for all my Farmer's Wife tutorials - this is my last one! xoxo cat<br />
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Hello Farmer's Wifers, it's Posy time. I liked making Posy. My <a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/farmers-wife-tutorial-of-sorts-block-87.html">last Farmer's Wife block tutorial</a> was for block 87 Prudence, who is still no friend of mine. Like Prudence, Posy involves y-seams but they are much gentler. Posy is definitely a much happier block to sew.<br />
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My tutorial is for foundation paper-piecing (FPP) Posy. I created a <a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/farmers-wife-sew-along-addie-foundation.html">FPP tutorial for block 1 Addie</a>, and have decided to create nearly-a-full FPP tutorial for Posy too (there aren't as many step-by-step pics for Posy as there were for Addie, so please click through to Addie if you need more detailed info). <br />
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<i>And if FPP + y-seams aren't your happy home, Angie has created an alternate block this week - I've included the link right at the bottom of this post :-)</i><br />
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<b>Preparing to FPP</b><br />
1. The first step is to print off your templates, being sure to have your printer set to 100% (or 'no scale'). Check the one-inch line with a quilting ruler.<br />
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2. Decide on your fabrics and colour in or label your block diagram and the corresponding template pieces, so you can keep track of which fabric to sew onto which template piece once they're all cut up and don't make a lot of sense - I forgot to take a block diagram + fabric choice pic of Posy, so see below for a pic of Prudence (so nice of past-Prudence to step up and show a bit of kindness).<br />
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3. Use paper scissors to cut out all your template sections, just roughly around the outside, there's no need to cut directly on the dotted outside edge (note that the solid line is the line on which you will sew, and the dotted line is the outside edge, with the seam allowance in between).<br />
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<b>Time to join fabric to paper</b><br />
4. Work through all your template sections, and glue the first fabric piece onto the first template piece. I use a swish of Sewline glue pen to glue the wrong side of the fabric to the unprinted side of the paper template. To be sure you are gluing the fabric in the correct place, hold your paper template up to the light (a window or a light box if you have one) and position the first fabric piece over the first template piece, being sure to leave a 1/4" seam allowance around all edges of the template piece.<br />
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5. Work through all your template sections again, carefully pinning your second fabric piece in place. Place your second fabric RST (right sides together) with your first piece, with at least a 1/4" seam allowance extending into the template's second piece. Pin in place along the sew-line between the first and second template pieces, then flip your second fabric piece over to check that it covers the whole area plus seam allowance.<br />
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6. Take all your template sections to your sewing machine. Set the stitch length to 18-20 stitches per inch for your machine - on my Bernina, it's 1.5. I sew all my FPP blocks with the Bernina 1/4" number 37 foot - you need an open-toe foot of some kind, so you can easily see where you are headed.<br />
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7. Sew directly on the printed sew line. Be sure to backstitch at the start and end of your sew line. For sew lines that start/finish within the block, be sure to start/stop directly on the sew line. For sew lines that start/stop on an external edge of the block, it's fine to sew into the seam allowance (doing this just makes removing your papers later a little more fiddly, but it makes your block a little more secure).<br />
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<b>Trimming + ironing</b><br />
8. Once you have sewed the second piece to the first piece on all your template sections, take the sections to your cutting mat and lay them fabric-side down, being sure that your fabric pieces are still RST, and haven't flipped over - you don't want to trim off the piece you have just sewed. Fold template piece 2 down onto template piece 1, along the line you just sewed. Line the 1/4" line of your ruler directly along the fold line, and trim your seam allowance to 1/4". Do this for all your section pieces, and then take them to the ironing board.<br />
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<i>Note that for the trimming step of all FPP patterns, you will always fold down the bigger template number onto the smaller template number, to trim the seam allowance - so be sure to always follow the numbered piecing order. </i><br />
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9. Flip over and press your second piece down flat - be sure to press down rather than swoosh the iron all about, so your fabric pieces don't shift.<br />
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10. Repeat steps 1-9 until all your template sections are finished. <br />
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11. Once all your sections are finished, press them flat with the iron, then trim around the external edges, directly on the external section lines - refer to the pic below under step 12.<br />
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<b>Joining sections together</b><br />
12. Now to join the sections together. To be sure your template sections meet up correctly, place pins through external sew line meeting-points - refer to the pics below as an example (joining section A to section J).<br />
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13. I then pop a Wonder clip or two between my pins, so that the section pieces can't move. Remove the pins + clips as you join each section together, sewing from paper-edge to paper-edge along the sew line.<br />
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<i>As with all FPP patterns, follow the piecing order given in the book. </i><br />
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<i>Just note - when joining the little triangles J-Q, be sure that all the letters read the right way up, then flip the little triangle over to join to the bigger piece (e.g. K to B in the pic below - see how all the letters + numbers are running in the same direction).</i><br />
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14. After you join each section to the next, iron the seams open - you can remove the paper within the seam allowance at this point.<br />
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<b>Joining corner sections to the middle sections R + S</b><br />
15. Once you have finished sewing each template section, lay out your block next to your machine, with the paper-side facing upwards and the fabric facing downwards. Check again that all the little triangles have the printed writing running up the correct way<br />
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16. It's y-seam time. Start on the paper-edge and sew along the long edge towards the smaller line (refer to the pic below, sewing S to AJ). When you get to the y-intersection, exactly where the pin is:<br />
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It totally works fine, I swear! - just go slow and steady.<br />
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<b>Joining the top + bottom sections to I</b><br />
17. Take care when joining the top and bottom sections to I, as the fabric on the outer tips will want to shift - I used my Sewline glue pen to swish glue on the outer tips of I1 and I3, to ensure the fabric did not lift away from the paper as I sewed.<br />
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18. I'm not the world's best y-seam sew-er, so to make life easy, I started right in the middle of I2 and sewed out towards the end of I1, then followed the same steps within step 16 above to sew to the outer edge. I then repeated it all again to sew from the middle of I2 (overlapping my stitches a little) to sew to the outer edge of I3.<br />
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19. Press your seams open - and you are done! - hopefully all your seams will have matched up happily.<br />
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Remember that all the Farmer's Wife info is on <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">Angie's blog</a> - which is home base for the sew along. The book you will need is <i>The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 quilt blocks that honour them </i>by <a href="http://thefarmerswifequilt.blogspot.com.au/">Laurie Aaron Hird</a> for Fons & Porter/F+W; RRP $28.99 (though it's currently on sale!) - <a href="http://www.interweave.com/store/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt">click here to purchase</a>.<br />
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Did you see that Angie sewed an alternate to Posy this week? - <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/ruth-block-84-alternate-posy-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">block 84a Ruth</a> - using Marti Michell templates (to avoid sewing a FPP y-seam block) - so if you'd prefer to sew Ruth instead of Posy, please click on through. Angie's post includes the links to Marti's chart + template info.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/ruth-block-84-alternate-posy-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie's post</a> also includes all the upcoming blog links for the remaining blocks - we'll be starting back again in the new year.<br />
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I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, and a happy + relaxing holiday time with your family + friends. All the best for a very peaceful, healthy + content 2017. Thanks for stopping by xoxo cat<br />
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'Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?' - <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/dearprudence.html">so sang the Beatles</a>. Well, that's all very nice for the Beatles' Prudence. Farmer's Wife Prudence, on the other hand, was not playing, smiling or looking beautiful when I sewed her up. Prudence and I are not now, nor ever will be, friends. In the spirit of keeping things real, I am sharing my sewing struggles with you today, in the hope that you will have a much smoother piecing experience, and that Prudence does indeed come out to play, smile and look beautiful for you. <br />
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I foundation paper-pieced Prudence. If you would like a FPP-tutorial, starting right at the beginning with printing out the paper templates, please take a look back at my <a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/farmers-wife-sew-along-addie-foundation.html">tutorial for block 1, Addie </a>(I was friends with Addie. She was nice). I won't give particular FPP-how-to's here - but rather a 'things to watch out for with Prudence' guide - consequently, I'd suggest reading through all my post before you start, so you know what to watch out for, and where I digressed from the block's piecing order.<br />
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OK, let's get to it, Prudence.<br />
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1. First up is to choose your fabrics and colour in your block diagram. So far, so easy.<br />
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2. If you are so inclined, use the FPP templates to make plastic templates - they make fussy-cutting and directional-cutting much easier.<br />
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3. Work through all your template pieces and glue down the first fabric piece on each template, and then pin the second piece. <i>Digression from the template-order alert </i>- if you are foundation paper-piecing, for E1/E2 and G1/G2, glue your outer-cross (blue) piece down as the first piece, then add the inner-cross (orange) piece. Take care with seam-trimming - with FPP, you always fold the bigger number down onto the smaller number to trim your seams - <i>but, if you follow my suggestion for this step, please be sure to fold the smaller number down onto the bigger number to trim your seam. </i>In the pic below, you would fold G1 down onto G2 to trim, because you went backwards and started with G2 and then added G1. <br />
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4. Be aware that trimming the outer seams for some sections is a little annoying - you may need to use scissors to snip into the corners, if you don't trust your rotary-cutting accuracy/ability to stop in time. See what I mean?<br />
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5. <i>Digression from the template-order alert </i>- if you are fussy-cutting the centre square A2, glue your A2 piece first (in the pic below, see how I've so-helpfully written '1' in pencil?), then sew A1 and then A3. <i>Be sure to trim your seams, folding A1 down onto A2 and then A3 down onto A2 </i>- again, this is different from the usual seam-trimming process for FPP, where the bigger number is always folded down onto the smaller number. Go carefully, as you don't want to trim off the fabric you just sewed on - that would be upsetting.<br />
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6. Y-seams. There are several. Just take a look at the pic below, for starters - what even is that!? I am not skilled at sewing y-seams, so would like to draw your attention at this point to two very excellent Farmer's Wife y-seams tutorials. Melissa from Ms Midge did a great y-seam tutorial for block 13 Belle - <a href="http://www.msmidge.com.au/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sew-along-13-belle-paper-piecing-y-seams/">please take a read</a> - and Angie from GnomeAngel did <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/may-block-61-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">an excellent y-seam tutorial</a> - including a video! - for block 61 May. It's definitely worth clicking through, as Melissa + Angie's tips are way better and ultimately more y-seam successful than mine.<br />
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As for my own y-seam thoughts - always sew the long seam first, from the outer edge to the inside. When you get to your y-junction, put your needle down, pivot your block and keep going, slowly and as best you can. I tend to only sew a few stitches, then remove the block from under the needle, and come in again towards the y-junction from the other outer edge. It's fiddly and slow, and your fingers can feel like huge cucumbers when you are manipulating such little pieces. <br />
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To be completely honest, I had a true shocker joining section I to section E - it's a very gradual y-seam. It was at this point in the Prudence-piecing-process that I realised she has not been designed as a true FPP block. There is no extra instruction given in the book, about the trickiness of joining these sections, other than "join I to E". When pinning your sections together, be aware that the tip of the A4 triangle meets the very slight bend in F1 (see pics below).<br />
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When it comes to joining ABEFHI to ACDGJK, take your time. Make a cup of tea. Read Melissa's + Angie's y-seams posts again. Start at the outer edges and sew towards the y-junctions. Pivot. Take your block out from under the needle and sew in again from the other outer edge. By the time you are done, you will have earned a Y-Seam Medal.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I try to be positive and helpful in this space, but I also have to be honest. Prudence was a really unenjoyable block to piece. I have a lot of FPP experience, but I do tend to avoid y-seams when I can. I had to unpick every section-joining seam at least once with Prudence, and still ended up with more wonk than I am happy with. The bottom right square below the centre-rabbit isn't square, there's plenty of triangle-rippliness going on, and there are puckers-aplenty - but after two unpicks and re-sews of most section-joins, I was done. Prudence is looking as good as she's going to - and I AM very happy with my fabric choices for her (I'm taking that as a win).</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Another upside - who could even have guessed what a perfect choice that little centre rabbit was when I started - the expression on her face is perfect - she's totally saying "WHAT are you doing, I'm utterly dismayed by your inadequate Prudence-piecing, but I must endure in dignified silence. I will not smile or play".</span></div>
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Please, please do not be deterred by my experience - I shared my thoughts to try and help point out the tricky bits, rather than scare you off. Take Prudence slowly, step by step, and you will end up with a very sweet block indeed and a Y-Seams Medal. She will be worth it.<br />
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We have now finished the September Farmer's Wife blocks - there is just <a href="https://nightquilter.com/">Kitty @ Night Quilter</a> to go, on Thursday. And <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell</a> will definitely have lots of tips for a happier Prudence-experience, using her wonderful templates as much as is possible. Be sure to check in again with <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/blog-4/">Angie </a>next Tuesday for the October Farmer's Wife block + blogger line-up. <br />
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And last but not least, the book details - <a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt">The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and the 99 Quilt Blocks that Honour Them</a> by <a href="http://thefarmerswifequilt.blogspot.com.au/">Laurie Aaron Hird</a> for Fons & Porter/F+W.<br />
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Happy sewing to you, whatever you are making today. xoxo cat<br />
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Now - on with today's tutorial for my 'There's a Bear in There' mini, made with <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell</a> templates.<br />
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I had clearly been living under a quilting rock, as I had not come across the magical Marti Michell templates prior to joining <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">Angie</a> on the <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew-along</a>. I was a very quick convert and have very much enjoyed the opportunity to discover new ways of using them through this <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/marti-michell-mini-quilt-blog-hop/">Marti Michell Mini Quilt Blog Hop</a> - please click through to read all about the hop on Angie's blog. All the bloggers' links appear there, and also at the end of this post. And here is the link to <a href="https://www.frommarti.com/">Marti's shop</a> - the home of the templates and also her fabulous book 'More Bang for the Buck' - it's a total must-have if you love Marti's templates and would like to learn how to use them in your regular quilting life.<br />
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When it came time to create my mini, I'd been having a minor obsession with square-in-square blocks. It was also around the time that Play School's 50th Birthday celebrations had been on TV (along with a bunch of awesome short celebratory videos on You Tube!) - so I came up with 'There's a Bear in There'. If you're not familiar with the Play School song, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/">here is their home page.</a><br />
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<b>'There's a Bear in There' mini quilt details</b><br />
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Finished size 22" square<br />
Templates used - Marti Michell A + B sets.<br />
Fabric (specific requirements are detailed below):<br />
- four fussy cuts and various coordinating scraps for your square-in-square blocks.<br />
- various scraps for your square-in-square borders - no bigger than 2.5" x 10.5" will be needed for any one piece.<br />
- strips for your sashing.<br />
- 24" batting.<br />
- 24" backing fabric.<br />
- 2.25" x WOF for binding - cut and join <u>three</u> WOF strips. You won't need the full amount, so will have a small amount left over for another binding project.<br />
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<i>Please note</i> - I am assuming you know how to quilt and bind a mini, and so have not given instructions for that, other than fabric requirements. This mini lends itself to either machine or hand quilting, so please go ahead and quilt to your heart's desire. I chose a low volume binding, so the mini would 'run off the edge' rather than be framed by it - again, please choose whatever coordinating or contrasting binding leaps out at you from your fabric stash. <br />
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<b>Marti Michell templates + cutting instructions</b><br />
Each of the four blocks uses different Marti Michell templates from the A and B sets. Below is a full photo of the finished mini, plus a full diagram of the mini, followed by the template and cutting instructions needed for each block, working clockwise around from the top left Butterfly block. Please refer to the photo and diagram below for template and strip placement. In the cutting instructions, I've included my own fabric choices in italics, to (hopefully!) make it easier for you to see to which template + strip I'm referring.<br />
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<b>Butterfly block</b>:<br />
- Marti Michell templates: one B10 centre square <i>(butterfly) </i>+ four B13 triangles <i>(teal/navy stars) </i>+ four B11 triangles <i>(orange spools)</i>.<br />
- cut strips: two 1.75" x 6" strips + two 1.75" x 8.5" strips <i>(Cotton + Steel lady face dots) </i>+ one 2.5" x 8.5" <i>(multi-coloured flowers) </i>+ one 2.5" x 10.5"<i> (grey floral lace).</i><br />
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<b>Telephone block:</b><br />
- Marti Michell templates: one A1 centre square <i>(telephone) </i>+ four A4 triangles <i>(teal beads) </i>+ four A2 templates <i>(orange with white spots)</i>.<br />
- cut strips: two 1.5" x 6.5" + two 1.5" x 8.5" <i>(cats) </i>+ one 2.5" x 8.5" <i>(grey background with white flowers) </i>+ one 2.5" x 10.5" <i>(blue houses on white background).</i><br />
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<b>Bear block:</b><br />
- Marti Michell templates: one A3 centre square <i>(bear) </i>+ four A6 triangles <i>(poo dot) </i>+ four A4 triangles <i>(orange/brown butterflies)</i>.<br />
- cut strips: two 2.5" x 4.75" + two 2.5" x 8.5" <i>(pugs) </i>+ one 2.5" x 8.5" <i>(orange circles) </i>+ one 2.5" x 10.5" <i>(black/white/red text print).</i><br />
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<b>Typewriter block:</b><br />
- Marti Michell templates: one B8 centre square <i>(typewriter) </i>+ four B11 triangles <i>(blue spools) </i>+ four B9 triangles <i>(orange flowers)</i>.<br />
- cut strips: one 2.5" x 8.5" <i>(rain drops) </i>+ one 2.5" x 10.5" <i>(black dot on white background).</i><br />
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<b>Sashing:</b><br />
- Marti Michell templates: one B12 cornerstone square.<br />
- cut strips: four 2.5" x 10.5". I used a Laurie Wisbrun for Robert Kaufman chair print (because "There's a bear in there, and a chair as well ..."). As the print is directional, I made sure to cut two strips with the 10.5" length horizontal, and two with it vertical. If you are not cutting a directional print, you won't need to worry about that.<br />
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<b>To construct your mini:</b><br />
1. Make each block separately by sewing the inner round of triangles to the centre square, followed by the outer round of triangles. Press your seams in your preferred way as you go - I normally press open, but chose to press towards the triangles in each instance here.<br />
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2. Refer to the mini-diagram above to add your border strips around each square-in-square block. My fabric notes in italics above may also assist you with your chosen fabric placement.<br />
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3. Work out your preferred placement for your four blocks. Use a 2.5" x 10.5" sashing strip to join the top left and top right blocks, and another to join the bottom left and bottom right blocks - taking care if you are using directional prints. Press seams towards the sashing.<br />
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4. Join the remaining sashing strips to the Marti Michell B12 cornerstone square. Press seams towards the sashing strips.<br />
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5. Sew the horizontal sashing strip to your top row, taking care to match the vertical sashing seams with the cornerstone square seams. Add the bottom row. Press seams towards the sashing strip. <br />
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6. Give your mini top a good press, and you are done!<br />
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7. Layer your mini top, batting and backing together and quilt as desired. I chose to hand-quilt, as I needed a good on-the-go project for all the times I sit in the car / at activities waiting for my kids!<br />
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8. Add your binding - and your 'Through the Window' Marti Michell mini is done! <br />
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I hope you love making the mini as much as I did - it's a great way to showcase some favourite fussy cuts and prints. If you would like more Marti Michell template inspiration, please click through to the other bloggers on the hop.<br />
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12 August 2016 <a href="http://www.gnomeangel.com/thanks-bunch-marti-michell-mini-quilt/">Angie @ GnomeAngel.com</a><br />
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19 August 2016 <a href="http://thecraftymummy.com/2016/08/rainbow-triangles-mini-quilt-tutorial/">Tonya @ The Crafty Mummy</a><br />
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26 August 2016 <a href="http://www.charmaboutyou.com/2016/08/i-left-my-heart-in-colorado-marti.html">Lucy @ Charm About You</a><br />
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2 September 2016 <a href="http://www.bonjourquilts.com/marti-michell-mini-quilt-blog-hop/">Kirsty @ Bonjour Quilts</a><br />
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9 September 2016 Cat @ cat&vee (you are here now!)<br />
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16 September 2016 <a href="http://ouvragesdenat.com/">Nathalie @ Les Ouvrages de Nat</a><br />
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23 September 2016 <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/blog/">Alyce @ Blossom Heart Quilts</a><br />
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30 September 2016 Peta @ <a href="http://shequiltsalot.com/">She Quilts A Lot</a><br />
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7 October 2016 <a href="http://sweetlittlepretties.com/">Lisa @ Sweet Little Pretties</a><br />
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14 October 2016<a href="http://woodenspoonquilts.blogspot.com.au/"> Rachel @ Wooden Spoon Quilts</a><br />
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21 October 2016 <a href="http://www.sunflowerquilting.com.au/sunflower-quilting-blog/">Raylee @ Sunflower Quilting</a><br />
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28 October 2016 <a href="http://intheboondocks.blogspot.com.au/">Lisa @ In the Boon Docks</a><br />
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4 November 2016 <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell! </a><br />
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<b>But wait, there's more! </b><br />
If you make and enter a mini quilt - following any of the tutorials above - you will be in the running to win a Marti Michell prize pack! To enter, make a mini (you must follow one of the tutorials) and submit a photo:<br />
- to the link-up tool that each of the participating bloggers will post on their blogs on Friday, 18 November 2016;<br />
- to the specific album in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FarmersWife1930sSamplerQuilt/">Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Facebook Group</a>; or<br />
- on your Instagram with the hashtag #MartiMichellMiniQuiltmania and tag both Angie @gnomeangel and Marti @martimichell on your photo<br />
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Thanks very much to Angie and to Marti for inviting me to hop along with you all - it's been fun. Here's to Marti's templates making themselves at home in your sewing room. xoxo cat<br />
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Quite the exciting Farmer's Wife week for me, since I shared my first tutorial as a Guest Blogger! </div>
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As you can see, we had three blocks this week - number 1, Addie (I made two, since it was 'my' tutorial block), number 57, Margaret and number 62, Milly.</div>
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Every possible piece of information you would need to know about my Addie blocks is in <a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/farmers-wife-sew-along-addie-foundation.html">my tutorial post</a>, so I'll leave you to click through and read it if you would like to.</div>
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Margaret and Milly were released together, as they share a very similar block-construction, whether you choose to sew them with the <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell</a> templates and conversion charts, or by a more traditional HST method. I used Marti's templates, as I had a little fussy-cutting to do for each of the blocks. I finally had the perfect block for my long-stashed 'Margaret' fabric! </div>
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And I don't have any 'Milly' fabric, but I DO have 'Amelia', thanks to <a href="http://shop.sarahjanestudios.com/">Sarah Jane</a>'s gorgeous Out to Sea range.</div>
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If you'd like to learn a few tips and tricks for sewing Addie, Margaret and Milly, click through to read the tutorial posts by Angie and Kirsty. And remember that each Sunday, Angie hosts a linky-party on her blog, so you can take a little time to click through and see all the gorgeous blocks everyone has been making this week:</div>
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<i>Addie</i> - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/addie-is-block-1-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie</a></div>
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<i>Margaret</i> - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/margaret-is-block-57-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie</a> + <a href="http://www.bonjourquilts.com/margaret-milly-farmers-wife-1930s-quilt-sew-along/">Kirsty</a></div>
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<i>Milly</i> - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/milly-is-block-62-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie </a>+ <a href="http://www.bonjourquilts.com/margaret-milly-farmers-wife-1930s-quilt-sew-along/">Kirsty</a></div>
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We've now sewn 15 blocks out of 99! - I wonder how many more we will sew by the end of the year. Hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever it is you are doing. I'm really hoping to get to <a href="http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/">Finders' Keepers</a> at some stage over the weekend, so I can make a big dent in my Christmas shopping. xoxo cat</div>
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Hello and welcome to my first tutorial as a Guest Blogger for the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew-along! I'm Cat and I share this space with my great friend Vee - we design and print fabric, totes and t-shirts. Thanks so much to <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/">Angie</a> for hosting this awesome, ever-growing Sew-along; <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">Fat Quarter Shop</a> for its sponsorship; and <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell</a> and her team for their wonderful templates, conversion charts and support of all of us Farmer's Wife-rs.</div>
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My tutorial today is for sewing Addie as a squared foundation paper-pieced (FPP) block. I've also sewn an on-point Addie, using <a href="https://www.frommarti.com/">Marti Michell's templates</a>, and will share a hot tip with you about getting your fabric-placement correct when using the templates. </div>
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As a FPP-disclosure - I've got quite a bit of FPP experience - I've sewn plenty of fabulous FPP designs, most often by Kristy from <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com.au/">Quiet Play</a> (who has a great FPP tutorial <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/introduction-to-paper-piecing-putting.html">here</a>) and <a href="http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/">Penny</a> and <a href="http://verykerryberry.blogspot.com.au/">Kerry</a> from Sew-Ichigo (who have a great FPP tutorial <a href="http://sew-ichigo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/quickie-tip-matching-tick-marks.html">here</a> - they also have <i>two</i> great little tutorials for FPP y-seams, if you <a href="http://sew-ichigo.blogspot.com.au/p/tutorials-tips.html">click through</a> to their 'tutorials and tips' tab, you'll find them - you never know, there could be more y-seams in our Farmer's Wife future!). Cass also shared two fabulous FPP tutorials <a href="http://www.cassandramadge.com/2015/10/07/foundation-paper-piecing-tutorial/">here</a> and <a href="http://www.cassandramadge.com/2015/10/08/foundation-paper-piecing-tutorial-part-2/">here</a>.</div>
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Addie is a great starter-block for FPP - each section is small, there are no tricky seams, and matching all the seams to join the sections together is a pretty straight-forward process.</div>
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<b>Step 1</b> - choose your fabrics! I've tried to stay true to the three-fabrics-only placement that Laurie has used in the book, but cheated a little, since I have an ongoing fussy-cutting obsession and couldn't pass up the chance to include something a little fun in the centre. So - the centre blue Aunty Cookie is supposed to 'match' the blue sketch fabric. </div>
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<b>Step 2</b> - print off the FPP template for Addie from the CD, making sure that your printer is set to 100% (or whatever your printer's version of 100% is). Cut out each lettered-section - A, B, C etc - allowing yourself a little wriggle-room beyond the outer dotted-line. The solid line is your sewing-line, and the dotted-line is your seam-allowance. </div>
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<b>Step 3</b> - colour in each section, according to which fabric is going where. It also helps to colour-in the block-assembly diagram that appears at the top of your printed templates - that's always my first colouring-in step, but I am unable to share that diagram with you here due to copyright. Be sure that your coloured-in block-assembly diagram matches your coloured-in sections, so there are no unwelcome surprises once you've finished piecing.</div>
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<b>Step 4 </b>- using your Sewline glue pen (or your trusty glue-stick from your stationery supplies), make a quick swish of glue on the <i>unprinted</i> side of the paper behind the number 1 on each section (A1, B1, C1, etc) and place the paper, printed-side facing up, onto the wrong-side of your chosen fabric. If you are using directional fabric, or a fussy-cut for this step, now would be the time to hold the paper up to the light to check that your placement is correct. Make sure your fabric extends beyond the seam-allowance (dotted-line) along the edges, and at least 1/4" past any internal sew-lines. </div>
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<b>Step 5</b> - pin your second (H2 in this photo) piece in place. Make sure your fabrics are right-sides together and that your second piece extends at least 1/4 inch beyond your sew-line. And note that your second piece of fabric extends <i>away from</i> the numbered section that it's intended to cover.</div>
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<b>Step 6</b> - once it's pinned in place, flip your second (H2) piece down, to make sure it will cover the relevant section AND the seam allowance. </div>
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<b>Step 7</b> - pile up all your glued and pinned sections and take them to the sewing machine, so you can do a spot of chain-piecing. </div>
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<b>Step 8</b> - turn your machine on and reduce your stitch-length to whatever is recommended for FPP on your machine. I have a Bernina and always sew FPP patterns with a 1.5 stitch length. </div>
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<b>Step 9</b> - place your first section under your machine-foot, and drop the needle right into the starting point of your sew-line. Start sewing slowly, back-stitching at the start and finish of your sew-line. I use Bernina foot number 37 (the 1/4" foot) for FPP, as I like to see the needle as it sews along the sew-line, and exactly where the needle is as you come to the <i>end</i> of the sew-line. </div>
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<b>Step 10</b> - here's your finished sew-line, with back-stitching at the start and finish. For all the internal sew-lines in a FPP pattern, I never stitch into the seam-allowance - others do, but my preference is to back-stitch at the start and finish of each sew-line and never sew beyond it into the seam allowance. </div>
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<b>Step 11</b> - fold your paper on the sew-line, giving it a little crease so it's ready to trim the seam-allowance. In FPP, when you trim your seam-allowance, you always fold the bigger number <i>down onto</i> the smaller number - so in this photo, H2 is folding down onto H1.</div>
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<b>Step 12</b> - with your paper folded down as described in Step 11, line your ruler up with the 1/4" line on the folded-edge of the paper, and trim your seam allowance to 1/4". Make sure that all your just-sewn-fabrics are out of the way, and that no rogue pieces have flipped over - you don't want to be trimming them away with your seam-allowance, that's no fun.</div>
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<b>Step 13A</b> - with the fabric-side of your pieced section facing up, carefully flip over your second (H2) piece and iron it flat. You may prefer to use a seam-roller at this point, rather than be back and forth to the iron - I certainly do this when I'm in a class - but at home, I prefer to move between cutting mat, iron and machine between each FPP chain-piecing session. In the photo, you'll see that I've flipped and ironed-flat the blue H2 piece. </div>
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<b>Step 13B</b> - once you have finished a section (i.e. once you have sewn all the numbers in order), you are ready to trim it. Be sure to line your ruler up so that you are trimming 1/4" from the solid external sew-lines of your section - this should exactly match up with the dotted-line anyway, but I always double-check and am guided by my ruler rather than just cutting on the dotted-line. </div>
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<b>Step 14 </b>- once you have finished, ironed and trimmed all your sections, you are ready join them together. I always lay out my block with the papers facing up, so it matches the block-assembly diagram. It looks a little like a jigsaw puzzle. It's best to then follow the piecing guide next to the block-assembly diagram - join A to B etc. I always use pins to make sure I am matching the sections accurately - in this example, the red pins go straight through the corners of the external sew-line on B to join the external sew line on A. Use as many pins as you need (and take a quick look now at Step 14A for an extra tip in doing this). As it's not really possible to sew with pins sticking out everywhere, once I've matched the sew-lines between the sections as best I can, I secure the pieces with clips, ready to chain-piece.</div>
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<b>Step 14A </b>- I've added this photo in to show you tick-marks for joining sections, since adding tick-marks to your pattern pieces is a really helpful way of ensuring you are joining your sections accurately. Wherever you have internal sew-lines that must meet up, just draw a little red (or any colour!) line on the sections you are about to join - you then have a little reminder to add a pin to that sew-line when you are pinning your sections together. <i>As I've added this photo after I finished taking my tutorial photos, please note that it's for a different block, that I've chosen to randomly sew, not for Addie - so just ignore the fabric and pattern-piece you can see - you only need to focus on the pins and tick-mark :-) </i><br />
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<b>Step 15</b> - as you join sections together, tear away the seam-allowance papers before ironing your seams. I tend to iron my FPP section-seams open, but let's not open that particular can of worms - you can iron your seams in whatever way makes you happy and works best for you and the pattern. </div>
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<b>Step 16</b> - see, open! This photo shows you two sections joined together, trimmed, and the seam ironed open. It would have been nice if I'd trimmed those threads for you, as they're looking a little messy! Keep working through all your sections, following the joining-order specified by Laurie, until you are finished.</div>
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Here's my finished block from the back, showing that I do indeed iron my seams open AND to the side, depending on what I think works best for each seam. I tend to iron my seams open quite a lot, as I do love a nice, flat block. Whatever works best for you and your block is perfect. </div>
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And here she is again, all finished and telling you how clever you are for finishing your FPP Addie!<br />
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I did promise you my second Addie, which I sewed on-point using the wonderful Marti Michell templates. She's cute, right? I love the <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/2711596">'Good Intentions' girl</a> in the middle and thought I was being quietly hilarious by pairing her with Heather Ross fish, since fish don't have hair! I wanted to share my hot tip for fabric-placement using Marti's templates for Addie, so you <i>don't do as I did</i>. </div>
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In the book, Addie's centre-square fabric is the same as the outer-star point fabric. So my intention was to match Good Intention Girl's hair (in the centre square) with the Bonnie + Camille scallops (on the outer-star points). But, hmmm, someone wasn't concentrating and didn't lay out their block before sewing everything together. </div>
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So - if you are using the templates to piece your Addie, be sure to piece your <i>outside</i> star point fabric so they are on the <i>bottom left</i> and <i>bottom right</i> of your background triangle, not (as I have done in the photos below) on the inner left and right of the background triangle. These next few photos are an example of <i>what not to do</i> if you are following the fabric-placement diagram in the book. </div>
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See? - you don't want your outer-star points on the inside - you want them on the <i>outside.</i><br />
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When you've finished your template-sewn Addie side units, you want your <i>inside</i> star points where my B+C scallops are below - it's at this point you can work out whether you've made a fabric-placement mistake or not - of course, I did not realise this at the time! </div>
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For a wonderful Addie tutorial using Marti Michell's templates AND which shows how to get your fabric-placement correct, <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/addie-is-block-1-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">click through</a> to Angie's post from yesterday.</div>
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Well we've reached the end, and I just have one more photo to share with you - thank goodness, since your cup of tea must be finished or getting cold by now! Here are my two Addie's together - it's pretty amazing how different they look, isn't it. </div>
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All the information you need for the Sew-along can be found on <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/blog-4/">Angie's blog</a>, which I think of as 'home base' for us all. </div>
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And here is the book that you need, should you like to join in with us:</div>
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Happy sewing! I am looking forward to seeing all your Addie's - be sure to link up to Angie's blog on Sunday, or share your photos to the Addie album in the Facebook group. There are two more block tutorials to come this week, so be sure to check out Angie's blog tomorrow and <a href="http://www.bonjourquilts.com/blog/">Kirsty's blog</a> on Friday. Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have found my tutorial and photos helpful to your Addie-sewing. xoxo cat</div>
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Five weeks and twelve blocks down, eighty-seven to go! This week we sewed Granny and Jenny - or Granny Jenny as I've been thinking of them. </div>
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First up was Granny, which I've sewn in Lizzy House's Castle Peeps with Cotton + Steel blenders in the middle. Very happy to have a Castle Peeps block in my quilt! - but if I could change one thing, I'd switch out the middle orange for a good light blue. I paper-pieced Granny, so I could get my Peeps-orientation right.</div>
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And then came Jenny, which combines an endless chase of Cotton + Steel rabbits, Aneela Hoey turtles and the sweet snails which came from a selvedge-less remnant, so I'm not sure who they are by - please let me know if you know so I can credit the designer! </div>
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Hope you've all had a great week and are gearing up for a fun weekend - do you do Halloween at your house? We'll be having a pretty low-key get together with neighbourhood friends - drinks and snacks in the driveway, with bowls of goodies ready and waiting for all the trick or treaters. xoxo cat</div>
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Do you know Justine Clarke's song '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhujKmHDEEc">Watermelon</a>'? We had Justine's 'I Like to Sing' CD on repeat when the girls were younger, so this song popped into my head when I was uploading my pineapple cushions pics - pineapples get a cameo in the song, it's not all watermelons all the time. For your listening + viewing pleasure, I've popped a You Tube video of 'Watermelon' at the end of the post :-)</div>
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And back to the pineapples. I made this pair of pineapple cushions to be a raffle prize in a recent mother + daughter school event - so figured they really had to be mother + daughter pineapples - totally makes sense to me.</div>
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The pineapple pattern is by Jackie Padesky, who is <a href="https://instagram.com/jackiepadeskyquilts/">@jackiepadeskyquilts</a> on Instagram, but she isn't otherwise online as far as I can work out. It's a great little pattern - the mother pineapple is the actual pattern size, and the daughter pineapple is half-sized, so I popped it on a little shelf. </div>
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Jackie's pineapple has become so well known so quickly in the land of Instagram, it's even made it onto its very own <a href="http://statelytype.com/products/pineapple-block-t-shirt">Stately Type t-shirt</a> - of course I've bought one from Holly + David, it's arrived and I'm loving it. </div>
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The cushions finished at just under 20 inches square, so I used 22 inch inserts so they'd be nice and plumpish. For the backs, I used a cotton drill with big yellow spots from Spotlight, and a grey zipper.</div>
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Here's hoping the mother + daughter pineapple cushions will bring some summery awesome to someone's lounge. As promised, here's Justine. Have a great weekend. xoxo cat</div>
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Week 4 of the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew-Along has come to an end, with not two but three blocks - bringing our total of completed blocks to ten! This week saw us making Old Maid, Katherine and Susannah.</div>
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All three of my blocks were sewn using set A of <a href="https://www.frommarti.com/">Marti Michell</a>'s templates and <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">conversion charts</a> - and I'm happy to say they all work equally well on point or squared, which will be pretty helpful when it finally comes time to decide on their placement for my quilt layout. </div>
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First up this week was block number 78, Old Maid, which combines Lizzy House's Meadow Flowers and Alexia Abegg's American towns + states from her Hatbox line for Cotton + Steel.<br />
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Katherine and Susannah were released together, as both use the same template technique, reversed. Katherine incorporates Ella Blue Basics (the blue) and Terra Australis (orange), with a cute cats-in-boots print I picked up from <a href="http://studiomio.com.au/">Studio Mio</a> at the recent Craft + Quilt Fair in Brisbane. </div>
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<b>Old Maid </b>- <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/old-maid-is-block-78-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie </a>(who is hosting the sew-along) + <a href="http://ouvragesdenat.com/n78-old-maid/">Nat</a> (Nat's tutorial includes a great little You Tube video)<br />
<b>Katherine</b> - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/katherine-is-block-49-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie </a>+ <a href="http://www.onelittlepooh.net/quilting/the-farmers-wife-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">Tina</a><br />
<b>Susannah</b> - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/susannah-is-block-94-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie</a> + <a href="http://www.onelittlepooh.net/quilting/the-farmers-wife-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">Tina</a><br />
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Here we are at the end of the third week of the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew-a-Long. In happy news, I am up to date! Seven blocks down, a trifling 92 to go, we are looking good.</div>
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This week we met Belle, and Coral. I'm continuing with my plan of setting some blocks on point, and some blocks squared - depending on which looks best to me.</div>
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First up was Belle. Oh good grief, Belle. To this point in time, I have successfully avoided sewing any y-seams, ever. But with Belle, my luck ran out. I was merrily paper-piecing away, and went to join the top and bottom sections to the middle sections and thought 'whaaaaat the?!'. I had a little panic, popped the Belle sections back into the folder, and we spent a few days apart. I got a little advice from <a href="http://www.msmidge.com.au/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sew-along-13-belle-paper-piecing-y-seams/">Melissa</a> (who is this week's guest blogger for Belle), and carefully read through <a href="http://sew-ichigo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/y-seams-tips-version-1.html">these </a><a href="http://sew-ichigo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/y-seam-tips-version-2.html">two</a> tutorials from two of my paper-piecing heroes, <a href="http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/">Penny</a> and <a href="http://verykerryberry.blogspot.com.au/">Kerry</a>.</div>
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Then it was time for the y-seam showdown.<br />
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If you look closely (not too closely, don't put your specs on) at the inside corners of the purple, girls-reading sections, you'll notice that the seams are a little woofly. That would be because I had to hand-stitch them to finish the seam. So - I have not yet actually, really and truly conquered y-seams. The gauntlet has been thrown down, and the game is on. </div>
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Yesteday saw <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/coral-is-block-24-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie announce</a> block number 24, Coral. I liked Coral, with her much more straight-forward combination of rotary cutting and Marti Michell template-using. In fact, I feel like I've finally 'clicked' with Marti's templates with Coral - she was really quick and easy to sew together. And I managed to squeeze in a little fussy-cutting from the gorgeous Lizzy House's latest line The Lovely Hunt. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Coral could well be my favourite block so far.</span><br />
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The rabbits and the pheasant - just the sweetest.<br />
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Are you all keeping up with the sew-along? How are you feeling about it? I know life will get even busier as the school term progresses, so I'm at peace with keeping up while I can, and letting things slide a little later on. The book and online tutorials will always be there to refer to when the sewing stars align. </div>
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Here are the tutorial blog posts you can click on for this week:</div>
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Belle - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/belle-is-block-13-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-2/">Angie</a> and <a href="http://www.msmidge.com.au/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sew-along-13-belle-paper-piecing-y-seams/">Ms Midge</a></div>
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Coral - <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/coral-is-block-24-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Angie</a> and <a href="http://whynotsew.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/block-no24-coral-farmer-wife-1930s.html">Erin</a></div>
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And here's the book you need if you would like to sew along too: <a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt">The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and the 99 Quilt Blocks That Honor Them</a> by <a href="http://thefarmerswifequilt.blogspot.com.au/">Laurie Aaron Hird</a> for Fons & Porter/F+W RRP $28.99 - <a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt">click here to purchase</a>. </div>
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And a 10% voucher for <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">Fat Quarter Shop</a>, using code FQSFARMERS, valid until 30 November 2015. </div>
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Have a great weekend. xoxo cat</div>
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Thank goodness for the recent school holidays, as amongst other things, they gave me the chance to catch up (almost!) on bee blocks. I get itchy and fidgety if I'm ever running behind on bee blocks or swaps - or even if I'm ever running late for anything. I'm an early to on-time girl, so I'm back to feeling calm and happy about all my bee commitments.</div>
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All these blocks are for our Care Circle of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/dogoodstitches/">doGoodStitches</a>. <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">First up is <a href="https://instagram.com/123bluejumper/">Merran</a>'s blocks, made from the <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/01/bee-hive-tic-tac-toe/">Tic Tac Toe</a> block tutorial on Alyce's blog. Merran is going to sew and and donate a quilt to #quiltblockstohealviolence coordinated by <a href="https://websta.me/n/jackiegillies">Jackie Gillies</a>. Jackie is creating and coordinating quilts to donate to domestic violence refuges by Christmas. She has set up a crowd funding page on My Cause to raise money for all the extra bits that are needed to make finished quilts - all the details are </span><a href="https://www.mycause.com.au/page/113133/quiltblockstohealviolence" style="text-align: start;">here</a><span style="text-align: start;">, should you wish to donate. It's a great cause, and I'm grateful to Jackie for all the work she is doing, and to Merran for enabling our Circle to donate a quilt for it. </span></div>
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And these gorgeous blocks are for Jodi, from her <span id="goog_827154834"></span><a href="http://www.talesofcloth.com/2015/03/squash-blossom-red-sky-at-night-quilt.html">Squash Blossom</a><span id="goog_827154835"></span> tutorial. Have you read Jodi's blog? She's a very talented and prolific quilter. Squash Blossom is one of the blocks in her <a href="http://www.talesofcloth.com/p/red-sky-at-night-qal.html">Red Sky at Night quilt</a>, for which she's been sharing block tutorials over the past few months. </div>
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And lovely <a href="http://woodenspoonquilts.blogspot.com.au/">Rachel</a>'s blocks were created following a tutorial by Jolene at <a href="http://blueelephantstitches.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/scrappy-strips-and-little-how-to.html">Blue Elephant Stitches</a>. Love the colours in these blocks. </div>
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And now I'm all caught up - for the Care Circle at least. It's a wonderful doGoodStitches circle, with some really beautiful quilts being made and donated for various charitable causes.</div>
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I am still one set of blocks behind, for my good friend T in our Sew Sisters bee - they'll be next, amidst all my Farmer's Wife-ing. xoxo cat</div>
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We've come to the end of week 2 in the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew-along, and lo and behold, I've managed to sew BOTH blocks - five down, 94 to go! </div>
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The week started with block number 14, Betty. Angie's tutorial post is <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/betty-is-block-14-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-2/">here</a>, and guest blogger tutorial Alyce's post is <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/10/block-14-betty-tutorial-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">here</a>. I paper-pieced Betty, and she was absolutely straight-forward - until I got to the correct orientation of the two unicorns. I wanted them to 'kiss' more than 'bow', but I must admit I'm quite happy with the end result. My Mum suggested on instagram that they were bowing to each other before a dance, so I thought that was a lovely idea, let's go with that! </div>
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Fabric details for Betty are: Heather Ross Far Far Away unicorns, the navy is Rashida Coleman-Hale for Cotton + Steel, and the orange is from Ella Blue Basics.</div>
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Block number 20, Caroline, made an appearance on Thursday. Angie's tutorial post is <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/caroline-is-block-20-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-2/">here</a>, and we were fortunate to have TWO lovely guest blogger posts for Caroline - <a href="http://www.downgrapevinelane.com/2015/10/block-20-caroline-tutorial-farmers-wife.html">Sedef</a> and <a href="http://theelvengarden.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/block-20-caroline-tutorial-farmers-wife.html">Jess</a>. Their points are perfect and their blocks and posts are just so lovely. Caroline is the first Farmer's Wife block that I have NOT fussy-cut, and I feel like I'm sewing way out of my comfort zone! </div>
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Fabric details for Caroline are: Carolyn Friedlander Botanics for the mustard print, Sarah Watts for Cotton + Steel cats, and the navy flowers I have had in my stash for quite some time - please do sing out if you know who they are by, so I can credit the designer. </div>
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One more peek at the bowing-before-dancing unicorns.</div>
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And I do love how the central, stretchy pinwheel pops out at you in Caroline - I first noticed it in <a href="http://ouvragesdenat.com/numero-20-caroline/">Nat's block</a>, so thought I'd make sure to choose fabrics to allow that to happen in mine. </div>
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So - the end of week 2, and five blocks have been sewn. Are you sewing along too? We had our Sunshine MQG meeting last night, and it was lovely to see the Farmer's Wife blocks that have been sewn by different members of the guild. We're up to over 4,200 members on the Facebook page now - I wonder how many there will be by the end of the year!</div>
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Here's to a lovely weekend to you all. xoxo cat<br />
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Welcome to the first week of the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew-Along (try saying that three times fast!). This is a year-long sew-along using Laurie Aaron Hird's <a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt">The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt book</a>, which is being coordinated (incredibly well!) by Angie from <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/">GnomeAngel</a>.</div>
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The Farmer's Wife 1930s sew-along has a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FarmersWife1930sSamplerQuilt/">Facebook group</a> of over 3,800 members from all over the world and <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along-bloggers/">30 guest bloggers</a>. It's sponsored by <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">Fat Quarter Shop</a>. An early highlight for me is being very late to the quilting party in 'discovering' the wonderful <a href="http://frommartimichell.blogspot.com.au/">Marti Michell</a> and her team - through their blog, You Tube videos and presence in the Facebook group, they are providing such generous and thoughtful support for us all, not to mention amazingly excellent block templates to use for many of the blocks. <br />
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This sew-along is a marathon, not a sprint - the book has 99 blocks and we are sewing two blocks each week for a year, starting with the easier blocks and working our way up to the more challenging blocks. For this first week however, we have sewn not two but THREE blocks! </div>
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The blocks for this week have been Becky, Bonnie and Aunt. Angie has shared tutorials for all three blocks (click here for <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/becky-is-block-12-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt/">Becky</a>, <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/bonnie-is-block-16-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-2/">Bonnie</a> and <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/aunt-is-block-8-of-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-2/">Aunt</a>). The first guest bloggers to share their tutorials have been <a href="http://www.charmaboutyou.com/2015/09/quilt-for-soul-becky-and-bonnie-farmers.html">Lucy</a> (sharing her English Paper Piecing tutorial for Becky and Bonnie), <a href="http://www.ohhowsweet.com/2015/09/30/kick-farmers-wife-1930s-sew-along/">Melissa</a> (sharing her paper-template, rotary cutting and machine sewing tutorial for Becky and Bonnie) and <a href="http://www.talesofcloth.com/2015/10/farmers-wife-qal-aunt.html">Jodi</a> (sharing her English Paper Piecing tutorial for Aunt). All this week's bloggers' blocks are gorgeous - click through if you'd like some guidance in sewing the blocks, or just to read about their process. </div>
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I have started on a high - I have sewn all three blocks. Whether or not this pace will continue, I cannot say. My sneaking suspicion is that I will sew one of the two blocks each week, including of course, all four of my guest-blogger blocks. Here are my week 1 blocks, and the little stories behind them - I like to have a bit of meaning in everything I sew, even if it makes sense only to me - it makes the process much more fun, personal and memorable. And I figure it's always good to make yourself smile while you sew!<br />
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Our first block was number 12, Becky - that's Becky welcoming us all to the sew-along with her cheery Hello's. The fabric mix, starting with the chair on the left and moving clockwise, is Heather Ross (the chair and Becky), Alison Glass, Tula Pink, Ayumi Takahashi, Lizzy House and Erin McMorris (thank you <a href="http://woodenspoonquilts.blogspot.com.au/">Rachel</a> for reminding me that Erin is the Hello-designer!).</div>
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Next up was block number 16, Bonnie. I started with the Kerchief girls, spied the tiger, and so immediately thought of the lovely children's book my girls used to love, '<a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/the-tiger-who-came-to-tea-judith-kerr/prod9780007215997.html">The Tiger Who Came To Tea</a>'. The fabric mix, starting with the tiger and moving clockwise, is Alexia Abegg, Pam Kitty Morning, Lecien Minny Muu lovebirds (though I call them budgies, not lovebirds!) and Kei Kerchief girls. </div>
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And last for this week was block number 8, Aunt. I started with the Melody Miller apple, as it was such a great fit for the centre square, then spied the Alexia Abegg pandas, and thought the Cotton + Steel blender would work perfectly with them both. There's actually no particular story for this block - I don't have any Aunty Apples, Aunty Pandas or even any aunts who are renown for wearing spots! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's not too late to join the sew-along if you would like to - it may be tricky to find the book, such is the huge popularity of this sew-along - but don't be deterred, we have heard there are many copies on back-order, so more should be available soon. And of course, all the block tutorials will remain on Angie's and the guest bloggers' blogs for you to refer back to whenever you need them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the book you will need - </span><a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt" style="font-family: inherit;">The Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks That Honor Them</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"> by </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://thefarmerswifequilt.blogspot.com.au/">Laurie Aaron Hird</a> for Fons & Porter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And remember that Angie has all the sew-along info on her blog - including a great </span></span></span><a href="http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along-faq/" style="font-family: inherit;">FAQ post</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> that tells you everything you need to know. She will post a weekly wrap-up each Sunday, which will be a great way to see what's been happening - and it will be a linky party too, for anyone to link up their Farmer's Wife posts and share their blocks. </span></span><br />
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I have a donkey-loving friend, who I met through the magic of the Online World of Quilting and Sewing ('OWQS' ... it's a thing ... or it really should be, shouldn't it).</div>
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There was recently a little gift-makery happening for my donkey-loving friend - so my long-hoarded <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/lauriewisbrun?sub_action=designs">Laurie Wisbrun</a> donkeys took a walk in their fancy gumboots and met up with <a href="http://www.violetcraft.com/">Violet Craft</a>'s laid-back donkeys to make a set of coasters. Although donkily-fabulous on their own, I wanted to raise the cuteness bar a notch or two, so the donkeys kept walking til they ended up in jars!</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The jars are from <a href="http://meandmysisterdesigns.com/">Me and My Sister Designs</a>' 'Buttons & Jars' pattern, picked up during </span><a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/me-and-my-sister-class.html" style="text-align: justify;">my recent class</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> with Barb and Mary. I made the jars a smidge bigger than the pattern, so there was no chance of Laurie's donkeys losing a tail.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">The jar-lid, background, 'shelf' and binding fabrics are all from Cotton + Steel. The coasters measure about 8 1/2" x 9", plenty big enough for a cup of tea and a little snack.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">What would you like to sew into jars, should the mood take you? </span><br />
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The possibilities are endless - bigger, smaller, taller, shorter - so many things that the world needs to see sewn into jars! </div>
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Happy to be back in this space, hope you have all been well and sewing all sorts of things, in jars or not! xoxo cat</div>
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One giraffe + cat + orange cushion finished and ready to be gifted! I really hope it will bring a little orange-y sunshine to my friend's daughter - click <a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/giraffe-cat-cushion-in-progress.html">here</a> for more about that. </div>
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The <a href="https://payhip.com/b/MOdp">giraffe</a> is a paper-piecing pattern by Kristy from <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com.au/">Quiet Play</a>, and the <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/the-kittens-pdf-quilt-pattern">cat</a> is by <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/">Elizabeth Hartman</a>. I really love it, but wish I had a one-size bigger cushion insert, so it would plump out just a little more. The cushion front was 20 inches unfinished, and I used a size 20 insert - I'm thinking I need to pop out and get a size 22 if I can swing it in time. </div>
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I'm really happy with the mix of oranges and blues. I think if the giraffe was for me to keep, I'd have gone all-scrappy, including her face. Or maybe that would be a little too scrappy, even for me!<br />
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Angie from <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/">GnomeAngel</a> had a very good idea a little while ago. She wondered whether there would be any interest in a sew-along for <a href="http://thefarmerswifequilt.blogspot.com.au/">Laurie Aaron Hird</a>'s latest sampler quilt book - The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Angie got in touch with Laurie and also <a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/">Fat Quarter Shop</a>. Fast forward a few months, and The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew-Along has officially been launched! In a little over two weeks, there are over 1,600 members in the Facebook group from all over the world - we're talking </span>Australia! New Zealand! USA! France! Canada! Japan! UK! The Netherlands! Germany! And even more countries! It's a veritable United Nations of sewing. And there is already a lot of excitement, planning and sharing going on in the Facebook group - it's a good place to be. </div>
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As you can see from <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/announcing-the-farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/">the announcement post</a> on Angie's blog, the Sew-Along kicks off on September 28 - so there is still plenty of time to get organised and ready to roll. The book has 99 blocks. The plan is for two blocks to be released each week - two on Angie's blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with guest bloggers sharing their blocks on Wednesdays and Fridays. The book provides instructions for hand-sewing, machine piecing and paper-piecing. And Angie and the guest bloggers will provide tips and tricks for piecing each of the blocks. It's not just win-win, but win-win-win-win-win, wouldn't you say?</div>
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And oh, did you hear me say 'guest bloggers' up there? I'm very happy to say that I'm one of them! Click<a href="http://gnomeangel.com/introducing-the-farmers-wife-1930s-sew-along-bloggers/"> here</a> to read Angie's blog post which details the complete list of guest-bloggers, with a little info about each of them and links to all their blogs. It's going to be a lot of fun. Happy weekend to you all, and happy Sew-along planning too. xoxo cat</div>
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I asked my friend what her daughter would like, and she said a giraffe, or a cat, and definitely in orange. And so that's what I've made. A <a href="https://payhip.com/b/MOdp">giraffe</a> from <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com.au/">Kristy</a>'s Zoo Animals BOM paper-pieced patterns, a cat from Elizabeth's <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/the-kittens-pdf-quilt-pattern">The Kittens</a> quilt pattern, and lots of orange. </div>
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I recently went to an awesome class at <a href="http://www.patches.com.au/">Patches Indooroopilly</a>. It was with Barb and Mary from <a href="http://meandmysisterdesigns.com/">Me and My Sister Designs</a>. My class was the <a href="http://meandmysisterdesigns.bigcartel.com/product/slice-of-cake-1-2-pdf-pattern">Slice of Cake 2 pattern</a> - I've finished 11 blocks now, and am thinking of sewing a few more and including them in my girls' quilts rather than making them into their own quilt. </div>
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It was a really fun day, with LOTS of fun giveaways thanks to <a href="http://www.unitednotions.com/">Moda</a>, <a href="http://www.dimill.typepad.com/">Di Mill</a> (a Moda rep in Australia, and the wonderful lady who coordinated Barb and Mary's trip) and Barb and Mary. I won a gorgeous FQ bundle, and we all came away with at least two extra patterns. I've already made a little something from the <a href="http://meandmysisterdesigns.bigcartel.com/product/buttons-thread-pdf-pattern">Buttons Jars</a> pattern (pic below of Barb and Mary's cute Buttons Jar quilt), but can't share it yet as it's a secret pressie!</div>
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So time flies, doesn't it? Really super fast and without stopping. It's over a month since we've been in this space, and there's so much to catch you up on, but for today, here's some sweet kittens from <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/">Elizabeth Hartman</a>'s '<a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/the-kittens-pdf-quilt-pattern">The Kittens</a>' pattern.</div>
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They're really cute, aren't they? - I love this pattern. In fact, I love all Elizabeth's patterns - they are really fun and incredibly clear and well written. <br />
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I'm going to try Elizabeth's <a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/bunny-pdf-quilt-pattern">rabbit pattern</a> next - though before that, I need to sew up a giraffe to go with the orange kitty - all will be revealed on that little project in the next week or so. The red kitten will become a little doll-mini for my youngest.</div>
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And seriously, how cute are the tiny pandas! - they're by Alexia Abegg, from her latest range with Cotton + Steel, called <a href="http://www.cottonandsteelfabrics.com/catalog/fabric/collection/26/">Paper Bandanas</a>.</div>
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OK back to time going fast and all that. Hope you've had a great weekend. xoxo catcat and vee xoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01740352837418442644noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4247183461029781449.post-71686244229710302232015-07-02T08:00:00.000+10:002015-07-02T11:56:01.008+10:00.: catching up on bee blocks :.<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Term 2 was some kind of crazy frenzy for us, so I fell a little behind on my bee blocks - this is really rare, as I hate being late for anything, ever. So I spent Monday - the first official day of the school holidays - sewing up my bee blocks. </div>
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For our Care Circle of doGoodStitches, <a href="http://www.daisyandjackhandmade.com/">Leanne</a> asked for polka-dot quarter-circles (for May! ...), and emailed us all a template she had created in EQ7. The polka-dot background could be any polka-dots, any colours. And the quarter-circles had to be any-colour solids. </div>
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Leanne also had July for our Care Circle (June was a rest-month, thankfully, otherwise I'd be sharing June blocks with you now too!). These scrappy plus blocks are from <a href="http://weallsew.com/2015/04/10/scrap-plus-quilt-along-week-1/">this tutorial</a> on the Bernina website, by Faith Jones of <a href="http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/">Fresh Lemons Quilts.</a> How cute will both these quilts be?!<br />
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And last up are Ocean Waves blocks for <a href="http://woodenspoonquilts.blogspot.com.au/">Rachel</a>, for our Sew Sisters bee (which is made up of some of the girls from our Care Circle). Rachel is currently working her way through making all the quilts in <a href="http://www.dsquilts.com/">Denyse Schmidt</a>'s wonderful <i>Modern Quilts Traditional Inspiration</i> - there's an awesome #quiltthebook hashtag going on on Instagram. Rachel has already made + received quite a few blocks, and the quilt is looking fabulous already. </div>
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OK so that's me caught up until our next Care Circle month in August, and whoever is up next in our Sew Sisters bee for August/September. Next on my list is finishing my Riley Blake challenge quilt for the MQG's latest fabric challenge. xoxo cat</div>
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My Cotton+Steel mini has been finished, posted, and arrived safely with JoAnne in Arizona - so it's finally time to share some pics. </div>
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The <a href="http://iconosquare.com/tag/cottonandsteelminiquiltswap">#cottonandsteelminiquiltswap</a> was started and coordinated by Shannon from <a href="https://instagram.com/modernstitchinmama/?hl=en">@modernstitchinmama</a> on Instagram - and I signed up straight away despite my 'No Swaps in 2015' rule, because ... it's <a href="http://www.cottonandsteelfabrics.com/">Cotton+Steel</a>! I was in team <a href="http://www.oninstagram.com/tinselchen">#tinselchen</a>, led by Chen from <a href="https://instagram.com/mushyhed/">@mushyhed</a>. Both Shannon and Chen did an awesome job in keeping everyone motivated and up to date. </div>
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My partner JoAnne said she liked teal, greens, purple and beachy colours - so I made a little segue in trying to stick to those colours while making little scrappy 'beach huts', using <a href="http://camilleroskelley.typepad.com/">Camille</a>'s <a href="http://thimbleblossoms.bigcartel.com/product/mini-dwell-pdf-pattern-171">Mini Dwell </a>pattern.</div>
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It was fun choosing all the fabric combos for the huts, particularly the little fussy-cuts for all the doors. My favourite is the little green rabbit. And do please notice the 'Arizona' for JoAnne's home state!</div>
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I counted how many different fabrics I used, but of course have now forgotten. It was very scrappy though, and I was so happy to use as many gorgeous Cotton+Steel fabrics as I could. Here is the back (before I added the label).</div>
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And here is my final swap package - I added in some Furry Friends, one of our panels, and <a href="http://shequiltsalot.bigcartel.com/">Peta</a>'s True North mini pattern. Everything arrived safe and sound with JoAnne in a little over a week - awesome work by Australia Post and whoever they hand it over to in the US.</div>
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It's school holidays over here - at last, some breathing space, sleep-ins and no school lunches to make. Hope your week has started well. xoxo cat<br />
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We would love to sell out of all our current designs, to make room for new ones, so when you get a minute, please <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/catandvee?section_id=11130763&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1">pop across</a> for a little look.</div>
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We are not even sure if we have shared all the t-shirt designs in this space, so here's a little reminder.<br />
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All our shirts - at the moment - have a quilting/sewing theme. <br />
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They're very light-hearted, and a bit of fun - and perfect to wear to a quilting class, sew day, to buy fabric, hanging out with like-minded friends, or just when you are sewing at home.</div>
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We created the #catandveesaidsew hashtag to go along with them.<br />
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The message board below was designed and made by our clever friends Katrina and Mark of <a href="http://floralandhardie.com/">Floral and Hardie</a>.</div>
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We also have totes in the shop - they are a heavy canvas, and really great quality. Here's a link to our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/227726587/tote-bag-im-a-maker-cat-and-vee?ref=shop_home_feat_2">'I am a Maker'</a> tote - since I can't find a photo on my system, which is kind of weird, but I figure a link is better than not sharing at all. </div>
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And last thing to mention - nearly all our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/catandvee?section_id=12097239&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2">screen printed</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/catandvee?section_id=12304970&ref=shopsection_leftnav_3">digitally printed</a> panels have been reduced too - we're keen to get some new designs happening, and so would love to sell all our current stock to make some room in our houses! Here are a bunch of panel pics for you - some show the panels sewn into patchworked goodies (which are indicative only, as we now only sell the panels, not panels-sewn-into-other-things), others are just of the panels themselves - some may be sold out already - and not all our panels are shown below, there are more in the shop - these are just the first panel pics I came across when scrolling quickly through my online photos. </div>
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I'm entering my <a href="http://shequiltsalot.bigcartel.com/product/true-north-mini-pdf-pattern">True North mini</a> into the Mini Quilts category. The patten is by Peta from She Quilts a Lot - there's a <a href="http://shequiltsalot.bigcartel.com/product/true-north-pattern-102">full-size version</a> in Peta's shop as well. There are some gorgeous True North quilts on instagram, if you take a look through #truenorthquilt. <br />
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My mini has mix of gorgeous <a href="http://storefront.unitednotions.com/storefrontCommerce/">Moda</a> fabrics from fat-quarter bundles. I normally sew much more scrappily - so it was a different experience to sew from just three different fabric lines. I think the world may stop turning if I ever sewed from just one! <br />
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The fussy-cut animals and all the blues are from Urban Chiks' Nomad. The citron yellows are from Amy Ellis' Chic Neutrals, and the backgrounds are from Modern Background - Paper by Zen Chic. I think they all play really well together, and I absolutely love how my mini has turned out.<br />
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The quilting is my very favourite organic lines - it's my all-time quilting favourite because by adding 'organic' to 'lines', there can be no mistakes ever!<br />
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Peta has written a great pattern, it sews together really quickly. I love the nifty little faux nine-patches for the star corners.<br />
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The Nomad animals are so sweet - I think it's my favourite print in the range - though I also love the navy flowers and the pale blue feathers in the pic below.<br />
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For the back, I've used a favourite print from Moda - Erin Michael's Lush Uptown - have you seen Erin's new line Purebred, which was released at Quilt Market over the weekend? Love it already.<br />
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This little mini is headed to my little desk in the corner, to be a mat for my laptop. It measures 18" x 18", so it's the perfect size.<br />
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Happy Spring Bloggers' Festival everyone. There are some really gorgeous entries already, please go check them out over a cup of tea. Have a great day. xoxo catcat and vee xoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01740352837418442644noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4247183461029781449.post-80457870627770434942015-05-10T15:20:00.001+10:002015-05-10T15:20:45.702+10:00.: Craft for the Soul :.When you write a blog that pretty much includes only sewing + other makery-related goodness, the blog can be a little desolate and tumble-weedy when you don't have much time to sew.<br />
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So - I thought I'd share a little book-review with you - I've toyed with the idea of crafty-book reviews in the past, but have never put the dream into action (did that make you think of <a href="http://www.howardjones.com/index.html">Howard Jones</a>' song from the 80s? - did I just show my age there? - click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-63BqKsu1E">here</a> for a look-see - and also click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Eo1IHajGQ">here</a> if you'd rather see my favourite Howard song, 'Life in One Day'). <br />
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OK enough of Howard, let's talk about the wonderful <a href="http://meetmeatmikes.com/">Pip Lincolne</a>'s '<a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/craft-for-the-soul-pip-lincolne/prod9780670076598.html">Craft for the Soul</a>'!<br />
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I knew I'd buy Pip's new book as soon as I could - I have all her other books and love them - and in fact, it was Pip's <i>first </i>book, "<a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/meet-me-at-mike-s-pip-lincolne/prod9781740666305.html">Meet Me at Mike's</a>" that was one of the things to start me off on my crafty path. <br />
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<i>This '</i>Craft for the Soul' book however is a little different - I was hunting for it in the Craft section at my local bookstore, but it was actually in their <i>Motivation </i>section! - I thought 'huh, interesting, what's it doing there'. But now that I have read it cover to cover, I can tell you that it totally belongs in <i>both</i> Craft <i>and</i> Motivation sections - and there are some great recipes as well (so maybe there should also be a few copies in the Food section too).<br />
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I've been in a bit of a creative doldrums these past few months - perhaps the wonderful high of <a href="http://catandvee.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/quiltcon-2015-gees-bend-keynote-post-5.html">QuiltCon</a> has sent me veering off track a little and I've been having trouble finding my feet and making plans - there's <i>so </i>very much I would like to make and do, but I have trouble prioritising time for it while the rest of life bubbles away and rolls on.<br />
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Pip's book has helped me turn the corner at last, it really has. She talks about setting goals, making time to exercise, doing new stuff, getting ideas, writing your own mission statement, being yourself and lots of other inspiring and also <i>practical </i>things that really make so much sense. <br />
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Pip gives great practical suggestions for working out what's holding you back in your creative life, and also for moving onwards in your own awesome way - I don't want to quote any bits of the book as I haven't asked Pip's permission to do that - but I promise you, it's such a positive, helpful, inspiring read, PLUS it has recipes and crafty things - so please pop to your local bookstore and check the Motivation and Craft sections (and maybe even Food too) to see if they have it. Our local shop sold out, so had to order more in, wahoo!<br />
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Thanks Pip, for writing such a wonderful book that encompasses so many important things. You are the best.<br />
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And in Mothers' Day news, I thought I'd sign off with a pic of Ted enjoying our Mothers' Day picnic in the backyard. Hope you have all had a lovely Mothers' Day and weekend, and are looking forward to a fun week. <br />
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xoxo cat<br />
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